His job involved finding out the truth.
So when he showed up at the Hokage's office, took out the hidden flask inside the statue of the eagle, and poured them both a drink, the Hokage knew that there were aspects of this situation that were going to be troublesome.
After knocking back the shot of liquor, Ibiki considered the view of the village briefly. "Okay. Terra Branford."
The Hokage made a gesture to continue.
"Examination by Yamanaka techniques reveal substantial gaps in her memory, however some details became unearthed at further probing prior to her regaining consciousness," said Ibiki. "For one thing, though she's now twelve, she was in her thirties when she died."
The Hokage raised an eyebrow at that.
"Yes, exactly," said Ibiki. "By the way, she suffers from coulrophobia."
"Eh?" asked the Hokage.
"Fear of clowns," said Ibiki. "Though her reaction to fear appears to trigger an instinctive fire-jutsu targetting the object of that fear."
"I see, continue," indicated the Hokage.
"She also has an innate healing jutsu," said Ibiki. "Whatever the process Naruto underwent to summon her, it was apparent that she was dying and that she was sealed from using any chakra. In fact, from a comment made - something occurred which caused all chakra use across her entire world to be sealed."
"Is that even possible?" asked the Hokage.
"Apparently it was - in her original world," said Ibiki. "Inoichi Yamanaka was able to piece things together with other members of the Interrogation team, and all agreed on those details. There were images of people she had known too, but there was less detail available there. Our best guess right now is that her death was traumatic enough, combined with Naruto's summoning, that a lot of memories were simply lost. Most likely forever."
"Hence the sword wounds when she appeared," said the Hokage. "So your assessment?"
"She could very well be an asset to our village," said Ibiki Morino. "She has some skill in kenjutsu, fire and medical jutsu, and she's friendly enough."
"Very well, the Academy has the genin test in five months," said the Hokage. "Let's settle her in there and see how well she does."
"-and though it's a bit late in the year, we have a new student," said Iruka Umino, squinting at the paper and then slowly pronouncing/mangling the name. "Tina Baradaforudu."
"Terra Branford," corrected the girl, who then bowed in introduction.
Kiba wolf-whistled. "Yeah baby!"
Ino reached over and smacked Kiba.
"Nothing else?" asked Iruka.
"According to tests, I'm a medical jutsu specialist," said Terra as her eyes swept the room. When she spotted Naruto she brightened and smiled.
Kiba wolf-whistled again. Sakura smacked him this time.
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