(A/N: I know, I know, I'm a bloody hypocrite for starting another story, but I couldn't help it! I got the idea from the second Naruto movie, Naruto the Movie 2: The Phantom Ruins in the Depths of the Earth. I can't exactly tell you when, but it came to me when I was watching the movie.
You'll see exactly what I am talking about either at the end of the chapter, or the second chapter. I'm not giving anything away right now, so just read! I am running a poll to see who Misora will end up with, Sasuke, or Gaara. I'm thinking about Gaara, but tell me what you think! I need to know! If your not happy with those two, then suggest someone else! I will only go up to five contestants for my character's heart!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any other characters from the Manga. I do own Misora, which is the main character, and is the female Naruto in the story. Misora means 'beautiful sky' in Japanese, I think. Misora is MY character, and if you want to use her, consult me first. Plus, the new Village in this story also belongs to ME and NO ONE else! If you want to use my new Village, consult me first!! And finally, the Kekkai Genkai is not entirely mine, but the new aspects to it is MINE and if you want to use it, I say again, CONSULT me first! The Kekkai Genkai name is MINE and no one else's, since I thought it up and got the translation for it.
Anyway, without further ranting, here is the first chapter in this new story!)
Chapter one – Found
The white haired Toad Sannin was walking down a familiar, deserted street of Konohagakure. He was here because he needed to talk to the Sandaime, but he knew it was too late to do so, so, he decided to spend the night in the confines of a tree.
Changing his general direction, Jiraiya began to enter the surrounding forest. It's thick, peaceful foliage soon swallowed him and Jiraiya began to relax ever so slightly. Thoughts about his prize student, Arashi, the Yondaime of Konoha, came unbidden to his mind. He relished in the fact that the greatest Hokage of Konoha had been his student. He lost himself in all his happy memories of when Arashi used to prank him for peeking at the women in the hot springs. Such times as those were truly happy for the aged Shinobi, as he never had any children, whatsoever.
He was brought out of his happy memories by a barely audible whimper that came from the deeper recesses of the forest. Frowning slightly, he entered the denser part of the forest and, after five minutes, came upon a small clearing. This clearing would have been like any other, except this clearing held a gruesome scene.
Masses of golden yellow hair, shredded cloth, and small pools of blood covered the forest floor. A ball of flesh lay in the middle, trembling violently. It's skin deathly pale, it's hair mostly gone and there were several bald spots. Jiraiya couldn't believe what he was seeing. With a small prayer, he ran forward and gently placed his hand on the shivering kid's shoulder, saying in a hushed, yet gentle tone, "It's alright, I'm here. It's going to be okay, I promise."
He gently rolled it over and was surprised to find a little girl, her teeth biting fiercely into her lip and her eyes tightly closed. She whimpered again, but louder and weakly tried to get away.
"Shh, it's okay. I won't hurt you, I promise. Let me take you somewhere where you will be safe," Jiraiya whispered soothingly, trying to get her trust.
She whimpered again and shook her head, not wanting to trust again. Jiraiya frowned, but didn't give up. He started out by gently rubbing her back and making soothing noises. She calmed down considerably. Jiraiya thought of something, "Do you know the Hokage?"
She tensed up a bit and nodded, hesitantly. Jiraiya smiled a bit and said, "If you let me help you, I will get the Hokage to come as well."
It took forever for her to nod, but when she did, it was hesitant. Jiraiya let out a breath that he was unaware of and gently picked her up. She shivered uncontrollably as Jiraiya leapt out of the small clearing and took to the tree tops, racing for the hospital.
When he got there, he burst in through the doors and shouted, "I need someone to go and alert the Hokage about this, and I need someone to look over her, " He lifted his arms ever so slightly to show the startled medics. "Hurry!"
One nodded and raced past him, out the door. Another came forward and made a move to grab her, but she let out a scared whimper and clutched Jiraiya's shirt tighter. He frowned deeply and looked at the doctor, "Lead the way to the room. She doesn't trust anyone now, for what reason, I know not."
The doctor nodded and led the way, giving some nurses a weird look before disappearing. They nodded silently and got some supplies ready, just in case. The doctor, Dr. Takayashi, came up to room one fourteen and pushed it open silently. The room was, of course, vacant. Takayashi prompted Jiraiya to sit on the bed with the girl and took out a clipboard.
"Do you know her name?" He asked, pen at ready.
"Iie, I don't," Jiraiya replied, looking at her scared face.
