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Since there are going to be a lot of different countries that you may not have heard of or I am making up, since I will not be going by the anime for almost anything, please find a map of the Naruto Universe (I used on from Wikipedia) and that should help you out. If you really need to I will send you a map with labels on it, though I will need you to email me. Thanks
Oh and I am sorry this took a little while to do but I have been busy, hope you enjoy and I just want to let you know I plan on doing things in two chapters at a time, on't know why, just will.
Chuunin of the Leaf
"The purpose of life is to fight maturity."- Dick Werthimer
"YEEEEEESSSSS!" yelled a boisterous green clad man with eyebrows that seemed to be ten times too large, "You see that Lee, just like I always say, you need to fight maturity, show the Power of Youth!"
"Woooohooooo! Yeah Guy-sensei!" They where reading a saying on the side wall of a nearby tavern, enjoying life as usual.
Jakon, Lee, Guy, Choji Akimichi, a rather large nin who seemed to have a never ending supply of potato chips in his bag, though how he did it was beyond Jakon, would be leaving today, heading for the Village Hidden in the Fist, a newly made hidden village that had surfaces within the year. They would act as diplomats and spies at the same time, trying to find out as much as they could where others had failed.
The large Chuunin, dressed in the armor that signified his clan, right off the back refused to go at the break neck speed that Lee and Guy would set.
"Alright then, LETS MOOOVVEE OUT!" yelled Might Guy, pointing out towards where he was going to lead them.
"The Cloud Country is in the other direction." said the chubby Chuunin, mowing down on chips, "What's the rush, we're ambassadors and we're not being timed or anything."
"Choji, my boy," said the older man, placing his arm around the boy who was a little taller than Guy, "there is so much out there to see. You need to have invigorating YOUTH!" Guy seemed to stare off for a second at this, "If we don't run out there with all the force of the wind at our backs then how can we hope to enjoy the power of youth." He seemed to have practiced this speech before, though Choji was unaffected.
The boy kept chewing his food and swallowed before answering, "Well I ain't running to keep up with you and besides, think of all the things you'll miss if you just run past them, all the little things, the flowers, the clouds, the FOOD." Choji seemed to stare off for a second just as Guy had, "How can you enjoy youth if you just pass everything by?"
Guy stood up and placed his hand on his chin, thinking about what the boy had said, "My GOD Lee! He may be on to something. Its risky, but youth is full of risks. Well lets go, to enjoy youth to its fullest!" and with that the two green clad men began to power walk away, looking at everything around them.
Jakon just put one hand on his head, the other on Choji's shoulder, "What have you done!" Choji just smiled.
The small group set off at a steady pace, what Lee and Guy called the turtle pace, slowly making their way north to the Cloud Country. That night they stopped in a village called the village of Windmills, taking its name from the large mills that made grain and electricity. In the village there was a place Choji said prepared the best fish filet in the Fire Country and made Guy and the team go there with him.
The restaurant in question was a large place, many circular tables with chairs around them on the ground and second floor. Lee, who's stomach hadn't settled from the late night before, did not eat, only watched as Choji ate fish, after fish, after fish. Finally the owner of the building came up to them.
"Boy, what do you think your doing? You ate three days worth of filet and your hogging up a table on the busiest night in a month." He said gesturing to the full restaurant, "You need to leave now, come get your bill or I'll have you arrested!" and the man stormed away.
Choji though had not been done 'enjoying youth' as he had put it when bringing the others there, "THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! YOU CAN'T KICK ME OUT!" but Guy was there to pull him down.
"Hold on Choji. While you may be enjoying yourself we do need to be leaving soon. I'll go get the bill ok, make sure Lee stays away from my saké!" and he was off. Lee too jumped up soon, proclaiming that he needed to relieve himself.
Choji just sat there with brooding face. Then it was like a light went off in his head as he remembered a little tale about one of his traveling companions. Jakon, who did not get to sleep until early morning, just watched with disinterest as Choji picked up and poured some of Guys saké into Lee's identical cup. Soon the two of them returned and Choji watched with a giant smile as Lee drank down the rest of his drink, a smile coming on to the other boys face too.
Nothing would have happened most likely, Lee seemed quite content, but soon the owner came back over, yelling at them because they hadn't left yet, "COME ON! I need to fill these seats with guest who won't eat me out of business!"
"Who you think you ellin at!?!" asked the drunk nin, his smile disappearing as he moved his whole body to look at the man, getting a strange look from Guy.
