AN: And everything goes to shit!
Shikaku's youngest ran out of the Hokage's office with speed Kakashi hadn't known she possessed. In her arms was his gift from Naruto, the first copy of the newest Icha Icha book. Kakashi's heart broke at the sight, he would have to wait until this meeting was over to read the book.
Taking in Kakashi's mournful face and the three faces of shock Tsunade placed her hands on her hips and smiled. Immediately all four shinobi burst into shouts.
"Hey baa-chan! How could you just give away Kakashi-sensei's gift like that?"
"Shishou, that material is not suitable for a child!"
"Yah hime, I would have made another copy if you had told me she was such a big fan."
"Hokage-sama please say what you need to say so I can go track down the kid and get my book back."
Hearing something she liked, the woman hokage simply sat down and clapped her hands once to cease the commotion. She smiled wider as she explained the new plan.
"Well, I was going to have Naruto and Sakura team up against you Kakashi but I've changed my mind. As we speak, Nara Ayumi is running across the village to show her father the gift Kakashi-san has given her. You three must do everything in your power to stop her. You can use ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu so long as you don't cause her too much bodily harm. You may also enlist the help of any shinobi or shinobi teams within the village to aid you in her capture. Should you fail to capture her, Naruto and Sakura, you two will be made academy students again. Kakashi, you will be made an academy instructor and also will have to deal with the Shikaku's wrath at gifting his daughter such filth. Understood?"
Team 7 stood frozen in their spots, Naruto and Sakura baffled at the thought of being demoted to academy student. Kakashi was frozen in fear. Not only was his freedom as a jounin on the line but he could be faced with an angry Shikaku. There weren't many people who could truly scare Kakashi but Nara Shikaku and Ensui were two of them. Jiraiya couldn't help but feel pity for the young girl, she stood no chance against three determined shinobi, much less if one of them was Kakashi.
With the three shinobi scared straight they gave their confirmation and body flickered to the roof.
"Kakashi-sensei do you think Baa-chan meant what she said? Would she really take you off the jounin rosters and make you an academy teacher?"
Naruto and Sakura were giving each other worried stares, their sensei hadn't said anything since asking for his book and now looked ready to kill someone.
"It doesn't matter if she meant it or not. If Ayumi-chan manages to give her father that book then I'm as good as dead. For that reason we cannot fail. As your commanding officer I'm ordering you to take this very seriously, if we see any other shinobi then we tell them that they must help us on Hokage's orders. Understood?"
At the solid 'understood' from both teens team 7 set out to track and capture Nara Ayumi.
Deciding to take the crowded streets of Konoha rather than the rooftops or alleyways, you ran as fast as your legs allowed you to. You could sense Jiraiya's chakra following you from a distance and slowed for a bit. In order to escape at least two chunin level and one jounin level shinobi you were going to have to be smart.
Hatake Kakashi, known throughout the elemental nations as Kakashi of the Sharingan, Hurano Sakura, Tsunade's cherished apprentice and Uzumaki Naruto, apprentice to Jiraiya and the nine tails jinchuriki...how the fuck am I gonna win this thing?
You didn't have much time to think of a plan because suddenly three chakra signatures were closing in on you, muttering curses you took off again. A feeling of nostalgia hit you like a truck at the feeling of being pursued, the last time you had felt such an adrenaline rush had been back in Budapest with Barton.
You were brought off your daydream by three shuriken almost catching your arm. Kakashi-sensei dropped down in front of you, Sakura-san to your left and Naruto-san to your right. To bystanders it seemed like a standard shinobi made arrest, but the few shinobi there looked on with genuine curiosity.
"Ayumi-chan, by order of the Hokage we cannot let you deliver that package. Please hand it over now or prepare to take on team 7."
If your heart wasn't about to beat out of your chest then you would have been rolling on the floor in laughter, leave it to Kakashi to be this serious about a stupid book. Just as you were running out of ideas another familiar chakra signature came within range. They were headed straight for you, all you had to do was wait for the perfect time. As Kakashi-sensei lunged for you a booming voice cried out.
"My eternal rival! How beautiful it is to see you out bonding with your genin team! Oh is that Ayumi-chan, my dearest little flower, how have you been?!"
