In a far off land there lived a ninja called by Renzhe, or as some called him, "Midnight". He was fierce, yet soft and kind. One day he met a maiden. Everyone called her Yingtao, or "Cherry". She was said to be the most beautiful in the land. One fateful day they would meet, and true love would be sparked in their hearts. This is their story.
Yingtao was running through the forest at night and it was almost twelve o' clock.
Her long dark hair was flowing behind her. She was running barefoot. Her beautiful Shenyi was tattered and stained with mud.
Shouts of anger were following her trail. She scattered in panic and tripped over an overgrown tree root.
Yingtao yelped in surprise as she fell to the ground with a thud.
Soon, the ones who shouted surrounded her. There were five of them. Nasty, bulky, brutes with armor covering their body.
"Stay away from me!" Yingtao yelped, attempting to crawl her way back to her feet.
"Sassy, eh? That's how I like 'em!" One of the men said, walking over to her and putting his foot on the side of her head. He kept her pinned to the ground so she couldn't move.
"Stop it! Please! Just let me go, I beg you!" Yingtao pleaded.
"Sorry Cherry, can't do that. I have a deed to fulfill and bringing you with me is the only way I will finish it!" The brute said, waving at the other men to surround her.
"Help! Someone help me!" Yingtao shouted in fear.
Suddenly, a flash of black appeared.
The figure was not a mere shadow, but a man. The man pressed two fingers against the brute's foot that was holding Yingtao. The brute suddenly flew back and hit a tree not far away.
The other brutes stared in confusion at the event and looked at the shadowed figure in horror.
Without saying a word, the man covered Yingtao with his dark cape and they both disappeared.
Yingtao opened her eyes. She had somehow ended up in a more shallow part of the forest.
She saw the mysterious man looming over her face. Yingtao blushed.
"Wh-who are you?" She asked him.
He pulled down his mask and replied.
"I cannot tell you. I know who you are, though. You are Yingtao." He said, backing away from her face.
She sat up.
"How do you know my name?" She asked him.
"I know many things about you, Yingtao. Many things about many people." He replied, standing up and brushing his knees off.
"I see." Yingtao said, pondering for a moment.
He stared at her curiously.
"That doesn't frighten you?" He asked her, squinting his eyes.
"No. I don't care how you know the things you know, but what I do care about is that you saved my life. That is all that matters to me." She said, smiling softly at him.
He bowed his head.
"You're very different from everyone else." He said, smiling slightly.
He helped Yingtao up to her feet and she dusted her knees off as well.
"I must go now." The man said, grabbing the side of his cape as if fixing to leave.
"Wait- tell me your name." Yingtao said, stepping closer to him.
"My name is not relevant." He stated, beginning to turn away.
"Please, at least tell me when I will see you again!" Yingtao pleaded, putting a hand on his upper arm.
He stepped away from her and pulled his mask over his mouth.
"At midnight."
The man swung his cap around his body and he disappeared like a shadow.
"At midnight.." Yingtao repeated, left in the forest alone.
Pan slapped the book shut and laid it next to herself on the bed. She yawned and stretched
Before getting up and heading downstairs for dinner.
"Hey Pan. Whatcha been doing? You've been upstairs for a while." Videl asked as she cooked the family meal.
"I was reading this new book I checked out from the library." Pan said, going to the fridge to get out the orange juice. She went to a cabinet and pulled a cup out before pouring herself a glass.
"That's nice. What's the book about?" Videl asked, giving a soft smile.
Pan froze for a second.
C'mon, think Pan! I can't tell her what it's really about.. If I do she will embarrass me and ask me all about it!
"It's uh- it's about this girl.. she runs away from these men but they catch up to her and kill her. And then her ghost haunts them for the rest of their lives. Boring stuff, you know.." Pan said, replacing the orange juice and sitting down at the dinning table next to her dad.
"That sounds-… interesting.." Videl said semi-enthusiastically.
"Yup." Pan said, taking another gulp of her orange-juice.
"Super interesting.."
The links to Renzhe and Yingtao's appearances are in my bio! If you want to check them out so you have a better visual, feel free to. :3 Until the next update! C:
