"Are you alright sensei?," Tsunami as she looked down at Kakashi lying on the futon. "Yeah, I just can't move for about a week or so,"

"Forgive me, my medical ninjutsu isn't so good," Hana said, she wore a different dress, red colored. "It's fine, thanks anyway Hana,"

"How's your wound Hana?," Sakura asked. "It's, fine," She muttered and nodded. The true was, her scar was already gone.

"Hey Hana," She turned to Sakura. "You were amazing the way you saved Naruto like that, and blocked Zabuza's attack your pretty strong for a genin,"

"Yeah, and I didn't know you used those kind of techniques, you didn't even use hand signs," Naruto chuckled, she clenched her fist. "Yes, Thank you," Kakashi eyed her as she stood up and left the room in silence. 'That time, I acted on my own, I didn't think at all,' She walked out of the house and stood in front of a tree, a single lily was growing dully under a tree. She leaned over and touched it gentle, the flower instantly began to stand up and glow beautifully. Hana leaned against the tree and let out a soft sigh. 'They discovered something about me, I can't expose myself like this, I'll have to be more careful,' She eyed a young boy walking into the house. Hana touched the blue flower in her hair. 'A child is here too huh?,'

Kakashi came out of the house in crutches with the team behind him. "Say Hana, do me a favor and watch over Tazuna,"

"Are you going somewhere?,"

"Yes, a little training,"

"I see, understood," She walked past them and into the house. "Kakashi- sensei, Why is Hana on our team? We hardly know anything about her and she keeps to her self,"

"Well, Hana can be a bit strange but don't worry, she's very kind," He smiled. The image of Hana's smiling face appeared in Sasuke's head again. 'Why am I thinking about this now of all times,'

The next night at dinner, Hana watched as Naruto and Sasuke swallowed down food. They stood up at the same time. "More please!," They sat back down and threw the food back up. Hana turned to Kakashi. "Do I want to know?,"

He chuckled. "Probably not,"

"Stop eating if your just going to throw it back up!," Sakura shouted.

"No...I have too eat," Sasuke said wiping his mouth. Naruto sat up. "Yeah, I've got to build up my strength for training,"

"True, but there's no need to throw up," Hana sighed. They smirked at each other.

Hana watched them continuing to eat. 'These two are weird,' She lowered her head a bit and stared at them. Sasuke looked up at her and their eyes met. 'She's…smiling,' Hana must have figured this and pulled her self back and sat up straight her smile slowly disappearing and her usual emotionless expression returned. 'What's with her, it's like she has two split personalities,' Hana stood up abruptly and they looked up at her, her bangs covered her eyes. "I'll go outside for a bit,"

"This late?," Tsunami asked.

"Yes, I'll be fine," She said and hurried out the door.

Hana stared up at the moon as it was the only light that night. "Hey," She turned to see Sasuke walking towards her. "Yes?,"

"….Hey…Um…A little bit ago…Sakura mentioned something about you,"

"About me?,"

"Your on our team and you keep away from us," Hana flinched. "Why the sudden interest in me Uchiha Sasuke?,"

"Kakashi talks about teamwork but if you keep distancing yourself, we can't function properly as a team," Hana felt the corners of her lips move. To Sasuke's surprise she was smiling beautifully. "Is that so?,"

Sasuke's cheeks turned a small pink. "We-well, I was surprised, the other day…never mind," She walked towards him, her smile still bright. "What surprises me is that, I expected something like this from Naruto," She stopped a few feet away from him. "That idiot wouldn't notice anything about our teamwork,"

"Idiot? From the way you two worked together against Zabuza, you seemed like you're the best of friends,"

"As if," Hana put her finger to her lip. "Even if these are true words coming from you Sasuke or not," She walked past him. "I'll do my best," She muttered. 'Hm? He wants me to be more aware of this team?' Hana's smile slowly faded. 'These people continuing to surprise me with their persistence,'

Hana, Kakashi and Sakura looked around the area. "Where is Naruto?," Sakura asked with a bit of frustration.

