A/N: Sorry for uploading so late! Found out I actually hadn't finished constructing my OC, so I needed to finish that. Anyways, here is my new story. I already have the main pairings set up (there are three), so all of those characters are out of the running (includes my OC obviously). They will not be revealed for some time however, so feel free to guess until then. I will be using my uploaded encyclopedia for this story's jutsu, so check that out for descriptions and more info. Hope you guys enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the name, concept, and description of my OC. *chokes back sob* I wish Naruto was mine...maybe in another time, another universe, he is.
Apathy
Naruto glared across at his eternal rival, his arch-nemesis…Uchiha Sasuke. Or should he say, Uchiha Mito. For years, the female Uchiha had hid as a male among her fellow classmates. However, she finally exploded one day when her fan club was especially annoying. In fact, she had warned them that any further stalking would be met with force. Naruto sighed in remembrance of his former crush, Haruno Sakura. She hadn't listened, thinking it to be a hoax. She followed Mito home before getting caught up in a particularly nasty ninja wire trap. It had severed some key tendons, apparently, causing her to be knocked out of the shinobi program.
"Oi, dobe," called the Uchiha, smiling evilly. "I heard you somehow made it to the top of the class. Nicely done." Naruto sneered at the smug Uchiha. "However, I wonder who we are going to be teamed up with? After all, Furyō-kun (A/N: "failure/delinquent" in Japanese) didn't pass the exam yesterday." The blonde Uzumaki frowned at the girl's point. Furyō was the nickname given to the Academy dead-last: Kirai (A/N: "hate" in Japanese). The boy was always quiet, rarely ever speaking. However, he was even more hated than Naruto was by the teaching staff. Even Iruka-sensei ignored him most of the time. Whenever Naruto asked his sensei about it, he waved him off, made an excuse, or changed the subject.
"I don't know, Sas-uke," he responded, getting a snarl out of the Uchiha. He smirked at his inventive nickname. He looked around at his classmates before his eyes stopped on one in particular. "Probably Kiba." Mito groaned at that information. Even though she didn't have a massive fan club after she revealed her true gender, a few guys got on her nerves often with the leader of the pack being Inuzuka Kiba. He thought himself to be the top dog in the class, which was true for taijutsu. Even Naruto had trouble beating him when he wasn't serious. However, he stank at academics and theory with passable ninjutsu. Therefore, with Kirai gone, he was the dead-last.
"Ah, Mito-chan! Aren't you excited to be on a team with your sexy Kiba-kun?" the feral boy questioned, striking what he probably thought to be a macho pose. Naruto snickered at the clueless mutt while Mito groaned in agony at the Inuzuka's antics. However, she was saved from doing anything by an unexpected ally. A muscled boy had yanked the Inuzuka down from his perch, glaring at him with ice blue eyes. His brow furrowed before he shoved the boy away in annoyance.
"Lay off, Kiba," he ordered, stalking past the stammering Inuzuka to the upper levels, a pensive look on his face. He took his seat before messing with his shock of orange hair, trying to get it into some semblance of order.
"Oi, Furyō-baka! Only ninja who passed the test are allowed in here!" challenged Kiba, his arms crossed and a cocky grin on his face. Kirai opened one eye to dispassionately regard the loud boy. He pulled out a long red belt before tossing it to the confused genin. Mito and Naruto both raised an eyebrow at the metal plate that was on the front of it. It was quickly jerked out of the Inuzuka's hands by a piece of ninja wire that Kirai had attached to the back, returning it to its amused owner. The dead-last deftly tied it to his waist, positioning the plate in the back, hidden from view.
"Is that proof enough, Kiba? I got the plate from Hokage-sama himself before having a custom belt made," explained Kirai as he resumed his resting. Before Kiba could disturb him once more, Iruka walked into the room. He narrowed his eyes before barking at the upstart genin.
"Kiba! Sit down!" The command garnered immediate action from the hooded boy, whose mouth audibly clacked shut. The chūnin's eyes moved to Kirai, softening momentarily as the scarred shinobi smiled gently. "Congratulations to all of you. You have become fine shinobi and kunoichi of Konohagakure. Now, we are going to team you up in three-man squads with a jōnin sensei as your leader." He pulled out a clipboard and began to read through various names. Naruto and Mito tuned them out, however. They now knew their team make-up.
"As long as the two idiots don't slow me down, we'll be just fine," she mumbled, glaring at an excited Naruto and a disinterested Kirai. However, something seemed off about the genin. He opened his eyes and returned her stare before turning his head away with a light blush dusting his cheeks. Mito sighed at the reaction. Everyone knew that Kirai liked her, thanks to Kiba blurting his secret out like an idiot. Their relationship had been strained ever since, which was probably the reason for the issues they were currently having.
