I own nothing but my Oc and any Jutsu I come up with
Later that day we had to fill out our ninja registration forms and take our picture for it and despite my gentle prodding Naruto was going to do what he wanted with it. While I just put my red hair into a half ponytail, just getting my bangs and the sides out of the way, leaving the rest to flow down my back and wore my normal ninja attire consisting of my orange belted skirt with black shorts unseen underneath, a orange vest that reached just above my belly button with a short sleeve fishnet shirt underneath, and standard black ninja sandals that reached my knees. My headband was tied loosely around my neck. Naruto on the other hand decided to paint his face white with red markings...sigh my brother.
While him and the third argued over his photo I turned mine in and went to the market, we needed groceries and it was best to shop without Naruto as all he would want is ramen and he would get upset when certain vendors would refuse to sell to us, though at least now we knew why. After I was done I dropped the food off at home and put it away. It was strange because since this morning I hadn't seen Naruto around and I hadn't heard of him getting into any trouble. Maybe he had finally matured a little...probably not know him he's just being sneaker about it than usual. But without him home it was too quiet and the apartment seemed empty and lifeless.
I decided that I'd use my time better training so I grabbed a towel, a water bottle and a light snack, and after leaving a note for Naruto left for one of the more remote training grounds. It was one that I silently shared with Sasuke Uchiha though we never trained together or at the same time I knew he came here sometimes when he wanted some peace away from his fan club.
I could tell just by looking around that he hadn't been here yet today, which was strange because he was usually here and gone before I ever got here, as there were no new scratches or marks on the targets or wooden dummies set up for taijutsu training, but I didn't let it worry me. Maybe he was taking a day off though I doubted it.
I spent the next few hours refining my abilities, practicing my aim with kunai and shuriken, going through drills for taijutsu and chakra control, then I created a few clones to spare against this also allowed me to see where I needed to improve on my style of fighting, where I was leaving openings and how I could make my techniques better. I also used that technique after making sure there was no one to see what I was doing. It was something I discovered by accident while I was getting used to using my chakra in the early academy days. I found if I concentrated it enough and then pushed it way from myself I could create chakra chains, a very unique and advanced technique, something only certain clans were able to do. I learned to shoot these chains out of various places in my body, I could use them to attack with wicked sharp points or restrain with no one able to break them. No one knew that I could do this, I figured it would be dangerous if they did, so I didn't even tell Iruka-sensei or Naruto simply because my brother would forget to keep quiet, much as I love him...he kinda had a big mouth sometimes.
The sun was setting when I finally called it quits and went home. I had improved a lot in that small time and found a few things that I knew I'd need to work on if I wanted my fighting style to be more solid. When I got there Naruto was back and as usual eating ramen for dinner.
"Hey where'd you go today Naruto?" I asked him as I took off my shoes
"Ah just around the village, but hey I met this kid, Konohamaru, he's the third's grandson and a real brat, but he wants to be Hokage too so from now on we're rivals, but I'm gonna beat him believe it!" Naruto told me talking quickly and excitedly
"I do believe you, you don't have to tell me ya know." I said smiling gently at him
The next day dawned brightly and I decided to leave early just leaving a note for Naruto so he wouldn't freak out. I left the house with a onigiri in my hand for breakfast. I got there way before most people, though it seems Sasuke got here before me like always, and took a seat near a window so I could look outside while we waited. A little while later Naruto came in and sat down next to me smiling his big goofy grin that took up his whole face. It made me happy to see him in such high spirits.
More people trickled in as the morning went one and at one point Shikamaru commented on the fact that me and Naruto were here when we didn't pass and after Naruto pointed out that we did in fact have headbands Shikamaru left to his seat saying how he was glad to finally see that I wasn't holding back anymore.
Then Sasuke's worst fangirls came charging in like wild animals, Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno, they were arguing over some race that was supposed to decide who would win Sasuke...like he was some kind of object or toy to be owned...they made me sick, but unfortunately Naruto liked Sakura. I wish he would have better taste in women, Sakura had only ever put Naruto down, like Hinata. Now she was perfect for him, she had always secretly liked him she was just too shy to say anything. Secretly I was rooting for her.
Sakura then seemed to spot Sasuke as she came strolling down to us and then...pushed Naruto out of the way without even acknowledging him or that she did it.
"Good morning Sasuke." She chirped all dewy eyed...pathetic
Sasuke turned to look at her, but didn't say anything.
"Mind if I sit next to you?" Sakura continued as if he had said something
"Back off Forehead I'm sitting next to Sasuke." Ino snipped as she came down and grabbed Sakura's arm, then one after another more of Sasuke's little fan club gathered to argue over the spot next to Sasuke that Naruto had been sitting in
Jeez these girls were starting to piss me off and half the people in the village knew not to piss me off, I guess you could say I have a bit of a temper ya know.
