There she was, sitting there on the edge of her bed with the bottle of narcotics in her hands. The girl's name was Camilla. She was just an average girl in an average world. A saddened expression came to Camilla's face as she bit her lip. The poor girl felt tears well up in the corners of her eyes as she thought about what she was going to do.
"Should I go through with this or should I try to ignore it?" She asked herself, her voice was barely above a whisper. Camilla was contemplating on whether she should just end it all now, end all the suffering she went through every day. Camilla didn't know what to do.
Camilla knew that her close friends and family could help her get through this as they often tried to do. She knew her depression wasn't getting any better and the medicine she took that was supposed to help it didn't seem to help anymore. Nothing ever seemed to make Camilla happy anymore.
"I'm going to do it. I can't live like this anymore." Camilla whispered as she felt a few stray tears slid down her cheeks.
She opened the bottle and began swallowing the pills. She shoved them into her mouth, one by one until the bottle was empty. She sat there, waiting for the pills to take effect so that she could take her leave from this horrid world that she lived within.
After several minutes had passed her eyelids began growing heavy, causing her to start closing her eyes. She fought to keep them open but it was no use because it was a fight she wouldn't be able to win. Her body began to fall backwards, it met the softness of the bed behind her.
The world around her began to slowly fade away beneath the surface of her closed eyelids. Camilla had done it, she knew she had successfully taken her own life. Camilla could feel her heart pounding. Her body fell flat and her stomach felt like a whirlpool. She couldn't breath, Camilla didn't know what to do. The knots in her stomach were getting worse as she looked down, all she could see was the black abyss beneath her as she fell.
Camilla tried to scream, she tried as hard as she could to call out for anyone but she couldn't. She couldn't make any noise at all, it was as if she had lost her voice.
Everything had been eerily quiet and the falling sensation seemed to come to an abrupt halt. It was as if time itself had stopped all around her. Camilla wasn't sure what was going to happen to her now that she was here. Would she go to Heaven, or would she go to Hell for taking her own life. The thought terrified the poor girl. The darkness of the surrounding area seemed to swallow her.
Camilla felt as if an entire lifetime had passed due to how long she had been trapped within the dark abyss she had fallen into. She had no way of telling exactly how long she'd been trapped within it. Little did she know that her life was about to change. She was about to enter a special place that she had always wanted to escape too but she wouldn't get what she had expected from this knew place.
A bright light soon emerged, lighting up the area around Camilla. A way out! Camilla thought as a spark of hope glimmered inside of her. As the girl made her way to the light she began gritting her teeth as a sharp wave of pain overtook her.
I thought the white light was supposed to be a good thing and not a bad thing! Camilla thought as confusion also overtook her. She wondered if she was now going to suffer for eternity for committing suicide. She hoped not!
An uncomfortable pressure began to press against her body as she moved forward, she bit her lip and hoped that it would end soon. Luckily after about ten minutes or so the pain and the pressure she felt both faded away. There were several muffled voices that were loudly speaking to one another. Camilla couldn't understand anything that was being said.
Why is it so dark? Camilla thought to herself. It didn't take her too long to realize that she had her eyes closed. Well, I'm and idiot. She thought as she quickly opened them. The brightness of the light forced her to shut them.
When Camilla opened her eyes the second time she opened them slowly. She had always hated bright lights and she didn't want to practically get blinded again by the light. Camilla looked around and realized that she was no longer in her room, she could tell from her surroundings that she was now in the hospital. How am I even alive? She questioned as confusion filled her thoughts. When Camilla turned her head to look in the other direction she saw a beautiful woman. Who was she? Camilla had never seen her before. Whoever she was she looked exhausted and sweaty. It was as if she had just given birth. That was when Camilla realized it. She realized that the woman was holding her and that she was her baby.
The woman was beautiful, she had long, dark brown hair and pupil-less grey eyes that had somewhat of a lavender tint to them. Camilla found it quite odd, but she found the markings on the woman's forehead even more odd. Camilla hadn't realized that this woman was a part of the Hyuga clan or that she had been born into the world of Naruto. She wasn't being as observant as she should have been.
After realizing that she was now going to live an entire life all over again she began to cry. The thoughts of her family and friends from her previous life invaded her mind. One of the most horrible feelings overtook her, regret. Camilla began to regret killing herself. She had been twenty-two, almost twenty-three when she died and now she was expected to go through everything all over again. Camilla wasn't looking forward to it at all. Camilla cried, and cried, and cried. The woman, her new mother tried to console her as she wailed as loud as she could. It was all Camilla could do. She cried for what felt like a long time.
It wasn't long until a man with long black hair walked over to us with a small boy that looked to be about a year old. He looked .like our mother, having her dark brown hair and grey eyes. Camilla figured that the man must be her new father and the boy would be her older brother. Camilla was kind of looking forward to having a father in her life, Camilla didn't know her father in her other life all too well and figured that he just didn't like her. Hopefully this man would be a better father. Camilla also would get to know what it was like to have a sibling. That would be a whole new experience for her.
Camilla hoped that this life would be better than her last one, hoping that her depression would no longer get to her anymore. She hoped that she could live happily. She would be in for a shock once she found out where she was though.
