The Ice Ninja: Yuki Takashi
Yuki Takashi, he is a tall slender man standing roughly six foot two inches with fair skin. He has long ice white hair down to his back and ice blue eyes with a line connecting to his pupil and forming a circle around it with some branches off… which appears to be part of his Kekkei Genkai. Yuki also tends to wear a long white cloak coving up a black sleeveless shirt and black pants. He hails from the Amegakure, or the Village Hidden in the Rain, but is considered a missing-nin since the Civil War started in the country. His headband from the country has a cut through the center of it, similar to the way Akatsuki has their plates, and he has been wondering around from country to country doing random work for whoever asks that don't conflict with his own ideals. In his travels, though this next trip will be a much more different trip than previous ones as it leads him through the Land of Fire near the Leaf Village.
The area was completely covered by a deep forest as Yuki continued to walk. Yuki suddenly stops in his tracks sensing someone was near.
"Didn't I already tell you all clearly that I have no interest in joining? I don't get involved in anyone's matters anymore." Yuki says with annoyance in his voice.
"Who says I was here to ask you to join us?" Tobi said in a serious tone stepping out from behind a tree in an astral projection form with the Sharingan glowing from his right eye.
"And that only leaves you spying on me as the second choice. I have no business in what you people are up to but I've heard you've lost quite a few members to that boy that holds the nine-tailed fox inside of him." Yuki said chuckling lightly.
"That is none of your concern." Tobi said before vanishing.
"What an annoying bunch." Yuki said annoyed as he continued walking until he reached a clearing.
There was a large slightly pale red wall; Yuki followed it around to a clearing where there were two large gates and a dirt road.
"So, this must be the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Looks quite peaceful place, I will have to stop here for a few days." Yuki thought to himself while taking off his headband and putting it away in his right pocket. He then proceeded to walk over to the entrance guards, Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane. "Hello, is this the Leaf Village?"
"Yes. What is your business here?" Izumo asked a bit suspicious of Yuki.
"I'm just passing through. I'm kind of a traveling freelancer and do whatever jobs I can get." Yuki said putting on an act handing Kotetsu his documents, which were actually real for once but didn't state which country he hailed from.
"Izumo, his documents seem to check out." Kotetsu said after looking over the documents closely before handing them back to Yuki.
"Fine but I'll be keeping an eye on you." Izumo said stamping a piece of paper and handing it over to Yuki.
"I don't plan on doing anything, don't worry about it. You can even have the famous Leaf ANBU keep an eye on me if you wish." Yuki said walking away into the city.
"I get a weird vibe from that guy." Izumo whispered over to Kotetsu.
"We'll just do as he says then; have ANBU keep an eye on him. Besides, what was his name again?" Kotetsu asked watching Yuki.
"Yuki Takashi, though his documents don't say which land he is from." Izumo said signaling an ANBU member near by to keep an eye on Yuki.
Yuki continued walking knowing fully well that he had ANBU on his trail but he didn't do anything to gain any suspicion. He smelled himself and made a decision.
"Man, I need a bath… to the hot springs." Yuki thought to himself looking around and noticed the red building a little ways away that had hot spring written on it.
"So this is the guy that we're supposed to keep an eye on?" ANBU 1 asked watching Yuki from a roof.
"Yes. Reports speak of a man with his characteristics being a missing-nin from the Land of Rain." ANBU 2 responded appearing next to the first ANBU Ops. member.
"Oh? So, is he dangerous?" ANBU 1 asked not familiar with the reports.
"No. From what they said was that he was as he says: a freelancer." ANBU 2 responded as Yuki went into the hot springs.
After paying and changing out of his clothes, he walked into the bath area to see a man with white hair and wearing red clothes trying to peep on the woman's side through the fencing.
"Oh! I love my job, such great research subjects everywhere! More, I need more. Yes, that's it!" The man shouted to himself happily trying to keep quiet.
