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And... Thanks for the reviews dudes! I saw them at my school PC. MY Home PC broke down so took me quite a while to write again.
Besides, i had to do some research cos i am planin' to write an Icha Icha series!
haha!

Chapter 4: Awakening

Across the lands, in the eastern mountains, southern plains and western valleys, several people woke up, with searing pain on their foreheads.

Green, purple and white aura's flared, lighting up the night sky for miles around.

That was the night, of which the guardians awoke from their slumber, of which a sign that meant the beginning of a new era about to begin.

A young man, about 19 years old went to the river and noticed a cresent (like a semi-circle) mark on his forehead with a dot on top.

"Damn... I wonder what happened last night... What the? What is this thing on my forehead?" he screamed, as he wiped blood away from the green mark on his forehead.

As he striked to wipe the mark away, it flared and rendered him unconcious.

"Where am i?..." the guy with green hair asked himself,"what the hell is this place!"

"we are in the boundaries of your mind, young one," a voice answered from the surrounding darkness.

"you, out of the many, have been chosen by destiny to be the guardian of the eastern mountains."

"what? me! You've got to be kidding me... i can't even guard myself from those damn bandit ninjas!"

"thats because you've never tried. now, when you awaken, try summoning your spiritual energy, known to the ninjas as chakra."

"wait! then what the hell do i call you? Hey!"

"damn... that damn kid... wait til i get my hands on her..." the man growled as he held his head, throbbing from pain.

'hey hang on a second? How come i know its a 'she'? must be a feminine voice i guess... now let me try out what she said...'

The man sat down and reached out for his spiritual strength through meditation.
He closed his eyes and all he saw, was darkness. And he shifted his focus from darkness to the source of live. The heart.

He felt a rush of energy thru his abdonmen which became a rush of adredline in his body.

He opened his eyes and realised he was floating on air.

'cool! damn, i never knew i could do such things!'

that is because you have never tried it.

'yeah true true... hey! what are you doing here?'

as i have said, i am but fraction of your mind. Now, this energy is bestowed upon you, making you stronger than most ninja's but your body may not be able to take it, hence, my suggestion is to form a spirit weapon.

'what? spirit weapon? what the hell is that?'

a spirit weapon is a weapon based on energy. just as jutsu's are based on chakra, spirit weapons too, are made from chakra.

'wow... i feel really powerful now... its like i could tear down a mountain with my bare hands...well, time to practice.'

with that, the man jumped on to his feet and ran out of the door and up the mountain, next to his village.

in half an hour, he reached the top of the mountain which was really high.

"Wow! This is fantastic! Haha!" the man cried out as he started jumping around.

So much energy he was radiating that he didn't notice the solid snow he was standing on was melting til he fell down.

"Oh my God! I am going to die! help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...!" was the last thing he cried out.

The last thing he recalled has hitting the water, before he lost conciousness...


In the southern plains, a ninja, whose age was in the middle twenties, held his left shoulder in agony, cursing for all he was worth.

As time passed, the pain vanished, as he fell into a deep sleep.

He woke up, noticing that there was a tattoo of a tortise with an extra snake head and tail on his shoulder.

'What the hell? Since when did i put such an ugly tattoo over there? Its ugly... And... WHAT THE SHIT? My ANBU tattoo?
Its missing?'

Then he started circulating the chakra to see if his ANBU tattoo just went missing temporarily.

It wasn't. That was when the Tattoo started glowing purple and aura started leaking out in the shape of tiny purple spheres.

The aura transformed into a tortise with an extra snake head in front of him.

The ninja, whose name was Kei, stood there, his mouth open wide with shock.

"what are you gaping at? never seen a celestial guardian before? I thought we were famous! close ur mouth kid. it stinks." said the tortise head, the snake head hissing away.

"He'sss sssupposed to be the next guardian, ssso we are here to instruct you. Sssince you are already versed in chakra all we have to do isss to tell you, your purpossse..." the snake head hissed, snapping at the tortise.

"Okay okay... sheesh... anyone would have thought you never seen a guardian before... anyway, we are known as the Jet tortise. And hey Kid, we guardians are a force to ensure the balance of good and evil in this place. I don't care what or how you do it.Just make sure that balance is kept. " The tortise said slowly.

"Yesss and there are... three othersss jussst like yoursself... Find them... and ensure peasse and harmony..." The snake head hissed.

"And hey, if i ever appear again, i don't wanna smell your mouth like this understand?" The tortise head demanded as it started to fade away.

The ninja, Kei, stood there stunned, as the information sunk in.

