Flames Of Recollection

Chapter 4

As Akiya awoke the next morning, Her body felt heavy and her muscles ached.

" Why is my body so sore...What happened? " Akiya sat up slowly and looked around. After noticing that she was in Sakura's bedroom, Akiya heard a soft voice beside her.

" You passed out in the forest yesterday and i brought you home to take care of you. " Sakura spoke softly and tenderly as she sat up. " I was so worried about you. You weren't breathing when you collapsed. And you stopped breathing while you slept. Don't scare me like that.." Sakura put her arms around Akiya gently.

Akiya blushed softly and spoke nervously. " Sakura...I.."

Sakura put a finger on Akiya's lips before she could finish. " Please let me speak first...I think i know what your going to say. "

Akiya nodded and listened carefully. Sakura sighed softly before speaking. " This is...different for me...I've seen the way you blush when i hug you and i know that you like girls but..."

Sakura turned away as she blushed brightly. Akiya spoke softly. " But? "

Sakura turned back to look at Akiya. " But when you stopped breathing i felt something I've never felt before. I was genuinely scared. I thought i was going to lose you. I have never felt this way about anyone before and i have no idea how to express my feelings and no idea if its right or wrong or...i just feel so lost..."

Akiya blushed brightly as Sakura finished speaking. For a moment she was speechless. When she snapped back to reality, Akiya spoke softly.

" You read my mind Sakura...But i know how to express my feelings if you will let me..." Akiya blushed even brighter as Sakura nodded nervously.

Akiya moved towards her slowly and placed a hand on her cheek gently. Sakura was enchanted by Akiya's touch and instinctively moved forward. Akiya held Sakura lovingly as they're lips collided gently. Sakura put her arms around Akiya's neck as she lost herself in Akiya's kiss.

As Akiya pulled away from the kiss, Sakura sighed as if her entire life had led up to this one moment. Sakura was speechless as she fell backwards onto her pillow. " Wow...that was..."

Akiya lay beside her and put her head on Sakura's chest. " The most amazing feeling I've ever experienced. I... I love you Sakura.. "

Sakura blushed brightly as she tilted Akiya's head up and kissed her gently. " I... I love you to. I want you to stay with me while we learn about you. I want you here every night. Please? "

Akiya was so lost in her feelings that she couldn't voice her words. Akiya nodded as she kissed Sakura again before getting up and getting dressed.

Once they were both dressed, Sakura suggested that they go to see the Hokage. As they walked towards Tsunade's room, Akiya held Sakura's hand lovingly. while they were walking, Naruto caught up to them.

" Hey pretty girl! Wanna go g...OW! " Naruto rubbed his head gently as Akiya spoke.

" Pervert. Learn some manners will you? And no i don't want to go anywhere right now. I'm going with Sakura to see the Hokage. " As Akiya finished speaking, Naruto noticed that Akiya and Sakura were holding hands.

" WAIT! You two are...when...why...WHAT?! " Naruto's jaw dropped as Sakura hit him on the head.

" Is that a problem Naruto? " Sakura looked at him fiercely.

" Well its just..." Naruto looked down sheepishly.

" Its just that he has had a crush on you for forever and now that your mine he is jealous. " Akiya spoke bluntly.

" WHAT?! That's...that's...how did you know? " Naruto blushed slightly as he looked at Sakura.

" He WHAT?! " Sakura almost fell backwards in shock. " But...But i thought you liked Hinata! You had a crush on me?! "

Naruto looked at the ground sheepishly again. " I do like Hinata. I really like Hinata. But i did have a crush on you for ages. It always kinda hurt when you ignored me or said something mean. It always made me feel like i wasn't good enough. "

Sakura put a hand on his shoulder. " I'm sorry for making you feel that way. You were always a good friend to me but i cant be with you Naruto. Hinata deserves your love and my heart belongs to Akiya now. We can always be friends but nothing more. You should tell Hinata how you feel. "

" He...He just did..." Hinata was standing behind Naruto and she blushed bright red before running off.

Naruto looked up the sky and sighed nervously. " That happened..."

Sakura punched his arm gently. " Go to her Naruto. Hinata has always loved you very deeply. Don't avoid her now. It will break her heart. "

Naruto nodded before running off to find Hinata.

