Change in the wind
Chapter 3 – First exam
"Kato, are you ready for the exam?" Tsuki asked as she walked Kato and her two team mates to the exam hall.
"Yes mother, I'm fully prepared whatever it is" Kato said confidently.
Kato couldn't wait to take the exams; she wanted to prove she could keep her abilities under control and do it without Misaki helping her. She wasn't happy that she had been landed with 2 older Genin who had been in the exams before and failed just so she would be allowed in, the two older boys scared her but she wasn't going to let that on, as soon as she found Kankuro and Temari she would stay with them.
"Well here we are, I know you'll do just great!" Tsuki encouraged as she kissed her daughters forehead, then turned to the two older boys.
"Keep her safe or it's the last thing you'll ever do" Tsuki said menacingly which made the boys shiver in response as they nodded their heads, who knew she could be so scary.
"Right then I'll leave you all to it, good luck!" Tsuki said as she walked back to Ka's house, feeling almost guilty for leaving Kato there.
Tsuki mentally smacked herself, what was she thinking, Kato wasn't going to get over her fears if she babysat her all the time, and it was another reason she forbid Misaki from coming with them, Misaki was even more over protective of Kato then she was herself and she was her mother.
As she walked down the street she could feel the presence of a familiar chakra, she picked up her pace in hopes she hadn't herself been sensed yet, she kept a wary eye out as she made her way down the narrow streets in the leaf village before she heard footsteps behind her.
When she turned to look, no one was there. Suddenly she was grabbed from behind and tackled to the ground, she could smell a feline presence, god she knew who this was.
"Tsume get off me" Tsuki growled, out of all the Doubatsu ninja the tiger and wolf never really got along well, deep down they were friends but because of their feline against canine relationship it did cause friction between the two very often.
"Make me you stupid dog" Tsuna teased her.
Tsuki growled at her been called "dog" she wasn't a mangy mutt who wandered the streets in search of food, no, she was a proud wolf and anyone who thought otherwise never lasted long enough to tell the tale.
"I'm not a filthy dog you no good pussy cat!" she barked back, causing Tsume to tense angrily.
Tsuki wiggled out of Tsuna's grasp and straightened herself up, luckily no one was in the street at the time to see such behaviour coming from the Doubatsu ninja. Tsume still sat on the floor grinning up at her before she two stood up and wiped the dust off.
Tsume Tora, tiger of the Doubatsu ninja, residing in the land of lightening. She was around the same height as Tsuki with long ginger hair that stopped just below her butt; however it did have black streaks all the way through it, resembling her tiger strips. Her eyes were orange that always had a twinkle in them whenever you saw them, she did also have two streaks of black under each eye that also resembled her strips but they gave her face a very unique look. She had a crimson red tank top with the cloud village symbol on a piece of metal hanging from the top with fish netting on her arms to tuck in the muscles when she ran, her breasts were not as large as Tsuki's but that was mainly due to Tsuki giving birth. She wore combat trousers with standard ninja shoes; this look over all gave her a famine tomboy sort of look. She was always known for being the vain one of the animal ninja, since becoming human her proudness as a gorgeous tiger went with her in her human body. Since becoming human there was another interest that she was known for, men, oh how she adored human men, more like she enjoyed sex, along with her charming good looks she loved to use them when she went out and bag any man she could get her claws on, as long as they gave her good sex she didn't really care about anything else about them. But it was strictly one night stands no emotional ties to any of the men she slept with, over all she was known for being a bit of a slag, but her powers and ranking as a Doubatsu ninja made sure still got the respect she deserved.
"What do you want Tsume" Tsuki asked irritably.
"Oh nothing, I just got here today and I wanted to see if I could have some fun with my old play mate" Tsume teased as she walked up behind Tsuki.
Tsume got her arms around Tsuki's waist and grabbed the wolf mages breasts and jiggled them around causing Tsuki to flush with embarrassment, she tried to get Tsume off her but to no avail. Tsume was also particularly fond of female breasts, no one quite understood it but she wasn't bi sexual, everyone knew that but she did have a fascination with large boobs.
Some of the villages saw these antics and most of the men couldn't look away, Tsuki felt even more embarrassed and she tried to shove Tsume off of her.
"TSUME get off me right now or I'll-"
"What the hell are you two doing?"
Both looked up to see Hitokuchi Hebi, the snake Doubatsu ninja. Hito didn't look amused by Tsume's antics which made her icy glare towards the tiger even more deadly, causing Tsume to let go as Tsuki rubbed her now sore breasts.
