Hey guys, TheOpenNotebook here. I've had a lot of great ideas for many Naruto fanfictions, but some of them haven't worked out, and I can't seem to start one of them, but have many ideas for it. Anyways, enough about those, and more about this! This fanfiction is based on Naruto and his twin sister Mayako going through life together as jinchurikis, and seeing how it changes the story. I'm not so sure how to explain this, but have a go at reading it! If you like it, make sure you favourite, follow, and review this fanfiction! Enjoy!
Summary:
6 year old Naruto Uzumaki wasn't always alone. He had his twin sister, Mayako, who, like her brother, had half the Nine Tails sealed inside her. They were both shamed upon by the village, never knew the love of a parent, but at least they had each other. No one is ever alone.
The Nine Tails Attack (Narrator's Perspective)
"Kushina, I'm going to seal the Kyuubi inside Naruto and Mayako." Minato explained. A look of horror rushed through Kushina tired-looking face as she turned her head in a rush, and glanced up to look at her husband, who she thought had gone insane.
"But why Minato?! They are only babies! Why put such a burden on our children?! " She shouted, unable to hold in her anger. She bowed her head slightly, a tear rolling down her eye. She wanted to know. Minato never did anything without a reason. She choked on her voice before looking back up at the Fourth Hokage. Despite the situation they were in, Minato smiled willingly at his wife.
"Because I believe they will be able to control the power. They are our children after all-" Minato was interrupted by the Nine tails' echoing roar. The chains of Kushina's golden spikes were loosening, with Kyuubi being able to move. His claws outstretched as his hand went over his head, and with a powerful swing of the arm, aimed his attack at the newborn babies. Minato and Kushina looked in shear horror at the sight before reacting.
"Naruto!"
"Mayako!"
…
There were drops of blood falling from the claw of the monster, and onto Naruto and Mayako. Minato and Kushina had diverted the blow, at the cost of their own lives. One of the claws had punctured both of them in the stomach. Kunshina and Minato started to cough up blood, the red liquid trickling down their mouths. They didn't have much time left, and they both new it. Kushina became emotional. She wanted to have a family, but her time was cut short. She told her twins what she wanted them to know before she sealed her remaining chakra into them. Minato said a couple of things, and then weaved some hand a sign before sealing the nine tails away, splitting the nine tails and his charka equally between the two.
…
The chains became slack, falling to the ground, eventually disappearing from sight. The Nine Tails had disappeared. Sarotobi had watched the whole thing from the sidelines, but only had now rushed in to aid, only to be too late. He was with skilled Andu members, who were right beside them, both wearing masks. The Third leaned to kneel beside Kushina's limp body, and took hold of it with his hands, while the others tried to find signs of life they weren't receiving from their Hokage. She opened her eyes ever so slightly.
"Third… Please… Take care of… Naruto… a-and Maya-ko…" Her breath was wheezy and weary. Saratobi looked towards the Anbu members, who shook their heads, no expression showing on their masks. He then looked down at Kushina, whose body became unresponsive. Both Kushina and Minato were gone. It was happening too fast to process. The group then were snapped out of their thoughts by the piercing sound of a newborn's baby's cry, which doubled after a second or two. The Third Hokage placed down Kushina's body gently, then made his way over to the two minis alters, and gazed at the two newborns. They both had whiskers, one resembling Minato, the other Kushina. They both also had the eight sign seal printed onto their stomachs, proof that they were jinchuriki. They continued to wale. The Third then picked Naruto up in his left hand, and Mayako in his right. He gazed at them both before they drifted back to sleep. His stare turned into sorrow. Their birthdays are the days of their parent's death, how horrible… He thought. He took one last look at the now sleeping children, then tilted his head up, and looked at the night sky.
Kushina, I promise I will keep them safe…
6 Years Later (Mayako's Perspective)
"Get lost you monsters!"
"Freaks!"
"Why don't you die?!"
Horrible right? Well, we are called things like that every day, and are told to kill ourselves just for being alive. Yeah, life is hard for us, and by us, I mean Naruto and me. I don't know why, but everyone hates us. Hate I was told was a strong word, but it's true. Almost every person in the village despises us, like we're pests, and we don't know why. We haven't done anything wrong. They either retaliate, or give us that look of horror and frustration. Brother doesn't take it very well. He's sick of everyone ignoring him, and treating him like dirt, and so am I. I try and deal with it, and keep my head held high, but it's hard to do so when you know you're really hurting inside. I asked the old man why. 'Old man' is the hokage, but old man suits him cause he's old. I told him it's hurting in my chest. He told me it was a wound to the heart, and sometimes it may never heal, but he told me there was a way to cure it.
It was love. (I know this was Gaara's line, but it seemed right)
I then was about to ask how to find it when Naruto came in through the door. I then rushed over to him as saw as I saw the state he was in. The hokage followed, but didn't do anything.
"Again?" I asked him. He was soaked in egg from top to bottom with cuts and bruises to what appears to be from rocks and sticks being pegged hard at his little body. I hate seeing him like this. It made my heart hurt even more. He looked away from me.
