This chapter is kinda all over the place. Hopefully it's not too bad!

Sarutobi Asuma was going to murder the entire hospital staff. One day ago his goddaughter had been brought in after being attacked by a group of unknown assailants and the staff had been properly informed. They had set up a schedule to make sure someone with both adequate medical expertise and fighting experience was always with Ayumi and yet somehow she still went missing.

When Asuma and Shikaku had first walked into the hospital they were ecstatic. Ayumi's surgery had ended late the day before but they were assured they could see her today if her condition allowed it.

Walking in and having a horde of medical personnel shout nonsense at them raised a red flag. Having the majority of the medical staff bow deeply as an apology raised more. Asuma was already fearing the worst, his goddaughter hadn't made it through the night, she succumbed to her injuries, her heart finally gave out from the strain. Shikaku had been the one to angrily demand what the commotion was about.

"Shikaku-san, we swear we were doing our best to keep your daughter under a watchful eye but there are so many patients to attend to and we've been short staffed for months.."

"What are you trying to say woman? Spit it out!"

"Your daughter is gone. She's disappeared."

And then all hell broke loose. Shikaku had angrily berated the hospital staff for their lack of security and had nearly thrown arms with a snobby doctor who blamed Ayumi's disappearance on Shikaku's notoriety throughout the elemental nations.

Asuma wasn't much better. He had told Shikaku that while he was off speaking with the hokage about the disappearance, he would find Kakashi and see if they could find a lead. Finding Kakashi had been easy, it was early morning so that meant he was probably at the memorial stone.

As he drew closer to his longtime friend he could see a mix of emotions swirling beneath his mask.

"Kakashi, Shikaku needs us at the hospital. Ayumi's been taken."

That one simple sentence was all it took to get Kakashi's undivided attention before the two elite jounin were off.

"Take Shikamaru somewhere safe!"

"Yes!"

"Don't let your guard down, Choji!"

"Okay!"

"Reinforcements are you okay?! First Captain Asuma."

"Asuma Sensei! He still has a heartbeat! Choji! Take Asuma Sensei to the Hidden Leaf Hospital right now! Ino, you go along with him and use your Medical Ninjutsu to heal him as much as possible! Hurry!"

"I got it!"

"Damn! We'll hold them back."

"Meanwhile, you get Asuma out of here!"

"Asuma Sensei! Ino, Choji! Hurry up and get Asuma out of here! Now! I'm telling you! Stay still until we get back! He's about to die!"

"Choji! Ino! Hurry up!"

"I'll use my Medical Ninjutsu!"

"No, no more, I'm done. Even I know that. You all must realize it, too."

"Shut up! Don't speak!"

"Here And here, too?! They got four vital spots. There's nothing more I can do…"

"Now I think I finally realize why the Third did what he did. I have some last words I'd like to say to Ino, Choji and Shikamaru."

"Sensei, you shouldn't talk anymore-"

"Choji, Ino, these are Asuma Sensei's last words listen carefully."

Ino, Choji and your brother were kneeling next to Asuma's prone form. Asuma was dying. Choji and Ino seemed to believe he could be saved but your brother quickly shot down their hopes. Never had you seen your brother look so devastated, so broken. Asuma was like a brother to Shikamaru, his death would change him in more ways than one.

You couldn't allow Asuma to die, he was your godfather. He loved you and you loved him. Turning away at the heartbreaking revelation of Kurenai's pregnancy you added to your resolve. You would save everyone you loved and kill those that even thought about causing them harm.

Ayumi had been missing for forty-eight hours and Kakashi was about four minutes away from having a nervous breakdown. He, Asuma and the vast majority of chunin and genin had been searching the village for any signs of her abduction but so far had found nothing.

Everyone knew the odds of finding her alive were almost non existent but no one had voiced it. The Nara clan was in total disarray, nobody could believe that the youngest daughter of the clan head could be targeted. Nara Ayumi was a lively little girl who befriended anyone she could, she was spectacularly bright but never used her intelligence to gloat or berate others. She had come to understand Kakashi's emotions, something no one had been able to do since his sensei was alive.

