Well, here it is Chapter 6. Thank you for all of your reviews They make me feel very happy.Especially yours Sodesne. I'mglad that you like my story, even though the main character is an OC.Just a quick clear-up for something lower on this page... I refer to the thigh muscles as "upper-leg muscles" because #1. I forgot what their real name is #2 If anybody else forgot their real name, this makes it MUCH easier.

Ch. 6

Lee was out running again, but this time not from Sakura. He was training, running around the village twice, after having done 1000 push-ups. It was early afternoon, and the sun was boiling, so Lee had sped up, hoping to finish quickly so that he could go swimming. Lost in his thoughts of clear, cold water, Lee did not see the person as he rounded the corner of a building. Again, he and the other person fell down, although this time Lee fell backwards, bumping his head on the hard ground. He sat up wincing.

"Ow. How is it that I keep running into everybody?" He pulled himself back up, then heard a groan behind him from the other person.

"Watch where you're running, you idiot." Lee froze. He knew that voice well, and he also had not heard it in four and a half years.

It can't be… There's no way that it could be Sasuke. Is there…?

He was about to wave the foolish thought away, then stopped, remembering what Naruto had told him. How Sasuke's body had been nowhere at the hideout. Closing his eyes, he steeled himself and then turned to see who he had run into. He opened his eyes and gasped staring. There he was, with the usual scowl in place on his face. He saw Sasuke's eyes widen, and heard him whisper "Shit!" Sasuke turned to leave and Lee grabbed his shirt, halting his escape.

"Sasuke… Y-you're back!" Sasuke sighed, then detached Lee's hand from his shirt.

"Yeah, here I am. Don't tell anybody quite yet, OK?" Lee, still dumbstruck, just nodded. They both turned when a voice shouted from behind Sasuke.

"SASUKE! HEY EVERYBODY, SASUKE'S BACK!" The boy who had just shouted was chubby, and had a bag of chips clasped in his hands. Sasuke heard others throughout the area shout back, and he growled.

"Damn that Choji!" He turned to leave, but was stopped again when as a pink blur came stampeding towards him.

"Oh shi-" That was all he had time to say before the speeding bundle collided with his midriff, knocking him down. He was getting annoyed by this time and snarled at the mass on his chest.

"Sakura, get off of me. NOW!"

"NO!" Sasuke snarled louder, then shoved the girl off of him, none to gently. He stood up and brushed himself off, then turned to face her. He was surprised at how different she looked.

She had let her hair grow out, and it was now just past her shoulders, held back in a pony-tail. Her body had matured too, and she now looked like the young woman that she was. From the white band encircling her forearm, Sasuke could tell that she was a trainee healer.

"Sasuke?" He focused back on the present again. Sakura was staring at him, now speechless, with tears pouring from her eyes. The speaker was a woman behind her. Sasuke groaned inwardly. The Hokage was the last person he wanted to meet right now. He bowed.

"Hello again Tsunade-sama." Tsunade stared at him, blinking hard. She was more than a little surprised that he had showed up unexpectedly, and even more so, he had changed drastically.

His skin was as pale as ever, his eyes still coal black, but he had grown taller, and was no longer skinny-in-a-muscular-way. Now, from what Tsunade could see, Sasuke's arms were well chiseled, without looking obscenely huge. His legs were like that too. There were some new scars on his body that had not been there before he left, the most noticeable one being a long, thin, pale pink scar that began at his forearm and ended at the spot just before his wrist.

With only a slight whoosh to announce his arrival, Kakashi appeared next to Tsunade. He looked at Sasuke in that half-bored, half-annoyed way that only he could manage.

Okay… This is getting WAY to out of hand. Before I know it, the whole village will be here to gawp at me like stupid chickens…

With that thought, Sasuke slowly began to back away from the crowd of familiar faces. It was just too many, too soon. Once more he was stopped when Gai appeared in a cloud of green smoke.

"I had to see for myself! When Neji told me that Sasuke was back I didn't believe him." Gai took a good look at Sasuke and began to laugh, scratching the back of his head.

"I guess that I was wrong…" As he kept on talking, Neji, Tenten, Shikamaru, Kiba and Ino appeared. Sasuke growled, about to say something sharp to Choji for getting him into this mess, but the words never came as a loud crash echoed from behind Sasuke. Every, immediately alert, turned to the source of the sound, weapons drawn.

Aori had stuck to dark valleys and shadowed buildings all the time that she was following Sasuke. Currently, she was tucked into a nice, shadowy alleyway. She had tensed when someone ran into him, but then realized that Sasuke knew the boy. She had just begun to relax when a shout echoed from right next to her hiding spot. Her chakra had spiked as she turned to face a roly-poly boy, but it wasn't her he was shouting at. She snarled though, for he had just alerted everybody in the area that Sasuke was there.

