AN: Hihi! It's good to hear everyone's opinions, ideas, and support for me to continue! Anyways I wanted to clear up a few things either in case they weren't obvious or just because I feel like a may need to for an overall better understanding of the rest of my chapters. Okay first, about the pairings, which I mentioned briefly last chapter, they won't play like a super huge obnoxious role during my story. Naru WILL have a crush or crushes on other characters that aren't the one who I have her end with. Next, if last chapter seemed kinda rushed that's actually because I made it like that. It actually was more of a preview/tester chapter then anything else. To make up for the lacking details of her childhood I plan to incorporate flashbacks throughout the story, hopefully this will help everyone understand my version of FemNaruto more fully. Erm-Um THIRD! While I did make a point to say that Naru was going to appear to be calmer and more collected in her personality, like her father, I wanted to say that most likely had the scare in the woods not happened her personality would have been mush closer to the original Naruto's. Due to this knowledge I can say that now while she does appear rather sociopathic it's a front that she puts up, because of how deeply she feels about things and when she does show emotion its usually in small, but very explosive bursts. Fourth, the sensing thing she did last chapter was actually an ability that Minato possessed that I think will be helpful in the future. Hm, I believe that is all for now so if you have anymore questions either PM them to me or write them on a review and I will answer them to the best of my ability.
Disclaimer: I don't own the series Naruto, however plot ideas and possibly certain jutsu's are mine.
"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
'Kyuubi/Demon Speaking'
-Flashback-
Halfpace- n. A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
-Naruto Age: Six-
Looking around at all the children running and screaming and whining I couldn't help, but feel that this is a horrible idea. Actually, it may be my worst one yet. When the Hokage asked me if I would like him to accompany me to sign up for my age group in the academy this year I should have just agreed. 'Yes, that would have been the smarter choice.' I thought narrowing my eyes at my selected guardian for the day, whose eyes kept flitting between the children, the parents and family members, and their own kunai pouch respectively.
In fact, the only people here who it appears that Anko-neesan isn't fantasizing about maiming is the man with long silky platinum hair pulled up into a high ponytail and the woman with the mammoth sized dog, who looks just as likely to eat the rest of the newly formed student-body as nee-san is to send kunai through their trachea. The man seemed to exude the kind of cool composure that I myself try for; not so much as twitched under the complaints he was receiving from his miny-me daughter dressed in some seemingly fashionable purple and pink contraption. The woman who could possible be a less sadistic Anko in another life is grinning down with a feral smile at a boy about my age who was clutching at a small white and brown puppy, who seems vaguely upset about the current arrangement.
The only thing that I can think of that went well so far is the actually signing up part of the day. As soon as the younger brown haired chunin made a move to protest my enrolment nee-san trying to slice off his fingers nearly took off a teacher's head and we promptly received the correct forms and a wide barrier of space to fill them out in. Afterwards, people tended to avoid going near us and Anko tried to single handedly glare every squealing child into some kind of fiery and painful death.
I couldn't help but notice that I wasn't the only one to receive new clothing if going by the boy and girl, who I would be joining this year, is anything to go by. No one is wearing any sort of ninja gear yet, however it looks like the current style of clothing is somewhat in-between civilian and ninja clothes. Flexible and sturdy for the males, but the females seem to lean towards impractical styles and materials. Unfortunately, this appears to be another difference that I will have from the class of children. My navy colored sleeveless hooded sweat jacket, grey t-shirt, and navy colored pocket filled pants definitely don't hold the same aesthetic appeal as their bright and pastel colored dresses.
Earlier this year, I would have chalked it up to being another one of those things that make a demon so different from normal people, however after bringing it up with nee-san she tells me, that while she could definitely be classified as demonic, I am not a demon. She has told me that when I graduate she will try and receive permission to tell me more, but for now it is a classified S-ranked secret that is punishable by death and other equally as awful fates.
Not only has Anko taken the place of my surrogate mother/sister, but she is also tutoring me in just about anything she can think of. Including anatomy, poisons, weapons handling, killer intent resistance, and what little she knows of tracking- which isn't much. My taijutsu training is going well and she told me to not bother with learning the academy style since it tended to be easily predictable and seeing as I was not finished learning the style she was teaching it would only hinder my progress. My speed is now at a mid-genin and will hopefully reach high-chunin by graduation time.
However, walking away from the chaos and towards home without my sadistic escort only proves to be an even more disastrous idea then staying in mass of loud children. 'I should have known better,' vaguely crosses my mind as I climb up a tree and away from the enraged civilian parents who have taken to chasing me across Kohona's less savory areas. 'Usually, they give up well before we reach the red-light district, so they must be very upset about my new involvement in Kohona's ninja community.'
Laying myself out on the thick tree branch I relax into a semi-sleeping state, and wait until I feel the parents walk away and return to their homes, before I climb down and wander back to my apartment and set my alarm clock. My last thought before crashing into the relaxing abyss of sleep was, 'Well here goes everything.'
-Next Day-
"Okay now class everyone head towards your pre-assigned seats as marked on the board and then was can start." Suddenly quiet all of the other children around me shuffle into their seats which I had already taken earlier. Being all the way in the back row and towards the corner with the widow is a bit of a strange decision on their part if the children around me are any indication. It appears the all the young male clan members have formed a sort of semi-circle around the current location. The chubby Akamichi boy, based off of his red swirl cheeks, is directly to my left and to his is the sleeping Nara boy. To my right is the quiet Aburame with his dark colored glasses and high collared shirt; finally in the row directly in front of me is the delicate looking Uchiha boy and the loud mouthed Inuzaka along with a few other non-descript possibly civilian children.
"So now that we're all in our seats we will start our class with introductions. I'll go first to give you all an example. My name is Umino Iruka, however everyone here can call me Iruka-sensei. I like teaching and reading new books. I dislike it when people don't pay attention in class. My hobbies include reading, cooking, and grading your homework. Finally, my dream for the future is for all of you to become successful ninja and kunoichi." Pointing his finger at the row opposite to mine the man instructed them to start.
"Uchiha, Sasuke! Urhmm… I like my brother and tomatoes. I dislike fangirls and annoying people. My hobbies include training and eating new tomato dishes. When I grow up I want to be as awesome of a ninja as my brother!" 'The delicate Uchiha boy seems to exude cheerfulness and a huge sense of admiration for his older brother,' I couldn't help but think that he seemed like the kind of child I may have been if I was born into a family such as his. The teacher spoke up pointing to the boy next to Sasuke-kun, "Alright, you next."
"Inuzaka, Kiba and this is Akamaru," the boy said holding up his now named nin-dog. "I like playing with the animals at my sister's clinic and training Akamaru! I dislike loud noises and bad smells. My dream is to become the bestest tracker in all of Kohona!" I couldn't help but think that it was kind of funny that he disliked loud noises when he had to of had the loudest introduction so far.
Moving through the civilian boys it was finally my row's turn. "Sigh So troublesome. Nara, Shikamaru. I like cloud watching, sleeping, and shōgi. I dislike waking up for the academy and bullies. My aspirations for the future are to marry a regular girl who isn't too ugly and not too pretty. Have two children, first a girl, then a boy. Retire after my daughter is married and my son becomes a successful ninja, and spend the rest of my life playing shōgi or Go. Then die of old age before my wife." Blinking I couldn't help but see the Nara in a new light. Not only had he probably shown the most intelligence of the bunch so far but he also got his point across clearly without stumbling over his words once, unlike the rest of our young student-body. 'Seems like the Nara's intelligence isn't at all over exaggerated nor their apparent laziness.'
"Munch Akimichi, Munch Chōji. I like my mother's cooking, Munch new flavors of potato chips, and spending time with my friend. I dislike MunchMunch bullies and people judge others based on their outward appearance Munch. When I grow up I want to be a good leader like my father is." 'Chōji,' I think he seems like the kind of person who finds their friends and then sticks with them through thick and thin, regardless of others opinions. 'Maybe-No! Naru you can't think like that! Just get in graduate and get out. Experience has shown us not to trust even those who appear harmless.'
Looking out from underneath my dark eyelashes I can see and hear all the children whispering in low to medium ones now. All eyes were on me awaiting my introduction. Sighing much like the Nara boy I begin, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like dango and my nee-san Anko. I dislike those that look down on others without getting to know them first and overly sunny days. My hobbies include training with Anko-nee and researching at the library. In the future I wish to join the Intelligence Division and work under Ibiki-san in order to unearth truth previously hidden from me." 'There,' I thought, 'that's not too bad I didn't go into extreme detail and I also didn't lie.' However, looking at the now shock ridden and paling faces, save few, I can tell I made some mistake somewhere. Re-reviewing my small speech I can't help but wonder where that reaction came from. Finally, cringing at my mention of the Intel Division I think back to the fact that Anko mentioned that most don't do well with mentions to that particular place.
More whispers followed, "My mom-""-demon!""-Evil-""What a freak!""-stay away from her," and catching hints of these ones I folded farther into myself. In fact, the only ones who didn't seem to react were the male clan members surrounding me, the blonde Yamanaka girl and the small Hyuuga heiress. I am now extremely glad for the fact I convinced Anko to get me the hooded sweat jacket. Not only was it keeping my bright hair hidden, but now it hid my absolutely mortified face from veiw.
In an act of mercy, cutting through the ruckus, the quiet Aburame redirrected the unwanted attention from me onto himself by starting his introduction. "Aburame, Shino. I like bugs and spending time with my clan. I dislike those who are careless. I want to become a strong clan leader like my father when I grow up." Face heating up I couldn't help, but mumble an especially quiet, "Thanks." To the even more introverted then I, Aburame boy. Tilting his head in slight acknowledgement he proceeded to not speak for the rest of the class.
The rest of the class flew by uneventful and at the end I rushed out heading home at my top speed.
-Naruto Age: Seven-
A year into the academy. That's how long it took me to make my first friend. A year. Anko thinks that I may be some kind of socially inept child due to my mistreatment. I always remind her that she barely has one friend- if that. However, if she is correct then it would make sense that I found myself with someone just as broken and introverted as myself.
The Uchiha Massacre. There was only one survivor, my classmate Sasuke. No one really knows what happened except well maybe the Hokage, the council, Sasuke, and the traitorous teme who killed all his fellow clan members himself. I had seen Itachi before. He used to walk Sasuke to school on occasion and was the one who signed his up for the academy in the first place. Not even I had ever foreseen the possibility that the young, strong, brilliant, and loyal Uchiha Itachi would ever commit such a travesty against his own clan.
Sasuke isn't the same as he was, no longer with the sunny disposition and unending praise for his brother. He has stopped talking unless approached first and even then his responses are snappish to downright cruel. He has a burning desire to prove himself better then all others and a vaguely unpleasant attitude.
I'm not to sure when exactly it happened. We somehow became permanent sparing partners, due to the fact that he was the only one to be able to match my speed and I his ferocity. Along the way of beating the crap out of each other we slowly became friends of a sort. I wasn't a fan girl and he wasn't out to sabotage my progress.
Strangely after the start of our sort of friendship others started to follow. Whether it was due to the fact that they wanted to cozy up to the last Uchiha or because they just didn't wanted to be the first to initiate a friendship with the most hated child in the village was undetermined. But, following the Uchiha the quiet Aburame who defended me on the first day was added. For him, he didn't join us so much as we joined him. He just so happened to have the tree which lent the most shade and well none of the obnoxious fan girls dared to approach the boy who could control the bugs around them. Finally, the Nara and Akamichi boys joined up claiming it was the best spot to watch clouds and that they were told to share their lunch box's contents respectively. It continued like this for years, just the five of us being sort of friends.
-Naruto Age: Twelve-
Being shaken awake there was only one thought in my head, 'it is finally here, Graduation Day.' Anko-neesan requested the whole day off just so she could wake me up and then congratulate me at the end of the day.
Taking a plate of dango, our favorite treat, from Anko I couldn't help but think back on the past few years. I finally achieved my goal speed wise a few months ago, now being at a high-chunin level. I had also worked my way through all of my basic and moderate level taijutsu stances. Finally, I had created my first original seal which was marked on the inside of both wrists and in the indent behind both ears; it allowed me to store copious amounts of senbon needles and was easy to reach. After learning about anatomy from Anko-nee she was able to teach me the basics of senbon handling. Unfortunately, not only was my technique incomplete, but once I started my grades in kunai and shuriken handling dropped so low to the point where I had to completely re-teach myself.
Tottering back into my room I look to the clothing that was laid out on my bed.