"Team 7 will be led by Hatake Kakashi," announced Iruka, causing Naruto sit up straighter with wide eyes. "It will be composed of Uchiha Mito, Uzumaki Naruto, and Kirai." Mito glanced at the orange-haired genin, surprised at his lack of a response. He seemed to be reading a scroll very intently. He looked down at his bare upper chest which was unblocked by his dark gray fighting top. She always wondered at his choice of clothing. His top only came to below his pecs, leaving his stomach open to view. The sleeves stopped about halfway down his forearms, the cuffs folded over a single time. His pants bunched up at the the thigh before they disappeared into a pair of black Anbu boots. Now, his red belt adorned his waist, tied on the left side in a firm knot. Mito returned her attention to her former sensei as he ended the team announcements. "I hope all of you will protect Konoha with your lives and keep the Will of Fire burning forever," he proudly proclaimed before he sat down and began to organize his desk.
1st Person POV – Kirai
Mito-chan seemed to be annoyed at the prospect of working with me while Naruto-san was apathetic towards it. However, he seemed to have some knowledge of our sensei if his straightened, alert posture was anything to go by. These last few days had been trying times. I discovered why I was hated without exception, minus Iruka-sensei and Hokage-sama. I returned my attention to the scroll, reviewing the three techniques I had managed to glean from the Scroll of Seals before Iruka-sensei had arrived.
Like the basic Clone Technique, the Shadow Clone Technique creates copies of the user. However, these clones are corporeal instead of illusions. The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power. The clones can perform techniques, including the Shadow Clone Technique itself, on their own and can even bleed, but will usually disperse after hit by a strong enough force. The clones can also disperse on their own or be dispelled by the user of the technique. The user will also gain the memories of their clones, making them useful for training and espionage, which was the original reason the Nidaime Hokage created the jutsu.
This was a boon to me, even though I couldn't use it in large quantities at the moment. Last night, I had only managed to make four, although that had been enough to take down Mizuki-teme with. I snorted at that before re-focusing on the remaining techniques.
At first glance, it seems to be the regular Clone Technique. However, haze clone uses a cunning trap to lure out the enemy. Using this technique together with Doton: Dochū Eigyo no Jutsu, the enemy is led to believe that the real body is among the clones. As the haze clones are not physically real, the attack will just pass through them. While attention is drawn to the clones, the real body attacks from the blind spot. During the illusion and resulting chaos, the enemy, who is caught up in the technique, can be easily defeated. The Kage Bunshin no Jutsu can also be used to intersperse solid clones with the illusionary ones to add even more confusion and damage the opponents even further.
This one was definitely worth learning. It was only a D-Rank jutsu and had only two hand seals, one more than the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. If these two were mixed together, it would be great for traps. I don't know why it was included here, but I was happy that it was. The last one would be very tricky, though.
Kinjutsu: Doro Ningyō allows the user to make a duplicate of their opponent using Doton. The duplicate can use all of the same moves that a user is known to use, making it a great counter for known threats. However, new users of this technique will find it hard to copy the physical attributes of the opponent at first, leaving their copy to be weaker than the original. However, an experienced user of this technique will have no issue with creating a perfect duplicate. Masters are even stated to have added attributes to them through the imparting of their own techniques and knowledge, making this jutsu deadly in the hands of an intelligent shinobi. However, there is a significant cost of chakra involved, often leaving the user tired from using it.
This would make fighting me annoying, especially when I learned more techniques. Just think: suddenly, you are fighting the Shodaime Hokage, but he is a weapons master and has Katon as well as Mokuton. I was jerked from studying as jōnin began to file in to pick up their students. Iruka sighed when I looked at him questioningly before he gasped in shock, staring at a lazy-looking figure who stood amongst the crowd of elite shinobi. His gravity-defying hair turned as he fixed a single, flinty eye on Naruto. His facemask twitched slightly as he suppressed a smile before he spoke.
"Team 7, meet me on the rooftop. You have five minutes," he ordered before disappearing in a cloud of smoke and leaves. I leapt from my seat and bolted out the door, noticing that both Naruto and Mito sped for the window. I ignored it, however, in favor of speeding towards the fire escape. I leapt up the staircase, bounding off of the walls with chakra. I burst through the door, only to find an unruffle Mito and Naruto sitting next to each other, boredom written across their features. The Uchiha heiress turned to me with a mean smile on her face.
