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Thoughts
Jutsu/spells
"Demon talk"
Broken Angel
Chapter 2: Brother
Narumi wandered around the village bored out of her skull, and more than a little depressed.
It sucked having no friends, or people to talk to. The only four people she had to talk to were Kakashi, who was always on missions, Remus, whenever he showed up, and the Ichiraku's but they were always working. She didn't have any friends her own age, or pretty much any age. It led to things being unbearably lonely, and the glares and whispers from the people around just made things worse.
She was only a couple of weeks away from turning eight and that meant the Kyuubi festival was going to occur. Which meant she would spend the day dodging drunks and hiding from dingbats who thought hitting a child made them heroes.
It never made much sense to her, why the villagers chose to target her, and not Naruko. She only contained the soul of the soul and body of the Kyuubi, not any of it's power. If the Fourth Hokage was as good at sealing jutsu as everyone claimed he was, then they should have no worries for Narumi, as the demon had no power to fight back with. It's not like it could undermine the seal in any way, so they shouldn't be concerned about her.
The voice had once said that he doubted it had anything to do with that. He was sure most people simply saw her as an avenue to pursue their desires for revenge and justice. They had all lost so much, and had no means of coping or moving on, so they sought whatever answer they could find. So what if it was irrational, so long as it made them feel better, that was all that mattered. When they looked at Naruko, they saw a hero, and that kept them from seeing her as a means to exact revenge on the Fox. She also only held its power, so hurting her, wouldn't hurt the fox at all. In Narumi they saw a powerless soul, and a means of getting some measure of revenge.
This led Narumi to concluding that she would never have safety here in the village. People would never see her, they'd only see the Fox, and a means of hurting it. It was these thoughts that led Narumi to begin pondering her future, and what path she would take. The idea of becoming a ninja had always been on her mind, yet with these conversations, she became more convinced that becoming a Leaf ninja was a path to nothing but further pain, and more heartbreak.
What else could she do, if she didn't become a Leaf Ninja? An idea didn't immediately take shape, so she was left to ponder what she could do to end her immediate boredom.
She could always keep training, but that was boring. The voice in her head called her a prodigy unlike any seen before, but she didn't really have a basis to compare. She also wasn't sure if he was just trying to encourage her or if he was just exaggerating. Sure in a fight she could easily take any chuunin in the damn village, and if they weren't expecting it, she could probably do some damage to a Jonin as well, but that spoke more about the skill of the village's ninja as a whole, rather than her abilities. She was good, but she hadn't had much of an opportunity to truly compare herself to another fighter.
Her strength was her weakest point easy since she was still little, she couldn't work on increasing her muscle mass until later, otherwise she may damage her body. Speed wise she was faster than any Chuunin in the village, and thanks to her Godmother's drunken meandering Narumi was able to get her hands on some of her techniques, including info on her superstrength. She still hadn't perfected it and could only triple her strength while her Godmother could multiply her strength one hundred times.
Narumi was okay at medical Ninjutsu, but since she didn't know where to start, the most she knew how to do right now was numb pain. Her genjutsu was alright, she only knew a handful of techniques, but they were decent, better than most Genin, and even a few Chuunin. Taijutsu, was one of her major skills, as the voice in her head, often claimed how it loved to bash people's faces in with a kick or a punch, and Narumi couldn't disagree, she'd broken a few noses, and wrists in her day, and it was fun to hear the crack or popping sound as bone broke, at least in her humble opinion.
Her skill in Shurikennojutsu was great, she was fully capable of curving Shuriken around multiple objects to hit a target thirty yards away, and she could take the wings off a fly with a senbon at ten yards, so her accuracy was awesome.
She was still too little to try to learn how to use a sword, but she liked the idea and was definitely into learning how when she was bigger. She was just now learning seal characters and found that she actually really enjoyed it, it calmed her when drawing out the Kanji for seals. She still hadn't made many, about the best she could do was make a simple storage scroll but still.
Where Narumi really shined was in skills that required less finesse. Like Ninjutsu and spellcasting. She didn't have a wand but found she didn't need one, she could cast a few spells with a wave of her hand though they were much more draining then she assumed they would be if she had a wand. Sadly there weren't any wandcrafters in the Elemental Nations, and the only other wand around was her mother's, but she didn't want anything to do with that woman. Right now she only knew four offensive spells, two defensive spells and like six utility spells like Lumos, which she had taken from some of her mother's old books one time, before being caught and having them taken away and hidden.
