I wake up the next morning. I remember the note. I shake Sachiko awake.
"Sachiko. Take a look at this." I say shoving the note in her face.
"It's asking you to join the Akatsuki. So?"
"Should I?"
"My vote would be no. You're not evil like they are."
I nod my head in agreement.
"What do you wanna do?" Sachiko asks.
My stomach growls.
"I'm hungry."
I start a fire and cook some of the food I took from my house. We eat it when it's done.
"We should build a lean-to to stay in." Sachiko suggests.
"I think so too."
So I get to work building a small shack. It takes me the whole day. That night, while Sachiko's asleep, I hear someone knock on the door. It's Kisame.
"Your answer?"
"No. I wont join you."
"Oookaaay... But we can be very persistant."
I slam the door in his face and go back to sleep.

I've been out here for a few weeks. Sachiko's learned the ways of the wild quite well. We're inside the hut, eating, when I hear voices outside.
"Amber!!!!"
"A-Amber! Sa-Sachiko!!!"
"Oi Amber! Come on back!!! We miss you!!"
My friends! My tail starts to wag at 100 mph. I look out the window to make sure it's them. I see Miharu, Milli, Nara, Kat, Mioko, Kyushai, Kuroda, Razor, Pheonix, Sheyate, Masuto, Snow, LaKeis, Lashone', and my mom walking through the trees. I open the door and bound towards them.
"Guys!!!" I yell.
"Amber!!!!" They yell back.
I rush up and hug them all to death.
"Why are you guys here?"
"Well, when you bounded into the forest that day, I knew that we had to search for you." Miharu says.
"I'm glad you guys did."
"When we found the note attached to the rose, we knew that something was wrong." my mom says.
"Kyushai was the most determined to find you." Kat says teasingly.
Kyushai blushes. He hands me the glass rose.
"Come inside my shack. It's a little small, but I think we can all fit."
We enter my shack. As soon as I sit down at the table, I'm bombarded with questions.
"Why didnt you come back?" is the one that everyone asks first.
"I was afraid. Afraid of hurting you all."
"Ca-can you change ba-back?" Nara asks.
"I dont know. I havent tried...."
"Then try!" Milli exclaims.
"I dont know..."
"Aaaw!! Come on!" Kuroda says.
"I guess I could..."
"Yeah!!!" they all yell.
I head out into the forest. I make the handsigns that would normally get me out of it.Tiger, Monkey, Dog, Tiger.
Poof! I'm back to being a wolf girl.
"At least you're more human again..." My mom comments.
"Now will you come back with us?" Mioko pleads.
"Hmmm... I dont know..." I say teasingly and with a gleam in my eye.
"Pleeeeeaaaaase?" was what I got.
"Okay!"
"Yay!!!!"