You sighed as you open the door to the hospital. One of the nurses at the front desk looked up at you as you approached her. The nurse noticed the hand print on your cheek.

“I’m here to see Ms. Sakura,” you said.

“She’s on the second floor,” said the nurse, “room 207.”

“Thanks,” you said before heading to the second floor.

You sighed again once you reached room 207. You opened the door to see Sakura wrapping Naruto’s arm. Naruto had a bump on his head.

No doubt he said something to anger Sakura like usual, you thought.

Naruto looked over at you. You gave him a small smile. Naruto returned it before looking back at the ceiling. Sakura looked over at you. She frowned upon seeing the hand print on your cheek.

“I take it the meeting with the clan head didn’t go well,” she said.

You shook your head.

“She wasn’t happy that I was injured,” you said, “branch members of the Caia clan have to be and stay in good condition for we are the main members’ blades and shields.”

Though they won’t teach us more jutsu to make us more useful, you thought.

Naruto clenched his hands.

“But yet the head hits you,” he said before looking over at you, “damaging you even farther. I promise you what I promise Neji. When I become Hokage, I’ll change the fate of the Caia Clan.”

You smiled.

“I wish you luck with Lady Yuna then,” you said, “she is a stubborn one and doesn’t listen to others most of the time.”

“Ha,” laughed Naruto, “she hasn’t met me yet.”

You smiled. You felt a bit better now. Sakura finished wrapping Naruto’s arm and came over to you. She checked the burn on your neck.

“It’s not as bad as Sasuke’s,” stated Sakura, “It’ll heal in a few days.”

“What exactly happened?” asked Naruto, “both you and Sasuke have the same burn on your necks, and I have burns all over me. Neji, also, had a lot of gashes on his back.”

You looked at Sakura. She gave you a warning look.

“We were on a mission together when we were attacked by rogue ninjas,” you lied, “you fought as best as you could before blacking out. Neji, Hinata, and Sakura came to rescue us. One of the Ninjas tried to attack Hinata, but Neji got in front of it.”

“And so that is what happened,” Naruto said, “sorry I wasn’t much help.”

You shook your head.

“Think nothing of it,” you said.

Sakura gave you a thankful smile before checking your cheek.

“Looks like it won’t bruise,” she said, “but it’ll sting a little if touched.”

You nodded. Sakura put ointment on the burn then wrapped it. She gave instructions on how to care for the burn and gave you a bottle of the ointment she used. You waved goodbye to Naruto and left the hospital. It was only a few minutes before it started raining. You looked up to the sky. You always liked the rain. So you started walking til you came to a bench. You started to watch the rain. A few minutes later an umbrella appeared and covered you. You look to see Neji.

“You’re going to catch a cold,” he said.

You shrugged. You, then, patted the spot next to you.

“Care to join me?” you asked.

Neji moved to set by you. He adjusted the umbrella to cover both of you.

“Naruto asked what happened to him and us while I was there,” you said, “he didn’t seem to remember what he did.”

“Sakura said that that is what happened last time he changed,” said Neji.

“She didn’t seem like she wanted me to tell him the truth,” you said.

“It’s probably for the best,” commented Neji, “he would have felt guilty about it.”

You nodded.

“I told him that we were attacked while on a mission,” you said.

Neji was the one who nodded this time.

“He overheard Sakura, and I talk about the mark on my cheek,” you said, “he promised me that he’ll change the fate of my clan. Much like he promised you.”

Neji smiled this time.

“He’ll keep that til his dying breath,” he commented.

“He is going to have fun talking to Lady Yuna then,” you said.

Neji chuckled. You two sat in silence for a moment till your stomach growled. You blushed. Neji looked at you and smiled.

“How about we go and get something to eat,” he said.

You nodded and you two got up and headed to where the restaurants were. It took a while before you two agreed on a place. It was a small, but it had good food. You two had a good time. Neji offered to walk you home since it was still raining. You agree to it. Lord Erruce, Lady Yuna’s younger brother, was standing on the porch. He looked up when he heard your laughter.