Hitokuchi was from the village hidden in the mist in the land of water. She was quite cold hearted most of the time, but to friends she was rather friendly, unless you made her mad. She had long black hair that platted all the way down to her ankles; she had no bands to shape her face so you can clearly see she has a very thin, long face. Her eyes were a deep green, as was pretty much everything else she wore, she had bandages covering most of her body while she had a large pale green shirt with a long cardigan, which had the symbol of her village sewn into the back, that stopped above her knees. Her trousers were three quarter length with sandals on her feet. She didn't see the point in looking pretty just for men to stare at her, she preferred practicality to fashion. If it wasn't that her cloths were so baggy you would notice just how skinny she is, most people would think she were ill for being so skinny but because of her snake like DNA being mixed with her human body she was perfectly safe with her weight, it gave her an advantage when fighting because she was so flexible.
"Thank you Hito" Tsuki thanked as she hugged her friend, Hito hesitated for a moment before returning the friendly act.
Tsume glared at them for a moment before flinging her arms around the two of them.
"Well what do you say we go find Ka huh?" she gave a toothy grin before they headed off in the direction of Ka's house.
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Misaki shuffled around Ka's house lazily, she was bored without Kato around. Shouta was still sleeping and Haruto had gone for a bath, so she was left on her own for the moment. Ka had gone outside into the garden when an old friend of hers came to the door, the two were outside chatting and she didn't feel right going out to interrupt the two of them. Momoko and her friends were helping out with the examinations so Misaki was bored, bored out of her skull.
She laid on the couch feeling like she was suffocating, she had to do something, she didn't like being on her own she never really had any moment in her life where she was on her own for a long period of time, she preferred the company of other to the silence of being alone.
Without realising it, her thoughts turned to Haruto and what happened a few days before, he had been so gentle with her when he carried her all the way back to Ka's house, he'd even put her to bed and stayed with her until she fell asleep. She didn't know why but the memory made her heart beat twice as fast as normal, she felt herself blush then physically smacked herself, what was she thinking? She liked Shouta, didn't she?
She was lost in her own confused thoughts before Haruto came down in nothing but a towel; she flushed even more without realising it. She never seen him without his cloths on before, he was muscular, slim, he wasn't hairy and he hadn't worn his sunglasses, his overall appearance was actually rather handsome. She felt a shot of warmth in her stomach, she'd never had that before, she tried to slow her breathing down but only managed it after holding her breath.
"Bathroom's free if you want it" Haruto said drying his hair with another smaller towel while holding onto the one wrapped around his waist, he hadn't noticed she'd held her breath.
"Oh, ok thanks Haruto" she finally managed to breath.
He looked at her strangely before shrugging it off, she got up to walk past him but as she did she tripped pushing Haruto back and fell right on top of him, she sat up quickly blushing like mental, little did she know she was sitting on his crotch.
"Haruto I'm so sorry" Misaki apologized frantically, now it was Haruto's turn to blush.
"I-its fine, w-would you mind getting off now" he had to get her off of him before…wait too late.
Misaki felt movement where she was sat, something began poking her next to her thigh, at first she couldn't comprehend what it was, then when she realised her face went bright red and she looked as though she was going to smack him.
Haruto put his arms in front of his face, but a blow never came, he felt his arms gently moved away with Misaki's face just inches away from his own, he then went red, unsure of what to do. Her face came closer and his panic began to rise as this beautiful girl came ever closer. Before he could do anything he felt her lips meet his own, for a moment he was stunned before he melted into the lips of the girl he had admired for so long.
Misaki didn't realise what she was actually doing, she felt so attracted to him at that moment she couldn't control herself, just after their lips met she suddenly snapped back to reality she tried to stop herself but it felt so right. But then she realised something which made her panic, this was her first kiss!
Before she had the chance to move away she felt Haruto's arms come round and held her body but only enough for her to feel his warmth, she could have moved away if she had chosen too, but for some reason she couldn't do it, she could push herself away from Haruto's lips.
She opened her mouth slightly and made her tongue lick his lips for entrance, he granted her wish and their tongues danced with one another.
"Well well well"
Both shot apart to see Shouta leaning over them with a smirk plastered across his lips, both turned red as Misaki quickly got off Haruto and he shot up himself to face the opposite direction because of his problem.
"I knew this would happen at some point, but don't you think a bed is more appropriate than the living room where Ka could come in at any moment" she teased and laughed as both felt extremely embarrassed by his words, they were going to do it on the floor, it was just a kiss wasn't it?
