Part 4! Yay!

This part takes place during the beginning of Ep 1.

Disclaimer: I only own Rue and her family

Part 4

"Have I changed?" Rue looked into a mirror and asked her reflection.

After moving to Konoha with her father years before, Rue would ask that. To her father, her mother, when she joined them. But because her parents answered no, Rue turned to her reflection.

Rue inspected her reflection. Long violet hair, crystal blue eyes, paled snow kissed skin. She certainly didn't look different. She hadn't grown at all since last spring. She was shorter than girls her age. Well smaller in every way really. Except, Her chest was a little bigger than her friend Ino.

Though Ino wasn't really her friend. They were friendly, but not really friends. Rue didn't have any female friends that were her age. Rue's female friends were kunoichi that purchased weapons and poisons from her families shop.

Rue's father Arin, makes the weapons himself. The makes that customized to the clients specifications. While Rue and her mother, Katya, make poisons to sell with the weapons. Making weapons was one of Arin's passions and Katya was a poison pro.

Rue's parents loved one another more than they loved making their weapons or poisons. So they got married and had Rue. But with Arin's black hair and Katya's red, Rue wondered how she got violet hair.

"Rue! We're opening up soon." Katya's call interrupted her thoughts.

"Be right down!" Rue called back as she put her hair up in a bun.

Since coming to Konoha, Rue helped her father by making deliveries. She never wanted to be a ninja. She took after her dad like that. Her mother, who resigned from being a kunoichi altogether began teaching her about poisons a while after joining her husband and child.

Rue left her room and went to her families shop. It was right next door so it was a short walk.

Her mother was sitting on the front counter when she walked in. Rue smiled and leaned on the counter next to her.

"Morning. Dad in back?" She asked her curiously. It wasn't like they opened the shop together regularly. It was just odd not to see him in the store front.

Katya nodded. "That's right. Putting the finishing touches on a special order."

"Special order?" She asked curiously. "Who's it for?" Rue's curiosity was getting the better of her.

Katya grinned a mischievous grin that Rue thought made her look ever younger.

"You know I can't tell you that"

"You don't know, do you?" Rue asked playfully, making her mother gasp and look surprised.

Then Katya pouted and leaned back taking a bag out from behind the counter.

"You're quite right. Now be a good little delivery girl and take this to Iruka at the academy."

Rue stuck her tongue out at her playfully. Taking the bag, she crossed the store and propped the front door open and switched the closed sign to open.

Side note: If your wondering

Snow Kissed Skin is just how Rue refers to her paleness

She's slightly paler than Haku