"I'M YELLING AT YOU BRATS! NOW HURRY UP!"
"Sir there is no need to-" began Guy, cut off by his student.
"Wha? You gunna ell at mee? I… I… I ought… kick your ash" he said between hiccups, "Yo… yo thing yo can mesh wiph meh… eh?!?"
"Lee, what's wrong with you, I haven't heard you like this since… Oh god!" and the first punch was thrown, instantly waking Jakon who hadn't know what was happening until he saw Lee act as he was: Lee was drunk.
Lee's first hit took out the owner, his next the guy in the seat behind him, "Wha, you want some too?" And he jumped up, just barely missed by Guy who had leapt at him to stop him. He landed on another table, breaking it in two pieces, followed by him putting his arms out on either side and jumping back, taking a few people down with great force.
Guy was soon there though and tried to put Lee in a hold, only to have the drunken master slide out and place a kick in the mans gut, "see GUY-SENSEI I told you I'ddd mathter it! WOOOOHHOOOOO! I'm going to the kitchen to thart binner!" and the drunken green beast ran for the kitchen, jumping over and kicking Jakon, who had tried to stop him, in the head.
In the kitchen Lee came across a stove and burned himself, causing him to try and fight his new enemy, only to break it and have more burns. He then found the freezer and someone tried to lock him in, and he forced his way out, breaking a giant hole in the wall of the building and the freezer. Stumbling into town he was met by the local police, who he accused of impersonating officers and proceeded to beat up. It was at this time that Guy and Jakon had found him again and this time Jakon lashed out with his lightning jutsu, which Lee amazingly did a flip over and ran at the boy, most likely taking him out if not for Guy slamming into him from the side. Holding the boy as well as he could Jakon came up to him and placed two fingers on his chest, sending chakra into it and shocking him out of his drunken state.
The whole time Choji followed, laughing all the way.
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Guy had not been pleased at what had happened, though Choji and even Jakon couldn't help but laugh when the pair were not looking. They went a little faster now, though not as fast as they could have, Choji's words still handing in there minds. They had been traveling like this for two days, a little talking between them all, in which time Jakon had learned that Choji had a scroll in his pouch where he kept all his food, including a never ending supply of potato chips. Jakon's only thought at this was, 'At least we wont starve to death… if we can get some of the food away from him.' Though now they where sharing a bag of chips, Jakon's thought being forgotten for the moment.
Right now they were stopped on the outskirts of a village near the borders of the Country of Song, which shared part of the northern boarder of the Fire Country and was just east of the Sound Country where Orochimaru made his own village. Jakon, dressed in his usual attire, the chuunin vest open over top of it, was resting under a tree, sharing a bag of chips with Choji as he looked at the map and proposals made by the Hokage. 'It took us three days to get out of the Fire Country.' he thought to himself, taking another chip, 'So at this pace we should be out of this country by tonight or early tomorrow morning. Then we'll be in the Metal Country, which should take us another day to get through if we keep going as we are, then we need to find the exact location of the Fist Village, which might take up to a whole day to do. It isn't that far into the Cloud Country, just that we need to find it… Guess that's why it's a HIDDEN Village.'
Their lack of speed had been because of Choji, getting the two green clad nin look at everything, yet it was a long way to travel either way. The Leaf was on the opposite side of the Fire Country from where they where heading and then there were the two countries to pass through. Next Jakon pulled out the Offer made by Tsunade, seeing if they were mentioned anywhere in their, if THEY had any obligations they didn't know about. If there was anything his grandfather had taught Jakon, it was to always be suspicious, anyone could be an enemy, anything could be a weapon.
The letter itself was quite simple, though it had some fancy wording. It basically said that the Fire Country and Leaf would recognize the Fist as an official Hidden Village and offered alliance against any common enemy they may have. The last part was what he had been looking for however, that the ambassadors sent by Konoha would stay in the Fist until their leader chose to accept or decline a treaty. 'That could be troublesome, it could give them a chance to learn our jutsu, decide to kill us, or find out that we have been spying. Things like this could take a lot of time.' Though deep down he knew this wouldn't take as long as he feared.
Soon they where up and moving again, Lee and Guy in the front, looking at everything they saw or enjoying the simple things as Choji had put it. Jakon was pretty bored with how the mission was going, he would have rather picked up the pace and been there already, but he knew when they arrived there would b plenty to see and do.
