Just to let you know that my spelling isn't the best (I cheated on my spelling tests) so if you cant figure out what words mean when their spelled intirely wrong heed my warning and turn back now weary travler. For those that can over look a few mistakes and realize that i am for the time being only a mear human and I have faults rest your bones by my fire as I spin you a tale. For those of you that do not like tragety and the rawness of human emotions go away, even though I enjoy making people cry you flames are most not welcome because I have not the time nor energy to hunt you down one by one and drain you of your lifes blood...wich I would most enjoy. So if you have some thing negative to say come and find me and say it to my face so that I have the satisfaction of your slow death.
Is there anyone still here?Good...
so the story begins...
Rain poored down on a cold winters night, the far off crys of a woman running for her life could be heard follow by the cackles of a demon hot on her trail. The woman heavy with child was from a near by sand village. She was just a pesant, but the demon wasn't after her alone, the demon was recently just slain and his spirit roamed the earth seaking a vestle in wich to be reborn, the baby.
The woman was running to the near by village shrine. The young womans name was Imo(1) no one knew her last name because she was an orphan that grew up on the streets, she was only 15 and was pregnant from being druged and raped in a small ally.
The demons name was Tatsu, he was a dragon demon who really ment no harm but now seeked vengance against those that wronged him.
Imo reached the gates to the shrine and cried out, "OPEN THE GATES!" Beating on the large wooden doors with her fist. She heard a stiring inside and the inhabitants running to the gates but the demon was upon her. The demon slammed into her womb sinking into her skin and into the child inside causing her to colaspe to the ground and writher in pain huddled into a ball as much as her enlarged midsection would allow. The monks(2) ran to her asistance and pulled her inside and into the shrine laying her on a mat.
"Demon...my baby..." Imo arched her back in pain as all of the stress caused her to go into labor. The monks observed the what apeared to be burn marks on her belly and realized that the demon had entered her belly and sensed the demon inside.
"Fetch the Mid-wife!" Tsugyo the master of the shrine commanded.
"No need, im here." The ageing woman looked to be about 50 but moved swift for her age. She held a cup to Imo's mouth,"Drink this it will ease the pain." Imo drank the herbal concoction and in minuts seemed to be in a euphoria of sorts grimacing slightly when she had contractions. "Every one out, have one of the shrine maidens fetch towls and hurry!" Everyone hurried out of the room as the midwife set off to her minstrations. There was a sad look in the midwifes eyes.
'So young, she's just a child, her fate is sealed, but what of the posessed child?' The Midwife pulled up Imo's skirt and saw that it was time to start pushing. "Ok child, when I count to three you push with all of your strength." Imo nodded her brow drenched in sweat. "Ready, one,two,three,Push!" Imo pushed with all of her strength,arching her back in pain. Imo colasped down panting looking deathly pale considering that she was losing a fair amount of blood. "You have to push again child its almost over"
"I-I can't! I don't have the strength"
"You have to or your baby will die and so will you!" The Midwife thought to herself,'even though your baby might be killed for what it is'
Imo pushed with the last of her strength and finally the baby was born. The midwife hurried off to clean the child and cut the inbilical cord, the midwife grimaced as she felt Imo's spirit leave her body and the sound of heavy breathing stopped. All that was left was the sound of a babys wail.
Hurrying from the room with the newborn infant the monks waiting out side were unshure what to do ecept Tsugyo who was drawing a sealing incantation circle on the stone floor with his own blood. when the old monk was done the midwife hurried over and placed the baby in the center of the circle then stepped back as the monk wisperd several incantations causing the markings in blood to all glow white and travle to the forehead and into her sealing off the demon in her, the after effect was the kanji dragon left on her forehead...
5 years later...
The child was a girl and she was named Shoshi(3), she was a smart and clever child but also very quiet and intense on everything that she learned. She was already very acomplished at being a healer which she learned from Kokoro(4) the midwife, she knew what plant healed and what plants killed, she could manipulate her chakra to heal wounds and on her own learned that she could manipulate fire, a skill that she acuired from having a dragon demon inside of her, and could also manipulate sand which she inherited from her mother being from the sand village. She had dark red black hair and black rimmed eyes. Where the whites of her eyes should have been they where black with red/orange eyes and white pupils. She had a wrather toothy grin considering that she had two fangs at the top of her mouth(along with all of her regular teeth). When around the shrine she wore a black veil as not to disturb anybody praying and a black robe with ushualy no shoes.
"Kokoro-sensei, Shunsho-san said I would be a great help to go to the village and get some noodles for tonights meal, can I go please!" Kokoro didn't like for Shoshi to leave the shrine but she found it hard to refuse her young ward some freedoms, so she slowly nodded her head in agreement.
