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The first eight months of my parents training me had passed pretty fast. The didn't want to overwork me, so they took the first few months as a 'getting used to daily training' period. It might seem long but I was also just a three years old child who never even stepped out of our home.
And I really did need 'getting used to the daily training' period. Because I was extremely shitty at taijutsu as they soon began to realize. While I was flexible and fast for someone my age as Ka-chan and Tou-chan said when they wanted to start teaching me some actual taijutsu moves I simply sucked at them. I was also not exaggerating. They gave up and began to teach me how to throw weapons and dodge attacks so that I could defend myself at least to some sort.
On the other hand, I was amazing at fuinjutsu. When Ka-chan noticed how fast I was picking up reading and writing, she began to get more strict on my calligraphy class, which in itself was my favorite one.
In my past life, I had had quite the shitty handwriting but loved calligraphy and also had done it in my spare time. It had been one of my hobbies which had been able to calm me down and relax for a while.
In this life, my handwriting itself could be called calligraphy. Ka-chan despised fuinjustu experts with a bad one because they could not be possibly any good if they didn't take in the time to learn how to write properly. *cough*Sorry, Jiraya*cough*
Learning about fuinjutsu and how to make one was quite fun though. I didn't really understand why there weren't more fuinjutsu master if it was that simple. Were people simply not patient enough or what? But that couldn't possibly be it. We Uzumaki excelled at it and we're not exactly quite patient.
Was it too difficult then? It was not THAT difficult. It was simply understanding the art and mixing proper calligraphy with it and BAM! You had a new seal.
Last week I actually created my very first seal. In the presence of my mother of course. She'd kill me if I were to actually try that without her.
But anyway, it was an explosive tag.
Which in itself was pretty easy to make. It consisted of three layers. The kanji 'explosion' was the first layer and was followed by a row of symbols that represent the second layer and so a barrier. The barrier layer was extremely important otherwise the seal could go off at any moment. To prevent that from happening, the barrier layer had been created and was infused with another layer of a chakra lock. While the barrier layer simply stopped the tag from exploding, the chakra lock one made it possible to time the explosion by infusing the tag with chakra. It could either be done from a safe distance with a hand sign or from up close... Which would be pretty stupid.
So to sum it up, fuinjutsu was the art of combining kanji layers and symbol layers in the correct way so that in the end working seals are produced. So all in all, pretty easy. Ka-chan told me I was a prodigy at fuinjutsu.
So anyway, my parents haven't really touched any other subject other than taijutsu and fuinjutsu to teach me. Well, they already told me we're scratching genjutsu and I was honestly happy about that. I was not planning to specialize in that department. But what about ninjutsu? Okay, it was not that important at the moment anyway since I was only three years old, nearly four.
"-ra-chan? Kara-chan? What's wrong?" My mother's concerned voice broke me out of my thoughts.
"Nothing, Ka-chan."
"So, Kara-chan! Today we'll begin with your chakra training! You already know the chakra theories from your fuinjutsu lessons, so we don't have to repeat that!" My father exclaimed while grinning excitedly. "So, we'll start with simple meditation so you can find your chakra!"
"Hai, Tou-chan!" I said as I sat down onto the soft grass.
"Now close your eyes and concentrate on searching your chakra. Once you found its source, you'll have to grasp it. You'll recognize it when you're finished by a warm feeling tingling through your body."
"Hai, Tou-chan."
I slowly closed my eyes and began to concentrate and forget the world around me.
After a while, I began to see a slight spark, so I tried to concentrate on it more and the spark slowly grew into a little flame and as I reached that point my body started becoming warm and I felt a slight tingle going through my body.
Suddenly I was able to see blue two masses. One behind me and one right in front of me. Well, shit. Seems like I got the Minds Eye of the Kagura. Man, I didn't want to be some knock-off Karin though. Like, Karin was a queen but I didn't want to become like a copy of her.
"Well done, my little treasure! I knew you would do it! You really are our little prodigy that could bring the Uzumaki clan honor again!" Tou-chan declared while looking me straight into the eyes and smiling gently. "Now, come on! Your mother is nearly done with dinner!"
"Wait! What do you mean dinner?! We started training this morning after breakfast!"
"It means you were a slowass and missed lunch today!"
"No fair!"
"So, you found your chakra today, Kara-chan? We're so proud of you, you know! It normally takes an Uzumaki at least a week to find their chakra and you did in less than a day! You really are our little prodigy and treasure, Takara." Ka-chan spoke in a light tone and stared at me with a loving tone. Her chakra buzzed slightly indicating she was indeed happy.
