Disclaimer: Hello again readers. It's time for Chapter 3 of Against The Tide! Thansk for being so dedicated to this story, and if your reading for the first time then don't be bored by this horrible disclaimer.

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CHAPTER THREE: Awaken You Feind!

The room was clear white, a window to her left was left wide open, the sun barring down on her like a heavy weight. Her head pounded unbarabley as she lay there, completley still in the strange bed. She couldn't remember where she was, how she'd gotten there, nothing. She couldn't even remember anything from before, only the darkness.

Couldn't remember her name. All she knew was the darkness, that horrible voice whispering in her ear, telling her to kill, to let go of the old and let in the new. The evil, the terror.

She sat up suddenly, coughing and gagging on her own fears. She felt her head pound and something on a table clattered noisily to the floor. A loud clatter, it rang in her ears and she had to hold them to quiet the noise. The door slammed open and in walked a nurse, who immideatlly pushed the girl back onto her bed.

"Shhh, calm down." The nurse cooed. "It's time for rest."

"No." She cried, flailing her arms. "I can't, I have to leave. NO!"

She was ready to hit the nurse, anything to get those hands away from her, but suddenly the hands were gone.

"Can you leave us alone?" Said a low, even voice. She looked up into the face of a young man with shiny silver hair and a mask that was pulled oer half his face, covering his left eye.

When the nurse left, reluctantly, all was silent in the room. She stared at the man from her bed, eyes wide, the sheets pooled around her waist forgotten.

"I'm Kakashi." The silver headed man said after a few minutes of complete silence. "What is your name?"

She was silent: didn't move, didn't speak. Couldn't and wouldn't. The tall man scared her for some reason, something possibly hidden behind that mask of his. Why would someone wear such a mask unless to hide a terrible secret? She shifted back towaeds the wall behind her bed until she was pressed firmly against it. She was basically trapped, and her pounding head wasn't helping.

"Well?" Kakashi asked softly.

"I don't remember." She croaked, desperatly searching for an escape. Kakashi frowned, his arms tensing. The girl looked like a feril animal who was being backed into a corner. He hadn't expected that much, certainly not a loss of memory.

"Well you did come in with a wicked head wound." Kakashia murmured, more to himself then to the mystery girl. Said girl lifted a hand and ghostly touched the clotch wrapped around her head. She seemed surprised.

"Who brought me here?" She asked.

"Two of my students." Kakashi replied. "They found you unconsiousce in the forest."

A large frown disrupted the girls pretty features. "W-Where am I?"

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Naruto grinnedm, slurping back another bowl of ramen.

"N-Naruto, your spilling everwhere." Gasped a ynough girl beside him. She reached over to the napkin dispencer and gave it the the eating boy next to her.

"Thanks Hinata." Naruto grinned, moping up his delicious mess. On the opposite side of Naruto, Sasuke sat staring at the wall, his hands folded in front of his mouth.

Hinata blushed but turned back to her own meal.

"Naruto! Sasuke!" Yelled a loud voice. Naruto spun around and grinned, running towards them was the now much older Sakura. Her hair had grown out some but she managed to keep it rather short. She came running over and sat down next to Hinata. "Hello Hinata."

"Hello." Hinata replied with a warm smile. They had grown to become very good friends.

"Waht's up Sakura?" Naruto asked, making sure all his food was being swallowed before he spoke. There were countless times when Sakura ended up giving Naruto a large bump on his head for 'lack of table manners'. "Why the hurry?"

"Kakashi sent me to get you two." Sakura said, indicating both Naruto and Sasuke. "That girl you found has finally woken up."

"Girl?" Hinata asked.

"Yeah, Sasuke and I found a girl hurt in the woods the other day." Naruto explained, scratching his head. "I swore I told you..."

"Is she okay?" Hinata asked, ignoring Naruto's flustered comment. She knew he meant well, after all, he was her boyfriend. She loved him.

"Yes." Sakura said. "But you better hurry, Kakashi said somethings up with her."

Sasuke was off at a run, Naruto quickly saying his goodbyes and running off after Sasuke. They made it to the hospital within minutes and waiting at the doors was Kakashi himself.

"Oi!" Kakashi said, waving hello. Before the two could enter the mysterious girls room however, Kakashi stopped them. "Wait."

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"I want to warn you." Kakashi said in a low tone. "She lost her memory. She doesn't even remember her name."

"Then what are we supposed to call her?" Sasuke asked irritably.

"Well, i'm calling her Mayu." Kakashi said. "She likes that name for some reason."

"Okay?" Naruto said slowly. "Is that all?"

"One more thing." Kakashi said quickly, shaking himself from his thoughts. "Don't be startled by her eyes."

And then he was gone in a puff of smoke. Naruto frowned but followed Sasuke into the room. A girl sat on the hospital with flowing brown hair, her head turned and looking out the window at the trees outside. She was wearing a hospital gown and a white gauze cloth was wrapped around her forehead.

When they door closed, her head spun around and Naruto gasped. Her eyes were a mix of blue and deep red, black arrows seemed to stab at her iris and the blue swam endlessly around the red.

"Are you, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki?" The girl, Mayu said slowly, sounding out her words. She looked impossibly confused with her surroundings. When Naruto got over his shock he cleared his throat and nodded, quickly pulling on his trademark grin.

"I'm Naruto." He said happily. "Your Mayu."

She frowned. "It's not my name, I don't think, but you can call me that."

"Do you remember anything?" Sasuke asked suddenly, drawing attention to himself.

Mayu shook her head quickly. "I don't remember anything. Just, darkness."

"We found you in the woods outside the village." Sasuke continued. "You were unconiouse."

"Kakashi said i'm in Konoha." Mayu said. "But, I know i'm far from home."

"Where's your home?" Naruto asked.

"I don't remember..." Mayu sighed. "I just know i'm far away. Home was nothing like this. It was, darker..."

Sasuke stared at the strange girl with a heated gaze. He couldn't quite place it but something about her vexed him. Something about her eyes. Mayu glanced at Sasuke and blushed under the deep gaze, turning her own eyes away. There was something...

"Do you know how you got that wound?" Sasuke asked.

"No." Mayu whispered, wincing as she fingered her forehead. "But it hurst a lot."

"Maybe that's how you lost your memory." Naruto inquired, sitting on a chair nearby. He thought for awhile, musing about that thought. "It makes sense."

"Why did you bring me here?" Mayu asked suddenly. She stared at both boys openely, her eyes wide with confusion. "Why didn't you leave me?"

Naruto shrugged but Sasuke tensed, stood very still. Something about her...

"Naruto." Sasuke murmured suddenly, his eyes fixated on Mayu. "Could you leave for a second?"

Naruto frowned, about to object, but then he saw the look passing between Sasuke and Mayu and he finally gave in, leaving the room. Everything was silent for awhile, and suddenly Sasuke spoke.

"I've seen you before." Sasuke said. "In a dream."

Chapter three is finally finished, and my hands feel like jello!

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