Prologue

Watching the steel grey and purplish clouds floating quickly overhead she sighed, hoping they would spill their heavy, wet burden soon. The recent humidity had been oppressing at best and damn near suffocating at worst, making even the toughest shinobi feel lethargic and dull.

Today had been particularly stifling. She could see some people still sitting by the turbulent river, mainly older couples and teen-aged groups of friends, the families having left for home a few hours ago. She sighed loudly again, chewing her lip pensively while glaring at the clouds.

Flopping down she removed her ninja issue boots and dangled her feet in the cool waters. Kicking occasionally, enjoying the way the water seems to shimmer in the thick air as its sprays from her feet. She thinks back, back nearly two years ago, back to that night, the one that seemed to change everything and turned her entire world upside down…

I shall be re-editing this story. Fixing mistakes and grammatical errors as I go and generally 'cleaning'. I will also finished the epilogue and complete the story finally. A huge thanks to everyone who has faved and alerted this story.