{Author's note}: If you need an explaination about this read the post below it on my site
This is a story about an Avenger. I know what you are thinking, “Ugh, another story about Sasuke.”, but no this is a story about a girl named Chero who wants to avenge the death of the one person most precious to her. Her story of sadness and struggle to make things right. But this is not where our story begins, no our story begins 15 years earlier in a hospital room in the Village Hidden in the Grass.
Here we see a middle aged woman giving birth to her second child , a baby girl. The doctor and nurse jump into action to welcome the new child. The nurse carries the child off the get her cleaned and the doctor checks on the mother. A solemn look crosses his face. He turns to the father and son and sighs.
“She’s losing blood at an alarming rate. I’m afraid we cannot save her.”
“What?!” the father cried.
“You better say your goodbyes.”
“Tsukiko....” he said clutching his wife’s hands.
“Todo, it’s alright. I’m just glad the baby’s ok.” she said smiling weakly.
“Mommy?” the five year old boy questioned wiping tears out of his eyes.
She reached out and pulled the boy into a half-hearted embrace.
“Don, my little Don. I want you to be brave now, ok?”
“Ok....”
“And I want you to take good care of your new sister. I want you to protect her for me. I want you to always remember that I will watch over you.”
She then started to sing softly,
“The sun was shining down on me when I was given you
I swore I'd always be there
to help you thick and through
You are my son
my always and forever
Though I might not always be here
to show you all my love
I promise I'll be watching and helping from above
I am your mother
your giver and protector”
The nurse returned with the sleeping little girl in her arms, wrapped in a pink blanket with a matching cap covering her pink, bald, wrinkly head. She handed the child to her mother and smiled.
“What are you going to name her?”
“Chero.” the mother said smiling, “I’m sorry my sweet little Chero, Don, and my dearest love, Todo ......It’s time for me to go.”
She gazed longingly one last time at her family and into her arms one last time before taking her last breath.
As the years went by and Chero ages, Don’s fondness for his sister grows, and Chero growing fond of him. But as those years passed Todo’s sadness grows and turns to hatred towards Chero.
Our next stop is when Chero was seven years old. She grew into a beautiful girl. The splitting image of her mother as many of the villagers told her. She wore her light brown hair in a pony tail, she had fair skin and her brown eyes shone with happiness. At the time her favorite color was blue, so her outfit was blue. Made up of a tank top and shorts. This day in particular Chero was very excited! She had just finished her first day of ninja school and couldn’t wait to tell her father what she learned. She ran in the house taking her shoes of quickly.
“Dad! Dad!” she called running into the kitchen where her father sat working on some important paper work. Todo Aoyama had black hair flicked with a few grays here and there that her wore tied in a pony tail. He was dressed in a grey kimono and his face was hardened with age. He looked up with his dulled blue eyes and scowled at his daughter.
“What?!” he demanded.
“I just wanted to tell you what I learned about at school today.....”
He stood up and walked over to her.
“You think I have time to play around?!” he shouted, “Stupid girl!”
He raised he hand and slapped Chero across the face. He then repeated this action, but it then turned into an all out beating. Hitting her arms, back and face. Kicking her and watching her cry.
“Daddy! Please stop!” she cried in pain tears pouring down her face, “I didn’t mean to! I didn’t know! I’m sorry!”
He kept on hitting her.
“Daddy!” she screamed.
Then a young boy of twelve walked in. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes. His hair was straight and fell into his eyes. He was dressed in a dark blue t-shirt and had on black pants. He still had his ninja gear with him from training with his team that day. His eyes widened in terror at the sight he was witnessing.
“Dad! What are you doing?!” he cried out.
Todo froze.
“Don?”
He turned to look at his son and then at the trembling form of his daughter.
Chero took this break to get up and run to Don.
“Dad....How could you do this?! She’s only a child!”
“Don..... I’m so sorry. I-I don’t know what came over me. It’ll never happen again!”
“Don’t apologize to me.”
Don turned his attention to his sister.
“Come on, I’ll get you some ice.”
What Todo told Don was all a lie. He did beat Chero again, many times in fact, but only when Don was sent away on missions. Todo found out the more he beat Chero, the more he enjoyed it. At school Chero’s teachers would worry about her many bruises and ask her what happened. Reluctant to tell the truth she would tell then she had been getting in extra training. They never questioned this since Chero was at the top of the class. Besides, even if Chero wanted to tell the truth, no one would believe her or be able to do anything if they did believe her. The reason why is because Todo Aoyama was up too high in the political standings to do anything about it. So, Chero took the beatings.
Chero grew tired of people asking her about her injuries so, she started to visit the library everyday to teach herself medical jutsu. The librarian, Miss. Ishida, allowed her to read the books because she felt it was highly unlikely that Chero could learn medical jutsu and she felt sorry for the girl. She let Chero stay as long as she liked which when Don was away was as long as possible.. The librarian ended up as the only person besides Don she felt she could trust. Chero even ended up telling her about her father. At first Miss. Ishida didn’t believe it, but eventually believed the young girl she grew fond of.
Over the years she became quite skilled in medical jutsu. She could heal her cuts and bruises caused by her father right after he would leave for work. Todo was baffled by how the cuts and bruises would be gone after she returned from school. When asked she told him that her friend’s mother was a medical ninja and would heal her. This was a double lie, there wasn’t a medical ninja healing her, she was healing herself, and she didn’t have any friends.
