Darkness Risen

Darkness Risen

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End

By: Shinju Nozomi

The Setsuko clan holds no special powers or kekki genkai. They are a large family though that has made great success in Konoha. On the day of June sixth, a girl was born into the Setsuko family. Her parents are Kenshin and Jun and they named their daughter Setsuko Hikari. Hikari would be their only child after many miscarriages and they believed was their gift of light, hence her name. To their horror though, Hikari would become the exact opposite of that.

As Hikari got older more people began to notice her. Not only because of the family she was from but also because she was very beautiful at a very young age. She had long black hair and unique red/golden eyes, a fair complexion, and was tall and thin. She refused to wear anything except for kimonos even after her parents let her enter the academy. Hikari was very quiet and almost never spoke to anyone. She excelled at everything she did and graduated from the academy with perfect grades.

She was put on a team with another girl and a boy. This is when Hikari's true nature began to show itself. She did not like her teammates and though she did not speak to them it was obvious that she did not treat them with respect and thought very highly of herself. Though she was good at everything she did, her true strengths were in taijutsu and ninjutsu. Her team finally made it to the chuunin exams when Hikari had turned fourteen and to Hikari things were finally starting to get interesting. She enjoyed watching the other teams and people from different villages seeing their strengths and weaknesses. This would be the turning point in her life; this would be the beginning of the end.