Chapter One

The blazing sun beat down on the young black haired girl, who had now turned eight years of age, as she trains more vigorously than most of the kids her age. Her name is Jade. she looks just like your average eight year old girl, but she was much more than that. She had a calling for battle ever since she knew how to walk. Her mother plunged her into the fires of combat three year ago on her fifth birthday. Her mother was one of best shinobi to come out of the village hidden in the sand, her name is Temari. Temari gave birth to Jade in the village of Konoha but afterwards she moved to the outskirts of the village where they could live alone. They stayed in contact with the village so she could do missions for them and come to their aid if need be. Jade is not an normal eight year old girl just because she likes to fight more than anything it is because she could take care of her self since the beginning of her training. She could cook, clean, defend herself against most predators, and she could hunt down any animal she wanted(most of the time for food but sometimes she did it for fun). She was taught the the basics of these skills by Temari, but had to enhance them on her own. She had to advance her skills on her own because there was no one to look after her while Temari was out on missions given to her by the village, and her father was not around.

During Jade's daily training she was alone most of the time due to the missions the village gave to her mother, but today Temari blessed her with her presence. Jade did not realize her mother was watching until. She heard her mother shout "Wind Scythe Jutsu!!!". She heard it in just enough time time to avoid the massive gust of razor sharp wind that demolished the dummy she was fighting and the ground around it. She managed to find good cover to hide behind on the outside of the clearing she was in. Around the clearing it was all dense forest that she knew very well from the hunting trips she went on. Her mother had chased her into the forest on more than one occasion(Temari has a very bad temper, and I mean very bad). this time it felt different, all the other times she knew her mother was going to be there and she had always been right in front of her. This time she had no forewarning at all and on top of that she had no clue where her mother could be. After about an hour of hunting Jade had spotted her mother crouching on a tree branch not to far from were she was. What do I do, what do I do? She said to herself in a panic. I know only the shadow clone jutsu.she complained.And i need th get that fan away from her. She thought while jumping to another tree. At that moment Temari sat in the tree wondering where her daughter could be. All of a sudden the branch that she was on broke, and as she whet to grab the next branch down her fan fell off her back. She thought nothing of it at that point. As she gets up on top of the branch she sees a little piece of Jade's shirt exposed next to a tree. She then starts thinking that Jade was actually planing a trap, and she might have fallen right into it. All of a sudden she hears a really loud crashing noise like trees falling, then the tree she was standing on starts to fall. As she jumps to get out of the tree shes sees Jade standing inches from where the tree would fall holding her fan. As she lands four shadow clones grapple onto her arms and legs. Then four more clones come out from behind Jade, she jumps on the shoulders of two of the clones. The other two clones jump up she grabs them by the waist of their paints. At this point she is amazed at the level skill her daughter has reached almost by her shelf. She even has trouble with the clones that are holding onto her arms and legs. Then the clone on Jade's right arm grabs her fan and opens it. Then Jade yells "Wind Scythe Jutsu!!!" and a giant gust of razor sharp wind crashes in to her. As the dust clears Jade sees no sign of her mother which makes her worry. From behind her she hears the slight cling of a kunai then feels the cold steel of the blade against her neck. "I win." her mother said from behind her.

"Why are you not on a mission like you normally are, mother?"

"Don't you know what today is?"

"No, what?"

"It's your birthday. I cant believe you forgot you own birthday."

"Sorry mother, I have been getting really into my training that I completely forgot."

"No problem, I remembered and I got you something" Temari said as she pulls out a small box. Covered with dark blue velvet and a gold bow.

"What is it?" Jade replies excitedly.

"Open it."

As she starts to open it a small tear runs down her cheek. Nobody besides her mother has ever given her anything. Her mother was the only person she had. She opened the box and inside it was a ball jade with a ribbon attached to it.

"It's beautiful." she said with a big smile. "Thank you so much! I love it!"

"Here, let me put it on for you." Temari said grabbing the ball. "Jade, I love you so much and I'm very proud of your progress. You almost beat me today, I did not think you knew any other jutsu besides the shadow clone. I'm very anxious to see what else you can do."

" I will have to show you, but not now I'm tired and it's getting late."

" Okay, goodnight."

The flowing morning Jade started the most rough and challenging training she has ever done. Her teacher was Temari because she had requested time away so she could train Jade. She trained this way for two years. Her training mainly consisted of things like weapons, different kinds of jutsu, how to utilize the cover your surroundings provide, and how to use her natural gift an infinity for wind.