Hello,

This is my first story, so please be nice. If not, no offense but fuck you too. I enjoy writing and reviews, even mean ones because tough criticism is helpful, but too many I will not tolerate. I have this story on Wattpad and quotev, my username there is Rusty_ Writer.

I do not own Naruto, that's Misashi Kishimoto's playdo. I only own original plots and oc's.

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~one : the two children~

THROUGH THE TREES AND FORESTRY, a small head of white flickered in the visible gaps between leaves. His once snow white hair was matted with dirt among other substances unthinkable. His left eye was only shown to the world, the other covered for an eye infection perhaps? It was a deep bright red, nothing like the Elemental Lands had seen before, except for -well special cases.

He was draped in tattered regs that hung loosely on his small frame. (-Though who is to say that this he couldn't have been a she? With hair and clothing so simple, there was no way of determining that factor-). The "boy" sat comfortably on the shoulders of another, the other suffered in the unpleasant heat.

"H-Home was never th-this hot!" he complained. But his words fell upon deaf ears, not literally of course. He was dressed in the same attire, only in a larger, filthier style. His hair was oily, glistening unappealingly under the sun. His eyes were probably the most captivating thing about him.

Heterochromia. It was his greatest feature that he could flaunt around daily-...if he could however. At home, hundreds of people had the same eyes. So, he never felt special in that way.

They both were unnaturally pail and famished. Their health was slowly diminishing, and the process only sped up by each passing day.

"Chi, just one question, How the heck can you wear a scarf in this heat?"

"It's a blessing."

Akio nodded. That was a lie, there was no possible way wearing a scarf is a blessing. That's like saying-

Well, he wasn't not sure what it was like.

But it was like something!

Chi's nose crinkled in the slightest walking past a particularly shady area covered by trees. He stared at Akio who curiously glanced at everything while walking through shrubbery. The albino couldn't care less and stayed on the unpaved (-what did a paved road look like again? It had been so long since seeing one-), dirt road. He wasn't one for getting dirty.

However, it was more of the issue with ticks. Those tiny blood suckers were annoying as all hell. Checking for the, was just as bad. And the best way of getting them? Getting too close to a squirrel.

Now, Chi didn't give a damn if ticks supposedly "came from deers." He needed another excuse to let him hate squirrels, so people should leave him the fuck alone and mind their own business.

His nose crinkled again, trying to keep his eye from straying to the shady areas. He hated the outdoors, especially in the Land of Fire. Squirrels infested the area like cockroaches.

Maybe not exactly like cockroaches, but close enough.

"Akio, get away from there, please," his voice rang out in a flat tone, unamused. The idiot was about to run into-

"Hey Chi! Look at these squirrels they're-"

"Akio god dammit move!"

This idiot! Why did he even try to put up with him?

Chi hated squirrels in the Land of Fire because they were always so. damn. horny! Every time you take a walk you could see squirrels posing as rabbits. It wasn't pretty. The only thing their fluff could do in that situation is obstruct the unwelcoming view for an unlucky fellow.

Damn them squirrels.

And to make matters worse, Akio worshipped then as if they were Kami himself. Anytime something went wrong he would mutter prayers to the "Squirrel God".

Pfft.

As if Chi believed there was god. Kami gave up on him a a long time ago.

Chi stood behind Akio in annoyance as the black haired idiot ogled at the sight of squirrels. Home didn't have squirrels, it didn't have many animals in general except for the livestock that freely paraded the streets.

Squirrel sex ( -there was no reason to beat around the bush. Either way inside the bush, the activity was disgusting- ), he noted was uniquely quiet. There was the small squeaks, and, what Chi found most amusing, a defining hiss every time the female felt a great deal of pain.

Though as amusing as it was, the sight was disturbing. Even more so when your companion ( -Not by choice. Honestly he tried, multiple times to find a particularly tall tree or edge to jump off- ) studied the action taking place.

"Akio, it would be best to move now." Akio ignored him, because he found it "fascinating" ( -because furry brown animals mating is ever so interesting. Far more important than the scarring of a child's mentality- ).

"Chi I- I'm kind of busy."

"No, they're obviously busier than we are."

So when both squirrels promptly stopped moving, he bristled. And then they simultaneously turned their heads -oh fuck - that was creepy. Like that shit that comes out of horror movies.

Akio yelped in surprise when an small projectile hit him square in the head. Chi looked at the two squirrels who- and where did they go. They're just -gone.

He squinted to see any sign of the squirrels and saw - oh fucking hell naw.

Chi grabbed Akio's hand and ran saying, "Akio, you dun' fucked up."

"Izumo, Kotetsu!"

A man in his early twenties jogged up to the front gate of Konohagakure. He had brown, shoulder-length hair that hung around his face and brown eyes. He wore his forehead protector like a bandanna, and the standard jōnin outfit and had his trademark senbon in his mouth.

Shiranui Genma, Tokubetsu jōnin of Konoha. He specialized in poison and senbon attacks and formally served under the Fourth Hokage.

He smiled faintly at the two chūnin who were caught off-guard.

Kamizuki Izumo was sixteen of age and a newly promoted chūnin. He had brown hair, and dark eyes. His hair was combed down and covered his right eye. He wore his forehead protector similarly to the way Genma wore his along with the standard Konoha shinobi outfit where the collar went all the way up to his chin.

His partner, Hagane Kotetsu, a new chūnin as well, had long, spiky, black hair and dark eyes. He had a strip of bandage running across the bridge of his nose and a light-coloured marking on his chin, with it being the same colour as his hair. He sported the standard attire of a Konoha shinobi complete with a forehead protector and a flak jacket.

