Narumi Uzumaki

	File:Narumi.gif Narumi Uzumaki
Birthdate	January 18 (Capricorn)
Gender	Female
Age	18-19(Part 1) 20-21(Shippuden)
Height	5 feet 6 inches
Weight	144 lbs
Occupation	Naruto's Guardian
Affiliation	Konohagakure, formerly Uzushiogakure.
Ninja Rank	Chunin (Part 1), Jonin (End of part 1, Shippuden)
Academy Grad. Age	11
Chunin Prom. Age	13
Jonin Prom. Age	19
Family	Takeshi Uzumaki (Father) Miya Uzumaki (Mother) Kushina Uzumaki (Relative) Naruto Uzumaki (Relative)
Jutsu	-Earth Release: Destructive Rising Rock Pillars -Earth Release: Dirt Spikes -Chakra Chain Summoning Technique -Earth Release: Earth Dragon -Chakra Drain

Narumi Uzumaki ('うずまき鳴海, Uzumaki Narumi) is an Original Character created by Railyne213. She is a chunin from Konohagakure, and her original birthplace was Uzushiogakure. She is also a member of Team Tora and the guardian/protector of Naruto Uzumaki.

Background

Narumi was born the daughter of an adopted Uzumaki, Takeshi Uzumaki, and a relative of Kushina Uzumaki, Miya Uzumaki. Narumi's name came from a wish both Takeshi and Miya shared, which was that she would grow up to be a beautiful person, inside and out.

When Narumi came into the world, Takeshi and Miya cared for her contentedly. But as she grew to the age of 4, Takeshi and Miya began to argue about small, insignificant things. Until the subject of the arguments turned to more important matters- the care of their child. The arguments escalated from verbal fights, to the borderline of physical fights. Narumi, only being 3 at the time, had no clue of the spats that went on between her parents, and thought that they were just normal. But when an arguement went physical one day, with Narumi standing to the side as a terrified witness, Takeshi and Miya agreed that it was not appropriate for a child to live in that kind of environment. And thus, they sent her temporarily to a nearby orphanage, thinking that it would be best that she stayed there until they had got things settled.

And so, their decision left a confused and scared child (Who was barely past the age of 5.) in the care of strangers in the orphanage. Surrounded by orphaned children she did not know, Narumi was quick to be befriended by Maro, an unpredictable little misfit who was abandoned by his coldhearted mother. As months and a birthday passed, Narumi got used to life as an orphan. But an event that occured in the Hidden Leaf Village, would soon change the course of her life- The incident of the Kyuubi. Behind the scenes, the leader of the Uzumaki clan had found out about the Kyuubi being released, and consulted with the Third hokage of Konoha. After debating on whether the Uzumaki clan should be involved with the situation - seeing as the host was an Uzumaki - they decided to allow Naruto to have a guardian. A guardian that would also be his protector as he grew older and learned how to control the power of the Kyuubi, and the Kyuubi itself. Whoever was chosen had to have some of their chakra extracted from them, in order to leave room for the Kyuubi's chakra in case Naruto ever went out of control (if you don't understand this, go to the 'Abilities' section.). But to who to choose for that was the question they had to answer. They didn't have to look far- the leader of the Uzumaki clan (I'm sorry to keep referring to him as that, but the manga hasn't provided us with a name.) knew that there was fresh Uzumaki blood in the village. In the orphanage, to be exact. So, the leader of the Uzumaki clan consulted Takeshi and Miya. The two were still fighting with each other frequently, but they came together in complete seriousness as he told them the importance of the role he wanted their daughter to take. Understanding they did not have much time to decide, Takeshi and Miya agreed, on the condition that Narumi would come back to them after Naruto had gained control of the Kyuubi. And with that, the decision was made. Narumi was to be the guardian of the third jinchuriki of the Nine-tailed fox, and the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, Naruto Uzumaki. Soon after the sudden decision, escorts were sent to the orphanage to pick her up, and take her to Konoha. The 6 year old Narumi had no clue what they were up to, she was only told that she had a very important job to do somewhere else, and that she was going to see her newborn cousin. (Well, distant cousin.) That obviously wasn't the case. But regardless, she was once again taken from a place she had come to know as 'home' - to a whole different scene altogether.

Life in Konoha

Narumi arrived in Konoha, was introduced to the Third Hokage and Naruto, and was simply left there by her escorts. She was oblivious to the fact that her job was to protect the baby blonde that she was put with. Nonetheless, she happily took the role as Naruto's older sister and took care of both Naruto and herself. She entered the academy, and studied hard while she multitasked as a student and the guardian of the holder of the Kyuubi.

When she was 10, she was called to the Third's office. The Third Hokage proceeded to explain what her purpose for being sent to the village was, and this motivated her to graduate from the academy a year earlier than the usual graduation age.

So, at the age of 11, Narumi graduated the academy and was put under the supervision of Tora Suzumaru, along with the brothers of a newly immigrated clan, Kenichi and Kichiro Kion.

Team Tora

Team 14, otherwise known as Team Tora, is led by an ex-anbu, Tora Suzumaru. Narumi is part of this team, as well as the siblings of the Kion clan, Kenichi and Kichiro.

In the beginning, the team was not very close. Kenichi (Kichiro's senior by a year.) was very skeptical of Narumi and Tora's skills, and it seemed he just simply disliked his brother. It wasn't until a certain scroll retrieval mission that he finally put his trust in his teammates, and from then on Tora trained them hard in order to help them prepare for chunin exams. The first try for the chunin exams did not turn out well for any of them, as they were pulled out because of an injury Kenichi and Narumi both suffered during the second stage of the exam. But luckily, after training for another year, the trio got to chunin level with Narumi and Kichiro at the ages of 13, and Kenichi the age of 14.

The team went on to completing numerous missions extensively, with Kichiro being promoted to jonin level at 16. But after years spent of strengthening their bond together, it crumbled to pieces when an infiltration mission went wrong, and Kichiro's life was tragically lost. Team 14 didn't meet for a long time after that, as Kenichi refused to participate on any missions without the fourth member and Tora was busy taking care of his newborn child. Narumi went on to do solo missions as she continued to take care of Naruto. Team Tora only formed once again as they were informed of a mission that involved the cuplrit of Kichiro's death.