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- Ellnidra
Half-Breeds
Chapter 2
3 Years Later
Inside the the well sized house, there were many children eating and enjoying each others company. Now, that may have been how the case had looked, but if you were to pay attention, then you would have noticed the many glares sent to the famous little trio. The three just ignored the glares, they were used to it anyways. Other than that though, it was just a normal day. Shizune was making some last minute arrangements for the three eight-year-olds, while they themselves finished up their lunch of sandwiches and juice, before heading towards their room to apprehend their luggage and wait until Shizune told them it was time for them to leave.
Leiko was the first one to bound down the stairs. "I can't wait!" she exclaimed. A couple of the other kids in the dinning room, couldn't agree more on the subject, the outcasted trio were finally leaving. The children however, only thought of it as medical training of sorts, in which it would be, to a point.
Three years ago, Shizune contacted Tsunade, the lengendary sannin, about three half-blooded children she was taking care of and about their desire to become stronger and prove themselves. Tsunade had agreed on the condition that she was to see the children before taking them in as her apprentices, but said that they should wait until they were at least eight for the training she would most likely set upon them.
Not long after Leiko, Keiko and Sakura both came down the stairs aswell. They looked joyous about the new adventures that were about to ensure, and about how strong they would eventually become. They all waited patiently by the stairs for Shizune to come for them. It didn't take her too long, for she came into the room just minutes later.
"Are you all ready?" she asked. "We are going to be leaving as soon as I get my bag." Shizune then proceeded to head to her room aswell and get her luggage. They were to be travelling through the trees. Being in the forest had its' quirks. Over the past three years, the three girls trained hard, getting stronger, more agile, and developing their chakra control to a higher rate.
They had been taught by Shizune, how to control their chakra to different part of their body; be it feet, hands, or any other body part, they perfected it in record time. Sparring with each other got more intense when Shizune had introduced kunai and shuriken to them. Unfortunetly, though, that also led to some major injuries, mostly to Leiko though. Over time, they had gotten used to using the weapons in their sparring sessions.
Shizune came back from her room with a travel pack of her own, and a few travelling cloaks. She then proceeded to hand one to each of them, before heading towards the living room where the other children were. Hana, another caretaker living in the house, was going to watch them while Shizune took the three tykes to their new teacher, but she too only believed that it was for medical training.
"Now, take care everyone, and no causing trouble for aunty Hana," Shizune said, directing her attention to the children in the room. They all gave their own little agreements and then she turned her attention to Hana. "Thanks again for watching them while I'm gone. I should only be gone for four to five days," she said thankfully and apologetically at the same time.
"No, no, no. I'm just glad your taking a short vacation out of here, you've been working and watching these children non-stop!" she exclaimed. Shizune gave a sheepish grin and nodded her head before making her way to the front door.
"Come on girls," she said over her shoulder, as she made her way out. They all gladly followed, putting their packs on their backs. They then proceeded to walk into the forest. When they were out of sight from the house and it's occupants, all four of them jumped into the trees, molding their chakra to their feet to hold on, and made their way to their, hopefully, new sensei.
Just when the sun was about to set, a couple of hours later, Shizune signaled them to hault in their trip, and look around for a spot to rest for the night. They found a small clearing a couple of minutes later and started to construct their tents. Shizune, meanwhile, proceeded to build a fire. After Keiko was done building hers she turned to Shizune and the others.
"I'm going to go down by the river just over there," she pointed to an area in the forest, "to catch some fish for dinner. Leiko come," she ordered before heading in said direction. Leiko puffed her cheeks in aggravation, but followed nevertheless, too hungry to argue. Sakura sighed and decided to bring it upon herself to build Shizune's tent while she made the fire.
"Thank you, Sakura," she said, watching said child build her tent for her. When they were done, they sat and rested by the fire, waiting for the other two half-breeds to return with their food. A few moments later, they could hear arguing, from none other than the two very people they were waiting for.
"Well you didn't have to push me in!" shouted a very frustrated Leiko. They came out of the forest, and Shizune and Sakura, saw that Leiko was dripping wet from head to toe. Keiko had the back of one of her hands to her mouth, suppressing a small laugh directed at Leiko. Her other hand was holding three fish while Leiko; two.
"Well you shouldn't have been scaring the fish in the first place," Keiko responded calmly. She didn't have a speck of water on her. "I just decided that a little push would help you in the end, but it just seems that your face scared the fish even more," she said sarcastically, sighing overdramatically.