"Hmm, he must be Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sannin." Yuki thought to himself slipping into the hot spring when Jiraiya hears something behind him and quickly turns around to spot Yuki.
"Hmm, white hair, white eyes… I know I've heard about someone like this before but where was it?" Jiraiya thought looking at Yuki from afar.
"Yes?" Yuki asked trying not to be suspicious.
"Nothing really but have we met before? You seem familiar." Jiraiya said walking closer while squinting his eyes to get a closer look at him.
"I doubt it. From what I hear, the Sannin usually do dangerous work and if I were to be anywhere they were, I would be in danger myself. Right?" Yuki asked playing it cool while trying to cover up his unique eye pattern.
"Oh so you noticed, huh?" Jiraiya asked boasting until he noticed Yuki's eyes. "So, you're that ex-Akatsuki member from the Rain Village? I heard a rumor you were traveling this direction but I didn't expect you to come through the Leaf." He said in a serious tone.
"So, my secret's out, huh? What do you plan on doing?" Yuki asked with a relaxed smirk.
"Nothing, the word is that you've been going around helping around villages. But I can't say for sure what Tsunade will do when the ANBU tells her we've got an ex-Akatsuki member in the village." Jiraiya said pointing to an ANBU operative leaving the area.
"Looks like it's time to move on then but I'll give you some information. You've been looking for the Akatsuki's leader, right?" Yuki asked looking over at Jiraiya.
"Hmm?" Jiraiya asked interested in what he had to say.
"I would be looking at the Rain Village. A man named Pein, he was the leader of the resistance against the original Rain Village, but by now, they're all dead." Yuki said and suddenly vanished from the water.
"Akatsuki's leader is in the Rain Village, huh? What a place to be, it's the perfect place to hide." Jiraiya thought while watching Yuki run off before anyone tried to capture him.
Yuki grabbed a hold of his clothes and quickly put them on and sped out of the hot springs running past everyone until he was near the main gate.
"Excuse me, sir! You seem to have dropped this." Someone said to him while he stood near the entrance.
"What?" Yuki asked turning around to see Rock Lee holding Yuki's headband but the plate was still covered by the cloth. "Oh, thank you. I would've been in deep trouble if I had forgotten my headband." He said with a fake laugh.
"Not a problem, sir! Now to finish my 500 laps around the village!" Lee shouted as he ran off.
"How did I drop my headband? I'm getting too careless and at a time like this." Yuki thought when suddenly the large doors at the entrance slammed shut. "Crap."
Suddenly, as if it was planned way beforehand, ten ANBU operatives surrounded Yuki with more on their way and a few Jonin that included Might Guy, Anko Mitarashi, Genma Shiranui, and various other highly tenanted Jonin that remained from Naruto's group that went searching for Sasuke.
"Hold it right there!" Tsunade shouted walking from behind the group surrounding him.
"To meet two Sannin in the same day – must be a bad sign." Yuki said turning to Tsunade.
"What is an ex-Akatsuki member doing in the Leaf?" Tsunade asked glaring Yuki down.
"You've got it all wrong. I'm merely here for small jobs, I'm no longer concerned with what's going on in the world, nor does any of it matter to me anymore." Yuki responded annoyed.
"And we're supposed to believe that?" Tsunade asked not believing a word.
"Jiraiya can tell you if I'm lying or not but he's not here is he? However, I'm sure he has some interesting news." Yuki said and then started to smirk. "I'll be seeing you all another time. It was fun to see how good the Leaf Shinobi are and how quick."
"Grab him and make sure he doesn't get away!" Tsunade shouted pointing at Yuki when he suddenly shattered into ice. "An Ice Clone?"
Yuki had already left the village after he got out of the hot springs and was on the other side of the wall about to start walking away when he felt something on his shoulder. Jiraiya was standing behind him.
"If the information you gave me turns out to be incorrect, I'll hunt you down. Got it?" Jiraiya asked with dark aura surrounding him.
"Got it, none of it was false." Yuki said taken back a bit by the killing intent he had felt from Jiraiya.
