Love becomes hate. Courage becomes fear. Trust becomes paranoia. These are all opposites that one time or another happen to us all. But what if it happened in reverse? What type of person would remain? Put all it backwards. Paranoia becomes trust. Fear becomes courage. Hate becomes love. No matter how you look at it, no matter what way you're going, it never happens like this that quickly. It usually takes until we are all far into our teenage years, maybe almost adult years before we even know where we stand on this earth. But what if it all happened earlier? What if you aged mentally way before you did physically? Well that was the exact problem Natsumi Hitama lived with.

Natsumi Hitama was a fourteen year old girl. Her family had abandoned her at her grandmother's at age three. Her grandmother was abusive and demanding. No matter what Natsumi did, her grandmother never approved. At age five, Natsumi wondered off on her own, escaping what she called the "hell-hole". She traveled for days before she collapsed in front of a building. When she awoke, she found herself in a small bedroom in a bed. Getting out and wondering around, she discovered she had collapsed in front of a young woman's home. After listening to her story, the woman asked Natsumi if she wanted to live with her, she had explained that her husband had died in the war, and she was unable to have children. Thrilled that she may have finally found a home, Natsumi stayed, letting this woman become the first, and only mother she had ever had in her lifetime, she, for the first time in her life, felt whole.

Several years went by. Natsumi got a job to help her mother pay for their home and for their food. Some times were rough, but they always pulled through it together. Natsumi had grown into a beautiful and mature teenage woman. Her mother had always said she was a goddess in disguse, but she just shrugged off her mothers comments.

Natsumi had recently taken interest in the younger ninjas in the village. She watched as they grew up together, trained together. Her mother was an older Jonin of the leaf village. After her husband had passed, she had given up being a shinobi, but she did teach her daughter all that she knew. The two together discovered just how much power Natsumi possessed, and how dangerous she could be.

Her mother often tried to get Natsumi to go to the academy, she knew her daughter wouldn't have to start from the beginning, she was almost positive that she could become a Chunin right away. Natsumi always protested though. She was afraid what would become of herself, and she didn't want her mother to loose her as well.

On her forteenth birthday, her mother finally dragged her to the academy. The academy welcomed her mother with open arms.

"Rao. It's nice to see you again."

"You too, Lady Tsunade." Rao's voice was rough as she slightly bowed.

"No need to bow to me. What has brought you here after all this time?" Tsunade had asked, but her eyes were locked on Natsumi.

"Lady Tsunade... My friend. I'm here to bring you my daughters assistance."

"You're daughter? You mean her? She doesn't even look like you or Ryo." Her voice she kept low, but frustration was obvious.

"You are right, she does not look like me or my husband. But I've raised her since she was five. She is my daughter."

Tsunade shifted in her seat before sighing, the look of frustration faded.

"So, she has had no ninja training, what makes you think she can be helpful to us Rao?"

"I've trained her. All I know, she knows, and more. I'm unsure of how powerful her clan was, but she has a Kekkei Genkai I've never even heard of before."

"An unknown Kekkei Genkai? Hm.. Let us see what she can do then. In one hour meet me and the other Jounin at the gym."

"Yes Lady Tsunade." Rao grabbed Natsumi, heading toward the door.

"Oh and Rao."

"Yes My'Lady?" Rao said turning back around.

"Stop being so formal with me. We used to be best friends remember?"

"Of course, it's just-"

"I don't care. To you, I am still you're friend."

"Alright Tsunade."

Rao and Tsunade shared smiles before Rao exited the room with Natsumi.

The two walked in silence before Natsumi couldn't take it anymore. She walked a little bit faster, then stood in front of her mother.

"W-what is it hun?" Her mother questioned as they both came to a halt.

"I-I can't do this Rao."

"But my daughter, you need to. You were meant to be a ninja."

"No. I was meant to be your adopted daughter that stayed home and helped you. I cannot pass for a ninja, you know what my Kekkei Genkai is. It's dangerous!" Natsumi yelled furiously, causing her black and black hair to fall over her face.

