The Lost Shinobi

Believe Me, There's Someone Else

There was a punishment for leaving the hospital. That was practicing over and over the same Sealing Jutsu until it was perfected. Not the best practice.

Once or twice my head would burn, but Yuuta saw it as an excuse. I tried to do the Summoning Jutsu, which ended up failing every time. My hallucinations got worse every time. I imagined them, but at the same time I was living them.

It was only me beating up a little girl at first, the little girl I now knew was Ino, with the boy staring at the scene. Then I was at Ichiraku, with Naruto, and that same boy. He was wearing something different every time the hallucinations happened, and I couldn't hear him. I could hear Naruto eating, and talking to me, but every time I turned around to speak to the boy, his mouth moved, but no sound.

The Seal figure, it still burned brightly. I could see the detail perfectly, but I couldn't release it. I tried to continue practice but instead I just sat down. "Giving up so soon?" Yuuta asked. "I've got a lot of things going on, so I'll need a break," I replied.

Yuuta noticed something and looked directly at me. She walked over and placed two fingers on my forehead. "Release," she muttered. The Seal, the one I had imagined for so long, opened. My head burned and the flames spread around my body. I clutched my head, and the pain was full of non-stop flooding, of memories.

The boy had a name now. It was Scar. But he looked younger, and different. Like he was someone who smiled a lot, before turning into a human rock.

'The hell was that?'

'Someone seemed to have put a mind seal on me.'

'Really? When would that have been?'

'I don't know, during a time my mind was completely focused on something else.'

'Wow, that person deserves to be sincerely punished.'

'Wait, you woke up from your nap around the time I graduated the Academy right?'

'If I remember correctly, yes, I did.'

'What happened before the Exams, before the graduation?'

'You mean, what do I remember from your life? Not much.'

'Something, anything to let me know who did this to me.'

'No, nothing yet.'

I remembered that day I graduated, I growled. I don't remember growling recently, or at all.

'You did it, didn't you?'

'What do you mean?'  That sounded nervous.

'You did! And you wanted me to not be a fuss when you're the reason why.'

'I was not involved in anything, okay, besides, what proof do you have that it was me?'

'You get protective every time Scar is around me, so why did you do it? And don't lie to me, because I want you to say directly to my face.'

There was a long pause, and suddenly, I heard, 'Fine.'

I woke up surrounded by a dark room and the voice of a pissed off person.

"You want to know the truth? Fiiine! I'll tell you."

I turned around to see a girl with blue hair, and red eye, and scar going through her nose. She looked like she wasn't really caring about anything.

"Oh, how rude of me, welcome to this, disgusting place where I am forced to live for a bit of eternity. I'm Yūrei, the one person who pisses you off."