Note: Okay, so I think at this point in the story, when I was writing it I have become more mature so it's more bearable and not
completely stupid. The format still isn't at its best yet, but I hope you like what I have here so far.
"Oh my gosh, Takara that was amazing! We were like staring at where you fell thinking you were dead meat, and like whoosh! You come up uharmed and you kicked ass!" Naruto exclaims.
I can't help but smile a bit. That kid is easy to impress, but what I did actually, was kinda amazing. But it's unexplainable. How could I have survived something like that? Only an experiment could've survived something like that. Not someone who's normal. So.. am I an experiment?! Did I have some kind of lava repel inside of me? I mean, it's natural for me to be immune to regular fire burning heat, but we're talking about lava. The hottest substance in like... hmm let's say the entire planet! So the question is, what the hell is wrong with me?! I know that Naruto is impressed, but isn't he wondering if I'm superhuman or something? Or did he think that falling into a volcano and surviving was an uchiha thing?
"Takara, don't think so much about it. You're alive, and that's all that matters." Sasuke says.
Geez, was he reading my mind or something? I give him a small smile that says, 'Don't worry bout me.' So we traveled along and stopped when the moon came out. We're roughly about halfway until we reached the village. so we'll be back by tomorrow. I never thought this before, but I wanted to get back and lie back on my comfortable bed. After making the fire and eating with the rest of the team, I start throwing rocks into the fire to douse it. Of course, I can easily extinguish it with the snap of my fingers, but I'm just really bored and the thought that lingers in my head is distracting me. A lot. Just then, I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around to see Sasuke, and he asks,
"Can I talk to you?"
"Uh... sure." I reply.
Naruto and Sakura are already asleep, but Sasuke takes me behind a tree anyways. Once we're there, I ask,
"So what's up?"
"What's up? I should be the one asking you that." Sasuke says.
"Nothing's up. Why would you think that anything is up?" I ask.
"Stop lying, I know that the whole surviving from falling into a volcano is bothering you."
"Yeah? Well what makes you think that?"
"Hm... well you were silent and troubled the whole way today, and you didn't answer us when we tried to talk to you."
"I didn't?"
"Nope... why'd you think we quit trying?"
I sigh, and lean against the tree. I guess telling him would get him off my case.
"Yeah, it's bothering me. But so what? What can you do? It's not like you can give me answers or anything."
"I can help you..."
"Sure you can..."
"I'm serious. You're neglecting all of us because of this. Do you think it helps to do that?"
"Huh... funny you say that because that's exactly what you do."
I can see Sasuke's patience wearing thin because his face is starting to look irritated.
"Look, just don't worry about me. It's my problem, I'll deal with it. I never asked any one of you to deal with my problems, and you don't have to ask me to deal with yours. Because I know you wouldn't want help when you kill Itachi, do you?" I say.
That got his attention. In fact, I think he's mad at me for bringing that up. Well, you're the one who wanted to talk, so I guess we're gonna have a long talk now.
"What do you know about him? I doubt you know anything since you weren't even there. Which brings me to another point. Why weren't you there?" Sasuke inquires.
"Well if you must know, I was mourning my brother at that time. " I answer.
"But you came back around the same time I did... and you didn't look sad at all."
"Well maybe it's because I was already an orphan, and I lost everyone I cared about long before you did!" I practically shouted.
I saw Naruto stir, and I lower my voice.
"Takara... I'm sorry." Sasuke whispers.
I shake my head and say,"It's alright... but I know a lot more than you think."
"You know? Then tell me... tell me please." Sasuke pleads.
I shake my head sadly and say,"I would if I could... but I'm not supposed to."
"Did I just hear you correctly? You're not supposed to? For all my life I thought you were a rebel! The toughest of the toughest! And now you're telling me, you're not supposed to?! Who are you and what have you done with the real Takara?!"
I glare at him and say,"You don't understand. It's not that I'm not supposed to, but I had to promise to keep the information to myself."
"Who'd you promise that was so important?"
"Someone I respect."
Sasuke was probably wondering, 'Who in the world would I respect? She hardly respects anyone!' Well, I respect my brother so he was probably thinking that. But I also respect Itachi. Of course, he didn't know that.
"Takara, please... I'm your friend. Please tell me you have like at least a little respect for me and just tell me something. Anything that would help me!" Sasuke pleads.
Well, I don't think Sasuke has ever pleaded before and he is my friend and teammate, so... I'll tell him something.
"Fine," I say and the light in his eyes brighten.
"Itachi's a liar. Don't believe in everything he does or says to you. It'll be hard to tell what he's lying about, and he does tell the truth sometimes, but don't believe everything." I state.
"Don't believe what?"
"Don't believe in his acts and his hatred."
"I don't understand, tell me more!"
I shake my head and walk back to the campsite. With a snap of my fingers, I put out the last of the fire, lie down on the patch of grass I made for a makeshift bed and close my eyes. But I didn't sleep.
"Woohoo! We're finally back home!" Naruto exclaims.
Ah... always the enthusiastic one. It's just a trait that I can never acquire. Especially since I still don't know how I survived that fall into the volcano. So... it's time for some research. Creepy plant lady mentioned something about a phoenix. So that's the first thing I'll look up in the library. Right after I make a quick stop at my house, I head over to the Konoha library, and look up phoenixes. I find a few books on them that are actually useful, and find out that it's supposed to be a legend. And the most useful piece of information that I got that might be related to my case, was that phoenixes are reborn immediately good as new, and as strong as steel when they burn to ash. So that makes sense... when I fell into the lava, I'm supposed to burn to ash then I was quickly reborn and good as new. But how?! And why?!