Chapter 1: Clever Kid
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On an island off the southern coast of the continent there was an island that had always been a mystery to the sealers that traveled by it on there way to the glaciers far south of there. Sometimes they saw tiny specs of light coming from the coast of the island but never dared to venture onto it. There were old sea tales about that island have savage villagers roaming it. Once a military ship sent a few ninja on a small boat to see if the island was suitable to build a port on. They gave the group of ninja a rams horn trumpet to blow if the island was safe for the captain to carry out further inspection. The ship waited overnight but still no trumpet blows, so in the morning they Sailed up to the island and went ashore... They were never seen again. Every once and a while though you would see that same ship sailing around full of the savage men pirating the sealers and merchants.
Once a military ship from the Village Hidden In The Leaves was sailing by when confronted by the pirates. They demanded all of the ships valuables but the Captain refused. Finally There was a know account of their battle technique. They were shinobi. They were much more skilled than the shinobi of the leaf village but were out numbered 5 to 1. Their captain was cocky enough to start an attack but regretted it when the whole crew was killed.
"Any last wishes captain" the leaf leader asked.
"Yes actualy, in my cabin under the deck is a boy," The leaf captain was looked at the opposer scornfully
"Give him my headband and take him to your homeland." he said, untying his headband and holding it out.
"Teach him the way of your shinobi and never let him forget that that he already knows." the captain said, almost ashamed to have brought the boy.
"Very well" said the leaf captain as he took the headband and placed it in his sleeve.
"Togimi you know what to do, i'll be back soon."
The captain walked to the side of the ship and leaped to the stolen ship and began to head down under deck. The hallway was dark and the captain finally came to a room with a lit candle. He walked into the room and found a boy, about 13, armed with a kuni facing him.
"Where is my father" the boy demanded.
"Come with me boy" the captain said grimly unafraid of the boy.
"Were is he!" the boy demanded, getting more aggressive.
When the captain didn't respond the boy lunged at him with his kuni ready but the captain grabed his wrist and twisted the boys arm. The kuni clancked onto the ground.
" I suggust that you behave yourself," the captained said in a quiet voice,"now come.
The boy defiantly stormed out of the room in front of the captain. They immersed from under the deck and walked to the side of the boat.
"jump to my ship" the captain said in almost a testing voice.
The boy turned his head to look at his home island, it was almost 4 miles away. Though there was little chance that he would make it back with out being caught the stubborn boy ran to the front of the ship faster than many of the shinobi in the village of the leaves and jumped off the bow. He thought for a moment that he would make it back home. Suddenly he was stopped mid-air. The captain had grabbed his ankle. Suddenly his form disappeared with a cloud of smoke.
"uhhhhh, a shadow clone" the captain said angrily.
He looked around the deck but didn't see anything. Then he looked up and saw him up at the top of the mast in the look out stand he was perched. The captain hurled a hidden kuni from his sleeve at the boy. The boy jumped from the peek of the ship and dove into the water. The captain ran to the edge of the ship and looked into the water. Somthing seemed to be going on down there. Suddenly the water shot up in a beam and at the top was the boy.
"Water-Clone-Jutsu" he said as he made rapid hand signs.
Suddenly from the beam began to shoot out clumps of water and then the clumps took on form then color until they were identical to the boy. They all rained onto the boat and suddenly went to work readying the boat to set sail. A group of them had gathered around the captain throwing punches and kicks at him. The man skillfully dodge them and retaliated. As he punched them they turned back into the water from which they came and splashed onto the deck. The ship was already about 10 ft away when the captain had finished off the small group of clones he ran to the edge of the ship and jumped. Suddenly he stopped mid-air. He looked back and saw that from the water that had spilt onto the deck from the clones had gathered and the upper half of a clone had his foot.
"Touche" the captain said.
Suddenly he was flung backwards onto the deck and before he could get back up more of the 'half clones' had formed and were holding him down. He struggled trying to get up but there were to many clones holding him down. Finally he took his chance and used some of his chakra to give him extra strength and freed his hands, clapping them together.
"Stray-Chakra-Absorber-Jutsu" he said as he made rapid hand signs.
His hands began to glow with a purple aura that crackled with chakra. After he shot his hands out in opposite directions, sending out a quickly growing purple sphere. As the sphere engulfed the clones they returned to the sea water that formed them. The captain jumped up and looked around, all the clones were running away from the Sphere except for one that stayed in place, the one steering the ship. the captain pulled out another kuni and cut a section of rope off of a rope ladder. He jumped skillfully behind the boy and held the kuni to his throat. Knowing that he was beat the boy let the man bind him and throwing him over his shoulder. He jumped back to his ship and began to carry the boy under deck.
"Togimi, do me a favor, loot that ship then blow it up" the captain said casually
"Yes Capin' " the man Togimi said as he motion to the crew to the ship.
The boy watched them jump onto his fathers ship as the light began to disappear, until he was under deck.