Ninjutsu on the other hand was a much less trying endeavor. She quickly figured out that she had a unique chakra system and magical core. She learned from uncle Remus that Wizards and ninja use two different parts of their magical pathways to draw energy from. Wizards draw from their core itself, while Ninja draw from their Chakra coils, or teketsu points. Because of this a wizard bypasses the eight inner gates and draws directly from where their magic is made, this means that when they start they have much more energy at their disposal then ninja, but not full access to their magic, as most magic is pumped out of their core, as it's made. This led to Wizards recovering magic quickly and suffering from less physical exhaustion but at the detriment of their magic being less dense. Ninja on the other hand gain a benefit later in life, since they draw energy from the coils, which are after the eight gates, meaning they have less magic to use, the benefit comes after a few years of using chakra, because the active use of chakra causes one's coils to expand thus causing their core to speed up production of magic. So, it has been found that the few people who practice both magic and jutsu, are exceedingly more powerful, Minato, Voldemort and Dumbledore are a few noteworthy individuals who practice both forms of magic.
So anyway, Narumi possessed a unique magical system, if a Hyuuga were to look at her with their Byakugan, they would see a slightly larger than average core, and chakra coils. What they wouldn't see is how tightly packed all of the magic in her body was. According to the voice in her head, her natural chakra control was so high, and her body so unique, that chakra and magic did not escape her pathways or core, thus giving the illusion that she only had an above-average amount of magic, when in reality she had an incredible amount of chakra, more then Jiraiya even, and he had the second largest reserves in Konoha after her twin Naruko.
The Voice didn't quite know what to make of her incredible amount of Chakra. At such a young age, and without the actual power of the Nine Tails within her, she should have just had average above average Chakra amounts. Having more than one of the Sannin, that was something that shouldn't have been possible without being a full Jinchuriki.
It had no explanation, and Narumi certainly didn't know what to make of it. All that she knew was that having that much chakra made performing magic much easier.
Thus, she was a savant when it came to ninjutsu. She hadn't yet figured out her base element, but if she had to guess it was likely fire and lightning, but she'd have to buy chakra testing paper, and she already had to deal with outlandish prices when buying food and clothes, no way was she spending money on a piece of paper when she didn't have any problems with learning any of the five elements. In all actuality, Fire and Lightning weren't even the easiest, they were just her favorites. According to the voice in her head, fire and wind were his favorite, because independently they caused immense damage, but when combined they were unstoppable. He didn't blame her for liking lightning over wind, it fit her personality better. All in all, she had like thirty Ninjutsu of varying elements under her belt.
So, when it came down to it, Narumi was good to great in all areas, but because she didn't have a teacher, she couldn't really pull ahead in any area, so she just jumped between them. One skill that she possessed that no one, not even her famous sister could boast of having was being one incredibly tough little girl. Narumi could take one hell of a beating, as she would often have taijutsu matches with her Shadow clones and handicap herself in some manner or another. So, she toughened up quickly, the beatings from the villagers didn't hurt in that department either.
She loved the rush when fighting, she never felt more alive than when she was fighting, actually fighting. Sadly, the number of people that could actually fight her was getting smaller by the day. However, the number of people who could dance with her was still high.
That's what the voice called it, he said unless at full power, you are in danger of dying, it's not a fight. A fight is when two forces have a chance to win. When there is no chance or it's so astronomically small, that it is not worth mentioning, it's not a fight. He called any other bout between two warriors a dance. She liked his meaning and followed that creed. If she had to guess there was about three hundred thousand ninja in the Leaf, probably less than five thousand could make her fight, and those were all Jonin and Anbu, and that list was getting shorter with each passing day.
Her natural abilities were simply incredible, there was no other way around it. Why was she so skilled, why did things come so naturally to her, she didn't know. The Voice in her head, simply said that she was special. What it meant by that; Narumi had no idea.
So, if not training, what else could she do? After a few moments of not being able to think of anything she just decided to train anyway. At least it would give her something to occupy her time.
Narumi made her way to one of the rarely used training grounds and just started her normal exercises, she started running around a nearby lake, and after that was finished she worked more on her control, so she went to the tree to practice her bounding skill.
Bounding was the term used to describe the act of jumping onto a surface and using chakra to stick. Naturally, it was harder than tree walking or water walking, as you only had a fraction of a second before gravity grabbed you and pulled you down. The hardest form of this training was going from water to a solid surface that hung above the water, forcing the person to keep flipping upside down to get their feet beneath them. It was very tiring, most chuunin weren't able to do it for more the a couple of minutes before either tiring or barfing.
It had probably been thirty minutes when Narumi landed upside down on a tree limb and sat there. She let out a few tired breaths when suddenly she felt something cold and sharp press against her neck.
"You've got some stamina there girly, but you should know never to let your guard down." A voice mockingly stated from behind her.
