"Ahhh, I can't believe she's leaving already. She was one of the best kids at the orphanage over these twenty some years I've owned it. I remember the day where she landed on my doorstep all those years ago."

Flashback(6 years ago)

"Hmm, Shiro get the door please." "Why Miss Nats-?" 

"Just get the door Shiro and stop asking me questions!" Natsuki screamed at him. She was tired of his curiosity but loved him all the same. "Ahhh..., Miss Natsuki you have to see this!"

 " Alright! Show me what you want to show me!" 

" Look it's a baby!"

 " I know that you idiot! Now let's pu- wait, did you realize there is a letter here Shiro?" 

"Ummm..."

"I'll read it aloud so listen up okay? It says ~My friend Natsuki, you must be wondering why I left a baby on your doorstep. I'm sorry I did not tell you but I gave birth to a baby girl a month and a half ago. This girl is my daughter Yukari. The problem here is that when I was giving birth, one of my pursuers found out about it and hired A- rank shinobi from the village hidden in the clouds to kill me. I shook them twice but now they are gaining on me. I will most likely die tomorrow if the chase continues so I dropped my baby off at your orphanage. I trust you to keep her safe. That brings us to the second thing; the box. The box can be opened only by my daughter because it is only openable by a blood scan in the slot you see before you. She can open it when she turns five years old. Unlock her chakra for me on her third birthday for me okay. I trust you to watch after her but don't force her to stay in the mist. If after she turns 5 she decides to leave the mist tell her on a ferry to the land of fire okay? I'll see you in the pure land, my dear friend Natsuki.~"

"... Haaah, my friend ...." 

"Miss Natsuki?"

"Go put her in the room with the other babies Shiro, I need some time to think."

" Alright."

Shiro walked into the room next door where all the babies sleep and placed her in one of the last empty cribs in the room quietly without waking up any other of the babies in the process.

Flashback Ends~

She even ended up leaving the mist just a few months ago. I hope she reached the land of fire okay; after all, she is my friend's daughter. 

Next chapter: The Trip to Konoha Part 1 - Riding with Merchants