Aria Iwabuchi one hand was holding a Takoyaki, the other was holding a Chen Katsu, walked through the alley that leads to her home, humming and skipping as she went. Suddenly she saw a roaring flame in front of her, where her house was suppose to be.

"What the............"It took her a couple minutes until she recovered from the shock, "O-ga-san!!! O-do-san!!!" She panicked, her whole family was in there, and she dropped the snakes that she bought.

Just as she was going to rush inside. Her father, who was burnt and covered in blood, climbed out, panting, his eyes half opened, half opened, "Aria........"He choked.

"Pa pa!!!" Aria rushed over, and hugged her father, not caring that her kimono was soaked with blood.

"My baby, Aria........" Iwabuchi Keita in his dying voice spoke quietly, "my child bring these with you." he pulled out a little bag from his jacket. It was full of gold and jewelry, "The ruby phoenix, it's from your mother, cough, cough"

"Pa pa, don't say anything, I'll go call a doctor!" Aria cried and tried to comfort her father.

"No, if I don't say it now......it could be too late." Iwabuchi Keita continued after coughing out some more blood, "Go...search for Sanada Yukimura. He is ....." he never finished what he had to say, he tilted his head, and he died.

"Pa pa!!!!!!" Aria cried, than she thought, "Sanada Yukimura, he must be, he must be the one who killed my family!!"

She quickly wiped off her tears from her face, and stood up. "Ma ma, Papa! I will take revenge for you!"

Aria watched as the flames burnt down her home, everything including her memories of everything. In the dead of the night, Aria heard some sounds coming from the bush. She got flustered, she quickly hid behind the remains of her once-home. She tried to steady her breathe, her heart was beating so quickly, it felt it was going to fly out of her throat. She covered her mouth, and listened.

"So, this is, or this was the Iwabuchi resident? Yukimura." A boy with silver hair said to a man with purplish black hair.

"Yes, I suppose I'm too late." Yukimura Sanada sighed, "Were there anyone left? Any survivors?"

"Yup! The daughter, Aria Iwabuchi, she wasn't here, when the fire started." the boy said, flashing his yellow eyes at the remains.

"Find her." As the man's words were finished, they vanished into the night.

In the dead of night. A man with azure coloured hair stared into the starry night.

"Dreamless." The man called in his raspy voice. A shinobi appeared in front of the man. "I have a mission for you. Go kill Sanada Yukimura."

"Yes, master. I will finish the mission."

"Here." The man handed the shinobi a purple dagger, "This dagger is cursed. Once it cuts open a person's skin, and shows blood on its blade. The person will die a horrible death. So even if you cannot kill him, just a scratch from this blade, will take his life."

"I understand." The shinobi Dreamless, received the dagger, and carefully placed it into her pocket. Than they disappeared into thin air, into the misty night.