By this time, Leiko was red in the face, about to burst and pounce on her when Shizune stepped in. "Can you both please bring the fish over here to cook?" she asked innocently, trying to calm down Leiko by distracting her. Unsuprisingly, with her short attention spand, she looked over at them and smiled brightly before skipping over to them, forgetting her whole argument with Keiko and being drenched. Keiko sighed before wandering over to them too. The four of them all placed the fish on some clean sticks Leiko found, and placed them in the fire.
Several minutes later, the fish were done cooking and they started eating. After finishing up their supper and putting out their fire, they each proceeded into their tents and sleep the rest of the evening. The night was uneventful, and they soon woke up at dawn. They had their breakfast just as they had supper and started on their journey once more.
Halfway into the day, Shizune haulted them, and signaled them to stay put and keep quiet. Was this the end of their journey? Was their teacher around here? Was there trouble around here, and Shizune went to go check? Many thoughts went through their minds, but they did nothing, complying with their caretakers demands. Shizune had went into the forest ahead of them, away from their view.
They waited for minute after minute, waiting for her to come back. Twenty minutes later, they started to get restless. Leiko was the first to talk, "She's been gone for too long. We should do something." Keiko nodded along with Sakura, before Keiko and Leiko turned to her, waiting for her command. She thought out the possibilities for a moment, then gave them their answer.
"We should go ahead and look for her, she would have told us where she was going if she was going to take awhile," she concluded, and not a moment later did the trio bound off the branch, and quickly, but stealthily make their way towards the direction their caretaker went. Five minutes into their journey, they heard two voices, both women. They quickly reconized one as Shizune's, but couldn't reconize the others'.
They hid their chakra and landed on a branch above them. They looked down and saw Shizune with another woman sitting on wooden chairs around a wooden table with cups in their hands. Shizune was chatting and sipping her tea happily, while the others were worried sick about her. Well that sure made them fell better, but they were glad that she was ok and unharmed. They were about to head back to where they were supposed to stay, when the older woman spoke up.
"So, now that we have gotten reacquainted, where are my apprentices-to-be?" she asked curiously. She the waved her hand in the air as a signal for them to come down. They obliged, knowing now that she already knew they were there, and unmasked their chakra anyways. The trio walked towards the two and stood behind Shizune. She just smiled warmly back at them before turning her attention back to the older woman.
"Tsunade-hime," she said, "these three are the children I told you about; Leiko," she said while pointing at the snowy-haired and onyx-eyed angel half-breed, "Keiko," she then proceeded to point at the onyx-haired and snowy-eyed demon half-breed, " and lastly, Sakura." She then pointed at the last one in the group. She had bright pink hair and the most dazzling emerald eyes you'd have ever seen. The nodded towards Tsunade.
"So, your the one that has the equal parts of both demons and angels?" she asked while eyeing Sakura's silver wings. Sakura nodded towards her, her face going without emotion, but her eyes told it all. She looked saddened, possibly by how she was treated as the oucast because of such differences, but she wasn't alone, she had both Keiko and Leiko beside her. Sakura looked up into Tsunade's eyes and gave her a small, bitter smile.
Tsunade's face softened slightly before turning her attention back to Shizune. She nodded towards her, giving her a silent message. Shizune squealed to herself while the three girls looked confused and Leiko tilted her head sidways in a gesture to say as much. Tsunade chuckled before paying attention to the three girls again and giving them her verdict.
"You three are quite determined," she said, "and I think you will make great apprentices of mine," she finished just before she was pounced on by a ecstatic angel half-breed.
"Oh! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You won't regret it! Nope! No! Never! Thank yo-" she exclaimed before she was roughly pulled off her by two half-breeds, equally happy, but slightly annoyed by their friends' giddiness. Keiko and Sakura bowed to Tsunade, not too long before Leiko, and spoke in unison.
"Thank you, Tsunade-shishou." Tsunade waved their appreciations away and gestured them inside, but Shizune shook her head at the offer saying that she had to leave as soon as possible, something about making sure the brats didn't burn the house down yet. She patted each girl on the head and told them to be good and visit, before leaving them with their new sensei.
"Well," said Tsunade, "it must have been quite a tiring trip for the three of inside and relax for today, tomorow we start our training." She heard three 'Hai's' before the trio gathered inside to inspect the house and unpack. It was a smaller house then they used to live in, so they would have to share a room, but they didn't mind.