"Good, hopefully I won't see you later then." Jiraiya said sending Yuki off.
"Right, I know that information is correct but once you confirm it – talk to Tsunade for me, I'm sure I can help out around the village." Yuki said walking off.
"That guy… how did he even end up an Akatsuki member. He doesn't even have the character for it." Jiraiya said shaking his head when Tsunade suddenly appeared next to him.
"So, you let him go?" Tsunade asked looking the direction Yuki was walking while he vanished with a gust of wind followed by some snow.
"Yeah, he seems to be genuine about helping people. What do you say about his request?" Jiraiya asked turning Tsunade.
"First I want to know if that information was correct." Tsunade responded and the two of them returned to the village.
Yuki continued heading northwest unaware of which direction he was heading after trying to get out of the Leaf village without any casualties with his headband back on his head. When he was suddenly surrounded by six ninja with four bars on their headbands and a slash across it showing they were from the Land of Rain.
"What brings ninja from the Land of Rain here?" Yuki asked unsure of what they were after.
"Pein-sama has requested your presence. We are here to make sure you arrive one way or another." One of the ninjas responded in a cocky tone.
"Do you really think I would let you six take me in so easily? Pein should know I no longer care what happens and don't intend to interfere – if he doesn't, tell him that is my message." Yuki said starting to take a step forward when suddenly the six ninjas took the form of: Itachi Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, Konan, Pein, Tobi, and Zetsu.
"Where do you think you're going, Yuki?" Tobi asked in a serious tone.
"I see, the clones again." Yuki thought figuring out what was going on since he knew they wouldn't come in person. "What am I doing? The real question is what are you all doing?"
"No matter what you do, you will never be able to cut your ties with us." Pein said standing with his arms crossed.
"You never know until you try or are you all here to interfere with my peace?" Yuki asked turning to look at Pein and Tobi.
"That depends on your answer." Tobi responded in a maniacal way. "Will you rejoin us after finding one of the previous member's rings or do you dare to make enemies of the Akatsuki?"
"Obviously I don't plan on making any enemies… however; I also don't intend to do anything on the scale of changing the world. It doesn't matter what happens in the world to me anymore, remember?" Yuki asks looking at Tobi.
"I see. Then it cannot be avoided." Tobi said turning around and putting his hand up with one finger raised.
"Heh, this should be fun." Kisame said raising his sword to his shoulder.
"No, we're going Kisame. Leader has already given us the orders to be carried out… besides, we seem to have visitors near by." Itachi said just before the clone turned back into a normal Rain Village ninja.
"Pfft, what a waste and I wanted to see how strong Yuki actually was." Kisame said displeased as his clone turned to a normal ninja.
"Another time – Yuki – we'll have to settle this matter in person at that time." Tobi said as his clone turned back into a normal ninja.
"So, leaving the weak guys to fight me? They're not even a challenge; I wasn't admitted into Akatsuki for nothing." Yuki said annoyed as Zetsu's clone turned back into one of the ninjas.
"Come on, Pein." Konan said as her clone turned back into a regular ninja while Pein just glared at Yuki with his arms crossed.
"Traitors from my faction in the Rain Village will all meet their deaths sooner or later. If he doesn't finish you off – I will." Pein said as his clone turned back to normal.
"Ice style – Ice Shard Forest." Yuki said in his head after making a few hand signs: Snake and Bird with hands separated.
The ground suddenly started shaking under the seven of them for a few seconds before ice shards exploded out of the ground piercing through the six Rain Village ninjas as if they were pin cushions. Yuki was the only one unharmed in all the chaos of the spikes – the six ninjas were pierced by too many shards to even be able to utter a single sound or died before that point. The area was covered in ice shards and blood where the six bodies were but as soon as Yuki started to walk away, the shards receded into the ground only leaving the mangled bodies in their stead.
"Those ninja must've been fodder to them if they planned to abandon them against me and now it looks like I will have to face the Akatsuki at one point or another." Yuki said sighing while turning around and continued walking the direction he was before.
