Chapter 1: Introducing Nana Uzumaki

I see a great image engraved into the sky. I see my past, my present, and my future. The past had sprinkled out and become faint, the present is a huge glowing globe, and the future is giant wings spread out and ready for flight. I see my life from beginning to end. I see something great...but when?

The cock crowed and a flouresecnt ornage light spilled in through the open window. The curtains rustled in a gentle spring breeze and the sweet smell of the new grass and freash bloosoms lilted into the room. A balled up figure under blue sheets twitched and unfolded, almost bloomed, into the figure of a young girl. The sheets fell off the bed and figure and the girl curled back up almost instinctivly. Her blue eyes slowly opened and blinked in the flashy, blinding, orange light. She twisted her head around to avoid it and she looked at her wall clock. She grunted viciously and kicked her feet over the side of the bed almost resentfully and laid then on the ground. Sitting herself up and stretching out and yawning loudly and scratching herself. She wriggled her toes and got to her feet, flinging open her closet door and getting dressed for the day. She could smell breakfast cooking, a rice omelet and a side of bacon and toast. Her nose twitched happily as she smelled this. She quickly got dressed whipped her pitch black hair into two quick pigtails and slid downstairs on the bainistir. She skipped into the kitchen and took her place at the table.

"Good morning Nana."

"Morning Papa! Morning Mom!" Nana said happily and waited for her mother to set her plate on the table.

"Did you sleep well, Nana?" Her mother asked.

"Yeah, real good!" Nana said, then waisted no time into devouring her meal.

Her father smiled and laid down the paper and looked out the window. "You nervous about today, Nana?"

Nana looked up and shrugged, "I dunno if I am or not. Weird eh?"

Her father chuckled, "I remember my exam, stressful for me. And back then we were being tested at my worst subject."

Nana wiped her mouth. "Was her really Mom?"

Her mother chuckled and laid her hand on her husband's head and ruffled his hair.

"The absolute worst!"

"Hey now, Hinata!" He laughed.

Hinata smiled, remember the days when she only dreamed of her husband from afar. "Naruto dear, you will be picking her up after school, right?"

"Of course! I wanna hear just how my daughter passed with flying colors to become a genin!"

Nana smiled and dumped her empty plate into the dish water. She slung a bag onto her shoulder and waved.
"Gotta go! I'm meeting up with Emiko." She said then ran out the door.
Naruto smiled, "That's my girl."

Hinata smiled to and bobbed her head. "I wish her all the luck in the world today."

Nana rounded the corner and saw her best friend waiting for her under a twisted old tree.
"Emiko! I'm here!"

"You're late Nana! How late did you stay up till last night?" Emiko fussed.

"Not very late, Emi-kun." Nana laughed. "Besides, I'm here aren't I? We need to get to school fast."

Emiko sighed and followed after Nana as she walked on. Emiko looked up at Nana and sighed.
"You're so lucky Nana-chan, of course you'll pass today."

"What're you talking about Emi-kun? You have the highest grade point average int he class! You're going to pass too I know it!"

"But I don't. I know that I'm going to fail at this!"

Nana lowered her brow. "Don't say that, because if you do you've already failed! Now buck up and remember that no matter what, you'll always win! Always!"

Ekiko felt better after hearing Nana's little speech. She smiled and nodded. "Yes, I'll...try my best to win, like you."

Nana nodded and pointed ahead. "Someday, I will be Hokage! Like Aunty Tsunade, and Pops!"

"With you history you will." Emiko said.

Nana beamed proudly and looked up at their school.
"Today I become a real ninja!" She cheered and raced into the building.

"Nana-chan sure looks excited. Of course."

Nana quickly got a seat and stretched out her arms.
"Genin-genin I'm gonna become a genin!" She sang. She leaned forward in her seat and something caught her eye. She looked beside her and huffed.

"Oh sorry! I didn't realize this was the ass hole section!"

The person sitting next to her leered. "Shut up Uzamaki."

"Make me Kyo!" Nana snapped.

Kyo Nakaji was the most handsome boy in class, not to mention the VIP. He was strong and cunning, and with his looks he was a deadly beauty. Nana hated him though, she was the only girl who did. She simply turned away and frowned, leaning back in her chair and waiting for class to begin.
The door opened and their teacher walked in, Rock Lee Sensei. He looked around the room, crossed his arms and smiled. "Okay class, glad you all could make it! Today some of you will become genin and some of you won't! Lets see who has what it takes!"

Nana smiled proudly.

"I've got it! I've got it!"

Kyo huffed and looked over at her. "Unless we have to do something like clones, right Uzamaki?"

Nana frowned and furrowed her brow. "Nobody asked you, Kyo!"

"Our exams will be clones!"

"DAMMIT!" Nana's scream rang out through the entire school.

