Third Person POV__

Heavy, That is what the small child felt. Her body felt heavy and tired like when you are just about to fall asleep from exhaustion but you are trying to stay awake.

She would wake up hungry and whimper out softly, At first, her new parents worried as they noticed how the small infant was so quiet, but the doctor had reassured them that the child was not ill.

Rumi Uzumaki cradled her small infant, a soft warm smile on her face as she held the little bundle. The child always seemed to get restless when she was away but would always calm down when she held her near close.

The small baby had wisps of bright red hair and a small button nose, from the small glimpses from where she opened her eyes they could tell she had light hazel eyes almost a like a deep gold. The young mother cooed at her little Mizuko her little water child.

Ever since the fall of her Uzumaki homeland, Rumi would barely smile and although very happy in her marriage with her husband, life did seem unbearably dull without her Uzumaki Kin to bring life to her daily life.

She had once called herself a Proud Jonin of Uzushio, a Seal Master within the ranks of her village. Talented enough to be a guard to the main house of their clan. It had been a great honor.

But as her homeland had been attacked, she fought fiercely and slaughtered all that she came across. But she had been tasked with something special. Keeping the Clan secrets safe. With great care, the woman had created complex seals across her body and sealed all she could on herself.

All high ranking shinobi had been told that it did not matter if Rumi Uzumaki lived, all that mattered was that her body did not fall to the enemy. Her body that held generations of seals hidden inside her.

When it had become apparent that the city would be breached families had shown up in front of her with massive scrolls of more personal seals, theories and unfinished products from their families or personal works. All to be kept and safeguarded and returned once the invasion had ceased.

But they were never returned. The Uzumaki fought like crazed bloodthirsty warriors. They would kill their opponents with no mercy, men, women, children both shinobi and civilian alike seemed like wild beasts on the battlefield.

Even as they bled out and fell into heaps of blood and flesh they killed their opponents.

Children with missing limbs and makeshift weapons cutting down enemy ninja, covered in blood as they used suicide seals that blasted everyone in a 20-50 meter radius once they felt that they were more dead than alive as they fell in heaps and crumbled from blood loss.

The ocean was colored red from all of the blood, the smell of copper and metal as the Uzumaki demanded blood for attacking their home.

Had that not been enough the Uzumaki wearing masks had been worse. They used their own brethren's bodies as puppets seeming to hold their souls inside the mauled lumps of flesh long enough that their own numbers did not diminish fast enough. They also seemed to bring the shinigami alive and force the vengeful deity among the masses of Iwa, Kiri and Kumo Shinobi.

The shinobi fled as they saw the shinigami move through them ripping bodies apart.

The three village generals watched in horror from the safety of their boats as the Uzumaki showed them why they were to be feared in the first place.

Red-haired monsters that seemed to bathe in blood and caused the incoming ninja to hesitate. Any that survived the encounter would no longer be the same.

Rumi had fought for her village as well. She could remember seeing her family and blood fighting alongside the masses of the enemy ninja. She could remember her pregnant cousin Umi as she cut through ninja with a loud war cry. As her body was dismembered but the woman kept fighting until she found that she had no hands to fight with so she used her legs and used her mouth to hold her weapon and as she was torn apart by a kenjustu user she still continued to try and fight until a kunai was lodged into her skull, but even then her body had exploded killing another five enemy ninja that had been nearby.

She could still remember the day, and deep down she had always wondered what it would have been like if they had been on the mainland. Maybe then the enemy ninja would have fled and her clan would have survived, But with the whirlpools and the boats not allowing their ninja to return they had been forced to stay on the island and fight the chakra monsters that had dubbed themselves Uzumaki.

She had managed to flee. How she had done it? She doesn't know but maybe it was when she fell into the ocean after exhausting her reserves. But she woke up on the shore of the mainland. When she had returned to her village it had been burned to the ground. There were piles of charred Uzumaki bodies all around her

She could remember as she stood in front of the home of the clan head. It had been robbed and was empty. She had stood there with tears in her eyes laughing. They had lost, they had lost and we're all dead. But the enemy lost as well, they lost nearly all of their forces. For every one Uzumaki shinobi or civilian, they had brought nearly 50 ninjas and yet they had nearly lost.

And the best part? The spoils of war the enemy had taken were all C rank and lower. She had Everything that was B Rank and Higher. All of the teachings of the Uzumaki Seals were with her and everything that had been left behind was not of much importance. Yet that day she lost something else.

It had taken her a long time to realize but with all of the high chakra based techniques, she used she had also been poisoned and her chakra network had suffered. Rumi Uzumaki one of the survivors of the Massacre in Uzushio had a chakra network that she would never be able to use again except for the slight use of seals and maybe the water walking technique at most.

