Uzumaki Torunai
This is a rewrite of the original Uzumaki Torunai and The Redux version and maybe some elements from the others. This is currently the only story I'm working on. I had 5 stories in the works but scraped them all in favor for this one. Pairings are undecided and I might not add any later. It is Rated M because of violence, language use and others I haven't decided on.
Chapter 1
The early glow of the morning embers crawled along the village hidden in the leaves, Konoha. Upon a rooftop near the mountain looming over the village something stirred. Golden eyes greeted the morning sun from the stirring bundle.
"Good morning Konoha!" A croaky voice shouted to any one that would listen, but no one did, as usual.
The six year old red head huffed then jumped from the roof to the tree where she climbed down. She made her way towards one of the rivers nearby where she normally washed herself and her clothes.
After a cold bath the girl went to one of the nearby trees and knocked on the trunk on seemingly random places. The bark of the tree opened and she climbed down the ladder into the small room below. The room barely had place to move but plenty of space to hang her wet clothes and dress in the dry ones she washed the previous day.
After getting dressed and closing her secret closet the girl went into town where she would try and get food to fill her aching stomach. She stalked one of the venders' shops and waited for them to throw out the spoiled stock. The girl didn't have to wait long for the pick of the day.
Once they went back into the shop the girl jumped into the container and started sniffing out her next meal. She got lucky with just a few bruised apples and a slightly stale piece of bread. The girl practically inhaled the food before getting out of the container and walking into the public sector where the people just started to arrive. The girl jumped when someone placed a hand on her shoulder.
"What's a girl like you doing in this part of town?" The voice was soft but challenging.
"Who wants to know?" the girl snapped back.
The world started to swirl around her and the next thing the girl knew she was standing face to face with one of the faces on the monument, only this time it was the actual person, and he seemed like a stern person. The girl kept her mouth in check as to not cross this shinobi.
"Why am I here?" she asked the older man.
"You are a very elusive person to find, for a six year old at least." The old man said avoiding the question. "You must excuse the ANBU they don't speak much."
"No disrespect but I really don't care about that, sir, why am I here?" the girl asked again slightly agitated.
"I went to look for you in the orphanage, but they said you just disappeared a year ago. I wanted to offer you an opportunity that might change your life. To join the shinobi ranks. The opportunity would've taken you out of the orphanage and into a flat of your own."
"Disappeared? I've been thrown out you senile old coot!" the girl shouted losing her cool.
"I did not know that. It is a good thing that my ANBU found you then, before something bad happened to you." the old man said ignoring her snap.
"Too late for that, I'm already living on the street!" the girl snapped back.
"My apologies," the old man said deciding not to correct her, "on to business. Uzumaki Torunai, would you mind joining the shinobi ranks?"
"What's your deal, besides getting me killed?" the girl asked slightly calmer.
"I see you are a smart girl, what I am offering is a roof over your head and food in your stomach on a daily bases until you graduate the academy. As a gennin you would earn money for food and after a few months rent. I also offer you some spending money and basic equipment for the academy and your first months as gennin."
"I don't like it, but I can't turn down free food. When and if I accept, how long before I can get the roof and food?"
"Immediately"
A year later
Torunai sat in the school's library with several heavy tomes before her. It has been a year since she found her family name, but only now did she find the time to search for people with a similar name. So far she didn't have much luck. In a village like Konoha there were surprisingly a lot of people, but none amongst the living had her family name. That was why she read these tomes now, to find a deceased member.
At the early hours of the morning she found a single name that stood out, Uzumaki Kushina. Not much was written about her. In fact they had no more then her nickname and statistics like height, weight, breast size and date of death. The rest was classified as an S-ranked secret.
Torunai sighed as she walked out of the library towards her home. She smiled when she reached the crossing where she would turn down to her flat. She smiled knowing that other way was her secret closet where she stored a copy of everything she owned. From her clothing and equipment to food that wouldn't spoil. Torunai decided to take long bath and then visit the Hokage. She really wanted to know about her heritage, or at least enough to ease her mind.
