His voice echoed through his head 'Ugh...what time is it?'. He was in a room that was devoid of all light, but a dim red flame that plastered the walls, giving clarity to it's emptiness. The ground was like staring at a the deep void of space, and in the center of the room only a bed could bee seen with two figures occupying it's sheets. Sounds of water could be heard as small drips hit the floor creating a small ripple each time, similar to raindrops falling in a dark pond.

'I swear i set my alarm before i went to bed, and what the hell is stabbing me?' his faced grimaced at the thought of waking up in the morning. The young man rolled over, revealing a piece of dried ramen.

"You gonna eat that?" a mysterious voiced asked.

"Here take it , i don't need it."

Two little paws grabbed the piece of ramen from his hands "Thanks." A squirrel like creature stuffed the piece of ramen in its mouth.

Confused the boy looked at the tiny creature on his bed, unsure of what was actually happening, animals couldn't talk as far he knew. "Am i dreaming, or did i stay up too long? get yourself together" he slapped both of his cheeks "yea i got to be dreaming right?" He looked at both of his hands, vision was blurred and he started to see double.

"I can still hear you by the way." the creature said, as he licked his paws. "You might want to wake up, Kassuto." Kassuto continued to stare at his hands.

"Wake up Kassuto , Kassuto! wake up kid."

Eyes wide awake he jumped out of bed, that was indeed a dream, but not just any dream, one that had been plaguing him for the past two weeks. He was no stranger to waking up to the sound of an alarm, but this time it was to the screeching of a little squirrel. He glanced at his wrist and noticed the time, it was 8:00 A.M, he was going to be late for school if he wasted anymore time. He looked around his room, and only the the aftermath of yesterday's late night binge could be seen. Empty dried ramen boxes mixed with video scrolls of last year's Chunin Exams scattered everywhere on the floor, the room smelt foul, dirty laundry was scattered everywhere and the stench reached his nose like a truck crashing into a small car.

'I need to clean this up later, right now i have to get dressed and leave as soon as possible, but why does it feel like someone is watching me?' Kassuto slowly turned and looked at his window sill, what greeted him was a little squirrel relaxing on the window as if it was waiting for him to turn around.

"Hey little fella , you visit my room so much i'm having nightmares about you buddy" he stretched, puffed his chest out, and placed both hands on his hips. He then reached underneath the bed and grabbed a partially opened box of dried ramen, it was jerky flavored, his favorite. He thought. Breaking off a small piece he handed it to the creature, it devoured the food instantly, covered it's belly with its hands and belched loudly, then stared at Kassuto.

"If you keep coming here i'm gonna have to start charging you rent soon", he let out a small chuckle, then he waved the back of his palm towards the creature "now shoo, get out of here".

The creature jumped out of the window and glided to a nearby light pole. Kassuto leaned on the window sill , and stared, the cascading sunlight reached his cheeks, the buildings across from him were all pleasant to his eyes and the greatest monument to his inspiration could be seen. A partial eye of the late Hokage, Tsunade and other past leaders met his gaze every day . It has been only two weeks since he got permission from his parents to move out. He figured moving closer to the old ruins of the Hokage Mountain could only bring him good fortune, but being late even once for the Academy was not a good way to start his journey, nor would it convince his parents this was a good thoughts clouded his mind. He looked down and checked his watch once more, turned around , and headed for his closet, quickly dressed, and left for school.

Reaching his academy was just a standard affair, the same everyday routine he had been performing, he hopped on his bike, took the standard routes through the city and peddled as fast as he was obvious it was not his first time going up against the cruel hand of he reached his destination, a massive building stood before him, the Konaha Academy, and between him and the school was a massive silver gate that appeared to be the the middle of the gate sat the symbol of the Academy, a shield with an intricate design that split in the middle as the gate would open. The closing of this ornate gate, signified to all late comers that entry was not however did not stop Kassuto. He threw his bike over the schools' wall, launched himself into the air and made sure to tightly grasp his backpack as he flung his body over.