Both were in equal shock and surprise when seeing Genma. Their shifts changed regularly each day, changing the amount of sleep and rest they got, and because of their laziness, the refused to get a proper schedule. So, seeing them asleep on the job was never a surprise.

"Oh Shiranui-san! What a surprise!" Kotetsu acted first standing up and bowing his head slightly. Genma sighed, moving the senbon from one side of his mouth to the other.

"I told you, call me Genma."

Kotetsu's reply was immediate, "Your our superior, I couldn't-"

"Eh- if he wants you to call him Genma call him Genma," Izumo intervened with a roll of his eyes. Genma nodded in gratitude.

"Thank you Izumo."

"No problem, Genma."

Over the time he spent with the two, he saw that both were always sluggish from the lack of sleep; however, Izumo was far more laid back with Kotetsu policing Izumo and those around himself.

"So, anything new recently?"

"Eh the occasional bird here and there but no." Genma blinked at the brunette's reply. Bird? Birds.

"Birds?"

"Yeah birds, you know the ones that 'tweet-tweet'," he smiled. Genma blinked twice.

"I know what a bird is, Izumo."

Izumo lightly snorted under his breath, "Didn't sound like it-"

"What was that?"

"Oh, nothing, nothing."

Kotetsu laughed nervously at the exchange between the two. Both were laid back and sarcastic, most would think they got along. Except, their personalities clashed horribly so they had a mutual dislike.

This did not stop Genma, however, from stoping by daily to scout for new excitement. Konoha was getting unusually dull with restlessness growing between the clans but never spilling over.

Kotetsu squinted, trying to make out a rapidly growing figure in the distance. Bird? That looked like a bird? Bird -right?

"H-hey Izumo, I think I found your bird," he chuckled. Izumo grunted in annoyance. Another stupid deed he would never live down. Genma was just about ready to pull out a notebook and make a list.

The oldest sighed and shifted the senbon in his mouth. Where was the excitement? He needed something new for distraction. (- Maybe fostering a kid or two? That wasn't exactly a good idea, nor a bad one, so it would have to do -).

Now where to find a kid- what the fuck is that?

"Run!"

"I'm trying, dammit!"

All three craned there necks foreword and squinted there's eyes. If Izumo turned his head just a smidge- and squinted like that- oh, they were two kids.

"They caught up!"

"Hey! Put me down!"

"Ow," Kotetsu muttered softly. He bent down and grazed the top of an acorn? Wha-

"LooK OUT!"

Izumo panicked a shoved a confused Genma foreword screaming catch it. Hastily, he spread his arms out and caught the flying mass, going into a small crouch to fall with it an not accidentally drop them.

He saw a small kid (- and wow look at that eye. So pretty and shiny and red! -). The child pulled the scarf closer to himself, his face really. His hair was long a little longer than usual, maybe shoulder blade long?

"Are you-"

"AHHHH!"

Akio, ran past the guards, almost into the Village gates, had not Izumo grabbed him. He had small coin size bruises on his arms and-

"Squirrels, Akio, the squirrels," hissed Chi. Genma snorted, this kid was funny. Actually, when Genma looked at him, - and he found the kid. Now what about the other one? Akio was in a daze, acorns stuffed in his mouth, making his cheeks puff out comically.

Akio blinked out of whatever trance he was in and strained his eyes downcast. The boy spit them out in disgust. That was too earthy for his tastes. He needed water, cool, crisp, water to cease his thirst.

"Water."

Chi looked at him, "Squirrels."

"Water."

"Squirrels.

"Water," he pressed. And the albino's reply was immediate,

"Squirrels-"

"Well if you two are done," came Izumo's interruptive words. "Then please explain, what the fuck just happened." His voice lowered by an octave. His dominance was showing proudly and punched everyone to submission. Well, except for Genma, he just had that face that screamed "bitch no."

The youngest, Chi, suddenly had a glint in his eye and the people around him took a step back.

"Squirrels."

"Motherf-"

Sarutobi Hiruzen sat calmly at his desk. He relit his pipe of tobacco and sighed in exhaustion. A click of an ink pen hitting the table and he relaxed back into his chair. Papers for the approval of a coming to the opening of the new Yakuza complex.

And no more papers, relaxation, peace and-

"Sandaime-sama!"

God dammit- his quiet time! He exhaled deeply through his nose to vent his frustration. He was about to call them in when a large thump hit the door followed by a muffled shout.

"Oi! Don't do that!"

Another hit to the door caused it to splinter. Hiruzen's wrinkles deepened immensely. That was his door, and he had rules for his property.

Two more hits and the door gave out, slammed off its hinges into the wall. He frowned, closed his eyes and with a tired call,

"You break, you buy."

The albino child standing in the door way back tracked and pushed Kotetsu though making him voice a sound of shock and confusion when Sarutobi opened his eyes.

"Kotetsu, I expect 1'000 ryo on my desk by the end of this week."

"Sir," he choked, "that's tomorrow."

"Tough luck." Genma snorted at the tearful expression on

Kotetsu's face while the Akio rolled on the floor in laughter when Kotetsu pulled out a wallet and a fly flew out.

Chi regarded him with a smug expression, "Sucks for you, bitch."

Hiruzen snorted, trying to play it off with a cough and failed miserably. He smoothed out any wrinkles on his clothing (- he wished he could do the same for his face -) and to a drag from his pipe.

"What brings you to my office?"

"We brand in some kid-"

"I didn't ask you," he interrupted. Akio wheezed on the floor like a dying, helpless animal. "What brings you to my office."

"We're trying to find a pervert."

Genma just lost it.

A/N:

Pppppppppppp.

Throughout the entire time, eye wrote the whole thing on my iPad. And I kept pressing "p" instead of delete.

DO YOU KNOW HOW FUCKING ANNOYING THAT IS?!

Anyway, for notes on the story:

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