Rao sighed and put her hands on Natsumi's shoulders. Smirking, she used one of her hands to push back Natsumi's bangs from her eyes.

"Natsumi. Do you trust me?"

"Of course Rao."

"Then if not for yourself, do this for me."

"Bu -, Yes Rao. I will try."

"That's all I'd ever ask from you hun."

Her mother kissed her forehead before they took off toward the gym to practice before the "judges" showed up.

Outside the gym, was a public washroom. Natsumi told her mother to wait for her while she went to "do her business". In reality, this is not what she did. Her mind was spinning with thoughts and words. She worried that she would not get picked, or that she may loose control of her power and end up killing everyone in sight. She sighed as she walked past a mirror, pausing she looked into her reflection, she straightened out her purple belly shirt and dusted off her black caprie pants before noticing her face.

She had long black hair with small red streaks that popped up almost anywhere and one long strip of her bangs was red as well. Her hair came to about the centre of her back. She kept it down with bangs parted to the side, her left eye almost always covered. Her right eye was different from the left. Her left eye had to do with her Kekkei Genkai, it was different from the right. Her right eye was... normal. It was a deep shade of red, easily mistaken for evil. But her left eye, it was bizarre. It was white, but it had an outline of black with small specs of blue and green. She was ashamed. She was ashamed of who she was and what she possessed. Her mother always praised her and what she could do. She always said that Natsumi would appreciate what she was given when she grew up a little more, but she doubted it. What she had was a curse. She was a walking time bomb before her mother began teaching her.

One day Natsumi had been playing in the yard with her mother when she suddenly felt woozy. She had collapsed to her knees in pain gripping her head in agony. Her mother ran over, but was thrown aside. That was the day Natsumi's eye had changed. For several years her mother attempted to understand what Kekkei Genkai Natsumi possessed and help her understand how to control it. Natsumi always worried her mother loved her less, but never seemed to show any sign of it.

Sighing again Natsumi ripped her gaze from the mirror, letting her bangs fall back down over her cursed eye. Walking out she saw the look on her mother's face, she knew that Rao knew what she was thinking.

"Daughter no. You are not a monster. And you will pass, you will become a leaf shinobi today, I promise." Her mother smiled warmly.

All Natsumi's life she had never called anyone mother. In her mind she addressed Rao as mother, but she could never seem to get the words to form together in her mouth.

"Rao, I cannot do this. I-I just know I'll screw up!" Natsumi collapsed to her knees on the dirt ground, she could feel the gravel dig into her knees.

Rao collapsed with her. Using her hand, she guided Natsumi's chin upward.

"Don't think negitivly my daughter. You will be fine. You have learned to control your gift well."

"Why do you think this is a gift?" Natsumi wiped her eyes.

"Because I see how good you are with it... Come on hun, it's time to go."

When they entered the gym, it was large and was filled of shinobi and the Hokage. Natsumi was guided by one of the shinobi to stand in the middle of the gym, she face Tsunade and her mother to wait for her instructions.

"What is your name?" Tsunade asked, Rao had never mentioned her name.

"My name is Natsumi Hitama, My'Lady." Natsumi bowed slightly.

"H-Hitama?" Tsunade's eyes grew as she turned to face Rao.

"What is it Tsunade?" Rao questioned, looking confused and slightly nervous.

"You've raised a Hitama child in the leaf village all these years?"

"Is there a problem with her?"

Tsunade nodded and leaned in to whisper to Rao. Rao nodded as she listened, her eyes began to widen till the point that she covered her mouth.

"T-that's why her parents... Oh no..."

"How well have you trained her Rao Muni?" There was a sense of coldness in Tsunade's voice now.

"Very well. There is no need to worry My'Lady."

"I hope you are right, because if not..."

"No. That is not necessary. Trust me."

"Very well..." Tsunade turned to face the young ninja. "Who do you want as an opponent... or do you care?"

"It doesn't matter." She answered simply.

"Kakashi."

Kakashi looked up from his book and sighed. He shut it and appeared in front of Natsumi.

"Hello." He smiled warmly as always.

"Hello."

