Naruto: Uzumaki Yuji [EN]

In total darkness, Karin was slowly waking up when she breathed something agitated. She glanced sideways at where she was and saw a medical wing; she noticed it because it smelled very antiseptic and very clean. She saw that her body was already better, only with bandages in the areas where she previously had broken parts. On her side, she found Ajisai; the girl was also completely bandaged and did not seem to be waking up like her.

" what... uhg " she said, grabbing her head; everything hurt her. Were they still in Konoha? It was strange; she did not see very well because it seemed that her glasses had been removed, and everything was blurry to some extent. She looked around, everything in silence.

When she saw a nurse pass by the room, she made a gesture of surprise that confused her. The nurse, instead of scolding her for already being seated and wanting to get up, only ran a little away from her place.

Karin blinked in surprise, has something happened?

By the way, why was Yūji not with her? It was clear that both were siblings to be together; did something happen to Yūji? No, that cannot be!

Her face contracted in fear as she got up; a sharp pain surrounded her but she did not care. " Yūji! " she shouted the name of her dear little brother, despite her limbs hurting terribly. She ran out of that medical wing, if her brother was not stuck to her, it was possible that he was also so injured that he could not move!

Desperately, she began to move at a speed although slow, carefully looking at every room where there were beds like hers; her heart was beating to the point that her chest hurt.

" who let a patient leave? " a doctor scolded as he saw those attending try to grab that hysterical girl.

The redhead began to gasp, trying to break free from those doctors. " let me go! Yūji is also around here, I am just looking for him! " she shouted at those doctors, making one of her angry gestures. The ninja doctors were confused.

" calm down, if you move, what we have healed will reopen. Who are you looking for? " another calmly approached; it seemed that he was the one in charge of the list of those attended in that place. Karin looked at him in desperation.

" Yūji, his name is Yūji. He... he has hair like mine, red and spiky, he is a boy of, of eight years but appears to be six. He has some small marks under his eyes; he is my brother " she began to give a detailed description of her brother, now letting those ninja doctors stop her, looking nervously at the one checking the lists.

" uhm... here it seems that there is no boy by the name of Yūji. Are you sure he was injured? Have you seen him? Here are all those who are injured from the incident in the Death Forest. "

" incident? What... incident? "

The ninja doctor pressed his lips nervously, wanting to explain. If the girl believes that the boy she was looking for was here, and in the end he is not, only one thing can result... and that is that her brother was one of the many victims of the worst incident seen in the Chūnin Exams.

Although they knew that exactly half would die or they would only be disqualified, this was a unilateral massacre that killed 87% of all the ninjas who went to the exam.

In the end, the ninja doctor sighed; he must not hide information, he has to do it so that this young woman faces what happened. " The exam was cancelled, the Death Forest was eliminated by an attack from an unknown ninja, and almost the majority of ninjas have died... if your brother is not here, it is possible that he was one of those victims. "

The high command did not want to tell anyone who was responsible for the attack, perhaps so as not to scare people or simply to believe that it was an accident; they covered everything up with colors.

For Karin, hearing that made her already weakened legs almost collapse to the ground, her big eyes deluded by what she heard.

It could not be true; her dear little brother, he is very strong—he could easily fight with a Jōnin! That is impossible! He...

" you, you are lying " Karin refused, staring fixedly at the doctor, who seemed to have expected such a reaction. He simply motioned his hand to the other ninjas.

" take her to the room "

" you are lying, my, my little brother could never have died in an attack like that! You! Evil ninjas of Konoha! You surely kidnapped him! You are hiding him! " she began to fight just as she had done before, all the ninjas surprised by the strength she had shown, wanting her to stay still.

Karin did not care; she was shouting at that ninja who said that her brother was not here. Her tears began to flow, it's all the fault of those ninjas of Konoha! It is possible that it is because of his hair that they kidnapped her little brother!

Her mother was always right; the color of his hair means that they will always be hunted. I have to look for Yūji! I have to find him!

" let me go! Move away, now I will go look for Yūji! " she shouted forcefully until her throat began to hurt.

" stay still, we only want you not to reopen those wounds! " the tired ninja saw how the girl's wounds reopened, and what they wanted to avoid became evident. Karin felt the sharp pain but did not care.

She managed to push away the ninjas and, giving a strong jump, propelling her right leg, she hit the ninja doctor, sending him crashing against the nearby wall.

The wall crumbled. And the ninja ended up knocked out.

She looked at the other ninja with rage, her eyes even clouded by her tears. She threw a strong punch with her fist to that ninja's chest, watching as he spat saliva and ended up knocked out with one blow.

Karin began to run, and the ninja doctor became scared of what he had done, this is why he never liked to attend to people who were not from Konoha!

