A:N Well I'm finally back with an update, it's been a while but still I hope it's worth the wait. Yeah I was just flipping through the Female Naruto Communities and seeing my fic in them, and really it was just one Chapter long then we really need more Fem Naruto fics. Also since this is a VERY AU Naruto fic I'm jumbling up the timeline to fit my storyline so if you have a problem with that…… ……… screw you.
I don't own Naruto, if I did do you really think I would be writing a fanfic?
CHAPTER 2: Losing Faith
Time Skip: Seven Years Later, October 9th
The Sandaime Hokage sat at his desk, smoking his pipe and going through the new work schedule. Itachi Uchiha's massacre of his clan and following departure had left the village heavily under-manned, most of the chunin and the more experienced genin were taken of duty just to fill in. Hmm maybe if he increased the ANBU ranks they could cover both high priority missions and the duties of the Konoha Military Police, now there was an idea but how to get the council to agree…..
The doors to his office burst open and an orange blur landed right on top of his desk. "Hey Old man guess what, guess what?" The Hokage sighed looking at the blond in front of him.
Uzumaki Naruko possibly the loudest person in the village. There she stood in all her glory, bright blond hair tied into two huge ponytails, neon orange t-shirt, a black-and-orange striped skirt long orange socks and a black pair of sandals.
"What is it Naruko?"
"I made some friends today at the academy!"
Some friends? This was quite an event, the adults only glared at her and most children avoided her like a plague. "Really what are their names?"
"Ino and Sakura."
Ino would be a Yamanaka he remembered attending her first birthday, but the name Sakura was pretty common and he didn't remember anyone by that name attending the academy.
"Yeah Ino says her Dad is a SUPER strong shinobi but Sakura said that her Dad is a civa, civu…"
"Civilian?"
"Yeah that, AND Ino invited me to go to the festival with her."
The Hokage froze. "Wh-wh-what festival Naruko?"
"Hahahaha your SO silly old man, THE Kyuubi festival, when I'm Hokage I'll never forget such important-"
The Hokage tuned out Naruko after he got what he needed. The Kyuubi festival damn he did not need this. "So you're going to the Kyuubi festival Naruko?"
"Yep, but I've got to head home now Iruka-sensei gave us a LOT of homework. Bye old man, see you tomorrow!" Jumping of the Hokage's desk, Naruko ran out of the Hokage's office slamming the door behind her.
Sighing The Hokage picked up his pen once again and started looking through his new ANBU schedule he didn't want to do it but he would have to forbid Naruko from going to the festival. The villagers would tear him apart, her shinobi guards might even join in the assault.
'I'm sorry Naruko, it doesn't seem like it but one day they will see you as you, but until that day you'll have to endure the hate.'
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Naruko ran down the stairs in the Hokage's Tower and out the wide double doors. Remembering what Iruka-sensei had said about getting around Konoha in a hurry she gathered her chakra into her legs and made a mighty jump to a nearby buildings roof.
She glanced behind her as a shadow detached itself from a nearby wall revealing it to be a black cloaked member of the ANBU division. She didn't understand it Iruka had said the ANBU were the elite of the elite, they struck from the shadows and disappeared like smoke, yet it always seemed like they enjoyed showing themselves in October.
Oh well, it didn't matter she needed to get home quick. Gathering even more chakra she leaped to the next building her ANBU guard following close behind. Dodging around a Genin team and their Jounin-sensei, she tried looked away from their hate-filled eyes.
Everyday was like this being glared at by people she had never met, yet hated her all the same. Why her? It wasn't fair why was she the only one that went through this? Everybody else had people that loved them parents, friends even the orphans from the old orphanage had people that cared for them. But not her. She was something different, something dirty, something they wished would just disappear and leave them all in peace.
Naruko's eyes watered, a slow tear making it's way down her face. She jumped faster running along the rooftops. She just wanted to get home and sleep. Sleep and forget all that had happened to her in this life.
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Taking the last jump from the rooftops Naruko landed in front of her apartment building. Sighing at the new graffiti that covered the broken down front of the building she took out her key and unlocked the front door.
She headed up the stairs to her apartment on the second floor. Unlocking it with a second key she quietly shut the door behind her noticing how the ANBU stationed himself outside the door.
She wandered over to her tiny kitchen, maybe some ramen would cheer her up?
Smiling a little at the thought she opened her single cupboard. Empty.
A few more tears fell from her face. She should just go to bed. Opening her bedroom door, she noticed the broken window, the rock with a piece of paper attached to it and the broken glass covering her bed and most of the floor. Picking up the rock she took of the paper and read the note.
GO BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG HELL-SPAWN!
Her tears forming a steady stream down her face she layed down on one of the few parts of the floor not covered in glass. Sleep. She needed sleep. Sleep would make her forget. Forget the hate, the suffering, the pain.
