~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~timeskip-1 year later Shizuko is 7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Hokage Office/
"Kakashi, how is Shizuko doing with her training?" Hiruzen asked. "She is doing well, she has taijutsu down to low genin level, she unlocked her chakra, and is learning control, it is allready high genin level because of the demons, but she has a fairly good grasp on control, so she has gotten the hang of several low level genjutsu and ninjutsu. However, she is still low in self confidence." Hirruzen sighed here, and nodded. "She still stutters badly, and is very shy. I think that putting her in the acadamy would help a little." Kakashi said.
"You haven't said anything about the sand, is she able to control it?" Hiruzen asked. "Oh! Yes, well she is very good with her sand, and has made many defensive tecniques with it; she even has a layer of it over herself at all times to protect her, its kinda creepy because when it is damaged, it cracks, and makes it look like her face is cracking. However, we have gotten very close. She sees all of us as siblings, and has even taken to calling Kurenai 'Kure-nee' Gai 'Nii-san' and me 'Kaka-nii'." Kakashi said with a small smile (not that Hiruzen could see it because of the mask). "That is good... I think that she should join the new class, the one with most of the clan heirs. The Hyuga boy may be able to help her." Hiruzen said, and Kakashi nodded. "Yes, their contrasting personalities should help, his would help her gain a little confidence, and hers would mellow his out."
"Okay then, tonight ask her if she is okay with joining the acadamy, and she will join monday." Hiruzen said. Kakashi nodded, and left, leaving the Hokage to his hated paperwork.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Later That Night~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hey, Shizuko-chan, would you like to join the acadamy? You would be able to meet and talk to some people closer to your age there." Kakashi asked. "U-um, m-mabey, Kaka-nii. C-could I think a-about it first?" Shizuko asked, and Kakashi nodded with a smile. "Of course you can think about it for a while, my cute little imouto." He said, ruffling her hair a bit and walking to the living room.
Shizuko thought about it for about an hour, thinking about the pros and cons, and finaly made her decision. "Kaka-nii, I w-want to go." She announced. Kakashi smiled (just so you know, Kakashi takes off his mask when he is around Shizuko because he really thinks of her as his sister, and he would only take his mask off around his family.) and said "Weeell then, you will start the school year on monday, so since that is two days from now, how about we get you some new clothes tomorow with Nai-chan, and then go to Ichirakus for some ramen?" Shizuko nodded happily; Ichirakus was her favorite resurant, though she liked pokky more than ramen the owner of the pokky store was one of the people who didn't like her, and over-charged her every time she went there.
"Ah, that reminds me..." Kakashi said, turning away from her, and digging in his bag. Shizuko blinked, and started getting curious, as Kakashi kept turning his head twords her every so often and smiling. Finally, he said "Aha! Found it!" and he turned around, keeping his hands behind his back. "Now, since you have made so much progress this past year, the three of us all chiped in to give you this..." he pulled a scroll from behind his back, and Shizuko recognised it as a storage scroll. Curious she unsealed it...
...
... and was promptly burried under a ton of strawberry pokky. Kakashi smiled as he heard a shriek of happiness from his little sister, and laughed as she jumped out with a pokky stick in her mouth, stars in her eyes as she glomped him. "T-Thank-you!" She shouted. "You are very welcome, my little imouto-chan." Kakashi said with a smile. After she calmed down, Kakashi re-sealed the pokky, and they both went to bed.
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The next day, Kurenai, Kakashi and Shizuko went to Ichiraku Ramen, where they each had one bowl apeice. Whilst they were talking, a few villagers were staring at Shizuko, some with regret, some with understanding, but the majority with anger. Even though the Sandaime Hokage had told them that she was the daughter of the Yondaime, they still didn't believe it, and many had tried even HARDER after the announcement to kill, beat and torture her.
Shizuko bowed her head while the two jonin glared at the civilians and shinobi (only genin following their parents example, and chunin who don't understand fuinjutsu at all) who were sneering at Shizuko. "Ignore them, Shizuko-chan, they are just idiots." Kureani soothed, and Kakashi nodded. "Lets go, Shizuko-nee. Thank-you for the food, Teuchi-san." Kakashi said. "It's not a problem, and you three can come back anytime!" Teuchi said.
