Translating the Name: Please notice the fact that they are only five in the flashback so bumb-bumb head and Sasu-kun would be a king are all necessary! I guess you could say that people are OOC but don't worry, it gets a LOT better…hopefully. I really need to know how the hell to do jutsus and fight scenes….might need help also, after I do the chunnin exams an Sasuke thingy, I'm going to follow the manga but to an extent…maybe stop at Gaara getting his demon extracted. I'm sorry if the beginning is crap but it will get better…BEAR WITH ME
Disclaimer: I Don't Own Naruto
AN - (shot)
Speech - "omega"
Thoughts - 'wet?'
Kyuubi - "baker"
Kyuubi thoughts - 'jiminy'
Hikari (LK) - "hackle"
Dark Kirei (DK) - "gigot"
Hikari & Dark Kirei - "From Kirei"
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Flashbacks - italics
PRE-CHAPTER
To say Himitsu and Kirei were embarrassed was an understatement. When they arrived at the Hokage tower, Himitsu put her down on the ground and they walked to the tower both wondering what would happen. Kirei let her excitement get the best of her and before Himitsu could hold her back, she charged up the stairs and kicked the door open by adding chakra to her feet.
"Jiji!" Kirei exclaimed but then stopped when he saw a young girl with a funky looking headdress stand in front of Sarutobi's desk. The girl turned to her and smiled a really warm smile. The girl then crouched down to Kirei's level and opened her arms. Without a second thought, Kirei ran into her open arms and hugged her. They embraced each other for a while when Himitsu walked in frantically apologizing about how Kirei lacked manners with people she knew and how he would work on it later. He stopped his pointless rambling to look at the scene in front of him. He turned around and shut the door before turning his attention to a smiling Hokage and a smiling Kirei holding the hand of the cloaked young girl with big brown eyes.
"Care to explain?" asked a very amused Himitsu. Sarutobi pulled out a scroll and bit his thumb, summoning chairs; it was going to be a long day.
Chapter 04 : The Beginning!
FLASHBACK
'Maybe, if I try harder this time, then just maybe, I could make a friend!' thought Kirei just a few weeks after she turned 5. She was currently standing in her apartment building at mid afternoon. Some might think Kirei lived in a hell hole with rats and mold. That is not the case on the inside of the apartment but the outside. The outside was rather disturbing. The color of the building was a sick gray color with patches of red bricks everywhere. The building wasn't very tall, but it was big enough to fit 6 different tenants. Green mold ran along the bottom and sides of the building and some of the patches of bricks were missing one or two.
Some might question who would live there and may be surprised to see a 5 year old girl through the window of the second floor. The landlord was furious to find out that the demon would be living in his building and made a decision to make it look unappealing to the best of his abilities. So far, his plan was working and the only tenant in the building was Kirei. The story of how she ended up alone is for another time. The inside of Kirei's apartment was a real lovely sight. Her walls were decorated with paintings that she had painted herself. Just pictures of the sun setting and the sun rising. Actually, every painting on her wall was one of the sun. Being five years old was kind of a disadvantage to her wonderful painting skills since she couldn't really go see the beautiful sights in Konohagakure.
The painting she loved the most was one when where the sun was setting on top of the great Fire River that went straight through the forest of the park. The sun caused it too glow a beautiful crystal blue with small smudges of sunset purple and pink. That painting was the fist thing one would see upon entering her home. The wall it was attached to was a hallway which either directed you to the living room or kitchen. The Kitchen was simple white with the basic needs such as a stove and a refrigerator.
Her living room was a pretty pink color with red large square cushions on the ground right next to the small coffee table that lifted about a foot off the ground. She had a small sakura tree in the corner of the room that was in bloom. Her living room also had a sliding paper door which gave the ancient Japanese look she loved. The ground was covered in a mat that was weaved from straws and wheat stalks. The beige color matched the red seats and pink walls and tree. Next to her living room was her small bedroom with a futon that laid on the ground above the same mat that was in the living room. There was second door in the room that lead to a small bathroom with only a sink, toilet and shower.
Kirei was standing in front of her full length mirror on the wall of her bedroom. Her clothes were in a straw basket next to her bed. Kirei smiled at her appearance in the mirror. Her long hair was made into two pig tails that rested on top of her shoulders just like Tsunade's. Her shirt was pink with a white feather in the center. Her Capri pants reached a little bit below her knee and were pitch black. She smiled again thinking this outfit was what she needed to be noticed. She wasn't stupid, she new she was adorable.
Taking a deep breath she walked out her room and left through the door then turned around and pulled out a necklace that had a silver key at the very bottom. She put the key in and locked the door and put the necklace behind her shirt. She then put her back againts the wall and moved in big strides againts the wall. She finally reached the edge of the hallway and ran down the stairs to the outside door. It wasn't often she left the house in the middle of the day unless she new the landlord was out. She couldn't stand it when he would check up on her or see her leave. Kirei would rather not think about the check ups.
Upon reaching outside she never stopped running until she reached the park where the river was located. As expected, there were several children playing while there parents were conversing on the bench across from them. The children had a big red ball that bounced really high and it made Kirei want to grab it and jump on it. The ball stopped bouncing and rolled right in front of her feet. She bent down and picked it up and reached out her hand to give it to who ever dropped it. Everyone had stopped playing to watch what was going to happen next. Suddenly, a boy with pale skin and onyx eyes with black hair moved from the crowd and reached out to get the ball. The boy studied her and found her quite attractive so he blushed. Kirei thought she did something wrong when he turned away and he let his hands fall numb to his sides. She bowed her head low and whispered for the boy to hear,
"G-gomen, here take the ball!" and thrusts it into the boys gut. The boy umphed and turned to stare at the girl and noticed her walking away.
