What She Lacked {Naruto X OC}

Ichi ~ Yumiko

All I can really remember was blood, a lot of blood, my whole life and my motives were crumbling apart by the death of my clan. The Nakanishi clan.

I still have stuck inside my mind the fear in my mother's eyes as she coughed out blood and begged me to run. To run as fast as I could and to a place very far away.

The young me, obviously, drowned in shock and despair just did as she pleased, and by the window, I left. Leaving everything I had ever known behind, my friends, my family, my village, everything. Maybe, even a fraction of my sanity.

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I'm Yumiko Nakanishi, a Takigakure native, but now, a proud Konoha villager. Can that be considered going rogue? I'm not sure, but it wasn't a choice anyway.

As soon as I saw the Leaf's gates, I thought they were a mirage. I was fourteen, exhausted and starving, could something as good as a new village save me?

I fainted, right there, right in front of two men that seemed to guard the gates, or just walk past. Both of them wore the same thing, a dark green vest over a black long-sleeve shirt, with a red swirl on the sleeves and back. Those looked like Konoha's uniforms.

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"W-where am I...?" I asked, as my hoarse voice tried to articulate clear words. My drowsy eyes looked around, the two men I had seen last before I fainted were there, looking back at me.

"E-excuse me? Are you awake?" Asked one of them, the one with a brown fringe covering his left eye. I looked at him quietly.

"W-who are you? Is this Taki...?" I kept asking questions, looking around to see if I could recognize anything around me. Nothing seemed familiar.

"Taki? Is she from Takigakure?" The same man asked, but now, directed to the other one. He had spiky dark hair and a bandage across his face, over his nose.

"I-I guess so, wasn't it what she said?" The man with the bandage replied, slightly confused.

"I-I- was... Taki... W-where am I?" I asked once more due to their non-existent answer.

"Oh, I'm sorry. You're in Konohagakure, I'm Izumo Kamizuki." The first shinobi said, finally taking the conversation somewhere. After the village name he mentioned, I remembered. The gates of the Leaf Village, in front of my eyes, the gates to heaven.

"Konoha- gakure...? I think I know..." I mumbled out, as I was still hungry and sleepy.

"Would you mind telling us who you are?" They said, together.

"I-I'm Yumiko Nakanishi... W-who are you?" I answered, pointing to the bandaged guy this time.

"I'm Kotetsu Hagane. Do you remember anything from before you fainted, Nakanishi?" Said 'Kotetsu', and no, I don't think I did really. Just the simplest basics, exhaustion, starvation and... massacre.

"N-no... Not really, I just-... Can't go back." I said, as my stomach growled loudly. The two male ninjas exchanged looks, and then Izumo asked me.

"Would you like to live here, in Konoha?" He offered.

"Could you do- that...?" I murmured, trying to make my voice decent again. His expression saddened.

"No... But we could talk to the Hokage, she surely can help." The two slowly nodded, as Izumo finished his phrase and helped me up, and I sat on a wooden chair.

•••

"An orphan? I think she might fit with Naruto, don't you think?" Asked Tsunade, after recieving the news directly from the men.

"Naruto? I didn't think about that, it's a wise idea. Both of them need company, no?" Thought Kotetsu out loud.

"Yes, I think you could tell Naruto then... While you, Izumo could help her settle in." She suggested, more like an order. So as soon as she finished, both of them bowed and took off, one looking for Naruto, and the other one turning to me, in the corner of the room. However, I left as quickly as I could, I wanted to explore the village.

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1# edit: 11/2/18