On days she wasn't with Gai she would join him at the memorial stone. No words were ever spoken and she never complained about the long hours he spent there, she would simply sit there with him. Sometimes she would bring small candies and trinkets and other times she would clean the stone thoroughly.

The young girl was an enigma, truly peculiar and yet Kakashi couldn't help the growing love he held for her. She was everything Kakashi had been in his youth, back when it had been just him and his father. She didn't deserve to suffer as he did and yet here he was, instructing his pack to sniff out any new bodies in the early stages of decay in or around Konoha.

As his pack led him out of the village and into the nearby forest his mind wandered to the explosion three days ago. He had gone through countless scenarios in his head of how the events could have been changed or possibly stopped but he reached the same conclusion everytime: they couldn't have been stopped

Whoever was after Nara Ayumi was not going to stop until they had her, that much was made clear by them entering the Nara forest, a forbidden act punishable by execution for anyone outside of the Nara clan. Kakashi could only pray that if the group was willing to go to such lengths for the girl then perhaps they planned to keep her alive. He was brought out of his daze when Pakkun nipped his ear.

"Oi Kakashi, we smell fresh blood about a mile west of here. Get a move on."

Focusing on the task at hand, Kakashi steeled himself for whatever his pack may be leading him to. As they landed in a densely packed section of the forest Kakashi tensed, the smell of blood matched the blood from the Nara forest, a blood confirmed to have belonged to Ayumi-chan. Cutting through the thick shrubbery, Kakashi recoiled at the sight of said little girl. She was naked, her chest was horribly bruised, her wounds infected and she was bleeding from her nose but no outward signs of more sinister deeds were evident.

Kakashi ordered for his pack to retrieve Shikaku, the Hokage and Morino Ibiki before kneeling down and checking for a pulse. Feeling the coldness of her neck against his fingertips made him bite his lip, not feeling a pulse made his eyes water and his throat close up. He kept his fingers pressed against her neck for a bit longer, longer than he had anyone before, hoping that whatever God existed would grant him this one miracle and make him feel a heartbeat.

God must have taken pity on him because not long after wishing for a heart beat, Kakashi felt it. It was very weak and dangerously slow but Ayumi-chan's heart was beating, she was alive.

Shakily releasing a breath and hastily wiping his eyes, Kakashi began to assess the situation. Ayumi-chan was alive, more hurt than before and possibly sexually assaulted, yes, but alive nonetheless. Bull gently leaned against him, giving him as much comfort as he could given the circumstances.

Kakashi knew better than to touch Ayumi-chan, he wasn't a medic so he easily could worsen her situation. Instead he ordered the remaining few of his pack to guard the girl while he went off and punched a few trees only stopping when he felt the familiar chakra signatures of his Hokakge, Shikaku and Ibiki arrive behind him.

Kakashi had found the discovery of Ayumi-chan to be a horrible experience, he hadn't felt such a mix of emotions in a very long time. And yet as he watched Nara Shikaku's eerie blank face crack into a sorrowful expression he couldn't help but feel that perhaps there were worse things to experience. Like, perhaps, the death of a child.

When you woke you were exactly where you assumed you would be, the hospital. You clearly remembered the game of hide and seek, the chase, the explosions and then the aftermath which consisted of your dad and a wolf talking to you.

Scanning your surroundings you were happy to see your entire family sleeping on a couch in the corner, Asuma and Ensui were asleep in plastic chairs and Kakashi was reading his porn by the window. Looking towards the clock perpendicular to your bed, you were barely able to make out the time, 2:13 am.

Attempting to swallow, you choked on the sheer dryness of your mouth and throat, drawing Kakashi's attention towards you. Smiling in embarrassment you hauled yourself into an upright position, wincing when your head began to pound. In an instant Kakashi was by your side and gently asking you to lay back down. You swatted at his pushing hands and croaked about wanting a bit of warm water. He kept pestering you to lay back down but you were resistant, if you laid back down you would surely fall back asleep and you wanted so desperately to be awake, especially after your dream of Asuma.

Seeing as Kakashi wasn't going to be of help you raised your ruined voice to a louder volume, effectively waking up the entire room. Your mother was the first to rush to your bedside and kiss you multiple times on your face, though she was quickly followed by your uncle and brother. Your father stayed behind taking in the scene for a bit before leaving to retrieve a doctor.

