ARC I : Academy
Chapter 1
The Heiress
I look around the room I was in. Sure enough, almost everyone was staring at me. I noticed a few familiar face around my age. The little pale-boy wearing blue high-neck shirt that can only be Uchiha Sasuke was sitting in the back of the room near the window. Aburame Shino, wearing his usual jacket and glasses were at the same row as Sasuke, Hyuuga Hinata, who was looking at her weirdly, was seated in front. Behind her were Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Choji who were busy (Shikamaru is sleeping and Choji is munching his chips). Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino were in the center desk in the second row, looking at her from head to toe before looking at their dress. Inuzuka Kiba were not far off, smirking at her. The only one who wasn't in the same room was the hero himself, Uzumaki Naruto.
I'm not crazy.
Those characters from the manga 'Naruto' were the same characters, (they're people now, breathing, living) sitting in front of me. How was that possible, you ask?
I was reincarnated.
Well, I'm not kidding.
I came to accept the fact that I am now a tiny, little heiress of the Oshiro Clan with a very useless kekkai genkai. And being here just confirms all my guesses as to where I am.
I wanted to deny it the first time I saw my father's hitai-ate. I even thought it was a coincidence, seeing as our compound wasn't really in Konoha (it was near the border of Land of Rivers and Land of Fire), and I rarely see jutsus being cast.
Doesn't mean I am not reincarnated.
Because I'm quite sure I am.
A firm hand gripped my shoulders and I look up from the source. My uncle, Tatara-san, was looking at the whole class; his face was the usual stoic mask everyone in the clan wore. Although, with my kekkai genkai activated, I can tell he's irritated.
Maybe he feels my amusement?
Oh, you want to know about our very awesome kekkai genkai?
They called it Kyoukan.
Wow. It has a name, a very wonderful kekkai genkai name.
I hope you can feel my sarcasm.
In my opinion, Kyoukan is a very useless kekkai genkai. Shizuka, she-wants-me-to-call-her-kaa-san, said it's like emotion radar. You can tell their emotions, and feel it in a certain way.
So in short, empathy.
Yep. Kyoukan is a useless kekkai genkai to be protected by our big clan.
Why can't I have the sharingan?
Anyway, it was a pain in the ass, sometimes, most of the time. When you awaken your Kyoukan, you will feel the emotions of others near you. Two meters at least, ten meters at most. And with time, it's expanding, which brings to the main problem of most of the clan.
Kyoukan can make its user crazy.
During the first war, a high number of our shinobi, after awakening their Kyoukan in the middle of the battle, goes insane and became like a walking killing machine. They killed whoever came near them, which leads to their death.
In all the shinobi clan in the Land of Fire, Oshiro, our clan, has the highest mortality rate.
That's why awakening a Kyoukan needs to be done in a controlled environment and it should be a forced awakening. I don't know how they can tell that one must awaken their Kyoukan at this time. Hell, I think I was one of the youngest who activated it – I was seven years old.
It was a headache when I activated mine, and my range was six meters. I sensed their emotions and I know they're proud. I am not happy though, you were not the one with the headache here. Harumi-sama, our clan's elder, beamed at me and gave me some tips to get used to the feeling of Kyoukan.
And this kekkai genkai can't be deactivated.
Le sighs.
I also didn't expect that being out of the compound hurts more. I found out that most of the clan knew how to mask their emotions so others won't know. And they won't hurt clan members by their mood swings. That's why when I went out to live in Konoha, as per orders by the Clan Head, he-said-he's-my-tousan, I was bombarded with different emotions that I passed out from pain.
I know. It's embarrassing.
I was in a meditation ritual, a ritual created by the Oshiro for uncontrolled Kyoukan, for two weeks to get accustomed to the outside world before we head out to Konoha. My uncle also trained me to mask my emotions and tone it down like most of the Oshiros do.
And it frustrates me that my oh-so-dear uncle can still feel me.
"My name is Oshiro Haruko. Please be nice to me." I bowed my head in a formal manner. I was wearing a pale pink tank top and a traditional ninja pants, my left leg was bandage while my holster was in my right thigh. My uncle was wearing black kimono, in his white obi was his holster on his right and scrolls on his left. His haori was kept away.
Do you know why?
It was actually funny.
The clan bore the color of the sakura tree. Pink.
And I was like, OH MY GOSH WHY OH WHY PINK?
It was all because of some tradition shit.
They said our clan was founded on spring. After the Sage of Six Path's wife died, he cremated her body and buried it in the compound. And a decade, a sakura tree was standing on the very same place the Sage buried his wife. The Oshiro then was just a small family, and to gain favor from the Sage himself, they took care of the tree. It was legacy passed down from the first family, up until they became a shinobi clan. So, when Konoha was founded, Oshiro came to sign the treaty but they insisted to stay at the compound which was still a part of Land of Wind then.
So, you know what uncle's haori look like?
Yep. Pink.
I am so not kidding.
I felt my uncle's hand gripped my shoulders tighter.
"Haruko-hime, I must be on my way to your quarters. By your leave." He said in a passive voice with his head bowed slightly, but I can feel his irritation from here. I can also tell my sensei is amused by this, I can feel his lips twitching.
"You may go. I want all the paperwork in my table when I get home." I said looking at him in the corner of my eyes as he bowed once more and leave. It was one of the conditions I agreed to do while staying here in Konoha. Unlike some, I like doing paperwork. It was one of the things that made me forget that I am in this predicament, that I am a soul reused to satisfy whoever kami is watching.
I spare a glance at our sensei, he smiles at me and motion for me to sit. I looked around again to look for a good spot and I found a seat in the middle row that is near the wall. I went there and took my seat. I can still feel some stares directed at me. Oh well, let them look, it's not like I care. What I care about now is my life.
As Oshiro Haruko, daughter of Oshiro Shizuka, head medic of Oshiro clan, and Oshiro Haru, Clan Head, I have a responsibility as the heiress. Despite being detached to the people of the clan, my clan, they're still human — breathing, bleeding, living — and I can't let them down. My stay in Konoha wasn't a study-there-and-make-friends, it was a gain-alliance-and-further-your-influence type of stay. And the first thing the clan tasked me was the shops that was powered by Oshiro's money; I was to visit them and make sure the monetary flow of Oshiro is going smoothly.
I know, why would they let a seven year old do this type of shit?
In case you forgot, I'm living in a world where feudalism reigns and samurai and ninjas were their military. And a seven year old ninja-in-training, managing the finance of the clan wasn't really a big feat.
Well, for me anyway. But apparently not to some, aka my sensei and classmates.
Sensei, they called him Yusuke-sensei, was already teaching the class on basic math. I sighed and pretend to listen.
I should've known relearning shit will be boring.
【 TRIVIA 】
1. — Kyoukan can mean many things. One is【 共感 】sympathy or empathy, and the other is【 兇漢 ·凶漢 】villain or assassin.
2. — Oshiro or Ōshiro means castle.
3. — Haruko means spring 【春】 child 【子】.
Author's Note:
Hi. I'm sorry I'm a day behind my own schedule for this chapter to release. Anyway...
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