Haruto, having enough of being tormented, went upstairs. Misaki's eyes followed him and she wasn't sure what to make of the whole situation, what she did know was this was really awkward now.
"What exactly happened?" Shouta asked seriously.
"I…I don't know, I fell on him by accident and then I don't know what happened, I couldn't control myself, god Shouta I feel terrible" she said slumping to the floor.
"Why? He's been wanting you to do that for years, you should be happy about it shouldn't you?" he said crouching down.
"No I'm not happy about it, I don't know how I feel anymore, I'm so confused. I always thought I liked you, but recently since we got here my feelings have been all mixed up" she hid her face; Shouta took hold of her face and spoke to her with direct eye contact.
"You should know by now, if anything was going to happen between us it would have happened already, I haven't returned your feeling because I know I'm not the right man for you, sure I like you but I'm not right for YOU. I love you as a friend and I don't want that to change, if we were to go out I'd only hurt you, I know I would, I'm just to flirtatious for my own good. Haruto is something different, he doesn't just like you, he's pretty much in love with you, I kinda knew the two of you would end up together at some point so I made it my mission to get attached to you in that way, do you understand what I'm saying? You're a much better match for him then you are with me" Shouta finished letting go of her face, he smiled warmly at her as tear's began to fall.
She had never realised that Haruto was in love with her, she just thought he was shy and that's why he kept his distance, she didn't know it was because he liked her. Now she felt really stupid. She whipped her eyes and hugged Shouta.
"Thanks Shouta, for clearing that up for me" she thanked him.
"Don't mention it" he grinned happily.
The heard footsteps from upstairs and Misaki panicked.
"He's coming, what do I do!" she asked frantically in a hushed whisper.
"I think you know what you want to do Misaki" he smiled warmly at her.
Haruto walked into the room fully dressed and saw Misaki's blushing face, her eyes were slightly red. Had she been crying? Oh great Haruto you upset her by not stopping it when it started you idiot, he scolded himself mentally.
Before he could make a move Misaki put her arms around Haruto's waist and rested her head on his shoulder. He looked at Shouta in fear, not knowing what was going on, Shouta just gave him a thumbs up before he heard Misaki speak.
"I-er…Haruto, would you…go out to dinner with me tonight" she blushed even more.
His heart beat was ten times faster, but he calmed himself down and lifted Misaki's head up to look at her face.
"Yeah, if you want me too" he answered a little more confidently than he felt, she smiled at him and hugged him tighter, he didn't know what happened when he went upstairs, but maybe he would have to thank Shouta later for it.
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Kato shot through the exam and gave the answers to her team mates telepathically, that way she was sure to get to the next test. She tried to sense Kankuro's presence to see how he was doing.
"Kankuro, how is everything going?" she asked him with her mind.
"Alright, going to get the answers from Temari in just a minute" he answered in his head, it always scared him a bit to hear a voice in his head.
That was when he raised his hand to go to the bathroom, Kato sat back with a sad face as she felt his presence disappear. Oh how she wished Misaki was here, she was getting nervous again, what if she couldn't answer the 10th question? She can't read people's minds when she panic's she just gets confused and too many minds start talking all at once, it drives her insane.
She took a deep breath and thought since she had a few minutes left she would go through people's minds and have a peek; it would improve her abilities and give her some practice. She scanned the room quickly before she spotted the blond loud mouth from before, Naruto as she remembered his name. She smiled slightly and concentrated on his mind. She could hear him panicking about the exam, he hadn't answered a single question the idiot, as she listened to his mind babble on she was getting bored and was about to stop.
Suddenly she felt a disturbance in his mind, she was curious to know what it was so she ventured deeper, deeper then she would normally go in someone else's mind. She found herself at a huge cage, she didn't know what this was, she had never seen it before, dark and dismal, not what she expected from a guy who was always so happy and loud, she heard laughter and shivered, evil laughter.
She turned to the cage to see monstrous eyes staring down at her, they frightened her, they were so horrible and evil she thought she was going to be sick.
"Well, what do we have here, a member of the Osamu clan I see" the monster cackled.
"N-no I am Kato Ookami" she tried to defend herself, she hated that name above all others.
"Don't try to fool me, I know the history of your family, why else would you have that symbol on your chest" he boomed.
"So-so what if I was born to them, it doesn't mean I'm one of them any more" she told the creature, she felt a rush of wind as he began to laugh.