"Oh my baby, how are you feeling? Are you in pain? Who took you? Did you see their faces? Could you describe them to a sketch artist? What did they do to you? Did they…"

As your mother continued to voice frantic questions you couldn't help but be thoroughly confused.

Is she sleep deprived? Am I still dreaming? What the hell is she talking about?

Your uncle had shushed your mother, telling her that all of those questions were overwhelming you. Still, everyone was looking at you as if expecting you to answer. So you did.

"...what?"

Before you could question anything else the door opened, revealing the blond beauty that had treated you since you were born. She smiled at you and demanded everyone give you room to breath.

Walking closer to your bed she overlooked the machines and read your chart, holding up a green hand to your abdomen and head before speaking.

"Nara Ayumi, how are you feeling right now?"

"Thirsty."

"I see, there's not much I can do about that right now. Please follow my finger with your eyes."

As you did so you couldn't help but start to wonder why you weren't allowed to drink water. The blonde beauty continued to ask you to do simple tasks like wiggling your toes, counting to fifty, touching your hands behind your back and naming your entire family. Her last request was to recite everything you remembered before going to sleep and so you did.

"The clan heirs and I were playing hide and seek in the dark, Kiba-kun was IT first so we all went into the Nara forest to hide. I was planning on hiding in a sinkhole on the west side of the forest but after a few minutes of running, I realized that I was going in circles. It was a genjutsu. I know to break a genjutsu one has to either flare their chakra or harm themselves, I did both. There was a group waiting for me, I couldn't see their faces or any village symbol on them. They chased me, tried to trap me with ninja wire, that's how I got cut on my arms and legs. Then one of them managed to stab my thigh with a kunai. I was getting away when I heard Papa call for me so I yelled back. Then one of them grabbed me, he choked me and told me that it was my destiny to be with them. Then he..he exploded. The entire forest started exploding so I had to think quickly if I wanted to live. I punched the ground as hard as I could to create a small crater and lay there to not be hit by flames of debris. Umm then Papa was there.. and a dog! The dog could talk, he had an eye patch and looked more like a wolf than a dog. Papa kissed my head before I fell back asleep."

"What else?"

"...nothing else? I woke up to Kakashi-nii reading his porn but that's it."

At your revelation the adults started whispering amongst themselves until your father approached you. His face was hard and held no real emotion aside from indifference. You smiled at him and reached for him regardless of his demeanor but paused when he pushed aside your arms.

"Ayumi, do you recollect anything of your abduction? Yes or no?"

"Abduction? Papa what are you talking about?"

"It's a yes or no question Ayumi. Answer it."

You had never heard your father sound so stern with you, more questions filled your mind but you figured answering him would spurn his anger.

"No papa, I have no recollection of being abducted. But why does that matter I wasn't abdu-"

"Enough with the stupid questions Ayumi! Learn your place and answer my goddamn questions without delay!"

You flinched at your father's outburst and and your family tensed but no one made any effort to defend you. Swallowing around the ball forming in your throat and blinking back tears, you lowered your head and nodded.

"Sorry papa."

Both he and the doctor continued to question you and you diligently answered. This went on for almost half an hour before your father threw open the door to your room, muttered an angry "useless" under his breath and stalked out.

You were utterly confused and hurt by his actions from the last hour, he was curt and rude and rough with you, a complete opposite of his usual self. Your hurt must have shown on your face because your mother was quick to comfort you and explain a bit of the situation.

"He's under a lot of stress right now, sweet pea. He doesn't mean to hurt you."

You could only nod slightly while hastily wiping away the small tears that had escaped your eyes. Forcing yourself to calm down and speak clearly ou turned to the doctor.

"Sensei, did I suffer from a perforated bowel or some other type of traumatic injury to my abdomen?"

The blondes eyes widened before a sly smirk formed on her face.

"What makes you say that?"

"I've asked for water plenty of times and yet no one has made any effort to give me some. Most doctors encourage drinking water after surgery or waking up from a long sleep as a faster way of keeping the patient hydrated. The only reason they wouldn't and actively avoid giving the patient water is if the patient had some sort of traumatic bowel or stomach injury. So I ask you, which do I have?"

