Chapter 1
The Enemy

"No..." I cried. I held onto my stuffed bunny closer to myself and whimpered. I could hear the cries of the people fighting from outside. Glancing around my room I saw a figure approaching the door. I tried to hide myself in the corner of the closet more but couldn't. I then heard laughing and ducked my head down burying it into my teddy bear, my midnight blue hair covering my eyes.
"Where is the girl?" A man said harshly. "N-not here!" My mother screamed. "Oh really? Well then, I'll just have to make you tell me where she is!" I saw the shadow of my mother being thrown across the room through the crack in the closet door.
'Papa…where are you?' I sniffled as I began to clutch my bunny harder. "Where is the girl?!" The man shouted again holding my mother by her hair. I proceeded to peek through the crack in the door and saw the terrible shape my poor mother was in. She was severely cut and beaten…and I couldn't do anything to protect her because I was not a ninja. Only father was a ninja. Suddenly there was a battle cry and the sound of metal clashing against each other. I moved my face at a different angle to get a better view of what was happening. A small smile came to my face when I saw that my father had arrived to protect my mother. The man that beaten my mother was lying unconscious near the closet. His head rolled side to side, trying to shake off the dizziness. I childishly stuck my tongue out at the unconscious man. "Serves you right you big bully."

I watched as father cradled mother in his hands. I pressed my hand against the door to open the closet, but at the same time while father was pre-occupied, he didn't notice the swarm of enemy ninjas slip into the house. I gasped out loud and tried to warn him, but my voice failed me. However when I gasped, an enemy ninja that was close heard me and walked over to the hiding place. "Found you!" He exclaimed as he ripped the closet door open. He dropped his kunai and grabbed me by the back of my shirt. "I got the girl! Burn the house and let's get out of here!" He yelled to the others.

"Mommy! Daddy!" I cried, as I tried to wiggle my arms and legs in attempt to get free. "Mommy! Daddy! Wake up!" I begged to my dead mother and dying father. My father struggled to raise his head to speak to me, "Rei...grow strong, Live long, and don't forget us...we'll be very proud of you...continue to prosper and start a new beginning for the Yuki Clan!" Tears streamed down my face, "Daddy! Don't die!"

As the man carried me out of the village, I could see the horrifying seen that would scar me for life... My village was being burned and my relatives being slaughtered. Tears ran down the side of my cheeks, "Why are they doing this?" I thought to myself. "Get the child and take all the valuables you can! We're leaving the mist village in 2 minutes!" A man with a chain sickle shouted. Another man approached me, He must've been the gang leader. "Well well? What do we have here? The kekkai genkai girl of the Yuki Clan?" I sent a mini ice needle towards his stomach. He carefully dodge it without hesitation "My my, impressive! You can already use your kekkai genkai at such a young age!" He let out an evil laugh as he striked the back of my neck, knocking me unconscious.

I woke up in a room surrounded by torches, the door opened and the gang leader came in, "Tell me your name child.." he said as he stroked my hair. I slapped his hand off, "Don't touch me y-you bully! My name is Rei Yuki. I'm 9 years old." The leader addressed himself by the name of Yin. For days I refused, talked back, and tried fighting, each day would make Yin angrier. He continued to beat me senseless and experiment on my "special power." I soon later found out that I was kidnapped because I was the last in my clan to possess my kekkai genkai.