The land was wavy, many grassy hills that were the first signs of what to expect in the mountain covered Cloud Country. From time to time they would pass through a small village, though not as many as when they were in the Fire Country still, but very few even then. That night they stopped between two large hills, so they where better hidden in the near treeless lands and so they could make a small fire that would go unnoticed. They talked into the night and then went to sleep, Choji taking the first watch as usual so he wouldn't have to get up in the middle of the night.
In the morning the set off early, making it out of the country before midmorning. This day was passed much in the same way as the others had, though the land became much more barren and rocky, looking more and more like the Cloud Country with each passing hour. Around four Jakon decided to learn a little more about his new teammate today, already knowing Guy and Lee too well.
"Choji Akimichi," he said in a little more formal tone, Choji was from one of the Four Noble Clans of Konoha after all and he didn't know the boy very well despite seeing him at the dinners their large group had, "I was wondering if I could ask you some more questions? We have met but have not gotten to know each other as well as we might have."
The heavier boy kept walking, but looked at Jakon considering, "Only under one condition." He said looking very serious for a second, "you must call me Choji and not use my full name when we talk. I told you when we met not to use my full name but you didn't listen."
Jakon had know that Choji wasn't stuck up, that much at least he had learned of the boy, but he was put off by the seriousness in is voice and the kindness in his words, they were very welcoming "Of course, I was just wondering if you could tell me about your clan and your abilities. We are going to be on a team and we may be fighting together," he reasoned, "so we should know about all of our combined abilities."
Choji smiled at the boy, "You know I think that's a good idea. I don't think those two thought about it since they know what we can do, but this is the first time that you and I have ever really talked. Tell you what, I'll tell you about my clan and you tell me about your and when we stop tonight we can have a good sparring match. Hopefully those two won't jump in and try to 'help out.'"
"What's that mean?" asked Lee who had slowed down to walk beside the other two boys.
"Oh um… well, you remember when you and Guy came to help us train last month, he… well Ino hasn't forgiven you yet and Shikamaru is still looking for his earrings." and though he didn't say it he still wanted to find the box of chips he had bought that they 'moved' on him.
Jakon had no idea what had happened and he didn't want to know. He had seen how Guy and Lee trained, he had joined in sometimes, but he had never seen anything go wrong in one of their sessions. The truth was Guy and Lee had no idea when something went wrong until it went horribly wrong and that's exactly what had happened at that training session.
"Well I apologized. But if your going to be training today then why stop later, why not now?!"
"Because," said Jakon, a little annoyed, "we have to get to the Hidden Fist Village by weeks end. We didn't bring a messenger bird with us, so we need to use one of theirs."
"But-"
"Yeah, lets just keep walking."
"But-"
"Maybe tonight."
"BUT-"
"Shut up back there!" came a yell from Guy who had ran a little farther ahead of them, "Something's not right here."
And the man stood listening to the sounds around him, to the calls of an animal Jakon thought, but he realized, 'There is no sound!' Indeed the terrain had become rocky and cliffs were formed by some of the hills, there could have been birds in any number of cliffs, lizards scurrying around, and other animals suited to such land, but right now there was nothing.
"Jakon," came Guys voice, suddenly straight behind Jakon, "Give me the map, it gave the location of a few key villages in the country, I want to see if we are near any of them."
Jakon quickly and quietly got out the map he had been reading earlier, still unsure of what was happening, why it had gotten so quiet. Guy looked over the map quickly, making several marks on it with a pencil he had in one of his pouches. Finally he could stand it no more, "Guy-sensei, what is wrong, are we near a village?"
"Yes, a city actually, we have been travelling on the road that leads there, but we have come across nobody coming from there and now this silence… Lee, you take the back, Choji you're his support, Jakon your upfront with me. We don't have a well balanced team like we normally would, but we should be fine if anything comes up. We are going to advance slowly, the hills here can provide plenty of space for an ambush so keep your eyes pealed… something's not right."
They marched forward slowly, taking in everything with great detail, finally they climbed up a tall rise. When they reached the top of it they looked down into the calderas, where a city had once been, thriving on the lake that had formed there. Now it was destroyed, partially sunken beneath the lack it once rose above, The dead trying to crawl away from whatever had attacked them.
None of them moved, they just looked around, wondering if the enemy was still there. Soon the moved out, looking over the dead to see what had killed them, "Broken skulls, legs, backs, and basically any other bone in the body." Said Lee once he saw some of the dead, "while others have not a single bone broken, they have small burns, lightening strikes most likely."
