Chapter 4.
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2 years later.
Karin, now 7 years old and in her new usual outfit, dark brown glasses, a dark purple short sleeved shirt that had the Uzumaki crest on the back with a brown v neck collar, light brown pants, her hair still at a chin length, was in her living room sitting in the the seiza position as she was at a table that had a picture of her father on it with 1 lighted candle and white rose in a blue vase on each side of it, closing her eyes and bowed her head as she prayed for her father.
"Daddy." Karin thought sadly.
Karin opened her eyes as she was done praying to the picture of her decreased father. She suddenly sensed her mother's chakra entered the living room. She turned to the right to see her mother smiling at her.
"Karin follow me, we need to talk to you and your cousin Naruto about something important." Uzume said to her daughter.
"Okay, Mommy." Karin said then slowly stood up before following her mother out of the living room.
As Karin followed her mother to a room, she sensed her Uncle, Aunt, and cousin's chakra in the room they're walking to. They made it to the room and Uzume slid the shoji doors and they walked in to see Minato, his usual outfit, a green flak jacket, and a short-sleeved long white haori that had red flames at the bottom red flame-like motifs on the edges, with the kanji for "Fourth Hokage" written vertically down the back, closed in the front by a thin, orange rope, and Kushina, in her usual outfit,were standing together while Naruto, in his new usual outfit, a long sleeved green shirt with a short sleeved beige shirt with the Uzumaki crest on the front of it over it and dark gray pants, was sitting a brown chair facing them. They all stared at them when Uzume and Karin entered.
Minato became the fourth Hokage a few months ago after Hiruzen, leader of the Sarutobi clan and also the third Hokage, stepped down. Over the time, Minato was becoming a great leader and making important decisions that was making everyone in the village happy and peaceful.
"Hi, Karin." Naruto said smiling.
"Hello to you too, Oniisan." Karin said smiling back.
"Karin, can you please take a seat?" Uzume asked.
"Okay." Karin said.
Karin walked over to Naruto and sat in the brown chair next to him. Uzume stood on the right side of Kushina.
"What did you guys wanted to talk to me and Karin about Dad?" Naruto asked.
"We wanted to you 2 something together that we think you 2 will like." Minato said smiling.
"About what?" Naruto asked confused.
"We've signed you 2 for the Ninja Academy." Uzume said.
"Y-you mean." Karin said.
"That's right you 2 will be attending the Academy in a few days." Kushina said.
Naruto smiled brightly as he was excited at the news while Karin frowned and lowered her head at it.
"Finally I can learn how to become a ninja, dattebayo." Naruto said.
"We know you 2 will be great ninjas in the future." Minato said smiling.
Uzume looked down at her daughter worriedly, seeing that she looks sad.
"Karin is sad for some reason, is it about the Academy?" Uzume thought concerned about her daughter.
Later that day.
After they were done talking, Minato went back to the Hokage Mansion while Kushina and Naruto went back to their house after saying their goodbyes.
Karin was still sitting in the chair, staring down sadly at the ground as her hands were in lap thinking about something. Uzume walked over to her daughter and was standing right in front of her.
"Karin." Uzume said, looking down at her.
Karin was pushed out of her thoughts after hearing her mother's voice and looked up at her. "Yes, Mommy?" she asked.
"Why are you sad?" Uzume asked. "Was it something that your Uncle and Aunt said about you and your cousin going to attend the Academy?"
"Hai." Karin said, looking down sadly.
Uzume crouched down to her daughter's level. "What is it about?" she asked.
"W-what if I'm not like you and Daddy when you 2 attended the Academy?" Karin said sadly then sighed. "I'm not good at anything, nobody wants to be friends with me."
Karin suddenly felt her mother's left hand on her right shoulder. "You don't have to be like me and your father everyone is different, besides you're good at something sweetie." she said. "Ever since me and your father thought you how to read you've really good at it."
"I am?" Karin asked.
"Of course you are and you're also good at analyzing and understanding things quickly for a child your age." Uzume said. "You're going to be learning new things, too."
Karin smiled slightly as her mother was cheering her up.
"Besides you won't be alone, Naruto and Sasuke will be attending the Academy as well." Uzume said.
Karin's face expression became surprised. "Huh, Sasuke is going, too?" she asked.
"Yes, Mikoto told me that Sasuke's going to attend and he was excited that he was going." Uzume said. "But she also said that Sasuke asked if you were going as well."
"He did?" Karin asked surprised.
"Yes... it's your decision if you want to go or not, sweetie." Uzume said. "Do you want to go?"
Karin looked down at the ground again and thought about it for awhile then looked up at her mother. "I'll go to the Academy." she said.
"That's wonderful." Uzume said then leaned in and hugged her daughter. "You'll do great at the Academy."
A few days later.
There was a red building also known as the Academy is quite large and is comprised of several buildings which were erected over time. The building can be identified by the tree in front of it which has a swing on it and more so, by the giant sign with the kanji for Fire (火) on it.
There were many children standing near the Academy in a 10 by 9 row. The parents of the new students were standing behind them. Minato was saying a speech to all of the people who were attending.
Uzume, in her usual outfit, was standing next to Mikoto, in her usual outfit, Fugaku, in his usual outfit, and Itachi, now 11 years old, his hair in a low ponytail, and in his new usual outfit, a foreha black high collared shirt sleeved shirt with the Uchiha crest on the back, bandages around his ankles, tan pants with a weapons pouch at the back, and black sandals, also the dark blue forehead protector wrapped around his forehead, and Kushina, in her usual outfit, on the right side of her.
Karin, in her usual outfit, was standing in the 8 by 5 row, Sasuke, now 8 years old and in his new usual outfit, a black high collared long sleeved shirt shirt with the Uchiha crest, light gray pants, white bandages wrapped around his lower legs, and green sandals, was standing next to Karin on left side looking forward. Naruto, now 8 years old and in his usual outfit and blue sandals, was standing on the right side of Karin looking forward.
Karin looked down sadly. "Was it a good thing for me to say 'yes' to Mommy about attending the Academy?" she thought closing her eyes. "Or... M-maybe I should have said 'no'?"
Karin suddenly felt a hand on her left shoulder, she opened her eyes and looked to the left to see Sasuke smiling at her.
"You'll do great at the Academy." Sasuke said.
"T-thank you, Sasuke." Karin said smiling back shyly.
Karin suddenly blushed furiously and looked away from Sasuke to the right after realizing the sudden contact form Sasuke. Sasuke stared at her confused.
...
After Minato was done talking, everyone scattered and started talking to one another. Karin was standing next to her mother, Mikoto, and Aunt Kushina, who were chatting with each other.
Karin had her hands together and close to her chest as she curiously and shyly looked around the area, seeing parents talking to their children. She spotted 2 talking to their daughter. The man looked to be in his mid thirties, had brown skin, blue eyes, dull-pink hair which is styled into the shape of a cherry blossom, sideburns which flow into his angular moustache and a bit of stubble on his chin, wearing a dark, loose-fitting kimono-shirt which has a green, inner-lining and sleeves which extend beyond his kimono shirt with the Haruno crest on the back, a simple gray obi which he wears along with a burgundy coloured ¾-length pants, and a pair of simple slippers, and a simple silver necklace with a pink cherry blossom design on it with a single petal being deep red in colour. The woman looked to be in her early thirties, had fair skin with shoulder-length, blonde hair with a single bang which falls down into her face, green eyes, wearing a white quipao dress with the Haruno crest on the back and three red circular designs at the bottom of the front of her dress as well as the back, pink ¾-length pants along with brown sandals. The daughter looked to be 7 years old and had fair skin, green eyes, pink hair that is at a chin length with red ribbon tied around it as a headband, a big forehead, a green dress with large spot of light green color on the lower left side, and dark blue sandals. They were all from the Haruno clan.