"Hurry, Sasu-kun! Leave weirdo behind and let's continue playing!" cried some of the girls around the area. Sasuke simply turned to face them and shot them the ball. He turned around and called out to the girl running,
"Oi! Blondie! Wait up!" Kirei stopped running and turned to the boy. He had caught up to her and was panting slightly from the experience. He held out his hand and introduced himself,
"My names Sasuke and I think you are pretty cute! Why don't we play together until nii-san comes to pick me up before we train!" he said rather excitedly. Kirei let her mouth hang open for a while before she finally closed it and stuttered,
"Y-you want to p-play with me?" she asked shifting nervously in her clothes.
"Why else would I chase you?" he responded as if it was the obvious thing in the world. Kirei nodded dumbly then she did something that made all the girls gasp in shock and some guys smile proudly, she punched Sasuke in the arm and yelled
"You're it!" They continued to play a game of two people tag while the boys watched in great amusement as Sasuke was panting heavily while the girl was prancing around like the queen of the world. She was taunting him
"You can't catch me!" she hollered and laughed like an idiot, and Sasuke being arrogant, smirked and replied while shrugging his shoulders,
"You are right. Who would want to catch an idiot?" Kirei immediately stopped prancing and glared daggers at him,
"Nani! Take that back teme!" she bellowed and he simply ran up to her and poked her in the forehead with his two fingers something Itachi did often to him when he refused to train him. Sasuke smirked yet again and said
"Gotcha!" and he started laughing. All the girls were fuming. That was their Sasu-kun and how dare this bumb-bumb head come and take him away from them! Thank goodness there prayers were answered when Itachi poofed right next too Sasuke and stated in his calm cool and collected voice,
"Sasuke, it is time to leave. Say goodbye to your girlfriend and we can be on our way," this statement caused both Sasuke and Kirei to blush. Sasuke smiled and said,
"Nice getting to beat you idiot, I guess we can go home now and celebrate my win!" with that, he and Itachi took there leave. Once the rest of the children were sure they were gone, one girl with brown hair and chestnut eyes walked up to Kirei and helped her up. Kirei never got a chance to thank her because the girl shot her back down.
"Not one of us could make the king smile and you come from no where making him laugh! I don't like you! Go away!" Thus, commencing the beating a five year old could get from other five year old girls. Kirei never forgot about Sasuke and what the owl girl said to her. She was able to make Sasuke smile and laugh and she decided the next time she met him, that it would be her dream to make him happy again. Personally, I think she needs to stop being so kind hearted!
END FLASHBACK
Everything was quite and still in the Sandaime's office. Sarutobi was sitting in his chair while the unhooded but cloaked (LOL) figure sat across from his desk. Next to her sat a very worried looking Kirei sitting on the lap of her Tou-san. What the young girl in the cloak figure said confused her greatly. She had said that Kirei was her cousin and her mom was her aunt. She belonged to a Wind tribe located where south East Asia should be. They specialized in weapon using with a taijutsu style that flowed with the wind. The tribe also had powers that allowed them to control the wind and air in anyway shape or form. They were keepers of the wind and would stop at nothing to make sure that the winds would always blow and bring positive energy and good news. Her mom was the daughter of the Shaman there and possessed priestess powers that rivaled the shamans own.
Her mother wasn't the only offspring blessed with the special priestess or priest powers. Her older brother who is also the cloaked figures father, was the new shaman and strongest in the village next to her cousin since the old shaman retired not too long ago. Her mother left the tribe in hopes for searching for more excitement and adventure. She had come across a blue eyed blonde haired man and fell in love. Her mother moved to the village where the blonde haired man lived and sent letters explaining of what was going on with her. The last letter she received was the day of Kirei's birth and when the Kyuubi attacked. Her mom died from the stress and worry of her family. She was worried she would never see her husband and newborn daughter again. The medical staff there was low since most were on the front lines helping those in battles. Her last request was that Kirei lived with the tribe or if anything went wrong, that would be the first place Kirei would go to.
"What happened to grandma and grandpa, the old shaman, are they dead now?" asked Kirei after some time. Her cousin turned to her with warmth radiating from her eyes and responded,
"Grandma and grandpa are retired. They work as the tribe elders," she responded, smiling down at her. Kirei couldn't help but feel safe around her cousin. She then turned to the old man and asked,
"What now?" Sarutobi sighed then scratched the white Hokage robes he had to wear. He let out a huge sigh and responded,
"Well the only reason your cousin came here was because she felt that you were in danger,"
"Danger," repeated Himitsu holding Kirei a little tighter afraid it would pop out of no where, "what kind of danger are we talking about?" he asked almost afraid of his answer. The Hokage looked in his direction and replied,
"A burst of the Kyuubi's chakra flowing through the wind kind of danger. As keepers of the wind and caretaker of Kirei, they would and should know if the wind emitted the energy of Kyuubi since it is sealed inside of her," Sarutobi let his answer sink in before Kirei asked something that surprised everyone,
"What happens now? Do I have to go to the Wind Tribe or do I stay here with Tou-san or, can Tou-san come with us?" she asked with pleading eyes. Kirei's cousin did a complete u-turn with the warmth in her eyes. Immediately they turned into sadness.
"I'm afraid not Kirei, Tou-san cannot come along on the journey to the Wind Tribe. Who will stay here when you some back? Besides, he also has a job to attend to," she added. Kirei looked up at the man who held her in his arms as tears fell.
"Promise, promise me you won't forget me, promise me you will be waiting Tou-san?" she said quietly.
"I promised to love and protect you when I signed those papers, what makes you think I would suddenly stop?" he smiled at her before turning to the Hokage and asked,
"Would it be alright if we got Kirei settled in before she left? I was hoping I could move her into my house," Himitsu said. The Hokage smiled and responded
"Very well, I shall call for ANBU to take down her bedroom and living room. Kirei," he said turning in her direction, "Do you have anything in the fridge or cupboards that you would want?"
Kirei sat up straight with her right hand balled up in a fist that rested on the palm of her left hand. Her brows were furrowed. Suddenly, she spoke with an outburst of energy causing everyone to jump,
"YOSH! We must hurry and gather the instant cups of ramen before people break into the house to steal them! Onward!"
