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Stage 5: Fireflies

I awoke once more. I sat up in the bed. I looked over at Elfi. 'I'm surprised she even fell asleep. She seems so full of energy all the time..' I laid back down and sat there in thought. Elfi had even told me that her last was Chikin and that mine was Shika. She also mention the names of my friends that I was with before some big accident happened. 'Let's see...There was...Hekia Shishi,' I thought to myself. Suddenly an image of a girl appeared in my head. I was unsure of this but something told me that this girl was Hekia.

'Aigo Ookami ...' Just like with Hekia, an image flashed through my mind only this time it was an image of a boy and something told me that was Aigo.

'Gaidoku Arikui...Sasukee Neko...Fukachi Tora...and Gojoteki Usagi..' As I thought about each name, the faces of the 'friends'flashed through my mind. I finally was able to remember some of my friends. And it was all thanks to Elfi.

"No I don't wanna eat seaweed...!" Elfi mumbled. I turned my head towards her and satup. Her face was towards the window. I looked at her.

"Elfi?" I asked."Are you awake?" I leaned closer to her to see if her eyes were opened

"No I don't want to go skinny dipping in front of everyone!!" Elfi shot up and slapped me across the face, making me fall off the bed. "PERVERTS!" Elfi looked around to see that I wasn't on the bed anymore. "Tsu-sama??"

I had landed on my head. It hurt for a minute but then I rolled over onto my back and just laid there.

"Um..." Elfi began. I glared up at her."Whatcha doin down there Tsu-sama?" Elfi asked, peaking over the side of the bed. She must have heard me when I laid on my back.

I got up into a sitting position. I rubbed the back of my neck for a second then stopped. I looked at her, pissed. "What do you mean what am I doing down here!?" I exploded. "You slapped me and I fell off the bed!" I yelled rubbing my cheek. Elfi looked at my cheek to see it was red. She began laughing hysterically. I got more angry.

"How in the world did I manage to hurt you?" She asked through her laughing. "It's usually the other way around!" I stood up and watched as Elfi rolled around on the bed, laughing hysterically. I was about to yell at her some more but then I found myself joining in on the laughter.

"Just what the heck kind of dream were you having?" I questioned as the laughter died down to chuckles and giggles.

"I don't really know to be honest," Elfi said, getting up from the bed and looking out the window. I noticed how she looked out the window. It was as if she was remembering something. But what could she need to remember?

" You said something about not wanting to eat seaweed and um..."

"What else did I say??" Elfi asked, turning around wanting to know what she had said. She thought there might be a lot to tell so she sat back down on the bed.

"You were talking about not wanting to-," Just as I was about to say the last part, Naruto and Sasuke entered the room. "Go skinny dipping or something..." My face turned beat red as Naruto began flipping out at what I just said. Sasuke put his fingers on his temples, knowing that he and Naruto just entered at the wrong time. Elfi was again rolling around on the bed, laughing hysterically once more as I tried to explain what was going on. Naruto was still flipping out.

"Well it's nice to see everyone's up now," Kakashi commented, pushing his way into the room with Sakura just standing outside the doorway. Kakashi was reading some kind of book called 'Make Out Paradise.' Kakashi looked up at the sight.

'Somehow I am not surprised at this. . .'Kakashi told himself

Elfi was still rolling around on the bed. Naruto and I were up in each other's faces and Sasuke was just standing off to the side thinking about how idiotic these people really were. Kakashi sighed.

"Kakashi-sensi this girl is as pervy as you are!" Naruto exclaimed.

"No I'm not!" I defended. "You misunderstood that what i was saying-"

"Oh I understand perfectly what you were saying!" Naruto yelled in my face. And then we were back at it. Round two. Kakashi stood there and chuckled watching me and Naruto fight. Sakura even got in on it. Elfi explained to Kakashi what was really going on. Surprisingly Kakashi understood what she was saying despite the fact that she was still laughing. Sasuke kept mumbling under his breath about how he got stuck working with people like this.

"Alright guys that's quite enough. We have work to do today." Kakashi said, stopping Naruto from saying anything else to me.

"What do we have to do today Kakashi-sensi?" Sakura asked. Naruto seemed very irritated, knowing that he didn't exactly win the argument with I wasn't very happy at that moment either.

"First we eat, then I will tell you the rest," Kakashi said. Everyone cooled down a little and ate, including me. I felt kind of awkward eating with Tazuna and his family. I was trying to kill him yet he was showing me hospitality. I was eternally grateful and I knew that I must repay him somehow. "So then is everyone finished?" Kakashi questioned, taking me out of my thoughts. Everyone nodded. "Good. Tazuna, you will be fine without us for a couple of hours right?" Tazuna gave Kakashi a weird look.

"Yeah, why?"

"I plan on having these 3 train a little today," Kakashi explained.

"Alright Training!" Naruto exclaimed gleefully. Elfi joined in with his enthusiasm. As we followed Kakashi into a forest, all I heard was annoying cheers and yelling about how cool it was going to train. Sakura tried to quiet them down a bit but they just kept being so enthusiastic about training.

