{This is the third of a series of prequels to Beginnings (but because it's a prequel you can still read this before, after or at the same time as Beginnings). Also I do not own Naruto; however, I do own the plot of this story and my great big list of characters on my page including Taru. For reference, this takes place about five years before Beginnings starts (Which is also about five years before the point where 'Naruto' begins!)

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~ Rhapsody ~

~ Chapter one: The Silent Melody ~

From within the thick masoned walls of the Iwagakure's only asylum Taru Wakahisa stared out one of the thousands of closed windows at the frosty December snow silently fall outside. The six year old child brushed a few strands of his raven black hair out of his unmatching eyes. Each eye watched longingly, one a pale blue like a puddle reflecting sunlight and the other a deep chocolate brown, at the frozen rain. Without making a sound the child placed his guitar against one of the rod iron legs of his bed and carefully placed the sheet music he had been composing underneath it so as not to be seen by the staff. The raven haired child walked to the closed window and placed a small hand on the latch.

ZAP!

A loud static sound erupted around the room as volts of electricity flowed from the latch through his small body.

Taru let out a silent scream of pain as he fell to the carpeted floor with an excruciating slam.

The world around him blurred and faded into blackness as the six year old lost conscious.

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Miyuki Tanaka smiled at her supervisor as she was handed her latest case assignment. After this case she would be finished with her CORE training and would be allowed to work in the interrogation department like her older siblings.

"I want you to be especially careful with this one Miyuki-san", remarked her supervisor in a hushed tone, "I've heard this one is dangerous. According to my bosses he murdered the nurses that were placed in charge of his of his case, all fifteen of them."

Miyuki bit her lower lip in horror before nodding a quick thanks and leaving the room.

The toffee haired Jounin then let out a frightened gasp as she read over her new patient's case file.

Name: Wakahisa, Taru

Age: Six years [Date of birth- February thirteenth]

Blood type: AB negative

Loyalty: Iwagakure- In question

Rank: Chunin [A to S class]

- Graduated from the Academy at age 5; nearly perfect scores on jutsu Graduation Exam and 100% on the written test.

- Passed Chunin Exam at age 6 [Summer Exams held in Kirigakure]; high marks in all three sections.

- Removed from CORE's Genetic Rehabilitation Program [CGRP] on October twenty-eighth of this year for undisclosed reasons; court ordered to Iwagakure Mental Facility [current]

- [Skills chart and photo attached]

Kekkei Genkai: none known

Relatives: Wakahisa Clan (four shinobi, thirty-seven civilians), no siblings, parents deceased.

Notes:

- 'Hasn't spoken a word upon being discharged from CGRP.'

- Believed to have murdered fifteen Iwagakure Mental Facility nurses (now known as 'the silent killer' by fellow patients and staff).

- Expresses fascination with music and spends nearly all free time composing

The nurse stifled a scream as she reread the file over twice.

She would have to visit this child prodigy, this murderer tomorrow afternoon.

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