She had silently stood up in the alley, drawing two shurikens and calling on her chakra, as people began to swarm around Sasuke. She watched them carefully, without moving in the slightest bit. So far none of them, not even the pink-haired girl, had had a threatening air about them. When the adults showed up, especially the two men, she stiffened. Adults were worse than people her age, and one of them had the same type of eye concealed under his village band as Sasuke did when he was fighting, or enraged.

Aori drew farther back into the alley, so as not to risk being spotted. A hand came down on her shoulder and she froze.

"Put down your weapons now, and I will not harm you." Aori did nothing, standing as still as possible. It was a man, given away by his voice. When the hand on her shoulder tightened just the tiniest fraction, her body automatically went into action, releasing her chakra into a physical form, grabbing the owner of the hand and flinging him into a brick building fifteen feet away. Her sight clouded in panic, and the last thing she thought sanely was to protect Sasuke.

"What the HELL was that!" The exclamation came from Kiba's mouth as the dust rose. Sasuke crouched down a little, drawing a few kunai.

I think I know what that was, but I'll wear bright green before I tell them

As the dust settled, a coughing could be heard, coming from the side of the building. When a figure could be made out, Hinata gasped. It was Naruto, somehow stuck to the side of the building by two huge hands, made of purple chakra. They watched Naruto finally open his eyes and try to move, then realize what was wrong.

"WHAT THE HECK! HEY YOU GUYS, LOOK OUT! THERE'S A-" He was cut off as another piece of purple chakra flew to cover his mouth. A blur could be seen by all, following the chakra, while only Kakashi, Gai, Sasuke and Tsunade could actually make out any colors. As the blur advanced on Naruto, Kakashi went into action. He took off at a run, trying to intercept the blur. Sasuke flung his arm out, trying to grab Kakashi's foot.

"NO! DON'T GO AFT-" He stopped, dumbstruck, as Kakashi's form disappeared, and then reappeared on the wall next to Naruto, an even larger pair of hands holding him down, with another strand of chakra keeping down his village band. At that point, even Tsunade's mouth was open.

"This has gone far enough…" With those words, Gai leapt in, using taijutsu to speed up just enough to grab at the blur. Sasuke winced as what he knew was Aori was stopped dead in her tracks. He swore under his breath, then began rushing towards Gai and the girl, not hearing Tsunade and Sakura's protests.

He skidded to a stop as Aori, using Gai's advantage against him, leapt into the air, dragging Gai up and over her head, to slam into the building next to Kakashi. When the dust cleared for a second time, Gai, Kakashi and Naruto were still stuck to the wall.

Everybody was completely silent. Somebody had just disabled Naruto, Gai, and Kakashi within thirty seconds. Not even the third Hokage had done that before. Sakura and a few of the others gasped as the blur finally took form, appearing on the wall with a kunai pressed at Kakashi and Gai's throats. She seemed to be standing on the side of the building using chakra. Her face was a mask, no emotion escaping at all.

Sakura's gasps had brought Sasuke out of his awe. He began to move slowly towards the girl, when Sakura rushed out, grabbing his arm.

"No Sasuke! Don't! She'll hurt you too!" Sasuke turned and glared at Sakura in such a cold way that hell would have frozen over.

"Let go of me now…" Shocked by the venom in his voice, Sakura released his arm, and he again dashed towards Aori.

When he reached her, everybody held their breath, waiting for his body to wind up on the side of the building as well. All watching blinked in amazement as Sasuke stretched out his hand to the girl, talking in a soothing voice.

"Aori, you need to let them go. These people will n-

Sasuke stopped when Aori's body stiffened, making the kunais dig into the two ninja's necks just enough that blood trickled. When her body began to shake, Sasuke backed away warily, then swore when she dropped, slamming into the ground. He rushed for her, but movement from her slowed him, and he sighed.

An instant later, her head jerked up and Sakura and Hinata gasped again, and everyone, Sasuke included, took a few steps back. Her eyes were shining gold, the pupils gone. As everybody looked on in amazement, her head jerked to the left, and blood began to trickle from her mouth. Her head then jerked the other way, and a red welt appeared next to her eye.

At least a few of the people present realized what was happening then, although it seemed impossible. Something, unheard and unseen, was hurting the girl. Sasuke was one of the first to realize, and rushed towards her again. He grabbed her arm, then found himself flying through the air, an automatic reaction from Aori's body. He slammed against a wall, the wind knocked out of him and could only watch the events that unfolded.