Gai-sensei was running towards you all at scary speeds and you used Kakashi-sensei's innate flight or fight response to Gai to make your get away.
Oh fuck yeah. Thank you Gai, for having impeccable timing. Tiger, Boar, Ox, Dog, Snake.
When you opened your eyes you no longer were in the middle of a shinobi bukake but on Gai-sensei's wide back. The sound of a flak jacket hitting the ground had you blinking away your surprise you whispered a simple 'Thank you' to Gai and booked it in the direction of the Akimichi restaurant.
You weren't able to make it more than 2 miles before 7 chakra signatures were closing in rapidly. Your heart was beating erratically and your lungs burned but you kept your pace at a steady sprint, your chakra was flowing directly into your legs, heart and lungs. Thinking of multiple ways to escape the 7 shinobi you didn't notice when you ran into someone.
"Hey! Watch where you- oh. Shikamaru, your kid sister is here."
Looking up you were met with turquoise eyes and sandy hair. Behind her stood your brother and his whole genin team. The three chunin were giving you quizzical looks while Asuma's gaze held something akin to mirth. Standing you immediately made clear to Temari that you were sorry and bowed deeply, completely ignoring the other four shinobi. Just as you were about to leave your brother snatched your right arm and gave you a hard glare.
"Oi, what's gotten into you? You don't even stop to say hello to Ino or Choji or Asuma. Parent's haven't raised you to be a disrespectful brat, so stop and say hello."
You had never heard your brother sound so angry before, he didn't raise his voice above a whisper but it still was laced with venom. You pulled your arm roughly in an attempt to make him let go but his grip only tightened. Deciding to play the role of a helpless child you let out a low whine of pain, it wasn't hard to be tricked- your brother's vice grip on you would definitely leave a nasty bruise. Before you could continue your charade Ino spoke up.
"Seven shinobi are heading this way, it feels like team 3 and team 7 along with Kakashi-sensei's pack. They're approaching quickly, like they're tracking someone...Ayumi-chan do you know what's going on?"
Your body tensed at the mention of Kakashi's pack. You could not believe he had gone to such measures to capture you. You struggled again, this time harder. If you did not move now then you would fail your first mission. Your brother took your increased struggle as a sign of guilt and- using force one should never use on a child- yanked your arm closer to his body.
A muffled pop came from your shoulder, the chakra flowing through your body drowned out a majority of the sound but you still felt it. A dislocated shoulder caused by your older brother hurt more than any dislocated shoulder you had received before. Immediately, healing chakra rushed to your shoulder and began to mend as much of the tissue it could but it couldn't heal it completely. You would need to pop your shoulder back into its socket before you could regain full use of your arm. You wanted to cry in pain and betrayal, you wanted to smack your brother until he understood your hurt but at the moment a pack of dogs could be heard coming up the street.
Not wasting another second chakra strings flew from your left fore and middle finger and attached themselves onto one of Shikamaru's kunais and one of Asuma's chakra blades. You performed the same maneuver you had with Jiraiya and produced the same result. Half a second later you were sprinting through fruit stalls and ducking underneith supply wagons.
Maybe it was the adrenaline, or maybe chakra really was all that great but you couldn't feel pain coming from your shoulder. You were vaguely aware that 5 more chakra signatures had joined the chase, presumably team 10 plus Temari, and pushed yourself harder.
Behind you chakra was flaring, multiple weapons had nicked your body, the ground seemed to be crumbling beneath you, you saw Naruto everywhere and multiple gusts of wind almost toppled you but still you ran.
Your chakra was draining quickly, mostly used to keep any asthma and heart attack at bay. You turned down what you believed was an alleyway which cut through the last block of the village. If you could just make it through here then you were home free. As you neared the end of the alleyway, it became clear that you had been wrong in your sense of direction. There was no opening where the alley ended, only large dumpsters and a disgusting, tall concrete wall- much too tall for you to climb over in time.
Growling echoed in the narrow alleyway and you pressed your back flat against the wall. Team 7 along with team 10 stood in front of you, team 3 taking both roof of the buildings on either side of you. Really it was a pitiful sight.
You inhaled deeply and felt your chakra funnel into your throat, dead ahead of you were team 7 and team 10. The alley was narrow enough to make your suiton: Mizurappa effective. Having had years of practice, you no longer needed hand seals to transform your chakra into water.
