Crystal Inferno: It's been a long time…I'm truly sorry! Cross Country, then school starting…no time. Anyways, I finally got time to write my next chapter for the Inari epic! I thank Great Marta, wild blood and Harakiri-Penguin for reviewing! I will not disappoint! Alright, chapter start!

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Adaha, in her sleep, had grown by tenfold. It was in her sleep, that she met her counterpart. When she had gone unconscious, darkness had consumed her, she could see nothing. However, soon as she met the darkness, her eyes noticed a dim light in the distance. She had ran towards it, and it began to grow brighter and brighter, until the light nearly blinded her silver eyes. She went to touch the light, and then suddenly something pulled her into the pure white beam, and had her enter the cascade of energy.

"So, you finally came Adaha," a voice unknown, but remarkably familiar to her. She turned herself towards the sound and her eyes captured the orbs of a stunning woman. The eyes of the woman were her own, an untainted silver, but instead of her eyes being wide and innocent, like Adaha's, hers were cat-like and all-knowing. Her hair was long and wavy, flowing all the way down to her knees. Her skin was extremely pale and she wore a gorgeous cerulean dress that complimented her features. She had a curvy form, the dress perfect on her graced silhouette. Her nose was small and her lips were painted blue. The woman was overall, a piece of art, the Lady of the Water.

"Who are you?" Adaha asked nervously. Was this the spirit that was dwelling inside her, the one that had caused the destruction of her family, and the village she had once lived in?

"I am the Spirit of Water, one of the Eight Great Spirits of this world," she announced, her voice sturdy and calm.

"You're a spirit? Why? Why was I chosen to be your holder?" Adaha asked bluntly. She hated to beat around the bush, and she wasn't one to start conversation just to go to an entirely different topic.

The woman laughed gently and responded, "I have chosen your body for a reason. Your body has a special and rare chakra channel called the Spirit Entrance, allowing one's psyche to fuse with a spirit's, mine to be exact."

Adaha stared at the figure for a while and she pressed her hands to her chest. She had a special path, one that could have a spirit pass through it? Amazing…

"Are there only eight people in this world that have this path?" Adaha asked, as the Spirit had stated previously that there were eight Spirits, including her.

"No, there are about a good few hundred that have the ability to have spirits fuse with them. However, only a very select few are able to control the ability, and are able to entirely combine with the Spirit. Also, I am one of the Eight Great Spirits. However, there are lesser spirits than myself, and they too, if they wished, can fuse with a human to obtain more power. The Great Spirits must choose their human wisely, or they may end up killing them in the process." After the lecture of the Spirit, Adaha looked intensely at the Force that was held inside of her.

"So, does that mean…that I am one of the ones, that are able to hold a Great Spirit inside of me, and control it?" Adaha asked, another question exiting her mouth, as the answer to the other had only led to more confusion.

"You are a curious child…that is a great trait I admire. Water is a curious aspect to nature, the miracle of life," the Spirit smiled politely. "Yet, that does not answer your question. Yes, you are able to hold a Great Spirit within you, because your soul is quite large. Your soul is truly my access to your Spirit Entrance. Your soul is large, so I was able to fuse with your spirit. If your soul was quaint and small, I would not be able to have contacted your Entrance. Only smaller spirits would have been able to slip through it."

Adaha was unable to stand anymore and her knees gave in. She fell to the ground with a thump and her eyes began to water. She was dazed and puzzled. Why was she given this burden? Why did she have this great Entrance, why was her soul too large? She wanted to be normal, then maybe she would have a family, and Inari would be okay, and all in the world, at least in hers, would be right.

"Foolish girl, this is your destiny," the spirit inquired, as she walked to Adaha with graceful elegance; it reminded one of ripples delicately moving through water. She kneeled beside the child and stroked her head. "It's okay child, you can cry for now. The burden is heavy, as heavy as those trapped with one of the nine demons. Cry for now, and then you can go on your journey, brave and willing. You will be great my child, and I'm sorry the damage I caused. I was unable to control my power and your emotions, I never…we never meant to kill your village. I apologize for the life I led you too, but it is all part of what you became. Understand, for your own sake." She then bent her head and kissed the top of her forehead and stood up. As Adaha cried, the woman stared down at her and started to fade away, without Adaha realizing it.

When the woman of water had entirely vanished, Adaha slowly raised her head, and noticed she was alone in this room. She hadn't realized before, but the room was dark, except for a mystical, flowing fountain, that had water glowing from its spout. There was a surplus of trees around the fountain and a small field of grass spreading over the fountain, that a small pool closed over rocks to not escape the continuity of the flowing water. The scene was absolutely breathtaking.

