Kat: Ello again! =D so this chapter i know a few of you have been waiting for this one. it was originally suppose to be Scroll 6 but things got swtched up a bit. You finally get to know more about Hikari's past...though keep in mind while reading this chapter that there is always two sides to a story. =] Also this isnt even complete from this side, so yes...enjoy haha.

Hikari: Hmmm...well then that's enough for today...Enjoy the newest edition in the Struggles of a Light Rain/Kosame no Tatakai chronologue. ^^


Disclaimer: Hikari Matsuri, in no way, shape, or form owns the anime and manga series 'Naruto' and any of the ideas, characters, or plot lines in it. They all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto & TV Tokyo. She Never has, and never will own the series, so don't sue her poor ass,

for she cannot afford to pay for any lawsuits against her.

Claimer: Hikari Matsuri, does own her original character, Hikari-Ame Uzumaki.


Warning: This Story contains mild, possibly strong, use of profanity. As well implied Sexual themes & possibly In Future chapters, strong sexual acts might occur. Possiblity of 'Lemons' & 'Limes' for future chapters are currently small, but that may be subject to change in the future. Due to this the rating shall remain 'T' until further notice.

Lemme say this, regarding any comments or thoughts about Hikari beign a Mary-sue...All the cannon characters appear to be either strong or weak when they first make an appearance. They are either perfect or losers. Later on in the series you find out what made them who they are, and helped shape them & their strengths. Though regardless, they all grow in some form as the story progresses. The same goes for my character. I took this-and the way Kishimoto-sensei created his character's, their pasts & skills-into account when I created Hikari. As such, please keep this in mind and take it into consideration when judging Hikari's character. In a regular manga/anime, you either hate or like a character when they are first introducted, but your opinions usually change as the series progresses; and I hope the same will apply for my character.

You have been warned.


Uzumaki Naruto

We all stared at Hikari's back as she stalked off, her words ringing throughout our minds. My stomach dropped, and it wasn't because of how hungry I was—which was severely.

"…You're all pathetic…Monsters...I HOPE YOU'RE ALL PROUD; YOU'RE OFFICIAL SHINOBI NOW…!"

I clenched my teeth and hands—well, as best as I could, being tied up—as I remembered her words.

Her face…

It was filled with anger, hate…and pain…Even I could see that.

"Damn it…"

Teamwork…Damn it! She was right from the beginning! I ignored her…I said those things to her…

I was interrupted from my thoughts as a lunchbox was suddenly placed in my face.

"Huh?" I looked towards Sasuke in confusion.

"What? No, Sasuke you can't do that!" Sakura glanced around quickly before she continued. "You heard what the sensei said!"

"Kakashi's gone. We need to get those bells as a team. If Naruto's hungry, he'll be weak and ineffective. That hurts the team and jeopardizes the mission." Sasuke spoke looking in the direction Hikari had walked off in.

"What? B-But….we already—"

"If you're going to accept passing like this…then you really are Pathetic. When Kakashi-sensei returns, I'm going to give back this stupid bell and earn it this time!"

I stared at my rival with slight awe.

"…neither will I! I won't accept passing this way! I'll get a bell this time the right way!"

Sakura stared at the two of us with wide eyes, looking back and forth before stopping on Sasuke. I glared at that slightly; seriously, why is it always Sasuke.

Sakura looked down at her own food with a frown, gulping loudly before holding her own food out to me.

"Here"

I looked at her in disbelief, and she gave me a small smile.

"Ok, thanks." I smiled brightly at her.

"Don't thank me, just hurry up and eat."

"But isn't that your lunch?"

"I-I'm on a diet, I mean, I don't eat as much as Sasuke."

She looked away slightly with a pink tint to her cheeks.

"So…JUST TAKE IT NARUTO!" Sakura ordered.

"Sakura….thank you…but…I can't take it, because…I can't move my hands, you've got to feed me." I wiggled my hands as best as I could to prove my point.

"HUH?"

"Hurry up. He could come back any minute." Sasuke said, glancing around us and watching.

"Grrr, this is one time only! That's it, I'll never do this again, is that clear?" Sakura asked angrily, picking up a piece of food with her chopsticks, and I grinned at her.