"Yeah…" He is on the verge of crying, I can tell. "I didn't even do anything…"
I hug him softly before running into the kitchen to get a cloth, then made a quick dash to the bedroom to get some fresh clothes and bandages. I can see from the corner of my eye that brother is heading for the couch, talking to the old man. I hide behind the wall connecting the kitchen to the living room, eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Why don't we have a mum and dad? And why are we always picked on Hokage!" Naruto shouted and winced. I slid down the wall, wanting to hear what the old man had to say that day.
"Your mother and father died as heroes defending the village from the nine tails attack. You should be very proud of them." He stated. That's all he said before he left. He doesn't answer questions about mum and dad, or why people treat us the way they do, so I've stopped asking. Naruto still pushes it.
Enough was enough. One day, we decided to give them the taste of their own medicine. We got into trouble often by stealing and by painting graffiti everywhere. We'd break stuff and get ourselves into trouble on purpose, just to get noticed. Naruto and I started to laugh at the ends of days, and we were actually happy. But I knew deep inside I wasn't.
The old man enrolled us at the Ninja Academy a couple of weeks ago. We were both put with Iruka sensei, who yells at us constantly. Can't blame him though, we've given him nothing but hell. I'm not going to lie, Naruto and I are screw-ups, for example, we can't even perform a clone jutsu or throw shuriken right. But we'll get better if we practise hard. It was fun at first, but then it started going downhill. After class, kids started bullying us say that "we are those kids" or "you're the screw-ups who can't do anything", you know, those sorts of things. Kids in groups would approach us and start talking like we are pests that need to be exterminated because we can't do anything right, and then they would start to get physical. It happens almost every day, and Naruto would end up more scratched up than me, because he tries to protect me from their kicks and punches. I wish he didn't. I can take care of myself. Sometimes, I get a turn at punching them, returning an overdue knuckle sandwich. I've tried to make friends with some of the girls, but they push me away and go and swoon over this guy called Sasuke Uchiha. That bastard gets all the attention, just because he's 'hot'.
Sasuke is that guy in the class that's perfect at everything. He's gotten perfect everything so far, and I've gotten a bit jealous of him. I've ended up challenging him a couple of times. I always seem to lose though, but I just think that the next time will be the time a beat him! Turns out Naruto has the same jealousy I do, so we both try to beat him whenever we get the chance. Yesterday though, was a bit different.
Iruka was doing some taijutsu training with us, and we were all being paired up to spar off. Shikamaru and Choji were up, but they didn't end up throwing any punches. Shikamaru was one of our only friends, well; we know him because he sleeps during class and has afternoon detention with us, along with Choji and Kiba, but they don't talk to me nor Naruto.
"Alright, the next match is between, Mayako Uzumaki," Iruka sensei said outloud. I was pumped.
"About time!" I shouted, crossing my arms before stepping forward into the ring. I stare at my classmates, one by one. I wonder who I'm fighting… Maybe Naruto, hah! That would be fun. Or maybe…
"And Sasuke Uchiha!" I look over in his direction, sending him a smirk of enthusiasm. All the girls started calling out his name lovingly. I don't get any of that, just discrimination. He grunts, placing his hands in his pockets before slowly making his way into the ring. We are now face opposite each other. I punch my hand in sheer excitement, because I had a feeling that I will kick his butt this time. Iruka Sensei then starts to speak…
"Okay, the rules are.." … but I cut him off. Rules Smules, Don't care, don't need them.
"Yeah, Yeah, Iruka sensei, let's just get this over with!" I shout while pointing at Sasuke, who seems unsatisfied by my actions.
"I'm going beat you this time!" He glares at me before tsking me off.
"Mayako you idiot!"
"Gah!" I look at Iruka sensei with shock, losing balance and fall onto my butt. As I recovered and dusted my shirt and pants, he started rambling on about some stuff on combat, but I wasn't really paying attention. He bonked me on the head for punishment before sighing and starting the count down until we can throw a punch.
"Alright… 3, 2, 1, begin!" It was over before it even began. He was very fast, I hadn't had a chance to attack. I was pinned like a ragdoll onto the ground, his hands clasping my wrist. I look deeply at his gaze. His stare was familiar. Those eyes, that's the look everyone gives me… No, it's stronger. Wait, it's… his eyes are filled with loneliness. As I continue to think as Sasuke gets off me before casually walking away. I get up slowly and stare at the back of him. As I get up, using one knee to prop myself, I hear snickers of the crowd behind me. I realised everyone was pointing, laughing, saying I'm all talk. I stare at them for a while before screwing up my face and running towards the wired fence, jumping over it with ease. I hear sensei call my name, but I don't respond. Naruto is soon over the fence with me, and we start running, but not before I pull a face at my classmates.
…
It was the afternoon of today, and Naruto and I were walking along a rocky pathway on a hill that overlooks the ocean. We sometimes take this way, because we realise there aren't much people on this route, which means we won't be put down and abused as much. I started to daydream, but I was brought out of my thoughts moments later.
