Ali: Chapter two! Soooooo sorry for the long wait.

Kyuubi: Get on with it and say the disclaimer.

Ali: But why?

Kyuubi: *raises eyebrow* I will go full sized and sit on you if you don't.

Ali: SHIIIIIIT! Don't gotta tell ME twice. I own nothing but the plot, and OCs.

Kyuubi: enjoy.

(BTW I know I didn't give the Uchiha or Senju clan leaders the right names. I was high off of air and low on sleep. But I'm gonna keep their names the way they are for purposes you'll learn when it gets to Ayumi's story)

Chapter Two:

Settling In

Tamotsu watched as Madara laughed at her for choosing a man's name, waiting patiently for him to quiet down. "Are you done?"

"Yeah, I think so," he said, wiping a tear from his eye. "... So why a guy's name?"

"To show that you don't have to be a man to protect what's precious," she said, determined to never let anything precious like her home and family slip through her fingers again.

Madara blinked. "That's... pretty good."

She smiled at him. "So, what's there to do around here?"

The twelve year old boy tapped his chin in thought. "Not much besides train, I don't know what civilians do... Speaking of training I have to leave. I'll see you later."

Before he could fully get up she grabbed his arm, not exactly sure that she was keeping him in the room besides she wanted to be near someone her age and the fact she wouldn't be satisfied with this type of life. She looked up at him and tilted her head, realizing what she wanted to do. "I want to learn."

"Learn what?" Madara asked before it dawned on him. "You? Really?"

"Does it look like I'm joking?" she asked, her now blond eyebrow raising under her bangs.

He sighed. "No. It doesn't. Fine, let's get going before we're late. You're going to have to get new clothes... We'll figure all of that out later. You'd better hope they say yes."

She walked with him, moving around people and struggled to keep up. She was actually keeping up quite well and this surprised Madara. They reached where he would train. A woman with her long black hair in a bun and she had soft features, though her skin was weathered. Tamotsu tilted her head and found that in a hardened way she was indeed beautiful. She then noticed that there was an Uchiha fan tattooed on her neck.

"Madara who is this?" the woman demanded.

"This is Tamotsu Maki," he said. "She wishes to become a ninja."

"A civilian who wants to be a ninja? Why? So she can take us out?" the woman asked.

"No. So I can protect what's precious," Tamotsu snapped. "And I am thankful to this clan for allowing me to live and even going as far as to healing me."

The woman smirked before laughing. "Alright. First, let me see what you can do."

The woman surged forward, kunai at hand and aiming for her throat. Tamotsu ducked to the side and pushed her away.

"Suki!" Madara yelled, panicking that she'd kill the girl.

Suki grinned. "What? I'm just seeing how fast she is... pretty quick in my book."

Madara relaxed and ran a hand through his pitch black locks, shaking his head. "You're crazy."

Suki winked. "That's why I'm your sensei."

Tamotsu felt her dress being picked up and saw Suki holding it up. "What?"

"You need new clothes if your going to train with me and the boys," she said, shaking her head. "I'll figure something out... wait, here."

After a minute or two Suki came back with clothes in her hands and shoved them into Tamotsu's hands. "Go change."

She went into a private room and changed from her dress and shorts to capris and a plain white shirt with one short sleeve and one long sleeve. She walked out and Suki looked at her with a nod of approval. Tamotsu and then another boy entered.

"Izuna you're late," Madara complained.

"Sorry, mother had me do something," the boy said, before looking at Tamotsu."Who's this?"

"Tamotsu Maki, she just came in today and wants to be a ninja."

Izuna chuckled. "Her?"

"Better watch out, she's fast," Suki said.

Izuna eyed her warily before he crossed his arms. "Great..."

Tamotsu didn't know why she felt like he didn't like her, but didn't question it. Her amber eyes traveled to Suki who was apparently lost in her thoughts. "Um... Suki sensei."

Suki blinked and looked down at her. "Oh, sorry I was distracted. Do you know how to use your chakra?"

Tamotsu shook her head slowly. "I'm a citizen."

Suki sighed. "Great."

"I'm a fast learner," the blond assured. "I'm sure I can pick it up."

"Oh?" Suki raised her eyebrows. "Then make this hand sign and gather your chakra."

Tamotsu didn't know how, but she saw the chakra in her sensei moving around, responding to the hand sign. This made understanding easier. She, herself, made the hand seal and concentrated on her chakra and made it move in her and she smiled. Next the Uchiha woman had her concentrate it on her feet. Suki demonstrated and Tamotsu wathed the older woman's chakra carefully, noting how it traveled and settled at the bottom of her feet.

"If it works I won't be able to push you." Izuna, Madara, and Tamotsu tried to push the woman out of place, but her feet never moved despite how her torso did. "Okay, go ahead and try."

The amber eyed girl nodded and made her chakra flow down her chakra paths to settle in a pool at the bottom of her feet. They tried to push her but it didn't work. Tamotsu bit back a retort, knowing that the onyx haired woman would easily take her out without a second thought. She got from the other two boys that the woman was crazy and she didn't want to test that theory out nor cause it to happen on accident rather then experiment. They continued with exercises and Suki in the end turned to the boys.

"Why don't you two learn as fast as Tamotsu?"

Izuna looked frustrated while Madara had a look of awe on his face. "Huh..."

Tamotsu didn't like him being so upset. "What's the matter Izuna?"

"Nothing," the boy lied.

She didn't press any further and then Katsu Uchiha walked in and greeted his boys before noticing the young blond.

"Ah, the No Name," he said with a playful smirk.

"H-hello," she said, nervous to be in front of the leader of the entire clan. "I'm Tamotsu Maki."

"Nice to meet you Tamotsu," he said, not making fun of her name like a certain someone. "Are you comfortable here?"

It touched her heart how he actually cared, she could hear and feel how sincere he was. "Yes, I am."

He gave her a look. "Doesn't sound like it. You're nervous."

"Just a little," she admitted.

A warm smile presented itself. "Don't worry. You'll get used to it."

Ali: Sorry that I have to cut it short, but the next chapter should be done in... I don't even know.

Kyuubi: Nice... review.