Jakon knew what had happened, though that didn't stop him from nearly being sick as he looked and talked, "They where attacked by the Fist and The Cloud Villages…" his eyes were widened as large as they would go at the sight, he had never seen so many dead or such destruction on a wide scale.
"Perhaps," said Lee, "though the Cloud alone could have done this, using the new village as a scapegoat."
"No Lee," said Guy looking very serious, no smile on his face which seemed like it was mad of stone, "this is very likely done together, the Cloud would not throw away such a valuable ally like that by trying to pass some of the buck… no what Jakon said is likely more true."
"And we're just going to walk into the village that did this like nothing ever happened?" said Choji incredulously.
"Yes!"
"But we can't just-"
"Yes we can, Choji, because we are Shinobi," said Guy, looking the boy in the eyes, "and if we do not do this then not only will we have thrown away a chance at peace, but as well we will not be able to gather any information on the Fist Village for the Hokage. Now stop protesting and lets go," he said turning away and walking around the carnage that lay ahead, "there is nothing further for us to see here. We will report this the Hokage, but we have to go now. We pick up our pace from here, we will make camp a little while away from here and we will get into the village by tomorrow afternoon with luck." And he took off, soon followed by Lee and then Jakon. Choji took one last look at the sight just to engrain it in his head, and then he too followed.
That night they had no fire and did not talk, Guy forbid it. They had double shifts, with two people on watch at a time, As Lee and Jakon sat, their eyes trying to pierce the darkness for anyone approaching, they each thought to themselves something very much the same, 'What is wrong with Guy?'
Lee could only partially understand it, 'Guy-sensei, I have seen you become serious before, but nothing like this. Even when we have come into battle you would not become like this, you are scared of something, that much I can tell, for I have seen you angry, happy, and sad, and this is not how you were… Why? What is it Guy-sensei?'
Jakon could not claim such familiarity with Guy and could only guess, 'He is not himself, even I can tell that, but why then has he changed suddenly. He was on edge when he noticed there was nothing around us, everything fled the blood bath, but after seeing it he was different. Maybe this it the start of something bigger and he knows it, but what?'
In the morning they took up a much faster pace, reaching the boarder of the Cloud Country before noon, and there in lay their next problem.
As they walked, following the winding path that went around a large mountain, placing them between the mountain and a high cliff side, they came across the checkpoint in the road, the boarder to the Cloud Country. The check point was a great wall, from cliff side to mountain, with a little hut on either side of the wall, a door right next to the wall. As they came closer two men came out of the hut on their side of the wall. One of the men, a short guy wearing all black and no visible forehead protector, was walking towards them, the other just standing back.
"Well what do we have here? A group of shinobi… and from the LEAF no less. Now what could you people want?"
"We are on a diplomatic mission to the Hidden Fist Village, by any chance would you know where it is?" said Guy, as friendly as he could, all hint of his former self from earlier in the day gone for this meeting.
"No, I wouldn't." said the man, a scowl on his face from how friendly Guy was acting, "and it doesn't concern you either scum."
"Come on Suke, let them pass!" yelled up his friend from near the wall.
"Shut it dobe, I'm handling this. Where were we? Ah yes, scum, that's right. Now why would you be looking into the Cloud Country's little village?"
"I told you we are on a diplomatic mission." Said Guy again, his smile never fading at all.
"Listen Big Brows I want a better reason than that! Now tell me before I have to take you in!"
"Little guy, don't mess with us," said Choji now, stepping up to the man who was a midget in comparison, "He might seem like he's ok, but I'm in a REALLY bad mood, so why don't you move out so we can remain DIPLOMATS."
The man by the door just started to bang on it with one hand, yelling out to the people on the other side while keeping an eye on the ensuring fight, "SENSEI, HE'S DOING IT AGAIN!"
The other guy looked at Choji and then jumped at him with a yell, only to have an over sized fist knock him back and through the now opened door in the wall. Another man, no hair and a scar running down his face and neck, and a girl, both wearing all black and the forehead protector of the Cloud village, walked through the door, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY GENIN!?"
Choji didn't need to answer though, the apparent Genin who had been hitting the door told him what happened. "Suke! You idiot, why would you attack a group of ambassadors from another village? That's it, your being sent back to the village tomorrow morning, and You!" he said looking at Guy and Choji who now stood in front of the other two, looking at the team of misfits guarding the door, "I guess owe you an apology then, don't I?"