"Wow! He's even stronger than we thought!" A kid's voice could be heard quietly from behind a tree.
"Yeah! He took out those ninja like they were nothing!" Another kid agreed next to the other.
"What are you two doing!? I go to get a drink and the next thing I know I see some of the most hyped competitors running off – what is the deal with that?" Another kid asked annoyed standing behind the other two.
"Takeo Furukawa from the Village Hidden in the Clouds?" One of the other kids asked looking back behind them revealing a kid around the age of thirteen wearing a tan sleeveless vest, where he kept all his ninja tools, with a light blue shirt underneath and the usual Shinobi sweat pants but dull black with his headband worn just above his left knee. His hair, which was cut fairly short, is a very bright brown nearly to the point of it being blond and his eyes were an ocean blue with specks of yellow.
"Good to see you know me, Kazuki Sakai of the Village Hidden in the Snow and Ayaka Inoue of the Village Hidden in the Leaves." Takeo said with a smirk looking at the two Genin hiding behind a tree looking back at him.
To his right was Ayaka, she had a black leather vest with a red Leaf swirl on the back and a small white skirt and black shorts underneath – she also had her headband on her right arm in the middle of her elbow and shoulder. In addition, she also had a small carrying case connected to a belt she had around her waist holding her ninja tools. Her hair, which was long but tied back with a forest green ribbon, was pink with a little more of a red tint and yellow-green eyes. Beside her was Kazuki, he had on what looked like a thin navy blue sweat shirt along with matching Shinobi sweat pants and thin rimmed glasses with his headband on his forehead. His hair was medium-short but also a bit puffy, the color was black with a navy blue tint – however, none of this was too odd about him because that would be his eyes. They were a deep violet color with a few dots of white hardly visible. On his back he had an item concealed but not visible along with a small bag around his waist centered also on his back.
"Shh, he'll hear us!" Kazuki stated as quiet as he could.
"What in the world are you talking about?" Takeo asked in a cocky tone until Ayaka quickly pulled him over to them and pointed at Yuki walking away from the six dead Rain Village ninjas.
"That man just took out six Rain Village Jonin without even taking a scratch and I heard the Jiraiya talking to him in the baths earlier – he basically said he was an ex-S-ranked criminal." Ayaka explained to Takeo trying to be as quiet as she could.
"Then what the hell are we doing here!? We should be getting ready for the Chunin Exams; I mean we're not even from the same village!" Takeo stated a bit uneasy in this situation.
"Be quiet or-!" Kazuki started to say when something stabbed into the tree in front of him – there was a huge icicle stabbed through the tree nearly a foot in front of him covered in blood.
"Pfft, damn deer. I thought someone was there too." Yuki said annoyed looking at the deer pinned to the tree and he turned away heading the way he originally was heading again.
"That-was-too-close!" Ayaka stated breathing hard along with the other two – their hearts all nearly stopped when the icicle stabbed through the tree. "Poor deer though..." She said feeling bad for the deer.
"Poor deer? Screw the deer! I'm getting out of here!" Takeo stated turning around and bumping into something and falling down.
"Watch where you're going, kid!" A man shouted angered by Takeo running into him.
"Kid!? I'm not just some kid; I'm a ninja from the Village Hidden in the Clouds!" Takeo shouted angrily standing up to stare the guy down eye to eye since he was roughly around five foot ten inches but when he looked up he noticed the guy was way bigger than him in both height and width. "H-he's huge...!"
"Bawhahah, is that all you have to say, kid?" The big guy asked laughing hysterically while reaching behind his back for something. "A ninja, huh? Three of them too, I bet I can make a lot of money if I were to sell you all off for labor."
"Sell us off...!" Ayaka stated surprised by what she had heard.
"...for labor...?" Kazuki continued in shock as well.
"Now, come with me!" The large biker looking man shouted pulling a large sword from behind him.
