Um.. Hello? For those of you reading this, I am not Zyma. I'm in a relationship with her, and we are sharing an account, so this is my story, not hers. I hope all of you will understand this, but for those of you who most likely skipped this, it's not my problem. My name is Cindy and this it my story, ok?

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This chapter has been revised.

General POV: unknown location-wasteland.

A loud clang of what could only be metal was heard, which was followed by a voice yelling "Uzumaki Hijutsu: Uzumaki Hakai(1)!"

The result of whatever was used was a loud explosion that overtook a large portion of the battlefield in a vortex like way, with the user being a taller redheaded woman, her hair slightly tinted black as it went down, but it was obvious that it was dyed the darker of the two colors. She had a standard flak jacket on that one would expect of a Shinobi, and a pair of black pants that went to her ankles.

In front of her, completely unharmed, was a man in a cloak with red clouds, an orange spiral like mask on his face with a single eye staring out towards her with almost a hint of malice in his gaze.

"Why do you try?" The masked figure asked with an almost bland tone "You know that such a technique will not harm me."

The red headed woman glared towards the masked man as she said "I won't let you take my family away from me. She may treat me as a mother just like my actual children, but you will not take my niece away from me."

The masked man gave a sigh as he said "You wish to stop something that will come to be even if you are defiant."

"No." The redhead stated defiantly "Even if you kill me, that will just anger her which will lead to you're defeat. You have no hope of winning this."

The masked man gave indication of hearing her as he looked to the side slightly, to which the red head sent a blast of water towards him in a large current that could give the Nidaime hokage a run for his money. The next instance, however, the red headed woman coughed out some blood as a sword pierced her through the center of her chest. It wasn't anything that couldn't be healed, but with how far away any comrade was, she knew she would die.

Giving an almost bloody grin to the masked man, she whispered "You've sealed your fate." before she tumbled forward, her fall being in almost slow motion as another voice yelled towards them.

"Okaa-san!"

The next thing the red head knew, she was seeing black her thoughts going towards what she had been through before.

Unknown location 37 years ago

Life is short, that is something that one Julie Richmond understood right away. The first reason she knew this was because, well, she didn't have that good of a life but she knew it could have been much worse. All things considered though, there wasn't much worse than abusive parents that thought that you needed to do everything a certain way or else you would go to hell for it. A simple thing as helping someone when you should be focusing on the word of the holy being that created the world for instance.

She wasn't one to complain about her life, but that was a bit ridiculous even to her.

Religion was the biggest motivator for her parents, and she knew that if that wasn't in the picture, than they would have found something else to bug her about even if it didn't matter to anyone else. Like her doing everything around the house for her parents. They had two healthy legs and feet on them, yet they forced her to do things like cooking, cleaning and other tasks such as that. In honesty, Julie would actually thank them for this as she gained mandatory skills at an early age that most people didn't get until they were long gone from anything their parents had influence over.

Julie, on the other hand, considered everything to be a motivator to being a strong individual in the future. Sure she wasn't going to do the same thing to any kid she had in the future, but she knew for a fact that she would make sure they had life skills earlier than most kids did. Maybe not as early as she gained them, but early none the less.

To be completely honest with anyone that asked, Julie would say that she had lived a full life and accomplished many things that she wanted to do before she graduated high school even. For example, she was already recognized by hundreds, if not thousands, of people for being good at stringing words together to form a story of a sorts. Sure, they were just fan made versions of an already written story, but even then a lot of people actually liked her stories, though she had to finish a few off early as to make sure that she could focus on other things she needed to do.

Julie had done things to manage to get into a good college, and thankfully not a religious one that her parents tried to force her into, but it was all taken away from her in an instant due to a drunk driver. To be honest, she didn't even blame the guy for her death. Due to her upbringing she never really cared all that much about anything, and instead went with the flow, even if she didn't like it. She wanted to change, really she did, but after so many years of the same thing, it would be hard for anyone to do.

Even so Julie barely gave any reaction when a cartoonish voice spoke out in a cheerful tone saying "Hello! How Ya doin?"

The dead girl didn't know how long she had just sat and stared at the darkness in front of her, but when the voice spoke, she reacted right away by giving the figure a blank stare and saying "I'm dead, what do you think?"

The figure stopped for a second as he looked towards the girl in front of him. He expected something from her, but not that. He even expected something along the lines of denial, but when he looked through the girls memories to judge her, he gave a sigh almost, before touching her forehead, which in turn caused her to freeze due to the large finger stopping her.

After a few seconds the Julie blinked before she glared at the skull masked figure "What was that for?"

She blinked a few times in shock, but before she could say anything else, the figure in front of her said "I unlocked all you're emotional inhibitors. Ya kinda put them in place while you were still alive on accident, though they were about to break due to you wanting to change."

Julie's normally uncaring look was completely different as she looked down in what looked almost like shock "Emotional inhibitors...? Was I really that detached about my life?"

The masked figure patted the girl on her back softly as he said "You're life was just that bad, it makes sense that you would try and detach yourself from that pain. Its alright to cry you know. It is not a weakness."

Julie shook her head slightly as she said "It's fine. I don't want to be overwhelmed by thinking back on it. It will only make things worse for me in the end.

The figure gave a small nod as he said "I understand, but let me introduce myself to you. I'm Shinigami, or in english death. Its nice ta meet cha."

Julie blinked a bit at the behavior of the manifestation of death, before she burst out laughing. Death stayed silent for a bit as he knew that there could be multiple reasons that she was laughing, so he didn't want to jump to conclusions. As for Julie, she gave a happy smile, the only one that death could ever remember involving her life as he did go through her memories, and all.