Just as the group of shinobi were about to pounce, you shifted your stance and brought your free hand up to your chin. Not saying a word, you inhaled and then a massive wave of water was leaving you and catching the teams by surprise. You kept your input of chakra at a consistent high rate, resulting in the mizurappa being massive and borderline deadly.
One finished you were exhausted, your right arm hung at your side, if you really needed to use it then you would but it could lead to nerve damage. Your left arm hugged the book to your chest. Just as you were about to yield a delicious smell wafted up your nostrils. It was strong and coming from just over the wall, your destination was closer than you had originally thought!
Still the problem of somehow getting over the wall before all 12 shinobi could catch you had no solution, until you heard a soft meow. Looking down to your right was a small brown cat with a red bow on its ear.
Tora you goddamn angel, if you're here then that means someone has to be looking for you.
Sure enough the scolding voice of Ebisu-sensei could be heard just on the other side of the wall. Relief filled your body as you listened to Konohamaru scale the wall and peer down onto the scene. Flicking through the hand seals using one hand was much easier than you had believed it to be because one moment you were in the disgusting alley and the next you were atop the wall, Konohamaru in your previous spot.
You smiled at your small victory but hadn't accounted for one of Kakashi-sensei's dogs to jump at you, almost biting your face. You threw yourself back to avoid the bite but couldn't reach the wall after to slow your fall. Shouts and figures moving held your focus for about half a second before instinct took over. Plummeting headfirst into the ground sounded like a really bad idea so you threw your arms out in hopes of softening the blow to your head.
When you landed your weight had shifted mostly towards your right side, both your dislocated arm and right side of your head gave a loud crunch. Pain flooded your system but the restaurant was just across the street, you could make it if you ran. Ignoring the liquid rolling down your temple and refusing to look at your right arm you dashed towards the restaurant doors, the book still firmly held in your left hand. You couldn't hear anything but you could feel the ground and air vibrating with chakra, your hunters were closer than before.
Sticking the spine of the book in your mouth you held your left arm out, ready to push open the doors when Kakashi of the Sharingan body flickered in front of you. In that moment you did the only thing you could think of- pulling your arm back and fisting your hand, you willed as much of your chakra as you could into your fist. Throwing the punch with as much force as you could you waited until the last moment before making contact to release all of the accumulated chakra. Tsunade had helped you perfect your release of chakra and you were a master at it.
This resulted in Kakashi of the Sharingan flying through the wooden door, only to become embedded in the back wall of the restaurant. Your body worked on autopilot and scoured the customers for your father and uncles. Once found you willed your left hand up to your mouth and grasped the book in your wavering hold. Your legs wobbled as you made your way towards your father, not noticing the shared looks of worry he and his friends were wearing.
Standing directly in front of him you relayed your message to him. Immediately he wrapped you in his arms and cuddled you. Taking this moment to bask in your father's warmth you failed to notice Tsunade calling out to you. How long had it been since your father had held you, since he acknowledged you? Your father nudging you was what brought you out of your daze. Tsunade was kneeling before you, looking at you with a mix of concern and pride.
"Shishou! I did it, oh you should have seen the size of the mizurappa I managed to make without hand seals! Oh shit, Kakashi-nii is probably going to need to go to the hospital. Also can you pop my shoulder back into its socket, I can take care of the rest."
Your father's arms tightened around your body at your words, Tsunade's eyebrows shot up before she was bent over laughing loudly. Maneuvering your body to lay against your father's chest, she rotated your shoulder until you assured her that it was in the right position. The pop echoed within the now quiet restaurant and you sighed deeply before your chakra was rushing into your now sore shoulder. You brought a glowing green hand to your head and hummed in joy when you didn't have brain damage.
You were brought out of your daze when you heard Kakashi groan and begin to move. Standing up quickly, you rushed towards your eccentric uncle and began running a diagnostic jutsu. Repairing his multiple broken ribs and ridding his lungs of water you deemed him healthy enough to not need a hospital, telling him to keep his activity light for the next few days.
Your shishou patted you on your back and guided you back to the group.
