Lost, Now Found

Hi! I'm back and I hope I make this long…

Don't own Naruto sob

Chapter 5

Standing infront of us was my sensei. She hand her fists on her hips as if she was a hero. "Hi guys! Congrats! You pass the second exam! I'm so proud of you guys! How long have you guys been doing this?'

"About a day, why?"

"Someone else just arrived. Looks like you guys aren't alone! Well, good luck!" she poofed away again.

"Why couldn't she stay?"

"Rules?"

"True."

We walked to a door and went through. A blinding light came out when we opened the door. The light died away and we saw three others. I noticed it was the sand nins. I walked past them as my team trailed behind, looking at them suspiciously. We continued to walk and I found another room where there was a couch, TV, and a window. I sat on the window sill and waited for the rest of the people to get here and then start the third round.

The rest of the days passed by so quickly as the room started to get filled. I just stayed in my spot, on the window sill as Fuji would pace around and Horoko would just sit lazily on the couch. Once and a while, my seal would kick in but I was able to ignore it. I noticed that Sasuke's team came in at the last minute. (A/N: I'm gonna skip all the speech stuff. I forgot the matches so deal with whatever I give you. I might not describe everything.)

"First match, Naruto and Hinata!" (A/N: I'm so evil aren't I?)

Hinata and Naruto stood in the ring. Hinata wasn't able to look at Naruto because she was afraid to look. Naruto held the sheepish grin he always had. "Begin!" came the person. (A/n: forgot the person…)

Hinata raised her hand, "I-I-I give –u-up." she said shakily.

Naruto frowned. 'But I wanted to see how Hinata fights!'

The two went back up to the thing (A/N: what's it called again?) "Next up, Shino versus Aoi! Please come up to the platform!"

Shino walked up to the platform as did I. I looked at each other, my eyes to his sunglasses. "Begin!"

We stayed in our positions when he said to begin. I noticed a bug crawl over to me, then another. 'So his technique has something to do with bugs.'

I just stayed in my spot, letting the bugs to crawl freely over to me, making it look like I have no idea what the situation was. "Start fighting already!" I heard an obnoxious voice call out. (A: can you guess who?)

I just ignored the voice and kept an eye on Shino. Suddenly, he raised his hand. Bugs started to come out of his sleeve. 'He probably thinks I'm scared of his bugs.'

I twisted to left foot to the left, then the right. I kept doing that until the bugs reached me. I clapped my hands once and ice was all over the ground and over the bugs, even the ones in the air. Shino was consumed by ice; head remaining. Shino struggled a little then stopped, knowing he couldn't free his self. "Winner Aoi!"

I snapped my fingers and all the ice disappeared. Shino and I walked back to our original spots, right next to each other. "Good match."

"Hn."

"That wasn't much of a battle Aoi! Why didn't you do more then that?" Fuji rushed up to me.

"You know I like to play with ice than the others."

Shino looked at me in the corner of his eyes; confused. "Don't think too hard about, Shino." I told him.

"Hn." was all he responded with, again.

"Next up, Horoko vs. Shikamaru."

Horoko stood up from his leaning position and jumped down to the platform. Shikamaru did the same from the other end of the thing. When they were both down on the platform, they had the same look on, bored. "Begin!"

Shikamaru started to make hand signs while Horoko closed his eyes and started summon chakra to his hands and feet. Then, Shika's shadow started to spread over to Horoko. Horoko jumped and started head for Shikamaru, in the air. Shika's shadow started retreat when Horoko's fist started to collide into his face. (A/N: I'm not exactly good at fighting scenes especially when you have to make up someone's ability so I'm just going to say who won and draws.) Shikamaru layed down on the ground and so did Horoko. The exam proctor looked at the two then announced a draw. Medic nins started coming in to get the two to the hospital. When they were gone, the battles went on. (A: I'll just make a list. I'm picking random people just so you know.)

Temari vs. TenTen- Temari

Sasuke vs. Dosu- Sasuke

Gaara vs. Lee- Gaara

Kankuro vs. Kin- Kankuro

Sakura vs. Ino- draw

Neji vs. Fuji- Neji

Kiba vs. Zaku- draw

(A: did I forget anyone? I'll just stick them in.)

