Alex/Aimi: woohoo, here it is! I finally got around to publishing this! :D hey, Neji, ya wanna read the legal disclaimer so I don't get sued?
Neji: Fine. Alex(or Aimi, as I was just told she prefers to be called)does not own any of the Naruto characters, myself included. She doesn't even own Mitsuko.
Alex/Aimi: Excuse me? :( She's my OC! I do so own the rights to Mitsuko! But that's all! Gosh! Anyways, read and review, please. Any and all flames will be laughed at, before being used to make s'mores.
Prologue: Great Power at an Even Greater Price
There once was an old legend, known by most everyone from Suna to Kiri. No one knew where it originated from, or how it even started, but it soon spread like wildfire. It was the legend of a child who would help to save everyone, in their darkest hour. It was the Legend of the Angel of Hope, the Kitai no Tenshi. And it was that, after hundreds of years, the legend became a reality. For on August 19, 1993, the youngest granddaughter of the Sandaime Tsuchikage was born.
She was the fourth child of Youko and Masaru Senshi. Her mother was the only daughter of the Sandaime Tsuchikage. Her father was a jonin-level shinobi from Konohagakure who had moved to Iwa to be with her mother. She had two elder brothers and an elder sister: Isamu, who was seven, Genkei, who was two, and Amarante, who was also two. She was born on a quiet, tranquil day in August. She was an exact carbon copy of her mother. She had golden blonde hair, and big hazel eyes. She was pale. Not sickly pale, but almost a glowing pale. She was of average size and weight, and perfectly healthy. But her life came with a price.
Her mother had been poisoned in an attempt to kill the child. However, a strange white chakra surrounded the child, shielding her from the poison. Her mother, on the other hand, was not so lucky. The poison, along with the effects of childbirth, proved too much for her body to handle. With her last breath, she gave her daughter a name.
"Her name is Mitsuko." Youko said, smiling weakly at the infant she held in her arms, "For she is truly a child of the light."
With these words spoken, she died. So it was that on that day, the Tsuchikage lost his only daughter, and he gained another grandchild. For days, Iwagakure was torn between sadness and joy. Sadness for the loss of the Tsuchikage's only daughter, his pride and joy, and joy for the birth of his youngest grandchild.
There was never any doubt within Mitsuko's family about who she really was. They all just knew that she was the Kitai no Tenshi, the child of legend. However, this secret was well kept, with only rumors of the Angel being born in Iwa being spread. No one ever paid them any mind, they just dismissed the rumors as just that, mindless gossip.
Mitsuko had a happy childhood, even without a mother. She had many friends, and was well liked by everyone in the village. Being the grandchild of the Tsuchikage, she always got whatever her heart desired, though that wasn't much. Unlike most kids, she didn't waste her time with impractical things such as toys and pointless games. When she was younger, she preferred to be read to and to watch the clouds. When she was a little older, she preferred to read by herself, practice medical ninjutsu, train with her siblings, and play shogi.
When she was twelve, her father decided that she was old enough to decide whether or not she wished to stay in Iwa, as was customary after graduating from the ninja academy in Iwa. After a few days of researching each of the different villages and comparing them to Iwa, she told her father she had made her choice. She asked to move to his old village, Konohagakure. So she left early one morning for Konoha. And that is where this story begins...