Naruto: The Masako Uzamaki Story
The blonde girl yawned and got out of bed. She opened her curtains eager to see the beautiful village of Konaha below. What she saw was a small city and beyond that nothing but sand.
"Phooey." Masako said. She'd forgotten that she was training in the sand village now. She went over to her closet and when she opened it up a puppet popped out and drew her into a hug.
"Yeah.Very funny, Kankuro. You can't prank a prankster." Masako said.
"Heh. Apparently not." Kankuro said stepping out of the closet and making Crow let go. Masako couldn't help but laugh a little. Kankuro was a great ninja but he always tried to surpass her in practical joking anyway.
"You can go to breakfast. I'll be down in a minute." She said.
"No you won't. That's why I'm here. The Kazakage wants to see you before you go to breakfast." Kankuro said.
"Why don't you just tell me that Gaara wants to see me?" Masako asked with a laugh. Then added, "you doof." Kankuro just shrugged and left the room with Crow.
Masako got dressed in her usual: black tee with love in red on the front, black capris and all her headbands, leaf, mist and now sand. She put on her sand holders and put away her ninja tools. Then set off to Gaara's office.
Ever since his father, the previous Kazakage, was murdered he had taken his place. Gaara was quite a busy bee. He often liked to call her to his office though just to talk. She understood him more then anyone. She knew what it was like to have to battle a demon inside you.
When Masako had made it to his office she knocked even though she knew she could just walk in. Nobody came. She was hungry so if Gaara wasn't going to answer the door then fine. She turned and began to walk towards the dining hall, when she felt sand wrap around her ankles.
"Answering the door would've worked." She said as she turned to see Gaara standing outside his office.
"I thought I told you to just come in." He said in his raspy voice.
Masako smiled, "You did Gaara-kun but knocking is polite." She said just as Gaara used his sand to wrap around her waist and pull her towards him. He gave her a tight hug and she embraced the moment because she knew that Gaara seldom gave hugs.
When he let go of her he said, "Now then, let's go to breakfast."
"Huh? Wait! That's it?" Masako exclaimed.
"Heh. I just wanted to see you first." He said.
"Well you lost. Kankuro saw me first." She informed him.
"Besides him." Gaara answered with a slight smile. Masako knew why he wanted to see her.
She was leaving. She'd actually bought herself some more time in the sand by doing an over required bunch of missions. Plus, she knew where she was going and frankly, she was scared. She didn't wanna go anywhere else but the leaf, mist and sand villages, but Mama Tsunade had told her it was necessary that she go to the next village, and she was to not complain.
Just spy. Masako was headed to the village Hidden in the Sound. She was to work for Oruchimaru. She was aware of her amazing ninja skills. She was only 12 and she could be a Jounin, but during the Chunin exams she refused to fight Naruto. She felt that if she hurt him she'd be in trouble. Later, Mama Tsunade told her that he was her twin brother. He was the boy who held the other part of the fox. She looked over to Gaara. She didn't want to leave him, but it was required. When they got to the dining hall the two of them sat in front of plates with food already on them. Masako loved this part about living in the sand, enough food to go around! After everyone had spent some time mingling and eating, Gaara stood up and the entire room went silent. Masako attempted to crouch down in her seat next to him. She knew what he was going to say.
"Good morning everyone. Today we must say goodbye to the beautiful and talented Masako." Masako, now aware that everyone was staring at her, sat up straighter and smiled. Gaara sat down with a smirk on his face.
"I hate you." Masako told him through clenched teeth. She looked across the table to Temari and she looked like she was about to cry. She gave Masako a weak smile anyway.
After breakfast the Anbu black ops team was there to pick her up. Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari saw her off and all four of them were crying.
"I'll see you all again I promise." Masako told them.
Gaara and Kankuro nodded but all Temari did was sniffle, "Yes." Temari finally managed. Masako didn't trust herself to stay around any longer so she waved and headed into the center of the ops.
You would think that by now she'd be used to walking long distances with the ops around, but she wasn't. She knew that she'd easily be able to get from village to village on her own. Mama Tsunade had insisted. They had far to go. It would take several days to get to the Sound village.
While walking one day the ops all began to fall as needles fell from the sky.
"That was fun." A voice said.
"They assumed they were safe in numbers." Another laughed.
"Yeah, well take your own advice and never assume that the ops walk in formation for fun!" Masako said as she jumped down from a tree. She crossed two of her fingers horizontally over the other two going vertically.
"Multi shadow clone jutsu!" She said and ten more of her appeared out of no where.
"Alright, let's do it!" They all shouted in unison. The fight was quick and simple. Those rain ninja didn't stand a chance against one of her, let alone eleven. She took the ops over to a nearby cave and pulled out all the needles. While all of them remain unconscious she made a fire.
'Man I hope I don't have to go all medical ninja. I hate medical techniques!' Eventually she fell asleep and none of the ops had woken up yet. In the morning she woke up and all the ops were up to and looking better.
"Thank you." Several of them kept telling her. The one leading them pulled her out to the entrance of the cave once her bag was packed.
"Here we leave you, Masako. Just over that hill is the sound village." He told her, "Remember, every night at least one of us will be on your balcony. Tell them anything you need to tell Lady Hokage."
