Falling Starlight
Author's Note: This story has undergone a slight matinence. It is a cross-over between Naruto and Shaman King (Beyblade was cut out of the storyline indefinitely). The story is still the same, but a few minor details and such have been cut (inculding the first chapter, which was not nessecarily important anyway). So, if you are reading it for the first time, this does not concern you. For those of you who have read it, it's a heads up, but there is no need to re-read the story.
-Mao A. (Desert Rose)
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It was a cold and cloudy night in the Village of Darkness.
Once again they inhabitants did not see daylight, instead they used a forbidden and deadly jutsu, the Starlight Balls.
It was the day of graduation for the acadamy students. Young Mao Asakura was not one of them. Her 'friends' were. There was a grand party. held in their honor, and the honor of all the other graduates.
Little did they know death was only a few seconds away...
She was sitting alone in a small corner. Everyone left her to show off their new handands. She knew she could never be a ninja like them. They had gone to the acadamy, but she hadn't lived here long enough to start. Wasn't it only this morning they were all happy and acting like friends? Before the exam?
"Yeah acting..." Mao pulled her knees closer to her chest. 'I've never felt so alone...'
Just then, a noise echoed through Mao's ears. It was a flute. The young girl stood up ane decided to follow it. 'Nobody will miss me.'
She followed the music out into the Forest of Shadows. It felt as if hours had past. Suddenly, screams and yells of pain could be heard from the village. Mao turned back to the village. It was burning. Flames rose out of the small village. Tears were brimming in her eyes. "N-No!"
The young child fell to the ground crying, her long pink locks blew in the warm, smoke filled wind. "Now they're dead... They're all dead... All of them gone..." She whispered. "Just like before..."