The Deeper Me
A/N: Hope you all enjoy!!
I need other pairings…any suggestions will be considered (except for Itachi! He's taken!!) So far, about eight OCs exist…so far that (has been mentioned). Oh! And a new ninja clan! XD
Naruto Characters © Masashi Kishimoto | OC's in this Story © me (unless said otherwise).
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in ANY WAY nor form.
Chapter Two: Ninja Academy
Tsubaki stirred slightly, she noticed that she was in an unfamiliar futon. Glancing around, she noticed that she was in one of the Uchiha clan's guest rooms, one of the main branch guest rooms at that. She – though still a bit sleepy – gracefully got up, being accustomed in being graceful. As she sat up, she noticed a familiar pair of eyes watching her.
"Itachi-kun," She called out to him. "Please come out." In that instant, Itachi did so. He smiled.
"Good morning, Tsubaki-san." He greeted.
"Good morning, Itachi-kun. I'm sorry for... well, falling asleep on you..." She apologised, embarrassed at herself. Itachi smirked.
"That's alright. No need to apologise." He sat next to her, on the futon. She smiled slightly.
"Thank you." She whispered. He nodded, standing up; he offered a hand to Tsubaki. She took it, and stood up with a great amount of grace. "I'm sorry for the trouble and I really have to get going, I have an important meeting I have to go to."
Itachi nodded. "That's fine." He replied, leading her out of the Uchiha district.
She bowed slightly, smiling. "Good bye, Itachi-kun." She said, turning around. "I might see you again sometime."
"You're welcome back anytime." He replied, a true smile on his face. As he walked back to his room, many Uchiha's that saw him shivered, while some were amused that Itachi might have fallen in love.
...Some were even jealous.
| The Deeper Me |
Tsubaki walked towards the ninja academy, not really minding about her style of dress. She had stopped over at a near public toilet to fix her hair, using her summoning scrolls. Ever since she could talk, she had asked her father to train her in the shinobi way, by the time of the Kyuubi attack, she had found her talent – though it was just a little discovery, and by the time she tried using it, it was too late. Not only had she trained with her father, she also had a few sessions with various other ninja clans within Konoha. So far, she had trained with the Yaminaka, Akimichi, Inuzuka, Aburame and Hyuuga clans and she also had been trained by several ANBU black Ops.
Her talent, however, was something she found she could do and it was something only she could do. Her power – she named it – was Jikan Manipyureeta, meaning 'time manipulator'. It wasn't a simple technique – and Tsubaki could do it by pure instinct, if she had to. It was – to her, anyway – a simple technique, using her chakra she could detect objects, people and animals alike and, using a burst of several mixed chakras, she could stop time itself, she could resume it, or she could turn back the time on the person which was quite useful with the healing department. She basically could control time. Of course, it was dangerous to change time and space itself. She knew that, that's why she usually only used it in battles, though sometimes she'd use it just to show a person the error of their ways - or just plain embarrass them. It just depends, really, when she uses her power.
Tsubaki walked calmly towards the academy, after resealing everything back into her scroll. She also took this chance to arm her with her kunais and shurikens, hidden beneath her puffy skirt and made sure to have all her small summoning scrolls on or hidden in the obi of her shirt. She took her time in heading towards the academy – no doubt she was just going for an introduction and the lot, even though she knew she had more power than anyone there, she wasn't that vain, and thought of herself as their equal – albeit a bit more mature and kinder than any of them.
Tsubaki sighed inwardly, walking in a humble way, towards the academy.
Soon, she reached the entrance, looking up towards the sign that said 'Ninja Academy'. She saw that the Chuunin instructor was waiting for her. Actually, she wasn't sure if that shinobi was a Chuunin, he looked more like a jounin or maybe an ANBU. He had silver-grey hair that spiked to his left, his forehead protector covered his left eye, and his right eye had a look of laziness within them. He wore a mask that hid half his face, which was a mix of Prussian blue, midnight blue and sapphire in colour. He wore the basic ninja attire, but the most notable thing was the…book he was reading.
Tsubaki looked a bit…appalled, knowing what that book was – though she didn't know it contained – she decided to… put up with it. She walked up to the silver/grey haired shinobi. "Excuse me, but are you waiting for Tsubaki Namikaze?" She asked, politely.
The shinobi looked away from his book, and glanced at the young girl. "Yes, I am. Please follow me." He replied, making sure that she was following. She followed at an even pace.
"If you do not mind me asking," Tsubaki started, sounding more like an adult than she really was. "But what is your name?"
"Kakashi Hatake." He replied, reading his book while walking.