"I did! And there's also this thing where I can strongly feel and also see Ka-chan's and Tou-chan's chakra when I close my eyes. What does that mean?" I asked. Of course, I knew what sensing chakra was but I wanted to know what it was called in their language. I didn't know what it was since we never talked about the different types of shinobi there were.
My parents looked at each other and began to grin especially my father's one.
"It's called chakra sensing. It's an ability that only a few shinobi are able to learn and have. There also even rarer natural sensors, basically meaning: shinobi that are able to sense others without training it. It seems that our little prodigy has surprised us again, my flower." My father explained to me and turned to my mother at that last statement.
They both looked at each other lovingly. The two of them really were an example of a perfect couple.
"She indeed has. Our little treasure is a mix of both us, isn't she? Not only from her looks but also ability-wise. And she even has our chakra traits!"
Ka-chan was right. About my abilities, I was not so sure really. I would become four in two weeks so I was way too young to attest that. But solely from the looks? I was a mix of both. My mother's face and eyes but my father's hair was not quite the mix I wanted. I wanted looks wise everything from Ka-chan and hoped to get some height from Tou-chan's side. But well, I didn't think that was going to happen. I was quite short for my age. I also had the same strange mark on my neck, just like
But what did they mean with chakra traits?
"Ne, Ka-chan? What do you mean with chakra traits?"
"I meant that you got a mix of both Ka-chan's and Tou-chan's rare chakra traits. Ka-chan's one is a type of chakra that is quite rare among non-Uzumakis but appears amongst some female Uzumaki from the main branch family. It allows one to heal faster than normal Uzumaki clan members and can heal others by consuming it. It also makes it easier to summon our chakra chains. Without our type of chakra, it's impossible to use the chains. On the other hand, our chakra makes us the perfect jinchuriki. My older sister, Kushina, was taken to Konoha to become the Kyuubi's jinchuriki." Ka-chan explained. Who would have guessed that my mother was Uzumaki Kushina's little sister? But looking at Ka-chan again while knowing that fact, she really did resemble Kushina.
"Tou-chan's chakra on the other hand!" My father piped in "I have something which is referred to as a chakra defect but I don't really think of it as a defect since it has saved my life many times. My 'chakra defect' origins from my branch of the family which is known for our crimson hair color. It basically means having so much chakra that the body can't handle it and it automatically clumps up. It's unusable in that state and results in death if not treated soon. The way to treat it is with the seal in the form of a ring on our necks. See!" He said and pointed to both his and my necks.
"It seals half of our chakra away and even if you train your chakra to expand your reserves, it will respond to that so that your usable chakra and sealed away chakra creates an even 1:1 ratio. When you'll reach 5 years, I'll teach you how to create that seal on your own. I, myself, often had to release that seal when I was near chakra exhaustion in the middle of a fight to get the upper hand. Simply releasing it without creating the seal within twenty-four hours is dangerous and life-threatening. That's the reason you'll learn how to make the seal."
That... was a lot to take in. Hearing and processing what my father just said though... It now made way more sense why the other nations were way too scared of the Uzumaki clan. With our abilities, chakra reserves, stamina, and longevity it made us the perfect shinobi. And to think such a scary thing as a 'chakra defect' existed was crazy. So my mark on my neck is a seal, but what about...?
"What does the seal on my forehead do?"
This question Ka-chan actually answered. "It's the same as mine. It can either be created by focusing chakra on your own forehead. Once it's created, it automatically starts to store yin-chakra. From birth on, you had an unbalance of physical and spiritual energy. But since such an unbalance can be harmful to a child, I found a way to place that seal onto you through my own powers. When you're older your body will have a greater amount of physical energy, so that it won't cause you any harm. Do you have any more questions?" she asked me amused.
"Nope, but thank you! Ka-chan, Tou-chan!"
I was really excited about today. Tou-chan promised that we were going to start with my ninjutsu today. Finally, we were getting to the exciting stuff. Not that fuinjutsu and taijutsu weren't fun or anything, but being able to set things on fire or creating stuff just was way better.
We were currently standing on a glade beside a small lake. It probably was the best spot to start with ninjutsu considering there wasn't really anything to destroy.
"So, my little treasure!" My father was crouching in front of me and held out a single piece of paper. "Take this!"
I hesitantly grabbed it and looked at my father expectantly. When he only grinned at me I finally asked what this was all about.
"... You gonna tell me what this is?"
"It's chakra paper of course! If we want to start with your ninjutsu, we gotta know what your chakra nature is! Just pour in some of your chakra and see what happens."
