NOTE: I do not own any characters from Naruto that are in this story. I do not own the manga, the anime, the drawings, the NOOTHIINNGG... i own my own OC though o-o but... but nothing that belongs to Masashi Kishimoto!

Oh... an I'm making them 17'ish... so XP

Name: Rurousha, Kyoui-kumo

Meaning: Nomad, wandering cloud

Age: 17; Birthday: December 13th

Height: 5 ft. 3; Weight: 126 lbs.

Hair: Black; Eyes: green

Cup: 36-C;

Known techniques:

Kage tsume No Jutsu (Shadow claw Jutsu)

Kage kuro-n No Jutsue (Shadow clone Jutsu)

Oni tsume no Jutsu (Demon claw Jutsu)

Kaze Raishuu No Jutsu (Wind Attack Jutsu)

Kaze tsurugi No Jutsu (Wind sword Jutsu)

Konki sanmai gikou (Energy Absorption Technique); Heihei ichi tsurugi dansu (level one: Sword dance)

Story start:

She wore a dull gray kimono that looked rougher for wear decorated with dull, undetailed birds the size of a coin and tied loosely with a faded maroon obi that matched the birds; her chest, which was exposed to the open by the kimono, was wrapped tightly with bandages to keep them from getting in the way. Two swords with black sheaths were resting at her left hip by her obi while a white sheathed sword rested on her right. Her kimono, originally made for males, stopped above her knees and exposed her muscular legs. Her sleeves, which were empty and swaying in the wind gently, stopped just above the obi; her arms were inside the kimono, crossed across her stomach and resting comfortably. Wearing getas, a type of wooden samurai shoe, she walked slowly as she listened to the breeze play against the trees. Her long black hair that reached her waist line was pulled into a high ponytail tied with bandages save for two long locks of bangs that reached her collar bone. She had olive toned skin with naturally thick lashes framing her green eyes and lips the color of pink roses; the only imperfection on her face was a light scar on the corner of her left eyebrow. A stick bobbed up and down from the manipulations of her tongue, its lone leaf acting as a flag. Looking up she notices the darkening of the sky and sighs out of habit. Idly she wonders if she'll have to sleep on the ground again but luck was on her side for as she passed the last of the trees a grand gate stood before her. She continued to walk up to it until two ninjas appeared before her, their faces obviously telling her that she was deemed an uncertain threat, thus almost unwelcomed.

"Halt." The first one stated. "State your name and business here."
She looks up at the sky again before muttering "Bothersome" loud enough for them to hear. The second ninja frowns and takes a step forward before being halted by his companion.

"State your business or don't even bother coming in." The first one tried again.

Sighing again she turns her head to look back at the way she came. "Can a girl not seek the aid of a village?" She looks back at the ninjas and smiles faintly. "I wish not to spend the night in the open woods when I have a choice to spend the night in the safety of a village."

Their tense postures seemed to relax slightly at this answer. "Your name?" The first one asks again.

"Rurousha, Kyoui-kumo." Was her simple answer as she shifts her weight onto her right leg.

The first nodded before continuing his questioning. "How long will your stay be?"

She couldn't help but sigh, all she wanted was to get inside, possibly find a nice warm bed to sleep and to fill her deprived stomach of food. "I do not know." She states simply. At the looks on their faces she sighs again and slips her left hand out of her kimono to wave vaguely. "It all depends on if your village entertains me. At the least I will stay for three days, if something does catch my fancy I will mostly likely stay for a few weeks, at which case I will inform your leader so they do not cause me problems and vice versa." Honestly she hated speaking aloud but they wouldn't let her inside until she explained herself and the day was getting darker.

Both ninjas looked at each other before the first shrugs and they move aside, "Welcome to Konoha, village hidden in the leaves."

She dips her head in a respectful manner, replacing her hand inside her kimono and walked on to find bedding for the night. She walked a good ten minutes before realizing that most of everyone were in their own homes, she sighs before noticing a ramen shop that went by Ichiraku was still open.

"Food," She demands herself as she starts to walk in that direction. "Food then sleep." Slipping inside she notices that there were still people inside. One was a tan blond clad in orange with a good ten empty bowls in front of him. Sitting to the left of him was another blond, although her hair was paler where his was brighter, wearing a purple two piece outfit that showed off her thin stomach. She complained about how 'Naruto' and 'Choji' were being pigs as they stuffed their face in the presence of a lady. Raising an eyebrow she noticed that next to the complaining female sat a heavy set male with just as many bowls in front of him as the male blond. Interesting, both of them were either 'Naruto' or 'Choji', she'd just have to wait and see who responded to what. When the owner greets her she offers a sweet smile and sits down away from the group.