Her head was jerked around a few more times, large bruises forming immediately. Then, with a crack like a gunshot, her right leg broke. Her eyes, which had squeezed shut with the pain, snapped open again, showing bright gold as she screamed. With that scream, the chakra holding the three men to the wall dissipated, and they dropped to the ground. Whatever was hurting Aori wasn't done yet. She flipped over, as though kicked, and curled up, her body shaking as invisible beings kicked at her stomach, ribs, back, everywhere.

Sasuke tried to focus on her leg from where he was, and shuddered when he realized that it was crushed.

That means that… K'SO!

Using the wall, he hoisted himself up and began staggering towards Aori, trying his best to ignore the stabbing pain traveling from his right wrist up to his shoulder. He was only halfway to Aori when her other leg was crushed, and she let out a rending scream again. Sasuke tried to hurry along a little faster as her eyes slid shut, and her body lay still.

Sasuke reached her frozen form, and bent down slowly, reaching a hand out to see if she was conscious, when Tsunade appeared beside him, grabbing his hand.

"Don't touch her… We don't know what she will do." Sasuke whipped his head around to look at the Hokage, growling.

"Don't you get it! She only attacked them because she was scared!" Tsunade let go of Sasuke's hand, surprised and slightly annoyed, at the heat she could hear in the young man's voice.

"Oh, so you know this girl? This girl who just attacked and threatened THREE of Konoha's ninja's!"

"OF COURSE I KNOW HER! I'VE BEEN TRA-

Sasuke stopped his yelling at Tsunade as Aori twitched. He turned his eye back to her worried, then realized that something was happening. He turned back to Tsunade.

"We've gotta move back, NOW!" He grabbed her hand and began dragging her away from the girl's body, and not a moment too soon.

Aori's body had begun jerking and convulsing again. Sasuke watched, gritting his teeth, knowing that there was nothing that he could do to help her. With two more resounding cracks, both of her arms broke. She lay still again, but still Sasuke did not approach her body. Something did not quite seem right. His instincts were correct as Aori's eyes snapped open yet again.

Everybody gasped as she sat up suddenly, her body shaking hard. She brought her hands, with broken arms and everything, up to her head, clutching her skull. She began to rock back and forth slightly, and everybody shivered slightly at her next words. It wasn't the words that made them shiver though. It was her voice, childlike and deadly angry at the same time.

"Get out! Get out of my head! Damn you bastards, I already killed you! Now get out of MY HEAD!" With those last words, her head jerked straight up, her face towards the sky. Her mouth was wide open now as well as her eyes, and a golden chakra was pouring out of both places.

Sasuke and Tsunade backed up even more, and both could hear people behind them gasp as a small disk came blasting out of the side of the girl's skull, leaving a nickel-sized hole that trickled blood. Aori dropped back to the ground like cement, and Sasuke began heading back for her, feeling at last that it was safe. Tsunade followed, giving Sasuke and Aori's body a large berth as she made her way to Gai, Kakashi and Naruto.

Sasuke knelt gently next to Aori's body, examining the bruises that covered her face. Although the rest of her body was covered by her clothing, he could guess that most of her body would have severe bruising, as well as her crushed legs and fractured arms. It was not these things that worried Sasuke the most though. It was the hole on the side of her head.

Gingerly, he slid his fingers underneath her head, turning it so that he could look at the wound. He frowned when he saw that it was gone, a small red mark all that was left to signify that any sort of wound had been there. He turned her head back, and jolted slightly. Her eyes were open, purple again, and they were staring at him, fear rushing through them.

"S-Sasuke?" The way her voice was just then, she sounded like a small child. Sasuke let out the breath he had been holding. She was going to be fine, as the mask now back in place on her face told him.

"Can you sit up?" Aori nodded, and Sasuke gently pulled her upright, not missing her slight wincing at the broken arms and legs. When she nodded again, he let go of her, and she slowly looked at the damage around her, careful of her arms. Sasuke could not tell what was going through her head as she looked at him again.

"I did all of this?" Sasuke nodded slowly, and her eyes slid shut as she let out a heavy breath. She was about to say something, when a shadow fell over both of them. They turned to see a livid, but cautious Tsunade staring down at Aori.

"Sasuke, I want you to back away from this girl, now. I'm going to arrest her." Sasuke's eyes went wide at that, and he jumped up, ready to begin shouting at the Hokage, but before he could begin, she spoke again.

"I don't want to hear it Sasuke. This girl is dangerous, no matter what you say. Whatever that just was, I can't fix Naruto, Gai and Kakshi's injuries! It's like her chakra is resistant to healing, and I don't know what to do!" As she had spoken, Tsunade's voice had increased in volume until by the end she was yelling. Everyone else who had watched the spectacle had moved closer by this time, all with weapons drawn and eyes on the stranger.

