I don't own Naruto, just my characters.
Ages as of the 3 1/2years
Crystal: 16 1/2 almost 17
Nobuo:(before 20ish, seven year age difference between him and Crystal) 23 almost 24
Masao:(before 45) 47
Kiba:(older than Crystal by two months)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3 ½ years later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was sitting up in a shaded part of a tree while looking for Kaya. We were doing early morning training and Kaya thought it was time to see how well I improved.
'There you are.' I thought when I saw her walking and looking around for me. I pulled out a shuriken and kunai from the pouch on my thigh.
'Time to end this game of cat and mouse.' I thought while quickly doing hands signs
~Kaya~
'Crystal has really improved a lot, I can't sense her anywhere and she uses her surrounding very well.' I thought while looking for her
'Maybe a little too well.' I thought when I saw all the tree tops had smoke coming off of them. I barely dodged a hand that shot out of the smoke trying to get me. I flipped backwards until I was out of the smoke but I kept my guard up because Crystal will look for an opening to get me.
'Let's get rid of smoke.' I thought while using some wind jutsu to whisk the smoke away.
'You sneaky little ninja.' I thought when I saw I was surrounded by ten Crystal's.
"Which one is the real Crystal." I asked out loud while slashing at some of them.
'Okay two left but I haven't seen Daimond yet where could she be." I thought while dealing what was at hand. Crystal and her clone jumped away from me and around the the trees.
I went looking for her when I saw her, her back towards me, looking like she was trying to set a trap up.
"Game over Crystal." I said with a kunai at the back of her neck
"I think I win the game Kaya." came Crystal's voice from behind me when I felt a kunai at the back of my neck.
~Crystal~
"I think I win the game Kaya." I said while holding a kunai at her neck. My clone that was in front of Kaya quickly turned back into Diamond, who has wagging her tail very fast.
"Well done Crystal, you have done exceptionally well. I am glad that the Hokage passed you when he did. You deserve the right to be called a jounin." she said while putting her kunai back.
"Thank you. You have been a great teacher Kaya." I said while walking back with her and Diamond to the Ookamidēmon temple/shrine where the sage lived on the outskirts of the moon village. I'll tell you the temple and building around it have seen better days, the building have fallen down and apart and had scorched marks from a fire.
Walking in the ruins, I can feel the souls of those clan member who couldn't make it out of the building. I put my hand in a fist and put it to my heart.
"Crystal are you okay"Diamond asked me, I could tell she could feel the pain of the souls as well
'Yeah I'm fine. Just feeling the souls that have not found a resting place.' I told her though my thoughts.
"Come on you two its getting dark. We don't want to be out here when it gets pitch dark out." Kaya said to us
"Coming!" I shouted while Diamond followed me.
"I see you're back from your training." the elderly sage said
"Yes we have, Sage Tadao." I said to him
"Young Crystal, you are an Ookamidēmon, you are aloud to just call me Tadao." Tadao said to me
"Sorry it just doesn't feel right if I just call you by your name." I said while sitting on the ground and lend into Diamond's side, while Kaya brought some food out.
"It's okay. I would like to talk to you about something." he said to me
"What would that be?" I asked him while watching him lift a cup of tea to his mouth and take a drink. Diamond shifted and flattened her ears to her head.
"Well, its part of the Ookamidēmon tradition to take the clan symbol from the piece of jewelry or cloth from a young one and put it on their adult skin." he said
"You mean to tell me that I need to have the clan symbol tattooed on my body?" I asked him while looking at Kaya who had a surprised look on her face.
"Yes but here's the thing, since you're an Ookamidēmon heir of the main family you are allowed to choose where you want it." the half blind sage said
"So there's no way to get out of having it on me." I said while petting Diamond's head
"I'm afraid not but you are lucky to have me do it unlike the older members." he said while getting up and pulling out the stuff.
"How am I lucky? You're a half blind sage that is older than the Third Hokage." I said while ruffling my short dark brown hair
"Well you could have a completely blind sage doing the tattoo on you." he said while putting his box next to him
"He has a point there Crystal." Kaya said while pulling her long brown hair around her left side of her neck.
"Crystal I want to talk to you about something." Kaya said while I finish cleaning the table of the dishes, so that Tadao could get the supplies out.
'I recognize that sentence.' I thought while going back to her
"What is it?" I asked her
"I have been think and I think, provided that you want to, I was thinking of headed back to Konoha." she said, I just stood frozen in shock right in front of her.
"Uhh...What!?" I shouted at her while trying to comprehend what she just said
"You heard me. I was told be the Third Hokage to bring you back when I deemed it safe for not only you but for everyone." she said
"What do you mean by everyone?" I asked her
"When you're wolves took over it had Takeshi scent locked in. So to make sure that this didn't happen again I was told to take you here so that you could know what is going on." she said
"Kaya, I want to go back. I miss seeing my friends and I want to see if Nobuo, Mamoru, Takeo and dad are back." I said
~Tadao~
When the name Takeo came out of her mouth along with dad for Masao, I narrowed my eyes at her back.
'He hasn't told her anything! She is going to head down the wrong path if someone doesn't make her see what is going on.' I thought while getting a place on the ground ready for Crystal.
"Come on Crystal, we should do this before you leave." I said to her
~Crystal~
I nodded at Tadao and took my shirt off so all I was left in was my bra. I was glad that he wasn't some perverted sage. I laid on the ground next to him and allowed him to tattoo the symbol on my chest right above my right breast. I felt Diamond's massive paw on my left hand while she licked my cheek in a comforting manner.
'Thanks Diamond' I thought while trying to not let the pain get to me
"Your welcome Crystal. Anything for my friend that took me in all those years ago."Diamond said
~Kaya~
I watched as Crystal was getting her clan symbol tattooed on her.
'She doesn't know everything. I saw it on Tadao's face when she mentioned her "father" and Takeo. What is really going on in the Ookamidēmon clan.' I thought while gently playing with the small necklace around my neck.
~Crystal~
After Tadao finish I used the mirror that he had on the wall. The clan symbol was put in the clan colors, red jagged claw marks, silvery white crescent moon and black shadow circle around it.
"Looks good." I told him while putting on my long black sleeved skin tight shirt.
"When are we leaving Kaya?" I asked her when I saw her come back into the room. I gave Diamond a scratch behind her ears.
"Well if it was lighter out then we could leave now but its getting really dark." she said
"I think you underestimate the Ookamidēmon clan there Kaya." I said while smirking at her.
"Ready Diamond?" I asked my companion, she let out a loud bark and got to her feet and walked out of Tadao's house.
"Crystal" Tadao voice came from behind me "I know that you have learned a lot about the Ookamidēmon clan but there may be things that you might question and want to find a place to think. Just so that you know, you are more than welcome to come back here whenever you need." he said while putting a hand on my left shoulder
"Thank you Tadao. I will keep that in mind." I said while hugging the elderly sage
"Why did he say that?"Diamond asked me
'I don't know, Diamond but I know this everyone seems to be keeping a big secret from me.' I thought to her while getting on her back and helping Kaya on.
"Be safe you two and come back whenever you feel like it." Tadao said while holding up a letter.
"What's this?" I asked taking the letter from him
"Crystal, that is for you but don't open it until you turn seventeen." he said while patting Diamond's snout
"Okay, if that is what I need to do then I can wait." I said while putting the letter in my pocket
"Good bye Tadao." Kaya said
I grabbed a portion on Diamond's fur in my hands and held on. I felt Kaya wrap her arms around my waist, once she did I gave Daimond a gentle kick and we were off.