The next day Ming ran up the hill to see Tenten, Neji, and Lee sparing against eachother while Guy watched. Ming watched them all land on the dirt breathing heavily as if they'd all been at it for hours. "Okay break." Guy said. "Ming!" Lee waved beckoning her. Ming shyly stepped across the ground leading to her friend. "Let me introduce you to my team." He grinned. "This is Tenten, Neji, and Guy sensei." He pointed to each person as he spoke. "Ming?" Tenten pondered in a loud shock. "Tenten?" Ming said slowly realizing who this was. "You two know eachother?" Lee asked confused. "Ming is my cousin." Tenten stated. "We grew up together when we were kids." Ming added. "Small world isn't it?" Guy chuckled watching this all break out. "I suppose so." Tenten said rolling her eyes. "So is your last name Amora?" Lee asked. "Yes..."Tenten admitted and paused. "But our family name has a bad rep these days so I prefer not to mention it." Tenten concluded. "Bad reputation? Like what?" Lee asked. "Ming didn't say?" Tenten asked looking over to Ming. Ming stayed silent and pointed her head downward as if ashamed. "Never mind it's no big deal." She concluded "Well, I guess right now isn't the best time for Lee to help me train so I suppose I'll come back later." Ming said blushing from feeling so awkward. "That sounds perfect." Lee grinned with a thumbs up. "With a little hard work you'll be a jounin in no time!" He added as Ming made her departure. "Me!? Good one!" Ming laughed in disbelief jumping away. "Not much confidence in that one." Guy said almost as if he was gossiping. "She wouldn't have much, seeing as what her sensei did...."Lee answered sadly. "Do tell." Guy almost shouted beckoning Lee toward him.


It was about to rain. Ming was on the dirt soon to be mud road of konoha and yet she wanted to practice her jutsu jump and landing.
(From now on when there is a Jutsu I make up I will define it in order for the reader to understand this process better.)
JUTSU JUMP AND LANDING:

Type: Combination of the Tiajutsu/Ninjutsu.

Process:In order for a fire or water ninja to preform this particular jutsu the user must hold both hands out next to each other and run while preforming the correct movements. Once cast, the user must preform a normal Taijutsu jump using the jutsu as a push off.)

END OF EXPLANATION.

Ming held her hands out and tried but could barley get air. She landed on her knees and sighed. "Would you like to see the sufficient way to preform that jutsu?" A voice said startling Ming. Ming turned her head to see a woman who was about 34 years old. She had a completely black attire on: a tank top and shorts ripped at the hem. She also wore black gloves, fishnet under her shirt and shorts, and a blue heart choker which hung on a green ribbon the same color as Lee's suit. She had cold blue eyes and long white hair. She stared as if she were longing to see improvement. "Sure." Ming said not knowing what else to do. She stood up to watch. This woman preformed the same jutsu only with water style she landed perfectly. "Now put your hands closer this time and try it for yourself." She said with a soft half smile that was cold and warm at the same time. Ming listened to the instructions and this time preformed the jutsu with ease. Ming smiled in shock. She began giggling with excitement. "Thank you so much!" Ming said. "Don't mention it. I can only hope you're sensei will be happy to see this improvement." She smiled again but where most people might chuckle a bit she sort of just hummed a breath almost like a 'hn'.
"Well actually...my sensei...disowned me." Ming said her face flushed red from being ashamed. This woman's eyes grew wide and she looked directly at Ming. Though her face seemed shocked she didn't change her tone of voice. "You don't say." She said with a look of concern. "Are you a teacher?" Ming asked wondering how she was so good at showing her what to do. "A teacher with no team im a afraid." She said. "No team?" Ming asked in disbelief. "Yes, you see every time the hokage Tsunade tries to give me students they refuse to be associated with me." She spoke in a deep melodramatic tone. "Why is that?" Ming asked in fear of upsetting her. "They're all..." As the rain began to pour and the shy darkened her cold eyes literally began to glow in the dark and her pale hands were also glowing with an electric shock around them. "Frightened im afraid..." She concluded. Just then the thunder made it's loud crash. "Afraid? Why would they be afraid of someone who can teach like that?" Ming asked. "Because im not like most teahcers if you haven't already concluded...maybe it's something makes me special..but..im an outcast....inhuman is what they call me." She spoke coldly. "Why?" Ming questioned her further. "You see, Im whats known as a cyborg....a human with a half robotic body, brain, and heart structure...a piece of metal..." She concluded. "You seem like a human to me." Ming spoke. This woman looked up again to Ming. "You don't really believe that." She asked. "When I look at you, all I see is a talented teacher." Ming smiled forgetting her own problems and feeling good making a new friend. "Well if your not afraid of me...are you in need of a new teacher?" She half smiled. "You mean-" Ming became excited. "There are three rules to being my student and team mate; ...Rule 3: You must never give up. and Rule 2: Misfits are to be treated with respect." She hummed another small "hn." after she finished. "Well, It appears I still don't have your name." She added. "My name is Amora Ming." Ming introduced. "I am Samui Yukinala but you may refer to me as Yukinala." She said sounding a bit warmer. The rain was beginning to clear up. "Well I suppose I'll have a word with Lady Tsunade about team registration. I'll come find you when I finish." she said. "Wait! Whats the third rule?" Ming asked. "Don't forget Rules 2 and 3." She half smiled and jumped off. Ming looked at the sun in the sky and remembered it was probably about noon by now so she should go find Lee. She used her new skills to launch herself into the tree jumping.

