That night , Rangiko opened the files of all the Genin about to graduate

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That night , Rangiko opened the files of all the Genin about to graduate. She flipped through pages, reading names, Looking at pictures and scanning abilities. Finally she stopped on a picture of a girl with long, red hair. She had a serious expression and her deep black eyes intensified the thought that she was going to come out of the page and smack you right there and then.

She glanced at the name. " Mayuri Uchiha Tanaka". Her mother was the third cousin of Sasuke's father . Her mother had married outside of the Uchiha family and was cast out. Like all the other Distribution ninja, she was an orphan as well. Father died during the Kyuubi attack. Mother was killed in action.

She checked the stats. Mayuri was good at healing and mediocre in Genjutsu and Taijutsu. Her Ninjutsu rate was pretty high to make up for her Genjutsu and Taijutsu. At the moment, she didn't specialize in any particular Jutsu. Rangiko rubbed her head and looked at the corner of the page. " Sharingan possession is questionable" she read out loud.

She stared down at the picture of the girl with red hair and sighed. Her eyes were unmistaken ably Uchiha. They were so black, and deep. Like the universe without a sun. You could see the information gathered in those eyes. The contemplation. Much like her mother's.

Rangiko had known her mother from. Her name was Aru Uchiha. And she had been older than Rangiko. Rangiko had been fifteen when Aru had given birth at seventeen. Now ,Mayuri was twelve turning thirteen. They had been on the same team. They were the only two members at that time on the distribution ninja unit, and they were an unbeatable team.

Flash back

"Rangiko, we've got a mission today. Hokage just called" . Rangiko was sitting above a cradle playing with a baby Mayuri. Rangiko looked around. "A mission? Now?". Aru nodded. " Mist ninja had just stolen some scrolls of importance. They're on the run now. Don't worry there's only three of them they said".

Rangiko looked over at the giggling Mayuri. "I'll go right now. You stay here to look after Mayuri" she said. Aru looked startled "You're going alone?" her black eyes wandered to Rangiko's bandaged arm. Rangiko noticing her gaze said " It's alright. There's only three of them. I'll handle them fine. Besides you need to stay with Mayuri, I've been in worse problems" Rangiko said smiling.

"No" Aru said forcefully "not with that arm. After Orochimaru nearly cut it off? I'm going with you". "But-" " Shush! No buts. You said it yourself. There's only three of them. She flipped her dark hair back "We'll be back in no time".

Rangiko found herself out in the dark and jumping the trees with Aru on her side. Aru made a hand sign and her dark eyes melted to red. Her Sharingan swiftly scanned the surroundings. With a jerk of her hand she pointed left and Rangiko melted away as if she had become invisible.

Aru sat at the base of a tree and waited. An explosion of red ashes. That was the signal. With a kunai in her hand Aru ran to the source of the explosion. " Aaaahhg!". Rangiko's voice echoed through the trees. Aru's eyes widened and she ran at top speed. Rangiko kneeled on the forest floor her hand on her shoulder where a kunai handle protruded.

Aru saw several figures aim kunai's at her orange haired team mate. An ambush!

"Rangiko !" . Aru hurried forward hardly thinking. The kunai were about to kill her team mate but she wouldn't let them. She shielded the bleeding Rangiko and summoned all her chakra she had saved to add to her durability .

Time stood still for Rangiko who saw her friends body hit by more than a dozen kunai. Aru coughed out blood and little red droplets splattered on her face. Aru spluttered "Rangiko, the one with the scrolls ran through the trees I can see him. You go after him and I'll take care of his thugs…".

" Aru…you can't…". Rangiko felt a blow in her midsection as her friend swiped her away with all her strength. " G-get out! The mission Rangiko!". With a push of will power, Rangiko propelled herself to the tree's remembering what they had learned at the academy. " The team is more important than any individual but only as long as the team is important for the mission. Thus the mission is most important".

Last Rangiko saw of her friend was her throwing lines of explosive tags around the trees. Finally Rangiko found the thief. He backed against a tree and Rangiko held out a kunai. Behind her an explosion shook the forest and at the same time her kunai stabbed the thief's heart, and he fell. The mission was complete.

End of flash back

The twenty-seven year old Rangiko stared at the picture of her best friends daughter, orphaned by a catastrophe she had not been able to prevent. Rangiko rubbed her head again. "I'll make sure she makes you proud, Aru" she mumbled before she shut the book and turned off the lights.

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