Sakura turned back to Akiya. " Thank you for that. He would never have told me otherwise and it would have made everything really awkward. "

Akiya smiled and kissed Sakura gently before they continued walking to see Tsunade.

Meanwhile

Naruto was running through the streets yelling as he searched for Hinata. " HINATA! Where are you? "

Naruto stopped suddenly as heard someone crying nearby. Naruto ran to where the sound was coming from and found Hinata sitting in a tree with her face in her hands.

" He...He loves me... I've waited for so long to hear that... " Hinata hadn't noticed that Naruto had climbed the tree and was sitting in front of her.

" Yes...Yes i do love you Hinata. " Naruto spoke softly and Hinata looked up in shock.

" N... Naruto... I..." Hinata stopped speaking suddenly and blushed bright red as Naruto kissed her gently.

After breaking the kiss Naruto spoke softly. " I never realised you loved me and I'm sorry for ignoring your feelings. I'm sorry if i made you feel like you weren't good enough.." Hinata shook her head as she pulled Naruto forward and kissed him deeply. Hinata put her arms around Naruto's neck gently as they sat there.

Tsunade's Room

" Good your here...and with news it seems..." Tsunade noticed they were holding hands as Akiya stepped forward.

" Yeah... Sakura and I have realised that we have feelings for each other. " Akiya and Sakura both blushed brightly as Tsunade smiled.

" Its about time someone won her heart. It might soften her temper a bit. " Tsunade giggled as Sakura growled at her.

Tsunade stopped giggling and looked up at Akiya. " Has Sakura told you what happened? "

Akiya nodded as she spoke. " Sakura told me that i passed out in the forest and that i stopped breathing. "

Tsunade nodded. " While true...that isn't entirely what happened. You tapped into the power of the beast that is sealed within you and it overloaded your chakra network. You have an amazing amount of control but you weren't ready for that amount of chakra all at once. It overwhelmed you. "

Akiya dropped to her knees slowly. " B... Beast inside me...What..."

Tsunade put her hands together slowly. " You are the Jinchuriki for Matatabi the Two Tailed Cat. One of the tailed legendary beasts. I'm not entirely sure how this came to be but i am hoping we will find out as your memories return. To achieve this i found out what village you came from and found the location... of what's left of it.. I am sending you, Kakashi and Sakura there in hopes of awakening those memories. "

Akiya started shaking as she looked at her hands. " What's left... Did i... "

Sakura quickly sat down and held Akiya. " NO! This wasn't your fault I'm sure of it! We will go and find the village and find out what happened. I promise it will be ok. And i will be with you every step of the way. " Akiya burst into tears as Sakura kissed her.

Tsunade hadn't even noticed they were kissing and spoke softly. " Its settled then. You will leave as soon as you are ready. Good luck. "

Sakura and Akiya stood and walked out slowly. As they left, Shizune spoke. " Do you think she might actually be responsible for the destruction of the village? "

Tsunade sighed heavily. " I damn well hope not. It will crush her. Destroy her. It hurts her enough to think that she is dangerous. If she is the cause of her villages destruction it will be very difficult for her to accept. It may very well break her. "

Shizune sighed softly as Tsunade turned to looked out of her window.

Meanwhile

Naruto and Hinata had spent nearly an hour talking about each other and enjoying they're time together. AS they were walking back through the village, they saw Akiya and Sakura. Naruto ran over and noticed that Akiya looked distressed.

" Everything ok? " Naruto spoke gently as Akiya and Sakura walked past him.

Sakura looked to him and spoke softly. " Not quite... We are taking Akiya to her village to try and restore her memories. The village was destroyed before Akiya arrived here and we are going to investigate that as well. "

Naruto put on his battle face and spoke...or tried to.. speak bravely. " Then I'm coming to. Ill help Akiya get her memories back and ill beat down anyone who tries to get in the way! "

Hinata heard Naruto and ran over to him. " You think I'm going to let you out of my sight now?! Are you crazy?! If your going then so am i! " Hinata hadn't thought her speech through and blushed brightly when she realised that she had said exactly what she was thinking. " I... I mean..."

