Normality
by Serpentine.Andromeda
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Kazeno Kotori sat on the upper roof of the dojo she was currently attending, the Emerald-Star Academy. Rain was falling from the sky, soaking the young shinobi's clothes and hair.
If it had been a normal day, she would've already gone inside to have a hot bath and a bowl of soup, but today wasn't a normal day. There wouldn't be a normal day for a long time.
Earlier, she and several other in-training shinobi had been called for a ceremony to intiate them to the next level: Genin. It should've been an exciting day. It should've been one that she could celebrate with her closest friends.
But of course, things rarely go as we plan.
Kotori didn't understand why everything had happened, how someone who had been so special to her could turn out to be tied in with the ultimate evil. Things weren't supposed to happen like that.
Yet here she was, hoping that the rain falling upon her face hid the tears that came from her dark violet eyes. These tears were small reminders of the sorrow and anger she felt, all caused by *him*.
Yamino Tanuki.
Kotori had adored him, looked up to him, and possibly loved him. But now she was here in the rain while he was who knew where, serving under an evil queen.
This was the type of thing that was only supposed to happen in fiction, not in her life. The prince wasn't supposed to leave and make the princess cry broken-hearted tears. He was supposed to stay and support her and love her and make everything right in the world.
Now her princely Tanuki-tan was the one that was making the world wrong, wrong, wrong. Kotori would have to make sure that the world was protected and that people could go out and live and love and learn.
Though her heart didn't want to believe that her sweet Tanuki-tan was gone for good, her mind told her to accept it and train. Train to be the one to defeat him, for she would *not* let anyone else defeat him. This had become her battle.
She would treasure the memory of Tanuki-tan, but would fight Yamino-san with all her power. He didn't have the same heart, so it would be easy to do.
That's what she told herself anyway.
End.
