Meetings of All Kinds
"You are one scary woman." Sasuke said to Kurenai as he managed to get out of the Genjutsu she put us in. I was annoyed as I still couldn't see what she had done with me. I was better than Sasuke at using them but I still had problems when realising I was under them.
"It helped you unlock your Bloodline." Kurenai said making me look at Sasuke's eyes to see they were red with a tomoe in them. "Nagisa-chan, I was dulling your sense of smell. We'll work more on that later but for now you two better head to the Academy now."
"Thanks but can you keep it quiet please. I get harassed enough as it is without it." Kurenai nodded with a small smile getting one in return.
"Yeah thanks Kurenai-sensei. I especially thank you for the chakra control exercises that allow me to actually do the damn Clone Jutsu." I said as I bowed to her grateful that the only thing that could keep me from Graduating was now a non-issue. "I do hope that now you have your thief eyes you'll keep that promise you made to yourself."
"Of course I am, but I'll need your help to get to her. You are the stealthy one between us." I snorted at that understatement. Sasuke could hide in a single spot but if he had to move everyone looked at him. It was something of an annoyance for him even if he didn't admit it, Uchiha Pride and all that.
"Good, I'd hate to have to embarrass you by beating you into the ground." This time he snorted but didn't say anything as we entered the Academy. I frowned when I saw Mizuki looking rather too pleased with his self.
RWYS
"Congratulations Nagisa-chan, you are now a Kunoichi of Konoha." Iruka said ignoring the frown on Mizuki's face as he looked at my four clones looking for a fault. I took the Forehead Protector from him with a small smile before Mizuki opened his mouth.
"Are you sure we should pass her? It does state that the Test Requires three clones and if she can't follow orders to the letter then she could end up in trouble, especially with who is coming." Mizuki said making me wonder who was coming to the village other than my parents. Hiruzen had told me they would be here in the next few days and I wasn't looking forward to it. Maybe whoever Mizuki was on about would be enough of a distraction to keep my 'family' away from me.
"She did three Mizuki and have you forgotten what happened when she demonstrated just how much chakra she has, which will have grown since then? The fact that she can get it down to just four is proof of her dedication." Iruka said rolling his eyes in annoyance and shooing me out of the room. I left them ignoring the fact they were about to start arguing and decided to see if Sasuke had stuck around or fled thanks to his fangirls.
"I can't believe they allowed her to graduate. I hope he deals with her when he returns. Lord Third is too soft on her." One of my classmate's mother said making me roll my eyes. I had no clue why they hated me but they clearly weren't worth my time. I was going to leave for something to eat when I noticed the son of the speaker tripped and knocked Hinata to the ground.
"You dare…!" Hinata raged as she got up with her Byakugan blazing, murder clear in her eyes. The boy was too stunned to move out of the way but it allowed me to see where Hinata was aiming.
"Assaulting a fellow Ninja not even an hour after graduating. That has to be a new record." I said as I held her wrist seamlessly turning her anger onto me as her original target fled in fear.
"Enough!" Hiashi, her father, snapped separating us from each other ignoring the glares we were sending each other. "Hinata: that is no way for the Heiress of our Clan to act. Nagisa, one in your position would do best not to take part in fights so soon after graduating." I nodded taking the advice in the spirit it was given but didn't let up my glare. Hinata stormed off in a huff making him sigh. "I apologise for her. I have no idea why she acts like she does. I find myself missing the girl she used to be."
"I doubt you can change her back Hiashi-dono. The best you can do is ensure that your other daughter doesn't go the same way." I said sympathetically. The Hinata he spoke of I could have called friend but this one was one step off of rabid animal.
RWYS
"I trust you had no issues in sorting out your paperwork." Hiruzen said as I handed over my completed Ninja Registration Form for him to review.
"Not at all. The camera guy was a little snappy but I got the impression that was just how he was." I answered while waiting patiently on his verdict. The door then burst open making me grab a kunai but I stopped short of throwing it as I saw what barged in.
"Time to die Old Man!" The kid shouted before standing on his scarf and falling on his face. I blinked and was glad the delusional boy hadn't impaled himself on his kunai. I blinked some more when a small Hyuga walked in after him and hauled him to his feet.
"I told you that that wasn't going to work, Konohamaru." Hyuga said helping him up as I turned to Hiruzen wondering on his opinion on the 'assassination' attempt only to see him struggling to hold in a sigh.
"It would have if she hadn't tripped me!" Konohamaru shouted pointing at me pissing me off. I put my kunai away and threw a spare pencil, rubber end first, at his forehead making him fall back on his arse with a squeak.
"You tripped on your own scarf, Brat. Why are you trying to kill the Hokage anyway?" I asked since it wasn't every day you saw an eight year old attack the Leader of the Village.
"He's my Grandson and his friend is Hanabi Hyuga. I believe you know her elder sister Hinata." Hiruzen said handing over a Ninja ID Card that now had my details while Konohamaru looked smug and clearly expected me to fall over myself to appease him. My response was to throw another pencil.
