Well I was on a fairy-tale movie watching spree, so this new story will, yes be about Princesses, Princes, good vs. evil, castles, Dragons, ect. While I am typing this, this story has no title, but hopefully I can think of one before I put it up.
Lookie, butterfly… )i( :P
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She walked through the woods, hidden in a dark crimson cloak that covered her in shadows of the large swaying trees. Darkness all around her, the moon was just peaking in the waning stage. Her clothes, torn and bloody, from an ambush a ways back, in the outskirts of the once-great city, Plasalter. She smirked, though her clothes were bloody, not one drop belonged to her. She didn't usually like to use violence, but they tore her favorite cloak… what was she supposed to do? I guess the violence thing was a lie… she had a violent temper, which she lost many a time. She loved the feeling of adrenaline coursing through her veins, as it mingled with her chakra. It was a rush like no drug could live up to. She heard the sound of footsteps, and jumped to the nearest tree, and remained hidden as palace guards stopped for a rest.
'Great… why here of all places?' She inwardly sighed as she listened in on their conversation, she might as well see if they know anything before she kills them. She put both her middle and index fingers of her right hand to her forehead.
"Late Elder Ashru, grant me the power of elfin hearing…" She whispered, as her ears grew pointed, and the guard's voices became quite clear.
"… And then she took off, with the stable boy" The group of guards laughed at the story, Sakura guessed that there were about ten in the group.
"Why did his highness send us out here anyways? There is no chance we'll find "her", and if we did, we could all be killed…" One of the younger guards asked.
"We outnumber the bitch, by like ten to one, we'll be fine…" An older guard patted the younger guard on the back.
"I heard she once killed an army of one hundred with only one weapon…" A guard chimed in.
"I heard she is one tough bitch, but she is told to be the most beautiful of maidens in the continent."
"I shall take her head!!" One guard cheered, "Her maidenhead of course!" The guards all agreed that if she was to be captured by them, they would have some fun with her before she was to be brought to the prince.
"Nice one Allicel!"
"Have you heard of her family? Pathetic, they couldn't even fight off the army of ten thousand solders the young prince sent. They were pathetic, they had a few fair fighters, but they didn't wish to "comply with our demands" " Allicel sneered, the guards laughed.
'Those sick-minded, disgusting, revolting pigs, we'll se if they're laughing in an hour or so…How dare they look down on my family…"
"What were the demands again, Allicel? After all, you were one of the commanders of the onslaught." The younger guard asked.
"Oh, the demands? There were no demands, it was a trade! All their fair females and their leader, and in turn, the rest of the villagers aren't killed. Of course, they were too honest and "proud" to give us their women, so we slaughtered them all, and took the beautiful women anyways! The ones who escaped were soon found and killed on the spot, unless they were women… then, well… you know the rest. There was a particularly pretty woman that we found; she had the best curves you have ever seen!!" They laughed. "There is one who escaped though… It was a girl, very small. I think she was nine…? Ten…? Anyways, we looked all over, and she was nowhere to be found. She just vanished. What was her name…? Saiki… Sora… Soiku…- It was Sakura, Sakura Haruno" One of the other guards chimed in
"That's right… That hot woman was screaming for this "Sakura" to run, but we caught the woman, and never found the girl she must have been eaten by the wolves or something… Well, I'm gunna go take a piss" Allicel got up and made his way to the river.
"Perfect…" She whispered, and followed him without making a sound.
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"Where did Allicel go? He's been gone for a while now…" The younger guard asked.
"He's probably shitting, he'll be back sometime"
"I guess so…"
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With Allicel…
He pulled up his pants, and suddenly heard a very soft… sexy voice coming from up-river. He followed the enticing voice until her reached a beautiful lake, with a waterfall flowing almost silently in the background. The pixie fairy crystals glowed light hues of blues and purples. They were lined up in bunches in, and around the lake, making it seem like the lake was glowing. The origin of the voice was coming from the darkened figure that stood in the middle of the lake. It seemed like a girl, but her whole figure was shadowed, as she stepped forward, more of her was revealed to the flabbergasted guard.
Her long pastel pink locks cascaded down her back, not unlike the waterfall behind her.
Her clothes were black, and very, very clingy. From just below her breast, to just above her navel showed skin, it was a strapless dress, and the bottom of the dress was cut in a way so that it was short in the front and long in the back. A long flowing crimson, cloak that was slightly torn, was around her shoulders, the hood atop her head. A small black string held the cloak around her slender neck. Her emerald green eyes shone beautifully over the pixie crystals. She slowly walked, almost glided, toward the bumbling, speechless man now on the ground. As she stepped off of the water he shot up but his pants fell down, and she stepped closer. Leaning close into the man she whispered "My Maidenhead? You will pay for the insults you cast upon me, and the slaughter of my family… you wretch." She smirked as the man was now shaking in his boots.
