Chapter 4: Life

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StoryLine
 
 
 
Kyo: -The sun cast its warm rays upon Konohagakure as the birds began to sing and Villagers began their daily hustle and bustle, the smells of food and drink now ripe on the air as Children laughed and played. Kyo Uzumaki awoke within the warm sheets of her bed, sitting up slowly and scratching the back of her head gently, her eyes blinking as she realized she was indeed still in her ANBU attire, she groaned loudly. Ryu must have put her to bed after her untimely slumber and now her sheets would be dirty, quickly she flipped herself out of bed her joints aching slightly, she did however feel wide awake after the wonderful nights sleep. The double doors that led out to the balcony connected to her room were pushed wide open allowing the sun to spill in and warm her cold skin as she moved into the Bathroom to change and shower, the water was warm on her bare skin and she let out a sigh of relief as she closed her eyes against the warm jet of it. It wasn't often she had the luxury of waking up so late and being able to take her time whilst doing so, not often she could stand under the warm stream of shower water and ponder what she would eat for breakfast. As if thinking along the same lines, her tummy began to grumble and she smiled slightly, her white teeth showing slightly between her parted pink lips as she stepped out of the shower and proceeded to dry herself. Usually Kyo would pull on her usual Hokage Robes and slump lazily over to the Hokage mansion where she would sign off on piles and piles of Paperwork before taking a small nap in her chair in the afternoons only to be awoken by a rather ruffled Takumi shoving yet more papers in front of her nose. Today, however, she looked at her Hokage Robes and left them hanging neatly where they were instead picking out a light mesh armor Singlet and her Hyuga half jacket, colored white and light purple, that had been passed down from her Grandmother, in addition to this she also retrieved her more comfortable Shinobi Pants that clung to her waist nicely and would let in air so she would not get to hot during the day. Kyo slipped these items on slowly before looking at herself in the mirror a small smile upon her face, it had been awhile since she'd worn something normal within the Village walls. As she looked into the mirror she lifted her hands and braided most of her long bright red hair, allowing the braid to then fall over her left shoulder and hang down over her bust, the rest of it hanging messily around her head, her fringe pushed to one side so as not to cover her white orbs. Once this was done she slipped on her Shinobi Sandals and made her way to the doors of the balcony, took one look down before launching herself from the balcony and landing with a thud on the dirt road below her eyes now wide, her hair flying in all directions. No one seemed startled by her sudden appearance, in fact some even spoke a soft "Good morning" or gave a casual wave in her direction, to which she bowed her head gently with a small smile. Moving out of her crouch she stood and dusted herself off before making her way to Ichiraku Ramen for some much needed Breakfast, her tummy rumbling once again as she walked.-
 
Keru: -Keru and his extra weight would be walking on the trail for about 4 hours once they Keru saw Kono in view he couldn't have been more happy or relived to say the least, His body and arm muscles were basically strecthed to all hell and his entire body was riddled with brusies and scars but he did what he had to do and got the mission done first and foremost. Has Keru reached the gate with his companion Bruce in his arms and the unconcious girl Chiko on his shoulders he now spoke to the gate guards. "Excuse me.... But could you please take my companion to the hospitial his jaw is fractured and my arms dont have enough strength to carry him any longer" The guards would nod as two worked in unison and carried him horizontally as they began to sprint off he would raise his paw up to Keru letting him know he would be fine, Ofcourse Keru hated to see his lifetime pal leave his side but it was the best for now and plus he would go to find him directly after he finished his mission. Keru would now lightly tread his beat up body through the streets villagers looking at him in wonder as some whispered and stared as he walk. "What happened to him?" Oh my he looks terrible!" "Man that guy is such a whimp i could take him." The words of the people filled the air but Keru simply paid no mind to it, After walking for awhile he once again reached the Blacksmiths shop the minute he heard his makeshift door bell ring his body jumped up and his eyes looked over to the door i stepped inside and handed him his unconcious daughter, He squeezed her so tight into his arms as he cried and began to speak to her "Chiko!!! Im so glad you came home safely to me...." His tears flowing like a still river and his voice raising high enough to crack a few times. "Your all i have left of your mother.... Your the only person who i still care about in this god-forsaken world." Keru simply stood their and watched as the intense emotion poured out of the man he could feel something deep in his heart trigger, He himself never really understanding the meaning of love or family due to the fact he never had any experince in both realms besides his unbreakable bond with Bruce. The blacksmith now recomposing himself would look me in the eyes and bow forward before speaking. "Thank you Keru, I owe you a debt i surely cannot repay..." Keru would simply giggle to himself abit as he turned around to exit. "No need, Tis my duty to the people of Konohagakure to make sure you are all safe. Just dont forget me once i become big someday you hear?!" He walked out of the shop and down the bustling streets towards the hospital hopeing to check on Bruce's condition.-
 
