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In a remote island, a few days travel away from any mainland, stood a circle of long abandoned white temples. In the center of the temples was a tall, decrepit, black temple covered in trees and vines. As the sun began to rise, it casted the island in an orange glow that highlighted all the cracks in every building. Sun rays flowed through the small windows in all the temples, causing the lone inhabitant of the black temple to begin the stir.
A thin, little girl woke up to the light of the rising sun. The little girl got up from her makeshift bed made out of compacted dirt, sticks, and grass. She set aside her hand woven blanket made out of dead grass and weeds. She looked around the dark, cold, dirty, damp room slightly dazed. She looked towards the shattered, small windows at the ceiling of each wall. Vines and branches had long ago, taken over, and broke every window in the temple. The vines had already taken over more than half the room she was is. After smoothing out her worn out dress, she went to a corner of the room that held her bags. She grabbed the only 2 duffel bags she owned, and she walked to another side of the room, where the stairs were. She tightened her hold on her bags, she would begin the longest trek of her entire life today. And she could barely contain her excitement, fear, and nervousness.
'It's finally time, today's the day. If the plan goes right, my life will start today.' I thought descending down the 4 flights of stairs, that would take me to the ground floor of my temple. While descending the stairs, I went through my mental checklist of all the things I wanted to collect before I left. I had already collected all my journals and scrolls from my bedroom. I had collected my hunting knife, along with my sewing kit, and the small amount of furs I had collected over the years.
When I made it to the bottom of the stairs I looked out at the entry room of my temple. It was the most unkempt room in the entire temple. On a wall of the temple, to the left of the staircase, was a set of double doors that had been torn off their hinges by overgrown trees. On the opposite wall in the room, the same thing had happened to the other set of double doors.
Walking to the middle of the room, I set my bags on the floor. Opening the bag on the furthest to the left, I pull out a section of rope. I tied together the handles of my 2 duffel bags. I slung my bags over my shoulders. They were as tall as me and caused me to stumble when I walked I walked towards the double doors on my left. I looked down at my dress. I have had the same one on for over 6 months now, so it's been torn apart time and time again. My dress is barely being held together by it's threads. I've had to sew it back together, so many times that I'm almost all out of thread. I look down at the random collection of fur patches on my dress. I look down at my stomach. I cut out the whole section of my dress, where my stomach is. This opening makes it easier to get access to my seals.
'This is it. What all my training with Kariudo(huntress), Sora (superior wind), Kaito(supportive person), and Tsuki (moon) has prepared me for. But first I need Sora, and Kaito to help me break the barrier.' I thought cutting a small line down my stomach. Coating my hands in my blood, I go through the hand seals for my summoning jutsu. A large cloud of smoke suddenly filled the room. After the smoke cleared, there stood 2 child sized wolves facing me. One was a gray, male wolf, and the other was a black, male wolf.
"It's time already? We'll get into position." The gray wolf said. Both wolves moved towards the double doors in front of us. They went into pouncing position, next to each other. I let out a loud howl, trying to call Tsuki to me. 'I'm getting into position.' The female's voice rang through my head. I got myself into position. I crouch down, with my right foot planted in front of me, my left foot kneeling behind me, and my hands are ready to fly through the hand seals to the jutsu. 'I'm ready.' A female voice rang out. 'Have all the temples been checked?' I thought. 'Yes. Nothing out of the unusual. Each had a bedroom, with a rotted bedroom set, nothing was salvageable. The each had kitchens, nothing was salvageable there either. They each had libraries, but they were sealed off.' A female's voice said. 'Alright, we may come back for whatever is in the libraries. Maybe. But first we need to learn sealing jutsus. Okay, everybody, we attack on my mark. 3… 2… 1… Now!' I yelled in my mind. Quickly going through the hand seals, I perform Shattering Slash. I pumped as much wind chakra into my right hand as possible. I swung my hand in the air diagonally. A line of pure wind chakra shot out towards the door, faster than the untrained eye can see. We all attack the doorway at once.
