A woman's cries are heard from the hospital. She is going into labor. As she pushes harder and harder her husband says "you're doing great Isano, they're almost out!" "Well almost doesn't make it hurt less, Kotoya!" Isano said angry to her husband. The doctor then says "I see a head!" And just as he said that he was able to grab the baby and he handed it to the nurse and then told another nurse to ready another blanket. No one paid attention to what they two children looked like until they were both dried off, then this happy day took a turn for the worst.

"WHAT THERE IS NO WAY THAT THAT GIRL IS MY CHILD!" Kotoya said after he saw his first born daughter. The child's hair was almost all black except for one small portion in the front which was blond and her eyes were blue. Now his doubts are justified, Kotoya was a tall man with blond hair and blue eyes. His wife, Isano, was petite with blond hair and blue eyes.

"There has not been any sort of mix-up Mr. Kurta this is your daughter." The nurse holding the infant said with a matter-of-fact voice. The other nurse showed up carrying their other daughter, she wasn't noticed by the others in the room.

"No there has to of be a mix-up, this child looks nothing like myself or my wife!" Kotoya said firmly as he glared at the nurse.

"NO, now Mr. Kurta I don't care what you say this is the child that your wife gave birth to not even an hour ago." This nurse was not about to be intimidated by anyone, not even Kotoya. He unwilling relented and took both girls hone a week later.

Isano knew that both girls were Kotoya's daughters, and did everything she could to convince him. She assured him that he was her only love and tried to make the girls seem as similar as possible; she dressed them up in matching clothes, tried to emphasize how much they looked like him and gave them similar names. She named the one with black and blond hair Serena, and named her daughter with all blond hair Serenity. But it was not enough.

Kotoya never accepted little Serena, because she made it look like Isano had cheated on him which brought his family much dishonor. He only acknowledged her sister, Serenity, who was born with golden blond hair and eyes as blue as the sea. It didn't take long for Kotoya to come to hate this girl so much that he had her disowned and thrown out of the town at the tender age of six months. But it wasn't the end of this girl.

Isano heard of some travelers who would be coming by their town soon after Serena was left to die in the forest. So she sunk out and found Serena, wrapped her daughter in a blue and gold blanket with Serena's name on it, and set her near the road where the travelers would be. Isano couldn't stay to see if Serena was found because it had been too long and Kotoya would began to suspect something. Luckily the travelers found Serena and a couple who had a young son, Tai, decided to take Serena in as their own daughter.

The travelers were ninjas from a village commonly referred to as Leaf. This village was peaceful for the most part. It has had the occasional conflict and was in the end of a war. But besides that the village was peaceful.

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Kotoya was not the head of his clan, but he was one of the advisors to the head. This clan is special because of a hereditary ability they have, their normally blue eyes turn red when they feel any emotion strongly. This causes an increase in any ability they are currently using.

This position made Kotoya a very important person. So as you would expect Isano and Serenity had a very peaceful life. But Serenity always had an empty feeling in her heart. She told her mother about it but Isano couldn't explain it to her. And when she tried to talk to her father about it he would all ways become very annoyed and almost angry at Serenity. So Serenity quit talking about the feeling and simply lived with it.

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Serena also had a peaceful life, sort of; she chose a life as a ninja for herself as soon as she could speak. Many said that she would be a great ninja because of this; some even called her a prodigy. Serena's foster parents, Nao and Etsumi, didn't want to encourage this in their daughter. They were worried that it would make Serena very prideful. They believed that pride comes before the fall.

So both Serena and Tai grew up being taught to be humble and merciful. They learned these lessons well. Serenity was taught to be strong and never show any weakness. Kotoya taught these lessons with a harsh hand, but with some compassion. So life was very good all around. Until when the two girls were 13. At that time Serena's father, Nao was researching different things that's could be threats to the village. It was through this that he learned about the Kurta clan. He noticed the similarities between Serena and the members of this clan.

Serena didn't know this but a few times before she stared at the academy her eyes had turned red, and it was almost exactly the same color as the eyes Nao saw when he was researching the Kurta clan. Serena never questioned who she was because she thought that she looked just like her parents. Nao had black hair that was a little long and dark blue eyes. Etsumi had long blond hair which she usually braided, and light blue eyes. Serena just thought that she was just some odd combination of her parents, with a little blond hair from her mother and black hair from her father which she kept short so she didn't have to spend much time on it. After Serena graduated from the academy, a month after Nao had learned about the Kurta clan, he and Etsumi decided to tell Serena that she was adopted.

