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A Whole New World

A Whole New World

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Note: Thoughts are `and speech is “. So now let's begin! I am bad at grammar but please read and review _________ = scene break or point of view change

Chapter 1

A Whole New World

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 “Why?”  She thought as tears stream down her face.  `He's gone. After he promised he'd never leave, he left me.'

 The girl was 13 years old and just two days before her birthday her grandfather had died. Her family had just come back from the funeral, and she had run away after her parents went to bed. She was in shorts, sandals, and t-shirt stumbling through the woods. Even though it was the dead of night, in the middle of winter, she wasn't cold. Then again in Arkansas the winters are not always cold. The girl walked for hours and finally collapsed in a crying heap.

 `I guess I'll rest here for now, but I doubt anyone will miss me.'   She thought to herself angrily.  `He was the only one that would, but now he's gone.'

 He had made a promise to her, and her grandfather had always kept his promises till this one.  As she sat crying under a tree she fell asleep dreaming of that day two years and three days ago when he had made that promise. 

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“Hey grandpa,” A 10 year old girl asked as she hugged the tall man beside her.

 “Yes, precious?” He asked looking towards his about to be 11 year old granddaughter. She was his first grandchild that had lived and she was his precious angel and, even though she never knew why she had got the nickname, it always made her smile when he called her that. He had done something nearly unforgivable today. He had taken his granddaughter to the mall for the first time and had let her wander off while he was in a Christian bookstore.  He had easily found her a few minutes ago, due to her almost crystal blue eyes and dirty blond hair, at the other end of the mall crying her little eyes out. He had just calmed her down but was still kicking himself in the rear end for leaving her alone like that.

“Promise me something,” she asked looking up into his blue eyes with her slightly red and puffy blue eyes.” Promise you won't leave me again. Ok?”

 “Sure, I won't leave you again.” He said kicking himself because he knew he would die eventually, but maybe he would be able to explain what death was later when her really old cat would die. They'd kept that cat for years, but he could see that the cat was on its last leg and that it would die soon, so maybe then he would explain death to his precious granddaughter. Her grandma had died when she was five but she did not remember her that well. So no one had explained what death really meant to the, at the time five year old, girl.  He supposed it was his fault, but he had not even told her about her dead brother or sister yet. He figured he'd leave that to his daughter, her mother, to do when she was ready to tell her two kids about the siblings who had never lived to meet them.

 “So my precious, do you want some ice cream?” He said as he patted her on the head. “I'll get you a double dip chocolate cone” He knew he would regret this later but he wanted to close the deal quickly and he knew it would cheer her up if he did.

 “YAY! OK!” She practically screamed. “Let's go to that one place we passed when we got here.”

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Konoha Hospital Early morning

The dream and the memory ended there as she slowly woke up.  She had a sad grin on her face as she remembered being so hyper after the ice cream that she had stayed awake the whole night. As she opened her eyes she saw a sight she hadn't seen since her last doctor's appointment, a hospital ceiling. As she sat up and looked around she saw something she had only saw in movies and on TV, a ninja.

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  2 hours before earlier

 As the ninja headed towards his home village he saw a surprising sight, a girl probably no older than 13 was lying against a tree. She was only clothed in a t-shirt, shorts, and a single sandal. One look at her face told him she had been crying.

`What should I do?' He thought as he looked down on the girl's curled up form. `She isn't a ninja, but then how did a common girl get so far from any village. Maybe I should take her with me.'  Just as he was thinking this two other ninja, Izumo and Kotetsu, from his village arrived. They had been on the same mission with him.

“What's going on, Hayate? Why did you stop? We must report to the Hokage.” Izumo said looking angrily at him.

“I think that I know.” said Kotetsu looking behind Hayate, while pointing at the girl on the ground and nudging Izumo.” Look behind him.”

As they step up, all three looked down at the child, who was still sleeping even though Izumo had been yelling.

“Who is she, and what is she doing in the middle of the woods so far from any village?” Kotetsu asked surprised. “She isn't wearing ninja clothes, but there is no way a common kid could get this far alone.”

“Let's take the kid with us and get back to the village.” Hayate said.” The Hokage will know what to do.”

 The other two nodded as Hayate carefully picked the girl up, and they started their trip back to Konoha. 

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Hokage's office 1 hour 15 minutes later 

 “Is that the end of your report? What happened to the girl?” Sarutobi said as he looked at the group. They had just got back from a mission and after dropping the girl off at the hospital they had come directly to the Hokage to make their report.

 “Yes, Hokage-sama.” Hayate said as he stood in front of the Hokage.” We took her to the hospital as soon as we got back to the village.”

“I don't know if she can be trusted going around the village alone,” said Izumo to the Hokage,” She could be an enemy spy.”

“We don't know that!” Hayate yelled at Izumo. “She is a 13 year old. What kind of threat could she be?”

“She was alone in the woods as far as we know she could be a genin in disguise.” Izumo yelled back at Hayate.

“Enough! I'll have an Anbu follow her awhile after she wakes up. Does that meet your satisfaction?” the Hokage said to them as he sat down at his desk. He looked at the men standing before him. 