Lee was getting the training grounds ready for use since this morning team Guy had basically torn it apart training. Lee had just finished ripping the kunais out of the shooting dummy when Guy ran up to him. "Guy sensei?" Lee pondered. "Lee!" he shouted. "What is going on?" Lee asked. "It's about your friend with no self confidence! I think she has a new teacher! I saw her filling out the regestration when I turned in our training reports." Guy replied. "Who is it?" Lee asked. "Thats just it Lee! Apparently they found this teacher off the streets! If Ming doesn't get proper encouragement she could end up like Sauke!" Guy freaked. "Do you really suppose that could happen?" Lee asked. "I did some research on her last name and that reputation Tenten was talking about and I DISCOVERED a very close relation to the Uchiha clan!" Guy shouted. "You mean I DISCOVERED right?" Kakashi said gazing at his book from behind. "When did you get here?!" Guy shouted. "Forget it...I just left one of my books over by that dummy so if you'll excuse me." Kakashi said grabbing his book and tree jumping off. Guy cleared his throat and almost spoke until Lee shouted to Ming seeing her coming up the hill. "Are you ready?" Lee asked feeling a bit nervous. "Yup! I've been practicing." She answered. Guy gave Lee a look that said 'be careful.' "Ming!" Shouted a voice. Ming groaned and turned to see her newly registered sensei jump to her side. "According to Tsunade we must now pick our training grounds.." Yukinala spoke in a dull tone. "Actually I was going to train with my friend Lee today..."Ming said pointing to him. Yukinala gave the same shock she had given when she heard Ming had been disowned but this time she changed her tone of voice and before she spoke took a long pause. "Where did you get those clothes?!" Yukinala asked in a loud voice clutching Lee's shoulders. "My sensei?" Lee answered confused and pointing to his teacher. Yukinala dropped his shoulders. She stood there in disbelief staring into the eyes of the man. "Guy?! Is it really you?!" She asked not in a tone that said 'well it's been forever! It's great to see you!' more like a tone that said 'YOUR ALIVE?!'. "Yuki?!" He shouted in shock. "It's been a while..." Yukinala spoke in a softer voice with 3 quarters of a smile this time. "You found it?" Guy asked pointing to her choker. Yukinala ran her fingertips over the blue heart choker. "On the bridge..." She answered. "You two know each other?" Ming asked. "All to well..." Guy answered. "Well, Ming we must be off." Yukinala said her pale face turning a bit pink. "Right! Sorry Lee we'll have to reschedule." Ming said. Yukinala and Ming both turned about to make their departure of water and fire. "Yuki." Guy said. "Yes?" She said peering her head over her shoulder staying in position. "We should catch up tomorrow night." He said with a huge grin and the crest sparkle. "Sure, why not?" Yukinala said. "Oh and Guy?" She asked. "What is it?" He replied. "It's Yukinala not Yuki." she said giving him a half smile and casting off with Ming behind her. "Who was that woman sensei?" Lee asked in confusion. "An old friend."Guy smiled surprisingly calm.

