Sadly I do not own Naruto or any characters... They all belong to the amazing Masashi Kishimoto, although this FanFic is based around my OC. I hope that you enjoy and follow the story.
Side note: when there is a " mark that means the character is saying it. but if there is a ' it means that the character is thinking. Just to make thing a bit more simple^.^ I am no expert writer! I haven't even finished high school so my writing skills are not at the best yet, but I promise that the storyline will be worth your time and attention.
The chunin exams ended in a complete disaster with no genin able to complete the final stage. The disappointment was clear among most of the genin and even clearer among the ones who didn't even have their first fight in the final rounds. Not only did the games die early, but so did the 3rd hokage and many others protecting the village hidden in the leaves from Orochimaru and the sound village. The funeral was on a morning of a rainy day.
Sakura was bushing her hair and humming a slow sad song in the mirror, getting ready to pay respect for the hokage and other ninja's that lost their lives protecting this village. The streets were silent as no one muttered a word when passing her house to go to the memorial. The only sound was the rain pouring down onto the roofs. when Sakura finally felt happy with her looks, she stood up and exited the house to meet Sasuke and Naruto. She began walking down the street ignoring the rain that made her hair and clothes wet. She was about to turn a corner when she walked into someone.
"Would you watch where your going?!" Sakura shouted rubbing her forehead. She looked down and her eyes landed on a girl with very light blue hair, nearly white. The girl was holding a cub tiger and was soaking wet as Sakura accidently walked into her. "I-I mean... I'm really sorry! A-are you alright?" Sakura asked lending her a hand.
"I am fine, I am soo sorry! I should be watching where I'm going," the girl said taking her hand and stood up, she hid her tiger in her jumper so that only it's head and paws would be visible.
"Are you going to the funeral?" Sakura asked looking down at the floor. The girl nodded in response. "Then would you like to go with me?" she asked again and looked up at the pretty girl.
"Sure," she responded slightly smiling and looking toward the funeral. "Oh yeah, I didn't catch your name..." the girl mumbled looking a bit shy.
"R-right.. my name is Sakura Haruno, and what's yours?" Sakura said and began to walk towards the funeral.
"I am Kazumi Yamashina.." Kazumi said and followed after Sakura.
They walked for a while until they met up with Sasuke and Naruto. All of them looked at each other for a while and, in silence, continued to walk further. They arrived early and stood at the front, right in front of the memorial head stone. More and more people began to gather until the whole field was full of people. It was completely silent until a old man and lady dressed in black robes entered the front of the large field, they stood in front of the grave and began his speech about how brave lord hokage was and the sacrifices. The words meaning were crystal clear, to protect this village... even if that means giving up your life for it.
After the man finished with his speech, the Ninja's were given a white flower to place in front of the grave. As they placed the flowers in neat lines, the rain stopped and the sun began to shine across the village hidden in the leaves. The many people walked away to do their daily jobs, while others stayed and mourned the death of their close ones or the Hokage's. The spirits brightened among many of the ninja's as they rushed back to meet up with their teammates and friends. Most of them, except one girl with blue hair. Kazumi stayed facing the memorial stones, not moving on inch in any direction, as if she was made of stone. Sakura noticed and walked up to her and tapped her shoulder. Behind her were Sasuke and Naruto who was grinning.
"Kazumi right? Are ok?" Sakura asked sheepishly smiling. Kazumi looked surprised and turned around to face her.
"Oh, um yeah!" Kazumi answered, hugging her chest where the little tiger was.
"Where are your teammates?!" Naruto asked looking around the nearly empty field. As he said that, Kazumi's eyes filled up with tears and she quickly covered her eyes with her hand like she was shading them from the sun.
"Well, my sensei and Shoda died, I am not sure where the other is..." Kazumi said forcing a smile.
"So that means your not part of any squad anymore?" asked Sasuke and got a nod in response.
"I didn't see you at the Chunin exams! Are you even from here? Where's your head band?" Naruto asked suspiciously eyeing Kazumi. She pointed to her left thigh which had her headband tied around it.
"One of my team mates didn't want to take part so I was unable to take part," she said and sighing. "A-any way.. I don't know who you two are?"
"Right! I am Naruto Uzumaki! The future Hokage!" Naruto introduced himself energetically and grinned. Sasuke next to him rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.
"I am Sasuke Uchiha," he said not bothering much.
"N-nice meeting you all but I um have to walk Tsukiyama here," she gave them a weary smile and pulled the small tiger cub out of her black jumper which she wore over a black dress and held her up.
"Okay! See you around!" waved Sakura as she waked away with the two boys. When she was out of earshot, she began shouting at Naruto. Kazumi sighed and placed Tsukiyama on the floor and walked in the other direction.
"So Tsukiyama? Where do we go now? We're not part of a squad any more, and there can't be a four man squad can there?" Kazumi asked her partner as they walked towards the woods. Tsukiyama growled in response and nuzzled her owners bandaged leg. "Your right.. let's just wait and see..." they continued their walk in silence, after reaching the woods, Kazumi laid down on the long damp grass in a clearing to watch the birds n the sky and Tsukiyama pounced around in it. They stayed like this for a while until they heard a voice that was approaching their clearing. Tsukiyama stiffened and her ears twitched. "What is it?" asked Kazumi and sat up. But before she could do anything more, Tsukiyama began to run in that direct and growled ferociously. "Huh?! Tsukiyama!" Kazumi jumped up and sprinted after her partner. After losing sight of Tsukiyama, Kazumi slowed down and her ears twitched a bit and then she began to sprint in another direction looking in the bushes and up trees. She was barely paying attention to what was in front of her, suddenly she tripped and collided with another person. Kazumi ended up lying on a boy with a grey fur hood on and two red fang markings on his cheeks.