"What was her condition when you found her?" He asked, already writing something down.
"She was completely naked, as she is now, with chunks of hair all over. Her clothes were ripped to shreds and there were puddles of blood everywhere. She was curled up in a ball, shivering and whimpering, when I found her," Jiraiya did his best to explain the way she was found to the doctor.
"Is she awake?"
"Hai, I think so," Jiraiya replied and gently shook her. She stirred a bit and opened her eyes. Jiraiya almost gasped. She looked exactly like the Yondaime, Her pure blue eyes, blonde hair, and round, chubby face reminded Jiraiya only too much of her father. 'She's alive! I can't believe it! But that means that she still holds the Kyuubi no Kitsune inside her navel.' Jiraiya thought as he smiled down at her. She didn't even move.
"I know her name now. It's Misora Uzumaki," Said Jiraiya as he looked back up at the doctor.
"You mean the Kyu-"
"I'd suggest that you keep that information to yourself, Takayashi. She still doesn't know."
"Hai, we will have to wait until Hokage-sama gets here to do anything further, so just stay here until then. I'll be back," Takayashi politely bowed and left the room. Jiraiya tenderly sat Misora on the bed and grabbed the blanket to wrap around her. She accepted it without a word and stared at him. He smiled a bit and asked, "Do you trust me at all, Misora-chan?"
She didn't stir, her eyes completely dead. She continued to stare at him until her hand twitched and she nodded, almost too small to catch. He smiled once again and asked, "How come you won't talk?"
Again, she didn't move, until her hand hesitantly twitched again and she brought it up to her throat. She rubbed it a bit, and opened her mouth, as if trying to speak. He looked horrified, "You can't talk, can you?"
She shook her head and lowered her head, waiting to be punished. When nothing happened, she looked up again, and saw that he was deep in thought. Before she could do anything else, the door opened and in came the Hokage. She stared at him as he came closer, but when he came within two feet of her, she drew back and tried to hide. He looked confused for a moment, and then turned his attention to Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya, what is the meaning of this? Why is she like this and why won't she talk to me?" Sarutobi asked in a quiet tone.
"Her attackers must have tried to slit her throat or something because she can no longer talk, at all. I'm not sure what happened, but I have my suspicions and I think that she was raped, by at least three men by the looks of the place I found her at," Jiraiya looked at her and sighed. "Who could do this to a little girl? She no longer trusts you, and you're the only one who has been kind to her in this forsaken Village."
"Hai, I know not of who could do this. I only know for someone to do this, they must truly hate what she bears on her shoulders unwillingly," Sarutobi replied, his voice full of sadness for the girl. Jiraiya nodded, and moved a bit. This caught Misora's attention because she flinched and clutched onto Jiraiya's sleeve with an iron grip.
He looked at her, surprised, and then chuckled, saying, "I'm not going anywhere, Misora-chan. I won't leave you, okay?"
She nodded, but didn't let go of his sleeve. He thought vaguely, 'She hangs onto me as if she is drowning and I am her life line. Poor thing, I have an idea.'
"Sarutobi let me take her from this Village in a weeks' time to train her. Kami knows if anyone will teach her here and she has lots of potential, considering who her father is."
"Hmmm, I will have to think about that. I will give you my answer tomorrow morning, but you should try to get her comfortable," The Sandaime replied, sighing deeply and turning to leave. Jiraiya nodded and was abruptly pulled from his thoughts when Misora moved closer to him. Jiraiya smiled a bit and made her lay down to sleep, promising to keep watch for her. She fell asleep with no emotion whatsoever and this slightly worried Jiraiya.
A couple days past since Misora was found in the forest and she only trusted Jiraiya, no one else. Since she couldn't talk, Jiraiya took it upon himself to teach her sign language, and eventually, morse code. He found, with some amusement, that Misora was a very eager, and very fast learner, having learned the basics in less than a day and a half of practicing. He also found that she had photo-graphic memory, meaning she was able to look at something and remember it instantly.
With these traits in mind, Jiraiya taught her the basics of reading, so that she could find some love in books, as her father did. In this sense, there was only one day left until they left, and that's when his plan went a bit haywire.
It was a beautiful day, and Jiraiya was getting an uneasy feeling. Misora was even more withdrawn with herself that day than when he found her. Her normal sapphire blue eyes were dull and listless and she wasn't responding to anything he was saying, doing, or presenting to her. With a slight frown, he left her in the hospital room on the third floor to get something to eat for her. She just stared out the window, unmoving.
