'm back! Did ya miss me? i really didn't want to leave this story, but i had total writers block and a geography assignment to boot! But i am soo happy to finally get rid of that horrid authors note and post the real chapter 8!
anyways.. this story doesn't have much action, but there is some foreshadowing.
I don't own Naruto!
please enjoy!
"Well, this is it. This is Tama. " Sakura stated, her green eyes alight with mischief as she motioned with one hand and swept her pink locks away from her face with the other.
Anko, Genma and even Naruto stared questioningly at her.
"Erm…'Kura? It's Just a field..."
And true to Naruto's word, the vast space in front of the group was just an exceedingly plain field. No trees, flowers or even grass covered the barren land.
She smiled and pulled a small, clear rather unassuming Tama from thin air.
She held out her hands, palm facing inwards and the Tama began to glow and hover in between them. The others looked on in Awe, and she smirked as though she had some delicious treat that made her euphoric, and only she knew of it.
"Touch it."
All three did, and were automatically consumed by the vibrant light, only for it to fade moments later, leaving a vastly different setting.
They were standing on a reasonably sized Island, covered in grass and Sakura trees, orchids, roses and any number of undeniably exotic and possibly nameless, undiscovered plants, while lush grass and moss covered the ground. They themselves were currently standing in a large red wooded Pagoda, lavishly decorated with many precious stones and jewels. The walls of the pagoda had a large wrap around sun seat covered in cushions with a rainbow colour, from left to right. Red gauzy curtains hung on the minute Pagoda walls, so the open spots in the wall could be covered. A large number of animals roamed the jungle-like paradise, the majority of the fauna being such as tigers, monkeys, colorful birds and the like.
"So this is Tama? Where are all the buildings? The people? The bars?" Genma demanded, chewing his Senbon more so then usual.
Sakura smiled. "Well, for one, all the people in Tama were eviscerated by my aunts' spirit fire, and as you can now tell, only people from Tama know how to access it, so know one ever came to re-colonize this town. It's effectively mine."
"And the buildings? You said it yourself, the fire did nothing to anything without a life force- which begs the question, why are their still animals here? - So why is there only Jungle?" Anko was trying to understand, really she was, because how was she to teach a child she couldn't even understand? But the answer was still evading her.
Naruto didn't really care. Maybe all her people lived in the jungle constantly, at one with the animals and all that? Which Naruto could understand, he himself often felt more comfortable in the forests then in the town.
"You think this is it?" Sakura was puzzled. Were they really that dense? What happened to the ninja way See underneath the underneath?
She smiled, and began to skip off, down a small worn path straight through the jungle, getting further and further away from the others as they tried in vain to keep up.
I thought she had endurance issues? Genma grumbled sullenly as he watched her form flit in and out of sight a very long way ahead.
When they finally broke through the dense vegetative wall that limited their sight, they were astounded. In front of them, as far as they (very trained ninja) eye could see, was clear, tropical blue water, shimmering like a dark blue sapphire in the deeper regions, Light turquoise in the shallows, before it joined on into pristine pearl like sand where it met the island, tropical fish and coral dotting the view under the perfectly still, crystal clear waters.
Sakura's grin widened at the awe struck faces of her comrades, and descended onto a low wooden jetty the same colour as the Pagoda, and stepped into a similar colored low canoe like boat with purple silk cushions
"Coming?"
As they glided through the water, boat making hardly a sound, she explained.
"What we were first transported onto was Hogosha Island. What we are now traveling through is Jun Namida Lake. Both were absolutely forbidden for anyone outside my clan to enter; fish in or even touch, and considered Sacred. Only I held a Tama that, when accessing the village, takes me here. Both were created at exactly the time of my birth, by an influx of my power, and so were considered clan property. I spent most of my years in Tama on Hogosha; it was where I was kept isolated from the others while I learnt to control my abilities.
