Whirl of the Light!
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
&-&- Scene change
(----) Different point of view
(-/-/-) Flash back
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Chapter 17
(----Depth----)
He looks towards the marker to the teleportation pad. He had spoken with one of the guards on duty the night before. He left Energy in charge of the herd during that time.
He glances to the back of the group to look at Energy. Energy is a hundred and thirty-six year old stallion. Energy's antlers were small compared to his. The hinds don't have prongs like stallions have; hind's antlers look more like horns for that reason. Energy coat is an unusual buck colour with striped hind legs and yellow mane. It's not unheard of for Kir!ron to have other colours then the norm; he's own great great-grandfather is pure white.
He then looks at the seven members of the group. Meadow is a hind with red coat with white mane. She's four hundred and twelve years old. Next come is Kindness; she's four hundred and sixty-eight years old. Kindness's coat is grey with yellow mane. Flute is five hundred and twenty-six years old; she's painted with light brown, white, and some black with a yellow mane. Berry is also a painted with black and white and white mane. Berry is three hundred and sixty-seven year old hind. Then there are the twins, Spring and Summer who are two hundred and ninety-seven years old. Both look similar with bay coats, the only thing different between the two are the colour of the manes, Spring's mane is white and Summer is yellow.
He then turns to look forward and thinks about the pair back in Leaf. Rabbit is the oldest of them all being nine hundred and fifty-three years old. Rabbit has a brown coat with white socks with white mane. Rain is the other one that is at Leaf. Rain is also one of the hinds that attended the meeting where he asked about how Hidden Leaf villagers would deal with learning about intelligent races. Rain is seven hundred and forty-one years old; Rain has a red coat with yellow mane.
They come within sight of the pad and a Light ninja that will activate the teleportation jutsu. He nods towards the ninja and the ninja waves at him. They step into the area with the scrolls and chakra wards. He turns to make sure that the others were also within the area. He sighs and turns back towards the Light ninja.
He says, "Is everything ready?" The ninja nods and begins the right hand seals. The paper scrolls and chakra wards begin to glow as the chakra from ninja mixes with the prepared teleportation pad. The Light ninja finishes the hand seals and then he feels the world fall under him.
Within the next second, the ground is back under his hoofs. He shakes his whole body and asks, "Everyone alright?" He turns to look at the others. They all ring out "I think so" or "In a few seconds." He nods, understanding what it's like to experience the jutsu for the first time.
Soon he leads the way towards Hidden Leaf. He speaks with the guards and they walk past. He'll need to get someone to use the translation jutsu on the others so they can understand what's being said. He leads them through the streets towards the field where Rabbit and Rain were most likely to be found.
The pair was resting under an apple tree, eating some of the fruit as they entered the clearing. They look up and then get up off the ground. They walk over towards him and bow their heads to him. "Good traveling, Depth." Rabbit says. He bows and says, "Good grazing, Rabbit. Good light to you Rain." Rain says, "Good light to you, herd leader." He shifts his weight and introduces the other members of the herd to the pair.
Then he says, "I hope you will honour me with your wisdom, Rabbit. For herd leader needs an advisor." Rabbit nods and says, "Then I accept the position of herd speaker." He's relieved and they then relax as the other hinds begin to gather together to speak with each other, leaving Energy and him alone.
"Want to meet Hor'Ja and other males among the allies?" He asks. "Why not." Energy says. He then heads out of the field. He'll have to speak with a ninja to caste the jutsu on Energy, so that Energy could know what's being talked about.
(----Swartt----)
He looks over his clan and nods, as they all were ready to hear what he has to speak. He savours this moment as he looks over at the crowd. He then begins, "As you may or may not be aware, all of the changed have disappeared. What you haven't been told about is that Raigi has also disappeared along with his servant Hunho." The crowd grumbles and many are out raged at not hearing about this turn of events.
He waits for them to become quiet once more before continuing. "There is now a vacancy in leadership. Also, sadly, many believe that because I started this clan and this clan doesn't end with ea, that the gods are offended. I say that the gods wish for change. That's why members of our race were transformed, they weren't following the true will of the gods and Raigi failed them as well. The gods themselves took the unclear from our ranks, leaving the faithful unchanged. I say that the gods wish for changes in other walks of life. I believe that we must break away from some traditions and learn from the past, for like changing how we name ourselves. I have chosen to change my name from Forest Blade to Swartt." He pauses as a murmur runs through the crowd before him.
Many were chatting about what he's has said, and he congratulates himself for coming up with a valid reason for both the change and of why the changed and the beast have disappeared. He is very happy that have spoken with Bear Sleeper about this speech and at the fact that his hunting mate will follow his lead in time. He just needs to let the seeds he's planned grow within his followers' minds.
