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The End of Innocence
Konoha
The steady beep of a heart monitor could be heard in the hospital room currently occupied by a little girl. In the hall outside, a discussion between the Head Medic and Hokage were in deep conservation about the circumstances on how the girl had ended up in said room.
"Hiruzen, in all my of my years as a doctor, I have never seen a child in this condition. Restraint marks upon her wrists and ankles, stab wounds in both eyes, slash wounds on her sternum, worst of all it seems as though her reproductive system has been injured beyond all repair. She will never be able to have children. She may be able to recover physically, however with the mental trauma from such an event, I would not be surprised if she never woke up."
"This is first attack on her, from what I can tell most villagers have just ignored her or glared at her."
"I may not be a psychologist Hiruzen, but even I know that is not healthy for a child to develop."
Giving a sigh, and looking every bit as old as he was, the Sandaime Hokage gave a tired gaze to his friend. The Head Medic, Tosuke Satoshi, was two years his junior, he had short brown hair streaked with gray, and a wrinkled face. They had become friends early on in their shinobi careers, and the man was his personal physician. "Tosuke, you think I don't know that? The parents tell their children to stay away from her, I try to give what love I can, but you know how little time I have for even my own family. I do what I can, but it is nowhere near enough."
"I know, old friend. It is just a sad thing to see happen to one so young."
"The mental trauma could be much greater than we think. According to the report, Naruko-chan might have been raped. Did you find anything?"
"No there were no signs of rape. She is still pure as she can be with such injuries. What happened to the assailant?"
"Mauled to death, most likely by the tigers guarding her when Anko arrived."
"They were guarding her?"
"That is what Anko reported, apparently they would not let her move until she showed that she would not harm Naruko."
As the elderly men continued to discuss the circumstances of the attack, the girl was girl in question was having a breakdown of her own.
Mindscape
Seven year old Naruko Uzumaki, was currently curled into a ball against the wall of what appeared to be a sewer. Naruko stood at 3'9', somewhat tall for her age, and a little on the skinny side. The girl had shoulder length red hair which darkened to midnight black tips. She had creamy white skin and a heart shaped face. Her eyes however were the most curious thing. She had dark purple eyes with silver eyeshadow, even though she did not wear makeup.
Currently her eyes were red and puffed from crying. She had seen what the man was going to do before he blinded her. After it dark however, she began to see what happening in various shades of blue, but she could only make out burry shapes. It was around this time that blacked out, she had only woken up in this sewer not too long ago.
The deafening silence around her was broken by a whispered call, just barely louder than her sobs.
"Naruko…"
Looking up startled at the voice, it came again.
"Naruko, come here…"
It was a soothing call, full of comfort and warmth, but so had been THAT man's. Through her sobs she gave a choked reply. "Go away. Haven't I been through enough?"
"Please let me help you Naruko. I only want to make the pain go away."
Naruko didn't want any more pain, but the voice sounded so nice. 'No! They will only hurt Me.! …but it sounded so soothing. Like this voice could take all the pain away. Through comfort and kind words, or the sweet release of death.
Making up her mind and standing on shaking legs, Naruko began to make her way towards the voice. The trek took what seemed like only a few minutes. With each step the voice seemed to be closer.
Coming to a large room that seemed to be much more well-lit than the tunnels, Naruko noticed an enormous cage at one end of the room. It seemed to be made of iron bars thicker than the trees found deep in the forests, and had glowing chains wrapped around it as well. The chains all led to two crimson haired women looking at her.
The first was sitting cross legged on the floor with the chains coming out of her back. Her hair reached her hips, with a bang held to the side with a single orange clip. She had bright purple eyes that held a sadness in them, also reflected in her smile. The second was standing next to the first, and seemed older, yet no less beautiful as the first. She had her hair tied into a bun held up by chopsticks, sealing tags hanging from her ears, and a purple diamond on her forehead.
As Naruko slowly approached she made sure to never take her eyes of the two, and came to stop thirty feet from them. After a few minutes of staring, during which the first woman began to have her well up with tears, Naruko began in a hollow and pain filled voice, "Are you going to kill me? If so do it quickly and end this meaningless existence."