Kassuto entered the school, and wasted no time, he ran, navigating through the halls, and bumped into many upperclassmen . He stopped abruptly once he reached his looked up and read a sign that spelled [Ninja Tool Ethics] released a deep sigh and opened the door.

A man with a very small frame stood in front of the classroom, his white lab coat draped over his body, the goggles he wore sat on top of his head and wrapped around the abundance of hair that curled in every direction, being held together by straps of the sight of him could be described as nothing short of a mad scientist.

"Welcome Kassuto, how nice of you to grace us with your presence, seeing as how your almost fifteen minutes late, one would suspect! that you were trying to avoid my class" said .

Kassuto laughed uncomfortably as he placed one hand behind his head. "Of course not, i just had a little bike trouble."

"Bike trouble?" Mr. Lou said calmly. His face squinted as his lips slightly parted ways.

"Yea , but i'm here now, so no need to contact my parents or anything, i'm just gonna go take, my, seat." Kassuto casually drifted towards his seat.

"Fine, but next time you wont get off so easy Uzumaki."

Several minutes passed as continued his lesson. When suddenly he stopped, and noticed Kassuto falling asleep. Mr. Lou made himself known to the boy. He puffed his chest out and exhaled deeply with his words.

"Kassuto!, can you please explain to the class the importance of the Ninja Tool and its historical significance to this city and the land of fire!" his voice rouse higher as he spoke. Kassuto jumped straight up from his chair, and quickly wiped the drool from his face. He then began to explain while stammering over his words.

"Yes, the ninja tool, it's a...hmm..thing that we use..to..uh..something from the past, it's great.. in our everyday lives" Kassuto's eyes bounced between the students near him looking for the slightest bit of help.

"Stop" interrupted him. "Perhaps if you spent more time paying attention, and actually using your Ninja Tool you would have been able to give a better explanation, next time, pay attention Uzumaki!" His expression changed from stern, to gentle, as he called on another student.

"Saruna Haruno."

"Yes sir."

A young girl stood up, her figure was slim, her hair was cut short, pink with black edges. She wore a red and white outfit that hugged her waist, her hands were covered by red gloves with the symbol of the Haruno family on them. She stood elegantly, as she spoke. "yes! the Ninja tool has been the foundation for the current peace we now experience, it has been the replacement for traditional ninjutsu. It has allowed many shinobi to stand against unfavorable odds, as such it has been integrated in our everyday lives. Because of the Ninja tool , the weak no longer have to cower to the strong , wars have been quelled and the balance of power between all of the great cities has been checked, leading to less conflicts and more shinobi than ever before, and that is the ninja way." she performed a slight bow and proceeded to take her seat.

"Excellent explanation, now, Kassuto what do you have to sa…" The sound of Kassuto's snoring could be heard from a distance, the sound pierced not only his ears, but his pride as a professional teacher.

yelled, waking him up again. "Kassuto! out now, out, out, out, to the disciplinary office with you."He flailed his arms around like a possessed mad man. The entire class chuckled with amusement, while Saruna sat in her seat, quickly she scribbled chaotically as her face slowly turned beat red, and her eyes shifted from one classmate to the next with furrowed brows.

"That filthy animal, embarrassing me time and time again, i'll teach you to fall asleep while i'm speaking, chaaa." Saruna was lost in thought.

The other students in the room began to whisper as Kassuto made his way to the exit.

"There he goes again" said a young boy as he leaned over to the students near to him.

"If he wasn't an Uzumaki i'm sure he would have been expelled by now."

"Shh before it's our turn to get the boot." a young girl whipped her head around to face the front of the classroom.

Kassuto walked out of the classroom with the same vigor he had on his way to school. He then began to head toward the disciplinary office, once he reached the office, he slowly placed his hand on the door and pushed and found that no one was inside, just him and a Chalk eraser sitting on the desk in front of him. A devilish grin washed across his face, one of nightmares. He had an idea.

