Peering Into The Water
(Naruto Fanfic)
Pairing: OC x ?
m - a - d - a - r - a
It was just another day for the seventh generation Houzuki Princess, Yuuko, as she sat in her usual seiza position inside her room. She looked rather nervous as both of her hands were tightly clenching the cloth of her kimono. Her face was downcast and her body was trembling slightly. Her eyes were shut tight as she wondered whether the servant she had asked for water from would come.
She knew it was a selfish thing to ask but it was one of the only joys she had once she was restricted in her quarters. She knew that those servants would be punished - even, she herself would be subjected to it if any of the higher-ups found out.
There was a knock on the fusuma screen that divided between her room and the hallway. She immediately looked up from where she was sitting and in a soft but polite tone, she spoke up. "Please come in." The door opened and in came the same servant whom she had asked water from. The water was placed in a blue opaque bowl with fish designs carved onto its sides. The servant immediately bowed and hurried to get out of her room.
"Thank you." She said even if it was for naught as the servant had already left her room. She was very grateful to what the person did for her so it didn't matter if the servant left before she could say so.
She gently moved the bowl from its original spot and set it near the only window in her room. The window was huge and one would normally think to escape from it but due to its location, it was highly impossible. Her room was strategically located beside a steep cliff so if she had any thoughts of escaping her room, she would die.
Death? She had no desire for it as of yet.
She slowly coaxed the chakra inside her body to converge near her hand as she gently brushed the surface of the water. It created ripples of course and she began to see live images from different places outside her village. She could will it to show whatever she wanted but she let it move from one image to another in the meantime. She watched in silence until the image moved towards an old man with long, spiky, white hair. Right beside him was a blonde haired boy with the bluest eyes she had ever seen.
She quickly willed the water to stop at that certain image. It looked rather interesting. It seemed that the old man was teaching the boy - who looked a bit older than her - some ninjutsu. She recognized it from all the other images she had come across before. Perhaps she could learn it?
On the side note, she noticed that the two of them were wearing hitai-ate with an odd symbol on it. She wondered what the symbol meant.
"Alright now, Minato-kun. Here are the handsigns for the Kuchiyose no Jutsu. I want you to watch my hands carefully, alright?" The old man spoke. Yuuko, in return, also watched very carefully at his hands.
"Here we have Boar-Dog-Bird-Monkey and then Ram." The white-haired man did a series of signs with his hands which looked rather difficult to do. She would have been lost without her good memory. "Did you get it, gaki?" He asked the boy.
"Yes, sensei!" The boy responded. He bit his thumb, quickly drawing blood, and did the handsigns within a few seconds before slamming his whole palm onto the ground. Characters in black ink suddenly appeared under the boy's hand. There was a large puff of smoke and there appeared what looked to be a medium-sized toad.
"Yo. You my new summoner?" The toad asked.
"Yeah! My name's Namikaze Minato, nice to meet you toad-san!"
"Nice 'ta meet 'tcha kid. Call me Gamako."
"Alright then, nice to meet you, Gamako-san!"
It was there she ended the peering session. She called off the gathered chakra around her hand, thus disrupting the stillness of the water inside the bowl. Like any child learning a new thing, she followed through with whatever she learned without thinking about the consequences. She bit her thumb - it never hurt anymore, she did after all get used to it - and did the handsigns albeit a bit slower and then slammed her hand onto the tatami mat.
In a large cloud of smoke, she disappeared from her room.
An hour later, a servant would come and present her lunch for the day.
Seconds after that, the servant would alert the head servant who would then alert the council members.
Chaos would follow afterwards.
ooo
Yuuko appeared in what looked like a forest - only this time, the trees were rather large compared to the ones she saw back in her home. Come to think of it, she wondered, where was she exactly?
"HUMAN!" A sudden deep and guttural roar scared the wits out of her.
A large shadow suddenly overshadowed her and she slowly turned in fear for what was behind her. Just as she predicted, it was a colossal-sized monster although quite a furry one. She froze but also took the moment to observe it. It looked like a giant wolf-like creature but she wasn't exactly sure. It had white fur and golden eyes. There were red markings on its face. And it looked ready to eat her.
Yet...
He was beautiful.
The sudden shock on its face told her that she probably said that comment out loud. It had a male voice so she probably insulted it. "I'm sorry! I did not mean to insult you or anything! It was a compliment actually!" She immediately said in an apologizing tone as she did a ninety-degree bow to it - him.
"Hmm...beautiful you say?" It - no, he asked.
"Uh...yes." She said rather reluctantly.
He seemed to preen with the compliment she had unintentionally given. His golden gaze glowered over her, seemingly to take her appearance in. Although, her face was once again downcast in fear. "Human," his deep voice soothened. "stop bending your head. I wish to look at my potential summoner in the eye."
She hesitatingly raised her head to meet his eyes. Purple met gold. There was a deep connection he could feel with the girl, even if she did not realize it yet. Within her eyes, he could vaguely see the memories of her life. It wasn't particularly scarring or anything similar to that but he could sense the deep loneliness and longing within her heart. He didn't know how but it touched him.
"Tell me, what is your name, ningen?"
"N-name?" She spluttered. She looked rather embarrassed as if she didn't expect that particular question.
"Yes." He grunted in annoyance.
She eeped at his tone and immediately bowed once again. "It's a pleasure to meet you! My name is Yuuko!" She introduced herself.
"Alright then!" He suddenly slammed his giant paw to the ground, creating a burst of smoke - and also a giant shockwave across the forest. Yuuko fell on her butt but once she straightened herself out, she came face-to-face with a large scroll. "Here, I want you to sign this scroll. This will be our contract and the proof that you are our summoner." He explained to her but she still looked unsure. "You know how to write your name at least, right?"
"Yes!" She took ahold of the brush beside the scroll and was about to write her name when a thought popped in her mind. "Umm...what's your name?" She asked.
His golden gaze made her flinch a bit but it seemed that she was slowly getting used to it. It was intimidating at first, however, once he began to chuckle - eventually laughing - she relaxed.
"Call me Madara-sama." His voice cut in her thoughts. "Now continue!" He snapped rather harshly.
She was about to begin writing again when another thought struck. "Madara-sama...?"
"What is it now? I hope you're not wasting my time." He said with a deep groan.
"No, not at all! I-I was wondering if it was alright not to write my surname. I mean, I do not really know what family I used to belong to. The village leader told me that I was an orphan but I always wondered if I still had any family out there."
"So you seek to know your bloodline, eh? Give me a moment, gaki." His snout hovered above her head as he took a sniff of her smell. It reminded him of the waters that surrounded Uzushiogakure no Sato.
So that's your bloodline, huh? He thought in amusement.
"Uzumaki. That's your bloodline." He said.
"Eh?"
"Go write it down now!" He roared, finally snapping again due to annoyance. It did the trick and she was now writing both her now-known surname and her given name.
.
Uzumaki
Yuuko
.
She gave a gentle smile as she read her last name over and over again. It was her new treasure, her precious identity as someone a part of the Uzumaki Clan. "Don't forget your bloody thumbprint, otherwise, I'll eat you." Madara-sama threatened her although without any malice. It was more of a gentle reminder.
Once she was finished, the scroll was rolled and then disappeared in another puff of smoke.
"And now we're done. I'll return you back to where you came from for now. Summon me when you need me, I'll be going to sleep now."
"W-wait! Madara-sama!"
But she was gone.
A/N: And another chapter finished! I hope it didn't seem too fast-paced. Please take the moment to review. Thank you!
UzuSphere