She had gone into hiding and that is when she found her husband. Daiki Senju, Was a handsome man with dark brown olive-colored skin and light brown hair. His eyes were a Hazel gold and he was a man tired of fighting. He had lost his team in a mission and had been injured.

After Rumi had met him, they fell in love. Tired of the shinobi lifestyle Daiki stayed with her. They had wanted to get away from the fighting, and the land of fire. For all Daiki cared they could consider him missing in action. They fled to the land of Iron and had decided to get married and start their civilian life.

And before long the small bundle that was Mizuko Uzumaki was born. She was an odd babe, yet they loved her dearly. Rumi would make sure the child would grow with her Uzumaki roots in her. She would teach her child all she knew so that the Uzumaki clan could be revived.

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Hours turned to days, Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months and before they knew it little Mizuko was a few months old. The child was silent and observant. She would look at things and watch them carefully.

Rumi loved her small child. She had expected her child to be lively since Uzumaki had massive reserves as did the Senju. But she was content with how her little baby watched everything with curious eyes.

"Darling I am home, I brought a buck. I'll go ahead and skin it in a bit." Daiki called out as he entered his home.

Mizuko POV___

A loud deep voice called out as I pull away from the edge of the bed, 'Fall, Hurt, danger.' seemed to blare in my mind as I glanced at the edge of the bed once more.

"How's my little water droplet huh?" I look up as I saw the tall yet familiar figure in front of me. I could feel his large hands around my body as I was lifted.

"My cute baby girl." He cooed as he placed his forehead on mine. I couldn't help the warm fuzzy feeling of happiness in my tummy as I saw those hazel eyes staring at me. It was something so familiar to me that it gave me a sense of comfort.

My vision wavered for a bit and I couldn't help but smile wider.

'look at my eyes.' 'wow papa, they are so pretty, Daddy can I have eyes like yours?' 'sure honey.' a small giggle escaped my lips as I remembered small kisses being placed on my chubby cheeks.

I gave a gummy grin and squealed loudly making the man pull away and then place kisses on my cheeks and give me a raspberry making me squeal louder. I placed my chubby hands on his cheeks and gently tugged on them as I laughed.

My mind was brought out of that musing as I felt soft ocean waves and light salt. I turned and saw the red-haired woman, She had a small smile on her face and I giggled as I turned back to the man as I nuzzled my face into the crook of his neck.

They were talking but I could not understand what they were saying. Suddenly I looked at my chubby hands and I smiled as I clapped them and tried to move my fingers around. All previous thoughts vanished and I was looking around again trying to see what new things I could see.

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Time went by and I learned that I liked them both. I felt safe around them. His hazel eyes and the earthy scent made me feel comfort and safe. While with her I felt like I was near a large ocean and the scent of the sea salt filled my nose and I could almost feel and hear the waves gently hitting the shore, It felt familiar, like something that had been around me all my life and that would surround and protect me.

I felt no unhappiness and although I did get frustrated when my chubby hands would not move like I wanted them too or my feet, I was slowly getting better at using them.

I could also remember crying over simple things but somehow I couldn't remember why anymore. I would fall asleep and wake up near those two's presence and I was happy.

Slowly I was understanding more, the first thing I learned was no. I could hear it in their voice that they were upset and their presence would change slightly when they said it. So I would stop and stare at them. When they calmed down I would try to do what I had been doing before, they would say the word again and their presence did the same and I would stop. Sometimes they picked me up and moved me away from where I was.

Other times I would just leave it alone and crawl away.

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"Come Mizuko-chan you can do it!" I placed my foot in front of the other and held my hands out to keep steady. "Wow, you can do it. C'mon!" She cheered again and I could feel a happy buzz coming from her presence and I smiled widely at her as I took another step. Her presence became lighter and I couldn't help but wobble, I was so happy tears formed in my eyes. "Yay!" She cheered although she came and picked me uplifting me up in the air.

"Wait till your papa sees you! You are such a big girl!" She cheered and I nearly cried because I was so happy.

I giggled loudly as I held my hands out to her. I latched onto her and let her place soft kisses on my cheeks making me smile.

"maama" I squealed and she stopped, Her presence was warm and fuzzy and she held me closer. "You said, mama!" She cried out happily.

I gave her a gummy smile. "maama"

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"Water." I say and she nods as she gives me the cup of water. "Yes, this is water." She smiled and I grin up at her as I grab the cup with both hands and began to drink. I let out a satisfied sigh and look up at her. "I like water!" I smile at her and she patted my head.

