Kitty
By: Araknia the Storyspinner
Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine. Sue me and you will get NOTHING!!
Okay, it's been a while since I've been on, so go easy please.
I base my story mood off of songs that I'm listening to at the moment. I'm sorry if the mood swings quickly.
Do not ask me about Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi, and the suchlike. They are not in here. They might be later, but the story focuses on Kitara. This happens before even kyuubi is loose. Maybe later, I'll write that as part of the storyline.
When the story switches to 1st person, it's a flashback.
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With all that said, I introduce you to my next Fanfic: Kitty.
Kitara's Opening
There was a time when my name was Kitara. Yeina Suchi was no more then my best friend, who taught me the ways of her family, the Urufu Keishu (Wolf Riders). We knew it was dangerous, but we still practiced. We knew the consequences, that if the riders found out, I would be killed and Suchi banished, and that the village, Konohagakure (Village Hidden in the Leaves), would kill us both for practicing Rider Arts if they found out. The Urufu Keishu regularly attacked and plundered the Fire Country, leaving all of its inhabitants afraid and a lot of work for the Konoha ninja.
Suchi and I were only separated by her clan. The Yeina's didn't tolerate outsiders, and mostly stayed in their own village, Kagegakure (Village Hidden in the Shadows). We were both studying to be kunoichi (female ninja), but me at Konoha's academy and Suchi on her own. Suchi may have only been seven, but she had already passed her genin test, and even had her own hitai-ate.
We looked almost exactly alike, and each had one brother. My brother, Aoi, was my twin, but Yuri, Kitara's brother, was two years older then all of us.
Suchi and I were the only two people in the world who mastered the immensely complicated Spirit Jutsus, which were so impossible that if done even slightly incorrectly, it would kill the user. Not even the famous Sharingan, my brother's and my clan's Kekkei Genkai (genetic ability), could copy them, as it was so dangerous that no one would dare risk it.
Everyone had a bad habit of calling me Kitty. I never liked it. But, that's life. Or, at least, it was.
On our seventh birthday, I met Suchi and trained as usual. But we didn't know that Suchi's little cousin, Shana, was watching us. She told Suchi's father, and, as predicted, Suchi was banished. After school that day, she told me. So, we had her enrolled in Konoha's ninja academy, then walked to my home to ask my parents if we could take Suchi in for a while.
When we got to my clan's homes on the outskirts of Konoha, we found it in ruin. The only live people we could see were on wolves, ransacking the place. Suchi and I stood still in the center of the street horrified and paralyzed from fright. Yuri caught sight of us, and turned his wolf on us. He charged, katana drawn, straight for Suchi. As the sword went through her, killing her, I could only think that it was my entire fault.
"Yuri… why?"
"You know why. You taught her the ways of our clan, so she had to die," Yuri responded.
"I taught… then kill me too, if we were breaking the law!!"
"Your punishment is to live. Away from everyone else, but live," the evil voice said.
It was then that I realized that he thought I was Suchi. I realized that if I was going to survive to kill him, I had to go along with it. When the riders left, I searched for someone, anyone who lived. The only person I found was Aoi, badly injured but still alive. I took him to a hospital, where he opened his eyes and looked up at me.
"Ki…Kitara?" That was the first word he said when he woke up. It pained me a lot to have to say what I said next, but I had to, to survive.
"No, Aoi. It's me, Suchi. Kitara… Kitara is dead."
When the doctors told me that Aoi would be fine, I went back to the wreckage of what used to be my home. I found Suchi's body, and took it to the clearing we usually practiced in. Burying her body at the edge of the clearing, I took her old hitai-ate and swore revenge on Yuri, and the entire Yeina clan.
It's been eight years since those events took place. Eight years to watch my brother grow up, and him never knowing that I'm still alive. Eight years to wonder what I could have done to stop the slaughter of my family.
I would kill to be called Kitty again.