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16 YEARS LATER

"Inaru time to wake up!" My mother's voice boomed through the Uzumaki home.

I rolled over and buried my head in the covers. It was way to early and I wanted to sleep in. "Inaru get your sleepy ass down here!" My mother commanded.

I sat up and scratched my head. "Inaru did you-"

"Yes, yes. I'm coming." I called back down to my mother.

I jumped out of my bed and went into the bathroom. I looked at my self in the large full view mirror. My blonde hair was down and went to mid back, it was a mix between the color of my mother and my father. I was wearing red pants with a black tank top. I rubbed my cerulean eyes, they were my father's eyes.

"Its way to early. I shouldn't have stayed up reading so late."

I began to wash my face. Soon after I put on my black boy shorts and red tank top. I slipped my skirt over my shorts and bandaged my right leg before adding my weapons pouch. I put on my knee length boots. I pulled my hair up into a high pony tail and left my bangs out of the pony tail. Apparently it was the same way my mother used to wear it when she was a gennin, but I'm a chunnin. I quickly put on my black long sleeve jacket that ended above my stomach and my back pouch. Making my bed before I left my room.

"Morning!" I said as I walked into the kitchen.

"So nice of you to finally wake up." My mother said as I went to the table.

My mother is Ino Uzumaki, formally Yamanaka, She has long blonde hair that goes to her knees. She and I work our family flower shop in our free time. But she's also a medic at the hospital. She's Konoha's second best medic, next to, my aunt/godmother, and her best friend/rival, Sakura Haruno.

"How did you sleep?" My father asked.

"Fine."

My father is Naruto Uzumaki, the seventh Hokage. He is known all around the world and is the best and most powerful Kage, and is bringing a revolution of peace. I began to leave.

"Where are you going?" My mother called.

"I'm having breakfast with Saya and Kiyoe. Bye love you." I called as I left my house.

When I arrived Saya and Kiyoe were waiting outside. Saya and Kiyoe are my two of my best friends. They are twins and the daughters of Kiba and Hinata Inuzuka. Kiyoe is older by three minutes. She has short shaggy brown hair with just as shaggy bangs. Kiyoe wears a high collar netted mesh top with a brown tank and short and short sleeved maroon jacket with a yellow stripe going down each sleeve. It has a fuzz lining around the hood and collar of the jacket as well. She also long netted shorts and short grey shorts under her black skirt. She wears her hitae-ite around her waist and has short boots that have laces that criss crosses up her legs until it reaches her knee. She has her mothers white eyes and has two red triangles on her cheeks. Saya is completely different then her twin.

The only thing they have in common in my opinion is their faces and hair styles. Saya wears a long sleeved netted mesh under shirt that angles to her middle fingers and angles up towards her neck. She also wears a brown tank top but hers has a v-cut. She wears a short beige top that has sleeves hanging off the shoulders. She wears black pants and black short boots. She wears her hitae-ite around her neck. Kiyoe is more girly while Saya is more of a tom-boy. Also while Saya is knows some of the byakugan, Kiyoe is a genius at it. And while Kiyoe is knowledgeable in dog nins, Saya is skilled in that section, she has a dog nin named Yosuke.

"Inaru!" Kiyoe squeals.

"Hey guys sorry I'm late." I respond as Kiyoe swept me into a hug.

"What took ya?" Saya asked with a smile.

"Nice to see you too." Kiyoe released her hug and I pounded fist with Saya.

"Where's Yousuke?"

"At home resting." Saya answered.

"So let's go eat." We walked into the restaurant.

After we ordered we began they began to tell me about their last mission. Saya and Kiyoe are on team 3 with another guy named Hikaru Akiyo, he's a male medic. He has forest green hair and matching green eyes.

After we finished I told them I had to go and meet Tori and Hideyoshi. Tori and Hideyoshi are my teammates on Team 7 now Team Shikamaru. Tori is the son of Neji and Tenten Hyuuga. He wears his hair the same way as his father did as a jounin, although Tori is a chunnin like me. He wears a long sleeved Chinese style white shirt with dark brown lining. Along with that he wears long brown pants that tuck into his short black boots. Tori, like Kiyoe, is a genius at byakugan, although I'm not sure who is better.

