Starlight

Don't own Naruto

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'Thoughts'

"Talking'

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Chapter 4

He watches as Gai's three-man team gets ready. He then turns to look at his classmates. He sighs and rechecks the number of wooden daggers and then his night glasses. They've been training at night for a good three months now and when Gai suggested a combined training between his rookies and then classes of students.

Tonight it was his classes turn to try and take the scroll from Sora, Yama, and Mimi. He can't wait to give it a try. He feels a hand on his right shoulder. He turns to find Terish behind him. He's not surprised that he didn't hear Terish come up behind him for Terish's learnt how to move around from his parents and older sister. Terish Leopard is three inches taller then him and his hair is dye green with brown lines. It's a family tradition for the Leopard clan.

Terish's hazel eyes meet his and Terish says, "So, which way do you think we should head?" He and Terish were on the same team with Yue. His class had been divided into three man teams. But the main goal was the same for every team. Also if they want, they could make alliance with other teams. He thinks about it as Yue walks over.

Yue was shorter then Terish but taller then him. Yue Fufu has a wooden shield on his right arm. Yue also has a twin sister by the name of Rudy. Yue and Rudy were like night and day, with Yue being the night and Ruby being the day. Yue was quiet and reserved. Yue's hair is shorter then Rudy's and is already turning white. Yue's eye color is green and he likes to have two double-headed wooden swords on his back.

He waits for Yue to be with them before answering, "By the rocky hill. Alright with you?" Yue nods and Terish says, "Fine with me." They then put on their glasses and watch as Sora, Yama, and Mimi race off into the training area in front of them. Then after a good thirty minutes, they were aloud to take off after them.

Yue takes point and Terish and him just follow Yue's lead. It takes them twenty minutes to reach the spot. Then they begin to plan, Yue's idea was for them to stick around here and set up paper wards around this area and wait. Terish's idea was to go out and find other team and then hunt the rookies down. As much as he likes Terish's idea, he kind of likes Yue's idea better. First of all, Gai's team doesn't want to confront his classmates and therefore, they'd be moving all over this area, even come their way. And for another thing, they had would be rested when Sora and them come their way.

So they set up the paper wards on the trees and then sat down and waited. Terish and him did talk in low tones about school and about other things. Then a silence settles over the group.

He begins to think about what Gai's description of Leaf was like. For according to Gai, Leaf had a lot of pipes going between buildings. It sounds so unlike Light village. This whole city was made by a rock jutsu. The original sections of the city are still around. As the population grew, they then used that same rock jutsu to make more buildings and to change where the wall surrounding the village as well. The last time they used that rock jutsu was a hundred years ago. Every since then, they've been using wood for new buildings. The rock buildings were now housing shops, crafts, and as storage houses. There was also jutsus used to keep blood-sucking bugs from entering the village. It's said that the elders and researchers were trying to come up with a weather control Jutsu to put over the village.

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He and his cell head to the area that they haven't visited this night. They choice this place for last for the simple fact that Mimi could then just a rock jutsu that she know to hide them under the rocky hill. He grins slightly, for he had to admit that their new teacher was original. But that's due more from the fact that Gai wasn't trained here. They had surprised their teacher by the level of chakra control and by just how good they worked together.

They soon arrive at the hill and they all sigh in relief. They've gone through this with four times already. This was their fifth time and he didn't know if he should be glad that this was their last time doing this or sad for it's the cells last time training in the village.

Then they were under attack but a group. He blocked a kick and then a punch. That's when he leaps out of the way, only to find in trapped by some roots. He wasn't the only one trapped by said roots. It was then that they got a good look at the team that were attacking them. He just sighs as the one with white beginning to show searches his pouches. Two other searched Mimi and Sora's pouches.

Then one with the bandana finds the scroll that Mimi was carrying. Then a turtle appears and he and his teammates just groan at what's about to happen. The turtle 'speaks' in their teacher's voice. Soon their teacher appears on the turtle's shell in one of his teacher's favorite poses. He and his teammates just tone out the whole speech and just wait for the jutsu to run out. It soon does and they land on the ground and then stand up.

After Gai finishes his rant, he decides to ask, "Just who are you?" The green hair kid answers for the team. "I'm Terish Leopard. The one with the bandana is Koichi Geo and the white haired one is Yue Fufu." He just shakes his head a bit at that. He remembers Terish's older sister well, for they had a good three missions with her and her teammates. Terish's sister is one Xia Leopard and she was also two years older then he, he's thirteen.

