A Genin life Chapter 7: Grown up, a naruto fanfic

Ello everybody! Okay, to clear somethings up before I get reviews, the last chapter was mostly about some of Sierra's past where team seven was involved. Sasuke didn't have a flashback with 'little' Sierra, because he didn't know her until she came into team seven, more explaination later in the story. I don't want to spoil anything else!

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Me: -screams and finds a table to hide under- I wish I didn't hire him!!!!!!!!! SAVE ME!!!!

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Me: -whispers- someone save me from these people. I knew I shouldn't have gone down that alley...(The sound of sand coming towards fanofonepiece) HELP ME!!

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Sierra slowly opened her eyes and the first thing she felt when she started to regain conciousness, was pain. Endless, mindnumbing pain. Why did stab wounds hurt so much? She wondered partly who was the moron that invented weapons for anykind of protection or attack. Because when she found out, she was going to kill him the first chance she got.

She slowly moved her head to the side and noticed all the machines around her, and the fact that a really itchy oygen mask covered her mouth and nose. She was in to much pain to remove the annoying object, finding it annoying the first time she had one of these things on her face. She fell off a cliff to avoid shuriken from a spar with Sasuke and didn't see the cliff until she fell off it. That was the last time Kakashi-sensai went anywhere near cliffs for a long long time, but not until after the time Naruto fell off it. No one really cared at that incident, since he was acting all high and mighty.Everyone knew that it was charma coming back at him.

Sierra heard the door to the room she was in open and turned her head in the direction. "Oh!" Her head moving made the nurse jump a foot in the air, clearly not expecting her to be up. "Your up! The doctor said you were sure to wake up at least tommorrow!" Sierra didn't make a move to do or say anything. She just wanted the pain to go away and fearing that it would get worse if she did anything.

"I'll go get the doctor!" and the nurse flew out of the room, the door slamming closed behind her.

Sierra found her wierd.

A few seconds after the door closed, a loud, "SHE IS!!" was heard on the otherside of the room and a small smile graced the brunnette's face. She knew who the voice belonged to, even though her senses were swirling on and off like she was stuck on a never ending merry go round. At least she knew that Naruto was there and probably Sakura too. She'd be surprised if Sasuke was there, but she didn't mind if he was or wasn't. She had her two best friends there and that's all that mattered.

The door opened again and this time two nurses, a doctor and two ANBU officers walked in. A hawk and a cat. The two officers made Sierra frown and the pain seemed to double. Great, she wasn't even able to relax a bit, before they came! She wanted to wait at least a couple of days til she was well enough to move at least a finger!

The ANBU officers took guard at the door and the doctor walked up to Sierra, snapping her eyes off the guards.

"Well there, Sierra-san, I'm glad to see that your a wake. You were out for quite a while and we almost lost you for a moment, but don't worry, the problem was avoided, by our specialist. Before the ANBU officers talk to you, I'd like you to move your left arm. You are aware of the kunai that ripped your muscle completely?"

Sierra blinked as a confirmation and the doctor nodded. "Well, move your arm. If you are unable to, then let's just say, you won't be a ninja anymore." She looked at him like she was saying in her eyes, your-freaking-kidding-me-right?

The doctor seemed not able to read the look and Sierra refrained from rolling her eyes. Wasn't doctor's supposed to listen to their patients?

Doing as she was told, even though she knew she was going to regret it, she clentched her right hand as she clentched her teeth together. Pain was the only thing that came out from the wound on her collarbone and she grunted, breathing harder into the clear plastic mask, fogging it everytime she exhaled. Her left arm felt like it was being torn off even when she tried to move her thumb. The pain caused her to grunt loudly and throw her chin in the air, screwing her eyes shut, but she wasn't going to stop her from moving the wounded arm.If she lost her arm, it would be the end of being a ninja and she wasn't going to accept that. Not until she was deprived of life.

"Sierra-san! Stop moving! You'll open the wound!" The doctor panicked. He wasn't expecting her to continue trying to move it, knowing that since the surgery that went on only a day ago wasn't even remotely starting to heal.

Sierra only grunted more and clenched the sheets near her right hand until her knuckles were white. She felt the doctor and a nurse grab her right shoulder, the doctor repeating over and over again to stop trying for now. But she wasn't, not until her hand went into a complete fist. The pain was excrusiating and she could feel the other wounds on her body tear slightly, when suddenly her bad arm was grabbed, forcing it into the bed. Her eyes snapped open and Kakashi-sensai's voice swam over the doctor's voice. "Relax, Sierra. You don't have to prove anyone right now."

Kakashi-sensai looked at her calmly and Sierra gasped out, "Sens.." His visible eye turned up into a crescent and he removed his gloved hands from her arm. "You can prove yourself when your body's healed and come back to train. Just let your body rest before your in here longer." She could only stare at her sensai and slowly, her hand started to let go of the sheets.