Hideyoshi's full name is Hideyoshi Kikazumi, I've only met his mother, she works in weaponry, and apparently his father trained with the samurais of the land of Iron a while back. So Hideyoshi's blade control is similar to theirs. Hideyoshi has white hair and wears a long sleeve black shirt with his green chunnin vest over that. He wears black baggy shorts and short boots. He wears his hitae-ite on his right arm, thanks to our sensei, Shikamaru's idea. Hideyoshi has a short dagger he keeps on his back and a katana he keeps on his left side. Hideyoshi uses chakra on his blades, and when he swings his blade he emits chakra to cut at you as if his blade actually hit you. His dagger on his back is actually pure chakra; he flows chakra into it to make it solid and is able to use it like any other blade except it causes twice as much damage as a regular blade. He is also a master at tijutsu.

I saw both of them waiting on the bench for me. "Hey guys!" I called to both of them. They turned to see me. Tori smiled and Hideyoshi smirked and nodded. "Where's sensei?" I asked looking around.

"Eating with Choji-san." Hideyoshi stated.

I sighed. "This could take a while."

We sat there Hideyoshi looked at his katana and Tori had his byakugan active I didn't know why though. "Hey Tori what are you doing?" I asked curiously.

"Watching two squirrels fight over a nut. GO SQUIRRELS GO!" He shouts.

I turn my head away and roll my eyes. "Alright good luck with that." I said.

Unlike his father Tori is happy, not that his father isn't just that Tori actually shows emotions. Hideyoshi just sat there. God knows how long passed before sensei finally arrived.

"Lets start." Shikamaru said as he walked up to us. "You're late." I pointed out. "Ya ya. Lets go." We all stood up.

"Obstacle challenge." Shikamaru said. He pulled out a scroll. "This is what your trying to get. You have two hours." We nodded. "It starts...now!" Shikamaru disappeared.

I pulled out a kunai. Hideyoshi stood on edge. As did Tori. We stood backs to each other. "Tori how's the area?"

I saw Tori activate his byakugan. "Some traps are set."

I nodded. "Hideyoshi ground?"

My white haired teammate dug his katana into the ground and flowed chakra through it. "He's not underground."

"Alright. Lets proceed."

We began running. I was the leader of our team. I took command and knew every strength and weakness of our team. And I was a great strategist. We stopped. I could sense something and I knew they could too. I nodded at my team. I walked a head. Step after cautioned step I moved across. Unfortunately I didn't see the wire. With one step. Tori called my name. I turned to see long blades shooting at me. I jumped back then up left and I ducked. One came at my neck. I leant back. Another at my neck. I was further back. I reach my limit and did back bent on the next one. One was about to hit my arms I moved up so it wouldn't hit me. I froze. No more seemed to be coming.

"Tori? Hideyoshi?"

"Its safe." Tori said.

I kicked over into a hand stand then snapped back to stand up. I was the most flexible person. They walked up next to me.

"This place is coated with traps." Tori commented.

"Some paper bombs and ditches are underground." Hideyoshi added.

"Were going the wrong way." I stated. They both looked at me. "This is Shika-sensei he arranges things as traps normally you would think to go towards the place with the heaviest guard. But in this case we go with the lightest. Which is...?"

"This way." Tori pointed out.

We stopped so I could tell my teammates something. They nodded and did as I said before we began running again.

We began climb the trees and travel through them. After about five or ten minutes I held up my hand stopping us. I took three shuriken and threw them in three different places. The first one set off a smoke bomb. The second an explosive. And the third a wiring. We decided to move on the ground.

Hideyoshi stopped us after one hundred feet. "Hold on."

We did as he said. He picked up a rock and threw it ten feet in front of us. It began sinking.

"Good job." I said as Hideyoshi led the way.

"Walk exactly in my foot steps until further notice." He instructed.

Tori and I nod. We step in the same exact steps as Hideyoshi. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Ri-stop. I froze and fingered a kunai. I could sense something coming at us. We all jumped out of the way. Shurikens. All coming from one direction.

"Cover me." I called out as I went the opposite direction that the silver stars came from.

I saw a dark figure. I created two kage bunshins. I trapped him.

"Give me the scroll sensei."

Shikamaru smirked. He reached in his weapons pouch and pulled out a kunai. "Did you really think it be this easy?"

My eyes widened as he stabbed himself becoming a puff of smoke. Tori and Hideyoshi's screams filled my ears. My clones disappeared. I began running to my teammates.

Two Shikamaru's stood there each one held one of my teammates. Their hands were held behind their backs and kunais were at their necks.

"Guys!" I called. I pulled out a shuriken.

"Don't move Inaru." Shikamaru commanded.

I saw the blade dig into their necks. It hadn't pierced their skin yet but I knew any deeper and it would. I stopped.

"Any further Inaru and your teammates are goners." He informed me.

Silence.

I smirked. "Go ahead kill them. The mission always comes first."

My teammates eyes became filled with hurt sadness and finally understanding. They bit their lips accepting the fate that would come. Sensei smiled as the blade dug deeper. Suddenly they disappeared in a puff of smoke. I threw my shuriken at the one on the right causing the bunshin to disappear. Shikamaru's eyes widened at the sight of the two boys disappearing.

Suddenly Tori and Hideyoshi grabbed hold of our sensei. Tori held him in a head lock while Hideyoshi held his arms behind his back. Shikamaru winced as my friends tightened their hold. I smiled as I walked over and flicked open a pocket on his vest. The scroll dropped into my hand. My friends smiled and released their hold on sensei.

"Great job guys!" I said as I pulled two of my best friends into a hug.

"Interesting Inaru. How did you manage to do that?" Sensei asked.

"Well I knew we had to have a back up so when we stopped I had them make bunshins. They traveled with me while the really Tori and Hideyoshi followed behind." I answered.

"Nice planning Inaru." Tori said.

I turned and smiled at them. "Thanks couldn't have done it without you guys." They smiled. "Break time!" I announced.

Tori Hideyoshi and I left to go to our favorite cafe. Shikamaru has tried stopping us but he can never seem to.

Hideyoshi Tori and I sat at a small table outside. "Do you think sensei minds us leaving like that?" Tori asked.

"Its Shikamaru-sensei. He would be to lazy to oppose. So he doesn't care." I responded as the waiter brought our snacks.

Tori had tea with egg rolls he had packed. Hideyoshi had a chocolate cake. Hideyoshi may be silent at times but I know a lot about him. Including that he's a chocoholic. I had some dangos. I popped a dango into my mouth enjoying the flavor. I looked around. I saw someone "Could it be...no. But he's just right there." I thought to myself.

Hideyoshi quirked an eye brow. "Inaru what are you-"

"AIKO!" I called.

A tall red head looked over. His aqua eyes locked on to me. A smile formed on his face. Hideyoshi and Tori turned around as Aiko began walking towards us. Aiko was the son of Gaara and Matsuri of the sand. Like me his father is also a Kage, and our dads are each others godfathers, well at least one of mine. Plus our parents are long time friends. He has his fathers red hair green eyes and taste in clothing. And he's mainly like his father personality wise. But there are those times when we feel relaxed and safe and he can act like his mother at points. Sometimes.

Aiko pulled up a seat. His teammates were Kokoro, long black haired girl who's extremely girly and a fan girl of Aiko, extremely annoying. She wears a dark pink dress with her hitae-ite tied around, how the hell she fights in that Ill never know. Ps she hates me and is a total bitch because I'm good friends with Aiko, but its so much fun to see her mad.

Then there's Ken. He has light brown hair that and wears black pants that are bandaged from his mid calf down. He wears along sleeve black shirt under his chunnin vest and his hitae-ite one his head. He's very nice and polite.

