My whole life I can recall having only the strangest of phenomenon's occur to me. My earliest memory was when I was two years old. I laid my small hand on my father's chest and a white glow emitted from my hand. Before I could hardly register what was happening he was screaming. He threw me off of him, and onto my mother, and fled. We hadn't seen him since. You see, I don't blame my father for his prejudice. He hailed from the Mist village, where kekkei genkai where feared and hated. It's only natural that when I should first show my own kekkei genkai, he would react poorly.
My kekkei genkai, simply put, absorbed other's chakra and if it was compatible with my own, integrated and cultivated it into my chakra network. In this way I can gain elemental prowess, and recreate other elemental kekkei genkai within my body. At this point we lived in Yugakure, my home village, with very few ninja still roaming about. There was little concern about my new-found trait from my mother, and I was told to try not to use it again. In return, she tried to keep me away from other ninja to keep the trait a secret.
When I was five my mother decided to move to Kirigakure so I could pursue a career as a ninja and hone my skills. She had already begun to teach me small things that her fallen clan was renowned for. By the time we had journeyed across the water I understood the basics of fuuinjutsu. We had also discovered my affinity for fire jutsu foremost, and secondmost for water jutsu. I recall my mother telling me that I was advanced, even compared to my predecessors who were all outstanding. She considered my borderline genius.
While in Kirigakure I remember the Mizukage taking my mother for a few hours at a time. At first she didn't seem to mind, she smiled when she left and when she returned. Soon though he started taking her for longer, after a while he would take her away from me for days on end... then weeks... The last few times she was taken, she had been gone for months on end. I can recall training when I would wait for her to come home. I was supposed to hide my kekkei genkai at all costs, so I would train in taijutsu. One time when my mother came back, the Mizukage didn't escourt her like he usually did, instead she brought a tall woman with long auburn hair.
""Kitsuya, this is Terumi Mei. While I am gone from now on, she will watch over you and help you train to become a wonderful ninja." I can recall my mother saying to me. This was after the first time she was gone for longer than just a few weeks. I could smell antiseptic on her. Trying not to screw up my face I gave one definite nod, turned to the woman and bowed. "Mei-san knows about your kekkei genkai and will help you train with it as well as your other jutsu. She does not fear them, in fact she has her own special traits, just like you." My mother said, crouching down and smiling at me.
I felt a grin overtake my face, "Really Mei-san?" I exclaimed, excited to finally meet someone with special talents like me. The older woman nodded kindly, before touching her finger to her lips signifying to be quiet. "Oh, I know. I can't tell anyone. That's why Dad left, he was scared." I replied solemnly.
My mother was home for a few weeks before the Mizukage took her away again. I waited on the step of our small shack for Mei-san. It took a few hours, but when it was completely dark out I saw her come out of the trees and toward me. I ran toward her and bowed quickly before standing up and smiling at her. She trained me hard and took care of me in my mother's absence. Every time my mother came home she smelled more of sick and antiseptic, and looked less healthy.
When I was seven my mother was taken again, like she always was. I was used to it now. However this time in her absence a wild animal attacked the shack, I was too stunned and shocked to fend it off. It was days later when Mei finally arrived to look after me. The shack was destroyed, and I was injured. "Mei-san!" I shouted, and ran to her hugging her. My arms were scratched and I had a deep gash in my leg, my foot was most likely broken. Later on I would learn that none of these were serious injuries, and none of them scarred. As I cried I lost control of my hidden kekkei genkai, Chakra Kyuuin. Absorbing some of her chakra I got a strange warm feeling, followed by one resembling what "white noise" might feel like. It spread from my hand up my arm and into my lung where I could feel a burning sensation. Coughing and choking I let go of Mei-san and sputtered out a white gas. She was wide-eyed and put a hand on my back comforting me. After I had rid my lungs of the acidic smog she dispelled the jutsu that I had produced. "I knew some basics of your kekkei genkai, I didn't know quite how volatile it was though..." she trailed off.
I smiled shyly. "This is the first time anything has actually come of it." I admitted.
"Well I don't wonder why. From what I can tell you and your father must have had abhorrent chakra types, whereas you and I both share affinities for water and fire. One of my traits is that when I mix those two together I can make a corrosive gas, like the one you just did. It melts anything it touches, like that tree over there." She said pointing to a tree, which I could now see was reduced into goop. "This is called Vapour release." I'll teach you more about it after we've got you cleaned up and feeling better."
Teach me, she did. I learned lots from Mei-san, and not just about my newfound vapour release. She taught me all she knew about fire release, which wasn't all too much, and a great deal about water release. A year later when I would be packed out of the village, the shack completely destroyed and my death faked, I knew all of the standard mist jutsu, and many of Mei-san's other techniques. I learned at a young age that the life of a ninja is a hard road. My mother never made it out of Kirigakure with me. The mist ninja killed her.
As Mei-san trecked my through the forrest, she passed on my mother's final words to me. She told me that although she wished she could, she would not be able to look after me any longer. When we reached the shore she put me down by a small boat. "This will take you across the water way, if the mist gets too thick, use a dispelling jutsu. Here are a pack of soldier pills to get you through the voyage to land, and some money to get you to a safe place once you reach land." She said handing me two small pouches. "You're a strong girl Kitsuya, I know that you'll do fine. And I want you to know that I think of you like a daughter. I only wish I could do more for you." She said quietly, tearing up. She wiped her eyes and pulled a spare hitai-ate from her pocket. "While I know that you probably despise this village for what it has done to you, you have earned this. Keep it, and know that you always have me to depend on, and that I will always be there for you. Someday you will be able to return here, and things will be different." She said in an unstable voice.
I nodded to her, lost for words before throwing my arms around her neck in a tight hug. I placed my hands on her cheeks pulling away only slightly, "I love you too, Mei-basan."
Before things could get any more emotional I turned and pushed the boat from the shore and jumped in. As the older woman faded from sight into the mist I waved to her holding back my tears. When I could no longer see her I turned away from the shoreline and sniffed, tying the hitai-ate around my forehead as was standard. I wiped away the tears once more and turned over to sleep lightly in the small boat and awaited my arrival at shore.