Later after training and Ming learning three new moves had left the training field. Yukinala had gone directly to sleep while Ming wanted to explore the town a bit so she peered her head into a ramen shop called Ichiraku where a blond boy and Lee were sitting down ordering large amounts of ramen and curry.
"Ha! I can't believe you think your gonna beat me in an eating contest bushy brows!" The blond boy laughed unzipping his orange jacket and removing it. "Yes Naruto, you will be in disbelief at how fast I will beat you!" Lee laughed a bit. "It's on now!" The blond boy cried in a raspy voice with a smirk. Ming giggled sort of loudly. Instantly Lee and the blond boy turned their heads around to see Ming standing in the doorway. "Ming? Good to see you! How did the training go?" Lee asked beckoning his friend to sit on the other side of him. Ming hated to just go up to him and sit, she just wasn't a people person... "It went pretty well, I learned three new techniques." Ming said trying not to be shy. Ming hated that about herself, she wasn't a shy type person she was a very loud person, so meeting new people was like the death of her. "Fantastic! What did I tell you this morning? You'll be a jounin in no time!" Lee encouraged. Ming gave a small laugh but stopped after seeing Lee's face was serious. "Oh! I should introduce you to my friend Naruto." Lee said pointing his hand toward the blond boy. "Naruto Uzumaki." He smiled a big grin maybe as big as Lee's. "My name is Amora Ming." She said less shyly reminding herself that if anything happened she wouldn't be alone now. "Nice to meet ya Ming!" Naruto grinned happily. "Do you want something to eat or drink Ming?" Lee asked. "Oh no thanks I was just exploring Konoha a bit and happened to see this place." Ming said not wanting to be rude. In reality Ming was actually very hungry from her hard day of training and had it been she could pay him back she would have gratefully accepted. Two bowls were set in front of Naruto and Lee, one filled with curry and the other with ramen. "You really shouldn't be offering her anything, seeing as how your not going to be able to afford food for a few weeks after I beat you!" Naruto teased. "Do not get cocky yet Naruto."Lee happily warned wanting to sound competitive but not exactly knowing what to say. "Ming?" Lee asked. "Yes?" She replied. "Could you count us down?" He asked. "Sure thing.....3.....2....1.....go!" Ming shouted a bit to loudly. Now people were staring which made Ming's face flush red. "Uhhh I have to go Lee...Nice meeting you Naruto!" Ming said running out. Naruto was the first to finish the first round. "HA! IN YOUR BUSHY EYE BROWED FACE!" Naruto laughed. "It's not over yet!" Lee smirked watching 'pops' (lol) prepare the next batch. "Hey bushy brows?"
"What is it?"
"You know Ming..."
"Yes."
"Is she?....uh...are you guys...you know...going steady?"

Lee's face was now redder than Ming's had been before she left. "Uh...." Lee thumb wrestled himself." "I actually just met her yesterday..." Lee said face down blushing. Lee's body heat was high right now because of the rising steam from the cooking and this situation.
"Well do you like her or not?" Naruto teased with a 'you like her' smile on his face.

Lee turned his face completely away.
"We are just friends." He said holding his breath back.

"Hehe. Suuuure bushy brows! Haha!" Naruto laughed as pops put down the next set of ramen and curry.