"Really, this is becoming annoying. I have to fight off one annoyance after another... Do you people just select a day to come out?" A voice asked behind the large man.
"Who the he-!" The biker looking man started to shout when a large icicle pierced through his chest making him drop to his knees instantly followed by a lifeless drop to the ground while standing behind him – Yuki stood there looking at the three Genin.
"We've been caught!" Kazuki thought to himself in shock.
"Now, you three – are you more annoyances or... wait, none of you are even wearing any Chunin or Jonin clothing. I take it you three are Genin?" Yuki asked surprised but still on guard.
"Please teach me!" Kazuki shouted diving in front of Yuki on his knees bowing.
"Huh?" Yuki asked dumbfounded.
"Me too, I wish to learn from a great master like you!" Ayaka shouted bowing next to Kazuki.
"No." Yuki said coldly walking away while Takeo just watched the event unveil before him shaking his head.
"Was this their plan to survive or were they serious?" Takeo thought trying to figure out which were true.
"What annoying kids." Yuki thought speeding up as he continued walking away.
"That was a good idea, Kazuki. It didn't even cross my mind to do that." Ayaka said praising Kazuki.
"What plan?" Kazuki asked not sure what she was talking about since he was actually serious about being trained by Yuki. "I was completely serious, his ice techniques are way more advanced than any of mine... though if I remember correctly, his headband was of the Rain Village but it had a scratch in the middle of it."
"Really? He's from the Rain Village? I wonder what that scratch means." Ayaka said curious about Yuki.
"Okay, I've had enough of this. I'm heading back to the Leaf Village so I can participate in the Chunin Exams and become a Chunin unlike you two, who will stay Genin forever." Takeo said walking away from Kazuki and Ayaka.
"You know, we've been following that guy for a while now... do you even remember which way was the Leaf Village?" Kazuki asked looking over at Ayaka.
"Of course I do, it's... I have no idea, sorry." Ayaka admitted embarrassed since she was a Leaf ninja.
"So we have no choice, huh?" Kazuki asked sounding as if he had something planned out.
"No choice in what?" Takeo asked standing in front of them.
"Takeo? I thought you were heading back to the Leaf Village." Ayaka said surprised to see Takeo again.
"About that... hell, I don't know where your stupid village is! I was just trying to hurry to catch up to you two thinking that at least if I was able to catch up I could use the Leaf ninja to guide us back. I'm never going out of my way for another village's ninja again!" Takeo shouted annoyed that he was now lost with the two of them.
"It's all settled then, we have no choice but to follow that guy until he trains us or gives us directions to the Leaf Village!" Kazuki stated pointing the direction Yuki was headed.
"As much as I don't like this idea – it's the only way at the moment to make it back but we're definitely not going to make it back on time for the Chunin Exams..." Takeo said disappointed but hiding it.
"Count me in." Ayaka said figuring it was the only way as well.
Yuki continued walking after leaving the three Genin behind but suddenly stopped in his tracks. Had he heard something or sensed that the Genin following him – no, his stomach was just growling since he hadn't been able to eat anything at the Leaf Village since he had to leave before even finishing his bath.
"Looks like I need to find a village soon." Yuki thought to himself looking around the area until he spotted a small hill. "It's a bit small... but I might be able to find something if I were to climb it." He continued and walked over to the top of it to see it was actually a large drop into a valley with a small village at the bottom of the hill. "Now this is troublesome but it looks like it can't be helped." He said sighing while starting to walk down the hill trying to keep his footing.
"Where did he go?" Kazuki asked peeking out from some bushes near the top of the hill.
"Idiot, he just started walking down the hill." Takeo responded in a condescending tone.
"Idiot!? Why you...!" Kazuki shouted back annoyed.
"Would you two stop fighting? We have to catch up to him!" Ayaka stated walking over to the other side of the hill and suddenly stopped noticing the drop as well as Yuki near the middle. "Whoa!"
"Fine." Takeo said walking up behind Ayaka and stopped right on the edge. "That was a close one... that is one long slide dow-."
