Hello everyone. I hope you like this chapter as it dwells more into Naru's mind. I can't wait to see what people predict from this. I hope I was as vague as possible with some things and I just came up with a plot twist for later in the series….. Hehehe.

Seihime

Chapter 3

"Naru-san, why did you do that? We are here to protect you not the other way around." Sakura said getting up from her seat on the ground. She didn't seem to like the fact that it was Naru that rescued her even if she didn't seem to know that Naru did.

Kakashi appeared on the ground near them from his place in the tree and seemed to be looking at Naru. His visible eye seemed to make a U showing that he was smiling at this as he stared at her. Naru just stared at her for a couple of seconds before sighing.

"I see that your skill with insight is still as impeccable as ever. I'm surprised you still have your agility as well." Kakashi stated as he walked over to them as he created two Kage Bunshin's to take care of the two Mist Ninja as well as to figure out why they were here and attacking them.

"With her current skill level, she wouldn't have been able to beat them. What have you been teaching her? She hasn't gotten better than the standard academy level with how it looks." Naru growled out slightly as while she might not be a Ninja anymore, she knew how demanding and how dangerous the job was. That and she knew Kakashi.

"She would have been able to protect herself enough to get help from her teammates if she had trouble." Kakashi said with a nervous chuckle and the air around them seemed to dip a couple of degrees as Naru didn't seem to like that answer one bit.

"Her Muscle Mass is below average levels, which also indicate a lack of stamina. Based on her Chakra level, she has below average stores and only has the basic three. She's fit for a Genjutsu specialist yet with how she took out a Kunai, she knows none and with the way she held the Kunai, sloppy weapon control. She would of gotten chewed apart by the Demon Brothers." Naru said with a serious tone which made a depression cloud hang over Sakura's head at the rather blunt approach to her skills.

"I figured that she would have asked her parents for some training as the other two have people they can work with or a large library to look through. She never came to me directly either and I can't push her to train." Kakashi stated to which Naru just glared at the man before shaking her head at this.

"You could of made her. You're her commanding officer and you know better than anyone what happens to the unprepared. You should have forced the issue." Naru said but there was a slight discrepancy in her voice as if that wasn't the only reason.

"And I don't need someone questioning me when that person ran away from it all. They will learn but I want them to learn at their pace." Kakashi said back rather harshly as he took a serious tone compared to his earlier voice. Naru froze at this as she turned away and hard a rather dark sad look.

"I didn't run…" She mumbled out fiercely though to everyone there, they could tell how broken her voice sounded right there. Kakashi blinked as this was the first time he had ever seen he like this but she just turned around and started walking again. All of them wondered what the hell happened.

'I don't know what happened and I don't really care but she's strong.' Sasuke thought as he stared at the blonde's back as she walked forward. He really didn't care what had truly happened to her as it wasn't his place to question another's life. No one questioned his, they brought up their views but never outright told him don't do it.

He was more interested in her strength than anything. While it might have seemed simple, she was able to disappear from his sight for a few seconds before reappearing. She used an unnatural flexibility and was able to kick them hard enough where it was only the chains that allowed them to not go flying.

Sasuke was sure that there was more to her than she let on and Kakashi gave him information that she had a rather impressive insight. She had taken one glance and knew that Sakura was a waste of space at her current level. Considering the critical eye she had when Sakura position herself behind her and when she made her trip, she did it almost instantly and without knowing the full situation due to being engrossed in her work.

He had a feeling that she would show more of her skills and strength by the end of it. If it meet a level where she could help him and teach him, he might ask. She also had knowledge about things it seemed based on her knowing Kakashi so maybe she had sparred or had seen Itachi train. He needed to get a better idea of his fighting style and skill than what he as learned. Either way, he was going to keep an eye out.

'Impressive. She doesn't even seem out of practice with her physical skills and her mind is still sharp. Danzo-sama was indeed correct with her capabilities but if she cant kill or complete her mission, she is a useless weapon.' Sai thought as he had heard about everything, well mostly everything. He got the abridged version of what had happened as he wasn't cleared to know everything.

Apparently her last mission had gone completely wrong. The mission was a success due to her partner on the mission however, it caused massive psychological problems for her. Well that was what he had heard but she seemed fairly alright considering what he knew about her at the school.

