Sorry for the wait - here's the next chapter!

Caroline is owned by moi ^^
Sashimi is owned by Sashimi-Hiryuu

I Do Not Own Naruto so anything from said anime/manga (really there isn't much if anything from it i nthis chapter so...) does not belong to me!

This one was born of water...

Sheltered princess of her clan she hit so low as to become a living fairy tale. She was not gifted like her mother in prophecy and seemed to hold no potential of the shinobi arts like her father. The only thing to sustain her was her modest looks so until marriage she lived like a fairy tale book.

Prince, dear prince
where is my prince?

Her mother was well accustomed to the man of charms who she paid hefty amounts to shower her daughter with spells and give her strange concoctions to wish her well.

Come for me now
I cannot wait

She scoffed at her mother's attempts but in her heart she only wished she was born with something really special.

Your good-for-nothing princess
sits uselessly like live bait

One day though a new phenomenon appeared on the island – a dark skinned girl who was said to be not human sat like a deity within the sea god's temple.

Whisk me away
to a world never before known

She was fond of animals and most liked the company of her tiger cub called Kin. Many spoke to her but few had replies – but when she did speak her words were never lies.

Endow me with one gift
something only I can own

Her mother was overjoyed and said how this girl had a gift just like her. This hurt her bad it made her sore she did not want to see this so-called deity no more.

I've asked yearly, monthly
weekly, daily

Nevertheless she went to the temple at night, the silver moon appeared thin its shining light was dim – just like her hope in this girl.

But nothing comes to pass

Her mother ushered her in and told her to go alone. Be respectful and smile and pray to the sea gods for their blessings. As she walked in she saw a girl in blue and white robes her black hair lapped around her and her eyes intent on the fur of her sleeping pet.

Is it the way I ask?
Is it the way I plead?

She bowed before her and the girl turned and looked down on her. Time passed and it seemed to her the girl would not speak. Her hope had died but she still had fire within – so sick was she of hoping.

Or is it that you don't pity me?

She lifted her head dramatically her eyes burned and her heart was on fire. She took one look at the female deity...

"Your eyes they are filled with fire." She said quietly. She quirked her head to the side and stroked her pet beside her.

She flopped down again ashamed of her anger. The girl just smiled and said,

"Come with me. I can't give you what you want but I can show you what you need."

I will no longer ask or plead
I no longer need your useless pity
I don't need a prince to save me
to show me a world I have never seen...

Behind the temple there was something she had never before seen. A beautiful interior of the sea shaped within gold and marble. In the middle of this room there was a pool of water.

The greatest gift I have is me

"What have you heard of me?" The girl spoke softly to her.

"You were born of the sea."

The deity giggled and enlightened her,

"No I was born of animals – this tiger cub saved me. It called to me."

She was confused and wondered what did the girl mean by that?

"You want a gift – you are a gift you just need to realise that like I did."

Before she had a second thought she felt blown into the water before her and she fell. She wanted to scream out but she only saw the tranquil look of the girl who stared intently at the creature in her arms.

The water filled her and for once she felt truly happy. If death felt like this she could die in peace.

Meanwhile the female deity hanged by the side and waited. The wind that blew was not natural and it was harsher than the wind she used to speak to. She was worried inside but the tiger cub called to her in its sleep,

'Do not fret she will be fine.'

She wanted to hold out her hand, jump into the water and save the girl. But each passing thought was nullified by a resounding no. Then she noticed a bubble and another one floating to the surface of the sacred water. She leaned over and was taken aback at the slowly protruding figure that appeared in front of her.

She came up in a fountain of water and she too looked different. The deity marvelled at the change of appearance and held out her hand to the girl.

"Are you alright?" The deity asked with startled eyes.

"Is this how you felt?" she said with a cold tone.

She nodded warily,

"It seems you have found what you needed. Now it's no longer your life anymore." Her face was serious as she said these words but she still broke into a smile as she watched the girl stare intently at herself in the glass mirror.

"This isn't me is it?" She questioned herself.

"When you walk out of here people will never see you the same – you should stay here with me."

The deity looked on with pleading eyes at the child who looked back with distant eyes – for what she saw in that water chilled her to the bone. She touched the mirror and then her own features – her aqua blue eyes and soft blue hair, her pearly white skin and her thin pink lips. Her frame was even more fragile than before.

"What did you see?"

"You who understands creatures – should you not know?" she spoke in a steely voice and she watched the deity flinch at her words.

"It is you who has the gift of words and prophecy – I can tell by the way you speak – and I can only understand as much as one will give away." The deity's posture had changed her eyes were fiery and her tone too had hit an edge.

"Forgive me – I did not mean anything by what I said."

"Your name?"

"Pardon?"

"You need a new name you are no longer part of your clan but a deity of these people – it's ridiculous I know – but one day I know we'll escape." She said this with a glow in her eyes and hope in her words.

"How does Mugen no Sashimi sound?"

"Perfect."

Yeah Chapter done!

Everyone is introduced now...

Kin: *whispers to Caroline*

There's more?

Err hold on everybody we still got someone else to introduce - how inpolite of me and un poetic...

We have almost travelled the lands of all the five nations to find those who were endowed with gifts of greatness but there is still another to come...

How did that sound?

Kin: *paws up*

Good ^^ - Oh I promise the next is the last and we'll get to the main part of the story okay :3