"You want revenge on your family do you? Well, let me out of here and I'll do it for you, they won't stand a chance against me" he told her, leaning forward to the curse seal on the door.
"But-but it's not my place to do that" she said frightened.
"Then why did you start snooping in this idiots mind then, you must of known I was here, it can't just be a coincidence that you want to look into somebody's mind and then come across me. Come on little girl let me out and I'll seek your revenge for you" he taunted her.
She couldn't move she was trapped, she scolded herself for venturing too far into somebody's mind, she was never going to do it again if she could get out of here. She held her head in pain as she tried to free herself from the monsters glare, she could hear faint voices of the examiner speaking and tried to focus on it, with one last try she freed herself from Naruto's mind and breathed heavily as the proctor began to explain the last question.
At that same moment Kankuro returned from his bathroom break, as he past Kato's spot he could see the terror in her eyes, for what reason it was there he wasn't sure of. She was shivering like crazy, something had defiantly spooked her.
He sat in his seat to concentrate on the exam, he'd find out what happened later.
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"Hon!" Tsume squealed as she hugged her friend around the shoulders and started nibbling on her ear, Hon didn't seem to mind Tsume's affections so she left her too it.
"How are you Hon?" Tsuki asked as she took a seat at Ka's garden table, the rest quickly followed her, except Tsume who was enjoying nibbling on Hon's ear.
"No bad not bad, how is everything with your little princess" Hon teased Tsuki as she blushed by her question, Hon adored Misaki, she thought she was the cutest little puppy she had ever met.
"Oh she's fine, I bet she's missing Kato though" Tsuki answered.
Hon Ushi was the Ox in the Doubatsu ninja, not carnivorous as her friends but certainly as dangerous. Hon was a very muscular woman with medium length brown hair with two ruffed bits at the top which resembled horns. Her eyes were also brown to match her hair, her dark blue robe stopped just above her knees with a sash to tie her in around the waist with her villages symbol proudly shown. She also had tight fitted leggings to tighten the muscles so it was easier to run. Her arms were sleeveless but she wore ninja gloves on her hands to protect them. Hon was a laid back soul, her physical strength could not be matched by anyone but she was a very peaceful nature and only started fighting when she really had to. Since becoming human her fear's as an ox had died down and she wasn't spooked at much like she was as an ox, this meant she had a very rational mind, she wouldn't rush to a decision and made sure the lives of her friends came first.
"I see you all got here safely" Ka said coming out from the house with a tray of refreshments, as she placed them on the table Tsume gave a sniff before getting off Hon's ear to sit down and start drinking the milk that Ka had placed on the table for her.
"Typical, the cat gets milk" Tsuki taunted as Ka sat down laughing at her comment.
"So, I can have whatever I want" Tsume stuck her tongue out at Tsuki before lapping up her milk again.
"Oh by the way Tsuki, I think you're going to be having a son-in-law soon" Ka laughed at Tsuki's reaction as the wolf began choking on the water she had been drinking.
"Huh?" she answered dumbly.
"I just saw how cosy Misaki and Haruto were getting in my living room a few hours ago, wouldn't even wait to get upstairs before they started snogging each other's brains off" Ka giggled remembering the site when she had gone in to make some tea, to find Misaki on top of Haruto, in nothing more than a towel as well.
Tsuki didn't know how to react, sure she was happy for Haruto but her motherly instincts were kicking in as her face became irritated and angry.
"They…were…what?" Tsuki asked slowly, the other could tell she hadn't liked what she'd been told.
"I think Haruto is taking Misaki out to dinner tonight, isn't that sweet" Ka taunted.
"I see" Tsuki tried to calm down but the irritation could be seen clearly on her face.
"I thought you would have been happy?" Hon asked clearly seeing Tsuki didn't want to talk about this.
"I am happy for them, not only my daughter but my student as well, but that doesn't mean I'm not like any other mother who worried about the people their daughter goes out with, even if it's someone I trust. Mothers have a natural instinct where they think no one is good enough for their daughters" Tsuki answered.
They all looked at her with a slight bit of envy; she was the only one who had truly become human, she had allowed herself to fall in love and give her lover a child, a child who was a prodigy at that. She had always been a loving mother, to her pups and her human daughter, even to the daughter who wasn't even hers.
Tsuki had been blessed with puppies when she was fully wolf, her mate had known there was something desirable about her, he was leader of his pack, and she was a wolf working and living with humans, her mistress was human, but she never forgot that Tsuki was a wild wolf who had needs just like every living creature. Tsuki mated him and had puppies of her own, which she had raised, allowing her human companions to come near her puppies and train them the way she had herself.