Tsuyoshi: Tsuyoshi kneeled down in the middle of the training field, panting heavily. Several beads of sweat rolled down his face as the sun cast it’s hot rays over his skin. Tsuyoshi had been training since before the sun had even risen and wasn’t ready to quit now. Tsuyoshi picked up the Fuuma shuriken that lay beside him and threw it straight ahead and started weaving handsigns. The giant shuriken quickly multiplied into 5 and slashed right through 5 training dummies. Tsuyoshi, feeling competent in his shadow shuriken technique, moved onto the next part of his training, Taijutsu. Tsuyoshi created about 6 shadow clones and they all got into their stances. “All right guys, the Chuunin exams are nearing and im still not confident in my Taijutsu skills.” Tsuyoshi boomed out in a commanding voice. Before Tsuyoshi could open his mouth to say anything else, the 6 shadow clones charged at him ready to attack. The first shadow clone ran straight at Tsuyoshi with his arm outstretched, aiming a punch at his stomach. Tsuyoshi grabbed the clones arm and threw him into a nearby tree. The clone winced in apparent pain and vanished in a cloud of smoke. This time, 2 clones came after him, both from each side. They had used the time to Tsuyoshi was dealing with the other clone to flank him. Tsuyoshi smiled to himself then jumped straight into the air. Unsheathing his katana, Tsuyoshi waited until the clones were directly below him then whispered something under his breath. In that instant, a stream of water spurt forth from his mouth. As it made contact with the clones, it instantly formed into a very sticky substance, similar to that of an adhesive. As the clones struggled to escape the sticky mess, Tsuyoshi landed down beside them. “I thought my clones would be as skilled as me…this is why I need a real fighting partner.” The rest of the clones just vanished in a cloud of smoke as Tsuyoshi released the jutsu. The young ninja sighed to himself as he leaned up against the tree. “How the hell am I supposed to get better at Taijutsu..” Tsuyoshi punched the tree and anger and gave a slight wince as he felt the skin on his knuckles split open. “Damnit..” Tsuyoshi gathered up the discarded ninja tools and started heading back to the village. Walking down the road, he got several smiles and hello’s. He knew this was only because he was the little brother of the Hokage. Had he not been, he would have been treated just as any other Shinobi. Tsuyoshi walked into his favourite sweets shop and ordered a deluxe platter of Red Bean cakes along with some hot tea. He sat down at a table inside the restaurant, wanting to keep cool since he already felt like he was going to pass out from heat exhaustion. Tsuyoshi scarfed down his cakes and quickly downed his tea. A few seconds later, he realized this was a bad idea because he started coughing violently as the hot tea scalded his throat. “Damn..” Tsuyoshi stood up and started walking towards Ichiraku Ramen where he was sure his sister was at since she loved to enjoy ramen for breakfast, for reasons he would never know of.
 
Kyo: -Kyo sat down once she reached Ichiraku and stretched, yawning as she did so, she didn't need to order as she came here so often that it was obvious what she would be ordering, it never changed. Turning her pale face she looked out the window to her left at the busy Village a small smile appearing on her face, she had forgotten how nice it was to be among the people every once and awhile. Perhaps she could bring her paperwork here? Or take small breaks? It wasn't as if she ever fell behind it was more than she fell asleep halfway through, there was only so much boredom one could take and being Hokage seemed to push that line. Soon her Ramen arrived and she pushed her bright red hair out of her face as she picked up her Chopsticks and began to eat slowly, savouring the flavour of the noodles she had so missed these past few days. After her awful experience of Kumogakure cuisine she was almost singing and praising the heavens for the lovely bowl of food in front of her, she vowed that next time she would take her own rations instead. "So much for seeing the world" Kurama's voice was low and seemed to rumble through her very bones making her jump slightly, she all most forgotten about him sitting around inside of her, he'd been so quiet all morning. "Hey, gimme break alright? I'm the Hokage" She responded within her mind her eyes flashing as she took another large gulp of Ramen, "I thought being Hokage would mean doing exciting things, not sitting around eating Ramen" Kurama trailed off. She knew he was just teasing her but sometimes he really got on her nerves, she chose to ignore him this particular morning and instead continued to shovel copious amounts of Ramen into her mouth whilst grumbling to herself.-
 