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It seemed that the ANBU called didn't harm Kirei's belongings for when she arrived at Himitsu's house; her stuff was piled into boxes stacked in front of the door. Her cousin volunteered to help move her stuff in if; it was okay with Kichi-san. He agreed and they spent the whole day fixing her room.
The room itself was exactly like her living room but in the corner was her futon. Himitsu had insisted on changing it for a princess bed but Kirei had said that it wouldn't be fair for an actual princess to be missing her bed. Her logic was funny and it caused her cousin to laugh but Kirei was being absolutely serious so she pouted.
It was minutes before 6 when Kirei's father and cousin decided on supper before her and Kirei leave at sunrise. Just some quality time wouldn't do any harm was what her cousin had said.
After dinner a barbeque shop much to Kirei's dismay, who was praying for ramen, the small group decided to crash at Himitsu's house; Kirei in her bedroom, Himitsu in his bedroom and her cousin in a spare room. When they arrived, there was several gifts from the hospital and ANBU who had helped her move. It seems Jiji told everyone.
Before they fell asleep, they all said goodbye for Himitsu would be back on duty and Kirei would be leaving at dawn.
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Kirei and her cousin were walking in the semi darkness along a path that leads to where the Wind Tribe lived. They were not yet out of Konoha and entering the land of the fire country. They were walking in complete silence until they heard a rustling in the nearby trees. Kirei looked at her cousin to see her look back down and smile. Her cousin then whistled and the sound carried through the wind. When it hit Kirei's ears, it sounded like someone telling her to stand back. Kirei compiled and jumped behind her cousin and at that very moment, a man with no t-shirt and black pants that were wrapped around in dark brown leather boots appeared. His bear chess contained a glowing bluish greenish crystal that hung low on black string. His hand was holding a long black rod that was a foot taller then the man who was a normal height. His face was slightly shadowed but the two girls could see his shoulder length brown hair blowing in the wind.
He stood in front of her cousin with his right foot in front of his left while his knees were bent. His rod was held with his right hand exactly like his right foot was in front of his left while his left hand held the bottom of the rod similar to his foot. He spoke in calm voice with much wisdom which made Kirei doubt his age.
The man turned his head in the direction of the rising sun and his brown eyes were visible along with the x shaped scar that lay on top of his right cheek.
"I know you have information where it is. I suggest that you hand it over and forget about this treacherous journey ahead of you. I will not stand aside while you waste your life on something that could be dealt with without your aid. Even your father has warned you of the danger ahead! People my age are on this quest to protect people your age. Please, give up, I do not wish to hurt you," he murmured the last part but it was carried in the wind which aloud both Kirei and her cousin to hear it unintentionally. Kirei looked at her cousins back and noticed how she was moving under her cloak. She pulled out a pair of tonfa blades. They seemed plain but in the center of the blade was a wooden imitation of the blade with several designs that Kirei had never seen before.
The man sighed deeply,
"Is there no other way?" was the last thing Kirei heard before the man shot the rod forward causing her cousin to block with the metal area of her tonfa blades. Kirei hadn't noticed but her cousin did that every movement from the man, caused the man to wince and hold in his breath. The man got back into his stance and shot his rod down in between her cousin's legs smacking the sides of both her knees before he pulled the rod back out and smacked the outside of her left knee hard causing her head first to fall side ways. Kirei's cousin saved she by cart wheeling in the direction of the fall, using it to her advantage and dashed forward before the man had a chance to see Kirei standing there. Her cousin thrust her right fist forward which gripped the handle bar of her tonfa and punched the man in the face effectively knocking him down. The man got up again and fell mercy to her cousin's blades and from the left side he turned around to try and parry the blow but she twirled out of the way and spun around twisting the handle bars in the process. The man was knocked back again and he struggled to get up,
"It seems I have underestimated you, I am heavily injured and loosing blood quickly thanks to your fatal blows," the man began panting heavily
"I do not wish to kill you; you are already injured. For that I apologize but I needed you to be unable to attack while I flea," replied her cousin
The man nodded in approval,
"Before we take our leave, may I ask, who has poisoned you?" asked the cousin who didn't seem out of breath at all,
"A demon: he is covered in black armor and where one of his arms should be, there is a large brown arm that covers his shoulder blade. Where his hands should be are three large claw like fingers that could crush me if I was in his grasp, I fought him for a while before he poisoned me and told me that this was a warning sign not to get in the way. I had no idea who he was but I know he was on the same journey we and many others are on. Though I believe his intentions are not good. I had tried to let my weapon absorb the evil he has placed in me thus, creating my weakened sate," he said trying his best not to collapse, "Be weary of him, for he could give me a run for my money," he added. Kirei's cousin bowed and replied,
"I appreciate the warning and thank you for coming to me first," with that said, Kirei ran towards the man and pulled out a small scroll from her black cloaks pocket and did several seals before biting her thumb and summoning a back pack. She pulled out a cloth and began wiping the blood away before applying a healing balm and wrapping it up in bandages. She put the pack on her bag and dragged the man off the road and leaned him againts the tree,
"Mister, you will not be able to move for about an hour or more, the healing balm I applied contains purity tears of a phoenix," she turned to her cousin and answered the indirect question,
"A gift from the medics," Kirei stood up and her cousin motioned her to continue down the path, Kirei obeyed rather reluctantly and looked back every three steps. Kirei's cousin looked down at the man, who was breathing steadily,
"Is that the one you have mentioned?" he asked his eyes half opened,
"Yes, it is She will be great one day wouldn't she?" she responded with a smile while she put her hands in a prayer position and chanted,
"The wind, a sweet caress from God, protects you while you rest. May Kamura be with you Kilik," and the wind surrounded him and formed an invisible barrier. Kirei's cousin caught up to Kirei with a little run but she was still able to hear the faint whisper that was carried by the wind,
"Be safe, Talim…"
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"Are we there yet nee-san? You said in seven more days and it's been seven days already! I want to see grandma and grandpa," pouted a very irate Kirei. Traveling for seven days and fighting lizard men and a floating eyeball was very frightening to say the least. Luckily her nee-san was skilled at fighting and also had the wind by her side so she totally kicked butt, in Kirei's words.