With warm reddened skin Torunai got out of the bath and dressed casually. Saturdays she spent mostly on training by herself. Sundays she just lazed around catching up on her reading and during the week it was to the academy where she spent her days as an average student.
Smiling at her reflection, Torunai left her apartment and made her way to the Hokage's office. Once there the secretary wrote her name in the next slot and asked her to wait. Several minutes later the office door opened and a man with gravity defying hair walked out, his nose buried in a book.
"The Hokage will see you now, Torunai." The secretary smiled.
"Torunai, what brings you here on a Saturday?" the Hokage asked smiling.
"Could we have some privacy, this is about a certain S-ranked secret." Torunai said smiling. The Hokage made the seals.
"I just found out that there was an Uzumaki woman who died on the day I was born. I think she's might be my mother." Torunai announced.
"Oh that," the Hokage sighed in relieve, "We assumed that much, but as you said, she died on the day of your birth, so there wasn't a way to proof it."
"You said there wasn't one, is there a way now?" Torunai asked in a challenging voice.
"There might be, but you'll need to wait for another few months for the person to return from her mission." The Hokage said sagely.
"I see, and she will be able to tell one way or the other?" Torunai asked with a raised brow. The Hokage just nodded.
A month later
There was a knock on Torunai's door at around two in the morning. Deprived from her sleep the girl got up and picked up a few kunai for protection. She unlocked the door and took a step back, keeping her kunai ready. The door opened slowly but there wasn't a sign of movement. A split second later the sound of kunai meeting mid-air was heard.
"Good start kid, but I am jounin level so it is fruitless to continue." A woman's voice broke the silence. "I heard you were asking about a friend of mine, Uzumaki Kushina. What the hell gives you permission to do that?"
"I share a family name with her, I believe that gives me more right then it gives you." Torunai snapped back.
"Feisty, I like that, but that will only get you so far," the woman threw a hairclip towards Torunai. "We'll see if you are worthy of the name. Put that clip in your hair."
Torunai was cautious but knew that she shouldn't argue with this woman. She slowly placed the clip into her hair, almost instantly she felt a sensation wash over her, like she was swimming in a vast ocean of pure energy.
"Your story checks out little girl, it seems like you are indeed an Uzumaki. The name's Mitarashi Anko." The woman introduced herself smiling like the proverbial cat.
"How can you tell I'm an Uzumaki by just giving me this clip?" Torunai felt a bit more comfortable but still cautious.
"Easy, that clip kills anyone that isn't Uzumaki by blood." Anko laughed. Reluctantly Torunai joined in.
Anko made her way to the table after Torunai invited her in. She placed a bag on the table and motioned Torunai to sit opposite her. Pulling out a small box Anko took a mini kunai out and flung it at Torunai's head.
"What the hell!" Torunai shouted when the mini kunai phased through her shoulder.
"Your mother left these things in my care when she got pregnant. She said that she would pick it up afterwards and in the worst case I should pass it on to her child. These kunai work great with torture and provide entertainment during drinking games. Kushina called them the 'Russian Roulette'. Only one of them can hurt a person." Anko said picking a kunai out of the box.
"How can you tell them apart?" Torunai asked curiosity getting the better of her.
"There is a blood seal on the ring of the 'bullet'. After rubbing some of your blood on it you'll feel the pull of blood under your skin, while the others feel like normal kunai but a seal under the wrappings allows them to phase. They were a priced possession of your mother's, use them immaturely." Anko said handing the 'bullet' to Torunai to so that she could activate the blood seal on it. She moved the box to the side of the table.
"My mother tortured people?" Torunai created a fantasy of her alleged mother over the course of the last month so she found it hard to swallow.
"Nah, Kushina used it for drinking games. Me I use it for torture." Anko saw that Torunai wasn't ready to know the full extent of the Bloody Habanero so she compromised.