Keru: -As Keru is about to fully exit into the streets he would turn and look to the blacksmith reaching into his pouch and pull out the heart of the man, Placing it onto his door step he now walked away and disappeared into the crowd. Keru now finally feeling the fatigue of the fight and his journey even though he walked through the street with cuts,bruises,and most of his clothing being completely tattered people's opinons nor did they gaze onto to him affect him in the slightest he kept the same normal expression as he walked through the crowds making his way to the nearest mail box in which he could deposit the mission scroll to let the kage know it was completed. Keru would take the scroll along with a piece of graphite and wrote his name in a awkward cursive signature he then placed it inside the box and firmly closed it shut. As he turned away from it and kept walking down the street his mind was completely fixated on heading to the hospital which was located a few blocks from the hokages tower and a few food eatery's that the town folk normally went to on a normal bases. Keru reaching onto his right pocket he pulled out a shuriken placing his index finger in the center he twirled it counter clockwise over and over again as he walked, Not really getting a chance to admire the villages simple but complex culture he looked around as he took in the enviornment he ocassionally looking at random people. But being the curious bugger that Keru was he also wondering why he hasn't met any of the important shinobi yet besides Ryu uchiha but only time could be the judge so he continued to make his way to the hospitial walking leasurely.-
 
 
Tsuyoshi: Tsuyoshi strolled along the road whistling to himself. It had been awhile since he and his sister had done anything together and he was thinking of asking her to help him train and possibly teach him some different Fuinjutsu. As he walked down the path, he heard the laughter of several children and the chirping of birds. He had never taken the time to appreciate the beauty and peace that the village had. Stopping just on the outside of Ichiraku Ramen, Tsuyoshi looked around and saw his sister already seated at the bar. He took the seat next to her and faceplanted right onto the bar top. Tsuyoshi’s morning had started only 6 hours before and he was already dead tired from early morning training. He kept his face buried into the bar and spoke in a muffled tone. “Kyo, you need to help me train.. my clones aren’t good sparring partners!” Tsuyoshi looked up to his sister he was still scarfing down ramen as he spoke. He moved his bright red hair out of the way of his eyes and ordered a small cup of Green Tea. The server set down a cup of tea in front of Tsuyoshi and he took small sips from it, remembering what had happened to him just a few minutes earlier. Tsuyoshi set the cup down and ran his finger around the brim as he awaited his sisters response.
 
Kyo: -Kyo raised an eyebrow at her little Brother as he sat across from her and spoke, requesting Training as he usually did, she rolled her eyes in his direction making sure he could see before she swallowed her mouthful of Ramen and sat back slightly. "You want me to train you? Right now?" Her eyes took on a glazed and lazy look "On my one day off, ya'know?" Kurama chuckled in the back of her mind, "I could train him?". Without thinking she responded out loud "You're more likely to eat him", no sooner had it left her lips than her face grew hot and she looked down at her Brother, this happened often lately "Sorry" She muttered averting her eyes from him. Once she had finished her Ramen she leaned forward on the table resting her right elbow upon it and then her head upon the palm of her propped up hand "Until you can make Shadow Clones I'd say regular Clones must be awful to use" Her white orbs bore into his eyes as she spoke "What is it you need help with anyway?" She tilted her head gently her right hair falling ever so slightly in front of her face as she did so.-
 
Keru: -Keru would now be a few blocks past the hokages tower and was passing by a few eatery's he looks inside a specific one since he saw what seemed like two shinobi talking over lunch usually he would contimplate confronting them or possibly going to say hi, But he his current state and the fact that the only thing he was really worried about at the momment was Bruce's health after taiking in note of the resturants name after reading the sign "Ichiraku Ramen" Keru continued to walk and finally reached the hosptial once he entered the doors he quickly sped towards the receptionist desk and placed his hands onto it as he began to speak with the woman. "Greetings Im Keru Inuzuka, The new genin in town.... Im here to visit my companion that was hurt doing our mission" The nurse would nod and reply to him with a cheery expression trying to assure Keru everything is alright. "Mhm Mr.Keru, Bruce is making a speedy recovery so far due to what the doctors say... Dont worry so much!" Looking at a slip of paper she knew the room number she guided me the way as he walked up a set of double flighted steps and ended up on the C floor. After we hit a few hallways and made a sharp left the first door C-27 labeled "Bruce" was their she simply smiled and waved as she turned back and left us alone, Keru would open the door slowly was he feared the worst once i fully entered the room and allowed my eyes to open the image would simply allow Keru to exhale deeply in a heartfelt sigh of relief only seeing that Bruce was atop a bed with alittle headcast on and now he spoke to Keru via Beast Human Telepathy "You didn't think i was that fragile did you? BAKA!" Keru at this point didn't care if he taunted him he simply took his place next to him on the bed and hugged his buddy and placed his face into his vast fur happy to have him back by his side again.-
 
