Chapter 1

It was like any other day in the Hidden Mist Village; dreary, cloudy, full of mist. Despite what it what the weather was like though, there was someone who could look past it. Megumi, being only seven, would look at life as if every day were different. The only complaint she had about life so far was the fact that she wasn't allowed to venture into the village with her mother or father when they went. Instead, they lived outside of the village; close enough to be considered villagers, but far enough to maintain their distance and privacy.

As she sat in front of some puddles left from the regular moisture and rain while tracing the rim of her glass of water she couldn't help but think: 'I'm bored…' She was still a child and as such she needed constant stimulation, unfortunately for her, her best and only friend came in the form of sixteen year old Chunnin Ren Koroba and he was off on some errand for the Mizukage himself.

While still tracing the rim of her cup of water she thought back to how she met him.

"Megumi" Her father called in her thoughts. "I'd like you to meet the newest member of the team I'm captain for," He explained. "Ren, I'd like you to meet my daughter Megumi."

"Well aren't you something, the perfect picture of your mother" Stated Ren while looking up at Megumi's proud mother. "Same brown hair, same tan complexion, even the same smile, the only thing I see you inherited from your father seems to be your brown eyes." It was obvious to even Megumi that he was trying to win her parents favor. Her father brushed it aside as mere nerves but, he didn't know if he imagined it or not, he felt that Ren's comment about their eyes had a deeper meaning.

While she was thinking about this she couldn't help but blush. How could anyone resist the charms of the pale young man. Despite being the only boy she had ever seen she found herself drawn to his crystal green eyes and his sun-kissed hair. It helped that after that first meeting he continued to visit just to keep her company and as time would tell, they became each other's closest friends.

She looked down at her cup and gasped. Her water was spinning into a whirlpool! She should have been more frightened but she wasn't. 'Now I won't be bored' She thought as she giggled. She kept playing with the water, raising her hands and moving them randomly to create more figures with her new found ability.

"Megumi! Where are you?" called her mother.

"Coming mommy!" She answered. As excited as she was she focused on the glass of water to make sure she didn't spill any on her favorite navy shirt and pink shorts. "Mommy, Daddy, look at what I can do!" She boasted. She was so focused on controlling the water, that she didn't notice her parents nervous looks.

"We knew this was coming, we have to tell her." Whispered her mother.

"Tell me what mommy?"

"Dear, let's go to your room you might need to sleep after this." Her father explained.

….

So she had a Kekei Genkai; a family inherited ability in her eyes and chakra that enabled her to control all forms of water. That explained why they lived so far from the village and why she wasn't aloud near others except those truly worthy of their parents trust. She was so excited about this new form of entertainment when she was by herself but it was soon taken from her because she was immediately forbidden to use this talent in front of anybody.

"Boo!"

"Aih!" She turned to look at the reason for her distress and found Ren laughing at her for the strange noise she produced. After recovering from her false heart attack, she tackled Ren in happiness but only managed to be caught by him.

"Ren! You're back, finally!"

"You know I wouldn't forget about you, so how have you been, squirt?"

"Don't call me squirt! You're only 1…2...3…8 years older than me." She said after counting her fingers. "Anyway I'm a lot better now that you're here, how come you didn't come sooner?"

"Sorry, but the Mizukage has been making me run all over this village doing some errands for him."

"What kind of errands?"

"….." He paused, "All I can say is that I'm looking for some very special and talented people for him to meet."

Megumi's eyes lit up that point thinking it was for a prize or something along those lines. "Talented! I have a talent!"

He laughed as he heard her say this. "You do? And what might that talent be?"

"I can't tell you, only absolutely trustworthy people can and mommy and daddy said that was just them."

"Aww, but I thought we were best friends" Ren jokingly pouted, Megumi didn't catch the sarcasm and only blushed under the fifteen year olds gaze.

"um…we are, but…"

"I guess we aren't if you don't want to tell me." He knew he had the seven year old when he saw her desperate look.

"O-ok, but you can't tell anyone, promise." She demanded.

Thinking it was a small talent he promised without a single thought.

...

She was sad. After she had shown Ren her talent using the mist and turning it into snow and making it dance, her favorite trick she learned from being alone all the time, all he did was look at her with a strange serious look and then told he had to be going to report back to the Mizukage.