"Clear as a bell, Sakura!" Naruto exclaimed, opening his mouth and allowing Sakura to plop a piece of food in his mouth, chewing it quickly and swallowing it happily.

And just as soon as I had swallowed it, a giant cloud of smoke appeared in front of us, the wind blowing dirt at our faces, causing us to cover them—well Sasuke and Sakura did, I was left eating dirt. Kakashi flew out from the cloud of smoke, an angry look on his face.

"You!"

Sakura and I screamed in fright and Sasuke grunted angrily as Kakashi stopped in front of them.

"You broke the rules. I hope you're ready for the punishment."

He performed several hand signs and suddenly thunder was heard. The sun disappeared behind dark clouds, and lightning flashed inside of them. The ground began to shake underneath our feet.

"Any last words?"

Sakura and I shook with fear, before I decided to speak up, "B-but y-you s-said…"

"Yes?"

"You said that there were four of us! That's what you said, and that's why…Sakura, and…"

Sasuke glanced over at him. "We're all on this squad and we're all in it together."

Sakura stood up. "Yeah, that's right! We gave our lunch to him because we all are one."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Believe it, that's right!"

Kakashi moved forward. "You all are one? That's your excuse?"

Sasuke sent him a glare. "It's not an excuse; it's a fact that's 100% true."

He got in a stance with Sakura, all three of us glaring at our sensei.

Kakashi smiled. "Hmm…you pass."

"Huh?"

"Huuuh?" I was really confused.

"You pass." Kakashi repeated, slower this time.

"What do you mean? How'd we pass? …I mean…didn't we pass before…?" Sakura asked, confused and lost by the whole thing.

Kakashi looked at Sakura sternly, "Did you?" he put a hand up to his chin, "Ah…that's right…it was the other girl that didn't pass…she was the only one that didn't figure out that you need to use teamwork…and it seems that she's not even here now, abandoning a mission like the pathetic weakling she is, I see…"

He shrugged his shoulders, "Oh well…I'm inform the Hokage that you all were exceptional and passed the first time, while the other one gets dropped from the program comp—"

"Hikari was the only one that passed!" I shouted in anger.

He turned his gaze towards me, "Hmmm…?"

"Hikari…was the only one that figured it out….that we need to work as a team! She asked to help her but I said no….." I hung my head slightly.

Sasuke spoke up, dropping his stance, "None of us got the bells…that girl…she asked me to help as well…" he looked to the side glaring, "I told her off…and then…"

Kakashi then looked towards Sakura, "And you…? Did Hikari offer to help you as well, or did you actually figure it out on your own?"

She looked like she was caught with her hand in the cookie jar, "A-Ah…." She hung her head in shame, "No…she offered…I too ignored her…"

"Hmmmm….then how come when the time was up, you all had a bell? I also remember the three of you coming at me as a team…"

"…She…somehow got the bells…when the timer rang…a clone looking just like me came up to me and gave me bell…the same for Sakura…She must have transformed into us using clones…" Sasuke spoke up reluctantly.

"So….in the end….the only one that truly figure it out was the one that everyone was against…" he looked up at the sky as he spoke, "It seems you all finally realize the true meaning of this test…"

"Wha-what?" Sakura exclaimed confused.

"You all admitted to lying about taking the bells, also about using teamwork, just to defend your teammate—even at the cost of your own chance at becoming a ninja. You also went against my orders to feed your teammate when he needed it. If you hadn't admitted to lying, then I wouldn't have passed you, no matter what."

"Huh? So wait, you knew that Hikari was the one that got the bells?" I shouted in confusion.

"Not until a few minutes ago…when she stormed off because of your behaviors…"

"W-Wait…"

"It's true…I did see her help you out Naruto, but I simply thought that she was helping out her brother, and didn't really care much for her other teammates, given her earlier attitude. Had I not seen what happened just now, I wouldn't have known…she even had me fooled for a while…"

"Wait…so what are you saying…?" Sakura and I asked.

The clouds disappeared and the sun came back finally.

"I'm saying…you're the first squad that ever succeeded. The others did exactly what I said, and fell into every trap. They couldn't think for themselves. A ninja must see through deception. In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but…those who abandon their friends are worse than scum."

"Ah!" Sakura said happily, a grin on her face.

