Shinobi Otome

A/N: Okay so its my first HiME/Otome fic, and its going to be AU. Don't worry, I'll be continuing the other fics, visit my profile for the status of some of the ones you may be reading unless I've forgotten. I was going to release a one-shot for Natsuki's birthday but that failed horribly for I was distracted by really good fics.

Anyways this isn't exactly the first chapter and not exactly the prologue, its more of an explanation to the roles and such so you won't be too confused. I made up this system last night, thinking hard trying not to copy anything. Here it goes.

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Shinobi Otome: A Thing of the Past:

There are three main villages featured in this fic and one city. The main city much like Windbloom and it has a Queen, we know her as Mashiro-hime. Their castle is pretty big, but her servants are pretty skilled in handling things and guarding the castle. If you were to wander alone there you may get lost, get trapped, or, if you seem like a threat, get killed off. Mashiro contains herself in her room at the highest point of the castle. There is a secret doorway which allows her to get to the main balcony in order to speak with her people. The city isn't very techonologically based, but they manage. The houses are simple and the people live a pretty peaceful life. Mashiro has already become a good queen with the help of her maid, yes Aoi. She also has an assasin, ninja, scout, however you'd like to call her. Her name is Kuga Natsuki, very skilled, very dangerous, very...Innocent. She has the exterior of a cold hearted machine, and an interior of cotton candy which only several people have managed to break into. Mashiro isn't one who likes war, but she has left everything related to the matter up to Alyssa Searrs and her assistant Miyu, a machine, a robotic shinobi. Unbeatable you ask? Maybe.

One of these main villages go by the name of Gakutenou. Yes it does sound more like a name for a machine or a ship or a single structure, but the leader of this village, Sugiura Midori is quite fixated on this name. In her village (like the other two with her), have two top ninjas, a ninja trio, a medical ninja, and a ninja who teaches the townspeople of the outside world and even some, the techniques and hardships of a shinobi.

The Two Top Ninjas: A legend throughout the other two villages and the city. They have both trained very diligently in order to get to where they are. They are both trusted by the leaders of these villages, out on spying missions, gathering missions, even out to assasinate those who weren't needed. Some of them have a gentle side, a rough side, but their fellow villagers adore them.

The Village Trio: Underneath the two top ninjas, sometimes maybe even the same amount of power, are three ninjas. They are always sent on missions as a team, train as a team, and they are usually, very close. They go on more minor missions and are mostly needed to guard the village. After all, the only ones with skill is the leader (Actually, only Midori and Kikukawa for they're old enough to have already mastered it. Nagi is still training since his father died at a younger age), the top two ninjas, the trio, the medic, and the sensei. Although the villagers, depending on who they are, may actually be useful. But they have their arms for that.

The Medical Ninja: A skilled ninja indeed, and very VERY rare. At the beginning of each village's development, they had to find one who was willing to inherit the powers of healing. And in all three cases, not only were they skilled at healing, but they were intelligent. Once they chose the one who could inherit the ability, that family, and that family only was able to produce the healers. So their spouse was predetermined by the leader.

The Sensei: A skilled ninja, yet supposedly keeping most of their techniques locked up. They were very educated as well and spread the news of the outside world. They also taught the villagers the basics in protecting themselves. These sensei's were potential top ninjas.

Now to introduce the villages:

Already known, Gakutenou, lead by Midori. Who played what roles? You'll find out.

Artai, lead by the young yet brilliant Nagi.

And last, the oldest of the villages, Koyuki lead by Kikukawa Shino, father of Kikukawa Yukino who was to gain title as leader once he has either retired, or died.

Now how do these shinobi fight? Well it really depends on who we're talking about. you see, different shinobi have different weapons, fighting style and most importantly...Elements.

Elements: Now there are a variety of elements, the leader powerful enough to be able to control two. These elements are: Fire, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Water, Ice and Dark. There is a rumour that there is a light element, but no one can be really sure. With fire, one can manipulate the temperature making it hotter. One can also make flames appear, burn something with a simple touch, and some, the more creative shinobi dance with the fire making them more deadly than they seem. Wind; now that was something some people underestimate. With wind one can create small tornadoes, cause pressure to come from ny part of their body and their weapon to push aside things, slice something without the assistance of a weapon, and filter things really easily. Earth; dangerous and in a way reckless. But with different weapons and abilities the earth gets manipulated many of a time. One can throw rocks with a simple wave of a finger, one can create domes, create stalagmites. Anything that has something to do with the earth. Even to unearth a tree and launch it at...Er a dragon or fellow shinobi. Lightning; feared and like the other elements interesting and sligthly difficult to manipulate. Remember, with this and other elements the certain shinobi can do different things. Water, like fire and lgihtning the user can make it appear out of nowhere. Sometimes the pressure can be good enough to create a good wall or barrier. Ice; the frozen water, alike yet different. Walls can be created, but now in its frozen state it can be used as pointy weapons. Dark, now dark was strange and rarely seen, only certain people can actually use this element. Then again every person can only possess one element but must be able to figure out what it was on their own. darkness...Can be used to temporarily blind an opponent, to conceal ones self, to call demons, to call uncontrollable power. Although that was for the more powerful beings. In order to tell who has what element, once one has figured out their element, and their ranking has been determined, the tattoo will appear.

Weapons: There are a variety of weapons, giant huge ass swords, slow yet extremely powerful, twin blades not too big and not too small, bows and arrows, staffs, kendamas, regular swords...And I believe thats it. Oh...Yes...Leaders of the villages have triple blades. it takes a lot of training in order to be able to control such blades. One sword was normal, one infused with one of the leader's element, and the other with the other element.

Note: Ninjas can be male or females, otome is simply added as referrence to the actual anime.

FAQ:

Are there clans?: I haven't exactly decided, but most likey not. The only one for now that you'd need to know is the medical ninja's clan.

Whats this about secret abilities?: Oh yes, like how only some can use healing abilities, some can gain a special ability that has been passed down their clan/family. In this story the Kikukawa have some sort of secret ability that will be revealed eventually within the story. Oh yes and about the healing ability, with intense training one can learn to heal. .>

These characters from HiME and Otome...Are their pasts similar?: Well you'll see eventually. Some characters will share their past life with other characters, some characters will have flashbacks.

How will the characters be introduced?: Everyone will be introduced pretty quickly with their roles being quite obvious. But we won't be getting into their fighting style or background life until certain parts of our story so please be patient with me. :)

Are the villages near each other?: Nope. The city is in the centre of their worlds, to the far north is Koyuki where is snows all the time, south is Artai, perfectly normal weather, and to the east is Gakutenou, where it is very warm and frequently rains.

What about the west?: Well well, there resides the Great Shinobi Graveyard. Rumoured to be hauntened. :)

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A/N: There you go. Anymore questions? Ask via review or PM. Now onto the prologue!!!

I apologize to the readers of my other stories, don't worry I won't abandon them. The status is listed on my profile. PM me if needed.