I lost my child hood when I was seven because of the Akatsuki. As we were escaping that attack, we fell into another. Orochimaru had started a colony of rouge ninjas. His spies picked us up on neutral ground between villages and decided we could be useful, so he started training us. Kyoko didn't like anything about it. But he would kill us if we didn't stay here. We quickly became strong under his care. But after three years, Orochimaru did something that sparked Kyoko's anger into a whole other level. He put a curse mark on me. We fought are way out and escaped again, this time to the Hidden Leaf Village. I was thirteen when we left, Kyoko was sixteen.
It's been months since we did. We became citizens here and quickly became Jounin.
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Anko-san took us in. She had been trained by Orochimaru too, and soon loved us like little sisters. But we will never have our innocence back after all that happened.
I took in a deep breath and got out of bed. I twisted my hair and clipped it up so it would be out of my way while I cook breakfast. I walked down the stairs of the condo I shared with Anko and Kyoko being careful to be quiet. It was six a.m. they definitely weren't awake yet. I like having the house to myself when the sun comes up, it's the only reason why I wake up this early. It would be about an hour before Kyoko would wake up, but I never know with Anko. I start my morning cleaning with taking dishes out of the dishwasher and putting them away, then I put the few dirty dishes in the sink into the dishwasher.
By the time I'm done with the dishes it's six thirty so I decide to start breakfast. I take out the dough I made last night out of the refrigerator. Then I take out a pan and eggs. I turned on the stove and put some oil in the pan. While the pan heated up I cracked three eggs into a bowl and stirr the eggs. I poured the eggs into the pan then I pulled out the cutting board and dumped the dough onto it, Rolling it out into a flat sheet and took out my katana and quickly chopped it into twenty equal squares. I turned my attention to the eggs and used a spatula to cut them up and flipped them. Then I take some diced vegetables from the fridge and dump them into the pan and stirr them together. After throwing some spices in with them I let them fry for a little bit.
I sat down at the kitchen table, cleaned off my katana and put it back in it's sheath. This was pretty much my regular routine with variables on what I'm cooking. Later I would go train at the school grounds and see other people my age while Kyoko gets to go be an ANBU. I'm still a Jounin. I'm thirteen, Kyoko is sixteen.
"Yumiii! What are you cooking? It smells good!" I hear Anko yelling from the living room. I stand up to check on the eggs smiling. She loves egg dumplings. I turn off the stove and take out a spoon to put the eggs in the dough. Anko walks in and jumps in the air, "Yesss! My favorite!" "Shhh! Kyoko is still sleeping, Anko san." I say folding a dumpling. She takes out a cup and pours some orange juice in it and sits down at the table grinning.
As soon as all the dumplings are folded I rinse out the pan, dry it off and put some more oil in it. Then I put it on the stove and turn it back on. I start putting the dumplings into the pan and flip them around then I put the lid on the pan and sit down with Anko. We both look to the door way as we hear footsteps coming down the hall. Kyoko comes in yawning. She plops herself down on a chair and stretches, her hair all over the place.
I start laughing at the sight of it. She looks at me annoyed, "The only reason I keep you around is so we don't starve." I keep laughing. I'm the only one that knows how to cook in this house. I stand up and start passing out plates and chopsticks. Then I check the dumplings, "They're ready!" I say happily. I put a cloth on the table and set the pan down on it. As soon as I lift the lid off Anko and Kyoko start battling for dumplings. I sigh and knock both of their chopsticks out of the way and put dumplings on both their plates. Then we dig in.
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After we eat the rest and clean up, I go upstairs and take a shower. When I get out and wrap myself and hair in towels, then I go to my room and get my clothing for the day. They weren't much, just a form-fitting tee shirt and some pants. I quickly get dressed and go back to the bathroom to blow dry my long black hair. I had a lot of layers, lots of short layers by my face that stick out all spiky and one long layer that goes down to my waist, but the thing that most stuck out when I looked at myself were the bright purple eyes, Kyoko has them too. Something that was passed down in my old village. After I dry my hair, there was a knock on the door. "Come in!" I yell. Anko walks in holding something behind her back and a smirk on her mouth. "What do you have?" I ask cautiously backing away. She holds out some clothing and grins, "I got you something!" "Why?" I ask smiling "Well my young Yumi, you are getting a more womanly figure," She says wiggling her eyebrows, "and your outfit right now….Well it just doesn't flatter it."
"When Kyoko turned thirteen, she got a new outfit too, but she didn't like it." Anko said shaking her head. "So I just let her get her own clothes and I gave her the money. But your more easy going, so please try it on and like it!" She said giving me one of those famous puppy dog faces I couldn't resist. I sighed and took the clothes from her and shut the door.
