Hello fellow Naruto fans! I finally decided to post this story, as it has been on my computer for months. I have tried to improve the grammar and plot through that time, but it may still have flukes. I'm also going back to Public School, so I the updates may be, lengthy. Yay, High School! At least I have two siblings who can help me if needed. Well anyways, this story is about a Dark Female Naruto, you have been warned. I've figured out where I want this story to go, but ideas are welcome. Creative Criticism is welcome, but no flames. There is some Sakura and Sasuke bashing to begin with, but it will get better. Currently Naru is easy to manipulate, and simply wants to do her sister proud, since she's all she had. She'll start by pushing away those trying to get close to her, but will soften and care for her friends and 'family' later on. Please Enjoy!

Disclaimer-I don't own Naruto, but if I did…well let's just say there would be more stuff on bloodlines. (I'm obsessed!)

The metallic smell of blood surrounded the red haired girl who lay on the ground as the skies raged overhead, wind blowing leaves around her in a frightening display of power. The child didn't seem to notice the noise or that she was becoming soaked in rain, she was too busy crying as she held another body to her chest. Rain fell down her cheeks that would have been stained with tears had the rain not washed it away, her entire body shaking in emotional pain. The body below her was a girl with the same size as her, the key differences between them being her very light skin, dark cyan short hair, and the gaping hole in her chest. Slowly the water was cleaning the blood from both of their clothes, the blue haired girl's blood drying. The girl's shirt was torn, raw red claw marks going over her bare pale stomach. The other red haired girl's shirt was also torn to reveal her stomach, a seal revealed there. The seal was slowly growing with different swirls and lines, chakra feeding itself into her from her dead counterpart. "D-Don't…Don't leave me alone Sashiko…P-Please don't leave me alone…" She spoke softly and continued to cry as she shook, her eyes a dark red with one singular black dot inside. The girl continued to whimper and cry for her lost friend in the rain.

I~~~~I

Blonde locks fell down against sunkissed skin, a jacket covered back pressed to an oak tree beside a tombstone, the girl eating lunch as her fingers trailed the engravings on the tombstone absently. The name written on the stone was a horrible reminder of not only the girl's horrible handwriting, but of her darling sister. Years ago, so many years ago…she and her sister had stopped by this very spot thinking they were safe from the hate filled villagers…how wrong they were. Clenching her hand she brought it away from the stone to finish her lunch.

"See you Sashi, I have class to attend." Her voice was soft and kind, a tone reserved for only Sashiko. Naruko set down flowers by the grave like she did every week, before standing. Her hands dusted off her pants, her dulled blue eyes looking up at the row of trees. Her eyes centered on the building several yards away, painted deep red on the walls while the roof tiles were yellow. It radiated the promise of greatness, despite it merely being nothing more than a daycare for wannabe Ninja and Kunoichi. It irritated her how village she lived in looked, and how two faced the people in it could be. She had always wanted to be loved…to have a real family and not be hated for imply existing. However, it seemed to be too much to want one person even. Naru wanted and still wants her sister back. The tempting possibility of getting to see the soft smile, of watching her grow up and to not come home to an empty house left an ache in her chest even now. Sashiko had never gotten to truly live after all; she was barely nearing five years old when she had died. Naru sighed and brushed the thoughts and emotions away before she did something stupid, replacing her downcast face with her cheerful façade. She knew that the Anbu had been watching her little display with the grave, but she didn't care. Letting her façade fall for a few moments with Shashi was well worth the worry Jiji had for her health, mental and physical.

Naruko knew Sarutobi Hiruzen cared for her and she didn't take the feelings he had for her for granted, but even if he tried to make it better it never changed the fact that he didn't understand the pain she felt. He was old and was very intimate with pain, however it didn't change the facts. His family had died with time and he was an only child and didn't know the sibling bond that Naru had. She too was technically an only child, but she had been with Sashiko since birth. She had shared a room with her in the orphanage, and had even looked at the apartment Jiji got for them with her. They had watched the sakura trees bloom and had trained together. Jiji had merely pushed the two of them along, never really paying attention to the growing malice the villagers possessed nor the escalating displays of that hatred. He would rather deny it then try and do something about it back then, and more than likely was still denying the fact now. Naru ignored the pain in her chest as she rushed towards her classroom. She needed to pay attention to what she was doing after all, her emotions would only get in the way at the moment. Her head may wander and she may act like the village idiot, but she wanted whatever power she could get. She needed to get out of the hell hole that was Konoha, the place that had ruined her in more ways than just physically. Naru may have been born here but both her family and soul had died in the village, and she didn't want to give it anything else to take away.

Another sigh echoed through her head in order to prepare herself before she burst into her classroom, striding in with her faked idiotic grin. The lingering want to show them all who she really was pushed against her mental barriers, but she didn't want to get into trouble for 'Copying Sasuke-Kun' or give the ANBU anything more to speculate on. At the reminder that she actually was like the brooding Uchiha in a way, Naru shivered. Sasuke's fan club hated her, because she was the only girl that hated the stupid brat. His behavior was a disgrace to the Uchiha name, Sashiko's family name. The mere thought he was even inadvertedly screwing with Sashiko's name pissed her off to no end.

Naru turns to the class and makes sure to send a hidden glare to the Uchiha and release a little bit of killer intent, subsiding the groans and small bickers, as well as stopping the glares aimed at her head. She may have learned to ignore them, however today hadn't been the best. Her sensei Umino Iruka, a brunette with a car on his nose and hazel eyes, sighed at the gloom in the room and smiled down at her, telling her to take her seat. She did as told, her chest contracting again as she moved to the top row. A faint memory of Sashiko calling the highest branch for watching the fireworks flying through her head. She shook it off, instead making sure no one was up there.