Chapter 2: The Ronin

I saw you from a distance. Unsure of what to think or do. Your figure shrowded by shadows. You hand rough and warm. I thought you'd carry my away. Instead, you took me home and I knew we would meet again.

"Honey, I'm going to go pick up our little Genin." Naruto said.

"Tell her I'm making her favorite meal." Hinata said.

Naruto smiled and walked on out of the house. When he got to the school students were already being praised by their parents. But he didn't see Nana anywhere. Normally she'd be bouncing around and yipping and yowling and dancing around like an idiot. But she didn't hear her singing, nor did he hear parents angry disregard of her. He looked around and saw Emiko with her parents, but Emiko looked sad dispite that she was holding a ninja head band. Naruto made his way towards her and Emiko looked up at him.

"Oh Mr Uzamaki! Nana she...she..."

"Emiko, where is she? Where's Nana?"

Emiko bit her lip. "I don't know. She...she failed her test...and and she just...ran off."

Naruto gasped. "Did you see where? Which way did she run off too?"

"I don't know..."

"I do sir." Kyo said walking towards them. "I saw her run towards the west."

"The west..." Naruto mumured and he frowned. "I thought she'd be running to the Village of Sand. But west?"

"But why would she be running there Naruto?" Emiko's mother asked.

"Because of Gaara. A couple of years ago when he came here, she was utterly awed by him. Gaara told her he'd help her become a powerful ninja. I bet she still believes that. But why the hell would she be heading west? That just doesn't make sense to me."

"But she won't make it." Kyo said. "Knowing her she'll turn back around or go somewhere else."

"Maybe." Emiko murmured.

"Why do I have to be such a loser?" Nana sniffled. She sat perched on a high tree branch. Her stomach moaning and girgling from hunger. Her eyes red and puffy from an endless stream of crying. Her cheeks were crusty from old tears, and slowly growing soggy again from a new stream.

"Why am I such a loser?" She looked up towards the sunset. "I was heading west the entire time!" She cried. "Dammit!" She jumped down out of the tree. "I guess I shouldn't be a ninja after all." Nana sighed and looked up to the top of the trees.

"You there!"

Nana gasped and looked around, seeing a ronin walking towards her. A bottle of sake swung over his left shoulder and a thick straw hat covering his nose up with shade.

"Uh I was just...um..." Nana tried to look for a cooler answer rather than say: I'm lost Mister."

The ronin smiled and sighed. "Lost aren't ya kid?"

"Yes." Nana pouted.

The ronin chuckled, "Where are you headed? Better yet, where's your home?"

Nana sighed, "The Village Hidden in the Leaves." She replied pointing in a direction, unsure if it was the way home or not.
The ronin took Nana's pointed finger and redirected it a little furter east.

"That way. That's the way home."

His hand was big and warm, rough and getnle. That was a man's hand! Nana felt all the blood rush to her face, she felt light headed and dizzy. Her breath had quickened. She had never felt like this before. Was this what all the other girl's felt like when they were around Kyo?

The ronin smiled again, "Is something wrong Girly?"

"Huh?" Nana gasped. "No! I'm perfectly fine."

"Do you want me to walk you back? You don't seem very good with directions. You'd get lost as easily as a cow."

"I would not!" Nana snapped.

"Then tell me where you were headed."

Nana tried to look for a cooler answer rather than saying: I was headed north, but like a stupid cow I got lost.
"I was heading North." Nana muttered.

The ronin threw his head back and laughed.
"I see." He sighed. "Let me guess, running away from failing your Genin exams."

Nana bit her lip. There was nothing to respond to.
The Ronin ruffled her hair.

"Not to worry. I failed my first try too."

Nana didn't feel so worthless anymore.
"You did?"

The ronin nodded. "I didn't pass till my second try. Now I'm Jonin."

"Wow...you're higher leveled than my teacher!" Nana gasped then she gathered her composure and tried to act cool. "Then again, my father is the Hokage. So thats not to big a deal."

"So, your Naruto Uzamaki's kid." The ronin said. "All the more reason to get you home as soon as possible."

"I don't want to. I know he's gonna be disapointed in me. He's Hokage..."

"Your father failed three times. Almost four."

Nana gulped.
Was that true?

The ronin started walking away. "Hurry up before you get lost."
Nana scurried off after him.

I wonder who he is?

"Nana! Nana!"

"Oh Nana please come out! It's not the end of the world!" Emiko called out.

"Yeah ya loser. You always have nexct year." Kyo said and huffed. "Stupid idiot. She has no sense of direction. She'll get as lost as a cow."

"Karate kick!"

"Nana!" Emiko cheered.

"Say that again you old badger!" Nana snarled, shaking Kyo by the collar of his shirt.

"Nana!" Narutoto scooped his daughter up into his arms and gave her a big squeeze.

"I'm so glad you're alright!"

"Yeah Dad...I'm fine. A ronin in the woods helped..." Nana stopped, seeing that the ronin had vanished. "...me..."

