Beware: Random information about the two Jinchuuriki. If you have not seen most of Shippuden, major spoilers ahead.
My Living Nightmare: Three: Adoptive Brother
Naruto, although Daniel didn't know this - or maybe she did- was a Jinchuuriki, a vessel of a tailed beast. The Kyuubi, to be exact. Eleven years prior to Daniel's visit, the Kyuubi attacked Konohagakure. The Yondaime Hokage was able to seal the beast in a newborn child - his own child, actually. Now, if Kushima had lived through the child's birth, she would have castrated Minato for doing this.
Minato had died, sacrificing his soul to the Shinigami, as a cost for sealing the demon. As such, he never was able to really meet his child. Naruto himself had lived with the pain of living without a family, being feared and mistreated because of the demon living within him. The only thing that was able to keep him going was the fact that his academy teacher - Iruka-sensei - also had lost his parents when the Kyuubi attacked.
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Eleven years prior to Daniel's appearance, over in Sunagakure, the Ichibi had attacked. The Kazekage was able to seal the monster in the body of a yet unborn child - his own child, as well. Since the child was not born yet, the mother's soul was given to the Shinigami. The boy, later named Gaara, was able to live with at parent, but he was only seen as a weapon. And, unlike Naruto, he was all alone for all his life. The only ones he had were his family, who had grown to fear him as well.
Only his two cousins treated him like any other human in Suna. Hoshi Sabaku, who looked quite like a female Gaara, three years older than him and Myuumi Sabaku, eleven, his age. These were the only people he could relax around, not afraid of being treated like he was the monster inside him. When Myuumi had gone missing on a scouting mission just outside the village, he and Hoshi were the ones to be hit the most by the news.
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Naruto, who had eventually gotten a makeshift family inside the village, was the complete opposite of Gaara, only knowing him through the pain and suffering of being a Jinchuuriki. Gaara had a family, whether they truly accepted him or not, while Naruto didn't. Naruto had friends who stuck with him after a while of hardship, while Gaara didn't.
Gaara and Naruto both understood what loneliness meant, whether other did. Naruto knew that his soon-to-be team mate, Uchiha Sasuke, understood the pain of the lost of a family, losing his family at a very early age. Gaara had a full family, while Naruto grew up with no one but himself, and Sasuke had only one living relative left. They all knew what true pain was.
And only Daniel knew nothing - whether it be true happiness or misery. Her memory, as well as her past life, was gone. She knew that no mater what, if she would happen to get her memory back, so would probably have a whole new look on life as she knew it.
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Konohagakure
She woke early, at 6:30 according to a small, cheap clock hanging from the wall. The girl ran her hand through her messy, long, bright orange hair, standing and strolling into the washroom. She yawned, examining her appearance in the mirror. Her normally bright hair and eyes were dulled slightly, having only woken up three minutes prior.
She idly reached, grabbing the brush she had spotted out of the corner of her eye. She ran it through her hair, causing it to regain some of its' unique color. She smiled, her eyes brightening up also as she awoke more. A yawned echoed quietly through the apartment. The girl leaned out the washroom door, peering at whoever had woken. Of course, since no one other than her 'landlord' lived in the apartment, it had to be him.
"Ohayo, Na-kun." The girl greeted affectionately towards her new brother. Of course, he wasn't really her brother. Since she had lost her memory, collapsing just inside the gates to Konohagakure, they needed to give her an identity and a place to stay. Naruto seemed like to ideal person to have to stay with, seeing as he had no family anyway, why not ease his childhood by allowing him to have a family - if only one other member and for only a brief time.
Naruto looked up from where he was sitting at the table at her greeting. He smiled, biting into the piece of toast he had prepared for himself. "Ohayo, Dani-chan." he called, chewing the food. Daniel laughed, sitting down on a stool. She glanced at his plate noticing another piece of toast. She grinned, reaching over and stealing the provisions from him. He gasped, frowning.