Her words caused the tears to fall from the first woman's eyes, bringing her hands up to her face, she began to sob at her daughters words. The second put a hand on the first's shoulder in comfort and faced Naruko. "We do not wish you dead, child. Your safety and happiness is all we wish for."
In a bitter tone, Naruko gave a biting reply. "Great job at that. I bought it from the last guy, and look where I end up, a sewer, talking to two people who might want me dead or worse." This only caused the first woman to cry harder. "Tell who you are, and what you want with me so I can leave."
The crying woman gave a choked reply to this, "Wait! Please Naruko-chan, don't go. My name is Kushina Uzumaki… your mother."
Her words only filled Naruko with anger. "My mother! Some parent you are!" The shout and hate in the reply caused Kushina to flinch. "Why should I even listen to anything else you have to say? You abandoned me, and just think you can come back like it's no big deal? Stay away from me. I never wish to see you in this life or the next." This only made Kushina begin to cry harder, and the second gave a small frown.
Turning to leave, Naruko found herself stopped by a hand on her shoulder. Turning back she found the second woman looking down at her. "Leave me be. I'm done speaking with you."
"Do not leave before you everything, child."
"She abandoned me, what else is there to know!"
"How about the fact that she is not able to leave this place, nor am I."
"What do you mean, and why would she not be able to leave the sewer?"
"This most certainly not the sewer. And we are not able to leave because sealed here, more specifically, within you."
Confused at her words, Naruko's anger began to fade, "Within me, how is that possible?"
"Before we go any further, allow me to introduce myself. I am Mito Uzumaki, your great grandmother, and we…"
"Hold up, how are you my great grandmother, but only look in your thirties?"
Amused at Naruko's confusion, she gave a small smile and proceeded. "That will explained in due time. Now don't interrupt me."
At Naruko's stare to go on, Mito continued. "Now, to go forward, we must go back. During the reign of the Shodaime, he and Madara Uchiha, had a great battle. During the clash, Madara was able to summon the Kyuubi no Kitsune, under his control. Hashirama was able to subdue it with his control over yang chakra. Most people believe that his mokuton allowed him to control the bijuu. This is false, but that is lesson for another time. After Madara's defeat, Hashirama, my husband, and I, both deemed the Kyuubi to dangerous. Using my skill in fuinjutsu, I sealed the bijuu within myself."
Stopping to see if Naruko was following along, it looked as if had questions. Nodding at her to ask, Naruko questioned, "How is it possible to seal bijuu? Wouldn't it kill you?"
"If I were not an Uzumaki, and had little experience in fuinjutsu, I most likely would have. However the sealing of bijuu into humans has been done for quite a while now. Those with bijuu contained within them are called jinchuriki, and I was the first to become one."
At this declaration, a malicious growl came from the cage, "Do not claim a title you have no right to you damnable woman." The hate in its voice seemed to engulf the room. Kushina formed the ram and the chains from her back tightened, which was promptly followed by a shriek of pain. "Be silent. We have no need for your remarks."
Mito looked to Naruko to see if she was alright. The child was on her hands and knees gasping for breath. "What was that?"
"That was very bijuu we are discussing right now."
"The kyuubi?" Her eyes grew wide in realization. "It's sealed within me, isn't it?"
"You are correct. You are the third jinchuriki of the kyuubi."
"The third? Who was the second?"
"Your mother, she received the burden when she was around your age. And when she did, I also sealed a blood clone of myself within her, to help counteract the kyuubi's influence. The same happened to you."
"If I have the kyuubi, and my mom had before me, how did the kyuubi attack happen?"
At this Kushina spoke up, "While I was going through labor, the seal had weakened. A masked man claiming to be Madara Uchiha, attacked and released the kyuubi from me. Your father fought the man and caused him to retreat. When almost about to seal the kyuubi's yang half within I knocked him out and took control of the jutsu. I was able to seal the yin half with the help the released clone of Mito, and was able to seal a clone of myself along with her. However, I also altered your seal, to sustain both of our clones without drain you of chakra, I added a seal to draw in nature chakra to sustain us."
Tears threatened to fall from Naruko's eyes as she asked the question she only confirmation for, "Who was my father?"
"Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage, is your father, and currently in the stomach of the Shinigami."
