Almost finished with newest fishy fate chap.
Also some sad news, when I was home for a leave I found out that my stationary comp hdd died, so lost most of my notes on loyalty seal. Which pisses me off.
I got some notes stored on a memory stick so, luckily I don't have to start from scratch again.
I saw a man die today.
It was the first time I saw someone die.
He just collapsed, like a puppet without strings.
'He was old after all, completely natural' someone had murmured in the crowd
I had been watching him for a while that day, I was hiding in the alley unnoticed by most, and those that did notice ignored me.
I do not know what it was that drew me towards him, he was old, slightly hunchbacked, seemingly from a long life off hard work. His noose was crooked, probably been broken a couple of times, his eyes where hardened and cold, his lips where locked in a constant sneer as he pressed himself through the crowds.
He was one of those old people you avoided, the seemingly angry, sarcastic bastards that would yell at you for the slightest mistake.
But something was different with him, something was seemingly off.
Something I couldn't put my finger on, so I watched and observed.
It is after all something I've become rather good at after all.
I read it in a book once, one of those old tombs in the library, one of the few spots where I could be left alone by the other children. No angry glares, no whispers. The library was a sanctuary after all, and anyone making a racket in the sacred halls would get a lashing from its mighty overlord, the librarian.
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In the old tomb, I found the golden rules about being a ninja.
Decide upon your beliefs that you can truly live by.
After all, how long could you last without breaking apart or becoming insane if you where forced to kill children all day long? Also, it said that you had to choose if you wanted to strike out on your own, or maybe become apart of a clan.
Never publicize that you are a ninja.
Anonymity means longevity in the ninja world. If they don't know who you are, they cannot strike you down.
Learn how to move stealthily
Stealth is many things, to move unseen or hide in the shadows. If they do not know you are there, then they cannot defend themselves against you.
Blending in do not only mean during a mission, blend into the environment, wear the appropriate clothes for a civilian in a crowd to slip by guards or interacting with others.
Get and maintain a ninja body
Your body is a tool and as long as it can perform the functions of a ninja, it is a valuable tool. Train your endurance, agility strength and flexibility. Learn breathing techniques, your body can do marvelous things, respect it.
Know how to escape
Escaping is not a cowardly action, it might be the most prudent action at the time. Only fool's fight a battle they cannot hope to win, another day alive is another day you can turn a fight in your favor.
Know what a Ninja needs
You do not need flashy tools to be deadly, do not always go for the easy way, observe, plan, execute!
Learn the 18 disciplines of the ninja; Seishin-teki kyōyō, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, Bōjutsu, Shurikenjutsu, Sōjutsu, Naginatajutsu, Sui-ren, Bōryaku, Chōhō, Intonjutsu, Tenmon, Kusarigamajutsu, Kayakujutsu, Hensōjutsu, Chi-mon, Shinobi-iri and Bajutsu.
Learn to control people and manipulate events not by force, but by words and actions
Use people's desires, needs and wants against them. Humans need security, wealth, pride, strength and to have their wants and needs satisfied. Use this against them and pit them against each other to fulfill your goals.
Feed your mind.
With knowledge comes power and this can help you become more resourceful and to help you blend inn more easily.
Master self control
A true ninja is a master of his environment, which consequently requires one to be in control of ones self.
To master ones self learn to cut your emotions out of the decision making, engage in rational and logical thinking no matter what the situation is, make tactical decisions that may upset one's ego, finding the flow of situations/problems and one's place with in them.
Do not let your emotions rule you, let yourself rule them.
Silence is golden.
One's first responsibility is to learn and practice ninjutsu in secrecy, and privately.
After all, one cannot be a master ninja if one cannot keep something as simple as one's hidden identity a secret from those that surround us.
These rules had given Naruto a new outlook on life and he had adapted.
He tried to fit in with the other children but their parents always told them to stay away from him, not that he cared now.
He had a goal, an ambition…no, a destiny!
He would become the greatest ninja in his era and no one would ever know until it was too late.
And while the old man's eyes closed for the last time, a pair off blue eyes caught the moment in detail and stored it all.
A plot bunny I got after finding a list on www. wikihow. com/ Be - a - Ninja
This would be a series of mostly oneshots, this would be the start, the first time he saw someone die.
Would most likely follow up with his first kill, first near death experience and so on.
If I'll make more of these I'll go back and flesh this up a bit.