My Living Nightmare: Six: The Team

She had left the academy, jumping up into a tree. A smaller group of genin were talking amongst themselves below. One of the girls, who was just outside a group of Sasuke fan girls, caught Daniels attention. She had wild, long, sort of spiky dark purple hair. Daniel could hear her shouting at the girls.

"How can you like that EMO, ANTI-SOCIAL, piece of SHIT?" The girls gawked at her, probably wondering how anyone could hate the poor, family-less boy. Daniel shook her head, smiling. She jumped down from the tree, landing quietly behind the girl. The fan girls freaked out at her evil looking grin.

"Finally, someone sane!" The spiky haired girl jumped, surprised by the sudden noise. She glanced back, her brown eyes wide.

"Who- what-?" she stuttered, receiving a smile from Daniel. The fan girls freaked, running from the two. Daniel frowned after them, but turned back to the girl once they were out of sight. She held out her hand expectantly. The girl stared at it for a moment.

"I'm Uzumaki Daniel, who are you?" she asked sweetly, smiling. The girl smiled back at her after a moment, shaking Dani's hand.

"Tsukiyomi Keisha!" she exclaimed, reminding Dani again of Naruto. Keisha seemed like a nice enough girl; she wasn't obsessed with Sasuke-teme and was oddly interesting. She let go of Keisha's hand, folding her hands behind her back and leaning forward curiously.

"Are you a genin as well? In a clan?" she wondered out load, tilting her head to the side. Keisha nodded, pointing to the headband around her upper arm. At the second question, she stared at the orange haired girl questionably.

"Are don't know about the Tsukiyomi Ichizoku?" Daniel tilted her head to the side, trying to think of it. She smiled at Keisha, shaking her head. Keisha hit her own head dramatically. "You're weird, did you know that?" she mumbled. Daniel laughed.

"I've been told that. But no, seriously. You see, I lost my memory a little over three months ago." Keisha looked up, a slight amount of pity in her gaze. Daniel looked away but turned back with a grin. "So, about this clan?" she pushed.

Keisha nodded her head. "The Tsukiyomi Ichizoku was the second most powerful clan in Konoha and the oldest. Three years ago, the most powerful clan, the Uchiha, fell, so now we're the top clan." Keisha had a hint of pride in her voice. "We can also control the power of the moon!"

Daniel grinned. "That's awesome!" Keisha smiled back. Daniel turned, hearing muffled footsteps leaving the academy. Naruto frowned, sitting on the swing, no headband in sight. She turned back to Keisha after a moment. "Sorry, I have to go now, but it was nice meeting you!" Daniel waved before running over to the swing.

Naruto noticed her after she poked him shoulder. He glanced up, a small smile appearing. "Hey, sis." then, noticing her headband; "I see you passed…," he mumbled unhappily. Dani reached out, patting his shoulder.

"You'll pass sometime. At least now you have more time to improve." Daniel giggled when he groaned. Just what he needed, more time to fail with his clones.

The village was in an uproar. All the Jonin had been called to the Hokage Tower; something about a missing or stolen scroll. And a very dangerous scroll at that. Daniel had only heard of this a little while ago, a little before eight, and had rushed out of the apartment to find Naruto. She desperately hoped it wasn't him.

She had run to the first place she could think of him going. When she got close enough, hearing shouts that indefinitely came from Iruka, she stopped, hiding behind a tree near the opening of the clearing. She peeked around the tree, stifling a gasp. Iruka was crouched over Naruto, a giant shuriken lodged into him back.

Daniel moved her gaze to a tree across the clearing, hearing a sneering chuckle. Her eyes landed on a very crazed looking Mizuki, another shuriken of equal size still tied to his back. His laugh sent shivers down her spine. She followed his gaze back to the two on the ground, noticing something that she didn't right away.

A large scroll tied to Naruto's back. Unshed tears stung her eyes, threatening to fall. She brushed a hand across her eyes, clearing them. No way would he do this of his own free will; Mizuki must have had something to do with making him take it… right?

