A New Life
HOLY CRAP YOU HAVE TO READ THIS!!!
K now that I have your attention the last chapter I messed up the beginning. So if you don't read these things then go back to the last chapter cause the first paragraph is attached to the A/N. P.S. Itachi is not in this chapter, sorry .
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
It was a beautiful day with the sun rising over the horizon. Gin kicked at an ant hole on the ground not thinking much of the residents there. It was 6:30 am and she was exhausted. Jiraya, Tsunade and Shizune insisted that they rise early, that way they'd arrive in konoha early. Gin thought it was just a load of bull. Naruto's loud, complaining voice was just the cherry on top.
"Are we almost there yet?" yelled the annoying blond.
"NO!!" yelled all four in unison.
As they walked down the endless road for what seemed like hours but was only minutes, in silence, Gin's delightful mood improved. As she was greatly annoyed she decided to break the silence.
"Tsunade?"
"Mhhmm?" she answered.
"What's Konoha like anyways?" Gin was very curious about this.
Tsunade was very surprised by this, for some reason the girl was very excited to visit Konoha. Tsunade had taken a liking to Gin. She was very nice but at sometimes she could be very timid around others. She had no talents so far as a kunoichi or she hadn't seen any yet. What Tsunade didn't know was that Gin wasn't a kunoichi at all.
"Why are you so excited to see Konoha anyways?" asked Tsunade.
"Well you see… Naruto, and every body here are pretty much the only ninja I've ever met in my life, and Konoha is a village full of ninja and it's just exiting to me." She responded.
Tsunade was surprised; Jiraya, Shizune and Naruto were up ahead arguing about something random so they didn't really notice anything.
"So you mean you're not a kunoichi?" asked Tsunade.
"No, but it's always been my dream to be." Said Gin. "When we met with Orochimaru I was absolutely awestruck. I never knew it was humanly possible to do all that stuff. Those animals you summoned were awesome, and the way you used your healing powers was the best part in my opinion. To be able to heal like you would be great." She said.
"Would you like to learn?" asked Tsunade.
"Yeah, that's one of the reasons I really want to go to Konoha. Maybe I could learn something, you know?" she said. "That's another reason why going is so exiting," she said.
"Well that settles it," said Tsunade.
"Settles what?" asked Gin.
"You're my new apprentice," she declared happily.
"What?" asked Gin, she had heard Tsunade loud and clear but just wanted to hear it again.
"You know? I'm going to teach you all that I know," she grinned.
Gin's young face lit up, " thank you so much!" she squealed.
Tsunade was surprised to feel something around her waste. She looked down to see Gin and smiled to herself.
Gin let go, "you really don't realize how much this means to me," she couldn't be more thankful.
"Well, how about we talk a bit more about Konoha for a while then," she suggested.
As the two talked, Gin grinned from ear to ear taking in every detail of Konoha, her eyes shining with anticipation. Her earlier grumpy mood completely erased.
About a half an hour later the group of five stopped to take a short lunch break at a small restaurant. Gin ordered the yakitori and kare raisu, Shizune ordered tonkatsu, Jiraya ordered fried gyoza Tsunade ordered nikujaga (and a sake), and Naruto ordered ramen.
"Good news," announced Shizune to Gin.
"What?" she asked.
"Were only a half an hour away from Konoha," she said.
"Thank god. My feet are killing me," rejoiced Gin.
"More sake please," Tsunade called the waiter. Shizune glared at the woman and Gin sweatdropped.
"Naruto, I can't wait to meat Sakura and everyone else," Gin decided to change the subject. "Tell me more about them," she asked.
And Naruto went on talking about his friends leaving Gin bored to tears because he mostly repeated stuff he'd already said about them.
Finally everyone finished his or her dinner paid and left for Konoha.
"So Tsunade sama, you're going to be hokage of Konoha?" asked Gin curiously. Naruto looked their way with a frown on his face. He was probably still angry he wasn't going to be hokage.
"Yes," she answered.