"Hey Ken, Kokori." I said purposefully messing up her name.

She glared me. "It's Kokoro."

I blinked. "That's what I said."

She glared. "No you said Kokori. It's Kokoro."

I shook my head and turned to Tori. He loved messing with her as much as I did. "Tori didn't I say Kokoro?"

Tori nodded. "I heard Kokoro."

I smiled. "See Kokori. I said your name correctly."

She growled. "IT'S KOKORO YOU-"

"Inaru Kokoro stop it." Aiko said coolly. Her facade changed completely and she smiled lovingly at Aiko.

"Any thing for you Aiko-kun!"

I snorted. "Alright. So why are you here?" I asked.

Ken answered me. "We were escorting a Miss Hiroshima back here." I nodded and took a sip of my tea.

After talking for a few minutes Shikamaru walked up. "Inaru Hideyoshi Tori. Let's continue practice." We sighed. We got up and said bye to our friends.

After a few hours of training Shikamaru dismissed us.

I began to leave the training ground.

"Hey Inaru. Where are you going?" Tori called to me.

"I don't know. I may just walk and think."

"Alright I guess we will see you tomorrow." Tori said as I began to walk away.

"Later Inaru." Hideyoshi added.

"Bye guys. See ya tomorrow."

I continued walking. I wasn't actually going to just walk and think. I was going to a secret place that no one ever goes to. I was going to the abandoned Uchiha land. I made sure no one saw me as I walked inside. I went to a temple and lifted a tile. I climbed down a few steps before laying the mat back in its place. I lit a few candles. I walked over to my usual spot.

No one knew I came here. I began reading one of the books. I have been sneaking in here for a year. I discovered it when I snuck into the Hokage's library. I have always loved reading. But after I finished the regular library I discovered the Hokage's library. I watched my father one time and figured out the way to enter. It took me over a year to finish all of those. But I always enjoyed studying about the past and specifically one man. Uchiha Sasuke.

He was a mystery to me. I hoped that learning more about him would help me figure him out but I only became more curious. No one in the village would talk about him. All I remember is that my parents would leave for a few days and so would his friends. During that time I would stay with Iruka. And every time they came back they were injured upset and angry. I always tried to listen in on what they said but the last time that happened was two years ago. I continued my reading and tried to figure out anything I could.

I shut the book I was reading on the ground and stretched out my arms. My blonde bang fell in my face when I tilted my head down to look at the pile of books in front of me. I had been sitting on the ground in the Uchiha's secret library reading. I basically finished all the books in there accept for a few. I looked up at the clock in there, when I first found this place the clock was busted it cost me a few missions pay to fix it since it was old but I wanted to keep the authenticity. It was almost half past six. I got up and decided to call it a night. I picked up the books I had finished and placed them back in their correct spots on the shelf.

I reached in by back pouch and took out a book; it was a black book I had taken from the Hokages secret library. I looked at it again it was called Uchiha Mission. I put the book back in my back pouch. I blew out the candles before I climbed up the ladder and lifted the piece of wood that hid it. I climbed out and shut the wood again placing the mat on top of it. I guess it was kind of useless to do that the only people who ever came inside the Uchiha village was me my parents and Sakura-sensei, but they stopped coming here a few years ago.

I began running home I couldn't be late for dinner. That was one of the reasons I fixed the clock both of my parents were impatient. When I got home I went up to my room I took out my black notebook and wrote down some of the things I learned. I took the book out of my back pouch and hid in my pillow.

Suddenly I heard my father's voice. "Inaru time to eat."

I quickly stashed away my notebook and ran to the kitchen. My father was sitting at the table next to my mother and our plates were already filled with food.

My father turned to my mother. "Smells great. Do we have any ramen?"

My mother whacked him in the back of the head. She hated him and his ramen with every meal diet.

"No were out." She responded.

My father looked at her as if he was waiting for her to say 'just kidding'. I began eating as my father still waited for her to say it.

I turned to my father, "I think she's serious."

