Title: Look toward the Light
Type: Legend of the Seeker/Naruto ---crossover.
Rating: probably M
Summary: There is a prophecy... that tells us of a new Seeker...His name will be known throughout the territories.... and He will spell the doom upon Lord Rahl...
But... There is also mention of a confessor. The only one of their kind... One that can shape prophecy itself...
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to The Legend of the Seeker, or Naruto. The only things I own in this fic are the modifications I made to the characters and the plot. There will be some romance eventually....
I would love any opinions on this, but I will make it a point to ignore any flaming.
Hope you Enjoy!
~Ryn
D'Harans. If there was one thing she hated most, it was the D'Harans. Especially when their mission was to destroy the last hope for the midlands.
Their horses, while being glorious animals of immense endurance and speed, were tiring. They did not possess the stamina to out gallop the D'Haran steeds for long. What was truly frustrating was that the soldiers' horses seemed to only be just getting started.
This irked the confessors to no end. If Naru didn't know better, she'd have thought Darken Rahl was just toying with her. As if she were his. Naru shivered internally, sending more of her long golden locks to fly behind her.
She really didn't want to think about Darken Rahl. Not when they had to get to the boundary as fast as they possibly could.
They just had to make it to the boundary.
"Naru!" her sister Ino shouted in anxiety.
'Great.' Naru cursed internally as she ducked forward into her saddle, the arrow narrowly missing her. 'They have crossbows.'
She urged her chestnut stallion to go faster, with Ino following closely behind on her dapple gray mare. Ino encouraged the mare in a similar manner, coming just beside her sister.
Naru looked over at her lively blonde companion and smirked mischeviously at the younger confessor. She was proud of Ino, risking her life to accompany her older sister on the perilous journey through the boundary so that they could find him.
Naru heard the telltale whistling of another arrow before she saw it. Ducking Instinctively, she quickly looked over at Ino, only to witness the sickening sight of the arrow hitting its mark; accompanied by the heart-wrenching thud it created as it imbedded itself in Ino's torso. Naru looked on with wide, horror-filled, azure blue eyes as the only family she had left fell back painfully in her saddle.
"Ino!" she screamed, barely keeping what was left of her composure intact. Another arrow whizzed by, narrowly missing the both of them.
They had to get to the boundary.
Naru once again urged her steed to go faster, seeing the end of the forest finally come into view. The two horses raced out of the forest onto the continuing path that eventually led to the boundary.
"We're almost there, hang on!" Naru shouted, racing her horse around a rather sharp bend in the dirt road; Ino's mare trailing behind them.
She looked back to see her sister fall off her horse, down the steep hill beside the bend. Ino rolled down violently until eventually she was stopped on the edge of the small river at the bottom of the hill.
Naru's blue eyes once again widened in horror and deep sadness as she almost flew from her steed's saddle, frantically running down the side of the steep hill, tears now starting to flow down her cheeks. Her little sister being the only thing on her mind. As she knelt in the sopping wet sand beside Ino, Naru felt the feeling of being truly powerless tearing at her heart.
Gently supporting her back, Naru tried to assess the damage the arrow caused; noting the unhealthy amount of blood staining the sand and flowing carelessly down the stream.
She was startled to feel a hand caress softly around the right side of her face. Naru hesitantly met her dying sister's pastel blue eyes, and felt the wall she had built against her emotions steadily crumble; tears now freely flowing from her distressed eyes.
A mild expression of shock formed on the older confessor's face as she saw the look of acceptance and peace on her little sister's face. Naru winced, knowing what she was about to hear from her sister's sand-dusted lips. The knowledge of this made it more painful to hear.
"Go....Naru...." her sister whispered, struggling to stay awake, energy fading "You need to find him."
"I will not leave you here...." Naru wailed softly, her resolve breaking even further "I will not leave my sister to die at the hands of the D'Harans!" she looked down shamefully to hide her face from Ino, and once again felt the hand on her face force her to look into the pale blue eyes.
"I'm supposed to protect you, Ino..."
Ino sighed, her breathing gradually becoming more difficult. She had to make this fast, knowing the D'Harans could pay them a visit at any moment; and that they shouldn't be very far behind. Ino stared firmly into Naru's darker blue eyes.
"You need to find him and help him in his quest. Fulfill the prophecy." Ino took in another ragged breath "Do not worry about me, Naru..." Ino let her hand fall to the pouch she had attached to her waist and pulled out a book.
"Go. Before the D'Harans catch you." She smiled softly, pushing the book into Naru's hand. Naru nodded solemnly, tears still streaming from her azure blue eyes.
As she watched her sister's eyes close, Naru bent forward, letting her sun-kissed hair brush against her sister's pale blonde locks. She kissed Ino's forehead softly.
"May the spirits watch over you, Ino, little sister..."
Composing herself slightly, Naru stood; clenching her fingers around the book.
She ran, knowing no one was going to stop her from honoring her sister's last wishes.
Sorry for the tragedy, but I needed it to get the story started the way I wanted it.
So.... what do you think? This is the first chapter of more to come!
I think I will set up a schedule for this story as a posting every week.
However, if I manage to finish a chapter early, I will post it sooner.
This is my first fanfiction, so please review!
~Ryn