Her dream was to be the next Raikage. Yukari Ikidzuku's dream was shattered when her parents abandoned her in the desert when she was only twelve years old. Why? She was a threat to their social lives. The majority of the story takes place six years after shippuden. Yukari Ikidzuku had the facial appearance of an eight year old, and was only about 4'6. Her eyes were metallic purple mixed in with a light gray color. Her hair reached about her upper back, the ends and bangs were black, but the rest of her hair was an electric baby blue color. Her left cheek had a purplish-blue strip birthmark. She had on a black under t-shirt with a zip up long sleeved shirt on over it. The shirt is faded purple color with a black stripe on each shoulder. Her forehead protector was tied around her waist as a belt. Her skirt was black, with bluish-purple imprinted flames coming from the bottom. She wore a huge wooden bracelet and had a chain necklace. Connected to the chain necklace was another chain that wrapped loosely around her body and connects to a chain anklet.
At age seventeen Jento Ikidzuku gave birth to twins, Gyoi and Taihei Ikidzuku. When the twins were at a young age they proved quite powerful by rapidly learning new jutsu's. At age thirteen their chakara levels were above most genin and chunin and had memorized all of the basic ninja techniques. At age fifteen they had mastered all of the Ikidzuku basic techniques. After over hearing information from the higher up's about the location of three Ikidzuku scrolls that told of forbidden jutsu's, the two wanted to get their hands on them. That night Gyoi and Taihei went to the shrine where the scrolls were being hidden. While searching, they were spotted. They hurried up the search and managed to find one. They escaped before the person who had spotted them had time to return with help. The twins went home and hid in their room. While Taihei deciphered the scroll, Gyoi went out to get food and make excuses for their absence. The scroll talked briefly about the other two scrolls and also had the secret of making chakara out of air. After many attempts to learn it, Taihei finally got the technique down, and also taught Gyoi to make the chakara. They trained a bit more, and than began to appear in public a bit more. Gyoi took the scroll back to the higher ups and the told them that he had found it on the road. The man who had spotted the twins when they stole it stepped up and countered the claim. Taihei was called in to give her side of the story. It was obvious she was lying and set a trial for them. When the day of the trial came, Gyoi and Taihei put up a good fight until they were forced to admit that they had learned to make chakara out of air. The higher ups of the Ikidzuku clan feared that the twins would try taking over the clan, so they sentenced the twins to death. By this time they were at age 16, and the mom was expecting. About a week after the execution of Gyoi and Taihei, Jento gave birth to Yukari. Depressed from the twin's deaths, she had their ashes sealed within Yukari hoping that their spirits would live on through her.
The first four years of her life, Yukari was average. When she turned five, her chakara became uncontrollable. When she got mad, the air currents would cease causing the temperature to rise. When she was in a fair mood the air was pleasant, and while she was happy, the air current would increase greatly, causing a heavy breeze. Thanks to this, many people avoided her. When she turned eight years old, she began hearing voices inside her head. The two voices belonged to Gyoi and Taihei. They would talk to her and make her feel less left out. Finally they told her to go to the shrine and find the scrolls during the night. She did as she was told and went. She got in there unnoticed, found the remaining two scrolls, and left still unnoticed. She avoided everything for the next year and dedicated her life to memorizing those jutsu's: sanketsu no jutsu and okishijen haijo no jutsu. Sanketsu no jutsu (suffocation jutsu) suffocated the opponent. Okishijen haijo no jutsu (oxygen removal jutsu) removed the oxygen from the blood of her opponent causing them long-term pain. She mastered the two forbidden jutsu's a few months after she turned nine.
When she turned ten, Yukari graduated from the academy at the top of her class thanks to Gyoi and Taihei always giving her the answers to everything on tests. The Raikage wanted to inspect the sparing skills of the next genin, so he set up a little tournament. Unfortunately, Yukari was the outcast of the class, but this tournament was a good way to get her revenge. Now she could show how superior she was to them. For her first round, she used okishijen haijo no jutsu. She dodged his attacks, and thanks to his blood lacking oxygen, he quickly grew weak, and quit. The next round she won using the same technique. The final round she was up against someone who Yukari absolutely couldn't stand. She went straight to using sanketsu no jutsu, and killed him. This astonished everyone, including her mom and dad. Young Yukari was beginning to give herself a reputation. Even her parents began to dislike and fear her. The death of the kid in the tournament was labeled an accident, but everyone paid a close eye on her to assure she didn't do anything bad. At age twelve, her team threatened her that if she didn't work on her tijutsu, they would tell everyone about how her sibling's ashes were sealed inside of her. Having developed anger management problems, Yukari used her sanketsu no jutsu on them.
