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Stage 4: Reunion
Training Academy
'Hey Refi, ya wanna be my training partner?' Elfi asked.
'Who else would I be training partners with?' I replied.
'Ya this is gonna be so fun!' Elfi exclaimed glomping me. She clung around my neck. I laughed and threw her off me. She still laughed even though she was still in a little pain.
'Sorry about that, sometimes I don't even know how strong I am.' I said helping her up.
My home
'Man how stupid are these people?!' I asked, sitting on a couch next to Elfi looking at some strange box thing. 'Oh look it's her bracelet and hair tie next to a cliff that looks like someone has fallen off it! Let's go look for her in the complete opposite direction! Elfi laughed at my mocking the box. She joined in with me along with another person. I continued my laughing. 'Man how moronic is this show?!'
Training Academy
'I must say I am quite disappointed with you Refi.' A man who stood in front of me lectured. 'You were such a great kid. What possessed you to do something like this?' I opened my mouth to say something but Elfi cut me off.
'It's my fault. I was the one who actually did it, Refi was just trying to keep me out of trouble this time so that I wouldn't have to deal with this.' The man accused. I didn't like this.
'Yeah i expected as much. Of course it would have been you who did this.' The man accused.
'Hold on Uingu-sensi that's-' I began.
'Refi can go now that you know it was me right?'Elfi questioned, stopping me from admitting to what I did. Uingu-sensi nodded his head yes. He made me leave no matter how much I tried to argue. I felt bad that I Elfi took the fall for what I did but that just made her a good friend.
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My body shot out straight up in the bed I was laying in. I looked around and I was in an unfamiliar place. I sighed and put my hand on my head. 'So those were all just...Dreams?' I asked myself.
"So you're finally awake now."
I jumped and whipped my head into the direction of where I heard the voice. I stared at the boy. His eyes were still burning with hatred and pain. "You got nothing to say after all that you just put us through huh?" The boy questioned. I tried to remember what they were calling this kid.
"You..You're Sasuke?" I asked. He nodded his head yes. "Where am I?"
"The bridge builder's house. We brought you back here for questioning." Sasuke said before I got any ideas.
"What kind of questions?" I asked. I looked at Sasuke and remembered what I did. "Oh! Are you all right?"
Sasuke looked at me as if I were crazy. "Yeah why?"
"Well I. . ." My mind flashed back to what I did to him. "I hurt you didn't I?"
Sasuke stared at me. "I just let my guard down. I didn't think a girl like you could be so strong that's all."
I took offense to this. "Oh and just because I'm a girl you think I'm weak is that right?"
"That's not what I meant exactly." Suddenly the door began to open. I jumped up on the bed. I reached for my pouch but to my surprised it wasn't there.
"We took your weapons away in case you decided to try anything." The man said stepping into the room, closing the door behind. I looked at him with anger.
"I am Kakashi Hate, the jonin in charge of squad 7. Who are you?" Kakashi asked.
"My name is Refi. I work with Haku and Zabuza." I replied easing off a little.
Sasuke stiffened. I knew that he must have been thinking I was the enemy. Kakashi still looked calm.
"What else can you tell us about Zabuza and Haku?" Kakashi questioned. I remembered back to something that Haku had told me.
'If someone ever asks who you are or who we are do not tell them. Make something up. That way they cannot harm you.'
'Ah crap looks look I already blew not telling anything.' I mentally slapped myself. I knew they wanted answers but I couldn't tell them the truth.
"Sorry but I can't say much about them."
"Why's that?" Sasuke demanded to know.
"Well I um. ." I thought up something to tell them. "I just recently met them actually. They said that if I joined with them, I would be rewarded with money."
Kakashi and Sasuke just stared at me. I wasn't sure if they were buying it. Kakashi walked forward till he was within my reach.
"Really now?" Kakashi questioned as he pulled his head band up, revealing his sharigun. I stared at it. It began swirling and going faster and faster. "Why don't you tell us the truth."
"Haku is the tracker ninja that found me when I was lost. He taught me about everything I know now." I began. Sasuke and Kakashi listened closely to this. "Haku and Zabuza accepted me even though I had some thing called a blood line trait," Kakashi stiffened at this. "They told me if I ever told anyone in this land about it then I'd die. Haku trained me to kill and to fight. He taught me how to use my chakra and how to perform jutsu. I owe Haku everything. I must serve Zabuza to repay Haku for everything that he has done for me."
