Aaron was sitting in a tree catching his breath. "I can't believe I almost killed him." Aaron kept thinking to himself. He felt bad about almost killing someone. He knew that it was an instinct brought about by his village who thought that if you were to battle with an outsider then your goal was to kill them. When people would challenge him, he always made sure to hold himself back, but for some reason he couldn't hold himself back when he fought with Sasuke. "Maybe it's my injuries, maybe it's me giving in to my primal urges, or maybe I'm just evil. I don't know. I can't think!" Aaron shouted putting both of his hands on his head and screaming loud enough for some birds to fly off as they were startled by the loud noises.

Aaron managed to slow his breathing down as he jumped from the tree. Aaron returned to his cabin which was now empty; he went to bed knowing that he wasn't in any state of mind or body to be working or doing anything for that matter. Sadly for him, it was a rather restless night of sleep as he tossed and turned muttering odd phrases in his sleep.

Aaron woke up sweating and breathing heavily; sadly it was not the first time that night. Aaron had woken up repeatedly performing the same motions of breathing heavily, sweating, and clutching his chest. The only difference was that it was morning now, and Aaron had nothing better to do than wake up and go about his morning activities. Aaron performed the activities mechanically showing no emotion as he finished them.

Aaron returned to his cabin after he finished all of his activities. He opened the trunk that he kept by the foot of his bed and pulled out a black cloak made from the fur of a bear he killed who had been destroying his crops; also Aaron was in a bad mood that day and needed something to take his anger out on and the bear just happened to be there. Aaron put the cloak on making sure that his sword was concealed beneath it. The seal near the chest was fashioned from the teeth of the bear; Aaron made sure never to waste anything, especially something that he killed. Aaron pulled the hood up and put a silver mask over his face only making his eyes visible; he got the mask from a blacksmith in a local village that he traded a few squirrels for it. He then began walking to the village of the hidden leaf making sure that his identity was concealed.

Aaron entered the village and walked through it casually as he ignored the villagers staring at him. Aaron walked to a local restaurant and took a seat on one of the stools. "What can I get for you?" The chef asked smiling at Aaron as he sharpened his knives.

Aaron didn't really know what to get, and he was just happy to not have to cook. "Surprise me." Aaron said placing some money on the counter.

"Very well." The chef said smiling as he picked up the money and put it in the cash register. "So where are you from?" He asked curiously not having seen Aaron before.

"Not here." He said coldly glaring through the mask. The chef set a small cup of tea in front of Aaron who removed the bottom half of his mask as he took a sip. The chef later sat a bowl of noodles in front of Aaron; along with the noodles there was an egg on top as well as some onions and pieces of chicken, and there was a yellowish broth in the bottom of the bowl. Aaron picked up his chopsticks and began eating the food.

"How is it?" The chef asked smiling.

"The best that I've had in a while." Aaron admitted smiling at the chef who smiled back as Aaron continued to eat. Aaron quickly finished the food and decided to relax a little as he sat around and sipped tea.

Aaron was genuinely relaxing until he heard three familiar voices. "Naruto, you just ate."

"But, I'm so hungry."

"Big surprise."

"Shut up. We're here. I'll take three bowls of ramen. What do you guys want?" The voice belonging to Naruto said as the chef smiled and began filling the order as they took a seat at the counter. "Hey buddy, can you pass the crackers?" Naruto motioned to the bowl next to Aaron who pushed it over to him making sure not to make eye contact.

The chef sat three bowls of ramen in front of Naruto and a plate of dumplings in front of Aaron that he told him were on the house. When Naruto thought that Aaron wasn't looking, he attempted to steal a dumpling only to be met with a kunai inches from his hand lodged in the table. "Take it easy, it was only one dumpling." Naruto said only to be met with a glare from Aaron.

"Why are you here, Aaron?" Sasuke asked which caused Aaron to cringe. Aaron put the lower half of his mask on and grabbed the kunai from the counter before he touched the mark on his arm activating The Snow Leopard's Piercing Stare and sprinting off.

"Come on let's go after him." Naruto said after gulping down his last bowl of ramen and running after Aaron.

Aaron continued to run; he was scared of what the ninja would do when they caught him. Aaron was currently running through the market as he knocked over several crates and barrels to create obstacles for the pursuing ninja. Aaron then pushed a shopkeeper from his cart and started throwing the fruits that had been stored on it. Aaron hit Naruto on the head with an apple, then an orange, and finally a watermelon. Regardless, Naruto continued to chase after Aaron with Sasuke and Sakura following closely behind him. Aaron threw a kunai at a barrel causing the contents, which appeared to be some sort of oil, to flow out on to the ground. The oil served as a successful distraction as Naruto first slipped and fell while Sasuke and Sakura kept trying to maintain their balance only to fall in to the same position as Naruto.

Aaron didn't see any traces of the ninja following him, but he didn't stop running until he found a safe place to catch his breath. Aaron was currently sitting on the roof of a house with his mask off as well as his cloak as he watched the sun set in the distance. "You want to tell me why you're here?" A voice belonging to Sasuke asked causing Aaron to jump and throw a kunai at him while also grabbing his sword.

"Relax, I'm not here to fight you." Sasuke said putting his hands up showing no weapons.

Aaron reluctantly stowed his sword as Sasuke took a seat next to him on the roof. "I just came here to relax." Aaron sighed.

"Well having no responsibility can be pretty stressful." Sasuke said sarcastically.

"You don't have any idea of what I deal with every day. I have a pack of snow leopards communicating with me in my sleep, a village that rejected me, a house to maintain, and a bunch of annoying ninja like you getting in my business." Aaron said glaring at Sasuke coldly. "I've said enough. I'll be leaving now." Aaron said standing up and grabbing his stuff before touching the mark on his arm, leaping from the roof, and dashing off.