Camilla felt bad for the little tantrum she had been throwing but she figured they thought she was just doing what babies normally did, which was cry. Camilla knew that she couldn't blame these people for the things she did and that she could only blame herself for how she felt. She would try to act like a better baby instead of being a terrible one. None of this was their fault when She knew it was hers. Camilla would try her hardest to fit in with her new family. She wanted a family that would accept her for who she was. She didn't need another family to try and force her to be something she isn't. Camilla would just try to make the best of this life.
After the first three or four weeks after Camilla had been reborn she heard one word that scared her down to the core of her very being. Kyubi. That was when she realized she was in the world of Naruto. That was when She also realized that she had been born into the Hyuga clan. That frightened Camilla a bit too. The Hyuga clan was a strange one. She knew in just a few years she and Neji would get the same markings their parents had on their foreheads. she also knew how their father would die but no idea about how their mother died, if she even did die. The anime never explained it. Luckily none of them died during the attack of the nine tailed fox. Knowing what happened in the anime certainly came in handy because it came Camilla knowledge that she needed to know about this world. Anzu's mother and father soon burst through the door of the nursery where she had been sleeping. This is where Anzu would be staying with her mother and Neji until the attack was over. Neji cried, he wanted our father to come back, who could blame him. He was scared. He was only one after all. This was a scary event for a child to go through.
When Camilla began wailing Neji began to console her as well as a one year old cold. He was quite fond of her already. "Shh Anzu, shh." Neji said to his little sister.
She had worked out that Anzu was her new name because her mother, father, and Neji called her Anzu a lot.
Anzu was terrified, she didn't want the fox to come where they were because they would just die, Anzu and Neji were too young to protect themselves and our mother wasn't a ninja.
It wasn't long until it felt like Anzu was burning, the fiery sensation that made its way through her body was painful. She cried as loud as she could, she wanted it to stop but there was nothing that she could do. Anzu would just have to wait for it to go away on its own. Anzu knew her mother was trying to console her the best way she could. She was cradled within her arms. "It's alright my little apricot, everything will be alright." She cooed softly.
Several hours had passed and we still hadn't seen our father at all, none of us were sure when he would come back to us. The battle with the nine tailed fox was still taking place and it lasted late into the night, when it had been sealed inside of an infant known as Naruto Uzumaki. Anzu was glad when the burning sensation she felt had stopped but it made her feel even worse for Naruto, knowing the fox had now been sealed inside of him. There was no doubt in her mind that the burning pain she felt was the fox's chakra.
Anzu couldn't wait until she was older, when she'd be able to meet Naruto. She wanted to befriend him, she wanted to make him happy, and most of all she didn't want him to go through a lonely childhood. Anzu knew that Naruto's parents both died during the fox's attack and that no one wanted anything to do with him. Anzu was going to change that no matter what anyone said to her, she wasn't going to listen to anything bad that regarded Naruto.
Three years had passed and Anzu dreaded the events that she knew were going to happen soon. It was just about time for Hinata to turn three. Anzu and Neji would be receiving their curse marks upon their foreheads. It would also mean we would be losing our father as well and it saddened young Anzu. She didn't want to lose anyone within her family, she had already grown so attached to them and it would just hurt to lose any of them. Poor Neji had no idea of the events that would soon take place. Sometimes Anzu wished she didn't know so much about this world but she knew it would come in handy if she wanted to save anyone. She dreaded most of what she knew and little did she know that the actions she'd soon make would change her life for the worst.
It wasn't long until our father Hizashi took us to our Uncle Hiashi. He was the man that was going to perform the curse mark jutsu on us and Anzu wasn't looking forward to it. She knew exactly what these marks were capable of and she knew how the main branch of the clan used them and it was horrifying and it scared the hell out of her. She knew she didn't want the curse mark on her forehead but she didn't have a choice. She was three, what could she do to even prevent it. Nothing, that's what. She stood there and watched as Neji received his.
It wasn't long until Anzu began to run, she tried to get away as well as she could. Her small legs couldn't take her very far but she moved as quickly as she possibly could. Hiashi was able to easily catch up to her and grabbed her. Fear filled the young girl as she tried to think of a way to get away from him. That was when it hit her. Anzu bit him and she bit him hard. She put as much force into her bite as she could and it wasn't long til the metallic taste of blood hit her tongue.
"Why you little! . . ." Hiashi spat through his gritted teeth.
Anzu hadn't realized that Neji had been watching the entire scene and she didn't know that her actions would lead to him hating her.
Neji watched Anzu as she tried to fight their uncle, he wasn't sure what had gotten into his sister. He realized that she didn't want the curse mark put onto her though, he was quite smart and observant even though he was only four. This was their destiny and he knew she would have to embrace it. They didn't have a choice.
"No Uncle Hiashi! NO!" Anzu screamed as she let out a wailing cry.
Hiashi's voice followed saying, "You don't have a choice young Anzu. You're destined to wear this mark just like everyone else in the lesser branch of the clan." Hiashi had to hold the child down in order to brand her forehead with the curse mark.