"Hey you." I growled coming to the end of my patience
Both girls froze as they slowly turned to me.
"You think you can just push my brother aside like he's nothing? And treat Uchiha like he's a toy to be won and fought over like children?" I said lowly my headband shadowing my eyes
The room temperature felt like it had dropped and everyone had gone silent, but there was a fire raging in my eyes when I looked up to glare at them. They squeaked and gulped in fear, they knew they could never beat me, and couldn't stop themselves from backing up a step.
They seemed to snap out of their fear when they saw something behind me and turning I saw that Naruto had gotten up onto the desk and was staring at Sasuke curiously trying to figure out why all these girls were so crazy about him no doubt.
The girls were all yelling at once about Naruto glaring at Sasuke, he should get away from him, blah, blah, blah. It was like having a bunch of yappy little chihuahuas in the room.
A kid in front of Sasuke sat up a little bumping Naruto and I only had a moment to react. Luckily I managed to get my hand in before Naruto and Sasuke could have lip lock, but it didn't stop them and the fangirls from freaking out. Naruto and Sasuke grabbed their throats and proceeded to spit and sputter. The fangirls on the other hand were not happy and Naruto only realized it when his instincts told him how much danger he was really in.
The group of them glared at him, but before they could do anything I stepped in front of him with one hand in my pocket and a blank face with a deadly glare.
"Don't even think about it. You touch a hair on my brother's head...and I'll end you." I threatened
They didn't look happy about it, but they did disperse with grumbles of them getting me later...as if...they're pathetic and I don't know why they bother pretending to be ninja.
"Thanks Akane-nee you really saved me back there." Naruto cheered rubbing the back of his head
"Yeah well next time don't start trouble ya know." I said gently cuffing him on the head
Naruto just laughed at me and we retook our seats.
Sasuke looked at me out of the corner of the eye and muttered barely audible "Thanks."
I just nodded "No problem ya know?" knowing he didn't want any extra attention
After everyone had retaken their seats Iruka-sensei finally came in and brought the class to order.
"As of today you are all ninjas to get here you have faced difficult trials and hardships, but that's nothing. What comes next will be far more difficult. Now you are only Genin first level ninjas. All Genin will be grouped into three man squad and each squad will be lead by a Jounin an elite ninja." Iruka announced
This seemed to surprise some and make others happy and most of the girls looked like they hoped to be on Sasuke's squad. Like everyone else I glanced around to see who I wouldn't mind working with. To tell you the truth there weren't many I would dislike, ok so I'd hate to be on a Sasuke fangirls squad and I think I'd die of worry if I couldn't look after my brother, but other than that I really had no problems with anyone.
"We want each squad to have a balance of strengths and abilities so that's how we set them up. I will now announce the squads." Iruka began as he looked at a stack of papers with the graduates names on them
A few minutes later he got to "Squad seven Naruto Uzumaki," and I paid more attention "Akane Uzumaki,"
Me and Naruto cheered and he hugged me happy to be on the same squad and not separated as I'm sure we both feared.
"And Sasuke Uchiha." Iruka finished ignoring us
Naruto dropped his head and the fangirls all glared at me outraged that not even one of their rank got on Sasuke's team, but someone who couldn't care less. I felt bad because glancing back I could see how sad it made Hinata to not be on Naruto's squad, but couldn't feel guilty for being placed with him so I just gave her a sympathetic smile.
"Squad eight Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame." Iruka continued listing squads
That would be an interesting team and from what I knew about their clans, which admittedly wasn't as much as I would like, they would be excellent at tracking and recovering, and search and rescue type missions.
"Squad ten will be Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi. Those are all the squads." Iruka finished
I admit I felt bad for Shikamaru and Choji, they were both pretty nice people if a bit lazy and they didn't deserve to be stuck with someone as full of herself and bossy as Ino.
"Iruka-sensei why do great ninja like me and Akane have to be in a group with a slug like Sasuke?" Naruto demanded as he pointed at the Uchiha in between us
This seemed to annoy Iruka and he said "Sasuke and your sister's real scores tied for the best of all the graduating students. Naruto you had the worst scores." this caused the rest of the class to laugh at him until my glare shut them up "To create a balanced squad we put the best students with the worst student."
Naruto growled in annoyance and anger.
"Just make sure you don't get in my way loser." Sasuke muttered into his folded hands
This only served to piss us both off, but rather than go the loud approach like Naruto was I just silently glared icily at the Uchiha and smirked when I saw him shudder.
Iruka cleared his throat to bring the classes attention back to him "After lunch you'll meet your new Jounin teachers until then class dismissed." he announced
I almost didn't bother trying to get my new 'team' together for lunch. With how the two behaved around each other it would have never worked, but I figured I at least had to try.