Daniel's gaze snapped back to Mizuki when he started speaking again.

"There is a rule in Konoha that only you can't know," he started, a knowing, taunting look in his eye, "It is that no on is allowed to talk about the fact that-"

"Mizuki, stop it!" Iruka cried, cutting him off. In the time Daniel had been staring at Mizuki, Iruka had taken out the shuriken, and was leaning against the side of a building. Naruto was off to the side, looking more confused than ever.

Mizuki continued despite Iruka's warning, throwing a handful of kunai at him. "The rule is that no one is supposed to talk about the fact that you are the Nine-Tailed Fox!" he shouted, receiving a growl from Iruka as he pulled out one of the knives. Naruto stood rigid, staring at his teacher with a look of disbelief and shock.

Mizuki wasn't finished with his speech yet. "And Iruka's parents were slaughtered by the Nine-Tails!" Daniel stared at her brother with pity. Iruka stood and approached him carefully, but Naruto ran from him, disappearing into the trees.

"Naruto!" he cried, racing after him. Mizuki chuckled darkly, disappearing after them, leaving Daniel alone and frightened in the trees.

Daniel had gone home, a little shaken up by the experience, but relatively okay. The worst that could happen would be Naruto dieing, but he was too stubborn to die. He had to become Hokage! He couldn't die now of all times!

She sighed heavily, flopping down on the couch. She would wait for him to come home, then, if not back in two hours, she would start worrying. It would be useless to worry over someone who was perfectly safe, wouldn't it? And knowing Naruto, he wouldn't give up even if someone stuffed a kunai into his throat… Okay, not the best example.

In the now quiet, empty apartment, Daniel had space to think, but this was not a good thing. The more time she spent huddled on the couch, the more she worried about her brother, thinking up crazy scenarios more and more often. One that disturbed her most was when he got his head chopped off while jumping from tree to tree by that giant shuriken. She shivered at the mental image it brought.

But, she tried to reassure herself, he can't die. He's just too stubborn to give up on his dream. He still has to make genin! More tears stung her eyes despite her rapid blinking to get rid of them. Later, by about an hour; their clock had quit, Daniel's eyes slowly closed, her body slumping down on the couch. Thoughts of Naruto's death haunted her dreams.

The next day at the academy, Naruto had walked in, completely unharmed. This put all her worrying to shame, he was okay! Her eyes lit up the second she saw him, brightening even more at the sight of the band around his forehead. He was alive, and had officially a genin. Daniel was happy, too happy to even speak. He gave her a thumbs up, sitting next to her. Daniel started to ask what had happened, when Iruka walked into the classroom, silencing the conversation.

Daniel was a bit worried about her teacher, having seen what had happened to him, for the most part. Besides the occasional grunt -of pain, probably- he seemed okay and relatively normal. Iruka walked over to the podium-like stand, starting class. Though it wasn't really class today, he was announcing the new squads.

"…Team Seven, is Uzumaki Naruto," his voice cut through Daniel's thoughts when she heard her brothers name, "Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha." Naruto glared over at the raven haired boy, receiving a grunt in response.

Iruka continued on, ignoring them. "Team Eight is…" Daniel spaced out again, not hearing her name. "Team Thirteen, Tsukiyomi Keisha, Ataki Emma, and…" Daniel smiled at her friend, receiving a thumbs up, "Uzumaki Daniel." Daniel grinned, glad to be on a team with a friend. At least it would be easier to work together, unlike a certain team she knew… The girl glanced to the side, seeing her brother and the Uchiha glaring at each other. She sighed.

After class, Daniel headed to the roof of the academy to meet up with her team. This was where they were told to meet by their new sensei, Tsukiyomi Moria. Apparently, she was Keisha's older sister by seven years. I wonder what she's like… Daniel thought, sitting on the bottom step of some stairs near to end of the roof, facing the Hokage Mountain.

Just as the thought crossed her mind, a girl walked passed her, sitting on the ledge, arms and legs crossed. At first she wore an expressionless face, but it soon cracked into a grin when she saw Daniel. She leaned forward, uncrossing her legs, examining her.

