Shinji: Hi there this is shinji and this is my little brother Ren.

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Chapter Four: Death, Hospitals, and meeting the Hokage

Anguish cries filled the streets as its claws cut threw them as if they were made out of paper. Blood was painting the streets and homes alike as he ruthlessly slaughtered the Uchiha leaving nothing but smears and shredded limbs in his wake. Cruel distorted laughter echoed out as he ate the heart of a man protecting his wife and child. So many limbs and bodies lay in the burning streets of the enclave; their eyes would stare hollowly at the sky as if asking god why this was happening.

He loved killing, the feel of blood soaking into his skin, the coppery taste dancing across his taste buds he drank. Blood was his paint and the world was his canvas. He was so close, so close for them to be all gone. They held those eyes that were the bane of his existence, the very reason that he was imprisoned in the little Uzumaki child that was abused and neglected by the populace. As he walked with grace that only royalty could achieve nearing the sobbing woman who clutched her child close to her shielding his eyes so that he won't have to see the monster that walked calmly before them. He smiled showing his bloody teeth that caused fear to risen up in her as she looked at him.

With flickering tails he stalked closer to the weeping mortals with bodies littering the streets and the blood seeping into the homes and clothes that they wore. It was laughable that these humans were the strongest among this pitiful village, laughable because they relied so heavily on their eyes and not their skills that they learned themselves that should be engraved onto their muscles and mind, but they activated their eyes first and charged at him using those weak Jutsu's that should have been strong but were nothing but a faction of it's true power. He lifted his clawed hands ready to kill the last of the pathetic clan only to jump out of the way and where he once stood were two kunai imbedded into the ground.

"Kyuubi…" A smooth, deep voice whispered out, which belonged to none other than Uchiha Itachi. He shivered as he saw the devilish grin that made its way across the demons face that would give him nightmares for years to come.

They stood across from each other ignoring the roaring flames and the houses collapsing into nothing but rubble and burnt wood. Mikoto picked her son up and quickly ran, leaving the compound and leaving Itachi. The raven haired teen readied himself showing no fear on the outside but inside he was terrified due to the fact that it was the demon the stood before him with killing intent leaking out making him view all the possible ways he could die.

With the leafs blowing in the breeze that fueled the flames on the houses making them grow and catching more empty, lifeless, homes on fire. If one were to look closely at the flames at the very end of the enclave they would see two hooded figures walk out of the flames that were white and not the normal red-orange hue.

Shouts echoed near the entrance of the alleyway and the two teen cursed as the hurried with what they needed to be done, with whispered words they left in a swirl of white flames leaving a small scorch mark that no one would notice.

It was dark, bleak and cold but yet there was a warmth under all the cold bitter feeling that she was getting, with startling blue eyes looked into the eerie blackness searching for something to show her the way.

"NARUTO!" A voice called, she turned around yet she could not find out the voice that called her. She looked around trying to find the person that called her yet the darkness blocked all sight of her finding who it was. She was scared standing alone in all the darkness that surrounded her, she missed the warmth, the light of the person that she cared for. Tears made their way down her cheeks as she cried silently like a child that was lost and without its mother.

"NARUTO WAKE UP! PLEASE NARUTO PLEASE WAKE UP!" There it was again, that voice that cried out with so much pain it made her heart hurt as if someone had it in their hands and squeezed it to their enjoyment. Who was it that was calling her? Who the person that cared for her when everyone else sneered and loathed her when she passed by? Why did this person not leave her like everyone else? She wanted to know why, wanted the answers that people kept from her, the secrets that were about her. She wanted to know because it was her life and no one else's.

Dazzling blue eyes were assaulted with the brightness with the lights that hanged over her, as warm hands touched her could ones with sweet words that came from the figure that stood over her. Water fell on her face, it was warm just like when tears fell from her eyes and streaked across her face. Her vision cleared as she looked at the person who was crying, it was onee-chan, she was crying. Her hand moved cupping her face, jet black hair hid her face as she cried glad that she was awake and alive with her. The raven haired girl pulled the blond closer to her hugging her tightly, afraid that she would disappear if she were to let go.

