Path Not Taken

by latenightvodka

Found half dead in the late night of a snowstorm, everyone agrees that the pink-haired girl is an anomaly in the Land of Iron. Without memories, Tsuzuri wakes up in a world without allies nor kin and has to tread on eggshells with every word, until she meets Kousuke Masayuki. But the real Tsuzuri is a kunoichi of Konohagakure and that alone means that happiness will not last.

1. Chapter 1

You will guard this fragile peace that we have fought so terribly for, Tsuzuri. Guard it well. Tsuzuri has been told those words for as long as she could remember.

The Hayakawa Clan, like any self-respecting shinobi family in the world were dramatic and full of bullshit. Eager to boast about their diplomatic achievements and their long-standing relationship with the land beyond the Shinobi nations, they enjoyed telling anyone that would listen about their members being one of the few to have witnessed the signing of the peace treaty between the Shinobi nations. But like all those that have fought, they were worried about the fragile peace they had finally received hold over when Yunano, the then head approached Sarutobi Hiruzen and told him of her idea.

A generation later, her granddaughter, would become the first test subject of what Yunano hoped would preserve this peace.