Rain's Truth (Rain Part I) 1- Mistaken
"You're not getting away!"
"Stupid idiot! Get back here!" Shit, I'm going to get caught at this rate!
"Get away!" I shriek and lift the ground behind me with a jutsu, to try to slow down the guys chasing me. The border! I smile and push myself faster. Once I'm inside the Land of Fire, they can't do anything. I get past the border and stop to catch my breath. They've stopped chasing me, which means I'm safe for now.
"I wonder why those guys were chasing that little boy. He looked about six. Isn't your little brother about that age now?"
"How cruel. They were Amegakure, so I understand though. I wonder where the kid disappeared to." Who are they? I look around the tree and spot two guys with Hitai-ate on. Dang! I'm stuck. They think I'm a boy?! That's so stupid.
"Hey, I think I see someone." One of them is staring straight ahead, there's a family crest on his shoulder. I can see it.
"In your blind spot, Hyuuga?"
"I can see a shoulder. The rest of the person is in my blind spot, yes." The strange flame on his shoulder that must be the Hyuuga crest! I'm dead if they figure out why I'm here. I look at my hand. I'm perfectly healed. Did that happen while I was…? The other guy has a crest on his back, a strange circle with a line underneath, in two colors.
"Come out, we've spotted you." The second guy turns and I see that his eyes are red. Is that the sharingan?! I'm really dead. Up against two of the famous clans, I'm seriously dead now. Though it would be fitting for what I just did. The reason for my flight. I take a deep breath and step out from behind the tree.
"What's wrong, kid? Why were those guys chasing you?" I can't find my voice.
"Hey, Uchiha, you're scaring him." I want to say that I'm a girl, but I'm terrified.
"Sorry. Hey kid, what's wrong?"
"Hey, you must be tired from running from those guys. Uchiha, you finish the patrol, I'll take this guy to the village to rest." The one with sharingan, Uchiha, nods and the other picks me up. "That was a pretty strong jutsu you used back there. You okay?" I nod and the guy smiles. "Can you talk?"
I nod. "You must be really scared then, if you can't say anything." I nod again. He's really nice. I look up when he stops walking. We're at a village. "Hey, I'll take you to my place so you can rest. Later, you can talk to us about what happened. Okay?" I smile and nod, touching my chin and then putting my hand out flat. The sign for thank you. He laughs. "Hyuuga Hiro desu, by the way." I nod and he stops in front of a fence.
"Hiro-kun! You're home early."
"Ririn-san, please get Hiyashi-sama. I need to speak with him."
"About that kid on your back?" He nods and the girl runs off.
"Hiyashi-sama ha dare?"
"Oh, you found your voice. He's the head of my clan. Uchiha will talk to the head of his family and then we'll speak with the Hokage about your living arrangements here." I nod and he goes inside a small house. He sets me down and I stare at the boy across the room. He stares back at me.
"Who are you?" He's kind of scary.
"I-Izu-Izuri Ki-Kiro…desu." I even have a boy's name. Figures. Maybe my parents couldn't think that I was a girl when they named me.
"Neji-kun, you're only scaring Kiro-kun even more. He's had a rough day."
*Six years later*
"Oy! Kiro-kun, you'll be late for class."
"Go away, Neji-kun. Let me sleep." I really could care less about classes. The blanket shifts as Neji pulls it off of my feet. I move my feet out of the way just before he starts tickling my toes and get up. "Asshole." He shrugs and leaves the room. I frown and get dressed, pausing when I notice that I have to tighten the wrapping around my chest.
It's almost like every day I get bigger. I'm surprised that Neji hasn't noticed yet that I'm really a girl. I've always been boyish, and I never got up the courage to tell anyone that I was a girl, so I just started making sure I kept up that appearance when I started growing. It sucks that I still have a boyish figure though. On the bright side of it, if I were required to go somewhere in disguise, I wouldn't have a problem with it. I look at the Hitai-ate on my bedside table and remember what today is.
This is the day I'm officially a ninja of Konoha. It's been a while since I've had an attack, but…if I'm careful I won't have to worry about bleeding. I clench my fist and put my Hitai-ate on my forehead. I tighten my hair and leave the house. I've stayed with the Hyuuga since that time, when I was six. I was very surprised when Hiro-kun said that Itachi, the guy who had helped find me and bring me to safety in this village, slaughtered his entire clan. It wasn't like what happened to me though, so I can't understand why he would do that. I shake my head at the memory and break into a run
I get to the school and sit beside Uchiha. He's the same as me, in the lack of a family. He's still lucky though. He doesn't have to live every day knowing that he was responsible for the deaths of his family members, knowing that if he gets hurt even slightly he could do the same thing again.
"Excuse me." Oh, Haruno-san.
"You want here?" She nods and smiles. I roll my eyes and stay in my seat. "Sorry, but I got here first." Haruno-san glares at me. "Got something you wanna say? Big forehead-chan." Her glare intensifies and she pulls her hand back to punch me. I block her fist just before it connects with my face. "That. Would be a bad idea, unless you have a death wish." She swallows and backs up, taking the seat between me and Uzumaki. I face forward and lean on my hands. Uzumaki is glaring at both me and Uchiha. I guess he has a good reason to though, he's such a loser that he barely managed to pass.
Uchiha and I have had top grades since the beginning and all of the girls in the class either want to date me or him. Ah, if only they knew I was a girl. They'd all feel really horrible for trying to flirt with me for the past six years. It's pretty sad, the entire six years I've been here, I've been looked at as a very cute boy, but no one even has the slightest idea that I'm really a girl. I look up when I hear tapping on the table. "Buzz off."
"Naruto you jerk! Leave Kiro-kun alone!" Oh, so Haruno-san likes me too? Isn't that strange. All of them are freaking idiots.
"What do you want, dunce?" He glares at me, I glare right back. "Shoo." He slips and trips forward, landing on top of me in a heap on the floor, lips locked. Strange. It takes a moment before he reacts, jumping up and gagging. I sit up and hit him square in the face. "Bakayaro! What were you trying to do, freaking homo!"
"Naruto. You make me sick." He's in trouble. The girls that like me pound him and go to their seats. I get back in my seat and stare ahead. Iruka-sensei goes into a spill about being ninja now and all that good stuff. I've heard it all before.
"We will begin by dividing you into three and four man cells. Each of which will be mentored by a Jounin who will guide and coach you as you become familiar with various assignments." Perfect, teams like that will be over tasked, especially if there's four members besides the instructor. "I made the cells so that each cell's abilities would be approximately equal."
"What?!" He goes through the list. So far, my name hasn't been called.
"Next, Cell number seven. Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura…"
"Yes!"
"Damn." I almost laugh.
"Izuri Kiro…" Damn. The tides beside me switch, with Haruno-san excited, but slightly afraid, and Uzumaki bummed. "Soshite. Uchiha Sasuke."
"Chanaro!"
"Double damn. Iruka-sensei! What were you thinking of, saddling a most excellent Shinobi like myself with those two losers?!"
"Of the twenty eight of you, Sasuke and Kiro have the best grades, Naruto. You would be at the bottom of the class. The idea is to balance your strengths. That's why you ended up together!"
"Hm. Just don't drag me down, dunce."
"What did you call me?!"
"Knock it off Naruto!" I sigh and put my head down. This is going to be such a nuisance. I want to be able to get this over with.
"Okay everyone. I'll be introducing your senior instructors this afternoon. Until then, you're dismissed." Everyone leaves the room. I go to a room high up so I can see the village out the window. I lean against the window sill and stare outside.