Summary
Rei is six years old when her family is murdered by missing nin- who have a hope of capturing her. She is taken Konoha where she grows up to become a ninja. Rei has to keep a horrible secret while trying to find the men who killed her family. Failing to hide this secret would equal death.
So I'm a new writer so please be nice. If it sounds really childlike please tell me. I'm trying, but it's really hard. But I'm trying because I really hate when people have a really good story line and then the writing slowly gets worse. Anyway this story idea has been going through my head so much, because I really like making my own characters so expect more stories like this from different mangas. Please if you have advice for this or future stories tell me!
Story Warning- blood and gore(of course this is naruto), character deaths, a person with really weird moral beliefs with a somewhat screwed up mind, mild language, and I may screw with some pairings that are considered important and make some changes to the story line, but not yet so whatever-just a warning the new pairings will probably at least one gay or lesbian pairing, nothing to in-depth
Disclaimer I own nothing other than my own characters and private plot twists, Naruto's character and plot line belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Shing.
That's the only sound.
Well there is screaming, screams, but they're so short.
Then red.
All red.
Everythings died red.
Why is mama suddenly quiet?
"Mama?" I call out. There's no response.
Is she gone too?
Mama and baba are both dead. Where are they, those people, the one that are hunting me. They're the one who took mama and baba away from me and Ryuu. My thoughts suddenly speed up. Everythings blurry. I can't really see any shapes. But I can see red. All red. There's metal. Blood. I reach out blindly. WHERE'S RYUU? I panic. He's gone.
"Ryuu" I scream, "Ryuu." No response to my calls. I reach out. There he is. Laying on the ground. Flat on his face. Broken. He's dead. There's no other way. "I-I broke my promise to baba. To myself." My voice sounds hollow even to myself.
"Why am I alive," I scream out, "When everyone else dead?" It's going black. The world's gone, my feeling is going. My sight. My hearing. "Maybe," I choke out, "Maybe, I'll get to see Ryuu again." No one can hear me, but I have to say it, out loud, no matter what. I think there's voice, but it's all fading. There's nothing anymore.
At Konoha's gates
"Who is this girl?" Of the ninja outside the Konoha gates hisses.
"No clue," the masked ninja grunts, "but-"
"Then why in fucking hell is she here." The ninja's hiss became venomous.
"As I was saying, but she was found at the site of where an exclusive band missing nin attacked. We think-" "Hope more like it." One of the masked nin's team sneered. "Think that she might have seen and remembered something." He looked down at the girl. He might have frowned, but no one could tell. "Though she probably needs to go to the hospital first. For shock at least."
"Fine, bring her in. But, she'll at least need to be interview."
"Don't worry about it. She'll need to do that anyway. Because of that missing nin problem she has might have. Surviving the attack and all."
"Go already. Report. Put the girl wherever your putting her." The guard ushered the team with the girl through.
At the hospital
I'm awake now.
Where am I? This place is soft. I swear that I fell unconscious after I saw Ryuu was, is dead. Ryuu is dead. Dead. No. . . Everythings fading again.
I'm awake again. I open my eyes, carefully. My eyes are half closed as I look around. This placed is all white. A hospital? I suppose I'm well and truly alive then. "Sigh."
"So you're awake now little girl." A kind sounding women's voice filters into my downward spiral.
"Yes, I am." My voice is scratchy. It's hard to understand what I said, but she said it like she expected me to respond.
"Do you need anything?" The kind sounding women said. I open my eyes completely. She's a pretty-ish person. A blond. I shook my head.
"If you're sure. A doctor will come in soon to check you over. Are you certain you don't need food or water?" I think about that.
"Water." I rasp. She turns away to grab a pitcher and pour some water in a glass.
"Drink it slowly, young lady. We don't want you choking." I bring the glass slowly to my lips. I have to wash this taste from my mouth. Its blood. I'm fine with blood, but th-this is Ryuu's blood. Its his blood. In my mouth. Why?
I force myself to drink the water sending the taste of Ryuu's blood away with the water. Swirling down my throat. Ryuu's gone there's nothing you can do now other than deal with it. Ryuu wouldn't want you to ruin yourself or your chance of survival over something you can't change; Even if it is his death. Pick yourself up and deal with it.
After the blond nurse leaves a tall black haired man walks in. "Hello, young lady. How are you today? Have you had enough sleep?" There was mocking in the man's voice. I took a deep breath. Rei remember, I think to myself, hide anything that shows you're more percemocki, different than others. They can't be suspicious if they are then, everything will be gone. This is your chance to escape the hunters.