"They tell me you started the academy, and judging by your throw earlier you suck at taijutsu." Anko lifted a finger when Torunai tried to interject. "All academy students suck. Kushina always said that 'the key to success is in the faults, over specialize and you breed in weakness'. That was why she wrote you a guide to create a fighting style that allows you to adapt to your opponent." Anko handed Torunai a book. "You won't find a step-by-step guide to fight in it but you will find an eye opener."
"Did they test your chakra levels at that poor excuse, I mean academy yet?" Torunai shook her head. Anko sighed and handed a piece of piping to her. "Channel your chakra into that."
Torunai scrunched up her nose cutely in concentration causing Anko's heart to melt a little. Seconds later the little pipe started to glow revealing black marks all along its length. When the entire pipe turned blue Anko asked Torunai to stop.
"You have quite a lot of chakra for someone as small as you are, and all of it your own." Anko said knowing she overstepped a village boundary, but not caring since Kushina gave her permission to cross it 'when the time is right'.
"Sorry, what did you mean it is all my own?" Torunai asked not liking the silence.
"You most likely heard the story before, of how the Yondaime defeated the Kyuubi. What they neglect to tell you is that a creature like that can't be killed, only sealed. Now your mother was once the host for it and since she isn't around anymore that burden falls on you. Personally I don't know how it escaped and why it was kept as an S-ranked secret."
"So I got the Kyuubi in me? What's its name?" Torunai bounced in her chair.
"You're a weird little girl. Anyway, the reason I checked your chakra level was to see if you could perform the basic jutsu the academy teaches. Two out of three isn't bad, but forget that clone illusion."
"But then how…" Torunai was stopped by Anko reaching into the bag and taking out a piece of paper and a scroll.
"Channel chakra into the piece of paper." Torunai did it cutting it in half and soaking both halves. "Wind and water, we got a demi-avatar on our hands, whoop-whoop. Now this scroll has all the clones in our arsenal, focus on the mizu- and kage buunshin."
Pushing the scrolls to the side of the table with the rest of the stuff that already came out of the bag Anko once again took another item out of the bag, a leather band.
"This, well belt for lack of a better word, has a combination of 4000 multi-purpose seals on it. The seals were designed by your mother and taught to me. I'll teach it to you once you have better chakra control, for now you can use this. I stored some of my toys in there, the sharp and pointy kind."
"How much, um, toys are in there?" Torunai asked cautiously.
"Enough to finance the next war for all the nations," Anko laughed. "You see what I like about these seals are that it seals by type and not quantity. I used three slots and stored well over a million kunai, shuriken and senbon each. A habit you'll learn soon, if you see a tool in good condition pick it up and seal it. If you can restore it, seal it, which brings me to this…" Anko put the 'belt' down and took out a little box.
"What is it?" Torunai asked sitting on the balls of her feet by now.
"It's a weapon restore kit. It allows you to use chakra to restore weapons that hasn't been damaged too much to their former glory."
Anko reached into the bag again and took out a strange needle-like object. She pierced her finger with it and ran the blood over it. The object glowed red for a second then turned orange.
"This special needle allows you to stitch invincible seals into objects using your chakra as thread. I will teach you a specific seal you need to sow into your clothes to make you practically invincible, a mere heat-like shimmer. Your mom called it Thermal Optic Camouflage."
"Cool," Torunai exclaimed.
"The rest of this bag contains some books and notes that belonged to your mother. It was all I could find in the rubble that once was her house. That and this…" Anko pulled a burnt, torn photo out of the bag. "The Hokage wouldn't allow me to give you the full photo, meaning he wanted to keep your father a secret. I respect that like I respect the 'fourth' face on the mountain and what he meant to your mother." Anko winked as she handed the photo to Torunai.
It had a woman with long red hair standing next to a clearly young teen version of Anko. Around Kushina's shoulder was an arm with a white sleeve and over their shoulders were the face of the Yondaime in the mountain.