"What are you two doing standing around for – we have to find him don't we?" Kazuki asked giving Takeo a friendly hit in the back when he suddenly started to fall.
"What are you doing!?" Takeo shouted reaching back to grab onto something and accidentally tripping Ayaka in the process.
"Takeo, you idiot!" Ayaka shouted bumping into Takeo sending him down the hill and grabbing Kazuki but he was off-balance to start with and fell back down the hill along with Ayaka and Takeo.
"What is with this noise?" Yuki asked turning around to see the three Genin rolling down the hill directly at him. "...don't tell me they're following me still..." He thought moving to the side and letting them roll down past him.
Once Yuki reached the bottom of the hill he noticed the three Genin piled on top of one another near a wall of a house in a complete daze. He walked over to them and looked at them suspiciously.
"Are you three by any chance following me?" Yuki asked in a direct way.
"Huh? Who are you?" Kazuki asked in a daze with his eyes spinning.
"What to do, what to do. Well, I can't just go leaving some injured kids lying here in a daze – so I have no choice." Yuki thought turning the corner.
Yuki had found an Inn in the village and rented a room – he also brought the three up to the room and laid them down on the beds so they would be able to rest while sitting in a chair reading some book that read: Make-out Tactics. It was green and had a faceless man posing on the front of it.
"Uh, my head hurts." Ayaka said holding her head as she started to wake up.
"Hm?" Yuki asks slightly glancing up from the book to see Ayaka had started to wake up. "Oh, so one of the three annoying Genin has finally decided to wake up?"
"What? What happened?" Ayaka asked not really knowing where she was.
"From what I saw – the three of you fell down that large hill and hit the wall of a house so I rented out a room to allow you three to rest for the time being." Yuki responded starting to read his book once again.
"Wait, we were supposed to follow that ninja!" Ayaka stated remembering that Yuki was decided to be the only way to get back to the village and not even thinking about asking any of the villagers.
"Oh? You were supposed to follow a ninja? Why is that?" Yuki asked slightly glancing over at Ayaka while she was still lying on the bed.
"Truth is, we followed him to see what the fuss was about but we ended up getting lost and couldn't find our way back to the Leaf Village." Ayaka reluctantly admitted.
"So, you three were following that ninja to get directions?" Yuki asked still reading his book while glancing up from time to time.
"Sort of... my friend, Kazuki, wanted to ask him to train him since he is a ninja from the Village Hidden in the Snow." Ayaka said rubbing her eyes.
"An ice elemental user? Interesting, what does this ninja you are looking for look like?" Yuki asked still playing dumb.
"He has a kind of all white look but it's not a usual white but more of a snow color. He goes by the name Yuki and he's..." Ayaka said sitting up and noticing Yuki sitting near the door reading his book.
"He looks exactly like me, right? Yeah, I figured." Yuki said in an uninterested tone.
"Wait, he actually helped us?" Ayaka thought surprised noticing they were at some Inn and Kazuki as well as Takeo were on the beds next to her. "So, you actually helped us out?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah. It is against my policy to not help those in need." Yuki replied in the same tone as before.
"I thought I heard you were a former member of that organization – Akatsuki. I would've thought you would've been more..." Ayaka started to say.
"Cold, heartless, evil? One of those words I presume but I have severed my ties with them but I would suspect it's not safe to be around me so you three should leave as soon as the other two wake up. You never know when Akatsuki will attempt to get their revenge on me getting you three in the middle of it and from what I saw from the three of you with that primate earlier... I would have to say none of you are even close to being a match for any member." Yuki said trying to play it cool.
"Hey, I was just caught off-guard by that guy. If he didn't surprise me, I would've been ready to fight him off." Takeo said drowsily after hearing most of the conversation.
"Pfft. That is what being a ninja is all about – always being ready for anything. Once your last buddy wakes up, the three of you should return to the Leaf Village. I will give you the directions you desire." Yuki said while Takeo was rubbing his eyes and waking up.
