Wyrmling
A Naruto Fanfiction
By: Ariel Ceylan
Disclaimer: I own nothing except my OCs.
Aggie Yukio Jones was sitting outside her dorm. She was reading the bill statement that she just received from Rutgers. Aggie's scholarship did not cover the whole cost of her attendance at the institution of higher education. A good deal of her money went to helping pay for her mother's medication. Aggie's mother is schizophrenic, you see, and paying for the grown woman's medication is challenging when one makes minimum wage.
It was times like this, when Aggie and her mother suffered, that the twenty-year-old wondered who her father was. Liberated in college, Aggie questioned everything. She wanted, no she needed to know who her father is.
I hate these bills…My father, who is he? Why doesn't mom have any pictures of him?...She said I have my father's eyes…What does that mean? My mom and I both have dark brown eyes, so how could I have my father's eyes?
She turned her copper face to the gray, cloudy sky and pushed her black curly locks out of her eyes.
If there's someone or something out there, help me find my dad…I need to know who he is. I need to know why he left…I hope…I hope I'm not the reason…
The Next Day
Aggie is walking from her Japanese language class with her friend, Margaret.
Margaret smiled, "I love lecture days."
Aggie nodded, "Me too, Sensei's an amazing lecturer. I learn so much more in his class, than reading the text."
"Same here."
"So what are you off to?"
"I'm gunna write the paper for my next class."
"The one that starts in two hours and is ten pages?"
"Yup!" Margaret grinned cheekily.
Aggie scoffed to herself, "Have you even started writing this paper?"
"Nope!"
"That's college for ya."
"Yup it is."
They were quiet for a few moments before Margaret broke the silence with her inquiry, "Whaty're you up to now?"
"I'm gunna be an online ninja!"
Margaret chuckled, "What are you going to research?"
"My dad."
"Didn't your dad leave you when you were a baby?"
Aggie tipped her head down slightly, shadows formed over her eyes, "Yeah, yeah he did."
"Are you sure this is the path you wish to go down?"
"Margaret started Aggie Yukio icily, "this isn't some tv show where people do stupid shit when they discover the truth. This is reality. I'm a big girl looking for big girl answers. If you think I shouldn't try to find my father, who I have not seen for twenty fucking years, that's your problem."
Who does she think she is, asking me if it's smart to find out who my dad is? I'm smart enough to not blow whatever shit he throws at me out of proportion! Geeze!
"Calm down, sheesh, that was only a question."
Only a question? Only a question? Is she dumb or is she unobservant? How could she not think that my father is a hot issue for me?
"That was only an answer," snarled the abandoned.
Margaret flipped her blonde hair, "Well maybe you should fix your answers."
"Only if you fix your questions."
They stopped talking and went their separate ways. Aggie Yukio immediately went into her dorm room, grabbed her computer, and crawled into her bed. She then proceeded in researching her father's name: Ryu, Kurayamiryu. She spent hours researching until she exhausted all the search engines' results (those she could think of). It was three am when exhaustion settled in.
He changed his name. He doesn't want me to find him…So I AM the reason why he left…I was only a baby! I didn't know what I was doing. I'm sorry I made you leave. I'm sorry for being out of control. I'm so so sorry.
With that, Aggie Yukio cried herself to sleep.
Narrator: Thanks so much for reading! This is my first fanfic in a while...I dont know any Japanese, a friend of mine helped with the names. Again thanks for reading, Ariel Ceylan.