Naruko preferred being alone when she was in public, however with Shikimaru and Choji beside the only open seat at the top, she had no choice but to sit by them. Giving them both her 'signature' grin, the blonde took her seat and faced turned Iruka. While she maintained a bored aura she also listened to the lecture. She could learn some things from the lessons, but not all of the knowledge was in the words. Years of being beat mentally accompanied by the hundreds of therapy sessions she had with Jiji made reading people her second nature. She would often watch Iruka's hand movements, note his stutters and the way he reacted to certain questions the children asked him. She studied his lips and learned how to read them from that, and she was now learning how his eyes adjusted to different scenarios. His shoulders hunched backward whenever he was ready to yell, and his nose and shoulders dropped whenever he was close to giving up. His hands moved higher and made more motions as he became happier, and his body tensed whenever something was about to go wrong. It may have seemed extreme to do so much research on a teacher, but Iruka was merely a test dummy.

The blonde jinchuuriki was already moving on to Mizuki, a teachers aid if one could call him such. His silver hair was chopped at his shoulders and he wore his headband as a bandana over his head, his eyes a dangerous gold. He had an underlying agenda and surely didn't care for the brats in the class. She'd read him enough to know he was more than bad news. To make it worse, he directed most of his stupid ire on her. She had nearly ripped his head off when she found him stalking her home. That was a day she had decided to go to Jiji's without an actual reason. She made it seem like she missed him, screwing with the man's head a bit. While she didn't like hurting him like she had been hurt, Naru also knew in a way he had allowed Shashi to be killed, so her ire wasn't completely misdirected.

Still…Naruko closed her eyes, feigning boredom with an overzealous yawn. She hated acting like someone else and hurting the one person she could actually care for…she'd learned to pretend soon after Shashi was torn from her, however, so the habit wasn't going to go away. Even after she left Konoha Naruto knew she would have to work extra hard just to keep from slipping back into her façade. Another yawn slipped from her lips and she opened her eyes and rested her head in the palm of her hands while her elbows rested on the desk, blinking away fake sleep as she waited for the bell while listening to Iruka's lecture. The pedophile Mizuki was staring at her now, and she was getting annoyed again. Naru groaned inwardly at the attention and wished for something else to do already. This day was already shitty, with her food being spoilt, the hallway leading to her apartment room vandalized, and the ANBU intruding on her personal moment with her sister all piling on top of one another. Her eye twitched when she realized that she had yet another thing to add to the list. Shikimaru was studying her now, surveying and trying to get a read on what was inside her head. Naru wished him good luck silently. He was after all the one who had given her the idea to start studying people, because on top of cloud watching that was the only other real thing the lazy boy enjoyed, so she supposed she didn't have to hate him nearly as much as she hated the other Genin. She turned to look at him and he quickly looked back at his paper, muttering 'troublesome' under his breath as she sighed and closed her eyes.

Several minutes later and the bell had finally rung, setting Naru free from the prison that was the classroom. She hated sitting for long unless it was outside. In fact, that aspect about her was one of them that was actually a part of her real personality. Her hands pressed into her pockets as she touched her chest. Her heart beat steadily, however that didn't mean she wasn't ready to panic. The fabric of her black top soft against her fingertips. Bandages wrapped around her stomach and legs, fishnet going down her arms to her wrists, and from her legs to her ankles. She wore a black skirt going a few inches above her knees, and had her pouches on her arm, leg and waist. She wore a shoulder guard above her pouch on her right arm, and a forearm guard for her left.

The relieved girl closed her eyes as she walked, searching her mind for that crazed red chakra that she could always fall back on. It was something she had done enough times for it to be considered her hobby. She had been five the first time she had discovered what was inside of her. The Kyuubi No Kitsune, or Nine Tailed Fox. Despite her relying on him for jutsu or help with her techniques, Naruko knew that he was often annoyed when she visited him. His ire toward her random and mostly horribly timed visits didn't change the fact that Kurama was the only one she could talk to. Kurama, the name paired with the tails. It was a nice name, one that rolled off her tongue. Naruko enjoyed speaking it to herself when she was alone, though the fox would often tease her for it. She was the only one that he had ever trusted his name with however, the only one he had told about his brothers and even spoke to without sarcastic jibes or his almighty tone. Ever since the day he told her his name she never ceased to call him by it, no matter how much he teased her or stated his mock-regret over telling her. "Damnit…bugging me already Kit?"

While the Kyuubi sounded feral and pissed, Naru knew that he enjoyed their little chats to an extent. 'Yup, now stop complaining. We have some investigating to do.' He sighs and grumbles again, before listening to her case. "I seriously don't get you…

A faint real smile appeared on her face before it disappeared as quickly as it settled on her face. Kurama could only grin and chuckle at her with a faint hint of malice that always echoed behind his words. "Fine. Let's go then brat."

Azure orbs opened to afternoon light, and Naruko became pleasantly surprised to find she had reached the pear. That left either a quick swim or walk and she'd be where she wanted to be. However, a spot of black caught her attention. Her eyes narrowed and she felt hate come off her in waves as she spotted the child. Sasuke Uchiha. She felt like dashing over and shoving him in, to see if he could swim. He put shame to Shashiko's family name…or at least to Shashi's father's. He turned to her, and she looked away. Anyone seeing the emotion on her face, her true feelings, would need to be killed by her hand. And while she wouldn't mind ending the 'last' Uchiha…much, she didn't want to be here longer than she should. Killing the Uchiha Heir with a pole up his ass would do just that. She sensed him glaring at her and merely walked onward. She would need to hurry if she wanted to reach her destination before dinner. "Should have killed him…"

Kurama's comment was ignored and the blonde continued toward the Uchiha compound entrance. She needed to go to the underground tombs to test the ability gifted to her sister again, to read the other lines imprinted on the sacred stone in the secret meeting room inside the Uchiha gathering house, under the fourth tatami matt down the second row.