"If it isn't any problem," said Choji before Guy could open his mouth, "could you tell us where the Hidden Fist Village is, we are on our way there?"
The man looked at Choji a second, sizing him up, "So why would you want to go there? The Cloud and the Leaf are the ones who need to work on their relations."
"Well they are a new village and we wish to know their intentions towards the other Hidden Villages." Said Choji, taking over for Guy for the moment.
"Yes, yes, well then you need to follow the road, eventually you will come across a statue, the Cloud is somewhere north east of that, the Fist is directly east of it though, along the cost. You should be able to follow a river all the way there. Normally we would need to provide a set of gear and a boat for a traveler, but since you are all shinobi I think we can forget that. Now get out of here," he said, a touch of scorn in his voice as he turned away, "we may be allies when it comes to documents, but that doesn't mean I have to like you. Shit I would detain you if you weren't diplomats and my student hadn't attacked you. NOW GO!" and he pointed to the door, then turned back to his student, ready to beat him. Though the little group left before they saw anything.
Following the road they did soon come across a statue, and due east they went. The Cloud Country was full of mountains and rivers, the main characteristic of the barren lands, and the Fist was at the end of one of these rivers, since due east lead along one of them, just as the man had told them.
They where full of anticipation as they neared their destination, and possibly their deaths if they were not well received. They were in enemy territory now and Jakon couldn't help but feel… eager! This was his first step into a much bigger world, it was chance for him to see what others had to offer. In all his time since he had become a Chuunin he had not had to fight a single shinobi that was above a Genin level, they had come across nothing of interest, but now, with a seal full of chakra and a wooden sword on his back, he couldn't wait!
Lee moved on with a graceful silence, despite the huge amount of weight he carried on his legging and within his chakra enforced Chuunin vest, very worried over his sensei. Yet at the same time he couldn't wait, he was going to a village, a Hidden Village none the less, where the fact that he did not have chakra, unless he opened the Initial Gate, was not considered a problem at all.
Choji was quiet, to quiet. He had seen dead men and women, he had killed some of the people he had seen, yet nothing like what he had seen yesterday. He was too kind, he knew that, he was a gentle person and when it came to the matter he would force himself to be a shinobi. But still… he didn't know what kind of person it took to attack a city that had no shinobi of its own and just kill. He didn't want to eat for once, as long as he thought about what he saw he wouldn't be able to eat…
How long had he been a jounin? Was it going on ten years or eleven? It didn't matter, he knew all he would need to survive. He had fought in the third Shinobi War when he was a Chuunin, and he knew that if he could survive that then he could live through anything… well maybe their was one thing, he knew he wouldn't be able to live while watching his precious student going through a war as he and so many others had, something that seemed more likely to happen now. What they had seen was something only done in the harshest of wars, '… Lee…'
It was three and a half hours before the village was in sight, and what a sight it was: The first thing they saw was a wall made up of tall tree's, evenly tall and spiked at the top. Hanging from the side of two large towers, to either side of a rather large gate, where fifteen bodies, some rotting away, while four where amazingly fresh.
Choji nearly fell over his feet at the sight. Jakon was ready to hurl, his grandfather never having prepared him for such things, though he held himself. Lee looked on unchanged on the outside, though he was questioning whether he really was looking forward to such a village. Guy stared on unchanged both inside and out, Konoha used to practice such things during the war, he should know, he had missions that had him drag dead and living bodies up to be hanged.
Though dead bodies where not the only thing up in those towers. As soon as they had been within sight, before they could even see the village wall, the alarm had gone up and they were now being approached by a group of eight men and women, the leader of which seemed to be a man with black hair going off in every direction at different lengths, looking as if he had his hair cut by a blind man wielding a pair of swords. He was not very tall, perhaps just five feet, but no taller, though he had muscle to spare, as could be seen in his exposed arms, against one rested a staff, one half having a scythe and the other what looked like a claw.
As both groups stopped, looking each other over, Guy put on a smile and slowly raised one hand, yelling at the top of his lungs, "HELLO! MY NAME IS MIGHT GUY, AN AMBASSEDOR SENT TO YOU FROM THE HOKAGE OF THE HIDDEN LEAF OF THE-"
"SHUT UP!" yelled the man, only half as loud as Guy could manage, barely being heard. Now that Guy was quiet he said in a normal tone, "We can hear you quite fine think you. Now you are from the Leaf? What business do you have in our village?"
