The village hidden in leaves, the name is pretty misleading, as the village itself is located in the land of fire.
But that's besides the point, since right now the village's name would probably be: the village hidden in flames, as everything was burning.
It just suddenly appeared, in the middle of the village no less, no one knows how, no one knows why, save for the fourth hokage.
What appeared you ask? That's a easy question really, it was the monstrosity known as the nine tails.
The nine tales was truly a fearsome beast, for ninja's were swatted like flies and buildings were crushed under it's paws.
Then again, his glory was short-lived, as the fourth sealed inside a baby, but the price was high, he paid with his life.
The baby, being just born, knew nothing of this of course and would not find out until years later...
The newborns name was: Uzumaki Naruto.
I was angry, scratch that, I was downright pissed.
Kakashi denied me the training he should provide me, again.
'I would bet a year-supply of ramen that he'd readily agree to training if it was Sasuke asking...'
Yet again I was left to my own devices, I walked down the road sulking, kicking small pebbles along the way.
'I guess he did introduce me to ...uh...what was his name again...Oh Yeah! Ebisu.'
But all Ebisu told me was that my chakra control was horrible and that I need to practice that, might as well do that by myself then.
-thud-
I felt myself colliding with someone...or something.
"Sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going."
I looked up and saw a purple-haired woman standing there, as if she never felt me walking into her, she never averted her gaze from the stone in front of her, nor did she react to my apology.
That got me slightly peeved, first I was brushed off by my teacher and now a stranger won't even acknowledge my existence.
"Hey! I apologized didn't I? Least you could do is at least look at me." As if she never heard me, she just stood there staring at the stone, taking a closer look I saw that it was a grave.
Taking another look at the woman, I noticed that she had a cat mask hanging at her belt and she was in some kind of armor.
Circling around, I also noticed that she had tattoo on her left shoulder.
'kinda looks like the leaf symbol, but it's slightly different.'
Suddenly I got a brilliant idea, she can't possibly ignore this and I get to test out the only technique Kakashi ever taught me.
I got into position and launched.
"Konoha Hiden Secret Taijutsu Technique: One Thousand Years of Pain!"
"Kyaaaaaaahh"
She turned around and levelled a glare at me, looked from me to my finger, then back to me again and narrows her eyes.
I got her attention alright, but now I'm not sure if I want it anymore.
"You little brat, I'll skin you alive!" With that she launched at me.
I did the logical thing at that moment, run away like my life depended on it, it wasn't reassuring that my life did depend on it.
"Come back here you little brat, wait till I get my hand on you! You'll wish you weren't born!"
I got chased all over the village late into the evening, that's how I met my teacher: Uzuki Yugao.
