Chapter 15: Somewhere She Belongs

Sasuke stood in the middle of the training area. Sakura and Naruto were off to the side. Sasuke was about to practice his Chidori. Kakashi stood a couple meters away.

"Kakashi-sensei has been acting weird ever since he got back from Sayuri's," Naruto said to Sakura, "I wonder if something happened,"

Sakura sighed, "I hope that she's OK,"

"Kakashi-sensei said she was fine,"

"Yeah but," Sakura started, "He could have just been saying that so that we wouldn't worry. She can't be fine if she's not here,"

"There she is," Naruto said.

Sakura turned and sure enough, there was Sayuri walking towards them. Sasuke and Kakashi had stopped with the Chidori as she approached them. Kakashi looked rather surprised to see her.

"Let's go," Sakura said and she and Naruto stood up and started walking over to the middle of the training area.

"Impressive Sasuke," they heard Sayuri say, "What is your daily limit with that technique?"

"I can do two in a day," he replied.

"Yes, quite amazing, considering your age," Sayuri said with a smile.

"Are you sure you are fit to be here Sayuri?" Kakashi asked.

Sayuri's smile vanished and her hand moved up to her stomach, "There is nowhere else I'd rather be," she said.

"OK," Kakashi said with a smile, "It has appeared that I have forgotten to buy you guys lunch. If you don't mind waiting I'll go get it,"

They all nodded and Kakashi took off.

"He leaves a lot," Sayuri said with a smile, "Shall we sit?" she offered.

Everyone plopped down on the ground.

"Why were you late this morning?" Sasuke asked.

"I slept in," she lied. She placed her hand on her stomach again; she did not want them worrying about her.

"Hey Sayuri?" Sakura asked.

"Hmm?"

"Umm about yesterday," everyone flinched, "You surrounded that little girl with green chakra, then she calmed down, what did you do?"

"Oh that?" Sayuri smiled, "I knew that she would not survive so I did what I could. I made her last few minutes painless and comfortable for her,"

"What technique was that?" Sakura asked.

"It wasn't one," she said and everyone gave her a quizzical look, "I needed my chakra to do something for me so I gave it the will to make the little girl happy. Chakra is not only manipulated through hand seals, but ones will as well," she finished.

Everyone went quiet for a moment.

"How do you know so much Sayuri?" Sakura asked.

"I have been made to know. I have traveled and seen many different things," she stated.

Kakashi arrived with their lunches at that moment.

"All right I'm hungry!" yelled Naruto.

They took they're lunches and started eating.

"Sayuri," Kakashi said, "I was wondering if you would like to try to learn the Chidori today?"

Everyone looked up at this statement and watched Sayuri. She didn't really know how to tell them that she already knew how to do it. Where would she say she learned it form?

"Um…" Sayuri started, "I already know how to do it," she said.

Naruto choked on his food and everyone else just stared at her.

She is very powerful Kakashi thought.

"Then maybe," Kakashi said, "You could show us, and we can test the limit to how many you can make,"

She thought for a moment. A limit to the number of times she could do it? She didn't have a limit. Sayuri sighed inwardly; maybe it was time she told them…

"OK," she replied.

After they had all finished they're lunch everyone except Sayuri and Kakashi stood off to the side. Sayuri stood in the middle of the training area concentrating. It had been a while since she had needed Chidori. She performed the seals and started accumulating green chakra at her hands.

With a yell she charged forward with her chakra. Heading straight for a near by tree. Her hand sliced through it like butter, then she let go of the chakra at her hands, even though she knew she could have held it there.

She started walking back towards Kakashi and the middle of the field when it hit her. She felt an unbearable sharp pain on her stomach. Sayuri screamed out in pain. Everything started spinning and she stumbled to the ground, holding her stomach. Another sharp pain surged through her whole body and she spit blood onto the ground. She heard people call her name as if they were at a distance. Sasuke came into view, than Kakashi, Naruto and Sakura. They were talking to her but Sayuri could not make out the words. Everything was so disoriented. She felt another surge of pain, spit more blood, and then everything went black.

"There has been another killing," Hokage said to Raikou, who sat before him.

Raikou looked at the Hokage, "Sayuri and I are not safe at our home anymore either. There was an attack on Sayuri and almost on me. We had been attacked through our dreams, she knows where we are,"

Hokage-sama looked at Raikou, "If you had just told us in the beginning," Hokage said.

