Nebula's Echo (a Naruto Fanfic)

Chapter 7

AN; Okay hey again, I just need to say something real quick. So, as you might have noticed, I'm seriously bad at capturing personalities, so the characters are gonna be a little (or a lot) ooc. Sorryyy~

Also, this chapter turned out to be over 2000 words, which is pretty far from my average of 1200... I'm sorry. I'll try my best to make them shorter, it's just that I seriously lack the skill of writing shortly and concisely XD

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Third person POV

It was a sunny morning. The sunlight shone over Konoha, the breeze rustling the leaves in the trees. Birdsong and children's laughter rang joyously in the air. On such a beautiful day, the citizens of the village hidden in the leaves felt at peace. Like nothing could mar the beauty of this day.

But there are two sides to every coin.

On the outskirts of the forest, not far from the village gates, shadows pooled. The darkness hidden between the trees kept growing, until a figure materialized out of the shadows. A silhouette with long black hair, horns and ominous black wings stepped into the light.

The moment the light touched her, the long black hair turned into a luminous white while the horns and wings retracted back into her body. The black markings that had run across her skin lightened, until they turned completely white, making them almost invisible against her pale skin. The radiating figure walked, or more like drifted, towards the gates of Konoha. Every step was as elegant as if she was walking on air. Strands of silvery white hair fluttered in the breeze. She was clad in a resplendent silver cloth worn like a greek dress, but it revealed nothing of her body. Strikingly white eyelashes fluttered open, revealing a pair of enchanting purple eyes.

Stopping before the gates, her gaze drifted to the sleeping guards, the corner of her lips curling. Stepping closer to them, she extended a pale hand to the guard with a bandage across his face. At the contact, the guards eyes snapped open as he jumped into a fighting pose. His movement woke the other guard, that had slept leaning against the first. Standing in their fighting stances, they looked around for the intruder. When their gazes landed on the girl, they froze, jaws hanging open.

The girl tilted her head to the side and smiled gently.

"Good day sir. I would like to become a citizen of Konoha... if it's possible?"

The guards there completely enchanted by the melodious voice, and it took them a good while to progress what she had said. Their faces were flushed in embarrassment as they straightened, trying to look like proper guards.

"Ehm... well, we'll have to take you to the Hokage... only he can decide something like that... Oh! But I'm sure he'll allow it! The Hokage is very understanding!"

The one with a bandage on his face told the girl, becoming slightly panicked at the end of his sentence. His companion just nodded in agreement.

The girl just smiled and bowed slightly.

"Thank you. I would very much like to meet the Hokage, so I will trouble you."

The guards still gawked at the adorable, doll-like kid's smile, and started denying the notion that she could trouble them in any way, the denials turning to compliments and then outright flattery.

The corner of the girls mouth twiched slightly, but that was left unnoticed by the guards that were completely lost in their own conversation.

In the end, because they couldn't leave the gates unguarded, the two guards had an argument over who would take the girl to the Hokage, and who would stay guarding the gates.