“Yes Hokage-sama.” Izumo said. As the men turned to go another jonin barged into the room completely out of breath.

 “What's wrong?”  Kotetsu said to the jonin. “Has something happened?”

 

The Hokage didn't even have to look at the man twice to know what was wrong. “Don't tell me it was Naruto again.” He said facing the man.

 “I'm sorry Hokage-sama it is Naruto again. He pulled another prank. This time he painted the Hokage monument.”

 “Go catch him. You three are dismissed.” He said looking at Hayate, Izumo, and Kotetsu. “I'm going for a walk. Please send word to Kakashi and Hiashi Hyuga to go to the hospital.”

 No one needed to tell the three jonin where he was going, they knew where. He was going to visit the girl that they had found this morning.

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30 minutes later, Konoha hospital

 As Kakashi and Hiashi entered the hospital room they were greeted by the sight of the Hokage standing by the bedside of a thirteen year old girl.

 “You needed to see us Hokage-sama?” They asked as the Hokage turned to face them.

 “Hiashi, look at the girl in front of you and tell me what you see.” The Hokage said as the both of them looked down at the girl.

 Hiashi looked at the Hokage, activated his Byakugan, and looked back down at the girl. “She has very advanced chakra coils Hokage-sama. She has had advanced fighting training as well, very odd in a girl this young, and she has recently suffered from an emotional and mental trauma.” He said to the Hokage. “This girl is strange. Where is she from?”

 “We don't know. She was found in the woods about four miles from the main gate.” The Hokage said to Hiashi. “One of the jonin that found her suggested that she be watch just in case she is an enemy genin in disguise.”

 “No, there is no henge on this girl, but I still agree that she should be observed,” Hiashi said, “at least until we can get some insight on her skill level. I also suggest sending her to the academy as soon as she is able. If that's what she wants.”

 “Ok, I will follow your suggestion, Hiashi. If she wants I will have her enrolled at the ninja academy. You may go now Hiashi.” The Hokage said dismissing the Hyuga.  Hiashi turned and left the room.

 Ok, now as to why I called you here Kakashi.” Sarutobi said as he turned to the scarecrow looking jonin.” I want you to follow around this girl till we have an idea just what she is capable of.”

“Yes, Hokage-sama I'll watch her close-“Kakashi never finished his statement because right at that moment the girl had started to wake-up. Kakashi and Sarutobi both noticed that she looked only at the ceiling for a moment before sitting straight up and looking carefully at her surroundings. Who ever had taught this girl had taught her very well they noticed.  As she glanced around the room her gaze stopped on Kakashi. She suddenly seemed nervous, like an animal caught in a trap. She didn't even notice Sarutobi till he spoke up.

 “It seems our young guest has finally awoken.” Sarutobi said with a chuckle. Suddenly the girls head spun toward Sarutobi in complete surprise.

 “Are you ok?” Sarutobi asked the young girl as tears started to flow. She suddenly jumped forward surprising both Kakashi and Sarutobi. If he had not focused chakra into his feet at the last second she would have knocked him, the Hokage, completely down.  Kakashi started to dash forward to help the Hokage but one look at the girl and the Hokage told him help would not be necessary, so he stepped back and just watched the 13 year old cry into the Hokage's shirt. 

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Mina's Point of view 

The voice of the old man startled her out of her daze. All thoughts of the ninja left her mind. Not taking a minute to look at the old man face she suddenly jumped right out of the bed nearly knocking the man over as she embraced him. She couldn't believe her ears. The man she had been crying about for the past few hours had just started talking to her like he had never left. She just held on to him all the while crying into his shirt.

 “You left me you liar.  You said you wouldn't leave me. You left me alone with mom, but you're here now so I'm safe.” She said as she looked up into the man's face, and quickly jumped back as she realized her mistake.

This man was not her grandpa.  It was an older man yes, but it was not the man who had raised her most of her life. She could not believe what she had just done. She had one, nearly knocked the man down, and two had cried like a brat in front of two strange men, one of which was a ninja. She sat back down on the bed quietly just staring at her hands. At the same time both men had noticed a sudden change in the girl. Her personality had just done a complete 180.

 “Sorry sir.” She said while still looking at her hands. “Your voice sounded like that of my grandpa and it surprised me. He died a few days ago and” she could not finish her statement as the tears started to fall again.  She had not noticed the look on the Hokage and Kakashi's faces as she had started her apology.

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Kakashi and Sarutobi looked at each other then at the girl. Hiashi had been correct in his diagnosis. She had just lost her grandfather so emotional and mental traumas were expected, but there were a few of questions left to be answered. So Sarutobi, stepping forward, decided it was about time they were answered.

“If you don't mind young lady, what is your name?” He said looking down at the still crying girl.

 “My name is Ren Minako, but you can call me Mina.” She said looking up at the Hokage. “What's yours?”

 “Mine is Sarutobi. I am the Hokage of this village.” He said. Then he asked her another question. “How old are you Mina?”