"I don't know how to get back…" Adaha suddenly realized. What was she to do? She couldn't just release herself from this gorgeous prison, yet how long had she been stuck inside this place? Days, weeks, months? It felt as though she had eternity to live here, but she knew that she needed to tell Inari, to find out what was going on, and to do that, she needed her own courage to take her to her destination.

"I don't know when, and I don't know how, but I'm going to solve the mystery of the Spirit that is locked inside of me, and find out my absolute destiny," she preached into the fountain forest. Just then, the Water Sprit emerged out of the water fountain, with a graceful smile placed on her face.

"Well, it did not take long to evoke courage and absolute determination from you, Adaha," The Spirit stated. "Well, we do not have much time together, but we must train quickly."

"Train? What for?" Adaha questioned.

"Train for the journey ahead. You will need to learn how to use my powers, with both your conscious level, and mine as well. We must fuse together, and become one," her voice was calm and discreet. Adaha understood very little of the complex order, yet she knew it had to be done.

"Alright, I'll train. To protect Nokosu, Haiki, Rosuto, Tsunami and…Inari," Adaha stated. She was determined to protect them, even though it meant to explore the cruel world outside her newly discovered paradise.

"Yes, let the training begin," the water woman smiled, and soon, Adaha learned all, and combined with the Water Spirit, and became the Spirit herself, in some type of way.

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Adaha was dripping with sweat. Her body was covered head to toe with her own liquids pouring out of her. The meditation was the most intense activity that her body had ever experienced; sprinting against the sleazy hobos did not compare to the intensity of this…meditation.

"You must focus, did not think of the pain, only the pleasure that will come. A runner's mentality is not of the pain in the process, but the rewards they will have when they are finished. Your reward is my powers. You would be a shinobi in a sense, but not bound by their rules, and without hand signals. Concentrate, Adaha," The Water Spirit encouraged, although her words were distracting Adaha rather then helping her focus. Her mind was to be focus on water, and the gifts it brought. She was imagining people in droughts, and then rain quenching their thirst. Rain-washing over a desert, flowers blooming in the process. Water, all she thought of chained itself back to water. Yet, she could not find the key element…the one thing Water was able to give that nothing else could.

"I can't…what is the key…I don't know…" Adaha trailed. She had been in this state for three hours. Her body ached. It felt that she ran through the desert, that she climbed the mountain where the snow was, that she flew through the clouds. She felt the pull of every muscle, of every ligament in her body. She was simply torn.

I know water gives life…but there's a deeper meaning to the substance…what does water achieve? What does it give? Why does it give it? Adaha questioned herself, the beads of sweat pouring profusely from her forehead.

"Listen to me, my child," The Spirit said, "What has water given you? What has provided, what has it symbolized since the day you were born? Tell me…"

"What…has it given…me?" Adaha was on the brink of collapsing, her body trembling as she strung the words together. The thought of thinking of her past, or what water had given her would most likely have her faint. Yet, she pushed forward, and though of her memories, of what water had gave her.

Water brought her to this world.

Water destroyed her family.

Water led her to the village.

Water let her look at the woman she became.

Water saved her from being raped by a man once, escaping him by a river

Water led her to Inari

Water was able to save Inari.

"Water led me to my destiny. Water gives destiny," Adaha realized and suddenly she was released from the pain that entrapped her. The Spirit smiled, and she grew brighter, until she was mere light, and then shot herself into Adaha. She screamed, as the sudden light that entered her caused an overload on her soul. She fell to the ground, but as she fell she opened her eyes and saw the kind face of Inari staring back at her.

Her face no longer held pain, rather a tired expression. She glanced over in Inari's direction and slowly said, "Is it…true? Am I…really…a water spirit?"

Inari simply smiled and stated, "I'm not sure if that's true, but we have a journey starting tomorrow. Will need to prepare. All I know is something lurks inside you, and the Hokage must know."

Adaha only turned away. Are you there…water spirit?

Yes, I am. Oh by the way call me Mizu. We will be able to contact with each other now, as you have opened the portal between your soul. The journey will begin tomorrow. Get ready and be prepared.

Adaha smiled at the humble words and closed her eyes for just a second, and laughed lightly, knowing all would be well with her friends by her side.

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Crystal Inferno: Okay that was pretty…bad. But if you have a heart review, and peace out.