Okay, that was weird. Weren't you supposed to start with the bunshin and henge no jutsu? Still confused I slowly started to direct my chakra into my hand and let it pour into the paper. It immediately went damp in the middle and crinkled on the edges. So... Did I have two chakra natures or was that a kekkei genkai?
"Oh!" Looks like Tou-chan was going to answer my silent question. "That's amazing Kara-chan! You got my suiton nature as your first affinity and Rei-chan's raiton nature as your second! You had to get at least something other from me apart from the chakra defect and hair color!" He cheered while pumping his fist into the air.
Well, I guess that was kinda nice. For both him and me. My father was growing kinda desperate since I got so much from Ka-chan. I was a perfect copy of her in looks if it weren't for the hair color. Even my attitude seemed to resemble my mother's since we both acted more serious than my father who literally was a nine-year-old child in the body of a large man.
"So what are we gonna do now?"
"I'm gonna teach your first your jutsu! So, since the bunshin no jutsu is a shinobi basic you're gonna get started with a variant of it!"
A variant? He couldn't possibly mean...
"You'll be learning the Mizu no Bunshin no jutsu!"
I knew it.
"But Tou-chan, isn't that jutsu kinda difficult and chakra exhausting?"
"Not when you're an Uzumaki!" He exclaimed, putting his fist against his hips and giving off a sparkling aura. I swear to God, he must have had a kekkei genkai to be able to do it. Or how else could he be able to do it?
"... Haaai~, Tou-chan. Can you just teach get started on teaching me it?"
A few months passed and I already got a few jutsu under my belt. Mainly suiton because my father felt like I was drifting away from him when Ka-chan started teaching me raiton ones.
I enjoyed using the Kirigakure no jutsu the most though. In sparring lessons with my parents where they allowed everything I often used it and paired with my chakra sensing ability, it was quite the deadly combo. Maybe I could pull off some Zabuza shit in the future.
But yeah. Nothing really happened apart from that.
Learning things that other shinobi would take years to learn though, made me realize that I indeed was a prodigy. It wasn't just my parents talking.
Well, that just made it easier to save everyone from dying though. Depended on who though. I knew my mother was Kushina's younger sister, so it was pretty much impossible for me to save Obito. That I was quite sure of. I didn't really know about the Uchiha clan, Haku and Zabuza and so on though. Well, guess I just have to wait and see.
We were currently in our living room. Tou-chan was teaching me about the history of the elemental nations and their hidden villages when I interrupted him.
"Why don't we belong to a hidden village? I know that Uzushiogakure was destroyed in the second shinobi world war, but why didn't the two of you join another village for protection?"
After those questions, everything went immediately quite. My parents tensed up and stared at me blankly. They continued to do that until my mother broke the silence.
"Where should we have gone to? Kumo, Iwa, and Kiri destroyed our village. Suna is allied with Konoha and Konoha is the worst one out of them all. They refused to help us after our village was attacked. They didn't send any help or anyone to look for any survivors. Haruma and I waited for two weeks in the ruins of our once beautiful country for the help of our so-called 'allies'. I thought our village meant something to them at least. After all, Mito-hime was the Shodaime Hokage's wife and they took my older sister, Kushina-neesan, so that she could become their new jinchuriki and look where we are now. Forgotten by them, living at the border of Mizu no Kuni. Even if my sister lives there, I would have never willingly entered that village of traitors."
Throughout her confession, my mother shook silently, tightly gripping onto her yukata and her voice broke a couple of times during her speech. My father simply stood there, his gaze turned to the floor, clenching his fist and he also slightly shook. You could see how deeply this topic affected them. Knowing their view of Konoha was quite a shock to me. Konoha was always called a nice and naive village. The kind one.
But it was actually quite the opposite. Their view made me realize how fucked up that village actually was. Especially the third Hokage. He was a kind person at heart and wanted the best for his people, but he was too kind. He let Danzo do what he wanted and didn't once raise the topic or punished it in any way. For example, Danzo was pretty much responsible for the start of the civil war in Amegakure, worked together with Orochimaru on the experiments concerning the orphans, worked together with Obito, kept his root even though Minato ordered him to disband it and was the main reason for the Uchiha massacre. While the Sandaime may not have known about Orochimaru and Obito, everything he knew and kept quiet about it and so Danzo was never punished for a single thing he did.
"Takara." I was brought out of my thoughts by my mother's voice. She stared at me with tears silently flowing out her big, green eyes and dropping onto the couch cushion. "Promise me, Takara, that if ever something were to happen to us, you would flee to Konohagakure. Even if I told you of how much I despise those traitors, they are the only ones who wouldn't exploit you for being an Uzumaki. They would protect you and our legacy from going extinct. Just because I wouldn't bear stepping into that godforsaken village, does not mean that you have to live a miserable life outside a village with enemies lurking everywhere, when we're no longer with you. Okay?"