Three figures were approaching the gates of their destination. They were all cloaked and came to the Village Hidden in the Leaves, or Konohagakure, for one reason. To find the heir to the Bourei-Kan (1) and bring him or her back to their Village. They were not going to leave until they had their Heir.
Producing fake passes to the guards, they walked in unhindered and began their search. They split up, one going to downtown Konoha, another going to the slums and the last checking out the surrounding forest.
The one that went into the forest quickly activated his Kekkai Genkai (2) and began look around. To some who were watching him, they might have thought he was crazy because he nodded here and there, stopped for minutes at a time, and began to speak to himself. But because no one was watching him, this weird attitude went unnoticed to all except the forest inhabitants.
The man that went to the slums had a little more luck than the first, having found out the identity of their Heir, but had no idea where she was, or where she lived. He kept looking, hoping to find a lead, or better.
Finally, the one that went downtown was the only female in the group. She entered the busier part of the Hidden Leaf Village and began her search. Shortly after she arrived, she walked past a long white haired man that looked to be about forty to fifty years old, with a very worried expression. Dismissing it, she kept walking around, and slowly came up to the hospital of the Village. She was about to walk by it when she spied a small figure on the roof, looking ready to jump.
Her instincts kicked in as she watched the figure jump from the roof and was rapidly approaching the ground. In an instant, she was up into the air with ease and caught the suicidal kid in her arms. Landing gracefully, she almost dropped the little girl in her arms when she began to struggle.
"Kid, what's up with you? Why did you jump?" She asked the girl with the blonde hair that looked like someone tried to rip her head off from all the bald spots. The girl began to move her arms around and the foreigner just stared at her for a moment before realizing it was sign language.
"Could you repeat that, I didn't catch it," She asked as she put the girl on her feet. She did so, "Why did you save me? No body would have cared if I died anyway, what's the point?"
Te foreigner's brows met together in a frown as she asked, "Who would care? What's your name?"
"The villagers wouldn't care! That's who! Why don't you hate me and hurt me like they do? Who are you?" The girl asked, opening her eyes to glare at her. The foreigner almost doubled over from shock when she saw the girl's eyes. They were deep blue, but dull, almost lifeless.
"My name is Kagome, what's yours? Why would I want to hurt you?" Kagome asked, kneeling down in front of the kid.
"Because all the villagers do, that's why. Nobody likes me and they always make sure I have no friends, no one to play with, and they hurt me if I try! Why won't you?" She demanded, still glaring at her.
"Maybe because your glare is keeping me at bay? Or I just don't see the reason in beating a little girl up for the pleasure of it. Choose one. Now, what is your name?"
"My name is Uzumaki Misora, most hating being in the Village."
Kagome sputtered in shock, "You're an Uzumaki? You're the one I've been looking for?"
"Looking for? I knew it! You do want to beat me up into a pulp! No one looks for me just to say 'hi' you know!" Misora looked positively scared now. Before Kagome could react, Misora bolted down a street and disappeared.
"Kuso!" Kagome cursed as she ran after her. She put her hand up to her ear and pressed a little button, "Guys, I've found our target! Be on the look-out for a little blonde girl, around five years of age, with blue eyes. She can't speak, but uses sign language. Approach with caution! She trusts no one. I repeat, be cautious!"
With that, she kept up her pursuit, but it was apparent that the kid she was after had disappeared.
Misora was running so hard that she failed to see what was in front of her and she ran into someone. She landed on her ass painfully and started crawl away.
"Misora-chan? What are you doing out here?" The man she bumped into asked. Misora looked up with relief in her eyes and saw that it was Jiraiya she bumped into.
"You have to help me!" She moved her arms frantically. "This woman said she was looking for me and-"
"There you are! Why did you run off?" Kagome asked, running up to her and Jiraiya. Misora looked at her fearfully and hid behind Jiraiya when she came closer.
"Who are you?" Jiraiya asked her, standing in front of Misora.
"My apologies, my name is Hitoyanna Kagome. I'm looking for her, hand her over," Kagome pointed at Misora while simultaneously reaching up with her other hand and speaking into her ear piece. "I found her, in front of the weapons shop on main. Hurry, I might need help."
"What do you want with Misora-chan? Why are you calling for back-up?" Jiraiya growled, pushing Misora back gently.
