AN: Hey! So would anyone like to make a cover for my story? Pretty please?

That's A Big Commitment

So, here we all are sitting at a long table with me on one end and Tsunade on the other end. Between us, of course, is a pile of vanilla cupcakes. Tsunade and I have been staring each other down for the last couple minutes and no one would dare say anything because even they could feel the threatening tension between us. She ruined my life and now I have a chance to ruin hers, and she knows it too. I decide to start this little reunion.

"So", I start, "my guards tell me that you want my help for a possible war?"

Tsunade still heatedly stares at me before replying, "Yes. The Akatsuki may be planning an attack on us, and the Leaf Village will need all the help we can get."

My eybrows rise at this, "Wow. The Akatsuki, huh? What makes you think that?"

Sakura decides to finally speak up and state, "Well, the elders of the village have a great belief that that the Akatsuki are on the attack, and so-"

I hastily cut her off, "Hold on a minute! So you moronic people think that the Akatsuki are going to start a war because of a feeling that a couple of old, air headed numbskulls have?"

"Well, the elders are very wise and-" Tsunade started before I cut her off.

"No! This is a simple yes or no question! Do you or do you not have any evidence that can lead to the belief of a possible war with the Akatsuki?"

"Well-"

"God damn it, Tsunade! Yes or no!"

Sakura quickly stands up from her seat, "That is no way to speak to-!"

I sharply turn my head to Sakura, "You better sit down girlie or you will live to regret it!" Sakura slowly slides back into her chair. "Now, Tsunade. I will ask you one last time. Do you have evidence or not?"

"No, but-"

"Thank you for answering my question. Until I get actual proof, I am not going to be aiding your village. AND! I don't care about a bunch of old people's feeling. Now, it is getting pretty windy out there so you may stay here for the night. Besides, I would love to catch up with some people. Do. You. Understand?"

I smiled in satisfaction as they all began to slowly nod their heads in response. 'Thank goodness we all can actually agree to something! Now… I really want to talk to Naruto, Kakashi, and Shikamaru just to see what going on, but I really need to talk to Mika first.' I thought to myself. I sneakily moved over to Mika and tapped her on the shoulder. I, however, did not expect her to grab my arm and flip me over her shoulder and onto the ground. The worst part is that I don't think she regretted flipping me over! What a buttface!

"Oh, I apologize Princess. You shouldn't startle me like that," she said with barley any emotion whatsoever.

I get up and glare at her, "You know, for some reason, I really don't think you meant that apology Mika. I don't get it! When you first saw me you looked like you wanted to rip out my spleen, and then this! What is up with you? We used to be best friends!"

Mika scoffed, "Exactly! We used to be best friends. That is, until, you decided to just go and kill yourself for no apparent reason! After you died do you want to know who saved me? The Leaf Village! I told them about you and they had plenty of bad things to say. Like how you treat the Hokage with no respect, and how you aligned yourself with that traitor, Sasuke! You are so pathetic Alyx! You are a floater! Once someone becomes useless to you, you just go to someone else. That's all you ever did!"

"Mika! How could you even say all of those things! I didn't kill myself for no reason, I did it for you! Yeah, I did disrespect the Hokage, but only because she threatened to lock me up! And I never asked for Sasuke's help, but if he wasn't there I never would have met you! You were the only person I trusted, you know. I can't believe you would believe all of those things they say and think of me. I have to wonder though, do all of you think that I'm a pathetic floater?" I say louder so everyone could hear me.

I look around and immediately Sakura and Tsunade's hands go up. Soon, so did Naruto's and Kakashi's. I looked at Shikamaru waiting for his hand to shoot up but all I got was a small smile. Its so funny that I have never spoken a word to this guy, yet he had more faith in me than anyone else. My eyes start to fill with tears and I run outside into a field so no one could see me. 'Why me? Why am I the only one who has to go through so much pain?' I think to myself. I hear footsteps coming towards me and I realize that its Shikamaru. He walks towards me and lays down next to me.

"Hey," I sniffed.

"Hey," he said.

"Your smart so what should I do now?"

"Whatever you think is right. I know I don't know you, but whatever you do I will back you up. I'm a good judge of character and you seem like the kind of person who wants to make everyone happy, but I have a feeling you've never been happy."

"Haha! Wow, you are good. I always had that feeling where I never wanted to talk to anyone. I didn't want to smile and I didn't want to fake being happy. But at the same time, I didn't exactly know what was wrong either. There really isn't a way to explain it to someone who doesn't already understand. Honestly, if I could want anything in the world, it would be to be alone. Because people have stopped comforting and being alone never was. At least when your alone no one will constantly ask you what is wrong, and there isn't anyone who won't take I don't know for an answer. I felt the way I do just because. I would hope the feeling would pass soon and that I could be myself again, but until then all I could do was wait."

"You know, Tsunade told me about your whole situation. About you dying and coming here. Some people thought it was destiny that you came here."

"Ha. I started thinking about my death and how, in a way, I wish it really ended."

"Tsk. How troublesome. I mean, it may seem like the hardest thing to do but you're gonna have to forget about the world that forgot about you."

"Wow. Have you ever thought about becoming a psychiatrist?"

"Nah, too much of a drag. I would rather be free, like a cloud. But in all seriousness, what are you gonna do?"

"Shikamaru? You said that you would always have my back, no matter what, right?"

"Yeah."

"Do you love your village?"

Its not the village I care about, it's the people. Alyx, where is this going?"

"Would you abandon your village for me? To help me bring peace?"