Seal of the Wind

Chapter 2 Storm

At midnight that night, the same man could be seen atop the Hokage Monument. Only this time, he was sitting. Also, there was no blistering wind tonight. The man stayed on the monument longer, and seemed to be lost in his thoughts. Brother…

"Teikiatsu! Teikiatsu, wake up!" said a voice.

Teikiatsu rolled over to look at his clock. It read 8:00 a.m. Then he pulled the covers over his head and shouted out, "Brother! Why are you waking me up?"

"Cause, today's the day of the Chuunin finals! I thought you wanted to come see me become a Chuunin?"

"Oh!" Teikiatsu jumped out of bed and rushed to the bathroom to change. He came out two minutes later, and ran to the kitchen to eat. His brother came in after him.

"Slow down! Or you'll choke." He started laughing, "The finals aren't for another two hours. Go ahead and take it easy."

"Okay Brother." He put down the ramen he was eating, "Wow. I can't believe you're gonna be a Chuunin already."

"Me neither." He sat down in the chair next to Teikiatsu.

"Man I wish I was a ninja…'

"Don't worry. You're my brother. Besides you're what, half my age and you're already in the academy. Being a Genin will be easy. And then you can become a Chuunin. It's that easy."

"Well when you say it like that, it is! You're a ninja genius."

"Well, that means that when you're stuck I can help you." He smiled at his little brother. Teikiatsu looked back at him. His brother was only eight years old when he graduated the academy early. In the two years after, he went on tons of C class missions. He really was a ninja genius.

"Umm… can I finish eating now? So we can get there early." Teikiatsu asked.

"Go ahead. But we have a whole lot of time before the finals start."

When Teikiatsu finished eating his ramen, he went outside to do some stretches. His brother came out to join him. They stretched for five minutes or so, then stated to make their way to Konoha stadium. When they reached the stadium, it was already nine thirty. Teikiatsu's brother went to sign in, while Teikiatsu went to find a good seat. As soon as he found a good seat, the Sandaime began the finals.

What happened next was nothing short of brilliant. Teikiatsu saw tons of jutsus he'd never seen before. But probably the best one he saw was his brother's Rasengan. It was the first time anyone in the whole village had seen a move like that. Wow! So that was Brother's Rasengan. It's even cooler when you actually see it, Teikiatsu thought. After all the battles had been fought out, the Sandaime stood up to address the crowd.

"Brilliant battles were fought today. Probably the best the village has ever seen. In response to that, all who made it to the finals are to become Chuunin." Loud cheers could be heard everywhere around the stadium. Even Teikiatsu shouted his lungs out for his brother. The new Chuunins were given their vests. Then they all went inside. Quickly, everyone in the stands began to file out, to meet the new Chuunin. Teikiatsu was the first one out of the stadium. He ran as fast as he could to find his brother so that he could be the first one to congratulate him. But when Teikiatsu finally saw his brother, he was surrounded by Jounin. They were all asking him how he had made the Rasengan. Teikiatsu decided to just leave his brother with the Jounin and went to go sit down on a bench.

After twenty minutes or so, Teikiatsu's brother finally came out of the forest of Jounin. He looked around for Teikiatsu. Then he spotted his brother sitting on the street corner, playing with a kunai. He ran up to him.

"How come you didn't just pull me out of the crowd?" He panted.

"Oh I dunno," Teikiatsu shrugged, "I thought you were having fun?"

"Huh? Really? C'mon, you know me better than that. Oh! So did you like my Rasengan?" He added as an afterthought.

"Hell yeah!" He jumped up and looked at his brother, "Will you teach me it?"

"Nope, you're not ready to learn it yet."

"Aww… But you'll teach me it when I'm stronger?"

"Yeah. I promise I will, Teikiatsu. C'mon let's go home now."

"It was years after my brother became a Chuunin. Even I was a Jounin now. My older brother, though, had become the Yondaime. I left the village on an important mission. When I returned, the first news I received was that my brother was dead. I then left the village and trained harder than ever for ten years. And when I returned, I found out that my nephew was being treated like crap. Right, brother?"

Teikiatsu stood up. Your son's a loud mouth, Brother. He's like the complete opposite of you, he thought. He looked up at the moon and then disappeared.