Two years later
Torunai sat in the corner of her apartment trying to be as small as possible. The reason was clear when a woman with pink hair slowly edged her way towards the 9-year-old girl. The angry glow in her eyes wasn't lost to any one and the killing intent was fierce.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY HAIR!" Anko growled as her shadow touched the young girl.
"I just wanted to see how you would look with Sakura-chan's hair. It would disappear in five minutes." Torunai tried in vein.
"You don't touch my hair…" Anko started but then got her grin back. "I got a better idea let's do a bunny-hunt. That would teach you to mess with my hair, even if you like that screaming banshee."
Torunai said nothing but gulped wondering how an innocent sounding idea like 'bunny-hunt' could end up scaring her to death. She saw Anko forming a nendo buunshin while the original took a predatory seat on the couch the clone disappeared to who knows where.
Several minutes later the clone came back with a bag, not unlike the one she had when they first met. Slowly the clone took out the contents and placing them on the coffee table. First was lingerie that was clearly meant for someone of Torunai's size but not her age. It was a see-through bra, and a crotchless thong, then the novelty bunny-ears and a cotton tail. Torunai clearly recognized the chakra-glue seals on them, next were a few vials of pheromones. The labels clearly read 'Rabbit in heat' in kanji. The last items were a set of orange fuzzy pants and sweater.
Anko took of the leather strap she wore under her jacket and seemingly studied the contents on the seals. Torunai knew that Anko knew the strap intimately she was just playing. Anko ran her finger over a seal and a chakra suppression seal jumped out.
Slowly Anko walked over to the huddling girl and applied the seal, the ink disappearing into Torunai's skin. The sudden loss made Torunai lose consciousness. As her world turned black Torunai only vaguely recall feeling her clothes being removed.
Torunai's eyes suddenly jerked open. She could smell the grass around her, as well as the strong scent of bunnies. Sitting up she saw Anko sitting on the stump of a tree grinning like the Cheshire cat and spinning a kunai around her finger.
"Good you are awake. Welcome to Training Ground 44, or the forest of death as it's been nicknamed. Until I had enough you will stay here and try to escape. Take note that there are wild animals in here that likes to eat bunnies, and then there's me. I will be throwing various sharp and pointy things at you and slowly destroying your clothes. So all that is left to say now is…. Run!" Anko threw a kunai.
Out of pure instinct Torunai barely dodged the projectile, barely meaning clothing was cut. Without her large chakra reserve Torunai found it difficult to build up speed. And so the longest two weeks of Torunai's life began.
Day Eleven
Torunai was exhausted, way beyond what she put herself through. She was down to a shoe and the panties, Anko wasn't kidding and Torunai definitely regretted ever messing with Anko. On a side note she swore off the color orange for life. Finding a soft spot under the tree with a thick bush around it, Torunai lay down for a nap. She had found this tree with only the faintest of luck and so far Anko didn't find her while she was there.
Torunai barely closed her eyes when she found herself in a corridor, dry water running over the ground. The water was basically a trickle, not unlike a tap running. Still feeling her exhaustion but somehow having the energy to walk around Torunai made her way through the maze of tunnels. Nearly an hour into her journey she heard an ominous growl.
Scared but curious Torunai made her way towards the sound, she reached a place that seemed like a chamber. A large gate blocked whatever made the growl from Torunai. A feeling of empathy washed over Torunai was she studied the shadow. It was clearly the Kyuubi and the gate was part of the seal that kept it at bay.
"What's your name?" Torunai said as loud as she could, not knowing if the fox could hear her.
"Don't be so fucking loud kid. There's nothing wrong with my ears." the Kyuubi growled. Somehow the growls sounded feminine. "Why do you want to know my name? None of my other containers cared."
"My name is Uzumaki Torunai. I am the daughter of your former container, Uzumaki Kushina." Torunai said in her normal voice.
"A dog is a dog is a dog. It doesn't matter how the prison looks if its still prison." The Kyuubi said still not opening its eyes.
