I had my second day of school, and now it's the weekend! YAYY!

Dutchy Puppy: YOU GOT IT! The "VENDETTA!" Is from El Tigre. And if you steal Anko, I'LL HUNT YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE UNIVERSE, THEN FIND YOU AND TOTURE YOU MERCILESSLY IN FRONT OF YOUR BLEEDING AND WOUNDED FAMILY, THEN BURN YOU AT THE POISONED STAKE! ANKO IS MINE, BITCH! Sorry about that. DON'T TOUCH ANKO.

Kay'baka-chan: I'm fulfilling two wishes in one author's note. You get to be in the beginning author's note, and you're right in the sense that the "light and dark" poem is from a game. It's from the Web RPG Dragonfable. I got it from the description of a weapon. I actually play Dragonfable. I am level 57, and my character name is Flashy. My ID is: 16719659. So here's the next chapter!

Rule 15: Know your roots.

Normal POV

Aaron woke up happily as May tapped his shoulder.

"Everyone all set?" He asked.

"We got all the costumes, and they're getting dressed as we speak." She answered, confirming his question.

"Great." He got right up out of bed.

"So what are Kakuzu, Zetsu, Sasori, Deidara and Rich wearing?" Aaron asked her.

"Kakuzu is supposed to be a mummy, Sasori is Saw, Deidara's a terrorist," She began.

"Isn't he already?" The young man asked.

"Yeah, but he's got a fake bomb strapped to his chest, which his mouth keeps trying to eat, and one of those crazy beards." May told him.

"Whatever."

"Rich is Jason Voorhes, and Zetsu is a homicidal plant monster." May finished.

"Ok." She pulled a bagged costume from behind her.

"Here's your costume." She said. Aaron accepted it.

"Thanks."

"You can get changed in the bathroom." May told him.

"'Kay. See ya." And with that, Aaron started walking to the bathroom. On the way there, he bumped into Rich.

"Oh, you're awake?" Rich asked. Aaron nodded.

"Yep."

"Well, that elf costume looks awesome."

"Elf costume?" Aaron asked.

"Yeah, you're wearing an elf costume."

"No I'm not."

"What are you, blind?"

"You trying to prank me?"

"No!"

"Whatever." With that, Rich walked away, leaving a very confused Aaron to just stand there. Then he walked into the bathroom. What he saw in the mirror surprised him. His ears were longer and pointed. His hair was shiny, not the way it usually looked. And his eyes were the same colors, but the blue and green separated, splitting his irises into two halves.

"Weird..."

"Well, I'll just go looking like this." Aaron walked into the living room. Everyone was there, and in their costumes. Tables lined two of the walls, covered in bowls of colored candy and sake bottles. There were spotlights pointing all around from different positions in the room. Pentagrams were put in random locations on the floors and walls. Pein saw Aaron entering the room.

"Nice elf costume." He said.

"I thought you were going to be a demon samurai."

"I was, but I was apparently put into an elf costume. Though I can't seem to take the ears on or off." Aaron told him. He shrugged. There was also a little stage we had set up in case anyone wanted to say something, sing, or play music. Aaron walked right up and grabbed a mike.

"YOU GUYS READY?" He asked, my voice booming all over the room. Everyone cheered.

"THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST MEMORABLE HALLOWEEN YOU EVER HAD!" Aaron then announced. Everyone started cheering. They were all cheering loudly. Almost immediately, they heard footsteps.

"Quickly men, we must search this castle for the king!" A male voice said. Everyone made a "WTF?" face. Suddenly, a bunch of men with long, shiny hair came running in the room. They looked Aaron and gasped.

"My lord." Their apparent leader said. All of them got down on one knee.

Aaron's POV

What...the fuck...

"My liege, we have finally found you." The leader said happily.

"What are you talking about?" I asked. The leader held out a scroll.

"It was foretold in the prophecy." Pein walked over to him and grabbed the scroll. He opened it and gasped himself.

"There's no way..." He said. Everyone came over and looked at the scroll. They all went wide-eyed. Then they looked up at me.

"What?" I asked.

"You have to come see this." Rich said. I got down off the stage and walked over to the middle of the room. Pein handed me the scroll. I looked at it.

"Oh my god..." On the scroll was a prophecy that looked like an animation. It depicted elves worshipping a sun. Then it showed the sun glowing. Next the sun disappeared. Then it showed an elf with black hair who looked just like me in a castle, surrounded by people who looked just like the Akatsuki and my friends did now.

"It is just as the prophecy described. 'You shall find the king in a castle, surrounded by many creatures, humans in disguise. He shall have shining black hair, blue and green eyes, the common long ears, and skin which glows like the sun's eternal warmth.'" The leader said.

"What—How—I—"

"I know you are confused. I wish to do something that may help explain." He motioned his hand forward. One of the elves carried something covered with a small tarp.

"May I?" He asked. I shrugged.