"Nana, we were so worried about you!" Emiko gasped. "You were gone for so long!"

"Yeah. Sorry to worry you. I just needed to clear my head and think for a while."

"You got lost like a cow didn't you?" Kyo asked.

"You shut your fukcing mouth Kyo!" Nana shouted at him.

"Nana, I talked with your teacher. He's going to allow you a second chance." Naruto said.

"I am?" Nana gasped happily. "When? Where? What do I do?"

"You have three days to get ready. You still have to clones."

"DAMMIT!"

Chapter 3 Enemies with Feelings

When we first met, we were comman rivals. You hated me and I hated you. Reasons why we do not know. It simply happened out that way. But with time brings new feelings, new emotions, new hormones. As kids we were rivals, and teenagers we're enemies with feelings.

Nana stepped triumphantly from her house and strutted confidantly down the street. Her head held high, her blue eyes sparkling, her pitch black pigtails bouncing cheerfully with the new bunny shapped boppers her mother had gotten for her.

"Nana! Good luck today!"

Nana looked up and waved, "I will! Thanks for the vote of confidance Ms Sakura!"

"Nana!"

"You come to wish me luck too, Emiko?"

Emiko nodded and caught her breath. "You better be careful! You're training with your father has left you a bit weak! I can sense it Nana!"

"You worry to much Emi-kun!" Nana laughed proudly and felt her back snap and her joints creek. "Uh ha ha! Hey, what's that?"

Emiko blushed and held out a package. "It's for you!" She gasped, holding it out to Nana.

Nana looked the package over and smiled.
"What is it?"

"Open it and you'll find out!" Emiko said, nervously and flustered.

"I can't right now. I'm in a hurry. I will after I pass!" Nana said and patted Emiko on the shoulder. "I'll see ya later okay!"

"I'll wait for you after your test!" Emiko gasped happily.

Nana waved and rushed off. Stuffing the package into her penguin shaped backpack.

Nana was half way to the school when Kyo stepped out from behind a corner.
"What do you want Kyo?" Nana huffed impaitently, yet stopping a few feet in front of him. Facing him as she would an enemy.

"I'm warning you."

"Warning me? What the hell for?"

Kyo huffed, "You aren't fit to be a Genin. Wait another few years until you are ready." He said.

"Say what?" Nana hissed.

"You're just like your father, an imcompitent loser." Kyo scoffed.

"Am not! My father is not a loser like me!"

Kyo's eyes got slightly wider.

"I may be a loser but my father isn't! He's Hokage with Aunty Tsubame right? He's no loser!"

Kyo huffed, "Okay then loser, just turn home and excuse yourself from being embarassed all over again."

"I don't mind being embarassed. That's ho wlife goes." Nana said. "You done yet?"

"No." Kyo said. "I think you're worthless. Just because your father is Hokage that doesn't give you any privlages or special skills. You have nothing special about you. No unique powers. Hell! You can't even make a clone!"

"Can too!"

"One that actually works!"

Nana snarled, "You're such an ass Kyo!"

"I'm warning you! Don't take that test!"

Nana pushed passed Kyo. "I HATE YOU!" She screamed as she ran down the street.

Nana felt a twinge inside her. She had never felt so angry in her life. She felt so sad, so heart broken. She and Kyo were rivals but he had never said anything that hurtful to her before. It was painful for some odd reason. She wiped her nose and eyes and stormed into the school.

"Okay, I'm ready now! Give me the damn test!"

The teachers looked up in surprise.
"Oh Nana, here you are."

"Give me the test Lee Sensei!"

Rock Lee arched his eye brows. "You look upset. Is something wrong?"

"No! Nothing is wrong!" Nana snapped. "Nothing is wrong! Especially not with that bastard Kyo!"

"Whoa whoa! Calm down. Now do you think you can take the test?"

"Make clones? Sure! How many? Four, five, fifty! You want fifty? I'll gove you your fucking fifty clones!" She shouted.

"Nana wait!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Nana? NANA!" Rock Lee shouted to stop her.

Suddenly fifty Nana's filled the room.

"Here's your fucking fifty Kyo!"

Emiko sighed then heard a great rumble.

"Nana?" She asked and went to the door. The rumble sounded more like girl's shouting and fighting. "Nana?" She opened the door and suddenly a bunch of Nanas poured out like water.

POOF! POOF! POOF!

Emiko looked up to see Nana standing in the doorway. Angry and boiling. But she was wearing a Ninja head band.
"I'll fight you Kyo! Then I'll show you who isn't fit to be a ninja!"

Emiko stared. "Ah...Nana?"

Nana stormed out of the school and kicked a tree, knocking it over. A red glow wrapping around her.

"I'll show him, i'll show that Kyo!"

Well, that's 3 chapters, hope you enjoy! And please review! Yea i spelled Uzumaki wrong but not on purpose, for some reason i feel lazy.