I~~~~I

Naru opened her eyes, staring at the ceiling as cold sweat dripped down her face and shoulders. She sat up and removed the blankets around her shaking form and instead she wound her arms around herself, letting out a soft sob as she recalled her dream. "S-Sashiko…" The dream, of her and her sister both alive and picking flowers, had struck deep inside and brought out her buried emotions. It had only gotten worse when Sashi had vanished into the woods and left her alone while the meadow began to burn to the ground and blood had flown upward out of the dirt and dragged her down under the ground. Naru quickly wiped at her eyes once her shaking had been controlled.

Carefully she stood and slowly walked to the bathroom to clean herself up. A sigh left her lips as she washed her face, staring at it in the mirror as water fell down in drops across her whiskered cheeks. She flinched at the sight of her sharingan activated, quickly deactivating it before the ANBU guarding her apartment noticed the difference in her chakra flow. She exited the bathroom and walked to her door, grabbing her black coat, slipping it over her orange tank top that she had worn to bed. The coat went down to her knees, where she wore black shorts covering her legs, and had white chakra bandages spiraling up from her feet to her thighs. She stepped into her sandals and grabbed a storage scroll with shuriken and kunai inside, exiting and locking her door behind her.

I~~~~I

Naru stared at the notice on the billboard in the academy. Her blue eyes hardened as she read through the poster. 'Posted, Genin Exams at the End of the Week.'

The blonde scoffed inwardly, Kurama laughing softly at the big deal they were making of such a small thing. "I'll pass anyways."

Her voice was void as she pulled away from the board, only to come face to face with Choji, Shikamaru, and Ino. It wasn't too rare to see the three together, since they were partnered clans, and their parents were on the same Team.

Shikamaru was staring at her with furrowed brows, Ino glaring daggers at her as Choji waved in her direction, munching on a bag of chips like always. The Jinchuuriki flinched slightly, but managed a fake smile at her classmates, making up an excuse about having to go before running down the hall, toward the back exit. She hoped Shikamaru didn't read too much into her odd behavior. The Nara was smarter than he let on, and was able to read her better than most. Naruko blamed the fact on the Nara's being good friends of Shashiko's mother though.

Removing the thoughts from her head, Naru glanced back toward the academy before running towards Training Ground 12. She wanted to surprise the Instructors this time around. She'd allow herself to show off this once, just to guarantee she passed. It didn't matter if she scored at the top or the bottom of the class, as long as she got her headband. She panted softly and stopped as she entered a clearing, about ten wood dummies set up in a line near the back, a pond to the side, as well as a set of faded targets. She quickly grabbed her pouch, dropping the kunai and shuriken out onto her palm, looking up at the target set up about 20 feet away. She gripped her Kunai, and doing as Kurama had taught her, forced her wind chakra into it just as she threw it, the blade flying straight through the little branches in its way. It stuck into the second ring, making her sigh. She needed more practice for sure.

I~~~~I

Naru stared into the mirror as she pulled her bright orange coat around her larger than average chest, her blue eyes losing as she sighed. "Well Sashi…today's the day."

Azure orbs opened as her lips twisted into a sly smirk. "Today's the day I leave the Village."

And with that, she zipped up her jacket and took off out of the bathroom, grabbing the frog wallet she got from Sarutobi for her birthday off the counter (Comically named Gama-Chan.), grabbing her bento box and the roses by the door. She would visit Sashi today and then be on her way to explore the world, to become someone more than the Jinchuuriki with no home. Most importantly, she'd do what Shashi had always dreamed of doing. Bringing back to Oreshizoku Clan. ('The Many Clans')

She barely noticed the hateful glares as she panted, hurrying toward the academy. She knew exactly what she needed to do. She would get her headband, no she would earn her headband. And then she'd leave. It sounded weird and ridiculous, especially since she wanted nothing to do with Konoha anymore, but to her, it wasn't. It wasn't idiotic because Sashi had wanted to become a ninja of Konoha all her short life. And for Sashiko, dead or alive, Naruto would do anything to make her happy. She'd even destroy the world she supposed. Shaking her head Naru finally stopped at the Academy entrance, a grin on her face. This one wasn't even faked, for she finally felt her freedom was within her reach. Letting out a soft sigh she hurried to her classroom. She stopped again to open the door and call a good morning to Iruka, whom jumped in surprise, barely any students actually there. For her to be early, well it wasn't something that happened often. He waved and said a soft good morning, casting a smile at her.

Now that she thought about it, she might actually miss her little test subject. He was of the few that never glared at her or spoke unkind words to her back. She hopped up the steps to the back of the class, seating herself beside Shino and Hinata, Shikamaru and Choji as well as Kiba and Akimaru the only others there. Hinata whispered a hello and Naru offered a warm smile, though this one was slightly faked. She didn't want attachments to the people around her. She didn't want the hassle that came with loving and losing, at least not in Konoha.

Hinata blushed more at the reply and stared down at her hands, Naru inwardly rolling her eyes at the girl's shyness. If the girl got over that she'd be one amazing Kunoichi. Self-esteem was a ninjas greatest faults though, if it grew to the point of pride. She pulled herself from her thoughts to watch the students file in, some sneering at her and whispering how she had no chance. She only smirked back, allowing the feral nature of the Kyuubi to show through. Some cowered and others simply rushed to their seats. 'Thanks.' A loud snort echoed through her head. 'It's going to snow.'

