You woke up, opening your eyes & wincing when the bright light dazzled you, You sat up & your head pounded.

'Urgh' you moaned, holding your head,

'Yes. You completely exhausted your chakra supply.' you heard Kakashi's voice and looked up, to see not only him, but everyone else as well.

'Yeh, I'd figured' you retorted sourly; your head really hurt. Like a splitting pain in your brain. It was making it hard to concentrate, and definitely left you in no mood to be polite.

'Well, at least you know your limits now.' he replied to this sighing.

'Is she going to be ok?' Sakura asked

'Yes, she'll be fine. She just needs rest that's all' she nodded and Kakashi continued 'Well, I'm going to check on everyone else.' he said, walking out of the room.

You sighed, desperately trying not to visibly clench your teeth, you probably didn't do a very good job 'Well, I guess I'm going to be stuck in here for the rest of the day. What about you guys?'

'I'm going off to protect the bridge builder while he's building the bridge' Sakura announced, clearly proud. You looked at the others questioningly

'We're staying here until we can climb the tree' Sasuke answered. You nodded, hoping that by not answering, you would end the conversation and they'd leave, their voices were like knives in your head.

'Well, see you guys later.' you said through the silence, they nodded and walked out of the room. Finally!

Your shoulders slumped as soon as the door was closed and you gripped your head tightly, collapsing on the bed. You ground your teeth against the pain, trying not to call out. Your head felt like there was a white hot dagger repeatedly stabbing through your brain. Somehow you knew what it was; a huge part of your chakra had seemed untouchable yesterday, as if your body wouldn't let you use it. But now you understood why, this pain, it was coming from inside you! That chakra was there to hold it off. Only when the tree actually took it from you could you use it, but in doing so you released this pain upon yourself. It hurt so much, you just wanted it to stop, to go away. A hopelessness descended upon you and you felt tears well up in your eyes, you choked down a sob and took a deep breath

'Shit' you muttered as a new wave of pain hit, this time accompanied by a slight nausea.

Sasuke's P.O.V~

You listened to her trying to brush it off as if it was nothing, but you could see her clenched teeth; obviously something was wrong.

'Well, See you guys later' she said and you nodded & started to walk out of the room, the others followed you. Once everyone was outside you shut the door and motioned for them to be silent.

'Right' you whispered so Kyouri couldn't hear you 'There is obviously something wrong with Kyouri'

'Huh? But she looked perfectly fine.' Naruto protested

'No she didn't. She was too pale & her teeth were clenched the entire time. She's quite clearly in pain. She just doesn't want us to know it.' They were looking at you unconfidently so you continued 'Look. Just wait here for a few minutes. I guarantee you she will break down as soon as she thinks we're gone'

They nodded their heads and you all stood outside the door, listening for any sound coming from within. And then, just as you thought you might have imagined it

'Shit' it was quiet, but it was definitely there. Sakura & Naruto looked at you and you nodded. They stepped back and you pushed open the door. Everyone stepped inside.

Once inside you saw Kyouri doubled over & clutching her head so tightly blood had started to run down her face where her nails penetrated her skin.

'K..kyouri..' you trailed off, staring at this crippled form of the girl you knew, even Naruto was silent for once, she'd always seemed so invincible, whenever something should have hurt she always just grinned & pretended she couldn't feel it, even during her fight with Zabuzza she never broke down to the pain. So for her to be reduced to this meant whatever was happening was bad. It was unnerving to realise she was a regular human being, she was a real person. Looking closely, you noticed tears in her eyes. Something softened inside you then, even as you stood there shocked, you cared that she was hurt. She must be so scared, feel so alone, you knew those feelings all too well. A wave of memories hit you, threatening to sweep you off your feet; eyes as red as the blood that splattered the walls, that pooled from your parents' necks...

Sakura had already rushed towards her, trying to prize her hands away from her head,

'Go away' Kyouri muttered, 'I'll be fine in a minute, honestly. It doesn't hurt that much, just a bit of a headache.'

'Yeah right' Naruto stated simply, also going over to help, 'What's wrong? What's happening?'

'Nothing' she persisted. A deep shudder ran through her frame and she released her hands and looked up, even attempting at a smile, 'Seriously guys I'm fine. See' but her smile was forced & fake

'Kyouri, it's obvious you're in great amounts of pain, but we can't help unless you tell us what's wrong!' Sakura said, sounding desperate

You still just stood there, staring at her pale face & trembling body, Sakura turned to you in desperation.

'Sasuke! What are we going to do?'

