Lopa Prologue

There was once a room full of people and wolves. All of these people had midnight black hair and many had bits and pieces of various colors in their hair; their eyes a matching color with their hair. Wolves stood faithfully next to them, quiet as they knew how important this event was to their masters. These weren't the Summoning wolves, with which you had to sign a contract before being able to summon them. These were actual wolves that didn't 'poof' away any time they wanted. They would always stay next to their masters. Having that many in one place standing quietly was quite an accomplishment, though it was something very usual for these people who trained and lived with wolves for their living.

"I have to do this," said a pregnant woman, breaking the silence. She stood in the center, her black hair with the little strips of baby pink here and there falling around her lovely heart shaped face. Her soft strawberry pink eyes, the one that makes anyone feel loved when they looked into them, were full of determination. Determination to do something important.

"It is my purpose to do this in order to save thy clan and watch Louva," The woman said as she panted with the effort of carrying a child. She started sweating, soaking the back of her coral-colored kimono. She sat down, out of breath, as someone behind her talked quietly.

"Rose, thee needn't to do this!" A man said, grasping the breathless woman in his muscular and protective arms. He had deep marine blue eyes with pitch black hair and a tuff of sky blue on the top of his head. "Isn't there another child? Why must we do this? Why must we suffer so? Why us?" He asked urgently and desperately as he looked around in search of another pregnant woman that wasn't the frail one in his strong and caring arms.

"I am terribly sorry Sky, but only our little girl here is available." The woman he had called Rose said as she broke free of her lover's arms and started caressing her stomach lovingly. Silently, she put her hand on a man who was on his death bed, lying in the center of the silent and sorrowful crowd. Rose closed her eyes and started chanting words quietly that everyone in the room knew the effect of. A black cloud of chakra soon rose from the man, killing him instantly, and entered Rose's womb. Her eyes stared off into space as she stumbled and fell backwards, right back into Sky's arms.

"Our child now possesses Louva... I love thee..." Rose said as she lay in her lover's arms to enjoy her last moments of life, her eyes slowly losing their glint of happiness as she slipped off to heaven.

"Rose..." Sky sobbed as he picked up the child that Rose had given birth to in her last minute on Earth. He immediately noticed that his now daughter had soft lilac eyes, snow white skin, and little pale pink lips. His daughter didn't even cry like most children. It was as if she knew about the event that had just taken place and the sorrow that it brought to her family.

"Her name shall be Violet." Sky decided quietly, handing his daughter to an old woman. "Okasan, thee shall take care of Violet and I shall stay within the Lopa clan. Tell Violet that her parents died in an accident, and do not tell her about the demon." Sky said as he picked up Rose in his arms, and cried over her deathly white, cold body. "Rose... Why?" Sky asked in a choked whisper as he looked up to the ceiling, hoping that Rose, up there in heaven, would somehow answer him.

"I will follow my own son's orders, and Violet shall know nothing of our world full of shinobi." The old woman who was handed Violet decided. "She will find out on her own though, but I predict that she will not be shocked to find the truth of her life." She said as she walked out of the room, leaving behind the quiet and somber people with their faithful wolves. Many of them knew that what had happened was an event that happened every generation, but many were sad to see Rose go.

"At least her wonderful daughter will return to our clan someday." Many of them thought as they left to mourn for the dead woman and man.

Rikkida Prologue:

It was a pleasant and sunny summer evening, the season that Yuki despised the most. The day might have been nice and warm to most, but not to her. The air was full of heat; the horrible temperature that melted snow. Snow; it was the wonderful substance that was pure white and pale blue at times. A mixture of white and blue mixed so well together it breaks one's heart with just a glance.

Solid yet liquid; weak yet sturdy; it was so many opposites at the same time. On the other hand, there was warmth. The horrible heat that radiated off nearly everything in this world. It kills snow; it murders ice. It makes people feel better, to feel loved, but it does not work that way with Yuki. The feeling of heat may make someone feel cozy during winter or safe at home, but not for her. Warmth to her was no more than another enemy that she despised.

Yuki adored her namesake. Even from a very young age, whenever it snowed, she would stumble out of the Rikkida compound to play in the cool white powder. You may find it strange, as young children always enjoy the coziness of the love of parents. But Yuki wasn't one of those children. Yet she would never do anything without Hyozan, her favorite cousin. The two children, being from the Rikkida clan, were always surrounded by cold. Snow, ice, it was always anything that's liquid.

This snow-loving girl is the daughter of the Head of the Clan, and his name was Hisame Rikkida. Even though she loved her cousin Hyozan very much, he on the other hand pretended to hate Yuki without her knowing. Deep down, he admired Yuki. He was the same age as Yuki, so when she was started training her kekkei genkai, Hyozan was always with her.

Hyozan's grandfather was Yuki's grandfather's younger brother by a year. But since Yuki's grandfather was born first, he was part of the main branch while Hyozan's grandfather was reduced to a side branch. Yuki had always thought that Hyozan was very strong. On the other hand though, Hyozan could clearly see that her kekkei genkai, even if it wasn't as strong, was very developed, much more than his own. What he was trying to say was that at just 5 years of age, Yuki was already creating her own jutsus, while he was still using the jutsus that were taught to him.

Ever since Yuki learned how to control her chakra by herself, she's been developing her own ninjutsus that no one in the Rikkida clan knew, not even Hyozan. One of them was called Ice Mirrors, which Yuki used both as defense and as Yuki used this jutsu, big panels of ice formed and 'watched' the enemy's movements. The panels of ice then copied the offense they received and sent it back to the attacker. It was quite useful for capture too. There were no blind spots and only Yuki could see through the ice panels, so she could see everything that was going on while all anyone else saw was their reflection in the panels of ice. Ice Mirrors is a bit like the Sharingan, but it could only 'remember' justus from the present fight and not previous ones like the Sharingan. To increase her chances of winning, Yuki usually surrounded her enemy with panels forming a cage of ice that no one could break through unless she herself released the jutsu.

Another move that Yuki invented was Ice Snow Showers. What it did was take the humidity in the atmosphere, form un-meltable ice, and start assaulting the enemy. It can also be used as a form of giant ice pack if someone is hurt as Yuki can choose it's form and effects on people. One of her favorite medical ninjutsu that she invented was called Healing Snow. What Yuki did was form snow over someone's injured body and the chakra infused in the snow would heal the wounded. It was very useful when she wanted to take care of her injured friends during a battle.

Yuki also made an effort to invent Genjutsu. After months and months of hard work, she came up with her own Genjutsu that she named Ice Panel Illusion. When Yuki used this, she would form a panel of ice and whoever looked into it would see and feel what they would fear the most happen to them. They would live through the experience while in real they're just standing there frozen in fear.

Yet all this hard work never permitted Yuki to achieve her goal, which was earning her father and her cousin's respect. She may not know it, but she already had her beloved cousin's respect. She was also a very independent and hard working girl, so she never gave up on her goals, until the fateful day when her worst nightmare became reality. She felt as if she was trapped within her own genjutsu, the Ice Panel Illusion, where the victim lived through their worst fear.