Aaron found himself in the snowy mountains once more. "You had a social outing yesterday?" One of the leopards asked Aaron.
"More like a day where I tried to relax." Aaron said thinking about the fighting that ensued.
"I hope that you learn to let others in to your heart." One of the leopards said before Aaron woke up.
"I'm not letting anyone in. My village abandoned me, my family abandoned me, and anyone else will just be the same." Aaron thought to himself before getting dressed and performing his chores for the day. Aaron pulled out his sword and carved a target in to a large tree. Aaron pulled out his kunai and began throwing them at the tree to test and improve his accuracy.
Aaron kept throwing kunai at the tree until one of them was caught by someone. "What do you want?" Aaron asked looking at the figure that was standing in the tree.
The figure jumped down from the tree and looked at Aaron. "I am Anko of the Hidden Leaf Village. I have been sent by Tsunade to keep an eye on you. Good aim." She said looking at the marks in the tree and throwing a kunai herself and getting a bull's-eye.
"What do you want though?" Aaron asked slightly irritated, but still impressed with her skill.
"Tsunade sent me to watch over you and not interfere, but I got bored with just watching you train, so I decided to break her rules." She said pulling the kunai from the tree.
"What is with you guys? Why can't you just leave me alone?" Aaron said in anger as he threw a barrage of kunai at her which she quickly dodged.
"If it were up to me, I would leave you alone, but her orders are final. How about we just talk?" Anko asked as she dodged another kunai from Aaron.
"There's nothing to say." Aaron told her as he touched the mark on his arm and sprinted off in to the woods with Anko closely pursuing him. Aaron saw Anko following him. "Just leave me alone!" Aaron shouted as he increased his speed until he reached a clearing. Aaron drew his sword ready to fight Anko. "Back off." Aaron said staring at her coldly with the Snow Leopard's Piercing Stare.
"My mission wasn't to fight you, but I will." She said performing several jutsus while attacking Aaron who dodged most of her attacks. Aaron delivered a few slashes to her, but she seemed relentless as she attacked Aaron who was running short of breath. "Please just stop fighting before you get hurt." Anko said looking at Aaron who was covered in cuts, bruises, and was breathing heavily.
"I've already been hurt. This is nothing." Aaron said as he ran at Anko full of adrenaline and swinging his sword. Anko quickly dodged the attack and kicked Aaron in the back knocking him to the ground. Anko looked at Aaron lying on the ground and sighed as she lifted him on to her shoulders.
Aaron woke up breathing heavily and sweating as he clutched his chest; he felt several bandages on his body and a cool cloth on his forehead. Aaron took a look around and saw that he was in a cabin. "Glad to see that you're awake." Anko said sipping a cup of tea. "Nice place you got here." She said looking around.
"Why'd you bring me back here?" Aaron asked pulling back the blanket and getting out of his bed to realize that he had been stripped down to his boxers.
"You needed medical attention and Tsunade's orders were to keep an eye on you, and that means making sure that you don't get hurt." Anko said pushing Aaron back down on to the bed. "Just relax. You need your rest." She said placing another cool cloth on his forehead.
"I'm fine. You can go home now." Aaron said taking the cloth off of his forehead.
Anko looked at Aaron. "Prove it. Stand up and walk in a straight line." Anko said looking at Aaron who was in no shape to be moving around.
Aaron scowled at her and stood up. He walked a few feet forward before falling on to his knee. "Come on, back to bed." Anko said helping Aaron up and leading him back to his bed.
"Alright, you can leave now." Aaron said as he situated himself in his bed.
"Tsunade will be furious when she finds out I did this to you. I need to make sure that you're okay." Anko said sternly.
"Look, I'm used to taking care of myself. If Tsunade asks, you were defending yourself. I'm the one who attacked you first, and this isn't the first time that I've taken the blame for something. In my village, I was a popular scapegoat among the bullies. No one would listen to me because I can not channel chakra. They just assumed that I was a bad child and I was responsible for anything bad that happened in my old village." Aaron told her.
"That is rather tragic, but I'm not a member of your village. I have a responsibility to take care of anyone who is suffering in pain, especially people that I inflict it upon." Anko said.
"Look you can go. I promise you that I will rest. Despite my behavior, I'm someone who keeps their word." Aaron told her. "Please, just leave." Aaron said a little irritated.
"I'll leave, but if I find out that you lied to me, I'll beat you up again and put a sealing jutsu on you and make sure that you rest." Anko said menacingly while smiling as she left.
Aaron winced at the very idea of being trapped by her. Aaron got out of his bed and made himself a cup of tea almost setting fire to the cabin in the process. He drank the tea while sitting up in his bed; after he finished, he sat the cup down on a table and laid down in his bed. "I hate to say it, but I need to rest." Aaron said to himself as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Aaron woke up in the snowy mountains again. He saw several snow leopards surrounding him. "Are you alright? We sense great pain radiating from you." One of them said concerned.
"I'm fine. Does it feel hot up here?" Aaron asked feeling his forehead.
One of the leopards ran at him and pounced on him putting a paw to his forehead. "He is ill. We must take action." One of them said motioning to the other leopards.
"I'm fine. I just need some rest." Aaron said trying to push the leopard off only for him to be engulfed in a red flame.
"He is not fine." Several of the leopards said as they looked at the fire and saw Aaron wake up. Aaron woke up sweating profusely and clutching his chest. He hobbled over to the bathroom and leaned over the toilet as he started throwing up. Once he was sure that he was finished, Aaron ran a cloth in some cold water and put it on his forehead as he got back in to his bed and laid down groaning; he made sure to put a bucket by his bed which he used.
Aaron looked at some of his bandages and saw some of the wounds were still open and bleeding as he started to change the bandages. "Must be some sort of infection." Aaron muttered under his breath as he laid down in his bed groaning and moaning as he fell asleep.