The doctor saw the teen loosening up and let out a small sigh of relief, after turning towards the Jounin in the room, besides her. "Thank you Kakashi-sensai, but you're going to have wait outside until it is alright to come back in with the rest of your team." Kakashi nodded once before disappearing in a poof of chakra smoke. The doctor rolled his eyes and said, "He never uses the door. What's the sense of having one when he doesn't use it?" One of the nurses giggled and the other one said, "But he's a looker." The doctor rolled his eyes again. He reminded himself to find different nurses soon.

"Anyway, Sierra-san, it seems the surgery worked and will just need to rest up until it completely heals, along with your other wounds." He ordered authoritively, before turning towards the awaiting ANBU officers, giving them a slight nod and motioning for his two nurses to follow him.

The two ANBU officers waited until the door closed after the doctor, before they made their way towards her. The hawk talked first. "The princess of the hidden village of the mist has informed us that you were attacked by five men, killing three of them and Kiba Inuzuka of team eight killing the other one. Before you killed any of them, did they say there was going to be an attack of any more?"

"An uncoming war?" The cat cut in.

Sierra shook her head. "They wanted...the princess dead to start a war...going to blame..it on me..for her death. They wanted..." Sierra grunted from the pain of just talking that her collar wound caused. The ANBU waited for her to continue, the hawk glancing at the door hearing someone yell, "SHE SHOULD BE RESTING!"

"Quite an interesting bunch you have out there. The last of the Uchiha's and the Kyuubi bearer." The hawk said and Sierra growled out, "He has a name you know.." The hawk turned towards her and a chuckle escaped his lips.

"Pay attention, rookie." The cat ordered and the hawk straightened up at the command. There was a reason why Sierra hated ANBU, and this was one of the reason's. They get to cocky for their own good.

Ignoring what the hawk said, she continued, "to have a war starting between the two villages."

"Did they say anything else?"

"No."

The hawk and cat nodded, before the hawk quickly ran through handsigns that were hard to decifer unless the person watching had a Sharigan eye. A second later, the hawk disappeared and the cat nodded at Sierra once again. "Sorry to have bothered you so early. The hokage will be pleased to know that the village is safe and you are awoke."

Sierra was unable to reply anything back since the cat did the same thing as the hawk and was gone in a flash of chakra smoke. She watched where the two once stood, before letting out a slow grunt, relaxing her muscles that tensed up when she talked to the two. She didn't realize that they tensed until the slight knawing ache in her shoulders let her know.

She closed her eyes and silently listened to the sound of the oygen machine beeping everytime that she took a breath. The beeping was quiet, not enough to disturb or annoy someone, and Sierra caught herself thinking if the people who designed the machine put that in mind when the built it. They were genuis's to her for the little beepy noise.

Sierra drifted off back to sleep, the thought still on her mind, along with the fact that Naruto was going to be mad that she fell asleep without him seeing her when she was awake. Oh well, he'll have to get over it. She was in too much pain to talk anymore. Maybe, just maybe he'd understand. The boy never stayed in the hospital for more then a day, even if his life was once in danger. He didn't like hospitals and neigther did she, but she was to lazy to move or object.

"Naruto, be quiet. She's still sleeping." Sakura whispered threateningly, daring the blonde to be even a little loud or she'll trow him out the room's window.

Team seven made there way into the room a couple of minutes after Sierra fell asleep, Naruto and Sakura a bit disappointed that she was, but they decided to stay in the room. They wanted to be in her pressence at least for a little while, confirming for themselves that the teen was still the person they were worrying about for the longest of times.

"Ne, Kakashi-sensai, was she, you know, " Naruto fidgetted in his seat and the ero-sensai looked up from his newest novel of Itcha Itcha paradise. He bought it a little while ago, using Sierra making it through the night as a excuse to buy it. ((A/N: hehe..pervert.)) Naruto looked over at the Sensai, not sure if he should say what he wanted to say, but his concious beat him over. "Was Sierra-chan the same?"

"What's that supposed to mean, Naruto. Of course Sierra's the same. W-why...why wouldn't she be?" Sakura stuttered, making Kakashi and Sasuke look at the girl. She was putting on a strong face, but the two of them could tell it was only to fool them and Naruto, since the blonde wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Sakura never stuttered unless something was really bothering her. Naruto was to stupid to notice that, unlike the guys.

Naruto looked at her surprised and explained, "I don't know...I just thought...that she...well-Kakashi-sensai, was she still the same? Just answer the question."

Kakashi looked back down at the dirty book and replied, "Yes, Naruto. She was the same determined girl that you all know."

Everyone heard the blonde let out a small barely audible sigh when a groggy voice said, "You're all to loud."

Sakura and Naruto gasped and both of them nearly shot out of their seats, yelling, "Sierra!"

Sierra smiled behind the mask she wore and glanced at her two friends that were at the side of her bed instantly, noticing with surprise that Sasuke slowly walked over to her. Sakura also noticed this and a smile came to her face, before she said/scolded, "Are you alright! Don't ever do anything like that again you hear me!" It made Sierra smile more and Naruto yelled, "You baka, since when do you act all brave and manly like that! When you get better, you better take me to get ramen or I'll never forgive you--" "NARUTO! DON'T THREATEN HER AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH GIRLS ACTING STRONG!!" Sakura hollared, slamming her fist into the top of Naruto's head. The blonde let out a loud yell, slamming face first into the floor and Sierra laughed despite the pain in her ribs.