"I-it's y-you…" She leaned back to where she was standing, and put her hand on her katana, which was strapped to her back.
"Me? I'm no one, and when I've killed you and left, still, no one will know what I look like …" Sakura giggled and touched his mouth with her two fingers.
"Late Elder Ashru, grant him the power of silence and stillness…" Then she very slowly reached for her katana, and slowly pulled it out of its sheath. The man started yelling… but made not one sound. The started to run, but his entire body was stationary. All he could do was blink, and follow her with his eyes. She slowly circled him.
"This is for the Elder" She slowly pierced through his right leg and twisted around the blade. The man's eyes grew wide and he appeared to be wincing.
"This is for the villagers" She repeated her actions on his left leg.
"This is for my mother, Tsunade… to you, 'The woman that had the best curves you've ever seen'" She placed her katana near his manhood, and hacked it all off in one swing. He wrenched, then Sakura pushed him onto his back. He coughed up blood, which was trickling from his mouth.
"And this… well… this is for all of the people and women you have ever violated and slaughtered" She placed the tip of her now bloodied katana right below his sternum and cut… deeply. She sliced through his abdomen, until parts of his organs were visible. At this point the man was twisting in agony. She calmly talked to him.
"I can end this quickly, if you answer my question. Was prince Sasuke involved in the attack on Konoha?" She asked "Blink once for yes, and twice for no…" She looked at him. He blinked once with tears in his eyes still glaring at her, then she nodded.
"May God have mercy on your soul…" She detested, yet pitied the man.
"Allicel, please close your eyes and relax, this will be over soon enough" As he closed his eyes she walked from near his lower abdomen to his head. As soon as his eyes were closed she quickly cut through his jugular vein and the rest of his neck, she made it virtually painless. Blood spewed from the severed body. She quickly prayed for the now dead man, and took her bloodied katana and carved her signature, a cherry blossom, in the nearest tree.
She heard voices coming closer, and decided that Allicel should be found, lest wild wolves or gremlins eat him. She made a low whistle, then three higher notes and made a run for it.
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"Where is he?!" The younger guard asked and jumped up "It's been twenty minutes already!!"
"Go look for him then." A guard waved him along "And when you find him- "twooooet tweeeet tweet tweeeeeeeeeet…" The guards paled, they knew that whistle, there was no doubt… it was "her". The assassin… the avenger… Sakura Haruno, the only one to escape the slaughter of Konoha. No one has seen her and lived to tell the tale. No description, no way to catch her. And the well-known four note whistle, was her death call.
"Shit!" The guards jumped from their camp and ran through the forest, and the coppery smell of blood lingered in the air. The youngest guard was the first on the scene. He climbed through the brush and vomited. His former commander's corpse was sprawled on the ground. His entrails scattered around, it seemed like a wolf mauling, but they knew better. The bloodied cherry blossom chiseled into the tree said otherwise.
"Damn you Sakura… You will pay for what you've done…"
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Hours later… at daybreak
'That was fun… kekeke…'
'A little overboard much?'
'Maybe a little, but hey I don't get out often…'
'Whatever… Hey what the hell is that?' Sakura looked at a cloud of smoke in the distance. Then jumped from tree to tree to a clearing where the smoke was coming from. There were two gremlins, eating something… or someone. A small elfin child was tied to a tree, and was wailing. Sakura quietly jumped down from the tree and stood behind the tree where she was.
"Psssst… Hey." The girl jumped and looked around, "I'm behind the tree, how many gremlins are there?"
"I… I think there are only two…" The girl sniffed.
"Okay, when I say go, hide behind this tree, get it?" Sakura cut the ropes, but held them so the gremlins didn't notice a change.
"Got it…"
"Good… okay… GO" Sakura let go of the rope and the gremlins glared at her with their glowing red eyes. They showed their fangs, dripping with crimson liquid, and lunged at her. She took out her crossbow that she hid under her cloak. She jumped backwards as the smaller gremlin made a jump at her. As she was about to shoot the littler one, the bigger gremlin grabbed her by her hair and pulled upward. Sakura was now two feet off of the ground, and she had to think fast, or she might be their next meal… She took the knife out of her boot and cut her hair, setting her free. Of course her hair was a mess, but she would deal with that later. She shot off her crossbow at the little one as it tried to scramble away from her. The arrow shot through its head and pinned the corpse to the tree. The bigger gremlin roared at the smaller gremlin's elimination, he swung his huge fist into Sakura, which threw her into the nearest tree. She slid off of the giant tree, and winced. The gremlin stomped toward her and roared, she took this chance to reload her crossbow. As he dove for her she slid out of the way and shot off her crossbow… it hit him in the neck, but it didn't seem to hurt him. She shot it off once more, and it found itself right between his eyes. The large gremlin dropped to its knees, and landed on the ground with a 'thud'. The arrow speared itself through his skull as his head hit the forest floor.