Tsuyoshi: Tsuyoshi looked back to his sister and gave her a subtle nod. “Yes, I want you to train me now..” Tsuyoshi averted his gaze from her and went back to sipping his tea. Tsuyoshi fiddled with one of the scrolls at his side then looked back to his sister with a serious expression. “I was kind of studying a scroll I found.” Tsuyoshi’s voice was quick and nervous but also shaky. He raised his hand to his sister. The five Chinese symbols for each of the elements appeared on his fingertips (Water, Earth, Fire, Wind, and Lightning). The symbols seemed to almost be burned into his flesh. Suddenly, a purple aura formed around each fingertip and glowed with a subtle radiance. “I was studying this from the scroll I found in your office but..” The purple energy abruptly faded from his hand and subtle burn marks were on his fingers. “It’s not quite perfected.” Tsuyoshi took the scroll from a latch on his side and opened it. “Five Elements Seal.. it’s used to disrupt and disturb chakra flow..” Tsuyoshi rolled the scroll back up and placed it next to Kyo, knowing that she would want it back. “I was just wondering, since you are skilled with sealing techniques, if you could just help me perfect this one?” Tsuyoshi’s tone had been half expectant and half distant. He wasn’t sure what his sister would say or how she would even react to him stealing the scroll of a Forbidden Technique from her office.
 
Kyo: -Kyo wasn't angry, but she wasn't pleased either, this happened often and she wished he would just ask like a normal Genin instead of going around snooping through her office. She let her face drop so her forehead was now resting on her up-stretched palm before she sighed loudly and looked back up at the scroll between then, then finally at her little Brother."You make it very hard for me to teach you things Tsuyoshi" She spoke calmly, her voice not angry in the slightest "When you steal from the Hokage that is a serious thing, by rights I should have you thrown in a cell, ya'know?" Her eyes flashed dangerous as she spoke, the only sign of slight anger shown. "And now, after stealing from me, you ask me to Train you?" She shook her head gently and looked down into the empty bowl that had been filled with Ramen only moments before "You make it difficult for me to side with you sometimes, little brother". Kyo looked back up again and tilted her head to the side whilst raising her right hand and performing the Five Elements Seal perfectly, allowing her hand to sit between them as she spoke "When you perform this Seal make sure you allow yourself to feel the Chakra flow through out your hand, especially to your finger tips. If you get distracted it ruins the even flow and the Seal falls off balance, like walking on Water eventually you'll be able to control the Chakra subconsciously and it wont be difficult any more" After a few more moments of showing him she lowered her hand and nodded towards him "Try again, Yoshi". Regardless of his bad behaviour it was difficult for her to stay mad at him, she did love him after all and atleast he had come clean in the end.-
 
Tsuyoshi: Tsuyoshi nodded at his sister and proceeded to try the technique again. He concentrated his chakra throughout his hand and into his finger tips. Once again, the symbols for the 5 basic elements appeared on each fingertip and they started to glow a deep purple. He felt a burning sensation in his hand and immediately released the jutsu. He looked at Kyo then quickly got up and walked out of Ichiraku. As Tsuyoshi walked down the path he mumbled to himself “Hmph.. who needs sealing Techniques anyway.. you could always just beat anything into submission and stuff it into a jar..” Tsuyoshi jumped up on the roof of a building and layed down on his back. He stared up at the sky and sighed. He had an abnormal fixation with things that seemed to move freely. Staring up at the clouds he began to go into deep thought about many things. He liked to think that if he meditated on a certain subject long enough it would help him perfect it even quicker. Tsuyoshi closed his eyes and his mind immediately dashed for the Sealing Technique. If all he had to do was concentrate to make it work, why was it so damn hard? Tsuyoshi snapped his eyes open and stared at the passing clouds. “Hmm..” His mind kept snapping back to the Uchiha he met the other night. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t stop thinking about him and the deeds his clan had committed in the past. It just didn’t seem right to him that his sister of all people would take a possible interest in someone like him. Tsuyoshi sighed deeply and took a blank scroll out of his tool pouch. He sat upright and scraped his thumb against a sharp rock. He began writing out a jutsu formula on the blank scroll using his blood due to the lack of paintbrush and ink. Once Tsuyoshi finished, he held the scroll up, giving the blood time to dry and set into the parchment, then he rolled it up and stowed it away for later use. Tsuyoshi placed his arm over his face and started thinking again. In his thinking he eventually lost track of time and drifted off to sleep ontop of the building.