Sasuke just glared at Tsunade, getting angrier with each word she said. Again he opened his mouth to retaliate, and again he was stopped, but this time by a hand clutching his arm. He turned to Aori and realized that she was trying to stand. She was using his arm to try and pull herself up with two broken arms and two shattered legs. Sasuke quickly bent down and helped her up, a worried look in his eyes as she let out a hissing breath. The others tensed, thinking that she was getting ready to attack Sasuke, but all she did was lean against him, the pain of her injuries making her body shake. She brought her head up after a few seconds, aiming her emotionless, purple gaze at Tsunade.

"I apologize greatly for the harm I have caused here. Please allow me to fix them…" Tsunade, along with all of the other ninjas who had never known Aori before, just stared at her, slightly shocked at the quiet politeness emanating from her mouth.

When Tsunade failed to reply, Aori took things into her own hands, pushing herself off of Sasuke's shoulder and slowly and painfully making her way over to the three wounded men. As she knelt down next to Kakashi's body, Tsunade made to stop her, but Sasuke held the Hokage back. She turned to him, and the two engaged in a furious whisper-match.

"What are you DOING Sasuke? She's going to hurt them even more! She has no proper training, and all three are probably going to end up dead!" Sasuke glared back at her as he replied.

"I haven't told ANYONE, not even Aori this, but I trust her with my life. If she kills any one of them, although that is extremely unlikely, I will take her punishment for her." Tsunade now stared at Sasuke in the same way that she had just been staring at the girl named Aori. In all of her days knowing him, not once had Sasuke ever admitted openly to trusting anyone so completely. Tsunade sighed, the will to fight gone out of her, and Sasuke released her.

All the while that this heated conversation had been going on, Aori had been gently running her gloved hands over the silver-haired man's chest, arms and legs, pinpointing a broken rib and bad bruising on his upper-leg muscles. Letting her body relax as much as possible with her wounds, Aori let her eyes slide shut as she placed her palms face-down onto the dirt, chanting. As Sasuke had seen once before, a golden mist began to gather where her hands met earth, and soon four thin tendrils had shot out of the ground, waving slowly in the air.

Although Sasuke was used to this-to a point-none of the others, including Tsunade, had ever seen anything like it. They all stared on as the small tendrils wrapped around Kakashi's chest. Seeing as the broken rib was on the side of his body facing away from the crowd, they could not see when the vines punctured his side, writhing under the skin as the pulled the piece of bone back into place and set it there with a bit of an organic gooey substance that Aori knew would decompose once the break was fully healed.

The plants then withdrew from his side, making their way down to his legs, where they began to emit a golden light as well. Aori nodded, for she could feel the bruises lessen, for all that she could not see it happen. Once this was done, Aori tried to pull herself up so that she could make her way to Gai's body. She got about halfway, with the others again tensing, before her crushed legs gave out and she fell hard to the ground. Sasuke winced simultaneously with her as her arms were jostled.

She sighed, then heaved herself back up into a sitting position. Although she did not want to, she was going to have to put her consciousness into the vines to reach the green man and the loud boy. She closed her eyes again, this time not reopening them, as the golden mist at her hands spread around her whole body, then left it, surrounding the vines and infusing them with the golden light. Sasuke frowned. This was something new.

The plants made their way to Gai's side, doing the same kind of check as Aori had done on Kakashi. They set a broken arm, and reset a dislocated finger before moving to Naruto's body. Kakashi had begun to stir by this time, and so Tsunade rushed over to him to keep him still as he awoke.

Sasuke kept his eyes half on the plants and half on Aori's body as he watched. They began to wind around Naruto's chest, arms and legs, exactly as they had with Kakashi and Gai, setting any broken bones and lessening any bruises they came across. Then, as the plants began to wind across the area where his belly button was located, they stopped dead, beginning to shake slightly. Sasuke frowned at this, and began to move to check Aori's body when her eyes snapped open, glowing gold, and the plants shriveled and died. She bolted straight up, showing none of the weakness she had just minutes ago, her golden eyes not looking at anything but Naruto's covered stomach. Sasuke rushed to grab her shoulder, which seemed somehow to bring her out of this state, which was a good thing as some of the others were prepared to make her into a human pin cushion.

Aori blinked once, then twice and her eyes were purple again, purple and dull with weariness. She whispered one thing before falling into Sasuke's open arms as her body went into a healing sleep.

"It is done…"

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Naruto: Heeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyy! How come I was barely in this chapter?

Sasuke slaps the back of his head: Because you aren't the main character for once dobe. Aori is.

Aori: ...