"You say that this Haku is a tracker ninja is that correct?" Kakashi questioned.
"That's right." I replied.
An idea struck Sasuke. "Kakashi you don't think that, that tracker we saw was. ."
"Was Haku with you and Zabuza when we fought you 3?"
"Yes, Haku said he'd be in the shadows and would come out when we needed him."
A disturbed look appeared on Kakashi and Sasuke's face. "So. ." Kakashi began.
He looked away from me for a moment. Suddenly I was me again. Like I was under some kind of spell. This frightened me. I saw the looks on their faces.
'Did I say something about Zabuza. . Or Haku?' I asked myself. I saw that these two had let their guards down. 'Now's my chance to escape!'In the blink of an eye, I jumped past Kakashi and headed for the door. A sharp pain over came me. It was coming from the back of my neck. The next thing I knew I was on the ground, Kakashi on top of me, pinning me to the ground. I panicked.
"Get off! Let me go!" I cried out, flailing my body, trying to get Kakashi off of me. He reached into his pouch and took out a kunai knife and held it to my throat. I froze.
"You need to be quiet, everyone is sleeping. Our intention is not to harm you. But if you try what you just did we won't hold back." Kakashi warned. I felt completely powerless. Haku was right when he said Kakashi was good. Kakashi looked at me with that eye. I squeezed my eyes shut, I didn't want to see something like that. Suddenly I was lifted and thrown. I opened my eyes to see that I had landed on my bed. I turned back to Kakashi. He covered up his eye with head band. I glared at him.
"We've got all the information we needed from you, but you still are our captive, for now." Kakashi said.
My glare increased with hate. I felt the back of my neck to and felt something slippery. It hurt really bad to touch it. I brought my hand back to see what it was. It was blood.
"Sorry about being so rough with you, I thought it was the only way to show you that I was serious." I looked around the room. There was no sign of water around. Kakashi saw that I was looking for something. "Sasuke, why don't you get her what she needs. She's looking for something." I looked back at Kakashi.
"I just need some water." I replied. "I could get it myself."
Kakashi smiled through his mask. "I'm sure it's no trouble for Sasuke, right Sasuke?"
Sasuke sighed and left the room. "I could have gotten myself." I repeated looking off somewhere other than looking at Kakashi.
"You mentioned that you have a blood line trait." Kakashi began. I stiffened.
'When did I tell him that?' Horror spread across my face. 'Was he going to kill me?'
"I won't harm you unless you give me a reason to." Kakashi reassured me. I relaxed a little bit. Sasuke entered the room once more. He walked over to me and handed me the glass of water he had gotten. I took it from him and he sat back down in the chair he was sitting in.
I stared at the water. Then I made a decision. I looked back up at Kakashi. "I'll show you it." I began. This shocked Kakashi. He didn't know it would be this easy. "Please come over here and hold this," I said holding out the glass. He obeyed. I bent my head down. He could see the wound he caused. "Pour the water over the wound please."
Kakashi did as I asked. He watched in amazement when the water didn't just fall to the ground. Even Sasuke was watching closely as my wound was healing. Sure he had seen it but not close up. Soon after the wound was gone the water dropped to the ground.
"Just what clan are you from?" Kakashi questioned. After the water had healed my wound, it ran off my neck and onto the floor. I looked back up at Kakashi.
"Honestly I don't know," I began. "I just know that I'm special. . ." Kakashi and Sasuke exchanged glances.
"You guys can't go in there!" Our attention shifted to the noises coming from beyond the door. We heard banging and pounding. Just then, the door flew open.
"Tsu-sama!!" The next thing I knew, I was being crushed by a girl who began talking in a high-pitched tone. "Tsu-sama!!! I thought I'd never see you again!!!"
I was severely confused. I tried to wiggle out of the hold she had on me. Surprisingly, she was stronger than she looked. "Um. . . Just who are you?"
The girl froze where she was. She gripped my shoulders. It looked like what I had said hurt her. "What do you mean who am I?!" She demanded to know. "It's me! Elfi! Your
best friend! Your other half!"
