The Masked Girl (Naruto Story)

Ch. 4- An Unexpected Death

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, and Mashimoto Kishimoto does. I own Kumiko, Natsumi, Kai, and Dai. (A/N: There will be mention of those last two in this chapter, and way later they would show up.)

Recap:

"I have to tell you something. I wanted to see how you were settling in first, but.... I am going to train to become a jounin, so I would have to leave here tomorrow and can only come back in two years. Okay?"

"Okay." I said sadly. Why couldn't she stay longer? But she wanted to become a jounin, and I wasn't going to stop her. I yawned while thinking this.

"Hmm..., you seem tired. Why don't you go back to sleep, and meet me at the village gates at 8 am tomorrow?"

"Okay." I said. Then, I went home, waving goodbye, and fell asleep. I was so tired... zzzz.

Chapter Four- An Unexpected Death

***The next day***

I woke up at 7:30am, and quickly got ready, then ran to the gates at exactly 8am. Natsumi grinned at me, and said, "Well, you were almost late."

I fired back, "Hey, I didn't have a alarm clock yet! I forgot!"

"Whoa, getting aggressive there aren't we?" she laughed as she messed up my hair. I hate when she does that!

"Well, see you in two years!" I said as I hugged her very tightly.

"You too, Kumiko-chan. You better pass the genin exam when I come back!"

"Oh, you know I will, if the teachers are anything like from the Sand! The tests are simply too easy for me!"

Natsumi laughed as I boasted, before saying, "Goodbye!" She broke from my embrace, and started walking away.

I watched her go, waving and shouting, and went home only when she was gone from my sight. The entrance guards looked at me like I was hyperactive. I was wearing a black cloak with blue swirls, and covered my head with the hood of it when I noticed a few people were pointing and staring at me. I suddenly felt lonely, and ran all the way back. In reality, I was hiding my sadness with a fake happy facade, but because I felt that Natsumi would be upset. I unpacked some more, and thought about my family all day as cleaned up stuff and such. Afterwards, I was bored. I looked at the scroll, the Prophecy, and tried to figure it out.

A girl's family's death,

a fortnight later,

she will go to the Leaf,

finding her companions for this mission there.

The girl's childhood partly erased,

will be regained with a leaf bound onto her head,

her true self too,

This girl, from the clan with eyes,

A girl, from the soon slaughtered clan,

among the few who survived,

will change the world,

with one from her clan and one from another,

a boy from a clan whose lives are long

these children of prophecy,

tied together with blue string,

with guidance from both evil and good,

with help from both snakes and injustice,

with help from demons, and those who were forgotten,