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A/N: This story came from my old account (Guardian of the nine realms) But I moved it here to get my stories together.
I only own Moriko Kinzoku.
A/N: This idea just came to me. Hope you like it.
Safe and sound
Losing your left hand at age Fifteen was not something you would expect from such a young ninja. It's even worse for a girl. Especially when it was in front of the one you admire most.
Moriko Kinzoku is a girl with black hair down to her mid back and silver eyes.
The Kinzoku clan was spread out many years ago much like the Uzamaki clan. If a Kinzoku clan member is not a ninja, they are usually a Black smith, creating weapons for their village. They are known for pulling metal straight out of the palm of their hands that can change into weapons as they pull the metal out. They also have metal fingernails that can extend as a last line of defense.
Moriko uses this ability to be able to form a fully functioning metal hand from the nub that was where her hand once was. It was her father that had helped develop the metal hand. Though it does use chakra. It did take a year to develop the jutsu as it would be called. The idea of not having a hand made her insecure.
It is only her, Katsuo her brother, and their parents in the leaf village out of her whole clan. But then again she had never met anyone else from her clan.
She stood in the heat of her fathers black smithing shop. She was hammering a metal bar to forge a sword. She wiped the sweat from her brow.
She was a ninja. But now having a metal hand that replaced her original, a scar on the side of her left eye that is about two inches, and a mental scar of the event and her whole team seeing it. She stopped being a ninja when she got out of the hospital.
She was a part of team Gai. Same age as Neji, Tenten, and Lee. It had been two years since she had gave up on being a ninja.
It has been a week since Naruto came back with Jiraya.
She is now seventeen.
She heard the bell ring up front indicating that someone has came in the shop.
"Hey Tenten! Hey guys! Moriko's in the back. You can go back there if you want." She heard her father say.
Moriko took in a sigh and let it out.
She stopped hammering to set her tools down and to pull off her left leather glove.
She looked at her metal hand.
'Why did this have to happen to me?' She wondered in her head.
She heard footsteps approaching as she put her glove back on and continued hammering.
When the door opened she immediately heard Lee.
"Moriko! We have came to see you! And to also take you to have lunch with us today!" Lee said in an excited tone.
Moriko paused for a second in her hammering. She then continued.
"Not today guys." She said.
"Come on Moriko you never spend time with us anymore." Tenten said.
Moriko looked up and caught Neji's eyes and then quickly looked to Tenten.
She has loved Neji since they had joined the academy. It hasn't changed and in her opinion it probably won't for a very long time, if ever. It's just that she doesn't feel good enough since she lost her hand.
Tenten let out a giggle.
Moriko then blushed realizing she probably had black smudges on her face because of the coal forge.
Moriko put down her tools and took off her gloves leaving the unfinished sword where it is. She reached over to the table on her left and grabbed a towel to wipe her face.
In this time that she was doing that tenten looked at her best friend's metal hand. It looked exactly like her real one. How she did it, Tenten had no idea. But she knew it took up very little chakra to do it. They never see her without it since her and her father developed it.
Moriko lowered the towel.
"Give me five minutes to wash up and change." She said.
Tenten nodded at her friend and the guys also agreed.
When Moriko went upstairs, she showered and changed clothes. She put on black tights, black boots, and a purple shirt. She put a black glove on her metal hand. The glove is very similar to Sakura's.
She ran back down stairs where her friends awaited her.
She told her father she would be back soon and left with her old team mates.
They went to to sushi restaurant where the three other teams were eating. When they walked in everyone was either talking or eating.
She looked towards Sakura and Naruto. She smacked him in the back of the head for saying something stupid. His face went straight into his food. Sakura's face then had a look on it that said 'Oops.'
She looked towards Hinata's team. Hinata was her best friend just like Tenten. Moriko got along with Kiba. But Shino just straight up creeps her out.
Lastly is Shikamaru's team. She's not really close with any of them. Choji gets on her nerves but she can tolerate him. Shikamaru is decent. But she does NOT get along with Ino. All she does is obsess over Sasuke. Yes, Sakura does to but she is actually nice to her and doesn't make fun of her hand like Ino does.
"Come on sit down Moriko! Let's get food!" Lee said as he sat down.
Shortly after their food was brought to them.
Moriko sat in between Tenten and Neji. She looked to her right to see Neji eating.
She looked back to her own food. Would Neji ever notice her? If she thought about it, their situation is a lot like Naruto and Hinata's. Hinata loves him but Naruto doesn't see it.
Hinata looked up at Moriko.
"Hey Moriko, since your out of your fathers shop for a little while would it be okay if you came by? I miss hanging out with you." Hinata asked quietly.
Moriko looked up at her and smiled.
"No problem." She said.
Hinata nodded.
Neji watched the two as their conversation continued.
Him and Moriko use to be so close. But the last two years they've drifted apart. They use to be almost best friends. In all honesty, he cared for her more than a friend or a teammate should.
'Why does she continue to close herself off to me?' He wondered.