"That's cool," she grinned. Lately Gin wasn't shy around these people. Maybe it was a sign that she belonged to this world. She was more comfortable in this place than anywhere else.
As she walked, Gin could see a huge gate, form ahead. Her heart skipped a beat as she broke into a run and Naruto joined her. Laughing and skipping they finally made it with the others far behind them. Two large men in armor stopped them.
"Stop, what is your business here," one of them demanded.
"Umm… were going to Konoha," answered Gin timidly.
"Who are you?" the other asked.
"Um, I'm Gin Haruko," She answered.
"And I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" answered Naruto enthusiastically.
The next moment Jiraya, Tsunade, and Shizune caught up.
"Tsunade sama? Jiraya sama?" said the guard. "Please enter, we've been waiting," He bowed his head.
Gin giggled at his sudden change of persona. The large gates opened and Gin was the first to step in. Her bright eyes widened in fascination. It was just as Tsunade had described it, beautiful, friendly and somewhat charming and neighborly in Gin's opinion.
Gin jumped up and down. Everywhere there was market places, busy people, the landscaping looked so traditional and grand in her eyes. Up ahead Gin could see a large mountain with 4 faces carved into it. Gin felt like a giddy little schoolgirl. All in all it was a peaceful, happy village and Gin loved it.
"Come on! Come on! Tsunade! You have to go to the hospital to heal Sasuke, Kakashi, and Lee," yelled Naruto.
Gin's heart was filled with a new anticipation. She had heard of Kakashi and Lee and was itching to meat new people. Even though she already saw Sasuke she hadn't really met him either.
Naruto and Gin once again went running and skipping ahead of the group. Once they reached the hospital, Sasuke was the first one to get healed
Gin stood in a room full of people. Sasuke lay unconscious in a hospital bed with Tsunade hovering over him, a nurse and a doctor stood by the window, Naruto, Shizune and Gin were at the door and Jiraya was off somewhere else probably looking for women. The person who interested Gin the most in the room was a young girl with pink hair. She looked a lot like the girl Naruto described as Sakura, cute, bubbly and nice, and Gin assumed it was her.
"Is that girl Sakura, Naruto?" she whispered.
"Yah," he answered.
The next moment Sasuke was healed and the girl flung herself on top of the dazed boy. Naruto seemed to look hurt so he beckoned Tsunade to follow him.
The group followed Naruto to another room. The room was darker and in the middle was a bed with a man that had silver hair and a mask. Straight away Gin knew this was Kakashi. How many people wore a mask? He was rather handsome even hidden behind a mask she thought.
After being at the hospital, Tsunade had a lot of business to take care of. Seeing as Gin had nowhere to go, Naruto took her on a tour. First stop was Ichiraku Ramen.
"This is my favorite place," he announced, once they arrived. "And since we stopped by, how bout we have some ramen?" he asked.
Gin giggled, "sure."
Naruto reached his third ramen whilst Gin had only finished half of hers.
"So I'll show you all my other friends once were done!" he exclaimed.
Gin grinned eagerly.
"N-naruto," came a timid voice from behind.
"Hinata?" Naruto turned to see the hyuga.
"HEY!!!" he yelled, almost scaring the poor girl. Gin turned to see the new person, but there were two other people as well. One was a boy who had brown spiky hair and a dog and the other boy had short brown hair and dark sunglasses, the girl who had spoken called Hinata was very petite and had short black, blue hair and at the moment her face was beet red.
"Gin! These are my friends Hinata, Shino," he pointed to the boy with glasses, "and Kiba!" he pointed to the boy with the dog, which barked. "Oh yeah, and that's Akamaru." Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Hey, I'm Gin," she said.
"Hey," grinned Kiba.
"Hello," said Shino.
"Um… H-hi," Hinata stuttered, reminding Gin of her self only days ago but a more extreme version.
"What a cute dog," Gin smiled awkwardly. Akamaru barked loudly and she winced.
"Are you afraid?" asked Kiba.