"I'm okay. Is my brother okay? He was with me. He looks kind of like me, a few years younger?" I know I put needless worry in my voice. Terror. Pain. Thinks I don't feel. I'm not worried about Ryuu, I know he's dead, No need to worry. I'm not afraid, this is my life, I've always been hunted, I'm not afraid. I can't be in pain, even if I should be, it-he stops me forming being in pain. The seal and him protect me.
"Your brother," he falters, "young lady only you were brought in. It's best to assume your brother is dead." This time it's real. Sympathy. But I hate sympathy, it reminds me I was weak enough to need someone else to protect or help me.
I can't help it anymore. I begin to cry. Everythings catching up to me. First baba then mama with Ryuu. It hurts. They are all dead. I never got attached to anyone. Anyone other than my family, especially little Ryuu. A tiny kid with a giant dragons heart. My little brother. My mama and baba that kept me and moved around because I have a monster inside. My parents who loved me even after that. The ones who taught me that there's no good or evil, black or white just shades of grey.
"Calm down young lady they're safe and they're together. Who you need to worry about is you. You're the one that's alone they have each other." The man soothed. Ah, he is a kind man. He probably just didn't like being assigned to a child.
The doctor sat down next to me. "Now, young lady would you mind telling me your name?" I nod slowly like I'm shy.
"I'm Rei, doctor. Rei as in zero or nothing." The doctor looked surprised. I laugh in my head. People always react that way, when I tell them my name means zero or nothing. It's funny.
"Well Rei, do you know how you go here?" The doctor is try to change the subject. He's uncomfortable with me for some reason. That's a troubling thought.
"Someone brought me here? I don't know how I got here. I don't even know where 'here' is?" I'm putting panic in my voice now. Really people are easy to fool.
"Calm down Rei," the doctor says, "you're in a hospital in Konoha. You're safe. But we have some people who wish to ask you some questions. Are you alright with that?" Not really a question, I sneer in my head, they will ask me questions no matter what. I nod anyway.
"You can come in." The doctor yells at the door. The door opens slowly and a masked ninja walks in. His mask looks like there's an owl face on it.
"Hello," the masked man's voice is cold and gruff, "Young lady, this is insensitive but we need information about your family's killer. We need you to tell us anything you can remember."
Wow, this man is the way a ninja should be. Cold. Collected. This might be a real challenge. "W-well." sniffle, tears. "It wa-was all ra-really qu-quick. Baba died first. It was bloody. So much blood. They people 'ere covered in so m-much blood. There masks were red. All red. Too much red." I collapsed on the bed with false sobs.
"Rei, Rei calm down." It was the doctor speaking, "please calm down. He didn't mean to upset you. I think you gave them enough information. So they probably won't come back. Don't worry Rei." I nod shakily and sniffle up my fake sobs.
These people are fools. Sigh. Hopefully I'll just be put in an orphanage. Most never really care what happens to the children other teen the favorites. The ones that get spoiled. Then I'll have a lot of time to talk to him. He may finally give me his name. And at least he really cares about me and my family not like these wimps from Konoha. These people can't tell when a child is lying.
Or maybe they can.
"Rei you should go back to sleep." the doctor whispers to me. I nod closing Myer is and making a show of trying to go to sleep. I make sure to stay awake until he leaves and don't go to sleep too deeply. People could sneak in on me so easily.
The next morning
The blond nurse comes in before the doctor.
"Young lady, wait," she looks at a clipboard then looks pat me, "Rei, right? Well you didn't eat last night."
"You came in last night?" I put surprise in my voice.
"Now young lady, just because boys and men are idiots who can't tell when a child is awake apart from a child whose asleep doesn't mean I can't. I used to be a mother young lady."
"I'm sorry, I really just wasn't hungry. And what do you mean by 'used to be a mother.'"
A smile, it was really sad. "Child, Rei, you are not the only one who lost family." The nurse moves her hand over her heart. "Rei you're not the only one whose empty here." She met my eyes "Rei if you ever need help. Getting over your family's deaths, I'll help you. It does hurt, but it gets better the pain fades some over time. The pain will never fully disappear, but we don't want it to, do we?