As they were walking home, a blur flew in front of them, making Shizuko tense, and the two jonin jump infront of her. "Hey, 'Nai-chan! Where have you been? I've been looking for you for a while." The woman said. "Anko-chan? I'm sorry, I have had a mission with Kakashi and Gai. We have been teaching and protecting Shizuko-chan here." Kurenai said. Anko peeked behind the jonin, and saw Shizuko looking down and recognised her immediatly. She smiled softly and said "Hey Shizuko-chan, how are you?" Kakashis jaw dropped, Shizuko smiled at Anko and responded, "I h-have been ok, A-anko-senpai, a-and you?" Here, Kurenai was slightly suprised, and Kakashi almost fainted. "I am ok, I'm even better now that I've seen you and 'Nai-chan." Anko said, and Shizuko smiled. "I heard about what happened a year ago, and I think that they deserved what they got for hurting my little Shi-chan." Anko stated, hugging Shizuko who blushed, and Kakashi fainted, too shocked at the 'crazy-snake-lady's' behavior, and Kurenai laughed at the nick-name that Shizuko recieved, then shook her head and said, "We should probably be getting back, Shizuko-chan will be starting the acadamy this year, and we don't want her to be late for her first day, right?" Anko laughed and nodded, and watched Kurenai lead a blushing Shizuko and drag an uncontious Kakashi away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The next day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Are you ready for the acadamy, Shizuko-chan?" asked Kurenai. "I-I t-t-think s-so, Kure-nee." Shizuko stuttered out. Kurenai smiled at her and said "You'll be fine, just listen to the teacher and you will be fine." Shizuko nodded, and started walking into the building.
When she got to her class-room, she sat in the back of the room, by the window, and looked down. She was the first one there, so she got to watch some of the other kids walk in. First, she saw a boy with raven black hair in the shape of a ducks butt (not that she would point that out; it would be mean) and an arrogant smirk on his face, probably from the Uchiha clan. She immediatly disliked him.
Next was a boy with a very high ponytail that reminded her of a pinaple. He looked tired and was slouched like he would drop at any second, but his eyes were sharp and calculating, meaning that he was from the Nara clan. He looked over at the boy and shook his head. Then he looked over at her, and she ducked her head a little, but he shrugged and sat in the seat infront of her, placing his head on the desk to take a nap. Shizuko stiffled a giggle, and looked back at the door.
She saw a bunch of different people come in, a boy from the Akimichi clan who sat next to the Nara boy. An Inuzuka boy who came over and tried to bug her a bit, till the Nara boy told him to stop, because she was obviously a little scared by all the questions. Then a pink haired girl and a Yamanaka came in and immediatly started pining after the Uchiha, who got a smirk and started bragging about himself.
There were others, but none got her attention again until another boy walked in. He looked like a Hyuuga judging by his hair color and eyes, but his eyes were full of laughter and mischif. He looked over at her and smiled at her, which made her blush almost as red as her hair. He saw that and laughed, which just made her blush deepen, and she ducked her head down. He shrugged, and sat down at an empty seat near the front row.
Shizuko sighed, and put her head down. She fell asleep for a little bit, untill she felt someone tap her sholder, and she jumped a little and looked over. "May I sit here? Every-one else is afraid of my bugs, so I was wondering if you would mind?" an Aburame boy asked. Shizuko looked down and said quietly, "I-I d-d-don't m-mind." Shino nodded, and sat down in the seat next to her.
They waited for a bit, and then a man with a chuunin flak-jacket came in. Everyone stopped talking, and the man nodded. "Hello class, my name is Iruka Umino, but you may call me Iruka-sensei or Umino-sensei. Today is the first day of school, so how about we introduce ourselves? Lets start with...Aburame, Shino."
The boy next to Shizuko cleared his throught. "My name is Shino Aburame. My likes are bugs, my family, and people who are open minded. My dislikes are people who squash bugs, and incecticide. My hobbies are collecting new bugs, and talking to my parents. My dream is to find new ways to use bugs in battle and to be a good family head." Iruka nodded. "Good job, Shino. Now next is... Akimichi, Chouji."
The boy sitting next to the Nara cleared his throught, "My name is Chouji Akimichi. My likes are food, my family, and my friend Shikamaru. My dislikes are the 'f' word, and people who insult my family. My hobbies are eating and cloud watching with Shikamaru. My dream is to try all of the flavours of potato chips in the world, and to be a good clan head." Iruka smiled at him, then said, "Ok, now its Haruno, Sakura."
The pink-haired girl looked up and smiled. "My name is Sakura Haruno. My likes are...uh well my hobbie is... umm, my dream is..." when she stopped she was giggling with hearts in her eyes, and the whole room was sweatdropping. 'Does she really want to be a ninja?' Iruka thought. "Um, ok, now next is... Hyuuga, Haru."