So there she lay, Uzumaki Naruko deep asleep, surrounded by broken glass and shed tears.
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The Sun rose over Konoha, its long sunbeams reaching across the Village Hidden tin the Leaves, through a broken window in a rundown apartment onto the tanned face of a blond girl.
Naruko' eyes flickered open, yawning loudly she headed to her bathroom. Squeezing her way into the shower she turned on her water, and stepped into the freezing water. Taking her bar of soap she started scrubbing, raising a nice lather of soap. Rinsing the soap of her body, she started rubbing shampoo into her long blond hair.
Humming to herself Naruko tried to figure out what was bothering her, there wasn't anything different about her morning schedule it was the same it had always been, so what was it? Yesterday had been the Ninth so today was the Tenth, so it was her birthday! No that came every year so that wasn't what was different. Damn it why couldn't she remember? Why couldn't she have a memory like Sakura that big forehead of hers remembered everything! Wait Sakura! Sakura and Ino! She had promised to meet them at the Academy at Eight!
Rinsing the shampoo from her hair Naruko grabbed a towel and rushed to the clock she had beside her bed. 7:20, Oh. Plenty of time to get ready, running over to her closet, she pulled out the one piece of clothing that actually looked well made.
A long black kimono its edges hemmed with a fine silver thread and on the back silver thread formed a delicate flower. Smiling to herself she carefully pulled it on and tied the silver sash around her waist. Oh how she loved the fell of this kimono so soft and silky the Hokage gave it to her a few weeks ago but she had never gotten used to it.
7:30. Time to head out to the Academy. Slowly walking down the stairs and out the front door of her apartment building, she slowly made her way to the Academy.
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7:57
Finally! The Academy! Oh kami how she HATED walking that slowly. Spying pink hair over by the swings, she slowly walked over to were Ino and Sakura were sitting.
"Hi you two!"
"Oh…………..hi." Was the only response she got from the blond girl.
An uneasy feeling forming in her stomach, Naruko noticed the way Ino was looking at the ground, and how Sakura glared at her. No not them too.
"Ano, Ino-chan is everything all right you seem……………..sad."
"Well of course she's said you idiot her father just beat her."
"Nani? I don't, I don't understand."
"Me and Ino went over to her house to tell her parents about you and do you know what they did? He father yelled at me and hit Ino! He told us you were a horrible person who killed los of people!"
"But I've never killed anyone in my life!"
"LIAR! Why would her parents lie about something like that? Just go away you murderer!"
This wasn't some mean joke they were serious. Why? Why did this only happen to her? Glaring at Ino and Sakura, she clenched her first and punched the pink-haired girl in the face. Sakura and Ino screamed as they saw the blood streaming out of Sakura's bent nose.
She stared at her hand flecked with blood from Sakura's nose, a tiny smile starting to form on her face that had felt…..good. Really good. Her smile became wider as she ran away. Who knew that fighting back had good fell so good?
A shadow detached itself from a nearby wall silently following the blond girl running down the street.
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Akame Iwana smirked behind his white ANBU mask at the little blond girl crying in the alley. He didn't know why she was crying but this was his chance. He had seen the smile on her face when she punched one of her 'friends'. The nine-tailed fox's memories were starting to awaken. Now all she needed was a little push in the right direction and the fox's memories would all return. Then he could finally have his revenge against the monster. Revenge for his family.
Smiling he silently landed beside the girl. "Hey little one."
Sniffing a bit more Naruko looked up with teary eyes. "Hi ANBU-san."
" I saw what happened to you with those two girls, you liked punching the pink haired girl didn't you?
"I didn't like doing that she was my friend!"
"Yes you did, you LOVED seeing the pain on that girl's face, and do you know why?" The ANBU squatted down beside Naruko bringing his mask right beside the girl's ear. "Because you are the Nine-tailed Fox!"
"Nani? But the Yondaime killed the fox!"
" No he didn't. He sealed its body, memories and most of it's chakra away. Turning it into a human girl. YOU. No one talks about it because they all wanted you to grow up loyal to Konoha. Loyal so they could control the powers of the fox. Even Sandaime only sees you as a weapon"
The tears had stopped falling, all that was left was a shocked face. "No. NO! YOU'RE LYING, YOU'RE LYING, YOU'RE LYING! SANDIAME WOULD NEVER LIE TO ME!"
"Why don't you ask him then, little fox? Ask him what happened that night Yondaime 'killed' the Nine-tails."
"Fine I will and I'll be right and you'll get in huge trouble!"
With that she got up and ran off in the general direction of the Hokage Tower.
"That's it run little fox, know why they glare at you. Your memories will waken soon and then…Konoha's curse will be lifted."
A:N Hey everyone sorry for not updating sooner, I won't be updating for a while unless I get reviews that might encourage me. Anyway major plot turn next chapter. But until then Ja Ne!