"I'm aware of the power you possess Hitama. Do you know where your limit is?" Tsunade asked, coldness still evident in her voice.

"Of course madam."

"Very well, but if it gets out of hand-"

"It wont. I can control myself."

"... Alright then."

Kakashi was there simply to stand as a target and to defend himself, or at least to begin with. Natsumi had no intentions to let out her full power, her Kekkei Genkai was easy to use now a days, she knew how to only use some of it. Taking a deep breath, Natsumi pulled her hands together as she closed her right eye. Hitima! Natsumi said in her mind. This was the trigger word for her Kekkei Genkai. Natsumi could feel the intense heat of her gift rush into her fragile body. Moving her body into a stance similar to Neji's she exhaled. Kakashi seemed to catch on to what he was dealing with and uncovered his left eye.

Natsumi felt a smirk form at her lips. The only opponent she had ever had was her mother, and she knew all her tricks by now. She was eager to fight someone new.

Natsumi's left eye allowed her to see emotions that ran through people. To her eye, it looked like different types of smiley faces. When she first discovered her power, she thought the faces were a joke, but quickly she realised they weren't.

Inhaling again, Natsumi focused her mind on the concentration bubble Kakashi possessed. Clicking her head to the side, she made it disappear, she watched as the stance Kakashi had, faded, his stance was now making him vulnerable. A bubble of panic entered his body. Focusing on that, allowed Natsumi to be able to heighten it, she could see sweat roll down his face. Natsumi knew from reading and watching other people's matches, that almost every battle, there was a face off. Two ninja stand starring at each other trying to read the other. This came as an advantage to Natsumi. Her Kekkei Genkai worked best when she had face offs. But for times when she didn't, she had amazing Taijutsu skills.

Looking at Kakashi closely, she saw a red bubble, it looked similar to his Sharingan eye. Natsumi focused her power on it and mananged to littrally shut it off, it brought Kakashi to his knees panting. Their "battle" lasted only three minutes.

The reason her power was so deadly, was that, if she had released more chakura, she could see more feelings and actions, if she released enough, she would be able to see a bubble that looked like a heart with crossbones... ultimately, death.

Pulling apart her hands, Natsumi let herself return to normal. She walked over and held out a hand to Kakashi. He looked up to her, and by how his eyes formed, he looked like he was smiling. He grabbed her hand and allowed himself to stand. The two disappeared and reappeared in front of Tsunade and Rao.

"Hmm... you do seem to know how to control it." Tsunade said as she tapped her nails on the desk.

"Yes. And I have amazing taijutsu skills too My'Lady." Natsumi bowed, suddenly feeling uncomfortable.

"No need for that Hitama."

Natsumi raised her head slowly, letting her eyes lock with Tsunade's.

"You do have great skill. We could use someone like you. But I worry that you may go over board."

"I would only do that if it was a life or death situation Madam."

"Hmm... I think everyone will agree with me when I say... You are now not only a leaf shinobi, but a Chunin at that."

Natsumi was speechless as she was handed the headband. It had a black band rather then blue. She tied it around her waist, and smiled.

"You did it hunny!" Rao yelled as she hugged her daughter tightly.

"Oh and one more thing Hitama."

"Y-yes Madam?"

"I want you to go on a few missions with team seven."

"... Why? Aren't I a Chunin?"

"Well yes, but humour me okay? Go on a few."

"Well who is team seven?"

"Kakashi's team." She pointed to behind Natsumi.

She turned and Kakashi had his face deep into a book as usual.

"Oh no..."

Everyone laughed as they all exited the gym.

"Well daughter, you want to go get some lunch?"

"Sure ah-" Someone had grabbed her shoulder, turning, she saw Kakashi, nose still in a book.

"Why don't you come with me? You can meet the shinobi that are you're age."

"Oh. Alright. Is that okay Rao?"

"Of course sweetie." She smiled brightly.

"Alright, I'll be home later then." With that she disappeared.

Author's notes: Bored, this is my Naruto OC. I have a funny feeling very little people will read this, so this is probably more for my own entertainment then anything else, but that was chapter one, for those of you who do read this... Update will be soon.. :/

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