He was able to look at her objectively and with his study in Psychology that he had gained from Root, she didn't even seem to remember whatever reason she had for leaving. It was just a wound that was there and she couldn't escape from. He doubted that she was even able to place it but she would probably have a breakdown without even knowing the cause should she be put into conjecture with the cause. He would watch her closely just incase as Danzo had use for what she held and it wouldn't do him any good to let her get hurt.

Kakashi on the other hand just stared at the blondes back. He didn't think it was effecting her that badly. Like Sai, even if he didn't know he knew, he didn't have an exact idea as to what had happened. He knew that she was relatively young for whatever mission had broke her as it was her last mission before dropping out.

She had become a drifter as she had gone back to the academy after that mission. She had been a shadow of her former self, just being taken to and from the academy. She rarely spoke to anyone and didn't even really do anything. She had dropped out after that and went to the civilian academy where she was basically the same.

After that, a student had entered her life and seemed to make her open up. She seemed to respond to him and everything. It wasn't that she responded to him only, its like he was a trigger. She just seemed to come out of whatever funk she was in and turn back into that bright cheerful young girl she was after talking to him.

Kakashi really didn't know what to think of this as it seemed she was going further and further into whatever shell she was creating since the start of this mission. She had seemed rather tense since the start after they showed up and whatever wall she had her emotions behind was crumbling since he spoke up.

All he could hope for is that the mission wont have any problems for her mental state. He could deal with Ninja that came after them but it would really mess everything up if he had to deal with a broken down Jinchuuriki. His priorities would shift from fighting to making sure that she was ok and helping her calm down, which could mean life or death for him.

Her head hurt badly. Ever since Kakashi had said that, her head was throbbing and it took all she could do to keep herself from shuddering. She knew that she didn't run away but everything about it, every time she thought about it, she would act like this.

It was one of the reason's why she couldn't do anything. Every time she dealt with Ninja in the setting they were currently in or practiced as a Ninja, the feeling of dread, sadness and utter fear for something returned. She literally became paralyzed by the feeling and it was only through sheer will that she continued to push forward towards wave.

She wanted to tell at Kakashi, scream at him for bringing it up the way he did but she couldn't fault him. She had betrayed a lot of peoples expectations and hopes, Kakashi being one of them. They never outright said it to her face before but they felt it. They knew why she did what she did and why she left but it still doesn't change the fact that they felt that way or thought about it at one time.

She couldn't even tell how much time had gone by since Kakashi had said what he did. She was just trying to calm herself down to no avail. Something about the situation just screamed tense and it was her old Shinobi training coming back that made it impossible to let her guard down.

She was really starting to believe that the Gakuenchou and the Hokage were really trying to get her back into the field again. They knew what would happen and they have been trying for a long time. She wouldn't put it passed them as this seemed like a situation that would be perfect for something on that level.

On instinct alone, she hit the dirt while Kakashi yelled out to do it. She had felt killing intent and as soon as she hit the ground she completely froze up. The throbbing seemed to increase as she literally started to quiver. It wasn't in fear of whoever was attacking them.

'No… don't remember… don't remember.' She kept thinking over and over in her head for no reason. She didn't even know if she had anything to remember but the thought continued to go over and over again. Something about the air and situation were making it worse and not the killing intent itself really.

She heard them talking and could hear that the enemy was Momochi Zabuza. That didn't mean anything to her at this point in time. The killing intent flooding the whole area, giving it a sense of dread seemed to ignite a small fire in the back of her mind. This feeling was so familiar that it was scary.

Mist flooded the area, making the killing intent hang in the air. Rather than being a concentrated blast, it just hung there. Now it was much more familiar in her mind and she let out a soundless scream as she held her head. No, she didn't like this feeling. She didn't want to be here. She didn't feel safe.

"Naru-chan!" Sakura yelled out in shock at her as she bent down to her after realizing what was going on but to Naru, it didn't sound like Sakura. The voice was different, male and kind in tone with worry. Red flashed in front of her eyes and she screamed out.

She remembered as she could only remember staring down at bloody dead bodies, her hands caked with blood. A steel like texture as a blade, not her own seemed to be right by her head as it cut into one body. She could only remember feeling useless, fear and overwhelming sadness as bodies were littered around her.