"The three of you pass…even if it did take a while…and as for Hikari…She passes as well."

I looked near tears, and Sasuke smirked. Eventually, the tears began to almost fall.

"He's, uh…Y'know…He's kind of cool."

"The exercise is over. Everyone passes. Team 7 starts its first mission tomorrow!"

"Yes!" Sakura exclaimed.

"I did it, I did it, believe it, I'm a ninja, a ninja, a ninja!"

Kakashi turned around, glancing at them over his shoulder. "Let's go home."

Sasuke, and Sakura followed after him, leaving me still tied up to the post, struggling to get free and glaring at their backs angrily.

"I knew they would do this; it happens every time, believe it! YOU GUY'S FORGOT TO UNTIE ME!"

Sasuke turned around smirking and threw a kunai at the ropes, cutting them. I glared at him as I was freed, muttering a very quiet and quick thank you, before running after them.

We all walked in silence for a few minutes, eager for tomorrow, before Sakura turned towards me.

"Hey, Naruto?"

My face lit up, "Yeah, Sakura?"

"…I know that none of us believed Hikari…but why didn't you…? I mean…you two are siblings…twins… Why didn't you accept her help?" she asked curiously, "Not to mention, you said something earlier about her never caring in the past…"

I looked at her shocked, my mouth parted slightly. I clenched my fists, and stopped walking before looking at the ground sadly.

Sasuke and Kakashi were apparently interested in my answer to for they stopped and looked at me.

"That's…because…" I stood there staring at the ground, "we didn't grow up together…we hardly ever saw each other…even less when it came down to talking…"

"What?" Sakura's face scrunched up in confusion, "What do you mean?"

I clenched my teeth and fists as my face scrunched up in a fury of emotions…


[1]

The scary people in masks came today when Ame-chan and I were playing outside the Old Man's house. Ame-chan was scared of them—even though they were always so nice to her—and I was too—they were very mean to me. The two of us stopped our game to stare at them as we got closer to each other, Ame-chan grabbing my hand tightly.

They looked over at us—they looked at me meanly—before walking over to our current caretaker, some mean ninja lady that always was nice to imouto-chan and not me. They talked for a long time—it felt like forever!—and they kept on looking over at us.

Finally, they walked over to us slowly, giving me weird looks, until they stopped in front of my imouto.

"Ohayo, Hikari-chan. Happy Birthday!" one of the scary men crouched down and pulled out a wrapped gift, holding it out to her.

Her eyes grew wide and she looked at the present before looking up at the mean lady.

"Go ahead, Hikari-chan." She smiled at her.

Imouto-chan then took the present quickly into her tiny hands before tearing at the paper eagerly. Her Face went from confused to crestfallen in moments as she held up the scroll and Kunai.

"….whah is dis?"

The three grown-ups laughed.

"You've never seen a kunai or scroll before? It's a tool ninja use."

"Eh? Bwat I is not a ninja. I dun wanna be ones. Ninjas are mean to onii-tan."

I smiled brightly at my imouto's words, before pouting when the grown-ups glared at me.

The man talking to imouto-chan stood up and the other spoke.

"…Hikari-chan, the Hokage wants to wish you a Happy Birthday too." He reached out his hand to her and she only stepped closer to me.

"Old Man….?"

"Come on, Hikari. You too, boy." The mean lady pushed me and imouto-chan followed me as we walked inside the big house that the Old Man lives in.

When we entered the room that the Old Man was in, the scary men in masks left.

The Old Man sent a smile our way when we entered.

"Hello, Hikari, Naruto. I hope you both are having a nice birthday."

The two of us stood hand-in-hand staring at him. Whenever we were here, we always got yelled—well I get yelled; no one ever yells are Hikari.

"Stop wasting time, Hiruzen." The mean old lady that worked with the Old Man said glaring.

"….Isn't it still too early for that, Koharu?"

"Don't give me that, Hiruzen! We've already waited two years and we still have to wait two more to officially begin, because you let your emotions control you." The mean grandma said to the Old Man.

We stared at them confused, Hikari squeezing my hand tighter. She wasn't used to them yelling about the both of us.

He looked at her before sighing and his face got serious as he looked at us.

"You're right…Hikari…" My imouto's head snapped up, looking at him confused, "Starting today…you will begin training."

