Somewhere there are four characters in a clearing who have just escaped death. They have just escaped after being imprisoned in one of the many illegal mining and experimentation facilities that runs underground in the ninja world. There had finally been an uprising about their harsh treatment and the drugs they were being forced to help create. These three had helped overthrow this man with what little they knew and finally gained their freedom. The group was made up of two boys and two girls in tattered grey t-shirts and shabby brown pants. Their ankles and wrists are chaffed where cuffs had rubbed the skin raw. Cuts and bruises are evident all over their bodies, and starvation has left its mark on them.
The two boys are brothers, twins to be exact. They are both around fifteen and have semi-dark complexions with brown hair around the same color. The younger brother, Riyu, (REE-YOO) has his hair longer than his brother, Ryu, (RI-YOO) for whatever reason. Whether it's to define one brother from the other or simply because his hair got longer faster none can know. Their one striking feature is their shining gold colored irises that reflected back the sunlight. They were, at the moment, resting on a tree watching the sun go down.
The girls were both thirteen. One, Airi, could've been easily been mistaken as the twin's younger sister. She had the same brown hair and semi-dark skin tone. Her waist-length hair, though messy, curled around one side of her neck somehow making her seem elegant despite the ratty clothing. Her bright blue eyes seemed to dominate over the rest of her dark features holding in it questions only God could possibly ever hope to answer. Off the rock she had perched on she inclined her head to the other girl sitting over the edge of the hill. "Where shall we go?"
The last girl was the stand out of the group. Her complexion was light. The shoulder-length black hair that had once been swept in a ponytail now hung down around her like a curtain that wasn't actually trying to conceal anything. In her black eyes she still seemed to hold the joy of the world even though she was desperatelytrying to hide the long jagged scar that lined her back. The dragon wings still sat on her hand and the tail still wound round her arm stopping at her elbow.
Ryu, obviously the leader, regards her lightly. "You're the only one of us who actually has anything left to go back to," he says. "It's your call." Anyone could tell by looking at them this group would follow each other to the ends of the earth after what they had endured together. They were a family, and right now all attention was on their black-haired sister. When she speaks they all listen, they can't help it. "Let's go home." They all nod and get ready to head out. Riyu notices his companion (companion because he can't seem to regard the girl as a sister) lagging. She is looking at the sunset as if it holds a precious memory. He approaches her and lightly touches her shoulder. "Lori?" She turns and nods at him then begins to head out with the rest. She faintly smiles thinking of the blonde blur of hair in her memories. "Maybe somehow I'll win that bet after all," she thinks. "Believe it."