"I'm home!" I heard a deep voice and I could feel myself smile as I ran. I saw papa and crash into him. He picked me up and placed kisses on my cheeks. "How's my raindrop?" He chuckled as he held me in his arms and I nuzzled into his chest. I felt the light buzzing in my chest and smiled.

"Tell papa what you learned today Mizuko-chan." Mama smiled as she walked into the room. " I like water." I smile proudly and papa kissed my cheeks. I giggled loudly as he began walking to the kitchen. He handed my mother a sack and kissed her lips.

"I've brought meat, vegetables, and rice." He smiled and my mama nodded.

"I'll make dinner." She nodded.

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"This is the base, these are the twelve seals. okay?" Mama pointed at the circle and then at the kanji. "Base, twelve kanji." I pointed at them each and my mama nodded.

"Good now you will write your kanji here okay? Mama will be making food." She smiled and I nodded. I used my chubby hands to write the kanji, I wrote with a smile on my face. "Mama tell me more about our home?" I asked and she smiled.

"Well, uzushiogakure was very beautiful. How about I show you one of our temple dances after you're finished practicing your calligraphy?" She asked and I grinned.

"Yeah! I'll finish very fast so we dance!" I squealed and she sighed. "Now Mizuko-chan. You know I want you to take your time. You need good handwriting in order to practice your seals." She stated and I frowned.

"Stupid boring seals." I grumbled and began working as my kaa-san laughed slightly.

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"That is your chakra. Here since you have large reserves you need lots of chakra control training." Papa stated.

"Papa, Does chakra feel like, uh, water?" I asked as I looked up at him. "What do you mean Raindrop?" He asked as he crouched down. My cheeks flushed and I looked away. "Mama feels like water, Papa feels like uh." I looked around trying to explain how he felt.

"Like dirt. And when mama and papa are happy they are nice and warm and bubbly. But when mad it's cold or really hot." I say as I look up at him.

He blinked and stared at me. "My god, my little raindrop is a chakra sensor." He grinned and pulled me into a hug. "You feel our chakra natures. I have an earth nature so my chakra feels pretty earthy, your mom's element is water. And when it gets nice and warm and nice it means we are happy, cold is upset and hot means we are mad. I'll ask your mama if she knows more about chakra sensing okay?" He stated and I nodded.

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I fidgeted slightly, my mama's expression was calm as she looked over my storage seal her eyes narrow as she inspected the seal.

"Hmm, Not deplorable. Your kanji is neat compared to your previous attempts, and I see you are finally getting down the thickness of the brush strokes. It's not a masterpiece but it's your best work so far. You are doing great for a second level apprentice. I do want you to write ten pages of each kanji though. Higher-level seal work requires precision and exact measurements. I want you to practice setting the thickness of your strokes as well. " She stated as she set the seal down and sipped her tea.

"Hai, Mama." I nodded as I looked down at the seal with a smile on my face as I sealed it in a scroll mama had given me.

"After you train with your father, we will go over math and science theories and cover more seal work kanji." She stated as she got up. I grabbed my notebook and began to work.

My mother and father had opened up a small store, as a seal master she had been taught how to make high-quality paper and now she sold that in the store.

She would make it my father sell it, so she stayed home with me. She had also concealed her bright red hair in a cloth and wore a seal to change its color. Her hair was now a dark brown and so was mine.

She would tell me stories of people who would hunt us down for being Uzumaki, She would also tell me stories about our homeland. She would also speak about Konoha our sister village.

She said Lady Kushina was there, she told me the reason we didn't live there was because the war was brewing again and that papa could never return their since he had abandoned the village during the last war.

I wanted to visit Konoha but I didn't want to leave papa behind so I was happy where we lived in a town in the land of iron country. We were close to the land of fire but not too close, it was still a few thousand miles away from us.

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My mama and I were making a garden, mama was explaining how the plants grew and how we were going to get the fruit.

I listened with a small smile on my face. 'the pollen is was causes the fruits to grow, pollen and the fruit is surrounding the seed which is where the new plant will grow from.' I thought in my head as mama explained how the dirt and water was its nutrients.

'Photosynthesis, the sun makes the plant cells create the sugars in the cells that cause the plant to have nutrients.' I thought to myself as I looked up to the sky. 'like solar panels.' I thought to myself.

"Are you listening Mizuko-chan?" My mama asked and I looked at her and nodded. "Yes, ma'am I was."I replied and she smiled slightly. "You seem to always be daydreaming. "She sighed and looked back at the seed she was planting.