"Twainin?"

"You will be a ninja soon. This will help you, before you go to the Academy."

She gasped and her eyes began to tear, "B-But…me no want to be a ninja!"

"Being a ninja is a great thing Hikari."

"B-But…"

"Then me bwecome as ninja too! If imouto-chan is a ninja, so am I! Me protect imouto-chan always!" I shouted proudly.

The grandma glared at me, "Impossible! You can't be a ninja!" She looked at the Old Man, "Its way to dangerous for it to become a ninja. It's a liability."

The Old Man looked at Hikari and me, "Hikari…will you become a ninja without your brother?" She shook her head, "…Fine…Naruto, if you promise to work hard and always protect Hikari, then you can become a ninja too."

"Sarutobi!"

"It will be fine, Koharu." He looked at her before glancing back at us, "Naruto, you will start at the Academy when I believe you are ready….Hikari…your training will begin from this day forth…"

"Eh? B-But…" we both said confused.

"After two years, we shall see how far you have progressed and gone from there."

A new person with a mask 'poofed' in, scaring us. He was different from the others, because he had on a really big coat. It covered his entire body and head! He wasn't as tall as the others too.

"This is your new tutor. He shall be with you at all times from today onwards."

We stared at him as he glared at us. Hikari moved closer to me scared.

"You are now dismissed, and have a happy birthday once more."

"Come on then, I won't accept weaklings. You're training starts now."

The really scary man walked up to Hikari and grabbed her arm, dragging her out roughly. She looked at him terrified but went with him.

That was the first time that we were ever apart from each other…

It was also the first time I began to hate my birthday…


The new caretaker—the third one in two months, since they all quit soon after starting—yelled at me.

"You monster! I told you not to touch anything!"

I had been running to get a book that she wanted and ended up tripping over a table on the way back to the room she was in. The vase on top fell over, breaking into a lot of pieces—more than I could count!—and got the book wet.

"It was an accident! You told me to get the book!"

"You're blaming me?" she raised her hand to hit me, "You filthy monster! I—"

The sound of the front door opening cut her off before she could bring her hand onto my face, and Hikari wobbled in with Shin walking behind her.

Shin has been Hikari's personal tutor for exactly two whole years now, and ever since then, I've hardly ever spent time with my imouto. She's almost always out training and when she's not, all she does is either read scrolls that Shin tells her to or sleeps. That stupid man is always working her so hard. She usually doesn't even get home until late at night, or even until the next morning at times—like today!

When her training first started she would come home crying and exhausted every day. Now, she doesn't cry anymore—well…only when he's not around, which is almost never—but she still is always tired. When we do have time to play together, Shin is always there watching our every move.

He'll comment on every little thing we do. He makes us always stay two feet away from each other. He's worse than all of our caretakers put together.

He makes me so mad!

"Hikari-chan!" I grinned as she toddled over to us.

She smiled meekly at me, "Ohayo, Naruto-nii-chan…Happy Birthday…" she stressed out tiredly.

I beamed at her, "Happy Birthday, Ame-chan!"

"Now that that little reunion is over with, the Hokage needs to see you both now." That jerk Shin said as he glared at me.

Hikari looked up at him with big eyes, "Ah, that's right. Sorry, I forgot." She smiled sheepishly at him.

"Humph, whatever. Hurry up." He glared before spinning on his heel and walked out of the house.

"Hai, Sempai!" Hikari then tiredly ran after him, grabbing my hand and pulled me with her.

I stared at her smiling face as she pulled me after Shin. I don't understand why she's so kind to him. At first she hated him, but soon she began to defend him when I said anything bad about him. She says that he has a reason for being how he is and that he's actually a good guy.

I don't believe it; I'll never like him.

When we finally arrived at the Old Man's place, we went inside—just as we did two years ago. The Old Man was sitting at his desk with those other old prunes on both sides of him. They glared at me when we walked in and the Hokage smiled—it looked Sad.

"Good Morning Hikari, Naruto. How have you been?"

We stared at him confused. He never used to talk to us like this when we were here.

He looked at us and saw that we weren't going to answer and sighed as the old woman—Koharu, I think—spoke up.

"Stop wasting time again, Hiruzen. We've waited far too long and now you need to keep your word."