"Okay, Sakura your going do great at the Academy, especially with your new friend Ino." the woman said looking down at their daughter smiling.
"Are you sure?" Sakura asked, looking up at her parents.
"Of course your mother is sure and you'll also make new ones." the man said.
"Kizashi, we have to buy more books for our Sakura for her to be smarter." the woman said, looking at her husband with a serious face.
"You're right, Mebuki-dear." Kizashi said smiling at his wife.
Sakura closed her eyes as she smiled goofily at her parents behavior over her.
Karin looked over at another family. The man looked to be in his early 30's and had a brown skin color with 2 scars on the right side of his face, black hair in a high spiky ponytail, black eyes, black goatee, wearing a meshed shirt underneath his flak jacket, a deer skin coat over that, hand guards, and dark brown sandals. The woman had fair skin, long, dark brown hair usually kept in a low ponytail with three strands framing her face, wearing silver hoop earrings, a pink blouse and dark-coloured skirt, and brown sandals. Their son had fair skin, shoulder length black hair that was tied up in a high spiky ponytail, wearing a light blue shirt that had the Nara crest on the front with dark blue linings at the end of the sleeves, dark blue pants, and blue sandals. The woman was yelling at the man and their son, who had on a lazy expression. The name of the man was Shikaku, the woman was named Yoshino, and the name of their son was Shikamaru. They were from the Nara clan.
Karin spotted another family near the Nara family. The man looked to be in his early 30's and had fair skin, plump with long, spiky red hair and purple markings on his cheeks, wearing a hachimaki around his forehead, a samurai like outfit which entails a black suit completed with armour that has the kanji for "food" (食, shoku) on it, rope belt, and hand-guards. The woman looked to be in her early 30's and had tan skin, full-bodied with short, black hair and eyes which are accentuated by orange markings at each corner, wearing a light shade of lipstick, a pair of red, stud earrings along with a high-collared Chinese purple blouse which has gold trimmings and the clan's obligatory kanji for "food" (食, shoku) on the back, a pair of pants, and heeled sandals. Their son looked to be 8 years old and has a rotound build and markings on his cheeks in the form of swirls, spiky, brown hair that sticks upwards, wearing a dark green zipped up shirt with light green at the top of it, dark blue pants, and blue sandals. The name of the man was Choza, the woman was named Rina, and their son was named Choji. They were having nice conversation with one another, all coming from the Akimichi clan.
Karin looked to the other side and saw another family. The man looked to be in his late 30's and had a brown skin color, long brown hair, featureless lavender eyes, wearing a traditional, loose fitting robes with a long-sleeved, brown haori, and brown slippers. The woman looked to be in her mid 30's and had a fair skin color, featureless lavender eyes, long dark purple hair slightly past her waist and side bangs framing her face down to her shoulders, wearing a long purple sleeved kimono with dark purple trimmings. Their first daughter looked to be about 7 and had fair skin, featureless lavender eyes, dark blue hair that she keeps in a hime cut that is short, kept just above her forehead with 2 chin-length strands framing her face, wearing a white shirt, a zipped up purple jacket with pink inside and sleeves, and blue sandals. Their second and youngest daughter looked to be 2 years old had a brown skin color with blush on her cheeks, featureless lavender eyes, chin length dark brown brown hair, wearing a spring green kimono with white trimmings and a red flower at the center, and green sandals. The male cousin looked to be 9 years old and had fair skin, long dark brown hair, white bandages covering his forehead, featureless lavender eyes, blue kimono with dark blue trimmings, and dark blue sandals. The man was called Hiashi, the woman was called Amai, their oldest daughter was Hinata, their youngest was Hanabi, and their nephew was Neji. Hiashi and Neji were talking to each other while Amai and Hanabi were talking to Hinata. They were from the Hyuga clan.
Karin looked more and saw another one. The woman looked to be in her late 20's and had light brown skin, long spiky untamed brown hair, vertical slit-like pupils, elongated canine teeth and nails, clan fang markings on her cheeks as well as markings over her eyes and a dark shade of purple lipstick, wearing a flak jacket and a black suit underneath with the sleeves rolled up and bandages around her legs, and dark blue sandals. The older child, a daughter looked to be about 10 years old and had light brown skin, long brown hair which she wears in a ponytail with two locks of hair framing her face, large black eyes, a light shade of lipstick and has the traditional fang-like tattoos of the Inuzuka clan on both of her cheeks, in addition to a tattoo on her upper right arm that resembles a flower, wearing an orange high collared zipped up shirt, yellow shorts, and blue sandals. The youngest, a son looked to be 7 years old and had brown skin, short messy brown hair, sharp black eyes with vertical slit-like pupils, pronounced canine teeth, and nails that he can change into claws. He also has the distinctive red fang markings of the Inuzuka clan on his cheeks, wearing a short sleeved green shirt that had picture of a dog's face on the front with red out linings on the sleeves and collar, long blueish-gray pants, and brown sandals. She noticed a tiny dog on top of the boy's head, having white fur with the fur on top of his head is styled to somewhat resemble a mohawk, squinted eyes which appeared closed, brown nose, as well as brown patches on his ears and a brown outline around his mouth. The woman was called Tsume, daughter was named Hana, the son was called Kiba, and the tiny dog was called Akamaru.
Karin saw another family near the Inuzuka clan. The man looked to be in his early 30's and had light tan skin, long ash blond hair reaching into his back, which he wore spiky on top and ending in a long ponytail, blue-green eyes and strong facial features, which included a well defined jaw line, wearing aflak jacket over a black outfit, complete with hand-guards, forehead protector and a sleeveless red hoari, and black sandals. The woman looked to be in her early 30's and had fair skin, and slight wrinkles are visible near her mouth, light brown eyes without pupils, and brown hair which is tied into a bun with a red ribbon in it, wearing a dark teal elegant dress, which sports an aquamarine coloured gem below the collar, and dark green sandals. Their daughter looked to be 7 years old and had fair skin, blue eyes, pale-blonde hair that was at a chin length and had a blue hair clip on the left side of it, wearing a long sleeved pink dress that had red outlines at the end of the sleeves and the collar, purple cloth that was wrapped around her waist, and pale violet sandals that almost reached her upper leg. The man was named Inoichi, the woman was called Ayame, and their daughter was named Ino. They were from the Yamanaka clan. Inoichi was kneeling down and talking to Ino while Ayame happily watched them.
Karin turned again and saw another family. The man looked to be in his early 30's and had brown skin, very spiky short black hair and a moustache, dark glasses which feature a single tassel hanging down from one-side, a high collared beige jacket, long black pants, gray sandals, and carrying a gourd on his back that is used for holding more kikaichū. His son looked to be 8 years old and had fair skin, dark, bushy, brown hair, black narrow eyes but hides them under his black sunglasses, wearing a long beige hooded jacket, a gray high collared shirt shirt with red buttons going down the center, long green pants, and dark gray sandals. The man was named Shibi and the son was named Shino. They were from the Aburame clan. They had their hands in their pockets while looking around at everyone her.