"Okay." Masako said.
"Oh, and Masako, take off your leaf headband and never let anyone see it." He warned.
"W-why not?" Masako asked timidly.
"You don't wanna give those sound ninja a reason to kill you." He said the retreated back into the cave. All Masako did was shrug and obey, then start off towards the hill.
As she was arching the top two people attacked her. She quickly pinned them.
"So you're the new girl." The boy said.
"Let us up and we'll take you where you need to go." He finished.
"Fine but try any funny stuff and I'll kill you." Masako promised as she stepped off them.
"By the way I'm Tayuya and this is Sakon." The girl said.
"Meet my brother Ukon." Sakon said as another head came to rest on his shoulder.
"Hello. Don't worry I usually stay inside him." Ukon said the disappeared again.
"Here." Tayuya said as she opened a pair of large doors. Masako walked in first.
"Why is it so dark in here?" she asked.
"We don't know someone will come sooner or later." Sakon said as the two of them pulled the doors shut.
"Crap." Masako said out loud to herself.
"Hello, Masako Uzamaki. Welcome to the sound village." A voice said. Then a candle lite and Masako could make out the face a bit. He wore glasses and had gray hair tied back in a ponytail, but he was young.
"Who are you?" Masako asked trying to keep her voice strong.
"I'm your sensei, Kabuto." The man said.
"Oh. Kabuto-sen…"
Masako began but was cut off, "Just Kabuto, Masako." He laughed.
"Right. Kabuto, where is my room?" She finished. Kabuto nodded and led her to a small apartment with a balcony off it, perfect.
"Here," Kabuto handed her a clarinet, "if you're going to be a sound ninja then you need some kind of sound tool. Be downstairs in ten minuets." He said then left. Kabuto was going to be a strict sensei, Masako could tell. She put some of her things away and headed downstairs after ten minuets.
"Excellent. You know how to listen." He told her. "Now come with me." He said and walked out the door. She had her clarinet and held it tight as she followed him.
'I wonder what kind of training goes on here.' Masako thought.
Kabuto stopped at a training ground where Sakon and Tayuya were fighting. Tayuya had out a flute and was controlling three big demons with it. The demons were attacking Sakon. Her every note seemed to control a different movement.
'It's times like these when I'm happy to have an I.Q over 200.' Masako thought happily to herself as she began to memorize Tayuya's fingerings and what they did to the demons. Soon after Masako was sure she'd memorized most of Tayuya's fingerings the fight ended. Tayuya had won.
"Excellent Tayuya." Kabuto said standing up. Sakon walked out of the ring and sat down next to her.
"Good luck." He said. Before Masako could ask what he meant she heard Kabuto say,
"Now Masako will fight Tayuya." Masako had pinned Tayuya before, but then she hadn't used her flute. Masako was confident though. She walked into the ring and stood next to Kabuto with a smirk on her face.
"Shake hands." Kabuto instructed. The girls shook.
"Begin." Kabuto said as he left the ring and sat down next to Sakon. Masako did three back flips until she finally reached the edge of the ring. Tayuya did the same.
"Your move." Masako told her. Tayuya blew into her flute and the demons began to move towards Masako. Masako played her clarinet and the demons stopped cold, then so did Tayuya.
"What is this?" she demanded.
"Well, during your fight with Sakon I memorized and analyzed all of your fingerings. I counteracted your move with my clarinet and used my shadow possession to seal it up." Masako said then laughed. She turned to Kabuto and so did Tayuya and her demons.
"How'd I do?" Masako asked him. Sakon was staring at her in disbelief. Kabuto stood up and said
"Fight over. Victor: Masako Uzumaki."
Masako smiled and released Tayuya and her demons from her shadow possession. "Alright!" She said punching the air.
"Come with me Masako." Kabuto told her. "You five, keep training so that one day you may surpass Masako." He said then smiled at her. He walked off and Masako followed him. "Here." He said and handed her a sound ninja headband.
"Whoa, only on the first day." Masako said in amazement as she tied it around her forehead.
"You earned it." He said smiling.
"In here, someone wants to meet you." He walked inside a large building and she followed him.
"Hello Kabuto." A voice said.
"Hello Lord Orochimaru. I have a new edition to the sound ninja five. She beat Tayuya in one minute." Kabuto said.
'Orochimaru? I have to call him Lord? Dang.' Masako thought.
"She sounds like a perfect edition. Light the candles so we may see." Orochimaru said.
"Yes my Lord." Kabuto answered him.
After the candles were lite Orochimaru exclaimed, "My, my Kabuto. What a beautiful and talented edition to sound ninja five."
"Thank you Lord Orochimaru." Masako said. Mentally slapping herself.
"My pleasure, Miss?" Orochimaru asked.
"My apologizes sir. Uzumaki. Masako Uzumaki." Masako answered.
"Yes, Masako you can go back to the training grounds now." Kabuto told her.
She turned and just before she reached the door Orochimaru said, "Masako, wait."
"Yes my Lord?" Masako answered grimacing. She didn't turn around. She felt a slight sting on her left collar bone. She turned her head to see what it was and what she saw was Orochimaru's head. He was biting her!