"What took so long, Furyō-kun?" she drawled, causing me to frown and Naruto to grin dangerously. Our sensei's eye ignited with rage for a brief moment before it returned to an empty, uncaring orb. He motioned for me to take a seat before he whipped out an orange book that I recognized intimately. I had found a package of them sitting on my doorstep once and had been sitting on my shelf ever since.
"Sensei, have you gotten to the part where Tsuna rejects Dani for the writed, Jira?" I asked innocently, getting a shocked expression from my two teammates and an overjoyed one from my sensei. I shrugged helplessly. "They are well-written books, even if they are erotic novels." I blinked in amazement when I felt my sensei's hand patting my head.
"So far, Kirai-kun, you are my favorite," he stated, causing me to grin in stunned joy. No one had ever praised me like that before. "Make sure not to disappoint, okay?" I nodded vigorously, taking note of the fond look he had in his eyes when he looked at me. Seems like someone else knew my mom from Anbu after all. He returned to the railing before resuming his reading. "I have already read this book, but I do remember that scene. Always makes me cry when Dani watches in grief as Tsuna walks away." I nodded sagely at the observation while my teammates continued to catch flies in their mouths. Kakashi-sensei eye-smiled before he snapped his fingers, regaining their attention. "Alright. Let's start with some introductions. Give me your name, likes and dislikes, what you want to specialize in, your hobbies, and any dreams for the future." He pointed to me. "You first, Rai-kun." I sighed at the shortened name before I set my face.
"I am Kirai, no last name," I stated, squaring my shoulders in preparation. "I like miso soup and tempura, especially shrimp. I also enjoy reading good literature." Tears of proud joy began to flow from the masked jōnin's visible eye. "I dislike those who judge someone from circumstances outside of their control, ramen, and dango." I heard a horrified gasp from Naruto at my declaration, but I pushed on. "I want to be a balanced shinobi with a focus on weapons and genjutsu. I enjoy drawing, painting, and acting when the chance arises." I breathed in deeply before reopening my eyes. "My dream is to show that I am a loyal Konoha shinobi, unlike my family. Then, everyone will respect me because of my determination and hard-earned skills!" My declaration was met with silent awe from Naruto, begrudging respect from Mito, and a genuine eye-smile from Kakashi.
"That was good, Kirai. Next, blondie." Naruto perked up and began his tried-and-true diatribe about ramen, ramen, ramen, and being Hokage. Kakashi-sensei smiled at him before turning his attention to Mito. And lastly, Miss Prissy." Naruto laughed loudly while I smirked vengefully. The heiress scoffed behind laced fingers before beginning her introduction.
"My name is Uchiha Mito. I like tomatoes and that's about it. I hate fanboys and fangirls, and dislike most everyone I meet. I am going to be a kenjutsu, ninjutsu, and taijutsu master, like my clan members before me. I train in my free time so I can achieve my goal. And, rest assured, it will become a reality." Her eyes closed before re-opening, a Sharingan spinning wildly. "I will find the man who murdered my family and enact my vengeance upon him." Complete silence reigned at the proclamation. I stared at the peeved girl with wariness before noticing the lack of shock on both Kakashi and Naruto's faces. 'Well, guess they already knew. I feel so out of the loop.'
"Well, that was great!" chirped Kakashi with fake enthusiasm. "Meet me tomorrow at training ground 7, 0500 hours sharp. Bye." He disappeared again, making me sigh. I stood up, brushing off my pants. I felt a hand grasp my shirt firmly, causing my eyes to lock with Mito's spinning red ones. The Sharingan was truly unnerving.
"Now that you know my ambition, I expect you to stay out of my way," she ordered. "You were no good in the Academy, so you are just dead weight to me" She pushed me aside before stomping off, a frowning Naruto close behind her. I huffed before adopting the mask I had worn for years. My apathetic face belied the anger, hurt, and nervousness broiling in my gut as I returned home to prepare for tomorrow.
Hope you guys liked my explanations and renaming of Sasuke. My inspiration was that he was named that in canon because of Hiruzen's father, Sasuke Sarutobi. Therefore, if Sasuke was a girl, they would name her after Mito Uzumaki, the Shodaime Hokage's wife. Just a thought. Also, the pairing will NOT be femSasukexOC. That will one-sided as long as it exists. Also, the parents will be revealed in time. They are not necessarily canon, but do appear in Naruto content. They will be made known shortly, however, so pay close attention to the hints I will be dropping here and there.
Don't forget to check out my other new story, "Winds of Change." Also, if you do check it out, vote for the main pairing on the poll in the forum, "Windy Landing." That's all for now. Until next time!
~Sir Zesto