Both the Lake and the Island have always been protected by special barriers, which is what I believe to have protected the animals from Aunt Kaji's fire. It is a good thing, as those animals were always tame and very enjoyable company, pretty much the only I had till I left Tama, the clan didn't visit me more then once a month, as I was self sufficient and had no need to start lessons yet. Even though I created them both, I have no control over any of the wards or magic in the Island or the Lake. It is rather strange, really. And you can imagine what the rest of the village must have thought when a huge tropical lake and island appeared in the village square!"
Naruto smiled weakly, all three still too much in shock to react more then that.
"So. Besides the giant sacred lake and Island, Tama is also easily the largest of the hidden villages, but has never been noticed as no one can really access it. Now. The village square is a grassy, park like area with statues and the like. We immortalize the Tamakage in Onyx statues depicting their most notable successes created by the Tenshi clan. Those statues stand guard at the North, South, East and West points of the lake. I created the West statue of our Fourth Tamakage before I departed for my revenge.
To the north are the Tamakage tower, and all the Ninja Headquarters and the Academy.
To the south, lie the Housing District and all the domestic and civilian things, such as shopping malls and parks and Movie theaters and Restaurants and Theaters and such.
To the east are all the Major clan compounds as well as the Ninja training grounds and the stores that Cater to Shinobi needs.
To the west lies the Farming district. All the animals should have been wiped out in the fire, but all the plants and such should still be there, most farms here are pretty self sufficient.
This entire town actually exists in another Realm all on its own of unlimited space and a Tama key is needed to both enter and leave. There is no need for large gates and a thick wall like in Konoha. We were safe from everything but ourselves." She concluded with a hint of bitterness.
The others stayed in silence, mulling over all they had learned till the boat gently docked at another red wooded jetty, and they all got off.
"Your village is very beautiful." Genma murmured.
"Stunning" Anko added.
"Yea, but I'm still trying to get over the fact you created an island and a lake before you were a minute old!" Naruto blurted out.
Anko promptly bonked him on the head, and they ignored the interruption.
"Well. We should get set up." Genma stated, quickly taking charge.
"Anko-san. Go to the farming district and see what you can find for food. We need to know how many days were going to be living on instant ramen. Sakura, Go to your clans' compound and see if it's livable. Naruto, you and I will set off to the Academy and see what sorts of training facilities they have. I don't want to go to the actually training grounds till we know more of your basic styles and abilities. We'll train their if possible tomorrow. Meet back here in two hours."
Everyone accepted their tasked readily, except Sakura who, for the first time since coming to Tama, looked exceedingly nervous and jumpy.
"Sakura-san?" Sakura jumped at Anko's voice.
"Is anything the matter?" the girl was jumping more then a half starved rabbit for a carrot.
"Nothing… nothing..." she replied before walking off to the east in a slow, procrastinating fashion.
ooh! what is Sakura Hiding? So... did you like Tama? i Wasn't too sure how to make it, but i knew i wanted it to be different, and i thought " hey, Bali is different from Japan" so that's pretty much how Tama was born... that and the fact that i watch wayyy to many better homes and gardens re runs ( that's just not normal for a teenager i tell ya!)
Translations.
Hogosha: Protector or Guardian
Jun Namida : Pure Tear
erm... now that i think on it, i might as well say that i don't speak Japanese and i think my translator might be dodgy, so the translations are possibly wrong.
Reviews! ( cause i luv yous' soo much!)
Deathdingle: why thankyou! i absolutely thrive on compliments ( no duh, the name, lol) but it made me happy to her the original bit, because i was so worried that their would be a million other stories out there just like this one, so thanks!
sweep14: I'll think on the pairings. whatever they are, they won't come in for a while anyways. I'm not too sure how i'm going to go on writing pairings in, because i'm not really good at the whole 'romance' genre, but i'll try. thanks for the review.
PuppyInABox: lol. just lol. your my friend, and i luv ya, but seriously.. sometimes you scare me hun. lol.
WhiteTiger1992: thankyou! action packed is it? i tried to make it so, but i wasn't sure if i was succeeding, so thanks!
softball91: Don't worry about the wait, the review made up for it! and WoW, i impressed someone? go me! I hope Tama didn't disappoint.
thanks again everyone who reviewed, i really appreaciate it. this chapters for you guys!
