Rin: Hey guys! Ah ha ha, I bet some of you are going, "WHAAAAT She's starting ANOTHER story?!" Hell yeah… Anyways, this story will have ass kicking ninjas!! YAYYYYY! :D ZOMG, this is my tenth, my TENTH story! I'm so glad I bought that Japanese Dictionary! Some of the translations might be off, so sorry! Okonomiyaki is anything you want, fried. You will get it after you read.
So, I've provided the descriptions for you guys, so you can, like, visualize them.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Naruto, though I wished I did.
With Chuunin exams rapidly approaching, a cell of three genin is training hard. Their home is Kumogakure, The Village Hidden in the Clouds. Kikyo Miyagi is the jonin of their squad. She has short black hair, which makes her look like a man, but when she smiles, anyone could tell that she is a woman. Kikyo has chocolate coloured eyes. She wears the standard shinobi vest and pants. She just wears a long sleeve navy fishnet shirt under this and has indigo shinobi shoes. Her head band is tied around her head, with the metal part facing the right.
She adopted a son, who is in her squad. His name is Kaien. He has honey tinted hair which is long in the front and gets in his eyes, in the back; it is short and flips out at the ends. His eyes are grey with flecks of blue in them. Kaien likes to wear a simple burgundy shirt and khaki shorts which stop right below his knees. He wears his headband like a bandana and blue shinobi shoes upon his feet.
Now, the two girls are twins of the clan called Nekoshi, meaning 'Cat death'. They had silver hair, like the faint glitter of the starts in the sky. Their eyes are a forest green. The elder one, whose name is Isuzu, has extremely long hair with all of it pulled into two pigtails. Her bangs are included with the pigtails as well. She wears a red tank top with a dull grey ¾ length fishnet shirt. She wears comfortable black Capri's and black shinobi sandals.
Her younger twin, Aiki, loves having bangs even when they get in the way, thus the reason why they are always pinned to the left. Aiki's hair is pulled into a high side ponytail, excluding her bangs and two long pieces on either side of her face. She wears a short sleeved kimono, in variable shades of blue or purple. Aiki wears a half length black fishnet shirt underneath. Her kimono is tied on by her headband, right under her breasts. Seeing as her kimono only comes halfway down her thigh, she wears black biker shorts. Like her sister, she wears black shoes.
"Damn it," Isuzu cried, "I can't get the hang of the summoning jutsu!" Her twin, Aiki was immediately at her side.
"Izu," Aiki sighed, using her sister's nickname, "You have to put a lot of chakra into the summoning jutsu, plus you have to do the signs in order! You can't just go, Dog, Monkey, Bird, Boar, Ram! In order." Isuzu pouted, though she was born seven minutes earlier than Aiki, she was less mature than her twin. Another sigh escaped Aiki's lips and she performed the signs for her sister.
"Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram," Aiki said, doing the hand motions with each word. She then slapped her palm onto the ground. There was a large poof and a large orange cat with a Kumogakure headband sat in front of them.
"Good to see you, Kyo," Aiki smiled.
"Whaddya want?" the cat snapped.
"Nothing in particular," Aiki blinked, "just trying to show Izu how to summon you guys."
"Look, we may have made many contracts with you family," Kyo explained, "but we don't like being summoned for nothing." Isuzu watched in amazement. Her sister was dazzling.
"I understand," Aiki nodded, "you can go now." Kyo grumbled and with a 'poof' the cat was gone.
"Do you understand about the jutsu now?" Aiki asked after turning to Isuzu, who nodded.
"Bravo," a voice cheered. Aiki and Isuzu glanced around and caught sight of their sensei along with her adopted song, their third teammate.
"Aiki, you're amazing," Kikyo smiled, giving Aiki a hearty pat on the back.
"Indeed," the boy said. Kaien, who Isuzu never particularly liked, but he could be nice, for most of the time.
"Right so, tomorrow," Kikyo shouted gleefully, "We set off to Konohagakure, to the Chuunin exams!" Aiki grinned nervously. Isuzu gulped nervously. Kaien just shrugged. His grey eyes were sparkling with thoughts of a challenge though.
We should go train now," the young boy said dryly. Their sensei acknowledged his statement.
"I'm going to teach you something important today," she said, her face suddenly darkening. "These exams are not to be taken lightly. There are some cases where genin die during these exams. Are you all willing to take that risk?"
"Yup," Kaien answered swiftly, his voice more sure than usual.