Naruto kissed her softly. " Actually its really adorable when you talk like that.. "

Hinata blushed brightly again as Sakura spoke." Fine. You two can come but we need to go find Kakashi first. "

Naruto beamed proudly. " That's easy! I saw him while we were walking. He is at the book shop. "

They all walked slowly to the book shop. Akiya couldn't stop shaking and tears were slowly running down her cheeks as she thought of what might have happened to her village.

As they arrived at the book shop, Kakashi was walking out with a new book in his hand. Sakura saw him and ran over. " Kakashi sensei...We have a mission. "

Kakashi closed his book and tucked it into his vest before speaking. " And that mission is? "

Sakura turned back to and motioned to Naruto to stop. Hinata held onto Akiya gently as they stood there.

Sakura spoke softly. " We are to take Akiya to her village and try to restore her memories...also we are to investigate what caused the villages destruction..." Sakura lowered her voice to a whisper. " Hokage thinks there's a chance that Akiya might be responsible. We have to be cautious. I don't want her to think she is bad or corrupted. We really need to be gentle and careful here. "

Kakashi nodded as he spoke. " Very well. Go and pack your things. We leave at once. " Kakashi disappeared as Sakura turned and walked back to Akiya. " Ill take her home to get ready. Go pack your things and meet us at the gate. "

Naruto and Hinata nodded and ran home to get ready. Sakura walked Akiya home to get her ready and pack some thing. " When we get home Akiya...I have a present for you. My mom made it. I hope you like it. "

Akiya hadn't noticed anything but heard Sakura when she spoke and looked up at her with teary eyes. " Something for me? "

Sakura stopped for a moment and kissed Akiya. " Its a surprise. You'll see. "

When they arrived at Sakura's house, Her mother was holding a large parcel. " This is for you Akiya. Thank you so much for being with my daughter. She needed someone she could be close with. "

Akiya took the parcel and unwrapped it gently. As she placed the contents onto the table, She almost burst into tears.

On the table before her was a brand new hand made ninja outfit. Her new ninja outfit closely resembled Sakura's but was black with bright pink stitching. After hugging Sakura's mom and thanking her repeatedly for it, Akiya picked it up and ran upstairs to Sakura's room to put it on.

As Akiya got undressed, Sakura knocked on the door. " Can i...Can i come in? "

Akiya blushed softly as she spoke. " Y...Yes come in Sakura. Its your room after all. "

As Sakura walked in, She immediately blushed and looked away. Akiya was standing in the middle of the room with nothing on. " I'm sorry! i didn't... "

Akiya had turned Sakura around and kissed her. As they kissed, Sakura's hands glided along Akiya's soft skin slowly. When Akiya stepped back she blushed bright red. " I.. Its ok... I don't mind having you here when i get dressed.. "

Sakura blushed bright red before turning around. " It's just...I... "

Akiya blushed brighter as she spoke. " You've never seen someone else naked before.. "

Sakura blushed and shook her head. As she looked up and down Akiya's body, Sakura felt enchanted. " Your...Your so beautiful.. My body isn't that great..."

Akiya placed a hand on Sakura's cheek. " I haven't seen your body yet but i am most positive that it is far more beautiful than mine. But lets get ready. Its time to go. "

Sakura smiled and kissed Akiya passionately before walking back downstairs to let Akiya get dressed. Once they were ready, Akiya and Sakura left to go to the gate to meet Kakashi. When they arrived, Kakashi, Naruto and Hinata were all waiting for them.

Naruto spoke first. " What took so long? We have been waiting for ages. "

Akiya blushed as she spoke. " I apologise...We um...had a moment... "

Hinata and Sakura both blushed as Naruto looked puzzled. " Whatever.. Lets get going. I'm excited! "

Kakashi shook his head slowly as Naruto walked out the gate. " Clueless. "

Sakura nodded at Kakashi as she held Akiya's hand and Hinata ran to catch up with Naruto.

A new adventure begins with new flower of love blossoming.

Will the truth of Akiya's past be found or will her deepest fear be realised?

Read on to find out!

Ah...Chapter 4. Yeah i know its all lovey dovey but I'm in a weird mood today xD

Hope you enjoy it as much as i do!

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