Karin spotted Fugaku talking to a male ninja, who looked to be in his mid 30's and had brown skin, plump with a small dark brown goatee, wearing the Konoha flak jacket and the forehead protector as a bandanna, while Sasuke was beside them listening. She noticed that sad expression on Sasuke's face.
"Why is Sasuke so sad?" Karin thought worriedly.
Karin turned again and spotted Itachi talking to an unknown boy far away where the trees were, he looked to be in his mid teens and had fair skin, short, unkempt, black coloured hair, black eyes and a relatively broad nose and well-defined eyelashes, that were turns upwards at each end, wearing a dark blue Konoha forehead protector, a dark gray high collared short sleeved shirt, long black pants, and black sandals. She noticed that they were talking about something important as their faces were serious.
"Who is Itachi talking to?" Karin thought curiously.
"Karin." a female voice said.
Karin was pushed out of her thoughts and looked up to see her mother smiling down at her.
"Can you go over to your Uncle Minato for a minute while me, your Aunt Kushina, and Mikoto go somewhere for awhile?" Uzume asked her daughter.
Karin looked over at her Uncle Minato and cousin Naruto as Minato happily talking to the former Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, has light brown skin, gray hair, a small gray goatee, his face is gaunter, and he has the wrinkles and liver spots of old age, wearing a white haori with red letters written on the back was the kanji for "fire" (火, hi), full-length kimono that is tied using a white sash, and white sandals, and his wife, Biwako Sarutobi, had light brown skin, slightly visible creases at the corners of her eyes and her mouth, long, brown hair which she kept in a high ponytail, wearing a purple kimono-like dress, along with a white haori and sandals.
Karin looked up at her mother again. "Okay, Mommy." she said, before walking over to her Uncle and cousin.
Karin glanced back one more time at her mother, her Aunt, and Mikoto, who are all happily walking away, before turning around and continued walking. She saw and heard Hiruzen and Biwako say their goodbyes before walking somewhere else before she even arrived. Minato and Naruto turned and looked at Karin.
"Karin, where is your Mom?" Minato asked, now looking around.
"She went with Aunt Kushina and Mikoto somewhere, but she said they will be back soon." Karin said.
"Oh." Minato said, looking down at her.
Karin gasped a little as she sensed a familiar chakra coming near them, she turned around and saw Sasuke walking towards them.
"Hi, Karin." Sasuke said smiling.
"Um, hello to you too, S-sasuke." Karin said shyly, putting her hands together.
Sasuke stopped in front of them. "Looks like me and you will be in the same class tomorrow." Sasuke said.
"H-hai." Karin said softly, looking down and lightly blushing.
"I will be in the same class too, dattebayo!" Naruto said.
"I don't care if you're in there or not." Sasuke said now having a annoyed looked on his face, putting his right hand on his right hip. "Usuratonkachi."
Naruto and Sasuke were now glaring at each other while Karin looked sadly at the scene.
"Will they ever get along?" Karin thought.
Minato crouched down behind Naruto and nervously smiled, then put his right hand on his right shoulder. "At least will you try to be friends with my son, Naruto?" he asked.
Naruto and Sasuke continued to glare at one another. "No!" they both said at the same time.
"That will never work, Uncle Minato." Karin thought sadly.
Karin suddenly sensed another familiar chakra coming towards them, she looked to see Fugaku walking to them.
"Oh, Lord Hokage..." Fugaku said, now standing behind his son.
Everyone especially Sasuke looked up at Fugaku.
"Hello." Minato said, then stopped crouching down and stood up straight.
"Let's see... Rather than a friend..." Fugaku said then folded his arms. Sasuke looked at Naruto. "My Sasuke will grow up to be a fine rival for your son." then he gave him a stern look.
Minato just smiled. Naruto and Sasuke glared at each other again.
Later that day.
Karin was walking with her mother and her cousin Naruto back to the Uzumaki clan compound after the ceremony ended. Minato was still back at the Hokage Mansion doing work. Karin was thinking about they said goodbye to the Uchiha family when her mother said something, pushing her out of her thoughts.
"Karin-sweetie." Uzume said.
Karin looked up at her. "Yes, Mommy?" she asked.
"We're going to have visitors at our house." Uzume said smiling.
"Huh? Who are the visitors, Mommy?" Karin asked her mother confused.
"She's an old friend and Sensei." Uzume said.
"Oh." Karin said.
As they were getting closer, Karin sensed 3 unknown chakras in the Uzumaki compound with her Aunt Kushina near them, one was very powerful, second one was strong but it wasn't powerful like her mother's or her Aunt Kushina's, and the third one was a pig's chakra.
"I wonder what they look like?" Karin thought.
It took them a few minutes but they finally made it to the Uzumaki clan compound and entered through the gates then to Ryo and Uzume's house. When they arrived there they saw Kushina happily talking to 2 unknown women.
"Aunt Uzume, who are those 2 women next to Mom?" Naruto asked looking up at her.
"They are me and your mother's Sensei and friend." Uzume said.
They stopped a few feet away from them and Kushina and the 2 unknown women stopped talking to look at them.
"Hello Uzume." one of the unknown women greeted, smiling.
"It's so nice to see you too." Uzume greeted back smiling.
"What are you 2 doing here?" Kushina asked.
"We came to visit before we travel again." one of the women said.
Karin looked curiously at the 2 women. One looked young and has fair skin, straight, blonde hair that reached her lower back as she usually keeps tied in two loose ponytails with bangs that reached a shoulder length, brown eyes, a violet diamond shape on her forehead, wearing a grey, kimono-style blouse that exposed her large breasts with no sleeves, held closed by a broad, dark bluish-grey obi, a grass-green haori with the kanji for "gamble" (賭, kake) written on the back, inside a red circle, long dark bluish-grey pants, open-toed, strappy black sandals with high heels, red polish on both her fingernails and toenails and uses a soft pink lipstick, and a dark green rectangular stone necklace, also carrying a brown bag on her left shoulder. The 2 woman looked to be in her early 20's and has fair skin, straight black hair that reached a shoulder length with bangs that cover her ears and frame her face, black eyes, wearing a long bluish-black kimono with white trimmings, held closed by a white obi, and black open-toed sandals with low heels, holding a pink pig, that had squinted eyes and was wearing cream colored pearl necklace on her neck and a red vest.
The blonde haired woman turned her attention to Karin. "So she's your daughter you've been telling me about?" she asked.
Karin quickly hid behind her mother when the blonde lady looked at her.
"And this must be you and Minato's son, Naruto right?" the blonde lady asked.
"Right." Kushina said.
"Karin don't be shy." Uzume said softly, looking behind her.
Karin slowly poked her head out to see the 2 women again.
"Sweetie, this is my and your Aunt's Sensei, Tsunade." Uzume said.
The blonde one waved her right hand at Karin.
"And our friend Shizune and their female pig, Tonton." Uzume said.
"It's nice to meet you." the black haired one said.
"Oink!" The pig pig said.