"Can I change this place to make it more comfortable for you? I don't know much about seals but I figure this is my mind so I can change it somewhat."
"Compared to your mother and my first container this is just fine, but I think that a little light can do wonders." The Kyuubi opened one eye seeing a little girl furrowing her brows in concentration and soon the place became lighter.
"How's that, I tried to match the sunlight outside as best as I could. So will you tell me your name now, I just think Kyuubi or Kitsune won't work because it's a title and what you are, not who you are." Torunai said bright eyed.
"You are a weird little girl, you know that?" Torunai nodded.
"That's what I've been told."
"I don't care what you call me, now beat it pipsqueak I was trying to sleep." The Kyuubi said and Torunai found herself back in the waking world, with more energy then she had in days.
Too bad Torunai decided to climb out of her safe place just as Anko walked by. But in spite her losing the last of her clothes Torunai dashed away at speeds that not even she thought was possible. Anko despite herself, smiled at the younger girl. The next time they meet she would take her out of the forest… but make her walk home as she is now, since that is the last part of the bunny-hunt.
A year later
"Okay class, I want to welcome you all to the gennin exam." Iruka announced to the class in general, "For those of you that doesn't know, these exams takes place every six months and is open to anyone who thinks they are ready to take it. I see quite a few familiar faces retaking the exam. I also welcome the members of my homeroom, and our youngest also welcome to our young friend from two years down, Torunai."
At the mention of her name the young girl looked up smiling. She was surprised to be mentioned at all, and the fact that she was the youngest in the class boosted her ego slightly. Leaving her book on the table Torunai looked around the class. There were quite a few clan members, and judging by their appearance they all might, one day, be clan leaders.
Torunai sat at a table with a rather chubby boy who introduced himself as Chouji, and his sleeping friend with a messy ponytail, as Shikamaru. They were obviously part of the majority of the class. In front of them was a boy with a haircut that Torunai, at first glance, mistook for a summoned duck. Next to him was the girl Torunai saw around the grounds and had a slight crush on, the pink haired Sakura and her frienemy, Ino.
Behind Torunai was the sent of puppy and raw meat, a clear indication of an Inuzuka. A slight hum next to him indicated an Aburame and then there was the rhythmic breathing that accompanied nervousness. Torunai risked a quick peek and noticed the white eyes, a Hyuuga, but before Torunai could move on to the middle row Iruka spoke up again, claiming her attention.
"There's going to be three parts to this exam. A physical part consisting out of nage-jutsu (throwing tools) and sparring. A knowledge part consisting out of a written test, these count for 40% of your grade. The last part is the jutsu section which counts for the rest of your grade. The jutsu is selected randomly just before the test. Today we will do the physical part then allow you three days to study for the written test and then a further three days to brush up on the jutsu you learned here in the academy."
The students were lead outside where the chuunin instructor, Mizuki, had just finished setting up the targets and marked out the sparring ground. He gave them a fake smile and went to the targets to start the moving ones moving.
"To pass the nage-jutsu portion of the test you should hit the targets on one of the vital spots. The absolute minimum passing requirement is the four stationary targets, and one moving target. You have three chances with each target, but points are reduced for every projectile you use. We'll start with the youngest, Torunai please step up and produce your projectile of choice." Iruka said motioning towards the young girl.
Torunai took out 21 kunai from her kunai sack and handed them to Mizuki for inspection. After receiving the nod Torunai took seven kunai and went to the staring line. She took a deep breath while she scanned her seven targets. Four stationary at weird angles, one swinging slowly in a circle, one swinging side to side at a medium pace and the last swinging back and forth very fast.
Seconds later seven thuds were heard and Torunai made her way to the table to collect her remaining kunai. Iruka was surprised when the girl put them away and walked towards him, it was at this point he looked towards the targets and saw all but one dead centre, the off one was angled to cause serious damage but not an instant death.
