Mind of Lies, Eyes of Truth Information (the story begins next chapter!)
Author's Note: Having watched and loved Naruto over the last ten years, I found that my imagination created a girl and her story which seemed to perfectly align with whatever Masashi Kishimoto wrote. Whenever I made a scene in my mind, it worked well with the episodes he created in the next weeks after. I know it sounds far fetched, but from the first episodes of Itachi Uchiha's appearance I intuited the characters secret. That's when I thought it would be a good idea to write the story I had been making in my head down. I've had most of the storyline down for a while, and I started writing this fanfiction three years ago.
This fanfiction story spans from the beginning of the actual anime to the end, with gaps in between. In saying this, I've decided to break the character's story into two or three parts. This is the first part, where you meet every character, have a wonderful relationship with Kakashi, go on secret 'missions' to rendez vous with itachi and become friends with him, and maybe something more, while occasionally having uncharacteristic fun with the one and only kabster. This part of the story is for those who love Kakashi, like Itachi or have a fan crush on him, like sasuke, or want to just read about the rest of the characters having fun. Each chapter is about three pages so it's not too long.
The second section of the story will be more for the itachi/ sasuke rest of akatsuki fans because in that part itachi becomes much more than just a friend. In fact, he turns her whole life around. It would be good to read the entire thing though just so that the huge climax (I have the entire thing planned) will have even more of an impact. It's gonna be good. ^_^
I hope you enjoy!
Getting to Know the Character!
-Normally I would never just write an entire backstory before writing the story with the character in it. You're supposed to introduce the character's story artfully in the real story. But in this plot it's different. My character has no memories of the first twenty something years of her life, and she sets out to find the truth of her past. Part of being a reader is that you will know the truth and not her, and so when she gets herself into situations she doesn't understand the significance of, you will.
Her Backstory:
History of Ninja: Way far back in time, hundreds of years ago in the world of ninja, there was a man reffered to as the sage of six paths. He had two sons, one who formed the Senju clan, the other forming the Uchiha. The Senju was yang and believed love was necessary for peace. The Uchiha was yin and believed strength was necessary to achieve peace. The sage chose the loving as his successor, and two brothers broke off and had huge families that fought each other in a period of never ending war.
However, there was one man and woman from the two families who met and fell in love. They had a family in secret and started a clan of their own. This clan was like a unique mixture of the two sons. They had a unique kekkei genkai which dealt with light and sound which was passed down through the ages; Each family member would gravitate towards either the yin or yang half of a jutsu and learn to harness those traits in their techniques. Their power gradually decreased through the generations as they lost the teachings of their elders. However, they were still very indirectly related to the Sage, and therefore had a huge knack at learning jutsu very quickly.
For many generations, the family hid from the world working with their jutsu in secret, knowing that if they were discovered, the world would want to take their jutsu from them and the two clans would want to kill them for being half Uchiha and half Senju. Eventually, Hashirama Senju heard news of this hidden family, and having learned of his families history, which was based on love for peace, he gave them his support. He hid the family from the village he had established. In his dying moments, he thought of his rival Madara, how he had desired his friendship, and with that he thought of the family who one day might help make peace between the two clans. He gave the family his blessing, and warned the Uchiha that they would never kill a member of the mixed clan. This warning was known of by very few in the leaf village, it was passed down in whispers, referred to as Hashirama's Curse. Through the generations, Maia Nishikawa was born into this family, along with her fraternal twin brother, Kabuto Yakushi.
Though her body was on the weaker side, her ninjutsu and genjutsu were on the stronger side. When the girl was very young, only three, she was tested and classified to be 'light', and began to learn the yang half of the families' jutsu. Her studies had only just begun, but that was as far as she ever got.
One month, the family's existence was discovered. In a miniature war, the family was fought off- her parents and little brother were murdered. Maia was forced to flee with her cousin Temujin (from the gelel movie!) and two other family members. Now a war orphan, the girl lived with him in a village inconspicuously while Kabuto had to live elsewhere (near Kikyo Pass) after being separated from them. However, they were found out there too and the village was pillaged, leaving only Temujin as her known living family. The man who they both knew and survived showed them the stone of Gelel and with nowhere else to go, Maia left with Temujin to find a way to achieve world peace. They had seen so much fighting and war that she wanted to help the world. The two trained with the man for a majority of her teenage life.
Later, when she grew up, near the age of 20, Maia found out the true evil intentions of the man who had started the organization. He wanted to hurt the world to help the world. Not agreeing with him anymore and having a strong resolve to fight for her convictions, she fought her way out and escaped, having to leave Temujn behind. Her stone of Gelel was taken from her but traces of the chakra were left within her.
Wandering through the forest and hiding, living on her own for a week with no one to go to and no food to eat, she was discovered by none other than Obito Uchiha.
The man had gone mad from the loss of his love (Rin) by then, and when he found out that the girl had nowhere to go, he decided to use her for his experimental jutsu. He wanted in a last attempt to bring his loved one back. He took Maia with him against her will and locked her in his hideout.
The technique needed the human vessel to be weak in body and spirit so that Rin's soul could take over and change into her old self. Obito tortured Maia physically and mentally for a month to make that happen, even using a jutsu to connect their minds together. Her spirit had been very strong and she had put up a good fight, but in body she was still weak. However, she managed to trick him by pretending she was weaker than she was and escaped on the last day of the torture.
