Chapter 3: The lady with onyx eyes

'inner thoughts'

Tailed beast

Old language / Ethereal being / Writing

Yukino's POV:

Walking through the forest I wandered for the first time away from my home to familiarize myself with the area and to find berries and mushrooms.

Flashback:

"So the snake poised the carpeter, and the carpeter died because of the poison." I said out loud in the white and slightly colourful expanse of my mind reading from the old text before me.

"It's not poised it's poisoned. Not carpeter, carpenter."

"Ohh…makes sense." I said still trying to have a grasp on the words before me.

"Hmm… this will be enough for today. You've been in this area for a while now so go explore and memorize the area. I'm taking a nap."

"Okay. Then I'll find mushrums and berries, you know!" I exclaimed excitedly.

"Yeah whatever." He yawned as he laid down and closed his eyes. "And it's mushrooms." He mumbled.

End of flashback:

'So first I should try to find berries. It should be easier.' I thought to myself as I roamed out of the usual area remembering the turns I took.

After traveling for a while I gasped in delight of my discovery I've come across a bush with little round objects on it's branches, berries, reaching out to grab one I noticed near it were some mushrooms of many shapes and sizes. 'I wonder what they taste like?' looking at them I chose the biggest one.

Reaching down to grab it I noticed it softness and bit down on it 'Mmm...it's sweet' What's sweet? 'You woke up.' What are you eating? 'This mushrum. I mean mushroom.' I said quickly holding it up. YOU IDIOT! THAT'S POISONOUS! SPIT IT OUT! "I'm going to die? But I don't want to leave you…" I said tearing up. 'I don't know anyone in the Pure Land.' I thought sobbing at the possibility of being alone. A snap of a branch caught my attention turning towards the sound. "Help…" I said through tears.

"Here drink this I should help remove the poison from your body." The lady said while handing me a small cup. Taking it, and gladly gulping down the bitter substance where I sat, her home I think since I was no longer in the forest.

"T-thank you." I said said still shaken up by what happened. Looking in her direction I noticed her hair and eyes were a light black along with her outfit and with her skin being a light shade of grey.

"It's no problem. What were you doing out there so early?" She gently asked.

"Collecting berries and mushrooms..."

"Well you need to be more careful with what you chose to eat. Some may end up being poisonous, like the mushroom you ate. Luckily it wasn't lethal." I nodded in agreement remembering her advice. "I haven't introduced myself yet. Im Mikoto, Uchiha Mikoto and you are?" she said extending her hand towards me. 'Did she say she was a precious paper fan?'

"I thought you were a human, but I've never heard of a Mikoto Uchiha." I asked puzzled. Feeling something going up my throat I bent forward and let the content in my stomach out.

"I am, but Mikoto Uchiha is my name, what's yours?" She asked once more while placing her hand back on her lap.

"D-does 'you' count?" I asked shakily.

"No. Someone calls you that when they don't know your name."

"Then I'll tell you once I have one. Thank you for helping me." I said while standing up. I turned and left towards the forest once more. Leaving the lady behind me, remembering the the turns I took to return to her once I've found my answer.

"Hey, what's a name?" I asked while eating a non-poisonous fruit as I swung my legs off the side of my bed.

"Hmm? What brought this up?"

"Today I ate this... mushroom" I said slowly before continuing "which was poisonous and this lady in the woods helped me. She told me her name was Uchiha Mikoto. I didn't know humans had names?"

"They have names so others of their kind can have something to call them by, that is their first name. Their last name to is used to represent the families they are born to or from."

"So do I have a name does he? Do you have one?" I asked curious.

"I do have one. So do you and him."

"What's your name then?"

"I won't tell you, not yet anyways." I pouted in response which resulted in soft giggles from her part. "But don't you want to know yours?" I stopped pouting perked up looking in her direction. "It seems you do. Your name is Yukino and your last name is Uzumaki."

Thinking for a moment at the name she gave me 'Yukino. To be like the snow. Pure or cold.' I smiled at the name and it's meaning. "What does Uzumaki mean?" I asked curious to the other half of my given name.

"It means whirlpool or torrent."

"That sounds amazing…" I said but thought how the names were odd for being somewhat contradictory to each other. Pure, cold and violent.. 'Hey what's your name?' I'm not telling you. 'No fair. I'll call you... Shakko for not telling me.' Why Shakko 'Because you are a fox and also you're a bit reddish.'

'Eyes have a shine to them, so if her eyes shine then would they would look like onyx right?' Hmm.

'Your not listening are you.' I said internally as I walked once more out of the forest and back to the lady's home.

'We're here.' I reached towards the door in front of me to hear footsteps approaching. I stopped and looked at door opening to reveal a masculine figure on the other side. "H-hi." I said nervous. 'Did I get the wrong home?'

"What is your business here?" He asked.

"T-to see Uchiha Mikoto." I responded placing my arms infront of my chest. "Does she live here?"

"She's inside." He then turned around and stood by the doorway as I followed him in. "Mikoto you have a visitor." The man said aloud into the house and you could hear the sound of running water faintly deep within the house followed by a creaking sound as the water stopped.

