Jakun's P.O.V.
Jakun sat in an abandoned bear's den, waiting for the storm to end. It started up just before he reached the end of his swim.
He sneezed. Of course he had to be soaking wet already when it started raining. Now he was freezing. He shivered and huddled into his jacket-which was no help in protecting from the rain by the way. At least it was dry in the den, not that it was any warmer.
A light flashed, catching his attention. He counted. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Then thunder rumbled through the mountains. The storm was seven miles away. This could take a while.
He leaned down to the ground and rested his head on his arms. He stared at the wall and started thinking to himself. 'Eight years...It's been eight long years since I lost them...' he thought as he slowly drifted into unconciousness.
Naiko's P.O.V.
Naiko and his sister were walking through the rain like it was normal weather. The siblings were doing nothing to get out of the storm. The animals did their thing and went off someplace to hide. The two needed to clean up anyway.
Naiko had started a little wrestling match with Lakaira and he rolled them into a mud bank. She didn't hate him for it like most girls would. When he was five all the girls hated him for things like that. They treated him like a disease. He didn't mind so much though. So long as he got to hang out with his sister and the animals he was fine. Nothing trivial like that ever really bothered him.
About a half hour later the storm started to clear up. "Hey, Lakiara. Can we do some sparring? I'm bored!" he complained. She laughed. "Sure. Forest or clearing?" she asked.
The blonde thought about it. The forest offered more coverage and animals. On the other hand, a clearing had less wind resistance and often less resources to use water. It would be his advantage. "Let's find a clearing," he said.
He whistled to Jaan and the others. The young buck ran up and scooped the boy up onto his back. "Race ya!" he yelled, already ahead. He laughed at the dumbstruck look on his sister's face.
Then a cheetah ran past him and through a break in the trees. It jumped and transformed back into Lakaira who started doing a victory dance. "Cheater!" he yelled. "Oh come on! Like you didn't!" she laughed.
Naiko dismounted Jaan as the others made their way into the field. "You realize, this means war..." he said as he gathered the air around him. "Bring it on!" she yelled, getting into a fighting stance.
Kataro's P.O.V.
The storm had cleared just a little while ago. Kataro decided to go to a nearby clearing to train. He sighed. There was nothing else to do and he was tired of this rut. Then an explosion shook the ground. 'On the other hand...' he thought. He ran to the clearing to see what was going on.
A girl with black hair and water around her was standing over a blonde boy whose hair was whipping wildly in the wind. "But how?" the boy asked. The girl laughed mockingly at him. "You should have learned by now that I can gather water from any source. Even the air around us," she said.
The boy struggled to get up. "I'm not...giving up..yet," he forced out. The water in the air pooled together and stroked the boy's neck. He jerked away from it and into a wall of water. It encased him. Bubbles formed around him, but not enough to give him air for a long time. "Please," he said, sucking up some of his air supply. The girl laughed. "Giving up?" she asked.
Okay, Kataro needed to intervene. This was like torture and it went against everything he stood for. Electricity ran through the white haired boy's veins. He slunk around the clearing to a blind spot. They were in the direct center, so this wouldn't be easy.
The boy ran out of his extra air supply and Kataro knew that he had to hurry. He rushed out, a blade of electricity in his fist. The boy jolted in surprise at the sight of Kataro's rescue.
He threw the electric blade at the water surrounding the girl. She turned at just the right moment and avoided the blade, but it struck its target. The water electrified immediately.
Minara's P.O.V.
Minara walked into the clearing near her camp. Not four steps into the area and water shot straight at her. Drenched her too. She hissed in reaction to the demon.
A girl screamed. Minara's head snapped to the direction of the sound. A boy with white hair was standing a few feet from the girl in a position that suggested he threw something at her. A water prison broke and the blonde boy inside fell to the ground, gasping for air.
Minara gathered her chakra and created a fireball that she sent flying toward the girl that controlled the awful liquid. She snapped her head up and looked directly into the flame. Then she dodged in a way completely unexpected. She jumped, her arms transforming to wings and her body covering itself in feathers.
The boy whipped his head around and yelled. "Jaan!" A buck dashed out of the woods and he leapt on its back, running from the fireball. The white haired boy backflipped out of the way. The girl transformed back into a human and landed on the buck's back, behind the boy.
The boy steered the buck in Minara's direction. The girl behind him gathered water straight from the air. The jinchuuriki gathered fire in a shield around her body and as the buck ran past her, water singed her shield. She hissed again.
