"My name is Ame. Ame Uzumaki."
"That's not possible. That clan was wiped out long time ago."
Ame jumps but focuses on not hurting the bug. The new voice belongs to a man off to her left. Her mother they might not believe but she had to tell them her story so they understood.
"It is possible Sir. My mother had a sister. The sister was older than my mother by two years. As a child some men came and took her from the clan house. My mother never saw her sister again. Mother never talked about her much. She had beautiful red hair and always said you know when excited."
Ame used her bug free hand to cover her mouth as she coughs. Her throat is dry. As she pulls her hand back a cup is gently placed in it. The person helps guide a straw to her mouth so she can have a drink. Those in the room wait patiently for her to slate her thirst. Ame sighs after she releases the straw.
"Thank you."
"How does that make you an Uzumaki?"
Ame turns toward the man to the right of her.
"My mother told me what happened. It had started to rain. She ran inside out of the rain. She went to her room since she wasn't allowed to stay outside in the rain. Besides the fact that my mother had silver hair, she looked just like her sister.
The house was quiet. At that time her mother should have been starting to make lunch. But the kitchen was quiet. She started towards her mother's room when something was shoved into her neck. Her body became heavy and started to fall forward. Someone caught her and said something about a jinchuriki. The next time she woke up she was in a room shackled to a wall by her ankle.
A man came to see her but his face was hidden. He yelled at his men for grabbing the wrong girl. He sends some off and orders for them to get rid of my mother."
"They beat her. They stabbed her with knives and-"
Her knuckles turn white on her right hand as it clenches the sheet. The big flapped it's wings in her left. The feeling tickles and helps her to calm down.
"They hurt her and left her for dead in a city gutter. My mother remembers that it always rained. Everyone walked around her and ignored her. Or looked at her in pity. A man with his son and daughter was in the town getting ingredients. They found her. The man took her to their hotel rooms. Got a medical ninja to heal her. The kind man stayed and gathered his ingredients until my mother was able to travel. He brought her here. Scared those men might hurt her she changed her name. She called herself Clover. Saying she doesn't remember her past since the man found her. Her and the man's son fell in love. My mother became pregnant with me. Everything was fine until she heard someone mention about a red haired girl matching my mother's sister was a jinchuriki."
Ame's grip eases up. She looks down.
"My mother said she would go collect some herbs for the man for his shop. She never came back. She left and hid in an old shack. While asleep some men found her. Took her to a noble in the Land of Rain."
Careful of the bug in her hand. She turns and shows them the scar of the brand on her left shoulder.
"She received this mark. Marking her as his slave I was born as a slave to the noble. My mother told me stories of the Leaf and of my father. A few weeks ago the noble was going to kill me for taking medicine to help my mom."
Ame fixes herself and fights back tears.
"My mother died helping me to escape. I knew she wanted me to come here where I could find my father and be safe. I ran and didn't stop. The last thing I remember was bumping into someone. Now I'm here."
Ame yawns and can feel her exhaustion grow. Someone gently pushes her back into the bed. Ame felt sleep start to grip her. As she drifts of to sleep she hears talking.
"She needs to rest. We have blood samples. We can test them to see if she is an Uzumaki. We maybe able to find out who her father is."
"Go ahead. Shikaku, look into the mark on her shoulder. Kakashi, gather your team and meet in my office. She needs to be guarded."
"Lord Hokage. I would like to volunteer as a guard."
"Very well Shino. Go ahead and test her blood. Report back to me with-"
Ame is out cold. Her hand relaxes in her sleep and falls open releasing the bug. The bug flies over to his owner who is leaning against the wall. Hidden by sunglasses the boy watches the girl sleep as the others leave. Something about her pulls him to her. But what could do that to a loner like him?