[ Halls of the Academy]

A man began to walk down the school's hallway... the direction? the Disciplinary office, the sounds of eating can be heard from him, as he threw away an empty sandwich wrapper. Only his hips can be seen as he took his strides, and a pair of bells attached to his belt, slightly bouncing up and down as he made his way. He stopped in front of what appeared to be his office. He opened the door, looked up and let out a deep sigh.

"Here we go again."

As soon as he stepped in the room a Chalk eraser fell and hit his head. Leaving chalk stains on the blue book that was in his hand. A small cloud of white Chalke dust permeated the air.

"Always with the same tricks Kassuto, does it ever get old" he asked while he waved the small cloud of smoke away with his free hand. The image of the man was revealed. He had hair as white as snow, and he donned a black outfit that mad him appear as some type of soldier than an instructor for students. A black scarf also covered half of his face, making sure not to disturb his perfectly centered reading glasses.

"I swear sensei, why does it always seem like you know it's coming, but you let me get you every time." Kassuto held his side and laughed, he laughed so hard his stomach released a sharp pain, causing him to laugh even more uncontrollably.

"Your antics are usually the best part of my day Kassuto, this job isn't the most exciting and you bring me joy whenever I see you." The man walked to his desk and took a seat in his chair. He then reached into his drawer, being careful not to damage the other items as he fiddled around, once he found his target he grabbed the placeholder that held his name, 'Tensen Hatake', and placed it facing front on his desk.

"Speaking of which this is 4th time this week I've seen you in here, are we going for a new record?" he placed both of his legs on the table, crossed them and leaned back.

Kassuto wiped the tears from his eyes and tried to catch his breath before he spoke. "I rather be in here having a good time than sitting in a useless class."

"You know how important ninja tool ethics are to our society Kassuto, i would recommend you pay attention, who knows you might learn something new."

Kassuto leaned back and began stretching while he stared at the ceiling. "Yea i hear you, but lets be honest if i wasn't an Uzumaki i would have been kicked out the Academy a long time ago."

Tensen gave Kassuto a concerned look, although his face was covered, you could see his eyes soften as he spoke. "This Academy prides itself on the efforts of its students, and in your case you seem to be doing very well in taijutsu courses, trust me the academy values those efforts."

"Even if i suck at everything else?"

"How can you suck if you barely give it a try Kassuto, as the saying goes you miss a hundred shots you don't take."

"I don't think that's how the saying goes" Kassuto laughed. He leaned forward, and locked eyes with him, held his head high as his eyes sparkled with pride.

"Is this about your ninja way, and refusing to use the ninja tool?" Tensen got straight to the point.

"Of course it is, why can't we learn from our ancestors who helped build this city, I don't believe for a second that the ninja tool can replace the old way."

Tensen picked up his blue book, and began to skim through its stopped abruptly and started to slowly eyes danced across the page, then he looked up and stared at Kassuto. "What makes you say this?, you speak as if though you were 300 years old, your only 15 Kassuto. You have a lot to learn, and I wouldn't be spending your time learning about the old traditions, especially with what little information remains."

"You have a lot to say about giving the ninja tool a chance, but I never actually see you with a ninja tool whenever I'm in your office, so, what's up with that?" Kassuto rubbed his chin and raised one eyebrow, like a detective looking for clues.

Tensen quickly jumped out of his chair, he rushed towards Kassuto while motioning for him to get up ,his demeanor was like a rapidly departing train taking off before the passengers could board. He spoke Quickly.

"Goodbye, stop sleeping in class, do your homework, got some paperwork to do, good talk" - the tone was suspicious thought Kassuto. He pushed the boy out of the room and closed the door behind him. He walked to his desk, opened the drawer, and picked up what appeared to be a ninja tool, with a deep sigh he calmly placed the Ninja Tool on his wrist.

