August 27,1996
Many shouts were heard as a king and queen walked out of the palace doors in the Hidden Sky kingdom,where it is hidden and cannot be found by any normal humans.
Hinoto,the mystic king,beamed at all of the people who gathered just to get a glimpse of their new princesses who were born just yesterday.
Today is the birth of two new princesses and it is said that they are destined to be the realm's new hope,for a demon king has invaded the realm.
These two princesses were twins and were born with great powers imaginable.
The queen,Akane,smiled as she revealed her new daughtersThe crowd began to cheer as soon as they caught a glimpse of the twins.
Like their mother,they have deep crimson hair with golden tips and like their father,they have eyes the color of glowing green emeralds .The tiny twins stretched and slowly opened their eyes,taking a glimpse of the new world in which they were born.
"Brother!Congratulations!"The king's brother,Susano'o,beamed and gave his brother a hug.
Even if he disapproved of his brother marrying a human,resulting two half mortals as daughters,but as long as his brother found his happinness,it's fine with him,because Hinoto went through a lot of hardships and pain 'til he met Akane.
Akane used to be the princess of the Hidden Sky village and ruled the kingdom by herself.A long time ago,the Sky kingdom has an enemy,the Serpent ruler,Orochi,wanted to cause chaos and started by declaring war to them,but,the Sky people only wanted peace and no wars.
It is said that even if the Sky people wanted peace,they are also fearsome warriors who learned different arts in combat from shinobi arts to using bows and is a tradition for the Sky people to grow up as warriors for they sense that not all rulers were just and reasonable.
The Sky people were said to be descendants of winged people and were all born with different wings from wings of butterflies to dragon's wings,making them more fearsome opponents during even if they have wings,they are still normal humans.
After three years of war with the serpent king,the mystics descended down the realm to aid the Sky people against the Serpent is when Hinoto met Akane.
With the help of the mystics,they emerged victorious.
"I'm so glad we could start a new family."Hinoto grinned and ruffled Susano'o's hair,causing him to frown.
A bright light suddenly glowed the brightest amidst the festival lights,causing the people and the mystics to smile. Their special guest has finally arrived.
"Lady Fortuna!"Akane squealed and gave the goddess a hug.
Fortuna is the goddess who watches over the Sky people and is said that Akane is her descendant,but only Fortuna and maybe Akane know has long ago know Akane's family and has been friends with Akane's great-great-great grandparents from child until they get old.
"Akane!Congratulations,my dear!"She laughed and gave the new mother a hug.
"Here are the twins."Akane showed the twins,who were peacefully asleep,to Lady Fortuna.
"Oh!They are so adorable!"Fortuna squealed and pinched their cheeks one by one.
"We still haven't give them their names,my Lady."Hinoto arrived with Susano' new parents decided not to give them names 'til the goddess have arrived.
"I'll give them their names,but what is your surname again?"She asked with a weak smile."My!I'm getting old."She exclaimed.
"Of course you're getting old!You're more than a thousand years old!"Akane teases."Anyway,our surname is Kurenai."She added.
"Kuurenai?It means crimson,right?It suits you."Fortuna smiled.
She first picked up the older twin and cradled it gently in her arms and looked through the baby's eyes with a small goddess' hands felt around the baby's back and found a pair of flaming phoenix wings.
Through the eyes of the infant,she could see an image of a beautiful young woman with long crimson hair and emerald eyes soaring through the sapphire sky. The woman's wings were on fire,as if she inherited the wings of the fire fiery aura of the woman made the sky look crimson,as if she ruled the sky and can control it with her own hands.
"I think we should call her 'Sora'.Someday,she would be ruler of the sky and be like her parents,gentle but fierce in combat."Fortuna announced with a smile and handed the baby gently to placed a necklace around the baby's neck,which contains the stone of Fortuna.(More about the stone of Fortuna later)
Fortuna then picked up the younger twin and cradled it in her delicate younger twin woke up slowly from its nap and gazed curiously at the Goddess before 's hands patted the baby's back and discovered that the younger twin have butterfly wings.
Through the eyes of the younger twin,Fortuna could see her future.A beautiful young woman with glowing crimson butterfly wings fluttered gracefully in the eyes of the younger twin were greener than her sister's and have the same crimson hair with golden woman may look harmless,but Fortuna could tell just by looking at her eyes that she is a great warrior during combat like her sister.
"I think we should name her 'Chou'.She may look harmless like a butterfly but she is just as fierce in combat as her sister."Fortuna smiled.
The crowd cheered as the names of the twins were celebration went on until everyone was exhausted.
The Kurenai family with it's relatives and friends gathered in the dining room for a toast.