The woman smiled and laughed for a full minute before patting your head affectionately.

"Ya know gaki, I don't like kids at all. They're weak and stupid and cry too easily but somehow I think I like you. Yes you suffered a traumatic injury to your bowels, so much so that the majority of your intestines were hanging outside of your body."

At her jolly response you blanked a bit, slowly your hand moved to your abdomen but you felt no pain.

"Oh, that sucks. Is that all?"

Again the busty blonde let out howls of laughter before calming down and poking your forehead.

"Yeah that's it gaki. Are you in any pain right now? Any sort of discomfort?"

"No but I am mighty thirsty."

"I'll have a nurse bring in a pitcher and some cups, you should try to rest some more before getting up or doing anything strenuous. I'll come back around 9. Don't die."

As she walked away, you turn to your family and began to talk to them. They filled you in on the last week, you had apparently gone missing for three days before turning back up. The rest of the time you had spent asleep. Your father was losing days of sleep trying to track down the attackers but so far had found nothing.

Yeah I guess if I was in dad's shoes I'd be stressed out too.

With your new found understanding of your father's sour mood you settled back down and continued to talk.

Three months had passed since you were discharged from the hospital and still your father was curt and emotionless with you. His investigation into who was targeting you had gone nowhere and he let his frustrations out on you. You understood his position, plenty of times Steve would be in that same one. If a lead turned out to be nothing he would curse and lash out at anyone who looked at him twice.

Your days were much the same as they had been before your birthday except now everyone was more attentive towards you. You continued your training with Gai and Lee, growing stronger with every passing day. Genma and Raidō kept you close to them when the three of you would travel the town and Shikamaru and Asuma never let you out of their sight.

Finding time to yourself became almost impossible, you had read those scrolls from your father's office and were itching to try out a few of the jutsus. So here you were, sneaking out of your house at two in the morning. Once you were sure your parents weren't going to wake you dashed to the furthest training grounds from the Nara compound.

Running through various stretches before calling on your chakra you failed to notice two eyes watching you.

So the scroll said you should feel your chakra in its natural state within your body, to modify it and create ninjutsus you have to envision and then manipulate your chakra to mimic whatever nature you're aiming for. There's doton, suiton, katon, raiton, and futon...which do I think is the coolest?

You were keeping your hands glowing blue with your chakra as you tried to settle on one chakra nature to focus on. Settling for raiton, you readied yourself and began to envision the feel of lighting in your hands. Closing your eyes and feeling your chakra begin to change, you tried to remember the exact hand signs for a raiton technique named 'Powerful Breath'. Settling for a simple dragon, tiger, hare you inhaled as deep as you could and raised two fingers to rest right below the stream of lighting you would hopefully be releasing.

Half a second before you released your breath, you felt it. It started in the back of your throat and quickly moved forward until it was flying out of your mouth. You blinked in surprise at the sizable jet stream of water that was now assaulting the shrubbery. You noticed that as you began to tire, the jet would weaken so you willed more of your chakra into the water and began to circular breathe.

Once you felt yourself get a bit lightheaded you abruptly cut off your chakra and the jet ended.

"That wasn't lightning but water's cool too."

Pride flared inside of you as you took in the flooded training grounds, it was absolutely ruined. Your pride quickly turned into fear as you realized how much trouble you would get into for not only ruining a training ground but also sneaking out.

Beginning to think of excuses you failed to notice someone walking up behind you. Tensing, you let instinct take over as you dodged the persons reaching arm and gained the upper hand. You quickly had the person underneath your body, their arms pinned in such a way that you could easily break them should you need to.

"Oi brat! Get the hell off of me, I'm not gonna reprimand you."

Your eyes widened when they took in the form of the Hokage, you were pinning the Hokage beneath you after ruining one of her training grounds. You quickly released the woman and fell to your knees, bowing as deep as you can, making yourself dirty with mud.

"Hokage-sama, I'm so sorry for attacking you. I should have turned around to check who you were before acting so disrespectfully. I'm also extremely sorry for flooding the training ground. Any punishment you wish to give me I will take, just please do not let this sway your opinion of the Nara clan."

