Sapphire09: Here's the real Chapter 1! Enjoy !

Most of this chapter is only contains introductions... hope you won't mind ^^

CHAPTER I
Identities

It was a peaceful day in Konoha, the birds were singing and the day was clear. As expected for one of the most peaceful Ninja countries in the Ninja nation.

"Hey Naruto! What have you done?!" the enraged shout caused brief alarm amongst the civilians of Konoha before they continued their morning rituals, already to used to the random shouts of rage and indignation.

"Try and catch me if you can!" Naruto taunted. Again it seemed that Konoha's resident prankster was getting out his own way to grace the boring dull village a spark of excitement, no matter how unwanted. On lookers snorted in either amusement or disgust as the orange clad nuisance jumped about like a demented flea yelling out his accomplishment for the world to see shortly followed by irritated Chunin as they tried to catch the prankster.

Alas another day in Konoha.

"Naruto!" a familiar voice yelled out. 'Gah! Iruka sensei!?' Naruto thought in panic. Soon, Iruka manages to capture him and give him a long lecture and punished him by telling him to clean up the mess he made. And so, he grudgingly scrubs the paints from the Stone Faces of the Hokages.

"Damn it, Damn it-!" he punctuated each scrub with a curse, "It won't come off!"

"You're not going home until every drop of paint is washed off Naruto!" Iruka sat atop of the Third Stone Face sending a stern stare towards the mentioned boy. Crossing his arms he continued, "Why did you do it anyways Naruto? You could've been studying for the exam tomorrow; you know it's your last chance, right?"

Naruto scrunched up his face as Iruka's words hit true, "No one is waiting for me at home anyways! And I would've passed before if it weren't for that stupid Bunshin Technique!" he hung his head as he fisted the washing cloth, "I can't get it right! No matter how hard I try!" He furrowed his eyebrows angrily before he began to scrub with renewed vigor, "It's not fair!"

Iruka was taken aback at his favorite students' outburst; perhaps he had been a bit too hard on the blond. Abandoning his strict posture he rested his hands on his knees, maybe he could make it up to the boy. "Ne, Naruto," he looked away when he met Naruto's sulking glare, "If you wash this all up, I'll treat you to some ramen tonight." He peeked out of the corner of his eye.

"Ha? Really? I'll do my best then!" Naruto began to scrub harder at the blue splotch as it began to rub off. In evening, his work is done and like what Iruka promised, he takes him to the Ichiraku Ramen Stand.

"Iruka-sensei! You're the best!" Naruto exclaimed as he ate his favorite food. Iruka smiled as he ate happily. As they eat, they chatted on idle things. After Iruka paid for the bill, he said his goodbyes to Naruto and the owner of Ichiraku since he has something to do. After he left, Ayame approach him and said in whispering tone, "He's nice. Don't you think so …Minami-chan?"

'Naruto' smiled a little as he stares at the chuunin's disappearing back and replied, "Yeah… But I don't know whether he can be trusted or not."

"Well, I can understand that," Ayame smiled. She then tilts her head a little. "But I still think that he's a good man. Can't you give your trust to him a little bit?"

"…I can't promise that, Ayame nee-chan," 'Naruto' said as he left the stand.

"Took you long enough to get here."

Naruto smiled without looking towards the source. Right after he's done in Ichiraku, he went straight to this hidden place. The place is hidden in the deepest part of the Forest of Death. His way to get in there without notice is a mystery.

The hideout is a very beautiful spring, with a stream that flows down to the lake. The moonlight is reflected to the lake, making it glow beautifully. The place is very well hidden. It is surrounded by thick forest, the thickest one of all part of the forest. There are also lived some wild animals nearby.

He walks a few steps toward the lake. "Do you know how long I've waited?" the voice said, making him stop. Someone then began to approach him.

"Sorry… Hinata-chan," he smiled towards the newcomer.

From the shadow emerged a girl with short indigo hair with pearly lavender eyes. From the look of her face, she looks pretty well annoyed. She has her arms in front of her chest. As she approaches him, her posture relaxed.

