A/N: Yuzuki and some other background characters are owned by Sealed in the Sea. This chapter reflects the thoughts and effort of her
We don't own Naruto…
Background: Yuzuki Asai
Yuzuki's POV:
I had a relatively normal childhood. I grew up in Getsugakure as the only child of two jounin. Needless to say, I was at the top of my class and gained ranks fairly quickly. I got in a good deal of trouble, though. My best friend, Aiko, always helped me hide after pulling pranks or starting fights. We would hide out in a hidden cave by the base of one of the many mountains in the Moon country. Aiko had already signed a summoning contract with bats(they helped her find our cave). She was the one who helped me get a contract with the bats.
Overall, she was sweet, kind of shy, and caring. She started learning medical ninjutsu at the age of 10 because she wanted to help me and our other teammate as much as possible when we went on missions. She wasn't very strong, but she made up for power with healing techniques. She was always there to heal us whenever we got hurt.
The only thing I regret from my childhood is that I couldn't save her when she needed my help. I couldn't return all of her favors. We went on our first A-ranked mission when I was 13. We were just sent on an assassination mission for one missing nin. It turned out that the missing nin that we were sent to kill had formed alliances with other missing ninja and they all attacked at once after we stumbled into their camp.
There were too many ninja. We were overwhelmed. Our jounin leader was the first to pass out. Our other teammate followed shortly after. I was stabbed in the stomach and my opponent was about to kill me when Aiko jumped in front of me and took the blow. His katana went all the way through her chest.
She coughed blood up violently and smiled at me one last time before her eyes closed forever. My eyes watered and my heartbeat sped up, which wasn't good for my wound. After about a minute, my head fogged up and I passed out. When I woke up, I was in a hospital in Getsugakure with bandages wrapped around my stomach. It hurt to even breathe, so I didn't try to sit up.
When the nurse came in the room, I questioned her about what happened to my other teammates. She just shook her head and gave me a look filled with pity. I felt like my heart had been sucked into a black hole.
Later, I learned that both the leader and my other teammate had been captured and tortured. They were killed when they failed to reveal any useful information. To this very day, I still have no idea why I wasn't taken like my other teammates or merely killed like Aiko.
Since that day, I've worked my ass off to become stronger and protect the people I care about, because I don't want to watch anyone else die the way Aiko did. Now, I'm a hunter ninja. I was able to take revenge on the missing ninja that killed Aiko. What really irked me was that they didn't recognize me. Sigh. I really hope it's because I've improved and changed a lot since that day.
A/N: Sob stories are really fun to write R&R please!