"It's not fair, mom, I want to chose my teammates. The fact that I'm gonna be the fourth member of some squad isn't even part of my problem. I'm not from this village, the kids in those groups have already made their friendships, I'll just be some stranger walking in on them."

"Stop complaining; it'll be over with soon enough."

I was too nervous meeting new people, it wasn't my fault I was so damn shy.

My name is Kaylyn Uzimo, a ninja from the Hidden Waterfall village. I had just moved with my family to the Leaf Village, into a large manor near it's outskirts. I have short, light brown hair, and big blue eyes that're the size of the sun in the afternoon and the moon at night. That's what my dad said. My eyes were what made me unique, it's what made my family unique.

We all had this brilliant shade of a color that determined which element jutsu's we'd chose to learn as we progressed. Obviously, I have chosen water, but the color of wind was undefined, so I had kept a balance between the two of them.

My Genjutsu was off the charts in my village, I was a master of illusions there, but then again it is a small village. I have great Taijutsu skills aswell, but Ninjutsu was my weak point. I had decent enough chakra control, enough so that I didn't waste any whilst I made clones or illusions, and so that I could easily send it to my fists, giving me great strength in those few seconds. I had enough chakra so that I could build up my strength enough to win a fight. I hadn't lost one yet.

I sighed, fixing the fishnets under my skirt, and straightening out my shirt, that rose slightly above my belly button. It had my familts symbol on it, a large sword through a flower on it. Our motto was "Believe in yourself, and believe in your friends." It wasn't great, like most motto's I'd heard some clans have, but it was good enough. I took great pride in my friends.

My friends that I wouldn't ever see again.

I sighed unhappily, pushing my hair back behind my ears. I was thinking about where to put my headband, which place did they wear it here? I settled on my waist, being sure to tie it tightly. There we go, all done. Now, to the academy. For the Chuunin exams.

I don't know why I couldn't just come with my team back home, but my mother insisted I be separate from them, and known as a Leaf ninja.

"The sensei you're supposed to meet is named Kakashi Hatake, he will be waiting outside of the entrance to the exams. This will help build your friendship with your teammates. Now go, you're wasting time."

I sighed. She didn't care, as long as I became what she wanted, she'd be happy. I'd gotten used to her, her constant pushing of my limits. Sometimes, sometimes I wondered what it'd be like if I didn't have someone like her constantly monitoring my every movement.

I stepped out the door, making sure my headband was securely in place before I headed off to the academy. I had told my mother I had to be there an hour earlier than I really did, I liked to be early. I was lost in my thoughts as I walked, I seemed to know where I was going however, so I continued to think about this village.

"Oof-" I felt the wind knocked out of me as I tumbled to the ground. The other person fell with a loud thump, the books they were carrying falling over them.

"Ah, I'm so sorry! Lady Tsunade made me check out all these books, I couldn't see where I was going." The girl apologized. A took a second to look over her. Pink hair, green eyes, small figure, and a headband on her head. Another Leaf Village ninja.

"No, it's alright. Here, let me help." I still had some time to kill, might as well help a possible ally. I picked up some of the books for her, they were all rather large and thick with text. I looked at the cover of a few of them, they were all on advanced medical jutsu's. As I followed her, I decided to make some small talk.

"So, you're training to be a medic ninja?" She nodded.

"Yes, I'm training under Lady Tsunade now. I'm not very tough, but I want to help my team! The only way I can do it is to learn these medical jutsu's, if only to help Naruto..." She sighed deeply, a troubled look showing in her eyes.

"Who's Naruto?" Who is she? She hadn't even introduced herself yet. Suddenly she stopped, a flushed looking coming on her face.

"I didn't even introduce myself! I'm becoming as rude as Naruto. My name is Sakura Haruno, it's nice to meet you!" Sakura forced a smile. I kind of shrugged.

"I'm Kaylyn Uzimo, I just moved here from the Waterfall Village." She looked over at you curiously.

"I've never met anyone from the Waterfall Village, they don't seem to have many ninja."

"Yeah, we're kind of small, and we usually produce a small amount of ninja, due to our size. Some of us are pretty decent." She nodded. We'd traveled threw a hallway, and were at the end of the corridor, when she knocked on the door. Someone yelled from within to enter.

I walked in with Sakura, following her lead and placing the books near a blonde woman, the Hokage I had just met the day before.

"Ah, Kaylyn, you're here again, is something wrong?"

"Oh, no Lady Hokage, I was helping Sakura-san with carrying books, she looked like she was having some trouble-"

The door slammed open, echoing as it hit the wall. A blonde kid, with an orange and blue outfit proudly burst into the room. Sakura suddenly looked frustrated beyond belief, smacking her hand against her forehead. Tsunade twitched in response.

"I NEED A MISSION!" I winced at the volume of his voice. "I'm sick of all these baby missions! I'm a ninja now, I deserve a good mission!" Tsunade glanced over at me before smiling.

"I have an escort mission for you." She stated.

"Really?" He smiled, rubbing his finger under his nose, "I didn't think I'd get one this quickly-"

"Look over there, to your left." He did so, his eyes landing on Sakura, then me. He seemed to look me over for a few seconds. "I need you to escort her to the Academy, so her team can be chosen."

"Heh heh, I need to escort her so she can graduate, don't worry! I'm a ninja, I can protect you from the dangers in the village!" I twitched. He was seriously mocking me! As if I wasn't already a ninja!

"I don't need your help, I'm already a ninja-" I pointed to my waist, where the headband was, or was supposed to be. "Ah! I must've dropped it, I knew I can't tie that damn thing right." You felt a full blown panic attack start. "I've gotta find it!" I ran from the room, dashing down the halls as I scanned the ground around it. Where did my headband go!?

"Hey, hey! I have to escort you!" I heard the annoying one call from behind me.

"Yeah, well you can help me find my headband, too!" I yelled back, not slowing down as jumped down the steps, looking all around for my headband. I glanced back and forth, it was nowhere near here.

"Hold it!" I stopped abruptly as he suddenlt appeared in front of me, holding his hand up. "I'm Naruto Uzamaki, next hokage of the Leaf Village! Believe it!"

"I"ll believe it if you find my headband." I stated coldly. My mother would KILL me if she found out that I'd lost it! A ninja doesn't just lose their headband like this! Naruto grinned.

"I can find it!" I watched him perform a few seals, before five more of him appeared. Oh god, I thought, now there's six of him. Just kill me now. "We're out to look for a headband! It looks like...uh..."

"It has the Waterfall Village sign on it, it has black cloth, it's about this long-" That's all I could really use to described to my headband. The clones all nodded, going off in different directions. I sighed, collapsing onto the ground tiredly. "My mom's gonna kill me..."

"You never said what your name was!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Oh, sorry, it's Kaylyn, Kaylyn Uzimo."

"Okay! So, while they're looking for your headband, we've gotta go to the Academy! Maybe Iruka-sensei could take me out for some ramen afterward!" He exclaimed excitedly, laughing to himself. "Let's go, it's this way!" He grabbed my hand, pulling me up and forcing me after him. I sighed.

Already, the Leaf Village was taking my breath away. I wonder how many more colorful people I'd meet today?