60 years after the death of the Oni

Haku finally woke up after putting his alarm clock on sleep for about the 10th time. He was aching all over from passing his chunin test yesterday. Actually, he passed his small village's version of a chunin test, but he was hoping that it would be enough for the Hokage of Konoha Village. He was his village's hope for the future, 14 years old and now a chunin.

Getting up from his bed, he heard his mom screaming something. He got closer to his door to try and get what she was screaming to him.

"Haku Uchiha, get down here this instant or there will be no breakfast for you this morning"

That woke up Haku from his daze faster than pouring water on his head. He rushed to his closet and grab his clothes and put them on while running downstairs. Before his mother could say anything, he had already sat down and started eating like a madman.

His mother sighed "You should learn to get up earlier if you want to be a great ninja"

Haku just shrugged and continued eating. The way he saw it, he'd learn how to get up early when he was actually accepted as a Konoha chunin.

He looked up a the clock. 10 am. Wasn't the meeting with the Hokage at noon? Wasn't there at least an hour of walking to get to Konoha from his house. All this was floating in his mind when he came upon a conclusion.

"I'm going to be late!"

He hadn't even pack the rest of his clothes and equipment! "Oh no, if I'm late, what will be the Hokage impression of me!" Haku rushed upstairs, with the sound of his mother saying "You should have gotten up earlier Haku".

He started grabbing his things while mentally cataloguing them. "10 normal shurikens, check. One windmill shuriken, check. Left forearm bracer with steel claws attached, check. Clothes, combat and non-combat, check".

Packing all these things into his bag, he ran downstairs and headed for the door. He was stopped by his grand-father.

"Haku, you're forgetting something".

Haku took a moment to think about it. Shurikens, bracer, clothes, everything seemed to be in order.

"I've got everything grandpa, all my equipment is accounted for."

"What about your great grand-father's sword, did you pack that Haku?"

Haku was suddenly panicking. His great grand-father's sword! It was the sword that his great grand-father used to fight and kill the Oni so long ago. It was almost as precious to him as his own life. How could it have slipped his mind!

His grandpa only smiled. "Luckily I thought of it for you." His grandpa took out a sheathed sword from the closet. It was of the western style, with a wide straight blade and triangular point, and the blade itself was about a meter long. He also took a small coin shaped talisman from the sword belt small pocket.

"This talisman was brought back by your great grand-father, Sasuke Uchiha, from the battle with the Oni that later cost him his life." "Before dying, he said that to a select ancestor of his, his sword would unlock the great power within the talisman." "Since then, the first chunin of each generation was given this sword and talisman, in hopes of being the one."

Grateful for this gift, Haku strapped the sword over his shoulder and put the talisman back in its pocket. He gave his grandpa one last handshake, shouted good bye to the rest of his family, and ran out the door.

While running through the forest on his way to Konoha Village, he thought to himself.

"I have a feeling that this is the start of a great adventure."

-To Be Continued…