The blonde huffed inwardly at his sarcastic remark. Naru did thank him, sometimes. Okay maybe this was one of the few times, or even the first time she had ever thanked him. 'Sorry Kurama.' He snorted again but didn't justify her with a reply. She simply ignored the pouting Kitsune. 'I'm not pouting damn it, stupid Kit.'

Pale lips had to hold back a smile at his remark, the owner of said lips relaxing in her seat as the last of the annoying fangirls filed into the room behind their beloved Sasuke-kun. The mentioned Heir looked up at her, and Naru found him glaring up at her. She offered a toothy grin, mainly because she enjoyed ticking him off. She also knew why he was angered with her. He had followed her to the Uchiha compound, before she had ditched him with ease. She'd have to go back again later before she left. She had unlocked the third Tomoe after training yesterday, and would prefer to read the rest of what the tablet had to offer.

Finally Iruka called to the Class, holding papers as Mizuki stood beside him with more papers. "Alright Class, we all know that you are eager to finally take the next step and become Genin, but before that we need to test your skills. Each test is worth 100 Points, and there will be four in total, for a total of 400. You need only 300 to pass, however you must know all of the academy jutsu's, and if you want extra credit, then you can perform a clan jutsu as well to earn 10 extra points. Alright now Mizuki will be passing Tests around for you. There are a total of 25 questions, and each is worth 4 points. You have an hour to complete the test."

The brunette sensei smiled softly at the class. "Good Luck!" The Tests began to filter around the room, Naru staring at the back of her paper with intrigue, before she took her pencil and readied to write. No goofing around, she needed to do this for Sashiko. "You may begin!"

Right then she flipped over her test, the rustle of paper filling the room, just before pencils began scribbling down answers. She read through the sentences with a bit more trouble than normal. She had taught herself to read and the few lessons with Jiji had helped some, but she wasn't nearly as fast at reading as she was at hand signs or fighting. She quickly scribbled though, her handwriting taking a neat curve. Writing had come slightly easier since the Academy had focused on their writing, for Kanji and normal in order to decipher their teammates messages. She flew through the first few questions, which were about the main rules in the shinobi world, and finally scrolled down to the 13th question. 'What are the Guardian Shinobi Twelve of Fire Country most easily recognized by?'

She nearly scoffed at the absurd easiness of the question. Asuma was one of the Guardian Shinobi Twelve, and he proudly displayed it with his sash. 'The Shinobi Twelve are best recognized by the white sash normally attached to their waist, holding the kanji of the Fire Nation.'

With that finished she continued on(debating inwardly about why the hell a Genin needed to know such), using her base knowledge to its fullest. Kurama's advanced knowledge wasn't needed for such a stupid test. She finally landed on the last question. It surprised her somewhat actually. It was so easy after all. 'What are the main ranks of Shinobi and what are they classified as?'

Another sigh left her lips as Naru quickly jotted down her answer. 'The main ranks of shinobi are Genin, rookie ninja, Chunin, mid-level ninja, Jonin, High level Ninja, Anbu, Guardians of the Kage, and Kage, the Leader of a Hidden Village.' Silently she debated adding in the ranks of ANBU but decided against it since she wasn't technically supposed to know them. After she had checked her answers with a few glances, the Jinchuuriki set her pencil down on her long desk. She rested her head on her desk as she looked up to Iruka. He was walking around to make sure students didn't cheat, Mizuki doing the same. However Mizuki caught her glance, and smirked. She flinched and quickly looked back at her papers. Soon after Iruka called the time, some unpleased groans sounding from around the room, others cheering softly for finishing. Out of curiosity, she glanced over to Shikamaru, and found him staring at her. He still seemed bored, but his expression told her he was onto her. He looked slightly surprised, but she only smiled and waved at him as Iruka called the students up to the front in groups.

"Uzumaki Naruko, Uchiha Sasuke, Nara Shikamaru, Inuzuka Kiba, Yamanaka Ino, Hyuga Hinata, Haruno Sakura, Aburamai Shino, and Akimichi Choji please follow me outside. The rest of you go with Mizuki-Sensei."

Iruka led them outside, Naru leaning her head back against her hands as her arms wrapped around the back of her head, Sasuke moving and grabbing her shoulder. She glanced back at him and frowned at the sight of his glare. "Of course I'd be right next to you, Teme." Naur had wanted to avoid him, but no one always got what they wanted. He glared in response to her sarcastic remark. "What were you doing at the Uchiha compound?"

The Uchiha brat hissed out the words, his voice barely above a whisper. Naruko chose to use Kurama's enhanced hearing in order to catch any future questions/demands. "Nothing you need to be worried about, Teme."

The nicknamed Sasuke growled softly at her in annoyance. Not a moment later Shikamaru stepped in and pulled Sasuke's hand off of Naru's shoulder, cutting between them both. "Lay off Uchiha."

Naru glanced to Shikamaru and sighed softly. "I don't need protection from him Shika, he's nothing more than a boy with a pole shoved up his ass."

Shikamaru turned to her and muttered about woman being troublesome woman while Sasuke assumed the position of a gaping fish. In a childish gesture the Uzumaki stuck out her tongue, Kiba laughing behind them all as he whispered about a roasting. "Nice going Naru." Naru simply rolled her eyes at the dog lover, turning back to Iruka as she was tired of walking backwards. He glanced back at them and raised a brow to ask if they were done, before smiling at his bright blonde student. The girl turned away with a huff at his actions. Why was everyone but the Teme being nice? She didn't want any attachments to Konoha, none. Another sigh slipped from her mouth, Iruka frowning at his Student's obvious lack of enthusiasm towards the exam or prospect of becoming a Genin.