"Sh-Sure." He handed me the item. It felt dense and solid, and had a warmth one couldn't describe. I took the tarp off slowly. In my hands was a sword. But it wasn't just any sword. The hilt was made of a yellow metal, which felt as hard as hard could be. Two curved points were on top of the hilt. Then there was the blade. Oh, the blade. It was finely composed, with engravings lining the bottom of the blade. The blade drew out from a thin bottom, and finally was the size of a regular blade. At the middle of where the hilt met the blade was a green gemstone, cut in a perfect circle, with no jagged edges or chipped pieces, and with a glowing yellow sun inside. It felt smooth and warm, as though it were living.

"What is it?" I asked him.

"Your rite of passage." He answered.

"What do you mean?"

"If you had grown up within our kingdom, you would have gone through a rite of passage. Each male member of the royal family goes through a rite of passage when they reach the age of sixteen. Only the royal family can wield the Sword of Truths."

"The 'Sword of Truths'?" The leader nodded.

"The Sword of Truths was created by your ancestors at the beginning of our race. It is one of the last remains of our ancient culture. While the rest of our world gained technology and science, we stayed with magic and the old ways, and even though our race's culture grew more slowly than others, it flourished the most. We have gained new ideas and trades, but most pieces of our ancient ways were lost to the ages." He explained.

"World?"

"Our race was born on Ra'drith, the world of fantasy. Many creatures existed there; lizards, cats, people, monsters, and even the shadows had life. But one day, the empires of the races began to feud for power. This sent the other races looking for ways to annihilate their foes. We chose to stick with the ancient ways; the ways of sorcery and beliefs." I took a minute or two to take this in.

"So why me?"

"You are Illyon in another body."

"What?"

"You are the reincarnation of Illyon, the sun."

"WHAT?" Suddenly, the ground began to shake.

"The shadows approach!" He exclaimed.

"What do you mean?" Rich asked.

"The creatures of the darkness. They have been trying to make sure we could not get to the king. But he cannot use his powers yet, and they are too strong! We're defenseless!" The leader told them. He tried to step in front of me to sacrifice himself, but I stopped him.

"I'll stop them." I told him.

"How? You do not even know how to use your sword!" He said. I felt something overtake me. I somehow knew what to do with the sword.

"Yes, I do." I said in a deeper voice than usual. Everyone took a step back. I could feel light emanating from my eyes.

"I'll be back soon." I walked out the door. I could feel the corruption of the shadows coming towards the base.

Normal POV

The beasts of darkness were nearing a valley. As they got inside, they could feel some kind of power. So they all stopped. Suddenly, a blinding light overtook the entire area. The creatures could only see the shadow of someone standing there. When the light went away, Aaron was standing there, holding the Sword of Lights. The general of the dark forces stepped forward.

"Ah, so the king finally decides to accept his death." He said in a raspy voice. Aaron held his sword up.

"So you wish to give us the sword? Wise choice." There was no emotion showing on the young man's face.

"Light." He began. The sword's blade grew a little longer.

"Purity." He said. The blade grew even longer.

"Freedom." He finished. The blade grew to full length.

"I AM ILLYON, THE SUN, GOD OF THE LIGHT, AND VANQUISHER OF SHADOWS!" He yelled to the world, letting all hear his mighty cry. The sword's blade glowed, and a gigantic beam of light erupted down from the sky, and bathing the man in a torrent of yellow. When the light was gone, Aaron had not changed much. His hair had now turned golden, and his eyes were still the same. The sword, however, had changed into a more massive version of itself, with a thin line of gold all around the blade.

"What?" The general cried out. Aaron smirked. Then he burst forward in a streak of yellow, and began destroying the 500 evil creatures which had come to destroy his domain, not letting a single one see him before their death. When only the general was left, Aaron appeared in front of him in a streak of light.

"Death comes swift for the shadows of evil." He said. With a final blow, he decapitated the general. Some bushes nearby started rustling.

"Come out now, or death you shall meet." Aaron ordered. A female form came out of the bushes.

"Anko-chan?" Aaron asked. She looked startled.

"Who're you?" She asked in a scared voice. A voice rung out in Aaron's mind, saying,

'Will the sword to retract and for yourself to change back to normal.' Aaron forced his body to change, and could hear Anko gasp.

"Aaron-kun?"

"What happened? Why are you here?" Aaron asked her.

"I was on my way to see you. A day ago, there was this giant dragon made of fire in the air. You could see it all the way from Konoha. I got worried and wanted to check on you. When I got here, there was this giant bolt of light coming down from the sky. I decided to check it out, and I found you there. What happened?" Aaron sighed.

"I cannot tell you yet. It is a story that I myself am new to. I can only tell you one thing." He said.

"What's that?"

"The warmth of the sun shall always envelop you, even at night."

"Okay, then."

"Anko-chan, you have to go." Aaron told her.

"But—"

"Please. For me." Anko sighed.

"Okay, but only for you." Aaron kissed her on the cheek.

"Thank you." He said sincerely. Then he walked away.

"What is going on?" Anko asked herself.

I have finished Chapter 21! Yay! I got the idea for the Sword of Truths from Thundercats (also known by: "Thunder. Thunder. Thunder. THUNDERCATS, HOOOOOO!") HELL YEAH! THUNDERCATS! *clears throat* So, a little spoiler alert: SOME BIG SHIT IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN.

Until next time,

Ja Ne! *a shower of stars comes flying out* There. I fixed it. GET OFF MY BACK PETA!