Minako Uzumaki's backstory
Minako Uzumaki - who is also known as Mina - is the first born child and only daughter to The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and his partner Kushina Uzumaki.
The girl was born silent, and the medics believed that she was dead. Bawko handed the new-born girl to Kushina, when her finger brushed against her daughters cheek the new-born started to cry.
While she was only a baby at the time, she remembered what happened.
Everything was dark, cold and quiet, then a voice spoke up.
'What a pitiful human' it said. 'Dying before you get to see the light of day, disgusting.'
A sudden surge of power was brewing inside of Minako.
Someone was sharing their chakra with her.
'I suppose I could share my chakra with you. Be grateful, Kushina's brat.'
The being that helped give her life was the Nine Tailed Fox, Kuruma.
Both of her parents believed her to be a very unique child this was confirmed when they found her in her fathers study, reading a book about Shinobi life, at the age of two.
The girl is a prodigy.
Her name was originally Minako Namikaze, however, when her parents died when she was five-years-old she had to change her name.
Her mother and father had died protecting the village, and her new-born brother, Naruto Uzumaki, Minako left behind her childlike antics and grew up earlier than anyone she's ever met in order to raise her brother.
She always knew that a sisters love is nothing compared to a mothers love or a fathers. She always tried her best in raising Naruto, she cooked for him, tucked him in bed, sang him nursery rhymes, read him stories and comforted him when he had nightmares.
The two were never excepted in the village. While Naruto only had Minako, Minako had Naruto, Seichi, (a friend she made on the first day, and Sakuras older brother) Shusui, and Itachi.
But she still had people who didn't like her, in fact, these people bullied her.
As if having bright red hair that was as strong wire wasn't enough, she also had deep purple eyes.
"Tomato!"
"Freak!"
"Outcast!"
"Die!"
She heard these words every day of her life until she turned eleven. In those six years anyone who said those words to her face would be beaten by her.
The parents called her a new name, the red hot habenero, and Minako never hated this name because it reminded her of her mother.
Eventually the time came when Minako graduated the academy, she was only seven and she had gained the highest score, succeeding her own father and best friend, Itachi Uchiha.
The two friends were separated when the teams were announced.
Itachi joined team two and Minako team three.
She wasn't close with her team, her Sensei, Sado Sekai, was in her fathers team and often compared her to him - he never knew they were related.
On a mission to answer a distress call made by a Konaha Shinobi the group was captured. Minako woke up, and was tied up, her entire team was tied up against trees. Kumo Shinobi were questioning her team about confidential information on their village. Information on the Nine-Tailed Fox was the main one. When they didn't answer the Kumo-nin, they were killed in front of her very eyes. Everything became blank to Minako, and when she came around, everyone was dead and she was covered in blood.
At that time, Seichi had graduated and Itachi had lost his entire team only days after she lost hers. The two survivors joined Seichi's team, team seven, the three of them were together once again.
Two years had pasted and the three was still together. Everything was great, everyone was happy, they were Chunin, until Itachi and Minako were told to join the Anbu Black-Ops. Minako took the position as the missions paid more and the leader, Danzo, had threatened to end her brother's life and realise the demon within.
At the age of thirteen she became a captain of an entire squad.
However she was taken out after the Uchiha massacre.
She remembers that day well.
She had just gotten home from another assassination mission, and had found Naruto asleep at the table. She tucked him into bed and had a bath, as she could still feel and smell the blood.
After getting dressed she went out to the balcony for fresh air.
But all she could smell was blood.
She sniffed her hand. Was it her that stunk like blood?
No, it wasn't her.
She just got out of a bath that she had soaked in for an hour, she had a strong smell of peppermint.
'It's not me' she had thought.
Her heart sank, as the faced the door.
She ran to Naruto's room, she had heard rumours before she left, the villagers were tried of Naruto, they wanted him out.
And she knew that there was a silent killer in the Anbu.
She slammed open the door and a body jolted up from the bed. "Mina…when did you get home?"
It was Naruto, then again it could be a clone transformation of an enemy.
"Naruto" she said slowly. "What is your least favourite food?"
"Vegetables, why?"
Minako slid down the wall and then quickly scrambled up.
"Don't worry, just go back to sleep. I love you, Naruto" she said, closing the door.
She returned to the balcony and saw someone else on the balcony.
A boy in mostly black. If there wasn't any lights on he was be completely invisible to her.
"Itachi, why are you here?" she asked, walking toward her best friend.