I knew I could use a bit more of training I just didn't understand why he was bringing me along. Probably because I was still their 'captive.' I sighed.

"Kakashi,"Sasuke began. He and Kakashi were ahead of everyone else. Kakashi gave Sasuke his attention. "Why are we bringing that girl with us?"

"Well she's still our captive right?" Kakashi told Sasuke.

"Yeah not what I meant."

"What did you mean?"

"She won't go anywhere now."

"What makes you say that?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Sasuke began. "She believes that as long as she sticks with Elfi, she'll soon discover everything there is about herself. She doesn't want to leave."

Kakashi took this into consideration. "Well...That is true but still. She did say that she owes everything to this Haku which means she could still try to go back to them." Kakashi looked back at me and Elfi. Watching us laugh and having fun. "But I suppose you could be right." Sasuke smirked, knowing that he was right."Well I think this should be far enough." Kakashi said, stopping. Naruto and the rest of us caught up to Kakashi and Sasuke.

"So sensi!" Naruto began. "What are we going to do?! Are we going to learn a cool new jutsu that will take down those creeps in one shot!?" I flinched at this.

'Haku...'

Kakashi noticed my reaction to what Naruto said. "Not exactly," Kakashi began, looking away from me. "Your task today will be climbing a tree."

"Climbing a tree??" Naruto, Sakura and Elfi questioned.

"Here's the catch, you can't use your hands," Kakashi explained.

"Aw come on sensi that's going to be way to easy!" Naruto complained.

"We'll see Naruto," Kakashi uttered. "Based on what I saw with your guys' battle before, I can tell you all need serious improvements on chakara control."

"Oh yeah, catra," Naruto said.

Sakura sighed. "No Naruto, chakara," Sakura corrected. Sakura began explaining everything there was to know about chakara. I didn't really pay attention. Haku had already taught me everything Sakura was talking about.

"Very good Sakura, looks like you're the real brains of this squad," Kakashi complemented.

"Yeah well we already know how to use chakara," Naruto began. "What's climbing a tree going to teach us??"

Kakashi sighed. "Here I'll show you. First build up chakara in the soles of your feet." Kakashi built up the chakara in his feet. We all watched, the 4 of them watching in amazement. I found this very boring. "Then you get a running start but I'll just walk up." Kakashi walked over to a tree and put his foot on it. Everyone watched in amazement once more as Kakashi walked up the tree without using his hands. "You see," Kakashi said, standing on a branch upside down. "That's all there is to it."

"That's so cool!" Naruto exclaimed in excitment. Kakashi threw kunai knives down at all of us. The kunai landed in front of each of us.

"Pick a tree. Once you've got your tree climb as high as you can," Kakashi began. "Each time you climb, cut a mark in the tree of how high you can go. Then each time try to make a mark higher and higher than that. Got it?"

Naruto picked up the kunai first. Everyone else picked their's up but me. I knew I could easily get to the top on my first try. This was a waste of my time. I should be spending this time improving my healing techniques, or increasing my strength. Everyone built up chakara in their feet. "Aren't you gonna do it too Tsu-sama?" Elfi asked, seeing that I didn't pick up my kunai.

"This is too easy for me to do so I'll pass on this one," I explained.

"Alright here we go!" Naruto yelled, charging at the tree as Sakura, and Sasuke did the same.

Elfi took off shouting, "Shupa!"

Sasuke made it 1/3 of the way up to tree. Naruto took two steps and fell on his head. I laughed at this. But what really made me laugh was Elfi. She just ran full speed into the tree. I laughed hysterically as she rubbed her head. "You can't just truck through the tree Elfi you have to run up it at an angle." Kakashi called to Elfi, sighing. Sakura made it half way up the tree.

"I thinks I forgot to build up catra in my feet..." Elfi concluded.

"You think or you know?" I questioned, still laughing.

"You used to tell me that all the time when I did stuff like that!" Elfi exclaimed, jumping to her feet.

"Well looks like one of the females is the best chakara controllers of this squad." Kakashi began. "So much for the great Uchiha clan. And it looks like Sakura may have the best shot at becoming Hokage rather than you Naruto."

This got Sasuke and Naruto fired up. "It's not fair though sensi!" Naruto complained. We all looked at him. "If all of us aren't doing it then how do we know how good that girl is!" Naruto exclaimed pointing to me.

I smirked and held up one finger. "That's how many tries it'll take me to reach the top," I bragged. "Why bother waste my time with little kids stuff?"

"Prove it!" Naruto yelled at me. I shrugged. I picked up the kunai and built up chakara in my feet. Just to make Naruto more 'ambitious' to reach the top I walked up to the tree. Everyone's eyes fell upon me as they watched as I just merely walked all the way to the top of the tree. I stood on the tip top of the tree, smirking down at Naruto.

"Satisfied Naruto?" I called to him.

"I'm coming up too Tsu-sama!" Elfi began running up the tree and in no time she was standing two trees away from me. "Hey!" She called to me waving her arms. I waved back.

'Looks like she's good too...'I thought to myself as I looked back down at Naruto. I found it so amusing that he was getting so pissed off. I laughed. Elfi laughed with me.

