From that point on, the person who was sent to meet me was Yamanaka Inoko. She claims to be Ino and Sai's child. So far, as to what I've gathered from all of her talking, she was a pretty nosey person, overly confident, yet kind, and very enthusiastic.
A lot of arguing though was mode on the choice of furniture for my apartment. Apparently, just because of my gender, I needed multiple girly looking things. It was more like we were shopping for her instead of me.
That sort of dispute went on for a while until we finally got to an agreement. The agreement, well I get to choose what the apartment will look like. Then, Inoko will be the one to do a makeover on me.
According to her my appearance wasn't that great. My hair was in terrible condition, my skin needed treatment, of course my wardrobe will be picked out by her, and she will be able to do whatever she wanted on me. Basically, I'm not allowed to say anything about her choices.
As we were heading back to her home after rearranging my new home, there was a group of people hanging out by some trees and what looked like a park. They looked around 13-14 years old. So pretty much mine and Inoko's age. It was a mix of girls and boys, yet the male ratio was higher.
One of the girls took notice of us and waved with a bright smile plastered on her expression. Inoko took notice of the waving girl and went over to talk to the group. I wasn't paying attention for a moment as she took hold of my wrist and dragged me along to the group.
It was useless on trying to reclaim my wrist since the group wasn't that far away. She walked up to the girl and exchanged greetings with her before exchanging them with the rest of them. After that was done, the chattering went down once they've all laid eyes on me.
"Everyone, I would like to introduce you to a new friend. Well hopefully all of you consider her a friend." Inoko said while she eyed certain people, mainly the boys.
I scanned the group of people waiting for a sort of similar or maybe different reaction. The first person to introduce themselves was a blond boy. His hair was spiked up in a similar fashion in which Naruto had. Though instead of blue eyes, he carried emerald green eyes very much like Sakura's eyes. Perhaps this was their son. Currently, he was wearing plan beige pants with a yellow shirt that had an orange circle on the middle of it with a black swirl in it. With that, he also wore blue ninja shoes to complete it.
"Hello there! You must the girl my father and mother mentioned multiple times. I'm Uzumaki Kioshi." The blond boy said with a big grin. "You are Aina right?"
I blinked a few times in surprise that he knew my name. I only woke up today and mentioned my name to his father. "How do you know my name already?"
"Huh? Oh! I came across my dad not long ago and he told me. I'm supposed to be one of the few people who will be keeping an eye on you and helping you around the village until you are comfortable enough." Kioshi explained.
That fast? Naruto to must have planned all of this out already while I was still knocked out. "Um, okay. Well it's nice to meet you Kioshi."
The girl who had waved over the two of us spoke up neck. She had medium length blue hair which framed her somewhat round face. Her eyes were a pale pearl like color with no pupils. As an outfit, she wore a purple kimono with short sleeves. The pattern on it was pink flowers alternating with red flowers. With the kimono were black sandals.
"H-hello. My name is Hyuuga-Inuzuka Emiko." She said then hid behind the third girl whom I'll meet today.
This girl had brown hair done in a braid that reached to her mid-back. Her big brown eyes shined with confidence. She wore black baggy pants with a tight grey t-shirt and blue sandals. She petted Emiko on the head gently before looking at me.
"I'm Emi's older sister, Kiku. Nice to meet you Aina-chan!" She grinned towards me. "You have such a cute face. A bit rounder compared to the rest of us." Kiku noted as she poked my cheek.
I made a face and gave a side look towards her as I held my hand over the spot she poked. Though she was right. Seeing everyone else's face structures, they had slimmer frames. Well at least that made me a bit more unique. Most people I've seen in this village all looked like they were related in some way just from looking at the structure. Of course I can be wrong because it was common it seemed.
Inoko laughed at Kiku's comment and more at my reaction to it. She realized it was getting late and looked over at me, "Aina, we should hurry along. My mom wants me home a bit before sunset and I still need to help you. Mina, it was great seeing you all. We have to save the rest of the introductions for a later time. You guys know how my mom can be if I'm late." A small shiver went down her back to emphasize the fact her mother was scary when mad.