"It's nice to meet you all, too." Karin said, smiling shyly.
Inside the house.
Sunset.
Karin was sitting on one of the couches with Naruto on the left side of her. She had her hands together as she stared down at them. Tsunade and Shizune were sitting on another couch, waiting patiently for Uzume and Kushina to finish making dinner and the tea.
Karin was pushed out of her thoughts when she heard Tsunade's voice.
"Hey." Tsunade said.
Naruto and Karin looked at Tsunade.
"Do you 2 want to see pictures of your mothers when we were traveling?" Tsunade said.
"H-hai." Karin said.
"Our Moms never told us they traveled with you." Naruto said.
Naruto and Karin stood up from the couch and walked over to the other couch where Tsunade and Shizune are sitting. Shizune scooted over to the end so that Naruto and Karin were sitting in between her Tsunade. Karin sat next to Tsunade and Naruto sat next to Shizune. Tsunade rummaged through her bag with her right hand and pulled out a medium sized cream colored photo album.
"So um... what was my Mommy like as a child?" Karin asked.
"Well she was a great kunoichi during her time, she was known as the 'Sweet Silent Cherry' because of her hair and knows how to easily trick people while being nice." Tsunade said. "She's also a wonderful prodigy who immediately learned all of the techniques I taught her."
Karin stared at Tsunade in amazement as she explained what her mother was like.
"What was my Mom like?" Naruto asked.
"Unlike your Aunt, she was tomboyish and was not very good at studying and taking written tests, but she very was skilled in Fuinjutsus and the Uzumaki clan techniques." Tsunade said then suddenly smirked. "But she also proved to be a strong and fierce barehanded fighter, earning her the nickname the 'Red Hot-Blooded Habanero' because she beat many boys half to death."
Naruto's face now had a scared expression on his face after hearing about his mother. Karin's face showed half frightened and half calm expression, a part of was scared to see her Aunt Kushina mad but the other part of her wasn't scared.
Tsunade opened the photo album and set it in between Naruto and Karin so they can look at it. "Here are both your mothers when they are kids." she said pointing with her left hand at the first page.
Naruto and Karin looked down and saw girls smiling forward. Uzume looked to be 15 and straight shoulder length red hair, blue eyes with no pupils, fair skin, wearing an orange dress that reached her knees and had the Uzumaki crest on the back, blue forehead protector on her forehead, dark blue sandals, a black shuriken holster on her left knee, and a medium sized silver pouch around her midsection. Kushina looked to be 12 years old and had fair skin, a round face, straight bright red hair that reached her waist, blue forehead protector on her forehead, wearing a tan kimono-like blouse with a black embroidered border, held closed with a black obi, a black short skirt and stockings that stopped at her thighs, and dark brown sandals.
"Mommy and Aunt Kushina were really pretty." Karin said softly smiling.
"This is a similar photo in one of my Mom's photo albums." Naruto said.
Naruto and Karin looked at the second page saw Kushina, who looked to be 10 years old and was wearing a sleeveless kimono-style blouse that was yellow in colour and held closed with a green obi over a short-sleeved mesh shirt with a pair of dark blue shorts and brown shinobi sandals. She was holding up her index finger and middle finger of her right hand.
"That was the day that Uzume graduated from the Academy." Tsunade said.
"Amazing." Karin said her face astounded, almost a whisper.
"Cool!" Naruto said smiling widely.
Naruto and Karin continued to turn pages and saw more of their mothers and even Tsunade and Shizune. Karin turned around page and saw a young woman that was neither her mother nor her Aunt. She had fair skin, long bright red hair, large black pupiless eyes, her hair was in buns with hair pins in them and three golden clips in the front, she also wore a dark shade of red lipstick and had a purple rhombus on her forehead, tags with kanji written on them in her hair decals, a golden crown on top of her head, wearing an elaborate, high-collared kimono with the Uzushiogakure symbol on the back of the obi which was tied around her waist, and light brown sandals. Karin saw the picture was beige with age and it had a name on the lower left side saying 'Mito'. And they looked at another photo that had their mothers when were 13 and 10 years and an old woman had fair skin, bright red hair that was in large black pupiless eyes, two buns in her hair and most that flowed down to her waist, a faded purple rhombus on her forehead, wearing a simple loose fitting kimono held closed by a simple dark-coloured obi. Uzume was on the left side, Mito was in the middle, and Kushina was on the right side. The bottom of the picture said 'Kushina, Mito, and Uzume'.
Karin was about to turn another page with her right hand until she heard her Aunt's voice calling to them.
"Dinner is ready you guys." Kushina said coming into the room then suddenly noticed that Naruto and Karin were looking through an old photo album. "What are you 2 looking at?" she asked.
Naruto and Karin looked up at Kushina. "At you and Mommy's childhood photos." Karin said.
"Oh, that's nice." Kushina said smiling. "We've made dinner."
...
A few hours later.
Kushina and Naruto went home after they finished eating dinner while Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton went travel again.
Uzume was tucking Karin, in her new night clothes, a light brown nightgown with blue outlines, into bed.
"Um, Mommy." Karin said.
"Yes sweetie." Uzume said softly, looking at her.
"What clan is Tsunade from?" Karin asked curiously.
Uzume sat down on the right side of the bed, close to her daughter. "Well she comes from the Senju clan but also the Uzumaki clan."
"Huh?" Karin asked confused.
"Tsunade is ¾ Senju and 1/4 Uzumaki, her grandmother was Mito Uzumaki." Uzume explained. "My and your Aunt know Mito, who sadly passed away when we were young."
"Who is Mito Uzumaki?" Karin asked.
"She was a powerful kunoichi from our clan and the First Hokage's wife, she was from Uzushiogakure." Uzume said.
"Uzushiogakure?" Karin asked.
"Sorry I forgot to tell you that the Uzumaki clan originally came from Uzushiogakure but we've decided to move to Konohagakure but some moved somewhere else." Uzume said. "Even our family crest is on the back of the Konoha flak jackets because we are close allies."
"But why did we have to move?" Karin asked.
Uzume just put her hands around her daughter. "I'll tell you some other time okay sweetie." she said hugging. "You have your first day at the Academy tomorrow."
"Okay, Mommy." Karin said smiling, hugging her mother back.
They soon pulled away from the hug and Uzume took her daughter's glasses off and put them on the nightstand then finished tucking Karin into bed before kissing her goodnight on her forehead. Uzume exited the room.
Morning.
Karin, in her usual outfit, was sitting next to a table with her eyes closed and hands together as she was praying to her father's picture while waiting patiently for her cousin to come so they can walk to the Academy together. Her mother couldn't walk her there because she was the Uzumaki clan leader and that means she was busy.
When Karin was done praying, she opened her eyes and separated her hands. She suddenly sensed Naruto approaching her house, she stood up from the floor and walked to the main shoji doors. There was a knock at the door and Karin opened one of them with her right hand, revealing Naruto, in his usual outfit, holding a white clothed wrapped bento box with the Uzumaki crest on it with right hand.
"Good morning, Karin." Naruto said smiling.
"Good morning to you too, Oniisan." Karin said smiling back softly. "Where is Aunt Kushina?"
"She's at the office with Dad." Naruto said stepping a little inside. "Are you ready?"
"In a minute." Karin said, turning around.