She didn't know when she started to cry, she didn't care that she was crying when she promised to never cry ever again when it never did any good. She didn't care that the she was in the hospital or that she was covered in blood. No, what mattered was the person in front of her that embraced her who, with every part of the being, cared for her like…like an older sibling would over their younger brother or sister. For the first time in her life she felt safe in someone else's arms that was not Jiji. With heavy eyes she fell in a deep sleep where she dreamed of seeing a huge fox that looked at her with indifference but her onee-chan would always be there by her side with their hands clasped together tightly.

He wondered why he was alive, he wondered how he survived fighting the demon that had killed so many people four years ago and most of his clan. It was strange that he was saved by the young blond that he was watching from the hospital room, he was back on duty earning money for his mother and little brother. The raven haired girl slept next to the blond who she had called a little sister, huh he never knew how strange It was to see the blond that was once a boy to actually be a girl. His obsidian eyes watched as the young girl ran her fingers through the blonds humming a soft melody that he never heard of.

"Ringing in my ears

Someone's laughing, someone's calling

I'm searching for the warmth

There's no one but just only my mind

Waiting for the vanishing sky"

She sang the last bit to her little sister (how Naruto went from being a boy to a girl she'll never know) and to herself. Any song or tune she acquired all sounded the same to her, sad, depressing, and empty. The former teen sighed as she thought about the meeting that was hours away, meeting the head of the village, the leader of all the shinobi, the Hokage, a man who can kill her without a second thought. The mere thought made her a nervous wreck. She knew he was going to want a name and saying that she had none was useless due to the fact that she could choose a name for herself but never wanted or desired to but she had to have a name that suited her but what name could she choose? Her mind went through many names that she could think of.

Akane meant brilliant red, but it didn't sound like her at all. A name was supposed to reflect the person right? Akane did not reflect her.

Azumi meant safe residence, it didn't sound too bad but was it her?

How about Chie? No it was better suited for someone else.

Hana? No too girly.

Kasumi? Mist, that was a contender for her and she rather liked it.

Madoka? No…just no.

What about Natsumi? Hmm it sounded okay but she didn't really like it.

The raven haired child was frustrated; who knew picking a name was so hard? She sure as hell didn't but she wasn't willing to give up now not after all the shit she went through, but what name lived and breathed her? She was a nameless orphan who had to mature faster then she should have, she had to be independent from the start. She had to find herself food to eat when the orphanage had so little and steal clothes so that she had something clean to wear, she had to cook her own food when some of the other kids were dying left and right. She had taught herself many things but the one thing she taught herself more than anything was hunting, it came naturally to her when she hunted. She smiled as she found a name that was her, that's what breathed her, that was her.

It was what that voiced that whispered in her ear, a name that it had given to her, it was a name that was her in its entirety. Hanta, meaning hunter, something that made her heart race, adrenaline that pumped through her veins as she killed her prey, it was excitement that nothing she could compare it to. Hanta was her name that was perfect for her and her alone. She hummed again this time to herself as she closed her eyes. Not once did she or Itachi notice the golden and honey brown eyes that watched them outside, with flapping wings they flew away in to the night sky. Hanta let the darkness embrace her as she slept.

Sarutobi sighed as he walked through the hospital going to the room where his adoptive grandson-no granddaughter was and her friend. Now that he thought about it Naruto never did take her friend to see him nor did she tell him how she meet her just that she was always taking care of her. It had brought suspicions about the girl but after watching her get food and clothes for Naruto and lulling the child to sleep it was clear that she was no harm to the child, but still she had a great impact on the child's life and if she decided to leave the village then Naruto would also follow.

