Test for Kimiko

[kimi]

Shadows danced in the fading light as the warm summer day ends. Small crickets creaked and the sound of splashing was audible in the small glade. A child’s happy laughter and a cheerful whoop of joy fallowed the splash. Kimiko disappeared under the water and then resurfaced her damp hair plastered to her head. The pool wasn’t very deep it was about five feet deep in the middle, it was fed by a little burbling spring and it was cold. The girl shifted to a sitting position on the sandy side of the pool and took on a serous expression tucking a stray strand of her white hair behind her right hair. She had to think and didn’t need to be distracted by her hair blowing around in the wind. On the upper part of her right arm there was a mark which seemed to be a scar or tattoo. It was a brown in color and stood out on her pale skin.

She was only seven but she had a serous decision to make that would decide her future. Did she want to be a Ninja as was expected of her by her brother and Grandparents or did she not? It was a question that had been bothering her for weeks. She kept away from her home because she didn’t want them to be disappointed with her decision though they said that they would except whatever she chose, how could she do anything that would upset them. How could she believe that they would really be okay with her choice? “On the one hand I would be able to help my brother and the village on the other I would be expected to hurt other people or train others to hurt them. While on the other side I would be free but without the protection of the village and I don’t think I could protect myself. I’ve heard that ninja go after people who leave without leave if they have secret s and have to do what they’re told even if they don’t want to. Maybe Josei would be forced to hunt me. I wouldn’t want that at all.” A frown creased her face and she stared down at the water with a sad look in her eyes. She didn’t know what to do and she couldn’t even ask her brother for help as he had said it had to be her own decision and no one else’s. He had said she had to do what was right for her and she was trying but it was so hard, why did the choices that matter have to be so hard. She thought with a sigh of disappointment that she was supposed to give her grandfather her answer in two days and she was nowhere near making a choice she would have to live with the consequences of for the rest of her life.

Absentmindedly the girl splashed the water with her hand not really seeing it her mind far away in happier times. The days when she played tag with her brother and the older children of the village and when she helped her grandparent run the forge, easy care free days when she talked for hours with the voice in her head and never knew fear or worries or pain which she was with him.

[UZUMAKI NARUTO]

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It'd been awhile since Naruto had last visited the new Jinchurikis. Most faired well now had good lives going for them and were respected to some degree as he was. They didn't seem to need his help much but it was the youngest one Kimiko he decided to visit. She was nearing the age where she might attend the shinobi academy in her village if she chose that path. It was surprising at a young age as hers her Bijuu hadn't caused any trouble yet. Kurama seemed to think he had a soft spot for the little girl and meant to protect her so long as she was his host. In the end only Chomei himself knew and could say what his reasons might be. He had reached the girl's home only to find she was outside probably having wondered off to her secret place again. With Kurama at his side in control of a clone using Sage Mode they were both off into the woods to find her.

Thinking back the girl probably had no idea who he was. Sure she probably knew his name and what her parents had told her about him but they probably hadn't told her she was a Jinchuriki like him or that he was one himself probably not wanting to scare her feeling once she was old enough they'd probably tell her then. With Kurama's help it didn't take long to find her as Kurama then powered down though the clone's eyes remained his own red color with slitted pupils whisker-like marks on his cheeks more pronounced. Walking into the clearing of the springs now both could see the little girl playing around though only Kurama could sense Chomei's chakra within her no doubt he'd been alerted to Kurama's own chakra being in such a close vicinity to his own now. "Sorry if I startled you. You must be Kimiko right? What are you doing all the way out here by yourself?" Her parents had been a little worried and so sent him out to fetch her for them.

[kimi]

he child whirled around sensing power and something else.It wasn’t a something she could place and that confused her. She stared at the men who appeared out of nowhere and decided to talk to her. They looked little familiar to her but she couldn’t place who either them were. Kimiko jumped five feet in the air straight out of the water she had been playing in. A soft buzzing sounded as she hovered a few inches above the ground. She turned and zipped away to the shadow of a large tree a few inches away from the pool she had been playing in. “who are you? H-how do you know my name? What are you doing here?” Kimiko frowned and glared fearfully at him, though her look was about as threatening as a frightened kitten. One eye and part of her face was conceal as she hugged the tree for support and seemed ready to bolt at a seconds notice. Kimiko had been trained by her family to be on her guard and not to approach people she didn’t know. Even people she did know according to her brother were a threat for some strange reason. She didn’t know why but she had been told not to go with anyone who did not present ‘real proof’ that they were who they seemed to be. At this point she just thought he brother was being weird.

”What do you want!?” She asked softly her voice almost a hiss of fear. It was that moment the her friend interjected telling her that they probably wouldn’t hurt her and that he knew who they were and that it would be okay. Her eyes glazed over for a moment, staring at nothing for a long moment. Then she blinked and she sat down leaning heavily on the tree for support. ”The voice in my head said that you are friends and that you won’t hurt me is that true? He knows of you and doesn’t wish me to be afraid of you.” The girl smiled shyly down at the man as she was sitting about 8 feet from the ground. She had no intention of coming down until the men explained themselves even if she had to stay up there all night.” Well you know my name is Kimiko so what’s yours, hmm? I’m trying to make a decision if you must know and I don’t want my family to be mad at me.” She said that looking sad and worried swirling her finger on the branch as if that was an all absorbing interest.