"Alright, alright now listen up! This entire chase was a test for both team 7 and Ayumi-chan, neither party should be held responsible for any damages caused during the test. Akimichi-san, rest assured I will personally pay for the damages to your restaurant. Team 7 and Ayumi-chan, your test is not over yet. In two hours, a 2v1 spar with commence between Sakura and Naruto and Ayumi at training ground 13. Everyone in the village is invited to watch the fruit of their years of training in this spar."
Turning to you, she hugged you tightly and wished you good luck before walking out of the restaurant. You were practically vibrating with excitement at the idea of a public spare, finally you would be able to show off the work you and Danzo-sensei and shishou had done.
Catching your father's furrowed eyebrows and calculated gaze, your mood plummeted. Just a second ago he was cuddling you and now he looked like he did the rest of the time, emotionless. What had changed? Why had he changed so drastically with you?
Swallowing thickly, you timidly shuffled closer to him. Keeping your head bowed and your hands clasped together in front of you, you spoke to him in a polite small voice.
"Father, will you come see my spar?"
It was quiet as you waited with bated breath for his answer.
"Yes."
Your head flew up and you looked at your father with genuine surprise. He had stopped putting effort into your training a long while ago, this would be the first time he would witness your progress. You smiled widely and nodded, giddy with excitement.
Turning around you flung yourself at Gai, who caught you and profusely apologized for assuming you were a criminal. You laughed and told him that you would only forgive him if he bought you lunch. Spinning you around and crying tears of joy, Gai all but flew out of the restaurant with you in his arms, his now chunin team were quick to follow.
Two hours later, you were tying the last few bandages onto your thigh and making sure you were fully stretched for your upcoming spar. The surrounding area of training ground 13 was filled to the brim with shinobi. Your father was standing with his two best friends, Asuma, Gai, Genma and Raidō were sitting on a thick tree branch overlooking the entire training grounds. Teams 3, 7,8 and 10 along with Temari were sitting around waiting for it all to start.
Kakashi was on the other side of the training ground with his two students, probably reminding them of the three basic skills of a shinobi. You kept stealing glances of your father, he was currently laughing with his two friends, you wished he would give you some sort of advice or good luck but still, the fact that he was here made you happy.
What you did not expect was for Ensui to shunshin in front of you. You jumped and let out a pathetic shriek before being engulfed in a bone crushing hug.
"Oh Ayumi-chan, I knew this day would come! Look at you, about to face off against shinobi thirteen years older than you. Listen here, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose. What matters is that you have fun, regardless of the outcome I'll always be proud of you."
Your eyesight blurred as tears threatened to spill over onto your cheeks. When was the last time someone had said they were proud of you? You nodded your head and blushed when you felt the tears run down your face. Your uncle simply wiped them away and hugged you tightly. You held onto him and cried a bit into his chest before speaking in a small voice.
"What happened ojisan? Why doesn't he love me anymore?"
"He does love you sweetheart, I promise you he does. He's honestly just being very stupid and has been for a long while. You've done absolutely nothing wrong."
You cried a bit more and relished the feeling of being held by your uncle before forcing yourself to calm down. Tsunade was already on the scene with Jiraiya though she seemed to have known you needed a minute to calm down so she continued to converse with her friend. Hastily wiping your eyes and nose on your uncles shirt and giggling when he made fake gagging noises, you smiled at your uncle.
His face hadn't aged at all since your first meeting. His eyes were lined with thick green eyeliner that made his glares deadly and yet he had only ever looked at you with love.
"Thank you ojisan, for loving me."
"I'm your ojisan, Ayumi-chan. It's my job to love and spoil you any chance I get. Now kick some chunin ass for me."
He kissed you on your forehead before casually making his way closer to Kakashi, delivering a subtle smack to his ass before joining Asuma and Gai. You blushed at his bold actions towards Kakashi-nii but figured they both needed an effective way to relieve stress. You caught your shishou's gaze and nodded towards her, you were ready to prove yourself.
Tsunade moved towards the middle of the training ground and gestured for both parties to do the same.
"Alright listen up, Nara Ayumi will be facing off against Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto. The purpose of this match is to gage the progress of their training. Naruto trained under Jiraiya for four years while Sakura and Ayumi trained under me for four and two years respectively. Winner will be determined by either knock out or tapping out. All ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu are fair game. Ready? Begin!"
