The path of the Shinobi
Everyone sitting in front of me and Sarita had a look of apprehension as to what I was going to tell them. I took a quick head count to see if everyone was here yet.
2, 4, 6, 8,... Where is Serena and Rini? Late as usual!
Serena and Rini both live together and they are very much alike. They're both warriors of love and justice. They both like to eat (and Steal) desserts. And, who'd have thought this, they are Mother and Daughter in the future. Neo Queen Serenity and Princess Rini, in the future they are a nice family, in the past on the other hand, they argue like sisters. The other sailor Senshi around me, Ami, Rei, Mako, and Mina are their very good friends, Ami is very talented, smart and she has a good heart. Rei has a strong spirit, (that's why she argues with Serena all the time) and a fiery attitude. Mako is a strong fighter, never showing weakness in battle, but when out of battle she falls in love with any cute boy, very easily. Mina is a performer-to-be, She is quite skilled in Volleyball and singing, yet she has her quirks, such as almost Serena-style Clumsiness.
Waiting for Serena is a pain!
"I know, but she'll be here!" My cat, Solarus told me, reading my mind, like he always does, Solarus is a Orange cat, much like Luna and Artemis, only with a Sol Symbol on its head instead of a crescent moon.
"Well, I'm not waiting any longer!" I told him, and faced the ladies present, Ami, Rei, Mako, Mina, Umara, Michelle, Setsuna, and Hotaru, their faces looking serious.
"Ladies, we have a new enemy, who sends Ninja Youmas to stop us, obviously they are much faster than you. So your attacks, as powerful they may be won't even scratch them." I lectured. Ami raised her hand. I nodded for her to speak.
"How are we supposed to stop an enemy who is so fast that even the computer won't be able to track them?" Ami asked. A valid question, coming from her. I was about to answer when the door burst open.
"Rini, get off you little brat, I was here first!" a voice that I recognized as Serena yelled
"No, You just wanted to get in first yourself! Serena!" Rini shouted back.
"Late as Ever, where did you go this time? the sweets shop?" I asked knowing that nither of them could resist getting any sweets, they just got red and sat down. I resumed where I left off
"As I was about to say, the Ninja Youmas are so fast they cannot be tracked by even Ami's computer, therefore the only way to stop them is,... by using their own methods against them, Simply put, you all have to become Ninjas yourselves!" I finished
"What! Us? become Ninjas!" Serena exclaimed
"How?" Rei asked,
'There are a bunch of things you need to know, Stealth, speed, Accuracy," Sarita added Appearing right behind her scaring her like nothing she was ever scared like before. Serena Screamed
"Don't do that, Sarita," I said quietly, Mentally slapping myself for telling her to do something to help prove my point.
"When do we start?" Mako asked, She seemed to be jitterish at the thought of a new enemy.
"Hold your horses, ladies, first we have to assign training squads, then we have to go through the basics of Shinobi training such as focusing your chakra, and finally give you a series of tests." I explained, the inner Senshi, except Ami groaned at the thought of Tests.
"What I don't understand is why were you so freaked out about earlier?" Umara asked. Everyone looked at me awaiting to hear what I had to say.
"Don't worry, you can tell them, you can trust them!" Solarus reassured me for the 10th time today. I took a deep breath.
"OK, Have you heard of the black Meteor approaching Earth right now?" I asked them
"I've heard news reportings and looked it up online but there wasn't a lot of information." Mina said, the rest of them nodded in agreement.
"The reason we aren't able to gather a lot of data is because when they get close enough it kills them or shuts down. But I do know what it is called,... The DEATH METEOR," I stopped, letting the words sink in. Hotaru's hand shot up.
"So how is it supposed to be destroyed?" She asked.
"That's the thing, it can only be destroyed by Ninjas, that's why only Ninja Youmas are able to come down here, they came from the DEATH METEOR," I explained.
"So that's why you wanted to train us as Ninjas, so we could help you to destroy it," Setsuna deduced.
"Right! and the sooner we start training the better, I have no idea how much time we have but we don't have a lot," I said
"We must do it, We must become Ninjas," Michelle stated, standing up, followed by Umara.
"Right! we can't let this thing destroy our planet!" Umara said
"I agree! We can't let a disaster occur!" Ami said, Almost excited.
"So you all agree to become Ninjas?" I asked
"Yes!" Ami said
"Yes!" Rei agreed
"Of course!" Mako said
"Sure!" Mina said
"Yeah!" Umara and Michelle said in unison, Hotaru and Setsuna just nodded their heads, Everyone turned to Serena and Rini.
"Let's do it!" Rini shouted, looking at Serena. Serena looked uncomfortable.
"I don't think I should do this!" She said
"WHAT?" The inners said in unison
"What do you mean?" Rei asked
"I just don't want to," Serena began "I just don't want to fight!" She starts crying, and a rose flies to the ground. we all look up and standing at the door in all of his mysterious glory is none other than Tuxedo Mask, who is actually Serena's Boyfriend...
"Darien!" Serena said, interrupting my thoughts, and rushing to him, Still crying.
"Serena, it's ok! I learned a few things from Akiri here about Shinobi and Ninjas. It helped me to protect you. And I think that we can protect this planet in much the same way." Tuxedo Mask/Darien reassured Serena
"Ok, I believe you,... Akiri!" Serena said, looking to me
"What?" I asked her
"I will learn to be a Ninja, to protect everyone on this planet!" Serena Vowed
"Ok, then let's get started!" I said standing up. Everyone else stood too
"The Squads will be named in numbers, there will be 3 people in each squad." I Explained, then I quickly took another head count.
2,4,6,8,10,11... Crap only 2 on one squad!
"All Squads will have 3 members except one. It will have only 2! Squad one will be Ami, Mina and Rei. Squad two will have Umara, Michelle. Squad Three will be Setsuna, Hotaru and Mako, Squad four will have Serena, Rini and Darien!" I explained. They all agreed on the arrangements.
"We begin training tomorrow!" Sarita said, but Mina spoke up
"But there is that concert tomorrow!" Mina reminded me.
"Crap, she's right, and I haven't even finished my song!" I mumbled to myself
"Will you be ready?" Sarita asked
"Sure, No Prob." I said, suddenly regretting those words
Couple of hours later...
At home, I looked through the itinerary, there was a couple of songs before I have to sing my original. I looked at my original song and saw that it needed a title and a good Chorus.
Title.
There comes a time
When you face the toughest of fights
Searching for a sign
Lost in the darkest of nights
The wind blows so cold
You're standing alone
Before the battle's begun
But deep in your soul
Your future unfolds
as bright as the rays of the sun
Insert Chorus
Raising emotion
There's a light that flows from the heart
It's a chain reaction
And nothing will keep us apart
Stand by my side
There's nothing to hide
Together, we'll fight to the end
Take hold of my hand
And you'll understand
What it truly means to be friends
Insert Chorus
It gives meaning to each moment
It's what our hearts are all made of
Insert rest of Chorus
(Instrumental)
Insert All of Chorus
End song.
I thought about the chorus for a long time, but I eventually put it away because I had to look at a song that Rini said was quite popular in the future, and it wasn't even written yet in the present. The song was about two people meeting then they had to leave each other but wouldn't forget each other. All of a sudden, while I was thinking about this song, the title of the last song hit me
OF COURSE! Why did I not think of this before?
I immediately got to work on the rest of the song for the rest of the night.