2 Years Later
Three ten-year-olds were sleeping peacefully and lightly. They were trained to keep their senses on alert at all times, even while sleeping. Unfortunetly, only two of the three girls sensed their sensei climbing the stairs and heading towards their room. They slowly got up, making sure they were being noiseless, and took a kunai and three shuriken each. They glanced at each other before nodding and dissapearing into the shadows in the room.
Leiko was still sleeping like a baby when the door opened, unaware of the dangers about to present themselves. Tsunade took out three kunai and threw them at Leiko, only to be deflected by the one in Leiko's hand and had more thrown at her by Sakura and Keiko, who were still hidden in the shadows of the room.
Tsunade smiled and nodded at the now awake Leiko, sitting on her futon with half lidded eyes. She yawned before getting up. This was their daily routine; getting attacked by morning, training, eating, more training, and then studying before heading to sleep. It had been that way for the last two years, but they didn't mind, each day held new strengths, techniques, and control that they were to master. They mostly trained with Tsunade about strength and controling their chakra, but for different technique such as their demonic and angelic powers, they had to use the scrolls in library. They often practiced their new found technique on each other in the training grounds, but sometimes they just stayed in the library.
Tsunade also taught each of them how to heal, but only Sakura could handle the more advanced technique because she had almost perfected her chakra control. Leiko and Keiko weren't too far behing her in the area, but still had a long ways to go before they reached her level. In the scrolls found in the gigantic library, they found many things about demonic and angelic powers, but also found out in many of them, that certain people could only master certain techniques.
They figured out in their own training that Keiko was best at using and manipulating shadows and the darkness to do her bidding, while Leiko was the exact opposite, controlling light and crystals from the earth. Keiko could also control some water and turn it into ice senbons, if she wanted to. While Leiko had the power to master fire, which was very dangerous considering that it was Leiko who was controling it. Sakura, however, had been the hardest one to find technique that she could master. Being an equal half-breed meant that there weren't specific scrolls that had techniques that would be more fitting for them.
They started by looking in the angel breeds' scrolls and found many that she could perfect. Sakura could almost do any of the techniques in the scrolls, she just needed to train. Leiko was very excited to know that she had someone that could help her with perfecting her technique, but at the same time a little envious that she could do it so easily, although her envy was was greatly overpowered by her excitment.
They then tried some demonic techniques from other scrolls and were surprised that she, like with the angelic powers, could almost perfect them too. Keiko loved to have someone to share her techniques with, she didn't mind at all that she would be second best to Sakura with her demonic powers, but like everyone else, they all had to train hard to perfect each and every technique they could.
Sakura, when they were training, took it upon herself to change and twist the techniques into her liking. This way, she could fight more confortably with her powers. She had already finished perfecting her techniques in their third year with their shishou, but she still wanted to learn more, have more knowledge.
She was quite often found in the library, reasearching whatever she could; be it about fighting, politics, or just plain fashion, whatever she could get her tiny eleven-year-old hands on. She, later in her studies, found a strategy game called shogi. She learned how to play and taught it to the other two, wanting to be able to formulate plans and strategies sounded like fun to her. Unfortunetly, neither Keiko or Leiko found it as thrilling, but Keiko played anyways for the challenge while Leiko kept training, she never was a patient one.
Even later in their trainings, Tsunade taught Sakura how to strengthen her punches and kicks to make them twenty times as powerful as they once were. She also learned that if you were to add some of your chakra to their hits, then they can become even more powerful. Sakura was tremendously excited about learning such techniques, and always tried her best.
When Keiko and Leiko had perfected their techniques and powers by the age of eleven-and-a-half, Tsunade told them all about what else they could learn to prove themselves to the full-breeds.
"You all have done very well in your training with me, and have progressed quite quickly," she praised, "you all are very powerful in your own way and have surpassed the challenges I have set upon you," the three girl smiled, it was not everyday that their shishou gave them compliments, so they were soaking up as much as they could get, "but," 'Damn' they thought, 'knew there was going to be a catch!' "I still have one more challenge for now." She waited for them to ask the one deniable question. They waited in silence, just waiting to see who would lose patience first to ask. Unsurprisingly, it was the snowy-haired angel half-breed.
"What is the challenge Tsunade-shishou?" she asked innocently, all three girls listening intently for their shishou's response. Tsunade took her lovely time before answering.
