Thanks to Marjolein222 and Rowena DeVandal for reviewing the first chapter! We now present chapter two!
The ninja acadamy had let out for the day, and the many eager students rushed out for many various reasons. One group in particular comprised mostly of twelve and thirteen year olds, headed directly for the surrounding forests.
In a couple of months, they would graduate the acadamy and go on to being fully fledged shinobi. What better way to get ready for the upcoming exams, then ninja games?
Long gone were the days whefre 'ninja' was comprised of tag with cardboard kunais and shurikens. True, the kunais and shurikens were still cardboard, but the game had evolved into something much more complex. It resembled a game known as 'Capture the Flag'.
Divided up into two teams, each team had a 'Hokage' (which was usually a log with a hat on it) that they would have to protect from the opposing team. All it took was a single 'stab' of a cardboard kunai, and the Hokage would die, and the opposing team would win.
Most of the game was comprised of attacking each other. One tap of the kunai and you would be out. There would of course, be cheaters, but the game was usually played with a sense of honor. After all, they were supposed to be shinobi.
There were two captains. On one side was Reniko Nara. He had black hair, which was usually pulled up in a ponytail. He wore a black netted shirt, and a black sash on his arm that sported an 'I' shaped symbol. At his waist were two small fans. He rarely, if ever took them out, so there purpose was largely unknown.
The other captain was Mitsu Gyaro. Originating from a clan that specialized in herbs and the like, Mitsu was extremely tall and had dull red hair. He was missing an eye, for reasons unknown, and was a year older than everyone else. He wore a vest strictly designed for the Gyaro clan, and an odd green tattoo on his left arm.
At the moment, a large 'battle' was taking place. Since most only knew the basic jutsus, the game largely comprised of elaborately dodging and attempting sneak attacks. Renikos' team appeared to be winning. With only three out, and nine out on the other side, it wasn't long until sheer numbers gave them victory.
However, the tables quickly turned against them. A small girl was in a distant tree. She had dull pink hair and a blue and orange jacket. Her eyes were a dark purple. She threw a cardboard kunai clumsily. She had no intention of hitting anyone. All she wanted was to get their attention.
It worked, most of the acadamy students turned in anger to see who had thrown at them. Only to widen their eyes in anger and curse under their breaths.
None of them could move. It was as if something had forced their legs to stay rooted on the spot. The girl calmly jumped down, and grabbed her cardboard kunai, and jabbed all of the members on Renikos' team lightly in the shoulder. She grinned foolishly. "I win" She said happily.
"HOLD IT!!" A voice a bit back roared. Reniko stepped out, brimming in anger. "What the hell Haruna? That is no fair!" He roared, refraining the urge to tackle her.
Haruna, narrowed her eyes and put her hands on her hips. "I didn't break any rules, your just mad that you lost to a girl!"
Reniko scoffed at that. "Look runt, we get that you have an oh-so-great kekkai genkai, but that's no reason to ruin it for the rest of us!" He hissed at her threateningly.
"It's not my fault that they don't have any special jutsus. You don't get mad if someone is a better aim than you. Why should you get mad at this?" Haruna retorted motioning to the students she had just got out.
Reniko rolled his eyes. "You don't see Sarunte spurting off fireballs just because he can. You don't see Mitsu poisoning anyone just because he can! You don't see Koru going after all the idiots afraid of bugs!"
A team member from Mitsus' team stepped forward. "Haruna" He said "Reniko is right."
Reniko smirked at the added reinforcement from the opposing team. "Ya see! Now play fair or go away!"
There was a general grumble of agreement, especially among those who had just got out. Even those who were on Mitsus' team were nodding in agreement.
"Fine" Haruna said huffily. "I'll leave," before stomping away from the game. Eventually her figure was obscured by the many branches and foliage. There was an awkward silence. Finally one of the members from Renikos' team who had been tagged by her spoke up.
"So…are we still out?"
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"Stupid Reniko" Haruna muttered to herself. "Stupid game, stupid team, stupid EVERYTHING"
Haruna was from the Cataki clan which hosted an eye related kekkai genkai known as the Zajigan. Its purposes largely resembled that of the now extinct Mangyekou Sharingan. It used a form of hypnosis that if trained right, could stop armies.
Of course, Haruna was not fully trained in the Zajigan. She was talented enough to be graduating at age nine, but she was by no means a master of her ability. Her best abilities with the Zajigan, was that she was able to put people to sleep, or stop them in their tracks in a weaker form. She could also create some basic illusions. These illusions were a bit tougher to handle then normal genjutsu, but Haruna was only able to create small illusions successfully. Mostly involving faking actual jutsus.
Haruna was not much of a people person. She had next to no friends, since almost all of her classmates were taller than her by a foot. Some, like Reniko and his friend Sarunte, had it out for her. She didn't know why, but for some reason, they tried to make her life miserable. Others like Mitsu, treated her like an acquaintance, which was just fine by her.