"So yet another fool wants to receive a rather unfavorable beating." Narumi stated in a cold tone.
"Brave words little girl, but I'm the one holding the blade." The voice replied, in a condescending tone.
"Ah... alright well then, let's see what's faster, your blade, or fire," Narumi stated.
"... What?" The figure asked, but he didn't get time to contemplate her statement as the Narumi he held captive suddenly and violently exploded, sending the would-be assassin flying into a tree. He slammed violently into it and fell to the ground the wind knocked out of him.
"Holy shit... how does a seven-year-old know the Shadow Explosion jutsu?" The man asked while trying to regain his footing.
"That, like living, is no longer your concern." Narumi stated coldly. She wasn't sure she could go through with her statement and actually kill the man; she'd never killed anyone before, but for some reason his attempt on her life, made her feel as if his life had just been made forfeit and now it was her right to take it.
It was a vicious thought, uncharacteristic of a child. It was odd enough to cause her to pause.
"Wait!" Another voice shouted as a Weasel masked Anbu landed next to the downed man, who turned out to be a Crow masked Anbu.
Narumi stepped out of the shadows and stood before the two men as the Crow masked one finally made it to his feet, he was holding his ribs, obviously, they were broken from the force of the explosion.
"Why should I? He attacked me. Tried to kill me. That makes his life forfeit." Narumi replied darkly.
"Please lady Narumi, my idiot friend did not mean anything by his attempt, he was just trying to scare you." Weasel tried to explain.
"And why pray tell, did this moron think that placing a blade to the throat of someone with my reputation was a good idea?" Narumi asked, her eyes alight with fury.
"That's just why." Crow stated. "I heard all about you from the others. Our Captain, Dog, he speaks highly of you, and he never speaks highly of anyone. I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I saw you training and it truly looked like your guard was down, so I decided to see what he was talking about. I was only intending to scare you, I swear. Had I known those stories were true, I would have never tried something like this." Crow explained in pained breaths. The two men knew that Crow was in no condition to fight. That technique had been at full power, and it damn near killed the fool for his prank. Both men knew that in his condition, Crow couldn't fight a kitten, let alone a seven year old with a reputation of screwing the Anbu side-ways every chance she got.
"Well, Crow... you should have studied your target more. If you had, you would have known that I never drop my guard around the fools of this village." Narumi stated with the glare in her eyes never leaving the two men.
"Please my lady. He is very sorry and meant no harm, allow him to get medical attention, and we will find some way to repay you." Weasel offered.
"Yeah, I'm truly sorry, there was no other motive besides spooking you. It was a stupid idea, and I regret it. If there's anything I can say or do to apologize please let me know." Crow informed her as he tried to straighten up and look professional.
Narumi looked like she was thinking their offer over when the voice suddenly whispered a suggestion. After a moment Narumi replied.
"Go get your ribs checked out. The two of you will be back tomorrow and every day that you are free from your Anbu duties afterwards for a full thirty days. During which you two will teach me. Once your thirty days are up, you'll have repaid your debt, is that fair?" Narumi asked, with a menacing grin.
The two men shared a look where Crow simply shrugged, and Weasel let out an audible sigh.
"Very well. If this will forgive this trouble he is in, then we'll do it." Weasel replied, receiving a nod from Crow.
"Good. See you tomorrow boys. And try not to sneak up on anyone for a while, Crow. You might get bitten again." Narumi said with a girlish chuckle as she turned and skipped merrily away, leaving the two men confused, and more than a little creeped out.
"Next time Shisui, when I tell you it's a bad idea to do something. Listen." Weasel stated with a sigh.
"Yeah yeah, don't get your panties in a bunch Itachi, it could be worse. Besides, a month learning what she can really do? I'd gladly get blown up again, for a chance to see that." Crow replied.
Weasel simply shook his head and let out another sigh before stepping up to help support Crow, "Let's get you to the hospital, we'll discuss your antics later." Weasel stated as the two started walking.
"Yeah yeah. I'll be sure to pay attention mother." Crow replied dismissively.
"You'd best. Otherwise, I'll have to tell the rest of the team how you were just defeated, with one jutsu, that was used by a seven-year-old girl who isn't even a ninja yet." Weasel said with a bit of mischief evident in his voice.
"You wouldn't dare." Crow muttered.
"Would I? That is the question. But it's for later. For now, let's get you to the hospital and figure out the damage." Weasel replied.
The next day, the two Uchiha arrived on the field to find Narumi meditating peacefully. After a couple moments of silence, the older of the two cleared his throat loudly enough for her to hear.
"Welcome back Weasel, Crow." Narumi stated as she opened her eyes and stared at the two Uchiha.