Quickly grabbing my wrist, she dragged me along again while I waved good bye to everyone. One person did catch my eye a bit. He wasn't really paying attention to the group much that I haven't realized he was standing there next to Kioshi. Oddly the way his black hair was cut resembled a...duck tail? How is that a good fashion statement? Oh hi there, don't mind my duck butt of a hair style. Ha, maybe he has to say that quite often.
My gaze froze on him as his dark eyes noticed me looking. Was he glaring at me? Oh, I see how it is. Already hate me. Boy next time I see this guy, I'm gonna have to do a good beating out of his guts. If he dared to try and judge me, I'll be sure to be the first at his funeral. Judging me will be the last thing on his list, ya know. I'll be his worst nightmare. All I did was glare back at him like I were shooting daggers at him just as we were out of sight. Hmph.
The rest of the way to Inoko's surprise place, I was pretty much mumbling to myself angrily. Not paying attention, Inoko must have stopped because I bumped right into her back. She turned around with a devilish look on her face. I gulped unsure of what her plan was.
"Now you are mine to model my latest fashion creation of the new girl in the village." A small evil chuckle escaped.
"W-what are you planning Inoko?" I asked before being dragging into a building.
•••••
A mix of low murmurs and loud conversations filled the classroom in Konoha Academy. Different topics ranging from gossip to normal daily activities were all that interested the soon to be graduated class of ninjas. It was also time for Aina to prove she was worthy enough to become a ninja.
Naruto's solution of letting Aina become a ninja on time with the rest of her generation was to have a personal teacher. Not only that, but it was also only two weeks left until the exams. Aina didn't complain as long as her determination and ambition drove her to be around the same level as the rest. All in honesty, the training for her was frustrating and hard at first because of her little knowledge about chakra.
No one had really been able to see Aina after Inoko helped her out and gave her a new makeover. Up until today, she had been busy with settling in Konoha some more, training, and trying to find ways on removing the seal that kept her memories locked up in her mind. Ino and Inoichi were the ones to perform the mental investigations and attempts on trying to break the seal. Nothing was able to work at all. The end conclusion was that Aina, herself, would have to attempt to break the seal off.
It already seemed frustrating, to where she wanted to make a good reputation for herself in the village. There had been many rumours spreading around from the other students. Now there's the fact that she has to try to find a way to break off the seal that her memories are locked up in. Why would this happen to her? There wasn't anything extraordinary about herself from what she's been able to recently learn from her surroundings. It was mostly just likes and dislikes at this point.
Sitting at a spot in the middle of the classroom, Aina sat there waiting her turn for the exams. With no last name, she was one of the few people who had to go last. It was funny to watch the attempts of creating clones and replications of the teacher. The ones who couldn't really use ninjutsu were the best. One person somehow created a ghostly version of a clone when she was supposed to look like the teacher.
It took no more than maybe an hour for her turn. She walked down the steps to the front of the room. Eyes were glued on her back. Murmurs, mainly from girls, went on as she walked past each row. A lot of the murmuring was of her new appearance. Her long, dark red hair had been cut to mid-back with very minimal layering on the bottom. Her bangs were cut shorter to stay out of her eyes. The hair curved above her eyes as the shorter part of the bangs, meanwhile a bit in between her eyes and on either side of her face were around a few millimeters longer in comparison. In Inoko's opinion worked best to make Aina's eyes pop out more.
The outfit, picked by Inoko, surprisingly suited her well. The dark purple, v-neck sweater/hoodie loosely hugged her body to show the developing curves. The sleeves were designed with replicated red stitches going along it on the top in an x pattern. Along with the outfit, were some grey pants which went a bit below her knees and some black ninja sandals. Naturally, for a little while, Aina had to take some time to adjust to the change.