Daniel smirked, chewing the heated bread. "you shnooze, you loshe." she announced, her mouth full. Naruto sighed, standing and heading for the living room. Daniel swallowed what was left in her mouth, following him. The blond stood beside to table, slipping a pair of goggles around his forehead. He grinned at her.
"Y'know, normally I'd wake up at 8, but today we need to go see the Hokage about you joining the ninja academy." Naruto clarified. Daniel smiled and nodded, going into the washroom to change. She came out, dressed in the clothes Hiruzen had given her the day before. She had a blue jacket-type shirt with a white collar similar to Naruto's. Her pants were cropped at her shin and were a darker blue than her shirt. Her sandals were the same shade, if not even darker, as her pants.
She spun, allowing Naruto to get a good look at her appearance. "Well," she started, looking at Naruto with a smile. "how do I look Naru-nii-san?" Naruto, who still wasn't used to the thought of having a sister, stood staring. After a few moments he smile, giving her the thumbs up.
"Like a real ninja!" he declared, causing Daniel to look down, blushing slightly. Naruto rushed over, grabbing her arm, before rushing back to the door. "C'mon! We can't be late, now can we?" he asked, pulling Daniel out of the apartment and into the streets. A few people stared at them strangely, but since Naruto truly was strange, they ignored it.
Daniel was used to Naruto's hyper-activeness by now, but still wasn't used to running everywhere and all the time. She was panting by time they had stopped just outside the Hokage's office. Naruto glanced at her, his head cocked to the side. "What's the matter, Dani-chan?" Daniel glared at her brother.
He raised his eyebrows, confused as to why she was mad at him. He raised his hands defensively. Daniel straightened, her breathing relatively back to normal, and huffed, knocking on the door. She smirked at him, staring at him out of the side of her eye. He smiled back, the feud forgotten. A muffled 'Come in' came from the room, Daniel opening the door.
Hiruzen glanced up from the papers on his desk, confused slightly as to why Daniel and Naruto were here. Daniel took the silence to speak up. She coughed, catching his full attention.
"Oji-san, I was wondering when I was to be entered in the academy. I think today is as good a day as any." she concluded, Naruto staring at her strangely. He hadn't heard her speak formally in the time he had been with her. Other than in the ramen shop, but that time she used contractions. Now she didn't, which seemed slightly strange to him.
Hiruzen nodded, taking a puff of his even present pipe. "Okay, I will enter you today, if you wish. I suppose you'll be going to tell everyone about yourself. As in, your new identity." he asked, confirming her assumptions. Daniel nodded.
"Of course. Thank you, Hokage-sama." she bowed, turned and left the room. Naruto snuck one last glance at the Hokage before running after his sister. Sarutobi sighed, taking another puff from the pipe.
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Sunagakure
Hoshi, instead of staying cooped up in her room, was down in the living room. She leaned back into the couch, her arms draped on the back of it. She had her eyes closed, having given up a while ago at her staring contest with the ceiling. She still didn't know why people did that. They had no chance of winning.
A hand patted her head, making her open her eyes. She stared up at the familiar female face. "Temari…? What is it?" she asked, her voice not showing much curiosity. Temari sighed, walking around the couch, sitting next to the chunin. Temari stared at the red head, her eyes completely serious.
"Hoshi… what reason do you have that makes you want to leave?" Temari asked, as if it weren't completely obvious. Hoshi glared at her.
"What reason?" she repeated, echoing her cousin. "I think I have a right to worry about my sister." she retorted, growling. Temari swallowed. Her cousin was scary when provoked. Now that she thought about it, why did she ask that question?
"Oh, right. Sorry." Temari quickly chided, standing and leaving the room. Hoshi huffed, leaning back again, her eyes already closed. How could she not worry about her only sister? It was like Temari didn't have any siblings, which she did. She sighed. Worrying wasn't going to help her. She need to do something about this situation, and fast.
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