A/N: Wanna know what happens when you're on your laptop and not your main desktop where you do most of your typing on your other stories? You get bored and start typing new stories.
Incase your wondering, I will be using the characters from my other story New Horizons. Just thought I'd throw that one in there so people didn't get confused. Anyway, hope you like it!
What Lies Among Us
Prologue
Konoha, one of the greatest villages known in the shinobi world. Producing ninja that rival no other, they are often referred to as a super power. Though lately, no military force has had to be flexed, except for your regular missions and dealing with bandits.
Life goes on as normal in Konoha, it has since the end of the Fourth Great Shinobi War. Though things are still relatively quiet, the Ninja Academy is in full swing. Today is a special day, today is the day that the first years are introduced to the sensei they will be learning under for the next 4 years.
Enter, Asato Yuki, today is his first day of Ninja Academy, though he wasn't worried about that at all. You see his parents were involved in a freak accident a month ago, though his father died instantly in the blast, his mother fought on. Unfortunately she didn't make it through the night, leaving Yuki's older sister Miyabi to take care of them both.
Even with Miyabi taking care of him, he still felt alone. Miyabi herself was always out on missions, only home for a day or so then gone for another 3-5. Yuki felt alone all of the time, and today felt no different.
Miyabi had wanted to stay and wait for Yuki to go into the school, but that would make her late for her mission. She walked him to the grounds after she had woken him up, made sure he was dressed, and that he ate. She wished him luck, said a prayer with him, and left.
Now, a full half hour before the school begins, Yuki is sitting alone, in a swing, silently sulking, wishing he was back at home. It isn't that he doesn't want to be a ninja, he still hasn't gotten over the death of his parents. It's just going to make it worse when all the kids parents come to pick him them up after school and he has to walk home alone.
Then without warning, a hard shove propels him from the swing, landing face first into the dirt below. As he tries to lift himself up he can hear snickering.
"What's the matter, Gaki? Get dirt in your eye?" came a voice.
Yuki pushes himself up off the ground and starts to stand up, still not able to see the person who pushed him from the swing. Though as he stands, a foot catches him squarely in the back and sends him back down.
"Can't get up, Gaki? Just found your way out of the crib?" came a new voice, then a trio started to laugh.
Yuki rolls over onto his back, trying to fight back the tears from where he had just been kicked. Though it hurt, his sister taught him never to show weakness, and ignore the pain.
"Leave me alone!" he shouted as he stumbled to his feet, now facing the three.
The boy up front, an Inuzuka, plain as day. The tell-tale jacket he wore with the Inuzuka clan insignia on it was a dead giveaway, not to mention he smelled strongly of dog. His dark brown hair a mess, and his pants covered in dirt.
The boy to his right, was definitely a Hyuuga. His pale eye's giving him away, though one would have thought he was the leader of the three. He himself intimidated Yuki more than the Inuzuka did. His crème colored shirt and blue pants were neat and pressed. His black hair brushed, unlike the dog boy.
The next kid, Yuki new nothing about, his white hair was spiked and he wore something that resembled a black battle suit.
The Inuzuka closes the distance between him and Yuki in the blink of an eye, grabbing Yuki's collar and lifting him into the air.
"Look Gaki, if you know what's good for you, you'll leave. This is our spot, and I don't want you forgetting that." Said the Inuzuka.
"You first years are in for a world of hurt when it comes to us." The Hyuuga spat.
The other kid just grinned.
"Let him go dog breath!" came a new voice, a girl's voice.
"Dog breath…" the boy repeated as he turned his head to see a girl standing a few feet away.
She had on a light pink top, a mid length white dress with dark blue pants underneath. Her black hair had a blue tint to it, yet it was cut short and spiked at the sides, and her eye's whereas blue as the ocean.
"What did you just call me girl?" the boy demanded as he drops Yuki in a heap and turns his full attention to the girl.
"I called you dog breath, dog breath. It's not nice to pick on someone younger then you!" she said, authority in her voice.