"If he is, then I am too," Isuzu shouted. She was not about to give up on a chance to prove herself. Confidence now radiated from her every pore. Aiki, on the other hand, felt a little timid about the test. She always had people telling her how talented she was, but that didn't necessarily turn into confidence. Her heart was soft, permeable.
"Aiki," Isuzu smiled, "you have to most talent, plus we could get a chance to use that jutsu." Aiki's head snapped up. She pumped her fist. Isuzu had said the exact things that she had needed to hear.
"I'm ready," Aiki said comfortably. She believed that Isuzu would always be there for support.
"Right now, back to training," Kikyo smiled again, her face lighting up. "What do you guys want to train on for the rest of the day?" Aiki's eyes brightened as she raised her hand high.
"Ninjutsu," she exclaimed. Aiki had a natural knack for ninjutsu. Isuzu had a few type based ninjutsu up her sleeve, but she specialized in utilizing her weapons and ninjutsu together. Kaien was deft at genjutsu, but he preferred to use the earth around him to win. The three then trained for hours on end until it was time for their practice spar. Their last mock match before they went to Konoha for the Chuunin exams. They were having a three-way spar.
Aiki started the spar by creating a cloud clone. She sent to clone after her sister and Aiki went for Kaien. Isuzu swiftly dispatched the clone then hid herself in the trees. She was the medic ninja for their team. Isuzu decided to survey her teammates' new jutsu. Aiki did a couple hand signs then concentrated her chakra into her right foot. It glowed and crackled from her lightning chakra. Isuzu smirked. Her sister loved using her Rai Okeru no Jutsu: Lightning Kick. Aiki had a combination of water and lightning chakra, which didn't seem too unusual, since they came from the land of Lightning. Isuzu smacked her palm to her forehead at her own thought.
"Bird, Snake, Monkey, Dragon," Kaien smiled, grunting when he slammed his hands onto the ground. Kaien knew that Aiki would try to use her Lightning Kick, so he had his adoptive mother teach him an earth type technique. After all, he did have earth-based chakra. The ground shook vigorously then shattered, throwing Aiki off balance and making her concentration fade.
"Damn it," Aiki muttered. Isuzu managed to stay in the tree.
"Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram," she muttered. A small tabby cat appeared in front of her. Isuzu had summoned this cat many times; his name was Tybalt. She leaned down to his ear and whispered a few instructions. The cat nodded and went off. Isuzu took out a kunai. She held the kunai in her hands as she did the Horse and Ram signs. Isuzu closed her eyes and her wind chakra formed the exact jutsu she wanted. Isuzu then readied the kunai and threw it in the direction of her teammates. It was her specialty, Kamisori Kaze Kunai: Razor Wind Kunai. Isuzu smirked and hopped down from the tree. She had an intense strategy in mind. The kunai hit the ground in between Aiki and Kaien. At first, the two didn't think much of the lone kunai, but Aiki suddenly realized what it was.
"Shit," she muttered, "her new jutsu." Aiki then leapt away, but Kaien figured it out too late. Luckily, he jumped away at the last possible second and got away with a bunch of shallow cuts on his arms and legs.
That was the thing about Isuzu's jutsu. It was just an ordinary thrown kunai, until the wind behind it caught up and took you out. All of that happened within a time frame of Ten seconds. Isuzu was still working out the kinks to get the time down to five second. Aiki did a few signs and two more cloud clones appeared. Her clones rushed toward her sibling and Kaien.
"Don't think we can't easily defeat these," Kaien called.
"I don't expect you to defeat them," Aiki chuckled, holding up the Ram hand seal. Both clones turned into a multiple of shuriken. These shuriken were surrounded by some of Aiki's lightning chakra, so if any one hit, it sent a quick spark through you. Aiki them pulled out a scroll and was about to unroll it when a set of teeth sank into her hand. Isuzu grinned and used a substitution jutsu to get away from the shuriken Kaien did some hand seals and put up a barrier of stone.
"Ah, good job Izu," Aiki yelled.
"Sh'right," Isuzu smirked. They all launched themselves head first at each other. They were pretty close to each other with a giant fireball got in between them. Each genin jumped away and the fire blew away to reveal Kikyo.
"Okay," you've shown enough," their sensei smiled. Kaien groaned, shoving his hands into his khaki shorts and his grey eyes flaming with anger. Aiki shrugged and floded her hands together behind her head. Isuzu just crossed her arms.
"Tell you guys what," Kikyo chuckled. "Tonight's takoyaki is on me!"