The white haired boy stood in the field gathering energy, but kept on guard at all times. It seemed that he was the kind of person to wait until the perfect time to strike-not just go whenever he wanted.
Electricity pooled around him and he shot it at the girl. The buck swiveled around and the girl jumped off to face Minara as the jolt shot past. The blonde boy snapped his arms forward and a rush of wind knocked the other boy back.
Then from nowhere another boy ran into the field. "What the hell is going on here?" he yelled. Minara ignored him for the time being. He wasn't much of a threat to her anyway. It seemed everybody else followed her lead.
Jakun's P.O.V.
Everyone ignored Jakun. This was wrong. It didn't seem like any of them were fighting for anything. In his opinion, one should only fight for self preservation, but he'd have to make an exeption to stop the others.
He created a dome of earth around the water girl. "Lakaira!" a boy shouted.
A buck ran past, to the dome. It started to crack. What? What was he doing? Jakun looked closer and noticed that the boy was using wind. This kid was good if he could crack the earth dome with just air.
The girl that the water user was fighting shot flame darts at the blonde boy. He successfully dodged, but his element was engulfed in flame. That wasn't good. The earth would heat up and become weak, but the girl inside could bake to death! It's not like he ever wanted to hurt her. He just wanted to provide a means of stopping the fight.
She started screaming. "Lakaira!" the blonde boy shouted again. Jakun dropped the barrier and she fell to the ground.
The other boy, who had remained still for most of the time, charged at the brunette. He doged and noticed that this kid used electricity. Shit...Not good.
The blonde boy dismounted the deer and ran to the Lakaira girl. He rushed air into her system and she sat up.
The fire girl charged up again. "Stop!" the other gasped. "Why should I?" the fire user sneered. "You attacked me first!" "I didn't attack you!" the water girl shouted. "It was his fault! He electrified the water and sent it flying in every direction!" she said, pointing to the boy who just tried to attack Jakun
Jakun threw a punch at him. "You were killing that boy, who seems too concerned with your health for someone who was being killed by you!" he yelled, dodging. "We're siblings! We were just sparring!" the blonde boy yelled back.
"And what about you?" the lightning boy asked you. "Why did you try to kill the girl?" Jakun jumped out of the way of a jab. "I wasn't! I was trying to get you all to stop!" he yelled. The others all stopped when he spoke.
Kataro's P.O.V.
"Wait. So all of this was just a big mistake?" he asked frowning. The blonde boy laughed, causing everyone to look at him. "I guess it was!" he laughed.
"Hey, my name's Naiko, and this guy here in Jaan," he said, pointing to himself and then to the buck. "Naiko, do you think this is a good idea?" his sister asked. "Sure Lakaira. I'm a good judge of character. Bring out the others," he smiled.
"What is wrong with this kid?" the other girl whispered to herself. Kataro glaced sideways at the girl and noticed that the earth style user did too.
Lakaira turned back to the forest. "Guys! Come on out!" she yelled. An eagle cried. Kataro wondered why the hell that thing was here in the first place. It swooped down and landed on Lakaira's shoulder. Huh. So it was a ninja's messenger bird. Go figure...An alligator crawled out of the weeds making the other girl get defensive. Soon it reached the group and a snake slithered up Lakaira's leg to her neck. "This is Sono, Tsuki, and Tai" she said, pointing to the eagle, then the alligator, and the snake.
"Who are you?" Naiko asked. "What does it matter? We won't see each other again," Kataro said, planning to leave as soon as this discussion was over. "Dude, it's just nice to know," the other boy said. "My name's Jakun," he said, offering his hand to Naiko. They shook hands and smiled.
"You don't need to know me. Nobody cares and I cause too much trouble anyway," the other girl said. "Well, even though we were just trying to kill each other a second ago, I care," Lakaira said. "I'm alone in this world. I'm hated because I'm a jinchuuriki," she said. The group stopped and stared. "See? It's always the same," she said.
"Don't care," Naiko said. "You're a person and that's all that matters." She jerked her head up. "Do you really care?" she asked skeptically. "Yeah. We're all we've got. We lost our parents some time ago and have been traveling ever since," Naiko said. "Gotta give people a chance."
"So did I!" Jakun said, referring to his past. "Me too," Kataro gasped. They all stared at each other. "I'm Minara," the girl said. "Kataro," he said.
"Oh, oh, oh! Idea!" Lakaira blurted. "None of us have anyone, so let's be there for each other," she said.
Kataro looked back and forth. "I'm all for it!" Jakun said. Kataro and Minara nodded. This was the going to be the beginning of a very strange friendship...