Becoming embarrassed, Sakura blushed and rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly, being caught in the act of being abusive towards the dumb blonde.

Kakashi walked over to Sierra's bed and finally glanced out of his book to look down at the wounded girl. "How you doing, Sierra?" She smiled up at her sensai and grunted out, "How do you think I feel? You have a damn kunai shoved into your collarbone and then tell me how you feel." The silver haired jounin smirked under his mask, getting the hidden humor. 'Yup, she's still the same girl despite her wounds.' Kakashi mused and Sierra let out small grunt when she turned to the side, the feeling of something missing coming back to her. Something was missing, but when she looked at the people in the room, they were all there. What could be missing?

"Genin Sierra!!" A loud voice boomed, snapping her out of her thoughts, and suddenly Sakura and Naruto were pushed out of the way, revealing a very worry stricken young princess. At the sight of seeing the young Genin all bandaged up, but slightly smiling, the princess let out a loud sob, before drapping herself over the now very surprised teen.

Sierra's eyes widened and she glanced up over at Sakura and Naruto, who were also looking on at the scene in front of them. "Can I have a moment alone with the princess, I'll call you back in when I'm done."

Sakura and Naruto exhanged a glance at eachother, before Naruto shrugged and brought his hands behind his head, "Yeah, well hurry up, I want to talk to you more about how your going to buy me ramen when your out of the hospital." Sakura urked up in anger and yelled, "Naruto!" He heard the anger in her voice and let out a wail of, "WAIT! SAKURA-CHAN!!!" running out of the room with Sakura right after him. They only left a small puff of dirt on the ground.

"Get some rest. I'll tell Naruto and Sakura to visit you tommorrow after training. Having them around won't make you become better." kakashi informed and Sierra blinked in response to the departing Jounin, who waved his hand in the air as he walked past her. His trademark good-bye.

Sasuke turned around, stuffing his hands in his pockets, and headed out also with a 'hn.' as a departed word. Sierra sweatdropped, but knew that was all she was going to get from the raven. She guessed that it was enough, since he did actually come see her, even if he had nothing else to do.

The door closed behind Sasuke and just as the sound of the latch closed, the princess' sobbing grew louder, shaking the whole bed almost. She was holding them in when team seven was in the room.

Sierra didn't move, though she couldn't anyway, and just let the princess cry on her until she was ready to calm down. It took a little while for her sobbings to receed even alittle and finally the princess raised herself off her, much to Sierra' spleasure since when the princess sobbed, it was annoying her wounds on her side and back slightly to the point they were itchy.

"I-I'm sorry...I'm not as strong as you to...hold them in any longer."The princess said, her voice shaking from all the crying she did, as she turned to look at Sierra.

"Do me a favor and take this stupid mask off." The princess looked surprised for a minute, before grabbing the mask on Sierra's face and pulled it off. "Thanks..that thing was annoying."

The princess found that funny some and a small laugh came out of her throat. She rubbed her hands over her eyes and sniffed.

"Stop that crying, I'm alive aren't I?" Sierra asked with a smirk and the princess sniffed again as she wiped her hands down her face again. "Yes..I'm sorry." "Now why are you apologizing for? Jeez, princess, your not acting much like a princess in front of me."

The princess looked at her confused for a moment, before she laughed. A real laugh, not something forced out because of the situation in the room. Something that princess never did in her whole life.

"Do I need to? I don't like to be a princess anyway."

"Nope."

"Huh? Nope?" The princess looked at Sierra confused. She didn't understand what that nope meant.

"Nope, as in you don't have to act like a princess in front of me. We're friends and I don't see why you should."

The princess smiled and she nodded her head.

The rest of the afternoon, Sierra and Minako, as the princess wanted Sierra to call her that from now on, were left alone talking and actually becoming better frineds. It was a turning point to the princess and the whole time they talked, a small bird, no bigger then the size of a baby's fist perched on the windowsill that was next to Sierra's bed. The bird, even though no one would know who or why the bird was there and unafraid of the two teen's laughter at different times. The bird, was Minako's father, watching her from one of his famous jutsus. He always knew that the princess would break down and during his life, he tried to have a friend for her, but nothing ever worked. he found out that maybe, just maybe, the princess wanted to make a friend on her own, and she did. It was the happiest day for the King and without a peep, flew into the air, back to where he came from. he didn't need to watch over her anymore.

Princess Minako had grown up without him.

So...you like it? I had to add something sweet in the end, even though I don't think that it went with the small princess arc. I wanted it to make it clear that the princess was no longer a witch and basically matured. So send some love and let me know how the ending was! I need some support people, cause I might just do another arc, before actually getting to the Kiba goodness!!

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