He waits a good eighteen minutes before the crowd is finished. "I have been proud to say that none of my clan have been changed. I see this as a sign that I'm on the right path, for all of the changed have come from other clans, even some of your old relatives and friends. If I wrong to have named my clan Wajam, then shouldn't the gods have punished me instead of my own father? Think on my words and I leave you now to study the history of our great race. I hope to find what the past leaders have done wrong in hopes of changing the out come for the future war. For I have see a human in my dreams and if you read the scrolls of history, for this dream marks the begins of war with the invaders! Do what you will, but remember that war is on our sights and if we don't take the war to the humans, then they'll bring war to us!" He yells out and then turns. He lied about meeting a human in his dreams, but he needs a valid reason to start the war and it's always been a sign before battles are fought and war declared.
He nods to Bear Sleeper and his hunting mate opens the door to let him out of the gathering hall. He hopes that his clan spreads word about Raigi being gone and about his view as to why members of their race have been transformed. He also hopes that it'll throw doubt on the old traditions and he hopes to see just how his 'allies' will react when they learn of what transpired in this meeting.
He lets himself grin as he walks onto the street towards the library. He has taken steps towards his plan, but he'll need a year or two to begin the next stage of his plans. He'll let his 'allies' try and keep order among the city. Once his 'allies' have things more or less under control, he'll take his deserved position as leader of his race and march to war with Light village.
(----Koichi----)
He sits at the table with his parents and his sister, Jeri. He's been spending nights at Hinata's house; he even has his own room with some of his cloths. They started when they came back from Snow country. He's 17 years old and he sometimes wonder where the time went. It feels just like yesterday when Gai was the only Leaf ninja to visit Light village.
Even looking at his younger sister and finds a stranger in her place. He truly can't believe that his baby sister is already a teenage and that she's dating already. Jeri is also a Light ninja and is on a team with two other rookies. Jeri's teammate's names are Taiki and Yoko, Yoko is Jeri's best friend and Taiki is Sellen's distant cousin. From what he hears from Elder Ruki, Hotaru Sang has requested to take Jeri and the other two up north to Hidden Leaf to gain experience.
"So, how's Hinata?" His father asks. "Fine, a little sad about Hige leaving, but she's handling well." He says after he swallows. "Where did Hige go?" Jeri asks. "Beyond this plane, it seems. That's about it." He says. "Just how did he manage that?" His mother asks. "I think a friend of his did a odd jutsu. You know, he didn't spend that much time in Light anymore. He founded powerful friends beyond our walls. He seems to have found a propose among them." He answers; he didn't feel comfortable in informing them that Hige's friends were of questionable origins.
Jeri then changes the subject by saying, "Hotaru is requesting that our team spends a year in Hidden Leaf." Both parents began to talk about Hidden Leaf and he joins in. He knows that Sellen still dating Sasuke and that it looks like they might be talking about marriage in a few years. They've visit every four months for about two weeks. He knows that Sellen's parents were fine with this and as a Light ninja, Sellen didn't have to worry about members of Leaf objecting to Sellen's relationship with the last member of a important clan.
He relaxes as they continue with the subject. He truly hopes that peace lasts for a good many years, he knows that many didn't want another war to happen, but rumours going around the other hidden villages in the elemental countries, not in Hidden Sand though, were centred on relations between Hidden Leaf and Light village. It seems that some of the hidden villages were grumping about how close they were and seem to want to put a stop to the good relations between the two. He knows that the nonhumans were going to be on their guard against attacks, he just hopes that Depth and Hor'Ja can handle matters between them, for they were the ones keeping up relations between Light and Leaf.
(----Haku----)
He smiles as he holds his baby boy. They named their son Kuro. They don't know if Kuro inherited his abilities, but he didn't care if Kuro did or didn't. He's just happy to be a father and to be the best father he can to Kuro.
He watches as Kuro sucks on his finger with his two little hands hold his finger in place. His son's black eyes focusing on his face as Kuro sucks his finger. He continues to rock the chair, waiting for Recca to come into the room to feel their son.
"And you thought you'd make a terrible father." He hears his wife say. He looks up and looks sheepish. "My father did kill my own mother and then tried to kill me." He protested weakly. "He just didn't understand and it didn't help that horror stories flow through their heads. Your father just didn't know any better, Haku." Recca points out. He sighs and slowly gets up and walks over towards Recca.
He hands Kuro over to Recca so she can breast feed Kuro. He smiles and warps his arms around his wife's shoulders. Recca leans her head onto his shoulder and they both look at their feeding son. Soon Kuro finishes and begins to fall asleep in Recca's arms.
They both sigh and he watches as Recca leaves to place their son in his crib. He wonders just what it'll be like when Kuro is older. He thinks about what he wants to teach Kuro. He now has a family and he truly wonders just what he did to deserve having Recca as his wife and having a beautiful son.
Recca hugs him and he comes out of his thoughts. They kiss and he says, "Thank you." "For what?" Recca whispers. "For being here." He replies. "Aren't you the sweet talker." Recca teases. He kisses her again and they soon find themselves in their room and on the bed. He'll be very tired in the morning.
To be continued …