"Ouch!" the boy said not knowing what hit him.
"Huh?!" Kazumi looked around, somewhat dazed not knowing what broke her fall. After seeing the boy, she blushed and quickly rolled of him and stood up. "I am sooo sorry, are you hurt any where?" asked Kazumi and kneeled down next to him. 'Great Kazumi! You nearly killed another person to day!' she thought and slapped her bandaged up wrist.
"Oh no I'm fine," he said and sat up. "Don't worry 'bout it..."
"O-okay...have you seen Tsukiya.. I mean a small tiger around any where?" Kazumi asked and looked around the nearby trees and bushes.
"No, have you seen a small dog?" the boy asked and stood up. The girl shook her head and stood up as well.
"I think they went that way!" they said together and pointed down a path, then sprinted of together. The boy was slightly ahead of the girl as the girl was up in trees looking for them from above. There was still no sign of the two animals. Kazumi seemed to be alarmed by something, she jumped down from a tree and stopped the boy going any further by grabbing his hood and pulling it down reveling his messy brown hair.
"Hey! What the?!" he shouted surprised but Kazumi shook her head, slightly embarrassed by her actions, and pointed at a berry bush further along. They slowly walked towards it trying not to make a sound and pulled out their kunai knifes ready to attack whatever was behind it.
Once they were at arm reach, a small tiger with a black ribbon around it's tail jumped out growling loudly."Tsukiyama!" Kazumi shouted happily and picked up the cub and began hugging her tightly. "Don't go of like that again!" Kazumi said again and placed her down on the floor, only then did she notice a large blood stain on her chest and hands. "Huh?!" She picked her tiger up again and noticed that there where lots of cuts on her. "What happened?" asked Kazumi and Tsukiyama whined in response. "She said that there's a dog with her that's even more beaten up than she is."
"Akamaru!?" the boy said and flung himself into the bush. He came out with a unconscious puppy that had white fur, but now most of it was red.
"Is he alright?" she asked the boy looking at the heavily wounded dog.
"He's still breathing..." he answered and stroked the dog. "I'm sorry.."
"We should get back to the village, it's going to be late soon..." said Kazumi looking around. 'if only I knew the way back...'
"Yeah," answered the boy and began walking back the way they came. 'When I get my hands on that guy... he will regret ever looking at Akamaru!'... Kazumi followed after him still holding Tsukiyama and walked next to him in silence... The silence very soon turned into an awkward one.
"So.. umm.. what's your name?" she asked looking for an excuse to break the silence. When she was calm, she started to blushed.. she was in the woods alone... with a good looking boy her age and it was nearly night... She shook her head trying not to think such absurd thoughts.
"My name is Kiba Inuzuka. And what's yours?" asked Kiba in return.
"Well, my name is Kazumi Yamashina," Kazumi introduced herself and noticed that the little ninken called Akamaru was shivering from loss of blood. She opened a her black jumper and took out something that looked like a bag of food pills. She took one out and held it out to Kiba. "Give him this, it makes wounds heal quicker and the bleeding stop."
"Okay then.." Kiba took the pill and put it into his unconscious partners mouth. It looked like it had no effect at first, but after a minute, Akamaru stopped shaking and the blood stopped dripping from his wounds. "Wow! It really worked!"
"Y-yeah," answered Kazumi and fed Tsukiyama a pill too. The sun now was nearly completely gone and the forest was extremely dark. "Damn! I-I can't see a thing!" she murmured and a shiver run down her spine. She slowed down a bit watching her feet closely not to trip up when Tsukiyama began to whine. "You're too injured..."Kazumi responded to her but the cub began scratching her partners neck. The girl sighed and straitened herself, she placed her two hands together with her index and middle finger straight. "Tiger Seal! Night Seeing Jutsu!" As she said that, her usually green eyes became large round reflectors.
"You use animal techniques too?" Kiba asked overhearing her words and turned around to get spooked by her bright eyes.
"Well, yeah," Kazumi answered now fiddling with her hair. 'Get a hold of yourself Kazumi!'
"So your clan uses Tigers?" he asked looking at her from the side of his eye.
"Not exactly, they use birds... It's just that one person from each generation is chosen by a tiger to be their owner..." she answered trying to sound more confident and picked up her pace to walk alongside Kiba. "Your clan has bonds with Ninken, Right?"
"Yeah," answered Kiba and began stroking his weak body. "Do you have any sharpened senses?"
"You could say that, my ears are a lot shaper than normal people..." she said and dropped her shoulders.. 'I have no idea why I was so worried, he's a pretty nice guy...'
"That's awesome! I have a good nose and sense of smell," Kiba answered with a wolfish grin like he was proud, Kazumi returned her grin that showed her unnaturally sharp canines that matched his. "So what's your team?"
"Right now I'm not part of one, my sensei and Shoda died and another run away from the village I think.." she said sighing slightly but still grinning. They wee focusing on the conversation and they didn't notice that they were going around in a circle. "Weren't we here before?"
"Damn it!"