"I take it you're Daniel-chan, ne?" the girl asked, looking her over. Daniel nodded, smiling back. She seemed like an easy person to talk to, much like Keisha herself. She'd definitely be able to get along well with this team. The girl nodded back, holding out a hand for the younger to shake. "I'm Moria, nice to meet'cha!"

Daniel giggled slightly, taking her hand. She let go after a few short seconds, gazing over her shoulder. Just as she had expected, Keisha walked up the stairs, hands in her pockets. She grinned at her sister, nodded, and sat down next to Daniel, elbowing her roughly in the ribs. She let out a small gasp of pain, but smiled back anyway.

"I see you've met each other already, that's good," Moria remarked, glancing around, "Now we just have to wait until Emma gets here…" As if on cue, the group turned in the direction of the stairs, hearing heavy footsteps. A girl about their age burst onto the roof, spinning on her heels and running again. It would seem as if she though she was late arriving, this being the result. Upon further waiting, they noticed that another set of footsteps came up the staircase.

A boy, whom only Daniel seemed to recognise, emerged onto the roof, chasing after the girl, whom they guessed to be Emma. Lee had been shouting something, and now that he was in earshot, they were able to make out what he was saying.

"Emma-chan~! Don't run away from me~!" the boy whined, sounding much more different than when he was training Daniel. She snickered some at Emma's reply.

"No! Get away from me, you potential rapist!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, darting away from him. He complained again, spouting something about her being unyouthful. Personally, after three seconds of this, Daniel was already fed up with Lee's youthfulness. She stood, walking calmly over to the panicking Emma, placing a hand on her shoulder. She seemed to calm down immediately. Daniel then turned her attention to the hyper, youth-spreader.

"What is the meaning of all this, Lee?" she asked, her tone icy, her eyes glaring. He stopped his pursuit, gulping at her sudden mood swing. He waved his hands in front of her face, clearly scared for his life. Daniel snickered at his response, a grin cracking her face.

"It's nothing, Daniel-san! Really! Emma-chan and I were just trying to have a youth session!" Daniel laughed at this, her voice oddly mocking. She could hear Emma's quiet protesting in the background, but chose to ignore it.

"Oh, and did Emma agree to this session of yours?" she asked, oddly bemused. She really didn't believe anyone would want to go to one of these 'sessions' that Lee talked about. Behind her, she distinctly heard that girl cry 'no!' This was just so much fun, though, playing with Lee like this.

He laughed quietly, scratching the back of his head, "Well, um, no, but…" he trailed off, not really having a good excuse. Daniel nodded, letting go of the scary front she had put on just to scare Lee.

"Kay, kay. As long as you don't do it again. Anyway, you better go meet up with your team." she reminded, turning and dragging Emma back to the group. She smiled faintly, sitting down next to Daniel so that the orange haired kunoichi was in the middle. Lee, noticing her departure, took this as his chance to escape, scampering down the stairs.

Daniel, who was now smiling like a maniac, looked back at Moria, wanting the whole thing to start. The latter nodded, acknowledging the mental request. She turned to look at the group now as a whole, still sitting cross-legged on the ledge of the building. She grinned, moving her hand to make a mock salute.

"Yosh! So, lets begin!"

A/N: And after… how long? Five months? I have updated again! I'm writing chapters 8 and 9 but have no inspiration at all, so it will take a long time. Chapter 7 will be posted quickly after this one, since it's short anyway and I need to kind of make it up to my few readers. 'Ichizoku' means clan (Tsukiyomi clan, as mentioned earlier in this chapter)

On another note, I'm writing a DGM story (or stories, more accurately) and an FMA one. I need an idea for what skills Alecia Curtis (the main character girl-OC) can do as well as a second name (Like how Ed has Fullmetal and all that…) And, just so you know, the DGM stories are mainly Poker Pair(Tyki x Allen) Just a warning if I ever put them up…

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