AN1: First off, I wish to apologize for my AN2 in the last chapter. It was very rude, and did not say what I wished to say properly. Egh, open mouth, insert foot was what I did there. What I MENT to say was something to the effect of I’m posting this now because I see some has the same idea I’ve had for a few weeks and to prove it go look at the Fuku Fic’s research board. Sadly I typed that AN2 out fast right before I posted the chapter with very little thought. My bad.

AN2: Opps, I meant to say in my EAN1 that this would start about six years before Naruto was born. Again, my bad. I was tired before I posted the last chapter damn it.

AN3: Wow, I did not expect so many positive responses to this fic. As to one of the negative one’s, do you really think I’m just going to get she who used to be Ranma drunk so she can have Naruto? Are you mad? The answer is NO. Well thanks to all the people who had positive thins to say on this fic, I hope to give you more reason to say things that are positive about this fic.

AN4: It’s my birthday and I’ll post if I want to!!! Ha, in reality, I’ve just decided that the once a month thing isn’t working out, so I’ll just post as I’m ready, sickness aside. Still, October Seventh IS my birthday, and right now I’m giving out presents to you guys, that being this new chapter, while doing so from my new present, a new computer! WHOOHOO!!!

A FROZEN FIND

CHAPTER ONE

DEATH OF AN OLD LIFE, BIRTH OF A NEW ONE

JOURNAL READING NO-JUTSU!!!

Minato had suggested I do this, write a journal. He said it would help me get my life straitened out in my head and stuff if I did so. He also said that I had lived such an interesting life that I should start with my youth to now and then continue this with what happened and my thoughts on each day. So I listened to him, and now I’m writing this, my life story until now, and from now on. I really hope this helps.

The beginning lines of the Journal of Kushina Uzumaki.

BIG OL’ FLASH BACK NO-JUTSU!!!

Jusenkyo, China: Mt. Phoenix

In the rubble where Mt. Phoenix used to reside kneeled a lone red-haired woman by a gravestone crying softly while talking.

“Heh, so like I was saying Akane, everything just went to hell after you died.” The woman laughed through her tears. “Your family kicked me out of their house, and then mine disowned me, and then one day I just woke up to find out I’m locked. And I don’t know why either. The old ghoul said something about the curse reacting to my mental state or something. I don’t quite get it, but it’s like I wanted to punish myself some how, and the curse responded like this.” The young woman laughed and cried some more and then she said “I’m staying with them now, the Amazons that is. They want me to join the tribe as a warrior, and I’m actually thinking about it, if only to be near you, but I may just go traveling. Heh, I don’t see how though. After my old family cast me away, I got rid of my entire name, and I don’t have a replacement for it yet.” The young woman then laughed bitterly. Then she started crying in earnest softly whispering “Why couldn’t I save you Akane?”

So lost in her grief was this young woman, that she never heard the soft footsteps behind her, nor the soft chanting, until she disappeared from view.

Then an old woman came up behind the old man who had been doing the chanting hissing “What have you done Happosai?”

“I just sent my heir to a place where she can finally be happy.” Happosai hissed back holding up an object.

“Is that?” The old woman whispered.

“Yes, it’s the Nanban Mirror’s sister, the Uchuu Mirror. I sent the girl into another dimension, one where she can hopefully finally be happy.”

“You finally did something right Happosai.” The old woman said softly.

“Gee, thanks Cologne.” Happosai drawled back at Cologne.

PRESENT TIME NO-JUTSU!!!

Konohagakure: Kakashi’s house: the next morning

Naruto had spent the entire night up reading his mother’s journal. And as he finished her so called ‘past’ he asked “WHAT THE FUCK!?!” Ok, ok, so he yelled that part out.

Kakashi, a despicably happy and nauseatingly awake Kakashi, came into the boy’s room at that time, asking “How far did you get Naruto?”

Naruto blinked at his Sensei, no his god-father, and said “Just to the point where she came to our world.” Naruto said in a dazed tone of voice. “Is it true? Is she…”

“Really from another dimension?” Kakashi finished for Naruto. “Yep.” He said with a grin under his mask. “Want some breakfast?” he then asked his god-child.

“Um sure.” Naruto said while getting out of bed and heading for the doorway of his new room, while still in yesterday’s clothes and clutching his mother’s journal like it was a life preserver.

As Kakashi cooked breakfast, Naruto’s mouth watered. The man could cook! He said “I can’t believe some of the things said in this journal. My mom used to be a guy?”

Kakashi sighed and said “Yes. But by the time I met her, she was happy with being a female.” As he said that, he brought over a plate full of bacon, eggs, hash browns, and pancakes. “Here’s breakfast.” Kakashi said as he gave Naruto a plate, giving himself one as well.

“So, um…” Naruto started when Kakashi said

“If you have any questions about your mom, limit them to what you’ve already read.”

“Um, ok.” Naruto said. He then continued with “But I was just going to ask what we’re doing today?”

“You and your team mates have a very important job for the next few days.” Kakashi said with a grin.

“Really? What?” Naruto asked with excitement evident in his voice. Well that and his bouncing up and down in his chair.”

“Guarding your mom” Kakashi said. He then said “Well, we won’t be seeing your team mates for another few hours, so why don’t we read some?” He asked, pulling out his little perverted book.

Naruto mumbled “Tardy pervert.” Before going back to his mother’s journal.

FLASH BACK NO-JUTSU!!!

In a void of ever expanding darkness: a while later

The red haired woman that now had no name was floating in blackness. Just floating, drifting, and feeling kinda pissed at a certain perverted martial arts master. “This is your idea of making me happy you perv!?! By sending me to fucking LIMBO!!!???!!!” the red haired woman screamed out.

A voice came then. A voice from everywhere and nowhere. “This is just the barrier between dimensions.”

“Who’s there?” The red head shouted.

“Just one who wishes you gone from their domain.” The voice told her.

“So kick me out of here then! I sure don’t want to be here damn it!” The red head screeched.

“Unfortunately, until I can find a dimension that will ‘Make you happy’ I can’t. There is no dimension that can. The closest I can get is one where you’ll struggle for a while before being briefly happy, and then the worst tragedy that you have ever had will happen to you. And I can’t see beyond that. It’s like it’s blocked off to me.” The voice said sounding annoyed.

“Then said me to that one! Jeez!” The red head shouted at the voice.

“But, it is not where you are supposed to go! You are to be happy! Not have a tragedy befall you!” the voice said.

The red head laughed darkly and said “Even a brief amount of happiness would be fine.”

The voice sighed and said “As you wish.”

And the red head was thrust out of the darkness with a shout of “And don’t come back!”

PRESENT TIME NO-JUTSU!!!

Konohagakure: Kakashi’s house: a little while later

“Naruto, time to go.” Kakashi said suddenly, startling Naruto out of his reading.

“Uh, ok.” Naruto said while marking his place in the journal. As he got up and went out the door after Kakashi, he asked him “What do you think that voice was? You know, the one in the void before my mom got here?”

“Your mom always thought that it was some kind of guardian Kami. I see no reason to doubt her.”

“Oh. Ok” Naruto said as they walked towards where they’d be meeting the rest of team seven.

EAN: Ugh, way too short, but… It’s all I wanted in this chapter. Think of it as a prologue to the first arc, in which I will mainly deal with the past and she how used to be Ranma’s life. In most chapters of this arc, Naruto’s time period will not be as prominent as it was in this chapter, so don’t expect more then one or maybe two scenes showing Naruto a chapter for a long while. The next chapter will be longer, I promise.