“Thanks, Neji,” you said, “but you didn’t have to pay for my meal.”

“It was the right thing to do at the time,” Neji stated.

“You mean the gentleman thing to do,” you corrected.

Neji smiled while you giggled. Neji’s smile faded when he noticed Lord Erruce watching you two. You followed Neji’s gaze and sighed. Lord Erruce was nice to you and the other branch members, but he sometimes doesn’t have a backbone when it came to his older sister.

“He seems to be waiting for you,” said Neji.

“Yeah,” you said, “thanks again for tonight.”

Neji nodded. You two went your separate ways. You went to Lord Erruce.

“You two going out?” Lord Erruce asked.

“No,” you answered, “we’re just friends.”

Lord Erruce nodded.

“I got some bad news for you,” he said.

“Can’t be any worse than how earlier today went,” you commented.

“Oh it can,” Lord Erruce said, “you are going with Lady Yuna tomorrow to a meeting at Fuuka Village. You will be her bodyguard.”

Your eyebrows twitched.

“Joy,” you said.

“There is a bit of good news,” said Lord Erruce, “Lady Hinata and Lord Neji will be joining you two.”

You sighed in relief.

“Thanks for informing me milord,” you said with a bow.

He nodded and went inside. You sighed again.

It’s going to be a long day tomorrow, you thought before heading inside yourself.

You went on to bed to wait for your doom that was tomorrow.

The growling got closer and closer, so did the red orbs. All of the sudden six red chakra tails popped out. You all tried to dodge but they wrapped around you and Sasuke.

“Oh no!” yelled Lee, “it’s got Arya and Sasuke!”

“That’s not an it Lee,” Neji said.

You looked down to see Naruto in his six tail form. Now you were truly scared.

“Naruto put them down,” Lee said, “they are not your enemies.”

Naruto roared sending chills down your spine. You closed your eyes. Naruto then ran off.

“Naruto!” Lee yelled and went after him.

Neji followed. You whimpered. You didn’t want to die. You looked toward Sasuke. He was trying to get out of Naruto’s hold only to get wrapped up even tighter. He looked at you and saw your frighten look.

‘It’ll be okay,’ he mouthed to you.

You shook your head as a tear fall down your cheek.

“Arya!” someone shouted from the left side of you all, “Sasuke!”

It was group 1. Sakura looked very worried at Naruto, but then looked determined. Naruto looked back and roared at them before trying to lose them as well. The tail around you started to get tighter. You coughed.

“Why did you get me?” you asked Naruto, “I did nothing to you…”

“In this state that doesn’t matter,” Sasuke stated, “all he cares about right now is killing and destroying….I’m sorry…”

You glared at Sasuke.

“Being sorry isn’t going to get us out of here!” you shouted only to have the tail wrap tighter around you.

You coughed more then Sasuke joined in as the tail around him did the same. You managed to look and see that your teammates and group 1 was far behind. They were just little specks. Naruto was too fast for them to keep up. You reached out to them. Tears fall down your cheek and on to Naruto’s tail. Naruto whimpered. He slowed down and jumped into a cave on a cliffside. He let you go and loosen his grip on Sasuke a bit. Sasuke took deep breaths. You looked up at Naruto. His ears were flat against his head. He looked very sorry at you.

“It’s fine,” you told him, “just calm down all right. I’m sure Sasuke will get punished for this.”

You glared up at him.

“And he’ll apologize too,” you said, “right?”

Sasuke nodded. Naruto dropped him to the ground. He didn’t change back when the others came to you. Neji helped you up. Sasuke mummer something, which caused Naruto to rage again.

“Sasuke just shut up!” you herd Sakura yell.

That stunned you a bit. Sakura was actually yelling at Sasuke. If she still was that little fangirl from way back then, that would have never happened. Hinata ran to Naruto and wrapped her arms around his midsection.

