Gone [Naruto fanfic]

#12

My vision became black again, and I felt the world spin around me, but I held on tightly to my sister's hand.

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Gasping, I opened my eyes. Immediately my ears were assaulted by "She's awake! Thank God!","What happened?" and "Who is that?!" amid cries of confusion. I looked at my surroundings, trying to make sense of everything. I was in the hospital, lying on one of the beds. Lady Tsunade, Sakura, Kakashi, Tenten, Lee and Guy-sensei stood around the bed, but I paid no attention to them when I saw a flash of Neji's hair from the corner of my eye.

I shot up, looking frantically for my sister, when I heard a groan from the floor.

"That hurrrrttt...." My sister was lying belly-down on the floor next to the bed.

-Good, she's okay....

I jumped out of the bed. Tsunade and Sakura tried to grab me.

"I'll be right back!" I called over my shoulder as I dodged their attempts.

I paused at the door to look and listen. Hurried footsteps came from down the hall to my right.

I rocketed down the corridor at full speed, turning the corner dangerously fast. I saw Neji walking ahead.
I slowed down a notch. "Wait!" I called out to him.

A surprised look came over his face as I whipped myself around in front of him.

"Neji... please... wait." I gasped.
He stood stock still in front of me, his face slowly growing flushed.

I hurried on, "Neji, ever since we bumped into each other two months ago you've been acting strange. Your team-mates are worried about you!"

"I have not been acting in any unusual manner!" he stammered in protest.

"Yes, you have! I don't care if you don't trust me or you dislike me, please don't let it affect you! If I was ever rude or mean to you, I apologize! But you can't let ridiculous things like that get in the way of your behavior! It's dangerous for a shinobi! Please Neji..." I begged him, "Tenten, Lee, Guy-sensei, they're all worried about you! Please please tell them what's wrong if you're not going to tell me."

Neji looked away silently, but I could see his face grow even more red.

"It's-It's not that I dislike you, or that I don't trust you. It's... something else that's been on my mind." he said slowly.

I sighed with relief inwardly, then looked back at him.

"Well...if it's not me," I said cautiously, "then what is it? You can tell me if you want, I'm pretty good at keeping secrets. But if you don't want to say it that's fine, but at least let Guy-sensei or somebody know."

Nejis face grew redder(if that was even possible), and he looked away again.

There was an awkward silence.

"Hey, um...would you like to meet my sister?" I asked him slowly, changing the subject in an attempt to ease his discomfort.

He looked up, his face filled with doubt.

"Come on! Just at least see her! Don't worry! She's the kind of person who's hard not to like!" I gave him a smile, trying to calm him down a bit.

"...Alright." He finally spoke.

"Great!"

We walked back down the hall in the direction we came from.

"Uhhhh Safiya....?" My sister sat on the bed close to the wall, holding a pillow like a shield between her and everyone else.

"Help me?"

I couldn't help but laugh, but then I stopped when everyone was staring at me.

Neji looked at me, "Safiya?" he said curiously.

Oh boy, this just got really awkward, really fast...

"Ehem, well, that was my name, before I came her anyways. But you guys can still call me Amira!" I explained hurriedly.

Tsunade interjected, "What happened? Kakashi showed up here carrying you and saying that you had suddenly gone unconscious while on a break from training! And who is this?" She pointed her finger accusingly at my sister, who hugged the pillow tighter.

My face grew a deep shade of red at what Tsunade had just said.

-Kakashi fucking CARRIED ME?!

*Well what did you expect him to do? Leave you there unconscious by the stream?

-No, but...

*Just be grateful wimp.

I heaved a sigh. "That's my sister," I pointed to her, "And somehow while you thought I was unconscious I went back to my world. Apparently when I got there it had only been the night before when Kisame made his attempt to kidnap me." I shrugged, "It guess that time there flows a little differently."

I walked over to the bed, and sat down on it. I started to wrap my arm around my sister's shoulder but she stopped me.

"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU?! DO. NOT. TOUCH. ME!"

"Okay, at least now I know that you're fine." I smiled cheekily at her. "New world, new start. So what's your name gonna be?" I looked at her expectantly, and everyone looked at me like I was a lunatic. Which I probably was.

My sister looked at me in confusion.

"Whaa-?"

"Your name you dumbo! What do you want people to call you?"

"Ooooohhh..."

She thought for a second.

"Zaara." She looked at everyone else. "Call me Zaara." she said.

The small crowd around the bed looked at me with a mixture of confusion, and slight exasperation.

"Alright! Time to introduce you to everyone!" I said cheerily.

I began to point everyone out.

"You already know Sakura and Kakashi-sensei. That's Lady Tsunade who's the current Hokage. That's Tenten who is absolutely amazing with weapons...her team-mate Neji who is usually very bossy." Neji began to protest, but I laughed and continued, "And that's also Tenten's team-mate, Rock Lee who is incredible at Taijutsu, and then Guy-sensei who is their team leader."

My sister, now Zaara, nodded slowly after I finished introducing each of them..

I turned to Lady Tsunade and stood up, becoming dead serious in a flash. "I will take full responsibility for her and her actions Hokage-sama! Don't worry! She won't be a burden to anyone! All I ask is that you please let her stay with me."

Tsunade sighed, "Very well...."

A huge smile broke out on my face.

"I promise you won't regret it." I bowed respectfully.

============================How are you guys liking it so far?

And quick question: Do you guys think Zaara will be a good ninja or a bad one lol? I'm really curious XD