" quickly, catch her; she will only cause disturbances! " reported the ninja doctor, trying to reach her.

Karin ran, breathing heavily; her brother, her dear little brother, is still alive. Those ninjas will not make her think otherwise.

They will never, never! Her tears falling out of fear.

Yūji, calm, will go to look for you, your grumpy sister.

Karin evaded every ninja that crossed in front of her, and anyone who managed to hold her for even a moment, she knocked out with her taijutsu. Training from a young age with Konan-sensei had its rewards.

When she was near the exit, her eyes lit up at the thought of escaping from there successfully.

Everything went dark.

All the ninjas stopped and breathed a sigh of relief as they saw the girl end up unconscious. " thank you Hatake-san "

Kakashi, who had just passed by to check on one of his students, saw the disturbance, and in the end, he knocked the girl out.

Seeing her, she really resembled that enigmatic boy. He held her gently; she was not to blame for what her brother had done.

" I saw that you had many problems capturing her " the ninja doctors looked embarrassed with shame.

" It is what happens when we let ninjas who are not from Konoha join us " said the same ninja who had given the news to the girl.

" may I know what they told you? I was very scared. " Kakashi handed the girl over to a ninja who was passing by, just to return her to her room.

" ah... " the ninja sighed tiredly. " She was only looking for her brother. She said his name was Yūji, but in the list I have of the only survivors there is no Yūji. I think she could not assimilate the news that her brother died at the hands of the attack in the Death Forest. "

Kakashi saw the girl, who, even unconscious, was crying in silence. " I suppose... that yes, the brother I knew died... " he whispered to himself; he knew that the boy whom he had 'killed' once behaved very differently than before, and after that, he was informed that the boy was taken to the interrogation room.

After that, he was informed about his escape, leaving his sister and his team in Konoha. It seems that that boy, from a very young age, has become something worse than scum.

He only sighed tiredly. " All right, just keep her asleep. It is possible that each time she wakes up she behaves in that aggressive way, and also, it is possible that the high command wants her to stay in Konoha. " he informed in that lazy tone he always carried, noticing the man's surprise, although he immediately hid it.

" as you say "

Kakashi nodded and went directly to the room where Sasuke was. He would have to explain what happened; it seems that the Hokage gave the survivors the rank of Chūnin. After all, there were perhaps six or seven teams that survived, some ninjas from the Sand, one from the Rain, and all the prodigies of Konoha.

There was no need to carry out the third phase of the Chūnin Exams once again.

" Sasuke, I have come to see how you are doing " he said calmly. Upon arriving at the room, he opened the door with a smile in his eye, but seeing that Sasuke was no longer alone but also with Sakura and Naruto, something that made things easier for him, as he was too lazy to search for them separately " well, it is better that you are all here. "

" Kakashi- sensei! " Sakura mentioned with a cheerful smile.

" Kakashi- sensei! You always come to see Sasuke but, as for me, when I was in bed you never came to see me! " the boy grumbled while blatantly pointing at his teacher. Kakashi only smiled beneath his mask, nervous.

" Ah, I am sorry, Naruto, but well, do not try to worry too much about the matter " he said as he walked toward Sasuke to see the mark of the sky now sealed. " How do you feel about this mark? "

" It no longer hurts like before; it seems my body did not tolerate it " Sasuke whispered as he sat, glancing sideways at his companions.

Kakashi only sighed. " It is a relief; it only caused you more harm than good. "

Sakura looked at her companions; at least she was happy that they were recovering very quickly, although she had many doubts. " Kakashi- sensei... do you know what happened in the forest? We saw that... the person who put the mark on Sasuke was with a red-haired boy. He also put the same mark on him, but when he got worse, we decided to escape from that area. I cannot understand what that person wanted. " Sakura was really lost with it.

And Sasuke, who heard, also had the same doubt: why were he and that boy marked? He looked at Kakashi for answers; Naruto, who really did not understand, had that confused, foolish look on his face.

Kakashi only sighed softly. " That person is Orochimaru; he is one of the three Sannin. He is someone who was expelled from Konoha for all the evils he committed... he is very dangerous, and that mark, we all agree that you are a target for him. " Kakashi spoke seriously, something he had never shown, but this time he had done so to his students. Naruto appeared firm about what his sensei said.

Sakura looked at Sasuke with concern, seeing how he touched his neck where the mark was located; when he lost control, he lost his whole self, although Kakashi- sensei had sealed it, it was painful.

But then she remembered that he had said that once the Chūnin Exams were over, if he wanted, his doors would be open for him. She pressed her lips together.

" Well... it is possible that Orochimaru will not appear... I bring you some news. "

Naruto looked excited. " Ah, ah? What is it? What is it? " he wondered, hoping that it were good news.

" Well, since only maybe... six or seven teams survived, all were categorized as Chūnin. We all assumed that we would have to go through the third stage, but only six teams survived, just like in previous years. " Kakashi spoke, although in past years not many died; all were disqualified. Here it was a massacre. " So, congratulations, the three of you are Chūnin. "

Naruto blinked excitedly, starting to jump with joy. " Yes, finally I am Chūnin! I am very close to fulfilling my dream! Yes, haha! " Naruto gave him an excited smile; it seemed that his good humor was contagious since everyone there, including Sasuke, smiled.

" Well, perhaps you have taken one step forward, but you still have a long way to go. " Kakashi explained.

" Kakashi- sensei... do you know what happened to the other boy that Orochimaru marked? "

Sasuke's voice ruined the good mood; unconsciously, Kakashi remembered the dead face when it pierced his heart. He only sighed.

" This is something that only the high command knows, including me, but you cannot know it, " he refused to say anything. " Just... try to treat this as a bitter day; everything that happened ruined the exams, try not to give it importance, okay? "

Sakura nodded silently; her companions were alive, she was alive, and all her friends from Konoha as well. She did not need to worry about anything else.

Naruto twisted his mouth; with what Kakashi- sensei said, his curiosity grew even more. " But what happened, Kakashi- sensei? That boy was very strong; I wanted to fight him! Besides, he shared everything that I said; he had a bigger smile than mine. Did something happen to him? Why is he not here, really? "

" Do not ask any more, Naruto. Better enjoy this day; Sasuke will be discharged soon. " He took out his boring book, blatantly evading the questions the boy kept asking.

Naruto grumbled when he saw that his sensei paid no attention to them, that is not fair!

" I am taking my leave, guys; this book will not read itself. Goodbye! " he said playfully as he moved his hand, disappearing in smoke, something that drove Sakura and Naruto crazy.

In the hospital, all that could be heard was his shout, it was a clone!

The real Kakashi was under a tree, having a strange premonition as if something big might happen.

It was strange.

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In the end, Karin woke up. She no longer made a scandal like that afternoon; she glanced sideways at how Ajisai continued sleeping. Perhaps the poison was very potent.

She sat carefully on the bed and looked out the window; it was night. Those ninjas had finally kept her asleep for such a long time. She looked at Ajisai again, sighed; she would go out to look for her brother, nothing else mattered.

She pressed her lips together as she got up carefully. Compared to the afternoon, her wounds seemed to heal faster than usual. The girl only walked slowly to the window, and upon leaving, went directly to a place far away. It seems that the ninjas of Konoha do not care, and that is something good; however, she had never experienced or known much about Konoha.

She has to look for her brother, but she does not know where to start. She walked slowly, looking at the darkness in the streets.

" Yūji has to be in a place around here. Perhaps... he could be lost in the forest, but that is impossible. I... do not know where to look. Yūji... where can you be... Yūji " her voice began to break, afraid of being alone; her arms started trembling. There were no villagers around; she did not know what time it could be.

Her brother is alone, and she is not with him. She panted as she began to run through narrow places, seeing that she was exposed; she was no longer in the center of Konoha. She was careful, as she had already seen ninjas passing by her, and she hid in the darkness not wanting anyone to see her striking red hair.

In the end, she does not know how long she wandered; her bare feet were very hurt. She looked at her bandaged body and that hospital shirt they gave her, clothes from the whole hospital.

She let herself fall against a wall; she was lost, did not know what to do, only knowing that she was afraid for her brother.

Karin felt her will weakening; pressed against the wall, she slowly let herself fall.

Her face still in shock.

" I... Yūji is surely playing a joke on everyone. I am sure that he is hiding somewhere. " she whispered, smiling tremulously, hugging her legs.

" My little brother is very strong; he... I am sure he is okay. " she murmured to herself, her red eyes beginning to fill with involuntary tears. " My little brother, he is okay, very strong, very cheerful. I know he will come to tell me that... he was, hiding! That... must be... him. " The tears began to fall slowly, and her mouth twisted.

Sobs were coming from her mouth as she clutched her legs, her face anguished. " I... I was never able to be the older sister; it was you who acted as the older one. N-no... we should not have participated in this place. Everything is ruined. I am sorry, Yūji, really... my little brother... wh-where are you? " she began to sob in the solitude of those Konoha streets.

" I want you to come back, Yūji. Forgive me for being a bad sister... d-do not abandon me; I do not like this new joke. " Out of desperation, all Karin began to do was cry. She is strong, but her brother was lost and no one knew where he was.