The Sensei turned back though and led them to the training grounds, new targets set up on the perfectly aligned trees. He turned around, back to the targets as everyone filed onto the space. "The next test is for your weapons. You'll get 5 shuriken and 5 Kunai. The middle ring is worth 10 points for every weapon, and the outer rings are as follows, 5, 2, and 1. Alright then. You may throw the weapons all at once or you may throw them one at a time."

He smiled reassuringly at everyone and held up his clip board to read off the first one. "Uzumaki Naruko."

Naru carefully took the weapons from the stash Iruka had on a boulder. She studied the weapons, checking their sharpness. Her eyes then took in the pre-marked line where she was expected to make it from, and inwardly measured the distance. "Iruka-Sensei, may I go further back?"

Iruka's eyes widened as he looked at her, but nodded after a moment. This allowed her to step right up to the wall of the academy, leaving a foot of space between her and the red paint. She stared at the target before she glanced to her weapons, the fangirls calling her a show off, Sasuke scoffing at the front in a show of disrespect. "She'll never make it from there."

The Uchiha hissed out in pure arrogance, a sly smirk lifted on the lips of the devious blonde as she tapped into Kurama's chakra. She only took enough to enhance her sight, before taking five shuriken between each finger, tossing them one hand at a time. He enhanced vision allowed her to watch them fly and land in a row along the middle target, right where they should be. The girls began shouting about her cheating, Iruka clapping. "Well done Naru!" She only smiled, her lips twitching as she spied Sasuke's shocked face. She did the same with the kunai, watching as one enhanced one flew straight through the target into the rock behind it. She walked past Sasuke to Shikamaru and Kiba, the ladder of whom clapping her on the back, Akimaru yipping inside his hood. "Damn Naru! You could have told me you were actually good at this!"

Naru flinched but faked a grin, rubbing the back of her head. "I just practiced all last week."

And all the weeks and months before that. "Alright, Uchiha Sasuke, you're up."

Naru turned to watch Sasuke snap from his daze and go grab the shuriken and Kunai, the squeals of Ino and Sakura nearly deafening. Naru covered her ears, glaring back at the two girls who shouted for Sasuke to show her how to actually throw Kunai and Shuriken. Sasuke stepped right up to the wall, without any room, and Naru smirked. Having no arm room to throw would lessen the accuracy. And the draft from the air vent above would cause a slight miscalculation anyways. He threw soon after, landing 9 on the bulls eye, the las one an inch off. His eyes widened, and he turned to glare at Naru, only to find her talking to a laughing Iruka.

After going through the rest of the group, Iruka moved them on to hand to hand, Shikimaru and Naru ending up paired. Shikimaru forfeited though, leaving Naru as the winner. She stepped forward, and held out two fingers to him, and he copied her movements, their fingers encasing each other's like a handshake, before they let go and walked off the matt. This left Iruka to mark off the standings before calling up the next pair. Several pairs later they had finally finished, and were moving on to the Ninjutsu part. Iruka had moved them into the classroom to wait for their names to be called. Naru set her head down on her desk, closing her eyes briefly, keeping her ears open for any sound of her name. 'Kurama, we are finally going to get out of here…away from the glares and fake love.'

"I know Kit. Don't think this means I owe you anything though brat, got it?"

'Yah, whatever.' She opened her eyes again just as her name was called. Snickers drifted around the class. It seemed even after her little display she was still considered an idiot. She flipped them off behind her back, following Mizuki out. She heard a small screech as the door closed, and brought her fingers back around her chest in a more appropriate fashion. "You know Naru, that wasn't very ladylike."

Azure glanced up to meet onyx and a smirk twisting on the ugly mug Mizuki sported. Naruko scoffed before she spoke to her former Sensei, the distaste she had for the man no longer hidden behind a façade. "Whatever. Being a girl isn't the best thing in the world. You have to deal with the 'too many feelings' crap."

Her former Sensei chuckles, stopping in his stride to glance back at her as his eyes light up with a knowing glint. "Like the death of Sashiko Oreshizoku?"

Naru's eyes snapped to Mizuki's in an enraged fashion with a steely glare as her pupils turned to slits. "Bastard."

Mizuki's smirk only grew to be more mocking. "You might want to reconsider your name calling Naruko. After all…I know about a Jutsu that can bring back the dead."

With only those few words, the traitor had her undivided attention.

I~~~~I

Naru dashed through the trees, eyes wide and frantic. She had passed the Exams with flying colors, but that didn't mean she wasn't going to leave. That didn't mean the glares would stop. But, the tempting thought of bringing Sashi back, the possibility of seeing her smile once more…that is what had made her do this for Mizuki. He wanted the scroll, and she wanted her sister back. It was a fair deal in her eyes. She didn't give a damn about the village. It had caused her pain, and she'd enjoy doing the same to it. She channeled chakra into her eyes, exposing her Sharingan. She finally stopped, panting as she touched the large paper scroll on her back. She took it off, leaning back on a tree as she regained her breath. Silently she observed her surroundings. She was surprised to find no Anbu had followed her out into the forest. Guess her Shadow Clone had worked after all. It had taken several tries, but after looking through Jiji's scrolls one last time, she had been able to make the Shadow Clones with ease.

