Water in the leaf

Everything hurts. Thats the first thought that came to her mind. She tried to open her eyes, but even that seemed to be a struggle, taking more energy then she ever thought for such a simple action. After she finally managed to get her eyes open, everything was blurry, but after a moment things seemed to clear up. All she could see were dark grey clouds, looking like it was about to rain, and some trees in her peripheral vision.

She tried to get up, so she could get a better look at her surroundings, but the moment she had tried to move it was like molten steel and been poured over her whole body. She let out a small cry in pain, her body shaking, which only seemed to make the pain worse. She stopped trying to move, and tried even harder to ignore the pain, instead trying to think of where she was and how she got there.

Very quickly she realized she had no answer to those questions, and something even more important had crossed her mind. WHO was she? The second she thought that, she felt like claws were tearing apart her head, both inside and out. Letting out a small scream, she quickly fell unconscious...

~Shizune POV~

Shizune sighed as she was gathering firewood alongside her masters ninja pig, Tonton. Her master, Lady Tsunade, and her had been asked to return to Konohagakure, their home village, and they hadn't even stayed for a full day. She had hoped to stay for atleast one night, and to sleep in a decent bed, but her masters insistence on not staying in the village where she had lost everything ment they were now camping outside for the night.

While getting lost in her thoughts, Shizune suddenly heard a small scream, sounding like it belonged to a small child or a young girl. Dropping her collected firewood, Shizune looked at Tonton and said " Quickly return to Lady Tsunades side, and let her know that we might not be the only ones in the area". After that, she started circulating Chakra and quickly moved in the direction she heard the scream from, while preparing her kunai and mentally checking that her hidden weapons were ready for use.

Just a minute or two later, shizune arrived at where she thought the scream came from. As she looked around, she noticed the wreckage and dead bodies laying all over. Shizune thought to herself that 'This looks like traders camp, judging by the tents and wagons. I wonder if they were attacked by bandits, and if so, how long ago? Either way, it might not be the safest to camp near this area'. Trying to get an answer or two while also looking for survivors, Shizune made sure to keep her senses heightened with her Chakra as she slowly explored the camp.

'Judging by the state most of the corpses are in, its been around a day sence they were attacked' Shizune thought to herself. It was as she made her way to the opposite end of the camp, that she picked up the sound of a weak, pained breathing. Rushing in the direction it was coming from, Shizune was shocked by what she saw. There, laying in a small clearing away from the tents, was a little girl, looking like all the other corpses in the camp, except a small shudder that was going through her body, almost as if she was being electrocuted.

Quickly rushing to the little girls side, Shizune immediately started using her healing arts. 'Thi..this i..is horrible' Shizune gasped. 'Its like her body was crushed from being ran over by a wagon. How is she even still alive?!? And who would do such a thing?' As Shizune asked herself these questions, she noticed the young girls breathing was becoming shallower. Shizune quickly snapped herself out of her train of thoughts, and started attempting to do her best to keep the young girl alive. 'If I can keep her stable, maybe master will be able to save her life. I just hope my skills are enough to do so, and I just have to hope master will be able, or even willing to help her'.

As Shizune kneeled there, trying her best to help this young girl, she was so focused on her task that she didn't notice the footsteps coming up behind her.