"You're not Rhea Roko" Tsunade said, is wasn't a question, it was a statement, one that she seemed to already knew before entering the room. The girl we thought was Rhea turned and glared at Amaya. "I'm sorry" she said "You were so weak, and I didn't know what to do. I know you never wanted to come here but I didn't think I had a choice. I remember what you said about your grandmother being well known around here so I used her name to get you in, and to get Lady Tsunade to come see you." the girl's glare vanished "It's alright Amaya, I know you were just trying to help." She took Amaya's hand just to reassure her that she understood. "So who is Rhea Roko?" asked Sakura. "A very old friend of mine" replied Tsunade, "She came here with her daughter Mika seeking refuge, she was a very gifted healer. Her daughter Mika was five when they came here and also became a very skilled medical ninja before marrying a man named Tora Sato. They had two daughters named Yani and Kara. Yani was about two years older than your class and Kara was a year younger then her. Their father Tora died in the nine tails attack, and their family moved away 2 1/2 years later. We all just assumed it was because Mika couldn't deal with the grief. Five years later Mika's body was sent to us to be buried here in the Leaf, we tried to investigate the cause of death, but the file was sealed, three years after that we received word that Rhea had died from and illness and had requested to be buried next to her daughter. By that time people seemed to have forgotten about them, but a few people still wondered what happened to those two girls"
Tsunade stepped closer to the girl and looked into her eyes. "You aren't Yani and you aren't Kara, but you have Mika's face and Rhea's eyes. What is your name?" The young girl looked hesitant to answer, but then she held her head up and squared her shoulders. "Marianna. Marianna Roko. Mika Sato is my mother, Rhea Roko is my grandmother and Yani and Kara are my older sisters. Half sisters if you want to be technical."
Tsunade just nodded her head "How old are you?" she asked. "I turned 18 a few months ago" "And where are your sisters?" Marianna dropped her gaze and seemed to be holding back her emotions. "Kara died in the attack, I saw it, but I don't know where Yani is. I was with Amaya and Kara when it started, but after Kara died we...we." "We ran." Amaya finished "There was nothing we could've done. People were running everywhere and the village was engulfed in flames. We couldn't do anything." she insisted. She seemed to be talking more to Marianna then us. "Why do you have your grandmother's last name?" asked Sakura curiously. Marianna looked at Sakura, "Because me and my sisters don't have the same dad, Mom didn't think it would be fair to give me his name when I never knew him, so she gave me her maiden name." "Why not your father's last name?" that's when Marianna's eyes narrowed at Sakura, "Not in the picture, never met him, and not important." she stated. Shikamaru knew that the girl was hiding something, but right now that wasn't important. "So what happened to you guys?" he asked "You said your village was burned down, but we haven't gotten any reports about it." The girls looked at eachother, hesitant to answer. "That's a conversation we need to have with your Hokage." Kakashi was in the Sand meeting with Garra and wasn't schedualed to be back until tomorrow, along with Naruto and an Anbu detail. And while he didn't get the feeling these two were a danger to the village he wasn't about to tell two outsiders where the Hokage was. "He's busy today." replied Tsunade " but he will see you tomorrow afternoon, after the two of you have had some rest. You two will be in separate rooms and will have a guard with you at all times. I'm sorry, its not that we don't believe your story, this is just protocol until we figure out whats going on."
Both girls nodded, "Its fine, we understand Ma'am." said Marianna. Tsunade gave her a small smile "You really do have your grandmother's eyes" she said "I was sad to have heard of her death, she was a very dear friend of mine." Marianna returned the smile "She smoke often of you as well Ma'am." and then Tsunade left the room and motioned for Sakura and Shikamaru to follow.
Once they were in Sakura's office she started giving orders. "Alright, until we can get to the bottom of this I want guards in and outside of their rooms at all times. Put an Anbu guard outside of the room but place Jonin on the inside, someone friendly, I don't want them to feel like they're prisoners. If what they say is true then these girls have already been through enough." Shikamaru and Sakura nodded. "I don't think we have to worry about Amaya trying to leave," he said "she came here willingly to save her friend, but Marianna told me that she didn't want to be here and tried to walk out. She's more of a flight risk." "I agree" said Sakura "Marianna while calm seems agitated about being here. We all saw the look she gave Amaya when she found out she brought her here."
"Alright" said Tsunade "here's what we will do, Shikamaru you will stay with Marianna tonight. She's already met you and will have a familiar face with her. Also your shadow possession jutsu will come in handy if she tries anything. I'll have Kiba stay with Amaya, he will be able to track both girls if they try and run. Go home and gather some things, report back here in an hour. He nodded and then left the room, once outside on the sidewalk he pulled a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. Man this day was turning into a drag he thought, Why did I have to get stuck on babysitting duty? Sakura could've easily watched over the girl. Oh well at least I won't have to do anything to demanding for the rest of the day.
Shikamaru finished his cigarette before entering his home, he had moved out of the main house that he had once shared with his parents and moved into the house across from it. He liked his space and his privacy, but still wanted to remain close to his mom. Ever since his father had died in the war she just hadn't been the same. She was happy, and things seemed to have gotten better over the past few years, but part of her had died along with his father. She wasn't as bossy or as nagging as she had been in the past, and he could honestly say that he missed it. Don't get him her wrong, his mom still had her moments, but they weren't very often, and when she did have them everything felt normal for a moment.
Once inside his house he quickly packed an overnight bag. Nothing special just a pair of extra clothes and some pajamas, he normally just slept in a pair of boxers, but he couldn't very well do that while watching over a girl. he also grabbed a toothbrush, and some apples, hospital food wasn't his favorite and had no intention of starving for the night. Once he had everything he went over to see his mother before he left. Upon entering her house he found that she wasn't there, he figured she was at the market, or visiting with his dad. She did that a lot. So he left a note with the house keeper, telling her where he was and not to worry, then he walked over to Kiba's.