The next day basically went about the same. It was about 5:30 when again Ming was wondering around. She knew it would be a bit harder to make friends without Lee guiding her around but, she had to get over her shyness, she was determined. In fact she was so determined that she ran right into a girl. She had eyes like Neji's and long black hair with bangs cutting straight across like Lee's.
"Oh I-Im s-ss-sorry." She said shyly touching her fingers together. "What are you apologizing for? It was my fault. I was just so determined to get over something that I...just...sorta...missed ya." Ming answered. "S-Something?" She asked shyly. "Shyness..."Ming said shuffling a bit. "I know how it feels..." She said. "Im Amora Ming! And you are?" Ming asked. Now Ming was a bit shy but not in a shy way more like a 'im awkward and I feel like I don't belong here' way this girl who introduced herself as Hinata, was a true shy girl. After walking with Hinata and talking to her a bit Ming learned that she was Neji's cousin. "No wonder you both look so much alike!" Ming laughed. Hinata giggled a bit. "S-so your n-new to Konoha?" Hinata asked. "Sort of...it's a little embarrassing but Im a new genin...I sorta entered the academy late." Ming chuckled a bit. "Don't be embarrassed, your new after all so you can't know everything or automatically have skills...it takes a lot of t-t-time and effort." Hinata said shyly. "I guess your right...thanks Hinata." Ming smiled. Just then Naruto and Lee raced up the hill stopping at Ichiraku. "Ha! You owe me four bowls of ramen bushy brows!" Naruto shouted. "I clearly beat you Naruto so it is you who owes me four bowls of curry!" Lee laughed. "Why I oughta-" "Hi Lee." Ming called out. "Hello Ming." He said approaching her. Naruto close behind. Naruto snickered and bumped Lee in the arm. Lee's face turned red as he starred annoyed at Naruto. "Hey Ming! Hi Hinata." Naruto greeted. "N-nn-nn-n-nnn-Na-n hh-h-i." Hinata blushed and starred at the ground looking defeated. "Whats up?" Ming asked just about getting used to talking to Naruto. "We had a race and-
Lee was cut off. "I BEAT YA! YOU SAW IT RIGHT HINATA???" Naruto asked. Hinata's eyes grew wide and her face was as red as a tomato. "N-N-N-N-N-N!" she mumbled. "Well anyways im hungry so win or lose im gonna grab some ramen." Naruto laughed. "I think I will eat some curry. Well, we will have to catch you later." Lee said with a smile. "See ya!" Ming smiled. After they left Ming gave Hinata a look....A weird look. "So...you have a thing for Naruto huh?" Ming laughed. "N-N-N-Naruto? D-dd-don't be r-ridiculous...."Hinata said turning a bit pink again. "C,mon Hinata it's so obvious!" Ming giggled. "DON'T TELL ANYONE!" Hinata just about wailed. "Relax! Im not going to tell anyone!" Ming laughed. "Instead...Im gonna help you talk to him." Ming smiled. "W-WHAT?!" Hinata blushed. "I promise." Ming said still smiling. Yukinala walked up the hill wearing a black dress that came up just above her knees. "Your dressed rather formally aren't you?" Ming asked her teacher. Yukiala directed her eyes to meet Ming's below her. Yukinala was very tall, about 6 feet tall. Im catching up with an old friend tonight." Yukinala said in a dead serious tone. "Guy sensei right?" Ming asked. "Thats right..."Yukinala said gazing off at the ground almost as if a shameful memory was haunting her. "Is everything alright?" Ming asked seeing Yukinala's sudden mood change. " Hm? Oh! Im fine...I just left a lot of things unsaid years ago..." Yukinala drifted on her words. "Unsaid?" Ming questioned further. "Don't worry. It will be just fine." Yukinala smiled 3 quarters with a hint of doubt. She gracefully made her departure. "Who was that?" Hinata asked. " My sensei..." Ming answered with a stare into Yukinala's direction.


Yukinala approached the East bridge. She could see Guy preforming a head stand on the top beam on the left side. She walked up to him and rolled her eyes a bit sarcastically. "It would be humorous if I pushed you into the water, don't you think?" She smiled softly after finishing, her eyes lovingly gazing at him. Guy flipped off and landed in front of her. "I remember when you first did that." He laughed. Yukinala smiled softly again. There was a short silence before Guy spoke. " What happened to you Yuki?" Guy asked her in the most serious voice Guy has ever used ( XD so hard to make him serious! lol.) "Yukinala..." She corrected and paused before speaking again.

FLASHBACK 12 YEARS BEFORE....