"We will water it every day and soon we will have plants growing." She smiled as she moved on to planting the next seed. I nodded and stared at the ground where mama had planted the seed.

'It's going to sprout soon' I thought to myself as I dug my hands into the dirt. I pushed chakra to my fingertips and smiled as I felt the sensation of the chakra in the ground. I spread my chakra out and closed my eyes as I enjoyed the cool earthy feeling.

I could feel the chakra inside of the seed and I started prodding at it and feeling it. 'Once the seed sprouts, it will have cells. What are cells made of? Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. But what else?' I tried to remember. Where had I learned this? Mama probably taught me a long time ago and I forgot. But what were the other cell parts called?

I felt the seed sapping a bit of my chakra as I was trying to remember. My brain did that sometimes, I would remember things and I couldn't remember when it happened or where I had learned it. A feeling of fuzzy memories, there was a word for it, but I couldn't put my finger on it. what was it..... deja vu I think? It was french..... what was french anyway.

"Mei, Mei, Mei MIZUKO." I felt a hand on my shoulder slightly pull me back and I opened my eyes and looked up to see my mama.

Her eyes were wide as she stared at my hands. I looked down to see the plant had already sprouted and was starting to get blossoms. "Look, mama, the seed grew." I say in awe as I looked down at the plant.

My mother didn't say anything and picked me up leaving behind our gardening supplies.

"Mama. What's wrong?" I asked as I felt her chakra buzz in anxiousness. " Nothing, I am not feeling well honey, it might be the heat. Let's go inside. " She smiled anxiously.

We were inside and my mama was restless. I was practicing my calligraphy. Was something wrong? Had I done something wrong? Did mama not like the plant?

When Papa arrived I greeted him with a hug. "How was the store?" I asked and he smiled. "As boring as ever my little raindrop." He smiled kissing my cheeks making me giggle. "Welcome home honey. " Mama smiled and kissed his cheek. "Why don't you go set the table and serve your papa a nice cup of water okay?" Mama asked and I nodded.

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"Mizuko, you must never tell anyone you can do that." Papa stated and I frowned. "Why?" I asked confused. "The same reason you must never let anyone know you are an Uzumaki, baby. Not many people can make plants grow like that and if anybody found out they will try to take you away. " Mama stated

"What is it?" I asked confused. "It's a kekkei Genkai." Papa stated and my eyes widened as I looked at my hands. "Like mama's chains and green chakra?" I asked and mama nodded. "Yes, like the chains and my healing chakra. You have them too. remember we are not protected by a village so if you practice you have to be in the safe room."Papa stated and I nodded.

I was already training both abilities, but mama refused to bite me to use the healing chakra so she taught me how to coat my skin with it and heal small cuts.

"We could start a flower shop in the store, give her good practice." Papa stated and my mama glanced at him. "That would be fine." She nodded

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I was smiling. "Mama, when will the cake be ready?" I asked and she chuckled. "Soon, now go and have a seat. I can't bake if you are running around." She stated and I giggled

"I am seven years old now mama. What do you think Papa is gonna get me?" I asked and she chuckled.

"We will know when he gets home. Now take a seat little raindrop." She smiled and I huffed. "I'm a big raindrop now mama, I am seven!" I huffed and held up my fingers. She grinned "Okay big raindrop, make sure to settle down."

She finished baking the cake and we waited for papa, I was near the door waiting. Mama was cleaning her kitchen. I heard footsteps and I rushed to the door. "Papa! " I squealed as the door slammed open and a few men stormed into the house.

They had headbands on it was like a zigzag pattern, My smile faltered as they looked at me. "Mama!" I screamed as they grabbed me. I heard a crash. "Mizuko!" I heard my mother scream my name.

I struggled in their grasp. 'Kidnap, They are kidnapping us, they found us!' Dread filled the pit of my stomach as I bit them and tried to getaway. They dragged me out of the house and as I struggled I saw a body laying on the ground. Brown hair and light Hazel eyes that felt comforting and safe felt cold and no warm earth chakra was present either. I screamed kicking and trying to get out of their grasp.

'Father was murdered.'

I struggled more and I heard a fire crackling, I glance to see my home was on fire. I start to breathe heavy in fear. I turn to see my mama unconscious and beaten she was being carried by a man and another man trying to tend to the wounds he had and had my mama's kitchen knife in his gut.

Suddenly the world went dark

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Finally, the story begins now. Everything leads us to this moment where her normal civilian life ends.

BTW she is not going to wake up knowing that she had once been mei. The older she gets the less she remembers but those tidbits of knowledge she remembers will help her out.

The story after this gets a lot darker so look out for that.

Bye

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