HI! WELCOME TO MY NEW STORY! The third chapter serial of mine. Yeah, I know on my profile that I would start it near the end of Cherished but… I need to entertain myself somehow. SO I'll start this story then!
HOPE YOU ENJOY IT! REVIEWS PLEASE NEGATIVES AND POSITIVES!
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A brown haired girl stood by the riverbank. It was sunset and it had been a tiring day for her. After all, how many people in this world can control the element of nature? Not many, by her thought. Her peach skin slid into the calm waters and it bathed her wounds.
Suddenly, a huge dragon formed of water appeared. Tenten sighed and sent a vine swaying nearby to crash into it. The two moving elements clashed and starting battling.
"Hinata, what was that for?" Tenten turned around to face a short indigo haired girl meditating on a large rock. Hinata opened one eye and grinned.
"Tenten, Chilax. It was just for fun. AND I'm meditating too, we've gotta concentrate on controlling it." She said calmly, her pastel skin glowing in the orange sunlight. How long has it been, since they acquired these powers?
Meanwhile, the two components finished the battle (Hinata's being the victorious one) and left Tenten fuming on why she had gotten such a lousy element.
Abruptly, heat could be felt around the two. They looked at each other with wide eyes and ducked. A large fireball had soared above the river bank at the two friends. It had burnt two trees on its path.
"Woops, SORRY GUYS! DIDN'T SEE YA!" A pink haired girl came rushing to Tenten and Hinata. Her hair was short, cut around her neck and her green orbs fluttered nervously.
"Sakura, next time, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE AIMING!" A blonde haired girl with sky blue eyes popped from behind Sakura who was examining the vegetation around the bank.
"Tch. Say that to the one who can't even hit a simple target with lightening…" Sakura muttered.
"Anyway, dinner's ready! I made some veggie soup!" Ino cried, running off into the north west direction.
"Noo not Ino's cooking!" Tenten complained, getting out of the water. Her clothes weren't wet thanks to Hinata's aid of creating a field around Tenten's petite body. The four friends then headed out towards their small home, hidden in nature of the Beneyume Forest. (A/N: Bene is Crimson while Yume is Dream for those people who don't understand jap stuff. NOTE: I ain't jap myself, so don't feel lonely)
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PAST
Tenten, Hinata, Sakura and Ino have been friends ever since they were born. Their parents had abandoned them in the lowliest part of town to let them fend for themselves when they were four. All four grew up like sisters and found their way through the forest that lay on the east side of the town when they were 12. As they trekked through the flora of the blooming forest, they came upon a small waterfall that led to a small dewpond that was covered by rocks. (IMAGINE the place where Hinata was training in the filler when Naruto saw her training… Something along the looks of that)
Each girl dove into the pool, Ino being last of her fear of her parents drowning her in their bathtub one time.
At the bottom of the minute pool, was a small chest. Tenten had dragged it out of the pure liquid and opened it to find four small gems. An emerald, a sapphire, ruby and lastly a golden topaz. Each of the girls took one; Tenten took the emerald, Hinata the sapphire, Sakura the ruby and Ino the topaz. They held it within their palms to have a bright light shine out of the precious jewel, every female falling unconscious…
When they all woke up, a tattoo had appeared on each of their bodies. Tenten had hers on her lower neck. Hinata had found hers on her lower left arm close to the wrist. Sakura had hers near her heart (The place where Izumi from FMA has it) while Ino had hers on her right thigh. The tattoo was coloured by the gem and was etched onto their skin like as though the gem itself had sunk itself into each girl's body.
Nightfall had come, each girl shivering and chattering their teeth. As soon as Sakura rubbed her hand together, a flicker of flame emitted.
"SAKURA! Rub your hands again!" Tenten told her. Sakura did, except did it longer this time. A whole tongue of flame appeared on top of Sakura's hands.
"WHAT THE…?" Sakura panicked. Tenten pointed at Sakura dumbstruck and accidentally sent some shrubs at Sakura's face. The plants caught on fire and the group ran around wildly. Hinata went to pool to get some water with her bare hands and flung it on Sakura. Not one drop fell to the floor when Hinata held it in her hands. Ino stared astonishingly at Hinata and tried to grab some water too. Instead, a spark came from her hand and shocked the water with a BUZZ. Ino shrieked while Hinata stood there staring at her hand whereas Tenten and Sakura were still running around witlessly.
Midnight struck from the large clock tower placed in the middle of the town. Sakura had stopped the blaze of the shrubs and her hands were surprisingly warm to the fire she had created by rubbing her hands together with some dry wood. Tenten had calmed down a bit still alarmed about her sending the plants on Sakura. Ino sat there, clicking her fingers which created electricity spark. Hinata sat by the water scooping the cool water with her bare hands, not one single drop of water descent onto the damp grass.