"I want you to meet me at the bridge tonight." A younger Guy spoke. A younger Yukinala wearing a pure white version of her attire now looked up at him with a smile that showed nothing but joy. "Of course." Yukinala replied kissing him on the cheek. She gave a small grin and turned, making her departure.

That night, she was in her room, running a brush through her hair. Her face was pale and expressionless, as she heard a pounding at the door. Normally, her once abandoned home was perfectly quiet. Even when a friend would visit, her door was always softly knocked on. Yukinala opened the door to see a guard from her home village, face red and panting. "Samui Yukinala,..." He shouted. "Daughter of the captain of the village guard I presume?!" He frantically asked, taking breaths in between his speech. "Yes, thats my title." She answered with sad innocent eyes. "Your father! Is! In...Trouble! Our village is under attack by an enemy village!" He shouted. "My father?!" Yukinala shouted. "Quickly there isn't much time!" He said pulling her arm. They both ran over the East bridge, past Guy who was sitting on the top beam, waiting. Yukinala stopped at the end of the bridge and turned around. "Miss Samui!" The guard called out. "Wait! I need to tell him where im going!" She shouted as the guard ran back up to her. "Theres no time!" The guard yanked her arm almost tearing a muscle. Yukinala knew she had to go, if he yanked her arm like that again she wouldn't be able to fight. Yukinala followed him into the dark. She and the guard seeped into an underground passage.

(Let me explain, Yukinala is from the Land Hidden in the Future. Which initially means, her village consists of mostly her clan of cyborgs who are much further advanced in studies and technology than a normal village such as Konoha.)

The passage quickly brought them to the Future village. Yukinala's eyes were blurry as she fixed her eyes on her father who lay on the ground surrounded by the inflamed village. "Father!" Yukinala called out grasping his cold hand in her own. "Yukinala?" He pondered. Yukinala fought her tears back. "W-Who did this?" Yukinala began weeping watching her father's breath slow down. "It was-" He paused. " A-..Amora Akku... we were lucky his village could not take hold of ours." He smiled weekly. "His father and I had a long lasting feud...seems his son took on the traits of the Amora Pheonix." He said. "That clan..WILL PERISH!" Yukinala said eyes glowing and wet with a mixture of sadness and anger. "Yukinala, his wife Kagame, Is a trustworthy woman, she did nothing wrong... so please, promise me you will not hurt her or her child...protect them from Akku..." He spoke with a cough. "I promise...I will." She said eyes wet and worried. "I need you...to get the guard back on it's feet while the village is rebuilt.." He added, quieter this time. "Father, what do you mean?" She asked. "My time is up Yukinala...just please...make me smile at you from the heavens above...carry out these wishes." He smiled and closed his eyes. "F-father?" She called out loudly. She screamed out her fathers name and cried over his body, her long pure, white hair hanging over his head. The wind picked up, and soon, what was left of her clan began to put out the fires with water jutus. She ran back to the passage way. When she arrived at the East bridge, all that was left behind Guy was the necklace that was presently around her neck. She picked it up, tied it around her neck, and with tears streaming down her face she returned home and destroyed the passage way...for good.

END OF FLASHBACK.

"So you see...I never meant to leave you without an explanation." Yukinala said with the same sad innocent eyes. "Why didn't you come back after your village was rebuilt?" He asked. She paused again and answered. "I didn't think you would still be here...I studied further into my shinobi abilities to become a teacher, then I moved back to Konoha where more teachers were needed...Like I once told my new student, nobody wanted to be associated with me." She replied. There was another long pause and the wind blew through the newly budding leaves on the overhanging tree above. The spring night was beautiful but the scene was to silent and speechless to be enjoyed. "Do you know...why I wanted you to have that?" He asked directing his eyes and jotting his head toward the necklace. "That night...was the night I was about to ask you...to be my wife." He said turning his head to the moon above. Yukinala had a momentary shock in her eyes which was less that a second long. Her head was pointed to the ground. "I see." She answered. She untied the necklace from her neck and held the ribbon out to him. "Keep it...for the one you fall in love with." She said dead serious but rather sad as well.


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