"Calm down brat, I should be the one saying sorry. I didn't mean to spook you so badly. C'mon kid lift yourself up, be proud of your ability to take down a grown woman and flood this entire area."

You slowly lifted yourself onto your feet but kept your head bowed, shame colored your face and ears as you took in the ruined scenery. The once firm ground was now mushy and unstable, the brush was soaked and floppy rather than dry and stout and a few trees were to longer upright either. The hokage was scanning the scenery as well, whistling and moving her hands to her hips.

"Nara Ayumi, you really are something else aren't you? Tell me, how did you learn Suiton Mizurappa?"

"I read about it, Hokage-sama."

"Where?"

"An old scroll my father had in his study."

"Shikaku let you inside of his study? That's the first time I've heard of this, he says not even Yoshino is allowed inside."

"..well..not exactly.."

"Oh? Sweet little Ayumi-chan snuck into her father's study and took a scroll without permission? And here I thought you were God's gift to the Nara clan."

Again, shame filled your body. It was true, everyone believed you to be an angel but you really were a snake. You abused your father's trust and were able to manipulate those around you to do your bidding. You were the same person you were back with the Avengers, a snake. You did what you wanted and took out anyone who stood in your way. You had abandoned Tony when the Sokovia Accords went into effect and lied to Steve about saving the world together. You were a liar, it was in your blood.

"Oh my god, I'm kidding! Geez, what happened to the girl I met a few months ago? She was diagnosing herself and sassing me like it was nothing. I'm not upset about the training ground gaki, I'm genuinely impressed."

At that you lifted your head and searched her eyes for any sign of her lying. You found none.

"You're impressed? Why?"

"Kid, you just performed a C-rank jutsu as if it was nothing. I saw you dull the stream of water before abruptly adding massive power to it. How else do you think those trees got fucked up? Tell me, is this your first ninjutsu, or have you been building up to this?"

"It's my first ninjutsu but I've been able to manipulate my chakra since...well since as long as I can remember. Gai sensei and Lee-kun help me incorporate it into my taijutsu."

At that revelation the Hokakge smirked and demanded you follow her. As you left the ruined training ground and entered another you grew confused.

Is she really not gonna ask me to fix that shit? Is she gonna tell dad, oh god please don't tell dad.

Instead of answering any of the questions you asked, the Hokage simply led the two of you to the middle of the new training grounds.

"You've been working on chakra control with your taijutsu? Show me. Let's spare right here, right now. Don't hold back."

Before you could respond, she was flashing in front of you and punching your body with so much force you were sent flying into a tree. Shaking away any dizziness you barely were able to dodge the next series of punches, squatting down and sweeping your leg out in an attempt to trip her. She jumped away and began to taunt you though you weren't really bothered by it. It wasn't until she started mocking your family and friends that you charged at her not as Nara Ayumi but as the Black Widow.

An hour and a half later, you were barely able to stay on your feet. You now understood why the Hokage was feared by many, she was brutal. Once you had come at her with real intent to hurt, she too had changed her stance and fought you with the intent to subdue you. It was comically unfair, everytime you would land a nasty punch or kick she would instantly heal. In the end you had lost simply because you had no way of healing yourself. Your body naturally slowed with the growing number of injuries and your chakra reserves were nowhere near as vast as a Senju's.

"You're extremely skilled, you fight like it's second nature. Your body follows through with any motion you will it to make. You fight at a chunin level and yet you haven't even started the academy. Your taijutsu is lightyears ahead of my apprentice's and she's thirteen years older than you."

"Thank you Hokage-sama."

"I don't believe for one second that you're simply a prodigy. Your fighting style is too distinct, a perfect mix of Konoha standard, Maito Gai's and some third style I've never seen before. So tell me, how is that possible?"

You didn't allow your shock to show, you were trained better than that. Instead you cocked an eyebrow and tilted your head to one side. You asked her to elaborate but instead the Hokage simply pressed further, going so far as to rat you out to your family if you didn't answer her truthfully.

