'The class room suddenly became silent as she finished speaking about her experience of the war, to even the most oblivious students, it was clear the memory of the war was too much for Alex.'

"Stop drinking tea while I'm examining you!" were the only words that Sakura was able to shout before Alex gave her a slow but deathly glare as she put down the cup of tea she had brought on her way to the hospital. The two shinobi were alike in many ways, not only were they both medical ninjas but they both had monstrous strength and the personality to harbour it. However unlike many Alex and Sakura came to understand and appreciate each other due to these similarities. It helped that Sakura was Alex's doctor through her healing process with the help from Hinata every so often due to her byakugan being able to see the damage to her chakra network.

Sakura gave her patient a nod for her corporation before she went back to examining the external problems to Alex's body. As she unwrapped the bandages that covers both of Alex's arms, a frown developed on Sakura's face as she gently ran her fingers over the abnormal marks on her wrists. The silence that had fogged up the room was too much for Alex and so she spoke up at she glanced at the confused ninja.

"No need to worry, I tripped so Shino grabbed my wrists and you know he has no concept of the word gentle."

Alex words created a mix of emotions in Sakura but the first one was anger and the pink haired shinobi whacked her round the head while shouting.

"You, Baka! I thought I told you to be careful. After two years I thought you would have stopped being so clumsy!"

After her rage had subsided, she sighed before a smirked slipped onto her lips. "But I bet you didn't mind did you? After all you got your knight is dull green to save you"

Sakura's facial expression made Alex feel slightly sick.

"You know it's not like that!" was all that Alex could say while blushing deeply

"Oh but it is isn't it? Alex it's obvious you have some" She paused slight before continuing as she was being careful about her choice of words.

"Strange feelings towards him, I don't understand how. He's so silent and distance towards everyone."

" You always knew how to get information out of me didn't you?" Alex's words put a big grin on Sakura's face and she nodded.

"Of course I did! You studied under me for your medical core training remember?"

How could Alex forget? Sakura had been her teacher for her medical core training. It hadn't been as easy for her as it had been for the others to pick up the techniques but her excellent chakra control and sheer determination to help others was enough to push her through. The thoughts of her previous training during the time Naruto was away from the village came back to her in a form of a flash back.

"Alex your not putting enough chakra into it!" Sakura yelled at her as Alex wiped a bead of sweat from her brow.

There was no reply from her as she put her hands above the wounded squirrel that she was trying to heal. As Alex closed her eyes, she tried again but to prevail. This action caused Sakura to groan loudly and pat her head.

"Baka, your not trying hard enough!"

"I am! I want to succeed and help those who are in need, I want to be able to contribute to my team and to the village! I will protect those who I love and care for. I don't want to be a burden anymore, Sakura! "

Alex's outburst caused Sakura to blink a few times and clench her fist in a positive way. With a smile Sakura nodded.

"OK,Then show me what you've got!"

As Alex zones back into reality she winced slightly as she felt Sakura press down on the bruises that were developing on her wrists. For a shinobi who fought during the last war, Alex bruised quite easily due to the damaged she had received over two years ago and the pressure that this particular medical core member was putting on her wrists sent a burning pain shooting up her arm.

"Ow! Sakura that hurts!"

"If it hurts that much, then it means little progress has been made in the last few weeks to your condition" With that she sighed and began to wrap Alex's wrists in bandages.

"Your arms seem to be fine though. Make sure you go and see Hinata soon to see how your chakra network is doing" As Alex nodded with appreciation to her friend she felt her warm cup of tea return to her hand with the help of Sakura. Although the two were friends and close enough to share some secrets and information, Sakura knew that Hinata was the one girl who could understand and get the most out of Alex than anyone else in the village.

"Please be careful, Alex. I know you want to go out on missions, but the academy is the best place for you while you heal."

With her friend's words she nodded and left the hospital. It wasn't that Alex wasn't happy with her position but she felt lost, she knew that she didn't belong at the academy. Unlike Shino who knew he belonged there, she was unsure. All Alex knew was that she didn't want to be stuck there forever and that she missed the action of the shinobi duties that were out of her reach.

It took her a few minutes to reach the entrance of the academy and as she walked through the entrance her tea was knocked out of her hand by a group of young ninjas in training.

"Hey! watch it, baka!" She yelled which seemed to catch their attention. Alex blinked a few times as she saw all of their admiring face. The group of three students were staring at her with their eyes wide open. It was a expression she knew very well. It was the look she used to watch Kakashi with when she was a student here, it was one admiration.

"It's Alex of the Eclipse!" One of them shouted as he ran and came to a halt right in front of her, his actions surprised her greatly and caused her to look down at him with a confused look on her face.

"Excuse me? "

"That is you, right?"

Alex was even more confused now that she had been a few minutes ago. Alex of the eclipse? Where did that name come from? Her curiosity had gotten the best of her.

