How to love!

Chapter 1

I sigh as I dip my bare feet in the water of the river I was sitting next to. It had been a long day of traveling and my clan and I were taking our last break before we get to Konoha, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. I didn't quite want to go, as I would be staying there for a long time.

"Something troubling you Princess?" My guard Masao asked, he's been my guard for all my life and like a father to me.

"You know I don't like the idea of leaving everyone, it doesn't seem right. How will I be able to protect them; or even know what's going on if I'm not here?" I rambled my thoughts, I was scared of what I had to do and he knew it.

"Shinokane, we've been over this dear child. You will grow as a Kunoichi and learn more ways to protect your clan until then I and the other ninja will be here to guard the clan. Your mother has already promised to write to you and let you know everything going on. You will be acting as the liaison for the clan so you will always know what the clan and Konoha need to better each other. It is your duty as Princess to the clan, my Lady." He answers. I have heard all this before but I didn't like the answers.

"I know, I know, and I will do it for the better of the clan, but what if I mess up?" I concentrate my chakra on a small patch of ground and make a Death Bell flower grow. I picked the flower and started to play with it.

Don't get me wrong I was excited to go to Konoha, I was born there and wanted to see what it was like. My clan we are the Hyohaku-sha clan. The Wanderers. We are born to be wanderers as we are not really seen as "true ninjas". You see we are as others like to call us "Vampires" we have to drink blood for our chakra and Kekkei Genkai to work.

"You won't mess up, and if you do just remember we all make mistakes sometimes. We're only human." He pats my head and stands up to attention. Silently letting me know my mother had walked to us.

I got up, turning around and bowing. "May I help you, Joo?" Masao asks giving his own bow.

"No, no, Masao it's ok, I just came to see my daughter. May I have a moment?" She asks smiling.

"Of course, Joo." He answers back and steps away. Still keeping us in view but giving us privacy.

Beradon'na, my mother and the Queen of our clan, was beautiful. Her long dark brown hair cascaded down her back and her purple eyes always seemed to sparkle. She was athletically built but still slim and feminine. She had the aura of a leader and I dreamed of one day being like her. She was a fair and just queen and a wonderful mother.

"Kane, are you still scared?" She asks me leading me back to the river.

"Very, mother. I just don't want to mess up." I answer sitting back down by the river and playing with the Death Bell again. She smiles at me and laughs.

"If I didn't think you could do this I would not be allowing you to Kane. Have I not taught you what you need to know as a trader and a merchant for the last 12 years?"

"Yes, mother of course you have. I..." I stumble on my words and think about everything. Since I was 3 years old I was taught and trained in the ways of our clan, everything from my Jutsu to my bargaining skills. I felt better after remembering this. "You're right mother I do know everything I need to. I will just miss you all."

"I will miss you too, Musume." She moves behind me and starts to play with my hair. Unlike my mother's hair, my hair was white, something I gained from my father who died when I was 6, I am 15 now. I also had light blue, lilac eyes the same color as Death Bell flower I was named after. All of my clan had this eye trait. The flower or plant that you could grow with no problem was the color of our eyes. My mother's purple eyes came from the Belladonna flower. We were also named after our plant.