And with that you jumped back, away from Sakura's fists and performed the mizurappa, effectively throwing your opponents back. You had a very clear picture of how Sakura would fight, she would imitate Tsunade as best as she could. Having already fought your shishou on multiple occasions, you found yourself at ease with Sakura.
Naruto was a bit more complicated. While you had seen plenty of his future fights and moves you hadn't seen him fight in person. You could make out the general pattern to his sloppy fighting style but he really seemed like a loose cannon.
As Sakura kept trying to hit you with her taijutsu, Naruto was busy making shadow clones and rasengans. You made sure to keep him in your field of vision, countering Sakura's taijutsu with your own.
Noticing Naruto approaching quickly with a rasengan, you narrowly dodged a kick from Sakura and made sure to grab a hold onto her leg. Swinging her towards Naruto, forcing him to either dissipate the jutsu or hit Sakura with it.
You continued to demonstrate your prowess in taijutsu, dodging and delivering punches and kicks until you looked back. Your father was talking to some other shinobi, not watching you. Your heart hurt at the thought that he found your match boring so you decided to demonstrate your ninjutsu.
Using ninja wire to pin Naruto to a tree, you lured Sakura into the far end of the training ground, right under a thick branch. Just as she was pulling her hand back to deliver a punch you jumped into the air and formed the snake hand seal.
Lightning spewed from your mouth in the shape of a spear, forcing Sakura to dodge mid punch. Ration: Gian, was a highly destructive lightning ninjutsu Danzo-sensei had taught you. If you had enough control you could shape the lightning to form a laser beam of sorts to chase off attackers. And that's exactly what you did.
Dropping back onto solid ground you used your lightning to chase Sakura away from you and even managed to pierce her through her shoulder. When she cried out, Nartuo yelled.
"Sakura-chan! Alright, let's see how you fare against this!"
And suddenly there were at least one hundred Naruto's surrounding you.
Well, this isn't good. Alright sorry Sasuke, I'm about to plagiarize your signature jutsu.
You dodged the first few clones but quickly became overwhelmed. Willing your hands to form the three hand seals to form Chidori, you quickly pierced through multiple clones, once you felt comfortable releasing such a large amount of chakra you expanded your chidori to all directions. The bigger it expanded the more clones would poof away.
"What? What even is that jutsu?"
Oh ho, now, should I be a total dick and rename it something different or should I keep it the same?
Grinning you willed your chakra to weave into every clone within a five meter radius of you, effectively wiping out all but seven clones. You turned to Naruto and Sakura, both were gaping at you but relatively unharmed aside from Sakura's shoulder.
"You like it? I call Chidori Nagashi, it's parent jutsu is the Chidori. Maybe you've heard of it?"
Both chunin glared at you at the mention of their rogue teammate.
Oh how nice, Sasuke is their weak spot.
Using their anger as motivation you henged into their teammate, open shirt, katana and all. The reaction was instant. Naruto was turning red with fury while Sakura was turning red for an entirely different reason.
"Are you hurt, scaredy cat?"
That was all it took for Naruto to attack you with everything he had. It was easy to keep him at bay, fighting motivated by anger was the sloppiest but once he started using his weapons, that was when things got interesting.
Naruto's fighting style had always been erratic and sloppy, as far as you could tell and that made the spar easy. Once you added in two kunai and multiple shuriken, it became less than easy but still you managed, even with the Sasuke henge.
You had to remember to get Danzo-sensei a gift basket because his training paid off. You were able to keep up with Naruto's erratic slashes and gabs, managing to cut a few vital pressure points and ligaments.
As you were just about to knock him out a fist connected with your chest. All of the air left your lungs and your ribs curved painfully before you hit three trees and fell. You were left gasping and groaning as you willed your chakra to heal your ribs. Looking up you swore as you saw Sakura's form charging at you with speeds akin to Lee.
Knowing you wouldn't have time to dodge, you dropped your henge and fortified your body with your chakra. Raising your hands into open palms and letting them glow a deep blue.
Chakra scalpels weren't ideal for fighting but this was your last resort. You had just enough chakra to perform one more ninjutsu but hopefully you could end it with your iryo ninjutsu.