'Hn... If i am a guardian, i should have the more chakra reserves than normal! thats great! haha!'

'well... i am a good guy after all, so i guess i should be more... nice... haha, time to take a look see if my weapon has taken shape,'

At this, Kei summoned a chakra weapon. It resembled a doubled edge sword with the snake tortise there.

'Oh well, at least it is solid now... I just hope its fun to be a guardian... At least i have an excuse to present to the Mizukage,
so he would take my name of the missing-nin list...' he mused to himself hopefully.

With that he picked up his stuff and moved out of his temporary hut moving towards the sand village, humming as he moved along.


On the eastern side of the village of sand, a refugee from the leaf by the name of Hyuuga Hinata felt heat on her right chest.

Feeling very uncomfortable, she moved away from the tent, muttering to herself about the surroundings being too crowded and stuffy.

She stripped of her clothes in a nearby Oasis revealing a well sculpted body that any girl would kill for.

As she washed herself, a white aura burst from her right breast causing her to scream in shock.

Temporarily blinded she waited until the light faded and she gasped at what she saw.

A magnificent white tiger, as white as the purest snow stood on the edge of the water, gazing at her.

The tiger spoke," This is the first time, that I had to choose someone from the ninja realm... Guess it must have to do with balance huh?"

In awe Hinata merely nodded her head as she stared at the beautiful creature.

"Well... I think you should know that you're the next guardian of the west... Pheonix chose her human 12 years ago. As far as i am concerned, congratulations. You're the next guardian in line. Because of this, You will be bestowed with extened spiritual strength, which is known to you as chakra and a pair of spiritual, also chakra dual swords."

With a grin, it added,"The fact i chose you, is because of your unique personality and sense of righteousness. Its not because you have a great body that i chose you."

At that moment, Hinata realised that she was, naked.

Blushing, the submerged herself underwater, leaving her head above the water.

"Well, since thats about it, i've got to go. See ya!" with that the snow tiger dissapeared without a trace.

That was when she realised a tattoo of a tiger on the top of her right chest, right below the shoulder blade.

She smiled fondly, recalling Naruto saying she was one of his precious people during the chuunin exams the past year.

'See Naruto, I have become stronger! I am now a guardian of the way! But... that means i have to leave my people... I guess I'll inform father before i leave... I think i'll thank Kazekage-sama as well for sheltering us...'

With that plan in mind, Hinata took her towel to dry herself, and put on her clothes.

As she walked, she recalled the tiger saying something about pheonix.

'I guess i'll try looking for the pheonix as well. That is, after i've found Naruto-kun again...'

Smiling at the thought of finding Naruto again, she sang a sweet melody as she moved towards the Kazekage office.


In the meantime

"NARUTO! STOP DOING THAT!" Shouted an angry Mikomi as she threw a frying pan in the direction of Naruto.

"What! All i did was try to help fix breakfast! How the hell... OW!" Naruto did not finish his sentence when a table came crashing into him.

"You're GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO MY KITCHEN! PHEONIX WING DARTS!" shouted Mikomi, as several darts exploded around the house,
all missing Naruto by a few inches.

"Ne? YOU OLD HAG! You missed!" Laughed Naruto pointing at Mikomi.

Sighing, Mikomi sat down complaining, "Boy, did i make a big mistake offering to bring you home..."

Suddenly, a mark of fire started to form on her forehead.

Startled, she cried out, "Naruto! RUN! Its happening again!" Naruto stared at her as though she was a specimen from a lab.

"Ne, Nee-san, whats that red mark on your forehead? It looks pretty cool!" said Naruto meekly as he poked it.

She rolled her eyes, and wondered, 'Hey, how come it didn't explode... wierd...'

Mikomi suddenly felt a wave of weariness come over her.

Letting out a loud yawn, she told Naruto,"hey, Outoto, let me grab an hour of sleep or so... You really made me use up all my chakra on those damn darts!"

Laughing at her again, Naruto nodded.

Suddenly, his expression turned serious, asking,"hey, big sister, you think i'll be allowed to go check out my old village?..."

"Yeah yeah... I'll go with you after i wake up... now shut up and lemme get some sleep..." grumbled Mikomi as she grabbed a pillow and pulled it over he head as she went to sleep.

Her dreams were anything but uneventful.


LOL, end of chapter 4.
I am worn out... haha... Borrowed some ideas from the comic the celestial zone.
I think i need to write more. I seem to be writing less and less.
Oh yeah, and more reviews please:D Sorry for taking so long