"Hello dear".

The voice was silvery. The words echoed through the emptiness of your mind.

"It's time to wake up now"

It was as if pieces of your body were one by one put together. Gradually the soreness of your muscles registered in your brain. Images began to flood your mind. Faces spoke to you and it had your lips curl into a smile. Your eyes opened to meet a pair of ink black orbs. "How are you feeling dear?" the white munchkin purred. Slowly you forced your muscles to sit up. The cat jumped off your body, back on the rock.

"Surprisingly great" your rasped. She chuckled, "well, Dewid has tea and food ready for you". Your eyes lit up at the mention of something warm and filling.

"I would love that". The cat nodded and jumped off her rock, walking over to the only part of the wall that wasn't covered in strange plants.

You swept your legs of the edge and carefully placed your weight on your feet. Blinking at the fact your muscles were able to carry you after the whole ordeal had you smiling and following after Yin.

Just as you reached the entrance your breath got stuck in your throat. Grasping in the air to get something in something flashed before your eyes.

"Was that everyone?"

Your breathing was ragged, pain enveloped your sides and legs where kunais had pierced you.

"Look here! There is one alive under her dead comrade!" the voice laughed. 'They found me' you thought clutching your kunai for dear life.

The rest gathered around the corpse to take joy in killing the last one alive, you. A war cry released as you jumped up, charging for one of the assailants. Others jumped in to stab you or punch you on lethal spots but even in this state you skilfully dodged it until you used substitution and appeared behind one, cutting his throat.

"Bitch!" one snarled. You jumped away as one swiped at you. A cry of pain held back in your throat when you landed on your injured leg. Staggering back to your feet you looked at the attackers. 5 left. Your squad had taken 10 with them to their graves. You could at least take 3 others with you. Even without chakra.

You were biting and snarling while 3 men held you down. You managed to kill one. The only one not restraining you was wounded. A stab wound in his arm, screwing up his joint, making him unable to use it anymore. "An arm for an arm" he smirked, "and then your life". "Bullshit!" you roared, your voice hoarse. Your eyes darted around to your squad members. Burning each one in your mind.

Asuko Yagumoto, 29, wife and child

Endu Usaro, 21, girlfriend and parents

Yusa Amako, 24, friends and parents

Their lives forever lost and soon you would follow. It barely registered in your mind as the man cut through your arm with his sword. Only a few seconds later you felt immense pain. Biting on your lips to stop screaming out, you broke skin, blood running down your chin.

"And now, your life-"

His voice fell away and darkness shrouded your very being.

What had happened?

You clutched your heart, breathing hard. "Wha-" you coughed, contraction of the stomach caused you to gag. "What happened?" you panted, tears in your eyes as another contraction had you gagging up bile. The muscles in your legs gave in and your other hand scratched over the stone wall.

"(y/n)?!" Kuro appeared through the wall and ran to your side. He eyed you over, stopping at your face. "(y/n)?" he asked, softer this time. "I am.... I'm okay" you stammered, trying to get up but your muscles wouldn't obey. He rolled his eyes and sat besides you, his soft fur brushing against your bare leg. "Sure you are" he snorted.

When you caught your breath you turned to the cat. "What happened after I lost my arm?" you asked, eyes still watery. He glanced up, judging whether you were serious or not. With a sigh he looked away, "you killed them all. When I was summoned you had this.... sinister smile on your face, your eyes completely black. Only for a moment though, then you passed out and nearly died" he spoke, the tip of his tail trembling, "blood gushed out of... the hole that replaced your arm".

With a small smile you pulled him on your lap and held him close. "Thank you, once again" you murmured into his fur.

You stayed there for a long time. Suddenly your stomach growled and Kuro forced you to get up and join the others. Yin didn't even look surprised at your late arrival. You were sat down at a table and got food and tea shoved in front of you. After a word of thanks you began chowing down the food. Even though your stomach cringed in reaction, you forced yourself to eat. You needed nutrients for what would come next.

"Lady Yin, Master Yang?" you questioned, your eyes filled with determination as the two cats looked up. You went from your seat and bowed before them. "Please teach me how to use, whatever it is that causes me to travel dimensions!"

Silence met you. Peeking up you saw the two sitting before you, their eyes revealing nothing besides the wisdom they held. "(y/n) what you have is a Kekkei Genkei" it was Dewid who spoke. You glanced over to him, eyes wide in shock.

"Like the sharingan and byakugan?"

He nodded, "your Dojutsu is the Jigengan, the eye of dimension" he explained.

"We can't train you in that" Yang spoke, your head snapping back to the siblings.

"But we can train you in other things" Yin's eyes lit up with something that could be either morbid interest or expectation. You sat up straight, your hands rest on your upper legs. "Master, Lady, would you please train me?" you rephrased. Small knowing smiles appeared.

"We will take you on as apprentice", you smiled, "if you do everything as we demand".

"I will" you exclaimed. "We will begin at sunrise, for now, go back to the room you came from and sleep" Yang said. You nodded and stood up.

"Are you sure about what you are doing?" Kuro looked at you form the rock. You glanced over at him, sleep already trying to take you away.

"Honestly?"

He nodded.

"No. I just know I want to get stronger. I don't want to repeat history" your grimaced, reciting the names of the fallen comrads. Kuro sighed and laid down comfortably.

You didn't mind the harsh wooden table. Exhaustion was far to great to make you bothered.

The way the great masters of the dimension had accepted you as a student was way too lenient. Now you knew why. Their way of training was spartan. Above the unusual hours you had little time to sleep or eat. Eating was done in a hasty manner, which wasn't bad since the cook had no skill. Sleeping was in between sessions. To the masters it didn't matter if it was day or night. They would train.

