So since there has already been twenty chapters (is it just me but holy crap!) I'm going to be making the chapters longer, probably a good idea. Anyways here's the next chapter.

Emiko: TheContheDistance doesn't own Naruto.

Emiko opened her eyes as a huge pillar of water came roaring at the shinobi on the river. They looked terrified and tried to move out of the way. She clenched her teeth and barely recognized that her hand was guiding the wave towards the shinobi. The pillar of water swelled and crashed into the throng of men. She clenched her fist, completely absorbed into the fight.

Blood splattered everywhere. The girl's eyes widened. Kankuro stopped fighting now that all the enemies were impaled by large spikes of ice. Emiko found her throat dry. How did this happen? She looked down at her blood stained hands. Did I do this? How? Kankuro walked over to her, his eyes never leaving the dome of icy spikes. He laughed dryly to himself. The Bird shinobi are going to have to clean this up themselves.

"Why are there rings around your pupils?" Kankuro noticed the change in her appearance. Emiko opened her mouth but no sound came out. She gulped, and kept looking at her hands that were splattered in red. She suddenly balled her hands into fists. I realize this now. From my dream, the clan that was hated and feared. It was for their abilities. This… this must be the reason. I can manipulate water. I have a kekkai genkai.

The girl smirked and gently pushed Kankuro out of the way. Her eyes still had the funny feeling and apparently a circle now encompassed her pupil. Her body was still trembling gently from excitement. She held out her hands that were still fisted. Emiko imagined her chakra lined in the ice and set her mind to letting the chakra flow out, like a river. She set her mind to letting the ice become water again and flowing back into the river. The girl closed her eyes and focused all her chakra. She could feel wetness on her toes.

"Whoa… since when could you do that?" Kankuro said with his mouth open. She opened her eyes to see that some of the ice had turned back into liquid and was now heading towards the river. Emiko took a deep breath and relaxed her body and closed her eyes again. Like water, flowing like a river. Not set in a solid, flowing, and moving. She concentrated as hard as she possibly could on making the ice into water again.

The girl choked and fell on her hands and knees. She could feel water up to her wrists heading toward the river from where it came. Emiko coughed up blood as she could feel Kankuro put his hand on her back. Then blackness came.

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There was harsh light pressing down on her eyelids when the orange-haired girl came to. She heard muffled whispers. Emiko touched the roof of her mouth with her tongue and moved her hands under the cotton blankets covering her. Hospital, again? Must be, I can smell the anti-septic. Why am I here then? She closed her hands and opened to her eyes to see people surrounding her.

"Oi! She's awake!" Kankuro grinned and tugged on one of Temari's pigtails. She automatically punched him, but then realized her friend was awake.

"Hey Emiko!" she grinned and waved. Next to her stood a boy in Chuunin uniform and a ponytail, he looked like he would rather be anywhere other than here. Sakura and Kakashi-sensei were on the other side of the hospital bed. The pink-haired girl squealed and waved while the Jounin crinkled his visible eye.

Emiko closed her eyes and inclined her head.

"How are you feeling?" Kakashi-sensei surprised the girl with this statement. It was strange to think that he was even remotely concerned about her health after knowing her for such a short time. She furrowed her eyebrows all the same.

"…What happened?" Everyone, with the exception of the Chuunin, turned to look at Kankuro curiously. He scratched his head and mumbled something along the lines 'didn't do anything'. He cleared his throat.

"Well, you passed out after taking all those guys out with that water jutsu," Emiko blinked and she suddenly remembered. That jutsu could have not been a kekkai genkai. It's highly unlikely actually; I probably remembered an old jutsu. If I had a kekkai genkai, I would have known by now. All present looked at Emiko curiously. Kakashi-sensei had a thoughtful look on his face. He brought out a piece of paper and handed it to the girl, who gave him a quizzical look.

"I want you to try to focus your chakra to that slip of paper. I am interested in seeing what will happen," he said simply. The girl did as he said; keeping in mind she'd ask more questions later.

The paper became drenched and water poured onto the hospital blankets. Emiko frowned as the paper neatly split in half. Kakashi-sensei looked satisfied and he took the paper and threw it away. As the girl opened her mouth he quickly cut her off.

"I think its best that Kankuro tells us what the jutsu was like. I had a feeling about this," the silver-haired shinobi said as calmly as ever. Kankuro shrugged and proceeded to explain the water jutsu.

"Well I was fighting those shinobi, and there were enough to take up my entire attention span," Temari snorted at this, earning her a quick glare, "And suddenly I heard this noise, like a wave crashing. I found that all the shinobi we were fighting being hit by a huge column of water. Then the water crashed onto them and froze into spikes, gutting all our enemies."

Sakura looked down at the ground. She vaguely remembered a mission, one of the first missions she had with Team 7, the mission with the bridge-builder, Tazuna.

The medic balled her hands into fists. She suddenly remembered Haku, the boy who almost killed both Sasuke and Naruto. Haku, the boy who could manipulate ice, and gave up his life for Zabuza.

Kakashi-sensei noticed Sakura's actions and understood that she remembered.

"This slip of paper was treated to react with chakra. Based on the reaction the paper gives, I can tell you what your elemental chakra nature is. The paper became wet which signifies your predominate chakra nature; water. Then it split in two, which reveals your other chakra nature; wind. If there are two chakra natures, they create a kekkai genkai.

I have fought against someone who displayed the same style of jutsu as you. He could manipulate water and could turn it into ice. The boy, Haku, certainly did have a kekkai genkai, and what he did parallels the jutsus you performed."

Emiko exhaled and closed her eyes. So it is a kekkai genkai then. I don't know whether to be overjoyed or miserable. This kekkai genkai must the reason for my clan's prosecution, the branch families and the main family. It seemed like that from that dream I had. Those dreams are memories though, so this all makes sense. The puzzle is coming together.

"It was the first time I did that, I think," Emiko said slowly. Kakashi-sensei nodded, not portraying the complicated web of thoughts in his head. He was now slightly wary of this girl; she was a powerful kunoichi, with plenty of speed and reflexes. Now, she had a powerful kekkai genkai to back her up. Sakura and Naruto should do well not to anger Emiko.

"If this is your first time using your kekkai genkai, it makes sense how long you were out. Anyway, I believe that this kekkai genkai originated in the Hidden Mist Village. That said: it is probably where you are from," Kakashi-sensei leaned against the wall and took out Icha Icha Violence. Everyone remained silent and thoughtful. Emiko clenched her jaw. Hidden Mist? It makes… sense. I don't want to go back there though, especially if everyone wants to kill me because of this ability. At least, according to my dream, everyone would want me dead.