A/N: why hello there. this is my first story on fanfiction!! hooray! So this is mostly a random plot(i'm writing it as i go...i know i'm horrible) but i'm very excited for my OC, Rin. i know how most of you hate OC's but i beg you to read this!! i need your feedback on what to do with her! i also can't decide on lurv interests. (most likely Gaara...or itachi, weird i know) but this is why i need your help! i would lurv to have readers to please so here you go, the first chapter of Kagami Rin. : )

Chapter 1-Bloodline

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Rin burst into the clearing as she pushed off the branch with her bare foot. She landed gracefully into a cartwheel to stand in front of her teammates. Their expressions were less then pleased. The two dark headed ninja merely glanced up as Rin bounced down beside them.

"Did anyone ever tell you that it's November?" Neji asked, looking her up and down. She was wearing her usual clothes: light tank top with shorts. Bandages wrapped her arms and legs at different levels, her head plate tied around her left arm. Rin's belt held various weapons in a small pouch resting at her right hip. She ignored their unsatisfied looks; it was warm out today.

"So," She asked pleasingly, "what's on today's list?" Her light brown hair landed around her shoulders as she sat down by her teammates.

"Well, we would have a B ranked mission if someone had shown up on time." The Uchiha mocked. His blood red eyes stared right through her. She flinched. Sasuke had a very blunt way of saying things.

"Yeah, about that. You see, the thing is-"

"No excuses. You were late, so we get no mission. That's all there is to it." Neji's tone was relaxed but Rin could hear the agitation beneath it. He lay on his side, arm propped up under his chin. Rin looked at him apologetically. She really was trying to be on time today.

"I'll blame Naruto," she thought. It really was his fault this time, challenging her like that. She shifted onto her stomach, folding her arms as she laid her head on top. Sasuke was ever vigilant, sitting straight, arms in his lap.

No sooner had Neji tried to speak again, the silence was broken by a loud burst of smoke in the middle of their loose circle. Sasuke was already a good ten feet away, shuriken out, ready to attack. Neji had taken his stance, scanning the area for anymore surprises. Only Rin remained as she had been, totally calm and uninterested.

"Really Naruto, you're going to get yourself killed, these guys can't see you coming like I can." She flipped over and stood looking up at the blonde shinobi. He stood proudly at the chaos he had caused.

"Well then you shouldn't run off in the middle of a fight!" he declared. Rin looked to see her teammates relax and Sasuke came up and hit Naruto on the back of the head.

"Hey! What was that for?" Naruto yelled.

"For being you." Sasuke said with an even tone. Naruto rubbed the back of his head lightly, glaring his self-proclaimed enemy down. Neji had already sat back down, trying to ignore any further interruptions.

"Where is your team Naruto?" He asked, his patience obviously thinning. Naruto pointed to Sasuke.

"He's here. And Sakura-san is with Hokage-sama, so, I have no team. Ya know," he continued, "I don't even see why they put you guys together in the first place, I mean Sasuke doesn't work well with anyone, but Neji, you had a great team, and Rin just joined so what's the big deal?" The reason was actually quite simple: their eyes. Neji possessed the bakugon, Sasuke the sharingon, and Rin herself the Kagami, or mirror eyes. Basically, with the slaying of two out of three of these clans, they were put together in order to keep a closer eye on things. No harm in that, right?

Sasuke let out an exasperated sigh, giving up the conversation entirely.

"Well, you now have two options Rin," Neji said, "you can train with us, or you can continue your useless fight against Naruto." Rin's brows furrowed. Naruto was great to train with, but she really needed to try to learn about her bloodline.

"Sorry Naruto, maybe another time." She gave him a weak smile. Rin saw a smirk leak across the usually solemn Neji, and Naruto was gone as quickly has he had come. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Rin, as if to ask "why in the world do you waste your time with him?" but she shrugged it off and sat down.

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"So," Sasuke began, "what all do you know about your clan and bloodline?"

"Honestly," she started, "I don't know much about it. I do know that there is no such thing as fog, mist, or smoke to me: everything is always as clear as a reflection. I can also reflect any genjutsu from entering my mind, as I've demonstrated with you." She gave the Uchiha a quick smirk, "and that's really it so far…" Sasuke seemed annoyed by the genjutsu bit, seeing as that's all the more advanced forms of his sharigan were. Neji was deep in thought, trying to make sense of the difference in ability ranges in her eyes. He had never seen anything like it.

"Can I try something?" He questioned. Rin gave him a cautious look. The last time he had "tired" something, she ended up in the hospital for a week because Neji thought maybe she could "see" that she was walking off the edge of a cliff while blindfolded.

"Don't worry," he smiled, seeing her worried expression, "this involves a passive form of your eyes." She glanced at Sasuke, for a look of support –any expression at all really- of whether she should trust him. When she received an emotionless glare in return, she took that as Sasuke's personal form of yes.

