Chapter 2- Battle preparations
Years went bye as Rin trained to become a ninja in the Demon hunter's village, but every day she would gaze out at the gate, expecting her beloved master to walk through the doors and take her away.
"Rin, hurry up or were gonna be late!" her friend Ritsu shouted impatiently
Rin tore her gaze away from the gate and stared at her friend. The first day she met Ritsu she knew that they would be friends forever. She had short cropped black hair that always was styling a new hair pin. Today, it was a Jade sakura flower.
"Don't just stand there, COME ON!" Ritsu shouted as she dashed off towards the training grounds.
"Hey, wait a sec! Come back here!" Rin shouted back as she snapped back to reality. The girls raced to the other edge of the village, waving at everyone that they passed. When they reached the training grounds they were amazed to see that they were the only ones there.
"Wow, are we seriously on time?" Ritsu said quizzically
"That's a first…" Rin trailed of as she stared around the courtyard. It was completely empty, not a ninja in sight.
"GIRLS, Hurry up, there's a surprise meeting inside!" Lady Sazumi shouted as she poked her head out the door.
"AWWW and I thought we were actually on time for once." Ritsu said as they marched off towards the dojo.
"That would be highly unlikely; you two are never on time." Lady Sazumi said with a smile.
The girls walked into the large room at the edge of the hall, just to find that all of their colleges were there. The girls quickly walked over to where there squad was sitting, and fell silent when lady Sazumi came up to the front.
"My fellow ninja, I have just gotten word from the western village that they saw an army of demons coming this way. We must all help defeat these foul creatures and save our village."
The crowd burst into a loud cheer, and then died down when lady Sazumi raised her hand.
"I will call up the groups one by one and give you your areas you must parole."
Soon after, she began to call out group numbers.
"So girls, what insane excuse do you have for me today on why you were late?" there sensei, Katana asked as the other two members looked at the girls. Shoji and Saka were both brothers and they loved to bug Ritsu and Rin.
"Umm…sprained ankle?" Rin said hesitantly
"Last week"
"Dog died?" Ritsu said with a pout
"You're allergic to dogs."
"Ummm….we…" Rin started
"You were both lazy bums and you lost track of time again?" Saka said with a smirk
"Yeah, that's it!" Ritsu shouted
"GROUP SEVEN!" Lady Sazumi called
"Oh, that's us." Katana said as she got up.
They all walked over to the empress and she presented them with a scroll.
"You are to relieve group thirteen at the appointed time, understood?"
"Yes ma'am." They all said
Rin was about to turn when lady Sazumi caught her shoulder.
"Rin, how old are you now?"
"Fifteen Ma'am, why do you ask?"
"Oh my, were going to have to give you your assessment when the battle is over."
At that, the group walked off towards the center of the dojo, and waited to go into battle.
"Ritsu…What do you do in an assessment?" Rin asked as she stared at her friend
"Well, the assessment is to see what level of ninja you are. If they think you're a level three then you get your ninja star." She said as she moved her sleeve out of the way so that Rin could see the seven pointed star tattoo on her right shoulder blade.
"When you have this it means your one level closer to becoming a sensei." Ritsu said proudly.
"Wow…" Rin said as she looked admiringly ant the star
"Master, I'm so close, I wish you were here to see…To see how far I've came." Rin thought as she waited for there chance to fight.