A soft wistful smile drifted over her lips whilst she looked at the scroll in her hands. Anxiety flowed through her veins as she felt tears build up in her eyes. Sashiko, she'd finally see her again. The thought forced her into motion and Naruko unlocked the seal around the forbidden scroll. She laid it on the ground, setting rocks on the ends to keep it down. Finishing that she starting to read through the Kanji, feeling beads of sweat form as she browsed the contents. It was only a matter of time before the other teachers and Jonin heard about what she did. And when they did, they'd have an excuse to try and kill her.

Finally the title she was looking for caught her eyes, the name that Mizuki had whispered to her before she had left the academy with her headband around her arm. "Edo Tensei…"

Her entire being filled with hope, and she scrolled through the basics. She landed on the second paragraph, and her breath left her. "A blood sacrifice is required, whether it be human or not."

The words ran through Naru's head over and over. Most would think not would mean an animal…but to her it meant something entirely different. To her it meant the use of Blood Style, another bloodline given to her by her sister. 'Kurama, will you give me part of her chakra?' Kurama didn't respond for a moment, before huffing. "I still don't think you should do this kit."

Naru shook from the amount of anxiety coursing through her. "Kurama, now!"

The pressure and sadness in her vice seemed to snap him out of his somewhat worry, and seconds later she felt a burning sensation through her limbs and chest. It coiled, and she stood, reading over the hand signs once more before she did her own set, ending on the ram seal. "Blood style, Blood duplication Jutsu!"

Before her, in the middle of the scroll, scarlet chakra began building up, forming a solid copy of her. It stared back, awaiting orders. She panted softly, but grinned. "Yes." Bringing the extra chakra to the surface, she went through the hand signs for Edo Tensei. "Edo Tensei!"

The desperate Jinchuuriki bit into her thumb, drawing blood before slamming her palm down on the ground, a string of red chakra shooting out flying to the clone. The Clone was then sucked down into the black abyss between the red lines, several more lines forming around her. Naru's eyes widened as she saw several coffins rise up. Her world began to tilt and her vision burned red at the edges, Kurama trying to get her to stay awake as she hit the ground by the scroll and began convulsing, puking up her own blood chakra. Once she had puked up the last of it, she lay on the ground before the four coffins, shaking in pain. Distantly she heard yelling, and soon her head was propped on a lap, her eyes faced towards a worried Iruka. He stared at her, tears building in his own eyes as he gently shook her. "Naruko! Naru damn it you are a part of this village, you can't die."

The words sounded strange coming from Iruka's mouth, as strange as the thought of someone worried for her. She supposed he had already taken care of Mizuki, based on the scratches on his face and how he wasn't looking around for enemies.

"Don't bother. She used too much chakra. She'll be fine in a few moments. If she was going to die she would have already."

The dull voice made both of their senses go on alert, and their eyes turned to the coffins. Standing by one of them was a man in blue armor with a black wetsuit under it, ninja sandals, and leaf headband shaped like an upside down U hanging over his blue eyes. His white hair poked out of the top of it in small spikes, white fur surrounding his neck while black fingerless gloves covered his hands. Naru blinked, and froze. Iruka himself stared in shock at the man before them. "L-Lord S-Second."

Iruka's voice shook, and Naru swiftly pulled herself from his lap, her eyes wide in horror as she stared at the man, even though her eyes seemed to be staring at something else. Then the weight of it all fell on her as she looked to the other coffins, and found the First Hokage standing beside the Fourth Hokage in Senju armor, and finally, beside a man wearing red armor, the fan the Uchiha were fond of on his back. She grit her teeth as she felt her anger build within her gut. She stood even though she wobbled, which set her Sensei into a slight panic. Iruka shot up after her, and told her to take it easy. She turned sharply, her eyes red with slit pupils as her anger spiked enough for it to be felt by those around her. "It wasn't supposed to be them!"

The words were hissed it out of the confused and angry blonde's lips, before Naru reared back her fist and slammed it into the nearest tree. Fangs protruded from the corners of her mouth as the tree split under the force of her anger. A crater grew where her fist now resided. A log flew from the impact and hit another tree nearby. Both of the wood constructs toppled as tears continued to build in Naru's eyes. "Sashiko…"

Naruko felt to her knees and gripped the ground as her tears fell onto it, her eyes changing once more. The slit pupil turned into three small dots surrounding a larger dot in the middle. "D-Damn it…"

Naru felt a hand on her back, and glanced up, finding the Second Hokage standing above her. Iruka stood back behind him, looking distraught. "You have the Sharingan." The Nidaime eyes were narrowed as she chuckled harshly at his statement. Slowly Naru stood whilst she remained silent, the man with the dark spiky hair and black eyes, most likely an Uchiha, staring into her eyes with interest as she turned towards the coffins. She drained the chakra from her eyes, forcing the red hue to turn to a raging blue. Her entire expression, her body language all spoke of the pain and anguish she still felt. Her gaze moved to the First Hokage, whom was staring at her in slight worry, his eyes cracked and paper like, just like the Second and Fourth's. Remembering the Fourth, she turned to the blonde haired male. He stared at her in shock and in sadness. His spiky yellow hair vibrant against the dark silhouette of the forest looming over the small clearing near a storage shed behind him. He wore a Jonin vest and the same black wetsuit, with Thunder God kunai strapped to his side. She narrowed her eyes on him in distaste. "You sealed Kurama."

The Nidaime furrowed his brow as he stood beside her. The Fourth was slightly surprised at being addressed, while the Uchiha and the First both shared a glance. Naru simply shook her head at their insolence. "If you're going to try to destroy a Tailed Beast, at least learn its real name, bastard." The Yondaime reared back in obvious shock as she stuffed her hands into her pockets, looking to the village as she waited for something. It took only moments, before Sarutobi appeared in the clearing. The newly arrived ninja reared back soon after he noted the extra's in the clearing. "About time, Jiji." The amount of hatred in Naruko's voice shook the older man, her uncaring gaze hitting him harder. She stalked past him, not even caring when Sarutobi tried to call after her to stop.

