KURAYAMI'S POV

"Sasuke, can you put the ointment on my back please?"

"Sure."

My voice returned, but I could only speak in low tones so far. Ever since I got out of the hospital Sasuke being the cute boyfriend he is took care of me constantly, so much that Tsunade finally trusted him again. It has been a good two weeks and since he came back to the village with me willingly anyway I figured this side of the punishment wouldn't last too long.

I've been going to therapy since my psychological recovery. Roya shook me up quite a bit, but I also sought psychiatric help so I could overcome my personality disorder. Akuna couldn't stay in my head forever, as comforting as she was. Sasuke even went to my sessions helping me every step of the way.

He came over with the ointment and I turned my bare back towards him so he could apply it on my scar. It wasn't as big as I thought it would be, but it was still an inch wide line going from the middle of the shoulder blades all the way down my back.

"I'm proud of you," Sasuke whispered to me.

I smiled. "What did I do?"

"You're not self-conscious about your scar for starters."

"Well there wouldn't be a point in that. There's nothing I can do about it and I think it shows I'm a true ninja because of my hardships," I said chuckling.

"Also, I'm proud of you for seeing a therapist about your…issues."

I felt him finish applying the ointment and I turned towards him, holding my shirt to cover my front. "Well I'm glad you go with me. Come on, we have to see Tsunade and Naruto and Sakura are waiting for us."

He smiled at me nodding and left the room while I put on my usual ninja attire. Even with the scar on my back I wore my corset top. Making sure I had all my belongings, I joined Team 7 (minus Kakashi) to head towards Tsunade's.

Sakura cocked her head to the side. "Do we have another mission or something?"

"YAY ANOTHER MISSION WHOOO HOOO!"

Sasuke and I turned to her. "You just had to say something."

So Tsunade was drinking sake when we arrived (big surprise) and mumbled something about actually having a mission.

"Crap," Sakura, Sasuke and I said in unison. I really wasn't up for a mission lately, but I guess I would have to deal with it since I'm mostly likely a little out of shape.

"Don't worry Kurayami it isn't a huge mission," Tsunade said noticing my look. "You have to guard a princess."

I stared. "You're kidding…right?"

"I hope she's not annoying and snobby," Sakura mumbled.

Sasuke grunted. "I hope she's not another fangirl."

"YAY A PRINCESS!"

Kami, you can practically see everyone's sweatdrops.

So not only did we have to escort a stupid princess, but we had to meet her at 9am tomorrow morning. Kakashi would be with us thankfully, so maybe it wouldn't be too bad.

"Naruto, why are you excited for this mission?" I asked as we entered my house.

He shrugged. "We always have lame missions and this is the first one that involved royalty."

"I guess it makes sense but geez. That was the first time you've yelled so horribly loud in a long time," Sakura said shaking her head.

"Well excuuuuuuuse me. Anyway, can we spend the night Kura?"

"Uh sure?" That wasn't random at all.

I showed everyone where they could get changed and they left to get their stuff at home before coming back. Sasuke attempted to change in the same room as me but I told him to get out and that he wasn't getting anything yet.

Changing into an orange camisole top and black booty shorts, I brushed my hair out to its longer length and left it hanging down. When I arrived in my living room, I was met with a room full of awkward stares.

"I guess I look okay?" I said nervously.

"Hinata is your girlfriend. Hinata IS your girlfriend," Naruto started chanting to himself.

Sakura sulked. "How come you get to have an amazing body?"

"I have such a great choice in girls," Sasuke responded smirking.

I rolled my eyes. "You guys are lame. It's not like my ninja outfit wasn't already revealing."

"But you're in normal clothes now," Sakura said smiling. "You look great when you're not serious about anything, and your hair looks amazing down."

"Oh…well…thank you," I said a bit speechless. I'm not use to many compliments so my response was a bit awkward. "What do you guys wanna do here anyway?"

Sakura thought for a moment. "How much stronger have you gotten."

"Let's not even go there," I said smirking.

Naruto spoke up. "But you have weaknesses we didn't even know about."

I frowned, not really wanting to go into that subject and Sasuke noticed. "She didn't really have to tell us and if she wanted to she would have."

"But if we knew we could've worked on it together or something. Plus the weakness we know about doesn't truly make sense…"

"A lot of things don't make sense but that doesn't mean we have to push her about it," Sasuke said glaring at both of them.

I touched his arm, silently telling him it's okay, and he backed down. "I know you're trying to stick up for me Sasuke but it's all right. I have to talk about it with people other than my therapist eventually."

He sighed and nodded while holding me at his side. I rested my head on his shoulder while I explained.

"Lightning has always been my greatest weakness. Even though I have both fire and wind elements and wind cancels out lightning, I've always had some sort of issue. Lightning makes me jittery and uncomfortable, so it's hard to focus on canceling it when I just want to get away. During my fight with Kakashi, I forced myself to ignore Chidori and counter it."

"So what about Roya?" Sakura asked with her eyebrows furrowed.

I winced slightly remembering. Sasuke rubbed my arm comfortingly and I smiled at him. "I met him when I first became an Anbu. He wasn't as strong as he was now. Since he was from Lightning Country he could, obviously, use lightning based jutsus. Although I was able to beat him, he had knocked me out at one point and infused a jutsu in me that allowed him to enter my dreams and render me useless. He would use his lightning against me every time."

Sasuke looked at me. "So that night when you woke up screaming…"

I nodded. "He struck me with lightning."

He kissed my forehead and I smiled as Sakura and Naruto "aw'd" at us. I guess they definitely weren't use to Sasuke's soft side.

"We should get to bed guys if we plan on tolerating that princess tomorrow," I said, which was accompanied by many groans from my friends.

They all said their goodnights while Sasuke followed me to my room. Lying in my bed, he laid next to me, wrapping his arms around me and bringing me into his chest.

"I'm glad you talked to us about something that personal," he said in a low voice.

I smiled. "I learned I should try to open up a bit more with the people I trust."

"Well I'm glad I'm one of those people."

I stroked his cheek. "Always."

*DREAM*

The breeze blew softly as the scent of sweet flowers entered my nose. The field was dark, with only the stars lighting up the night sky. This place was by far better than the places Roya always trapped me in.

"Well well well. That little girl Mi-Mi is all grown up now."

That voice…only one person ever called me that name.

I turned around and was met with a young woman with short dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She wore a gorgeous smile on her face as she stared at me.

"Nia." My voice was barely a whisper, but she heard me.

"In the flesh. So to speak."

I frowned. "But you're dead."

"No duh," she said rolling her eyes. "Dead people can choose to visit sometimes you know."

"Obviously I didn't know."

"Yeah yeah stop with the sarcasm and give your big sister a hug."

I hesitated for a moment, but when she opened her arms out to me I ran straight into them and hugged her tightly. She felt so real, and smelled the same jasmine scent she had when she was alive.

"I've missed you," I said into her shirt.

"I missed you too. You're taking pretty good care of yourself. Even found yourself a boyfriend."

I stepped away from her smirking. "Did you know it'd be Sasuke?"

"I had a hunch," she said winking at me. I laughed a bit and shook my head. Of course she would say that.

"Would you mind visiting a bit more often?"

"I shall try dear sister, but heaven is really nice. Technically we're not supposed to still have earthbound ties."

I sighed. "Understandable."

"Take care of yourself okay? I love you Mi-Mi," she said as she started fading away.

"I love you too…big sister Nia."

She disappeared from my sight and I sighed as I sat on the soft grass and stayed in the peaceful field.