Hinoto raised his glass,with Akane at his side.
"To my new daughters."His voice boomed through the crisp evening others raised their glasses and drank,while the two infant princesses quietly slept in the cradle next to their parents.
Happinness filled the kingdom,yet,little did they know that their happinnes would soon be over.
17 Years later:2013
'No escape... There is no escape...I will...Find...You.'A raspy voice filled the mind of the young kept wondering who it came from and she have a feeling the voice is telling her that something bad will happen.
Shivers ran down her spine as the words repeated in her head.
"Who are you?"She breathing became heavy and she could feel her fingers getting numb.
An image of a demon that resembles a serpent came into her dark skin is scaly and covered in scars and his eyes were two toned,his right eye is a shade of green while his left eye is deep wore a crown that looked like a snake,so is his gazed at her with a cold expression,as if he wanted to kill her with his own the looks of it,he will.
'I will have my vengeance...Not only you shall suffer,but also all those you have cared for.'He smirked.
The woman eyes shot open and she sat up from her young woman was breathing heavily and her heart beated faster than ever.
"Sora!What's wrong?"Her twin sister Chou,along with the other family members,entered her all looked very nervous and worried.
'It's just...It's just a dream.'Sora told assured herself that it is a dream and ,still,it all seemed real and far from her could tell from the tone of his voice that something tragic would happen in the future.
"I..I-I'm fine."She assured them,putting on her best smile to assure them that nothing is wrong or out of this all sighed with relief,except her father, he looked at her sternly and approached his daughter.
" Sora,you know you can't lie to me .Tell me what's wrong."He told her with a gentle smile.
"It's just a dream."She assures him for the second time,but he knew from the look of her face that she wasn't,but he also know that his daughter is stubborn,so he sighed in defeat and kissed his daughter's forehead.
" Alright,if something's the matter,just tell me."He told her and left the room with his wife, Chou and Sora remained.
"Sora,are you sure you are alright?"Chou was still not convinced that she is away from any safety of her older twin sister is important to her and she won't give up 'til she knows that her sister is safe.
"I'm fine, it's just a dream."She assured for the final sighed in defeat and tried to change the subject.
" Hey,do you know what day is tomorrow?"She asked with a smile as she sat down Sora's bed.
"August 26."Sora told her,acting like she didn't know.
"And?"
"It's Monday."
"And?"Chou is getting both impatient and annoyed,but she knew that Sora is teasing her.
"Our seventeenth birthday!"Sora almost shouted and ruffled her sister hair
"Tomorrow's the day we turn seventeen and we will get tons of presents!"Chou squealed,jumping up and down on the bed like a child who was waiting for Christmas to come.
"Yes.I hope I get a new pair of daggers."Sora told looked at her with a smile.
"Yeah.I wish I could get a new bow and a new set of wind-and-fire wheels(search it on the internet).My old wooden bow is already smashed to bits and my wheels were getting rusty."She sighed.
"Well,might as well get to is going to be a big day."Sora told her agreed and decided to sleep on Sora's ,they peacefully drifted to their short twins were full of joy and curious of what awaits them tomorrow.
"Happy birthday guys!"Sora's best friend,Kohaku,pulled the two into a great big bear hug while the two girls gasped for friend laughed with joy as he watched the two choke to death.(In a playful kind of way)
"Thanks ,dude."Sora grinned,making Chou roll her eyes.
Unlike Chou,Sora is a tomboy and would rather go out playing sports with the boys than staying in the palace and learn about being a is always ready for action and full of energy,despite the fact that she can be lazy when it comes to school , when it comes to training,she is one of the top warriors.
Chou,on the other hand,is a very great dancer and is a fan of romance can always be found watching romance on television or listening to love songs on the ,on the other hand, likes rock music and because they share the radio,they sometimes bicker about who would be the one using the Sora,Chou is also one of the top students in training school next to Sora and both were deadly in combat.
Another difference between them is that Sora's hair is very long,it almost reached her sister 's hair only reached the base of her neck. Both have emerald eyes and dimples near the corners of their mouth that shows up when they the two of them,Sora resembled her mother the most,like she was an exact copy of her mother.
Sora learned to fight using blades,knife and daggers and can punch and kick sister ,on the other hand,learned to fight using a set of two wind-and-fire wheels(search it on Google if you don't know what it is) and occasionally,a bow.
"So?Where's mother and father?"Chou asked after Kohaku let go of the twins.
"Oh they left the way,they went told me to give you these."Kohaku pulled two large boxes wrapped in colorful paper from a room and handed it to the twins.
"Woah!It's huge!"Sora twins ripped the paper off and impatiently opened the box.
