This morning I was taken to meet with an old man. My father kept calling him Grandpa. My mother would quickly hit his shoulder and call him out on how rude he was being before calling him 'Hokage'.
I'm assuming that's what this ninja village called their kage. I mean, we've only been here for a few days, only finished unpacking last night. We lived in Sunagakure with their Kazekage last week… I don't understand why we moved. I had friends and I had just started at the ninja school… My dad says I'll understand when I'm older, but I'm already 6. How much older do I need to be?
"Tsukiko?" I was broken from my thoughts and I looked up at the man sitting at the desk in front of us. "Would you like me to show you our ninja school?" he continued, with a smile. I thought about it for a moment before shaking my head. His smile dropped into a confused expression in seconds.
"Sorry Grandpa, but she hasn't really had the best of experiences at school." my father stated. He stepped forward and set a hand on my head, ruffling my light brown hair. I backed away and gapped up at him before trying to straighten my messed up hair. Mom spent all morning trying to make it look nice. She had braided it in a pair of french braids and now I understood why.
"What do you mean?" the Hokage asked.
"The other kids usually bully her." my mother explained. I really wish I could cover my face with my hair, but my mom had pulled it back so I couldn't. Showing off my blue, left eye and green, right eye. "In the last village they would accuse her of being cursed because of her heterochromatic eyes. She only got close with the Kazekage's kids because Shota worked with them." my mother continued.
"She was also behind in her studies because she couldn't…" my father suddenly stopped and I looked up at him worried. He kneeled down beside me and squeezed my shoulder lightly. "Because it took me so long to invent the right technology so that she could learn like everyone else."
"What if I got the brightest student from your class to escort you through your day? You can introduce yourselves and he can escort you through your day. He can catch you up on what you've missed, and make sure no one bullies you." the Hokage offered. I turned to look up at my parents who looked back at me and waited for me to answer.
"... Okay." I answered hesitantly, but my answer brought a smile back to the Hokage's face.
"Alright." the Hokage raised his hand and beckoned over a man with an animal mask. He whispered to him before the man disappeared, jumping out the window. After a moment the man came back.
"They should arrive here shortly." Then, with that, we waited. It didn't take long for them to arrive.
It ended up being a boy about my age and what looked to be his older brother. They both had black hair and black eyes. The older boy wore a leaf headband and had long hair hanging at the back of his neck in a ponytail. His bangs framed his face and he had a pair of pronounced tear-troughs on his cheeks. The younger boy was smiling and wore shirt with tall neck. He had spiked hair with bangs framing his face, and as he walked towards the Hokage with his brother it began looking like a duck's butt.
"Good morning, Lord Hokage." the older boy spoke as he bowed. "You summoned us?"
"I'd like you two to meet Tsukiko." the Hokage stood and pointed them toward us, where we stood on the opposite side of the room. "She just moved her from Sunagakure, and will be starting in Sasuke's class today."
"Really?" the younger boy smiled and walked over to me. I quickly stepped behind my mother's leg, hiding half my face. "My name's Sasuke, and I'll be turning 7 in a few months." He tried to look around my mother's leg at me and I quickly hid my face. "How about you?"
"Come on, Tsukiko." my mother urged as she stepped out of the way. I quickly covered my face with my hands.
"Your name's Tsukiko, right?" I could hear Sasuke step forward and then he placed his hands on my wrists. "I'm not scary I promise." I then let Sasuke remove my hands from my face. He then looked directly into my eyes and I watched as his expression changed. He released my hands and I prepared myself to hear what he had to say.
"Hey, Itachi! Come look at her eyes." My gaze dropped to the floor as he turned and walked over to his brother, dragging him over to us. Once they were both back to me, the older boy kneeled. "They're cool, right?" My head snapped back up and I stared at the boy in front of me. Itachi stared at me for a moment longer before speaking.
"Your eyes are very beautiful." Itachi then reached forward and placed his hand on my head. "Now, why don't I take you two to school?" I nodded and Itachi stood up. Sasuke then grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the room with Itachi following after.
"I've never met anyone with different colored eyes before." Sasuke smiled as we walked in pace. "I mean, Itachi's eyes can turn red, but that's because of the sharingan."
"Sharingan?" I asked, trying to keep up with how fast the boy was walking. We quickly left the Hokage's building.
"Yeah, the sharingan is a blood trait of the Uchiha clan." Sasuke continued.
"And it makes your eyes turn red?" I continued to ask.
"It does much more than that." Itachi added.
"What are these?" Sasuke suddenly asked and I felt his hand graze my ear. I quickly reached up and grabbed his wrist. He gave a confused look to my reaction.
"... They're hearing aids. They're fragile. Please don't touch them." I ordered as I released his wrist and started walking again.
"Hearing aids? What do they do?" Sasuke questioned as he moved to keep up.
"They help me hear because my ears stopped working when I was younger." I explained as we entered a new building.
"Did you have an accident or something?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah… when I was a baby." I answered as we came to a stop at a door.
"Well, have a good day at school." Itachi told us before opening the door in front of us.
"Sasuke, you're late." the teacher immediately announced as Sasuke walked into the room. I remained where I stood and watched.
"Yeah, sorry. The Hokage summoned Itachi and I so we could escort this girl here.
"And who's this?" the teacher turned his attention to me and I felt my entire body freeze.
"Go on in." Itachi nudged me forward. I took a hesitant step forward into the room, so that everyone could see me.
"Now, what's your name?" the teacher asked as he walked over. "I'm Iruka-sensei."
"My name's Tsukiko. Tsukiko Senju."
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