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YuPoV

I was riding on Tora through the village, when I felt a great burst of chakra being released. Naruto.That could've been the only explanation. I heard many cries of pain. I ignored them for now but pointed the medics to the sounds when I stumbled upon them. We hurried to the center of the village sensing Hinata's chakra-signature was fading slowly. Ordering Tora to go faster we jumped into the battlefield. Narrowly avoiding the fight between Pein and Naruto I reached the chakra-signature that was Hinata's. Using chakra in my eyes again, I saw something stick-shaped being stuck in her back. "Hinata, This will hurt, but hold on." I grabbed the stick thing and tried to pull it out but that wasn't as easy as I hoped for it to be.

I told Tora to hold Hinata down. Then I used chakra in my arms and I finally pulled the damn thing out. Healing her a little, I picked her up and put her on Tora's back strapping her wrists and ankles to him. We ran to where I found Sakura's signature but were caught in the middle of the fight. Calling Ryuu-sama, I sent Tora away on his own preparing to lead the fight away when necessary. I never did that before. Naruto had finally beaten pain, and was now leaving for some reason. I went after Tora, feeling he had found a medic nin. Thinking about why Hinata had taken Pein on when Naruto was stuck to the ground, made me think of what Shino had answered when I asked him why he had saved me after I hurt him.

Flashback

I didn't see it coming but the wave of destruction came. I was pulled away releasing the jutsu. "Why would you save me after all the things I did hurting you?" I asked him.

"Because that is what friends do. They have each other's back." He said once we were safely a mile away up in a tree. I could sense that that wasn't the complete answer.

"Hey, remember when I met you guys when you came back from the three-tails mission?" I asked curious about something.

"Yes, why?" he asked me.

"Did Danzou look for me?"

"I would avoid him if I were you because he wants your head on a silver platter. It is thanks to Tsunade that you are still alive." He answered.

"Thanks for the heads up, I think I will annoy him just a little more." I grinned at the thought. The man was so easy to annoy. Especially since I knew his fate.

"What was your real question?" He asked me. He still knew me so well.

"Remember what Kiba asked you before you got me out of the tree?" His shape stiffened a little.I pumped more chakra in my eyes so I could hopefully see better but that barely worked.

"Why do you ask?" He replied.

"what would your answer have been if you didn't notice me?" I asked curious about what he would answer.

"I'll give you my answer later. we need to go back to the village." He said and I knew that he would give me the answer on a more appropriate time. We went back to the village and parted ways. Tora helped me to get through the chaos that was our village.

End Flashback

When Tora had delivered Hinata at the make shift hospital, I went to find Kakashi. I found him where one clone had been. He was half buried in rubble, I could distinguish the upper half of his body. I called Ryuu-sama to protect the village, and I asked the rest of the animals to go help dig people out. Tora helped me with Kakashi. I was looking for a sign of life, his signature was fading faster than Hinata's was, when a strange thing appeared. Ryuu-sama prepared to fight. I recognized the chakra signature as Pein's or whatever his name is. The thing opened a mouth and green chakra came out of it. The chakra felt as healing chakra. The chakra shot everywhere to where I assumed dying or injured people were. One shot of chakra got to Kakashi. I felt his chakra flare as if it got a boost, and I started to heal him for as much as I could until he woke up then I moved on to the next one. I healed as many people as I could and then I decided to go look for my adoptive family.

Rushing to the site of where their house was, I found Shadow. He had returned with the news that Gaara would send some help to help rebuild the village. I asked him to help look for people under all the rubble. He did as told. I started digging with Tora for my adoptive parents' bodies. the first one I found was Miwako-san. my mother. When I found Yori-san, I checked their vitals and found that they were dead. No not them too. Why Kami? Why are you doing this to me? Why are you taking my family from me? Papa, Mama, come back. Come back to me. I shook them as if they were just asleep and I was trying to wake them up. A hand landed on my shoulder.

"Yuri, calm down." Iruka said.

"Iruka-sensei, am I a bad person? Is that why Kami-sama takes my family from me?" I asked

"No of course not. You aren't a bad person Yuri. You might make the wrong decisions sometimes but everyone does that."

"Then why do I keep losing the people I care for?" I cried. He sighed and let my cry in his arms.

"Did you think of the Akatsuki as your family?" he asked. I nodded.

"You know what I thought when I lost my family? I thought of the places where they would be now and all I can think of is that they would be in a place without the need of killing others to stay safe themselves. Maybe you should try that sometimes it might help."

"I did that as well but I haven't thought of my own parents for a while and I feel guilty for forgetting them." I told him.

"They are okay with that. I am sure they are watching over you and you know that they are always in your heart so in a way you will never forget them." He said which calmed me down.

"You think?" I asked feeling like a young innocent child again.

"Yeah, now come we'll take them to the medics so they can declare them dead and then we'll bury them. I'm there for you, Yuri. Just like your friends."

"Thank you, Iruka-sensei." We carried the bodies of my adoptive family to the medics and then we got the message that Naruto had finished Pein and he was returning. Iruka went to meet them halfway while the rest of the village waited for them at the gate. I stood next to Shino and Hinata. Who was up and about again.

"Thank you for getting me to the medics Yuri." She had said without a single stutter. Then she moved to her father who had called her. We were all cheering when we saw Naruto and he was thrown up in the air. Shino touched my hand for attention and I looked at him.