"Hold on. I still want you to train me!" Kazuki shouted sitting up in a complete daze. "I'm not going anywhere until you agree to it."
"Such an annoying bunch, why in the world did these ones have to be my stalkers?" Yuki thought to himself not making a single expression. "Training? You want me to train you?" He asked glancing up towards Kazuki from his book.
"Yes! Those battles you were in showed me you are a superior ice elemental user and I wish to learn from you!" Kazuki shouted pointing at Yuki while Ayaka and Takeo just looked at him.
"Really now – you considered those battles? Don't even joke with me, they were merely slaughters. Besides, I take no apprentices and especially not any weak Genin." Yuki said with no emotion while reading his book.
"Weak!? I'll show you how weak I am!" Kazuki shouted getting up from his bed and suddenly fell to his knees.
"Yes, I can see how weak you are." Yuki replied to his outburst.
"Idiot, you got up too fast after we were all knocked unconscious from that tumble." Ayaka said shaking her head at Kazuki's actions.
"Even though you three are from different villages you travel together – why?" Yuki asked puzzled.
"Travel together? Don't get me wrong, I am with them now but that was only to bring them back to the Chunin Exams – nothing more than that." Takeo said defensively.
"Oh, right. The Chunin Exams were to start soon, weren't they? Now I understand why there were three Genin from three different villages stalking me. Now then, will the two of you drag this one bag to the Leaf Village once I give you directions? I don't plan on training anyone nor do I want to or need to travel with anyone else… besides, wouldn't you all become missing-nin like myself?" Yuki asked reading his book with an emotionless expression on his face.
"Man, this guy is hard to read. He hasn't even made an expression since we've seen him." Ayaka thought and looked over to Kazuki. "Come on, Kazuki. He has a point, if we end up leaving the villages we would be considered missing-nin and have some hunter ninjas after us. Do you really want that?" She asked looking at him.
"No… but…" Kazuki started to say getting up on his feet.
"Kazuki, let's just get out of here. There is no way I'm going to become a missing-nin with hunter ninjas after me." Takeo said completely sure of his decision.
"…fine, we'll head back to the Leaf Village." Kazuki said disappointed.
"Good, the Leaf Village is that way less than a day's hike. You should make it in a few hours if you're a good ninja." Yuki said pointing southeast.
"Thank you, we'll be leaving now." Ayaka said bowing while dragging Kazuki out of the room behind her.
"This guy… just what is he up to? He's terrifyingly strong yet he just sits there like nothing is going on around him, I mean he just had three ninjas from three different villages in his room and he didn't even look at all on guard." Takeo thought looking at Yuki while walking towards the door.
"I'm not planning anything nor do I care about world matters." Yuki said reading his book just as Takeo was about to step out the door.
"What?" Takeo asked confused.
"That is what you were thinking, right? 'This guy is powerful – is he planning to do something with that power?' Something like that I presume but I've given up doing anything on the world scale since leaving Akatsuki. I am no longer a threat to anyone that doesn't attack me." Yuki responded to Takeo's thoughts as if he had read them.
"What an interesting character." Takeo thought walking out the door.
"What an annoying bunch. I would go crazy if I had to train them all in a team… how can those Jonin take all that from those Genin? I would've either went on a killing rampage or just killed off my students if they were anything like them." Yuki thought reading his book and not paying attention to anything around him when suddenly the door opened. "I thought I told you kids I won't train you."
"Training? I'm not here for training; you are the one that killed my brother!" A man's voice shouted near the door.
"Hm?" Yuki asked turning away from his book to see a slightly smaller man that looked nearly exactly like the biker styled guy before in the woods. "Oh, that brute that was picking on defenseless Genin? He was pitiful and died a glorious death, you should be proud." He said reading his book again.
"Proud!? You're going to die because of those words!!" The Biker-looking-man shouted charging at Yuki from the door smashing him and the seat with a large sword. "Look who's laughing now." He said arrogantly with a large smile on his face.