"Yes…" he looked at us sternly—it was just like when he said Hikari had to be a ninja, and when Shin was assigned to her; scary. "Hikari…you've come a long way in just two years. You've shown such potential."

Hikari fidgeted, embarrassed at the attention and nodded meekly. "Th-thank you…Shin-sempai is a great teacher…"

The Old Man smiled slightly at that, "I'm glad you think that." He sighed, "'you will be evaluated after two years' that is what I said to you on your second birthday, exactly two years ago from today. You've progressed far beyond the normal shinobi and we have come to a decision…"

We stared at him even more so confused than before.

"I'm sure you've noticed that you look very different from your brother….your twin, Hikari. Even though you both are siblings Hikari, the reason you and Naruto are so different…is because you have very…special…blood running through you."

Our eyes widened in shock and confusion, "Eh?"

"When you were born…because of certain circumstances…you were implanted with the blood, as well as chakra. It is sealed deep within you, and still flows through your veins today. That is why your physical difference is different from Naruto's." He closed his eyes, pausing, "We have decided…that from this day onwards you shall be entered in the Academy…under a different name. From this day forward, you will no longer be known as an Uzumaki—"

"What? You can't do that!" I shouted in hurt and anger, not fully understanding what was going on.

Hikari was too shocked to speak; she simply stood there wide-eyed, mouth agape.

"Silence, Brat!" The hold hag shouted at me.

"…As far as anyone is concerned…..Uzumaki Hikari-Ame never existed." He opened his eyes and looked at me with that serious—terrifying—look in his eyes, "Naruto…you and Hikari will always be siblings, but no one can know about it. It is better this way…for the both of you."

"But—! How can this be BETTER?"

"Shin."

The man nodded and stepped towards Hikari, "Hai…Hokage-sama." He then took hold of my imouto's arm tightly and began to pull her towards the door.

"What are you doing?"

"It makes no sense for someone with such a blessing to be living with some stranger…as such; Hikari-Ame will be living a family that deserves to be around her from now on. You will not associate with her whatsoever anymore." The old hag spoke up glaring at me meanly, "You will not talk to her or about her to anyone. You not attempt to seek her out and take up her time. You will stay away from her like the stranger you are….Are we clear?"

I started shaking in anger, fear and sadness. Tears started to build up in my eyes as I shook. "No. No. No no no no no no no!"

Hikari finally snapped out of her stupor and began to struggle against Shin's hold.

"No! I don't want this! You can't make me do this!" she began to cry, tears streaming down her face rapidly.

"That's enough! You don't have a choice in the matter!" the old hag shouted.

"No! Onii-san! Onii-san! Naruto-nii-san!" she reached out to me trying to break free from Shin.

I tried to run to her, crying myself, but then those masked men arrived and held me back.

"No, let me go! You can't do this—Ame!"

"Onii-san!"

Shin finally dragged her out of the room and slammed the door.

I broke free from the men and ran towards the door, throwing it open. I ran into the hallway, shouting my imouto's name, but it was too late. The hallway was deserted. I fell to my knees crying.

"What are you doing Hiruzen?" I heard the hag say, but didn't pay attention.

Rustling was heard and soon footsteps followed. Suddenly a hand was placed on my shaking head. I looked up through my tears and saw the Old Man looking at me with sympathy.

"Don't touch me! Everyone calls me a monster, but you're the real monster!"

He looked at me sadly before he crouched down next to me, "Naruto…you need to have faith in your sister, and in yourself." He spoke in a hushed whisper.

"Wha-what?"

"You both are very smart and nothing can severe the bonds you two share. Give it time…you'll both find a way past this. If anyone can find a loophole it's you two."

I stared at him in shock, new tears running down my face.

"Hokage-sama!" the old hag's voice rang out angrily.

The old man sighed and stood up, looking down at me serious again.

"Starting today, you will be given your own apartment. You will no longer have a caretaker, but every now and then someone shall come by to check up on you. You will be given money for all your expenses until you graduate from the Academy—after you start that is."

I could only sit there, tears staining my cheeks, as the Old Man went on about all these changes. I couldn't even hear what he was saying; all I heard were my imouto's cries…her terrified face as she was taken from me.

