Hello! Welcome to the story I hope so much that readers will stay tuned for all the plot twists! *DISCLAIMER* I don't own Naruto or any of the original characters or the story this all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, I only own my own my own character. Rating will be dealt with depending on later chapters, as they are between 12-13 for the first part of Naruto.
Chapter 1: A Night in History, Forever changed Two Poor Souls
Deep in the night, a strange sensation woke Masumi from her sleep. The 8 year old had never sensed a chakra with such anguish. Masumi dabbles in the field of sensor type ninja, something she had learned from her travels among other things before settling down in the Leaf Village to attend the academy. "1am… I've only been asleep for an hour.." She yawns but she could sense how the level of his guilt grew as he went on doing his deeds. She knew whoever it was their chakra is intoxicating, very much so she got out of bed still in her pajamas and followed whoever's it was.
She came across the Uchiha clan's side of the village which was a few blocks away from the apartment complex she lived in. Her eyes widened when she came across some of the members of the clan on the floor from whom she sensed no life…
"They must've been dead for a few hours by now…" She whispered to herself when the chakra she's following pinged in her mind once more.
She snuck around to see if she could find the assailant and hopefully Sasuke, who she grew up with and her dearest friend. She hoped that his family is okay being that they are like her 2nd family. She slowly made her way in the shadows when she felt Sasuke's chakra, She knew it all too well since they had been playmates since they can remember. The other chakra was familiar to her as well, she knew it was someone she knows but with the overwhelming amount of emotions this person had, she could not put her finger on it.
Albeit, Masumi wasn't as good at being a sensor ninja yet. She still had to put in much more work in order to ping a person and put a name to it straight away. Her mind was conflicted, How can she catch the assailant and keep Sasuke from seeing the horror that has befallen his clan. No, she thought to herself, I'd rather keep Sasuke safe from all this though he would probably be mad that I didn't find out who did this. Her thoughts were interrupted when she saw Sasuke. It was too late, he had already stumbled upon the bodies and she could feel the horror invading his body.
She felt the assailant moving straight behind Sasuke as if he hoped he would stumble upon something, what that something was, she did not know. Masumi had one way of finding out, though her studies while traveling with Tsunade, she was training in the art of medical-nin but that didn't stop her from meeting people who had their own talents and were eager to have a student. She knew her only way was to use Hiding with Camouflage Technique, a jutsu she dabbled with in order to catch Tsunade on her gambling sprees.
She did so and trailed behind Sasuke in order to help him if something were to go wrong, Saving him would be so daring while she felt that this chakra is terrifyingly strong. She had to be careful as she's not used to using this technique. That's when she saw Sasuke come across the dead bodies of his parents and his terrified screams made her shut her eyes and try to tune out his yelling, she didn't want to break down herself and make any noise.
That's when her eyes grew wide as she saw who was behind all this, Itachi! How dare him, I never knew he could be some type of monster that you would kill all these people that ARE his family! She yelled in her thoughts, then she remembered Itachi has a Sharingan. He'd be able to easily see through the technique she is using to hide. She felt as if he already knew she was there but felt as if time is of the essence to him and he had to finish what he started before bolting out of there. He had done something to Sasuke that made him yell in terror so many times and at the last minute he ran out into the street where many more Uchiha lied dead on the ground. She still was widely alert and she noticed Itachi look to her with his Sharingan still active, tears in his eyes but he seemed to be giving her mixed signals. She was horrified, she didn't know if he meant to throw her a glance telling her to keep her mouth shut or she'd be next or to pretend she knew nothing. Either way she knew that she couldn't abandon Sasuke for morning to come until someone could take him to the hospital.
No her idea was different, Itachi only looked at her for a second before he disappeared out of there, she quickly ran to her her apartment and took ink and a paper in order to write said message. Uchiha clan slaughtered, a boy unconscious near the entrance, send help NOW!
Bow and arrow was her main weapon, but she didn't want anyone to know she was the one who sent the letter so she ran as fast as she could to the near by training ground where she knew Sasuke would often leave arrows on the trees, a bow she could easily make herself using a nature unique to her, crystal release. That's what the riser of her bow was made up while the rest of the bow parts are made of her own chakra.
She ran towards the Hokage's residence near the academy and Hokage Rock. There she found a safe place in the shadows and attached the letter to the arrow, she nocked the arrow and released it. Luckily the arrow made a loud sound as it accidentally hit a vase near the window breaking it, she hid and watched to see if anyone would pick up her message. To her luck, the Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi startled went to pick up the arrow and she could see from the corner of the window where he read the letter. She once again used the Hiding with Camouflage as Sarutobi looked panicked out of the window, he was sure no one was looking, or so he thought, and closed the window. Within minutes she spots ANBU sneaking into the building in the darkness. She felt reassured that Sasuke will be in a safe place, she then runs back to her house.
Once there, she dives into bed, knowing how close she is to the Uchiha's, She knew someone will be instructed to come check on her. She was right, she feigns to sleep while the person sent to her checks all over her room for a while. Do they think he'd be hiding in here? Or do they know it was me who shot that arrow… I should've used a kunai instead… everyone knows my main weapon is a bow… I should have thought it through some more but… I couldn't just leave Sasuke out there lying on the street…
"Its safe in here, the girl is alive and sleeping." A female ANBU says. "It's already 4am and she's an early riser, but still I want you to watch over her building until morning and stay behind her until we know she's in a safe location… Knowing her she's going to go straight to the hospital as soon as she learns of this." She hears the Hokage's command to the ninja. "Yes sir." While laying in bed and hearing of Sasuke is safe in the hospital, her mind is now at ease and she could feel the overwhelming weight on her eyes wanting to shut. She acted on adrenaline the whole night, now she felt herself falling into a comforting slumber.
This is my first story, I came up with this years ago but never have quite been able to write it out since I was waiting for the end of Naruto and the beginning of Boruto to see if My story could possibly hold up with how the future of the Naruto universe would be when a new generation came to be that is. The story does follow the original manga but I already told myself that I better try my hardest to make it into an actual twist from the original so it wouldn't be one of those boring kind where people just inject themselves into it and are pretty much just retelling the story. I hope to get some readers and I'll accept any type of criticism as I feel it could make the story something that people will look forward to read. By now I don't think I have to write so many explanations to the things that are already explained if you've seen Naruto or Naruto Shipudden before. But for the sake of my own character there are things that I will have to add that I will explain but not right away as I want to make this as intriguing and a good read that lead to unexpected twists. Thanks for reading!
In addition! Guren from the anime and not the manga, gave me the inspiration to take over her Crystal release and I will also note that Sakura will not be part of the story as Masumi has completely replaced her.