"You can come on out now…" The small elf peeked from behind the tree, very cautiously.
"What's your name kid?" Sakura asked, pulling down her hood, and revealing her face.
"O-oh…. Me? M-my name is… um, it's Hinata…" The small elfin girl looked down, somehow ashamed. The girl was quite cute. Despite her torn clothes, she had big pearly eyes, and her hair was just like a boy's. Except for the bangs near the front and sides of her face.
"What happened?"
"I… I was walking with my little sister, and these two huge things attacked us from nowhere, and then the tied both of us to a tree… Then they took-" She gasped and ran to the bloody remains of something. She girl sank to her knees and wailed, at the mess, and picked up what looked like a necklace. It was the 'Yin' of the 'Yin-Yang' symbol. With watery eyes she took out her necklace she had under her clothes, and brought the two together. Sakura walked over to the weeping girl, and embraced her. She also knew what it was like to see someone you loved killed before your eyes.
"That was your sister's necklace wasn't it?..." Sakura asked, then she felt the girl tremble.
"They ate her right in front of me… they killed her in cold blood… those…those MONSTERS!!" Hinata bolted to the bigger gremlin and ripped the arrow from his head. She continuously thrust the arrow through the dead corpse, tears streaming down her face.
Sakura stepped toward her, but stopped herself.
'Let her be… she needs to vent…'
'I don't blame her…' After a while Hinata dropped the arrow and just sat there. Sakura scooped her up in her arms and put her on her back. She heard the small girl snoring quietly, and smiled. She started walking away, until she saw the necklace on the ground, and knowing Hinata would want it, she picked it up. Then Sakura headed back to her hideout…
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A sweet scent woke Hinata, and she found herself in a medium sized shack. The floors were clean, but it looked like bits of dust and dirt were in different patches around the room. Sakura came from the kitchen, bringing out dinner for the both of them.
Sakura smiles as she gave the girl some homemade sweets and miscellaneous fruits. It's against elf's their nature to eat anything that isn't sweet. Sakura handed over her plate. Hinata drooled, and looked at Sakura with big puppy dog eyes.
"I-Is this really all mine?!" Hinata asked
"Why not?" Sakura grinned, putting a piece of teriyaki chicken in her mouth. Hinata squealed, and began eating. After the food, Sakura picked up the dishes, and Hinata washed them.
"Um… Sakura?"
"Yeah?"
"Well… do you mind if I stay with you? My little sister was the only family I had left…"
Sakura pondered this.
"Before you make up your mind, I must tell you. You may be attacked often, you may even die. To avoid this you must listen and trust me at all cost… or you may suffer the same fate as your sister. Do you understand Hinata? Remember you are still a child…"
Hinata looked at her strangely, and then looked at herself, she started to laugh.
"What's so funny…?" Sakura asked, trying not to laugh with her.
"I'm no child silly… I'm way older!" She laughed falling backwards.
"I don't understand…"
"Just before my sister and I went walking, I turned into a child, so that I could go through the secret passage out of our city. Since my sister is so little, I'm way taller, and I couldn't fit in the hole under the wall. So she turned me into a child, so I could squeeze through… I guess I should change back now…" Hinata stood up and put her hands in front of her. A light blue glow emitted from the tips of her fingers, and a circle of blue surrounded her. She slowly spun as she moved the blue light to surround her.
'A Huyga, eh? Nice…'
'Indeed…'
There was a large flash, that made Sakura advert her eyes, and she looked back, the small girl was gone, instead an older girl, around her late teens. She had some of the same qualities the girl had, but her clothes were different, so was her hair. She had the bangs still, but her hair went to her lower back. Her clothes were almost princess like, for elves anyways… She had a sapphire circlet on her head, and her ears had rings on them. She had a pale purple, flowing skirt. Her top was a white corset, and her gloves went past her elbows, with ribbons on them. She was the ideal picture of light.
"Okay… Here I am!" Hinata smiled
"I see…" Sakura looked at her, and she was about her size, but Sakura was a bit taller.
"That's why you looked familiar… you're Hinata, elfin princess of the forest."
"After my father was murdered, I was supposed to be queen, but I gave the kingdom to my best friend, he would be a better leader than I would ever be. He said I could regain power as soon as I return… I am going after the madman who killed my father… you may have heard of him…" Sakura knew exactly who she was talking about… Prince Sasuke.
