13.Uzumaki Karin

(Karin's POV)

My name is Karin. I am a girl 10 years old. After the Uzumaki village was attacked, my mother and father escaped from the village and travelled far hiding from her persuers. Finally one day, the enemy ninjas ambushed my parents and my father blocked the ninjas ensuring the safety of my mother who was pregnant. My mother travelled far and entered the Grass village. She was refused entry until the Ninja in the grass village found out her ability.

She could heal people if they bite her arm. Knowing her ability will be useful, the Grass Ninja allowed her inside the village on condition that she heals their injured people whenever asked. She didn't have any choice as she was pregnant and needed a place to stay. There was also a war going on at that time and she needed a place to call home. She agreed to the demands of the grass village for the safety of her unborn child. After she stayed in the grass village for several months, I was born.

My mother named me Uzumaki Karin and told me her story many times. We lived in the grass village as we didn't have any choice. I grew up and when I was 6 years a fight broke out in the grass village and many Ninjas were injured. Zōsui was the name of the Ninja under whom my mother worked. As the fight broke out, that guy forced my mother to heal many grass ninjas non-stop without rest. I was crying as I could sense my mother's presence was getting weaker and weaker by the minute. I could sense others chakra and presence and also feel their emotions using their chakra since I was 2 years old.

Even after my crying and repeated pleading, Zōsui Sama didn't show any pity and forced my mother to work. And finally after healing some more Ninjas, my mother fell down unconscious. I rushed towards her only to find that she is on the verge of death. I offered my hand for my mother to bite thinking that it might heal her, but she refused while tears were flowing down her face reluctant to leave me alone in that village after she is dead. Then she told me to stay safe and then closed her eyes. She cared for me tremendously. She was willing to risk her health and life simply to provide me a stable home.

I couldn't hold back and started to cry calling my mother holding her lifeless body, but at that time, Zōsui Sama didn't even give me time to cry or mourn for my mother's death. He immediately pulled me away from my mother leaving her corpse alone without any care and force me to heal the other injured Shinobi until I fainted of pain and chakra depletion. At that time I found out that the people in this village only thought of us as tools that could be easily disposed of. They didn't even treat us as living beings.

After that incident, I became all alone. Zōsui Sama then forced me to work in the hospital healing the injured. I was also sent out with other Ninjas who were on important missions as a healing tool. Whenever the Ninjas get injured in an attack, they used to bite my hand and get healed. There was no regard for my safety. Many times, they even let me be the bait to complete the missions. Even when I was injured, they didn't care that I was just a kid and forced me to heal them. The sad thing was that, no matter how much healing power I had, I couldn't heal myself and could just heal others. I wanted to run away or kill myself, but I did t have enough courage to do so. I just hope Someone will rescue me, but it's just a sad dream.

Even this time, I was dispatched with three grass Ninjas who were on a mission. The ninjas consisted of one special Jonin and two chunin. I was not allowed to know any details of the mission or any information. I was just supposed to listen to them and do whatever they asked me to do. I was sad, I was just a tool. If I couldn't keep up, they will leave me behind and not wait for me and I will be punished later by them not giving me any food. So no matter how much tired I am, I am forced to follow them without rest. Even if I was attacked by any beast, they wouldn't save me. They would only watch as I fight for my life and get injured and force me to move without giving me any time to rest.

After travelling for nearly ten days, we reached to a place called The land of hot water. The hidden hot water village was beautiful. There were many hot springs in this place. I so much wanted to enter a hot spring after seeing this place, but I know that the ninjas won't let me have some rest. They always take pleasure in watching me get hurt and struggle. I was just an object like some healing pills to them. I didn't know any details of the mission, but the Jonin Ninja had hidden many explosive tags on me while we were entering the village. I knew at this time that I was acting as bait and if things turn south, they will detonate me to create a diversion and escape.

As we were walking in the village, I sensed something. It was a huge chakra. Even more than the grass Jonin. As I tried to sense deeper, I sensed a very dark and sinister chakra ready to destroy the world. I was visibly shaken and couldn't move. Suddenly, I heard a whistling sound and a piercing sound. I saw that the grass Jonin was pierced on t he head from somewhere and blood was flowing from his head and he fell down. I looked around to see a yellow flash and then in front of me was the dead body of the Jonin and the two chunins were also laying there unconscious and there was a blonde boy similar to my age kneeling down and checking the body of the grass Jonin.