A/N: Well. It looks like I did it again. It seems that I have decided to create more new characters to work with instead of utilziing the main cast because I don't want to brutalize an adaptation of their personalities to suit my writing style. For now anyway.
I woke before the sun was up, to the sound of birds chirping early in the morning. I was a light sleeper and the AC of my residence was busted so I slept with the window open. I preferred the cold, but the open window didn't help much.
As I wiped the sleep from my eyes, the dilapidated walls and floors of my house came into view. Through blurry vision it almost looked homey. The abode was one I eventually received for my status as a Konoha Nin. It mostly went unused and fell into disrepair. The creaky floorboards and old dusty kitchen appliances were difficult to clean and restore to a mere shadow of their former glory.
Though with its rebirth my soul was refreshed and full of youthful vigor, old habits die hard and the phantom stiffness of my previous mortal flesh prison forced a groan past my lips as I got to my feet. In reality I'd just been training for many hours into the night and was sore from the workout that brought me. So I did some routine stretches and though the muscle aches were still there, I could probably keep going at my usual fifty percent if needed.
Morning stretches done, I took the time to bathe, since I just went to bed covered in sweat last night. A fresh change of clothes. Thankfully my allowance gave me enough of a medium of exchange to purchase at least three identical pairs of clothes. White shirt, black pants that only went down to my shins, ninja mesh, pouch, kunai pouch and a black hoodie, oh and the black mask that I never left home without. I set my satchel to the side and then hopped in the bath. A bath because the showerhead had broken off for some reason when I moved in and the repairs for it haven't happened. That sucks. But at least all the windows are still whole. That was a positive among little else.
After my bath I got geared up, with my forehead protector tied around my thigh and mask pulled down around my neck. I was now sitting at my dining room table with a singular chair and poured some "Nin Nin Leaf Cinnamon Crunch" into a ceramic bowl with a blue line just below the top. My favorite bowl. The cereal itself was also a favorite amongst the civilians of Konoha and the orphanage. The forehead protector's leaf symbol of the village being the primary of the many patterns of cereal in the bowl. They were actually really good. Better than any cereal in my past life I might say. But my memories of that time are pretty hazy and flavors are but a distant memory that my mind clings to like a festering mould.
Geared up and fed, I grabbed a Wildberry soda from the fridge and made my way outside. The crackle and hiss of a carbonated beverage being opened marked the beginning of my long and arduous journey to the training field where I would sojourn for an indeterminate period of time.
The familiar feeling of a carbon sting in the back of my throat filled my mind with a euphoric joy that washed away all other pain.
It goes without saying that I didn't exactly look forward to this or feel that against it. It was kind of just something that was expected of me to do and I didn't exactly mind because there was nothing to do at my place anyway.
I got and sent a few nods from the civilians of the village as I walked at a snail's pace down the road to the training field. Sipping the cold beverage that perspired cold droplets of water upon its metallic surface.
The sun was already starting to reach high into the sky as I took my sweet ass time taking in the fresh air, birdsong, sound of the leaves rustling in the wind and the strangely pleasant smell of moss, tree and grass.
The only complaint I had was: It was hot. I hate heat.
So this is the place then?
Training Field 41. Not bad I guess. It was a big open field that was totally clean and so well taken care of that one might have difficulty believing that this was a training field. The only evidence that it was were two wooden targets and a single dummy off to the side.
The field was surrounded by trees, and there was dense long grass near the shorelines of the turbelent river. White froth, pouring violently over the rocks.
With my assessment over I took a seat in the middle of the field and laid down. Decided to play with my chakra internally, moving it from one body part to the next, into my fingers, and the ends of my toes. It felt like… me? It was difficult to describe.
By the time the others got here they arrived at the same time, and the sun was high in the sky. So, it was around noon and the rest of my teammates were standing around me, I sensed their chakra before I saw them looming over me and casting a shadow.
"Stay there please. The shade feels nice."
The first face I saw was of a girl the same age as me, well they were all the same age as me. She was a black-haired girl with dark grey eyes, pale skin and long canines that gave her a toothy grin. Ryuko Uchiha. She greeted me with a smile and a small wave of her hand.