"Alright." She finally said. Neji stood and whistled, turning towards the tree line. Soon enough, a girl with muddy brown eyes, and a boy with jet-black hair cut off at his eyebrows jumped gracefully into the clearing. Rin watched as the girl walked over to Neji. She was poised, and her hair was in two tight buns toward the back of her head. Rin eyed her enviously. She was so close to Neji now, resting her arm on his shoulder.

"This is my old team." Neji said proudly. He glanced over his shoulder to the boy, who was giving him a thumbs up paired with a ridiculous grin.

"That's Lee," Neji continued; less than enthusiastic, "and this is-"

"I am Tenten." She pronounced.

Rin silently scolded her for interrupting Neji like that. Rin looked them up and down. They seemed nice enough, capable shinobi, light on their feet.

"Alrighty then, what do I do?" She beamed. She had to try to seem as capable as Tenten looked. Neji walked over and pressed down on Rin's shoulders, forcing her to her knees.

"You sit." He said calmly. He turned and started directing Tenten and Lee to head out further into the clearing.

"Is that it? Or is there some sort of point to this?" she asked.

"Of course. You've never met my old team right? You know nothing about them?" Rin glanced around his shoulder to look at the two strange people. They stood still, just as Neji directed them, their faces were now very much focused and waiting. Rin nodded her head, answering no, she hadn't met them.

"Good, then close your eyes, and focus your charkra there." She did as she was told. Rin's mirrored eyes closed into darkness. She focused; blue lines flowed into her vision.

"Open." Neji commanded. "And focus in on Tenten." Rin's eyes opened and immediately met with Tenten's. Tenten held her gaze. It was strong and steady, and Rin had the urge to look away.

"Don't break your gaze. Keep focus." He snapped. More seconds passed. Rin's vision suddenly switched. In front of Tenten was a see-through image of her, fighting. Rin couldn't really explain it; it was almost like watching a movie on a thin, see-through sheet. Tenten jumped and twirled into the air, scrolls came flying around her as she made different hand signals. Weapons of all kinds showered down to the grassy earth. And then it went blank.

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Rin was utterly confused. She blinked and looked at Neji.

"Well, what happened?" he questioned. Rin directed her answer to Tenten,

"You use scrolls." She said calmly. Tenten gave a surprise look, and nodded. Sasuke, who had been quiet this whole time, finally spoke up.

"Try the other one." He said blandly. Lee stepped into Rin's line of sight and locked onto her gaze. She breathed deeply, forcing her chakra once again into her eyes. This time, the see through image appeared, but nothing happened. The faint image of Lee just stood there. Rin broke focus quickly.

"Neji, does he even have any jutsu?" she whispered. He shook his head solemnly.

"Maybe one, but his strength is tiajutsu, and he uses that in battle. Why? What did you see?" Rin explained as best she could about the images and Tenten's scrolls and Lee standing there. Tenten and Lee had walked up at this point to sit down and listen. Even Sasuke seemed interested now. Neji thought for a while, gaining confidence in his explanation.

"You can see others jutsus before they use them. The ones they mainly use in battle anyway. And I bet…" he continued, "If you held your gaze longer, you could see more."

"Like what?" she and Tenten asked in almost unison.

"Who knows? Weapon range? Strengths?" he paused, "Weaknesses?" Rin beamed at the thought. What kind of shinobi would she be if she could see others weaknesses? As Neji said goodbye to Tenten and Lee, Sasuke pulled Rin to the side.

"Don't get cocky." He hissed, "Whether or not you can do what Neji just said is still debatable. Not to mention how long it took you to focus like that. Have you ever learned such a thing as chakra control?" his words stung with searing truth: Rin did lack chakra control; it was little or none actually. And this jutsu with her eyes took awhile. She looked down in defeat. Rin was so close to having another technique to call as part of her bloodline. She fought back unnecessary tears at the thought: her bloodline. And hers alone.

"Don't cry!" she thought, "Stop it! It's not that bad! Don't be weak! You'll never learn anything by being weak!" Sasuke merely looked on, not really knowing what to do. Why on earth was she crying?

"A little help?" He muttered to Neji. Neji raised his eyebrows as he walked back over.

"You caused it, you fix it." He said smugly. Rin clenched her fists together and breathed deeply as Sasuke tried to protest.

"I will learn how this works. Not all of our families lasted long enough to teach us the whole bloodline." She spat. Sasuke gave her a bewildered look. Rin stormed off into the woods, ending the conversation before Sasuke could reply. Neji gave Sasuke an exasperated look as he started to follow after her.

"You know more so than anyone what's going on. She just doesn't have a person to focus her revenge on like you do. So she blames herself. The least you could do is encourage her slightly."

"This is not my fault!" he called as Neji disappeared after Rin.

"Where the hell did her bubbly personality go?" he thought.

"...She needs to find out who did this…" he said almost apologetically. Sasuke jumped out towards the village to find Sakura, she was good with advice.

A/N: first chapter, done! i'm not very good at the whole "showing not telling" thing. but i try. please excuse the minor spelling errors in the jutsu, names, all of that. my computer doesn't seem to think ninjas are real. i would lurv to here your comments so please review! let me know what you think, etc! i lurv you all.

lurv, moo.