"But don't draw attention to yourself and make shure you don't dwell to long. Don't forget your veil either!" Shoshi hugged Kokoro in a bone gripping hug that was a little abnormal for a girl so small and hurried off to fetch her veil.
All of the monks that were out side in the garden waved to the little girl as she strolled to the gates, to everyone Shoshi was the perfect little girl who happened to have alot of uncles(all of the monks.
Shoshi enjoyed her little time of freedom but hurried to the noodle shop at a speed some grown men would envy, but she was careful to slow her pace before she reached the outskirts of the village so that she didn't cause a riot.
Shoshi heard all of the wispers of the villagers with her keen hearing as she entered the village square and just continued walking to the far side to the noodle shop.
"Thats the healer from the shrine"
"I heard she wheres that mask because her face is disfigured"
"I heard she's very skilled"
"Look how young she looks"
SHoshi reached the noodle shop and handed the shopkeeper a slip of paper with the amount of noodles needed on it.
"Good morning Shoshi. Lets see...are you shure you can carry this many noodles"
Oh im shure, I made this little sling so that I can put them on my back!" The shopkeeper smiled warmly and grabed three large bundles of noodles and deposited them into the sling on her back. She didn't even seem to notic the weight being loaded.
"My your a strong little girl." Shoshi smiled and handed the shop keeper a small purse of coins and trotted off. She had one more stop before she headed back to the Shrine. The ninja training academy, she liked to watch the kids her age training.
Shoshi entered a back ally and leaped up to the top of the roof where she could get a look st the training grounds. The students today where practicing with shurikens and some where doing well...but others...not quite. She deposited her load onto the roof and laid down as not to be noticed.
Two students threw their shurikens at their targets but one of the shurikens hit the other one causing it to fly off corse and come directly at Shoshi. She bolted up and caught the shuriken with surprising skill, she examined the metal object in her hands untill she heard a shout from one of the instructiors.
"HEY! What are you doing up there!" Shoshi casualy threw the shuriken and it landed in the ground sticking up at the instructors feet. Shoshi stood up to leave but one of the instructor apeared behind her, she summersaulted off the roof and landed in a crouching position with surprising ease seince it was a long ways down, she went to bolt but three ninjas surounded her all whereing sand tribe head bands. She backed up examining her exscape posibilities untill she heard a shout from the female instructor that was training the class.
"HEY KID! Don't worry we wont hurt you." She walked slowly forward, her students where huddled in a circle wispering to them selves. "Whats your name"
"Shoshi.." SHe walked forward some more but Shoshi flipped backwards causing her veil to come undone. Everyones eyes widened in surprise and Shoshi grabbed for her veil realising it had come off.
"What the hell!" The three male ninjas moved closer and Shoshi growled slightly showing her slight fanged mouth. One of the male ninjas moved foreward but Shoshi sent sand at him hitting him in the eyes.
"Everyone calm down! Stop scaring the poor girl!" Batsu, the female ninja yelled out. The Ninja named Haru that she had hit with the sand was rubbing his eyes in pain. Shoshi looked distressed at this act.
"Stop that your gonna blind yourself!" Shoshi put her hand over the Ninjas eyes who was nealing and removed the sand, then used her chakra to heal the damaged eyes. Haru blinked a few times and muttered his thanks. Batsu grinned slightly.
"So Shoshi, you got a last name"
"No." Batsu looked a little confused but continued.
"Uh- where do you live"
"At the shrine"
"At the shrine...ok...wheres your parents"
"I was raised in the shrine, I don't have any. Ecept for Kokoro who raised me"
"And-uhh...how do you exsplain your well, your looks"
"I've always been this way"
"Haru, over see my class for awile wile I take miss Shoshi home." Haru walked over to the students and made them continue their practice. Shoshi leaped up to the top of the roof and grabbed her bundle of noodles slinging them on her back and then jumped down into the ally followed by Batsu who pondered to herself.
'This girl is strong, but what of the strange markings and eyes?' SHoshi put her veil on as they entered the village from the ally.
"So Shoshi, how old are you"
"Im 5." Batsu was yet again surprised.
(1) Imo meens...Potato...and you thought I didn't have a sense of humor...BAH!
(2) Im not shure if there were monks in shrines...but whatever
(3) Shoshi meens iIlegitament Child...poor Shoshi.
(4) Kokoro meens Heart
I guess Im off to a pretty good start. If anyone has any subjestions on pairings or anything go a head and say. Flames will be spit upon and put out. Oh and warning...I tend to be a...yaoi fan and tend to make outrageouse pairings...like Gaara and Hinata(its my favorite .)
peace