"Alright, alright. I came up with my fighting style, I did that all by myself. I've been watching team eight train for a while so I tried reconstructing their moves into something I felt was more original and suited towards my style of fighting. The Nara clan utilizes a taijutsu that focuses on quick arm movements and strong legs but as you can see, my legs aren't strong enough to handle that yet, that's why I created my own style. I also was hoping to get really good at fighting with it so I could show papa and mama that I CAN become strong. I can practice politics and be a strong, independent woman. I can bring honor to my clan with my shinobi skills, not just as a genius."

You weren't totally lying, you simply were leaving out a few key pieces to the truth. For a long while neither of you spoke, Tsunade was eyeing your microexpressions, looking for any tell of your lie. When she obviously found none she signed and pat your head.

"You shouldn't be worrying over bringing your clan honor, you should be having fun as a kid. I like you Ayumi-chan and from what I've seen today, you have spectacular control over your chakra. You could become a wicked medic if you wanted to."

"I could? I thought you had to have massive reserves to become a doctor?"

"Not necessarily kiddo, you just have to have excellent technique and control. You already have the control, now you would just need the technique. I'm willing to take you in as my second apprentice, if that's something you're interested in."

Oh wait a minute here. If I become an apprentice to the strongest ninja in the village then the clan will be ecstatic right? Plus I can probably sneak into some archives and get more high ranking ninjutsu scrolls..maybe a space-time ninjutsu. Alright I'm in.

You searched her eyes from lies but found none. Smiling widely you agreed and shook hands with the beauty. She assured you that everything that had happened tonight would stay between the two of you and then escorted you back home.

Once you were back inside the house you quickly locked yourself in the bathroom and showered away all of the dirt and grime from your night out. Once finished, you made your way into your room and crept under the covers. You fell asleep almost instantly.

The months following your new apprenticeship were the best you had ever lived. Everyday you would meet with Tsunade and everyday she would beat a new medic technique into you. Starting with keeping a fish alive once it was out of water, you quickly realized just what she meant when she said your control was superb. Any exercise she gave you, you would practice diligently and master by the end of the day.

Tsunade's other apprentice, Haruno Sakura, was less than pleased to be shown up by a toddler. Your success fueled her motivation to be better but you also got the impression that she did not like you. Regardless, you were happy.

Your family had reacted differently to your news. Your mother had chewed her lip and held her hands nervously, your brother had lifted you from your spot and spun you around, your uncle had shouted with glee and taken you to eat a celebratory ice cream and your father had simply stalked out of the house. Your father's reaction hurt, ever since your birthday he had been cold with you, preferring to spend time playing shogi with Shikamaru than teaching you. Word had spread to the clan elders and they sent you letters of their joy.

With the start of your new apprenticeship you saw Genma and Raidō less, though they always made sure to bring you back a souvenir every time they went out on missions. You also stopped accompanying your brother and his friends to their training with Asuma, they always made sure you knew how much they missed you.

Aside from your father's coldness the months leading up to your third birthday were some of the best you have ever experienced, both here and back in your old life.

"Alright Ayumi-chan, its tradition that I sit you down and play a game of shogi with you. Shikaku had Shikamaru playing by the time he was three so he should at least already be teaching you the basics right?"

You and Asuma were on your patio, he was in charge of babysitting you while the rest of your family was out. When he had said the two of you were going to "do something fun" you had assumed he meant sparring or building a fort. Instead he dragged you outside, into the chilly fall air and sat you down in front of your father's shogi board.

Your eyes widened at the implication Asuma was making. You couldn't play on this board, this was your father's favorite shogi board. He only used it with Shikamaru and Ensui. Besides, you hadn't the slightest clue as to how to play.

"Asuma-nii, we can't play on this board, this is father's special board he uses to play with aniki and Ensui ojisan. Besides I don't even know how to play. Can't we just build a fort instead?"

Asuma's eyes widened for a split second before he covered his surprise. It was quiet between the two of you for a while, your eyes stayed unwavering on his until he finally let out a deep sigh and scratched his beard.

"Are you sure your father hasn't taught you shogi? I would have thought that given your intelligence and capabilities you would already be a pro."

"No, he's never mentioned shogi to me, I would have remembered."

"Well then, I guess it's your godfather's time to shine. I'm not the best shogi player but I play your brother often enough to know a thing or two. Now pay close attention, these nine pieces are your pawns.."