That was the first time I felt true pain…

The day I vowed to myself that I'd become strong enough to protect my imouto, so that she'd never look like that again…


"Hey Old Man! Get out here!"

I had been trying to see the Old Man for two hours now. The stupid guards wouldn't let me see him, and when I tried to get passed them, they held me back. So now I've been screaming at the house—while the stupid ninja held me back—trying to get the Old Man to come out for over 20 minutes.

I was so mad and these idiots not letting me see the Old Man, and him not coming outside, only made me madder.

"Damn it brat! Knock it off!"

"Let me through!"

"You can't just barge in on the Hokage!"

"I need to talk to him now!" I began to scream again, struggling more against them, "Come out and face me Old Man!"

"Shut up! He's in a meeting, brat!"

"I don't care!"

"Shut up—!"

"What is going on here?" a deep, stern voice spoke up from the doorway to the Hokage's House.

We all got quiet and looked at the owner of the voice. Some man wearing that weird ninja vest was standing there with a boy that looked a few years older than me.

"U-Uchiha-san!"

I looked up at the guards that spoke and then to the man.

"Uchiha….?"

The man looked at me narrowing his eyes before he glared at the men, "This is the reason for all the noise? We were in the middle of an important meeting."

I glared at the man, "I don't care! I need to see the Old Man now, so move!"

He turned his gaze to me again, "Watch your mouth boy….It's no wonder you're not allowed anywhere near her…" he muttered the last bit to himself but I managed to hear it, barely.

My eyes widened, I…impossible…he can't mean…

I began to struggle again against the guards hold, trying to get to the man, "What did you say, you—?"

"What is it, Naruto?" the Old Man's voice stopped me from attacking.

We all looked and saw the Old Man emerging from the House behind the Uchihas.

"It's your birthday today, isn't it? Shouldn't you be out celebrating?"

"Shut up, Old Man! How can I celebrate without Hikari?"

The stranger glared at me and the boy's eyes widened slightly before he narrowed them at me suspiciously.

"Hikari…? How do you know Ame-chan?"

I looked at him surprised before glaring, "Hey! You can't call her that! The only person allowed to call her Ame-chan is me!"

He raised an eyebrow before glaring, "I'm the only one that has permission to call her that, besides sempai."

"What are you talking about, jerk?"

I was about to run at the older boy while the guards tried to hold me back again.

"Hokage-sama! Fugaku-sama! Sempai!"

A young girlish voice called out from behind me. The older boy's eyes brightened, a smile appearing on his face. A blue and black blur ran past me and the guards and stopped in front of the boy. Her black hair went to her mid-back and a Konoha headband was around her forehead.

"Gomen; Shin-sempai and I lost track of time."

"H-Hey! Who do you think you are? I've been trying to talk to the Old Man all day and you just barge in—!"

My eyes widened slightly, Did…she just say…Shin-sempai…?

Things seemed to go in slow motion as I stared at the girl as she turned around to face me confused.

My eyes widened even more as I saw her face, and her eyes did the same.

"A-Ame…."

My sister stood before me for the first time in two years.

This is the whole reason I came to the Old Man today in the first place. He said that there'd be a way for us to see each other but after two years I had grown very mad and impatient. I came to demand to see my sister, doing whatever it takes to make it happen, and yet here she was in front of me. Just standing there gaping at me.

"Hikari!" I smiled brightly and reached my hand out to her as I took a step forward.

"Do you know him, Ame-chan?" the older boy spoke up.

"A-Ah…"

My imouto looked up at the boy with wide eyes before back at me, and then she began to look back and forth between the Old Man and the other man. My sister chewed on her lower lip, something she did when she was nervous or something was on her mind.

"Of course she doesn't." the strange man spoke up coldly, "As if someone of like Hikari would know something like that.

Her eyes widened and she opened her mouth to say something but the man cut her off.

"After all, why would an Uchiha know a monster?" he spoke coldly.

She chewed her lip and stared at him wide-eyed before looking at the Old Man.

He had a sad expression but said nothing.

She then looked at the man again before slowly turning to face me. Her lip started to draw blood as she bit down harder on it.

"A-Ame-chan…?"

Her lip quivered before she looked away from me, "Hai…Fugaku-sama."