I just stared at her, not knowing what to do. Kakashi and Sasuke paid close attention to what was being said and done.
"You!!"
Elfi let go of my shoulders and jumped. We both looked at the door way to see the blond haired boy they called Naruto. He was pointing at me.
"You've got a lot of nerve!"
'Man what is up with these people?' I asked myself.
"I think that's quite enough guys," Kakashi told everyone.
"Why are we being nice to her at all sensi!?" Naruto demanded to know as Sakura leaned up against the door post, wondering the exact same thing. "I mean she tried to kill us!" I looked away from him, consumed with guilt. But I knew that the sole reason for any of my actions was for Haku.
"She is our enemy," Sakura replied, coldly. I could tell I was clearly unwanted here at all. I felt for the first time I had been here like I was utterly. . . alone.
"You're wrong Naruto and Sakura!" Elfi began. "Tsu-sama is a great person! She's my friend! Obviously there's a good reason to why she would attack us!" I looked at her. Her eyes were like a fire, burning into Naruto's eyes, trying to convince him I was good.
'Why...Why is she sticking up for me?'
"Do you know who I am?" I asked suddenly.
Elfi turned around and smiled. "Well of course! We've only been friends since we were ten years old!" Images flashed through my mind. I began to see everything I dreamt about.
"Sorry, I don't really know who you are," I replied after the images faded away. She gripped my shoulders once more. Everyone watched closely. I looked her in the eyes as she looked me in my eyes, her eyes like fire again. "But you still remember me right?"
"Not very well but yes, somethings I do remember."
"Do you remember anything that happened just recently between us and everyone else at all?"
"No," I answered with sad confusion. "I just woke up here one day and I've been on my own since. That is however, until I met up with Haku and Zabuza." Everyone but Elfi stiffened. I mentally slapped myself. I did not mean to say anything about Zabuza or even Haku at all but for some reason, I couldn't explain what it was, I felt as if somehow I could trust Elfi. I could confide in her and let her know everything I knew. Just who the heck was she and why did I feel so..comfortable around someone I just met? Especially someone who was supposed to be my enemy?
Elfi began to tell me everything. She told me about what my life was like before I met Haku, she told me about my family, friends and she told me everything about myself. I was surprised to see that anyone knew this much about me. I didn't even know as much as she did. The others still stood in the room, listening to Elfi tell all kinds of wild and crazy stories about my life.
"Now do you remember?" Elfi asked.
"Sorry but I still don't remember 98% of what you told me."
Kakashi let out a heavy sigh. "All right guys it's really late now. I'm pretty sure Tazuna and his family have already gone to sleep. Why don't we all do the same."
"Right!" Naruto and Sakura agreed.
"Sasuke, you can leave and get some rest. Naruto, would you mind taking the first watch?" Kakashi questioned.
"First watch?" Elfi and I asked at the same time. Kakashi turned to us.
"Well even after all that Elfi has told us, you still are our enemy and our captive. We wouldn't want you to escape now would we?" I got pretty pissed at Kakashi.
"Aw come on sensi!" Elfi began. "I'll stay here with her so that she won't leave! I'll stay with her the whole night!"
"Well...I don't know," Kakashi replied. Naruto huffed.
"Let Elfi stay with her, I wouldn't want to stay in the same room with her anyways!" With that Naruto stormed off, Sakura following behind, yelling at Naruto for his rude comments. Sasuke just got up and went to his room.
"Please don't mind Naruto," Kakashi began. "He may seem rude but that's how he usually acts towards people who try to kill him. He'll come around eventually," Kakashi tried to reassure me. With that Kakashi left the room.
Elfi seemed very excited to see me. She tried everything she could to get me to remember. She kept saying "Hey remember this" or "Remember the time." No matter how hard she tried, I still couldn't remember. I laid my head down on the pillow.
'I know that I owe my whole being to Haku for what he has done for me but. . . Elfi. . . She knows who I am. . She can help me regain my memory. Haku will understand.' I said trying to reassure myself. Elfi still kept talking about memories of the past. 'Right?'With that I passed out, letting Elfi fill my heads with the memories I yearned to remember.