Aina stood facing towards the sensei ready to take her exam. Following instruction, she performed the proper hand signs for Henge no Jutsu, Kawarimi no Jutsu, and Genso Bushin no Jutsu. Many of the students were caught off guard as they watched how easily Aina was able to perform the jutsus. It caught her off a bit as well considering her training had come to many poor results before reaching decency. She gave herself a small smile, as she thought, 'I did it!'
The exam period had come to an end once the sensei announced those who passed and those who failed. After the headbands were handed out, Aina left and went to the village. She walked around aimlessly as she stared down at the headband in her possession.
Wow, I can't believe I'm a ninja now! I can start kicking some butt and prove myself worthy for the village. Aina thought as she grinned to herself. I wonder who my teammates will be. No one will know until tomorrow...Maybe I can ask Naruto-san and see if he has any ideas. I mean the Hokage's take part in the process of choosing, right? She sighed. Her hands gripped around the metal with the symbol carved in. Let's just hope whoever they will be, are at least decent.
"Why the sad look Aina-chan?" A male voice called before her.
Her head jolted up in surprise to find Kioshi with a smile. Although, she noticed someone with him. It was the guy from that group of people Inoko introduced her too some time ago. The obvious bored look seemed to have caught the attention of some passing girls who suddenly blushed and looked away while walking. Mentally thinking, she raised an eyebrow confused as to how he was attractive. Pushing that thought aside, Aina focused on Kioshi.
"Kioshi! I didn't expect to bump into you after exams. I thought you would have gone off to celebrate like many of the others." Aina said with a more surprised tone.
The blonde shrugged as if he didn't really care. "I won't be celebrating with my family until tonight since they're busy right now. So me and Ryou just decided to hang out for now." His head tilted to the side, "So what was with the sad look?"
"Why bother asking Kioshi?" A voice spoke up. The two looked at the same person, Ryou.
"Ryou! Just because you're an Uchiha, doesn't mean you can go around being mean." Kioshi said with a serious look.
"Ryou, right?" A low mumble disrupted the two. Suddenly, a dark aura of angry could be felt. The boys looked over their shoulders very carefully to find a scary looking Aina standing before them. A light gleamed from her eyes, making her resemble a sort of demon now.
The next moment should have been expected. Ryou was sent flying in the air a good few yards before his back hit a large tree truck to break his fall. He grimaced a bit in pain as he slowly opened his eyes and searched the area. For a moment, he thought he saw a flicker of red hair. Slowly standing up, while use the tree truck as support, Ryou kept his guard up for any in coming attacks. Suddenly, his body tensed up once a presence was behind him. A large punch hit his head and he tripped forward falling face first. Next thing he knew, Aina grabbed a handful of his shirt and brought his face up close to her's.
"Who do you think you are to say something like that? Just because you come from a clan like Uchiha does not mean you can be a snob nosed brat with an ego! Seriously! I don't get why there is a giant fan base of girls fawning and drooling over the sight of you! If anything, you should be glad that now there's someone who hates your guts. Can you guess who? No need, because it's me. Honestly, it's like you have a problem with me too! I haven't even spoke to you when I first saw you and you were just glaring at me ya know!" Aina was pretty much just talking fast the whole time she was yelling at Ryou. Once she was finished, she let go of his shirt before turning and walking away.
Aina walked past a dumbfounded Kioshi, who was still in the same spot. She looked up at his expression. He had flinched a bit believing she was going to do something to him also, then realized she was just standing there confused.
"What?" She asked sounding all innocent and calm again.
Later that evening, Aina was sitting at home relaxing for the day. She was laying upside down on her couch staring up at the ceiling. Her mind was racing with thoughts about her memory. Nothing so far has triggered any sort of memory pertaining to her past. The red head was obviously curious has to what her life was back then. Of course, she was still adjusting to her life here in Konoha. The atmosphere in the village felt so home-like, oddly like she was used to it. That feeling, though, was very little. Her eyes closed as she placed her hands over them. She just wished that she could just have a normal life.