The Hyuuga boy in the front smiled and said, "My name is Haru Hyuuga! My likes are my family, pokky and Ramen! My dislikes are certain thing that happen in my family and the thrity seconds it takes for ramen to cool down! My dream is to be the first Hyuuga to become Hokage!" when he finished Shizuko was blushing 'wow, he he's very confident, I wish I could just shout out my feelings like that...' "Very good Haru, now next is... Inuzuka, Kiba."
The Inuzuka who had been bothering her earlier stood up. "My name is Kiba Inuzuka. My likes are dog and my family. My dislikes are cats, and staying still. My hobbies are playing with the family dogs and practicing family tecniqes. My dream is to be a good clan head." He sat down and Iruka nodded."Ok, next is... Nara, Shikamaru."
The other boy infront of Shizuko stood up, " 'troublesome' My name is Shikamaru Nara. My likes are sleeping, naps, resting... and my family and friends. My dislikes are waking up, getting up, and... overcast days. My hobbies are playing shogi and cloud watching. My dream is to live to an old age, marry someone who isn't needy, and mabey have one or two kids." everyone was staring blankly at him for a bit, exept Shizuko, who was laughing at the reaction silently, and Shino, who's face was covered, so you couldn't tell what he was thinking. "Uhhh, ok, um, Uchiha, Sasuke."
The arrogant boy from before smirked and said "Names Sasuke, Uchiha Sasuke. I don't have many likes, and alot of dislikes. My dream... is to become the strongest ninja ever." Iruka sighed and shook his head. 'this kid has a major ego problem.' was the thought shared by the whole room exept for Sakura, the Yamanaka and Sasuke. " 'sigh' now next is...Uzumaki Shizuko."
Shizuko gulped, but stood up, and said, "M-my name i-is Shizuko U-uzumaki. M-my likes are m-my Nii-sans a-and Nee-sans, p-pokky a-and dango. M-my dislikes a-are n-narrow minded people a-and water. M-m-my hobbies a-are training, a-and gardening. I-I don't r-really h-have a d-dream." By the end, her face was red, and she quickly sat down. Iruka smiled at her and said, "Thank-you, Shizuko. Now, next is... Yamanaka, Ino."
The blond girl stood up, " My name is Ino Yamanaka. My likes are my family, and...friends." She said suggestively looking at Sasuke. "My dislikes are forehead over there and people who pick on others. My hobbies are gardening," she smiled at Shizuko, who smiled back shyly," and helping out in the family flower shop." Iruka smiled at her. Hers was probably the best one yet, she even tried to help the girl who obviously had no self-confidence! "Very good job Ino! Now, how about we start on our lesson..."
Lunch
"...and that is how Konoha was founded. Ok everyone, time for lunch." Everyone cheered, and went outside. Shizuko went over to a tree and sat down in the shade. As she was opening her lunch, Sasuke came over and sneered down at her. "What are you doing way over here, you little demon. My father told me that you were a monster, and that I should mess with you whenever I could, so..." he then kicked over her lunch, making her eyes well up with tears. " oh, what are you going to do about it, demon?" Sasuke sneered again, and raised his hand to hit her, making her flinch, but when he was about to slap her, someone caught his hand. Suprised, he looked up to see Ino, glaring at him, and then she pushed him over onto the ground. "How dare you attack someone who clearly wasn't doing anything?!" Ino shouted. Sasuke glared at her, then smirked and walked away.
Ino turned to Shizuko and her eyes softened when she flinched. "Are you ok?" she asked the scared girl. Shizuko nodded slowly. Ino smiled, and asked "would you mind if I sat here with you?" Shizuko quietly said "n-no I-I wouldn't m-mind..." and Ino sat down. "Here, they kinda ruined yours so, have some of mine, and I insist, so no refusing." she then handed shizuko her dango stick, and half her sandwich. She giggled when she saw Shizukos face when she saw the dango. "You really like dango, huh?" she asked. "I-I do, but I l-like pokky a lot m-more. O-oh!" Shizuko started digging around in her pockets, and then she pulled out a scroll, confusing Ino for a second before she saw the seal. "What's in the scroll?" She asked curious. "K-kaka-nii g-gave it to m-me for my b-birthday a c-couple of d-days a-a-ago. I-It's filled with.." she started, then all of a sudden, three pokky appeared on it, and she squealed, immediatly sticking it in her mouth, and humming, making Ino burst into giggles, and Shizuko blush a cherry red at her reaction. Shizuko looked down for a bit, then picked up a stick of pokky, and offer it to Ino, who accepted it with a smile.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~somewhere in Konoha~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kakashi suddenly collapsed in shock, making everyone around run to him. "Kakashi! What's the matter?!" Asuma asked. "Well, either Jiraya-sama has sworn to never wright another Icha-Icha book again... or Shizuko has willingly given up a stick of pokky." Kakashi said in a very serious tone, making everyone around sweatdrop at his antics. "Well, um ok then, I'll be going this way now..." Asuma said cautiously, scared by the one-eyed ninja.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~back at the acadamy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Would you like to be friends, Shizuko-chan?" Ino said suddenly as they were walking back to class. "U-umm, I t-think t-that I w-would l-like that, I-Ino-chan." Shizuko said with a blush and a small smile. Ino smiled at her, then they went to sit where Shizuko had been before, Shizuko sitting in the middle this time, Ino at the window seat, and Shino at the opposite side.