Talim chuckled lightly, "We are actually here now, so don't worry about it, we will be seeing grandma and grandpa shortly, we just have to turn here and…Tada! Welcome to the Wind Valley!"
Talim exclaimed causing Kirei to immediately squeal in excitement before running into the grass fields singing a song that she had heard during the times her and Talim would stop at a village. Her long blond hair was flowing freely and her eyes were closed, her voice held a lot of emotion for someone so young, the first sentence caused some people at the entrance of the village to gather, but the people who the song called out to the most were the Shaman and his wife Yokiroko, who were expecting there daughter to arrive shortly,
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
People stared in awe at the little girl twirling around with the biggest smile on her face. It seems she was coming closer towards the crowd.
You make me happy, when skies are gray,
You'll never know dear, how much I love you,
So please don't take my sunshine away…
At this point, the Shaman and his wife had arrived and Kirei had stopped moving and stood still. The wind stopped blowing as Kirei's right hand rose from its position on her side and was right above her head. Her left hand with her palm facing upwards rose in front of her, horizontally. Her hands were glowing blue as they drew nearer to each other,
The other night dear, while I was sleeping,
I dreamt I held you in my arms,
Instead of her two hands touching, her right hand went in between the gap of her left arm and chest. She began moving her arms with the melody leaving a faint stream of blue light where they once were.
When I awoke dear I was mistaken,
So I held, my head down and cried.
The blue glow turned to a yellow glow and the smile that had disappeared came back larger then before. She resumed her dancing about and using her yellow coated hands with the melody also leaving a lingering yellow light where her hands once were,
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
You make me happy, when skies are gray,
You'll never know dear how much I love you,
"So please don't take, my sunshine away," continued an unfamiliar voice behind Kirei. Kirei immediately stopped turning and the glow stopped. She looked up and saw a man with a white cloak holding a white staff with a glowing blue orb. His two wrinkles on his face made it seem he had seen better days. His eyes were small and brown while his smile was crooked. His hair was a raven blue color that stuck up but his bangs were the only thing that wasn't sticking up. He held his rather large hand out and crouched to Kirei's level. At this point Talim was beside Kirei smiling down in amusement.
"Ah, you must be Kirei, am I not correct?" the man asked with his crooked smile. Kirei took out her own hand and shook it while smiling brightly
"The names Kirei and the cute girl beside me is my cousin, Talim. She is one cool fighter and I want to be just like her that way, I can protect everyone who is dear to me!" she said rather loudly and nodding her head as if agreeing to her own claims.
"Yes I do believe my daughter is quite strong. But that is how me and her mother raised her," he replied never leaving her gaze while shifting his face in the direction of the woman who stood beside him,
"don't you agree Yokiroko?" said woman smiled
"Of course I do! What kind of mother would I be if I had not?" she responded. Talim took this as her chance to input her opinion,
"A bad one," which ended their conversation along with the meeting of her aunt and uncle since entering her home for the next five years.
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It was a week since Kirei's entering of her native land. She met Grandma and Grandpa who welcomed her with open arms. Although her grandparents were a 'bag of wrinkles' a quote courtesy of her uncle, they were the people who decided to have Kirei in their house until she was due back at her village. During the week, she learned who and what was where, and met some of the people and their children who agreed to play with her. She learned that everyone there used the same weapon as her cousin, but different types for different people. Some people used the weapons for wind dances and others for battle either offense or defense. When Talim had told her she was going to learn how to use one of these weapons, she jumped up and down all day until she passed out from over-excitement.
Now that everything was settled, it was time to began Kirei's training. Talim wanted Kirei to work on penmanship by writing her knowledge on a scroll. Currently sitting at the kitchen table at her grandparent's house, was Kirei with a quill in one had and ink in the other.
'Okay, I know basic medical information such as: healing bleeding wounds and healing balms. I know how to wrap and treat poisons. I guess I'm pretty well equipped in this area since most children have no clue what the hell it is.' Kirei thought while jotting down her information of medical things on the paper.
'The only thing I know that relates to ninjas would have to be chakra, and chakra control. I already started the books ANBU Panda-chan gave me. It explains about the shinobi way and the shinobi nations and kunai and shuriken throwing!' She jotted those findings also before she stared down at her handiwork. She sat there smiling until her eyes opened wide with realization
"Oh my goodness, I totally forgot about nee-chan!" exclaimed a frantic Kirei. She opened her left palm and placed her right hand which was balled into a fist on top of the palm. I am dubbing this her thinking pose so remember this!
"Yosh! I shall contact Kyuu-nee-chan and regain our everlasting relationship! But how do I get there?" Kirei thought out loud. She then looked down at her white t-shirt with a blue circle which was beside a crescent shape. It was the symbol of her tribe. She was wearing a pair of black shorts because she's kool like that. (Couldn't resist adding that in there!)
Kirei began tickling herself where the seal was located on her stomach wondering if that had another effect besides her laughing hysterically. She stopped tickling herself and sat back into her thinking position. She really wanted to see her nee-chan! It's been thousands of years! (Cough, no sense of time cough) So Kirei sat there, concentrating on seeing the blood red eyes and lips with nine bushy black with red streaked tails swirling around. The, oh so, black hairs with red streaks and on top her head, with the two fox ears, black but at the very tip, red. The pale porcelain skin that was covered with the midnight blue kimono that had little floating stars, Kirei remembered every detail of her nee chan and thought long and hard about how she would be in her arms at the very moment if it weren't for her not being able to get there. She grunted in frustration before muttering angrily under her breath
"Where. Is. My. Nee. Chan!" and at that very instant, a black light enveloped Kirei and unbeknown to her, her hair turned pitch black and her eyes became black void like. Her tan disappeared and was being replaced to very pale skin.
When the black light subsided, Kirei found herself sitting on somebody's lap and looked up to see the twitching ears and eyebrows of her nee chan. Without wasting any time, Kirei glomped her and began rubbing her cheek againts the older woman's own while purring.
