PROLOGUE

Her magenta eyes looked at the ground as she fidgeted with her black coal hair while her father talking. She then glanced at her father who had the same coal black hair and it was almost reaching his shoulders. It was the same smile when he taught her ninja stuff.

Nao watched her father's, Miyoshi, smile as he taught her everything he knew about his secrets. Her mother, who had Yuki, Kumokaze and Uzumaki blood in her, would always teach her about all clans with a strict face but often smiled gently as her gaze would soften.

Take for example right now. Miyoshi was giving her the smile, meaning her was telling to watch and learn. He had Nao in his arms as he was talking to some stranger with his daughter in his arms.

Usually, Nao would be standing but that was when her mother was around. When she wasn't, her father would baby her and right now the mother wasn't around. Nao nodded at her father, hinting that she was paying attention and turned her head to the strangers.

The man stranger seemed to be wealthy in this village because of his and his daughter's clothing and accessories. Nao herself was wearing an expensive kimono and had her hair done but normally she wouldn't care what she was wearing. Even as a travelling ninja, her parents had picked people who needed help and together they became a nomadic family and were well off.

"... and that is how we are so rich in this village!" the man stranger finished talking.

Miyoshi nodded and shrugged while laughing, "Well even if you were rich, you would never reach my richness!"

Nao smiled while giggling a bit. The man stranger looked at the black haired man with a twitching smile.

"Why do you say that?"

Miyoshi smiled tauntingly, "I've got three precious stones that are so precious and makes me so awesome and rich."

The stranger man looked at Nao's father with curious eyes, "what could that stone be?"

Her father chuckled, "My family of course!"

The stranger fumed in anger and huffed before walking away.

Nao giggled at her father. Her father was a narcissist at all moments, Nao knew, but all those those complimented his but at the same time herself which made her giggle. Hr was a family narcissists but whenever her father was a self narcissist he wouldn't be ashamed to show it.

Nao remember the one time her mother was in the tent they had set up for the night and teaching Nao about fuinjutsu, her father was about to leave not before telling her mother, Uzumaki Byaka, "I going to stand outside, so if anyone asks, I am OUTSTANDING!" and ran off, dodging the scroll coming at him.

Byaka usually didn't mind but she didn't want her daughter to pick that attitude.

"What did you learn my precious pearl?" Right now it was obvious that her father wanted her to be a narcissist.

"A great deal of narcissism," that wasn't Nao's voice, Miyoshi froze. He slowly turned around so face a woman with long two braided red hair. Her magenta eyes glaring into Miyoshi's scared soul.

"Byaka-san..." he almost whispered with a tight smile as a tear of sweat slide down his cheek. Slowly, ever so slowly like a turtle walking, he let down his daughter to the ground.

"Miyoshi, what did I tell you about rubbing your unwanted attitude on our daughter?" Byaka questioned while Nao giggled at her paled father.

"Look at where I am standing," Miyoshi suddenly said as he stood up straight and looked away from Byaka.

"All this buildings are blocking the view and I am the said view! So I'll stand to block the building!" and he disappeared with a poof.

Byaka sighed while rubbing her temples.

"Mother, are we leaving today?" Nao asked her mother.

Her mother nodded before turning away from Nao, "I'll look for your father, so please go back to the inn and get your stuff ready. The others are waiting too."

Nao nodded and quickly ran off to the inn they were staying.

The first one to greet her was Satoshi, 15 years old. He had beige brown hair and dark brown eyes. Satoshi was the one who got along with Nao the best beside her parents. One thing they shared was the bond contract between them, the Friendship Bond. The bond was something both really liked. Performing the bond contract required them to put marks on each other. Satoshi had the mark around his neck, like a choker of sorts, while Nao had hers around her ankle. When her mother had found out of the bond, she freaked out but let it go. Behind Satoshi was his father, Shinonome who looked like an older version of Satoshi.

"Denka," Satoshi came up to her and knelt down.

"It is good to see you safe."

"We are in a peaceful village, Satoshi. Nothing will happen to us here." It was true, the small village was away from any attention and her parents were in constant danger because they were in a book called the bingo book, the reason of their moving around. Satoshi and Shinonome were taken in by her parents when they needed a place to stay. Satoshi quickly became her friend. He liked to tease her by calling her by royalty but at the group grew, everyone called her and her parents by title and somehow they group was called, 'Nomadic Clan'.

After Satoshi and Shinonome, the Kaida twins were found in an alleyway beaten up. They followed my mother everywhere. Then Masaki family had ran away from the Mist and joined us. Few other families and people joined later. The Tadashi family, Biwako brothers, Gohan, Sawada, Kaho and old man Misaki.

From what Byaka had told her daughter, they were all either A, B or C rank missing nin or people in need but either way, they were family.

"I should go to my room and quickly pack up my stuff so see you later Satoshi, Uncle Shinonome."

It was night time as the nomadic group had set up the tent somewhere in the forestand were cooking themselves some food.

Byaka was stirring the soup and noticed the fire needing more wood. Byaka looked around, seeing that there was no more firewood she turned to her daughter.

"Nao, dear, please go get us more fire."

Nao nodded and set her bowl down before leaving. Behind her, she could hear her father telling her, "Nao, my precious pearl, it is dark so be careful where you step."

"Don't worry Papa. The moon is shining bright tonight!" Nao said reassuring her father as she went through the food. Last thing she heard from her father before she submerged deeper in the forest was, "The moon is indeed shining but not at bright as me!"

Nao giggled as she could hear her mother's chiding voice slowly disappearing.

Nao found some firewood and started to pick some up trying to keep both of her 4 year old arms full. Wanting to take as many as she could so her mother wouldn't have to worry about getting more firewood, Nao tried to put some in her sleeves. She was so concentrated until, Nao yelped and let go of the wood when some ravens had screeched so loudly while flying away. The little girl looked up to the sky alarmed. The moon was calmly shining brightly as if there was nothing to worry about but the wind that was dancing violently were saying otherwise. The little girl abruptly grabbed the wood in her arms again and quickly skipped to her camp site and then stopped.

...

She looked left to right...

...

Her arms went let go of the wood a second time...

...

Hands going to her face as she crouched down...

...

And...

...

...