So You Think You're Scary

Chapter 1: Her Savior In A Mask

The rain was pounding against the window as I looked at my mother who was sitting by the fire waiting for him, waiting for a sign, waiting for the letter. I looked away from her and out of the window to see my own reflection. My sandy blonde hair that framed my face, my cerulien blue eyes that my father said reminded him of the lake that we always go to when he's home from missions. My name is Cyr Tori, I'm 5 years old and I want to be a ninja just like my father. My mother thinks its too dangerous but if I train with my father, I know I'll be strong enough to prove her wrong. "Cyr, get away from the window" My mother said to me as she continued to stare into the fire "But mother, Fathers supposed to be home any minute!" I said as I continued to look out the window "He'll come, he's strong, just you wait." The rain kept falling on the window, then the lightning struck and I saw a figure walking up to the door "IT'S FATHER!, I knew he would be back!" I said running to the door with my mother following behind me. I grabbed the handle of the door and swung it open eagerly "FATHER!" I said smiling but it quickly left my face "You're not my father..." "No, I'm not, Mrs.Tori, here." the Ambu handed her a letter "My condolences" My face fell "Mother, what are condolences?" She didn't answer me, she just fell to her knees and hugged me tightly "Mother, wheres father? Isn't he coming home?" "No Cyr, hes not coming home, he was K.I.A. you see, do you see what being a ninja does, it brings nothing but pain and death! you are not going to die on me too, I forbid you to be a ninja anymore!" she yelled "But mother, father was strong, even if he was K.I.A. it makes him a hero, that should make me want to be a ninja even more, I want to follow in his footsteps and become a hero too I want to be a ninja, I-" I was cut short as I felt myself being thrown to the floor and a stinging feeling in my cheek "W-why? Why do you want to die, do you not love me anymore, I will never accept you being a ninja!" "Mother, I will not stop training to be a ninja, just you wait I'll make you accept me, I'll learn many jutsu and you'll feel sorry for yourself for not accepting me sooner, tell me now if you will, if not I'm walking out of that door" "Leave then you little heathen, ninjas are no good, they only bring death and despair, so then go go be with your father, I'll find another daughter that wont break her mothers heart and leave her!" "FINE, shows how much you ever loved me to begin with if your letting me go this easy you no good hag!" I yelled as I ran up to my room to grab some of my belongings like my picture of me, my father and mother and some clothes, 'Father has already taught me how to get out of genjutsu's and the subsutution jutsu so its a good start' I though as I took out the design my father gave to me, it was of a body length tattoo that was tradition for the Tori females to get once they were 11. Once I collected everything that I wanted from my room I ran to my parents' room and over to my father's things I grabbed my favorite pendant of his, it was a silver raven on a chain. I placed it around my neck then grabbed the other things I collected and quickly ran to the kitchen to pack up small things. I knew I wasn't going to come back, I didn't have a reason to. My idol, the person I looked up to the most was gone and she didn't even care as much as she should have. I ran to the front door "thats righ you little bitch, leave, GO, GO BE A NINJA AND DIE JUST LIKE HIM!" she said as she threw a dish at me which I was un aware of before it connected with my head which caused me to drop to the ground. I felt something slide down my face I reached up, 'blood?' I looked over to her, her face was indiffrent, yet satisfied. I grabbed my bad and left through the door with her following me, I didn't even make an effort to run "Go, leave you ungreatful child, don't return, I will never accept you" I paused letting the rain drench me as she stood in the doorway "I already told you, I will make you accept me as a ninja!" "Very unlikely" she said throwing another glass at me and I just stood there, showing her that I wasn't afraid but just as it was about to hit me a hand shot out and caught it. I looked up but no matter how herd I tried I could only see his one eye in which I only saw sympathy, I just turned and ran to mine and my fathers special training spot. When I got there I put my things under a dry tree and walked over to the lake. "This rain, its you crying isn't it father? are you sad that I left or is it that your happy that I'm following my own path, no the path of my hero, my idol, you" looking closer at the lake in the ripples I swore I saw his smiling face appeared but then quickly dissolved into a siloette of a larger man behind me "Guess I'll never know huh?" I looked up into he sky "just you wait father, I'll become the best ninja you've ever seen and make you proud, I'll prove my self to mother, but more importantly to myself" "You're very strong willed for a child" I layed down and looked up to see the masked man again "Are you stalking me?" "No you see after that I was walking home and a black cat crossed my path so I had to take another route home" "yea sure, you know for a jonin you're very bad at lying" "only when I choose to be" he said sitting down next to me. A few minutes of silence passed and the rain had stopped "So, what are you going to do now?" "Train, become as good as I can, any way I can" "And where are you going to live" my face fell, I hadn't thought of that "U-uh, I'll build a tent?" "That sounded more like a question than an answer" "Thats because it was" I said with a small smile, "Tell you what, if you show me what you can do now, I'll concider training you" "Really?!" "Yes, so what can you do?" "Well my father taught me how to dispell and the subsutution jutsu" "Oh, thats good for someone your age, alright show me" he said getting up I followed his lead and stood about 5 yards away from him. He suddenly threw a few shuriken at me and just as they were about to hit I used the jutsu and ended up in a bush a little away with a small log in my place "Very good" he then did some hand signs and there infront of me I saw my mother walking through the bushes all battered, bruised and bloody, 'really, he'll have to do better than that' I thought as I made my hand signs 'Horse, Tiger' and whispered "dispell" and the illution fell for me to see him standing there I grabbed a kuni and walked out cautiously "Well? am I any good?" "Actually yes, you are, My name is Kakashi Hatake, you can now call me Kakashi-sensei" "No way, yes! See father, I'm already on my way, I'm Cyr Tori" "Ok, Cyr, how would you like to live with me" I looked at him suprised "Really, you mean it, but you just met me" "That is true but you are now my student so I see it as Ok" "Ok, thanks Kaka-sensei" I said smiling and running over th get my things and walked back over to him "Hey, Kaka-sensei, can this be our training spot, I mean it was mine and my fathers, I just feel comfortable training here" "Sure Cyr, we can train here" "Thanks again Kaka-sensei" I said grabbing his hand and letting him lead me to my new home.