"He must hate me." She cried as she plopped onto her bed and wept herself to sleep.

*Boom! Crash!* She woke up to the sound of furniture falling and glass braking. "Oh no" She gasped as she heard her mother's yell.

Walking down the hallway, she couldn't help but jump every time she heard something heavy make a loud noise falling. As she got even closer to front area of her small home she could hear the distinct sounds of kunai knives clashing in the deep of the night.

One figure looked to be a Jonin level ninja but had a smaller frame compared to most matured ninjas she had heard about, all she could really see were slightly familiar eyes.

"Daddy?"

"Megu- Agh!" He could barely get her name out as a kunai knife was stabbed deeply into his chest.

"As the new captain of this squad and in the name of the Mizukage I shall eliminate you as I did your wife for treason and for hiding a user of your family's Kekei Genkai instead of turning it in to be properly dealt with." As he said this he thrust the kunai even deeper into Megumi's father. All that could be heard afterwards were his garbled and struggling breaths before he went still.

"Ah!…daddy!...no…no…" She could only whimper at the sight of her father and at the thought of her mother in the next room.

"Now to deal with you, squirt."

She looked up at the sound of her nickname that had only been spoken by one person before.

"Ren?"

"The one and only."

"W-why did you d-do this!" She struggled to yell.

"….. Because you're a monster." She gasped when he appeared in front of her. "Do you know what it would mean for me if I killed you right now?" She shook her head no while tears fell from her eyes. "It would mean I could be next in being Mizukage, I would be Lord Mizukage's most trusted guard, and I already surpassed your father by just rounding up other freaks like you. The mere thought of just having to kill you to gain my success makes feel all giddy inside." He laughed crazily with his words.

As he spoke, she could feel the growing hatred inside and could feel her trembling hands going out of control. "You bastard!" She growled.

"You shouldn't be speaking like that, guess your parents were more useless than I thought."

"GRRRR!" Suddenly feeling the massive surge of chakra, Ren dodged out of the way in time to see three blood spikes stick to the wall and turn back into a liquid state. He quickly had to backflip to avoid more spikes this time made out of water and blood. All Ren could do was weave and dodge out of the path of the spikes and decided to leave in order to save himself from the nonstop attack.

"You won't be so lucky later, Megumi. I will get you." He promised while dodging as he disappeared into the misty night.

All that could be heard was her haggard breaths and whimpers, and because of her loss of control and lack of chakra left in her system, she passed out, hoping for her death. The last thing she saw was Ren's sun-kissed hair messy and stained with her parent's blood.

...

As fate would have it, she woke up the next morning feeling completely hollow inside. Why couldn't she have been with her mother and father in death? Why did destiny feel it necessary to further joke with her by letting her live? She walked out of the house in her favorite clothes stained with blood after lying in it the whole night. She moved towards the village deciding that one more homeless child wouldn't be treated any differently than others.

She didn't have time to look around the village she once dreamed of exploring, so she kept her head down and stayed hidden in an alley and cried as it started to snow. She was all alone.

It had been three months since the event had happened and Megumi had already settled into a nice box she found behind a home's trash area and was trying to sleep but her tears wouldn't let her.

"Hellooo?" She heard someone say in a singsongy voice as they knocked on her head.

"Huh?" She was very confused as she looked up into the face of a very pretty girl a little older than her.

"Are you ok? You look like a lost puppy." Megumi couldn't help but whimper more at the statement. All of a sudden she felt the girl petting her. "There, there, it's ok. Hey! We have the same eyes. I think my master would like to meet you, he can take care of you like he took care of me, ok?" The decision was made before she could even get a word in and all she could politely ask was:

"W-what's your name miss?"

She gave her a confused look, "Haku, and I'm not a miss I'm a boy."

AN:

Hello, this is my very first attempt at Fanfiction and I really wanted this chapter to be more like an introduction really to my own character, Megumi, and to set the mood for what I have instore for everyone. As a fair warning there will be one more planned OC for the forseable future, so... Also I was really inspired by a story I read for the Walking Dead and how the OC was seamlessly added into the story without really changing it snd still keeping it interesting so I will be attempting that.

I would really appreciate constructive critisism though and some tips and tricks so please Review, but also be gentle. Like I said, I'm a newbie, there is only so much I can take T_T

-Michelle