"Not bad, although the rotating target, if it was a shinobi, would still be able to attack you one last time. In all you pass the nage-jutsu, please wait at the sparring ground for the other students."
Smiling Torunai skipped away, and went back to reading the book she started in class, a book about summons she got from the pile Anko dropped of when they first met. Around ten minutes later the last of the students finished the first part. Torunai's cheeks momentary turned red when she realized that Sakura was sitting next to her. She didn't care that Sasuke was next to Sakura. In fact she didn't pay him much mind.
"Okay, class you will be paired with another student of your age group for this part and seeing that Torunai is the only one her age she will be paired with Mizuki." Iruka proceeded to place the students. When he was finished he turned to Torunai.
"You are paired with a chuunin so your test is slightly different. All you need to do is land at least four hits on Mizuki-sensei and you will pass. This is not to baby you as I'm told you hate, it is fair since Mizuki-sensei outclasses you." Torunai narrowed her eyes but said nothing.
Standing in front of Mizuki, Torunai bowed in respect and as soon as the match began she raced towards him, the speed she felt during the bunny-hunt somehow made their way back into her limbs. With the sickening sound of flesh being squashed, nearly all the males felt the empathy pain in their groins as Mizuki was doubled over in pain. Torunai didn't stop there as she tripped the teacher next then kicked him in the ribs three times, earning her pass.
"See you in three days, Torunai, you may go, so study hard." Iruka said to which Torunai smiled and skipped to get her book then skipped home.
Three days later
Torunai sat in class chewing her pencil as she went over the test, she studied hard for the past three days but when the paper was placed in front of her all her preparation took a back seat. She was by no means a bad student but she never really liked writing tests. It was only when her body started to shake that she snapped out of her reverie and calmed down enough to write the test. She knew that she won't be the top student but at least she won't be at the very bottom.
The tests were handed in to be graded and the students were advised to remain behind if they wanted to have their results before the last part of the exam. Torunai, chose to stay behind, as did Sasuke and as an extension Sakura and Ino. Shikamaru was asleep keeping him and Chouji behind as well. And the last to stay was the shy Hyuuga girl. Not wanting to read Torunai got up and went to sit next to the girl.
"Hi, my name is Uzumaki Torunai, what is yours?" Torunai smiled.
"H-H-Hinata." The girl was clearly caught off guard.
"Do you always stutter like that Hinata, it's kinda cute." Torunai tried to break the ice.
"No," Hinata said quickly, "You caught me by surprise." The girl turned red.
"So what's the deal with that Sasuke, I only met him twice and I can clearly see he's gay." Hinata choked on her spit.
"What do you mean?" she said in a harsh whisper.
"Well he clearly doesn't have a lack of girls that want his body, but from what I noticed he doesn't want any of them, so that either means he's a girl or he's gay." Torunai said looking at Hinata wide eyed.
"There is a third option you know," Hinata said showing her soft heart, "It's possible that the loss of his family affected him."
"Oh? So mister gay over there is the supposed last Uchiha. I thought he'd be taller, if I take in account what people say about him." Torunai said not really interested. "Personally I don't care, I don't like boys."
"Torunai," Iruka's voice interrupted the girls, "Your paper has been graded, you pass, but I'd suggest spending more time in showing your work."
Bidding her farewell to Hinata, she went to get her paper and go home. She smiled as she made her way home. A C+ on her test was more then what she bargained on. Reaching the crossroad home she caught sight of a shadow behind her.
"Anko-san, I got a C+ on my written test!" Torunai exclaimed.
"Good job kid, this calls for a celebration." Before Torunai knew what happened her world was spinning, when her senses started working again she was standing at…
"The onsen?" Torunai asked confused.
"A nice relaxing soak in the hot springs would do wonders for the stress in your shoulders. And since this is a women only onsen…" Anko left the comment hanging as she paid the entry fee and guided Torunai to the hot springs.
Another three days later
"Okay class, the jutsu chosen for this exam is the buunshin. To pass you must make at least three passable copies of yourself. Any form of the technique is acceptable and the normal clone is the lowest passing grade." Iruka said when the class settled down.