My father gave me a look like he was about to explode. I couldn't blame him we've never been out of ramen and my father couldn't go a day with out it. I say he's addicted to it but my mother says ramen is like his childhood tie.

My father looked back at my mother, "Ino if this is about me lending Tenten your favorite necklace with out asking you I'm sorry."

My mother glared at my father. "YOU WHAT?!"

My father swallowed hard and prepared himself for what was coming. "I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT NECKLACE EVERYWHERE!" My mother yelled at my father for a few minutes before I finished eating.

I rinsed off my plate and set it in the sink. I went to the pantry and went to the drawer where I hid my food. I knew I had a packet of ramen in there. Once I found it I tried to get my fathers attention. I showed him the packet he gave me his famous fox like smile. I set it on the counter.

"How is it that they were able to get together and even stay together for this long?" But I knew my father love my mother as my mother to him and they once told me that 'their arguing only make their bond stronger.' I smiled as I watched my mother whacked my father as he would just laugh.

"I'm going to go walk around the town." I always had to tell them where I was going even if they didn't hear me.

The sky was dark and the stars were just coming out. People were still walking around it was a few hours before the whole village went to sleep. I wanted to just sit and talk to someone.

"I wonder what Aki is up to?" I decided to go and find him.

Aki's real name was Asuma Jr but I called him Aki. I have been ever since I can remember. He was like my older brother. Shikamaru had taken over as the father position once Aki was born because his real father Asuma, my mother Shikamaru and Choji-sans old sensei, died in battle against the Akatsuki, and helped Kurenai, Hinata Shino and Kiba-san old sensei, raise him. I tried to think of places where he might be. I decided to check his favorite spot under his favorite tree, when he was younger Shikamaru would take him there to play shougi and cloud watch. Aki beat Shikamaru a few times and. When I would play him I would win but only because he let me.

When I got there he was laying on the grass he looked up at me. "Hey Ini." He always called me that just like I called him Aki.

"Hey Aki."

He patted the ground offering me a seat next to him on the grass. He looked at me. "What's up?"

I smiled. "Hm nothing much."

"Did you break into the Uchiha library again?"

Actually he was the only one who knew about me doing that. "IT'S NOT BREAKNING IN!" I kiddingly yelled at him. "And yes I did." He smirked and shook his head.

"Learn anything interesting?"

"Not really just that the Uchiha clan was headed by Sasuke's family for the past few generations but I already knew that."

I didn't know if I should tell him about the stuff I learned from the black book. Aki was also the only one who knew I knew about Sasuke Uchiha and would tell me about him or at least what he remembers and was told. Though he never actually met him he learned a lot about him from hearing Shikamaru and my father. The only way I learned about him was from sneaking around and breaking into places like libraries and record halls.

"I still don't get it."

Aki looked at me. "What?"

"How can someone who started out with good intentions end up so bad?"

Aki looked up at the stars. "Well... I guess time and how anger grabs a hold of you. I mean his family was killed off by his brother. What would you do in his situation?"

I shrugged "Cry and probably come and try to kill you but think you would have a good reason." Aki was always so nice he looked at things from a different perspective he looked at it from others rather than the facts. "But you wouldn't to that and I could never kill you." I added as he laughed. "But he went beyond revenge and went in to vengeance over nothing. Did he know the truth? Does he?"

I sat on the grass with my knees to my chest. We sat there in silence I thought about him and my father. Aki and I saw a few lights beginning to go out.

"Ini we better go."

I looked at him as he began to stand up.

"Alright." I stood up as well.

"Bye Ini." He hugged me.

"Bye Aki. See you later." I waved as I began to walk home. "Aki's the best."

As I walked home I passed by the Uchiha village. Sure it was longer but I could make up the extra time by running. On the way something caught my eye. I walked over to the object. It was a small necklace with the Uchiha symbol on it. It was a little rusted but it looked good. I looked at the necklace and smiled, until I felt someone else's presence.

Dun dun dun...

Well this is where our story really begins. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter!

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