"It's not like you to be late, Nami-chan," she said. 'Naruto' chuckled as he lift his right hand to his collar and unzip it. As he did that, poof of smoke appeared around him. When the smoke cleared, there stands a girl with long blonde hair that reached her knees and curvy petite body. The unzipped orange jacket hung loosely on her body. The black shirt she wore as undershirt visible.

"Iruka treated me dinner. I can't refuse that, can I?" she said. "Iruka, huh? Figures… Anyway, the Genin exam is tomorrow. Any plan to pass… Minami?" Hinata asked as she walks closer to where Minami is standing.

"Ahaha, it'll be hilarious to see their faces that way, but I don't think that's a good idea," she chuckled. Hinata smiled too. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

Both of the girls then flop down to sit near the lake. "Minami…" Hinata started. "About the plan…"

Minami's head then bowed down. "The plan… huh…?" she repeated Hinata's words.

"I… don't know…. I like Iruka-sensei, the Sandaime also taken care of me since I was small, I also like the old man at Ichiraku and his daughter. Three of them even knew about us already!" she chuckled. "Added to that… Now that I know I'm the Yondaime's daughter, I don't feel so sure anymore," she said softly. She then looks up to the starry sky.

"My father… He already sacrificed so much for the village. Mother… me… and even his self. He… he sacrificed his loved ones, only to protect an ungrateful village like this!!" she yelled in anger and disappointment.

She found out about her father around two months ago; when she sneaks into the Hokage's Tower, to finds information about the Kyuubi's attack, since the Kyuubi is too stubborn to tell. She didn't find anything. Instead, she found a scroll that contains things about her. From that scroll, she founds out that she is the daughter of the late Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage, which was also the last one of the holder of Eyes of Space doujutsu.

She was shocked upon realizing the truth. The one that sealed the greatest tailed demon, the Yellow Flash, the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha, is her own flesh and blood, her own father. She then found out that he actually wanted the villagers of Konoha to treat her as a hero, but they treated her worst than they treat trash.

He might've thought that the villagers will do his last bidding, due to that he did save the village many times, or maybe because he was so naive. But, anything he might think, the real was they couldn't even do something as simple as that. The villagers owe the Yondaime and her big time. He saved the pathetic village, even from the last war, but yet they couldn't do his only one last wish, that is to treat her with respect.

"I think I can relate to that," Hinata said suddenly. "As you know already, I hate my father, and also the Hyuuga elders, but I still care for my sister and -though I don't know why- Neji nii-san. Both of them are the reason of why I think twice in leaving the compound for good," she then sighed before she laid her back and stare at the sky.

"I thought… If I leave her with father, I'm afraid that she'll become someone as heartless as him. As for Neji nii-san…," she sighed quietly again.

"Neji nii-san… was assigned to be my guardian. He did his best in protecting me, even though he hated me. I know it's only because he was ordered to, or maybe he did it out of fear for my father, but I appreciate his effort. If I leave… I'm afraid that father will use him for good, until he can't be used anymore…" she explained. Minami glanced to Hinata before she sighed.

"Why did you still care for him even after you know he doesn't care anything about you?" she asked quietly. Hinata smiled bitterly. She shifted her eyes downcast.

"Perhaps, it was because he used to care? I don't know. But, before the death of his father, he really cared for me like a big brother would to his little sister. He was the one that comforted me after the death of my mother. You can say that I owe him, even though he's really cold now," she smiled.

Minami stares at her before she twirled her long bangs with her finger. "It seems we need to watch how things are going to unfolds. Maybe, if we wait long enough, we won't need to extract the plan," she said unsure. Hinata pushed herself from her laid-back position and nodded.

"It's the best thing to do, for now," she said.

Minami then sighed. The plan… If they wanted to, they can do it right here right now. "The plan of Konoha's destruction…," she muttered.

"You know as well as I do that if we wanted to, both of us alone can do it. Even the organization is ready anytime," Hinata said when she heard her mutters.

That's true. Naruto -or Minami, is a master of taijutsu, kenjutsu and ninjutsu. She's also on her way in mastering fuuinjutsu. Added to that, the fact that she has natural affinity to wind and water really makes her can't be underestimated.