I was not able to tear my gaze from her face. I was shocked. Ka-chan was already thinking about her own and Tou-chan's deaths. They were hoping that I would be able to live a normal life even if they weren't alive anymore.
Tears started to well up in my eyes at the thought of them being dead. They might not have been my first parents but loved them nevertheless.
I gently smiled at her." 'Kay, Ka-chan."
It was just after my sixth birthday that everything around me got taken away. It was almost like my mother jinxed it.
The day started like every other with the three of us having breakfast together and talking about irrelevant things. The only difference was that I felt people coming in our direction.
"Ka-chan, Tou-chan?" I slowly asked. My parents turned to me and were perplexed as to why I hesitant in asking them about something. "I feel five chakra signatures coming our way."
This greatly alarmed them. Ka-chan immediately sprang up and ran into the back of our small house. What she was doing wasn't able to see.
"Can you tell on how long it takes them to reach us?" My father asked. I simply nodded and closed my eyes and concentrated on the five unknown chakra signatures.
"About... 15 minutes for reaching our house." I opened my eyes again and looked at my father. "... What will happen to us now Tou-chan?"
"Nothing will happen to you, my little treasure. We will make sure of it. After all, you are the pride of the Uzumaki clan. You are the one who will show everyone we are still fighting. I'm sure of it." He reassured me while taking me into his arms.
As we parted, mother came into the room. Her arms filled with an insane amount of scrolls she came to us. "Kara-chan? Don't be afraid of Ka-chan is about to do to you." With those words, she grabbed me by my arms and placed my hand on the pile of scrolls.
"Wha- What are you-!" I cut off as I felt a burning sensation running through my arms. A light appeared around the area my mother grabbed me and slowly started to extend itself into lines on my arms. When Ka-chan let go, the scrolls were gone and I had black markings on my forearms. I stared up at her for answers.
"I sealed all the scrolls we had left of the Uzumaki clan onto your arms. Even if we don't survive this, at least our heritage will be with you. So, now!" She stood up and gestured to Tou-chan to pick me up. "Let's get going!"
Tou-chan bent to down with his back to me and I got on. As soon as we were outside my parents started to run over the masses of water. I felt the five chakra signatures coming closer but not close enough to become an immediate threat.
It didn't take long for us to reach a forest and as soon we did Ka-chan and Tou-chan jumped up and started to jump in the trees just like the Konoha shinobi in the anime did.
"How close are the enemies?" My father broke the silence. His gaze was sharp and directed to the front. Mother was silently jumping ahead of us.
I closed my eyes and started to search again. They were now getting closer at an alarmingly fast rate. "It will take them about five minutes to reach us."
My father's gaze only seemed to sharpen and his body got tenser underneath my body at my response. "... Reika:" Ka-chan slowed down and looked at my father expectantly, waiting for him to continue. "Take Takara and go on to Konoha. That damned village is our only option at the moment. I'll try to hold them back."
"No! I can't just-"
"Reika!" Tou-chan cut Ka-chan off. My mother was looking up at him helplessly, silently asking him not to do this. "I want this just as little as you, but we don't have another chance. Please. Just do it!" My father was pleading at this point. His shoulders lightly shaking.
My mother not fully convinced eventually agreed and placed me onto her back. "... Please come back, Haruma. I love you." Ka-chan said while hugging him. He took us both into his arms and placed a quick kiss onto each of our foreheads. "I love you both so, so much. Now go."
I was desperately holding back my tears. "I love you, too. Please come back, Tou-chan!"
"I can't promise anything. Now go!" He gently smiled at us and gestured for us to go. Ka-chan nodded and took off with me on her back.
After a while, I again used my sensing abilities to know how Tou-chan was doing. He apparently already engaged the enemy, but what shocked me he only managed to hold three of them. Meaning: two were still on our tail.
"Ka-chan! There are still two following us!"
"What?! Did Haruma-?" I shook my head at Ka-chan's silent question. She sighed in relief but sped up her jumping. We continued on our way without anyone of us speaking. Only when I felt the two enemies right behind us, did I break the silence.
"Ka-chan! They're right behind us!"
"What?! Okay, wait." She jumped down and as soon she landed two large figures surrounded us. The two of them were dressed in dark colors along with masks. White masks with red marks and the sign of Kirigakure on top. The shinobi were hunter-nin.
