Kayoko Uzumaki is like any other girl with a dream.
To find her knight in shining armor.
Be a great Shinobi and Kunoichi.
And be as respected and loved as her adoptive mother and father Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze.
While she eventually mana...
Young bean up there or right here if it doesnt show, art isnt mine but i dont have time to make my own so this is the closest i could get. Also her eyes are Amber instead of blue.
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Spring, post-war. Age 7, Ninja Academy student. Kayoko Uzumaki.
Kayoko's povflashback
It was raining the day I first arrived here.
It was spring, the leaves finally returning and showing off their vibrant greens that blend with all other colors.
Yet, it was cold. Freezing actually. I could see my breathe as I held my cloak closer to myself, pleading for it to radiate my body heat to warm myself as my fingers began to tingle with pre-numbness.
The men who were now escorting me had offered to carry me, but I refused, not wanting to be seen as some damsel in need of everyones help. No. I could take care of myself just fine, even for a seven year old.
Your probably wondering why I have complete strangers with me instead of my parents.
Long story short without the sobbing fest.
Their dead. Killed In Action by rouges when I was young near the hidden rain village. Our home village was ransacked, so our entire clan, or whats left of it, scattered to go into hiding.
Sound cowardly to you? Well, not to me. There is a fine line between fleeing for your own life, and running away to save your families.
"We're almost there, lady Uzumaki" one of the men had said pointing forward at a large wooden gate with the kanji for 'fire' hanging in the dead center of it. A tall cement wall going on either side and continuing into the thick forest that hides it.
"None of the formalities. My name is Kayoko, not 'lady Uzumaki'. " I say, not meaning to sound snappy. It just came out that way.
"Sorry La-I mean, Kayoko" this man must know about the tempers of some of the Uzumaki. He had genuine fear flickering in his eye. 'Must've had a personal run in some how...' I thought to myself as I go silent again.
Coming through the gates, I see a small mountain range with faces carved into it, some sort of monument maybe, but I didnt ask as we walked through the muddy and deserted streets towards a building at the foot of the mountain.
"What is this place?" I murmur pausing in my path as I scan over the building then up at the rocky faces that stood above them. Gazing in awe probably from the quiet snicker from one of my escorts.
"This is the Academy building. The Hokage's office resides within as well, but from your expression I think you wanna know about Kage mountain. Your caretaker's can give you the tour later, first we gotta meet Lord Third" the other said.