"I can't really take on one of the three legendary sannin by myself, now can I, Jiraiya-sama. She is coming back to Desugakure (3) with us, and we would like to take her without a fight," Kagome slide into a stance unknown to Jiraiya. They were producing a crowd, so she had to get the girl before anything bad happened.
Jiraiya's eyes widened considerably, and his mouth hung agape. Misora only looked confused as she kept backing away from the two. The crowd grew bigger, but Kagome and Jiraiya didn't notice, nor did they notice Misora's slow retreat.
"Why do you want to take her back there?" Jiraiya asked, also getting into his battle stance.
"She is our Heir, and will be treated like royalty there, unlike here. I also know that her Kekkai Genkai has activated and needs training immediately," She replied, taking a small step forward.
"How do you know her Kekkai Genkai has been activated?"
"She tried to throw herself off the roof of the hospital, and you need to experience something life threatening in order to activate it. Ask her," Right then, she looked past Jiraiya to where Misora should have been and found empty space.
"Kuso! She's gone! I need to find her!" Kagome swore again and took to the roof tops. Jiraiya also swore, a bit mad that Misora would try to throw herself off the roof of the hospital, and a bit worried about what will happen to her if she ran into a villager. He also took to the roof tops, but went in the opposite direction, heading to her apartment.
Misora ran as hard as she could, unable to comprehend what the two were talking about. She tried her best to avoid the villagers that were shooting her disgusted, hateful, and cold eyes. Some of them even yelled 'Demon!' to her. Now she knew that she didn't want to be here anymore.
Changing direction, she ran to the forest in front of the Hokage Mountain. She knew this forest better than anyone in the Villagers and found the secret path that led up to the top of the mountain where she liked to sit sometimes. She found it about a year ago when some villagers chased her into the forest on her fifth birthday. The beatings, abuse, and pain always seemed to be worse on that day.
She ran into another person, but this one was her age. She landed on her ass, again, and got up to help the person up.
The said person was, in fact, Sasuke, and his older brother, Itachi. Her mouth hung open before her arms said, "I'm sorry, please tell that to Sasuke-kun."
"Can you not talk, Misora?" Itachi asked in a monotone as Sasuke got up.
She shook her head, and smiled at Sasuke.
"Misora-chan, where have you been? I haven't seen you in a week!" Sasuke asked, hugging Misora (4). Misora hugged back.
"Misora said that she cannot talk and that she is sorry for bumping into you, otouto," Itachi informed in a monotone.
"How did she say that?" Sasuke asked, puzzled.
"She uses sign language to talk," Itachi answered.
Sasuke's face lit up, "Oh, okay. So, where were you?"
Misora looked uncomfortable for a minute, then sighed and said, "There was an accident that I was involved in and… I've been in the hospital since. In case you're wondering, Jiraiya of the sannin taught me sign language."
Itachi looked worried for a second (5) but quickly hid it behind his mask and repeated the words to Sasuke. Sasuke's mouth hung open as he looked at Misora.
"Why were you running so fast for then?" Sasuke asked, digging in his pockets for something.
"This crazy woman is after me to take me away from the Village. She said I was the Heir to the Village she's from, but I don't believe her!" Misora looked visibly shaken from this when Itachi repeated the words.
Sasuke looked worried for a second, but shook it off when he took a shiny object out of his pocket, "Here, Misora-chan. I want to give this to you for your birthday in a week. I couldn't wait to give it to you, so I'm doing it now!"
Misora took the necklace from his hands with shaking ones and her mouth hung open in awe. The chain was silver with little diamonds here and there, and in the chain was a heart with a crack on it. The other side had another chain attached to it, the same one that her side was connected to. Sasuke took the left side of the heart in his hand and explained, "This is a friendship necklace. When we split it in two and keep it on our necks, we will tell other people that we are friends forever. If you keep yours, I'll keep mine, and once they are whole again, we know that we are friends, even though we haven't seen each other for a long time! Understand?"
Misora nodded and they both pulled. The heart came apart after a moment and they both helped each other with their necklaces. Misora had tears in her eyes as she hugged Sasuke, and Sasuke hugged back.
"Thank you, Sasuke-kun!" She moved her hands rapidly, and Itachi was having a bit of a harder time keeping up with her movements. "This is the first birthday present I ever got! Thank you!"
Itachi repeated the words and Sasuke smiled. She waved goodbye, giving Sasuke a peck on the check, before resume her run down the street. Sasuke felt the blood rush to his face when she did that, and then smiled as he followed his now ticked off aniki back home.
(A/N: How did ya like it? Here are the ( ) things that I will explain below.