With the amused look still on her face, Julie said "I'm sorry about that Shinigami-san, but when I see you, death isn't the first thing that comes to mind."

Death gave a nod, with most of his body bending in the process, as he said "I understand, but I look like this becuase, well, if I looked scary, people wouldn't exactly want to talk to me would they?"

Julie, gave a happy smile and a nod towards the figure in front of her "I understand. If I didn't see that car coming at me before I blacked out I wouldn't have believed you since I would think I wasn't dead, but since I know i'm dead, I understand. Its nice to actually meet someone who cares though."

[Play {} Bastille: Oblivion]

Death, if possible for someone with a mask, gave her a sad look as he said "I'm sorry for how you're life played out Julie, For that reason, I would actually like to give you another chance in a new world if you're willing."

Julie's happy expression softened as she said "I would love that, but can you actually do that without getting in trouble? I mean even you must have a boss."

"Yes, in fact, I do have a boss, but he lets me do things the way I see fit so long as it doesn't do anything drastic in the long run." Death stated with a cheerful tone.

Julie's smile left her face, but still had the same soft quality to it as she spoke in a soft tone "I don't know if id be able to handle much more than what i've been through, but if you believe I deserve it, then I wont deny you Shinigami-san."

Death gave a smile towards her once again, if possible, and said "Id give you back your memories, slowly of course in the course of dreams, but you will grow up without them so you can be given a different personality instead of what you had in your previous life."

Juile gave a nod towards death, before her eyes started to feel wet. Moving a hand to her eyes she looked extremely shocked as her hand came back wet "I'm Crying? Why would I be crying? I haven't cried since I was a child."

Death put a large hand on her back once again as he said "It's because you're happy. I might not be all that great at reading emotions, but even I can tell that you are crying because you're happy."

Julie gave a nod as she furiously wiped the tears away from her eyes in a futile attempt. Eventually Death decided to knock her out so that he could send her onto her new life, as he carefully forced a type of energy into her body to knock her out without hurting her. Once she was knocked out, he gave a small slime towards her as he said "I hope you have a happy life as Uzumaki Kasumi.

[Music end]

When Julie woke up she could only see darkness, as she wriggled around a bit, but eventually she felt like she was being pushed somewhere, to which she struggled a bit due to the warm feeling she was getting from where she was. Eventually she was forced out of her warm place to which she gasped at the cold air hitting her, but even then she didn't cry like some of the people were expecting, as a voice said "Sono on'nanoko!(2)"

She felt like she was wriggling around a bit still, as she felt someone holding her, but even then she didn't cry out. Blinking her eyes as fast as she could she stared at a redheaded woman who was holding her, with a smile on her face "Ah, kanojo wa me o akemashita. Dono yō ni chīsana ichidesu ka?(3)"

Julie let out a noise of discomfort as well as what looked almost like a glare on her face. This caused a male voice to say " Kanojo wa sekkyoku-tekina nodesu! Kanojo wa machigainaku uzumaki-mei no kachigāru(4)!"

Julie didn't understand what they were saying, but even so she recognized that they were speaking Japanese. Looking towards the man who spoke, and seeing his red hair as well, she connected the dots to them being her new parents, even if she couldn't remember her old parents. Looking back towards her new mother as she spoke she heard her say " Kanojo wa kekkyoku anata no musumedesu. Watashitachi no chīsana kasumi."

Kasumi... That sounded like a name. Julie gave a small giggle in response to that, to which her father chuckled and said "Hai. Uzumaki Kasumi."

The newly named Kasumi gave a toothless grin towards her parents, before she was handed over to what looked like a two year old with red hair and violet eyes, in a short green sundress. Kasumi stared at the person who was obviously her older sister, as her mother said " Shinchō Kushina koto. Anata ga kanojo o doroppu shitakunai, anata wa imasu ka?(6)"

Kasumi looked towards her big sister a slightly subdued violet gaze, similar to Kushina's own in color, but dark, and she gave a toothless grin while she reached towards her sister's longer red hair, to which the older girl gave a tone of discomfort and she tried to keep Kasumi from grabbing her hair.

This was just the start for the new beginning for the Uzumaki family.

So, what did you guys think of this? I Think that this went a lot better in terms of how well it was compared to last time, so let me know, ok? I hope this was better, so let me know if it was, and i'll be working on the next chapter ASAP.

Ok, for those of you curious, Kasumi's name, with the addition of the Uzumaki name, would literally translate to Misty vortex. I might be wrong, but Uzumaki tends to mean either whirlpool, or vortex, and Kasumi is supposed to mean mist(y)

(1): Uzumaki Hijutsu: Uzumaki Hakai= Uzumaki hidden jutsu: Vortex destruction

(2): Sono on'nanoko!= Its a girl!

(3): Ah, kanojo wa me o akemashita. Dono yō ni chīsana ichidesu ka?: Ah she opened her eyes. How are you little one?

(4):Kanojo wa sekkyoku-tekina nodesu! Kanojo wa machigainaku uzumaki-mei no kachigāru! = She is feisty! She is definitely worthy of the Uzumaki name!"

(5): Kanojo wa kekkyoku anata no musumedesu. Watashitachi no chīsana kasumi = She's your daughter after all. Our little mist.

(6): Shinchō Kushina koto. Anata ga kanojo o doroppu shitakunai, anata wa imasu ka?: Be careful Kushina. You don't want to drop her, do you?"