"My answer would've been yes and it still is. Yuri, will you do me the honours of being my girlfriend again?" He asked. I smiled so happy that he still liked me as much as before we broke up.

"I would love to be yours again." was my answer. It seemed that he was happy with that because he wrapped his arms around me and he kissed me. I kissed back pumping the kiss full of the love I felt for him, along with passion. I heard "aww" all around us so I pulled back and looked around. We were surrounded by our friends who witnessed our kiss.

"Finally, it was about time the two of you got back together again. Seriously, bug-boy here was just like before you got together the first time like 'ooh I hope that she will say yes' and 'what if she is with someone else' and stuff like that." Kiba chuckled. We got annoyed with what he said. Though I felt guilty for causing such worry.

"May I?" I asked. Shino nodded and I sent Blitz and Tora after Kiba. Who ran after getting shocked a little.

"Naruto you should send Gaara a report as well. I have asked him if he could send some help to rebuild the village." Naruto nodded and we all went back to the village again to start rebuilding. I walked with Shino hand in hand. I looked at our joined hands and sighed feeling just content. He looked at me and raised one eyebrow. So he did speak the eyebrow language as well. "Nothing. It's just that out of all the things I ever missed here. This was what I missed the most." I said nodding to our joined hands. He glanced down too and looked back at me pulling me closer.

"I missed this as well. Promise that you won't leave me again?" He asked.

"Only if you promise not to let me go." I answered. Yamato created a refugee camp and all of the villagers and the ninjas who weren't injured got to cleaning up the chaos, finding people and things that could be saved like food and other things. My compound was on the outskirts of the village and I opened it up for the elder people and people who wouldn't survive in a camp. Was I glad that I had cleaned it and repaired everything while searching for my clan's secrets. Other clans did the same. I still hadn't told my friends that I am blind. the next few weeks we got to rebuilding and some friends of Naruto's came to help. Something with a bridge. During those weeks, I didn't see Shino much because we were both working in different sections of the village. I was walking to my compound to check up on the people there when I heard yelling. I had gotten used to not being able to see and still move around so I sped to where the sounds came from. The clan elders were causing trouble again. They have been trying to get into my compound namely into the main house. I had been living there myself and taking care of the other houses.

"What the hell is going on?" I yelled to get my voice above the others.

"We demand that you let us live in your compound. You should be honoured that we have chosen you as our host." Homura said.

"I will let you live in my compound but only when hell freezes over. I know exactly why you want to live here when your own homes are perfectly fine. You want to get access to my clan's secrets and that is something I can't let happen. So you can not live here. Now leave these people alone." I said.

I didn't see it coming because I forgot to channel some chakra into my eyes, but the stinging feeling on my cheek told me enough. "Respect for your elders girl. You should be dead ten times now for what you have done so far in your useless life." I think that the elders finally noticed that I didn't dodge that hit with Koharu's stick because they left quickly murmuring amongst themselves about the possible causes for me not dodging. An elder lady came to me and asked "are you all right, dear?"

"Yes, thank you for your concern. I apologize for my behaviour but those elders just have lost my respect for them." I said. "I have to go now but I will place a few safety jutsu's around this place so they won't be able to disturb you again." I said goodbye and did a few jutsu's that would keep the people safe. When I was done I was visited by Kiba who had gotten the job of messenger.

"Yuri, Shino has a message for you, and Kakashi as well. What happened to your cheek?"

"I need to tell the Rookie eleven something important. Can you gather them where we usually meet?" I asked. Somehow we always met up near the supplies area.

"Of course. I'm on my way there would you like a lift?" He helped me up. and we rode to that area. On the way there we met Neji, Lee and Tenten. They went with us to the supply area and we sat down. Within ten minutes everyone I needed to talk to was here. some asked about my cheek which piqued the interest of the others.

"That bruise on my cheek was gained when I couldn't dodge Koharu-san's walking stick when they were once again trying to get into my compound."

"You could've easily dodged that, even some toddlers can." Choji said.

"I couldn't because during the past seven years I have become blind." I felt the air move in front of me. putting chakra in my eyes I saw it was Ino.

"Ino please stop waving I can't see it but I can still feel it. When I try and channel some chakra in my eyes I can barely make out shapes. but even then they are blurry." Shino wrapped an arm around me.

"Finally you got what you deserve." Sakura said

"Oh yeah I really deserved watching Sasuke kill Orochimaru and his brother. I really deserved watching my loved ones die. I really deserved watching Sasuke getting darker and darker in his mind and heart."

"Yes, indeed you deserved it. Spying on us for the enemy. Trying to kill Gaara and me, for no reason."

"You killed my father. At first I thought it was Gaara's fault as well, but I realised later that it wasn't his fault that Akatsuki wanted the beasts. But partly because of you I lost my entire family in one single day. And about the spying stuff, I never gave them information they didn't have already. You should just stop Sakura. I don't want to fight you because I am just tired of the fighting you." We all went our own way. I sent Shadow to check up on Sasuke though I had my suspicions on how he was doing.

"Yuri wait, I'll come with you." Shino called. I waited for him. When he caught up to me, we walked ahead. "I wanted to invite you to dinner. I have found a nice restaurant not far from the village." He said.

"That sounds nice. I would love to go." I smiled.

"Good, I'll pick you up at seven." He said and he left with a kiss on my cheek. I couldn't wait for tonight.