With matches done, we all exited the arena and parted either toward the hospital or for home. I decided to go to the hospital to visit my teammates. 'Who knew both of them would end up there.' I arrived at the hospital and went to Horoko's room first. I knocked then entered. He was laying in bed staring out the window. "Hey lazyass, how're you doing?"

"I've gotten too many injuries."

"I can see that. Get well soon. Need anything just whistle or something."

"Can do."

I waved to him one last time and left the room and headed to Fuji's room. I found the room and did the same thing I did when I went to visit Horoko. Knock then enter. When I did, I saw Fuji resting peacefully in bed. I didn't want to disturb him so I just left him something to let him know I was there. I left a crystal rose on his table and when he touches it, it will melt into water, melting down into a message; the rose won't melt until then. When I left the room, I decided to visit some others like Lee. When I got to his room, I heard struggling on the other side. I knocked and entered. A nurse was trying to hold Lee down. "Miss, could you help, if not, please leave."

"No problem."

I walked over to them and put a hand on the bed. Suddenly, Lee was laying down, not struggling. "There. He won't move unless you want him to."

"Well, I still need to treat him, do you think you could stay and help?"

I nodded. "What do you need me to do?"

She told me some directions and I tended to it right away. "Since when did you study healing?"

"My mom was a medic nin."

"Oh, that must be useful nowadays. What happened to her? She's just not alive today is all."

'How could she hide all that pain?' Lee thought as he was being treated.

The nurse left and Lee was still laying in bed. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yes, why are you so kind all of a sudden? How do you hide all your pain inside?"

"I'm just starting to get used to this place and…"

"You don't have to answer that last part."

"It's okay, I guess I just try to push the massacre all the way to the back of my mind and try to forget about it."

"Massacre?"

"Yeah, my family was massacred."

"Just like Sasuke…" he mumbled. "By whom, may I ask?"

"My selfish, greedy, ignorant, smartass-"

"I think I get the point, who killed your clan?"

"My nii-san."

"Your brother?"

I looked down in hatred. "Yeah. Well, enough of that. Get well soon. Call if you need me."

I disappeared in a gust of wind before he could say anything. I reappeared in Sasuke's room. "You're here to say 'get well', right?'

"No, I'm here to say die slow; of course I'm here to say get well."

"Why are you kind all of a sudden? Before you were like-"

"-you, yeah, I know. I just came from Lee's room and he said something about your family being massacred."

"Keep out of my family's business."

"I understand what it feels like to lose your family, seeing them be massacred."

"I didn't actually see my clan while that happened, I was training."

"Oh." I looked down. 'I had it worse than him.'

'She had it worse than me.' Sasuke thought. "By who."

"My… bro…"

'I can see why she is mostly so quiet.'

"Do you want to learn more about my clan?"

"Sure, why not."

"Well, as you know, my clan can control all the elements. We are skilled with each element. My clan can do a lot more like read minds, see into the future or past, even erase one's memory. Each of us would have a certain special power. We will inherit it from either mom or from our grandmas. Only the woman's side inherits things. For my case, I inherited healing from my mother. My brother somehow got his own power; it was an abnormal level of chakra. That's how he was able to get them all. There was a legend where the spirit of a demon angel would live in one's body. They would rarely live in one's body though. The demon angel is able to take over whenever if the person is weak and/or can't control their selves. What else…"

"You don't have to explain more but, I just wanted to know, do you have the demon in you?"

"The demon will summon its self when the person turns 13. I'm still 12."

"So you don't know until you turn 12? When's that?"

"Do you have to know?"

"No…"

"Sore dewa! Get well soon."

I disappeared and in my spot was a crystal rose. Sasuke got up from bed and went over to pick it up. When he touched it, the rose melted into a message. The message said:

If you must know, my birth is today, June 7th. Please, get well soon. Whistle or something if you need me, I'll only be a block away.

Sasuke smirked and let the message dissolve on the ground. I climbed back in bed and went to sleep.

So, what do you think? I know, Aoi all of a sudden is being nice and Sasuke is a bit OOC. Anyways, I'm glad you like this story and my other ones too. I think I'll end My Life Is Tougher Than You Think a bit early because it isn't all that interesting to you and me.

Emi ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