"B-but mama!?" she cried, not wanting to leave her mother, or her mother to leave her, nor her father to leave, as well. Tears weld up in her eyes as they left her in the dark, desolate room all alone with some other children.

Her home, the Kingdom of Twilight, was under attack. And every eligible ninja was ordered to help defend the palace, and all it's surroundings. The Kingdoms of Light and Darkness were the ones attacking her. Her - and them... her parents.

As she stayed in the safety of the hidden room, with the other children, she heard battle cries and cries that only reaches a persons' lips once - when they die.

Outside, through a crack in the wall, she saw large, aggressive flames licking the cloudy night sky outside, eating at the houses, and the trees, and the walkways.

Awhile had past. The tears in her eyes had finally fell, as she saw both her parents drop lifelessly to their knees, then face first into the ground.

One of the older children, about six or seven, grabbed for her wrist as she mindlessly bolted for the door, but missed his mark.

She got out of the den, and caught eye of the man who had just murdered her parents, and charged.

No weapon.

No knowledge of the ninja art.

Absolutely nothing.

Only the skills of a small five-year-old girl, and the burning tears that still fell form her eyes. The man saw her, and smiled with devilish delight, taking out his kunai and shurikun and senbon. And just as she was about a foot away from him, a bright maroon sphere erupted around her, ejecting itself at the man.

And that was the last she saw... of anything...

Them.

The fire.

Anybody, and anything.

She awoke, covered in ash, and possessing a bad cough. Everything was... destroyed. Nothing survived... but she...

No houses.

No people.

Nothing...

Standing up, the small child noticed that even the grand castle of the once great kingdom had fallen. More tears welled up in her eyes. She, the only survivor of the legendary Twilight Kingdom...

Staggering through the streets, some remaining smoke and ash blew over the town, covering her in a gush of dirt and smoldered wood. The sound of a foot step behind her caused her to turn violently in that direction.

Crunch..

Crunch...

A man in a clean white suit slowly surveyed the area, and when his eyes reached her, they froze. She couldn't see his face, which somewhat frightened her, dark shades over his eyes. With slow, deliberate steps, he walked over to the girl, grabbing her arm.

She could only sense the smirk of success on his lips. Two more men walked toward her and the man, these ones dressed in black.

"We have found her," said the man whom was holding her.

Suddenly, her head became dizzy..

Light-headed.

Queezey.

Groggy.

And then awoke once more. This time... in a glass tank. She rose to her feet, steadying herself on the wall it made before pounding feebly on the glass. It didn't have any affect...

"Let me out! Please, let me out!" her plea was heard from the other side.

The man whose face she couldn't see planted himself in front of the tank. "You, my dear, I cannot let out, I am afraid. For you see, you have experienced something long beyond the Time of Encounter." He took a deep breath. "And in order to re-seal IT, we have to put you to sleep for a long time. Okay?"

She looked at him and shook her head in disbelief; not wanting to understand, but yet, she understood every word that he spouted. He turned to a man at a large system, and nodded. The man at the control panel nodded, too, and pushed a flashing blue button.

Then she noticed her feet starting to feel cold - wet - and looked down to see the tank filling up with greenish-colored water.

"Sweet dreams," said the man, as he stroked the glass gently with a gloved hand. Then he and his employees had exited the room. The tank kept filling and filling, seeming to never stop.

The water had finally reached her chin..

Doki...

Doki...

Doki...

DokiDoki. DokiDoki.

Do-

Her sight faded as she saw the clean, bright room she was in go black. Her mind had given in, and she fell into a forceful slumber...