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A woman and girl walk slowly to the village gates. The girl knows how anxious her mother is to be back in her village so she reaches with her small hand out to he mother. Her mother sends the girl a smile and takes the offered hand in her own. The two walk in a comfortable silence and the small girl thinks back to what she learned on her 8th birthday almost three months ago.
She and her mother celebrated her birthday alone, but it was always that way. Both females were happy and the girl was excited to start using her new kunai set. She wanted to be a ninja just like her mom, and now she could start practicing! Suddenly the older of the two gets a sad and faraway look in her eyes.
The little girl is at a loss. She has never seen her mom look so sad before. "What's wrong mommy?" She asks. The woman sighs. "There is something we need to talk about and I think you are ready to hear it." The girl starts to get nervous. Had she done something wrong? Her mother seems sad. Her blue eyes and blond hair no longer seem as bright and the girl tries to prepare herself for their talk.
"You are not my biological daughter." Says the blond with a hint of fear in her eyes. The small girl frowns. "What does that mean momma?" She asks. "It means that I am not the one who brought you into this world." Says the blond. This the girl understands. She had already learned about babies and how when a boy and girl were in love they could have babies. She had asked how, but her mother had promised to tell her when she was older.
The girl starts feeling sad. "But why...? Didn't my other mommy and daddy want me?" The blond stands and picks up the girl and carries her to the couch of their small home. She sits and holds the girl close to her on her lap. The girl is grateful and inhales her mothers comforting scent. Large tears start to fall down her face. 'Will you not want me anymore either?' She asks silently.
The woman sighs and holds the girl closer. "Your father died honorably keeping a promise to himself for his brother. His name was Uchiha Itachi and he was a man like no other. Your mom was a lovely civilian and trader in the market. Itachi had warned her that she would be in danger if they were together but she loved him anyway."
More tears fall down the girls face so she huddles closer to her mother. The blond stokes her hair and wipes away a few of her tears before she continues. "Shortly after you were born the two of you were attacked. Both of you survived and your mother decided to try to take you to another place in hopes that you would be safe. Halfway there you were attacked again. I happened to be passing by and found the two of you in a clearing. Your mom was seriously injured and begged me to take and protect you. She told me her story and that her name was Ryou. Before she died I asked her if I could name you after her and she agreed with a smile. She held you close and said to you "Live well my little Uchiha Selina Ryou." and then passed on. That's everything that I know."
The girl cries harder for a moment for her losses, but they eventually become tears of joy. Her parents had wanted her. She wipes away the last of her tears and looks sheepishly up at her mom. A thought occurs to her. She fidgets. Should she ask? Finally she gathers up her courage and blurts it out. "Can I still call you mom?" She squeezes her eyes closed and clenches her hands into fits. She feels and hears her mom chuckle. "Only if you want to. You will always be my daughter, and I will always love you like one."
The girl opens her eyes and throws her arms around her mother. "I love you too, mom." The woman squeezes her close and both feel at peace. Ryou finally pulls away. "Do you have any other questions?" Asks her mom gently. The girl thinks.
She had always assumed that the woman in front of her was her bio-whatever-it-was mom, so she always thought they shared the same, Uchiha, name. Come to think of it, she didn't even know her moms first name! Curiosity begins to gnaw at her belly. "Mom, what's YOUR name?" The blonds eyes widen slightly before she laughs. "Of all the questions to ask, you decided to ask that one?" She laughs some more and the girl blushes slightly. "I was just curious." She mutters.
"Hai, hai." Says the blond. "My name is Namekaze-Uzumaki Ayame Naruto ,or as I prefer, Naru ." The girl rolls her name on her tongue. "Namekaze-Uzumaki Ayame Naru." She says. She thinks about her own name. She liked the name Selena but wasn't very fond of it. It was too girly for her personality. She throws her newest idea around inside her head for several moments. "Mom? Can I change my name if I want to?" The blond looks surprised. "If you want to. But do you really want to change the name that your mom gave you?"
"Not all of it." She defends. Narus eyes soften. "And just what part of it would you like to change?" The girls face starts to glow bright red and she starts to fiddling with her fingers. She keeps her gaze locked on her hands as she gives the blond her answer. "I'd like to be called Uchiha Namekaze-Uzumaki Ryou." The blond looks thoughtful. That is going to be a lot of name to write down on paper." She warns.
