Chapter two: Enter Nuriko, The mysterious Ninja
Isumi looked deep into Naruto's eyes. "Do you want to see?" Isumi asked, smiling and taking Naruto's hand. "Are you ready, Nato-kun?" Naruto nodded, wanting to know more about her. Isumi grab a scroll from her bag and chanted while holding Naruto's hand. Naruto felt dizzy. Is this part of the spell, or am I getting sick off the bread? Naruto collapse and awoke to the smell of trees and loud yelling.
"Why the hell am I the only on cooking!" Naruto heard a girl yell. Naruto looked over from a shrub and saw a young girl. "Just wait, Master. I'll have your head soon!" The girl had the same hair dude as Naruto, 'cept that the back had a small tight ponytail. She looked around, as if she sense Naruto but shook her head and kept cutting logs up. "What're you yelling at, huh?" A familiar voice took over the other girl's scream. Isumi! What…how…she looks so young! Wait that's right. I'm in her memories. She's showing me the days she trains for Kakashi. Isumi walked over to the girl. "You're slow. The wood is barely chopped. The food hasn't even been clean, the fire not build." Isumi scramble to find the axe, when she found it, she cut the wood and made a fire. "Master is going to be here soon. So get the food ready! It's part of our training!" The girl nodded and ran toward the river. A boy sat near Isumi, leaning on the trunk of cut up tree. His wounds seem serious, maybe that's why he was bandage up. "How you doing there, Zuba?" Isumi asked the boy. He glanced up. "Fine, but Master was strict today. Wonder why?" Isumi looked at him. "Most likely it was her fault. She gets this team in trouble of many times." Zuba looked at his right hand. "I can't believe I failed." He said, holding his hand up to show a deep wound. Naruto grunted. "Zuba! Stop it!" Isumi yelled, holding his hand. "Stop it…" Zuba grabbed his hand out from hers. "Fine, I'll stop Isumi." The girl came back from the river. "Um…Isumi san, I have the food washed." Isumi glared at her. "Then cut it! Kakashi is bond to be here soon!" She cut the food, and put it in the pot. Then she scramble to find the matches. Isumi and Zuba sat near the tree, watching her cook. "Kakashi will be happy to see one thing right." It was near midnight, the way the moon was. Kakashi appear, and saw that the one girl who had started to cook was the only one up. "Ah! Good evening, Master! The food is done! Please have some." The girl said, scooping some of the stew in the blow and handing it to him. Kakashi took a sip and smiled. "Well done, little ninja." She smiled and awoken Isumi and Zuba. "Hey guys! Have some!" Isumi looked at Kakashi. "So, Master, did we past?" The girl asked, handing a bowl to Zuba. Kakashi set his bowl down. "No. you've fail. You'll be resigning to another teacher in the fall. I'm sorry." Isumi looked shocked, as well as Zuba. "what do you mean we fail!" Kakashi looked at her. "You fail to see the main reason I was doing this." The one girl looked up, her face showing no emotion. "Teamwork…" She said, "Teamwork to chop the wood, to cut the food and start the fire. Teamwork to help the teammates out if they hold any injuries. Right, Master?" The girl looked up at Kakashi, "That's right." The girl looked down. Isumi and Zuba looked away. "So you've failed. The new instructor will be here in 2 months. So train. That's all I have to say." They she looked down at the ground, painfully and then looked up at Kakashi. "Mas..no Kakashi. Will I ever be able to see you?" Kakashi looked at the girl. Yes. And be sure to become a true ninja, ok?" The girl nodded, then gotten up. "I'll battle with you one day, Kakashi." The memories slowly pushed away from Naruto and he begins to awaken. "Isumi?" Naruto whisper. Isumi was still asleep, whisking away the painful memories. "Isumi?" He called again and she awakens. She rubbed her eyes and looked at Naruto. She could tell he was still puzzle over the girl who seems to have every single feature of her. He stared at the floor for quite sometime when Isumi spoke. "That was my team. Me, Zuba and her." Naruto gave Isumi a puzzled look and then turn to the window. It was still light out, which means the memory wasn't as long as it felt. Isumi gotten up and walked toward the door. "Naruto, I'll be back soon. I've a little errand to run for the Hokage. Don't wait up, ok." Isumi left the house and Naruto gotten up and start to train for the next day.
Next day-
Isumi watch Naruto and Sakura exchange tips for fighting. She notice Sakura was more friendly with Naruto. Isumi jumped from a tree and looked dead straight at Sakura. "What?" Sakura asked, looking at Isumi. "Get away from Nato-kun!" Sakura's eyes narrow. "Why?" She asks. "Why? Cause your poison's to him!" Isumi shouted. Sasuke stepped in front of Sakura. Isumi's eyes narrow. "Step back, Isumi. Its our team." Sasuke said Isumi backed back to her post. Her eyes never left off of Sakura. After the day ended, Naruto walked home with Isumi. "What was that all about?" Naruto asked Isumi. Isumi shook her head. "Nothing. Ok?" Naruto nodded and they went to the house. Naruto stop and looked at the figure, which was again near the door. Isumi looked angry but upset at the same time. "Hey! Who the hell are you!" Isumi ran over to the girl and threw a punch at her. The girl jump, making the punch turn into a hit I the door. Isumi swiped around and the girl landed near Naruto. The girl look just like the girl in Isumi's memories and was the girl Naruto ran into last night! "Why do you cause such destruction, Isumi?" The girls voice said, sounding of a childes voice. Isumi winced and ran toward the girl, a dagger in her hand. The girl moves to the left, her speed very fast, as she jump and tapped Isumi head. Isumi fell to the ground, grabbing her head in pain. "Is that it? That was very exciting…" she said, looking at Isumi. Who or what is she! Naruto asked himself, confused. The girl moved in for her next attack, but Isumi kicked her back. "What the hell! What are you doing here?" The girl licked her hand, which ha dirt and some blood fro an old fight on her hand. "Sad to say, you haven't improve. Even Zuba has improved, so that must mean you are weaker then before, Isumi." She said. 'She reminds me of…Sasuke.' Naruto gotten up and looked at the girl. "You were here last night. Were you looking for Isumi?" The girl looked up, her face somewhat painful but you could hardly read it. "Yes. I heard she left the village in search for Kakashi. But that has gotten you nowhere. Isumi, you've gotten weaker. Kakashi was right. You'll never improve." Isumi moved into attack, but from the lack of chakra, missed her attack but an inch. "Naruto." The girl had spoken. "You've grown. Im proud to see you." She said, smiling. She turns away and starts to run. Naruto grabbed her arm. "Tell me! Tell me who you are!" She turn around, her face show a scar on her right side. "I'm Nuriko. Nuriko Umakazu." Naruto let her arm go. "Like I said, it's been awhile Naruto. I miss you, Onii-chan." Naruto back away. "What? You gotta be kidding…I don't even have a family." The girl shaken her head. "Im the only one who knows, and now, Onii-chan, I shall stay with you. I am your friend." She taps Naruto on the head and a bright light flashes. "Onii-chan, I am for now your guest. The guest of Naruto Umazaki." Naruto collapsed to the ground and Nuriko walks down the path. "I'll see you tomorrow, Naruto-sama."
