The walk home seemed all too long, even though she was jumping from tree to tree. She didn't understand Yushiro anymore, at one point she thought she did, but now, she didn't understand him at all. They were so alike, yet so different. Both their clans were dead. Both had crappy childhoods. They both even had bizarre eyes! But why was he so much more different then her after all that stuff being in common. She remembered how nice he was to her the day Rao was killed. Even with Sasuke standing right there, he still pulled her close and let her cry on him. He refused to let her go, and when she did stand up, he pulled her back down. Did he like her? And a better question did she like him? But, what about Sasuke... what was she to do about him? He was just as lonely as her, wasn't he?

She sighed again. By the time she finally got back the sun was setting. Sasuke would probably be freaking out, she had left a note saying she was going to see her mother's grave, not that she was going to go talk to Yushiro, then get kidnapped. She went straight to Sasuke's. Inside were his shoes, so he was still there. She went to his room, her note was untouched and he was still passed out.

"Well that's unlike him..." She said out loud as she bent down to take a closer look at him.

"S-Sasuke? Get up." She grabbed the note and put it in her pocket.

"Hmmhmm.." He mumbled.

"Get up!" She yelled as she ripped the blankets off his body.

"Ah! What the hell?"

"Evening sleepy head." She said as she crossed her arms.

"E-Evening? It can't be."

"It is. Did you wake up at all?"

"Apparently not... But, it's unlike me to sleep in..."

"That's what I thought too. Are you alright?"

"Yeah." He said as he sat up, trying to rub the fatigue from his mind.

"Ugh..."

"What's wrong?" She asked noticing that he looked to be in pain.

"My head seriously hurts..."

"D-did you hit it?"

"I-I don't think so."

"Hm..."

"Anyway, what have you done all day?"

"Oh nothing... just got kidnapped, that's bout' all..." She said under her breath.

"You what!"

"I'm fine... See it's me, I'm fine."

"How did you get free then?"

"Yushiro..." She let her eyes fall to the ground.

"What is it with you and that guy?" Sasuke asked angrily as he stood up.

"Sasuke there's nothing going on between us okay? He's just... ugh... It's complicated." She sat down on his bed with her head in her hands sighing.

"What could be so complicated?"

"He... he plays mind games... He knows stuff that I need answers to... I need to find them out... the more I see him the more I get out of him... it really is complicated Sasuke..."

"Whatever, I have some stuff I have to do, don't follow me."

"Sasuke wait! What's up with you? Was the other night just nothing?"

His eyes looked sincere before they returned to emotionless orbs.

"No, I just have things I have to do okay?"

"Ugh, whatever."

He sighed and walked out.

She sighed and changed her clothes into a black tank top and grey pants. When she stepped outside she took in a deep breath. The sunset fell onto her face, warming it. Fall was upon them soon, it was soon going to get a lot cooler. She ran through town unwillingly. She had no destination, just to run to clear her head. Her mind was reeling with thoughts. She partly regretted becoming a shinobi, if she hadn't she would have been home when Rao was attacked, she wouldn't have met Sasuke, and she wouldn't have to deal with Yushiro's mind games. But on the other hand... She made friends. She became stronger, she found out more about her real family, she found love, and she may not mean Sasuke either...

She finally stopped running and came across a lake. She inhaled slowly as she set one foot upon the water, then the other one. Rao had trained her on how to control her chakura flow well, standing on water was one of the things she was best at. She walked out until she was in the centre of the lake, when she reached it, she closed her eyes. She moved her legs apart evenly and exhaled slowly as she thought.

Rao... Rao was a stong shinobi who gave up after Ryo, her husband died in the recent war. Rao took me in because she liked me and wanted a kid of her own. Hitama... My clan... I need to read up on us, or ask Tusnade, she is still scared of me, I must find out why. Yushiro Namagaki... He really is an odd character... I wish I could get into his mind, but according to him it'd be a useless effort... Rinnegan... where have I heard that before... Oh right! Rao said Ryo's best friend had Rinnegan... does that mean that, that was Yushiro's father? I need to talk to him again... but how? He always flies off if I ask too much... I can't insult him, he flies off if I do. I can't yell, I can't ask too much at once... Hmm maybe I need to try a different approach on him next time... Yes... I know what I am going to do next time I see him. Natsumi said to herself with a smile.

"What are you doing out there all alone Hitama?" Natsumi froze at the voice, she recognised it easily.

"Why won't you leave me alone!" She yelled as she turned to face the orange haired boy.

"My boss wants to speak with you, it is not my fault Hitama. Come with me, please? I will not hurt you unlike that big oof Binyo..."

"B-Binyo?"

"Yes, that big monkey like fellow that threw you into a bag."

"Oh. Well you're still working with him, why should I trust you? You guys killed Rao!"

"Oh please, that was not me, again. It was Stephanie... that woman who was with us. I do not believe in violence, I do not want to hurt you Hitama." He set his feet on the water, causing it to ripple beneath Natsumi's feet.

"No! Maybe you don't but your boss does! He wants my eye right? And in order to get it, he has to kill me!"

"Not exactly."

"Huh?"

"See you are right, my boss is after your eye, but it's not quite that barbaric... see the people we capture have their Kekkei Genkai's because they were born with them, the people we take are the only people who can use them, so unlike the Sharingan, your eye cannot be given away, only you can use it. Let me make you a deal Hitama. Between you and I, all the people we capture want to get revenge on those we've had to kill to get to them, like how Stephanie had to kill Rao. Come and join us, you will get all the power you need and, if you become powerful enough, you can kill the boss. Sound good?" He smiled warmly as he stepped across the water until he was only a foot from Natsumi, he held out his hand.

