My eyes fluttered open at the site of light. I saw trees moving past... We were on the move.

"Hey, you're awake!" I heard a cheerful voice say. I lifted my head and saw a lot of yellow and orange.

"Hey... Naruto..." I managed to say. I dropped my head again and grabbed onto him.

"How ya feeling?"

"As fresh as a daisy," I said sarcastically. "Where are we going?" He explained that Sai left with Orochimaru, blah blah blah seen this part a million times!

"Ashelza...?" he asked quietly.

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry." He looked down.

"For what?"

"Giving you those burn marks and scars."

"Oh no, you didn't..." I got cut off.

"Captain Yamato told me everything, so don't try to hide it!"

I wrapped my arms around his neck, "It's okay..."

"Are we there yet?" I yelled in his ear.

"Maybe if you get off me and walk, we'll get there faster!"

"But I don't wanna walk!"

"Well too bad!" He said dumping me to the ground.

"Hey," I yelled and jumped on him again.

"You two knock it off! We're here!" Captain Yamato scolded.

We approached a cave looking... thing. Yes, I said thing deal with it!

I jumped off of Naruto and looked around.

"I don't see any entrances," Taylor said.

"The walls seem to be made of stone so we can get in using my jutsu," Captain Yamato said with his hand on the ground. He made a hole in the ground and we jumped in. We dug until we found the wall of the fortress and Yamato made a hole so we could get in.

"This place is huge!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Keep it down," Sakura yelled at him. "This is the enemy's hideout so anything could happen!"

"Okay. Sakura, Taylor and I will go this way, Naruto and Ashelza go the other way. Got it?" Yamato said.

"Got it!" we replied and ran off.

Naruto and I ran down the halls opening door after door. Naruto was crying but tried to hide it for my sake.

"Sasuke! Where are you?" he yelled out. Suddenly there was a loud noise and the hideout shook like an earthquake. We turned to where the sound was coming from and looked at each other.

"Let's go," he said before running off.

"Wait! Naruto!" I said racing after him.

We ran for a bit until the ceiling exploded in front of us. I coughed and waved the dust away from my face, looking up to see that jackass of an Uchiha.

"Sasuke?!" Naruto stuttered. I looked around and saw the rest of the group staring in disbelief.

I moved one hand behind my back and formed familiar handsigns. Water formed around my hand until it created a sword. I knew what was coming and I would stop it. Sasuke disappeared then reappeared in front of Naruto. I ran up behind him and blocked the attack before it could reach my friend.

"And who might you be," the Uchiha asked cockily.

"Ashelza and who are you attacking my teammate?" I asked, even though I already knew that answer. I pushed his sword away and he jumped back.

"Are these my replacements? Two girls and an emotionless guy?" Speak for yourself, emo. "Pity... " he said swinging his sword at me. I managed to block it just in time. "That will never work." He sent a shock of electricity down his sword, through my body. Dropping the jutsu I staggered back into Naruto.

"Ashelza," Taylor and Sakura yelled. Sasuke gave me a funny look.

"So you're from the Yamada Clan along with the other girl over there," he pontes to Taylor. "Then I can't let you two live!" He charged again but was stopped by Taylor. She had the same idea as me when she created a sword of fire.

She countered and pointed at his neck, trying to stab him. He ducked and kicked her stomach. I ran up and swung at his side as Naruto ran behind him with a kunai. Duckass kicked me back and slashed at Naruto. Turning back to me he stabbed at my shoulder. I dropped to one knee, grabbing my wound to slow the bleeding.

"Ashelza!" Taylor yelled out. I looked up to see Orochimaru with his neck stretched out, heading towards me. It happened so fast. One second I saw my doom, the next I was seeing Taylor with his teeth in her neck. I stood up in shock.

"Taylor!" He dropped her on the ground and I ran to her side.

"At least I got one of them," he grunted. "She will be an interesting subject indeed. Until next time my sweet Ashelza." He smiled and dissipated along with Sasuke.

I looked at Taylor's neck as she lay unconscious. Three toma appeared on her neck where he bit her. I looked up to see the group in dismay.

"She... She has the curse mark."

"Miss?" A voice said. "Miss!" I shot up startled at the booming sound.

"Miss, you have to leave. The doctors have to look at her now," a nurse said.

"Uh... Ok," I said and exited the room. Taylor has been unconscious for two days since the Orochimaru incident and I have been with her this whole time. I walked out of the hospital and headed to the library. I needed to find out more about my clan and why people were after us.

I went inside the building, finding the section for clans, and found the file. I took out the contents. Newsletters, birth certificates, and other junk. I found a paper that seemed most useful. It read:

The Yamada Clan

Origin: The Hidden Village in the Leaves

Characteristics: All Yamada's carry the trait of animal tattoos on their face

I skimmed over the rest of the page and found another.

Kami Yamada killed! Clan destroyed.

Clan leader's wife passes away after giving birth to two baby girls.

I picked up the newsletter and started reading it.

Prodigy princesses disappear

The four year old twins disappear after fire in clan main house. Clan leader killed along with most of main house.

I looked at the picture on the bottom of the newsletter. It was two girls. One with brown hair... and a wolf tattoo. The other girl had the butterfly tattoo. I dropped the paper as the memories came back.

A large room and loud noises boomed through the halls. A large man stood in front of us and pulled us into a hug.

"When we get outside I want you two to run as fast as you can into the woods. Can you do that for daddy?"

"But where are you going Papa?"

"I have to run an errand but I'll meet you in the woods. Ok?"

I gripped my head, finding myself back in the library. I looked back at the article again.

Special Powers: Each member of the main family can control an element, along with an animal tattoo.

Two children of the clan have been known to have...

That was it. The rest of it was ripped.