Focus on her movements, she relies heavily on her arms and legs. Odds are she doesn't know any other ninjutsu.
Seeing your chakra scalpels Sakura also changed her attack. Her palms glowed blue and like that the two of you began to fight using chakra scalpels.
In a way, it looked almost like two Hyuga's were fighting. All attacks were open handed with the occasional kick or flip. You were so caught up in not getting touched by her scalpels that you completely forgot about Naruto.
A full rasengan to your back had you screaming and reaching around to claw at the perpetrator. Both shinobi jumped away from your floppy attack and gave you precious time to recuperate.
You tried to move but the pain in your back flared horribly, limiting what you could do. Behind you, you could hear the hushed whispers of many and felt shame rise within you. This was your opportunity to prove to your father that you were worthy of his attention and yet you had lost. Your confidence was being broken into small pieces and you weren't sure you could salvage what was left.
Then you smelled it. Burning flesh. It was pungent and close, most likely from your back. That sickening smell brought back memories of your youth in your old life, your life back in the Red Room. How the Madame would brand your skin everytime you didn't meet a goal. How they would use a hot needle to sear open a wound as punishment.
Your heart was racing as your mind shifted your reality. You no longer were in training ground 13, you were in Soviet Russia, in a secret facility disguised as a girls home. You weren't sparring against two shinobi, you were fighting to the death against another black widow in training. You were going to die, whether it be by the hands of your opponent or by a gunshot to the head for losing the spar.
With that in mind, you willed yourself to ignore the pain across your back. You stood proud and strong as you turned to face your opponent once again. The Madame was in the middle of declaring your opponent the winner when she caught sight of your standing form.
Excusing herself for misspeaking, the Madame allowed the spar to continue. And this time you didn't hold back. You were going to live.
Jiraiya had been thoroughly impressed by the young girl's skill. She started the match with a powerful water jutsu and then showed off her impressive taijutsu. When it became obvious she was getting bored she switched back to ninjutsu, where she tore through Sakura with a beam of lightning. So far both jutsus she had used had been at least B rank, significantly higher than most chunin.
Jiraiya was again blown away when the small girl effectively used chidori, a jutsu Kakashi had created. He was left speechless when she used the chidori and expanded it to disperse the hundreds of shadow clones Naruto had hurled at her. Ayumi even began taunting the two chunin with their old teammate, henging into an older version of the Uchiha. A heartless but effective move on her end.
The small Nara had already proven herself to be a prodigy, surpassing Orochimaru, Kakashi and maybe even Uchiha Itachi and yet she was still giving it her all. Perhaps that's why he cringed so hard when she finally was hit with a full rasengan by Naruto. The girl had let out a heart wrenching scream before falling to the ground where she didn't move for a solid minute.
Tsunade was already announcing the two chunin as the victors when the girl had shakily stood, causing Tsunade to stop and take back her words. Naruto and Sakura asked the girl to yield, she was already injured and they didn't wish to cause her more harm. Instead of answering then the Nara simply took out two kunai and muttered something underneath her breath before charging.
This time was different. Before, she was careful to not slash or stab too deeply but now she was acting like a completely different person. Gone were the taunts and her confident exterior, replacing it was a blank face and silence. Tsunade tensed, it was small and almost unnoticeable but Jiraiya had known her long enough to know she had become worried by the turn of events.
Curious, he watched on. The following few minutes were brutal, any attack the two chunin tried to start was quickly thwarted by Ayumi. She slashed them where she knew would hurt and made sure to make it difficult to escape her kunais. Nara Ayumi was dominating the match, it seemed she wasn't fazed by the still smoking skin across her back as she continued her onslaught.
It only came to an end when she severed both of the chunin's Achilles heels. The crowd of shinobi all winced and cringed at the act, it was one of the most painful non life threatening injuries a shinobi could sustain. The crowd quieted when Ayumi spoke.
"Yield."
This spurred a big reaction from the two downed shinobi.
"Are you crazy, we can still take you! You're nothing, you hear me? Nothing!"
"Yeah Sakura-chan is right. You're just a kid, you can't kill us."
The girl gave no outward response except for putting away her blades.
"Your arrogance is your weakness Sakura. Naruto, you follow your friend blindly because you are in love with her, that is your weakness. They will get you killed."