She also knew about the Kyuubi that is sealed in her when she encounters a life-threatening experience six years ago. The Kyuubi's fondness to her makes her willing to teach her about ninjutsu and kenjutsu. Also, since she has been alive for more than two millennia, she also taught her the arts from the ancient times that were supposed to be lost in time.

She also has two bloodlines –a doujutsu called Eyes of Space from her mother, and another ability to bend light from her father. The appearance of the doujutsu is similar to the infamous Sharingan, but instead of red, the iris's color will be midnight hue, and the tomoes also the pupils will be colored in pure white and the tomoes are smaller in size than the tomoes in Sharingan. The amount of the tomoe that appeared represents the levels she gained. Right now, she's on her way in unlocking the fourth level.

The first level of the Eyes of Space has the ability to see the spirits in the spirit's world and summons them for aid in battle.

The second level has the ability to use all five of the basic affinities. With enough practices, she can use all of the affinities to the point where she can bend them.

The third level has the ability to understand animals. It is kind of Inuzuka clan with their dogs, or Aburame clan with their bugs, but it is more universal. So, it works with every kind of animal.

The fourth level has the ability to manipulate people's minds, kind of like Yamanaka's clan jutsu, but weaker. She can only use it for hypnotizing. But with enough practice, she can make anyone her loyal doll.

The fifth level has the ability to paralyze and confuse someone. Kind of handy if the target is immune to hypnotizing skill.

The sixth level has the ability to bend blood and chakra flow inside the target's body. It's very deadly and a bit evil depends on the holder.

The final level is the Eyes of Void Space. In this state, the iris will be colored space-like. All tomoes on the eye will be turned into thousand stars-like in space. The pupils will disappear or invisible.

The eye itself is seems like representing the void scene of space, with sun that always be the center of a galaxy. It has all the power in the universe. Whoever got the final eye, can be someone to end or change the world. However, there's a price for it. When you activate the final level, it's not only drains chakra, but also the life energy of the user.

With her doujutsu and the ability to bend light, it's not a surprise that she's a master of ninjutsu. As for kenjutsu, her weapon of choice is twin swords. She called them Twin Dragons. She made them herself with the help of Kyuubi.

The sharpness and the hardness of the blade is the one that can rival the infamous Kusanagi sword. The holder part is shaped as dragons, and there are nine flame tongues and a shape of fox as the symbol on each of the sword's blades. The design or the swords are exactly the same, but the colors of the blade were different, one is silver with blue hue, and another is faint gold with red hue. Those swords are only beaten by their sheer elegance and beauty.

When united, the swords will become one, and the color will change to reddish white flame. This state is called Soryuuha; Wave of Two Dragons. In this state, the swords are having the ultimate sheer elegance and beauty that swords can have. Those weapon their self can turn into two short sword, as the temporarily shape, and will be back into the real shape when she activate them.

The swords will grow stronger and unbreakable as she becomes stronger herself. Her swords are following the strength of its holder, which makes them really unique. It's the result of her and the Kyuubi's research and learns of weaponry for two years. The swords are bonded by her own blood, so she's the only one that can use them.

Having cool swords like that, it'll be weird if she's not a kenjutsu master, at least as a sword master. For taijutsu, she was taught the basics by her used-to-be neighbor. That neighbor of hers has extreme fondness to green color and spandex suit. But, she never met him again since she moved to her new apartment two years ago. She learned to rest by borrowing Sandaime's scroll that he's kindly lent and by experimenting. Soon, she became a taijutsu master with strength and stamina that even better than The Green Beast of Konoha.

Her third level of her doujutsu is used to the extent to raise nin pets. She used her eyes to train few eagles to be her messenger. She sneaked her eagles into Konoha's Messages Department, so that every time they were sent to send messages, it'll stop by to Minami first before reaching their destination. There's no surprise that she knows every thing that has been going on in or outside Konoha.

