Sai's Pen Pal

Chapter thirteen

I had this written yesterday, BUT I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED IT! So I had to rewrite it. Made me mad.

~Back to Normal: Part Two~

Back to Iwa.

Back to her house.

Back to her friends.

But not back home.

That what Fijui thought as she strolled through the gate to Iwa. She missed Konoha and her pen pal greatly. As she gave a sad sigh, she suddenly felt an overwhelming desire to see her house. The redhead started running, ignoring her mother's call of, "Fijui!"

She kept running, only slowing down when she saw someone familiar being led out of the Tsuchikage's office. Then meet her eyes, but have no sign of recognition. His gaze simply moved on.

'Than,' she thought before gritting her teeth. No positive thoughts or feelings came when she thought of him. Fijui sped up again and came to a stop when the familiar sight of the house filled her eyes. She drank it in, realizing how much she had missed the old place.

The mailbox was overflowing, so she grabbed the mail and went inside. Flipping through the post, she realized it was mostly bills and junk. Except for three letters.

One from Ceiraa Azora.

One from the Konohagakure hospital.

One addressed in familiar handwriting.

She took those letters up to her room and grabbed the one from her sister first.

Dear Fijui,

Azora here! Ever since Mom and Dad have given us permission to get married, as long as we wait, Kione and I've been very happy. I should be back in a few days. Can't wait to go back to normal.

It's too bad you couldn't stay in Konoha. I really would've liked to have seen you and him together. But, I fully believe you'll be together again. Someday.

So, I can't wait to see you. Again. I'm not sure why I didn't stay in the first place. So, anyway, we're going to wait until I graduate. When I see Diani, I'm going to have to tell her everything. If you know what I mean.

Just kidding! But seriously, I'm sorry that I left. I know I apologized to you, but show this to Mom and Dad for me. Tell them I'm sorry. You can do that, can't you?

Thanks.

So I think I need to go now. I'm about to have my last dinner here.

Lots of love,

Azora

Fijui shook her head and lay it on the desk to show her parents later and hesitantly grabbed the one from Konoha's hospital.

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ceiraa,

We are pleased to inform you that the tests performed on your daughter, Ceiraa Fijui, came back negative. The supposed tumor in her heart wasn't a tumor at all, but a small blood clot. It might still require surgery, but there is no cancer.

This is an easy mistake to make. This clot resembles a tumor greatly. As for how Iwa's hospital thought that it was cancer, we have a couple of guesses.

It went on to explain how they could have mistaken it. She didn't care, though. Fijui leaned back, feeling tears of happiness shine in her eyes. 'I don't have cancer... I don't have cancer!' she cheered mentally before grabbing the third letter.

Something golden lay over the top of the folded paper. Taking it out, she read the note attached.

To remember me by.

Delicately taking the note off, she fastened the chain around her neck. Then she grabbed the paper and opened it happily.

Dear Fijui,

I'm sorry for not seeing you off, but I decided to put my goodbye into this letter. It would take far too long if I wished you goodbye in real life, because I have so many things I want to say to you.

I wish you could stay. In the week you stayed here, I experienced many things. Anger, happiness, and maybe even the slightest trace of love.

I've read about love. I'm not sure if that's what I feel when I think of you, or if it's something else. But, I'd like to someday say that I love you. That would mean that I've finally obtained emotions that seemed too far away.

Fijui, I can't wait to see you again. Maybe we'll meet again in the new future.

I met your sister. She wasn't too bad, I suppose. She seemed to approve of our relationship. She also got into an argument with your parents over it. Too bad it didn't work.

Sakura told me about how your cancer wasn't real. I'm very happy for you.

She also told me a joke. I didn't understand it.

Here's how it went-

Knock, knock

That's basically it. I still don't understand. Could you explain it to me please?

Thank you and write back soon.

Sai

Fijui had tears streaming down her face from laughing so hard. Gasping for air, she heard her mother call, "Fijui?" Still giggling, she grabbed two of the letters and disappeared down the stairs, giving them to her parents. "Fijui, are you alright?" the woman asked.

"I'm happy to be back."

Then she went back up the stairs, ignoring her mother's excited shriek as she read the letter from Konoha.

She was going to write back to Sai.

Because that's what pen pals did.

. . .

So that's the last chapter before the epilogue.

WHAT AM I GONNA DO IF I CAN'T WRITE THIS?

Brea: Work on other fanfics... Get a life...

Hey! If I had a life, yours wouldn't exist!

(This is just me, not all fanfic writers... I'm too shy to have a life outside of the Internet...)

Naruto: Believe it!

Sai: Don't be mean. She's my friend.

:D

Sai: Except in public...

D: