"You found the girl in the forest near Konoha?" asked the Hokage.
"Yes, I did. She passed out so I went to help her in. She doesn't look like a threat, Hokage-sama." Replied Anko Mitarashi, the woman whom carried the girl in.
"You can't judge a book by its cover, Anko. For now, supervise the girl. Once she wakes up, I will ask the medic-nins to check on her memories."
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Anko said, before vanishing in a cloud of smoke.
In the hospital
Crimson eyes fluttered open, only to see a woman seating beside her eating a stick of dango.
"Ahh… you are awake." Said the woman, looking at the girl.
"My name is Anko Mitarashi. Nice to meet you. What's your name?"
"I… I don't remember. I think its Shiko… no Shino… no…. Shinko. That's right! Shinko!" Shinko kept repeating her name like a broken recorder while Anko tried to calm her down.
"Okay… Shinko. Relax. I'm going to bring you for a quick check up. Can you come with me?" Shinko regained her composure and calmly nodded her head before following Anko.
In a room
Shinko laid on a bed. The doctor, or a medic-nin, placed his hand onto of Shinko's forehead, emitting a green light. Soon, Shinko slowly closed her eyes, allowing the memory-collecting process to begin.
"Alright Shinko, what is your full name?" asked the medic-nin.
"Shinko something. I don't really remember. I only remembered my first name."
"Okay then, let's move on. How did you arrive in Konoha?"
"Erm… though the memory is blurry, I remember someone by the name of Oro… Orochimaru abandoned me or something." Everyone's eyes widened at the name of the Legendary Sannin.
"Okay… so what happened after that?"
"He bit into my neck and left a symbol." Shinko sub-consciously lifted her hand to touch her shoulder that was bitten. Anko's eyes widened while she touched her own curse mark. She had the same dark past with Orochimaru. As the same victims of Orochimaru, she could feel her pain.
"After that, I passed out of the pain. Then, when I woke up, nobody was in the hideout anymore. I walked and walked, before reaching here. When I saw the leaf symbol, I remembered I seen it before but my memory was blurry. Then, I passed out again."
"Hmmm…." The Hokage mused. "Orochimaru must have placed a much stronger memory-erasing jutsu on her. Once she remembers something, she would pass out. Looks like they are planning something big." Soon, the memory-collecting process is over.
Hokage Office
The Hokage sat on his chair, thinking. Anko was standing in front of him, waiting for his orders.
"Alright Anko. I hereby order you to be Shinko's guardian and she shall take your last name. I want you to monitor her and keep her safe. Is that clear?"
"Yes, Hokage-sama." After saying that, Anko disappeared into a cloud of smoke.
'Just what does Orochimaru want to do?' mused the Hokage.
Hospital room
"What? You are my guardian now?" asked Shinko.
"Yup! You shall now take on the name Shinko Mitarashi. From now on, you shall go to the Academy and graduate from there as a full-fledge kunoichi."
"That's great!" exclaimed Shinko, clearly excited about her new life.
The Mitarashi Apartment
"This is your house?" asked Shinko, scanning Anko living environment.
"Yup! I already prepared a room for you. It's opposite mine."
"Thank you!"
Shinko's room
"Wow…" Shinko stared in amazement. Her bedroom is of average size but was a comfy environment. The walls were painted red and grey, while her bed was a single bed with while pillows and red and grey mattress. There was also a small grey wooden desk in the corner, complete with a red study chair and a grey wooden closet.
"Awesome!" exclaimed Shinko, clearly happy of her new room. It was so much better than the boring rooms in their temporary hideouts.
"Glad you like it, Shinko." Said Anko, eating a stick of dango.
"Is that dango?" asked Shinko.
"Yup! It's my favourite food. You want some?" asked Anko, holding up another stick of dango for her.
"Yay! Thank you!" cried the overly excited Shinko.
The next day
Here we have our main protagonist, Shinko Mitarashi, wearing a red top with fishnets, a red miniskirt, the standard Konoha ninja sandals and having her snow white hair tied into a high ponytail using a red hairband. She also has a dango stick on her hand completing her look.
"Mmm…" mused Shinko, finishing off her last piece of dango. Having an empty dango stick in her mouth, she continued her journey to the Academy.
'I wonder what the students will be like' thought Shinko. Just then she heard a voice.
"Get out of the way!" Shinko turned her head only to be greeted by a flash of yellow and orange coming her way.
BAMM!
"Ouch…" moaned Shinko.
"I'm sorry!" cried the figure. Shinko looked up to see a blonde boy with whisker marks on his cheeks wearing an orange jumpsuit and had a green goggles strapped around his head.
"Naruto! You come back here!" screamed another figure.
"Oh crap!" shouted the said Naruto, before grabbing Shinko's hand and making a dash for it. Poor Shinko is stuck with him, jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
"Hey! Where are we going?!" shouted Shinko, not amused by Naruto's actions.
Soon, they took hiding in a tree. It was then Naruto realised he dragged the girl he bumped into with him.
"Ahh… I'm sorry. My name is Naruto Uzumaki. What's yours?" asked Naruto.
"Shinko Mitarashi."
"Cool!"
"Naruto! There you are!" shouted the same ninjas who went chasing after Naruto.
"Bye! Got to go!" Shinko too bid farewell at seeing Naruto's figure running away from the ninjas.
"Well, at least he got me nearer to the Academy" mumbled Shinko, looking towards the direction of the Academy not too far away.
Shinko sighed before making her way into the Academy.
In the Academy classroom
Shinko walked the corridors, trying to find her classroom.
"Ahh! Found it!" Shinko said, finally found her classroom. As she entered, she saw lots of things. A chubby looking boy stuffing his face with chips, some were sleeping, a boy playing with a dog but the most obvious one were a group of girls crowding around a bored looking boy.
'Hmm… there are lots of seats empty, but they were most probably the girls'. The places are already reserved with their things'(A/N: Okay I know in canon, the seats were empty but I want to have Shinko sit with Sasuke so yeah…) thought Shinko.
'The only seat left was the one beside the popular kid.' Concluded Shinko. She walked over to where all the girls were and waited.
And waited.
And waited.
Okay she had enough.
"*cough**cough* Erm… can you girls please move?" Asked Shinko in a way-too polite way. But of course, the girls paid no heed, only continuously arguing among themselves who was going to go on a date with the popular kid.
"Stop trying." A bored voice said from behind her. She turned around to find a boy that was looking half asleep.
"They are fangirls of Sasuke. They won't budge even if you asked them to a hundred times. How troublesome."
"Huh?"
"My name is Shikamaru Nara. You are the new girl, right?"
"Yeah… My name is Shinko Mitarashi." Introduced Shinko. It then came to a complete silence between the two before Shinko suddenly smirked.
"Watch this."
Shinko turned to the girls and asked them to move one last time. Sure enough, they won't budge.
"Hmm…. Not going to move huh… Guess I'll just do it by FORCE!" Once she said that, she slammed the floor and all the girls flew away. Everyone was shocked. Of course they will be shocked. It's not every day you see a girl slamming the floor and others just flew away from the impact.
"And thank you to you!" quipped Shinko in a cheery voice, like nothing happened, before taking a seat beside the said Sasuke.
"What did you do?" asked Sasuke.
"Hmm… let's see… it's something called. Pure. Strength." Said Shinko in a dramatic manner.
"Oh yeah… control your fangirls, will you?"
"Hn! Not my problem."
The classroom was filled with murmurs of 'What did she do?' and 'How did she do it?' but quieted down when Iruka walked in.
"Alright class. We have a new student today. Can you please stand?" Shinko stood up.
"My name is Shinko Mitarashi." Said Shinko before she sat down again.
"Okay…." Said Iruka, though expecting her to say more but disregarded it, "let's begin the lesson."
But before the lesson can continue, the door opened to see the previous ninja pulling a bundled up Naruto.
"Let me go!" shouted Naruto, struggling to get free from the ropes.
"Naruto. You failed the final exam and also failed the test after that. You really shouldn't be fooling around anymore." But of course, Naruto paid no heed and just sat there, silent.
The irritated Iruka then asked the class to do the Replication jutsu. Again. Shinko looked around, confused.
"That dobe." That caught Shinko's attention, "Got into trouble every time and we have to pay for it." Explained Sasuke. Though Shinko was surprised that Sasuke will even talk to her, not that she like him, not at all. But still surprised.
Naruto looked around the classroom and spotted Shinko.
"Hey! Shinko! You are here!" Every one's heads turned towards Shinko while she sighed.
"Hi…"
"Anyways, everyone line up. Even those who passed must too do it again!" The whole class groaned.
Once everyone lined up, the girl with pink hair started first.
"Sakura Haruno going! Transform!" The pinkette then turned into Iruka before turning back and trying to impress Sasuke.
"Next! Sasuke Uchiha!" Sasuke too turned into Iruka before turning back.
"Alright, next! Shinko Mitarashi!" Shinko walked to the front and too turned into Iruka. But what surprised everyone was she only used one hand to do the jutsu.
"What? Isn't it normal to use just one hand to do such simple jutsus?" Shinko asked innocently after turning back.
"Next! Naruto Uzumaki!" Iruka had a huge nosebleed after seeing what Naruto turned to. Why? Because, he turned into an older girl while being naked. Only having the important parts covered by a thin layer of clouds. Sure enough, he got a huge scolding.
Lunch time
Shinko walked around the school, a stick of dango at hand before seeing Naruto alone, sitting on a bench eating a cup of ramen.
"Hey! Naruto!" shouted Shinko, getting the attention of the blonde.
"Oh, hey Shinko!" Naruto shouted back. Shinko took a seat beside Naruto.
"Hmm? Where are your friends?" When Naruto heard that, his whole face became a downcast one.
"I… don't have any friends." Shinko smiled warmly.
"It's okay. I'll be your friend." Naruto looked at her with surprise.
"I never really had friends before. From what I remember that is."
"From what you remember?"
"Yeah… I lost my memories. So, I don't remember that much."
"Oh…"
"But I see you were always so happy and bubbly. Why don't you have friends?"
"I… don't know."
"…?"
"When I was young, I had a lot of chances to make friends. But, the parents always tell their children to stay away from me. I never knew the reason why."
"Then… why are you still so happy?"
"From young, I was always crying, asking myself just what I did that make the whole village shun me. I guess I ran out of tears to cry, so I tried various ways to get others' attention."
"…." Naruto then went back to his cheerful self.
"Well! Guess that's it!" Just then, a group of girls came up to Shinko.
"Hey you white-head, how dare you take our Sasuke-kun away!" said the one with pink hair.
"Yeah! You deserve a beating!" Shinko raised an eyebrow at this.
"Erm… are you girls asking for a fight?"
"What do you think? We will beat you into pulp!"
"Bring it on! I needed a workout anyways." Despite countless warnings from Naruto, the girls, Shinko and Naruto headed to the open training field. Naruto went because…. Neh… He has nothing to do anyways.
Training field
"You girls better put up a good fight."
"Die!" shouted the girls in unison.
"Alright then. Let the fight…"
"Begin."