Guy shot the man a smile and slowly approached, "Yes we are from the Leaf, Hokage-sama sent us here as ambassadors, to give a treaty to the leader to your village and to officially recognize the Fist as a Hidden Village and propose a treaty. Jakon!" he said suddenly, placing his hands out expectantly without looking away from the man.
Jakon quickly realized that he wanted the documents that they had been given and searched through his bag for them, not finding them. He looked up, expecting Guy to be worried or mad, but all he saw was the strange haired man, already holding and looking over the papers. Wide eyed, Jakon couldn't help but think, 'How did he do that? When?' At the same time a telltale grin shot across his face. And what did it tell: he was really going to enjoy this place.
"A treaty?!" he asked, a little put off that they were telling the truth and that there was someone actually trying to make peace with them instead of sending spies, "Why would the Leaf want to make an alliance with us when we are located in and allied with the Cloud Country?"
"Because you are a newly formed hidden village and the Leaf does not wish to make and enemy of you. Besides," said Guy, putting a cheesy smile on, "what do you have to lose?"
"Funding, an ally, our village, our lives… we have plenty to lose." The man stared at Guy a second, "I cannot give you the ok for this if I wanted to, but neither can I charge you with anything or pass sentence even if I thought I needed to, I am unsure of which would be better. All I can do is this: We will provide you with rooms and allow you restricted access to the village as a whole. Training fields, restaurants, stores, and the east wing of the main building, where your rooms and my office are located, will be all you can use. If you are suspected of any crime or are caught outside of these area's then you will be charged with sedition and you will be detained until the head off our village returns from his trip, which you'll be stuck waiting for anyways. Lets go!" There was no room for questions or debate, as the man turned around and waved for them to follow him through the now opening gates.
The village was a very simple one, though well planned out. The buildings where mostly single story, with a few two story buildings here or there. Though what made the style well planned out was that fact that no single building was touching another and that roads separated them all, making it better if they were assaulted, they could use any roadway as an ambush point, the enemy never knowing where you could be in wait. As well it would be very hard to navigate if you did not know your way around already, if an enemy was looking for something or someone they might need to go through every house to find what they needed, there was very little to distinguish a single area apart except where there where venders booths or saké stands.
What struck Jakon was that the place was thriving, people dressed in the clothing of many different villages and countries, shinobi and villager alike. 'They accept almost anyone and now they seem to be doing quite well. I wonder how strong they are really?' but he was cut from his thoughts as they came to a building, undistinguished from any of the others around it except for a pair of guards in front of the door.
"We are here, this is the center of power for the Hidden Fist and where all dignitaries are housed, though you would only be the second group, the first being sent from our benefactors in the Hidden Cloud." And they entered what seemed to be a small building.
In front of them was a metal shaft, thick cables that would be very hard to break hanging down it. As they waited for the platform to come up Choji started to talk with the man, "So what would be your name?"
"I am Niji, I am in charge of the man in charge of training the watch and anyone else I'm asked or want to train, any thing else you would like to know?" the man said quickly, impatiently.
Not taking the mans tone as not wanting to talk, or not caring, Choji asked away, "Why don't you tell us a little about the village or how you came here. It is quite fascinating that you guys were able to gather a villages worth of men and women who all specialize in Taijutsu."
The man put a smirk on his face, "he, well I have been here since we got started, I was the Village heads right hand. He would come to me about everything he wanted or needed to know since he was too busy doing paper work or planning out the villages course. He was the one who came up with the layout for the village and the idea to have our base under ground. He's also the reason why we have a wooden wall around the village, in case the Cloud took insult to us being here. But he got sick, he died not long after and I was demoted when this new guy came in, he is quite good, a master of Taijutsu. He even gave the inspiration for quite a few styles and techniques himself. But he doesn't see things in the same light as me and the other had. But we live on, knowing that we have lasted for nearly a year and will live on for much longer." Finally the lift came up and he stepped on, "You, boy," pointing to Choji, "what's your name?"
"Choji Akimichi," he said.
"Well I would very much like to talk with you some more. Since the lift won't be able to hold all of our weight why don't you and I take the first ride down." When Choji nodded and stepped on the lift disappeared down into the dark of the base.
"Well then," said Guy, "seems things may go quite smoothly." Then, giving Jakon a nudge in the ribs, a goofy look on his face, "Well then I guess this will give you time to think what Hanabi's doing in that village full of women." This caused Jakon to blush as perverted thoughts came unbidden and memories of what he wouldn't have came all too willingly.