'We should get Kakashi' Naruto said, being sensible for once

'No, I'm fine. And anyway, Kakashi's no medical nin, even if I was in pain, which I'm not, he wouldn't be able to help much.' Kyouri protested, everyone ignored her feeble lie. She angrily dashed the tears from her eyes, obviously trying to keep the pain from her face. You went to stand next to Sakura, and crouched down,

'Do you know any medical techniques?' you asked

'I know the theory, but I've never tried any'

'Do you think you can help her?'

'If I knew what was wrong then maybe'

'Kyouri, what's wrong? If you tell us we might be able to help you.'

'Nothing! Or at least, nothing curable. Just leave me, I'll be fine later.'

'We're on a team. That means we look out for our team mates, which means when one member is in extreme amounts of pain we don't just leave them. Stop being so childish.'

She sighed, 'Well fine. But I'm not in any pain' she retorted determinedly & almost angrily, despite her voice, which was weak and wobbling. Something inside you snapped, why was she refusing to be helped? Why was she choosing to suffer so much on her own? You hands reached out and grabbed her by the shoulders, shaking her, it wasn't a conscious thought, it just happened. You watched her body rock back & forth, too weak to try hold herself upright. You let go as soon as you realised what you were doing, eyes wide in horror.

'Sasuke! What the hell was that?' Naruto exclaimed, getting in front of Kyouri as if to protect her from any future attacks from you, even Sakura was looking at you shocked

'I..I, don't know. I'm so sorry' you mumbled, trying to form words from your suddenly frozen mouth, but Kyouri just sighed.

'No, It's ok. I needed that' she admitted, sitting up straight running a hand through her hair & pushing her fringe off her face momentarily. You got a glimpse of the other half of her face and saw that it had a deep long scar running down it. Strange. 'But it's honestly nothing. This happens whenever I use up too much chakra.'

'Huh? But I used up almost all of my chakra yesterday as well and that didn't happen to me' Sakura pointed out

'Yeah, that's 'cos it only happens to me'

'Then why did you use up all your chakra if you knew that would happen?'

'I didn't. I've only just figured it out now.' She winced, raising a hand to her head and closing her eyes.

'Oh, So you're alright then?'

'Yeah, As in, I will be. But right now my head still hurts like hell.' Her tone of voice made it clear she wanted you all to go away, but you were sure there was something she wasn't telling you.

'How come?' You asked suddenly, she sighed

'I don't know exactly, Only that a lump of my chakra is used to keep this pain at bay normally, & I shouldn't have been able to use it but...' she trailed off, obviously not wanting to tell you all the reason.

'But?' Sakura prompted

'But I did' Kyouri finished simply

'Will you be ok now?' Sakura persisted

'Yeah' she replied. It was pretty clear she was still in great pain but also that she wanted to be alone, however, the scar on her face was still bothering you,

'Just now, On your chee-' you started but her eyes darted to you, flashing a furious warning, you stopped mid-sentence & Stood up, 'Come on guys. We should leave her to recover in peace' The others nodded, stood up & followed you out of the room.

Normal P.O.V~

Once they had left for the second time you sank back down into the bed, subconsciously raising a hand to touch the scar on your face; you tried to remember where you'd got it. You knew it had been painful, extremely painful, and scary, it had been dark and you were at home. You were still very young, but something had happened, some horrible act of betrayal,...your head throbbed suddenly, violently. You gasped and clutched at it, hunching over into a ball once more. Silent sobs racked your body, why was this happening? Why you? The pain was so acute, so sharp and undeniable. You took a deep breath and stilled your crying, trying to slow down your breathing. Once you'd relaxed, you concentrated on sending yourself to sleep to block out the pain. You shut your eyes and tried to feel the chakra in your brain. Luckily there wasn't much at the moment so you had quite a clear path through. Once there it got very confusing; it was like you were seeing double, except one was with normal vision & one was with your chakra vision. You blinked a couple of times in surprise before you got used to the strangeness of it. Unfortunately, it was only adding to your headache but for now you ignored it and focused on trying to shut down the conscious part of your brain, first though, you had to locate it. As you felt around your brain you were dimly aware of what all the different parts of your brain did, but as soon as you'd passed on the names & meanings were lost to you. It continued like this for a few minutes but eventually you found a word that stuck with you, "Consciousness" you broke into it, and as you did so felt a searing pain in your head, you winced but succeeded in breaking through. You imeditally removed the chakra from there, it was a weird chakra, not the normal greenish-blue of spiritual chakra but also not the peachy-orange of physical chakra, it was a deep purple colour. But you quickly forgot this as you were suddenly asleep.