"He left by himself last night," Hana said. Sakura nodded. "Yeah and Sasuke went off to take a walk and hasn't come back as well," A kunai fell from the sky and landed in front of them. They looked up and looked at him in awe. "He climbed so high," Hana said. "What do you think? Look how high I can climb now?!," Naruto stood up and began to fall over. "Naruto!,"

"If you fall from that height!," Naruto suddenly turned upside down on the tree branch and they sighed of relief. "Just kidding," Hana sighed of relief. "Haha you fell for it,"

"You scared us Naruto!," Sakura shouted, just then, Naruto's feet came off the tree branch. "Naruto stop playing around!," Sasuke appeared and grabbed his ankle. "You moron,"

"Sasuke?," Naruto looked at him.

"Sasuke, you're the best," Sakura giggled. Hana's smile reappeared, noticing this Kakashi smiled. 'They are growing very well,'

Later that night, Kakashi requested Hana watch over the two while he worked out his legs. Naruto and Sasuke came down from the tree. They saw Hana twirling with a single lily between her fingers. "Hana? Did you see how high we climbed?,"

"Indeed, but since your all out of chakra, how about we go back?," She said. "Ye-yeah," Naruto chuckled, his legs grew wobbly and Hana quickly stood up and held him up with his arm around her neck. "See? Don't push yourself too much, alright,"

"Yeah, got it," Sasuke sighed and put Naruto's other arm around his neck. As they began walking, Naruto's legs got wobbly again. "Careful," Sasuke said sternly. Naruto sat up straight and turned to Sasuke. "I didn't ask you for your help," He shouted. "You didn't need to, just look at you,"

Naruto's legs got wobbly against and he fell back. After he bumped into Hana she fell back and they heard a small splash. Turning to her, Naruto stood up. "I'm sorry Hana! Look what you did Sasuke!,"

Hana wiped her face and looked at her hand. 'Mud?' She looked up at them. "Me? Your the clumsy idiot,"

"Clumsy, look who's talking,"

"Don't put me in the same category as you,"

Hana put her finger to her lips. "Sasuke! I'm going to pummel you,"

"With what chakra?You can barely walk,"

Naruto growled again. They stopped as they heard a snort, then a giggle. They turned to Hana who was laughing with a smile. They stared at her as if in disbelief. 'Hana, she's laughing…I've never even seen her smile like that,' Naruto watched her and he felt a warm feeling and he chuckled. "Hey, your laughing," Naruto said. Hana pulled herself out of the mud. "I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself…," she laughed again. Sasuke just stood with a smile himself. 'She's laughing….it's cute,'

"Can we go back so I can take a shower?," She said with a another laugh. "Yeah,"

The three came back through the door of Tazuna's house. "What happened Hana?," Sakura asked. "I fell over, it's nothing,"

"Well, feel free to go wash off," Tazuna said. "They made it to the top," Hana told Kakashi. "Alright!, you two will help protect Tazuna starting tomorrow," Kakashi said.

"Yes!," Hana walked towards the back. 'It's been a while, since I've laughed and smiled so much….My face hurts,' She giggled to herself touching her cheeks.

The next morning, team 7 excluding Naruto walked Tazuna to the bridge. "He's pushed himself a bit too far," Kakashi said. Hana jolted and she narrowed her eyes. "What is it Hana," She looked at Sakura and shook her head. 'I've got a bad feeling about something…,'

Once they got to the bridge five bridge builders laid on the ground, bruised and cut. "What happened?," Tazuna asked going to the aid of one of them. "A monster…attacked out of nowhere…,"

'Zabuza!,' Mist began to appear. Sasuke began to shake a bit. "Long time no see Kakashi, I see you're still with those brats, he's shaking again, poor kid," Zabuza said from the mist. A large number of clones of Zabuza appeared. "I'm shaking with excitement,"

"Go ahead Sasuke," Kakashi smiled. In an instant the clones were destroyed. "Hmm, he saw through the water clones, that brat has grown, it looks like a rival has appeared, eh Haku?,"

"It does indeed," The maksed man from before stood along side Zabuza.