"Hatake-san, I can tell that you're not a Chuunin, let alone a Chuunin instructor for the academy. Could you please enlighten me as to why you are here?" She asked, asking a question piercing her mind.
"You're right." He stated, though he figured out that Tsubaki would figure it out. "I'm an ANBU, and the reason I'm here is because of…well, because I was demoted to becoming one of the Ninja Academy's teachers…" He answered, slightly embarrassed. He mentally sighed.
"It must be that book…" She muttered under her breath.
| The Deeper Me |
Kakashi stopped in front of one of the classrooms in the building, with the labelled 'CLASS 4 – A', the top ranking class of the fourth – and last – year within the academy. He slid the door open, entering the classroom with Tsubaki behind him.
Tsubaki stood out like a flower within thorns, as she – for one – had just about a perfect posture and she wasn't wearing any of the proper ninja attire, but it wasn't that bad since she was wearing dark clothing, she still stood out, though.
The room was larger than most within the building, it had maple (wood) furniture with the front teacher's desk made out of cherry wood. The desks were in 4 rows that split in the middle, each side of the row would have fit about 4 people. There was a black board at the front, with all the other teaching essentials.
Kakashi quickly got the attention of the class, waiting patiently as they quietened themselves down. "Alright class," He said, his voice carrying throughout the room. "We have a new student today." This got all – in the room at the moment – full attention, more so on a certain black haired and eyed male in the back row. "She got here through the acceleration exams, so please don't harm a hair on her head." He said, slightly joking.
"My name is Tsubaki Namikaze," she introduced herself, bowing with respect to all in the room. "It's nice to meet you all." Tsubaki unconsciously counted about 29 heads within the room, not including Kakashi. She noticed that there was one person from the Inuzuka, Hyuuga, Akimichi, Yaminaka and Aburame clan, as well as a few – of which she suspected – that were, somehow or another, related to an ANBU member she had met sometime in her life.
"Please introduce yourselves to Tsubaki-kun." The class complied.
One by one, each person stood up and introduced themselves.
A short-haired blonde boy stood up, he had slightly pear-green eyes, introduced himself. "I'm Yacho Yaminaka, a self proclaimed Mind Destroyer." He was wearing a red vest with several scroll pockets, a singlet-like green coloured shirt and khaki coloured shorts that reached up to his knees. He wore the typical ninja shoes, except it was a Myrtle-green colour.
The one next to him stood up. It was a girl with messy dark brown hair that was tied up in a messy bun, her bangs slanted to her right. She had Harlequin-green eyes and had two red marks on her cheeks that signified that she was a part of the Inuzuka clan. She was wearing a papaya whip-yellow coloured bottoms that was a mix of a skirt and shorts, ninja fishnet was covering her legs, like tights, and a double breasted carmine coloured shirt with a symbol on the back that said 牙竜 (which means dragon fang). Dangling down on her right shoulder was a Red Lacy puppy. "The name's Kouka Inuzuka, self-proclaimed Beast Tamer!" She greeted, jerking a thumb at herself. "And she's," She said, looking over to the red lacy pup. "…Usuakari, my partner." She sat down again.
Next was a burgundy haired boy, he had Tawny-orange coloured eyes and his hair was all ruffled up and messy. He was wearing viridian-green coloured skivvy (turtleneck in the US; polo neck in the UK), an arsenic-grey coloured vest, a Sienna-brown coloured knee-length shorts consisting with many pockets and a silver chain was wrapped around his waist. His wrist to his elbow was wrapped in bandages and he was wearing the normal ninja footwear in a Xanadu-grey colour. "Aki Urohiya nicknamed as the 'Gentleman'." He said, grinning in a polite way, before sitting down.
The one sitting next to him stood up, after Aki was done. He had crimson streaked black hair that was styled in a high pineapple-like ponytail. He had energetic Sepia-brown pupils and slightly tanned skin. He was wearing a denim vest that was attached together by thin belt-like metal buckles that were attached onto the vest by tabs, matching denim ankle-length jeans that had two deep pouches for ninja weapons or scrolls and a ruby-red crop top that was just above his belly button. He had fish nets underneath his shirt and from his right shoulder to his right wrist. "Eiki Nara, self proclaimed hard worker!" He said, cheerfully, before sitting down. Eiki was just about the full opposite of a Nara, except when it came to smarts and judgement (during a match or mission, not everyday life).