"What can I get you?" The owner asked as he cleaned a bowl with a worn rag.

"I would like a beef ramen, hold the eggs." She offers another smile with the slightest tilt of her head.

"You got it!" He says before getting to work on the order.

"Eggs are the best part." Munched the heavy set male, he was able to swallow his food before the complaining female smacks him upside the head.

"You think everything is the best part!" She snaps at him, causing the blond male to laugh with gusto.

"Well it is!" The heavy set male rebuts.

Turning she offers the male a calm smile before saying something neither of them would have guessed. "Sadly I would love to agree with you, sir, but if you must know I am highly allergic to eggs." Her smile turns apologetic and she dips her head.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" The complaining female exclaims before pushing the male blond down to offer her hand. "My name's Ino. Yamanaka, Ino. And yours?"

Taking her hand firmly she gave it a good shake before responding, "Rurousha, Kyoui-kumo, but…" She pauses a moment before smiling, "You may call me Kumo if you wish."

"Kumo…" Someone mutters causing her eyes to narrow. Apparently she missed a male when she had come in. Looking at him now she could understand why, he didn't look anything special, really. With black hair pulled into a high ponytail it made his head look like a pineapple and his eyes made it seem like he was use to sleeping with no determination. He was the only one in the group that wore a green colored vest and black ninja pants. All in all he was easily looked over, and rightly so for he sat between the wall and the heavy set male who had returned to his new bowl.

"Yes?" After her assessment she deemed him unthreatening and smiled politely, she must have been too tired to really look at her surroundings.

"That means cloud, right?" Yamanaka asked innocently.

She smiles and nods again before a bowl of ramen was placed in front of her. She transfers her smile to the owner with a "Thank you very much, Sir." Taking a set of chopsticks and snapping them apart she claps her hands together before eating slowly. All was silent for a moment before the blond male looks at her and grins.
"Hi!" He exclaims, as if finally noticing her. "MY NAME'S UZAMAKI NARUTO AND I'M GOING TO BE THE NEXT HOKAGE OF THIS VILLAGE!" Ino groans, her eyes rolling with annoyance before she smacked him upside the head.

"No one cares, BAKA!" She snaps before offering Kumo an apologetic smile.

Kumo, not liking dreams crushed, mutters a low "bothersome" before setting her chopsticks down on her bowl and turns fully to a crestfallen Naruto. Tilting her head she leans forward before touching his shoulder lightly with her fingers. "Uzumaki-kun?" She asks timidly. When he looks up at her, his beautiful blue eyes dark with sadness she offers him a smile. "I think your dream is a very big one that only a very big heart can succeed. Although I don't know you every well I think your dream will come true if you work hard, so don't believe any negative words, 'kay?"

The look on his face made her heart swell with pride, all of the hurt disappeared quickly into a look of admiration for her and her kind words. She didn't let him, or anyone else, time to react though. Standing up she pulls a small bag from her kimono and opens it. Pulling out a gold piece she drops it on the counter above her half eaten bowl of ramen. "I believe," She starts slowly "That this is more than enough for a single bowl. I ask that you keep the remainder as pay in advance for the next bowl I will have tomorrow." She offers the owner a small smile. "It was very delicious, I thank you very much but I must look for an inn now." She slips out of the stall as quietly as she had come in and begins to walk down the dirt road in search of a bed.

A good twenty minutes pass when she finally realizes that not a single inn was open, or at least she hadn't been able to locate an inn. She decides to walk until she finds an open field and a lone, large tree near the edge; its branches hanging low like a canopy which provided coverage from the wind. Reaching out she strokes the rough bark and sighs again before slipping her arms into her sleeves; pulling out her swords from her obi she sits down cross-legged at the base of the tree and sits the ends of her swords between her legs. Having the swords rest on her right shoulder she crosses her arms over the sheaths and closes her eyes to sleep, falling asleep easily despite the hard ground and cold air.

The sound of footsteps awoke her the next morning; with her eyes closed she listened carefully to the "pat-pat" of ninja sandals on dirt before deciding that there were two sets of footsteps. One was obviously male, his heavy steps walked slightly faster than his partner whose steps were slow and relaxed. She couldn't determine the sex of second set of steps but she decided to find out by opening her eyes.