 “I'm 13.” Mina answered. She didn't add any other answer because she was thinking. `Sarutobi, where have I heard that name?' Then it hit like a ton of bricks. Sarutobi was the name of the old man in the cartoon she watched on the weekends. That cartoon was the reason she had asked her grandpa to teach her karate. I believe it is called Naruto. She started remembering things from the show, and inwardly flinched. `Sarutobi gets killed by Orochimaru.' She thought. Then she realized something. She was in the Naruto world. She could not remember how but she had somehow gone from a forest outside her home in Arkansas to being in the Naruto world. Then she noticed that Sarutobi was trying to get her attention.

“Yes?” she said giving her attention to Sarutobi.

 “Where are you from?” Sarutobi asked again.

 She did not know how to answer his question. Then she realized that there was a way she could answer yet keep the fact she was from another world secret.

 “I can't remember.” She said looking at Sarutobi. “I remember walking through the woods and falling asleep, and the next thing I know I woke up here. I can remember my name, my grandpa, what he taught me, our promise, and a little bit about my parents, but that is about it.”

 Sarutobi looked at Miko oddly. She new more than she was saying but he figured she would tell him at her own pace. She had opened up few more questions though so he went back to asking her questions.

 “What did your grandpa teach you?” He asked the girl as she started looking at Kakashi.

 Miko thought very closely about what she was getting ready to say because it would make or break her identity here. Finally she spoke.

 “Some taijutsu (with and without weapons), hard work is the first step to accomplishing goals, self confidence helps you grow, fate can only control you if you let it, cloud gazing can be educational, the names of about 200 flowers and herbs, basic first aid, how to play Shogi, he had started to teach me Go, the fact that any ability learned should be used to protect your precious people, to be honest unless you are protecting your friends, that not all pranks are bad ones, people should think before they act, not all bugs are enemies most are very useful, dogs are men's and women's (she personally added) best friends, revenge is not a good thing even and if you get it you won't feel better,  a smile is the first step to making a friend, beauty isn't what counts it's what's on the inside that counts,  friendships supposed to be earned not bought, people who abandon their friend are worse than trash, and quite a lot more. I would go on but we would be here all day, and you are probably busy and taking time out of your schedule to come see me.” She finished looking at a very surprised Hokage.

 “Ok.” The Hokage said as he shook off the surprise, all the while thinking to himself. `She could probably get along with any of the clans, heck she could probably even get along with Naruto. `After this thought, he asked another question to Miko.

 “What was this promise that you mentioned. You called me a liar earlier. Is it because of this promise?”

 “Yes,” she said looking at her hands again. “He promised that he would never leave me. I'm sorry that I called you that. I had no right to.”

 “It is ok.” Sarutobi said as he looked toward Kakashi and pointed to the door. “You can leave the hospital soon. I do however need to get back to work though, so I will see you later?”

 “Sure!” She said as Sarutobi walked toward the door. “Were will I be living at?”

 Sarutobi looked at the girl. “Come by my office later and I will give you a key to an apartment and some money for clothes. That reminds me. There is an outfit for you in the closet, and I need to know if you want to enter the Ninja Academy.”

“Yes!” She said getting up she walked toward the closet to get her new clothes.

He walked out the door but before the door closed he heard her voice say, “Thank you Hokage-sama.” Sarutobi looked at Kakashi silently telling him to start following her as soon as she left the hospital. He then walked back to his office.

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Hokage's office

 “Ask Iruka to come here please.” He said and started doing paperwork he had started before Hayate's team had arrived.

 “Yes, Hokage-sama? You needed to see me?” Iruka said as he entered the room about five minutes later.

 “Yes, Iruka I'm going to add a student to the class that is about to become genin.”

 “Are you sure Hokage-sama? The test is tomorrow. Are you sure they can succeed in doing the clone jutsu?” Iruka said staring at the Hokage.

 “I don't know why but I am sure that she will find a way.” He said looking Iruka in the eye. The two men just stood there for a minute before the Hokage broke the silence.

 “Anything else? I don't believe that they have caught Naruto yet maybe you should help.”

 “No, Hokage-sama. I will help them find Naruto and drag him back to class. When will the girl be starting?”

 “She will probably start today. Didn't today's classes just start?”

 “Yes, Hokage-sama after I find Naruto I will take her to the school. Where is she?” Iruka asked looking around for the girl. “Isn't she here?”

 “No she left the hospital a little while ago. So she is probably wandering around the city. She has dirty blond hair and crystal blue eyes.” The Hokage said as Iruka stopped looking for the girl.

 “How old is this girl? Where is she from? What is her name? Is she injured?” Iruka asked in quick succession. The Hokage had just said that the girl was in the hospital.

 “She is 13. We don't know. Her name is Ren Minako, but you can probably call her Mina. No, she is not injured. She was in the hospital for a minor check-up.”  The Hokage said in answer to all of Iruka's questions. “You may go, Iruka.”

 “Yes Hokage-sama.” Iruka said as he walked out the door. The whole time he was thinking.  `How am I supposed to find a single girl in this entire town?'