Chapter 11
Leah woke two days later to find herself lying on a bed.
"You gave us quite a scare." Kakashi said.
Leah turned to see Kakashi sitting next to her on a chair.
"How long was I out?" Leah asked.
"Two days." He replied. "We were all worried about you." He said as Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura walked through the door.
They all ran up to hug her when they saw that she was awake.
Naruto started talking without even thinking.
"How are you going to handle those Curse marks now?"
Leah shrugged. "I've had them for a long time. I'm used to it now."
Leah turned to Kakashi. "Sensei where is my knife."
Kakashi pulled it out of his pocket.
"Right here." he said as he gave it to her.
Leah sighed as she grabbed it.
"I have something to tell you all." She said as she looked down. "And I'm afraid that you're not going to like it."
She looked over at Kakashi again and seemed a little nervous.
He nodded. "Tell them." He said. "They need to know."
She looked down again as she spoke. "When you pulled this knife out of me I only came back to help you defeat Orochimaru." Leah explained. "Now that his gone I'm afraid that I must be put back to sleep."
Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto gasped together.
"That's the stupidest thing that I've ever heard!" Naruto yelled. "We can't do that to you."
Leah looked up to stare at Naruto. "Maybe so but it still has to be done." she replied. "Kakashi is going to come with me alone tomorrow to do it."
Sakura turned to Kakashi. "You knew about this?"
Kakashi nodded.
"And you never told us!"
"It never came up." Kakashi replied.
"Calm down Sakura." Leah said. "When trouble strikes again you may pull the knife out from me."
Sakura sighed and hugged her. "I'm going to miss you."
"So am I."
Leah grabbed something from her pocket.
She handed to Sakura her Sound headband.
"This is for you."
"Aww Leah I can't have your headband. Its apart of you." Sakura said.
"It's a gift from me to you." Leah explained. "I want you to have it." She smiled. "Plus if I do come back you can always give it back."
Sakura smiled back and hugged Leah. "Good bye Leah."
"Good bye Sakura."
"Are you ready Leah?" Kakashi asked. "It's not going to be easy for me to do. I've grown quite fond of you. But it needs to be done."
Leah nodded. "Its go."
The end.