Karin went to the couch and grabbed her cream colored wrapped bento box that had the Uzumaki crest on it with both hands then headed to the table.
Karin stopped and closed her eyes. "I'm going, Daddy." she said bowing her head to the picture. She opened her eyes as she stopped bowing her head and looked at Naruto. "Okay Oniisan, I'm ready."
"Alright." Naruto said.
Karin walked over to the shoji doors then suddenly stopped when she heard her mother's voice.
"Karin-sweetie." Uzume said.
Karin turned her head and and saw her mother standing at the living room door smiling.
"Have a nice day." Uzume said.
"Okay, Mommy." Karin said smiling back.
"And you too, Naruto." Uzume said, turning her head towards him.
"Sure." Naruto said smiling.
Naruto and Karin walked out the door with Karin sliding one of the doors closed with her right hand. They walked from the house to exit the Uzumaki clan compound to the Academy. As Naruto and Karin continued walking, Naruto started to say something.
"Hey, Karin." Naruto said.
Karin turned her head to the left to look at Naruto. "Yes Oniisan?" she asked.
"I'm going to pull off a great prank today." Naruto said smirking.
"Huh?" Karin asked.
"It's going to be in the classroom and it will be for the teacher." Naruto said.
"But Oniisan, Uncle Minato and Aunt Kushina will be upset if you do that." Karin said.
"Not if I don't get caught." Naruto said. "A real prankster would never get caught." then started laughing.
Karin was about to say something else to Naruto when she suddenly sensed a familiar chakra coming towards them from the back.
"Karin!" a boy's voice called out.
Karin turned her head to the right to see Sasuke, in his usual outfit and carrying a cream colored clothed wrapped bento box that had the Uchiha crest on it with his left hand, running towards them smiling at her. Naruto and Karin both stopped in their tracks.
"Oh no, it's him." Naruto said annoyed. "Dattebayo."
Karin watched as Sasuke ran closer to them.
"Uh Karin." Naruto said.
Karin turned her head back to Naruto. "Yes." she asked.
"I'm going on ahead to prepare for my prank, I'll see you later." Naruto said before running forward.
Karin was about to call him back until Sasuke finally made it to her and stopped next to her. "Hello, Karin." he greeted. "It's nice to see you again."
Karin lightly blushed and turned her head to the left side. "Um, It's nice to see you too, Sasuke." she said softly.
Sasuke and Karin walked again as they made their way to the Academy. Karin looked at Sasuke, who was still staring at her smiling.
"Karin?" Sasuke asked.
"Y-yes um, Sasuke?" Karin asked softly.
"Would you like to sit together at lunch time?" Sasuke asked smiling.
Karin's eyes widened and blushed lightly at Sasuke's offer but suddenly remembered something, then her eyes unwidened. "U-um, are you sure you want to sit with me?" she asked shyly, turning away from him. "You probably want to sit someone else."
"No." Sasuke said.
Karin turned her head back to Sasuke. "Huh?" she asked shyly, surprised.
"I only want to sit with you, Karin." Sasuke said smiling.
Karin now blushed furiously and turned her head away from him again, making Sasuke a little confused. After awhile as they continued walking, Karin's blush lessened until it was her natural fair skin again then they both turned forward. They were a few feet away from the Academy as they could see many students going into the building and many parents and some older and younger siblings saying 'goodbye' to them for awhile.
"Hey Karin?" Sasuke said turning his head towards her.
"Um yes Sasuke?" Karin asked shyly, looking at him.
"Why did Naruto ran on to the Academy without you?" Sasuke asked.
Karin put her hands together. "Oniisan said that he was going to pull a prank in the classroom for the teacher." she said.
"Hn, that's stupid." Sasuke said.
Sasuke and Karin continued to walk as they made it to the open entrance and stepped inside. While they were walking they noticed many students, teachers, and new genin. Karin's eyes widened and slightly gasped as she was looking at their forehead.
"Don't worry." Sasuke said.
Karin stopped staring at them and looked at Sasuke, who was staring at her smiling.
"We'll be genin very soon." Sasuke said.
"You would be but I'm not sure about myself." Karin thought sadly.
Sasuke and Karin stopped walking as they finally made it to a greenish grey metal door. Karin sensed Naruto's chakra inside the room. Sasuke slid it open with his right hand and stepped aside to let Karin in first. Karin said 'thank you' to Sasuke before walking in and Sasuke walked in behind and slid the the door closed. They looked around the room to see it had light green walls with some brown wood sticking halfway out of the it, some white papers that each had little information about the Academy were posted on each of the 4 walls, large triangular windows that covers most of the left side of the classroom, high ceiling. The front of the classroom had a big black board that had few chalk pieces on the holder, a brown wooden podium in front of it brown wooden flooring, from the middle to the back of the had light brown wooden lecture desks that went from the back to front it went top to bottom. They also saw dark brown medium sized compartments lined up at the back of the room that stopped at near both sides of the room.
They saw half the desks were filled up with students who are joining the Ninja Academy just like Sasuke and Karin is, but some of the students were sitting on top of the desks. The 9 desks were arranged in a 4 by 3 rows. Karin stepped towards the third compartment from the room and put her cloth wrapped bento box down at the bottom of it before going down the stairs then sat in the first seat at the second desks of the second row, while Sasuke walked and placed his clothed wrapped bento box in the fourth compartment and followed after Karin. A few seconds after Karin sat down she noticed and looked to the right to see Sasuke sitting down in the seat beside.
Sasuke turned to Karin and smiled at her, making Karin blush and turn her head to the other side. Karin put her hands together in her lap and stopped blushing and looked forward to see Naruto taking a board eraser from the board.
"What kind of prank do you plan on doing that involves that eraser, Oniisan?" Karin thought curiously and confused.
"Whatever he's planning, it's going to fail." Sasuke said having a serious face, his elbows on the desk and fingers tangled together.
Karin then heard gasping and giggling sounds then turned to the left to see Sakura, in her usual outfit, Ino, in her usual outfit, and a few other girls looking lovestruck.
"Aww, Sasuke-kun is so amazing." Sakura said, hearts in her eyes.
"Yeah." Ino said, having sparkles in her eyes.
Karin looked back at Sasuke to see that he paid no attention to the girls that were adoring him, making her confused. She suddenly thought of something, she turned her head to Sasuke.
"Um, Sasuke?" Karin said softly and shyly.
Sasuke turned his head to Karin and looked curiously at her. "What is it?" he asked.
"Do you know that man who was talking to Itachi yesterday?" Karin asked softly. "He had on the Uchiha crest."
"Oh, that was Shisui." Sasuke said.
"Shisui?" Karin asked confused.
"He's me and Big Brother's friend from our clan, he taught me many jutsus." Sasuke said.
"Oh." Karin said.
...
19 minutes later.
As time has passed, many students were coming into the classroom and sitting down while some of them chatted with friends or sat quietly for the teacher to arrive in the room. Karin watched Naruto grin as he put his prank into place, seeing him out the eraser on top of another door while standing on a nearby chair then when he was done he stepped backwards just a few feet away from the door.
Karin suddenly sensed a chakra coming to the classroom, knowing it was the teacher approaching.
"He's coming." Karin said to Sasuke.