Once Anzu had received the mark she could feel the eyes of her brother burning into her. He glared at her angrily. She looked away, trying to avoided Neji's glare. She didn't like that he was mad at her but she had to try something. It wasn't like she succeeded so she didn't understand why he'd be angry when she still got the mark.
Would Neji hate me for this, Anzu thought as she looked down. She hoped that he wouldn't but deep down she knew he already hated her for it.
I'm sorry Neji, Anzu thought as she heaved a sigh. Anzu hoped that she could eventually make everything better between them but she wasn't sure how she'd do that yet.
Neji still glanced over at Anzu angrily, even when they sat with their father. They were currently watching Hiashi and Hinata as they sparred. Anzu hadn't said anything since she had gotten the curse mark, she had been completely quiet.
"You're kick is still weak." Hiashi said, speaking to his daughter.
"yes. . ." Hinata replied softly before running at him, yelling out a battle cry as she did.
"Listen, Neji, Anzu. Is your destiny clear to you? You live only to protect lady Hinata and to preserve the power of our clan's main household." Hizashi, or father said to us.
"I understand father." Neji said to him, but Anzu sat there, she still refused to speak.
It was then, our father tried to use his Byakugan and that was when Hiashi used the curse mark against him, punishing him for it. Neji and Anzu quickly rushed to their father's side.
"Father! What is it?!" We asked in unison. Our father just laid there, suffering from the pain that the mark was causing him to feel.
"Take your father home, I'll forgive the fool this time, but only this time. See that you never forget your destiny!" Hiashi told us angrily.
That was one of the reasons Anzu feared the mark, and it was the sole reason she didn't want it.
Everything was beginning to fall apart, Anzu knew that the death of their father was rapidly approaching. She wondered why she had to have been born into the Hyuga clan, why couldn't she have been born into one of the other clans? One that she could have actually been happy in. Anzu felt like she was being punished, the happy life she had wished for hadn't come true. Her life still felt just as bad here than it did in her old world.
It wasn't long until someone entered the main branch family's household and abducted Hinata. It wasn't long until Hiashi realized that Hinata had been taken and it didn't take long for him to quickly kill the man. The man was none other than the head of the cloud ninja who signed the treaty that ended the war with the land of lightning. The land of lightning claimed that the leaf ninja were in violation of the treaty and Hiashi was supposed to be sentenced to death, but instead, our father Hizashi was killed in his place. It leave my family heartbroken. Anzu and Neji had began to hate the main branch of our clan for this tragedy.
The years that followed our father's death were difficult. Neji never really said anything to Anzu anymore, he felt he had no reason to talk to her. Anzu would try and strike up a conversation with him but he always ignored her. Our mother tried talking to him but that didn't help things get any better.
It was almost Neji's birthday, he would be turning eight and he'd be able to attend the academy soon. Then we wouldn't see each other much during the day but that wouldn't really matter. It wasn't like he'd ever speak to Anzu or anything. It wouldn't be long until our mother enrolled him into the academy. Anzu thought about all of the things she'd learn and all of the people she'd meet when she was old enough to go to the academy. It excited her to know that she'd get to meet the rookie nine. She would try to befriend them all if she could.
A few weeks had passed and the first day Neji would start going to the academy had arrived. We all woke up and went through our morning routine just as we did every day. Anzu walked to the academy with Neji and their mother to see him off on his first day
Anzu walked up to Neji and gave a kind smile. "Have a good day big brother~" She said as she hugged him. She frowned when he immediately pushed her away. She looked up at him. Her eyes met his cold gaze.
"Thanks" Neji muttered coldly before he walked into the academy.
"I love you Neji!" Anzu called out, knowing that Neji probably didn't care.
It hurt her when he didn't acknowledge that she had said anything to him. Anzu knew she should have expected that from Neji. He was one of the hardest people to get along with and he definitely was the most difficult person to deal with as a sibling. She knew that the main reason he acted this was was because of her, on the day they got the curse marks.
Anzu sighed as she and her mother headed home. The walk was quiet even though her mother tried to strike up a conversation a few times. Anzu wasn't in the mood to talk though, she never was and she knew it worried her mother.
Anzu had become quiet, and reserved. She kept her distance from just about everyone around her. She quickly ran up to her room and shut the door, and then she went and sat on the edge of her bed. She stared at the floor for quite some time before she decided to start try and learn how to use her chakra. She wanted to get a bit of a head start before going to the academy. Sure she got to learn things when they went to train with Lord Hiashi but, she liked to do things on her own. Learning how to use her chakra had been more difficult than she had expected it to be but she knew it wasn't going to come naturally when she never had chakra in her prior life. Anzu hoped to learn how to use it as quickly as possible.
Another reason Anzu wanted to learn how to use it was so that she could protect her family, and the people who would soon become her closest friends. If she even had the courage to make any friends that is. With how reserved Anzu had gotten she was always hesitant around people and always wanted to hide from them. Anzu wanted to help change many of the tragic events that took place within the world of Naruto. She wasn't sure what all she could do but she promised herself that she'd do her best. Anzu wanted to succeed in all she did and she didn't want to fail everyone that she cared about.
