Uzumaki Kaori

Ch1: Enter the Uzumaki Twins

"Your brother is the 9 tailed Kyuubi that attacked our village and killed so many people 12 years ago! Yet you still protect him with you pitiful life! You and him both might as well be demons!" Mizuki yelled at me.

Who am I? I'm Uzumaki Kaori, Naruto's older twin sister, though we don't look anything alike. I have long sandy blond hair (like Temari color), that I keep in a pony tail (not Ino long, more like Hinata long from shippuden). I'm tall, thin and a little paler than Naruto. The only thing I have in common with my brother is my eyes. We both have the same striking bright blue eyes.

Right now I'm distracting Mizuki-sensei from catching my brother. He tricked my not-so-bright brother into stealing the Scroll of Sealing for him after Naruto failed the academy exams again. I failed too, but only on purpose in order to stay together with my brother. I saw Iruka-sensei heading where Naruto told me he would be in the note he left for me to find. I was going to follow him when I saw Mizuki running in the same direction with two Giant Shuriken strapped to his back. I decided that Iruka could take care of my brother for me and I would follow Mizuki.

When I heard Mizuki mumble that he was going to kill Naruto, I decided to act. Thus leaving me in the situation I am in now.

I henged a log to look like the Scroll of Sealing to get Mizuki to chase me, which is why he's yelling at me now to try and give him the scroll. Or give him a reason to kill me.

That fact that he suddenly attacked me and sent me into a tree proves it's the latter of the two. "Shit. Even if he's a weak Chuunin, he's still a Chuunin. I'm not even a Genin yet." The force of the blow made me drop the henge.

"You think I'm an idiot?" I called to him, "I already figured that out years ago. But thanks for confirming it. You're pretty stupid for a Chuunin if you think this is going to work."

Unfortunately he disappeared, probably to go after Naruto. I quickly got up and followed.

"In other words, you are the 9 tailed demon fox who killed Iruka's parents and destroyed our village." I heard Mizuki say. I hid in the bushes. I needed to see what Iruka's reaction would be. "Is he on our side... or just against Mizuki? It's pretty obvious from the kunai in his thigh that he's not with him, so that's good at least. After all, 'the enemy of your enemy is your friend, right?"

"Stop!" I heard Iruka yell.

"You've been deceived your whole life. Didn't you think it was weird how everyone hated you? The only reason people hate your sister is because she protects your demon hide!" Mizuki taunted. "Oh Naruto …" I cried in my head. I could see his pain on his face.

"Damn it. Damn it. Damn it!" he yelled. His chakra became visible as it swirled around him. "Naruto, no!" I wanted to go comfort him but it wasn't the right time. If we were both going to live I had to stay hidden.

"No one is ever going to recognize you. Even Iruka hates you." Mizuki taunted, again. "No! Naruto's dream… that's low even for you! Oh this guy is dead. He's deader than a run over squirrel dead! I don't care if he is a Chuunin! I'll kick his ass to Suna and back!" I thought angrily.

"Die, Naruto!" Mizuki yelled as he threw his giant shuriken at my brother. I started to move but then, thankfully, Iruka-sensei beat me to it.

"Naruto, get down!" Iruka yelled, and I stopped. I listen to Iruka explain why he helped Naruto. As they were talking I moved to get a better position to strike Mizuki. But just as I was about to attack, Mizuki started to taunt Naruto and Iruka. I didn't really hear what he said, something about Iruka just wanting the scroll. Then Naruto suddenly ran off.

"Naruto …" I thought and immediately ran after him, leaving our sensei's to 'talk'. It wasn't hard to find Naruto, I don't know why but I always know where he is. It's like we have a connection. Wither it's a twin thing or somethin else I'm not sure and right now I don't care. "Naruto, wait for me." I thought. Then I could see him.

He was running like a wild pig through the forest. I immediately flipped over him, and he ran right at me. I wrapped my arms around him all though he kept trying to run and the force of him hitting me sent us flying back.

"Otooto, Naruto-oto calm down." I said in a comforting way and he stopped struggling.

"Kaori-onechan, didn't you hear what he said?! Even after learning the Kage Bushin no jutsu from the scroll I still can't… How can you not be upset?!" he yelled at me.

"I heard him, I heard him." I whispered still holding him. "Wait, you learned the Kage Bushin no Jutsu?! Awesome!" I laughed.

Suddenly he pulled away. "Y-you knew. You knew didn't you! That's the only way you could be taking this so lightly!" he accused me.

