Prelude
Determined on his mission, the warrior dashed toward the army in his solitude. He quickly pulled his blade and slashed at each dark figure that approached. The assassins leaped at the fighter but the soldiers were thrown off with a powerful force that couldn't be stopped. Surrounded, he drew his second blade of which he spun in a circular formation knocking men to the earth lifeless. With hundreds of swordsman still attacking, the hero made his path in the king's direction, still without one scratch on him. Suddenly a swift once-hidden warrior jumped out and stabbed the kunai into the fighter's back, but was quickly removed and tossed through multiple soldiers. After he took out the last few men, he slowly marched to the evil being before him.
"I expected the leader of the Kaiomi village to eliminate my followers sooner", the master of the defeated army taunted.
"No longer will anyone have stand for your cruel abuse!" the leader responded.
The two stood in silence for what seemed like days. Then the dark king drew his throwing stars and threw them toward the Kaiomi leader, but they were dodged as he rushed behind the antagonist and thrusted his blade into the master. The illusion vanished as the king's kunai drew blood from the neck of the Kaiomi. And the strongest ninja to ever stand up to this tyrant fell dead.
Ch. 1- The Kaiomi Village
Near the late 10th century, in an ancient ninja temple, the next generation of warriors are trained and set out to lead, protect, and destroy.
In the Kaiomi Village, every child is trained in the ancient style of ninja combat, and each of the skilled warriors have one gift, one talent that differentiates the Kaiomi ninja from others. Each has a special ability that comes in 8 different classes that emerge at age 14: multiplication, hyper senses, restoration, transformation, illusions, teleportation, element control, and manipulation.
In the training grounds, twelve of the new students reveal to one another their newly found powers. One was forming clones of herself; another was summoning falcons, one morphing his appearance, and one boy sitting near the stone fountain in his lonesome. Then a girl with a golden aurora surrounding her came to this fresh warrior.
"Hey, Davis, I can use the light from my body to heal. What's your power?" the enthusiastic girl asked.
"I…I haven't discovered mine yet…" Davis muttered, and before she could respond, the girl was interrupted by an unpleasant voice.
"Line up!" the instructor called, "each of you will state your name and demonstrate your ability and you will then be added to the rest of the students."
"Melody, I can restore anything into a fighting state with my golden aurora," the girl explained in a military fashion.
"Jackson, by using the heat from the sun, I can release blasts of energy from my fingertips in a disc form."
Nervously, the powerless boy began, "Davis, I… can…"
BOOM!!!
A huge crash came from the other side of the village, "What was that?" the administrator yelled. "Stay here while I check this out."
"That was close." The boy began to concentrate. "Please let me find my power, please," he begged himself.
"Come on." said Jackson, "Let's go see what's going on."
"But administrator Basel said 'stay here'," Melody warned.
"What's the matter? Are you too afraid to face a little danger? How can you possibly expect to ever become a true ninja?" Jackson taunted.
"Fine, but only if Davis comes with us," Melody wined.
"I don't mind," Davis replied.
So the three young soldiers followed their administrator through each tunnel of the town to where the noise came from. Many of the strongest ninja of the Kaiomi Village were gathered around a huge stone that made an even larger crater in the center of town.
The pre-teens crouched behind some fish barrels around the corner of the crowd, listening to whatever could be heard, "The Sunnite Village must have…" "Is war among us?" "…Kaiomi Leader isn't…"
"What's going on?" Melody worried.
Suddenly a shadow appeared behind the characters and a hand rested on Jackson's shoulder. The three quickly faced their opponent. "Didn't I tell you three to stay at the Training Grounds?" administrator Basil interrogated.
-At the Administrator's Office-
"You three are in major trouble. You strictly disobeyed me. Do you even comprehend how much chaos you could have afflicted on the people?"
The three pre-teens began to argue their case to Basil at once.
"Enough! All of you have four months of clean-up duty. You can start by cleaning the Master Chamber. Get going," the students walked out of the room in silence.
-The Master Chamber Later That Night-
"This is a little harsh for just spying. We didn't even hear anything. Don't you think Davis?" Complained Jackson
"It's fine with me; it gives me more time to discover my ability"
"You haven't found it yet? You are as hopeless as they say you are; just like your father."
Davis shoved over the newly cleaned table. "Don't ever, disgrace my father. He was the greatest warrior to ever live. He destroyed the darkest army to ever live."
"But the great 'Kaiomi Master' couldn't finish the job and now Lord Roval's still out there, with a new army that could strike at any t…"
A huge crash of thunder boomed throughout the village. Screams screeched from outside the chambers. Melody peeked out the window, "Fire! The whole village is on fire!"