"And just who are you, girlie?" asked the Inuzuka, but the Hyuuga already knew.
"Hey, Koji, you know who that is right?" spoke the Hyuuga as he put a hand on the now named Koji's shoulder.
"Why the hell would I care?" Koji spat.
"That's Uzumaki Himawari, the daughter of the Hokage and Uzumaki Hinata, the former heiress to the Hyuuga clan."
This made Koji grin. "Ah, this little girl's been protected all her life then."
Koji starts cracking his knuckles as he makes his way over to the girl. Nearing her, he pulls his fist back and prepares to punch her.
"I wouldn't do that." She calmly says.
"Or what?" he demands.
Himawari says nothing, though her eye's change. Turning pale from the blue color they were, her pupil also disappearing, not to mention the veins around her eye's becoming more defined.
This makes Koji pause, he begins to second guess what he is about to do. Though pride gets in the way, he releases his fist.
What happened next was too fast for either of them to see. One second Koji is standing in front of Himawari, the next he's falling to the ground with Himawari standing behind him in what looks like a fighting stance to Yuki.
Himawari turns her attention to the Hyuuga and the other boy. "Anyone else want to make a bad decision?"
The two boys immediately turn and run, even the Inuzuka manages to get up and limp away in the opposite direction.
Yuki still lays in the dirt, mostly because his pride is hurt. Though he is unsure what the girl is going to do next.
Turning her attention now to Yuki, the girl walks over to him and holds out her hand. Reluctant, Yuki takes it.
Now on his feet with the girls help, Yuki bows. "Thank you." Is all he managed to get out.
The girl returns his bow with a nod and a smile. "You're welcome, I'm Himawari by the way, but you can call me Hima."
"I'm Asato Yuki…" he mutters.
Hima smiles, nice to meet you Yuki. Sorry for what happened earlier." She said, looking into Yuki's eyes.
"I'll be fine, thanks though." He said, trying not to sound hurt and trying avoid eye contact with her.
"Say what class are you in?" she wonders, trying to figure out if they share the same class.
"Class 5, I'm a first year student." he says, now he himself wondering if Hima is in the same class as him.
The girl smiles wide, "Me too!" she says almost shrieks. "Hey, wanna walk to class together, Yuki?"
Yuki blushes a bit, its just his first day in the Academy and a girl already wants to walk to class with him. Though he also was on the verge of getting beat up on his first day too, what else could possibly go wrong.
"Yea, that sounds cool." He says, now smiling a bit.
With Hima leading the way now, Yuki followers her from the swings and up to the academy door. Hima pushes the doors open wide, and they both disappear inside as the door closes behind them.
Chapter 1: The End of Fourth Year
It had been a long and hard four years for Yuki. Though, determination paid off since he was second in his class, falling only behind his close friend Hima. Though both of them were way ahead of the class both academically and physically.
This due in part by their constant sparing, it was hard to believe that very few people could counter the Jyūken, but Yuki managed to do it. Though he wasn't successful everytime, he still had days he could counter Hima's attacks.
Hima herself had grown to be a girl that no one picked on, or messed with any of her friends as a matter of fact. Her older brother Boruto taught her how to handle situations without resorting to using her Byakugan or Jyūken. Though Yuki would rather prefer the Jyūken for quicker results.
The day had been fairly uneventful, having taken their writing portion of their final exam, then immediately taking the practical. Making 3 clones was about the easiest thing Yuki could do, though through his training with Hima he could do so much more. The next step for them, was being paired into squads.
Miyabi had assured him that he and Hima would be in a squad together, since Konoha liked to place the dead last each year on the team with the top two students. Mostly to balance out the squad power ranking, and to help the lesser skilled member gain the skills needed.
Right now, Yuki was in his own little world again, while the other students were finishing their exams, he was spacing out. What seemed like an eternity passed him by, not that he cared, having them sit there and wait for the others to finish after being handed their Hitai-ate was the driving factor of his boredom.
Finally, after a while of him staring off into space, a hand appeared in his vision and snapped a few times.