"I was right, that masked one, he's Zabuza's comrade,"

"He should stop hiding under that mask and face us," Tazuna said. "I'll fight him, tricking us with that stupid act, I hate bastards like that,"

"Your so cool Sasuke!,"

Hana raised an eyebrow. 'She is way to hung up on him,'

"An impressive young man,"

"But we have the advantage, go," Haku disappeared and reappeared in front of Sasuke. He blocked his attack quickly. 'Sasuke's speed has gotten a lot better, he's able to keep up with a man that fast' Hana watched a few feet away. "Sakura protect Tazuna, I'll let Sasuke and Hana deal with the other one,"

"Alright," Hana watched the two clash over and over. Surprising everyone, with his free hand Haku began to form hand signs and the water on the ground formed into needles. "Sasuke!,"

With explosive speed Sasuke leaped up into the hair. Sasuke threw shuriken, Haku quickly began to dodge them. Sasuke appeared behind him with a smirk. "Your slow, from now on, you will only be able to run from my attacks,"

Hana's eyes shined silver through the mist. 'This guys chakra, isn't as intense as Zabuza….but somehow some what similar'

They all watched as Sasuke's close combat with Haku only ended in a matter of seconds with Sasuke's quick speed.

"I can't have you underestimating my team by calling them brats you know, Sasuke is the number one rookie in our village, Sakura is the brightest in the village, Hana is the strongest, and the other one...is the number one hyper active ninja," Hana and Sasuke stood side by side measuring Haku.

Zabuza began to chuckle. "Do you realize this Haku, at this rate we'll be driven back,"

There was a sudden chill in the air. "Yeah, we can't have that…," The water around the two began to rise. The water turned into ice. The ice formed into mirrors Haku merged with the mirror. "Sasuke, don't let your guard down,"

"I know," Sasuke said as they stepped closer to each other.

"Well, shall I begin, I'll show you two my real speed,"

They both felt a sharp pain in their body, then another, then more and more.

Sasuke and Hana screamed out from the mirrors. "Sasuke! Hana!," Kakashi growled as Zabuza stood in front of him.

Zabuza chuckled. " If you get by me, I'll kill those two," Sakura threw a kunai in between the gap of the mirrors. Haku grabbed it. Then a shuriken came from behind him and knock him out of the mirrors. Hana sat up, she and Sasuke were bleeding a bit, a small part of her felt relief wash over her. "Uzumaki Naruto! Has finally arrived! And I'm going to kick some enemy ass!,"

"What kind of loud entrance is that?," Hana muttered. "He talks too much," Sasuke said forcing himself up. Zabuza threw shuriken at Naruto only to have them blocked by Haku's needles. "Haku what is this?,"

"Zabuza leave these three too me,"

"We can probably beat him if Naruto attacks from the outside," Hana whispered. "Yeah, lets hope he doesn't do anything completely idiotic,"

"Hey…Hey Hana, Sasuke," They turned to Naruto who was squatting down, whispering. "I came to save you guys," The relief in her vanished. "You moron, If you're a ninja use your head!, why did you come inside?!,"

"Naruto…," Hana sighed and stood up. "What did you say Sasuke, I came to save you and this is what I get, fine I'll just go for Hana!,"

"Unfortunately, Naruto I'm siding with Sasuke," Hana said.

"What you too?!," Sasuke stood up and glared at Haku in the mirror.

Haku spoke from the mirrors again. "I'm over here!,"

"The feel of his chakra is all over the place, I can't tell which mirrors he's in," Hana muttered. Sasuke took a deep inhale and released a large amount of fire from his mouth. Hana did her best to ignore the intense heat. 'It's hot!,' Her breathing became a bit more rapid.

"It didn't do anything!,"

"You can't melt this ice with that level of fire," Haku said from the mirror. "Damn," Suddenly Haku threw needles at the three. They fell back and onto the ground. "Where the hell is the real one?!," Naruto shouted in frustration.

"Trying to follow me with your eyes is impossible, you will never be able to catch me,"

"Shadow clone Jutsu," A few clones appeared and began attacking the mirrors. Hana gasped as Haku came out of one mirror and defeated the clones and merged into another mirror, without hesitation she got up and jumped in front of Naruto as Haku threw more needles at him. Naruto grabbed her and they fell too the ground. "Hana!,"

"I'm fine,"

"Naruto you idiot, don't act on your own!," Sasuke snapped. Hana stood up again, her blood was beginning to fall from her wounds. "Hana, stay back, you can't take another attack like that," Sasuke said. "I'm not going to sit here and do nothing, at least let me do this,"

