Falling
Chapter 1
Falling was the last thing I remember, down past stars and planets, through galaxy upon galaxy and then finally I landed.
I was found outside a small village when I was 12.
No one knew where I had come from or who I was, not even me.
I have no memory of my life, my birthday, my parents or even my name.
I was passed on to an elderly couple. From that day on I was known as Rayne the Foundling.
I sat there staring at myself in the mirror my eyes wondered over my features.
First my long wavy black hair cascading over my shoulders, my silver eyes, my button nose and then finally my pink lips.
I glanced around the room that had been mine for the past three years.
It was nothing special, a single bed up against one wall and a few items scattered around the room.
I was lost in thought when I heard my grandmother calling my name. (I called my guardians grandma and grandpa)
"Rayne, Rayne" she called.
"Yes" I shouted back to her.
"Come down here for a moment" my grandpa called.
I slowly made my way downstairs; I started to think if I had done anything bad in the past couple of weeks that they could have found out about.
As I walked into the dining room I noticed that not only my grandma and grandpa were in the room but a strange man with a head band and a mask over his face was standing there talking in a low tone as if he didn't want to be overheard.
They all stopped talking when I entered the room and my grandparents threw each other nervous glances.
"Umm you wanted to talk to me" I said nervously.
"Yes Rayne, this is Kakashi he is a ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village" he murmured as he glanced at Kakashi.
"Hi" I whispered.
I wasn't used to meeting new people, we never had visitors.
"Hi Rayne, I wanted to speak with you alone if I may?" he said gently.
I looked at my grandparents but they both had their heads down avoiding my gaze, what's going on I thought.
I walked out into the backyard with Kakashi and stopped under the cherry blossom tree I had planted my first week I arrived here.
"Rayne as you know I'm a ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village but what you don't know is that I am looking for someone to fill the new opening on my team and I think that you may be the perfect person to fill that spot".
I stared open mouthed at him; I had only vaguely heard about ninjas in the village eavesdropping on younger people like myself, now I was being asked to become one? I just didn't understand.
"You want me to be a member of your team! I don't even know what a ninja does.
Don't you have to have special skills or something?" I asked bewildered.
"Well yes but you will be taught them in due time, that is if you accept my offer".
"But what about my gramps and grams, will they come with us?" I asked.
"Well no…. but you will be provided a residence when you arrive" Kakashi reassured.
"I uh I don't know it's umm… well…" I murmured "I just don't know".
Kakashi smiled at me and said "I'll give you until lunch time tomorrow and then you can tell me your answer" he said.
Then he disappeared into thin air like some kind of magic trick.
"Wow" I whispered.
I walked back inside and went to my bedroom to think.
I lay down on the bed and stared at the ceiling deep in thought.
I don't know how long I lay there but the next thing I remember was waking up with the sun streaming through the curtain and grams voice calling me from downstairs.
I walked downstairs still rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
Kakashi was waiting for me downstairs standing in the same spot as before.
"Well" he began "What's your answer?" I had thought long and hard about this the previous day and I had made up my mind in what I presume was the early hours of the morning.
"I'm sorry but I have to refuse, you see I have made a home here in this small village and I plan to live out my days here with my family".
Kakashi looked disappointed but he didn't say anything about it.
"Very well" he said "I thank you for your time".
And then he vanished again into thin air.