"Hey May (pronounced Ma-eye)." Naruto asks, tapping me on the shoulder. I stop walking, and so does he, his eyes fixated behind me, I wondered what he was looking at, and asked him what was wrong.
"What is it?" He then extends his hands, and uses his index finger, and points to a deck that I hadn't noticed, nor the person sitting at the edge of it. As I peer closer, I can make out the boy who is sitting there. A wave of understanding and sadness swept through me.
"Sasuke…" I say. A week ago, we overheard some children in front of us talking about Sasuke, so we eavesdropped. Apparently, the night before, every member of Sasuke's clan had been slaughtered, and that he was the only Uchiha remaining. I zoned out after that, that's all I wanted to hear. I inhaled deeply before starting my walk over to the lonely boy. Naruto stopped me with his hand ad he grabbed mine.
"What are you doing?" He whispered for no reason. I then realised why, and smiled inwardly. He's jealous of him, and doesn't want to talk to someone like 'him'. That's what he says to me. "That jerk!" "He thinks he's so cool the bastard" Stuff like that. I shook him off, making him release the grip.
"I'm going to say hi." I started to skid down the grassy hill to the dock.
"Wait!"
"Coward!" I whispered loudly. I see Naruto's face scrunch up before he followed me down the slope. He was slow! As I got closer and closer, the more clearly I could see Sasuke. His face was full of despair, isolation, the emotion we know so well. I continued to run really fast after running down the hill, which was a bad idea, because I couldn't stop. I went full on over the edge of the wooden planks, and face first into the ice cold water. I eventually floated back up awkwardly. I then see Sasuke, who looked at me in a cool manner before blinking a couple times. He then turned his head to the side, and sighed loudly.
"God…you're such a loser…" He said with irritation in his voice. I send him a glare.
"Hey! I'm not a loser, if anything, you are!" I retaliate, point my index finger at him in annoyance.
"Coming from the dead-last in the class" He says. I lower my finger a bit.
"Heh heh…" I rub the back of my neck, then splashed around trying to find a part of the deck I can grab onto and hoist myself up, before I eventually grabbed the corner, and yanked my way out using the strength of the muscles in my arms. I rested, staring up at the clouds catching my breath. When I caught it, I then flipped over, and dangled my legs over the side like Sasuke, and looked at the horizon where the sun was setting. It was nice.
"Why are you here?" He asked. I thought about it, and was about to answer, but then I heard Naruto running behind me, and, of course, bashed me straight in the back, and back into the ice cold water again. I floated a bit in mid-air, then splashed right back into the cool ocean. As I floated up to the surface, I kept half my head in the water, and blew some bubbles with my mouth in annoyance.
"Gah! Sorry Mayako!" Naruto apologised awkwardly. He then grabbed me with his two hands, attempting to pull me up onto the deck. He wasn't strong enough though, and he fell into the water, hitting me on the way down. When I floated up this time along with Naruto, I bashed him on the head for being a clumsy idiot.
"Tsk, you are the most dimwitted knuckleheads I know…" Sasuke said. We both glanced in his direction, sending him frustrated looks.
"What was that?!" Naruto and I said at the same time. Sasuke just closed his eyes, crossing his arms, and his head tilted slightly.
"Want me to repeat myself?" He stood up as Naruto and I staggered out of the water, me starting to freeze. I give Sasuke an icy stare as he opens one eye to look at me. A small breeze came by, lifting a bit of my red hair into the wind, same with Sasuke's raven. I huff before walking off in the direction towards the hill, annoyance in my footsteps. Naruto walked up behind me as I make my way up the grassy hill.
Just as I was halfway up, Sasuke appears in front of me using speed like reflexes. His eyes were still closed as he started to speak in his cool manner.
"You obviously came to tell me something, I want to hear it." He explained. I turned my head to the side, blushing a bit from embarrassment. I did, but none of that matter anymore.
"L-Like I'd come to tell you anything you jerk!" I stutter a bit. I then jumped up to the pathway, and onto a nearby house, creating a new route home. I stop on the roof before pulling a face at Sasuke. I then waited for Naruto to appear beside me after is little stare down with Sasuke. When he jumped onto the tiles next to me, I started off towards another roof. We got a rhythm going, and eventually reach our apartment. I was still fuming a bit, and so was Naruto. I then got the key from my pocket, which had surprisingly not fallen out and was at the bottom of the lake. When we went through the door, we both headed straight for the bedroom. The bedroom had two single beds parallel from each other, separated with a bedside table, which is situated in the centre of the room right above the both headed towards our beds, plonking on the sheets, our heads planted in our pillows. We shouted into them to release some anger.
"Jerk!"
"Bastard!"
Definitely better, at least I think so. If you didn't see this before, I had written it differently, but I've now re-written it a bit better because I was tired when I wrote it last night, so here you go! Also, don't forget to leave a review on what you think of the story!