Ryou only nods. "And it's gonna be a helluva dangerous name.." The girl crosses her arms. "I still want it." She says determinedly. "Figures." Says the blond. "You not only look like your father, but you are also as stubborn as his clan too." She sighs. "Fine, but we are going to have to move." The girl literally jumps for joy. "Finally! We get to leave this stupid stuffy old house!" She sings happily "Yeah, yeah. Go pack your stuff, we're headed to Konoha." Says Naru with a small smile.
It had taken them three months to make it to Konohas gates. Now the girl could only stand in awe as she stared at them. It was the first time in her life she had ever been to a shinobi village and excitement was coursing through her veins. Her mom had already taught her some of the basics of being a shinobi. That was part of the reason it had taken them so long to get there.
Naru had warned her yesterday that things would get weird sooner or later so she half anticipated and half worried about why. That same day her mom dyed her hair and put in contacts so that they were every bit as dark as her daughters. Lastly she covered her whisker marks with makeup. Ryou was sad to see her mothers features disappear and told her so.
The blond smiled lightly and explained that there were two things that were going to surprise the people that lived in Konoha. The first was that she was female, and the second was that she had a daughter. Ryou had been confused and asked why but the blond just winked and said. "Because I am Konohas number one most unpredictable knuckleheaded ninja!"
Her mother starts talking to the two gate guards and Ryous thoughts wander again. On their trip she had asked about the marks. Her mother told her about her past, parents, and Kurama. The girl was sad to know that her mom was also an orphan, but was glad that her grandparents were so cool. Ryou is pulled back out of her wandering thoughts when her mom pulls on her hand and leads her into the village. They don't even take ten steps before her mom freezes in place and starts using harsh language that Ryou had never heard from her mothers mouth before."
"Mother!" Admonishes Ryou. The blond turned black haired woman doesn't seem to hear her daughter and is staring openly and a large white dog with brown ears. The dog lifts its head and sniffs the air. The girl glances up at her mom and shakes her hand. "What's wrong?" She asks. The blond groans and slaps her head with her hand. "I forgot about smell." The dog turns his gaze to the two women, and Naru groans again.
"Merda." curses the would be blond. Ryous jaw drops. "Mom! Language!" The woman finally breaks out of her trance. "Oh, uh... that was Italian." Ryou has to resist the urge to pinch herself. They had only been in the village for a maximum of five minutes and her mother had already developed a stronger language than she had ever used in front of her daughter before.
A man with wild brown hair and fang like marks on his cheeks appears. Her mother visibly panics when he starts talking to the dog. She grabs Ryou and swings the girl onto her back. "Hold on tight." She warns. The girl takes her advice and clings tightly to her mothers shoulders. Just as she tightens her grip Narus feet leave the ground and land on one of the rooftops. She starts running along the tops of the buildings as if being chased by a demon.
Ryou gets curious and turns her head slightly to see if they are being followed. To her relief no one seems to be on their trail. The feeling is short lived when the dog appears with the man on his back. They spot the two quickly and begin following them. As if summoned by magic, other ninja begin to appear around the man and dog and join in the pursuit. Kunai start flying through the air so Naru switches Ryou so that she is carrying her on the front of her body and giving Ryou a clear view of just how many are trailing them.
They seem to be unable to catch up. She can hear her mother breathing evenly and tries to relax, but she is still worried. What was her mother running from? More kunai and some shuriken come flying at the two females. Ryou feels anger and fear seep into her and she uses it to activate the only thing she can use to help her. Her sharingan.
Ryou can imagine her eyes turn blood red while leaving three tomoes of black. She reaches under her mothers traveling coat and into her weapons pouch and pulls out one of her regular kunai. Then she uses it to knock away the kunai that had been aimed for her moms back.
Naru glances back over her shoulder for the first time and seems to deflate a bit. She notices her daughters eyes and the number of familiar ninja trailing them. "Honey, I'm going to have to stop. Be prepared for a lot of questions and confusion." The girl nods and places the borrowed kunai back into its proper place. "Can you deactivate the sharingan now?" The girl shakes her head and buries her face in her moms shoulder. She closes her eyes and listens to her surroundings quietly.