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The next day, Tenten had found a small hut close to the waterfall. It was old and dusty but well maintained. She rummaged through boxes and chests that were packed in all the rooms. She found a heap of clean kimonos which were only available in four colours; green, red, purple and blue. Each of them tried it on and it fitted perfectly. They began to live inside the small shack, wondering what was happening in the real world outside of the forest.
It was months until they found out they had gained an element. Tenten had wondered into town and borrowed a book from the local library about the forest. Along the way, she had caught the eye of a pearl eyed boy who was looking at her from behind a shelf on Martial Arts. The book had said that the river that was there for more than 200 years was called the River of Eternity. The forest was called the Beneyume Forest, of the strange things lurking in the shadows of it.
A legend was said that four sisters had planted a small chest inside the forest. They had magical powers and their powers were embedded into four gems. The four sisters each had the start of their name to add to the name of the forest; Be from the oldest, Ne for the second, Yu from the third and Me from the youngest.
Tenten had gained Nature, element of the older sister, Be. Sakura obtained Ne, who resulted in use of Fire. Ino attained Lightening from Yu and Hinata, being the youngest of the group, acquired Water.
But that was five years ago, each of them were 17 years of age. The small group had mastered each of their elements perfectly and skillfully. They continued to live in the small house covered by the surrounding trees and ivy. Tenten had placed them there because of outsiders who could've seen the house and found four girls living there with the four main elements. Of course, EVERYONE would like to have a glimpse of the AMAZING females who could send plants or fire or water or even lightening in your face.
One day, Sakura had found a poster pinned up behind the house. She carefully brought it in, not attempting to set it afire. She examined it and it clearly said that; Fire afraid of Water, Water afraid of Lightening, Lightening afraid of Nature, Nature afraid of Fire. She left it up on the kitchen wall where all her best friends could see.
END PAST
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PRESENT
"No no no!" Sakura stumbled along the town foot path, her whole body laden down with shopping bags. It was her turn to be cooking this week as all four of them took turns. Last week was Ino's turn and all she bought were either instant noodles or heat up food, since she was hopeless at cooking.
The tower chime started ringing. It was 6pm, which was too late for their dinner time. Her pale red kimono raced along with her as she rushed down the deserted streets. She turned a corner and accidentally bumped into someone. He grunted as she fell down over him. He was wearing a dark blue collar shirt and black pants. Over them, he had a midnight blue cloak to protect himself from the winter cold. His raven hair was messily combed, showing that he too, was in a rush.
"Ah! Sorry!" Sakura went up immediately and gathered her bags. She bowed down low and headed off in her direction once again. The male sat there clumsily, staring at the girl's retreating back.
"Hey, she was cute…" He thought. He hit his head after that thought.
"Oi! Uchiha! Hurry up, we're going!" The said boy turned to his chocolate haired friend who held out a hand for him.
"Thanks Neji," Sasuke stood up and brushed his clothes. He straightened himself up and went into the cart.
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Sakura kept running until she came to the opening of the Beneyume forest. A red horse stood there, tied to a tree. The horse whinnied as she neared. She pet him until he calmed down, whispering the words,
"Shh Kahichi. I'm here…" She murmured into the horse's ear. It soothed him down slowly and she mounted him. The horse galloped into the forest gallantly, passing the plants and wildlife. She halted when Tenten came into view, on board Shizenchi, her brown horse. She pulled Kahichi back.
"WHOA! Tenten, what are you doing here!" Sakura asked her life long friend. Tenten had a stern face on.
"Duh! IT'S ALMOST 6.30!" Tenten screamed suddenly. Sakura backed away and dashed past Tenten.
"SAKURA!" Tenten sent a whole pack of vines after the pink haired girl. Sakura swiftly turned and snapped her fingers. Flames shot out of nowhere and burnt the vines to a dead crisp.
"OI! I'M STARVING!" Ino's voice could be heard 200 meters away. Sakura rolled her eyes as Tenten came next to her.
"Come on, you know today's a special day…" Tenten muttered. Sakura nodded and trotted towards the small house that lay in the middle of Beneyume Forest.
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WOW! LONG CHAPTER!
Yes I changed my pen name to KieruMinazuki which simply means Fading Crescent in kanji or something else.
And YES! I tried to name the horses after each elements with "chi" at the end.
So Hinata's will be Mizuchi, Ino's Inazumachi, Tenten as Shizenchi and Sakura's Kahichi.
SO is that all you need to know?
VERY WEELL
KieruMinazuki alias FadingCrescent