Title: Konoha's Beautiful lotus

Summary: Life as a ninja was suppose to be exciting, and fun, not terrifying and dangerous. I should have paid attention to the anime more... SI OC

Inspired by Dreaming of Sunshine mostly. I own only Kyoko, Maya and some other oc's, oh and a bit of the plot. Everything else, not mine.

BETA: Darkpetal16

"I'll see you girls later!" called my mother as I carried my daughter out of her house and towards my car. I turned and waved goodbye, a smile on my face. Maya lazily waved goodbye as well, over my shoulder. She was eleven, but she loved being carried, so I indulged her every once in a while.

"You're so lazy," I teased her as I opened the back car door and sat her down. She yawned and began to do up her seat belt.

"Granny is so troublesome," she told me, yawning. I rolled my eyes. Ever since her uncle showed her that manga/anime thingy, she was always saying stuff like that.

"You like Granny when she's troublesome," I told her, as I put my purse down beside her. Maya just grumbled and cuddled with some toy I had in the back. Oh, what a surprise, a nine-tailed fox plushie. I closed the door and moved towards the front. After getting in, I started the car and began the drive home. Maya was awoken a few times on the drive, thanks to my damn engine that made more noise than a rocket.

"Was your boss mean again?" I gave a nod, rubbing my eyes slightly. I should stop taking so many shifts, between them and my online courses, I was being run ragged. "Was Sam there?"

"Still have a crush on him?" I teased my daughter, looking up at her in the rearview mirror. She blushed, making me grin even more. She was so fun to tease.

"Shut up," she grumbled, turning to look out the window as we crossed a stretch of highway. It was late so it was very busy, but I felt uneasy. I had heard from Tanya, who had a teenaged son, that some big exam was done. In my experience, that meant booze. And lots of it.

"Mommy, is Daddy going to come and see me soon?"

Shiiiiit… I normally don't talk about Micheal with her. He, after all, was the asshole who cheated on me, and more or less abandoned us. I took a breath and was about to try to explain it to her, nicely, when I saw it.. A car was driving on the other side of the road, and it hit a wet spot. It began to swerve. It was heading for us. There was no time. If I slammed on the breaks or swerved, I would lose control of the vehicle. I did the only thing I could. I yanked off my belt, turned and dove into the back, covering Maya with my body as the collision began.

"Mommy!"

0-0

That's how I died, trying to protect my daughter. I don't know if she survived or not, but what I do know is that Kelly Johnson, twenty-seven-year-old single mother, waitress and university student, died on June 5th, at 8:35 pm, on some road in the Yukon.

On June 5th, 8:36 pm, in Konohagakure, Rock Kyoko was born. I was reborn as an infant. With all of my memories, including the last thing I saw. My daughter. So you can guess why I screamed my head off even after being handed to my brand new mother. I wanted to know if Maya was alright.

I still don't know. God, I want to know, but I make do. It hurts like hell, not knowing but, I'm pretty sure she's safe. I was the one who took the full brunt of the crash so she should be fine, physically at least. But that was in the past now. I had more pressing things to worry about.

Like the fact I was in Maya's favorite manga/anime thingy for instance. I knew the basic stuff, mosly because she often made me watch the anime with her. Blonde kid, Naruto, was the hero of the story, had a demon or something sealed inside of him, everyone hated him for it. Made friends, had one of them, Sas-something go batshit after some snake guy did something to him. Then, a bunch of criminals come after all of the demon holders for most of the plot line. I really paid attention only to the fights, which were awesome. After the initial shock had worn off, I was more or less concerned over the timeline. I didn't know much, but I knew enough to know some serious shit was going to go down. But, I was an unknown.

Rock Lee had been one of Maya's favorites, right next to Nara Shikamaru. To Maya, Lee was so cool because he worked hard to be a ninja even without ninjutsu or genjutsu. Shikamaru was cool cause he was lazy. It was kinda funny, really. I knew, from her, that Lee had no siblings. I was a hiccup in this world. And frankly, I kind of liked it.

I missed Maya and my mom, I'll always miss them, but, I was in a new life. Rock Kyoko wasn't me. She was just... a blank slate. I could do anything I wanted. I had always looked on my life, with regrets, though Maya had never been a mistake I regretted, but I was older, smarter now. I could make my life work. That was the only thought line that kept me from feeling too horrendous about this whole ordeal. I was excited for my chance.

Then, four months later, after settling in my new home, it happened. Kyūbi. God, that chakra still gave me nightmares. I was crying the entire time, and Lee was no better. However, from what I remember, he was very protective of me, and ran with me, despite the fact he was a year old, to the safe house, while our parents, both ninja, helped the evacuation.

Neither made it, and we were sent to an orphanage. It was from this that I realized something.

This may be a new chance, but this wasn't going to be fun or easy. This was going to be the toughest thing I had ever done, just surviving in this world.

I never felt so homesick before.

A/N: And it's a wrap. 8D

Okay, let me explain Kyoko a bit:

She's a mother who, while she loves her daughter, did put her life on hold for her. She was only 16 when she got pregnant, so while she does love Maya, she was exited to actually get to redo her life. Anyone would be.

As for not really getting what she is in fact really getting into, she didn't really know the story. She knew the basic crap, but that was it. She didn't know the real scope of it. Loosing her new parents kinda shocked her into realizing what was going on. She gets it, now anyway.