Her affinity for foxes, thanks to the Kyuubi, gave her unlimited understanding to the cubs she found. As for now, she has five foxes especially trained to aid her in every need. Minami is the one that taught them the offensive and defensive, while Hinata taught Aqua the healing jutsus.

Aqua is her medical specialized fox. She has high chakra control and she is a genious, but she has low strength. She has sea-blue fur and her size is the smallest, only around the size of a pup. She was calm yet friendly. She was the calmest of the other foxes.

Next is Aero, tracker specialized fox. His speed is taught by Minami. His fur is forest green, perfect to blend in his surrounding. He has medium size.

Next is Pyro, attack specialized fox. He's the strongest of all the other foxes, but his short temper often open the chance for enemy for counter attack. His fur is red, as if made by flame, like the Kyuubi's. He is the hyper one, as if a mirror image of Naruto's hyper acts, but Pyro is far smarter. He has the size of an adult fox

Next is Terra. She has high endurance and defensive skills, but she's slow. She has brown color fur. She is a little stubborn sometimes, but she is loyal. Her size is about the size of a newborn horse.

The last fox is Zion. He is the second in attack. His fur is bluish purple. His size is one of that an adult fox.

With all of those abilities, no wonder that she is the leader of a yet unknown organization.

As for Hinata, before she knew Minami, she was a timid girl. But now, she's almost as good as Tsunade in healing, and also strength. She's a master of kenjutsu, taijutsu and medical skills. She's not as good as Naruto in Ninjutsu, but that's only due to her chakra capacity that's far from Naruto's monstrous amount of chakra. Her natural affinity to water and thunder also makes her even more frightening. All of her abilities are out from her family's knowledge.

Her taijutsu styles mostly depend on her flexibility and also her agility. Her styles are more like Hyuuga's jyuken with changes. Of course, Naruto and Kyuubi also taught her martial arts that rely on strength and defense, but her best ability lays in her flexibility.

Minami also helped her in creating a weapon that's made only for her. Her weapon of choice is a bow. It was made from unbreakable material with pure white color. In the middle of the arch, there was a white magatama implanted with the circle part placed outward. The magatama is the last birthday gift that Hinata's mother gave to her fore she died. She treasures it dearly. The bow is bonded with her blood and also made from the same material as Minami's swords; so her bow will get stronger attack as she gets stronger herself like how it were with Minami's Twin Dragons. She named her bow Sagittarius.

The arrows are also special. They were made purely by her crystallized chakra that is shaped as arrows. That's why; her arrows have affinities matching hers. Of course, the kind affinity is hers to decide. It can be water, or thunder, or neutral/without element. The arrows also can be only be used by her and only her. When someone else besides her is about to use it, it'll disappear instantly. The arrows are colored in silver with lavender tint. Those arrows are called Artemis Arrows.

Like Minami's swords, Sagittarius can also be hidden as a white short bow that can be placed on her arm and hiding it within her sleeve. The arrows aren't needed to be hidden, because they were made by her own chakra, so she only needs to create them every time she needs them. At first, she needs quite a time to make one, but now she can create thousands in a matter of seconds. The sizes can also be arranged according to the state of the bow. Her ability in archery is complimented by a more than perfect accuracy. She can shoot dead on from 500 meters distance.

Her Byakuugan is also very useful in every of her skills. Her Byakuugan gave her 50 percent addition to her already more than perfect accuracy. Added to that, her doujutsu also shows her the deadly chakra points in human anatomy. The ability to improve line of sight, a 360 degrees field of vision and the ability to see the inner coil system that transports chakra through the body are also very useful in scouting, doing jutsu that affect the field around her, and also in healing. Byakuugan is even more useful when she found out that there's a secret level of Byakuugan, called Byakuu Tsukigan or 'White Moon Eye'.

It is said that the Byakuu Tsukigan is a very rare eye, and only comes once in 100 years or more. The appearance will change slightly from the usual eye when activating it. When activating the Byakuu Tsukigan, the eye's color will be turned to one that like the moon itself. It has the ability to, not only to see and change the flow of the target's chakra, but also to drain it once the user's chakra and the target's chakra is connected. It can also be drained by direct skin contact. For someone that perfectly mastered it, they can drain chakra through direct eye contact.