Kassuto walked down the hallway, contemplating if he should return to class. Instead he decided to visit the third-floor balcony. 'I need some fresh air, inhaling that chalk dust was not a part of the plan'. Once outside he gazed at the city while he leaned over the balcony, when something caught his attention. Off in the distance he saw a group of people that appeared to be dressed up in some type of masks, and they all carried crowbars. 'Wonderful a bunch of thieves they seem to be heading towards a local store in the is an excellent time to let off some steam'.as soon as he finished the thought he jumped off the balcony and began to make his descent towards the thieves. Jumping from one roof top to the next, he was confident in his abilities. Catching up to these guys was just a matter of time. Once he reached their location,he could clearly make out the appearance of the thieves.

'One two...three , hmm six teenagers? don't know to many adults who wear clothes like that,cant make out their faces though'. The six people that stood before Kassuto, wore mask resembling different types of animals, five of them wore white mask, but one of them wore a red one. 'They seem to be armed with ninja tools, except the one with the red mask,he found it interesting, as he hid behind a wall peeking slightly around its corner. Kassuto looked at the watch on his wrist, taking note of the time. He wanted to wait until the thieves broke into the shop before he made his debut. The image of defeating the thieves and being held as savior rushed through his mind.

The back window to the store shattered and the thieves silently made their way inside. No alarms were raised by their actions, leading him to believe that they must have scouted this place ahead of time and knew the alarms would be off. He quietly followed behind them, waiting for the perfect chance to make his presence known. The thieves started grabbing several boxes of canned food. This was the moment Kassuto had been waiting for. He jumped out and revealed himself

"If you guys are looking for food, i hear getting punched in the mouth is a quick way to fix hunger!" he shouted. All of the thieves quickly turned around, but none of them responded to his taunting. Instead five of them slowly turned their heads and looked at the thief in the red dog mask.

The thief in the red dog mask nodded, then spoke.

"Take care of this clown."

Five thieves rushed forward, and surrounded Kassuto on all sides. 'Fox, bird, monkey, wolf, and sheep' - Kassuto took note of the animals that now surrounded him.

"Nice mask , i would have brought peanuts if i knew the circus was in town." Kassuto widened his stance and held up both hands fist completely clinched, he then quickly collapsed both hands together and shouted.

"Shadow clone jutsu."

He summoned five shadow clones, his opponents took a step back, not out of fear, but more out of shock.

"What the hell, without a ninja tool?" said the fox.

"Great we got ourselves another weirdo" the bird chimed in.

"Your one to talk" the sheep and the wolf spoke simultaneously as if though they were of the same mind.

The last thief was not amused "Shut up and pay attention, only one of them is real, we find that one and this fight is over before it even begins" the monkey maintained the groups composure through his remarks.

The only one who didn't seem to care was the thief with the red dog mask. After the initial shock, the fight began almost immediately, with the thieves being outnumbered six to five. The two thieves who spoke simultaneously, stepped forward and were immediately greeted with two shadow clones. The fight was a sight to behold, each shadow clone danced across the battlefield, constantly swapping positions with each movements were unpredictable, as they let out several kicks, punches and a flurry of back flips, followed by a kunai thrown directly at the vital spots of the thieves, attempting to disable them at every turn, with every movement. Nothing was wasted.

"What the hell is this."

"I've never seen clones behave this way before" said the fox,while blocking a coordinated attack from two of the shadow clones.

"Ahhh" The thief with monkey mask was kicked across the room by one of the clones sending him crashing straight into the produce section. His mask was now cracked revealing just his left eye. The look of frustration and anger could be seen in the furrow of his brows , and the intense darkness in his eyes. He began breathing heavily, and sweat poured down his was not a fight he could drag out.