Inside Sora's was a set of blades with her name carved on each of have different sizes from one as small as a mouse to one as large as an ordinary kitchen with the set is a set of long,sharp daggers with her name engraved on each was also a bag where she can store her daggers in.
"Wow!I loved this!"Sora exclaimed,her eyes shining with joy.
Chou opened hers and gasped .Inside it was a set of wind-and-fire wheels with her name engraved on each of with the wheels was a bow,with blades attached to was also a quiver with her name engraved on it and it contained a lot of arrows. There was also a belt in which she can hook her wheels on it in case she needs the bow.
"Woah!Just what I wanted!"Chou twins examined their new weapons and even experimented with it by throwing their blades and learning new moves.
"Also,your parents wanted you to wear these."Kohaku took two packages from his bag.
The twins were filled with excitement and curiosity and opened the soon as they saw what's inside it,they squealed even louder,making Kohaku's eardrums throb.
It was their new battle 's was a kunoichi upper outfit is colored ebony,with red transparent sleeves reaching her wrists. Sora's outfit covered almost half of her upper back was exposed for her wings to feel comfortable and easy to lower part was a pair of ebony shorts with a crimson sash serving as a belt and for her feet were a pair of black boots decorated with red phoenix symbols.
For Chou's was a heavy crimson armor set. Her back was exposed for her delicate crimson wings.A symbol of a crimson butterfly was marked on its legs was a crimson metal skirt with tights underneath it to make her feel comfortable and a pair of leather boots.
The twins ran to the dressing room and tried them on and won't stop screaming with soon as they emerged out of the dressing room and Kohaku caught sight of them,his jaw dropped to the ground.
"Woah."He giggled at his reaction while Sora gave him a gentle punch on the arm.
"Let's go now."He told twins exchanged curious glances at each other before asking.
"Umm..Where are we going?"They just smiled at the two before answering.
"You'll know soon."He winked.
The twins just followed him wherever he is taking arrived in the training grounds.
"Why the training grounds?"Chou asked,but before Kohaku can respond,they were immediately greeted by loud noises.
"SURPRISE!"Voices shouted as the twins entered the training twins almost had a major heart attack,but they recovered and were soon laughing with the others.
"Happy birthday,my daughters."Hinoto and Akane pulled the two into a group hug and soon,all the others joined.
"Thanks for the presents mother and father."Chou and Sora smiled.
"I knew it would suit you girls."Their mother,Akane,smiled."You two have grown up."She smiled as tears threatened to fall from her eyes.
It's girls have grown used to be small girls that always wear pigtails on their hair and their mother choose their clothes for ,their hair has grown longer and their body has have grown ,a lot of boys always line up outside their houses trying to catch their the mere thought of it made the twins both disgusted and happy.
Not knowing what to say,they smiled and thanked their mother.
Suddenly,Chou's mind went blank and Sora could tell that something is not sister suddenly knelt to the ground and covered her ears with her began screaming at the top of her lungs.
The others began to get worried and frantic,especially Sora and her parents.
"No!No!I don't know you!We don't have anything to do with you!"Chou finally understood.
"Chou!Wake up!"Sora grabbed Chou from the shoulders and violently shook sister 's blank eyes adjusted from the surroundings around her and after a few moments,she went back to reality.
"S-Sora!It was horrible!"She exclaimed,tears were leaking from her emerald sister pulled her into a comforting hug in order for her to calm down.
"H-he said he was after us a-and he won't stop 'til he gets us!"Chou buried her face into Sora's chest.
"Who told you that?"Hinoto asked his face turned pale and he seemed as if he already know,yet,he is still not ready for it.
"I don't know .All I know is-"Chou began to speak with a shaky voice,but her sister cut her off.
"He looked like a demon that resembles a snake and his left eye color is blood red while the other is emerald."Sora quickly told father,who angrily clenched his fist.
"Everyone!Prepare for battle!NOW !"They all ran in different directions toward their worriedly looked at Hinoto and wrapped her arms around her husband.
"Oh Hinoto.I'm still not ready."She whimpered,tears were threatening to fall from her eyes.
They were about to face the hardest challenge of their life and they are still not ready for hope they can make it.
Thanks for reading!Anyways,the cover photo resembles Sora while my avatar resembles Chou. Also sorry for wrong grammar,wrong spelling and hard to understand stupid phone won't type right.
Okay about the Sky kingdom:they live in a hidden forest away from normal a few people know about their secret and go there to bring them their needs.
And the wind and fire wheels,they are kind of like Sun Shang Xiang's chakrams,but with serrated edges.
Again,sorry for the grammars,I'll find a way to fix phone won't type right and so does the computer.
Arigattou!
-Crimson_SkyDragon0026