As Haru walked in, Shizuko sighed with a light blush on her face, which reddened when he looked at her. This time, however, Ino saw it, and she smirked 'so, she likes Haru, huh? I'll have to talk to her about this after I get her confidence up a little.'
Iruka walked into the room, and tried to get everyones attention, "Hey, everyone!" but it was to loud in the room, so he sighed, and made a few hand-signs, and suddenly, his head was giant, and he shouted "HEY BRATS! PAY ATTENTION!" the class immediatly quieted and Iruka smiled.
"Ok, now, it's time for physical lessons. Let's meet outside, ok?" Iruka said, and everyone nodded and followed him outside.
"First, lets see how good you are at kunai and shuriken throwing. First up is Shino." Iruka said, and Shino stepped up. He grabed the kunai first, and threw them one at a time, getting four of the ten kunai in the bulls eye. Then he grabbed the Shuriken, and threw them the same way, and got a slightly better five of ten in the bulls eye. Iruka clapped, and the rest of the class hesitantly followed. "That was very good for the first day, Shino. Next is Chouji."
Chouji stepped up nervously, and grabbed the Kunai. He threw them and got three of ten, then he threw the shuriken and got three of ten again. Iruka nodded, and said "Ok, now Sakuras turn." She threw both and missed all of them. Iruka shook his head and sighed. "Ok, now your turn Haru."
Haru nodded with a cheezy grin, and threw the kunai, scoring six out of ten, and after, the shuriken, getting six again. Iruka was pleasently suprised, and clapped again. "That was very good, Haru. I assume that you practiced that?" Iruka asked, and Haru nodded. "Ok, now its Kibas turn."
Kiba walked up confidently, and threw the kunai, and he got two, but then he got five shuriken. "Well, you need to work on your kunai throwing, but you are very good at shuriken. Next is Shikamaru."
Shikamaru groaned, but stood up from the tree he had been relaxing against, and took the kunai. Suprising everyone, he got a serious look on his face, and threw seven out of ten for the kunai, and six of ten for the shuriken... and then he collapsed unconious. "umm...ok. Lets use... these over here for the rest of the test." the students nodded uncertianly, and walked over.
"Ok, now up next is Sasuke." Iruka said. Sasuke smirked, then grabbed the kunai and threw them, hitting six in the bulls eye. Then he threw the shuriken and got six again, tying Haru. "Well, that was good Sasuke, up next is Shizuko."
The girl nervously walked up, and Ino shouted "Do your best, Shizuko-chan!" Shizuko seemed to gain a little confidence, and grabbed the kunai, and when she threw them... all but one hit the target. The other students gapped at the scene, and Shizuko started studdying her feet, till Ino shouted out "Yay! Good job, Shizuko-chan!" and Iruka came up and patted her on the back "Yes, very good job Shizuko! Now, how about the shuriken?" Shizuko smiled a little, and grabbed the shuriken, and when she threw them, she got all ten of ten, making Ino congradulate her again. "Exelent job, Shizuko. Now, how about you, Ino?"
In the background, Sasuke was scowling, 'how did that demon do better than me? I am an UCHIHA, the BEST!'
Ino walked forward, nervously, and looked back at Shizuko, who smiled and nodded encouragingly, and she nodded back, smiling. Ino grabed the kunai, and threw them... and all ten of them hit the target. Irukas jaw dropped, and everyone but Shizuko (who was clapping) was stunned. She quickly grabed the shuriken and threw all ten of them, but only nine of them hit that time. "W-well, Ino and Shizuko have tied for first, Shikamaru got second, and Sasuke and Haru tied for third. Now, lets go inside, and will someone carry Shikamaru, I get the feeling that he won't wake up for a while." the students walked in, (Chouji got Shikamaru) and Iruka said, "Well, that is it for today, tomorow we will learn about chakra and how to use it, which will carry over for a few weeks." then, they were dismissed.