"Hey girlie, we're out of uniform right now, don't call us that, just stick with our names." The older of the two said, as the younger just adopted a disgruntled look.
"Very well. What are your names?" Narumi asked.
"Shisui and this is Itachi." Shisui replied.
"Ha... I blew up Shisui of the Body Flicker. That's awesome." Narumi suddenly cheered with glee.
"Ah... hey you caught me off guard... and..." Shisui tried to defend himself.
"You had to have your friend here stop me from maiming you. I'd constitute that as a win in my book." Narumi told him with a smirk.
"She's got you there Shisui." Itachi replied with a smirk of his own.
"Shut up both of you. Let's just get this started." Shisui replied, obviously embarrassed.
"Alright then. Let's begin. What would you like to learn first?" Itachi asked.
"Well I know a bit of pretty much everything, shinobi wise, so I can learn and grow in any area." Narumi replied with a thoughtful look.
"Well, what are your strengths and weaknesses?" Shisui asked. He was very interested to hear her reply, since being injured, he'd started to believe the things his captain had said about her and was immensely curious to hear from her own lips just how strong she was.
"Hm... my strengths are probably Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. My weaknesses are probably genjutsu and medical ninjutsu." Narumi replied after a moment of thought.
"Well cool. I can help you improve your strengths and Itachi here can work on your weaknesses. I'm great at Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. Itachi's great at everything, but where he really shines is Genjutsu." Shisui stated, earning a nod from Itachi.
"Alright let's just switch off, Weaknesses today, strengths tomorrow." Narumi suggested with a happy grin.
"Hey whatever you want. You're the one holding us hostage here." Shisui replied with a chuckle.
"Yeah, and I'm gonna milk this for all it's worth... Sensei." Narumi responded with a wicked grin.
The two Uchiha shared a look before chuckling at the little girl's antics.
"Alright, let's begin then." Itachi stated.
And for the next thirty or so days that's how it went. The two men would show up early, and train Narumi for a couple hours. It shocked the two, at how good she was. Both were considered prodigies, and she wasn't nearly up to their level yet, but damn if she didn't give both men a run for their money. Where she couldn't match them in skill or strength, she could beat them in stamina, and chakra. Plus, the two men didn't expect her use of spells, Itachi spent a good portion of their fourth day together dodging stunners.
Narumi had fun with the two guys. They were both kind, and while Shisui would often tease her, and get into competitions with her, he was always respectful. Itachi was the same way, he may tease her every so often, but he treated her with respect. Another good thing about them was that neither man pried into her reasoning for never going home. They learned the truth when Dog asked them where they had been spending all their free time. When they told him, he in turn told them the things that had happened at the Namikaze estate a couple of months back and asked the two to keep an eye on her. The two men were shocked and angered that their own Hokage would treat his child like that, both men lost a lot of respect for the Fourth after hearing that.
Neither ever let on that they knew the truth. They quickly realized that Narumi was a prideful girl, and that to pity her, was tantamount to insulting her, and she didn't take insults kindly.
Narumi learned quickly and it often left the two men flabbergasted at how she could learn a B-rank Ninjutsu in one day and have it mastered within a week. Her massive chakra stores allowed her to spam incredibly high-level techniques while her incredible control allowed for her to use delicate techniques and abilities.
On October tenth, Narumi's birthday, she spent most of the day alone, but shortly before sunset, Shisui and Itachi found her and gave her birthday presents. Narumi was ecstatic, she was so happy that she was bouncing around the whole time thanking the two profusely.
She had received a Tanto and Wakizashi from Shisui. Both were plain blades obviously just meant to be cast away when they broke, but he figured she could use the tanto now and learn with the Wakizashi before moving up to a larger sword when she got older. Itachi got her some blank scrolls, along with new ink and brushes, for her sealing practice, plus he got her three ninjutsu scrolls, one was a beginner scroll for medical ninjutsu so she could finally get started with that, and the others were two C-Rank water style techniques.
She was so happy with her gifts, she never got anything good on her birthday, the only ones who ever got her good stuff, was Remus, and Kakashi. Speaking of which Kakashi had stopped by a little bit later, and gave her his gift, a fresh pack of Shuriken, Kunai, and senbon, since hers were all getting dull, or broken. He also dropped off Remus's gift, since it was that time of the month again, and he was off dealing with his furry little problem. Remus's gift was a book on basic transfiguration spells. Remus knew of her ability to use spells without a wand, so he knew she would make good use of this gift.