“Please calm down Naruto,” she pleaded with him.

Sia took a scroll and a paint brush out. Lee got into a fighting stance. One of Naruto’s claws raised. Your eyes widen.

“Lady Hinata!” yelled Neji as he ran to her.

The claw dug into Neji’s back. As he protected her. You frowned. Branch members, even if they were from different clans, were taught to also protect the main. It was a cruel life. Main’s life is in danger, branch protects main, main lives and branch die. You looked at the sky to see a flock of birds fly by.

When will I be free? You asked yourself.

You looked back when you herd Hinata shout. Neji was on his knees in a bit of pain, but he told her he was alright. She glanced back at Naruto. Naruto looked a bit sadden at what he had done. His form, then, slowly turned back to his real self. He passed out.

After a few hours, you all got to the gates of Konoha. Lee had volunteered to carry Naruto back on his back. Naruto hadn’t awoken yet. Sakura turned to Sasuke, you, and Neji

“I want all of you to follow Lee and me to the hospital,” she said.

“I have to report into the main of my own clan before I can do anything,” you stated.

Sakura nodded. You really wish you didn’t, but you had to. It was a rule in your clan. You swallowed as you walked past your clan’s gate. The other branch members looked at you with pity. Around your neck was a burn mark. You knocked on a door.

“Enter,” you heard the head say.

You walked in and bowed to the head.

“I have come back from my mission Lady Yuna,” you said.

She got up and looked you over. She narrowed her eyes at the burn mark. She slapped you across the face.

“You are no good if injured!” she yelled, “Be more careful next time you idiot!”

You gritted your teeth. You wanted to hit her or do something, but you couldn’t. That would have meant death for you. You bowed.

“I will try harder next time my lady,” you said before you left.

You headed to the hospital. On the way, there another bucket of water fell on top of you. You were soak and wet yet again. You took the bucket off to see that it was once again Kiba. He got ready to run only to see that you looked a bit soulless. You then continued on your way. Arkamaru whimpered. Kiba petted his head.

“I know boy,” he said, “something is wrong with her….”

You looked at the ground not looking at where you were going. You walked into Neji. He was let out after getting his back bandaged up. You stepped back and bowed.

“Sorry Neji,” you said.

He frowned and lifted your head. He saw the handprint from the slap.

“The head did this to you?” he asked.

You said nothing. You just looked away.

“Was Lady Yuna this angry with you getting injured?” he asked.

You sighed and looked at him.

“Something for you and the other branch Hyugas to remember,” you started, “you may think your life is hard in your clan, but I bet you that there is a clan out there that has it a lot worse.”

With that, you continued into the hospital. Neji frowned.

If only there was a way to change our fate… he thought.

“What!” both you and Hinata yelled.

This didn’t sound like Naruto at all.

“There is two search parties forming,” said Neji, “Lady Arya, if you don’t mind, could you be in one? Your clan’s ice-based jutsu might come in handy”

You nodded.

“Sure,” you said.

Though I wouldn’t know how good I would be, you thought, Naruto does have the power of the Kyuubi after all.

You three met the others at the gate. Group one was Shikamaru, Sakura, Hinata, and Sai. Group two was you, Sasuke, Neji, and Lee. You sighed and pray that you all were strong enough to bring Naruto back. Your greatest fear was Naruto in four tail or worse six tail form. That could mean bad news. You all started to jump through trees ’till group one split off to search somewhere else. You glanced at your teammates. Lee looks ready to go like always. Neji showed no emotion, while Sasuke looked a bit guilty for something. You looked back ahead of you.

Why would Naruto leave? You thought, did someone do something to him to make him leave? The last thing I did to him that was bad was when we all were little…Wait!

You quickly glanced back at Sasuke.

“Sasuke did you do something to Naruto?” you asked him.

Sasuke looked away.

“So I’ll take that a yes,” you said.

Neji shook his head.

“Figures,” he said bluntly.