Sasuke put his right hand on the right side of his face and laid his left hand on the desk, having a annoyed look on his face. "Great." he said, now looking at the door.
Then the door opened up to reveal a man holding 2 light brown books in his right hand, the eraser fell inches away from him. The man looked down at the eraser then at Naruto annoyed, who was smiling at him, for a few seconds then turned to the left, looking at us.
"Who did this?" the man asked.
"Seriously?!" Karin thought sadly.
Nobody said a word.
"Of all the juvenile pranks!" the man said looking at Naruto again.
Naruto laughed as he closed his eyes.
The man stepped forward but he suddenly slipped on some grease on the floor, the books falling out of his hands and on the floor. He looked at Naruto angrily.
"Huh? When did he?" Karin thought surprised.
Naruto laughed at him. "I got you! That eraser was nothing but a decoy and you totally fell for it too!" he said pointing at him.
"Naruto!"the man said angrily, getting up from the ground.
Naruto stopped pointing and just smiled at the man.
"Oh no! Oniisan is going to get punished and yelled at by our new teacher." Karin thought worriedly.
Seconds passed and still nothing until the the man said something.
"Naruto." the man said.
Naruto put his hands behind his head and walked towards the exit. "Yeah I know, go stand in the hallway." he said then put his hands down.
"No." the man said.
Naruto stopped and looked at him.
"Go and take your seat." the man said.
"That's strange. Students usually get punished if they pull a prank." Karin thought confused.
Naruto started walking to the first seat in the third desks in the third row. "This place is so boring." he said then sat down.
"But weren't you excited that you were attending the Academy when we were told by my Mommy, Uncle Minato, and Aunt Kushina?" Karin thought, turning her head around to look at Naruto.
Karin turned her head forward to look at the teacher again. She noticed that he looked to be in his early 20's and had brown skin, black eyes, dark brown hair that was in a short ponytail, a scar running across his nose, wearing the Konoha flak jacket uniform and blue clothed wrapped forehead protector, and dark grey sandals. She watched as he walked to the podium then stood in front of it facing them. The man put his books down on the podium and put his hands on each side of it.
"Good morning, first allow me to introduce myself. Starting today I'll be your new home room teacher, Iruka Umino." the man said smiling.
"That's great." Karin thought smiling softly.
"My favorite food is Ichiraku Ramen and my least favorite food is mixed rice, I was born on May 26." Iruka said.
As everyone listened to Iruka was saying, Karin looked behind her to see Naruto was getting sad.
"Why is Oniisan like this all of a sudden?" Karin thought worriedly.
Later.
Iruka passed books out to all the students so they could read silently along with him. Karin was reading with both hands holding both sides and paying attention but she glanced at Sasuke to see that he had his right hand on the right side of face while looking out the window.
"Maybe Sasuke already knows this information like I do if he's doing that?" Karin thought.
Karin suddenly heard snoring and looked behind her to see Naruto was sleeping with his head on the desk.
"'Oniisan is going to get in trouble." Karin thought worriedly.
She turned back to see Iruka walking up the stairs towards the sleeping Naruto. She saw mostly everyone was now looking at the 2 then watched as Iruka raised the book to hit Naruto on the head with it.
"P-please don't... don't hit Oniisan!" Karin thought sadly.
After a moment it didn't happen instead he lowered the book.
Karin softly sighed and closing her eyes. "Thank goodness." she thought.
Karin opened her eyes again.
Naruto suddenly woke up. "Hold on, Sensei isn't it already time for class to be over?" he asked looking at Iruka.
"Huh? But he just started teaching an hour ago." Karin thought confused.
"What?" Iruka asked confused.
"Just look, see for yourself." Naruto said pointing with his right hand forward. Iruka looked forward to see.
Karin looked at the clock, which had 10:00 on it. "But.. how can that be the right time?" she thought confused. "I also sense that Oniisan was lying."
"Huh I didn't realize it was so late." Iruka said before walking down the stairs then he stopped and turned his head to us. "Well then that's everything for today I'll see you tomorrow." then continued walking towards the door and opened it with his right hand and stepped out, closing the door behind him. Karin knew that Iruka was faking it because she sensed that he was lying.
"Oniisan, why?" Karin whispered, closing her eyes.
"You already know." Sasuke said.
Karin opened her eyes and looked at Sasuke, who has his eyes closed. "Huh?" she asked.
"He's going to be pulling pranks everyday." Sasuke said, then opened his and looked at Karin. "It's how he is."
Karin now had a sad look as she watched Naruto get up from his seat and climb on the desk to change the clock to its original time with his right hand.
Naruto laughed. "I knew he'd fall for that old trick that makes prank number 3." Naruto said.
"I knew that clock had the wrong time." Karin thought.
Karin turned to the door as she suddenly sensed Iruka coming back to the classroom. The door slid opened up to reveal Iruka, Naruto looked at the door and lost his balance then fell backwards on to the floor. Iruka stepped in and closed the door behind him before walking over to Naruto.
Naruto looked up and saw Iruka staring at him. "Uh, boy that smarts but how did you figure it out so quickly?" he asked.
"Just return to your seat and we'll continue." Iruka said, giving him a mean look.
Naruto was surprised for a moment but after a few seconds he looked down at the floor sadly. Karin watched Naruto with sad and worried eyes.
"Poor Oniisan." Karin thought sadly.
56 minutes later.
"Everyone stop." Iruka said, closing the his book.
All the students looked at him.
"Close your books and follow me, we're going outside." Iruka said smiling walking to the door and slid with his right hand and walked into the hallway.
Everyone closed their books and walked down the stairs and into the hallway. As they were following Iruka, Karin looked worriedly at Naruto, who had a blank look on his face.
"Oniisan.. I wonder what you're thinking right now?" Karin thought, putting her hands together near her chest.
"Karin." a voice said.
Karin snapped out of her thoughts and looked to the left to see Sasuke staring at her concerned.
"U-um yes Sasuke." Karin said shyly, stuttering a little.
"What's wrong, you look sad? Sasuke asked.
"I'm fine it's just... I'm worried about Oniisan." Karin said shyly.
Sasuke sighed. "He'll be alright, but he's still going to be pulling those idiotic pranks." he said then gave her small smile. "So you don't have to worry that much."
Karin lightly blushed and smiled. "Thank you, Sasuke." she said.
"You're welcome." Sasuke said.
Karin stopped blushing as looked around and saw mostly of the girls glaring at her, especially Ino and Sakura. Karin became scared at all the looks.
"I-I wonder why they are staring at me like that? Is it because I talked to Sasuke?" Karin thought frightened.
It took them awhile but they finally made it outside. The students were a forming a circle and somestudents were near Iruka. Karin was standing close to Sasuke.
"Alright everyone instead of just introducing yourselves, I want each of you to demonstrate your skills with Ninjutsu." Iruka said.
The students groaned except Karin, Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata, and Shino.
"Can I really do this? I-I mean know all of the signs and jutsus from Mommy and reading from books. I don't know if I have the courage to do it?" Karin thought sadly.
Iruka laughed nervously. "Don't worry you're not going to be graded on this, it's merely to assess where you are on your studies and plan how to proceed with our lessons." he said. "Okay, we'll start off with the basic clone jutsu then, and the first person up." then looked down at the clipboard.