Yūji always made jokes to scare her.

Recalling his enormous smile and the joy he shared, this time.

She believes that it is a very bad joke on the part of her silly brother.

" Yūji, please... " her whimpers were barely audible, behaving like a weak girl, she had never been weak. But if her brother was missing, she would be weak.

Feeling that a piece of her was dying, and again, seeming to be as sad a person as she was in Kusagakure.

Karin closed her eyes tightly as she panted, clutching her chest in pain.

" I want to go home, with you, Yūji "

Beginning to remember everything she had to suffer while raising Yūji as a baby, she did not know how to raise a baby; because of her, perhaps Yūji would never grow up well, his nutrition was poor, cooking, no one taught him to cook, no one taught him to do anything.

But seeing that Yūji always greeted her with a smile was his only way to face the pain, the loss of their mother. He alleviated it with his joy and the way he behaved with her, being a good, always positive boy.

He was the light of her life.

And on some streets far from that point, Naruto left his small apartment with a somewhat angry face; he had not been able to sleep well as he had thought.

" I am tired, but I have not been able to sleep well. I think that walking a little is good. " he said with a light laugh, still not able to believe that he was a Chūnin, laughing silently as he had gone out to walk with his protector on his forehead.

" huh? " But barely after taking a few steps, he heard sobbing. He could not quite see who it was; it is strange to find disturbances on the streets of Konoha, and most still hid from him.

When he arrived in front, it was a girl with beautiful red hair, one he had never seen in Konoha.

" are you all right? "

Hearing a child's voice was when Karin slowly lifted her eyes, meeting a curious look, blond hair, and bright blue eyes.

For Karin, her tears did not stop flowing, trembling. It was a ninja from Konoha; she saw it by the protector on his forehead.

" and I... m-my brother is lost, I do not know where to look. " Her voice was broken; she did not care if it was someone from that village or not, in the end, any help would be enough, all to find her little brother.

She saw him give a huge smile. " do not cry anymore, I will help you find your brother- tebayo! " she heard the accent, although the boy appeared thoughtful. " Have I seen you somewhere?... uh... " he rubbed his chin, analyzing, trying to think; his eyes and the way he did it looked like a fox. When he managed to find what he was thinking, he raised his hand. " Ah, I remember! You are the girl who carried the big-eyes. " In the end, he remembered where he had seen her, only that this time he was happy to see that the girl with beautiful hair was no longer so bad off. " I am glad that you are no longer injured; you look much better than when I found you with the big-eyes. "

There, Karin appeared distressed. " I am sorry to cause problems... but, I thank you for helping me... I just want my brother to be all right. I, I beg you, please. " Her voice trembled as she pleaded with that boy; it was not her way to be, always haughty and fierce, but when it came to her brother, she would always be the most gentle and sensitive.

Naruto looked at her with concern, but with his personality, he gave her a smile as he bent down. " Do not worry! Come on, I know Konoha better than anyone, really. " He helped the girl to get up, seeing that she was wearing hospital clothes, although he did not mind. " I will not let your brother remain lost. What is your brother like? "

" H-he, also has red hair, h-he has some small marks below his eyes, a huge smile; actually, he behaves like you. " She gave him a gentle smile, trying to calm her emotions, abruptly wiping her eyes.

And there, she saw the blond boy look surprised. " W-wait, red-haired? I think it will be difficult... ah " he scratched his neck nervously, remembering what Kakashi- sensei had told him that afternoon, although, it is Naruto Uzumaki! Something difficult for him? Nothing!

" But I will help you find him! We will search every corner of Konoha. I will not let your brother remain lost, I promise, by my name, Naruto Uzumaki, the next Hokage! " the boy shouted something that surprised Karin.

But even more surprising was that the boy said he was Uzumaki.

" W-wait, are you a Uzumaki? " she saw the boy with a curious look on his slanted eyes.

" Yes? "

" Why do you not have red hair like us? M-my mother told me that Uzumakis always have red hair. " murmured Karin, puzzled.

Naruto blinked, not understanding, but after hearing her, doubt gnawed at him. " Ah, what is your name? "

" Me? M-my name is Karin... Uzumaki Karin. "

Naruto froze at that moment, his eyes wide open as he saw the girl blinking and looking at him.

Could it be... that he had family he never knew?

" WHAAAAAT!? " his shout was so loud that even the Uchiha might have been awakened by the fright; the surrounding sleeping birds flew everywhere.

Naruto now thought that he had family and they lived outside.

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[ Today there is no illustration, sorry, although I would have liked to do it with Naruto's curious face xD something to know exactly what happened with Karin and Ajisai, and the others? Will we know, or not? ]