Yumi and Sakima have had their tales but others are still to come to finally unravel the red rope of fate others must also be reborn.

Caroline belongs to moi!

I Do Not Own Naruto so anything from said anime/manga shown here is not mine!

This one was born of animals...

She was the wonder of the family, the jewel of the clan. She had all the possibilities of becoming all they wanted all they ever asked...

Sing me a lullaby
a sweet sweet lullaby

She was a beauty and polite she could never be given blame – she was royalty in the eyes of those he knew her name.

So I can sleep and never wake
in this world where my heart breaks

She was a pain though when it came to certain things – her birth was forced and she refused to eat. It was like she never wanted to come out; like she needed a reason to live, to scream, to shout.

I was born never wanting
I have lived to always care

She dreamed dreams that she would tell the elders of – each one were foreboding in her eyes but they all smiled at her without surprise. They willed her to tell and continue these dreams it was a gift she must accept and learn to interpret properly.

The trees call to me
The wind sings

She feared this gift of knowing – these dreams she had were bad - she could tell and each one she had spoken of had come to pass as well. She eventually kept it to herself and told the wind the trees and the animals her tall tales.

The animals speak to me
they are all my company

She spent her time in the forest talking, singing, drawing, sleeping – it was her second home. If people did not listen then nature was her friend, animals were her friends.

Will I learn to understand?
Will they be understood?

But one day she met a girl with a shining smile with eyes like the forest green and hair brown like trees of the wild. That girl became her friend and together they played, together they sang in the forest she loved with the singing wind and the green land.

Will they learn to understand?
Will I ever be understood?

But one day she waited and the girl never came – her stomach fluttered, something was wrong, her friend was in pain.

I have love for this Earth
I have hatred for these people

But as she began to search the forest she was touched by a firm hand. A man in an orange mask with spiked black hair had grabbed her long white hair and spun her around.

"Your friend is troubled little one, but I know where she is."

Her face lighted up but it fell as she stared into the man's eyes with slight fear. She could feel this man was dark, his intentions blackened with deceit but she was desperate to save her friend, so dear to her was she.

To save our souls
from this troubled world...

"Take me to her."

...we have to be free

"On one condition child. You will remember this favour and return it in the future - when you are older. I know you will."

His words were forcefully soft, kind but sharp so she would understand. She nodded meekly to the strange man and he took her away from the place she loved so well the forests with the singing wind and the green land.

True enough the orange masked man did take her to her friend; they travelled far reaching the islands of Kirigakure.

Her friend's cold lifeless body was a sight to behold - all of the bodies were but her friend's stood out pale and beautiful in the light of death. She could just about stomach this feeling of guilt and of sorrow. The mystery man who had led her so far and had taken care of her all the way here now stood beside her silently and embraced her as she quietly wept.

Once she had had enough she looked up to him and asked for one last favour,

"Help me bury her."

The funeral was small as the villagers kept away from the house but it wasn't just the house they feared. She had read the name of the slaughtered clan and saw their crest upon their clothing – her friend was part of an ancient clan much nobler than hers – the Masaki clan.

'Why had she never told me?' she wondered to herself, she felt slightly betrayed by this all and sadness washed over her like a crashing wave against the shore.

They took a walk near the ports of the island – after all these months this mysterious man was her closest friend. She confided to him the things she used to tell the wind, the trees and the animals. He did not think her strange and he always listened to her. He understands.

"What am I to do? I've travelled far away from home for nothing Nii-san. She's dead and I'm afraid... I'm afraid to go back home."

The orange masked man thought – or that's what she assumes he is doing as she has never seen his face. She awaits wise words from him when suddenly a crate falls from one of the decks into the violent waves. She watches as the box is smashed against the rocks and a small orange animal – as bright as her Nii-san's mask – appears drowning.

"Nii-san Nii-san look! That animal is in trouble." But before she waits for him to say a word she jumps into the sea and swims towards the drowning creature. She was sick of death and of guilt – she would let no-one die under her watch ever again.

However she too was a poor swimmer and struggled to keep up. She holds the wet and terrified creature in her arms and tries to go back. She notices it's soft black stripes and realises it's a baby tiger cub. She is still struggling to reach the shore and the sea kept pushing back. Men started coming for her but she searched for the face, the mask of her Nii-san. She saw it and she cried out to him but when she blinked he was gone. Her heart let go and she was dragged further into the sea no longer conscious but clinging to the tiger cub in her arms.

The commotion heading towards her faded and her head was light eventually she fell into a dream like state from which she thought she would never return from.

Listen closely to the waters and you will understand.
Just like the wind the trees the creatures the sea will understand.
Death brings pain and all the sorrow we do understand.
But have no fear, dear child, of life for you will understand.

Whilst unconscious her hair was no longer white but turning a soft black. Her brown eyes had darkened too and were also black. Her nails were long and sharper and her pulse returned.

As her heart pounded for the first time her eyes opened with new life. She swam to the top of the waters her eyes open her legs stronger. The tiger cub lay limp in her arms as she carried it to shore. The men who had just given up on her looked on in amazement at the child who rose up out of the sea. She breathed into the tiger's mouth and its heart fluttered back to life.

They looked at her bewildered, in awe. One cried – she wasn't human and they needed to take her to the temple. She was ushered by these sailors who carried her and the tiger to said temple and offered to the priest who served there.

"Why have you brought this child to me?" The priest demanded.

"She is not ordinary – we saw with our own eyes. She rose from the dead when we saw her drown she gave life to this animal who had drowned with her." Spoke one of the sailors with a loud voice and sharp features.

"I think she even changed in appearance as she walked up and out of the sea – when she drowned did she not have white hair? Look now it's as black as the night sky!" cried another sailor, a burly short man with a rough beard and gruff voice. The others all chattered in agreement.

The priest looked at her with curious eyes and stared into her black ones.

"What is your name child?"

Silence passed as they all waited for her to talk. She breathed in as though it was the first time – she was afraid of what would come out like an alien voice that was not hers like her hair was not hers and her eyes and this strong body. She was reborn by the sea for the sake of saving a creature she found dear - all creatures are dear to her. Into the same world with a new life thus a new name.

"Caroline. Doubutsu no Caroline."

Another person reborn into the world. I wonder who that orange masked man is? heheheh - When will she ever see him again?

Wait to find out - but not just yet as another person is still to come onto the current scene

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