After finding out about that, Jento Ikidzuku worried that she had made a mistake by sealing the twins in Yukari. Not wanting to deal with the problem anymore, that night, Jento put sleeping powder in Yukari dinner. When Yukari was knocked out cold, she took her out into the desert and left her there with only a note. When Yukari woke up she read the note:
"Dear Yukari Ikidzuku,
Please do not come back home. Our clan cannot afford the reputation you are giving us, and you scare me. Enjoy life elsewhere, Jento Ikidzuku."
Anger filler her heart as she shredded the paper. The village she wanted to be Raikage over now feared her. Not knowing what else to do, Yukari picked a random direction and used air currents to help her travel at a very fast pace. After about one and a half days, she ran head on into the wall of the village hidden in the sand. The impact of the collision knocked her unconscious. The sand shinobi quickly brought her into the village to examine her head.
Next thing she knew, Yukari was waking up in a hospital bed. She looked at the only other person in the room, the nurse, and asked where they were. The nurse replied by saying Yukari would find out soon enough. She left it at that, and Yukari kept her mouth shut. She was then brought before the Kazekage to get interrogated.
"Where am I? Who the heck are you? Why are you dressed like my Raikage but in weird colors? What's your name? I like your eyes." Yukari demanded not giving him a chance to speak. She added the compliment on the end to sound less demanding.
"I'm not the one being interrogated here, but I guess I can answer your quest-" He stopped as Yukari interrupted.
"Ok, good. Go on before I get bored!" she anxiously exclaimed
"Fine, just calm down. My name is Subaku no Gaara. I am the Kazekage of the village hidden in the sand. You are in my office currently. Now, I'd appreciate it if you'd introduce yourself." He replied trying to sound polite.
"My name is Yukari Ikidzuku. I am 12 and one half years old. My clan specializes in manipulating air currents. I was born in the village hidden in the clouds. My mother abandoned me in the desert because I was giving her a bad reputation and I killed my team and sensei. " Yukari replied rushing all of her words into one breath.
"Wow, that's a mouth full. Why did you kill your sensei and team?" Gaara questioned in return.
The question hit a nerve. "Why should I tell you? You are a total stranger to me. How do I know that you're not trying to steal my sanketsu no jutsu?" Yukari yelled trying to restrain her anger.
"Just tell me. You're presence is frustrating me, and if you don't tell me I will have to imprison you." He threatened.
"Fine, I might as well tell somebody. When I was ten, I was in a miniature tournament that was to show our Raikage the skills of the new genin. I seriously injured my first two opponents, and killed my last using forbidden jutsu's. They counted those incidents as accidents. When I was put into my team I told them about when my dead siblings were sealed in me, and that they seem to be the source of my abnormal amount of chakara. I asked them to keep quiet about that, and they agreed to. While training, they treated me like dirt, and one day when they threatened to reveal my secret to everyone if I didn't work on my tijutsu. They said I should stop relying on my cheap forbidden jutsu's. My final words to them were 'Thanks to my siblings, these cheap jutsu's take up barely any chakara, therefore getting rid of dirty back stabbing teammates and sensei is surprisingly easy.' As they died Lin, one of my so-called teammates, told me that she had over heard my step-dad say that he wished I would just disappear. After hearing that, I ran off and left them there to die. Next thing I knew, I was in the middle of the desert." Yukari paused a moment and than continued. "You are probably wondering why my older twin siblings are so special, so I'll tell you. They learned the forbidden technique of making chakara out of air. They were put to death because the higher ups of my clan feared that the twins would try and take over the clan. My mom sealed their ashes in my body. They sometimes talk to me. Thanks to them, I found the other two forbidden scrolls, and learned my special jutsu's."
"So, you're not like on a mission to find out my villages weakness or something of that sort?" Gaara asked.
"Of course not!" after a short moment of silence she went on with a sigh "The village in the clouds in no longer my home. My mom told me to stay away. I am not welcome there."
"Oh, well, that's enough talking for today. I will see you in a little bit, I need to go talk to somebody else." Gaara stated standing up leading her to the door. She went back to the hospital under the supervision of Matsuri.
"So, um, tell me a little bit about yourself" Matsuri requested in the form of a question. Yukari replied giving her the same story she had given Gaara.
Meanwhile, Gaara talked with his two most trusted advisors, Temari and Kankuro.
"She doesn't seem all that bad, but if the story she told is true, than she is dangerous." Kankuro remarked having listened in on the conversation.
"That's just it. I was once considered dangerous until Naruto helped me out. I realized I wasn't alone, I had you guys." Gaara explained
"I see what you're saying, but she shouldn't be our burden. She is not of our village." Kankuro protested
"Kankuro, stop it. Villager or not, she needs us." Temari scolded.
"Since you seem so enthusiastic about caring for the girl, why don't you take her in?" Kankuro suggested in a rather harsh tone.
