They say that long ago the great shogun teamed himself with an ice demon and demanded all the beautiful women from every town. Ledgend has it, the women were frozen to serve as statues for the royal court. Angered and outraged by the Shogun's terrible actions, the people revolted. The shogun's catsle was destroyed, for the ferocity of the people was unmatched, even by the honorable samurai.
But one statue survived the castle's collapse. The most famous statue of them all.
The statue contains three beautiful women. Around two of these women rests a terrible ledgend. A tale of love, happiness, tradgedy, friendship and courage. A tale of a jewel and a well. A tale of treachery and betrayal. The tale of the Shikon no Tama. Most fools with half a brain have atleast heard of the jewel, and those who were a little smarter know the terrible story. It all started with the preistess Midoriko...
"Sakura!" A voice called, and the pink haired ninja looked up from her book, startled. "Naruto?" she asked, turning slightly red from embarrasment. "We have to go meet Kakashi-sensei, and Gai-sensei have had a team-up mission. We gotta hurry! Hokage has discovered something!" he yelled, running away. Ever since Orochimaru, Sakura and Naruto had grown closer, after Sasuke dissapeared. Thankfully they saved Sasuke, but only for the time being.
When they arrived, Gai and Kakashi were speaking to their teams. "Ah, Naruto, Sakura, nice of you to join us." Kakashi greeted. Neji, Tenten, Lee and Sasuke simply said faint "hello"s and "hey"s and "what the hell took you so long?"s
"So, what has the Hokage found?" Sakura asked. "A statue of ice. In it is three girls around your ages. (Sakura, Sasuke Naruto are 15, Neji, Tenten and Lee are 16)" Sakura's eyes widened and she opened the book. A picture of the statue was on one of the ancient pages. It was stunning and feirce. Each of the girls seemed to have seen their fate coming and as soon as they launched attacks, they were frozen.
"Well, hurry it up then!" Sakura said, with a new determination. She wanted to see for herself if ledgends were true.
"Oh my god." Sakura gasped. There in front of her stood the beautiful statue. One of the women had just thrown a giant boomerang and another had just shot an arrow that glowed a brilliant pink. The last woman was in midair, claws ready to tear through flesh, an angry look on her face. "It's really the statue from the story..." she whispered, and all eyes were drawn to her. "What do you mean, Sakura?" Naruto asked, and Sakura pulled out the ancient book. "It's from the ledgend..." she whispered again in awe. Walking up, she touched the statue, and was shocked to find it was slowly melting. "Someone use a fire Jutsu." she said, dazedly. Sasuke nodded and the flames licked away the ice. The first to be freed from the ice was the girl in midair. She fell with a quiet thump, landing in a crouch. White hair cascaded down, and deep blue eyes glanced around wearily. Next came the boomerang and the woman who released it. The boomerang collapsed with a loud bang, and the woman took out a katana and glared suspisiousy at the group of ninja. She had fierry brown eyes and long brown hair. Last came the archer and the glowing arrow. She stared at the group levely, then looked around.
"We aren't in Sengoku Jidai anymore, are we?" she asked, startling the whole group into stunned silence.