Erika sat in the front yard, reading a book, as the three girls approached with their animals. Erika looked up. "Hello girls..." She said, then looked at the Yiera. "Hello Yiera." She said, petting the tiger. Hala and Chalysta gave a shocked look.
"How did you know her name?" Hala asked. The sides of Erika's lips curled into a smile.
"The same way I knew all of your names..." Erika replied, amused.
"But how did you know our names?" Chalysta asked.
"You still don't need to know that." Was Erika's gentle reply. Erika then dug in her weapon pouch and found a necklace with a sun on it. Erika stood up and put it around Hala's neck. "I guess I do owe you all an explanation though..." Erika replied, staring into space. She then looked down at the girls. "I want you to meet my six sons first... Before you go to bed, I want all of you to report to the back yard..." She stood up and walked away, her white fox by her side. Shortly after Erika walked into the house, Mirabella, Aleta, and Maiya walked out of the house.
"Okay." Mirabella said. "Let's go." The six girls turned to the boy's mansion and walked in.
Once they entered the house, Daja yelled so loud Hala thought the house started shaking. "Drew!!!!! Blake!!!!!! Kai!!!!!! Serkan!!!!! Ryker!!!!!! Thiago!!!!" At the sound of her voice, two guys came in from the kitchen, two had been talking in the foyer, and two came running down the stairs. Daja introduced the two in the foyer first. One was Drew who they had seen in the front yard earlier. Following him was a large polar bear, his pet, Hala assumed. Next to his was a boy with spiky blond hair and wore black leather pants and a matching shirt. He had a white mink sitting on his shoulder.
"I see we have another fine young lady." He smiled. "You wanna go into town sometime?" He said with a smile. Daja grabbed Hala's shoulder.
"Don't trust Blake." She sighed. "He's a horrible player..."
Blake raised an eyebrow. "Don't be like that babe..." He said.
Daja shot him a death glare. "NEVER... Call me that again..." Next the two from the kitchen came. One had light blue eyes, lightly tanned skin, and black hair tied into a short ponytail. He had on a black shirt with a light blue jacket and jeans.
Maiya winked at him. "Haven't seen you in a while, Kai." The other one had light silver hair, pale skin, a white collared shirt, and gray jeans.
"How are ya, Serkan?" Mirabella asked with a slight hint of sarcasm in her voice. The two other boys came tumbling down the stairs, crashing in front of the group. They both straitened up. One had short, spiky, red hair with matching gloves, a beat up black tee-shirt, and jeans. The other had brown skin with hair dyed blond. He had a light blue shirt with a white jacket and black jeans. The red head stuck out his hand.
"Pleased to meet you mate." He winked. "The name is Ryker."
The black boy ((sorry if that sounds a little racist...)) swept into a bow. "The name is Thiago. Welcome to Kohona." He said.
Blake grabbed Daja's hand and Drew shot him a death glare. "We have just prepared dinner. We would be honored if you six lovely ladies would eat with us."
Maiya shrugged. "We might as well."
Daja glared down Blake. "Only if you NEVER do that again..."
Blake bowed his head. "Yes Daja." The boys led the girls to the table with many bowls of ramen and sat down, boy girl order.
After dinner, the kids went around the back of the houses. It was a huge open and grassy area. In the center was a fire pit with a large arc of chairs around it. The fire was lit, Erika was sitting on the pit's edge, the fire reflected in her eyes. As they all sat, Erika gave a small sigh. "I guess I owe you all an explanation..." She sighed. The kids all nodded. Erika looked up. "As you all should know by now, you all come from different countries all around Earth. Before coming here, you all had never seen real ninjas..." They all nodded again. "You were all brought here shortly after I saved you from what you all were positive was the end." Shock lit Hala's eyes. She hadn't thought about why the rest of them were here. Erika continued. "You all thought it was just luck that I saved you..." They nodded again. "Well... The truth is... The twelve of you have special jutsu's hidden inside of you..." Hala gave a shocked expression. She figured if she could do one, everyone could... "Most special jutsu's are formed from years of technique... But, after talking to the Hokage, we realized that those from Earth already had special jutsu's inside of them. Now, you twelve are the only ones who have this trait. Daja, Ryker, Thiago, Blake, and Hala have already found theirs, as have I. The rest of you still have it hidden inside of you." Everyone looked at Erika in shock. Did she say, 'As have I'? Erika looked up at them. "That's right." she said. "My special jutsu allows me to see through time. That is how I knew where to find you all." Erika looked up at them. "Now that you know, we have a busy day tomorrow... Get some rest... Training by the river at 5:15 sharp." The kids stood in shock for a while, then went to their beds.