All that mattered was in six months, she would be a genin. There, no one could get mad if she used her Zajigan. She would be able to beat all of them easily, without even breaking a sweat. Then, then they would be sorry. They would be sorry when she became a chuunin on her first try. They would be sorry when she became a Jounin at an age where most of them hadn't even graduated.
They would all be sorry. Eventually.
Haruna paused in confusion when she realized she had been walking for the past couple of minutes in the wrong way. She sighed and realized she would have to turn around and most likely run into Reniko again, who would waste no time in jeering at her lack of direction.
She was about to turn around, when something caught her eye. A fray of orange clothe seemed to be behind a tree. Haruna carefully walked up to it. 'It' was actually a human.
The human was dressed in a dark orange jacket with dark orange pants. The hood covered most of this persons face, but Haruna could see some strands of blonde hair. This human appeared to be female, judging by the bottom half of her face.
She seemed to have a bag at her side with the Konoha symbol embroidered on it. Haruna frowned at that. What would a random human (most likely an enemy shinobi) be doing with a Konoha symbol? Haruna knelt down and opened the bag carefully.
In it, were many more small bags, revealing marble like spheres. Haruna didn't touch them, worried that they might be smoke bombs. There was a journal with illegible words scrawled within it. Most likely code. Then she saw something that really shocked her.
Two Konoha headbands. They were old and rusty, and the cloth was ripped and frayed, but Haruna easily recognized the symbol that was on the metal.
She gulped slightly. Haruna got up. She was about to get help, when a thought came to her. What if, this person woke up while she was gone? Haruna couldn't leave the human alone. Who was to say she would even be able to find this place again?
With a sigh, Haruna lifted the girl up by the shoulders. She wasn't as heavy as Haruna anticipated, but the nine year old still had a tough time carrying the body.
In the end, she resorted to dragging her, trying to make sure that the girl did not go over any bumps, or anything else that would cause enough shock to wake her up.
It had been over ten minutes, and Haruna was tired. She had only just reached the area where everyone had been playing ninja. At this rate, the girl would wake up long before she made it to a chuunin who would know what to do.
"What are you doing?" a voice asked.
Haruna flinched a bit. The girl was still asleep. It had not come from her. The voice had come from another kunoichi who was a couple feet away.
"Koru!" Haruna whispered under her breath.
Koru Aburame had brown wavy hair that reached her shoulders. She wore black sunglasses, and a rather high collared yellow jacket that reached her nose. She wore plaid skirt like shorts and grey capris underneath.
"Shall I repeat the question?" Koru asked simply.
Haruna was about to say she didn't need any help and she was just fine on her own, but she held her tongue and nodded. Koru headed towards them, and grabbed the legs of the girl.
Within five minutes, they had reached a more rural setting. They alerted the first chuunin they saw, who took the girl and disappeared. Haruna and Koru exchanged some quick 'good byes' and headed to their respectful housing areas.
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Nara Uzumaki woke up in a warm soft bed in Konoha Hospital. Without even opening her eyes, she knew something was wrong. Wrenching open her eyes, Nara looked around in astonishment. Where was she? Certainly not with Itachi...Right?
Her eyes widened as she looked briefly out the window. The faces of the past Hokages stared back at her. No…it couldn't be…not here… not Konoha…
Without a second thought she leaped out of the bed and headed straight for the door, ready to take down anyone who stood in her. Hopefully she wouldn't have to hurt anyone. She activated her byakugan as she ran. It gave her a 360 view around her.
Her escape was cut short as approximately fifty needles came flying at her. She turned around, ready to use Gentle fist to stop them. Ten stopped…five more…six more… fourteen… seven...eight… no wait! Only seven. One needle made a clean break through and jabbed her in the neck.
It luckily, and not hit a vital point, but Nara could feel herself getting drowsy. She fumbled for the needle and tried to tug it out, but her body went limp, and darkness surrounded her.
Shizune stood in front of the body. She had dipped her needles with a sleeping drug. She wouldn't be waking up for an hour or so. "Take her back to her room." She told one of the nurses.
"And for heaven's sake, get a body guard!" She cried out as the nurses lifted Nara gently.
Shizune sighed. It had been a lucky thing that she had been called in for an operation, or the girl could have gotten farther away before she was caught.
She headed towards the room where the girl had been put and grabbed one of the nurses. "Alert us immediately when she wakes." Shizune said calmly.
The nurse nodded timidly. Shizune sighed. This was going to cause a lot of paperwork. A girl with the Byakugan? The Hyuugas would be in a jumble. And of course, Tsunade-sama would have to hear about this.
Shizune groaned as she headed for the Hokages office. This was not going to end well…
End of chapter two! Now we command ye to review!