He just sighs and they then walk out of this area. He couldn't help but grin at the simple fact that they let down their guard and at how well this group took advantage of that.

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He sighs as he takes one last look at this village that has become his second home. He's been at this village for a good six months and it was time for him to leave. But he had learnt some very interesting jutsus in those months. One was how to do a mass teleportation form one area to one that he's marked. He has learnt more about chakra control and even a few jutsu casted on some of the items that this village uses. This place doesn't have electricity, so they learnt how to use jutsu in every day things.

He sighs as he looks into Jeri's eyes. He will be missing her the most. He messes with Jeri's hair and says, "Keep your fire burning bright! I'll return again! The great green beast of Leaf shall return to the Light!" Jeri cracks a small smile and nods.

He then turns to look at Koichi, Jeri's adopted brother. He had to admit that the kid was something special. It was Koichi and his teammates that got the scroll from Yama and his teammates. He can't wait to report to the third about how well Koichi's doing. In this village, Koichi was able to have a normal life, far from those that would hate him for having the demon sealed in him.

Soon he turns to face the road and to his guide, Ravis. Ravis is Koichi and Jeri's father. Soon they were on their way. He knows that he'll be back; this place was now a part of him. He could see why the village was named Light. It was untouched by human wars and by human greed. This village makes war on chakra-using beasts and on Oni. He still remembers his first glimpse of an eight-foot tall Oni. His first Oni kill was a dark purple skinned male with five horns growing out of his head. In a way, the Oni looks to be mockeries of humans. An Oni's blood was red when that Oni is a live and is purplish black when died. It was a good think to remember, for battling against them.

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He's bored, for guard duty at night is very boring and very dangerous. He turns to his partner, a Hyuuga. He sees the sour expression on his face and just turns right back to the road.

After ten minutes, the Hyuuga tells him, "Get ready. Someone is coming." He looks startled and then straightens up. Soon a gust of wind appears and he uses his right hand to cover his eyes. He then finally is staring at a man in a green jumpsuit. "Gai Maito reporting in!" The man says.

His jaw drops and he just didn't know what to make of the man in front of him. He heard that Gai left on a mission and he just seemed to disappear off the face of the earth. Now after so many months, it seems that the green beast of Leaf has returned. He looks at his partner and then he nods and heads to report to the third about this.

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He sighs, it's his sister's birthday and he was getting impatient. He's job was to keep his little sister busy while his parents and uncle gets everything ready for the surprise party. It's his sister's ninth birthday and he can't wait for the party to start, for Gai was also back.

It's Gai third visit since Gai first lived here. The friendship between his sister and this really odd man had long since grown stronger. For Gai treats Jeri like a daughter or niece. He had to grin at the first time Gai returned to Light village. Jeri was seven then and it was for a festival of The Raptor year. They the honored guest was one of the members of race called Fell'Tor$.

The Fell'Tor$ were a race of intelligent bird-like race. They didn't have wings, but three fingered claws. They stood between four and a half feet tall and five and a half feet tall. The females were easy to spy, for they had more feathers on their head then the colorful males. Fell'Tor$ are an ancient race; they had scales and sharp teeth. On their middle toe there was a large claw that is kept raised. Fell'Tor$ colors were from dark brown to tan. They could have spots or stripes of a different color and for their feathers the colors are bright then for their scales. The males as adults have bright reds, oranges, blues, and even whites. The female's feathers were more like light browns, darker reds, blues, and greens. Life spans of Fell'Tor$ were a good eighty years. Males reach adulthood at age eighteen and females at age twenty. The number of eggs that could be laid is from two to five. The eggs begin to hatch after two months of being laid.

He remembers clearly Gai's reaction to meeting Mi'Fo, the Fell'Tor$ guest. It's not often that the friendlier races come to visit their village. Gai had just posed and proclaimed that he was going to protect Jeri from the odd lizard. That was received with laughter from not only Mi'Fo, but by everyone else. His dad took Gai aside to explain just what Mi'Fo was and why he was honored guest. It seems that nobody remembered to tell Gai about the friendly races, but then those races don't visit too often. Most of the trading was done by human traders and often far away from human territory.

To Readers:

If you think that the Fell'Tor$ sound like raptors, that's because they are. Hope you like the description of that race. And as for spelling error and grammar, spell check can only do so much. Nice to see so many liking this story.