Second was another girl, golden brown eyes, blond hair, fair skin with light tan-lines backed up by an attitude that basically said she loathed my existence, because when our eyes met for a moment as I looked at her, I was met by a 'tch.' Said all it needed to. Her name was Narumi Uzumaki. Yet she still held out a hand to me and helped me to my feet when I held one out to her.
I suppose the main difference of this world from the others is that Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata and Shikamaru all had twin sisters. Named Narumi, Ryuko, Tsubaki and Shikako respectively. Sasuke and Ryuko both survived the Uchiha massacre, courtesy of Itachi Uchiha. Being the reincarnation I am, I knew full well the details of the event but not how Ryuko came into the picture or survived.
Narumi wasn't a jinchuriki, not that I was aware of, she hated everyone who hated or ignored her brother and lashed out aggressively at everyone. Perhaps that was her protective older sister instinct, she wanted people to be scared of her instead of her brother. They were close. I was surprised she actually helped me up.
Tsubaki and Shikako were most unnoteworthy. Well actually, Tsubaki was very outspoken about what she wanted and very headstrong about her clans belief in power.
While Shikako was a motivated Nara who liked explosions. I wasn't aware of anything else.
Hm? Chakra signature. Inbound. Female. Aged twenty-three. Agitated.
There was a small glint in the trees and I could barely make out their shapes and run calculations. Kunai detected. Trajectory will not hit me. Disabling flight response.
Three Kunai hit the ground and immediately after, our teacher or boss flickered into existence in front of us. Everyone else had jumped back, but the kunai landed between my legs and two in front of my feet.
They were definitely a Jounin, as was the case with the other genin teams of this year, according to reincarnation knowledge anyway. She had white hair, and wore the signature porcelain mask of the Anbu with purple markings on it. The animal seemed to be a fox. She also wore a white cloak around her shoulders.
"Wow! Cool an Anbu! I mean… huh. Whatever." Said Ryuko.
"Tch. Unbelievable." Narumi stated bluntly.
"You…" She turned that mask to me and though I couldn't see her expression she seemed contemplative.
Then her hand flickered and I was forced to catch the kunai by the bottom ring, millimeters in front of my eyeball. Three more followed and I deflected them perfectly with no wasted movement.
"Can you explain why I am being forced to block kunai from an Anbu Nin?"
"…Fifty percent my ass." She finally said.
The Anbu body flickered in front of me. I was backhanded across the face and a metallic taste filled my mouth. "Oh. Ow. I didn't see that coming." I lied, going with the momentum of the hit to the face and fell to the ground.
She snorted. "You pass."
I let out a relieved sigh, I wouldn't have to do anything else today. She turned and looked at the two others in my team.
"You two. I'm going to give you a test. If both of you together can best Kurokusa here in a sparring match you pass. Understood?"
"Not much of a test." Narumi stated bluntly. That made me slightly bitter. I felt like I didn't want to go easy on them, but I didn't want the other two of my teammates to fail either.
"What do you mean? With me and you together it'll be easy!" Ryuko might wear a nice smile, but she had a bit of a dark side. She liked violence.
"Feels like I drew the short end of the stick." I no longer cared if they failed, in fact I would ensure they wouldn't land a hit on me.
The Anbu's shoulders shook slightly as she stifled a chuckle. "Before we start… you can call me Anzu."
"Yes Anzu-sensei!" The girls my age shouted in unison.
I hate this.
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We stood across from each other in the middle of the field. Anzu the Anbu established some rules. She'd call the match. So there was no forfeits, no surrendering. Biased.
Not that I actually intended to surrender at the start of combat. Not anymore.
They were whispering amongst each other facing the other way, obviously concocting some kind of evil plan against me.
Feels bad.
"Start!"
Oh god. Narumi was fast, she shot forward like a bullet, and I hate Taijutsu. It took all I had to make minimal movements to just barely avoid her onslaught of blows aimed directly at my face.
"Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu!" A burst of flames shot towards us. Narumi dove out if the way and I slithered out of potential danger like the ever elusive and mythical river eel I was.
As soon as the dust settled I was met by another onslaught of face punches, alongside the kunai aimed at my legs from Ryuko.
"What the hell?!" Narumi exclaimed angrily, she was definitely annoyed by the fact that I was dodging every hit and even paying attention to the fact that kunai were just barely missing my legs or that the ones coming st my chest were quickly dodged with a single quick backstep that made her let up her onslaught for even a moment.
Ugh. All this heightened sense from chakra is starting to get exhausting and Uzumakis apparently have a lot of chakra. Which would explain why even after all this she doesn't even look tired.
Time to switch tactics.
"Hoh hoh hoh. You two haven't even made me use one percent of my power yet."
"Shut up. Fifty percent. I don't know who you think you are. Lowering your grades to make yourself seem worse than us?! Arrogant asshole!"
I raised my hands in a shrug. "It's not like that. It's just that nobody pays attention to the person at the bottom."
"I AM JUST ABOVE YOU IN GRADES AND I WANT… nevermind." She went silent, she channeled her anger into her chakra control and she became faster, and faster, and faster… and faster.
Ryuko was just standing off to the side now.
Fortunately for me it took less energy to dodge than it did to punch. So eventually I was able to whittle her chakra down and then karate chopped her on top the head. She had tears in her eyes and looked up at me with anger and defiance in her eyes.
She fell unconscious. I grabbed the back of her orange jumpsuit to let her fall softly to the ground, but I still had Ryuko to deal with. And I don't know if I can deal with her. She had a look in her eye.
"Heh?" She charged in a blur of movement with a Kunai at the ready. "It's my turn to play with Kusa-chan?! Let's play!"
Instant maniacal laughter. I jumped backwards to avoid her. Her killing intent sent a chill down my spine, that wicked monstrous smile. Terrifying. But somehow comforting.
Her Kunai hit with so much force that I hated every hit. There was a weight to her hits that said she wanted to kill. She had that resolve. I guess your big brother killing everyone in your clan will do that to you.
"Come on Kusa-chan. You haven't even tried to hit us yet. How do you think it must feel to be at the top of the class and not even be able to beat the worst person in our year?! What do the numbers even mean then?! What was the point of working so hard!? Ahahahaha! Die!"
I felt bad. It's not my fault. Damn. She was using brute force to force me back and I couldn't dodge. She had more energy and was faster than I was. Something hit my back. A tree? I took a moment to look and she immediately jammed a kunai in my field of view.
"My win." She said bluntly, the previous maniacism was gone in an instant. My teammate was a scary person. But still retained at least some semblance of reason if that was just an act.
"Sorry. I imagined you were somebody else for the last half of that fight." She said with a sigh, she was sweating, and brushed a free lock of hair back behind her ear. Ryuko was definitely beautiful, but she had a dark side.
"And that's that." Anzu said as we made our way back to the field. She was standing by Narumi. I couldn't see underneath that mask so I couldn't tell what she was thinking when she her head tilted slightly when she looked at Ryuko. Then she looked back at me.
"You all pass. Good job fifty percent-kun, yandere-chan and Narumi. You're my first students, and as your sensei. My first mission is for you to get your teammate back to their house and into bed to recover from her chakra exhaustion."
"Now wait just a minute." I started. But she was gone in an instant.
I sighed and turned to Ryuko. "You get the arms and I get the feet?"
"Speaking of feet. Why don't you wear shoes?" She asked and grabbed the arms.
"Because I like not wearing shoes?" I hefted her up.
"Huh. I thought you were some kind of weirdo who just likes feet." She started a conversation I wanted nothing to do with. "Because if you were I was thinking I'd ask you to massage mine for me after training."
Was this some kind of bait?
"First of all. We barely know each other. Second of all. I'm sure you're just trying to get me to admit to something that isn't true." I said with a hmph.
She smirked. "I have no clue what you could mean." She said, nothing else was spoken between us as we made our way to the house Naruto and Narumi lived in.
AN: If you have any queries. Please send them to my lawyer.