Whirl of the Light!
I don't own Naruto
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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(----) Different point of view
(-/-/-) Flash back
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Chapter 3
(----Haku----)
He watches as their hosts finish packing up. They left the camp after breakfast and were camouflaged from where they first spotted the camp. They have yet to decide what to do, for Hinata had decided to see what the future holds.
"You believe what's happening at the gathering?" Terish asks. He frowns as he thinks about it. "They have lost every time they started to war with Light village and they might be doubting if they're gods want them to got to war now or later. It's about bloody time they begin to doubt their leaders and the priests too." Lex answers before him or Brim could answer Terish's question.
He shrugs, he still has a lot to learn about this part of the world and it's races too. Though humans do stick to the more northern parts of this land, it doesn't mean that Light village has all the answers though. 'Or it's allies.' He thinks as he watches as the JenFe! start on their track.
It takes a while before the tribe disappears from view. He turns to Brim and they began to chat about the game that might be in the area. Then Hinata makes a muffled sound and looks panicky about something. Terish is closest to Hinata and Hinata then grabs onto Terish like he's a lifeline. They all look at each other and wonder just what that was all about.
(----Hinata----)
She entered into a trance with ease and looks around her. She finds an image of three dead Oni and focuses on them. Her surroundings change and she finds herself in the mountains.
She watches as Koichi, Yue, and an older Nin kill off the group of Oni. They kill them all and she watches as they begin to burn the bodies. Then her surrounds change and she watches as that person that looks like Sasuke walks towards a group of Oni.
She moves forward and finds that they're close to a town. As soon as the guy is close enough, he grunts something and the Oni race towards the town. She finds that the man looks unconcerned about the fate of the town's people. Soon the town is a massacre and the Oni spares only the adult women and a few men too.
Then the Oni begins to rape the women and some of the men too. She's horrified at the sight before her and she can feel tears moves gently down her checks. She yells out, "Why!"
She comes out of the trance and grabs the closest person to her. She holds onto them and cries. She just hopes that they can stop that from happening to any other towns. She also knows that what she saw today was going to happen and there was nothing to change it, only that she can help keep it from happening to other towns.
(----Koichi----)
He looks straight north and shudders. Yue asks, "You alright?" "Yea, only that I got this feeling of dread for some reason…" He says. "But you don't know why?" The older Nin asks. He nods absently. "You're close to the Leaf girl, right? The one getting training to see into the future, right?" He nods at that. "She might have sent you that dread." Shonie says.
He looks startled at that and sends Shonie a questioning look. "It's not unusual, you must be a comforting presence to the girl and was trying to share her fright. It could have been worst though. You could have been pulled into the vision and get caught up in it." Shonie continues. He sighs and nods. "I guess that's what happened." He says, more for himself then for the others.
They decide to take a rest for a bit and he decides to speak with Blood Trail. He closes his eyes and clears his mind. 'Can you hear me?' He directs this to the demon fox. 'Very. Wondering what she sent?' Blood Trail sends back. 'If it isn't too much trouble.' He replies dryly. 'She sent an image of some human leading a bunch of Oni north.' The fox answers.
He breaks contact as he says, "You can't be serious!" Both Shonie and Yue turn to look at him. He explains, "Hinata sent an image of a human leading a bunch of Oni north. That's what Blood Trail says." Both look stunned at this information and they then look to the elder of them, which is Shonie.
"Only one group of Oni would cooperate with a human." Shonie says miserablely. They look northwards and pray that they're not too late to stop the vision. They pray to any gods that were listening that they're not too late to stop the Oni from traveling north.
(----Depth----)
They were still cleaning up from the party that happened a few days before. It's surprising how well a planned party could be so hard to clean up. Most of the mess is due to one single individual, Lee Rock. Some how, Lee drank some strong Jraz's Cap-sin and processed to start one really large fight in which four humans, two Arace, a Qualcoal, and a Virel were either harmed or exhausted from trying to stop the drunken Lee. It also doesn't help that the energetic Lee wanted to help clean up either, for despite the good intentions, Lee might get some of the mess cleaned up, but then he turns it into a companion with himself and he makes more of a mess.
The good news is that Hokage finally sent out the team with Lee on it somewhere out of the village for a few days. They plan on cleaning up the mess before Lee gets back. As good as Lee's attentions were, they could do without the kid trying to out do himself.
He feels the weight of the bags on his sides and moves whenever Sellen moves on. His cleaning partner then dumps more stuff into the bag on his right side and she says, "Looks like both are full. Let's go a dump them." He nods and they walk away from the grounds. It seems that they just need one more hour and they'll be finish cleaning up the whole mess of both the festival and the ones that Lee made.
"So, how are things between Sasuke and you?" He asks. He is pleased to see Sellen blush a tiny bit, though it fades quickly. "They're fine. It's not that serious or anything. We might grow apart in time." The Light ninja says as they continue walking. He nods and says, "You know, this relationship might keep growing. You never know, as long as both of you continue to work at the relationship, you might one day marry and have kids." He quite enjoys getting reactions out of either Sellen and/or Sasuke. They both tend to be too serious and act older then they should.