"It's ok dear. These people won't hurt you." Naru soothes her daughter. Ryou calms down slightly but the fear keeps her eyes from returning to normal. She can feel her mother slow down and turn around to face the ninja. She is once again switched so that Naru is between the shinobi and her daughter.
"I need to talk to Tsunade." Says Naru "Not without answering some questions." Answers one with a board tone. "Then your questions will go unanswered. I refuse to talk to anyone other than Tsunade." Counters Naru "Who is the girl?" Asks the same man "This is my daughter." Answers Naru "We understand that miss, but who are you, who is the childs father, and why does she have the sharingan?"
"I am me, myself, and I. My Daughters father is deceased, and she has the sharingan because it is a bloodline that has been passed to her through genetics." Ryou giggles at her mothers round-about way of telling them the answers without lying. "Now I have answered you questions so let me talk to Tsunade." She demands. Ryou can hear the man sigh. "Troublesome woman."
"I'm only being 'troublesome' because I need to talk to Tsunade!" Ryou lifts up her head and looks for the first time at the gathered crowd. Some of the ninja gasp and others turn to their partners and begin whispering to each other. She can hear her own name, Uchiha, being spoken repeatedly. The man in the front of the rest has his hands hanging lazily by his side and the girl immediately places him with the lazy voice. Finally he sighs and flicks his hand. A man with long black hair and lavender colored eyes appears beside him. "Go inform Lady Tsunade of the situation and respectfully request that she make an appearance." He orders. "Hai." Says the man, and he speeds across the rooftops.
The dog and brown haired appear next to the lazy shinobi. The dog wines and paws at the ground. Ryou can feel the intensity of her mothers glare at the dog and is glad that she hasn't decided to add any killing intent. The dog wines again and yips at the man. The womans glare intensifies. "If you finish that sentence, I will invite a certain friend of mine to come 'play' with you." The dog instantly stops and places its tail between its legs. It then backs away slightly.
Many of the faces look shocked. The brown haired man looks like Naru had just hit him on the head with a hammer. He opens his mouth to retort when a busty blond with two low pigtails lands just beside the lazy shinobi. "What is so important that I need to come here in person for you to talk to?" She asks furiously.
"I need to talk to you alone please." Pleads Naru. The woman shakes her head. "I cannot talk with you alone because I do not know what your motives are and because you have not answered the questions asked of you in a satisfactory manner." She says, menacingly. Naru doesn't flinch. "I can not answer the questions that they ask because they ask about classified information and I am only allowed to tell if you or the council gives me permission to do so." Says Naru. The woman seems to grow annoyed. "Fine. Then I hereby give you permission to answer any and all questions and in turn I will answer yours."
Naru bites her lip. "I don't think that's a very good idea baa-chan." The woman immediately puts out killing intent and several of her own shinobi cringe. "Do not call me baa-chan. Now answer the damn questions." "Fine!" Says Naru "But if I die or something happens to my daughter I will personally haunt you from the afterlife!" "Fine." Agrees Tsunade. "Start with your name. Then move on to your information, and afterword's tell us about your daughter."
"My name is Namekaze-Uzumaki Ayame Naruto ,but I prefer Naru. I was born here in Konoha and am have a rank of gennin but am considered high kage level. My mother was Uzumaki Kushina and my father was Namekaze Minato. I am female but was thought to be male for the first eighteen years of my life because Kyuubis DNA was stronger than mine so my body was male. When I was able to start talking to him he told me the truth and when learned to control his chakra I was able to manipulate it so that my true form could come out. My sexy jutsu is a very basic form of this manipulation."
The would be blond takes a deep breath and starts again. "This is my daughter. Her name is Uchiha Selena Ryou but she wishes to change it to Uchiha Namekaze-Uzumaki Ryou Her fathers name was Uchiha Itachi and her mothers name was Kusagi Ryou. She is eight years old and has basic shinobi training. Our motives for being in Konoha are as follows. Ryou wishes to be educated as a ninja and didn't like our house. She also wishes to change her name. Those and the fact that my three year training period ended five years ago..." She trails off.
"Mom." Whispers Ryou. "I don't think they believe you. Your baa-chan looks like she is going to murder you." Naru smiles back at her daughter. "Then I have to start coming up with pranks that I am going to play when I come back to haunt her, aren't I?" Ryou giggles despite the tense situation. "Yup!"
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Ryou is pronounced like the spanish word rio as in river.