Oh ho this kid's got some pretty good one liners.
"A shinobi's pride is not a weakness, you're simply evil and brutal! What kind of monster are you?"
Again the young girl did not react to the harsh words of the pink haired shinobi. Instead she turned and walked about two meters before turning to face them again.
"For the first time in my life I am beginning to realize that it is not evil and brutality, but nearly always weakness, that is to blame for the worst things that happen in this world. I will ask you one last time. Yield. Don't let your weakness be your downfall."
"You little bitch, once I finish healing I'll prove to you that my pride is not a weakness!"
Oh Sakura was angry, so much so that she was turning red in the face. Meanwhile Ayumi simply formed the tiger hand seal and uttered a quiet Kokuangyo no Jutsu. Sakura stopped shouting profanities and stilled, her face morphed from anger to fear. Naruto was much the same, stopping any movement and turning a fearful expression towards Ayumi.
Said girl simply smiled before her hands glowed green and flashing to the two immobile shinobi. Multiple people began to shout at her and even dashed forward to stop her from harming them anymore than they already were but they were too slow.
Tsunade was screaming at her youngest apprentice to stop and rushing forward when the girl flew through hand seals and jabbed both shinobi with her fingers.
"Ninpō Himitsu Nara Gijutsu: Chō Kaifuku Jutsu!"
Immediately both Sakura and Naruto were engulfed in a sphere of bright green medical chakra. Everyone stopped moving, the light from the chakra was beautiful and warm. Tsunade and Jiraiya drew closer to the two unconscious shinobi and noticed that the majority of their wounds were gone and the ones still there were quickly healing. It was astounding, Jiraiya had never seen or heard of such a technique.
"Gaki, where did you learn this technique?"
Ah so even Tsunade is flabbergasted by this. Well, well, well, it seems we really do have a prodigy. She's created two new jutsus and shes only four? Fucking hell, Shikaku really does have killer genes.
"I created it shishou. It takes minimal amounts of chakra to perform and is highly effective in a short amount of time."
Silence followed, as more shinobi came to study the seemingly indestructible bubbles surrounding the two chunin. Ayumi simply stayed off to the side, not saying a word. Praises and questions in regards to the mechanics of the jutsu sprang up and quickly the match became a gossip circle. Almost all of the shinobi were curious about the two new jutsus they had seen but when they turned to ask the creator, she was gone.
Well I'll be damned, she wants to save the world huh? At this rate she damn well just might.
You were quick to follow your father when you saw him start to walk away from your match. You trailed after him until you reached the start of the Nara forest, hesitating for a quick second before following again. You were trying to get his attention, you were finally fed up with his attitude towards you and you wanted answers.
The only problem was, he was an expert at ignoring you. You tried everything, from calling his name to tugging on his flack jacket, to throwing sticks at him, and even trying to stab him with your kunai. Nothing worked. He simply would dodge your attempts and keep walking.
Frustrated beyond belief you stopped following him and thought of the last possible thing you could do to get his attention. Lifting your kunai slightly and bringing it down into the meat of your thigh was horrible, it brought back memories from two years ago but it served its purpose. Your father stopped walking. Slowly yanking the kunai from your thigh, you decided to stab your shoulder this time. Doing it quick enough so your father had no time to stop you but also careful enough to not cause any long lasting nerve damage. At your actions your father finally spoke.
"Oi are you crazy? What the fuck do you think you're doing?"
Ignoring his questions you asked your own.
"Why do you hate me? What did I do to you that's caused you to look at me with such anger all the time?"
"Don't waste my time asking such stupid questions."
Inhaling deeply you yanked the kunai out almost all of the way and slid it down from your shoulder to your hip, effectively cutting yourself.
"Did you not hear me? I said to stop doing that!"
"No! I won't stop until you answer my question. Why did you change?"
"You're batshit crazy if you think I'm about to have this stupid conversation with you."
"Then I'll keep on hurting myself, I won't heal myself and I'll let myself bleed out. You'd like that wouldn't you?"
"Excuse me?"
"You'd love for me to die wouldn't you Shikaku? It would make your life so much easier, you would be happier. Maybe I should just kill myself right now."