A deafening whipping sound and a crackling sound filled the room. I run towards the smoke that now fills the doorway, trying not to trip over my bags. When I finally break through the smoke, I see trees up close for the first time in my entire life. I look behind me and see the temple regenerating it's barrier. I watch the grey, shield reappear. 'Come on, it's time to go. We can bask in the glory later.' Voices rang out in my mind. A silver, female, wolf, the size of an adult, with 2 tails ran up to me. 'Hop on, we'll get to the boat faster that way.' She thought, sitting in front of me. Two of her tails moved towards my back and grabbed my bags. 'Okay, Tsuki', I thought. I sat on her back, and held on for dear life.
I watched as the world around me blurred, as she ran. After a while, we reached a sandy beach, where the top of an old sailboat was lying on the shore. Tsuki slowed down, and stopped right next to the boat. I got on the raft, and prepared its lone sail. I looked towards the horizon and saw that a few hours had already passed. Rustling was heard from the trees. I looked towards the trees and saw the grey, and black wolves coming from the trees. "We should rest for a few hours, then we should head out." Tsuki said, laying down. 'I need to dispel you guys. You can come back out when we reach land.' I thought. 'As long as you're sure you don't need us.' The gray and black wolves, Sora and Kaito, moved towards me. 'We wish you good luck. We're rooting for you.' They thought, moving to lick my cheeks in a sign of cheering me on. I moved to curl against Tsuki. She curled around me and I collapsed from exhaustion.
I woke up a while later. Looking up towards the sky, I saw it was already noon. We need to leave as soon as possible, a storm is coming and we need to avoid it. I shook awake Tsuki. 'It's time to go. You ready?' I thought. She got up, stretching, and walked towards the shore. I looked back at the trees. I couldn't see through the tees, they were large, dark, trees. Looking towards the top of the trees, I saw glimpses of the towers. I let out a deep sigh and turned back to the raft. I pushed the raft into the water, hoping on in the last second.
I began pumping small amounts of wind chakra into the sail. Tsuki moved into the water and swam beside the raft. We don't know how long it will take to reach the mainland, but I know we are moving twice as fast as a normal sailboat. I would go faster, but the boat may not be strong enough to hold against winds any stronger than the ones on it now. I looked towards Tsuki, she was swimming so fast! Tsuki never ceases to amaze me. Ever since we meet 3 years ago, she has become like a sister to me. 'Wow… It's already been 3 years since I signed Kariudo's contract. I can hardly remember my old life before she, Sora, and Kaito came into my life. I wonder what it would have looked like if I signed the contract sooner? Then again Kariudo says that the contract has major health side effects, she only gave it to me, because she believed I wasn't going to live past 10 if she didn't. Even now she doesn't know the extent of the damage the contract is doing to my body. She thinks that it will shorten my life by at least a decade, and she says it might be a safe bet to say that it will stunt my growth. She thinks the tallest I will ever be is 5 feet tall.' I thought. I looked towards the sky and saw that clouds were already beginning to darken. The storm will start soon, we better go quickly. 'We should speed up, we don't have much time left. Put a little more wind chakra into the sail, we'll just have to hope it holds.' I turned toward Tsuki and nodded my head. I pushed a bit more chakra into the sail. Hearing the creaking of the raft, my left hand tightened its grip on the pole holding the sail.
Hours passed by, and the sky had already turned ominous and stormy. Lightning was crackling in the distance all around me. I was holding on to the pole, for dear life. The waves were out of control. They were crashing painfully against my body. I can't see Tsuki through all the water crashing around me. 'Hold on Okami, we have to try to make it through the waves. The storm could last minutes, hours, or even days. I can't see you anymore. Just try to keep your head above the water. I'm gonna come near the raft and put you on my back. I'll try to swim us through this.' Tsuki's voice filled my frantic mind.
Loud cracking sounds filled my ears. I looked at my feet and saw that the raft was caving under the pressure. Looking at the sail, I saw that it was already torn into 5 shredded sections. I wrapped my arms around the pole, and moved to grab a piece of wood that was breaking off from the raft. A split second later the sail and its pole on the raft gave way, breaking off the raft. It hit me in the left side of my face, and flew into the rapid winds. I threw my body onto the piece of driftwood, as the rapids began ripping apart the raft. I looked around, just to see a brown blur flying towards me. I had no time to react before I was struck upside the head. I lost my grip and sank into the deep, blue water. The world began to fade away, and I stopped struggling against the waves. The last thing I felt was being wrapped up in something.