"Great job, Serena," Nao said with a huge smile on his face as he pick her up and spun her around.

"Yeah, don't I look good with my forehead protector on?" Serena said as she tied it around her waist.

"You look very professional sweetie," Etsumi said as she moved it so it was around Serena's neck.

"Mom, why did you do that?" Serena said as she tried to move it back to where she had it.

"Because it looks nicer there." Then Tai grabbed Serena forehead protector and tied in around her forehead.

"That is where it looks the best." He said firmly with a smug look on his face. By now Tai was about fourteen years old and pretty cocky despite his parent's best efforts. He always wore his protector on his forehead with his black hair tied in a small ponytail at the nape of his neck and his bangs falling over his protector.

"Ok how about this, we let Serena choose where she wears her protector. Ok?" After Nao said this everyone stopped arguing and agreed a bit. After that was settled Serena and her family went home where they celebrated. Soon her parents said that it was time to get ready for bed. Tai walked away grumbling about how ninjas shouldn't have bedtimes. Nao stopped Serena from leaving and said, "Serena there is something very important we need to tell you." When Serena heard Nao say this she stopped walking and sat back down. "What we are going to tell you is very important, so please listen closely and don't interrupt us. Ok?" Serena looked at her parents, her eyes were convening her confusing to them but she nodded her head.

Etsumi started, "Now Serena what we are about to tell will not change anything." Serena became more confused and began to worry. Nao and Etsumi noticed this and Nao put his hand on one of Serena's. Etsumi copied this.

Nao said it, "Serena, we adopted you." Serena's expression was blank. Then she finally understood what they said and you could see many emotions cross Serena's face. Her eyes then turned red.

Serena then said "I'm going to bed now." She rushed up the stairs and locked her door before Nao or Etsumi could even move. They decided that it would be best to leave her alone for the night and talk more about it in the morning.

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For Serenity life was nice; she didn't need to train, was very good with her studies, and had few problems with the people around her. So when things started to feel weird in the town she became worried and Serenity decided to investigate. She followed her father so that she could eavesdrop on his meeting with the other clan members. When Kotoya entered the meeting hall Serenity walked around looking for another way in. She had just about made it to the back of the building when she heard voices.

"Are you sure that your source is trustworthy Giichi?" Said someone whose voice Serenity didn't recognize.

"Absolutely, Nijiya," said another voice, Serenity assumed that this was Giichi. "The Phantom Troup is planning to attack the clan!"

Nijiya did not say anything for a minute then he spoke. "Giichi that is impossible; the Phantom Troup is not dumb enough to try to attack us, and even if they were they don't know where to find us."

"Alright you can go ahead and believe what you want Nijiya. But I would much rather warn the clan of something that proves to be false then not warn them of what could possible lead to the end of this clan."

"You will do no such thing." The next thing Serenity heard was the sound of fighting. Then everything went silent for a minute. The silence was broken by a horrible cracking noise. "Neither you, nor anyone else will ruin my plans Giichi." Serenity couldn't move, her feet refused to move. When Serenity could move again, she stayed where she was until she was sure that Nijiya was gone. When she was finally sure Serenity ran as fast as she could to her house.

"Serenity what happened?" Isano was extremely worried. Serenity was completely white and was panting so hard that Isano thought that she was going to faint. Isano grabbed Serenity and look her in the eyes. "Serenity calm down, and tell me what happened." Isano worries worsened when she saw the pure fear in her daughter's red eyes.

"Mommy," when Serenity said this Isano pulled Serenity into her arms and stroked her hair. "Mommy, something really bad is going to happen." Tears started to flow from Serenity's eyes when she said this.

Isano wiped the tears and asked, "What is going to happen Sweetheart?" Serenity began to tremble and could not speak. "It's ok Sweetheart just tell me when you are able to tell me," as soon as Isano said this Serenity buried her head in Isano's chest and wailed loudly. It took about five minutes for Serenity to calm down enough to tell her mother what she saw. After Isano heard this she sent Serenity upstairs and tried to compose herself. This was horrible; Isano knew that something had to be done. But what could she do? Kotoya probably would not believe her, nor would anyone else. Her reputation had been ruined when Serenity and Serena were born.