It has been a week. They can't arrest Gaara since they knew it was for self-defense. Some Jounins were asked to guard Isamu while she's still asleep. The dextrose has been off from her since yesterday. The bleeding has stopped too. It turned out that she has no severe injuries and they were quite thankful for it. Their Kazekage is safe! They just have to wait for her to wake up.

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Chiyo watched the rising and falling of Isamu's chest. She went to visit her student for awhile. Suddenly, Isamu's eyelids moved. Chiyo gasped when Isamu opened her eyes. She ran outside and called the nurses. They rushed inside and saw a fully awake Isamu. "Kazekage-sama!" She just looked at them with weak blank eyes.

"Kazekage," she softly murmured, "-sama?" They looked at her worriedly. "Kazekage-sama? Are you alright now?" Chiyo asked as she sat down next to her in bed. She just looked at her in confusion. "Just lay down first and get rest," the woman said as she gently laid her down to bed. The nurses checked her pulse; some did some things while others took up some notes as if she's a blackboard.

"Sleep, now Isamu-chan," whispered Chiyo.

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Isamu heard some voices murmuring, talking and whispering just near her, no, just inside her room. She slowly opened her eyes and she felt somewhat scared on what she saw. People, dressed in robes, identical robes. They were old and some looked like… ninjas. They were talking.

They didn't noticed her woke up and only did when she tried to sit up. Some of them went to her aid. "Kazekage-sama, you're awake! How are you feeling?" one asked. She looked at her questioningly and he expected a sharp answer but she replied, "… I'm fine."

They asked her questions but she could only answer a soft, "I don't know." They were quite surprised that she can't remember but what shocked them was when she asked them, "… Who are you?" The group gasped. She can't remember who we are? "Kazekage-sama, this is not the time to joke around. The village needs you! You have been absent for a week and the problems are arising," an old man said.

"Me? Kazekage?" They gasped. "No… it can't be…," another said. She looked at them with questioning eyes, "Tell me, who are you? Where am I? What happened? Why are you calling me Kazekage?" They were filled with fear and disbelief. Just what happened to the Kazekage-sama? There was only one answer. "… She lost her memories."

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"It turned out that she has amnesia due to the impact in her brain when her head was hit against the rock," the doctor said. They looked at Isamu who was playing with the flower then back to the doctor. "Did she completely lose her memories?" The doctor sighed, "Actually, she lost a lot but for now, she did remember some things from her past. She remembered who she is, how old is she, the 4th Kazekage, her parents, some people's names, the ninjas, and also the names of the places. But she admitted that she doesn't remember where, she only remember the names. She also forgot that she was the 5th Kazekage, she mastered so many ninjutsus and that she was once a great kunoichi."

That was according to the tests given to her. They have performed a memory restoration jutsu but it miraculously didn't have an effect on her. The officials and elders sighed in misery. They're facing a big problem right now.

They immediately called for an emergency meeting. "What should we do about this? If we don't do something, the other nations will soon find out and we'll be doomed" "But we should help the Kazekage-sama!" "This is a big problem we're facing. We're in deep trouble!" The meeting held arguments, discussions and other things. But they soon come up to one decision.

"We'll choose the next Kazekage."

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Gaara heard that Isamu has woken up but he didn't know that she has amnesia. He went to the hospital with his siblings. As they got to the room's door. Gaara felt something's wrong. They went in and they saw a singing Isamu.

She heard someone went in and so, she stopped her singing and faced them. "Good afternoon," she softly greeted while smiling. They were far beyond, shocked. Isamu, greeting with a soft voice? And she's… smiling? Gaara's eyes widened, there's something wrong with her. Temari and Kankurou looked at her as if she's a very strange thing in the world.

"Just what happened to the bratty, cocky and bad-ass Isamu a.k.a Kazekage-sama?" was the question that lingered on their respective heads. Temari rushed to her and touched her forehead, "You have fever?" She doesn't. Kankurou flashed three fingers in front of Isamu, "How many fingers do you see?" She looked at her innocently, "three, sir." They gasped in horror, "Oh My God!" Gaara didn't say anything.

