At a young age, Naruto had created a powerful jutsu, which just so happened to be the Oiroke no Jutsu. He had made to be used as a defense mechanism against perverts and for the most part, it worked. However in one case, his whiskers had appeared instead of the smooth cheeks he thought of when he cast the jutsu.
It was in that one case that Uzumaki Naruto died. He was murdered by being stabbed multiple times in the neck and the chest by a drunk civilian man. After all, how could a young boy stand a chance against someone many times older than him. It takes quite some time for the ANBU to arrive and when they do, the whole scene was covered in blood, but no body was discovered. And although the perpetrator was tortured for days on end, the civilian claims he has no idea where the body the went. The case is closed after two months of investigating and the body of Uzumaki Naruto was never found.
A year after these events occurred, a girl by the name of Kaze Himiko applies to enter the academy.
"Ano, may I come in Hokage-sama?" The voice was light and frilly, one of a young woman. So when he let the 'woman' enter, he was not at all expecting a young girl. She had a stack of papers in her hands and she standing with her head bowed to him, showing the correct respect of one of his station. Her hair is a pale red yet had an undertone of crimson and from the small glimpse he saw of her eyes he deduced them to be striking gold.
"So, you are Himiko, I take?" She nods her head, not breaking the position. "Why don't you come sit down with me?" She lifts her head and makes her way to one of the seats across him. Looking at her, she only seemed to be eight or ten.
She's only a few years older than Naruto...
He looks down and grabs the exam and finds that the girl in front of him had scored a 99% on the entrance exam. "I see you very well on the exam. Not many civilian or ninja children get such a high score." She looks at him and beams for a moment before looking down again. "However I do have a concern... From what I can tell, there seems to be no known record of you. Do you care to explain?" He tries not to be blunt about it, but he fails as the girl flinched rather violently. She looks into his eyes and swallows.
"Ah... About that... I was not taken into the orphanage as they did not have enough room for me..." He looks at her with hard eyes, beckoning her to continue. "I was taken in by a cathouse. From there, I was given all things I needed to survive. Water, food, clothes, shelter, knowledge, and training. I was treated fairly there." She looks down and begins to fidget with her top.
Hiruzen feels absolutely livid as he hears her story. How could such a place do this to a... A child of all people? Thankfully, he's rather good at hiding his emotions and there's only a small frown on his face.
"Training, as in...?" Hiruzen trails off as he's not sure he would be able to say what he implied in front of a child. It was taboo, but not in the red-light district however. She looks up at him wide eyed with red cheeks.
"Oh, Kami-sama. If you're implying whether or not I'm a prostitute. Then I can assure you I am not. I've only done theoretical things... Kami, I'm too young for that. I've had lessons in learning how to dress properly, how to cook, how to create minor poisons, calligraphy, how to dance, how to play several different instumnents, an other things of the like." The Sandaime only sighed in relief but then remembered that she said she'd done theoretical things and slumped into his chair. He looked at her and saw that she had a thoughtful look in her eyes. "Oh! I am also rather flexible. I can bend my body however I want it too and am really good at gymnastics." She got up from her chair and stepped away and did multiple flips, handstands, and cartwheels. She got up from her final flip and she was smiling hard and had a dazed look in her eyes.
"You have excellent control of your movements Himiko-chan." She blushes at his remark and quietly thanks him for the praise.
"Total control of one's body is the base requirement for all things." It's a phrase she learned from her Madame and all prostitutes use it, but it translated just as well for a ninja phrase.
"You know your training at the cathouse will be useful for future missions if you were to become a kunoichi." She laughed at his remark, understanding the undertone of his words. After all, seduction missions did have to be completed.
"Well, on the bright side, the pay is way better." He hides his laugh with a cough but Himiko catches it, even as he gives in and he signs the papers she needs for to enter the Academy, he'll deny that he laughed at such a crude joke. It is unbecoming of a Kage to laugh during a business meeting however he never laughed, just horribly coughed.
He hands her entrance ticket to the academy and she grins at him and is about to flee when he says, "You're going to have to work really hard in order to catch up with everyone, you know that Himiko?"
"Of course I do. I always know what I'm getting myself into before I commit to something. As for working hard, I always do. Arigatou gozaimasu Hokage-sama!" With that said she runs out of his office and the lest thing he saw was her obscurely long red hair.
Naruto would have been in his first year in the Academy. I hope you live Himiko... You remind me of Naruto, but you are clearly alive and seem to have a different mindset than he did...
Finishing up his dark thoughts, he began his worst enemy, paperwork.
Word Count: 1,043
Would you look at that? I made a new story in one sitting. What is wrong with me? I have so many stories I have to update, yet here I am with all my new stories like: What?! I don't remember doing that story. I'll update it later. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this first chapter. Leave a review and tell me what you think.