Difference

HUGE AUTHOR'S NOTE

Well, here's the deal. I've decided to post the rest of the chapters that I was working on for some time. I was going to finish the story and then post the first chapter but I was way to anxious to see how it would do. I found out that my character is a Mary-Sueish girl. Thus, I have decided to edit and make adjustments. So basically I'm going to take down the story in a week or so. This is your LAST chance to read the original. So after a week, you'll be able to read the hopefully IMPROVED version of Difference. The storyline will change a bit and character traits may change as well. I really can't go into detail. The title will also stay the same. So I have to say, thank-you to all that helped me along this journey. I hope that I shall give readers more enjoyment than this story. Well, thank-you so much!

HUGE AUTHOR'S NOTE

"Yo, Derno," Orikawa greeted, "Are you heading out now?"

"Yeah," Derno replied but then hesitantly asked, "I wonder, Orikawa, could you teach me some more jutsu? I have no idea what I should do when I go out of Sebir's borders."

Orikawa stared deeply into Derno's eyes and saw a look of full determination. He sighed and replied, "You do realize I'll have to be much harder and stricter than practice and when we go on missions…"

Derno grinned and yelled out of excitement, "I'M READY!"

Orikawa grinned and replied, "Meet me at the mountainside."

Derno nodded and gave a thumbs-up towards Orikawa, "I'll do my best."

"You'd better," Orikawa commented and disappeared.

"Sit down, Sierra," Makoto courteously demanded, moving his hand to a seat nearby him.

Sierra looked curiously at him, wondering why he was directing her to sit down when she had just tried to bit the heck out of him.

"I'll explain a little bit about Byakugan," Makoto informed, "Try not to ask too many questions. If you're going against some Byakugan users during the Chuunin exam, you'll need to unleash your own Byakugan as well. Byakugan is an ultimate bloodline technique used by the Hyuuga clan—as you should know. Once you unleash Byakugan, you'll be able to see through almost anything. This also includes reading what a person is thinking through their eye movement. I've never tried unleashing it with a pupil though. So this'll be an experience."

Sierra's eyes twitched and waited a minute to calm down, "Then how am I supposed to unleash Byakugan when I don't even know how?"

Makoto grinned and replied, "You're going to have to do that yourself."

"THEN WHY AM I HERE!" Sierra yelled, confused and frustrated.

Makoto sighed and took his finger out of his ear, "Loud-mouthed girl…"

Toro easily dodged the kick of Makawa and jumped up to the ceiling. Placing enough chakra on his feet, he stood on the ceiling, looking downwards onto Makawa.

Makawa sped his arm towards Toro and made direct contact. However, Toro replaced his original position with Makawa's cloak and landed a kick onto his opponent's back. However, Toro looked at where his foot laid and saw that Makawa had disappeared. Looking behind him, he saw Makawa and could not do anything. Seeing an opening, Makawa struck a punch towards Toro.

The master raised his hand, which seemed to give the symbol of "stop." Suddenly, another monk commenced to the same spot where Toro had started with Makawa. This monk politely bowed and took of his cloak as well. He was ghostly pale and his face was hardened. Toro could see that this man was blind.

"Do not be fooled since I cannot see, boy. Although my eyes are not of use, my sense of hearing has been heightened. My name is Yao. Come if you dare," Yao implied and smiled, moving his fingers.

"So, what will you test me on?" Toro asked curiously.

"Genjutsu," Yao responded but spoke again, "Be wary of where you tread though."

Toro looked downwards and saw a dark pit. He began sinking lower and lower.

"This is an amateur trick. You'll have to defeat me with something much stronger," Toro replied and built up chakra to dispose the image.

Yao smiled and sat Indian-styled. He began reciting incantations that involved significant, intricate signs that Toro glimpsed. Yao mightily yelled out the last word which began a mighty wind that blew past Toro. Toro was then sent to a cold atmosphere filled with ice, snow, and people who huddled together to keep warm. His eyes staggered to see so much need. However, he remembered what he must do and began to use this time to his advantage. Closing his eyes, he began making his own incantations as well. This quickly dismissed the image, and Toro quickly sent a horrifying image towards Yao.

"This is a very good try," Yao articulated, "However, I must remind you that I am no ordinary shinobi. I have traveled long and far across the land. I have seen genjutsu like you have never seen before."

Yao placed two fingers up and placed them to make a symbol, "Now feel the wraths of my…"

The master held his hand up to signify—like Makawa—to stop and nodded to the last monk.

As the two monks before him, the last monk took of his cloak and placed it neatly to the side.

"My name is Hirota--master of ninjutsu. Come forward if you dare," Hirota hissed at Toro, motion his fingers to come towards him.

Without following directions, Toro stood in his original location and merely stared at Hirota who became impatient.

"Are you deaf my boy?" Hirota asked.

Toro shook his head and stared straight at Hirota with his eyes glaring.

Hirota scratched his head and replied, "You must be a special case then… Oh well, fine with me, I'll just have to come near you."

Toro smiled and made a defense stance.

"However, I'll let my friends do that instead," Hirota contradicted and summoned thousands of rats, "They're trained to hunt down my opponent and eat the living flesh off of them."

Toro frowned and looked in horror at the rats. Rats were the most disgusting things he believed on the face of the earth. Like a coward, Toro fled from his spot and stood on the ceiling.

"Right where I want you, boy!" Hirota spoke in glee and dashed towards the ceiling, laying several punches on Toro's cowering body, "You 'fraid of rats? Well, that's okay. You've got to start somewhere so you won't die from you missions, don't you think? Rats aren't too bad once you get to know them!"
"That's what you think," Toro replied and laid a strike-and-hit combo against Hirota who blocked only a few.

"You're pretty talented for such a young child. I'll give you that. However, when you're weaker than your opponent, you've got to think a little bit harder," Hirota replied and stood up easily between his minions of rats.

Toro began reciting inaudible words and placed a genjutsu trance on the rats. They all stopped in the middle of their tracks and stood as still as if they were dead.

"MY RATS!" Hirota spoke out of fury and mercilessly struck Toro who lay on the floor—probably unable to move.

The master raised his hand to stop.