SayakaAkira – Naruto OC Insert :D

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Chapter 1:

Moving to the village hidden in the leaves went fairly smoothly for me and my Mum. We moved out from the Land of Honey (Yes, the Land of Honey) after Dad died in battle and decided for a change of scenery. In the shinobi world it tends to work a bit different with death of a family member. He died protecting the people he cares for so instead of the expected grief we gain a strong sense of pride. However I, being only 6 years old at the time, broke down completely. I cried my eyes out for days on end, but eventually sobered up when Mum baked me cakes. Fun Fact! I like cake.

In any case my dad left me several scrolls with the family jutsu inscribed into them, although I haven't really understood them. It was all so complex with language I don't even understand, let alone all that fancy chakra manipulation stuff. Mum reckons even Dad couldn't achieve all of them. But my whole family has always consisted of ninja so I had better used these secret family jutsu to my advantage.

Now I'm 8, recently living in the village hidden in the leaves and have to attend the Ninja Academy in about a week. Mum has gone back to her old job as a recon ninja so I tend to have the house all to myself on a lot of days. So whenever she's gone, I go out shopping for ingredients and bake cakes. I have actually found a way to use chakra to mix the dough faster, yet it somehow doesn't affect the overall taste in the end. At one point I had made so many cakes that I had to give them away, because even though my passion is strong, there are only so many cakes a human can eat. I decided I would give some to my neighbor. The girl who opened the door was very nice. Her name is Hana Inuzuka. She's part of a clan that specializes in breeding nin-ken or ninja hounds. She's around 4 years older than me and is a genin. She wants to help in the veterinary clinic, but also wants to become a recon ninja. I said I would introduce her to my mum when she comes back from her missions so they can talk about recon tactics and what not. She has a younger brother, Kiba (By the way: Kiba is a drink in my country that consists of Cherry and Banana Juice i.e. Kirsch-Banane, haha lol), who is my age, but I never see him, because apparently he's out playing ninja, which is a bit ironic seeing as we want to become ninja in the first place. In any case, since their clan owns lots of dogs I've started baking without sugar, chocolate, lactose and gluten whilst also adding vital minerals which aid in muscle growth. This essentially leads me to my current situation. I've just finished writing "Welcome Akamaru!" on a dog-friendly cake. Akamaru is a stray dog that Kiba picked up and now wants as his partner. Inuzukas tend to use dogs as their partners in battle. So we are having a welcome celebration to initiate him into their family.

I carried the cake next door and Hana led me inside, only for me to see a very scary looking woman also sitting at the table. That woman looked like she could rip your throat out with just looking. She had the same triangular markings on her cheeks like Hana and Kiba so I take it she was their mother. She looked up to me as if eyeing a piece of meat, but smiled hospitably. I take it this is where I introduce myself; "Hello. I'm Sayaka Hikari. It's a pleasure to meet you miss."

"I know. Your mom spoke very highly of you on our mission. You seem to have a lot of potential. I'm Tsume, by the way."

"Oh, umm, thanks. Where is mum anyway?"
"She took a hit for the squad and has to check in at the hospital for the night. Nothing serious, but the Hokage sent her for precautionary check-ups."

"That's alright then," I sigh in relief. Thank god nothing had happened.

"She's a very strong ninja. Then again, anyone accepted into the Hikari Family is bound to have a lot of skill. Have you started developing your kekkei genkei yet? "

I think Kiba mumbled something along the lines of what is a kekkei genkei, but we all decided to ignore him :P "No, not yet. I don't think Mum thinks I'm ready yet, although she does hint at it now and again."

"Well, I didn't really expect it at this age anyway. In any case, I think we better get started on Akamaru's cake."

A white bundle of fur bounded into the room and jumped onto Kiba's lap. Awww, he's so cute! I mean Akamaru. Not Kiba.

… (Passage of time)…

I flopped into my bed and grabbed one of my dad's scrolls. Now that's messy handwriting. Tsk, boys. I start deciphering it. I think it talks about how the kekkei genkei state must be achieved before attempting any of the jutsu and once the kekkei genkei state has been reached it has a permanent effect on future jutsu use. According to the scroll the kekkei genkei will only show itself to someone who is worthy of the Akira name. Well, that's sodding helpful. It literally tells me nothing about how to get there. How can anyone be worthy of a family name? Our family doesn't have any special initiation or ceremony to compensate for that. I looked back at the scroll and see someone had drawn a messy arrow from that line. Underneath, in my Dad's handwriting, it said; "Bravery."

So I need to show bravery. That helps sooo much. I wonder if it's jump out of the window bravery or standing up for one's self bravery. Most likely the latter. I put the scroll back to my bed-side table and made up my mind that I would ask my Mum about it. She'll also know how Dad got his powers.

On an entirely different note, Kiba invited me to play ninja with a couple of his buddies. Aside from the fact that I have never "played" ninja before, I have hardly ever socialized with kids my age. In the Land of Honey (wait, let me giggle. Land of Honey…hihi), I was always around older folk; because my parents worked directly for the daimyou. I swear my parents were the youngest people in the area we stayed. Occasionally I would meet up with the daimyou's daughter, but she was really snobby so I didn't enjoy her company all that much.

So much thinking! Sleepy time for Saya-chan! I switch of the lights in my room and hide under the covers.