"Well, um, I-" Temari paused a moment to think,
"See, you are hesitating. You don't want to. I don't blame you. After hearing that story, I wouldn't want to either." Kankuro interrupted
"I didn't say that. To be honest, I'd be honored to take her in." Temari boldly stated.
"Ok, so that settles it. Temari, you are officially in charge of Yukari Ikidzuku. Oh yeah, remember to do the mission in Konaha sometime in the near future." Gaara announced "So, any objections?"
Kankuro and Temari shook their head no, and the three departed. Kankuro went off on some minor mission, Gaara went back to work, and Temari went to Yukari's room in the hospital.
"Hello Matsuri and Yukari." Temari greeted the two as she walked in. "Um, Matsuri, could you excuse us?" she asked
Matsuri nodded "Bye Yukari. Hope to see you soon" she said walking out.
"Who the heck are you?" Yukari asked sounding a bit rude. She couldn't help it; back at home she wasn't use to so much conversation.
"My name is Temari, and you will be under my supervision for a while." she explained
"That's nice. Not that I care, but when are you people going to kick me out of your village and send me else where?" Yukari asked
"Well, we weren't going to kick you out, unless you want us to. For now you are going to stay at my house." Temari answered and then asked "So, yeah. Are you feeling better from your, um, crash yet?"
"Sure. This hospital is too bright for me." Yukari stated as a response.
With that Yukari and Temari went home. Days went by and very little was shared between Temari and Yukari. Temari would try to talk to Yukari, but Yukari would cut the chitchat short walking away. One day, Temari couldn't handle having the quiet child in her house.
"What's your problem? I try to talk to you, but you only reply with five words or less!" Temari snapped
"Why do you care?" Yukari shot back.
"Well, because, um, I don't really care why. I just think it would be nice to have conversations with you a bit more often." was Temari's response.
"Well sorry for living! I don't exactly enjoy having conversations with people I don't know. Heck, I don't even like talking to people I do know." Yukari explained with a slight growl in her voice.
"Why not? Talking can be fun. It helps keep you sane." Temari remarked
"You wouldn't understand. All my life people made fun of me because of the voices inside my head and because of my history and my strange abilities." Yukari tried explaining without being to loud for the sake of the neighbors.
"Hey, that's the past. All of those people are back in the village hidden in the clouds. You are here. Now, I have been assigned a mission to go renegotiate the peace treaty between with Konaha. I think they will be more submissive to our terms if a child tags along for the mission." Temari admitted
"Hey! What is that supposed to mean? I am twelve years old, not some eight year old kid!!!" Yukari exclaimed
"No offence, but if you wanted to, you could pass for a seven year old." Temari plainly stated
"What? Explain yourself?" Yukari demanded. As Temari began to answer Yukari cut in again "You know what? I don't even want to know. Since there is nothing for me to do around here, I guess I can go with you to Konaha."
"Great, let's get going." Temari paused a moment to take a deep breath, and then continued, "It is a pleasure for me to have you assist me on your first mission here with the sand shinobi."
"Not really. I am not a sand shinobi. I will remain a cloud shinobi for the rest of my days because it is there where I became a genin. Well, we best not waste anymore time." Yukari remarked.
The two went on their way to Konaha with little interruption. The weather was consistent, and the two arrived on time. As they arrived, none other than Shikamaru was there to greet them.
"Well, look who we have here. Hello Shikamaru. So, what are you doing here?" Temari questioned
"My mission was to escort two sand shinobi through Konaha. Who would've guessed it'd be you again. How troublesome." Shikamaru sighed. As he glanced at Yukari, he began to slightly panic thinking she was Temari's kid. "Um, Temari, is that, um, your kid?"
Seeing the expression on Shikamaru's face made Temari want to burst out laughing, but she held it in. She wanted to see what would happen if she said yes, so she then remarked "Of course she is."
"What?" Shikamaru's voice squeaked. "Wait a minute, who's the father and how long have you had her?" he stammered
"Gaara" Temari stated as the first male to come to mind.
"Whoa! That is just nasty! Isn't he your brother?" Shikamaru questioned a bit grossed out.
"Oh my word. Did you really think she was mine?" Temari laughed
"Uhg! You are so troublesome!" After thinking for a few seconds Shikamaru asked, "Who is she?"
"She is Yukari Ikidzuku, my partner for this mission." Temari stated
Yukari was too busy over looking Konaha to enter in the conversation, but a quick glance at the two talking made her want to ask something, so she did "So, is he your boyfriend? I noticed you didn't have one back in the village hidden in the sand, and you are too pretty to be single."
"Ew, no, never!" Temari and Shikamaru both shouted simultaneously.
Yukari smirked and shook her head. "Ok, well, we had better get on with our mission. There is no need to waste time here." She announced trying to seem like a responsible pre-teen.