"Fuck this" He rolled up his sleeve , and fully revealed his ninja tool. He raised one hand in the air ,collapsed both his middle and ring finger , as a small blue scroll launched from his wrist. With his remaining fingers he caught the scroll, but just before he could let out any command...

"Stop" - the thief in the red mask intervened. "Everyone fall back, let me take care of this, obviously this kid isn't normal."

The remaining thieves disengaged the shadow clones, all inhaling and exhaling rapidly with each step backwards they took, one even had a kunai lodged in his left knee, which he immediately pulled out. The thief wearing the sheep's mask ran over to him and began to wrap his wound to stop the bleeding.

"Go sit this one out, let me have some fun with this guy" he adjusted his red mask.

"Two weirdos fighting each other this should be good" - said the sheep, right before he collapsed to one knee.

"Hey kid what's your name." The leader of the thieves asked.

Kassuto stepped forward, with each shadow clone ready to go on the offensive.

"My name is Kassuto, remember it well , because i will be the one sending your crew packing" he responded while giving a thumbs down. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a headband, and tied it across his head, revealing the symbol of the Uzumaki family. The other thieves started to panic, while they voiced their concerns.

"Shit its an Uzumaki" the sheep took a step back.

"What the hell is an Uzumaki doing here?" sprawled on the ground the fox assisted the sheep in wrapping his wound.

"We need to leave boss." the thief in the sheep's mask raised his voice , revealing that he, was actually a girl.

"No i said i will handle this, besides he's just a kid" - retorted the man in the red mask.

Kassuto didn't let their shock faze him, his guard remained.

"Kassuto Uzumaki" he spoke slowly "nice name, you can call me Red, remember it well when you wake up."

"When i wake up?"

Red immediately took a battle stance, and within seconds rushed forward and closed the distance between him and Kassuto, one of the shadow clones immediately blocked the incoming punch with its body, as that was all it could do unable to react to the initial movement of his foe. POOF - the shadow clone vanished, receiving a critical blow to the chest. One down five more to go, small amounts of blue electricity jumped around Red's body, amplifying his movement. One clone rushed him, it jumped in the air and landed a kick aimed at his head, but he blocked with his right forearm, the weight of the kick forced him slightly on the ground, kneeling, red used his other hand as an anchor, sending a kick straight upwards with his right leg , knocking the wind out of the clone, an electrical backlash fried it to a crisp.

Two down, four more to go, red continued to keep track of his opponents numbers in his mind. Kassuto and the remaining clones began to dash forward while weaving side to side, their movements were like three rapid streams crossing and uncrossing, with each step they took, a kunai was thrown, aimed at the vital spots of Red. This did not faze him. Leaping backwards, Red spun and danced catching each kunai , the first two he caught with each hand, then sent them flying back at his attackers , the third he kicked back at the trio. The first shadow clone easily blocked the kunai, but the electrical discharge applied to the kunai fried him. Seeing this Kassuto and the remaining clone avoided the kunai. Forced to take a defensive stance, Kassuto needed to figure out how Red was coating his attacks in lighting. But before he could process the thought, Red had closed the distance , leaving only a small electrical field in the spot he once stood.

"Checkmate Uzumaki" Red spoke with a chilling tone. He had pierced the heart of the remaining shadow clone , and in his left hand he held the throat of Kassuto. The clone immediately de-summoned in a cloud of smoke.

"This is the part where you go to sleep now Uzumaki brat!" Red said menacingly. He started to squeeze his throat.

"How did you apply lightning to your attacks?" Kassuto struggled to speak while he tried to hold on to his consciousness.

"The same way you've been using those shadow clones, which i gotta say, i didn't expect a Uzumaki to be running around without using a ninja tool, weaving hand signs, i thought you Uzumaki's hated anything related to the old way?"

"If you wanted to interview me, how about we talk while your behind a cell dog boy."

