A/N: I decided to just post the second chapter rather than wait another day
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own Himika and Sanbi
Waking up to StrangersI woke up in a shell of pain. I was used to pain, but it came as a shock how horrible physical pain could be, as opposed to the mental pain I usually received. I had been raised to think that mental pain was worse, but now as it overwhelmed me with its strength, I was having second thoughts.
It was hard to focus at first, and it was at least a full ten minutes before my mind could think of any other thing to say except "ouch". Recent thoughts came back, and there was that mental pain, coming at me full force. I thought for a moment that my heart had stopped, but it soon became apparent that I was holding my breath.
There was a loud noise. My eyes shot open searching my surroundings. The loud noise appeared to be someone knocking on the door. My heart raced faster. Where was I? A hospital of some sort obviously, but where? I began to panic as two people entered the room. One was blonde and the other brunette.
The blonde one seemed to examine me critically, as if she was expecting me to disappear suddenly. At that moment I wished that I did.
The brunette held a clipboard in her hand, and seemed to be waiting on the blonde to do something. Time ticked by and the silence soon became deafening.
Just then, when I began to get suspicions that they actually thought I was sleeping, the blonde woman's brown eyes locked with my amethyst ones. Something in my mind reminded me to breath, seeing as how I'd stopped again.
The blonde woman had a look of authority about her; a look that said if you mess with me be ready for the consequences. Her lips started moving, but it took me a second to realize that she was talking to me.
"What's your name?" She asked.
I scanned my brain for the best way to answer the authoritive figure.
"S-San-Sanbi" I stuttered half from nerves and half from the lack of speech I'd had in the past (unknown) days.
She seemed to process this information, and then she was back to her interrogation.
"Alright then, Sanbi," she started, "how are you feeling?" (1)
There were many things I could have said to her at that point, but seeing as how it was supposed to be a polite question, I wasn't going to be the first to act uncivil…yet.
"Despite both the physical and mental pain that has been inflicted upon myself, I think I'm doing just peachy seeing as how I'm still alive." I responded complete with a glare and full sarcasm. Oops, so much for being civil.
I could almost feel the blonde and brunette's annoyance for me grow. Was it me or was the blonde lady's eyebrow actually starting to twitch?
At that moment (thankfully for me) another person walked in. She was short for her age (of what looked like 18), and she had long black hair that was tied back the same way as the blonde lady's. She had deep blue eyes, and was wearing a headband (which I recognized as Konoha's) and a Jounin's vest.
She seemed to assess the situation when she entered the room. Barely glancing at me, she discovered I was conscious.
"Lord Hokage," she started saying to the blonde lady, "I see the Jane Doe (2) has finally woken up."
So she was the Hokage I had just disrespected...great.
"Finally decided to join us then, Himika?" She asked the newcomer. "And our Jane Doe here appears to be called Sanbi."
This Himika person looks at me with a disappointed face. "Damn, I totally lost that bet then, Shizune." She says turning to the other woman in the room. "If only she had died…"
I heard her mumble the last part under her breath, and I had no doubt in my mind that the other two had heard it as well. The Hokage person seemed to put on a curious expression, as if silently agreeing. Suddenly I felt worse that I had before.
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(1) Sanbi basically means extreme pain, or sorrow. So when Tsunade asked how she was doing, it was kind of a bad pun.
(2) Jane Doe is a term used for dead females who are found but not identified (not sure on the spelling though).