"All we're doing is running around in here!," Naruto groaned. "Shut up and get on your feet, I can't watch over you too," Sasuke said. "We are going to be hit so just try and avoid a serious wound," Haku began to move. Hana felt her entire body aching in pain. She dodged a few needles, only being hit by two or three, she couldn't tell, she was already in pain. "You move well, but this time I'll stop you," Haku began to move above them in another mirror. Sasuke suddenly grabbed Hana and Naruto with incredible strength and dodged the attack. Hana looked up at Sasuke, his eyes were red. 'Sharingan? That's right Sasuke is of the Uchiha, I had forgotten, if I can get up, Sasuke and I can defeat Haku, Naruto can use this shadow clones as a distraction…But,' She turned to Naruto who wasn't moving to well. 'I'm not sure if we can summon the strength, everything hurts, I'm in so much pain, I can't think, it's been so long since I've been in battle like this...What do I do? Someone tell me,'

"Hana," She turned to Sasuke. "Don't freak out on me, I'll protect you," Her eyes widen. 'Sasuke, where is this coming from?…No!,'

"I won't let you do this alone Sasuke," She muttered pushing her self to her feet.

"You two just keep getting up, I myself won't be able to keep this up for much longer, this Jutsu uses a lot of chakra, there's a limit on how long I can keep up this speed," Hana stumbled towards Naruto and slowly helped him up on his butt. "If your eyes are starting to catch me then…This is the end!," Hana gasped as Haku charged from the mirror and at them. Everything stopped, Hana's eyes widen and her heart began to feel the pain her body did. Naruto opened his eyes as he saw Haku on the ground in front of them, he smiled. "Geez you idiot, getting in the way," Sasuke rasped. "Sasuke you did it!," Blood fell from his mouth. Naruto's face was also frozen in shock. "What's with that face, you look like a complete imbecile,"

"Why?!,"

"I don't know, my body moved on it's own…You know, I hated you,"

"Why?! I never asked you to save me," Hana sat up as Sasuke fell back, she held him in her arms. "Sasuke…,"

"That man, my brother, I told myself, I wouldn't die until I killed him, You two, better not die here," Sasuke's half open eyes turned to Hana. 'The last thing I wanted to see, was you smiling, one more time, but your crying for me…Hana,' He closed his eyes. In shock her body didn't move at all her tears fell from her face. 'Don't, I don't want this! Please! Not you!,'

"He landed a blow on me and without flinching, died to protect you two, to protect a precious person, knowing it was trap, he still jumped in, he is a shinobi that deserves the utmost respect," He went back into a mirror. "Is this your first death of a friend? This is the way of the shinobi…,"

"Shut your mouth," Hana felt strong chakra from beside her, she glanced at Naruto. His entire facial appearance had changed, red eyes, sharp fang like teeth and the marks on his face were darker. Hana held onto Sasuke's lifeless body as a strong wind began to blow. He stood up and his scars and scratches' began to heal. Naruto charged at the mirror, Haku threw needles at him only to be deflected. Haku appeared from above and tried to attack, Naruto dodged it and before Haku could retreat to another mirror Naruto grabbed him and let out a loud roar. His chakra began to exploded around them, cracking the mirrors, he lifted his hand and delivered a powerful blow to Haku's face, sending him flying through the mirror. The mirrors cracked and shattered. Hana looked down at Sasuke. 'This is why, I don't want them around! I don't want friends!,'

She sobbed. 'This pain is unbearable' The blue flower in her hair shined dimly. Her tears rolled down her cheeks an onto his face. 'I'm sorry Sasuke…I wasn't strong enough,'

'Your crying for a boy you just met, you really are pathetic,' The dark voice said to her. 'Go away, you're the last person I want to hear those words from,'

The dark voice stayed silent for a few minutes. 'Your in pain, if you just stayed that way we were before, none of these feelings would have come back, just run away, leave the leaf village again and this time, don't come back,'

'…No, I refuse,'

'Why?,' Hana looked down at Sasuke again. 'Because I have too much to lose, I'm sick of running, I want to protect them,'

'Your so pathetic! You said it yourself didn't you?! We aren't strong enough,'

'Then, I'll become stronger, no matter what it takes' The dark voice was silenced completely and her flowers light dimmed out.