"Hey!" The male said; his voice registered as the heavy set boy from the ramen place; absently she remembers his name was Choji because Uzumaki had introduced himself. "It's Kumo from last night Shikamaru."

As he runs up to her she slowly stands up, slipping her swords into her obi. She notes that Shikamaru was a boy's name so when she looked up she wasn't at all surprised to find the unnoticed boy from last night walking up to them. His hands were stuck in his pockets and when he stopped next to Choji he leaned his shoulders back in a relaxed, unhurried manner. She looks him up and down slowly with her eyes before offering both of the males a smile. "Hello."

"Hi Kumo." Choji responds before stuffing a chip into his mouth. "What are you," He halts to put another chip in, "doing here so early in the," Once again, another stop, "morning?"

She slips her hands inside her sleeves and crosses her arms over her stomach, looking up at the sky she deems it around eight in the morning before looking back at the boys. "Well… I couldn't find an inn last night so I camped out here. What are you boys doing out so early in the morning?"

Choji gives a closed lip grin before thrusting his thumb towards Shikamaru, "This is his favorite cloud watching spot."

Her eyebrows rose. "Oh? And you have escorted him here?" She was, honestly, confused as to why they were both here if it was only one's favorite spot.

He laughs and the other sighs, muttering a "what a drag" before walking past them to the center of the field. He squats down then falls onto his back, slipping his hands behind his head before gazing up at the blue sky.

"Well, he is my best friend." Choji states, causing her to make a "ah" sound. "So, we never got a chance to introduce ourselves last night, you left so quickly. My name's-" He started before she held up her hand.

"Choji, correct?" With a tilt of her head she smiles softly at his open mouth.

"Y-yeah, how did you know?" Absently he pulls out another handful of chips and stuffs them into his mouth to hide his unease.

"Last night, your female companion," She pauses a moment to remember the name, "Yamanaka-Chan, she was complaining about a 'Naruto' and a 'Choji' eating too much. When I noticed there were only two males with many plates in front of them I just waited until someone reacted to a name." She smiles and shifts her weight onto her left foot. "I figured your name was Choji when Uzumaki-kun introduced himself."

Chojis body relaxed when he realized that she wasn't a spy of sorts and grins at her. "Well you didn't meet Shikamaru." He looks past her towards the sleepy male and sighs. "His name is Nara, Shikamaru; sorry he's ignoring you." He leans in and whispers, "He thinks all girls are troublesome."

She couldn't help but laugh when Shikamaru exclaims "They are." in a bored, exasperated voice. She places her hand on Choji's shoulder with a smile causing him to blush. "I'm sorry, but I'd have to agree with your sleeping friend. I find very many women to be troublesome… although I'd think they were more bothersome then not."

"Mm" Choji seemed like he was unsure where to take the conversation before something dawned on him and he exclaims. "Hey, Kumo, your last name means 'nomad', right?"

Smiling she nods, "That's right. My family is a nomadic one so we chose that as our last names."

"So…" He frowns slightly. "You don't have a home?"

Before she could answer him Shikamaru speaks up, "Idiot, nomad means they move around. They probably have a village of origin where they meet up to discuss something important but all in all the majority of her family moves from place to place."
Laughing a bit she pats Choji on his shoulder. "Your friend is right, minus the idiot part," She flashes Shikamaru a smile who didn't notice.

"Well," Choji tilts his head. "What if you decide to settle down in another village?" His question was reasonable enough to answer but she frowns none the less.

"You see…" She pauses, her hand dropping from his shoulder to slide inside her kimono. "If one from the Rurousha clan decides that they wish to settle down in a village they must drop their last name, Rurousha." She offers a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. "If you noticed I have two first names. If, for example, I decide that I have fallen in love with someone here and wanted to live here I would drop my last name, Rurousha, and adopt one of my first names to be my last until I marry that person. So then…" She drifts off to see if Choji followed, but by the looks of it he didn't. She opens her mouth to continue but was interrupted by Nara.

"So then your name would be Kyoui, Kumo or vice versa." He tilts his head slightly to look at the couple before looking back up at the sky.

"Yes, that is correct, Nara-kun." She offers him a smile before looking at Choji, "Since I prefer to be called Kumo that would be my first name and my last name would turn into Kyoui."

"Oh" He nods, stuffing another handful of chips into his mouth as he thought it over. "So that makes sense, kind of."

Okay, so ... this is the begining of my story. I'm sorry if it's SHORT... I'm writing more as I speak...type... er... So feel free to, like, review or whatever.. I know I'm not THAT good at writing but I enjoy it so... bye.. ^w^