"You would have killed her," Raikou said, "She was too good to be true, we didn't want to get rid of her. So my partner smuggled her out of the lab,"

"And looked what its caused…two families dead, you and Sayuri are in trouble. Tell me, was keeping her worth it?"

"Yes," Raikou said.

No wonder Sayuri had been so heartless Hokage thought to himself, after years of living with this man.

"Is it worth Sayuri's blood?" Hokage asked.

"If she spills Sayuri's blood, than yes it is,"

"You may go, and I am taking Sayuri from your hands. I am forced to put her with someone else.

"But you can't…" Raikou started. Sayuri was his only protection.

"I can and I will," Hokage said firmly, "You mistreat her and now you have lost her,"

"But how will you control her?" Raikou asked, desperately trying to change Hokage's mind.

"I believe that she is able to hold her own now,"

"But…"

"Leave Raikou…"

Raikou reluctantly got up and left the room. No one in the village would take her. Raikou was sure that soon they would be begging for him to take her back. He would enjoy the moment.

Sayuri tried to open her eyes but the light was too bright. She brought her hand up to her head and lightly placed her hand on it. It was pounding. She felt sick and weak. She looked around at her surroundings. Where was she?

"Sayuri-san you're awake," she heard someone say.

She looked over to where she had heard the voice come from. She saw Naruto stand up from a chair and walk over to her bedside.

"Where am I?" she asked.

"In the hospital,' Naruto replied.

"How long have I been unconscious?" she asked.

"A couple of hours," he said, "Sasuke and Sakura were here. Sakura had to leave to go home but said she would be back later tonight. Sasuke just went to get something to eat. I left before him though," Naruto smiled and walked over to the chair he had been sitting in. He came back with a bowl in his hands.

"I brought you some ramen," he said.

Sayuri smiled and sat up slowly.

"That sounds great I'm starving," she said.

Naruto smiled and passed the bowl to her, "Sasuke should be back soon," he said.

"Where is Kakashi?" she asked.

"He got called by Hokage-sama not long after we brought you here and hasn't been back yet,"

Sayuri finished the last of the ramen and set the bowl on the table. She looked over at Naruto. He was giving her a kind of funny look. He looked worried more than anything.

Than out of nowhere he brought his hand up to the bedside and took Sayuri's hand.

"Sayuri…I…"

Sayuri didn't know what to say. She had tensed up and didn't know how to react. She didn't feel this way towards Naruto.

"Naruto," she said, and he looked into her eyes, "I'm sorry but I don't," Sayuri paused for a moment trying to find the words to say, "You're a great friend but I don't…"

Naruto let go of her hand and a pained expression crossed his face, "I'm sorry,"

"Don't be," she said and he looked up at her in surprise, "You can not help the way you feel. I have learned that the hard way. I also need to know that people care for me,"

Naruto smiled and nodded at her. Sasuke walked in.

"You're up!" he said surprised.

Sayuri smiled at him.

"Kakashi told us about what happened this morning," Sasuke explained, "why didn't you tell us?"

"I didn't want you to worry," she replied.

"Don't be that way," Sasuke said, looking slightly pained, "That's what we're here for,"

Silence fell over the three of them. Kakashi walked into the room next.

"It's good to see you up," Kakashi said.

"Will it always be this bad?" Sayuri asked.

"No," Kakashi replied, "The first day is the worst. There may be more attacks this bad but they don't happen that often,"

Sayuri nodded and looked down at the plain white sheets she now lay in.

"I have been ordered by Hokage-sama to move you," Kakashi said, "Hokage-sama does not seem to think that it is appropriate for you to live with Raikou anymore. I am having trouble finding someone that will take you though. Seeing as how many of the villagers don't know you very well,"

Sayuri looked up at Kakashi in disbelief. She could finally escape Raikou. There was no need to be worried about having to receive orders from him every morning anymore. Were would she go though?

"I would take you in myself Sayuri, if there were different circumstances but I am unable,"

"I have an extra room," Sasuke said.

Naruto and Sayuri looked over at him in surprise. It didn't seem to surprise Kakashi though.

"Is that OK with you Sayuri" Kakashi asked.

Sayuri didn't know what to say so she just nodded. She looked around the room at the people that were there for her and almost felt like crying,

These people care about me she thought to herself, So this what it's like to have friends that would do anything for you.

Sayuri felt like she had finally found where she belonged.