Life in Konoha: New Age Shinobi.
It's the second chapter in my first naruto fanfiction, I'm super excited and stoked that I can write. The first chapter was the introduction of my or should I say our original characters that will play an important roles in my story,Let me not talk much and get to the new chapter.
Oh and the disclaimer: I don't own naruto fanfiction or the characters in it but I do own these characters you about to read about and this burger in my hands that I'm about to eat.
Chapter Two: New beginnings.
The morning sun streamed through many windows in konoha the following day,The shopkeepers were busy making sure everything was set for people who will flood the stores in the coming hours but one person was not much of morning person, He twist and turned in his bed trying to ignore the sound that was making it difficult for him to go back to sleep.
The alarm on his clock went off fifteen minutes ago and each time he hit the snooze button to earn extra minutes of sleep but now it started to get irritating, He sat up and reached to get the clock,He held it in front of him looking at the time." It's 09:30 AM,I got nothing to do for the day I can just stay in for the rest of the day." He said in a monotone voice before he got up from his bed and walked into his bathroom.
The next few minutes went by in a flash as he came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist, he then went to his closet and took out the clothes he was going to wear for the day and later them out on his messy bed. A white T-shirt with a red shuriken printed on it with the word "Ninja" printed in yellow, and Blue shorts but as he was about to put on the T-shirt a knock on his was heard, He wondered who would disturb him at this time of the day.
He reached his door and opened it up to reveal his friend Chad casually eating away the chips he had in his hands,They stared at each other for a while eventually Chad decided to end the stare down and spoke."So Leo, Are we just going to stand here looking at each other while you are half naked and me eating these wonderfully made chips?." Chad asked Leo who groaned and signaled his friend to come inside, Chad got inside and immediately threw himself on the only couch in the apartment and continued to eat his chips. Leo was about to yell at Chad for being a nuisance but went against it because he knew the kid wouldn't listen to him.
Leo went back into his room and changed into the clothes that were on his bed,He looked himself into the mirror,His brown eyes looking back him, his face remained stoic. He pulled his T-shirt up to face and looked at the scar on his chest,Memories flooding back to him as he stared at the scar. He was brought out his thoughts by a sudden call from the living room.
Leo rushed to the living room to find Chad going through the contents in his refrigerator,The boy who wore a red shirt with no selves and a fishnet vest was visible underneath, and standard shinobi pants reaching his ankles with shinobi sandals. He scanned through the refrigerator with his black eyes dismissing anything that looked out of date.
"Hey Leo, When was the last time you tried going shopping? I swear I see things that has been expired since last month." Chad asked Leo, Who tried to attack his pineapple haired friend.
"Just get away from there and you came all this way to investigate my food,Don't you have anything to do leech?." Leo insulted Chad who eventually turned and looked at Leo and chuckled lightly at his friend and said."Well since I don't have anything to do today,I thought I should just come here and chill with you until we decide what we can do." Chad moved to the couch,Sitting down he looked at the standing Leo in front of him with a large grin on his face.
Leo stared out of the window in his apartment before he thought.'I don't know what I did to deserve such a life,I guess it can't be helped anyway.' His thought was interrupted by Chad yawning and proceeded to lay on his couch. Leo exploded with anger."No! You don't do that on my couch! Come let's go and see what we can do for the day." Leo shouted at the now half awake Chad who mumbled something about a party pooper,Chad and Leo then left the apartment and went to seek out something to do to combat their growing boredom.
West district of konoha.
A boy was sitting outside of the house he arrived at last night. Right now he was watching people shuffle along the road, Being greeted by a few people who walked past him but a few were not so welcoming to him. They stares somewhat made him feel uneasy maybe it was due to the fact he was new to the village,He dismissed the feeling of uneasy and made his way inside of the house, Inside he was greeted by a middle aged Lady in a pink gown with morning slippers, Her blonde hair tied in a bun, She greeted him with a hug and kiss on the forehead.
"Good morning Katsuo, How are you?." The woman asked a irritated Katsuo."Damn aunt chika why must you always kiss me on the forehead,I'm not anymore a child!." Katsuo protested to his aunt.
"I'll take that as an okay from you Katsuo but next time try and show affection and not hostility toward me boy!." The woman named chika said and suddenly seemed to over tower Katsuo, Katsuo was sweating profusely and nodded his head rapidly before he went down to sit next to his aunt. The silence in the room was peaceful at best, Katsuo looked at his hands and began to think back to his old home in the grass country.
His aunt sensed the trouble within her nephew and decided to ask about it." Katsuo, Can you tell me what exactly happened back home?." Katsuo stared at her and began his story."It happened about a week ago. A large group of grass nin showed up of nowhere and started fighting against several masked men,although the grass nin cut down a few of the masked men they just kept on reviving constantly,It didn't take long for the grass nin to be killed by the masked men but then another man appeared wearing a konoha headband but there was a difference about it. It had a slash across it, The man then proceeded to destroy the village killing many people and grandpa.."Katsuo's hands formed into fist and clenched his teeth to suppress his anger.