"P-please don't choose me first, I-I don't think I'm ready right now." Karin thought shyly, putting her hands together and near her chest again.
Iruka looked up from the clipboard. "Uh, is Sasuke Uchiha, wanna give it a shot?" he asked smiling.
All of the girls started cheering for him except Karin and Hinata. Karin could see that the girls had hearts in their eyes.
"I-I had no idea they liked Sasuke this much." Karin thought.
Karin watched as Sasuke closed his eyes and stepped forward into the circle.
Sasuke opened his eyes, his hands in his pockets. "Hn, using clone jutsu is even easier than child's play." he said.
"Sasuke is really confident in his abilities... unlike me..." Karin thought.
Karin turned to Naruto as he started to say something angrily.
Naruto groaned and pointed at Sasuke with his right hand. "Why do you always have to act so smug all the time?! It's so annoying!" he yelled.
Sasuke stepped further into the circle and looked at Naruto. "Just shut up, Usuratonkachi." he said.
"Leave Sasuke-kun alone, you'll break his concentration." Sakura said angrily.
"Yeah that's right, you're just in the way loser!" Ino said angrily.
"Aw come on, not you too, Sakura-chan." Naruto said sadly.
"W-what are always so mean Oniisan?" Karin thought sadly.
Naruto stepped forward a little to see Sasuke make a clone jutsu.
"Okay Sasuke, give it a try." Iruka said.
Sasuke quickly put his hands out of his pockets, he waited a moment as some of the wind blew through his hair then quickly made the clone jutsu hand signs. "Clone jutsu." he said. A clone of Sasuke appeared a few feet away from Sasuke.
Karin noticed something wasn't right. "I sense both of them are not the real Sasuke." she thought. She sensed Sasuke's real chakra was and looked up in the tree to see Sasuke was sitting on one of the branches and looking at her. "Huh?" she asked, putting her hands together and near her chest again.
Sasuke smiled and raised his left index finger to his mouth, meaning he wanted her to be quiet. Karin immediately understood and looked back at Sasuke's 2 shadow clones.
"Sasuke created 2 clones without any effort and jumped into the trees without anyone other than me noticing... He's so cool.. and fast..." Karin thought astonished.
"Wow." Iruka said.
"Amazing Sasuke-kun it's a perfect clone jutsu, I can't tell which one is real and which one is fake." Sakura said, glancing at one of them.
"Neither of them are real." Karin thought.
"Oh please!" Naruto said.
Karin looked over at Naruto to that he jumped a few feet from one of the Sasuke clones.
"It's totally obvious to me, this one!" Naruto said, before he kicked one of the clones with his right foot, only to have it disappear.
"Please stop, Oniisan." Karin thought.
The other Sasuke clone jumped away. "Wrong as usually." he said, a mean look on his face.
Naruto was confused but it turned into anger when he turned around to the other Sasuke clone.
"Blockhead back off that's the real Sasuke!" Sakura yelled.
"Yeah, get away from!" Ino yelled.
"That's not the real one." Karin thought.
Naruto jumped and kicked again at the Sasuke clone but it disappear, making Naruto fall down to the ground in the process.
"Looks like you picked wrong again." The real Sasuke said sitting up in the tree, then jumped down.
"Mommy was right, there are lots of prodigies in the Uchiha clan." Karin thought, amazed.
Everyone looked at Sasuke astonished.
"Oh Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said smiling, blushing a little.
"Amazing, 2 clones at once while the real Sasuke moved away unseen." Iruka said.
"So what?! I can do clone jutsu too!" Naruto yelled then made the clone jutsu hand signs. "Watch this, clone jutsu!"
A clone of Naruto suddenly appeared but instead of being exactly like him it was a pale version of him that laid weakly on the floor.
"B-but I thought Oniisan would have lots of chakra because he's half Uzumaki. There has to be a mistake." Karin thought confused.
Karin suddenly heard laughter, she looked around to see everyone except Sasuke, Shino, and Hinata were all laughing at Naruto. The Naruto clone disappeared shortly after being summoned.
"That kid can't do anything right!" the boy with the bandanna said smiling.
Naruto looked down embarrassed as he gritted his teeth together.
"Poor Oniisan." Karin thought sadly.
Karin saw Sasuke walk up to Naruto, noticing he had an angry look on his face.
"Listen I don't what your problem is Usuratonkachi, but just stay away from me ya got that." Sasuke said.
"All you're doing is interrupting our lesson, you're wasting the time of everyone here and becoming an annoyance." Shino said.
"Oniisan is not annoying." Karin thought.
"W-what?" Naruto asked, looking some of the students.
"He's right, you're not just becoming an annoyance that's all you've ever been or will be." the boy with the bandanna said.
"Hey that's cold Hibachi." the boy with the glasses said, then looked at Naruto while folding his hands smiling. "But sometimes the truth hurts."
"What?! Why you!" Naruto yelled and tried to go after the boys, who moved away quickly.
Iruka stepped in front of Naruto and put his hands on his shoulders. "Listen up, stop ganging up on Naruto!" he said, looking some of the students.
Karin sighed relieved and smiled softly.
Naruto looked surprised then smiled as he looked up at Iruka. "Sensei." he said.
Iruka turned around and looked down at Naruto. "Leave him alone, just ignore him." he said, now having a mean look on his face.
Karin's smile suddenly turned into a frown. "W-what but I-I thought he..." she thought sadly.
Naruto now looked at Iruka confused. "Huh?" he asked.
Everyone looked at Naruto for a few moments before Iruka turned around. Naruto looked down sadly at the ground.
"Alright everyone, come on! We still have a class to finish." Iruka said before walking away.
Naruto turned to the right.
"Yes Sensei!" Mostly all of the students said as they followed him. Some of them talked to one another while they are leaving.
Karin stayed where she was and sadly watched Naruto make a fist with his right hand and grit his teeth. "Oniisan." she thought sadly.
Karin walked over to Naruto and stood in front of him. "O-oniisan." she said separating her hands.
Naruto looked at Karin. Karin leaned in and slowly put her hands around Naruto hugging him, making Naruto confused.
"Huh?" Naruto said surprised.
"They are wrong Oniisan, I don't think you're an annoyance I think you're brave and amazing for being yourself." Karin said.
Naruto suddenly smiled and hugged Karin back. "Thanks Karin, but you don't have to worry." he said then pulled back to look at her.
Karin looked at Naruto confused.
"Because in the future, I'm going to become Hokage just like Dad." Naruto said using his signature smile.
Karin was about to say something to Naruto when she looked to the left, sensing a very familiar chakra nearby. "Uncle Minato." she said.
"Huh, Dad?" Naruto said looking in the same direction as Karin.
Minato suddenly appeared a few feet from Naruto and Karin, smiling. "Your sensory skills is getting great everyday, Karin." he said.
"Thank you, Uncle Minato." Karin said.
"I see you still haven't perfected the clone jutsu yet, Naruto." Minato said, walking towards them.
"No." Naruto said turning his head away sadly.
Minato was now next to them and he placed his right hand on top of Naruto's head, causing Naruto to look up at him confused.
"How about I help you how when you're classes are over today, okay." Minato said smiling.
Naruto smiled again. "Okay." he said.
Karin smiled softly at the display before her. "Thank goodness, Oniisan is smiling again." she thought relieved.
...