"I do? I'm going there." I could hear her footsteps until I saw her figure emerge from around the corner. "Oh hello there." She said to me as she turned to the man. "Honey don't you have to train the new recruits at the station today?"

"I do. See you at dinner." The man said as he left.

"What brought you here?"

"I know my name so I came." Spreading my hands to show my pressence.

"Really? What is it?" She asked as she bent down to appear shorter while still keeping a small smile on her face.

"I'm Yukino Uzumaki!" I proudly exclaimed. I saw as her face turned to one of surprise but quickly masked it with another smile.

"That's a beautiful name, if it isn't a bother how old are you?" She asked.

"I'm four-years old, I think. I'll be five in Autumn." Her facial features turned to one of surprise again. I tilted my head in confusion as to why. "Are you okay?"

"Y-yes." She stuttered before putting another smile on her face. "Are you hungry? If you are, I'll give you a snack." Thinking for a moment I decided 'why not.' and nodded.

(Short 1 month time skip with Mikoto teaching formalities)

I chose to spend my free time around Mikoto-san she was interesting she wasn't like the humans Shakko-kun described in his stories. I got used to being around more people and by more, I mean 2. She was kind and answered my questions when Shakko-kun was too 'busy' and she taught me how to make food that won't burn me, she taught me the art of making onigiri although my first attempts at it produced blobs. She also taught me how to do chores, she folded the big clothes while I folded the shrunken ones. She even told me what her family name meant, she said she was from a clan, a group of people with similar bloodlines. She was an Uchiha and her clan had a special kekkei genkai, bloodline trait, called the sharingan that put others into a genjutsu. By one looking at the sharingan one can be put in a genjutsu. 'But if you can't see. Can you still be put under a genjutsu?' I asked Shakko-kun one day. Shakko-kun's response was 'Who knows' at least Mikoto-san gives me good answers.

I sat in one of Mikoto-san's house rooms with her across from me as she was showing me how to write my name. Once she left the room to get more ink, the room became silent but I could hear faint talking in the other room, focusing my chakra to my ears and in the area around me. I could start hearing clearly and seeing what was happening in the other room. "I want you to give this scroll to the Houki family in Sunagakure. You will depart for Sunagakure tomorrow morning don't come back until they have given their approval." Fugaku-san's said as he handed a scroll to the man infront of him. "I understand, Fugaku-san." the man responded. 'Sunagakure? There are other villages?' I heard the shogi door slide open and turned to Mikoto.

"Mikoto-san are there other villages like this one?"

"There are. However each village is different." she said as she went closer looked at what I wrote.

"Why do you write it so big?"

"So I can see it."

"Your eyesight ...how much are you able to see?" She asked worry crossing her face.

"Shakko-kun told me I'm blind so he taught me a way to see." I answered.

"How are you able to see?" she asked tilting her head slightly to the side.

"By focusing my chakra so I can see the area around me. Shakko-kun said that my field of vision was like a sphere and I was in the middle of it." I looked at her to see her smiling. "I'm not lying, to prove it I can tell you that Fugaku-san is standing on the other side of the shogi doors behind me." Mikoto then stood up and walked towards me as Fugaku vanished and appeared by the pond. "Now he's by the pond." Mikoto-san opened the shogi doors and looked to see he was by the pond as I said. "I think Fugaku-san is nosy." I pointed out.

"Who is Shakko-kun, Yukino-chan?" She asked turning back to me.

"I promised not to tell anyone who he was." I said while putting my index finger infront of my finishing my visit I went back home to inquire further.

"Hey why didn't you tell me there were other villages?

"I can't tell you everything can I? You have to learn things for yourself." She said calmly.

"But knowledge helps me in my training, you know." I said while plopping on my bed and curling up into a ball.

"You know what can make you better?" I stayed silent "Going to that village if you do you'll be exploring new areas they also have books and scrolls you can read from." At this I turned to her figure sitting infront of me.

"I've already seen a scroll I can't read anything in them no matter how hard I focus, all I see are smudges on the paper and Shakko-kun told me people could get hurt traveling."

"I'm sure you'll make it there, just follow that man tomorrow to know how to get there. I assure you no harm will come to you." She said with a closed eye smile the aura around us suddenly became heavy almost suffocating. "After all the skills you have been taught will help you." She said cheerfully clapping her hand together once, as the air became lighter. "Eat up you'll need energy for your journey." Obeying her request I ate and went to sleep.

Waking up early following day I followed her instructions to the gate leading out of the village. I snuck out to the other side of the gate and waited there for the man I saw back at the Uchiha house. I saw him emerge and start walking in a direction. I followed close to the ground pumping chakra on my feet to boost me as to not lose sight of him while keeping a close watch of his chakra pattern.

Disclaimer Naruto does not belong to me it belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. Yukino belongs to me as well as other Oc characters I'll create later on.

Please review and tell me what's wrong if you are confused don't worry things will unfold as the story continues.

Also if you are wondering how Yukino's sight is think of it like minecraft's ghost mode except that you can't go past or see past a certain distance. To others she would look like she's spacing out.