Dawn was starting to set in the peaceful village of Konoha, as its inhabitants were arising for another day. Children were playing in the park near the middle of the city. Adults were buying and trading in the market district. Women were taking their children to school, others were getting food at the market.
In the park sitting on a bench there was a boy, about the age of 14 with brown spiky hair, waiting for something. His dark clothes didn't help the morning heat at all, not to mention that any villager passing by couldn't help but stare at his weaponry. He looked extremely agitated, gripping the bench with all his might. " What the hell is taking those two so long!" he mumbled.
Sitting there bored out of his mind, he noticed a shady looking character, walking around the market, not buying or talking to anyone. He decided to check it out to escape his previous boredom.
This person was wearing a large straw hat to cover their face and wore a long cloak covering most of them. He kept following this person till they ran very fast into a dark ally and when he finally got there this person was gone. Ten minutes had passed since he left the bench. He walked back to the bench he was at to find his friends standing there waiting for him.
"Kotta what took you so long man, we've been waiting forever!" said a boy around the same age as Kotta, wearing a large flapped trapper hat and a skin tight blue shirt. " Me? What about you, Takeshi! I sat here for 28 minutes waiting for you guys!" Kotta yelled. "Please calm down you guys! I hate it when you fight." said a girl about 13 and she was very good looking with her long purple hair and skimpy clothes. Kotta sighed." Whatever Kozono."
"Say Kozono? Why did you want us to get up so early?" Takeshi asked. Kotta yawned at the question, still tired. She replied,"I just wanted to go to breakfast with the two of you, we're a team and we barley ever see each other." "Thats cause Orashi-sensei never goes on missions and the Hokage thinks we cant handle anything on our own," Kotta pitched."Well if thats true," Takeshi said,"Then what do you do all day, smart guy?""Heh, I sleep till noon, get lunch, train, run a couple errands for the ANBU.." Kotta was interrupted by Kozono." Were here!" Kotta and Takeshi hit the ground hard."Ichiraku again!?" The three walked in to see 3 other ninjas already sitting there.'I have a bad feeling about these guys' Kotta thought."Lemme get 3 bowls with a side of pork please!" squealed Kozono."Comin right up!" said the chef.
"I don't like the look of those guys," whispered Takeshi. Kotta whispered back,"I know them from somewhere, why are they here though?" Takeshi shrugged and began to dig in. Kotta did the same, still watching the 3 ninjas.
The 3 ninjas left before Kotta could finish but that didnt stop him," Hey! You three!" He yelled alerting everyone in the market district and they stopped what they were doing." Hey im talkin to you!" the three turned around, one was carrying a large scroll on his back the others looked fairly easy, he examined them further, they were from the sand.
"Why are you here?" Kotta yelled." Whats it to you?" said the one in the middle, obviously the leader." If you don't have the right papers, you got to leave" Kotta saying very seriously. The leader looked at the large scroll guy, then to his other teammate, and back at Kotta. Out of nothing the girl on his left charged at Kotta and stabbed him at fast as she could. A big poof echoed as Kotta appeared behind her and kicked her in the back of the neck. The other guy threw his scroll on the ground, opened it and did a few hand signs, summoning a large cloaked figure. It flew at Kozono but Kotta jumped in the way and blocked his meager attack, then another arm came out and stabbed Kotta deep in the thigh." FUCK!" Kotta yelled. He pulled the arm off his leg, yanked on it to pull him closer and punched it as hard as he could, knocking it a few good meters away.'Heh, he's a puppet master eh? Interesting.' Before the puppet had a chance to get up Kotta pulled out the katana on his back and swung it at all three of the foreign ninjas as a red wave of chakra hit all three, smacking them into the building behind them." Now, as I was saying, what is your purpose here?" he screamed. The three ninjas threw some smoke bombs and as it cleared, they were gone.
"That was awesome K-kun!" Kozono yelled with excitement as she ran up to him. Kotta stumbled over into the wall left of him and let out a groan as he was sinking to the ground."Yeah, pretty cool dude." Takeshi stated." Can you guys help me up please? I need a doctor."he chuckled. The two walked over, pulled him up and started off for the hospital."
They had finally admitted Kotta after some severely wounded patients, and he was straining as they were reopening his prior cut to put some anti-infecting cream and sew it up. Kozono was looking worried outside his room and Takeshi was sitting there, his fist on his chin."Kozono, what is Kottas deal?" he asked. "What do you mean?" Kozono asked clueless as to why he's asking." You know, his past, why he's so messed up." he asked very curiously. "Oh, well, his clan was, well, murdered by the Kaguya clan. Not all of them are dead but he was there and saw it happen, so he has the needs to be strong is my guess." "You can come in now, we're all done." said a nurse. Kozono walked into the room as Takeshi got up but to leave."Hey im gonna get out of here, see ya later," he announced. No one said anything as he left." Kotta, im sorry about your leg, how are you feeling?" she asked concerned." Im fine, barley hurts anymore. Whats up with Takeshi?" he asked void of anything else to say. She replied," I have no idea."