(1) Bourei-Kan – Ghost-Sense. It allows the user to see the dead spirits that have passed on, and be able to talk to them, hurt them, grab them, dismiss them, etc. Generally, anyone with the Bourei-Kan is able to almost completely control spirits, ghosts, etc. and are able to forcefully send them to the afterlife, if they so wish to. They can also force spirits back into a physical thing, item, etc. for them to occupy, meaning they can literally bring someone back to life for a short period of time. Kind of like the forbidden jutsu Orochimaru uses during the attack on Konoha in the middle of the third part of the Chunnin Exams. Except these re-instated souls have to listen to you without the use of the special kunai with the tag on it.
Another feature is that the user of the Bourei-Kan can act as a medium for the spirits who haven't passed on. Most Bourei-Kan users are highly respected exorcists who travel around and are hired to get rid of a poltergeist, or ghost, something like that. Even without the Bourei-Kan activated, you can still hear what the souls say, and talk to them.
There are five levels of the Bourei-Kan. The first is the 'Sense' itself. You will be able to see ghosts, but not hear them, nor can you talk to them. The second level will allow you to hear, talk, and hurt ghosts, spirits, etc. The third level will allow you to exorcize spirits and such, along with controlling them to your will. The fourth is being able to bring back the dead, but will require a vast amount of will, determination, and chakra to force the passed on spirit to re-align with its body. The fifth is complete control over everything, increased stamina, strength, chakra reserves, etc. along with being immortal. The fifth level is the hardest to get.
The first level is acquired by experiencing a life threatening situation, which is usually set up by the older generation after a while of training. The second level is acquired by training the first level extensively and a willing spirit to piss the user off enough to activate it. The third level is acquired after at least a month of having the second level activated and a spirit trying to possess the user. Once the spirit is successful in that area, the third level comes.
The fourth is acquired when one successfully raises the dead. That means, they have to have enough chakra, strength, will, and determination to call back the soul and force it into a vessel, or back into its original body. The fifth, is of course, the hardest to get because the user has to throw him/herself to deaths door and make a pact with Death. This pact varies with the user, and if Death is not happy with the pact, it will take your soul instead.
When trying to raise the dead, or being possessed, the user's eyes will become pitch black with a white six prong star. The first level has two triangles that are directly opposite of each other and one point of the triangle will be pointing at one of the prongs of the star. Level two will be the same, except two more triangles will appear. The third, the last two triangles will appear, completing the outside. The fourth, a smaller black six prong star will appear inside the white one. Up to this level, the user can change his/her eyes back to normal, and re-activate them. The fifth level, your eyes are permanent. You can not change them back to their original state. You will also be immortal with increased stats.
Only the main clan is able to get the fourth and fifth level. In other words, only an Uzumaki is able to get the last two levels. Anyone else is only able to get up to the third level.
(2) Kekkai Genkai – Blood Line Limit. You all should know what a Blood Line Limit is, and if you don't, say so in your review. If not, a Kekkai Genkai is what Misora has, and what I explained above, though it varies with the Clan.
(3) Desugakure – Village Hidden in Death. My own Village that is hidden in the realm of the dead. Only those who have the Bourei-Kan is able to find it. It looks kind of like the realm of the Mangekyo Sharingan, but more dull colors, and not so much red. It is much easier to acquire the five levels of the Bourei-Kan here, since the Village is located where all of the souls go when they are ready to pass on. It is also linked to the afterlife and only those with the fourth and fifth level of the Bourei-Kan is able to go there.
(4) Sasuke is still young and the clan massacre hasn't happened yet. Sasuke and Misora are best friends at this time because when they met up at the park, Misora was nice to him. Not because he was an Uchiha, but because she wanted someone to play with. Since then, they have been friends.
(5) Itachi is worried because he is still planning the massacre, but he knows he can't go along with it if a sannin is in Konoha. He can't fight a sannin and the whole clan and expect to live to tell about it. He hides it because he is ANBU, he is a weapon, and he isn't supposed to show emotions. And because if anyone was spying on him at the moment, and he didn't know, they would have been suspicious.
Anyway, that's enough for now. Please review and tell me what you think! I need motivation here! If you have any further questions, feel free to ask! I accept flamers, but if they are too harsh, they will be sent back with a death note! I do like criticism, but not harsh and unfair complainers. I try hard, and my writing is better than most, and the last thing I need is someone complaining about the way I write! Thanks, Jaa!