-"Gaki! We need to get you some new threads. Your graduating soon and frankly your current clothing looks like shit. It has holes and is nearly threadbare, so get off your ass and let's go." Anko always has had a way with words…
Stepping into the basic ninja supply and outfitting store I wander through until something catches my interest. It was a tracksuit that would cover up much of my overly pale skin. The coloring was black with a deep navy blue that seemed to make my eyes stand out even more then normal. The sleeves of the jumpsuit were cropped short to just above my elbows and the jacket itself only reached to right under my newly forming bust. The bottoms of the tracksuit were black with navy colored lining and reached to my ankles. Finally, Anko added a black mesh shirt with long sleeves and a navy colored fitted crop tank top. Picking up a pair of basic navy ninja sandals we walked up to the counter.
I stopped halfway there glancing at the hair clips they had before selecting and orange one with a pink and red flower atop it. Splitting the cost of the purchase half way we headed to our favorite dango stand before retiring home-
Smiling softly and shrugging on my jacket before stopping at the door to slip on my sandals and grab my bento box, most likely filled with even more dango, from Anko I leaped across Kohona to reach the academy.
I slipped around the two arguing girls in front of the door and into my seat sparing a nod to the boys who had become my friends. After a few minutes and the role call the teachers passed out the written exams, which honestly I could have tried harder on. After, the teachers split us up into small groups, I ended up in a group filled with civilian children, and had us spar against each other for the taijutsu portion. The last part was a ninjutsu test where we would all we pulled one-by-one into a separate room to be evaluated by Iruka-sensei and his aid Mizuki-sensei.
When it was my turn for the ninjutsu portion I walked in confidently, preformed the substitution jutsu and clone jutsu to their expectations and picked up my headband which I tied around my neck.
-Later that Night-
"Anko-nee remember what you told me when I was six? Are you finally cleared to tell me what you wanted to then?" I asked with a bit of hesitance on my part due to the fact that I wasn't really sure what the information would be.
"Hmmm… so you still remember that eh, Gaki?" She turned around in the seat she was in at the dango stand. Seeming to size me up for not the first time I stared right back into her calculating gaze. She nodded her head decisively, dropped some yen onto the counter, and motioned for me to follow her.
The walk to where ever in the forest she was taking me had to be the longest walk I had ever taken. I remember vaguely having a feeling that my heart was trying to escape through my throat. We finally stopped at a small shed-like structure with trees over hanging and their leaves softly shining in the moonlight. Standing there for about ten minutes she finally started talking, "Twelve years ago on October tenth a nine tailed fox appeared out of no where and attacked this village. The Yodaime, the Kage of the time, found that the demon could not actually be killed and could only be sealed due to the fact it was actually a living embodiment of malicious chakra. Deciding the only way to save his village was to seal away the vicious entity he prepared a seal of his own creation. Half of the fox demon's chakra was sealed away inside hi to never be seen again and the other was sealed away within a newborn infant. That child was you gaki." Her voice seemed to grow to a softer tone towards the end that I had never heard coming from Anko before.
"That's why the villagers hate me, because I'm the vessel to hold the Kyuubi? That's stupid. Not only are they undermining the Yodaime'e sacrifice, but also his skill which has been claimed to be unparalleled." Grinding my teeth together I look towards the soft white shine coming through the tree leaves.
Finally, turning on my heel and heading back the way we came I called over my shoulder, "Coming? It'd be a shame for me to miss my team assignment tomorrow." The previously solemn woman let out one of her shudder inducing chuckles and grinned, before jogging up behind me and throwing her arm around my shoulder. "Not so fast you little imp! I have a special treat for you because you graduated!"
Motioning for me to watch her she formed a variety of and seals before saying, "Kage no Jutsu!" My eyes snapped open as I watched her blend into the shaddows right before me until I couldn't make her out.
"Well get to it gaki! You only have tonight to learn it! I have a long term mission starting tomorrow and won't be able to supervise you like this much longer."
In their rush to teach and learn the jutsu neither noticed the white haired chunin being taken down by select Anbu members nearly twelve feet away.
AN: Okay so phew… this is nearly two pages longer then last chapter! Anyways Naruto finally learns that she isn't a demon, she just has one sealed inside her! Also we finally start the real series next YATTA! Furthermore, there is a poll on my page for who you think should be Naru's Jōnin sensei.