"It's good to see you too Kirei but I was in the middle of something so do you mind getting off of me?" Kyuubi asked softly.
"I actually thought she forgot about me! I mean how could she, I am the great Kyuubi no Kitsune!" Kyuubi thought inwardly chuckling.
Kirei got off her and sat down beside her glancing around the room trying to figure out where she was. The room she was in had ping pong machines and basketball hoops. It contained go and shogi boards in the cupboards and other boring and non boring games. She looked directly across from Kyuubi and almost fainted at the sight before her. Hikari and Dark Kirei were wearing there respective colors on a plain dress with no sleeves. They both had their wings drawn and they stared at her with a blank expression.
"Yo!' was the echo voice she heard. She jumped in surprise then fainted.
"What a pity. She fainted on the pieces before I could declare a checkmate," muttered an annoyed DK.
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After explaining to Kirei about Dark and Light Kirei, and gave her a tour of her knowledge of section on both the light and dark sides of the mansion and getting to know each other, Kirei still had something that was bothering her,
"What are you made of DK? Are you made out of shadows? What about you LK? Are you made out of light?" ask a very curious Kirei.
"I am made of all the happy and pure moments of your life, even from the future. I am all that is good from your mind and surroundings. I was created to endure happy and nothing but good in your lifetime," was the cheery echo voice from LK who happened to be smiling while her thoughts were projected,
"I am made from all the anger, hatred, depression, sadness and etc, that is to come and already past in your life. The beatings, the rape, I am the emotions you cannot control and that can lead to the doom of a human. You were not yet strong enough to endure the pain thus I was created. Although you never were extremely happy to create Hikari, she became alive because of balance. There was too much evil in you without any good. Although you are pure, you are not pure enough to balance my evil so Hikari was created. For such a young age, you were already tainted,"
Kirei sat there taking all this in, as did Kyuubi. It was quite shocking that her mind could and did create an angel of darkness and light. It was also disturbing to find out the reason as to why the angels were here. Maybe they had other reasons.
"We do have other reasons. A great evil is coming but not soon. We cannot discuss the details but all we can say is 'Ragnorok, the earths Apocalypse'," LK answered her thoughts. The blonde five year old wasn't shocked about LK reading her mind, she was used to it since they always interrupted her when she was going to ask a question and they answered before even waiting to see what Kirei had to say. Kirei began to wonder if she could fuse with these people who claim to be her emotions.
"Of course we can fuse with you. When we do fuse, you cannot change back and shall be stuck in the new form until you die which is highly unlikely seeing as we are immortal. That is why we are to fuse when 'Ragnorok, the earths Apocalypse' rises. Do not be afraid, we still have plenty of years before that is to come," reassured LK.
Throughout the whole explanation, DK and Kyuubi resumed there game of shogi. Kyuubi couldn't believe two things. One was that she was loosing to an evil being that happens to be a 5 year old girl and two, that she finally understood what 'From Kirei' meant.
"Checkmate," echoed throughout the house causing Kyuubi to unleash a string of curses.
"I think we need more time to bond!" exclaimed Kirei, who tried her best to calm down a very angry Kitsune.
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Talim wasn't worried when her grandmother claimed Kirei was unconscious; the Hokage had warned her about her and Kyuubi speaking. She was worried about what her grandmother had said about her features after seeing Kirei laying her head on the table,
FLASHBACK!
"Her eyes, me dear Kamura, her eyes were void! Her hair black! Her skin as white as a bleached scroll! My dear Talim, I believe she has finally awakened her inner selves! Oh me oh my!"
END FLASHBACK!
It was way too soon for Kirei to be able to access the powers of her inner self. Maybe this was a sign that she needed to begin her training regime. So Talim sat at her desk in her room, pulled out a quill and commenced the schedule. This will take a while.
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"Go fish Kyuu-nee chan!" cried a very excited blonde five year old. Next to her, the Kyuubi no Kitsune with steam blowing from her ears. She was loosing another round of Go Fish and she couldn't take it. She, living for thousands of years was being demolished by three five year olds! Of course if anyone from demon world saw this, they would laugh none stop and maybe even make fun of her, the queen of demons. She looked at DK and LK and noticed there calm and kool demeanor. Inwardly she was seething. She grunted while looking at the cards in her hand, she had about ten when everyone had three. Suddenly, an evil glint appeared in her eyes as they turned purple while looking at DK's hand then she grumbled even louder while Kirei started laughing. LK was confused. She wasn't paying attention.
"What did I miss?" she echoed.
"Oh nothing, just Kyuu-nee chan using her Demon Eyes to see DK's hand but DK had already anticipated it and switched cards from the deck by freezing time,"
"When will Kyuu-nee chan ever learn, when you are terrible, you are terrible. When someone is better then you, someone is better then you! Simple but no, she still has her fox pride even when being captured! Maybe one day she will understand," moaned an exasperated ECHO from LK.
"I totally agree!" chirped Kirei laughing at the antics of her big sister.
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'It's done!' Thought Talim after completing her schedule, 'Poor Kirei, I wonder how she will take this,' she added while glancing back down at the schedule.
Monday-Saturday
5:00 am - Running and Endurance
6:00 am - Physical Education
7:00 am - Breakfast, Prepare for morning
8:00 am - Ways of the: Shinobi
: Priestess
: Wind Guardian
: Medic
12:00 pm - Lunch
12:30 pm - Ways of the: Lady (Cooking, Cleaning etc.)
: Basics (Math etc.)
3:00 pm - Taijutsu - Talim
5:00 pm - Kenjutsu - Yokiroko
7:00 pm - Supper
8:00 pm - Ninjutsu/Chakra Control - Kyuubi
9:00 pm - Meditation
9:30 pm - Bed
Sunday - Day of rest
-Will also learn about Winds Tribe religion and historical background by speaking with elders of village.