"I guess you're one of the few willing to discipline the Brat. Send him my way if he needs to be brought down to earth." I said before walking out giving Hanabi a small nod. I made my way through Konoha hoping to get a bit more Ninjutsu training in before heading for lunch. I sighed as I turned to see Konohamaru hiding, badly, from me. "You've got the sheet sideways, Brat."
"Aha, just what I'd expect from my Rival!" He said dropping the sheet and pointing at me.
"Say what now?" I asked wondering if I threw the pencils too hard. I turned to the spot I knew Hanabi was standing it wondering if she would explain what was going through the boy's head.
"Hokage-sama told him that you're the strongest kunoichi of your generation and could easily be a Hokage candidate in a few years." Hanabi said folding up her sheet when she realised I wasn't fooled despite her having it the right way. "He wishes to be Hokage to be known for his own merits since everyone calls him Honourable Grandson."
"Judging someone on their family is stupid. A Saint could be raised by Devils and Devils could be raised by a Saint. We are each our own person, not a copy of someone else's template." I said shaking my head. "I'm not aiming to be Hokage, Brat, but you're going after it for the wrong reasons."
"What do you mean?" Konohamaru asked making me sigh.
"Follow me, I might as well get an early lunch." They did as I said and followed me to the place I got dango from, one of the few places I could get proper service from. I ordered for all of us and waited for them to get comfortable. "Being Hokage means that you take the responsibility of the lives of everyone in the Village and making the decisions that benefit all rather than just a few. It's a thankless and demanding job, I bet Hiruzen-sama doesn't get to spend as much time with you as either of you would like."
"I'm lucky if I see him once a week." Konohamaru said folding into himself making me sigh. "How am I supposed to get people to see me for me if I'm not Hokage?"
"All you have to do is work hard and make a name for yourself by letting your actions speak for you. You never know, you might find that you want to be Hokage for better reasons once you start down that path and if you're well known you could be considered for it. Work hard now and find what you want to do. That goes for you too Hyuga-chan."
"Why are you telling us this?" Hanabi asked as our order arrived. "Most people either try to guide us to what they want or bend over to get us what we want."
"You're both going to be Ninja which means you're in for a hard life and I give people the respect their actions bring them not what they believe they deserve. You're both still young so I'm not going to let you devote yourself to something that big for the wrong reasons." I said before enjoying my lunch.
"This is good." Konohamaru said with his mouth full making me flick his forehead.
"Mind your manners. I don't want to see what's in your mouth." I said ignoring the small smile he was trying and failing to hide.
RWYS
"Why is it that your Grand Fireball is larger than mine?" Sasuke asked in annoyance after I finally managed to pull off a seal-less Grand Fireball.
"Have you ever thought that your Chakra Nature isn't Fire and mine is? It's the only thing I can think of considering you learn Jutsu faster than I do." I said with a shrug before frowning as I noticed a group of people walking towards us. "Were you expecting company?"
"No, everyone was supposed to gather at the festival that was thrown at the last moment. Even my fangirls decided to attend rather than bug me." He said standing next to me and palming a kunai in one hand and a shuriken in the other. He flashed his Sharingan before putting them away with a sigh. "They're being led by Hokage-sama so I doubt they're here for trouble."
"You never know with some people Sasuke." I told him while keeping the picture of two tanto in my head. Thanks to my work with Genjutsu I found out I could create solid constructs of chakra and I was working on making weapons but they relied on how well I knew them, my sickle and chain combo was best left forgotten.
"Nagisa-chan, Sasuke-kun, hard at work I see." Hiruzen said as if he hadn't just led a blond man and redheaded woman with two boys that were clearly their sons, a redhead with blond bangs (a reverse of my own hair) and a black haired boy. I was going to guess that these were my missing 'family' if their eager expressions were anything to go by, except the black haired one who looked annoyed.
"While we were the best in the Academy we're the bottom of the barrel now." Sasuke said while keeping an eye on our guests while Hiruzen nodded.
"Too many forget that fact. I'm sure you are both wondering who my companions are. Nagisa, may I introduce your parents and your triplets, Minato Namikaze, Kushina Namikaze, Naruto Namikaze and Menma Namikaze." I blinked at the smiling faces aimed at me as I ran that through my head.
"Let me get this straight, the parents that abandoned me here are the Fourth Hokage and one of the few Kunoichi Hokage candidates." I said making the two mentioned look at me in shock while Naruto looked confused. However it was Menma's sneering that pissed me off. "I have no idea why you are here but you can piss off. I mean it isn't like you left me all alone as a baby, newborn no less, in a village that hates me…now that I think about it everything now makes sense. I can't believe I didn't see it before but then again I didn't feel like lowering myself to the level of the idiots in this village."
"Now, now, Nagisa, you've quite clearly not had a few things explained to you." Minato said rubbing the back of his head sheepishly only to stop at the sound of Sasuke palming his face.
"Please tell me he isn't stupid enough to think that she can't read between the lines." Sasuke asked Hiruzen as I struggled not to stab the idiot. When it was quite obvious he was I was about to give him a piece of my mind when something hit my neck making everything go black.