"Uh… Umm, kinda," She felt very embarrassed. What would Kiba think of her now?
"It's alright, he won't hurt you, here," Kiba took Gin's hand and guided it towards Akamaru. Gin blushed hard. She closed her eyes, dreading contact but instead of sharp teeth, her skin met with soft fur. Gin opened her eyes and let out a surprised laugh. After a while she was really at ease.
"Wow! All my life I've been kind of squeamish around dogs, and now I'm not! Thanks!" she smiled.
"No problem! Besides, Akamaru really likes you," said Kiba. Akamaru barked happily. Gin's hand retreated and she smiled.
"So, are you guys ninja as well?" she asked.
"Yes," replied Shino.
"Cool! I'm going to be one to, soon," she said.
"R-really?" asked Hinata watching as Naruto gobbled down another bowl of ramen.
"Yah!"
"So how did you meet Naruto?" asked Kiba.
"Oh, that's a funny story," she said, remembering the incident at the hotel with Itachi. "Well, it all pretty much started when my aunt announced that she had a business trip." (A/N: Unless you want a recap of the last chapter, don't flame me for skipping forward. I guess you could call me a lazy writer cause I like to skip ahead on a lot of things.)
Gin sat in the hokage's office, which belonged to Tsunade even though she wasn't officially hokage yet. Tsunade sat behind the big desk hidden by enormous stacks of paper and countless bottles of sake.
"Gin, seeing as you have no place to live, you're going to have to live with me for now," she claimed.
"I'm sorry to be such a burden, Tsunade sama," Gin felt rather guilty.
"Nonsense, I'd be glad to," she smiled. "Besides, the house is huge, and, if you really don't want to be a burden you could maybe even help me with all this troublesome paper work."
Gin smiled. That statement made her feel better, she hated being a burden.
"And this will also be good for your training, as we will be together all the time and I do have a busy schedule." Tsunade went on.
Gin couldn't wait for her training. She almost wanted to squeal every time she thought of it.
"When will we begin training, Tsunade sama?" she asked.
"Today, after I've finished up with some important business," replied Tsunade. "Which will be about 2 hours or so, so don't wait up" she teased.
"Don't worry, I will," Gin joked.
"Now I have to show you your new room," said Tsunade.
The two made their way down an enormous, grand hallway with doors on every side. Gin loved the landscaping. It was like walking into old Japanese, one time zone to another. Of course the mansion still had electricity or Gin would have killed herself by now.
"Your room is in the east wing of the house, along with the guards, Shizune and Tonton," she said. "My room is in the west wing along with the other guards." She then added.
They both stopped at the end of the hall in front of the very last door.
"This is one of the sweets, there are 4 in total and me you and Shizune own them, the other one belongs to special guests, alright?" she asked.
"Mhhmm," replied Gin. She had never been in a mansion before and found it rather exiting to be living in one.
Tsunade opened the door and let Gin in. "I have to go now, but I'll be back soon." She then left.
Gin took a look at her new room. It was so big. It was three rooms in one. First there was the bathroom. Hidden by large sliding paper doors, was a large hot tub and a shower and what most bathrooms had. The bedroom was plainer with just a bed, side table and (what do you call those things that rich people used to change behind in the old days. Watch the first seen from the pirates of the Caribbean where Elizabeth changes into the really tight dress, and you'll know what I mean.). The other room was more of a beauty room, where there was a make up stand and a human sized mirror.
The room was very plain and reminded Gin of a traditional Japanese house, but what intrigued her was the closet. It was a huge walk in closet, nothing terribly special, except for the collection of gorgeous kimono her size. Gin felt as if she had died and gone to heaven. It was like a dream come true. Gin had to try one on now.
She picked out the first kimono on the rack. It was a dark greenish yellowish color and the pattern consisted of brown tree branches, white and pink flowers, and cranes.