I stared wide-eyed in shock and betrayal at my sister.

"Wha-what?"

"You see boy; she doesn't know you…now go away and don't bother us again."

My shock turned to hurt and then quickly to anger.

"What did you do to her? There's no way that Hikari would say something like that!" I shouted at them.

"You don't know what you're talking about boy. Leave now or else."

"Shut up and give me back my—!"

"Stop it!" Hikari's voice rang out.

We all turned to look at her, only to find her standing between the Old man and the boy with tears in her eyes.

"Just stop it!" she was staring at the mean man, "Please…"

The boy looked at her before pulling her to him, and she buried her head in his chest.

"Father…" the boy looked at the man unhappy.

The man looked at him before he decided on glaring at me. He opened his mouth to speak but was cut off.

"I believe that's enough, Fugaku-san. You're upsetting your charge."

I looked up as an older boy with grey hair passed me. When he was shoulder to shoulder with me, he glanced down at me before walking up to Hikari.

"Stop crying."

"Sempai." The boy Hikari was cuddled up against spoke to the older boy with narrowed eyes.

"You are a shinobi of Konoha. Shinobi rule #25—"

"—A ninja can't show their feelings no matter what…They have to put their mission first...They can't cry no matter the time..." Hikari spoke up before pulling away from the boy and looking at the other one, "Gomen, Shin-sempai."

My eyes widened, That's Shin?

The boy—Shin—stared at Hikari seriously and she did the same before biting her lip and nodding slightly.

The man—Fugaki, I think his name was—narrowed his eyes at the interaction.

"You—"

Shin cut him off, "I believe we've wasted enough time here, Uchiha-san. Your wife is getting anxious; she wants Ame home already to celebrate her birthday." He said sternly, "I still need to give Ame and Itachi their mission for tomorrow, as well."

The man glared at Shin but said nothing to him; instead he spoke to imouto-chan and the boy, "Let's go."

He briskly walked past Shin, bumping shoulders with him, and glared at me as he past.

"E-excuse us, Hokage-sama." Hikari's voice caused me to look at her.

She was bowing to the Old Man with the boy—Itsuki?—and Shin before they moved to follow the mean man.

I looked at the man's back and got angry as I realized that my imouto was going with him.

"H-Hey! You can't just leave, jerk! I won't let you take Hikari—!"

"Please…"

Hikari's voice stopped me as I looked at her.

"Huh? Ame-chan?"

She bit down on her lip, head down, bangs hiding her eyes, "Don't call me that."

"E-eh? A-Ame—"

She hesitated before walking up to me, "Please stop calling me that." I looked at her confused, "Only…my…friends…can call me that."

My eyes widened, "Wha-what? What are you talking about—We're—?"

"—Strangers. I don't know you." I began to tremble, "I've never met you before…you're not a ninja, or an Uchiha…or even someone…important…there's…no way we've met."

My lip quivered as I stared in confusion and hurt at my sister. Tears began to form in my eyes.

Why Is she saying that? Why is she saying all these mean lies?

"Why…? A-Ame-chan—?"

"—Don't you get it?" She began shake, her fists clenched into her pants, and she bit down harder on her lip, "I Don't know you! Why would I know a monster?"

My eyes widened completely and tears fell down my face as I stared in shock, hurt, confusion…betrayal at my sister.

Monster…? Why, imouto…? What…who…

I didn't even register that she ran past me, or that the older boys followed her.

I didn't see the looks of confusion and pity crossing their faces as they passed me.

I didn't care that the Old Man had walked up to me.

All I could hear…all I could see was my sister's betrayal.

Monster…

I didn't see the neatly wrapped box addressed to me—that wasn't there before—in my room when I got home.

Monster…


"—NARUTO!"

My eyes widened and I snapped my head towards Sakura.

"H-Huh?"

She was standing next to Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke with her hands on her hips, an annoyed expression on her face.

"Jeeze, about time! I've been calling your name for 5 minutes now!" Her eye twitched.

"Eh? Ah…gomen Sakura-chan." I rubbed the back of my head nervously.

She sighed before dropping her hands and gave me a weird look, "What were you thinking about anyways, to get you to zone out like that?"

I opened my mouth slightly as my eyes softened, "…ah…"

"We were talking about your sister, remember?"