I went to Naruto first, I figured he was my twin so he'd be more likely to at least hear what I had to say, although I knew I could rarely get him to do what I wanted even if it was for his own good. He politely declined my offer to eat lunch with Sasuke and said instead he was going to try and eat with Sakura.
I sighed heavily as he went gallivanting off in search of a girl that wouldn't give him the time of day if he were the last guy on Earth and wondered off to find Sasuke. I knew the Uchiha vaguely from having been in classes with him for half our lives and I knew he didn't like the attention he got from his fan club and so it was more that likely that he was squirreled away somewhere eating his lunch in peace.
It didn't take me too long to find him, but by the time I did someone had gotten the jump on him and tied him up and taped his mouth shut.
"Oh...this is gonna hurt so hold still and don't move ya know." I said wincing as I knelled down to him and took hold of the tape and cleanly ripped it off
"Gah!" He cried out in pain and gave me an icy glare
"Sorry, sorry, but it had to be done so don't look at me like that ya know." I apologized sincerely
He just hn-ed and looked away from me moodily.
"Would you just untie me now? And where's your brother? Where's Naruto?" He demanded as I started unknotting the ropes
"Ah, I see. Naruto used that jutsu to overwhelm you after a surprise attack right? That's why you're like this then. You should be grateful it wasn't one of your fangirls that found you instead of me ya know." I said as I finished untying him
He went pale for a second and gulped roughly before nodding at me, then his usual mask of indifference was back into place on his face and he stood up dusting himself off.
"So do you know where he is or not?" He asked me seriously
"Hmm well, I may not know where he is right now, but if I had to bet I'd say wherever Sakura is he won't be far from her. Ya know?" I said pointer finger next to my mouth in a thinking position
He didn't say anything just walked off and I decided to follow him and make sure he didn't kill my brother. We walked outside to find Sakura waiting on a bench alone, but when she saw Sasuke she perked up and seemed more pleased and eager than normal. I decided to hang back and just watch for a while this wasn't any of my business anyway, at least it wasn't until...
"Where's Naruto?" Sasuke asked the annoying pinkette
"There you go again changing the subject. Anyway Naruto just picks fights with you. You know why he's so annoying cause he wasn't raised right. He doesn't have a mother or father no one to teach him right from wrong. Think about it he just does whatever comes into his head. If I did things like Naruto my parents would get mad and I'd get in trouble so of course I don't do it, but if you don't have parents to tell you how would you know? He's selfish and rowdy he's all alone." Sakura mouthed off like she knew what she was talking about
"Shut up." I muttered lowly my hair hiding my eyes
"Huh?" Sakura mumbled only just now realizing I was there
"Stop talking. You don't know...anything. You think you're so smart...because you can memorize a bunch of books and scrolls and you can pass a bunch of written tests, but you...know nothing. Nothing about real life...or true suffering. You think it's easy? With it being just the two of us? You think we don't know any better simply because we don't have parents? We do...Naruto does what he does because he wants us to see him. He want us to acknowledge that he's here and he exists, even if all you do is scorn him, so long as you see that he's there. You take what you have for granted Sakura. When you go home you have a mother and father to greet you, they ask about your day, they cook and clean for you, they support your decisions, they hold you and comfort you when you're sad, and they smile and laugh with you when you're happy and they're proud of your accomplishments. Me and Naruto...we've never had that...we don't even know who our parents are. We are alone...but at least we have each other." I said tears in my eyes from the pain and anger that I was holding back...I wouldn't let them see me cry...I had to find my brother
As I left I could hear Sasuke telling her "She's right. You have no idea what it means to be alone and frankly you're annoying."
A few moments later Sasuke caught up to me and we went back inside together. As we walked down the hallway Naruto came barreling out of the bathroom towards us. He slid to a stop calling out in surprise.
Naruto yelled asking how Sasuke got out and behind him I pointed to myself smirking while Sasuke said some bull about an escape jutsu. Naruto smirked along with me, but didn't say anything on it. Sasuke and Naruto then got into another argument and Naruto created a bunch of shadow clones in retaliation, but before he could do anything his stomach gave a displeased groan. All the clones and the original clutched at their stomachs in pain and then proceeded to argue over who could get the bathroom first...sigh my brother.
Sasuke just stared at them in disbelief before turning to me slightly "Are you sure you're related?"
I nodded morosely embarrassed by how my brother was acting not for the first or last time.
"It's hard to believe...when he's such a loser." Sasuke muttered as he turned and walked the other way
I sighed and followed him, thinking back on it the cause was most likely the spoiled milk I hadn't had the time to throw out. I had hoped Naruto would have the sense to check the expiration date , but it appears I was wrong. I had faith in my brother, but sometimes he was just too much.