I~~~~I

Naru laid back on the couch in the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen sitting at his chair while Uchiha Madara, Namikaze Minato, Senju Tobirama, and Senju Hashirama all stood before him. He rubbed his temples as Naru stared at the sealing, completely void of any emotion. Madara spoke first, his black eyes drifting to Naru. "How exactly does a non Uchiha have a Sharingan, without you knowing?"

Naru chuckled, answering before Sarutobi could. "My adopted sister Shashiko was an Uchiha, or at least partially, and she gave me her eyes before she died. She also gave me her Blood Style Bloodline."

A soft sigh left her lips as Naru sat up. "Her full name was Sashiko Koran Oreshizoku, daughter of the Blue Butterfly, Michiko Uzumaki."

The Yondaime stopped her from saying anything else by speaking. "You were trying to bring her back, weren't you?"

Naru only smiled without any real feeling put into it before speaking. "And if I was? Would you call me childish for wanting to bring the dead back to life?"

The man flinched, and looked to Sarutobi in sadness, who turned to Naru as he took a deep breath. He sighed to release the heated air and glared at his supposed grandchild. He didn't need to deal with her attitude right now. "Naruko, behave yourself."

The pissed blonde scoffed in annoyance and stood without asking to be dismissed, her eyes directing a glare to the Hokage. "Shut up Jiji, you're part of the reason she's dead."

With the words spoken in a hateful hiss, Naru stormed out of the room, eyes keeping the hollow look as she closed the door a lot gentler than what the others in the room had expected. Madara turned back to Sarutobi. The man being observed stared at his desk, eyes full of guilt. "How did she die?"

Sighing heavily, Sarutobi looked up toward the other occupants of the room. "She and Naru were running from the villagers…they claimed the demons they thought them to be had to die. They were all punished severely after the fact…"

Sarutobi clenched his hands together before deciding he should just get it over with. "She was stabbed through the back while deep gouges were made in her chest…and when they tried to do the same to Naru, Sashiko killed them with her Blood Style."

The Old shinobi looked straight at Madara without fear. "She would have healed, as would have Naru. They were both Jinchuuriki, which allowed them to heal faster…however Sashiko…didn't want her in pain so she focused all her chakra on the villagers. Her lung had been punctured when she was stabbed…She drowned."

He closed his eyes, his shoulders drooping as Madara paused. "I see."

As Madara headed outside he left the others with a warning. "I'm going to go talk to her. Follow me and I won't agree to not destroy Konoha."

With that Madara left the room, leaving the Four Kage together. Minato spoke softly in the small room, his tone making him seem afraid. "Sarutobi, is she really…?"

Sarutobi nodded slowly, looking to Minato as said man collapsed on the couch, head in his hands. "W-Why didn't you…Why couldn't you protect them?! Sashiko is all she had…"

The youngest of the group grit his teeth, his insides turning in guilt and remorse. "I didn't notice the growing malice of the villagers as well as I ought to have. I-I'm… I'm sorry for that Minato."

Hashirama sighs, turning to Sarutobi in order to question him. "She's his daughter, isn't she?"

A soft nod left no room for discussion, and Tobirama looked toward Minato. It wasn't hard to notice how alike the two were, at least looks wise.

"She said something about you sealing a tailed beast, which was it?"

Minato sighed himself before he looked toward them. "I sealed the Nine Tail's inside her and Sashiko…A trusted friend had told me that it was the only way to truly protect the village. But for the village to do this to them…"

The Yondaime sighs before he continued to speak. "I should have seen this coming…damn it."

Sarutobi stood and walked over, placing a hand on his shoulder. "She looked up to you, or at least…"

There was another exhale of hot air, before a knock sounded on the door. "Lord Third, I got him for you."

An ANBU spoke up outside the door, and Sarutobi looked up in order to reply firmly. "Let him in."

The door opened, and the entire group of Kage turning to see who exactly had entered. Kakashi Hatake stood before them, his eyes widened in shock as his white gravity defying hair gently blew back from the wind that whistled through the windows. "W-What…" The door closed behind him as Minato's eyes widened again. "Kakashi…"

I~~~~I

Naru glared down at the lit up village of Konoha. The lights that lit up the village reminded her of the fireworks for the Kyuubi Festival. She clenched her fists against the smooth carved stone under her hands, the cold from it trailing up her fingertips, through her arms and to her chest, coiling at her heart. She felt as though the cold had squeezed the life out of her, one painful beat at a time. "Are you going to pretend to not be lurking Madara?"

The girl glanced toward the other end of the Hokage Monument, finding Madara standing there, no longer in his armor. Instead he wore a simple white shirt with the Uchiha symbol sewn on the back, his black wet-suit exposed as pants. He only stared out at the village with a stoic expression. "You hate Konoha."

A laugh bubbled from her Naru's as she took a moment to render what he had said, the sound of her laugh full of hate. "Whatever made you think that?"

She stood on Hashirama's head, glaring at the houses below the monument. "I have no love for this place or its people. The few people that try to treat me like an actual human being don't understand me, or they don't try to. They fall for my façade and simply accept it as the real thing."

There was a pause from the other side of the conversation, before Madara picked it back up. He sounded close to mocking, but also held that bit of understanding that no one else had in Konoha. "I hope you'll provide me with the honor of stripping down your walls then, Uzumaki Naruko."

A shiver worked its way down Naru's back as she stared into Madara's dark hatred filled eyes.

