Tarizo started to get up and his injuries were regenerating.
-I can't give up, I've been working too hard to land on the bottom again.
[Flashback]
In some poor village, eight-year-old Tarizo was running through it, holding a loaf of bread in his hand.
-Come back here, you goddamn thief! - the man shouted, chasing the kid
At some point, Tarizo saw an alley and, wanting to lose the seller, turned into it, but as it turned out it was a dead end.
-Please don't hit me, I'm sorry.
The man did not do anything about the boy's apology, just walked up to him and beat him up.
-If you want to eat, go to work, or hunt yourself. - The man said walking away Tarizo, in pain, went outside the village and sat down under a tree.
-You're probably hungry, hold on.Hearing an unknown voice
Tarizo looked ahead and saw a middle-aged man (dressed in Jounin's standard outfit, Iwa-gakure on his forehead, dark hair of medium length)
-I...
-Don't say anything, just take it.Tarizo nodded, accepting the bun and eating it immediately
-Say what someone as young as you is doing here
-My parents died two years ago after the rebel attack, since then I have been forced to steal to survive.
"I understand, then come with me, I'll take you to my village and make you a real shinobi."
-Really?
-Of course.
-Thank you yyy ...
-Call me Arokun.
-Hai, Aroku-san.
Aroku led Tarizo to Iwa Gakure, which they reached a few days later. Jounin spent this time teaching the boy what a shinobi is and chakra control, Tarizo was fascinated by what can be done with chakra and wanted to become a shinobi as soon as possible. When they reached the village, they immediately went to the Tsuchikage building, in the study they found an elderly short man named Oonoki.
-You're Aroku.
-Yes, I came to report to Tsuchikage-sama.
-All right, who is this boy? - Oonoki asked pointing at Tarizo
-I found him beaten and hungry, I decided to take him to the village to make him my apprentice.
-I understand that you take responsibility for him?
-Of course.
-Aroku you are one of my best shinobi, I trust you, you never do anything without a reason. Okay, I'll consider this boy a resident of the village, he'll start genin training in six months.
-Thank you Tsuchikage-sama.
Jounin took Tarizo to his apartment and showed him around the village.
-Aroku-san, why do you do so much for a complete strange boy like me?
-Because you are like me, my parents died when I was of a similar age, with the difference that they took part in the second great war, when I saw you, I remembered the image of myself after the death of my parents, so I could not pass by you indifferently.
-I understand, you will rest today and from tomorrow we start training.
-Hai.