"I-I don't know... I..."

"It's not that difficult of a decision Hitama."

"C-can I get back to you?"

"No. This is your choice now. Besides, if you say no, I'll just take you there by force." He dropped his hand.

"W-what? But you said you don't like violence!"

"I don't, but I am not going to get yelled at by my boss. Oh I just realised, how silly of me, I know your name but you do not know mine, my name is Crysus." He bowed slightly to her.

"I don't care for your flattery, Crysus..."

"Too bad then... Look, it's either force, or choice." His eyes had become serious rather than caring.

"Well I... I dunno'."

"Either way you're coming with me, I'd just prefer not having to fight with you." He sounded irritated.

"I... Umm, why can't you just come back in a few days?"

"Because we don't work that way."

"Pfft! You should."

"Aww, where would the fun be in that then?" He smirked.

"J-Just leave me alone. I don't want to come with you. I don't want to meet your boss. All I want is to be alone!"

"Ugh I hate girls like you." He sighed as he pulled his hands together.

"W-What are you doin'?" She asked cautiously.

"Well, you're giving me no choice. Force it is."

"No!" Natsumi quickly uncovered her eyes and put her hands together.

HITIMA! She yelled loudly in her mind. She felt heat rush into her as her vision changed to show Crysus's body outline.

"What do you see Hitama? Pain? Death? Hate?" He yelled sounding amused.

"No... No... Not at all." Natsumi was stunned. His body was the most love filled and caring she had ever seen through her eye. "B-but I don't understand..."

"Let me explain... Not only do I hate violence, but I work for the boss against my will too. As I said, I do not want to hurt you Hitama." He smiled.

"S-So... you've never even hurt anyone... There's not a spec of blood on your soul..."

"I'm aware... And I don't want you to be the first, please Hitama, come with me willingly."

Natsumi sighed and released her eye. "Fine."

"Seriously?" He sounded baffled.

"Yes. What do I have left here anyway?"

"Ha! That's the spirit!" He smiled and held out his hand to her again.

She starred at it, she hesitated before she grabbed it. He smiled warmly.

"Very good."

"Mhm."

"Natsumi get away from that man!" Natsumi and Crysus turned to see who the voiced belonged to.

From the sky came a ninja, it landed right on Crysus and pinned him down, another ninja showed up and grabbed Natsumi's wrist. Several others showed up, all attacking Crysus, they tied him up and dragged him back to the village. The ninjas who showed up were Naruto, Kiba, Lee, Shikamaru, and Neji.

"W-what? Why did you guys come after me, actually, how did you find me?" Natsumi asked after she had been brought back to the village safely.

"Naruto saw you run through the village, he was worried you may be in trouble, so he sent a clone after you. When he noticed you were in trouble, the clone disappeared and Naruto saw what the clone saw, so he gathered us up. Seems like a good thing too, you were about to leave the village..." Shikamaru said.

"Yes, I was leaving willingly." She growled.

"Natsumi why? Why are you trying to leave?" Naruto asked as he grabbed her shoulders forcing her to look into his eyes.

"Because, I have nothing left! Rao is dead, Sasuke is just plain outright confusing and... I don't want to be a shinobi anymore!" She yelled as she stood up.

"Natsumi please, do not leave... You're not thinking clearly." Lee said as him and Naruto stood up.

"I know I'm not! But I don't know what else to do!" She screamed as tears began to fall down her cheeks again.

"What a drag..."

"Shut up Shikamaru! Look, thank you for 'saving' me, but I didn't need saving... now, where is Crysus?" She asked the group of ninja.

"He's with Tsunade being questioned..." Kiba said cautiously.

"Damnit!"

She started walking to the exit, when she got outside she hopped to the roof of the Hokage building. The view was amazing, the way the moon let up the village with its eerie blue glow. Maybe she really did need to just stop and think... she may end up hurting herself otherwise.

"N-Natsumi?" She turned to see Naruto, he looked sad and hurt.

"I'm sorry for snapping at you guys... I did not mean it... Lee is right, I'm not thinking clearly anymore." A large breeze passed by, lifted Natsumi's hair, showing her cursed eye.

"Natsumi... Y-Your eye... it's-"

"Scary I know..."

"No its, normal... it looks like the right eye..."

"W-what?"

Natsumi clapped her hands together and said Hitima! in her head. Her power rushed into her and revealed Naruto's thoughts, feelings and emotions.

"N-Now they are both white..." He said sounding scared.

Natsumi pulled her hands apart and looked back at Naruto waiting for him to answer her question.

"Both red now."

"So... does this mean I made it through the Hitama clan's change?"

"Maybe?" He shrugged his shoulders.

"D-Do you know where Yushiro is?" She asked suddenly.

"No, Shikamaru says he hasn't seen him all day. He thought he may be with you."

She sighed. "He was way earlier today."

"Oh. So, if you don't mind me asking... are you dating Sasuke?" His question caught her off guard.

"D-dating? Ah... no. I don't believe so..." She lowered her head.

"Oh. Well... want me to walk you back to his place?"

"Ah n-yeah, sure why not... seems I'm always in danger anyway." She laughed slightly as her and Naruto jumped off the building to the ground.

When they reached Sasuke's place Natsumi smiled at Naruto.

"What you lookin' at?" He asked as he face turned red.

"You, you're a cutie you know that?" She said with a laugh. "Thank you for bring me... home? Anyway, see you tomorrow Naruto." Natsumi leaned in and placed a kiss on his cheek before turning and walking into the house.

Author's Notes: 9th chapter done. Even if barely anyone reads this, I enjoy writin this and my friends and family love it :)

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