I~~~~I

Kakashi sat by Minato, staring at Hashirama and Tobirama as the ladder explained exactly what had happened. "She used the Blood Style known to Michiko's mother…Orama Hyuga. I never knew that she had kids though…I remember her always pushing men away."

Kakashi sighed at the information. "How do you know this exactly, Lord Second?"

Tobirama paused before releasing a sigh. "She was my pupil, and a sibling disciple of Sarutobi here. She was from the second branch of the Hyuga's and had run away at a young age, taking the name of the Oreshizoku's…The Many Clans."

Sarutobi stood and looked out his window, turning his back to them all, his hat sitting on his desk as he blew into his pipe. Smoke puffed out, before he took it out to speak. "She left as soon as the news of Tobirama's death got to her. You were like a father to her."

The Old Man glanced back at the man, before taking another whiff of his pipe. "Around ten years later a girl with exceptional skill stalked into my office, having ten headbands of different villages on her arms. She had set down her profile, and told me exactly who she was. She wanted to join Konoha, and had already left her clan. Her parents had suffered at the hands of assassins, and she had been told that Konoha would take her in. It was hard for her in the academy, as well as being accepted by the council and the constant evaluations and being watched by the Anbu, but she ended up as Minato's Rival."

Minato smiled fondly at the memory of the woman. She had been pretty quiet in her academy years, but after meeting the Uchiha outcast, Iraku, she had changed a bit. Well, Iraku wasn't the only one to blame for turning the woman into a prankster, Kushina had played her part just as well. "She was a very good shinobi…I'm sure you remember her Kakashi." Kakashi nodded slowly, before his eyes widened. "Wait, Sashiko was actually…?" Sarutobi paused before answering. "She was her last child…And no, her eldest brother didn't know that she was, alive. The council wouldn't allow me to tell him."

Kakashi clenched his hands into fists as he felt anger course through him. Ichihara Oreshizoku was Michiko's eldest son and was a year older than him. The two of them had bonded whenever Michi had come by their training sessions with Minato Sensei. Kakashi remembered that Ichihara was crushed the night of the kyuubi attack, more so than anyone who had lost something. Not only had Michiko and Iraku died, but his twin siblings Mila and Miko had fallen to the Kyuubi attack as well. It had only gone downhill from there when he had learned that Sashiko had apparently been killed when she was supposed to have been safe. He had torn himself apart, and in the end decided to leave Konoha to travel as a way to try and deal with his sorrows. Kakashi hadn't seen the boy, man by now, in 13 years. Closing his eyes, Kakashi let out a heavy sigh. "And…what about Naruko?"

Minato clenched his hands together. "You know she's my daughter, and that Kushina is her mother…as well as exactly what she contains. So the only other thing you need to know is that when Sashi died, she started hating Konoha. To make things worse, tonight, she had planned on leaving. Before she went however she made a deal with an academy teacher to steal the Forbidden Scroll, in exchange for the Jutsu inside that could bring back the dead."

Kakashi turned to him as his eyes narrowed as he mentally pieced the information together and filled in the blanks. Naruko had wanted to bring her sister back, and instead, she had brought back the three Kage and Madara Uchiha. "T-There's actually a Jutsu like that?

Kakashi questioned, flinching when his voice broke at the beginning of his question. Tobirama stepped forward, his face as emotionless as always while he answered. "Yes. I had created it…however I deemed it unfit to be used, since the jutsu requires a living soul to bring back one of the dead. However Blood chakra is composed of the same essence as one's soul, which allows the Chakra to be used instead of a human soul…How she figured this out I wouldn't know. But when she tried to summon her sister, she must have lost control of the Chakra and forced out all of the kyuubi chakra she had taken, resulting in enough chakra to compensate for the four of us. However the Jutsu still requires for someone to have a link to the ones that are summoned, their bodies or their possessions. Her link to the Fourth is she's his daughter… Her link to me must be Shashiko, Madara her Sharingan, and as for my brother, I suppose Sarutobi would do…"

The silver haired Kage shook his head in exasperation. "She nearly killed herself trying to get just one person back…that should tell you exactly how much she loved that girl."

There's the first chapter. Believe it or not this chapter was supposed to be longer, but I decided to cut it in half and take out extra bits. Kurama won't appear as much at first, and will normally only talk when Naru's in danger or when she triggers a conversation. She will seem god-like, but she had weaknesses, she just hides them well. Madara may seem Ooc, but it's only the beginning. I'm staring school tomorrow, (two days later than normal) so I haven't gone over the smaller kinks, but I thought I'd give you guys a little gift. Well, hope you enjoyed the chapter, and please wait for the next one!

(5-26-16:Corrected Name Errors, Re-Edited Line Format, Fixed Grammar Errors, Fixed Line Breaks, and Cut Paragraphs.)

Preview

Naru focused on Iruka as he began calling out teams. "Team Ten, Nara Shikimaru, Akimichi Choji, and Ino Yamanaka, your sensei is Sarutobi Asuma." She frowned slightly, having hoped to be with Shikimaru instead of anyone else. Oh well, she still could get Kiba or Shino. She'd prefer Shino, as he didn't talk much and wasn't as annoying as the others. Not to mention he wasn't one for gossip so he wouldn't ask her about her incident the night of graduation. "Team Nine is in active duty, so Team Eight will be Aburamai Shino," Naru leaned forward a bit, biting her lip as Iruka continued. "Inuzuka Kiba," She flinched a bit but still begged the gods to put her on that team. "-and Hyuga Hinata, your sensei is Yuhi Kurenai." She muttered softly and sighed as Iruka continued. She still had a chance of it not being who she thought it was. "And Team Seven is-"