The kimono was rather daring, it was a spring kimono that ended just past mid thigh. It was also fairly tight fitting and accentuated what little curve Gin owned to make her look like a slim hourglass. Gin tied a yellow obi sash to go with the yellow, green color and looked in the mirror. This look was much to different from her plain jeans and white T's and she felt rather uncomfortable in this show-offy attire so she changed back into her comfort clothes. She pulled out a long wavy, white, peasant skirt and a bleu spaghetti strap shirt. Then slipped on a pair of brown sandals, put away the kimono and sat on her bed.
Boredom overcame Gin and her family crossed her mind. 'Are they worried about me?' she thought. Gin decided to wright a letter. She stood up and found paper and a pen.
Dear aunt Taka and Rini-chan,
My life is so great right now. I'm living in a mansion with Tsunade sama, the leader of konoha the village. My new room is huge and I have a closet full of beautiful kimono.
I've made a ton of new friends already and Tsunade is promising to train me to become a ninja!! You can only imagine how exited I feel right now.
The people here are so nice to me, and I fit in with everyone. Konoha is such a gorgeous place you should come visit. If you want to see me, just ask for the Hokage and hopefully they'll show you my new house.
Miss you. Love,
Gin
Gin stuck the letter in an envelope and set it on her desk as another thought crossed her mind. 'Itachi…' Gin needed to see him again, but all she knew of him was that his brother was Sasuke, and asking that person, didn't seem like a good idea. The next moment, Gin heard a knock at the door.
"Come in!" she called. Tsunade stepped in.
"I guess we should start training," she grinned.
Gin jumped up it had come earlier than expected!
Gin followed Tsunade towards the training grounds in the back yard, a question itching at her mind.
"Tsunade," she said.
"Mhhmm," she looked down at the girl.
"Do you know of an Itachi Uchiha?" she asked.
Tsunade stopped in her tracks. "Yes," she answered rather suspiciously. "Why?"
"Oh, it's just that I saw him when I was at the hotel with Naruto and I was just curious. Do you know anything about him?" she asked.
Tsunade's suspicions were erased. "Itachi Uchiha is a member of a terrorist group called the Akatsuki, I still don't know what their intentions are, but I know that it is no good, and that they are after Naruto and a few other innocent people," she said.
"Oh," said Gin.
Once they had reached the training grounds Tsunade stopped. "First, you must change into these," she held out some clothing towards Gin. Gin looked at them. It was an outfit that didn't match her style at all. A pair of tight knee length shorts that were black and a top that looked like the top of a plain baby blue kimono that ended halfway down her butt. Gin liked it. It was stylish yet good for working with. She then slipped on a pair of blue sandals that everyone else was wearing.
"Wow! This is great Tsunade, thank you!" she said.
"Now, let's begin training. First off were going to have to teach you how to tap into your chakra," she said.
"Umm… OK, what's chakra?" asked Gin, feeling like an idiot.
"Chakra is like energy. It permits you to be able to do jutsus, heal and many other things," said Tsunade.
"So how do I tap into my chakra?"
"Like this."
The two trained for hours and Gin finally got the hang of taping into her chakra, but Tsunade immediately realized that Gin had an unlimited supply of chakra. This meaning that if she were to ever to use a complicated jutsu once then she would pass out for a few hours. And even if she used a minor jutsu she would become very weak.
Tsunade cut the training here so as to figure out how to work around this flaw. She went to her office to think. The girl mostly had her heart set on becoming a medical ninja over all. All in all, Tsunade decided that she wouldn't permit the girl to use any ninjutsu or genjutsu. For now Tsunade would teach her, taijutsu and healing jutsu.
Gin sat in her room thinking about what Tsunade said about Itachi earlier. 'Akatsuki…' A brilliant plan formed in her mind, but a rather daring one at that. But Gin needed to see Itachi again. All her life she had searched for true love, and she would do anything. Gin would join the Akatsuki.
Dun dun duuuun… Yeah this chapter doesn's have Itachi but the next one will. WOW it only took me like 3 days to update. Anywhoo I already have the 3rd chapter halfway done. PLEASE R&R!!!!!