"We had takoyaki last night," Kaien whined.
"How about okonomiyaki then?" suggested Kikyo.
"Sounds good," Aiki chimed, "I want shrimp in mine!"
"I'll have dog," Isuzu smiled evilly. Everyone stayed silent even a cricket could be heard off in a distance.
"Izu, remember the last time you made a joke like that," Aiki growled. "At the dog breeder's about how you would love to take the puppies back home and then make them into a pie." Isuzu rolled her eyes. She remembered that.
"It's called sarcasm," Isuzu said.
"It's called perversity," Aiki returned, "and you have an excess of it." Isuzu rolled her eyes again. She even knew it was true though. Isuzu didn't say another word and Aiki knew that her twin knew that she was right.
"Good," Aiki smiled. It felt with to both of them. Aiki was soft and light-hearted, somewhat confident, loud mouthed and very serious about the shinobi way. Isuzu was quiet, judgemental, but extremely confident and quite perverse. Sometimes, it felt like Aiki was the older twin to both of them.
"Fruit," Kaien said, dragging the vowel, "perhaps some ice cream." The twins shot him a look of anger. They could both feel their stomachs growling.
"Let's go get some okonomiyaki," shouted Kikyo, punching the air above her with a fist.
They all went to the okonomiyaki stand called 'Ichiban Yaki'. The owner was sitting at his little frying pan.
"Ah, back again Kikyo, Kaien," he chuckled.
"Takoyaki please," Kikyo said. The owner nodded and turned to the children.
"What would you youngsters like?" he asked them.
"I would like some shrimp in my okonomiyaki please," Aiki cheered.
"Any type of fruit is fine," Kaien sighed.
"Crab, please," Isuzu said. The owner nodded and bent over to look in the cupboards and fridge. Each of them took a seat at the little bar.
"Tomorrow, Jaeru," Kikyo said, using the owner's first name, "We're leaving to go to Konoha for the Chuunin exams and we're the only team from Kumo that might be there."
"Ah, how sad," Jaeru commented, "When I was young I tried to be a ninja, but okonomiyaki was my real calling."
"And yours is always the best," Kikyo laughed. The smell of the frying grease wafted its way into Isuzu's nostrils. It smelled so delicious.
"Ladies Isuzu and Aiki," a voice said. The twins turned and saw their grandfather.
"Grandpa," the twins squealed, leaping off their chairs to hug their father's father. The old man hugged the girls back and patted them lightly.
"Your father is calling for you," he told them.
"Is it something important?" Aiki pouted.
"Actually it is," Their grandfather said, "it is about your journey to Konoha."
"Argh, he always has to butt in on our lives," Isuzu groaned. "We'll see you tomorrow morning, Kaien, Kikyo." The mother and son waved as the twins and their grandfather headed home. With each step, Isuzu felt herself tremble a little more. Aiki reached over and took her sister's hand.
"It'll be okay," Aiki whispered. Isuzu nodded and put on a brave face.
"We're home," their grandfather said. They reach the huge gate and it was still open. They wandered in and followed their grandfather as he brought them to their father. Their grandfather dismissed himself leaving Isuzu, Aiki and their father.
"Now, do you two know why I called you here?" he asked them. The twins shook their heads in synchronization.
"Well," he said, pulling out a cigarette. He lit it with the flame of a candle and puffed it out.
"I called you because you two know that you will be able to activate your Nekome soon. Do you two remember how to activate it?" he asked. Both of them nodded.
"Then, good luck, also, I forbid you to use that jutsu unless the circumstances absolutely require it," he ordered. Aiki instantly pouted. She wanted to use it so badly. Isuzu folded her arms.
"But," their father continued, "You two know how to use it for communication, correct? In that case, it would be acceptable. You two girls are dismissed now." Aiki and Isuzu bowed to their father and left. They went to their rooms and got ready for bed.
"Dad was exceedingly skeptic tonight, wasn't he?" Isuzu sighed once they had crawled into their beds. Aiki nodded and turned on her side, slowly shutting her eyes.
"Good night," Aiki whispered before drifting off into a sleep.
"Night," Isuzu muttered, falling to the same sleep.
Rin: Done the first chapter! I hope you like. Yeah, Kumogakure, that is a cool place. I was originally thinking of having it in Takigakure, the Village Hidden in the Waterfall, but they are creepy as hell. Plus, Kumo's symbol is more fun to draw. Ja-e-ru, if you were wondering. Oh Isuzu, she's so wonderful XD.
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