"I-I suspected that one of us might be the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi, but it was just a wild guess. There was no way I could be sure, and I guess I wanted to hope…" I tried to explain as I looked down then back up at him. Naruto's face changed from pain to sadness.

"So now what?! What do we do? How can we go back? Even if I go, you would still be… We can't change people's minds about us if the only reason they're mad is because we're alive!" Naruto started yelling, obviously confused and lost. So was I. Sure I had guessed that there was a possibility that one of us were Jinchuuriki, but I never thought about what we would do after we found out. "Leave or stay, help or hurt. There's few possibilities but at the same time so many choices." I mumbled.

"Uh-oh now you're speaking like that again. We must be in deep..." Naruto muttered with a little humor in his voice and I just shot him a playful glare.

"Do you still want to reach your goal and become Hokage? It's your dream." I asked him.

"How can I be Hokage when not even Iruka acknowledges me as a human? For all we know they're right and I am the demon." he muttered. For that I smacked him upside the head.

"First of all… HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?! Would a demon want to help his village and become the Hokage so he can be noticed by others and accepted?! Would a demon always be laughing and smiling and making others laugh as well? You're not anything like a demon!" I yelled at him appalled at his statement.

I could see he agreed so to lighten the mood I mumbled just loud enough to hear, "If you were a demon you'd be one of the dumbest one's I've ever met." For that he hit my arm but I laughed.

I motioned for him to follow me and headed back towards where Iruka and Mizuki were. We were going to settle this now.

"And we're not sure about Iruka. I think he believes in us, but since you're so unsure let's go find out." I whispered and we headed to where we could feel their chakra.

"What good is it in protecting the people who killed your parents?" we heard Mizuki yell. Naruto took the scroll off his back and clutched it in his hands. I started to go around the clearing to get a different angle in case we needed to attack.

"You're the idiot, those two are the same as me. Anything is possible with that scroll. There's no way that demon and his demon-loving sister wouldn't use its power." Mizuki sneered.

At that I had to keep myself from sneering myself at Mizuki. "We would never. We may use the scroll, but if anything just to come back and prove to everyone how strong we are. I would never hurt an innocent person and neither would Naruto!"

"You're right." Iruka said. If I had been drinking anything I would have spit it out in shock. I was about to march into that clearing and beat the shit out of both Mizuki and Iruka when Iruka continued, "IF Naruto was a demon and Kaori his evil twin, but those two are different. Kaori and Naruto are excellent students that I recognize. Naruto's hard working, earnest, clumsy, and no one recognizes him. Kaori is as her name says, Strong, both physically and mentally. She is brighter than she lets people think. She'll do anything for her brother, and won't pretend to be something she's not. For this people fear her and refuse to notice her. They both know the pain of others. They are not demons. They are Uzumaki Naruto and Uzumaki Kaori of Konoha!"

"Iruka-sensei..., arigato." I thought almost in tears. I could only guess how Naruto was doing right now. He's always been very emotional.

"I know I said I'd kill you later but I take that back. Die now!" Mizuki yelled. "No!" I looked across the clearing to see Naruto's eyes widen as he realized Iruka was going to die as well.

Suddenly Naruto wasn't there anymore but in front of Mizuki.

"Go brother. Show them what you're made of." I thought as I watched my brother give Mizuki a death glare that would rival Sasuke's glare.

"If you ever lay a hand on my sensei, I'll kill you." Naruto said. I chuckled to myself as I watched Mizuki's face when Naruto did the Kage Bushin no jutsu.

"Way to go brother… You never seize to amaze me. You'll be a great Hokage some day." I whispered to the wind.

After Naruto took care of Mizuki I stood up, ready to reveal myself, but Iruka stopped me again.

"Naruto, come here for a minute. I want to give you something."

"Now what? Iruka's smiling so it can't be bad. Can it? Should I stay hidden?" I thought to myself before crouching back down before Iruka saw me. My eyes widened when Iruka took of his head band.

"No way… Naruto, you passed." I thought and smiled, but then my smile faltered as reality struck me. "I'm happy for you, but now we won't be together. I didn't learn the Kage Bushin no jutsu… I didn't pass the test…" I thought. Sure I failed on purpose and could have passed the test if I had wanted to, but I can't go back and say I'm ready I want a redo so I can pass with my brother.

I had to leave. I had to get away. "I'm happy for you my brother, but you're leaving me behind…" I got up and ran. Naruto would be ok now. I had to sort some things out before I saw Naruto. Maybe if I was lucky Iruka would take Naruto out to ramen again and give me more time.

My hands instinctively went to the pentagram necklace around my neck, "Gomen Naruto, just give me some time so I can be truly happy for you…"