This story is only half of the whole, the other half is going to be told in "Kisho Shitzu's story. The two will intertwine, which means parts of this story and the other will be the same. (Neko Meshima is a representation of me, and Kisho is a representation of my bro, Raven).

Naruto: Two faces of a hero: Neko Meshima's story.

Chapter 1: Neko Meshima.

Another day and another disappointment. I had been in the hidden leaf village for almost seven years now, but today was the day that I was finally putt into a three man training group, so that I could progress my level to Chounin.

My name is Neko Meshima, I am a ninja born in the village hidden in the snow. My life has been what most would call traumatic, ever since my birth and the death of my mother I have was abused and tormented by my farther, although I have not called him that in years. He even left me for dead in Kohoanna forest. I thought I was going to die, until that a kind man came and protected me.

"Good morning Iruka-Sensei." I said in a cold manner. I would normally speak a little cold to people, it was something I couldn't help it.

"Good morning Neko, are you ready for your graduation exam today?" He said as he joined me at the breakfast table.

"As ready as humanly possible, what do you think?" I took the last mouthful of Ramen and laid my chopsticks on top of the empty bowl.

"Well you have been training hard, so I would be really surprised to see you fail." He smiled in his usual little way and began eating.

"Okay I'm going to get ready." I left the table, remembering to bow before I left the room. I hurried up the stairs in my adopted father's house and into my room, there on the bed laid my ninja uniform, It was black and crimson red with black ninja boots, next to it was my only possession from the village hidden in the snow, a katana with a white ribbon on the end, the ribbon had the symbol of love sewn into it, it was the only memento that I had from my mother. I put on my cloths on and made my way back down stairs were Iruka-sensei was waiting.

We made our way to the ninja academy were hopefully the other students had gathered. The halls were quiet, which was strange, welcomed but strange.

"Well I have to go and report to the Hokage first so I'll see you in there." Iruka said leaving me alone in the hallway. I turned and made my way to the class room and I had almost made it until I could hear some shouting and loud foot steps behind me. I spun round and was almost flattened by two female ninja's who were shoulder to shoulder in some kind of race.

"Hey watch were………….." My words were wasted, they had stormed by and not even noticed me. I gave a little sigh and continued to the class room.

As I made my way toward it, I could hear a lot of commotion coming from inside, I slid open the door and saw almost all the female students shouting and fighting over another student called Sasuske. I said almost all of the students, there was one girl who was sitting away from the crowd and not taking any notice of it. Hinata Hyuga, she was a shy girl from the prestige's Hyuga clan, for some reason I had always liked her, but I never made a move because I thought she had a thing for another guy.

I found an empty chair and sat in it, the guy who was sitting next to me was a big guy, with an open front, black leather jacket and black leather trousers. His face was for the most part normal, except for the scar on his left cheek that was shaped like a cross and the lose bandage he wore around his neck. His name was Kisho Shitzu

Or as he liked to be called, Raven Shitzu. He was like me, he too was abandoned at a young age and found by another village, but no one knows why he came to the village hidden in the leafs.

I gave him a slight nod in acknowledgement and he replied to it with the same, I was going to ask him how he was feeling, but there was more commotion from the girls, I think they beat some poor guy up, but it was over too quick for me to see.

"Oh well." I thought to myself as the slid open again and Iruka-Sensei came in followed by two other Genin.