'I think she will begin tomorrow if she ever wakes up…'
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"Thanks for a wonderful time guys! I'll be sure to visit often!" said a very enthusiastic Kirei as she stood in front of DK and LK hugging them both. She looked up at Kyuubi and asked,
"How do I come here whenever I want, to be honest, I don't even know how I got here…" and added a confused look to top it off. Kyuubi thought
"SO KAWAII!!" and resisted the urge to glomp her right then and there.
"I believe you were angry correct?" responded DK "If you were angry, you were angry enough to access my power for you to transport yourself into unconsciousness,"
"Instead of being angry and frustrated, why not breathe in and focus on a mental image of you standing beside us!" replied a cheery echo of LK. Kirei nodded and smiled but it faltered when she asked
"How do I leave?"
"Simple!" responded the still cheery echo of LK. LK blinked and a white flash surrounded her. When Kirei opened her eyes, she was surprised to see the list of her techniques in front of her,
'I got to learn how to do that!' thought Kirei as she stood up to tell her family her findings.
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After explaining what happened to Grandma, Grandpa, Talim, Yokiroko and Uncle Monty (Montsuo), Talim handed her the schedule that she made, it was time for Kirei to pick what type of tonfa blades she would have. Her uncle handed her the orb that was on top of his staff. The orb began to shake violently before changing shape. It turned into a gigantic metal hoop larger then Kirei herself.
"That hasn't happened before," muttered her grandfather in his beige robes to her left. Her grandmother in a peach robe simply nodded her head before saying
"I guess the orb decided againts tonfa blades and created a wind weapon just for her…" with uncertainty, Yokiroko took the newly formed blade from Kirei and put it back on top of the staff since her husband was too shock to move.
"Ano, did I do something wrong?" asked a timid Kirei.
It took a while for everyone to calm down and let what the orb did to settle in. Yokiroko was beaming; it was the first time in 50 years that someone had not ended up with a different weapon other then tonfa blades. She was very excited to begin training Kirei with the basics plus, the weapon could be able to use in dances and she couldn't wait to exploit it.
The village Shaman, Montsuo had other thoughts that were slightly similar with his wife's. Yes he was and still is surprised by the fact that the orb chooses a different weapon for a direct descendent and possible heir to the tribe. This only happened maybe a little over 50 years ago and said person was a special case. That person had a heavy burden on their shoulders and it changed the weapon, maybe, the same reason applies for Kirei?
Talim had the biggest smile on her face. Talim knew the little girl had potential but this was unexpected. Not only did she succeed in surprising the family, but the orb as well. Things shall be a lot more interesting around this boring wind tribe.
Grandma and grandpa were wondering if little Kirei could handle it. Not only was the weapon so vague, it was larger and it barely any place to hold it. They were worried little Kirei would cut herself…
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THREE DAYS LATER
---5:00am---
Kirei could be seen running around the gigantic tall grass field in a pale blue t-shirt and navy blue shorts with her hair tied into a simple pony tail. She was panting and on the verge of collapsing or breathing from an air tube but she kept on running and every now and then she would jump or cart wheel even skip forward.
---6:00am---
Kirei was sitting down in her grandpa's study across from her grandpa. He had a silver whistle around his neck and his one inch white hair was sticking up in every direction. He had on a simple white shirt tucked into long black shorts. He had his long pale fingers pointed to a diagram of a body while Kirei was sporting her clothes from earlier furiously writing down notes as he explained how to care for your body and what not.
---7:00am---
Sitting across from Kirei was her aunt Yokiroko and uncle Montsuo at her grandparents kitchen table eating eggs, toast, bacon, ramen and cereal with a glass of orange juice to top it off. The group was getting to know each other better by conversing about there lives prior to their meeting. Needless to say, Kirei thought the Wind Tribe needed to lighten ups a bit or have some fun and she thought she was the perfect person for that. Saying goodbye to her aunt and uncle, Kirei ran to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
---8:00am---
Talim was and still is a very stern teacher when it came to the basics of everything. Kirei was given a course outline and she was expected to know the basics of being a priestess with purity powers and how to heal wounded in battle not to mention how to control and protect the wind (which was weird, why would the wind need protection?) plus how to throw kunai, shuriken and basic traps and rules on how to lie out in the wild and what not. Kirei groaned inwardly since Talim was still in lecture mode about what she would be learning and if she heard our blonde warrior complain in any way, which would result in more homework and more learning and test and exams and etc…
---12:00pm---
Kirei ate ramen while sitting down in the field where she first arrived. People came out from hiding every once in a while to stare at her in awe, she even heard whispers such as
"The chosen one…"
"Kirei-hime…" and her all time favorite,
"Kami-Kirei…"
Yes she loved her tribe but they were weird ones that they are. One girl about her age had enough courage to approach her and ask a question she was never expecting to hear directed towards her in her life
"Ohaiyo onna, would you like to play?" and of course Kirei swallowed the remaining ramen in one gulp and jumped for joy, all her tiredness disappearing with a couple of words,
"YOSH! I SHALL SHOW YOU MY WONDERFUL YOUTH WHILE IT LAST BEFORE TA-CHAN CONTINUES STUPID LECTURES! LET US BEGIN OUR GAME OF TAG!!" she yelled as she ran away from the brown haired big coal eyed girl who laughed as she chased after her.
---12:30pm---
Kirei was panting slightly in her chair at the tribes' local school. Ta-chan continued her boring lecture about how ladies must act in the presence of shinobi and people. Kirei had one ear listening while the other was just there. Her mind kept wondering about the girl he met earlier,
FLASHBACK
"Pant pant, ok Ki-chan, pant pant, it's your turn!" cried the excited and agitated brown haired girl. Before said girl had a chance to run, Kirei asked,
"Ano, what is your name? Maybe later I can call you later and we could play again?" the brown haired girl replied with her eyes in a upside down U with a small smile,
"Uzairu Satsuki, please to meet you Ki-chan! Now are you gonna chase or just stand there?" she cried before running off.