It was a cold and cloudy day, it had been 1 year since Yin had kidnapped me. I was now 10, the place had felt a little bit better but I could never forgive Yin and his men for what they did to my village and my family. I made up a little game I would play in which I'd see how many guards I could pass before getting caught, the security system was so top notch that I always would have fun being challenged. When one of the guards would catch me, he'd bring me to Yin's lair to "scold" me but me and Yin would just laugh it off, it seemed as though he was like the father that I know longer had. Countless shinobi would try to test their abilities and see if they could pass the security system but all have failed. That afternoon, I heard the sound of ninja clashing, I flinched as I thought of the horrific memory of that day. Screams, sirens, and shouts filled the hideout, "Someone broke through the security system! Stay in your room and don't come out until you are told to!" Yin shouted. I slipped back into my shoes and ran to my room, "Yes sir! It seemed as though I waited for hours, suddenly a man bursted through the door, his eyes red as an Apple, hair black as a crow. The stare in his eyes were intense yet welcoming. I took one step back, "You have the sharingan! I've heard of them! They're so cool, does this mean your an uchiha?". He nodded as he grabbed me and piggy backed me out of the lair of swarms of ninja. Yin was running after the mystery man and threw 3 kunai, the man carefully dodged but didn't notice they had paper bombs on them. He then threw me aside as he withheld the explosion, "Wait here little girl!" He ordered as he pointed behind a pillar. Kunai and shuriken flew back and forth, jutsu by jutsu the battled dragged on. The man sent a fireball and Yin dodged but the fireball hit the pillar, the roof began collapsing. Yin fleed as he ordered his gang to flee as well. "I will one day come back to claim you once again Rei! I never really liked you, I just used you for power that I will soon achieve! I will have my revenge on you... you! What's your name?" Yin questioned as he laughed evilly. The man replied "Itachi Uchiha...quick child! We must leave this hideout immediately!" He grabbed me by the wrist and dragged me out just in time, I felt a sort of brotherly love, connection, and bond towards him. I soon fell asleep on his back as he walked me back to the village... The Hidden Leaf Village.

"Who is this child?" The man known as the 3rd Hokage replied. He was quite too old to be the most "powerful" ninja in the village. "She is an orphan and hostage of Yin" Itachi replied. The 3rd smiled, "We can gather intel on her of Yin, she could be of use to us" another elderly person spoke "I say we kill her! She could be deadly for all we know!" I flinched and took a few steps back and peeked from behind Itachi's leg. Itachi interrupted in the middle of their arguement, "Your scaring Rei! I shall take full responsibility for her and raise her as if she were my own child" The 3rd smiled as if he were giving Itachi a signal of proudness, it was as though he was expecting that reply. I came from behind his leg and through myself into Itachi's arms, "YAY!"

"Hi dad, mom, and Sasuke! Meet Rei! As of today she is my responsibility!" Itachi exclaimed. I looked into a mirror to inspect the clothes their mother had given me. My blue eyes were the same, my midnight blue hair was the same length.. extending all the way down to my upper back, I was wearing a blue short sleeve top with a white collar, a fishnet that extended all the way from my wrists to my shoulder, a white ribbon was tied around my neck, I had a matching skirt to go with my top, navy ninja sandals, and black leather tights that reached down to my knees. The boy who supposedly was Sasuke was quite handsome and funny, "so what your saying is, brother Itachi was pregnant?" Sasuke asked as he winked and ran away before Itachi scolded him. I thought of him as a real brother. Everyday we would swim, play ninja, go to the park, play tag and more! I quickly became part of the family, we celebrated my 11th and 12th birthday which is a month after Sasuke's! Itachi told us we were ready to enroll into the academy. "As of tommorow, you guys will be going to school at the academy to become ninjas" Fugaku, Itachi and Sasuke's dad said. Mikoto, their mom however wasn't so easygoing about this, she was freaking out. She barely could hold her bowl correctly without trembling. Itachi calmed her down as he whispered that we were going to be fine.
Sasuke said, "I can't wait for you to meet all of my friends!" "What if they don't like me?" I asked. "of course they'll like you! Everyone does!" Sasuke exclaimed, we soon went upstairs to our room. We could barely sleep, we talked about the fun, friends, being ninja! Someone soon interrupted by knocking, Itachi opened the door, "Rei, whatever you do, don't show anyone your ice kekkai genkai... Ever!" "Yes sir!" I replied as I laughed and saluted him goodnight. "What is that? What is a kokkai gokai?" Sasuke asked "Kekkai Genkai" I corrected as I explained about how I could make ice wherever and however I want to, I showed him by making two pieces of ice appear in the air and float, Sasuke laughed as told me to freeze the whole room, We soon fell asleep with the hugest smiles on our faces.