"Who are you?" she asked. "WHAT?????" Temari almost fainted while Kankurou's eyes almost popped out of its sockets. Gaara sensed that there's ACTUALLY wrong with her.

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"What happened to you? What have they done to you?" Temari asked the ebony-haired girl who was looking down to her lap. "… Nothing.""Won't you insult us or scold us for being here?" asked Kankurou. She looked at him, "Of course not! Why would I do that to you? You haven't done anything to me…," she murmured in a soft voice. "This is so unlike Isamu!" screamed the blonde and brunette. "Please don't shout! This is a hospital!" she hushed them.

Gaara just looked at her, "Did she lose her brain or something?" She hasn't reacted since I came here. It's because she lost her memory. She lost her WHAT? Yep, remember when she bumped her head on the rock? So, she doesn't remember anything? Not anything. She forgot major memories. She only remembers only few things.

Gaara went closer to her and was slightly taken a back when she smiled at him one real smile. "Hi there, how are you?" she asked kindly. "Hn," was his only answer. She pouted cutely, "You don't talk much, do you?" "No." She smiled, "Oh, I see!" Temari muttered, "What a miracle, she's suddenly kind to you."

"She has amnesia," the redhead told his siblings. "She has WHAT??!" the both screamed. Gaara explained to him the information he got form Shukaku. After that, "Oh I see. That's explained why," muttered Temari. Kankurou went to the girl; his eyes were filled with pity. "Even though you were so cruel to us, I feel sad that this happened to you. We never wanted this to happen," he whispered. Temari patted her brother's shoulder.

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"What is it that you want to say?" his voice was cold and demanding. "You knew what happened to our Kazekage. We are facing a huge problem. In her current situation, she can't lead the country. We are in need of a new Leader." His eyes narrowed, "What are you telling me?"

"Subaku no Gaara, you are chosen to be our next Kazekage."

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Early in the morning, was sent home. She lived in the compound her parents left her. It was quite huge and she's all alone there with some servants. Her dad died while on a mission while her mother died because of heart failure. She was left on the caring hands of the 4th Kazekage and he was just like her 2nd father.

When she arrived, the servants were there to greet her and she didn't even know some of them due to her amnesia so, "Let us introduce ourselves to you Maam!" She was smiling when they introducing their selves to her. She immediately made many friends because of her brand new attitude. She was now Isamu the kind, calm and gentle.

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Isamu pondered with her thoughts. A day before she was sent home, the grandpeople, as what she called them, told her everything that happened. They told her about her past and all yadda, yadda. She seemed to be enlightened. She now understood why they called her Kazekage-sama. "So, I inherited Kazekage-sensei's position," she thought.

She didn't really care for it now because all she wants to do now is to bake cake and cook food. She read all the cook books her friends brought to her. She smiled as she got her face out of the book, "It's time."

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Isamu looked down at the villagers crowding below the Kazekage tower's balcony. She saw the grandpeople talking amongst them. On her said were the redhead's older siblings. She was asked to attend because she was the 5th Kazekage and she needs to participate. "Temari-san, who will be the next Kazekage?" she asked like a little girl. The blonde smiled proudly, "Gaara, my baby brother." Her eyes widened, "You mean the untalkative boy with nice red hair?" "Yup! Look," the event started.

Isamu felt uncomfortable with the heavy robe and also the Kazekage hat she's wearing. She swore that she can sweat a liter with her clothes right now. It was time for her to give the Kazekage hat to Gaara. She gracefully walked and hand over her hat to the redhead. She even muttered, "Congratulations" making him look at her.

The villagers clapped not because of Gaara but because Isamu waved hello to them as she walked away back to her place behind.

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The inauguration ended soon after and the villagers went back to do their own stuff. Gaara was now officially the new Kazekage of Suna. The people still had their fear of him but that didn't stop him. He will work hard to gain his people's trust and need of his existence.

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