That's when my Prologue begins.
Obito caught up with her very quickly, when Maia had nearly reached the Leaf Village. He used the technique on her right then, trying to summon the 3 tailed beast for his 'eye of moon plan' and the girl with it, into her body. The jutsu was a work in progress however and it failed. The tailed beast separated itself from Rin's soul and flew off to where Kabuto, coincidentally, would find it later under orders. Rin's soul was inside the girl now and even changed her facial appearance but Maia had her own soul and body too, otherwise unchanged. The plan having failed, Maia used the chance to try to escape again. He grabbed her and told her he was taking her back. Threatening suicide, she made him let her go. He wouldn't risk losing her from a likely suicide, and it wasn't practical to keep her while the tailed beast was gone so he couldn't use it anyways. He knocked her unconscious and wiped her memory of everything that had happened in her life.
Now he had control of her mind, and would leave her to wander in the leaf village, then come back for her when the time was right to start the technique.
When the girl wakes up in the field with nothing, she stumbles upon none other than Kakashi Hatake, who for some reason she feels she has met before and is deeply linked with. The girl inside her and herself both instantly develop an infatuation with the man. That's when the entire story begins.
General Info:
Personality:
Maia is an intelligent, kind, and compassionate girl, with a twist. Her mind occasionally is controlled by an unknown man who wants to hurt her everyone else in the leaf (Obito). The girl is interestingly imaginative, talking of her thoughts like "what if we all had tree branches that grew off our arms and legs, and we ate using the sunlight?" Because of her amnesia and the man in her mind, Maia often isolates herself, not wanting to hurt her friends. Her sense of self is lacking in the beginning too. Though many people isolate her and look down on her because she never truly has a place in the village, she is very loyal to the friends she does have and will get behind her friends when they need her and give her honest opinion when someone does something she thinks is mean or unfair. The girl is wise and kind and likes to help. She tends to toy evilly when in a match with a friend, even if she isn't a villain herself, just for fun. She has a wacky and dry sense of humor, and a love for things musical.
Positives: Selfless, kind, loving, motivated, intelligent, funny, nurturing, artistic, loyal, fun loving, harmonious
Neutral: Stands with conviction, devoted, honest, outspoken, quirky, imaginative
Negatives: Illusive, deceptive, teasing, indecisive, sensitive, scatterbrained, and being controlled by an evil man
Her goal in life: To learn many jutsu and to know who she is, to find her place in the world.
Family Members: Kabuto Yakushi
Later on Kakashi: Husband
Databook Info
These facts are written in the style of the Naruto Databooks:
Maia's name is an alternate spelling for Maya, which means 'illusion'. In some cultures it also means 'the first moment of enlightenment'.
Maia's hobbies are "anything creative" and learning new jutsu.
Maia's favorite foods are strawberries and cauliflower while her least favorite food is raw meat
Maia wishes to fight her evil 'twin' kabuto, but never to kill him (First and Second Databook) Maia wishes to find and fight the man who is the voice inside her head. (Third Databook)
Maia has completed 34 official missions that she can remember overall by the end of the story. 3 D rank, 10 C rank, 17 B rank, 4 A rank, and 0 S rank.
Maia's favorite word is 'ai' meaning love, and 'kioku' meaning memory
List of Maia's Jutsu She Learns:
Maia is a sensory type ninja. The girl has a talent for learning many ninjutsu and genjutsu, unfortunately, physically she is very frail, even to the point of being a weakness to her team. Her weakness in taijutsu is eventually classified as a disability. Many of her ninjutsu and genjutsu have to do with first sensing her opponents life force and other aspects of their energy, not just chakra. This helps her sense the mental states of the opponent as well. In her jutsu, or when getting to know people, she often lifts her hand and twittles her fingers to get a sense of them as a person. In turn, she is easily influenced by the energy of others.
About Chakras
Naruto explains that chakra is a mixture of physical energy and spiritual energy, and through the Huugas it talks about the chakra network and how it flows through certain points all over the body. However, it doesn't explain an idea of chakra that is very very popular. Seven main energy centers are the biggest and draw in energy from other people while being near them (through the aura) as well as expel energy (through the aura). These seven main centers concentrate specific types of energy, and influence certain abilities and feelings. Because Maia manipulates these seven main centers I wanted to include information about them too.
Crown Chakra- over the head, violet, when manipulated it can make the opponent feel confused, passive, peaceful, unwilling to fight, or very dizzy.
Third Eye Chakra- in between the eyes on the forehead, indigo, when manipulated makes opponent unable to anticipate next move, confused, hallucinate
Throat Chakra- blue, when manipulated makes opponent unable to speak/yell/scream, or if she gets lucky it might make them spill their secrets!
Heart Chakra- green, located right where people feel love in their chest, when manipulated their emotions can be influenced
Solar Plexus Chakra- when manipulated, makes opponent lose willpower. Maia senses other people's emotions when they come in through her own solar plexus (empathy)
Sacral Chakra- orange, located in the lower belly, she stays away from this one because it makes opponents feel sexual towards her
Root Chakra- red, located at the bottom of the spine, when manipulated makes opponents lose sense of foundation and balance, can trigger fear in them
That's it for now. Many of the chapters will be added soon.