"Whatever kid, you put up a decent fight, though i expected more, now go to sleep" His hand oozed with electricity as he started to squeeze even tighter. Kassuto tried his hardest to maintain his consciousness , but this was it , he lost. The motionless body of Kassuto dropped from Red's hand, and fell to the ground. POOF! his corpse exploded in a a small cloud of white smoke.

"Shit its a shadow clone!"

"boss look out" - one of the thieves yelled.

Kassuto appeared from his right , connecting a heavy punch launching him across the room. His body slammed into the ground slid across the cold hard floor.

"Shit"

Red slowly stood back to his feet and wiped the blood from his nose, and with one hand motioned Kassuto towards him.

"You been hiding since the beginning, there wasn't five clones but six" he placed one hand on his mask, while slowly reaching for his back pocket with the other. "what percent were those clones if you don't mind me asking?"

Kassuto put his hands on his chin , and looked into the air. "About ten percent" he answered as if he himself, was not sure.

Red looked behind him and addressed his teammates , the tone of his voice was one of compassion and concern. "You guys need to go , we got ourselves a little monster here, i don't need you guys getting wrapped up in this fight, and i need to get serious if i want to win this."

"Well i did say we should leave when we found out he was an Uzumaki" said the thief with the cracked monkey mask."Lets go guys." The thieves all agreed and proceeded quickly through the way they came, at this point Kassuto just wanted to settle things with Red , he could care less about the others , and allowed them to pass unharmed.

Both Red and Kassuto were alone , stuck in deep fascination with each users of the old way, clearly neither one would pass up such a rare opportunity to test their room fell deathly silent as they stood apart from each suddenly, Red jumped into the air and immediately went on the offensive.

"Fire Style - Fire Ball Jutsu." he shouted.

Kassuto returned the favor.

"Water style - Water Gun Jutsu."

The clash of both jutsu created a massive amount of mist and the entire temperature of the room increased dramatically, setting off the sprinklers in the store, this combined with the fallout of the jutsu flooded the ground up to their now at the point where their environment no longer mattered. Dripping wet, they took and offensive stance. Immediately closing the distance with each other. Red's body was still amplified by the jutsu he used to increase his speed, the electrical charges had no effect on his environment , only his opponent.

Kassuto opened with a left punch to Red's rib cage , Red blocked with his left knee , while striking with his right hand, Kassuto easily avoided the punch. Countering with a flurry of kicks , each one heavier than the last. Red could feel the weight of each attack, this was completely different from before he thought. He could tell, Kassuto was serious about knocking him out in one decisive wrong move and this monster would succeed. Each blow from both boys let out a small shock wave that tore their immediate surroundings to pieces. The fight escalated and Kassuto began to pick up speed, far surpassing what Red could muster. Red took note of the demeanor of his opponent. The once goofy Kassuto, now bore the expression of a calm and collected fighter, which each passing movement reassuring him, that this was not this kids first serious fight.

"Dam monster brat" - he muttered as Kassuto landed several blows to his body, he simply couldn't react in time. He quickly recovered and stood before Kassuto, and several more exchanges were made. Fist flying, punches blocked by elbows , and each time Kassuto got even faster, and hit even harder. Red immediately jumped backwards and placed one hand in the water that nearly drowned his other hand he placed on his chest, while weaving a quick hand sign.

[Lightning style : Storm whip jutsu]

The electricity that once coursed through certain parts of his body, was now inside of the pool of water. The water appeared to now give off the image of a raging storm, as electricity danced underneath and across its surface. He held one hand close to his chest and began to direct the other towards Kassuto.