By now though her puppies were long gone, but she hoped that their decedents still lived on so one day she could meet her great great grandchildren.
Tsuki lowered her head, she was the only one of the group to ever have children, she loved children and it always made her sad when they grew older and left. She worried that her two daughters may have a hard time living without her, Kato especially, but the fact she didn't put up a fuss when Tsuki Misaki not to come with them had shown improvement on Kato's part.
Tsuki lifted her head and smiled warmly at her friends.
"I am very blessed to have daughters like Misaki and Kato, I'm so proud of both of them, and now that I think about it, I can't wait to have some grandchildren" Tsuki giggled, the other joined in her laughing.
"You know Tsuki, you really are the only one of us who is truly human, you know that" Hito commented, the others looked at her strangely.
"I just wish my pride didn't get in the way of me finding a nice guy, not that any would anyway" Hito's face flushed but she showed no other signs of embarrassment.
"I'm sure you will Hitokuchi" Tsuki smiled at her snake friend, Hito weakly smiled back, she only ever showed emotions to people she trusted and even then she didn't like it.
"I see what you mean though Hito, I wish I could get a nice guy too, I wouldn't mind having some children of my own now" Hon said sitting back thinking about it.
"I think we have all gotten to that stage where we feel ready for kids" Ka laughed, Tsume scoffed at her comment.
"I don't want to get tied down with kids, I've got an eternity to have kids, I want to enjoy the freedom some more" Tsume smirked; the other did not seem to share her views.
"You've been doing that for what 60 year's now?" Ka said to her feline friend.
"72 to be precise"
"That's my point, don't you think you should settle down now, you've fooled around with enough men in your life time" Ka said starting to become irritated.
"So what if I have, I'm a very proud tiger, one of, if not the most, beautiful creatures that walk this earth. Being human means I don't have to follow my instinct all the time, I can be who I want to be instead of an animal who does the same thing day in day out, settling down would be the same thing" Tsume said angrily.
"Marriage isn't as bad as you think Tsume" Tsuki interrupted, despite their natural differences Tsuki was taking the conversation very well compared to the others.
"Especially when you have children to look after, human children as a lot different to the kind we would naturally have, they don't learn as quickly as animals do, they don't need to, I think if you actually found the right guy your views would be a little different Tsume" Tsuki smiled at her friend, who in return scoffed at her smile.
"You may think its all lovely duvy Tsuki but I don't buy it. You've had practice being a mother before, I don't even remember the last time I needed to resort back to my natural instincts since becoming human, I don't like children and I don't intend on having any, any time soon. They are a waste of space, nothing to be gained from them" Tsume earned a punch to the cheek, she sat up and rubbed her sore face to see who had struck her.
Hito was stood over her, looking like she was going to kill Tsume, she coward away in response, she would argue with anyone else but Hitokuchi, she scared Tsume way to much then she would like to admit.
"Your right that we aren't animals any more Tsume, but that doesn't mean you have the right to say something like that, do you have any idea how it feels to want off spring but never being able to keep them safe before they are even born" Hito looked like she was going to cry.
Tsuki shot up and hugged Hito who didn't make a sound but cried silently into Tsuki's shoulder. Tsume didn't understand what had just happened; Ka came over and kneeled at the side of Tsume and whispered into Tsume's ear.
"When Hito was a snake she did manage to lay eggs but she wasn't able to protect them because of a stampede of humans running away from a burning village. When she turned human she was so desperate to become a mother that she had actually slept with someone to have a child, it died in her whom because she was attacked in her own village because she was weak due to the pregnancy and they stabbed her in the stomach, killing the child. She didn't really want to tell many people because she didn't think they would understand, you especially" Ka told her, Tsume looked sadly at Hito, she had never felt so horrible in all her life.
Shouta poked his head out the back door; he didn't like what he saw at all.
"Is everything alright ladies?" Shouta asked worriedly.
Hito whipped her eyes and nodded before she sat down at the table again, Tsume, Ka and Tsuki all went to their place as well, Tsuki turned to Shouta and beckoned him forward.
"Shouta, you remember Hon, Tsume and Hitokuchi right" Tsuki smiled, trying to sway the conversation in a different direction.
"Yes, its an honour to see you ladies again" Shouta smiled at the women, they all smiled back and quietly said hello.
"Do you know where Misaki is? I was going to ask her to pick up Kato for me" Tsuki asked her student.