"You may have perfected some of the most complicated techniques angels and demons have, but that compared to the royal kindoms in Heaven and Hell, is nothing more than one of their many soldiers, strong, but they are still stronger. I don't expect you to be anything more than that at the mome-" she was very rudely interrupted by Leiko who had her own protests.
"But wait! I don't understand. How are we supposed to show our worth if all we can do is fight off a mere few dozen soldiers?" she asked curiously. Tsunade glared at her before speaking again.
"I was getting to that," she said icily. Leiko lowered her head slightly in an apologetic way. "You are now equal, if not slightly stronger than the soldiers protecting the kingdoms. The only way to become stronger is to learn and form other techniques," she explained.
"Like..." Keiko urged her to continue, which she gratefully did.
"Well, I grew up in a village called Konohagakure, the village hidden in the leaves. I was trained as a ninja and learned many other unique techniques called jutsus." The three girls looked confused, but still as curious as new born puppies. "There are six types of jutsus and I'm not going to repeat myself again, so listen up!" she said heatedly, knowing that Leiko sometimes dozed off in her lectures and explanations. They all nodded eager to learn something new from their sensei.
"First, Doujutsu. This kind of Jutsu involves using ones eyes, and will recognize others Genjutsu, Ninjutsu, and Taijutsu techniques to form a counter attack. Two examples of Doujutsu attacks would be Sharingan and White Eyes. Typically the only people who are able to use Doujutsu attacks are people born into a family that already knows it. Because these attacks don't require much chakra they can be used from long amounts of time, without tiring the user." she paused making sure that they were still awake.
"Second, Genjutsu. These kinds of attacks use mostly illusions, and are performed to confuse the enemy; giving them visions and hallucinations. They're mainly used if the user wants to run away or attack from a distance without the enemy knowing. Genjutsu attacks usually will require a lot of skill, and if performed incorrectly will not work. These types of attacks use up a high amount of chakra and need perfect hand seal. Because of this they're most often used by a fighter with very high amounts of chakra or as a last resort." She knew that she had their interest now, so she continued.
"Third, Hijutsu. Also known as Bloodline Limit techniques, these attacks are limited to those who belong to a certain clan or are the only one able to perform the attack. An example of a Hijutsu technique is White Eyes. It's only known by members of the Hyuuga Clan, and is only possible because of that clans bloodline limits. Your powers will probably be labeled as bloodlines, seeing as none of the other nins will be able to copy them. This includes the sharingan."
"Fourth, Ninjutsu. Probably the most common Jutsu type, Ninjutsu uses hand seals and chakra to make attacks. The more control someone has over their chakra the more powerful they'll be able to make a ninjutsu attack be.If the user is not able to fully concentrate while performing a ninjutsu attack it will not work successfully. A good example of a standard Ninjutsu skill would be the Body Substitute Skill. This technique allows the user to turn a regular item, usually a broken branch of some kind, into a real looking person. However, this person is only an illusion and cannot actually hurt someone."
"Fith, Taijutsu. This type of jutsu really only uses ones physical strength, and involves a lot of hand-hand combat. Taijutsu attacks are typically very fast, complex and usually require no chakra. Normal sparring would be normally called taijutsu," she told the three half-breeds. They were all leaning into their chairs, imprinting their new knowledge into their minds. Tsunade sighed, she was getting too old for this.
"Lastly, Kinjutsu. Kinjutsu attacks are the techniques that have been banned or outlawed by the leader of a village. These kinds of attacks are usually ones that can do extreme amounts of damage and are dangerous if to fall into the wrong hands. It's because of this that they are made illegal," she eyed each of them wearily. They all had a small mischievous look on their face. "That means that you are not allowed to learn them," she stated, and watched as their faces fell.
Leiko raised her hand, and Tsunade gave her a nod, telling her she could speak. "Does this mean your going to teach us these new techniques... er, jutsus?" she asked cautiously, afraid that she already knew the answer.
Tsunade sighed once more before replying, "No, I'm sending you three to my hometown to learn more about these techniques," she explained.
"But shishou! Your home village is inhabited by humans! Humans don't know of our existence, only that there are some demons such as the Kyuubi!" exclaimed Leiko. Keiko and Sakura nodded their heads in silent agreement.
"Even if we were to train with humans, don't you think that it may seem a little strange that we all have wings?" Sakura asked, stretching out one of her silver wings for emphasis. Tsunade sighed. "And also, three girls with wings, coming from out in the middle of the forest, but still stronger than most? Won't that seem even more suspicious?" she continued.