Sellen turns a bright red and changes the subject. "How long do you think Lee will be away?" Sellen asks. He decides to drop the first subject for the time being and answers, "Four days minimum. Six days tops." Sellen loses the blush and nod thoughtfully at this. "I wonder what Lee's reaction will be to find that we cleaned up the mess." Sellen wonders out loud. "If we're lucky, he'd forgotten by now." He says.
They make it to where a cart waits to be filled up with garbage from the site. As Sellen moves to replace the bags, a mask Leaf Nin appears. "The Lord Hokage wishes to speak with you." The Bird masked Nin says. He nods and says, "Sellen, would you mind escorting me?" Sellen says, "It would be an honour." They watch as the Nin disappears and they then head towards the central office.
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It's been four days since the meeting with the third Hokage and the spectre image of Ruki. They were joined by Urther the CerYo and by two unfamiliar Gargoyles named Jaina and Bronx. They listened to the news that Ruki of Light had to say and agreed to delay this group of Oni and human, for Koichi, Yue, and Shonie were on their way to help out.
As to why Urther, Jaina, and Bronx were coming along was simple. They were the only ones that agreed to do this mission, also Sellen wasn't going to back down and he could use this chance to stretch his legs outside of this hidden village.
He feels the weight of Sellen on his back, but doesn't complain for it was either carry Sellen or the packs, so Urther is carrying the packs on his back as they pace along. Jaina and Bronx were gliding overhead, keeping a look out for anyone stupid enough to delay them.
'I'm not weighing you down too much, am I?' Sellen sends into his mind. They were using a jutsu to communicate their thoughts among them, it was a trick that Jaina's father taught her. 'It's fine. Consider this, you're the first human to ride on my kinds back in over a hundred years.' He replies.
He smirks as much as his race can. It's very true that it's been a very long time since a Kir!ron has aloud a human to ride on they're back, back at during the third war with JenFe! and TerCa. There had been four wars between JenFe! and Light village. During the third war, his kind offered to let the Light Nins ride on their back to conserve energy for battle. It worked for the Nins were able use all of their energy for battle and not to worry about retreating, for few could match Kir!ron for speed and stamina, for CerYo do have the speed but they couldn't match his kind for stamina.
It was getting close to nightfall and Jaina sends, 'I see a good spot, want to head for it?' Urther asks, 'I wouldn't mind, these packs aren't getting any lighter.' He sends, 'Give us the directions then, Jaina.' The female Gargoyle does and Urther and him change their headings.
He admits that he could use a good rub down and Sellen was getting better at it too. Jaina and Bronx will help get Urther to relax. They soon make it to the spot and he slows down. He can hear Urther too slow up. He can't wait for a good night sleep.
(----Hige----)
"Fifteen years after the founding of Light village, combine forces of Myel, Ae'Svi, JenFe!, and TerCe. At the time the only allies that Light had were Fell'Tor$, CerYo, and Virel. The leaders of the attack were Brand Wing of the Nylea clan, Raven Cry of the TerCa, Rox of the Myel, and head of the horde was Gor'Rale of the Ae'Svi. Now who can tell me which of the four races could use chakra?" The teacher asks.
He looks around the classroom as five human kids raise their hands. "Shin." The teacher says. "The Ae'Svi were chakra using race. They were the size of the Kir!ron and the CerYo but look to be tigers with the horns and ears of a ram. They were also omnivorous." Shin answers. "Correct. Can anyone tell me why they're no longer around?" The teacher asks. Only one hand is raised. "Ok Takuya." "They were killed twenty-nine years after the end of the war. They tried to summon a demon to serve them. It didn't work out and the demon cat killed the whole race before the time limit expired." Takuya answers. "Very good. Now where are the Myel?" The teacher asks. "Didn't they go south?" One of the students says after being acknowledged by the teacher. "True. They headed southwest towards the ocean. They hope to leave for a new land where there were fewer races living there. If they ever found that land is a mystery." The teacher says.
"Now, what did a Myel look like?" The teacher asks. Three students raise their hands and the teacher says, "Shinya." "They were said to be a cross between a wolf and a lizard. They had long necks and tails without fur covering their whole body. Their eye colour was red, blue, green, and white natural glowed. They had a mane of fur running from their heads along the spin to the tip of their tails. The array of colours their scales came in were black, brown, grey, copper, and dirty yellow. Their fur colour was white, blue, green, and orange. They sometimes had dual colours on their forelegs." Shinya answers and the teacher nods.
The bell rings and the students start packing up to leave. The teacher reminds everyone to read certain history scroll and pages from books as they leave the classroom. He has a lot of thinking to do and he soon sneaks out of the airshaft and transforms into a crow. He flies above the village to think about what he recently has learnt. 'Odd that humans keep track of things that happen so long ago, though I wonder how the first war started and when did it end? I must learn more.' He thinks as he rids the currents above Light village.
To be continued …