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It really started when he was six years old. He was practicing at the school training ground; he had completely exhausted himself and fell asleep. The ground had been wet, and it was raining hard. Well, what did you expect? It was spring after all.
Naruto had woken up to find a lady staring down at him. When he was fully awake he realized she was staring at him, he stared back curiously. It wasn't that he thought she was pretty, though she was, especially for her age; though no one could tell you what her real age was.
No, he was just staring, and she stared back. He was wondering if this lady was going to do something. She was just standing there, an umbrella in her hand, wearing an old style kimono. The lady then smiled and started walking away from him. It was in fact, that she was just curious why a boy would still be out here at his school, of all places, she found her answer after staring in his eyes.
Naruto had watched her retrieving figure, then for the first time, he heard her voice. It wasn't that her voice was beautiful, like an angel, it was what she said.
"Do you like shougi?"
He had, though he still doesn't know why, followed the old lady to her home. It turned out to be a small shrine by a waterfall. She, the lady that is, had started walking up the steps to the sliding door.
Naruto had then remembered the question she had asked him. He did not actually know how to play shougi, but had heard of it. The woman had started opening the door to her home when she asked another question.
"Would you like to learn how to play shougi?"
Naruto did not know what was so interesting about a game board that made this lady speak of nothing but it, when on rare occasion she did decided to speak. He did not know why she had invited him in, and really, neither did the lady.
To them, the other person was just a person, inside their world.
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Yeah...I go inspired by this song...
