Starlight

Don't own Naruto

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'Thoughts'

"Talking'

(----) Different point of view

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Chapter 3

He stares at the council of elders of Light village. He had been on a mission that claimed that a missing Nin by the name Vorse Umeon, ex-Earth ninja. He had encountered really odd beasts that used chakra, and from what he can tell they weren't demons too. He's lucky to have been found by those miners. They had handed him over to some people who were clearly ninja. This ninja didn't have a headband, so doesn't know which village that he was in. For all he knows, this village could be housing a really important weapon.

It was his luck to not understand what they were saying until they used this jutsu on him. Then he could understand what was being said. It was just as they finish healing him, did he decide to make his escape. But he didn't head straight for the walls of the village. He knows that they would be heavily guarded, so he hoped to find a place to hide until he had more information.

Then he spotted those kids on the street. The girl was around six years old; she had reddish brown hair with hazel eyes. The boy was eight years old by his reckoning. He had to frown for the blond hair and blue eyes tug at his memory. He learned the this village was called Light and that the girl's name is Jeri Geo and the boy's name is Koichi Geo.

When he had been acting the fool, the girl had tried to comfort him. He scents the ninja coming and without thinking about it, he grabbed the girl and took off. He followed her directions to a training ground. To his shock, he found that the girl was quite right about the three-foot long water beetles. He was stunned at the size of the beetles and he decided to take a closer look at the beetles. He found that they were perfectly natural.

Then that lizard appeared. He had gotten careless concerning the lizard. He was stunned to see a wooden dagger get thrown in the lizard's path. Then a pair of them. He saw out of the corner of his eye the boy Koichi ready to throw another three.

By the end of the fight, he knew that he was surrounded. He gave up, for he didn't want the two children to witness him fighting this village's ninja. He was happy that the children didn't seem to be under arrest for helping him.

The council of elders was talking about him, but he was problem under a jutsu. So he just has to wait. He also notices that one old elder seems to carry a lot of weight. He guesses that, from the way the elder eyes didn't seem to meet anyone in the eye, that she must be blind.

He wonders if there was a leader in this village as there is for his village. As he muses over that, the council finishes talking and soon the jutsu he was under lifts. The elder to the old woman begins, "It's odd. Usually when one comes from the northern lands, they attack in hopes of riches and then try their luck to get back home. You were seen with two of students. But you didn't use either as a hostage. For this reason, we're willing to hear your side on this." He blinks at this, for he has known villages that would prefer to torture to get information out of enemies. He could get to like this place.

"I was on a mission to retrieve a missing Nin from hidden Earth. The information that I received was that he was heading to this mountain range. I then decided to see if I could locate this Nin. But I didn't anything but freaky beasts that could use chakra. I think you might know more about those creatures then I." He pauses and then continues, "I don't really know how, but I got found by some people that seem to scream miners. I think you know the rest." He finishes speaking.

He watches as some of the elders smirk about this. The others just give them sour looks and then the woman that sits by the speaker decides to speak. "Sounds that you were lucky to be alive. From what the report say, you have a nasty encounter with a pack of ice elementals." He blinks at that. He has heard about a group elementals running wild, but given it much thought. He had to agree with the elder woman on that one. She continues, "We might as well tell you now, the child with the fox demon sealed in him is being raised in this village." Now his jaw drops at this and his mind goes numb. Many villagers believe that the baby had been killed, but a few think that someone stole him to raise as a weapon to use against Leaf. He never had an opinion on which was true. Now he was not only faced with an unknown village, but also with the simple fact that the child was here, in this city. "I want to you swear that you'll try not to steal him. I have much to teach him about how to make contact with his houseguest. I also have a demon sealed within me. I can teach what you ninja can't. Is that understood?" He just blinks at the blind elder. Then he swallows and answers, "I swear." She nods and a smile spreads across her face. He feels a bit better. "I am elder Ruki. To my left is elder Horus, he's granddaughter and her husband have been raising Koichi as their own. I believe you've meet Koichi and his little sister Jeri." He sighs, now knowing why Koichi reminded him of something. He couldn't see the whisker marks on the boy's cheeks, for the boy was quite tanned.