Ka-chan shoved me behind her and wove familiar hand signs. "Mizu bunshin no jutsu!" A clone appeared beside me, grabbed me and started to run with me in their arms.
"Whatever happens to us, never forget that we'll always love you!"
Those were the last words I heard from her. She began engaging the two enemies in battle and before I could even think she was out of my sights. I tightly grabbed onto the clothes of the water clone with my tiny fists and shut my eyes close. I concentrated on Ka-chan's chakra signature and saw that she was still fighting the two. But from what I could tell she was winning. Tou-chan was too far away for me to be able to tell anything.
Suddenly a chakra signature appeared just behind us. I immediately opened my eyes and saw a mask right before me. He sliced through the clone and made it dissolve itself into water. I fell down onto my legs and spread my chakra into them to make the damage less.
As soon as I landed I got into a fighting stance and looked at the hunter-nin.
"Ha? What are you trying to do? Kille me? Why don't you kneel down and I'll try to make it quick." I could hear the grin in his voice. Probably thinking that I was some dumb six years old who wasn't capable of at least defending myself.
"As if I'm doing that, you fuck! I'm an Uzumaki I won't go down that easily!"
"Oh, I know!"
"Huh?" Now that shut me up. What did he mean he knew?
"Oh? You interested?" He asked. He took a step towards me and I moved slightly backward and straightened my stance. "You know, when I got offered this mission I just had to take it! It is after all the last one before I'm going to retire. Ending my shinobi career just like I started it. Killing Uzumaki."
I felt like my heart just stopped beating. He took part in the Uzumaki massacre at the beginning of the second shinobi world war. He was a reason as to why my parents had to suffer so much. At that thought, everything went red.
Chains coated in purple chakra shot out of my back and pierced the Kiri-nin, throwing his mask away and detain him afterward. I started running towards him, making the right hand-signs for the jutsu.
"Suiton: Mizu no Yaiba!" A sword with the length of a wakizashi appeared in my hand. Still running, I jumped up and stabbed him right through his heart and pushed him to the ground, straddling him the process. He coughed up blood and looked at me menacingly, clinging to the last bit of his life.
"Who fucking knew-" He again spat out blood. "That some damned Uzumaki brat was going to be the end of me?"
Finally realizing what I did, I released the jutsu and got off of him. The chains retracted from him and disappeared into my back again. I stared at the man in shock and started shaking.
"So you finally got what you did? Must have acted out of rage." He started laughing out of nowhere. "C'mere, girly. At least tell me the name of my murderer."
Slowly approaching him, I grabbed my clothes trying to calm myself down. I knew I hurt a man gravely enough to bring him to the brink of death. I knew I had to kill sooner or later to survive in this world as an Uzumaki. But... I did not expect it to happen this soon.
As soon as I reached his gaze went towards me. "Takara. Uzumaki Takara, that's my name."
"Takara, huh?" Still smirking he again began coughing up some blood. "Gou. I've got no surname. Well, get going now. I can't do shit in this state and I'm about to die any moment now."
Still tense and slightly shaking I nodded. I turned around and began running.
I've been running for quite a while now. I didn't know for how long, but the sun was already setting and I was exhausted and tired. Konoha was close though and that was why kept going. Or at least I hoped it was Konoha. All I was able to sense were many chakra signatures, how many there actually were I was not sure. After all, I wasn't really capable of coherent thoughts at this point.
Breaking through some more bushes, I saw a large wooden gate with red symbols on it. Konoha. I finally reached it. Relief washed over me and I let a smile grace my lips. I took a few steps forward and felt my consciousness leaving me. All I could remember were two figures running towards me and shouting some things I did not understand.
Hey!
Sorry, it took so long for this chapter to get finished, but I am still a student and have quite the busy schedule.
Again if there are any tips and the likes you are willing to give me, please do. Since I only just started with writing stories and my mother language is not English it would be really helpful.
MileytheARMYotaku: Sorry, but I wasn't planning on Kakashi at all. The timeline was already pretty much revealed in this chapter. I wanted Takara to grow up after the third shinobi WW and after Minato and Kushina both died. So, I'm sorry if you're disappointed. I think this chapter makes it pretty clear that Takara is indeed a prodigy but I don't intend for her to become too powerful and make her into a Mary-Sue. While it may look that considering the chakra defect and the abilities she gained from her mother's side, I'm planning some things for the future.
I also changed the title and summary, so don't get confused. I just felt like the way it is now is more appropriate.
I don't know when I'm going to update again, so I won't even promise anything, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter and are still looking forward to the next one!
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