"Where did you hear that name from"

"Shino Sensei said that a ninja with black hair and a cup in her hand. Is that you?!" The boy grinned and the other two students joined in with his excitement. Alex wondered what Shino had been telling these kids about her. It was true she had contributed to the war a great deal but she had no clue that her had a silly title like this around the village.

"I guess that is me then!" Alex smiled down at them before glancing down at her spilled tea with a heavy sigh.

"I was enjoying that" She mumbled before picking up the empty cup.

With her mumbling she ushered the students to run off to class while she grabbed another cup of tea from the cafeteria. Once she had her new streaming cup of green tea, she made her way towards the class room. After knocking on the door she walked in to see many eyes staring down at her. Through the years that she had graduated, the students way of life hadn't changed at all.

"Your late" Was all that Shino said before looking at her through his sunglasses.

"Sakura was moaning at me for the bruises you gave me and I had to get a new cup of tea"

"Did you get a speech"

"I'll wing it"

"..."

It seemed that Shino was not happy with her way of working, however after introducing her to the class, Alex began speaking to the class surrounding chakra control after taking a sip of her tea.

"First let's see what you all know about chakra and it's control. Hands up"

There were only a few hands put up at her request which caused a groan from her. She didn't expect them to know a lot but at least a little bit would of giving her some leverage. As she scanned the faces of the student she pointed a small girl with light blur hair pulled up into two pigtails.

"What's your name, Sweetie?"

"Chika, Alex Sensei" Her voice was very soft, it definitely fitted her name.

"OK,Chika. What do you know about chakra?"

Alex was surprised at how much this little girl knew about the subject and it must of shown on her face and Chika formed a blush on her pale cheeks as she spoke about the formation of physical and spiritual energy of chakra. Along with the chakra network.

"Excellent! Alex gave her thumbs up before walking to the chalk board and writing the kanji character for chakra.

"That's correct, Chakra is the balance between Physical and spiritual energy within the body to perform even the most basic techniques! If you do not have the balance of both then the technique will fail. This is why it is important to have both mental strength along with physical strength. "

Alex turned to the class to continue her speech. "The chakra flows through the chakra networks throughout the body and once that network is damaged it is harder for the user to dispel the cha-"

Before she could continue she was cut of by one of the students standing up and shouting.

"Is that why you are here?" Alex frowned at him and nodded slowly before continuing.

" As I was say, Churka control is the manipulation of chakra and can take years to perfect. Fortunately I am skilled in this technique and moulding chakra. Moulding chakra involves the extraction of physical energy from the body's cells and spiritual energy from the mind's consciousness, and then mixing them together within the bo-" Again she was cut off by the same student and she was becoming more angry at the interruptions.

"Show us"

His words created murmuring throughout the class room. Alex's eyes widen slightly and sighed. Shino stole a glance at her as if to tell her not to, however she was riled up now and she wasn't one to back down.

"I cannot, it would cause more damage to my chakra networks."

The class room had erupted into several students talking at the same time.

"But why?!"

Alex let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding in and spoke.

"I was wounded during the Fourth Shinobi Great War and that is why, I can use a little chakra, however with great difficulty." Alex's expression changed from one of annoyance to one of fear as she heard one of the students ask her what happened to her. It was clear to Shino that Alex was becoming more and more uncomfortable with the questions, however before he could stop his class room from becoming more rowdy she had began to tell the story with great pain on her face.

" The front lines were a dangerous place and I was wounded by our enemies. I wasn't used to the battle as I spent my time healing our village but one of our enemies caught me off guard and hit me with a chakra blade that was laced with poison. That poison attacked my chakra networks and I have not healed yet"

The class room suddenly became silent as she finished speaking about her experience of the war, to even the most oblivious students, it was clear the memory of the war was too much for Alex. She leaned against the wall of the class room with a look that seemed to be a mix of pain, grief and anger smeared over her face. It took Alex a few minutes to come back to reality and that was only possible when Shino poured out a fresh cup of tea for her and place it in her hand. Once she was back she glance at the students and coughed gently before continuing.

"But enough of that, all you need to understand at your level is that chakra needs the two energies to work and that chakra control is very important." She bowed gently before sitting down in Shino's seat at his desk as he took her place as the teacher.

It wasn't until she calmed down and watched Shino in this environment that she realized he truly belong here. Although she was a confident person, she wouldn't be able to teach like he did. Her mind slipped back into it's half concious state as she listened to his smoothing voice, she was content with the way things were between them. Although she would love to be able to stay close to him and let him hold her when she was down. Alex knew that it took a lot for him to be in her presence and so she was content with their relationship, even if it was platonic. What bore down on her mind was the prospect that it may remain this way for years to come, though at that moment that wasn't her biggest worry. That slot was taken by the fact that she had been confined to the village for two years now. Being an active girl, this drove Alex crazy.

All of her thinking had put her in a state of unconscious and she fell into a light sleep to the sound of Shino teaching.