"She's out with Haruto, they left a few hours ago, don't know when they will be back though. If you want I could go pick up Kato for you" Shouta offered.
"If you wouldn't mind that would be great!" Tsuki smiled at him, he left quickly afterwards and Tsuki turned to her friends.
"By the way, I haven't seen any of your students around" Tsuki enquired to the other ninja.
"Haruhi and her friends are staying behind because of extra training that Haruhi's clan is putting her through, Koji and Hideaki were asked to stay with her to assist her in the training" Hitokuchi replied taking a drink.
"Kazuki got himself in a spot of bother on our last mission and he went completely over board and broke every bone from his right hand up to his shoulder blade, he's on the mend but I didn't want him coming and getting into a mess again. Kimi didn't feel right leaving him behind so she stayed back to keep him company,Ichirou is here but he's looking after some of the other students taking the exam right now because the Hokage asked him to" Tsume answered stretching herself out like a cat would.
"My lot are taking care of the festival while I'm away, I was debating whether to come this time or not what with so many things to be doing back home, but they offered to do the work for me so I could come see you guys" Hon smiled gratefully.
"You've got some good students Hon" Tsuki smiled at her friend, Hon smiled as well, she did have some good students, they did everything they could to make sure Hon was happy, they wanted nothing more than to make Hon proud.
Tsuki laid back slightly, she began to feel a little light headed but she ignored it. She could hear the other's chatting but everything began to get fuzzy, her vision blurred, she couldn't hear anything anymore and she felt numb all over her body. Before anyone had chance to even know that Tsuki wasn't feeling well she collapsed onto the floor, Ka in a fit of panic rushed over to her and tried to revive her, but with no avail.
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Kato rushed out of the exam jumping up and down like a little child waiting for their birthday to come. Kankuro grabbed her by the shoulder and held her to the ground, she hadn't even felt embarrassed, she was really happy and nothing would dampen her spirits.
"Would you stop that, you look like a bloody child" Kankuro told her irritated.
"But I passed the exam and I didn't get panicky when he started talking about the 10th question, I didn't lose control or anything" Kato escaped from Kankuro's grasp to bump into Shouta.
"I'm guessing you passed then" he said grinning at her, he got her into a headlock and she tried to struggle out of it.
"Shouta what are you doing!" the group of ninja turned to see Misaki and Haruto.
"Where have you two been?" Temari asked, she hadn't seen Misaki all day, she would have thought that Misaki would have been here a lot earlier to come get Kato.
"None of your business" Misaki blushed before getting Kato out of Shouta's grasp; she hugged her younger sibling tightly and smiled warmly at her before whispering something into her ear.
The younger sister nodded her reply grinning widely up at Misaki, the others looked on at the two confused but they ignored it. They all walked to the hotel where Gaara, Temari and Kankuro were staying, Kankuro asked if they wanted to come up to their room for a bit which they agreed to, much to Gaara's irritation, but they weren't worried about it seeing as though Misaki was there. They never understood why he didn't attack Misaki, he didn't even go near her most of the time but it was just one of those things that would never be answered.
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"Are you sure you're alright?" Ka asked concerned.
"Yes yes I'm fine, I just got a little light headed that's all" Tsuki answered as she sat up in the futon she woke up to find herself in.
"You gave us quite a scare there Tsuki" Hon said kneeling down with some tea.
"Sorry, guess I've just had a lot on my mind, so I haven't been looking after myself very well" Tsuki told them, taking a sip of the tea.
Truth was it had been happening a lot recently, after the last time it happened Misaki tried to get her to go to the hospital, she refused saying it wasn't going to happen again, she didn't want to worry Misaki about it. But something was defiantly wrong; she spaced out or fainted quite frequently, sometimes right in the middle of meetings with the Jounin counsel. Everyone was concerned even though she tried to act like nothing was wrong, but she knew something was, she was having dreams and visions about Mina, like Mina was talking to her, telling her things, although with all the dreams her words were just fuzzy, so Tsuki couldn't even make out what she was saying, but every time she passed out the words slowly became clearer, she almost thought she knew what Mina had said but they still weren't clear enough.
"Look guys, don't tell Misaki about it, I don't want her to get worried" Tsuki asked looking down into the cup she held.
The four looked at each other before agreeing to Tsuki's wish. They were all worried, she was mumbling things while she was passed out, they were all frightened by the conversation she seemed to be having with herself, but they didn't press it for the moment, she needed to rest.
But they were going to keep a very close eye on her for the remainder of their trip.