She never got her answer that night, instead her greatest friend held her tight and broke down.
He was shaking violently, while his entire tear jerked face was hidden in her shoulder.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I had to, don't hate me."
Minako, hate Itachi? Impossible! She could never.
He recovered quicker than she did. The mere of hating a loved one - a person she loved more than life itself - disgusted her.
"Ita what's wr -"
It was too sudden and quick, one minute ago the two young teenagers were only at arms length and now…
Minako hadn't realised how close they had gotten.
Itachi had taken a very large leap. He had pulled himself towards Minako. Chest to chest, and mouth to mouth.
Minako stood there, eyes wide open, and highly confused.
'It feels right. It's wrong on so many levels, but this feels right. Why does this feel right?'
'I'm not a girl, and I'm not human' a much darker voice growled inside of her. 'You deal with this.'
'Yeah' she thought as she felt Itachi's arms wrap around her waist. 'I'll deal with this.' She wrapped her own arms around his neck. 'Thanks, Kuruma.'
Plucking up every ounce of courage she had … she kissed him back.
She felt like she was watching a movie and the two main characters kiss, it normally looks like two puzzle pieces have connected together, it looks like it connects automatically. But these two awkward teens had no clue what they were doing, it was sloppy.
They pulled apart, took a deep breath and with much more confidence than before, kissed once again.
Minako was always described as a tsundere - well that's what Shusui had always said. He was the first to realise that the red-head had a crush on her friend - even if she didn't know it yet - and when she was asked if she liked him she said 'no' faster than her speed of running. It was true at that exact time, but a few months later, when she turned thirteen, she started to feel weird around Itachi.
Her heart would beat so fast that she was sure it would leap out of her chest, she kept getting red in the face - which caused her to stutter -, time seemed to stop or at least slow down, she got really nervous.
Minako is never nervous.
Since she didn't have any parents, she asked Mikato about what was happening.
'It's love' she had said. 'You like someone.'
Those words repeated in her head.
'You like someone.'
That was true, she liked Itachi, she really liked him. And now he was kissing her, Minako Uzumaki, the girl with red hair as strong as wire, a tomato, a freak, but even with all of that the teen was still experiencing her first kiss.
And she was kissing back.
The two pulled away again. 'Take care of Sasuke for me' Itachi whispered.
Before Minako could ask why or answer for that matter Itachi did his infamous forehead poke and disappeared into the night.
Imagine waking up the next morning, your brother jumping on your bed saying the the Third Hokage wanted to see you, letting in the most important person to the village in your dirty house because you didn't clean up, giving him a cup of green tea in your pyjamas and then your told that an entire clan was killed in a night, the only survivor was your brothers classmate, and your best friend - who you kissed last night - was responsible for this entire fiasco.
'A Shinobi mustn't show any kind of emotion, as it is considered a great weakness' Minako thought as she held onto the cup she was holding. She knew that she mustn't lose her cool around Naruto, who was watching from around the corner.
She was focusing on not crying, and not the amount of strength she was using on her cup. It smashed into pieces, the hot beverage poured onto her hand and on the floor.
The girl finally broke down into a gross sob.
Her parents were dead, teammates dead, Sensei dead, Shusui was dead, Izumi was gone forever, Mikato and Fugioka was the closest thing she had to parents, and Itachi was on the run.
Would Seichi be the next to go?
Maybe it would be Lord Third?
What about Naruto?
Was Minako cursed to be miserable for her entire life?
It's been three years since then and even though she hated Itachi with every fibre of her being … she did what he asked.
To take care of Sasuke.
While the boy showed hatred towards her actions, Minako never cared. She would make lunch and dinner, helped him train and walked him home after school.
Naruto never liked this, but he knew the Minako would help anyone she believed was in need, even if they didn't ask or didn't believe that they did, she would still help.
She's stubborn.
After the event, Minako was pulled out of the Anbu Black-Ops and became a Jounin.
Afraid to lose anymore loved ones she has never had her own team, she does missions with Seichi from time to time, but most of her missions are solos, S-rank solos.
Everyone was aware of the seventeen year old girl who was known for long red hair, purple eyes and using a different kind of kunai. A girl with perfect data, someone who has a strong dislike for rouge ninja, someone who kills rouges without a second thought.
Rouge ninjas should be considered lucky if they get to see two flashes of red.
They would be considered lucky if they never encounter her.
All because she is a S-rank kunoichi and is known to be highly dangerous.
From now on Mina's story will be in first person as it makes it easier