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CHAPTER 1: The Present

5 YEARS LATER

"Mommy?" said a childish voice.

"Yes, Itazura?"

"Where's daddy?" There was a pause.

"He-He's on a business trip."

"Oh. When is he coming back?"

"I-I don't know." She had a few tears slipping, which Itazura saw.

"It's ok, mommy. I'm sure he'll come back." She patted her mother's leg.

LATER THAT NIGHT

Itazura woke up from a slight cry in her mother's bathroom. She got up from her small bed and walked towards the bathroom.

"Mommy?" She saw her mother lying in a pool of red water and a knife right next to her. At that time, she never knew what blood was. "Mommy? Are you ok? Speak to me. Don't leave me, mommy." Miyochi slowly lifted one hand to touch Itazura's cheek.

"M-My dear child, I-I love you very much. Your father will never come back, a-and neither will I." She kissed her daughter's forehead, the same place that Damin had kissed five years ago. Soon, Miyochi's hand fell onto the bathroom floor as her eyes became lifeless.

AFTER HER MOM'S FUNERAL

"She didn't even cry."

"IT'S ALL HER FAULT THAT DAMIN AND MIYOCHI DIED!" a villager yelled, pointing at Itazura.

"How? Why? She's their offspring."

"Damin died because he sealed it in her. Miyochi died because she brought up Damin."

I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to. I didn't know. I never knew. "I DIDN'T MEAN TO!!" Itazura yelled. The sadness over came her. Tears started to build up in her eyes, threatening to flow free.

"Of course you didn't." Itazura turned around to find a woman; the 2nd hokage of the village. "Why don't you come with me? You can be my child from now on." Itazura just ran to her and hugged the Hokage tightly. Faint whispers of rumors started spreading around about the demon child.

"I heard that Aleena adopted the demon."

"No way! That's impossible!"

"Obviously not. Look." One of the village women pointed at the 2nd Hokage who gave Itazura a piggy back ride.

7 YEARS LATER

"Hee hee. They'll never know it was me. It was so easy too!" Itazura said as she snickered. She's now 12 years old, and her childish side never left her. Right now, she's hiding behind a fence, peeking out of a hole. She now knew why her father died. It was to seal the griffin in her. She found this out when she was 8. Now, she regretted for being alive. She's the one who should have died instead of her parents, but the Aleena, 2nd hokage said otherwise.

"I think that everyone was born for a reason. Same goes for people dying. Your parents died for you to live, I'm pretty sure. Now you have to find your reason for living." ((Sorry if it sounds SO much like Fruits Basket! Guess I was too into it. ;))

Aleena treated her like she was her own daughter. But all happy times have an ending, whether it's a good one or a bad one. Aleena died saving the village, just like her own father did. Back to the present, Itazura just pulled a major prank. She placed a bucket full of paint above a door, and when the 3rd hokage, a young woman, went through it, well, you know. Unless you're that dumb...The jounins that seen this scene were out raged and chased her, while the hokage laughed.

A FEW MINUTES LATER

"Hello, Itazura." someone said from behind her.

"AGH! Oh, it's you, Lord Hokage." she said nervously.

"Don't worry, you're not in trouble. I use to be like you when I was at your age." Sayuka, the Hokage, said while smiling.

"Really?"

"Yes, and I must quite say, it was a classic."

"Thank you very much, Hokage-sama!" Itazura smiled.

"Well, isn't the academy supposed to start in about 5 minutes?" Sayuka questioned.

"Ack! I promised Aleena I'll become a shinobi! Thank you, Hokage-sama, but I have to leave now. Bye!" and with that, she ran towards the academy. Sayuka just stared at her before laughing.

"You'll become a great shinobi, Fuko Itazura. Maybe you'll even be better than me." she mumbled, smiling a bit. Sayuka then turned around and started walking away towards the Hokage's office.