Lightning is not noise,
it is Mother's heartbeat.
——AmareI Cradle of Rift: Abandoned in Cloud-Thunder Gorge13 years ago, deepest Cloud-Thunder Gorge, on lightning-gilded rock-shell at "Thunder Pool", a baby girl abandoned, cord still wet, skin etched faint-gold lines, as if kissed by rift.Cloud patrol found her; thunderclouds parted, infant eyes opened, pupils reflecting "♾️" symbol, lightning danced on fingertips yet harmed none.Old captain muttered: "This child… is lightning's chosen."II Naming: Amare = "Cradle of Lightning"Baby sent to Cloud Village, named by Raikage himself: "Amare" — ancient for "cradle of lightning".Growth records filed top-secret:Age 3: unconscious rift-lightning, burns training field5: first "semi-gate", back shows "♾️" thunder pattern7: implanted "rift-suppressor ring", lifelong10: ring fails, rift energy runs wild, Raikage seals her chakraFile end, red ink: 「Advise: complete 'gate transplant' before 14, else B+ disaster」III Suppressor Ring: Childhood ShackleRing looks silver collar, inside lined with rift-steel needles, contracts automatically midnight daily, reminding "don't get emotional", or — lightning strikes.First word she learned, not "mama", was "hurt". Second word, "quiet".Never hugged, because hugs push needles deeper.IV Rift Mother: Illusion of Thunder Pool12th birthday, Amare first entered Thunder Pool alone. Lightning cleared path, rift whispers murmured gentle: "Mother is here, don't fear."She saw illusion:held in warm armsrift like quilt, wrapping gentlylullaby humming "tick-tick-tick"That moment she knew: "Thunder Pool is my mother."V Flee Cloud: Self-Gate-ingAge 13, eve of transplant, Amare slit suppressor ring with rift-lightning blade, collar broke, lightning blasted roof, she leapt into thundercloud, vanished sky.Last words, carved in Raikage office: "I am not the disaster,
I am the disaster's direction."VI Wandering Years: Rift SoloOne year, roaming borderlands, using rift-lightning to slash bandits, humming lullaby to sleep orphans, drawing "♾️" to guide the lost.Never hurt innocent, yet every village feared her, seeing not girl, but "mobile lightning disaster".VII Meeting: Kam's SongUntil that full-moon night, deep in Cloud-Thunder Gorge, she heard another song —
no words, yet reminded her of "home".She followed the voice, saw dark-gold mirror reflect her face, inside, boy smiled: "I'm here, take you home."VIII End of Memory: Become the Embraced ChildNow, on cloud-crane returning to Konoha, Amare watches Kam's profile, whispers: "Will you hug me?
Needles might stab you."Kam opens arms, dark-gold threads weave soft padding: "Needles are blunt now,
only — heartbeat remains."She dives into arms, first time hearing, beside thunder, another heartbeat, like a lullaby.IX Epilogue: Lightning & CradleCloud-crane crosses full moon, rift-song and heartbeat overlap, two different lullabies, yet merge into one direction: —home.Amare closes eyes, whispers no longer scary, but gently humming: "tick-tick-tick" as if saying: "Good night, child,
you're finally home."