END FLASHBACK
"Kirei! Where you even listening to what I was saying?" screamed a frantic Talim,
"Oh Ta-chan, lighten up! We wouldn't want your flame of youth to burn out?" replied a sweating Kirei. Just then Talim had an idea,
"I have a perfect exercise for you Kirei, all you have to do is use your flames of youth to right a long expository paragraph on how the flame of youth for women should act when drinking tea with someone with a high status,"
Kirei groaned loudly while she repeatedly banged her head on the desk while saying,
"Why me, I'm only five?!"
---3:00pm---
"As I said for the umpteenth time Kirei, you have to loosen your body and relax before you could just run around with weights, let alone do this very difficult taijutsu style! Now relax or you'll have to wear the gravity seal before you are ready!"
---5:00pm---
"Oh my goodness, th-this is f-for me?" Kirei said while holding a GIGANTIC circle blade with three white handles separating the circle into three pieces of beautiful silver metal. Right before the blade went into the handle, the blade turned into an angel wing with a great deal of detail. Not only did the silver blade showed carvings when the sun hit it, it also had a white glow. Yokiroko said that that glow was from her chakra. Kirei had to insert her blood before the weapon would officially be hers.
Kirei bit her thumb and smeared the blood all over the blade. It took her quite a while before she reached the top of the blade since it was gigantic. The blood glowed red then white and Yokiroko and Kirei had to shield their eyes from the blinding light. When it was all over, a small version of the gigantic blade was in Kirei's outstretched hand. It shrunk to her seize and she was quite surprised.
"That blade is very special. I shall give an example…Think of a time when you were angry, scared, afraid, anything but happy," replied Yokiroko
Kirei complied and suddenly the white and pure look disappeared and was engrossed with a black light. The weapon that was once whitish silver was evil looking. Everything that was once pure looked tainted with the back glow. Kirei looked expectantly at her aunt wondering what the hell happened,
"You know how you have a light and dark Kirei, this weapon helps channels their powers through the weapon. It all depends what emotion you are feeling but know this," at this point, Kirei's eyes grew wider and her full attention was on her aunt,
"If you wish to protect someone, that weapon will only use your blue chakra," continued her aunt. Kirei nodded furiously. Her aunt may look impassive but that was not how she was feeling inside. She was jumping up and down, she was very ecstatic about training Kirei with a beautiful weapon she crafted herself. Having priestess powers do pay off after all!
---Supper, 7:00pm---
Supper was spent at her aunt's and uncle's house with grandma and grandpa and Talim. Kirei was conversing with Talim at the moment
"Ta-chan, why do I have to take lady lessons? I do not wish to watch as my flame dwindle away in your boring lectures," replied a serious looking Kirei while the adults were on the verge of bursting up with laughter,
"Well Kirei, you can't be a konoichi that acts like a shinobi do you? Plus, what if your mission was to disguise as a rich lady? You would even have to use talents like sewing, singing and dancing to lure and trick men. It is very simple all you have to do is PAY ATTENTION!" she yelled the last part which was out of character but everyone has there one pet peeve and for Talim, its teaching. All the adults couldn't help but laugh as Kirei was shaking in her seat. Talim can be scary when she wants to…
---9:00pm---
"Alright Kirei we will practice some of your chakra control, any questions?" asked an annoyed Kyuubi. She was beyond angry, plus, she was frustrated.
FLASHBACK
Kyuubi was sitting in front of a very passive DK and it irked her to no end. She was supposed to be the evilest one here, the Great Queen of Demons! There was no way she would loose her dignity to an evil 5 year old death angel! Hell no! So she declared a rivalry between her and said death angel. Not only does anger affect Kyuubi's mental health, it also increases DK's power. The only reason LK did not interfere was because it was amusing to watch her evil counter part make a frustrated Kitsune. Kyuubi's mental health must really be decreasing since she demanded another game to declare the winner and the most evil in Kirei's body.
"I demand a staring contest! No blinking no turning away! Just plain old starring!"yelled a confident Kyuubi,
"You do realize that I cannot blink unless I activate one if my powers?"answered a very passive echo.
"So what? I will still kick your ass you bad excuse for a bat!"Needless to say Kyuubi lost and she wasn't a very happy camper…
END FLASHBACK
"But didn't I already learn chakra control?" asked Kirei who stood beside LK and in front of Kyuubi. DK was currently in her own mansion doing what she does best, meditate.
"You have to practice you know, you can't expect to learn something and be able to do it perfectly ALL the time, plus, how can I teach you ninjutsu if I am as tall as the Hokage monument and I also have enough chakra to fill your village maybe even more!" she responded. That got Kirei into her thinking position.
"Then how will you teach me ninjutsu" she asked. Kyuubi replied as if it were the obvious thing in the world,
"Through memories of attacks I had thrown at me, I was attacked by more then one village, meaning you will work your ass off!"
---9:00pm---
"Just relax! It is really easy once you get the hang out of it! All you have to do is clear your mind and try to feel, touch and smell your surroundings unintentionally," replied the cheery echo of LK.
"It's harder then it sounds," mumbled an annoyed Kirei as she sat crossing her legs trying to meditate, keyword, trying to.
---9:30pm---
As soon as her head hit the pillow, she felled asleep instantly and stayed motionless which was creepy in her grandparents' opinion.
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For the past several weeks Kirei would play with Satsuki during lunch and maybe eat supper with her at her grandparents' house or vice versa. No one really noticed it but there was something weird about her. Every time she would mention the word shinobi or ninja related, that girl would twitch and stiffened as if one shinobi would jump out and just straight out attack her. Maybe she met some shinobi who treated her poorly? Well today would be the day she would finally ask.
Sitting on a swing under the apple tree not to far from the market was little black eyed Satsuki patiently waiting for a close friend to arrive. Satsuki didn't know why she had strong feelings towards the girl nor did she know what those feelings were from, but she had to find out what it was. Speak of an angel because a pale blue dress with pretty ribbons and tanned skin was coming closer and closer. As the image came closer Satsuki began smiling for she remembered that pony tail holding those sun kissed locks anywhere. What made Satsuki's smile brighten up larger then before, was those crystal blue eyes. They were weird but they suited her well since they were always warm and vibrant. Not like her coal eyes. She was the only one apart from Satsuki who had different looks compared to her tribe.