"…how could I forget…?"

I got weird looks from them all before I shook my head and grinned at them.

"It's nothing!" I grinned brightly at them, closing my eyes, "Man, I'm hungry! Let's get some ramen to celebrate passing!"

I laughed before walking past them, ignoring their stares on my back.

Soon, they began to follow me, the air slightly tense, but I kept on smiling throughout it…just like I always have.

I might not fully understand how important teamwork is…or what happened back then…but the one thing I do know…

Is that it was then…that my birthday…became my most hated and feared day of the year…

The day…that I knew Hikari…no…my sister…was gone forever…

And in her place…was a demon…a demon that took over…consuming her until my sister had been erased from existence…


Translations:

1. Due to the fact that it is never stated what happened to Naruto or how he was taken cared for as an infant until he was around 8-12, because honestly people it's impossible for a baby for take care of itself, I am going with one of the most common speculations of what happened, being that the 3rd Hokage—being 1 of the only people that knew of Naruto's parents—took "care" of him. In which case, I doubt that the Hokage would have time to raise a child, much less in a time of chaos, so he had either council members or higher ranking shinobi take care of him until he was able to do so on his own—regardless if they liked him or not—in which case he was then provided with money and a place to live.


Kat: okay…I think I might have thoroughly confused a lot of people with this chapter…-.-;; I'm sure at least some of you will be confused about how Naruto feels about Hikari, since in the beginning it appeared that he really liked her, and now it most likely seems that he hates her or something…

Well…the only thing I can say really is that you don't have to fully story yet. Not only that but you only have one side of it. Things will—hopefully—get clearer as the story progresses. =/ if you have any questions about it that you really need cleared up, message me and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Hikari: And the issue of me being a Mary-sue?

Kat: Ah, right! …well…I'm sure most people hate me for the Uchiha thingy…well ya idk how to explain it without spoiling Hikari's past…O_O =[ but I can say that—like I say in the Warning—that I took all of the character's pasts and plotlines into consideration when I made Hikari's character—well fine-tuning it—and there is a reason, that I believe is logical for it. but like I said, I can't really say anything with spoiling it =/….

Hikari: *sigh* well…if they want they can continue reading or just leave…it's up to them in the end.

Kat: yeah…so I understand if any of you hate this story now for that issue.

Anywayz…another topic of Mary-Sue that was brought up previously, was Hikari's apparently advance level, attitude, and skills compared to the gennin. I hope that this—slightly—explains it. like I said, there's still a whole lot that you don't know about her past. You know now that she has been trained—very roughly—since a very young age. Frankly, I have no doubt that all of the gennin—hell, any of the characters in the manga/anime—would be exceptionally skilled had they all received extensive individual training—on top of the Academy training—from a young age—younger than 8—like Hikari had. After all, that is how all the "prodigies" or early graduates managed to become shinobi at a young age—ex. Kakashi, Itachi, Sai, Shin, Tsunade, etc—and even advance in rank. Because of this, I find that logically, Hikari's skills are not surprising—not just because she's my own character.

If any of you find that you have problems with this or anything else, you are free to write a critic, message me, or even stop reading. No one is forcing you to read this story, and for those that still like it—I am glad that you do—please don't ruin it for them by flaming my reviews. Thank you. =]

Feel free to message me with questions, critics, or anything for that matter. Please review though and tell me what you think!


Timeline:

0-2 years old: Uzumaki twins taken in by Hokage and placed in care of altering caretakers, living in apartment near the Hokage's house.

2: Hikari-Ame is told that she is to become a ninja and is assigned a personal tutor, Shin.

2-4: Hikari-Ame trains under Shin, improving in skills; taken from twin brother, Naruto, and forced to live under the name of Uchiha within the Clan compound, on Hokage & Council's orders. Denied contact from brother entirely.

4-5: Hikari-Ame enters Academy and graduates within a year; Shin is assigned as "sensei" to two-man cell made up of him and Hikari-Ame.

5-6: Hikari-Ame continues training with Shin; three-man cell is created, with Uchiha Itachi as added member; Twins reunited for the first time in 2 years; Hikari-Ame severs all ties with her brother.

More years shall be added as more of Hikari's past is revealed, as well as the above years shall be updated.