Sasuke glared at him.

“What is that suppose to mean?” he asked.

“You always say things that make Naruto really angry,” started Neji, “But this time it seems you went too far. When will you just stop it? Probably never knew you.”

All of you stopped. Sasuke growled.

“I’ll stop when I feel like it!” he yelled.

“Then you should feel like it now!” Neji yelled back, “it is your fault that we’re looking for him in the first place. I’m starting to think that it was a mistake to let you back into the village.”

Lee got in between them.

“That is enough,” he said.

The three started arguing. You herd an inhuman growl next to you all. You looked and your eyes widen when you saw red glowing orbs staring at you. You swallowed.

“Guys,” he said.

They continued to argue.

“Guys!” you yelled this time.

They were still at it. You did a few hand signs and shoot an ice spar at them. They glared at you for a second before noticing the red orbs. It growled again and got closer. You swallowed.

This is not good! You yelled in your head, not good at all!

You were walking around Konoha, bored to death and in a very bad mood. The main branch wouldn’t hear you out when you told the head and elders how much it would you and the other members of the branch family to learn a few of the forbidden jutsus of your clan. You turn the corner when suddenly a bucket full of water fell on top of your head. Now you were soaked and wet. You took the bucket off of your head. You heard laughter from above. You looked up to see Kiba pointing and laughing at you.

“Kiba that wasn’t very nice.” You heard a girl say from your right.

You looked and Hinata coming toward you. You meet her a few times when both of your families had a met. You had to go to represent the branch family. After all, you were the strongest out of them.

“Are you all right?” she asked, “Oh dear you’re soaked and wet.”

“Yeah I’m all right,,” you answered, “but he won’t be for long.”

Kiba eyes widen.

“Oh damn,” said Kiba and raced off.

“Forget him,” said Hinata, “Come let’s get you some dry clothes before you catch a cold.”

You followed Hinata to the Hyuga complex. You looked around the place. You never could grasp how big the place was. It was bigger than your own clan’s. You followed Hinata to her room. You sat on her bed while she looked in her closet for clothes that would fit you. Then there was a knock on the door. Hinata stopped what she was doing.

“Come in,” she said.

The door open to reveal a man with long brown hair with pale lavender eyes like Hinata’s. He looked at you. You nodded at him.

If I remember correctly, you thought, He’s Neji Hyuga. He’s a branch member as well.

“Yes,” said Hinata.

He looked over at Hinata.

“When you are done with Lady Arya come downstairs,” he said, “I need to tell you something very important.”

It seems he remembered you too. Hinata went back to looking for you some dry clothes once Neji left.

“Not much of a talker is he?” you asked.

Hinata smiled a bit.

“No, he isn’t,” she answered, “Oh here some that I think will fit you.”

She handed you a Light purple long sleeve shirt and black pants. You took them and went to change in them. You got back into the room.

“I thought they would,” said Hinata while inspecting you, “I don’t mind if you keep them. They were too small for me to begin with.”

“Oh thanks, Lady Hinata,” you said with a bow.

You and Hinata went downstairs to find that Neji was sitting on the couch looking out the window.

“Neji,” said Hinata.

Neji turned around and stood up. He walked over to you and Hinata.

“What is it you wanted to tell me?” Hinata asked.

“It’s Naruto,” said Neji, “He has gone missing.”

Both yours and Hinata’s mouth dropped. You knew of Naruto, not because he saved the village, but because you meet him at school. You thought he was a bit weird, but still a good guy. Who in the world or more like what happened to him though?

Name: Arya Caia

Age: 17 – 22

Personality: Kind, Strong, commanding, know what to do in situations

Back Story: You are a branch family member of your clan. You are forbidden to learn certain jutsu that belongs to your clan. At times you hate the main branch and others you love them. You don’t believe fate had anything to do with your life.

Element: Water, Wind, Ice

Kekkei Genkai: Icey Breath

What it Does: You brave out an icy wind that freezes all in its path

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