She looked down at her orange skirt and navy blue top. Of course, there was a reason for her eyes. She glared at her top and muttered
"If only I could," but was rudely interrupted by the calls of
"SUKI-CHAN! SUKI-CHAN! OI! IT'S ME KIREI!" screamed Kirei. At that exact moment, Suki-chan looked up and plastered a fake smile; she was still brooding about ways to…
"Ano san, why are you faking? Is it because you are not happy to see me? Suki-chan," She jumped, how the hell did Ki-chan move that fast?
"Ki-chan, ano…You know you are my best friend?" was the quiet answer she got. Kirei's eyes shot open,
"Really, you wanna be best friends with me? Then fine! YOSH the beginning of a wonderful sisterhood shall commence! Let our flames burn passionately!" she smiled a big sincere smile and when Satsuki gave a small smile back, Kirei responded with a "Why don't your flames burn vibrantly today?" To tell you the truth, Satsuki still weren't used to the flames of youth and passion talk, it takes a while to adjust.
"They do, but today is the anniversary of my sister's death…" of course Satsuki would leave out the details but all Kirei had to know was that when they got older Satsuki would tell Kirei how to kill the man who killed her sister and destroyed her eyes and chance of ever becoming a wind user/guardian.
"I'm sorry to hear that Suki-chan but wouldn't she want you to live life to the fullest! Get your head out of the clouds and play 'till your flames burn out!" she said while jumping up and running behind the swing. Of course Kirei now knew what was off with her, she had to grow up too fast, she was only five and already held a grudge with someone, what she needed was a replacement and maybe a friend and Kirei promised she would be just that.
After a while of swinging and pushing both girls lay on their backs panting for breath. Kirei was happy that Suki-chan was happy but one thing bugged Kirei though, what if she had to leave? She would never be able to see Suki-chan again therefore never fulfilling her self promise! They had to think of a plan.
"Suki-chan," she whispered softly to the girl, the girl simply looked in her direction
"If I have to leave, would it be okay if you left with me?" was the timid response. Satsuki sat up,
"Of course? Who will protect you when you go back?" she smiled and replied. Of course Satsuki wanted Kirei to avenge someone since she could not, but that did not mean they could not be best friends did it? They were already cousins, they were from the same clan!
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A girl with long blonde hair tied up in two buns on top of her head wrapped around with a white cloth attached to two pink ribbons had her arms folded and her lip sticking out. Currently, said girl was at her grandmothers house with her best friend Satsuki who was wearing a yellow hoodie t-shirt with a zipper and a white shirt with white shorts that had yellow lines running across it.
Satsuki couldn't stop laughing, Kirei hated girly things not to mention pink things and hear she was, in grandma Momo's house wearing the dreaded apprentice outfit priestess and weapon mistress of the wind tribe were supposed to wear.
"Stop laughing Suki-chan! I would like to see you wearing it!" exclaimed an aggravated Kirei. Grandma Momo was standing in front of Kirei and she moved to the side so Satsuki could get the full blown outfit. She heard of it and it didn't sound bad but seeing Kirei in it just made it worse.
"You look so cute! I wanna eat you up cutie pie!" and that set off another string of laughter that suddenly stopped when a sharp wind cut a piece of her brown hair off and a bit of killing intent sent her way courtesy of Uzairu Kirei.
Satsuki pushed out her bottom lip as she folded her hands across her chess and turned her head the other way,
"Mou, you don't have to be a pissy cow!" Kirei pulled back her killing intent and looked back at her grandma Momo. She smiled sweetly and said
"Well I think it looks adorable, now if you don't mind, I have food to prepare for you girls," while walking towards the door of her room. When she was gone Kirei looked at herself in the mirror.
Her hair was okay, at least it wouldn't get in the way but it didn't have to be pink! She wore a long pink top with no sleeves that covered the waste of her red short shorts. The pink top was covered by a white short sleeved jacket that reached midway stomach. Her sandals were replaced by shinobi sandals that were pink and they covered her toes. She had a red ruby directly in the center of her white gold chain. Her socks were higher then her bots and they were a burgundy color.
She shuddered and did a couple of one handed seals and the pink became light blue and the red became dark blue and the burgundy became navy blue. She smiled and turned to her nine year old companion
"Better." She said as her companion began grinning
"You know, it wouldn't kill you to be girly once in a while tom boy!"
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Satsuki and Kirei were lying down in a tent underneath the stars. Kirei was supposed to leave when she mastered everything down here and she already did in five years. The ten year old Kirei was talking to a ten year old Satsuki.
Since Kirei would be leaving soon, Ta-chan allowed her to sleep under the stars next to the house but only if they went to bed right away. Yah right, like that is ever going to happen. That would only happen if Itachi came to the Uchiha district and hugged Sasuke telling him everything would be alright.
"Where are your parents? Won't they mind if you came with me to Konoha?" Kirei asked while shifting to her weight to the left side. Satsuki let out a deep sigh and responded,
"They died a month after my sister died when they went to go pick her up from a village nearby. I live in the orphanage here, it wouldn't matter." It was silent for an hour but a comforting silence.
"We will leave in a week so be ready," was the last thing that was said before both girls drifted off to sleep.
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Granma Momo and Grandpa Shoma were hugging and kissing Kirei and Satsuki like it was there last year on earth. Next were Aunt Yokiroko and Uncle Montsuo, who were giving her words of encouragement and a scroll,
"This is a summoning scroll. In it are the gifts we have for you and Satsuki, have a safe journey," her uncle said before he was smothered in thank you and kisses from both girls. Talim waved a farewell before they began on their journey. Of course the man following them was left unnoticed for he concealed himself well into the shadows…
Translating the Name: I'm rushing yes, but I really want to get to the academy days because someone dies and I can't wait to type about it! It may seem mean but it is good for the plot. There are going to be so many changes because I want mine to be different. I still didn't get to the Orochimaru plot twist which is interesting to say the least…