Shadows quickly extended from your father and tried to grab you but you were quick. You knew you were provoking him and that he would most likely react badly but you were left with no other choice.
"Nara Ayumi, you will put down that kunai and heal yourself. That's an order from your father."
"You don't have the right to call yourself my father. You've done nothing to deserve that title! For the last two years you've done nothing but make clear that you don't want me. You choose to ignore me and only talk to me when you wish to reprimand me. Ever since that incident two years ago you've acted like I'm not your daughter. You see me as a burden, trash that lingers in your life. All I'm asking is why. What changed? Why don't you love me anymore?"
"That's not tr-"
"It is! Not once have you made an effort to be a part of my life within the last two years. You didn't teach me shogi, Asuma did. You didn't give me advice on what path I want to take when I'm older, Kakashi-nii did. You don't comfort me when the townsfolk yell horrible things at me and threaten to kill me, shishou does. You don't give me hugs or kisses or say you love me, Ensui ojisan does. Everyone knows you hate me, Shikaku! Everyone seems to know the reason too and yet no one tells me shit! I'm not stupid, I'm not a niave little girl you can just fool. I know what rejection feels like, and yet for some reason I never thought I would feel it from you. Why did you have me if you weren't going to love me?"
Tears were freely flowing down your face as you released all of the pent up emotions you had been ignoring for years. Your father's face was anguished, like he had eaten something rotten. It was the most emotion you had seen on his face in a long time. He tried to come closer to you but you backed away, you didn't want his sympathy, you wanted answers. And yet he didn't speak, he stayed silent while you hiccuped and sniffled. Taking his silence as confirmation to your question of whether he loved you or not, you cried harder.
"You lied. You said.. You said you would always love me. You lied. Liar! Liar, liar, liar!"
"Sweetheart ple-"
"Shut up you fucking liar! I hate you! I wish you had aborted me, at least then I wouldn't have to deal with your lies! You fucking liar, and everyone else who said you loved me...they're all liars too. All of my friends, all of my family..they're all fucking liars! LIAR! LIAR! LIAR!"
You weren't sure how you had gotten to this point, you never broke down this hard, you were trained not to do so. And yet here you were, bloody, shaking and crying. The immense pain you had been harboring in your heart was unleashed and you let yourself get lost in its vast waves.
"Little shadow, I need you to calm d-"
"Fuck you! Fuck you and all of your lies. Fuck you, fuck Yoshino, fuck Shikamaru, fuck Asuma, fuck Ensui, fuck everyone for lying to me! YOU'RE ALL FUCKING LIARS! LIARS, LIARS, LIARS!"
By now you could feel the presence of at least seven different shinobi surrounding you and your father. Surely they had to have heard everything you were saying but they made no movement to stop you.
Meanwhile your father was in tears, he was looking at you with such sadness in his eyes that your heart broke even more at the thought of you causing his sadness. Your stomach was churning painfully, you had never felt so nauseous before. You swallowed your sickness before speaking again.
"I trusted you Shikaku. I trusted everyone. And you, along with everyone else, lied to me...I hate you Shikaku. I hate you for bringing me into this world. I hate you for toying with my trust. I hate you for lying to me about loving me. I hate you."
Your entire body was shaking violently and you felt like you were a few seconds away from passing out. You didn't want to faint here, you wanted to be away from the liar kneeling in front of you. You couldn't go to any of your uncles, they were liars too. Everyone you knew was a liar.
Everyone except for one.
Giving one last look to your father's crying figure and to the group of friends and uncles surrounding you, you made the dragon hand seal and vanished.
When your vision cleared you were no longer in the Nara forest but inside of a familiar dark building. Running towards your desired destination, you wasted no time on formalities and threw open the heavy wooden door. When the person sitting behind the desk looked up and noticed your broken appearance, he simply opened his arms and motioned for you to come.
That was all it took for you to fling yourself onto Danzo-sensi's lap and cry like the brokenhearted child you were.
*Laughs like Suicide Squad Joker* I live for angst but I don't know, this kinda feels a bit corny? I honestly probably need to find a beta reader or editor to help me cuz I feel like everything I write is shit.
From here on out most chapters will be 6000+ words, I really need to actually start writing the plot of Naruto instead of just filler and character development.