Chapter 3

Sensei

As the morning sun rose a shocking realization had come to me rather quickly....I was in the bed of a truck heading toward who knows where. My wallet was gone along with all my weapons. Looks like the Rogues and the rest of the Lost aren't exactly pure hearted destroyers of evil. I can't blame them though, the Chakra they put into my system and that Gun the old man used to defend me with must have hit them pretty hard financially.

Merra told me about how Chakra was first tapped into 10 years ago. Ever since the common man has once again found his place on the battle field. The Akatsuki has tried to block out this new technology from the news so not many in the Leaf Village know of it at all. A chakra that could unlock one of my gates is unheard of though. It skipped through the others and went straight to the healing gate.....that is no ordinary Chakra. And that old man's Jutsu. He knew the hand seal by heart and killed those Aktasuki in no time.

So this is the real world, some people so strong and gifted that the others must have their very own equalizer.

"Screeeeeeetch" The truck came to a sudden stop in front of an old looking house.

"Hey kid! You still back there? Get off, this is your stop. That lady only paid us to take you this far!" I jumped off after thanking them. So maybe Merra wasn't that bad afterall.

As I approached the house I realized how broken down it really was. No front door, shingles on the roof missing, the house painted white with blue spots from where the paint had worn off, an upside down bird bath, boarded up windows, and grass up to your hips.

"Judging by this house....I'm in for a rough time." I walked through the front door calling out for anybody that would listen. I couldn't find a soul in the house. I found a door which led down to the basement. I walked down the stairs and noticed why this house was so broken down....it was a cover up.

"Who are you? How did you find this place?" One of the guards standing in front of a giant red door asked me.

"My name is Tressa. I was sent by the Rogues to come train here."

"Ah, yes I was informed of your coming. Right this way." The giant red door was at the very end of the long stairway. Burning torches lit the way down. As he opened the giant red door I saw something truly amazing. This Dojo....was huge! The roof at least one hundred feet above. Torches all around the outside of the giant red room. A man kneeling on the floor in front of a statue caught my eye. As a matter of fact....there were 7 statues.

"The Hokage's of the past" An old man said standing beside me. "The highest ranking Hidden Leaf ninja's of their time. Each one surpassing the next in some way. We only have record of the first five Hokage's. The last two reigned during the time the Akatsuki began making their final moves. We do know this, neither of them were the great hero of the Leaf who stood up in the end to protect us. We have uncovered much of the past that you may be very interested in. Now is not the time though, I will take you to your new Sensei now." My head still swirling from the sudden history lesson I followed like a mindless zombie.

"So what's Sensei like?" I asked trying to kill time. We were going down another flight of stairs. God knows how long it will take to walk down.

"Sensei is not your ordinary Sensei. But his students have always been diamonds in the rough whenever called upon. I am one of those students."

"Really? What kind of training do you think I'll be doing?" He just laughed and told me "Good luck". Thank god I had that pep talk. Who knows? I might have had some confidence going in there. Can't have that now can we?

I opened the door at the end of the stairway. The room I walked into was very dark. Hardly any light at all.

"Sensei? I am Tressa and have come–"

"Shut up. Your training starts here! You want to destroy the Akatsuki huh? You've got a long road ahead of you. You didn't even notice the clones I placed behind you when you walked in.

"What cl–" Interrupted again I was punched in the stomach and then thrown into one of the walls.

"I'm gonna have fun breaking you."

"What do you mean breaking me?" I said standing up. "I came here to train! Not fight you!"

"Oh a tough guy! Most that want to train under me stand down after knowing I have them outmatched. Maybe you just know so little about Ninja techniques and fighting styles that you have no fear of what I can do to you. Maybe, your very own stupidity is what makes you so very brave. Once you learn of how strong people in this world really are, you will become a coward like the rest."

"Bull Shit."

"What did you say?"

"You don't know me. I know plenty about how strong the Akatsuki really are. It's beyond my own thinking right now....and it pisses me off. You think I'm just gonna sit here and be some little weakling and not do a thing about my what those guys are doing? You think I can just it here and bottle up my anger of what they do everyday? Killing, lying, propoganda, theft, all because they want to. They do what they want and don't care! I'll destroy every last one of them!"

"No you wont. You're too weak. You'll never get that strong. It is your destiny to die like all the-"

"Who cares about destiny! I'll make my own destiny!"

"You dare interrupt your very own Sensei?"

"Your not my Sensei. A coward that wont stand for what he believes and do something about the Akatsuki can never be my Sensei!"

"How dare you! I'll finish you right here!" He said flying at me with a speed I had never before encountered. He was really, really, fast. He smacked me to the floor. Standing atop me he performed hand seals while I was flat on my stomach. Then little belts of Chakra began strapping me to the floor. I couldn't get up. "Do you see how weak you are now? Do you? Your nothing! You can't avenge your family or anyone else who has suffered because your too weak! Hahaha.....this is hilarious! You actually thought you could beat the Akatsuki!" He continued laughing. How could this man be a Sensei? Why would Merra send me to train with sucha horrible man?

"I'll kill you!"

"What's that weakling? Still got some fight left in you?" He said kicking me in the stomach a few times. "People like you deserve to die. Your family was too weak to survive. That's why they died. Don't blame the Akatsuki for your family for getting what they deserve. There's no room for weak people in this world!"

"You're a monster! Your the one who doesn't deserve to live!"

"Oh really? Then what are you going to do about that?"

"Hehehe....I'LL CRUSH YOU!"