"Sasuke… right?" Sakura scowled. "I am after him as well… so do you wish to come with me?" Sakura asked.
"I do." Hinata stared at her. "I need to have my revenge on that bastard…"
"Fine. First you need traveling clothes, you may keep those that you currently have on, but you will carry it. Since you're about my size, you should be able to fit into my clothes.
You can keep your top and gloves, but that skirt will get in the way…" Sakura rummaged through her closet to find some clothes. Hinata looked at her skirt, and gulped. She loved her skirt though… Sakura shook her head and held back a laugh.
"You look through my closet and find some clothes, I'll fix your skirt…"
"Sure… okay!" Hinata moved into the walk-in closet. Sakura took the skirt and cut a bunch of it off. She took two pieces and took a golden string and tied then together at the sides. The beautiful skirt was now more of a loin cloth, but it was still pretty. Hinata found a pair of white shorts, and tie-up sandals that went to just below her knee. She got rid of her top anyways… and she found a white semi-shirt. It was like a white spaghetti strap, but made an upside down 'V' at the bottom of her shirt that showed her navel. She was handed her skirt and tied it over her shorts. Hinata shivered, and Sakura opened a hatch beneath her closet floor.
"Follow me Hinata… Tell me did they teach you anything about weaponry in the castle?"
Sakura asked, leading her down the stairs.
"Oh, as a matter of fact, yes, but I was mostly trained in healing…" Hinata pondered something for a moment. She shook it off.
"What aren't you telling me Hinata?" Sakura asked, looking at her from the corner of her eye.
"It's nothing…"
"Hinata…" Sakura stopped walking.
"I have a gift of some kind… I can't explain it…"
"What do you mean…? What kind of gift?" Sakura asked, since she had a gift herself.
"I can destroy someone… without even touching them. It only lasts for a little while though… I've figured out that they appear to be hands; they are invisible to the human eye of course. They rip things apart, and since I was a princess, I only got to try it out once… I also have my bloodline, the Byakugan." Hinata explained.
"Good… you will still need a weapon though, when your chakra runs out though… Are you better with close range, or far range combat?" Sakura asked.
"Both, I'd rather have a far range weapon myself…" Hinata said as Sakura turned on the light. She gasped, there were weapons lining the walls, and tables.
"Pick your poison… hehe…" Sakura stood back. Hinata explored the weapons, and chose a pouch of kunai, and ninja stars.
"Good choice, oh, and before I forget…" Sakura opened a closet and revealed cloaks, of many sizes, but they were all white. She took out a cape.
"This is your cape Hinata; it will protect you from fire, and is nearly impenetrable. It can also hide you from your enemies." Sakura put her hood over her face, and her cloak over her body. She was still very visible. Sakura snapped her fingers, she blurred and disappeared. Hinata waved her hand where Sakura would be. She couldn't feel her. Sakura reappeared by her without a sound.
"You don't have to snap, it responds by your thoughts, but you must make it yours." Sakura quickly took a kunai, and before Hinata could realize, what was happening, Sakura had made a small cut on her finger.
"Put your blood on the white tab inside of the cloak." These cloaks were magical, and much like summoning animals by a blood contract, as soon as the first drop touches the tab, it adapts itself to its person. As soon as Hinata touched it, her cape glowed a light blue, and her cape turned into a very dark blue. She tied it on to herself, and surprisingly, it was light as a feather.
"We should get going Hinata… I heard solders are scouting this area…" Sakura said calmly. They went back upstairs, and Sakura handed Hinata a bag that would sling across her chest. To store food, strength and chakra pills, scrolls, and her weapons. Sakura got her bag as well, and brought Hinata outside. Sakura held out a blank scroll, and placed it in front of the shack. She did a few hand signs, and mumbled her own spell.
"Madel hodelm delmora sen tu…." The hut disappeared in a poof of leaves, as she put the small scroll into her bag.
"Let's go shall we?"
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HaHA!! NEW STORY!! I know I should update my stories… and trust me they're on their way… but I have a little bit of writer's block… Oh!! I went to the Wondercon in San Francisco!! I was Freya from Chobits, and Shippuden Sakura… if that's how it's spelled. My 10 year old brother dressed up as little Gaara… IT WAS SOOOOOO CUTE!! I'm going to the Fanime Con in San Jose in May, I'll be going as Nurse Joy (I may also be Freya), so if ya see me, feel free to say hi!! I'll probably be with my friend… She might be Officer Jenny… ENOUGH BLABBERING!!
This was my first story with bloody scenes, so it's not very good… ;P
Anyhoo… Please review!!