I was a child when my home was taken from me. My village was taken from me, ripped asunder, by a group of bandits. The old woman who had taken care of me, raised me, died to save me. For the first time in my short life I was alone.
But then they had come along with a new clan and village for me. While as large as one the village was not one of the major five, merely the largest of the minor villages. The Village Hidden in Amber, Kohakugakure. They even had reknown clans throughout, not only the Land of Fire, but beyond as well. There was the Yakumura Clan who's skill in genjutsu was beyond amazing. There was the Atsushi Clan who was the main source for money in the village and specialists in making special weapons who originated in Kiri. There was the Shuji Clan who had the best control over wind jutsus in all of the Land of Fire. And finally there was the Ryuugon Clan led by Takeshiro Ryuugon, the Nidaime Anbakage.
ENTER
"Dante! Dante!" A twelve year old, brown haired girl yelled through the house.
She held in her hands the symbol of their village, an open eye with two slits running down the irises. Marking the famous doujutsu of the kage that had started this village.
A slightly older boy raised his eyes from the scroll he was writing on and smiled at his younger sister who even though wasn't blood related, was still a sister. He was the average height for a twelve year old boy. He had straight black hair that went down to halfway down his neck and was parted over his forehead to the side. He wore a black short sleeve shirt and black shorts with a gray jacket over it.
Dante sighed, "Yes Miki? What do you need I'm slightly busy right now. Father is teaching me how to seal things in scrolls. The progress is…slow to say the least." And at that Dante ran his hand through his hair.
Miki grinned and held up her forehead protector, "Look brother! I took the test today and I passed! I'm officially a ninja of the village! I'm a genin now but I'm going to become a chuunin then I'm going to be a jounin and after that I'll be a sensei!"
Dante nodded and looked at his own forehead that was laying on the desk he was working on. He had decided to wear it once Miki and his best friend Kieko got theirs. Which was today so that meant he would go see her later when he was done with the Fuinjutsu Begginners Scroll.
Miki smiled, "Once you grab Kieko we're going to go celebrate with her's and our's family. So get a move on!"
Dante nodded, "Fine fine, I'll be back soon." He turned and walked out if his plain room and into the extravagant corridors of the Ryuugon Compound. He was walking on polished wooden floors that were so polished he almost slided on his tabi. He passed by several paintings of wilderness, of animals. But of mostly wolves and dragons.
He grinned when he saw the head housemaid dusting some of the paintings with a smile on her face.
Her name was Kouki and although she wasn't blood related she was welcomed into the clan as a member and not just a maid. She wore civilian garb, a blue shirt with brown pants, her natural white hair tied up into a ponytail. It was amazing how she could still smile, seeing as how she came to be a Ryuugon clan member.
She was found holding her infant son Kakanai on the side of the road begging the nobles who came by to take her son with them, to save him from his death. She was spit and taunted at but she didn't give up, for months she stood and begged, any food she got went to her son. She had caught the attention of Takeshiro as he was back from his trip to Konoha.
She had seen his kage garb and instantly ran to him, pulling on his clothing and she begged him. He, being who he was, had agreed to take the infant but only if she came along as well. Once he picked her and the child up, she had fainted and had not woken up for a week. That was eight years ago and now she and her son were as happy as possible, with him not remembering anything about what happened.
"Hey Kouki, will you be joining us for dinner?"
She looked over and smiled down at him, "No can do kiddo, I'll be making dinner, your favorite will be on the menu as well."
Dante's stomach growled, "Kalbi with a side of Sesame Seed Rice?" At Kouki's nod he was off, eager to start dinner.
Kieko was in the middle of her family's dojo, practicing taijutsu with her dad, Uindo. She had blonde hair that fell between her shoulder blades, framing her tan face and big blue eyes. She was as tall as Dante, if not a little smaller. At the moment she was wearing dark blue ANBU pants, black shinobi boots, and a long sleeve grayish white shirt.
Uindo was a tall man, one of the taller ones in the village and powerful, second only to the Kage Takeshiro. He had long blonde hair tied into a high ponytail that fell against his back, like a longer version of Kieko's. Except he wore his dark amber color jounin vest, with the same swirl on the back as Konoha, with a long sleeve black undershirt and a black short sleeve coat over it. He wore dark amber pants that covered part of his black sandals.
He smiled down at his daughter as she finished her taijutsu training, "Good job, if you keep that up you'll become the strongest genin in the whole villlage."
Kieko smiled up at her dad, "I wish, but no matter what I do I can't keep up with Dante. And I heard that when Kurogane was a genin he was as strong as some jounin."
There was a moment of silence as they both thought of Kurogane, who was no longer a shinobi. The silence was broken however when Kieko's mother walked in, carrying a tray of snacks and tea.
Suzume was tall for a woman, tan skinned like her husband, with long brown hair down to her mid back. She wore a blue kimono with dark green leaves all over it, matching very well with her blue eyes.
Suzume smiled brightly as she set the tray next to Kieko and beckoned her to sit down with her. As Suzume and Kieko got themselves comfortable on the ground Uindo smiled down at the two, pride swelling in his chest.
Hey Mom, Dad, can you see this too? Kieko would have loved you guys.
"HEYYYY! WHERE IS EVERYBODY?! KIEKO DID YOUR DAD FINALLY SNAP?!"
Uindo felt a tick mark appear on his temple as he heard Dante scream throughout the house. Suzume giggled lightly at the jab towards her husband while Kieko felt her cheeks get warm.
Dante, as much as I like you, you are a bit crazy.
Suzume patted Uindo's left arm, the one closest to her, "Calm down dear, he'll only be here for a minute before he runs off with Kieko like always, you could just get him back when we have dinner with Takeshiro and Tsubaki."
Uindo nodded, and after a second a devious smile appeared on his face and he gained a faraway look in his eyes. It was at that moment that Dante walked in, obviously excited as he seemed to run on the air towards Kieko. Kieko's face heated up as she saw Dante smiling down at her, her fingers fumbling with the rice ball in her hands.
Why is he smiling like that? Why are his cheeks red? Is he blushing?! Please tell me he isn't going to ask me that in front of my parents!
"Kieko! Sorry to interupt your family time but I needed to ask you something!" Kieko's face was postively red at this moment and her parent's expressions were ranging from excitement to anger, two guesses on which was which. "What are you doing later?"
Kieko was positive that she would faint but her training helped to prevent that, "U...Uh I'm...I'm going to your house for dinner...why?" She set the rice ball down and soothing out any wrinkle that she found in her clothing.
Dante took a deep breath, obnoxious of the atmosphere, "Will you please spar with me, before dinner?"
Suzume smack her hand against her head while Uindo did a happy jiggle inwardly, Kieko however had the biggest impact. Her face dropped the red hue and a tick mark grew on her forehead, "Sure Dante, I'll be happy to kick your as-I mean butt." Dante could hear from her voice that she was obviously mad at something from the restraint in her voice.
Dante nodded and turned to leave, "Alright then, hurry up. Oh and have Suzume help the Old Man get ready for dinner later, don't want the guy to break something." Luckily he was out before the kunai could hit it's target.
Dante and Keiko staired into each others eyes as they each pulled out a kunai. Out of the corner of their eye they saw a leaf, falling slowly to the ground. The tension in the air was thick, pressing down on them. The leaf hit the ground and they were off.
"Fire Style, Fireball Jutsu!"
"Lightning Style, Lightning Blaze Jutsu!"
Miki sighed as she sat on the sidelines, "Why can't they just settle their couple arguments like normal people?"