And with that your godfather spent hours teaching you the basics of shogi. It was boring as shit but you were apparently really great at it, beating Asuma on your second try.

You knew how important shogi was to your father, how he took great pride in seeing his son play his favorite game. It hurt to know that he hadn't taught you something he had taught Shikamaru at your age. It made you start to wonder if at some point he would stop being involved in your life completely.

Not wanting your sour mood to show you quickly focused on the game of shogi and made small talk with your godfather.

Once you were three years old a lot changed. Choji and Ino became seasoned chunin so the genin team worked less hours together. Ino had actually taken an apprenticeship under Shizune-san while her best friend Sakura, had an apprenticeship under Tsunade-sama alongside you.

Speaking of Hokage-sama, you had basically become her second adopted daughter after she took you on as her apprentice. She quickly found that she could get away with doing little to no paperwork if she was with you so she spent a large majority of her days "monitoring your progress". The two of you would go out to eat together and you even helped her with her gambling. She had grown on you and you on her.

The more in tune with your chakra you became, the more you began to wonder about your situation.

How did I end up here? Did the soul stone just spit me out in a new plane of existence? If that's true then shouldn't there be another person here, Gamora?

Your ability to henge was superb, meaning you had unlimited access to the high ranking sections of the library. The more you read the more you wondered, could you somehow use space-time ninjutsu to travel back to your old life, your life back with the Avengers. It was something you definitely wanted to try so during the very limited free time you had, you spent reading and taking notes.

Waking up had been difficult, you were raw with emotion and weren't sure if you could face your father during breakfast. Regardless of what you were feeling you still had to show up to the Hokage's office in an hour for more training so you quickly changed into some plain leggings and blank, black shirt before going into the restroom and fixing up your appearance. You literally sat on top of the toilet seat for twenty minutes just trying to kill time so you could rush out of the house without confronting your father.

Grabbing your small backpack you stepped down the stairs lightly, you could hear some jolly chatter coming from the dinner table. Your father was asking your brother about his recent mission and even recounting some funny stories from his time as an active chunin. At your father's happy tone you felt your heart break, you were the reason he would get upset. The problem was you.

Swallowing your emotions, you quickly made your way downstairs and into your father's view. You kept your head down and didn't spare a glance at your family. Your mother was the one to speak to you first.

"Ah how nice of you to finally join us, sweet pea. Come here, I'll make you a plate before you go. It's been such a long time since we were all together for breakfast."

"I'm already late, shishou will be angry if I take longer. I won't be home until late tonight. Bye."

Hastily strapping on your sandals you ignored your brother's shouts for you to wait and left the house. Your stomach was growling loudly but you wouldn't dare set foot back in that house until you were certain you wouldn't have to see your father. You had a long history of dealing with feelings of rejection and hate but somehow having your father feel that way about you hurt you more than anytime before.

So caught up in your feelings you failed to notice the townspeople murmuring and pointing at you. You ducked into a fruit stall and picked up a bag of grapes. Just as you were about to pay, someone "accidentally" poured their drink all over you.

"Oh my I'm so sor- oh it's the Nara prodigy. Well in that case I take back my apology, that's for the massacre you're bound to do. Hokage-sama really ought to just kill you now before any more atrocities occur."

Excuse me?

"I'm sorry, did you just say I'm going to massacre my clan?"

"DID YOU HEAR THAT? EVERYONE, THE NARA PRODIGY JUST SAID SHE"S GOING MASSACRE THE ENTIRE NARA CLAN!"

"What? No! I would never do such a thing!"

No matter how much you tried to persuade the growing group of townsfolk that you weren't a crazy killer they wouldn't listen. More and more people began to criticise and claim false narratives about you until they eventually began getting a bit violent. They claimed that if they simply killed you now then Konoha would avoid another atrocity like the Uchiha.

You managed to duck out of the growing mob and dash to the hokage tower without a scratch but you were still immensely shaken.

Why do they think I wanna hurt my clan? What the fuck is going on?

Sparring a quick glance at a nearby clock mounted on a wall, your eyes widened at the fact that you were thirteen minutes late. Deciding to worry about your reputation later, you sprinted the entire way to your shishou's office.

Well..how was that? Next update should come around the next 4-5 days!