Chapter One – Origin Part One
In the midst of a crisis, a small family in the Village Hidden in the Mist struggled through many losses. The secret was out. A young boy had murdered his father after the father had killed the boy's mother. The child's name was Haku.
When Haku was only a year old, his mother took a vacation and left him with his father. She journeyed through parts of the region and came upon the Village Hidden in the Leaves. There, she met a longtime childhood friend from the Uchiha clan. They spent three days and three nights together. As they caught up on news and lost years, they recovered their feelings for each other and eventually conceived an unexpected baby. Haku's mother's visit had come to an end and she had to return to her own village. The signs of pregnancy revealed themselves.
Nine threatening months later, a baby girl with eyes of snowflake white was born. Mother had received a notice that the baby's father was executed for traitorous bonding. The Mist village learned of the wrongly conceived baby and shunned both mother and child for four years. The stepfather eventually snapped for two reasons: his stepdaughter's existence and the fact that his son inherited Kekkei Genkai from his wife (there were conflicts with the Kekkei Genkai bloodlines and people without them because the people feared there would be wars so they hunted these bloodlines down.) He killed Mother.
After killing his father and caring for his half-sister until he was seven years old, Haku abandoned his post as guardian. Eri, the forsaken six-year-old child, was forced to study the art of ninja if she wanted to survive on her own. She would study until she was able to move away from a people who threatened her life. As an extremely advance student, she mastered the teachings of Mist in about two years and set off for the Leaf village at age eight. She later learned her journey was in vain.
Eri made her way to the Village Hidden in the Leaves and found herself forbidden at the gates. The Hokage himself came to confirm this.
"Child," he said. "Surely you have heard the story of your parents?"
Eri claimed to be an orphan and the Hokage told his tale after bringing the timid child to his quarters at the Ninja Academy.
"Now then," he began. "According to reports, your mother came from the Mist village and your father came from here. He was a member of the clan of Uchiha. Both adults came from families who had Kekkei Genkai. I suppose you have both the Kekkei Genkai trait from the Mist village and the Sharingan, Uchiha clan's Kekkei Genkai.
We learned that your parents were friends and childhood sweethearts long before they both became ninja, or at least studied the art. It was forbidden to wed or mate with a member of an opposing village back then, so we punished your father by executing him."
The Hokage paused here to see Eri's expression, for his eyes were closed the entire time. He saw that she was staring at the floor, and her snowflake eyes had turned cerulean blue. Her face was expressionless. He continued.
"We received a report from the Mist village that your mother and stepfather were found dead in their home, their child missing." The Hokage concluded his tale and told Eri of her status in that particular village.
"As far as we know, the other villages do not yet know of your birth. You should be able to register as a member of any village except Mist and Leaf."
Eri was puzzled. She had planned to reside in the Leaf village. Apparently, she thought wrong, and for the first time since her arrival, she spoke with confidence.
"But Lord Hokage, I planned to live here. Why can't I live here?" she pleaded. He looked at her sadly and said, "You were traitorously conceived, remember? Unfortunately, both villages have banned you from their gates until you are twelve years old; old enough to begin ninja academics. If you had not come to exist how you did, I would have allowed you to live here, but as it turned out, we cannot risk another spawn. We expect to see you in a couple of years." He gazed at her for a second, then dismissed her.
Eri nodded and thanked him. She got up to leave, and as she reached the door, she heard the Hokage murmur, "What a pity." Her eyes stayed blue.
She finally noticed two men standing by the doorway, watching and listening the entire time. The taller one had silver spiky hair and wore his Leaf headband over his left eye. The shorter one had brown hair and a scar that trailed the bridge of his nose. They were talking.
"What a shame. Her skills could have been put to good use. I doubt her academics aren't bad either, seeing as she is already a master of Mist technique," the brown-haired one said.
The silver-haired man eyed her. He gazed into her eyes for a moment, and she too had been looking. He smiled sweetly. For a split second, Eri felt her eyes burn from staring into his eyes for what felt like minutes (it was only for a few seconds). She looked away, and stalked out of the room.
Behind her, just as the door was closing, Eri heard the silver-haired man say to the other, "Iruka, I saw it. That young girl is an irismorph, and she possesses the Sharingan."
As soon as Eri was outside of the Leaf village's gates, her eyes turned purple. She was set with determination to train hard to be the best.
And thus began her difficult journey.