Eventually though, her time with Itachi and Shisui, came to a close. The thirty days were up, and she didn't expect to see them as often anymore. They both promised to keep showing up and helping her whenever they could, but still, she had held them for long enough, and though it saddened her immensely that she wouldn't have them as a constant in her life any longer, she had come to care about the two enough to let them leave, if that's what they wanted.
To her surprise not two days later, Shisui showed up again and offered her more training. It seemed the man had come to view her as a little sister and had enjoyed the time they spent together.
Narumi was so happy to have a true friend like Shisui, sure he was like twice her age, but still, he was so nice to her. And treated her how she wanted to be treated. Things continued like that for a couple more weeks, Shisui, showed up as often as he could to train her. Sometimes Itachi would come with, but with his recent promotion to Anbu captain, his free time got slashed immensely. Still, Narumi wasn't bothered by it, she came to view the two men as her older brothers and was always so excited to meet with them.
One day about a month after her birthday she and Shisui sat atop the Hokage mountain, watching the sun set.
They had just finished another rigorous day of training and honestly, in Shisui's opinion, the girl was going to soon pass him up, she just learned everything so fast, and her skills grew at such an astounding rate, that she was often measurably stronger after each passing day. Today had been the closest she'd come to beating him in a straight-up fight, the fresh cut on his cheek, was a testament to how close her blade had gotten.
Shisui, couldn't help but smile as he thought of her progress, it really made him proud as a sensei, that his student had come so far in such a short time, he glanced over at her, and saw her staring into the sunset, with a content smile on her face.
All he could do was smile as well and wonder what tomorrow would bring.
-Six days later-
Some time had passed and the two continued their training, currently, they were both on the training field, going all out against each other, Shisui had his Shunshin technique at full power and was flying across the field to avoid Narumi's jutsu.
He came to a halt and began to speed through hand signs, preparing to launch a fireball at her, when he spotted something odd.
Narumi was watching Shisui intently as he came to a sudden halt, he had really been hauling ass in this fight, she hadn't yet landed a single strike on him, and it was starting to piss her off. She watched him begin to speed through hand signs, and for a moment his hands moved too fast to follow but then, time seemed to slow down, she saw his hands move clearly, she could understand the hand signs and recognized the jutsu. She saw Shisui pause for a second, as he stared at her, almost like something had startled him.
"What?" Narumi called out as he stopped his hand signs and started to walk towards her.
"Your eyes... they're glowing red." Shisui stated, more than a little worried, since he knew what she held within her.
"Huh? Red?" Narumi replied as she fished out her tanto and looked at her reflection. She saw that her eyes were indeed red, and there, next to each pupil was a single tomoe.
"Is that..." Narumi began.
"The Sharingan." Shisui replied once he was close enough to confirm it.
'A gift, one your father never managed to gain.' The voice in her head stated.
'A gift... from who?' Narumi thought back in reply.
'Me. I told you, girl. You're my grandchild.' The voice replied.
'So... that means you're an Uchiha?' Narumi thought as she admired her reflection. She'd always wanted eyes like the Uchiha, she just felt a connection to those powerful red eyes.
'Was, my girl. I was an Uchiha. Now I am nothing more than a ghost, and your guide.' The voice replied with a bit of anger present in its voice.
'So that means, Naruko and I...' Narumi began to think but was cut off by the voice.
'No! That brat could never possess eyes like yours. Even if she could, the Fox's power will never allow its host to manifest our Doujutsu.' The voice explained.
Narumi couldn't help but smile at that. She was unique, her damned sister wasn't so special after all.
"This is amazing. You're an Uchiha... wow. I guess that explains the nearly black hair and eyes. You must have gotten the stronger genes." Said Shisui with a look of amazement plastered on his face.
"Yeah... my uh... grandfather was an Uchiha." Narumi said as she continued to look into her eyes.
"Wow... since your mother isn't from this land, that means your father has to be of Uchiha descent." Shisui thought aloud.
"Yeah, no shit. Wonder where the blond comes from?" Narumi muttered.
'No clue where that blonde hair came from. He had black hair and eyes when he was little.' The voice stated.
'Hm... so you really are my grandfather? How is it you are talking to me? I have never asked you that.' Narumi asked.
'It's complicated. Long story short, I placed a piece of myself in your father, but it got locked away. When he sealed the fox's soul into you, he also sealed the piece of me, into you as well, and unlike how it was with him, I can freely talk to you.' The voice explained.
'Oh... okay. Well... I've always just called you voice, but now that I know you aren't just a figment of my imagination... do you have a name?' Narumi asked.
'Yes... yes I do. My name is Madara, the last true member of the Uchiha's ancestors, the Uchiwa clan.' all Narumi could do was gape at that statement and wonder what the rest of the day would bring.
-To Be Continued-
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