Hey guys! I hope this story is better than the first time I tried to write it. This is only the prologue, so its shirt. Guess what? This time, actual characters are introduced in the second chapter! -cheers- and the next chapters are MUCH longer than this. I tried not to give away too much but I don't think I said enough. Oh well, enjoy!


Takigakure's water mansion...
Usually calm and peaceful...
But not tonight.
Below the main room, below the chambers, far below the ground, underneath the mansion, is a dungeon.
In the dungeon, is a tea kettle.
And in the tea kettle, is a monster.
A monster derived from Takigakure's forests itself.

Ichibi no Shiro Tora.

The one-tailed white tiger.
It is a fairly young demon, only captured half a century ago.
Only the residents of Taki and Amegakure know about it.
Hopefully.
Anyway, in this dungeon, with the tea kettle and the monster, is an infant.
An infant girl.
Crying her eyes out.
The door to the room opens and three men walk in. Three doctors.
"I can't believe Lord Mizukage would do something like this..." The youngest one proclaimed.
"It is not your place-"
"To his own granddaughter, Akiru!!"
The man who was cut off, Akiru, sighed.
"It doesn't seem fair, does it? To make the next heir, a female, nonetheless, a Jinchuuriki. Damned from the beginning..." His voice trailed off.
"Let's get this over with already. I don't want to be here any more than you two do." The first doctor stated.
"Alright then." Akiru picked up the tea kettle, fear gleaming in his eyes. Clatters, clashes, and snarls were echoing with excitement inside the kettle. The monster knew it was about to be released. Akiru gulped.
The second doctor picked up a knife and stood next to the infant.
"This isn't right..." The young one murmured to himself, standing on the other side of the girl. The baby quieted and looked pleadingly into the doctor's eyes, as if saying, 'Don't let them do this to me.'
A tear rolled down the young doctor's cheek as he put rubber band after rubber band around the baby's left shoulder, to cut off the circulation. The baby whimpered and then screamed as the second doctor began to cut into the shoulder of the infant girl. After many slices Akiru put his hands inside the tea kettle. He winced as he pulled out a bright purple light. A large growl echoed through the dungeon. As he held his hands to the opening in her arm the tiger's spirit sank into the body of the girl. The girl shivered and shook in her demon-induced seizure. Minutes later, her body calmed, and she cried no more.
The baby girl opened her mouth and gave a long, content, purr.

Hours later, two people in the living room had had enough.
"Where is my baby?!" A woman with long, silken blue hair cried.
"There, there." A man, obviously her husband, wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sure our Crystal will be fine."
"Crystal...my little Crystal..." The mother cried.

And thus, Mizukage Crystal's life was changed forever.