I looked at myself in the mirror in the clothes I had now. She was right. Black leggings that when down to my knee were first, then red short shorts with zippers on the sides, then I black v-neck tank top that LACES UP IN THE BACK?! What was she thinking?! I'm only thirteen! And how am I supposed to get this on by myself?! "Ankooo!" I whined knowing she would still be out there. "How the hell am I supposed to put this top on?!" She dashed in the door almost hitting me and started tying it. When she finished she turned me towards the mirror and squealed, "Aren't you sexy!" I blush and feel the smooth, new material. "I like it Anko." I say surprised. "Thank youu!" I say hugging her. She smiles and leads me out to the living room where Kyoko is waiting. She has her ANBU clothes on with her mask in her hand. Her jaw drops when she sees me. "What have you done to my baby sister?!!" She screams "I have transformed her into a young lady." Anko replies hiding behind me. "Ahhh your growing up too fast Yumi." Kyoko says rubbing her head.
"Come on girls, Kyoko you're gonna be late for your mission." Anko says opening the front door. As soon as she does, Kyoko puts on her mask and runs out the door, she can't risk being seen, ANBU need their identity to be a secret. "Alright Anko lets go train." I say leading the way out the door.
As we walk down the street I get a lot of stares. But I try to not pay attention to them. "Oh!" I say realizing my stupid mistake. I reach in my pocket and pull out my black head band and tie it around my forehead with my hair over it. Anko smiles at me and we keep walking. We finally get to the training ground about five minutes later.
"Okay Yumi, lets perfect your new move, on that log." She said pointing to a log across the field. I smiled, I love training. It makes me feel powerful and accomplished when I win a battle. I slowly take out my long katana from the sheath on my back. It was black with a long silver ribbon attached to the handle with three bells heavy bells tied to the end.
I made this sword with my father when I was little. At that time it was so much bigger than me I could not wield it, now it comes up to my chest. It's very unusual for a katana to be this tall but it provides a lot of battle techniques I have created and is meant to be like this. It is also very thin so when it's turned to the side, the blade becomes almost invisible and is very sharp. I order for it not to break, when I'm fighting I have to course chakra through it.
I crouch back and put my katana down, then I reach into my pocket and pull out a pair of black fingerless gloves that go up to my elbow. Most of the time I don't use my katana because it's only for really difficult battles but when the time comes I will need to be prepared to use it. Usually I will just use my fists and poison needles because I'm a medic ninja.
I breathed in and then out. With the breath out I released chakra through out the katana. I now glowed a light green. Using my chakra to guide the ribbon, I swung it out and hooked the log pulling it closer until it looked like it was going to hit me. Then at the last minute I flipped over it into the place where it used to be standing then pulled it to me again, this time my blade out in front of me. As soon as the log connected with my blade, I released all the chakra in it, making the log splinter apart.
"Very good Yumi." Anko says from the side of the field. "What next-" I get interrupted by….Gai. "Very good indeed young Yumi, but you did lack one thing! The power of YOUTHH!" He says putting up a thumbs up with Neji and Tenten shaking their heads behind him. I wipe off my blade on my shorts and put it back in it's sheath and sat down on the green grass.
"HEY YUMI!" I look behind me as Anko and Gai start fighting about battle techniques. Naruto and his team were making their way over to join the party. I smiled at Naruto and patted the grass next to me. He sat down happily and started talking about some new ramen shop.
Me and Naruto have been friends since I came to this village. We both had the same problems when we were little, nobody wanted to play with us. He was an outcast because of the Jinchuuriki and I was the outcast from the destroyed village that just showed up here. Parents didn't want their children near us. And since no one wanted to be near us, we always got the play ground to ourselves. He could always cheer me up, and I could always show him new fighting moves.
I looked down at my knee high sandal/boots with heels on them. I have no idea what they're called but they look pretty cool. "So do you wanna go try it after training Yumi?" I looked up and realized Naruto was still talking. "Sure! Right after training" I say cheerfully. Since he lived on his own, he needed to eat, so I taught him to make instant Ramen. The kids been hooked ever since.
I look up at the other students, "Anyone else wanna come?" knowing there would be no reply. People still didn't want to hang out with us. I sigh and hug my knees close to me. It was still hard knowing everyone thought I was horrible and should leave the village.
"Hey, that just means we're gonna get the best seats, Yumi!" Naruto says knowing what I'm thinking. "Yeah." I reply hugging him, when I pull back he looks surprised and his face was red which of course makes me laugh. "I'll come." Me and Naruto both look up surprised at an embarrassed Sasuke rubbing the back of his head. "Wait a second!!" Sakura interrupts "If Sasuke is going, then I am too!!!" "Alright then, after training." I say standing up with a grin on my face.
**A/N: Thank you readers, I know my last chapter was really short but I hope this makes up for it. If you guys have any ideas about a big mission and who's gonna go on it, I would love to use it because honestly I'm kind of having writers block.(and you know I love reviews) Thank you!