As he stood in front of the door he heard chattering going and smiled that they were awake and lively, it was also a breath of relief that the incident hadn't affected the children too much but there was always the way for something to be over looked. The Third Hokage sighed as he walked in the chattering stopped and a blond clung to him yelling 'Jiji' and the raven haired girl raised a brow at him not saying anything but watching him with interest.

He smiled at them patting Naruto on the head and moving to the chair that was set a few feet away from the bed where Naruto and the girl were now currently sitting in. The blond began to explain to the former seventeen year old about him, that he was the leader of the village, that she saw him as precious person, someone she looked up to. He chuckled as the raven haired girl soak up the information like a sponge. As much as the Hokage enjoyed seeing this it was time to get down to business and to ask them questions, mainly about the poison that they found where they were and if they wanted to become shinobi.

"Now Naruto-"

"Nanami, not Naruto." The blond said as she looked at the elderly man.

"Why Nanami? Naruto has always been your name." Sarutobi said as she looked at the blond with a raised brow.

"Naruto is a boy's name jiji, you should know that. Besides Nanami sounds cuter right onee-chan?" She looked at the raven haired girl with puppy eyes which she caved in and agreed.

Hanta smiled as she sat and talked with the Hokage, it was strange seeing an old man like himself chatting with her with the love and care in his eyes that she wound never associate with a leader of a military village. It was…nice to see this, it was a change that she enjoyed as well as a surprise. The man was trustable in her eyes, a feat that many have never gotten and yet sitting here talking to him was a refreshing change.

"Now Nanami can you go outside, I need to have a talk with your friend here." The Hokage said facing her. He frowned a bit as she froze and nodded getting ready to leave the room giving a quick hug to the former teen before leaving. With a soft click the Hokage turned to her to begin asking her questions. Hanta knew who she was going to be talking to, not a kind old man but a man that could killer without even taking a breath, a man that was powerful as well as smart, this was the Hokage, this was the God of Shinobi.

"Who are you?" he asked. It was a simple question but it truly meant 'Are you someone I need to keep a close eye on?'

"Hanta, I have no last name to give you and for that I am sorry." She replied, 'I'm not a threat.'

"Where are you from?" he looked at her watching her eyes glaze over slightly, 'What affiliation with the other villages do you have?'

Hanta shrugged as she looked out the window. "A village, It's pretty far I guess from here but it wasn't really the best place to live. I don't have any family and my mother abandoned me at the orphanage there. I never did get along with the other kids due to the fact that I knew that no one would adopt us and that our mother and fathers would forget about us. They left us at the doorstep cause we were unwanted, they never wanted us so they left us there with a hopeless dream that they might want us again." It was bitter the way she said it, yes she hated the fact that she was abandon, yes she hated the way that the other kids always said that their parents would come and get them, she hated that they were so blind to see that no one would want them. They were unwanted children in the eyes of god.

He watched her as she told him, the bitterness as he heard her say that she was unwanted, with the hurt in her cerulean orbs as she said it, the maturity that she had to do in order to survive. She was no threat that he was sure, she was just a child broken by a cruel world. Hanta jumped of the bed to let tell Nanami that it was okay to come inside and that she was alright. The blond had ran towards her tackling her to the floor with a grin on her whiskered face. With a chuckle the two four year olds looked and him and laughed as well, if one were to walk by they would see a grandfather laughing with his granddaughter's.

"Nanami, Hanta can I ask you something?" he said looking at them; Nanami's eyes were wide with excitement as Hanta looked at him quizzicality.

"Ne, what is it Jiji?" The blond asked as she bounced up and down, Hanta said nothing as she just stared up at him.

With a kind smile the Hokage bent down a bit and replied, "How would you like to go to the Ninja academy?"

Nanami bounced screaming yes while Hanta furrowed her brows before nodding but she had one question that was on her mind.

"When was there a academy for ninja's?"

Shinji: So thats our chapter hope you guys like it.

Ren: Mana and Hana are next so be on the look out for the first academy day's.

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Ren: Till next time people, The awesome Ren and his lame brother Shinji are out!

Shinji: Hey I'm not lame!