Dark Matter
AU. Female Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto is an highly unsociable, cunning and quiet child with random bursts of rambunctiousness. The fate of the shinobi nations changes and a different hero is born.
A/N: This is a challenge-fic that I took up from Ferdawg. I do not own Naruto or all it's fillers, and I never will.
Chapter 1
'A day like any other'
Like any other day, Uzumaki Naruto sat in the corner of the classroom and just like any other day none of her classmates, except Shino, noticed her. The genin exam was a week away and the quiet blonde fidgeted in her seat.
Unlike the rest of her class, Naruto had trouble making a solid clone. Remarkably,on her first try, it ended up as a pile of green slop that writhed around the floor, scaring students and teachers alike. Kiba swore he saw a skull floating in there. The blonde had tried to improve the technique ever since that day. Not much luck on that so far.
"...Naruto?" Naruto's musing was cut short when the academy teacher, Umino Iruka called her name. " Hai!" She responded casually, before slinking back into her chair and casually observing her fellow classmates. 'If I call correctly, I will be stuck with two other genin graduates on a team...'
Blue eyes landed lazily on a pink haired girl with fair skin and green eyes. The girl was dressed in a red qipao dress with white circular designs, without short sleeves, with a zipper, tight dark green shorts, and a red ribbon which she used to accentuate her face. 'Haruno Sakura. Naturally hot-headed, overbearing, stern and irritable. Somewhat hypercritical, along with being easily impulsive and stubborn, but most of the time, she is relatively kind, cheerful, and rational. Fan-girl...Not an ideal team mate.'
The blue eyes landed on it's next target. ' Uchiha Sasuke. Indifferent, cruel, cynical, somewhat arrogant and unreasonable...' Sasuke is a fair-skinned ninja who has onyx eyes and black chin-length hair. His hair is spiky in the back with bangs. Sasuke's clothing consisted of the traditional Uchiha clothing: a blue, short-sleeved shirt with a high collar and the Uchiha crest on the back and white arm warmers.
On the left hand side of Sasuke, sat a scowling, fair-skinned girl with blonde hair and green eyes. Her attire consists of she wore a short purple vest like blouse with a raised collar, a skirt that was cut off on the sides and bandage on her stomach and legs. She also wore purple and white elbow warmers with this. ' Yamanaka Ino. Constantly thinking about boys and takes a great deal of pride in her appearance. Very confident, kind, and outspoken, not afraid to speak her mind.'
A bark from her right, made Naruto direct her attention to a brown-haired boy with a white puppy on his lap. 'Inuzuka Kiba. Short-tempered and impulsive. Very protective of his partner.' Kiba's attire consisted of dark greyish pants reaching to his calves and a grey, hooded fur-lined coat, with the hood usually placed on his head and blue ninja sandals.
Next to him sat, or slept in this case, a boy with black long hair styled like a pineapple. His clothing was rather plain, consisting of a green lined mesh T-shirt under a short sleeved grey jacket with green edges, adorned on both the sleeves and the back with a circle with a line through it, brown pants, and blue sandals. ' Nara Shikamaru. Lazy, unenthusiastic, likes to watch clouds and a good sense of morality. And extremely smart.'
'Akimichi Chouji. A very kind, polite, and caring person. Easily motivated by the prospect of food, and becomes highly agitated when somebody calls him "fat". He lacks self-confidence.' Chouji has spiky, brown hair, swirl marks on his cheeks, and like the rest of his clan, he has a much more robust physique than most other ninja. Chouji wears black shorts, a long white scarf, a short-sleeved, green haori, over a white shirt with his clan's obligatory kanji for "food" on it, small, hoop earrings, and his legs and forearms were wrapped in bandages.
Two rows behind them sat Hyuuga Hinata and Aburame Shino. Hinata has dark blue hair and fair skin, her hair is in a short, levelled hime-cut style just above her forehead, with chin length strands framing her face. She also has the customary white eyes of her clan, which have a tinge of lavender. She wears a cream coloured hooded jacket with a fire symbol on the upper right and left sleeves and fur around the cuffs and hem, with navy blue pants. 'Hyuuga Hinata. Shy, self conscious and very polite. She is also kind.'
Shino is a fair-skinned ninja and has dark bushy brown hair. Shino wears dark sunglasses and a sea-green jacket with a high, upturned collar. 'Aburame Shino. Calm, collected and a very solitary person. Very tactical. Cool bugs too..."
Naruto shrugged, returning her gaze to the blackboard. Deeming it silly and boring, closed her eyes and slinked further down her chair, dozing off.
Naruto slinked quietly home. Heavy storm clouds overhead blocked out the starry sky. It would do her no good to be caught by villagers this late at night. Luckily, her black hoodie helped with this. It was late at night, most children and their families were in bed by now. But the blonde was an orphan, no mother, no father and no siblings. Not even the orphanage welcomed her, not that she cared. From a young age, Naruto learned to keep to herself and disappear. This arrangement seemed to make the villagers happier. Due to this and not being allowed to go near other children, Naruto had no social life other than talking to the old man at the tower and the occasional random ninja in passing.
A distant flash of light in the corner of her eyes followed by the boom of thunder, garnered her attention. Grinning, Naruto slowed down, her eagerness to get home vanishing. Light rain drops started pelting the blonde, starting off slow at first before increasing in speed. 'A nice thunderstorm is brewing... It'll probably last till tomorrow.' She thought to herself, getting thoroughly soaked. Another flash of lightning brightened the sky for a moment, this time closer to Naruto and lasted longer than the other one. 'I guess it's time to go home.' The blonde thought unflinchingly, the urge to walk to where the lightning struck was strong but she resisted. Naruto never noticed a pair of weird eyes watching her from the shadows, or how it seemed to follow her movements until she was out of sight.
That's where I leave off for now. I checked for mistakes and errors, if I missed anything feel free to point out.
-Hatty