"I see. Ha-ha-ha-ha." Yuki said in a mocking tone standing next to the door reading his book still. "It appears you missed." He said with no emotion at all.
"How did you...!" The Biker-looking-man shouted noticing he had crushed an ice clone but his sword wasn't moving.
"It's useless; the ice won't let your sword go. You are finished." Yuki said making the sign for Ox blowing up the clone instantly killing the guy instantly. "That was truly annoying." He said closing the door and walking over to another seat and started reading his book once again.
Over the next few days Yuki stayed in the village doing a few jobs here and there ranging from taking out some thugs to assisting on the farms until the fourth day, which was the day he had decided to leave the village. He checked out of his room and headed down the stairs and out the front door. He proceeded to walk towards the northwest and out of the village wearing his white cloak.
"What a peaceful place. Fire Country is usually a nice place to travel around..." Yuki said taking in a deep breath.
"Hey! Mister!" A voice shouted coming closer to Yuki.
"That couldn't possible have anything to do with me." Yuki said shrugging it off while he continued to walk away.
"Looks like I caught you just in time." Kazuki said nearly out of breath standing next to Yuki.
"Caught me just in time? Wait, you're one of those kids from a few days ago... the one that wanted me to train you." Yuki said realizing he had been met with an annoyance after being pester free the past few days.
"So you remember!" Kazuki shouted happily.
"How can I forget... you and your..." Yuki started to say.
"Great! You found him!" Ayaka shouted rushing over to the two of them.
"Great, another one of them... this just ruined my day. Could it get any...?" Yuki said starting to get annoyed.
"You're a hard guy to find, you know!" Takeo said stepping out from behind a tree.
"...worse and it just did." Yuki thought as it did get worse. "What are you three doing? I thought we agreed you would return to the Leaf Village and leave me alone."
"But we did return to the Leaf Village but now we're back." Ayaka said walking on Yuki's right side.
"What do you mean by 'you're back'?" Yuki asked thinking he wasn't going to like the answer.
"We were given specific instructions to keep an eye on your actions until further notice." Kazuki said with a smug expression on his face.
"All three of you? If I'm not mistaken, you three are all from three different villages, right?" Yuki asked still walking to lose them.
"That is correct – however, in order to strengthen our allegiance with the Leaf I was ordered to assist them with this mission. Otherwise, I wouldn't even be here right now." Takeo replied to Yuki's question.
"Same goes with me as well. Though, my village is on very good terms after some of the Leaf's ninjas helped my village a while back." Kazuki said still following Yuki on his right side with Takeo following from behind.
"Don't tell me you three are planning to tail me from this point on." Yuki said stopping to glance at the three of them.
"Yep! You're stuck with us boss!" Kazuki stated cheerfully. "You're going to train me, right?"
"This day just keeps getting better and better." Yuki said shaking his head in annoyance.
"Come on, don't be like that! We'll have a lot of fun! You'll be like our Jonin sensei!" Ayaka shouted happily.
"Hey, don't even joke about anything like that!" Yuki shouted acting out of the ordinary.
"Kazuki, we made him have an expression for once!" Ayaka shouted cheerfully.
"What a loud bunch we have here. Either way, I'm interested to see this guy's jutsu if he is as strong as they say he is, so I'll just have to put up with it for now." Takeo thought watching Kazuki and Ayaka joke around about Yuki.
"Hell, this is what Hell must be like. No, this just another trial to redeem myself. I have to put up with them and restrain myself from killing even one... but it's so tempting." Yuki thought completely annoyed by his new 'companions'.
"So where are we headed next?" Kazuki asked looking at Yuki.
"I don't know until we get there but more importantly... aren't you supposed to be following me in the shadows and not next to me?" Yuki asked confused to their tactics believing them to be complete idiots.
"We already know you so it's better this way." Ayaka explained.
"How much longer am I going to have to deal with them!?" Yuki thought unsure of how he would be able to deal with the three Genin.