"Nii-san, Naru-chan's breaking down." A voice piercing through the images in her head. A familiar tone but it didn't stop the images. They only came flooding in and tears were streaming down her face. The voice sounded female and with worried and hectic as Naru continued to scream out.

"Tch, we put to much trust in that man's block. At this rate, she will remember everything about that night and she already broke down once. We need to do something." This voice was different, ferocious and deep. It was rough and dark like but it still held worry for her.

"But what can we do about it Nii-san? We can't really do anything except for working with her." The first voice said with a pure like innocent tone with worry in her voice. There was a growl from the second on as Naru could only think about the large amount of death and blood she was seeing. Kids dead and gone, the light in their eyes faded and gone.

"There's only one thing we can do. As much as I hate working with you even if I love you, we have to do it to make sure she doesn't have a complete mental break down." The second voice growled out in annoyance as the first one made a happy chipper noise at the prospect of working together with the second.

"Hahaha, it seems one of your charges is having issues. Why would they send a civilian out with mental issues?" Zabuza stated from where he was now standing with his arm in a ball of water with Kakashi cursing as he noticed this as well. The one thing he didn't want happening did happen. "Seems you have more troubles than getting captured, Kakashi."

How did after all this time that whatever was keeping her from breaking down have to break now of all times? This situation went from bad to worse in a few seconds. He had saw the signs but ignored it thinking that she could deal with it. Sadly, that didn't seem to be the case. Hell, he should of called for support at the sign of the demon brothers. He was ignorant.

He had been thinking to much about her former skill level and abilities. While they weren't Jonin level, they were rather high back when she was trying to be a ninja. He thought if anything happened that she would have been able to back him up or at least protect his team.

All of their attention went back to Naru as she stopped screaming and seemed to relax in posture. "Ho, did she finally fall unconscious? It seems Konoha isn't as nice as it seems sending a mentally scarred girl out like this." Zabuza stated with some amusement in his voice at this. She obvious had trauma based on how she reacted to killing intent and the way she was acting around them meant it had to deal with Ninja. It was amusing that they allowed her to go on something that obviously had a chance of dealing with Ninja. He didn't think that Konoha was that cruel.

He made a water clone with a smirk on his face even if they could barely tell with the wrap around his mouth. "Kill them. This made it just much easier." Zabuza stated as the clone nodded before heading at them, sword draw. Kakashi's team got on the ready but they were sweating. They knew they weren't a match for Zabuza if Kakashi got taken captive like that.

Sakura looked down as she noticed Naru's hand moving to the sword bag on her back. "Naru…. Chan…" Sakura said at first before her eyes widened as she finished as Naru completely disappeared from her sight. There was a distinct swish sound as well as tearing.

Sakura looked back as everyone's eyes widened as Zabuza's clone was slashed in half before turning to water. Naru stood there with her sword out as she leaned forward. Chakra exploded around her, visible to the eye showing how much she was expelling. Red and white colored chakra swirled around her before she jumped up and came down at the real Zabuza.

Zabuza's eyes widened at how fast the girl was moving and wondered what happened as she was screaming only a second ago. Using his free arm and taking his non free arm out, he raised his sword and blocked the strike from the sword that was in her hand.

A powerful shockwave exploded throughout the clearing, as Zabuza was pushed into the ground as it broke under his feet from the strength of the hit. Zabuza couldn't believe the amount of power behind the strike and looked up at her to which he noticed something.

She pushed off him and landed not to far away from him and readied herself. "Ho, so she's fighting unconsciously? To think a civilian like her could be that powerful, I see Konoha has a dysfunctional weapon. I wonder how many times she's been betrayed and tricked into doing something she obviously doesn't like." Zabuza stated with a dark smile as it was obvious to him that she wouldn't be here unless the higher ups allowed it if she was that effected by trauma like she was.

"Oh well, she wont stop me." Zabuza said as he didn't even care about Kakashi anymore as she was on him again, sword flying towards him with precision and grace. She was a swordswomen with excellent form that it seemed like an art for to the unconscious blonde who stared at him with gold, red heterochromic eyes. To bad she was going to die by his sword.