The answer caused Naruko to finally start crying, repeating "It's not fair." over and over. Mito picked her up and brought Naruko over to Kushina, to hold her child for the first time in over seven years.
As Naruko's tears began to dwindle, she embraced her mother. At this, Kushina began to smile again. Looking into her eyes Kushina asked the question she dreaded the answer to, "Do you still hate me?"
"No, I will always hold a small bit of resentment, but I can forgive you for not being there… kaa-san." This caused new tears to come to Kushina's eyes as the mother and daughter embraced again.
"I hate to be the one to break this up, but I believe you should be waking up now Naruko-chan." To this, Mito got a death glare from Kushina, and a look of sadness from Naruko. "Don't worry, we will be able to talk through your mind. If you wish to come back here, just meditate and think of this place."
"How do I wake up?"
"Right, just think of waking up."
As Naruko faded out of her mind, Kushina glared at Mito. "Did you really have to make her leave at that moment?!"
"She needed to tell Hiruzen that she was okay, and don't worry, she will be back to spend time with you."
Giving a defeated sigh, Kushina could only give a quick, "Fine", before waiting for Naruko to wake.
Hospital Room
When Naruko came to, everything was in complete darkness, until she began to see everything within ten feet in shades of blue. 'What's going on with my vision? How can I see behind me, and why is everything so… blue?'
She jumped when a familiar voice sounded in her head. 'Interesting, it seems as though the seals to sustain us with nature chakra has given you minor sensory abilities.'
'Mito-san? So it wasn't a trauma induced dream.'
'Not in the slightest. Both your mother and I are within the seal. Since it seems that the nature chakra has affected you, there may be some other side effects that we are unaware of. However, nothing seems to be affecting you in a negative way, so you should be fine for now.'
Nodding at Mito's words, Naruko noticed a very bright chakra signature outside the room. 'Jiji' flaring her chakra slightly, Naruko noticed that the blurry shape of a man in the Hokage's robes perked up and made their way to the door, which was then opened. She could barely hear the soft steps of the elderly man as he walked up to her bedside. Moving her head as if she was looking at him he spoke in a gentle voice.
"Naruko-chan, I'm so sorry, I couldn't protect you. I should have given an ANBU guard. I never wanted this for you."
She spoke to him in a raspy voice, "Jiji, when were you going to tell me?"
"Tell you of what?"
"Of what I contain, of why I am shunned, of who my parents were?"
Flinching at the small bit of anger in her voice, Hiruzen gave a sigh. "You were to be told of the kyuubi when you made genin, or became sixteen. Your heritage would be revealed, and inheritance claimed when you became chunin, or turned eighteen. I hated having to keep it from you, however I needed to be sure that you were ready. If you hate me for this then I cannot and will not blame you."
"I don't hate you Jiji, you are the only one who has given me love, but I am still mad at you for keeping it a secret." Chuckling at her response, the aged man was relieved that she didn't hate her, but his face became grim at the prospect of her injuries.
"Naruko-chan, about why you are here, you have very severe injuries. The medics were only able to cosmetically fix your eyes, I'm afraid that you will be blind for the rest of your life."
With shaking hands, Naruko reached up and touched the bandages she finally noticed. She quickly ripped them off to the shock of the elderly man, to make sure it was true. Once the wrappings removed she opened her eyelids to the same blurred blue objects surrounding her. "No, no, I can't be blind! I still have so much to see! Why me?" Standing up and moving next to her, Hiruzen wrapped the sobbing girl in a hug. It saddened him when she flinched at his touch until she realized who it was.
"Naruko, I'm afraid that isn't the worst of the news." With a heavy sigh at what was to come he spoke. "Your womb was practically shredded when you were brought in, I'm sorry, but you will never be able to give birth." The statement caused something inside of her to break as she cried harder. They stayed like that for most of the night.
AN: Thanks for reading and reviewing. This chapter and the next were originally going to be one chapter, but it was better to stop here. The next chapter of this should be out within the next few days.
After I put up the next chapter, I will try and alternate between updates, I just wanted to get this idea down first. Hope you guys like this story, if not then sorry it is not for you. Read on and review if you wish.
Ja ne.
