Dark Skies[But oh the light burns]

Molding her Chakra, Kushina took a deep breath as she placed a foot on the boulder in front of her. Today, she was doing chakra control and currently, she was occupying one of the training areas { for genins as she was prohibited from the other ones}. The training area was mostly a beach, sand and ocean as far as the eye could see with a few boulders scattered about.

She grunted as she got blasted yet again. She was now four which meant she was eligible to start practicing the shinobi arts which is why she is doing chakra control. Normally, for children in other villages, they would've started doing clan technique/ learning the basics such as hand-eye coordination or physical conditioning. we Uzumaki however, Have to first start with chakra control before anything else, why you ask? because Uzumaki are Naturally built different. We the mind set and physical physic to learn almost anything, fuinjutsu, taijutsu, ninjutsu even genjustu{as rare as it was.} Our bodies are packed with very, very dense and wild chakra and to be able to do anything with it without accidently hurting both our selves and other people, we need to have control- hence the exercise. You can think of the Uzumaki as a water bottle and chakra as the water. As we grow the water bottle is always full, to keep the water from overflowing we put a cap on it.

All in all, if we don't do control first we would basically be a nuke in human form waiting to be set of at the slightness jump scare, while our bodies naturally minimizes that, it doesn't stop it from happening. better safe than sorry i suppose.

Kushina coughed as water suddenly slashed on her hair, whipping around she saw 3 kids laughing and chasing each other with one of them having a Water-jet seal.
Her eye twitched in irritation, just as she was about to give a piece of her mind a muffled giggle caught her attention. Swerving around she found a girl- a teenager really- short red-hair chopped in a bob, lightly tanned skin and blue eyes that twinkled as they filled with mirth. she was sitting on the same boulder she tried to walk up on "pff...are you ok little hime?" i made my displeasure known with a deadpan stare with only made the girl laugh even more.

"okok I'll stop"

" what's your name?" Kushina sighed crossing her arms. The girl smirked before doing a mock of a bow, " The name's Benihime little hime- nice to meet you!"

" Ok then, Benihime," Kushina started eyes shifting from the uzu headband back to her face, before giving the girl her most polite smile that boarders condescending," if you have nothing to do other than laugh at my expense, please kindly f**** off"

Benihime blinked and in a speed faster than my eyes can process she flicked me on the nose. With A fake disappointed look she waved a finger at me," Poor Shame on you hime! Poor shame! Such vulger language unbefitting of the Second Princess. What would Aunty Miho think!" she tsk at me, she didn't even bother to hind the amusement in her eyes "Where would you even learn such a thing!"

Kushina huffed," if worse come to worse i'll say you taught me" Benhime shot a horrified look my way, that's what you get for bring my mother into this.

" Hime! so cruel!" she gasp whipping imaginary sweat.

I rolled my eyes, crossing my arms i gave her a pointed look," my earlier comment still stands, if you have nothing to help me then f*** off "

We had a staring contest for a while before Benihime deflates. " fine...." she dragged out the word," I'll help you hime"

I smirked, giving a closed-eye smile, " I look forward to your advice."

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The days naturally went fast as I have been splitting my attention between Mother's fuinjutsu lessons, Katsuya, my own research and Benihime's training lesson- the teen took it upon herself to teach me when she saw my, "Mediocre- even civilians can do better hime!" skills. i have also taken it upon myself to read Medical scrolls and any other literature a could get my hand on in father's office; he didn't mind of course however, when he has a meeting with the council members i make myself scarce. Politics are such a hassle, even in my old world- not touching that with a 10ft pole.

However as the months went by i Naturally noticed some oddities. The shinobi are more on edge and tense; father is No expectation as he was a little paler than normal and the mood from the civilians damped a bit. Even Benihime had less time to see me. At first i thought there was a virus going around however upon noticing how ridiculous that sounded, i quickly dismissed the accusation. If there was a virus going around the whole island would've been informed and the medics would've act accordingly. it wasn't until later that day I happen to overhear a conversation some shinobi were holding.

" i heard that the Mist Village shinobi has been spotted near Uzushio for a while now, " shinobi 1 spoke

"- yeah, Kumo have been popping up from time to time as well, their movement are suspicious as of late. Kenshin-sama has also thought of this and already closed the boarder as well!" shinobi 2 piped up.