There's another power of Byakuu Tsukigan, which is a mysterious one. The mysterious part of the power said to be different to each holder.

Hinata found out her doujutsu around two years ago, a couple of years after she met Minami, after the death of someone that both of them hold very dearly. She kept it hide from her father and other family member. She knew that she will only be a breeding stock if she told them. She has trained her new ability, and now she can drain someone's chakra just by touching their chakra with her own chakra that burst out from their body. The ability to drain chakra is very useful in her part, since she didn't has plenty of chakra like Minami. As for the mysterious power, she didn't have or knew it yet.

Like Minami, she trained her own nin pets. She chose white tigers as aid in battle and pigeons as messengers and spies. She has three white tigers and few pigeons. The messengers are used to send messages to the headquarter and to their allies while the spies are used to find data on the most threatening nins for their organization.

Her tigers are named Qiu Quan, Yingyue, and Zhaobi. Hinata found them not far from their mother's corpse in a forest outside Konoha. They're still newborns at that time. That's why Hinata took them in and train them little by little without her family's knowledge. At first, it was because she took them to where Minami trained her foxes. The tigers seemed interested when they watch them and began to imitate them, so she tried to teach them the basics so they wouldn't hurt themselves. And now, the tigers are the perfect aid for her and match her styles wonderfully.

Qiu Quan is the attacker, while his sister, Yingyue, acts as healer or support while their oldest brother acts as defender. Yingyue has the ability to increase the healing rate of a wound by licking the wounded part. Qiu Quan's claws and fangs are the hardest and the sharpest among the three. He's also the most agile one among them. Zhaobi is perfect to act as defense because of his high endurance rate. His skin was the thickest and now, his skin can endure anything, but the Kusanagi sword and anything among or stronger than its level.

With skills and abilities like those, it's normal to say that Hinata is the right hand for Minami in organization.

Whoever would've thought that two children recently from academy can lead such strong organization such as Akatsuki?

Silently, Hinata tiptoed to her room. She opened the window and slowly crept in. In her way, she made sure none of the Hyuuga saw her. She sighed when she finally secured in her room.

"Onee-chan?" a little girl's voice called. Hinata turns.

"Hanabi? What are you doing here so late at night?" Hinata asked as she walks closer to sister. She dispels the kagebunshin that's sleeping on her bed and take Hanabi to sit there with her.

"Is there something that's bothering you, Hanabi?" Hinata asked, concerned. Hanabi only shakes her head as she's clutching tightly to her sister.

"Where did you go, Onee-chan?" she asked. Worry slightly etched in her voice. Hinata's eyebrows raised before she simply smiled. "To the usual place. Where else?"

She then saw the troubled look on her sister's face. "Trust me," she said to calm her sister.

Hanabi frowned a bit, before she buried her face in her sister's embrace. "Can I sleep with you tonight? I'm afraid of the dark," she said, muffled. Hinata smiled again as she tilts her head slightly. "Of course, why not?"

She then tucked Hanabi to sleep on her bed before she went to sleep beside her

"Onee-chan?" Hanabi called.

"Hmm?"

"Your exam is tomorrow, 'rite? Good luck," she said.

"Mmm… Thanks…," Hinata replied sleepily.

"Nee-chan?"

"…Yes, Hanabi…?"

"G'nite, nee-chan…," Hanabi said sleepily before she fell asleep.

"… Good night, imouto…," she replied. After that, she relaxed herself inside the warm blanket and let darkness consume her.

Soon after she fell asleep, Hanabi's eyes slowly opened. Her back is against her sister.

'It's not that I don't trust you, Onee-chan… It's just… Sometimes, I get this bad feeling that you'll leave me-no, all of us, someday.'

Sapphire09: That's all !! ^^ By the way, to clear things up, I'll refer Minami as a he when she's in Naruto form or in Naruto's point of view, and I'll refer as her when she's in her real form or when she thinks from her point of view.

sorry if you get confused :)

Anyway, please tell me what you think of this story ;)