Then elder Ruki again speaks, "If you wish, you can remain here as a member of our ninja. You can receive missions and when it's a safer season for you to leave, you'll have a guide to take you safely through the mountain range." She finishes and he then decides to ask, "Could I perhaps teach a team of rookies?" It was elder Horus that answers, "If that's what you wish, then I don't see why not. We have a team that needs a teacher; they have mostly been passed around from three teachers already. I'll have them meet you at the school after lunch. Gulau will be showing you around, I think that this season will be interesting. Good luck, Gai."

Then all the council members get up and begin to leave. He turns to find a man with a red line running over his right eye. It was a tattoo, and it also had a series of green dots in the line. Gulau's eye color was light blue with brown rim. Gulau's hairstyle was simple, for except for a patch of braided hair, his head was shaved. The remaining hair was light brown. Gulau was not as tall as him, but then how many people were six-feet tall? Gulau had a short sword on his right hip and then a pouch of daggers on his left hip.

He grins at Gulau and Gulau just smirks and the motions for him to follow. Soon they were chatting about equipment. He soon returns to acting the idiot. He wonders just what kind of team he signed up to teach.

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It's been a good month since Gai first appeared in Jeri's and his life. He's also been going to see elder Ruki for lessons. He still remember how he first learnt about Blood Trail, the nine-tailed fox demon sealed in him.

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He had just made sure that Jeri got to school and then he follows his uncle to see elder Ruki. He didn't know what to expect, but it wasn't even about the odd green cloth man. Has he enters the study with Ruki at the desk; he was kind of scared and nervous as well.

The door closes behind him and he continues to walk towards the chair in front of the desk. Then he pulls it out and sits on it. He waits for elder Ruki to say something. They just sit in the silence that hangs between them.

After a good five minutes, elder Ruki says, "Well, I believe that I better get this over with. I've been putting this off for a good year, but better late then never." He wonders what elder Ruki means by that. Elder Ruki then continues, "Did you ever wonder why you have such a good memory?" He looks puzzled, he answers, "Not really." Ruki smiles a bit at this. "It's because you have a guest in you." He blinks at this and the asks, "Guest? Like a parasite?" Elder Ruki chuckles at this and says, "More like hidden friend then parasite. You see, you have a nine-tailed fox demon seal inside of you. In a vision, we watched as this fox was sealed inside of you. You were stolen as a two-week-old baby. Your father, Ravis, stole you from the village that was under attack by this nine-tailed fox."

He was stunned at this; he just kind of stared at the elder. "So, didn't this village want me?" He asks in a soft voice. The elder sighs and says, "They didn't know what you really were. There are people out there that don't have our knowledge. From what rumors your father heard during his time there, it seems that they wanted to kill you out right. This idea of killing you was made in fear and hatred. You were a gift from Heaven; you were to be that villages greatest hope. But with Ravis hearing about this a good year before the great fox attacked, he wanted to go and steal you. For his argument was that you could learn more here, then at that village. He was very much right, so he traveled to the northern lands to get you. In time, you might decide to go to the village of your birth, but that time is not here or now. I'll be teaching you how to speak with your guest and on how to handle the chakra that your guest will give you." He thinks about this and nods his head.

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He sighs as he remembers that first meeting and lesson. He sighs at what he learnt from elder Ruki. Talked to his dad about it, and learnt a great more about the lands north. He was happy he was growing up here, for, from the sounds of it. The northern ninja villages were always at war, over missions or clients. He didn't really get why they would want to attack and kill other humans, but shrugs it off. It might have something to do with him not having any of the chakra-using creatures. He has heard of summoning contracts, but they didn't really count as native creatures.

He sighs and watches as Jeri talks with Gai about her day at school. It seems that Jeri and Gai had a budding relationship. He knows that Gai had a team of rookies to teach and train. He also heard that Gai had some unusual training ideas. Not that he's one to listen to every little rumor, though. It was mostly because of the simple fact that Gai was just plain weird. Gai was also becoming fast friends with many of the village ninja.

He just sighs and returns to reading the scroll that elder Ruki wants him to read. It was about the difference between Oni and demons. Oni was a subtype of demons that in time began to take the shape of humans. Also Oni didn't have the same lifespan of demons, for they breed on this plane of existence. Also Oni were more common then demons, for they can breed very easily, it only takes a baby Oni a good two years to mature and most female Oni could breed every three years and have as many as three babies. Also, if food was scare, they turn on their own really quickly. So by keeping the Omi in the mountains, they keep them from breeding like rats. Good thing to remember.