"No," it was only a whisper, but I said it. There are some people here worth something. I think I like this nurse. The doctor was all about glory for himself and the ninja didn't care, he didn't seem to care about anything other than the mission. Maybe he lost too much. Kind of weird. Everything lost is a chance to restart, not a time to self destruct. Silly ninja.
The nurse held out her hand "Well miss Rei, I'm Hitomi Akemi. Do you have a family name?"
I reach out for her hand holding it for a shake. "I'm Rei, just Rei. My mother and father renounced their family names."
The nurse- Hitomi-san smiled "Rei-chan you and I are both alone. WE both know you'll be in an orphanage and let's face it, those place re horrible for kid's mental health. Especially grieving children's mental health. You should at least visit me sometimes just to talk. It will help you deal with the pain.
I was taken aback. Hitomi-san, who I just met is talking about me coming over to her house all the time. I'm not sure I can really deal with her. She's too dark. The exact opposite of me. I'm nothing, the shadows, zero, a black-hole. I don't really think I should trust, but I will play here. "I'd like that very much Hitomi-san." I make sure to add shyness to my voice.
She laughed "Well Rei-chan, we're going to be friends, please call me Akemi-nee. It's much more comfortable and it works better. I'm not really that much older than you. So don't make that face. I'm only about eighteen year older than you." She laughs at all this does she think these are all games. That life is a game. I'm raging inside and I know it. I really should calm down but the only things that can calm me down are Ryuu and time.
Akemi-nee leaves some food in my room to eat. I eat slowly and carefully. It's really hard to eat at all, but I luckily can still drink.
Two days later
Now I can eat just as easily as I can drink. Akemi-nee just brought in some food.
"You ate Rei? Good girl. Now I have to do some tests, but you'll probably go to an orphanage today. Now I'll need to do some medical Chakra on you. You do know what that looks like right?"
"Of course I know what medical Chakra looks like. Who doesn't?"
The doctor let it slide and worked on scanning me. "Your good he said. You'll be leaving for the orphanage now." I nod mutely. He leads me out of the room after letting me change clothing to what most civilians wore.
"This is the lady in charge of the orphanage." The doctor said gesturing to a woman in brown. "She will Take you to the orphanage and get you settled in."
When the doctor left and we went outside the lady looked at me "You Rei?" I nod. "Well don't expect much. This place has a lot of orphans. Most are from shinobi parents, so just a warning i'll be expected of you to go there too.
I nod "I was planning on going there anyway if I could." The woman gave me a questioning look, "Baba and mama were shinobi until they left the village they came from. I don't know why they left only that they did."
The woman laughed grimly, "Hoe you don't die as soon as some of the others have. Anyway When we get there I'll have someone take you to the room you'll share with someone else. We'll have to get you some clothes and blankets though." I nod at her words.
When we get to the orphanage
"Hachiro, we have a new girl. Aki is alone right now put her in with her."
"Yes ma'am" Was 'Hachiko's' response. "This way." He said to me gesturing up the stair and then leading me to a room. "This is where you'll be staying. You'll share with Aki-chan." He turned his head to a small girl with long light-ish brown hair. "Aki this is," He looked at me, "What's your name?"
sigh, "Rei."
"This is Rei-chan, she'll be your new room mate."
"Who is she? A newbe?" This is Aki she sounds like a snob. How does an orphanage kid get spoiled. That's just plain weird.
"Yes, I'm a 'newbie' as you call it. I assume you didn't see your parents get killed?"
"Wha-"
" No need to answer that. I was mistake as praising it as a question. But really should you talk to someone you just met like that? A new orphan most likely is someone who just saw their parents killed, so that isn't really a good idea."
"Who are you to tell me what to do?"
"No one really. And I wasn't telling you what to do. I was giving you an idea that you should consider. Take it as criticism of your personality and advice of how to change it." I love doing that doing a 'non-aggressive' approach. Saying the same thing in a way that insults a person and you don't get in trouble for it.
"Now ladies." That man again I already forgot his name. He's not a threat in any way. "Don't go after each other. You have to live with each other either way. It's better getting along with the one you live with isn't it." He was really just trying to pulsed us. For me he was failing horribly but I think it was helping, wt was her name, Aki.
I went inside the room as the man closed the door. I smile "Aki-chan, if you don't do anything I won't." I really hope I creeped her out. I think as I fall asleep.
Well that's my first chapter. Tell me what you think. Where I can improve. When you read new chapters you should check old chapters. I have a habit of thinking 'this is horrible time for revision.'
Written listening to 'Alive" by Arrows to Athens