"You're not dead are you?" he could hear Hima asking. "You've been in that same position for an hour, and I don't think you've blinked any." Now she was making fun of him.
"Look now Whiskers…" he teased. Knowing Hima didn't like anyone making fun of her "whiskers". It was known fact that since her father held the Kyuubi inside of him that through birth Hima had gained some of the powers also, this included having "whiskers" which were just black lines across both sides of her face, needless to say they looked like whiskers.
Hima fumed at this and suppressed the urge to slap Yuki on the back of the head. "I'll pretend I didn't hear that."
"Pretend all you want Whiskers." Yuki said with a grin on his face, preparing for what was about to happen next, though he wasn't prepared for how hard it was going to be.
Hima slapped Yuki over the back of the head, so hard in fact it made Yuki's head hit the desk he was sitting at, putting a noticeable crack in its surface.
Yuki shot up and started rubbing his head where he hit, amazed it hadn't split the skin open. "What the hell was that for!?" he yelled.
Hima simply sat there and grinned. "Now maybe you'll drop that stupid nickname. Anyway, the rest of the class left ten minutes ago…"
Yuki looked around at the empty room, they were infact the last two there. "Oh…" he said lowly.
Fast forward 20 minutes, Yuki and Hima are walking on a side street, afternoon breeze blowing by them. They get the occasional bow from passersby, due to the fact that Hima is the daughter of the current Hokage. Though Yuki never really figured out why they bowed to him also, Hima suggested at one point that many people think of him as Hima's protector. Though Yuki knows it's completely the opposite.
"So what do you wanna do today?" asks Hima. "Isn't your sister out on a mission?"
Yuki nods, "Yea, so I'm alone again tonight it seems."
"You could come over tonight, I'm sure mother and father won't mind you being there for dinner." She suggests.
"Yea, that'll be cool. I need a good meal anyway." He says with a slight smile.
"Don't you think it's time for you to start cooking for yourself instead of having ramen every other night?" Hima asks, concerned a bit about Yuki's health.
"Why do I need to do that when I can come to your house and eat when I want to?" he said with a sly grin creeping across his face.
Hima stares at him for a moment with a blank stare, then turns her head. "Baka Yuki!"
Without warning, someone ran into Yuki full force, though Yuki's reflexes kicked in. He planted his foot down to keep him from falling and shifted his weight. This was enough to make him turn and see who had hit him. Fleeing from him, was a girl about his age, long blond hair and wearing a white dress. Seconds later two Konoha chuunin rush past him chasing after the girl.
"What the hell was that?" wondered Yuki, turning his head to look at Hima, who he saw was beet red. HE looked down to see the scabbard of the katana he had tied to his side had pressed itself against Hima's rear when he had been turned around.
"Yuki…" Hima started in a very deep voice.
Yuki jumps away, knowing he was about to receive the hardest hit of his life. "Hima…it…it was an accident!" he shouts while he holds his hands up.
She closes the gap, landing a punch right to Yuki's face. The hit was so hard it echo'ed throughout the street.
Yuki lay in a crumpled heap among two trashcans, having been propelled back by the force of the hit. His face was throbbing, and he was pretty sure his nose was broken.
As he opens his eye's to focus, he see's Hima's hand held out to him. "Come on Baka, let's get going."
The bane of his existence, infact, it was the bane of any kage's existence. Mountains of paperwork lined his desk. He hadn't known what a migraine was when he was growing up, but he sure found out when he took the job of being the Hokage.
He sighed, hoping something would happen to give him just a few moments away from the task of signing off on all of these reports. Though as luck would have it, he was about to get his wish.
There was a loud knock at his door. "FINALLY," he shouted. "Come in."
A older woman enters the room, her black hair mixing in with a few white hairs. She wore a purple robe like dress. "Naruto, there's someone here to see you. They say it regards the girl from yesterday."
Naruto sighed, knowing what it was going to be about, now suddenly he'd rather be doing paperwork.
"Fine, send them in."