" Iwa is also keeping a low profile. Our intelligence haven't been able to get anything from for a while now." shinobi 3 paused, " there had been reports about some skirmishes between our Sister village and kumo, nothing major however i get the feeling something isn't right."

shinobi 1 And 2 looked at each other before looking at number 3 " You don't think they wanna start a war, do you?" shinobi 2 ask, his voice solemn, " the first war only ended 2+ decades ago!"

" I don't think they're that stupid however, we can't rule out the possibility of it either. Knowing Kumo and Mist, they might be salty over the last war. if war was to happen," shinobi 1 said face looking grim, " Iwa's probably looking for a chance snip us in the mist of chaos"

"Kumo too, those bloodline thieves! i wanna rip into them!"

"i wanna rip them too however, we can't do anything as they might regard it as an act of war." shinobi 3 reminded them. " we don't even know what they are doing in the land of fire, so close to Uzushio, how can we act rashly not knowing their plan-"

holy shit.

HOLY SHIT

The rest of the conversation was a blur as flicker images flew over my head. My mind twirled and my sour mood got worse. The realization was like a bucket of cold water poured on me. This, This was the beginning of the Uzumaki Massacre wasn't it? How could i forget such an important thing- My Home, My Clan My Family is going to get massacre by the combine forces of Iwa, Kumo and Mist, our culture, lineage wiped for what? a jab at Konoha?

Tears welded my eyes as i booked it towards MT Sakura. The most peaceful mountain, I go to meditate and relax most of the time. When i got there, i barely realized that i had walked on the lake in the middle clearing. Nothing seemed to matter anymore, my crimson locks fell below the water. i cried for what seemed like hours. Even when knowing this knowledge, what can i do? inform father about it? what he do, as shinobi-san said, if we move we get gunned down, if we don't move we still get gunned down. The worse part of it all is that I'm Four, a small child, weak- the kind that Iwa won't even think twice without killing.... This feeling of helpless.....

" The curse of Knowledge," a voice started, sounding almost human ranged throughout the clearing "unable to emphasis with a person who has not yet possessed the knowledge that you now have. Upon Knowing this Knowledge The You that hadn't known it had ceased to exist."

Kushina sniffled, wiping her tears away she asked, " who are you?"

Would a difference be made knowing Who i am? we haven't known each other before, we may continue not knowing each other.

"Yes, it would." Kushina responded in a curt tone.

The voice chuckled, and the wind picked up " The Wanderers They called us, For we wander throughout plains and cosmos. Flicker throughout the realms of life and death. We are the raven. Tell me reincarnator, Uzumaki Kushina. In This life, What do you most desire?"

what I most desire?

Images of the Uzumaki Massacre Flickered in my mind, My father Kenshin, Mother Miho, sister Katsuya gone. Images of Pages sayingby the time Konoha came, Uzushio was no more- the only survivor was me, Kushina Uzumaki. images replaying the The Tail of Naruto Uzumaki
Naruto Shippuden from Start to finish.

what I want?

Flashes of my old world appeared, images of The most important things, important people that i could remember. My life rewind before me like a tape. Both lives overlapped another gasps filled in- it was as if the world had set.

Kushina opened her eyes, determination filled her bones. This world, This God forsaken world, everyone and everything in it is nothing to them. This isn't some show- there isn't any plot armor here. " I want knowledge and Power!!! I want the knowledge that the ones i hold close are safe! I want the ability to act upon in the event My Family lives are ever Threaten or Compromised"

The wind picked up and black feathers started to fall, One such feather landed on kushina's forehead before glowing and disappear, in its place was a three pointer talon in the shape of a fire.

" Knowledge and Power eh? To obtain knowledge, You must have Power. To Obtain Power, You must have Knowledge" caw of birds echoed throughout the mountain." Uzumaki Kushina, From hence fourth You are protected by Our Ravens and For those that you consider Family, The Raven's Protection shall extend. Any family you wish to stay alive will do so, not even death can take them. We are at your command and You are at ours."

Kushina dipped her head" Yes, Dattebane!"
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The next day Kushina was found sleeping by the Sakura trees with a Raven Nestled in her hair. Miho Uzumaki looked at her daughters' state and shook her head. Her husband held Kushina in his arms and shot his wife a smile that eased her worries.

' Kushina, what am i going to do with you?'