Tsunade grew a small mischievous smirk. This, however small it may have been, did not go unnoticed by the now squirming trio. "You will be covering up your wings at all times, and will hide them from everybody at all costs," she said, "you will not be using your full strength, however," she raised her hand when they were about to protest, "your objective is not to beat them to a bloody pulp, but to learn their techniques from them to gain more strength and knowledge," she explained calmly. "You will also mask part of your chakra, so that it will be no more than a normal gennins' level, if not slightly higher, and will mask it at all times." She eyed each of them.
She only continued when she saw all three of them nod reluctantly. "About having three of you entering," she started with her smirk back in place. They paled and Keiko was the one to interrupt this time.
"Don't we all have to become stronger? That would mean that we all would have to enter too... right?" she asked uncertainly. Tsunade nodded with a smile before continuing.
"Yes, but only one of you will be entering the school as a student," Tsunade replied, saw the confused glances, then continued, "I will be transforming two of you into pets, and are to stay with the other at all times. You will still be able to attack and transform back whenever you want, but this way it will make it a little more realistic, and less suspicious." She took a deep breath. "After school, you three should train together on what you all learned, is that clear?" They looked at one another, then back at Tsunade and nodded. "Then who will be entering the school?" She already knew who they would pick, it was almost too obvious, but she knew they would make the smart choice.
"I volunteer Sakura!" exclaimed Leiko, jumping off the couch and then up and down. Keiko nodded at the decision. Sakura just watch them with a grateful look. To have to be animals all day, was going to be a problem if they wanted to do many things, but they voluntered her anyways, not caring about themselves. Tsunade nodded and smiled, they were so predictable. She then turned her attention to Sakura.
"You are to enter the academy in Konoha and become a student there. Keiko and Leiko, you will be with her at all times, got it," she watched as they nodded, "you will listen to the lesson and watch, but only practice when all three of you are alone. Understand?" she asked. They all nodded eagerly. They couldn't wait for their new adventures. "If you need to, you can contact me through the post, ok? Well then, Keiko and Leiko, come over here please," she commanded. They obliged, and stood before her.
"Now what?" Leiko asked impatiently. Keiko took the opportunity, and hit the back of her head, "Owie!" she shouted. Tsunade sighed, it was going to be a long trip for the three, but she knew they would make it together. Tsuned raised her hands and did a series of complicated had signs. She then placed both her hands over each childs' heart. They groaned, feeling weird, then there was suddenly white and black mist surrounding them before they were fully covered in it.
Sakura was already off the couch and waiting to make sure nothing was going wrong. When the mist evaporated, they were left with two small cats on the ground, but they didn't neccesarily look like normal cats. They both had long pointed ears and sharper fangs. Their tails were long and somewhat bushy, and they both had two similar markings on their shoulder blades in the shape of small wings.
Keiko was black with white eyes, feet, the tip of her tail and the tip of her ears. Her marking was also white. Leiko was white with onyx eyes, feet, the tip of her tail and the tip of her ears. Her marking was also black. They turned to look at each other in facination, circling each other, and, in Leiko's case, pouncing on each other.
"You will be able to change back whenever you want to, but are to stay in these forms when you are not alone. Is that clear?" she asked, and they nodded. Tsunade then turned to Sakura. "I'm going to give you the same ability, but you don't have to use it. It's just incase, and convenient for certain situations," she explained before doing the same procedure to her aswell. When the grey mist was cleared, it revealed a small cat with the same features as Keiko and Leiko. She had silver fur with emerald eyes. Her feet, tip of her tail and tip of her ears, were all black and white, while her wing marking was also different. One of the wings was black, while the other, white. She looked around before laying her eyes on the suspicious duo in front of her. She quickly changed back before they pounced on her. Sakura fell to the ground because of the impact, laughing.
Tsunade just shook her head at all of them. "Keiko, Leiko," she got the girls attention, "change back and pack, you will be leaving tomorrow morning. You will enter the city as three girls, but when you reach whatever place you will be staying at, you will have to change into your cat form and stay that way. Do I make myself clear?"
"Hai!" the three girls said simultaniously, when they were back to normal. Tsunade smiled at them before leaving the room to find something to cover up the girls wings, while the other michievous trio went to pack their belongings. They were so excited, they couldn't wait to learn something new.
'Watch out Konoha, here we come!'