Training with Yang was first mainly based on stealth. You had certain basics from the academy, which were thrown out of the window by him since he didn't deem them worthy. So starting all over again, he forced you to throw away your shoes and taught you new ways of walking. After that he taught you how to redirect the enemies attention. Something he had done the moment you met him, you didn't see him even though he was a black spot against the white fur.

At the same time he taught about avoiding being seen. This was done with Dewid, Arcain, and Susha. Arcain was a feline that easily reached Kakashi's height, scars battered his orange striped fur. Susha was your height, her fur was beige while the tips of every end, like ears and feet, were black.

Training with Yin consisted of learning about all kinds of herbs, not only the ones at home but also from other dimensions. This was quite hard since you weren't the most studious. Comparing you to Ebisu would be comparing a 10 to a 5.

After learning which plant connected to which purpose you were thought how to prepare, preserve and mix them. This didn't always end well. The worst was making a cocktion that should have been good against paralysis but ended up as poison.

When these skills were well enough imprinted into your mind you received more free time. This you used to discover the properties of your Kekkei Genkei. The first thing you were able to do without much use of chakra, was look into dimensions. Not physically or mentally being there, just looking.

The second thing that you achieved was using less chakra in dimension hopping. The 'dimension peeks' helped greatly with navigating. This way you avoided dimensions like the snake one, where you couldn't breathe.

Through the whole training period the faces of the ones in the other dimension. Mainly a certain silver haired Jonin.

"How are ya?"

You looked up from the script on herbs you were reading and smiled at the sight of the familiar golden eyes. "Pretty well. Where have you been?" you questioned, brushing a strand of hair behind your ear. "Here and there" he mused and jumped on the table. "When do you plan on returning?" the cat questioned curiously. "How long has it been?"

"6 years"

"I meant in my dimension" you rolled your eyes at his smug smirk.

"Just 5 days".

With a sigh you closed the book and turned to him. "I should go back. Do you think they will notice I am older?" you asked curiously. Kuro shook his head, "if you don't look at your extra muscle nothing changed". You chuckled, he was right and it was weird. To age without aging.

"When are you going?"

"I will wait until my chakra is fully restored" you concluded and put the book back in the case. "Why? Dimension hopping doesn't use that much chakra anymore, does it?" he asked.

"I want to come there completely healthy, start a new.... Or rather an old" you looked down with a shy smile. "It seems Kakashi wasn't my boyfriend before I supposedly died".

"So? Is he now?"

You nodded, "he was really.... Something when he let his control loose" you chuckled.

"Too much information" Kuro grimaced but then scowled, "did he take advantage of you?"

"You could see it that way. Though I don't" you smiled, "because I already like him the most of everyone I knew".

Kuro shook his head disapprovingly, "when you change your mind say so and I will rip out his throat".

"Will do" you chuckled and laid down on the bed.

"I can't thank you both enough for everything you have done" you bowed deeply for the two small cats. "Oh dear, the pleasure was ours" she purred, some muscles in your body aching at the memory of her punishments for mistakes.

"I do hope we meet again" Yang glared at his sister for a small moment before giving you a gentle smile. "May fate intertwine our paths" you mused standing up straight. He chuckled, "safe trip".

"Thank you" you said and with a flicker of your chakra a portal opened to your right side. With confidence you stepped through it, ending up in the hall in front of the hokage's office. You knocked on the door. "Just a moment" the old man's voice sounded. You smiled and sat on a chair next to the door. Minutes passed and the door opened, revealing a woman with long, curly, black hair and wine red eyes, which fell on you.

"(y/n)? I heard you were back but since I hadn't seen you.." she trailed off a smile on her lips. "Good to see you too Kurenai" you mused standing up. Her eyes lit up, "I heard you lost your memory".

You tapped your head with a grin. "Got it".

She chuckled, "we should go out for tea sometime".

You gave a nod, "we will, I need to report back to the Hokage but... see you around?"

"Definitely" she smiled and patted your shoulder before leaving you in the empty hallway.

Once again you knocked on the closed door of the Hokage office. "Come in" his voice was warm, a doting grandfather warm.

You entered the office and his eyes lit up at the sight of your form. "(y/n) I received your note. I didn't know you would be back this soon" he said pleasantly surprised. You chuckled and sat down in one of the three chairs in front of his desk. "Me neither, though l must say, where I went minutes seem like hours" which was actually the case.

"Since you have returned like this, I take your memories have returned" he asked, folding his hands over each other. "You betcha Sarujii" you grinned.

A disappointed smile appeared on his face, "I had hoped you had forgotten about that nickname you gave me". You grinned broadly, "can't believe I called you that even when you were young" you mused, "I shall better my ways though".

"Glad to hear" he chuckled. It took a mere moment for his joyful eyes to turn serious. "Four days ago, a day after you left, Kakashi came into my office asking about your whereabouts. Make sure you clear this up with him" he stated. You nodded, feeling a bit guilty for worrying him. "I acted irrational in annoyance. I will clear it up" you declared. His joyful expression returned and with a smile he nodded, "very well. Anything else?" you shook your head, "then until next time".

"Until next time" you saluted before going out of the office.

At first you were leisurely strolling through the streets. This turned into normal walking, to quick pacing until you were running. A smile etched on your lips when the 2 story house came into sight.

Using the spare key you got inside. Spreading your senses you couldn't see Kakashi anywhere near the house. Deciding to wait for him, rather than bother his training with his team you dropped down on the couch. Your eyes closed and the smile stayed on your lips as your eyes travelled through all kinds of amazing worlds.

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Oh, I've been sitting here for hours

As I wish for this to start

I set my standards high

In hopes they will not fall apart

Heeeelllooooo~ 

How do you think Kakashi will react to your childishness? going away without saying a direct word to him....