"We will do the same as with the physical part of the exam, and start with the youngest. Torunai please follow me to the next class."
Torunai stood in front of the two teachers. The nervousness was back in ten fold as various scenarios passed through her mind, none of them were pretty. She gave a loud "eep" when Iruka told her to begin.
"I can't do the normal buunshin, Iruka-sensei. I try everyday but it keeps overloading. I can do Kage-buunshin but not mizu-buunshin yet."
"You only need to make three copies of yourself, with only one type of buunshin. Any form of the jutsu is acceptable." Mizuki said mistaking the nervous banter for ignorance.
Clenching her jaw, Torunai calmed herself down and formed the combo-seal that resembled a cross. She took a deep breath and concentrated on the seal and jutsu. Exhaling, she released her chakra. When the smoke decimated there were fourteen solid copies of Torunai.
"No, not again!" Torunai shouted as she looked at her copies, "I wanted to do only three not all of them."
"You pass none the less, Torunai. Please dispel the buunshin and come collect your hitai-ate." Iruka smiled at the young girl. Mizuki on the other hand scowled. "You can return to class or you can go home and meet us back here in a week for team assignments. Just remember to get yourself registered before next Monday."
Torunai thanked the teachers before going to class to collect her sketch book, she didn't think it would be this fast. Once she reached the door though, she sensed something amiss. She looked back and saw a glint in Mizuki's eye. Troubled, Torunai foregone her normal skipping and walked the rest of the way.
"Did you do all these Torunai-chan?" Hinata asked when Torunai sat down next to her.
"Wha-uh?" Torunai was taken from her train of thought, "Oh the pictures? Yes I like to draw, I don't think I'm that good though." Torunai laughed, "I'm going to get registered, good luck Hinata."
Torunai wanted to warn the girl about Mizuki, but didn't have enough evidence for it. She instead decided to get registered as fast as possible so that she could get the Hokage notified. She took the shinobi route out the window. She didn't get far when a welcome sight met up with her.
"Anko-san!" Torunai exclaimed not stopping.
"Kokitsune," Anko greeted her back, a nickname she sometimes used when Torunai became 'foxy'.
"What do you know about Mizuki-sensei?" Torunai asked indicating she wasn't in the mood.
"That white-haired, creepy guy working as a sensei at the academy? Not much I'm afraid. Why are you asking?"
"After I got my hitai-ate I noticed a glint in his eyes, it gave me the creeps, almost like he's planning something. I wanted to get to the Hokage and tell him."
"Why not lil' ol' me?" Anko asked in a mock out.
"I can never find you when I want to, at least the Hokage's almost always in his office." Torunai snapped back.
"I'm on it small fry, so go get registered okay? I'll handle this white-haired creep." And with that Anko disappeared.
Torunai slowed her pace, and went to her secret closet to get her 'real' kunoichi supplies, no use in using the old stuff now that she finally graduated. She arrived in the field and made sure no-one was watching, she knocked on the key places and vanished down the hole.
Torunai loosened the plate of her hitai-ate and moved it over to the 'belt' with its 4000 seals. She then got dressed in her new 'official' kunoichi clothes with the thermal-optic camouflage already sown into the fabric. It comprised out of dark purple spats (spandex pants); Leg warmers with her kaihou-hanka and a red, long-sleeved, cropped shirt that hung from her shoulders with build in support in the form of straps over her shoulders.
She placed her mother's clip in her hair and felt the familiar exchange of chakra between them. She took the three bags that held medical supplies and various antidotes and pills and attached them with to her belt with the chakra-glue seals. Making a quick mental check list Torunai smiled and made her way to the registration office.
End
Well there you have the first chapter of the revised Uzumaki Torunai. The next chapter will consist of the forming of teams; the true gennin test; a few useless D-ranks and a higher up mission that I'm still busy planning. Prepare for a few surprises.