His aunt's hand made its way to him before caressing it slowly,With pleading eyes she stared at him,Trying to calm down his anger."It's fine to be angry at what happened but don't let it consume you and make you into a person that only sees one thing and that is revenge." Chika stated before she got up and went to the kitchen.
Katsuo was left to wonder about he should do next in order to gain the necessary answers he seek,'It wouldn't be bad to storm the hokage's office and try to get him/her for answer my questions.' Katsuo thought to himself,He shrugged his arms and got up from the seat and was about to make his way out of the door,His aunt called out to him."Katsuo-chan,Have you eaten anything yet?" Katsuo was annoyed by the suffix added to his name."I've already eaten you flat chested woman." Katsuo insulted his aunt but duck when he saw a fry pan flying toward him,He took it as a sign that he should leave the house immediately.
Katsuo was on the streets of konoha walking among the citizens of the village,Looking around the village he saw many things that he didn't have or see in his own village. As he walked through the village he thought of a way to make things a little interesting for him,He started making his way to the centre of the village on his way he bumped into two boys walking."Hey idiots watch where you going next time okay!." Katsuo shouted at the two boys infront of him.
The boys looked at katsuo weirdly before one of the boys shoved Katsuo back."Oi,Leo is this your way of doing things these days picking on normal citizens?." Leo just continued pushing Katsuo around before he felt a hand grasp his shoulder,Leo turned his head and he saw who was holding his shoulder. His eyes widen at the sight of the person holding his shoulder.
"Leo-san I think it's not wise to attack citizens besides that is a kage buushin that you pushing around." The man said as Leo's eyes widen again at the revelation,He turned his head once again toward the "Shadow clone" that stood in front of him,It exploded into a white cloud of smoke.
"How the hell did that happened? I was watching him the entire time he could not had made a kage buushin but how hokage-sama?." Leo's mind was working overtime trying to comprehend what had transpired, The hokage chuckled lightly and ruffled Leo's hair,"Leo, look up to the roof of that house there." Leo followed the hokage's advice and found the boy he was harassing just a minute ago.
Katsuo looked down upon the ground below him to see a man with Hat coloured in Red and white,dressed in white robes the man pointed toward the roof katsuo was standing ontop, Katsuo leaped off the roof and landed in front the hokage and Leo. Katsuo nervously scratched the back of his head from the curious stares that he was receiving from the trio in front of him. The hokage stepped forward and offered his hand to Katsuo, Katsuo just looked at the hokage's hand and returned the gesture.
The hokage looked at Katsuo in curiosity. Leo was not having the most wonderful experience due to him being fooled by a foreign boy, Chad was busy looking at the scene in front of him and sighed and said the phrase made famous by his clansman."Troublesome." The hokage decided to speak"So kid, What's your name? And how were you able to do a kage buushin? because at the looks of it you don't really belong in this village." The hokage asked katsuo who stared at the man suspecting something but that thought quickly got squashed as the hokage reassured him by smiling at him.
"My name is Katsuo ryuu and yes I'm new to this village,I came here from the grass village,I was a genin in the grass village."
Leo's eyes shot widen open as he heard what Katsuo had said to the hokage,The hokage seemed a bit shocked at what Katsuo said too"You came all the way here from the grass village?!...the hokage shouted but regained his composure. But that place has been completely destroy a few days ago by unknown assailants,How did you manage to get out of that place alive?." The hokage finished his question.
Katsuo was surprised that the man could speak that much at once, Katsuo decided to tell the man how he managed to leave his home."When the village was attacked,Things were hectic at first but after a while things fell silent...Katsuo paused at the events he recalled. Then there was a big explosion that I heard, I heard many scream of people dying or trying to run away...I was nearly burnt by a Katon jutsu but..he paused again,A single tear rolled down his face..."But then my grandfather stepped in front of the attack and died protecting me, The only thing I saw when I started running was the Konoha headband on the head of one of the attackers."
The hokage was shocked at the revelation that one of his own ninja attacked a village under alliance with konoha, He couldn't put his hand on what ninja in his ranks has been branded a missing nin. Leo stepped forward and just glared at Katsuo who returned the glare before the hokage stopped the increasingly tense situation."Well Katsuo,Welcome to the Leaf village and I think I will need to see you tomorrow early to fix a few things regarding your stay and I'm the 6th hokage Takashi Sato and Once again welcome to the village."
Author's Note: We draw to the end of the second chapter,Also I want to say that i'm not really a 100% sure about the ending of this chapter. We didn't see much action but that's because it's still early days to do something that drastic, Katsuo tells his story of how his home village was destroyed and what has the 6th hokage planned for katsuo and I know Leo and chad had not much to say in this chapter but they will in the next chapter. A little surprise is in store for the two boys in the next chapter. I also need a beta-reader that can help me with the plot and character related things ASAP!. That's it for the second chapter.