After Eiki's introduction, twins that sat in the opposite row stood up. They both had the enigmatic Hyuuga bloodline Byakugan. The twins were opposite genders, but both looked the same that if it wasn't for the fact that one of them had a slightly larger chest then the other. They had long navy-blue hair (like Neji's hair without the head band in Shippuden), pale skin, the Hyuuga eyes, and a look of mystery. They both wore a kimono-like sleeved Persian-indigo coloured happi coat, with the Hyuuga crest imprinted on the back (a yellow circle with a scarlet coloured flame in the middle, like on Hinata's jacket) with the over collar a Jade-green colour, a plain short-sleeved cream coloured tee-shirt, a baggy three quarter auburn brown coloured pants and midnight blue ninja footwear. Their arms were covered with bandages.
"I'm Shibaku Hyuuga." The female twin said with her voice in monotone.
"And I'm Shiggon Hyuuga." The male twin said, just the same his sister.
"And together," they said, in unison. "We're the – nicknamed – Yin and Yang of the Hyuuga." And they sat down – in unison too... (A/N: ...shivers...)
Next was a boy that was quite tall. He had cordovan-brown slightly wavy evanstyle hair, which covered a small portion of his left eye and was partly sticking up from the fringe and back (a little like L's hair in Death Note, except, shorter a little shorter at the black), amber coloured pupils, and slightly tanned skin. He was wearing a baby blue coloured sleeveless shirt, a charcoal-grey coloured jacket with removable sleeves, mahogany-orange coloured knee-length shorts, along with silver coloured chains that were a part of a chained weapon, which was hidden. He had an amber mark on the lower half of his left arm that was butterfly shaped. "I'm Ageha Akimichi, nice to meet you." He greeted, smiling. Ageha wasn't a typical Akimichi, since he was quite skinny. Ageha – however – eats a lot of junk food, but somehow manages to keep his figure. "The self proclaimed Yellow Butterfly."
The rest of the class began to introduce themselves, going relatively smoothly – since all of them did not have any nicknames nor any "self proclaimed" titles – until it reached to Itachi.
"Tsubaki-kun, please sit next to the seat on Itachi Uchiha's right." She nodded, recognising him the moment she got in. Her heart was beating quite…fast as she walked towards the seat she had been told to sit in. Many of the girls in the class glared at Tsubaki – actually, all of them were – while many boys were either glaring at Itachi because he always had it good or were not caring at all since they found it uninteresting.
"Itachi-kun, thanks again for…you know…" She whispered, no one even noticed she had spoken, since she wasn't facing him.
"No problem." He replied, managing to not even look like he spoke at all.
"Alright then," Kakashi started as everyone payed attention to what he was saying. "Today, we will be having practice matches. I know this is unexpected but I expect that you all do your best. Please meet outside, near the clearing, so we can begin. Be there in 5 minutes." He instructed, before vanishing within a puff of smoke.
Tsubaki walked out with the rest of the class towards the clearing, before going out in a sprint. Tsubaki took a short cut she knew from a while back, her steps were silent and were enhanced by her precise chakra control, though she knew she could have been faster, she just wanted to enjoy a little warm up. She was so entranced within herself that she didn't notice black eyes watching her with amusement. She twirled through midair as she jumped, landing on her feet, pausing slightly before continuing on with getting to her destination. She arrived shortly, being the first student there, while Itachi came in about three seconds later. Itachi took a seat on a boulder nearby, watching the clouds.
Tsubaki stood, her hair cascading down, her facial expression full of contentment. She walked up to Kakashi.
"Excuse me, Kakashi-sensei, what are the rules of your matches?" She asked, since she knew every teacher had their own special rules.
"The match ends when I saw so, do not do something stupid that could seriously injure your opponent and always try your best." He said, listing out each with his fingers. "Also, if I say the match is over, it is over." She nodded in understanding.
"Simple rules." She stated, watching as all the other students began to catch up and soon everyone was there.
Everyone gathered together in a group, several girls crowded around Itachi, whose face was quite kind and slightly annoyed.
"Alright then, you all know the drill, today – however – we're having two VS two matches." Kakashi instructed, several groans were heard, while several smirked (guess who).
"Alright then, first up are Ageha Akimichi and Eiki Nara VS Shibaku and Shiggon Hyuuga." Said people stepped out of the crowd and into a marked area. They took their stances.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Please REVIEW!!!
Sorry for the cliff hanger (on the second chapter too – like a new record)! Please stay tuned for the next chapter.
Oh, please don't get used to having new chapters every two or three days – I might not update again until 5 days later (since I have school).
I'm only introducing those who actually matter in this story, minus Itachi. If you couldn't tell, I'm making this up as I go – like always! Ageha is sort of based on a person I know, he eats a lot of junk food and still manages to keep his figure. AND HE'S AWFULLY SKINNY!
Please note that Itachi isn't that cold ass he was before, he's kind right now.
Next Time...on The Deeper Me
Chapter Three: Abilities
We shall witness the capabilities of the new rookie nine plus one unidentified academy student!