2 hours and 10 minutes later.
"Okay everybody it's lunch time." Iruka said. "You guys eat outside."
Students started getting up and walking up the stairs to the compartments to get their bento boxes to go outside and eat. Karin stood up from her seat and turned to the left to walk up the stairs while Sasuke was writing something down in the book.
Karin walked over to her compartment through the other students. When she made it in front of it, she grabbed her clothed wrapped bento box with both hands. Karin immediately noticed that her bento box was suddenly really light and it wasn't tied correctly. Karin unwrapped the cloth and opened the bento box to see all of her lunch was eaten.
"M-my lunch is gone. W-who could have eaten it?" Karin thought sadly.
Karin suddenly heard giggling, she looked up to see some of the girls were smirking and laughing at her. She turned around and looked where Sasuke was to see that he and Naruto were glaring at each other now.
"Maybe Oniisan has some extras." Karin thought softly then stepped forward with her right foot she was about to take another step until she suddenly thought of something. "N-no I can't ask Oniisan for some of his lunch he needs it, maybe I can when I get home."
Karin suddenly heard her stomach growling, knowing that she was really hungry. "Or.. maybe not." she thought sadly.
"Leave me alone, Usuratonkachi." a familiar voice said.
Karin was pushed out of her thoughts as she saw Sasuke closed his book before he stood up and walked to the stairs. Karin remembered that Sasuke had told her that he wanted to eat their lunch together but she couldn't because someone ate her lunch. She stepped backwards and turned forward before throwing her bento box away in the trashcan nearby then slid opened the door and stepped out and slid it closed behind her.
Karin walked down a hallway to the left instead of to the right, which leads outside. She decided to walk to the library to read more books.
"Maybe Sasuke has already forgotten about it?" Karin thought looking down.
As Karin continued walking through the hallways she sensed another chakra coming towards her. She looked up to see a man, who had fair skin, black hair that was at a shoulder length and was combed back, grey pupiless eyes, wide but built up body, a huge forehead, wearing a grey Konohagakure forehead protector on his forehead, dark brown-grey kimono like shirt with cream outlines, long black pants, a large white rope tied around his waist, black socks, and black sandals, was walking towards her. She could see that he had an angry look on his face, which frightened her. The man was now in front of her, Karin looked up to see that he was looking down at her more angry than before now.
"S-sorry." Karin said shyly.
"All of you Uzumakis are weak." the man said.
"Huh?" Karin asked confused.
"You all are nothing but a disgrace to The Hidden Village." the man said before he continued moving forward. "Should stayed in Uzushiogakure."
The man left, leaving Karin alone in the hallway by herself and tears began forming in her eyes. Karin looked down sadly as she felt tears running down her face, she started to run down the hall until she found a nearby closet. She opened the door and went inside and closed the door behind her. Karin sad down on the floor.
"It seems.. me and Oniisan.. are not even wanted here..." Karin thought sadly.
Sasuke was walking up the stairs to his compartment to get his bento box. He passed through some of the students and was now in front of his compartment and grabbed it with his left hand. Sasuke looked around for Karin so they could eat together but he couldn't find the red haired female anywhere. Some of the students started to leave classroom to go outside. Ino walked up to Sasuke, who was still wondering were Karin went off to.
"Sasuke, would you like to have lunch with me?" Ino said smiling.
"No." Sasuke said walking forward.
Ino became sad at Sasuke's rejection.
"Then will you have lunch with me?" the girl with the orange afro said smiling.
Then the girl with the afro was now sad at the rejection too.
"No." Sasuke said again.
Sasuke continued walking to the door and stepped out of the room. He walked through the hallways but still couldn't find Karin, was getting worried.
"I wonder where Karin went off to?" Sasuke thought.
Sasuke went down another and suddenly heard a gasping noise. He turned to the left to see a closet, he walked towards it, he raised his right hand and grabbed the doorknob. He opened it to see Karin sitting on the floor and was looking down at the floor sadly.
"Karin." Sasuke said relieved.
Karin looked up at Sasuke. "S-sasuke." she said.
"What are you doing in here Karin and where is your lunch?" Sasuke asked.
Karin looked down sadly. "Someone ate my lunch." she said.
"Huh?" Sasuke asked.
"I don't know who ate it all, it was empty when I found it." Karin said sadly.
Sasuke stepped more into the closet and crouched down next to Karin. "Then we can share my lunch." he said softly smiling.
Karin looked at Sasuke again. "B-but you need it." she said.
"I have plenty to share." Sasuke said.
"I-I not hung-" Karin was cut off when her stomach started to growl again, making her blush.
"It seems you are hungry." Sasuke said smiling more.
Karin turned her head away, a little embarrassed.
Sasuke stood up and held out his right hand. "Let's go eat outside together." he said.
Karin looked up at him again for a moment before she slowly raised her left hand to grab Sasuke's right hand. When Karin grabbed it, Sasuke carefully pulled Karin up to her feet. Karin blushed softly.
"Let's go." Sasuke said before walked out of the closet with Karin.
"H-hai." Karin said shyly.
Sasuke and Karin were sitting on one of the benches, away from the other students so they could eat in peace. Sasuke opened his bento box with his right hand as he held it with his left hand.
Sasuke put the top of the bento box in between them. "Here you choose first." he said smiling, showing Karin the insides of the box.
"T-thank you." Karin said then looked down and saw many Onigiri, Kyaraben, fish, and other foods in the bento box.
Karin reached with her right hand and pulled out one of the Onigiri then softly took a bite. Sasuke used his right hand and pulled out a Onigiri too. As Karin was eating, she looked up to see Sasuke was smiling at her.
Karin blushed softly and looked away from Sasuke. "I-It's delicious." she said shyly.
"My Mother made them." Sasuke said then took a bite out of his Onigiri.
"It was great that you can make 2 clones and seek away without being seen." Karin said.
"Thanks, I've been practicing with Niisan and Shisui sometimes." Sasuke said.
"Oh." Karin said.
Sasuke and Karin talked more while they are from Sasuke's bento box.
Afternoon.
Karin was walking back home to the Uzumaki clan compound while Naruto was with Minato and Sasuke went home to the Uchiha clan compound. She was thinking about Sasuke, his skills, his warm smile, blushing lightly.
Flashback.
"We can eat here again tomorrow okay." Sasuke said smiling.
"H-hai." Karin said shyly.
Flashback over.
Karin looked down as she smiled to herself. "Sasuke... is really kind..." she thought.
As Karin made it to the Uzumaki clan compound, she looked up to see her mother standing next to the gate smiling.
"Welcome back Karin, I've been waiting for you." Uzume said.
"It's nice to see you too, Mommy." Karin said.
Karin was now in front of her mother, looking up at her curiously. Uzume looked down at her daughter.
"Sweetie, I'm going to be teaching you the abilities I know, starting right now." Uzume said.
"Really?" Karin said surprised.
"Of course Karin, I'm going to teach you about the history of Uzumaki clan." Uzume said.
"This is amazing." Karin said smiling brightly.
"Let me show you where the books are." Uzume said before turning around and walked towards her house.
Karin followed after her mother. As they walked together, Uzume felt this sudden pain in her body but didn't show it only a smile on her face, not yet wanting to tell people about her deadly illness.
End of Chapter 4.
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