Kassuto was intrigued, what type of new jutsu was he about to see. At first glance he assumed the water would electrify him, but his feet was soaked and he didn't appear to feel any pain, it was as if he was numb. 'oh crap i'm losing feeling in my feet, what the hell is going on?' Suddenly a massive stream of lighting flew towards his direction, the attack looked like multiple water streams dancing in a lightning cloud, each stream targeted him with every movement of Red's hand. Left, right, left right, Kassuto dodged in between each stream, slowly but surely closing the distance between him and Red, the store was in shambles. Many boxes of food floated in the water, pieces of debris passed by their feet, and the sprinklers were still lightly raining down on the two. Kassuto needed to end this quickly, as his body became more and more numb, slowing his movements with each passing second. Eventually he had enough, stopping his movements ,he held out one hand and began to focus chakra in one spot. Red immediately used this opportunity to trap Kassuto, using five streams underneath Kassuto's feet to form a cage and collapsed directly on top of him. One decisive blow was all he needed to end this. But It was too late,Kassuto had finished his preparations.

[Rasengan]

Kassuto aimed the Rasengan directly at the pool of water at his feat, completely dispersing Red's jutsu. With a triumphant smile he gloated.

"That's all you got, doggy?" he stood sideways with one hand behind his back and the other extended fully forward. "Come, so i can teach you to sit" he said jokingly.

Red breathing heavily, began to mumble to himself , raised one hand to his chest and activated another jutsu. Kassuto would not allow him to perform another jutsu. This time, more eager to end the fight, within an instant he closed the distance, he was moving so fast, the water underneath his feet was left seemingly undisturbed by his movements until he finally met his target, his fist was inches away from Red's face, the outcome was clear, this fight was over. But Red easily avoided the punch and redirected his opponent towards the side, in that moment they both locked eyes, Kassuto wore an expression of disbelief, his jaw was gaped and his eyes widened, while Red's face was calm and his eyes bore an unfamiliar pattern.

"I can see you now brat" said Red.

Kassuto performed several back flips and regained his posture, then he dashed side to side leaving an afterimage in his place each time, with every passing he assaulted his opponent with several punches and kicks, but none would connect despite his was no longer able to land a single punch on his opponent. 'I must be moving slower, due to the numbing of his last jutsu, or is he getting faster? why cant i hit him?'- these thoughts circulated like the wind as he attempted to crush his opponent.

The fight continued, and although Kassuto could not land a single punch on Red,his opponent was clearly on the was tired and could only avoid the attacks, but both were almost at their fight eventually became a slug fest as each could not keep up the same one landing several critical blows on the other, neither able to put the other down. However, Red still used his new found visual prowess, to determine which punches he could or could not take, avoiding the most fatal, while accepting the rest. Kassuto only had enough strength to amplify some of his attacks, but he was at his limit as well, he just needed one good punch.

Kassuto's fist flew past Red's face, scratching his cheek, his right hand was hidden from view and smashed straight into his opponents face, finally he managed to land a blow, but so did Red. Both boys waited for the opportune moment to claim victory. An electrical current danced through Kassuto's body knocking him unconscious , while Red was still standing, his eyes devoid of consciousness, his mask crumbled into pieces and fell into the water all around him.

...

Kassuto woke to the sounds of alarms and several police officers outside, he was in the back of an ambulance. A dog suddenly jumped into the back of the ambulance, menacingly, it ran towards him. The dog was massive.

It jumped on his face...

then it ...

started... licking him... nonstop.

"Good boy , i haven't seen you in a while buddy, but we both know i'm in a heap of trouble with your master."

"Kassuto why am i always running into you" said a familiar voice. A man entered the ambulance.

"Hi detective Aiden Inuzuka" - Kassuto responded with a look of pure innocence, while giving puppy eyes next to the dogs face.

"Don't hi me,and stop... stop using my full name" Aiden sat next to Kassuto "your in a lot of trouble, you know that right?"

"Did you get the guy in the red mask laying next to me? no way he got up after that punch." he lifted his arm and flexed his muscle.

"Slow down, you were the only one we found in the store , along with a bunch of destroyed property." Aiden reached into his pocket and grabbed a pair of handcuffs, then tossed them at Kassuto. "But don't worry we can talk about what happened after we get down to the station and call your parents."

"Crap"

...

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