'Looks like those two are better than I thought...'Kakashi thought to himself. 'I wonder just how good they are.'

I watched again and again as Naruto attempted to run up the tree. He wasn't making much progress. Sakura had nearly reached the top 3 hours later and Sasuke was almost half way up the tree.

Elfi called out to me. "Tsu-sama!" I turned to her. "How do I get down?!"

"Are you kidding me right now??" I questioned.

"I'm scared of heights!" I laughed and just jumped down out of the trees, jumping on every branch to get down. I looked up and wickedly smiled at her.

"You ass!" Elfi called down to me. I just laughed again. I wondered how long Elfi could stay up there before her chakara ran out. Just then something flew by my face. I jumped back to see it was an insect. I froze. This insect however looked different than the ones I had previously seen. I followed it a little. This little insect was actually lighting up! I held out my hand and let it land on it. It tickled my skin as it walked around, still lighting up.

"Whatcha got there Tsu-sama?" I jumped at the sudden voice that came from behind me. I turned around to see Elfi's smiling face. I glared at her.

"Don't sneak up on me," I warned.

"Oh my gosh is that a firefly??" Elfi asked as she watched the little bug fly high up in the sky.

"A firefly?" I questioned.

"Yeah that's a firefly!" Elfi replied.

"It's so pretty.

"I know but they usually come out at around dark," Elfi began."It's unusual seeing one out here in broad daylight!"

"Elfi, Refi," Kakashi said, startling Elfi and I. We both turned around, I was mad again.

'What the hell is up witht these leaf shinobi sneaking up on people?!' I wondered.

"Could you guys keep an eye on Tazuna for the rest of the day?" Kakashi asked. "You two are by far the best chakara controllers and it would really help."

"Alright let's go!" Elfi yelled, grabbing my wrist and yanking me with her.

"Wait where is he?" I called to Kakashi.

"The bridge!" He responded back.

"Come on Tsu-sama this way!" Elfi urged.

"I don't think you're going the right way!"

Kakashi chuckled as he watched Elfi pull me in the complete wrong direction as we argued about which way to go. He turned back and watched his 3 pupils then began reading his book once more.

- - -

Finally we found the bridge builder. He was fine of course, still working hard on the bridge. By the time we had gotten to the bridge he was already pretty much done for the day. The sun lit up the sky with all kinds of different shades of red. This always fasinated me. We escorted him to his house. We arrived at his house before Kakashi and the others had arrived. We helped Tazuna's daughter prepare dinner. By the time it was dark, only Kakashi and Sakura returned. Kakashi said that Naruto and Sasuke were back in the forest, still trying to reach the top. Sakura had already reached the top. She looked absolutely drained.

"Come on Tsu-sama let's go!" Elfi urged, grabbing my wrist once more, pulling me towards the door. "Sensi we're going to get Naruto and Sasuke to come back and eat so we'll be back when ever!"

"Wait who said I even wanted to go!!?" I questioned and Elfi yanked me out the door.

Kakashi chuckled along with Tazuna and his daughter.

- - -

"I hate being out here at night," I told Elfi as we were walking through the forest once more.

"Why?" She asked.

"I don't know. I just get a weird feeling that tells me that I don't like being outside in the dark."

"You never told me that!"

"Well sorry but I just don't know ya know?" This confused Elfi.

"Wait a second." I began. "Was there a clearing like this when we went into the forest today with Kakashi?"

"Idk," Elfi said as she shrugged.

Man it's so hard to see." I could barely see my hand in front of my face, literally.

I wondered how well this would go. Running around in the black of night. Not even the moon was out. It was strange. According to my calculations the moon should be at its cresent form now. 'Where is the moon?'I poundered this as I looked up at the sky. A thought crossed my mind.

"Ah!" Elfi exclaimed. I looked over at her to see what she was yelling about. A firefly had appeared in front of her face. I laughed. "It's not funny! It snuck up on me!"

"Now you know how I feel when you guys do that to me!" I stared at the firefly. It's light was even prettier than it was earlier now that it had gotten dark out. I ignored what Elfi was saying as I became fasinated with the light. A buzzing sound filled my ear. I jumped.

"What?" Elfi questioned. I looked to see another firefly had just flew by my ear. Then another one came. Then another, then another. The whole clearing was nearly filled with fireflies, lighting up the clearing. "Wow! I've never seen so many in one area!" Elfi yelled. It was as if they were lighting a path for us to take.

I walked forward, not realizing I had until Elfi called my name and told me to wait. We both walked through the field of fireflies. I was mesmerized. As we reached the other side of the clearing, I stared into the blackness of the forest, not wanting to leave the lighted clearing the magnificent fireflies had created for us.

"What's wrong Tsu-sa- whaugh!" I looked at Elfi to see what had made her stopped talking.

She fell to the ground. "Elfi!" As I tried to reach Elfi and help her I was taken over by a sudden pain. I fell the the ground, laying next to Elfi. My eyes began to close slowly. The last thing I saw were a pair of familar sandals and the glow of the fireflies. Then everything went black.