A/N Thanks for your reviews and support. Well the one year anniversary has come and gone now. Thank you for everyone who is reading this still.
twilightserius:Thanks for your review my friend. Chun is in a way like an older brother. In others he's like a father. It all depends on when you see him and why. Lol they haven't become genin yet. They are going to meet later not just yet though. Keep reading. So many unanswered questions.
Guest: Thanks for your review my friend. That would make a lot of sense but no. He didn't go to the other world. Every single one of them are. Every. Single. One.
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Chun's POV
He numbly went to the room he was given for his stay. They had called the meeting to an end after that revelation. They couldn't be productive with the Guardians being lost to their own thoughts.
The Guardians weren't the only ones lost to their own thoughts. Many of the Murim council was as well. They were lost to the thoughts that they sent one of the five Guardians on a suicide mission.
Despite the protests that's exactly what it was. A suicide mission with no guarantee of success or survival. Or even a way home should they succeed in the first place.
The files they each Guardian was given made him pale when read them. The way they planned on getting the two boys back was to use the power of the five Guardians on the Veil of Death. In theory it would work and they could get both boys back that way. The plan only had one problem that would prevent them from using it.
The Murim masters in the their infinite wisdom let one of the Guardians go through the veil. People called him insane but even he could see how that was a bad idea. Did anyone ask him though? No they didn't.
The problem was that if the kid was any other guardian then they could make up the power difference. Out of all of them however the Guardian of the Forest was the most powerful. He was also the most dangerous of the five. It was said when the Guardian of the Forest went through their activation, all of Murim felt it.
Then again this was just a legend. No one had witnessed a Guaridan of the Forest activation in generations. They weren't sure if it was caused like the other guardians or if something else caused it.
Laying on his bed he thought back to the boy. Memories flashed across his eyes.
Flashback
Shioon stood before him in a grey sweatshirt. His eyes were dull with sadness. Chun only took him in the night before. He knew it would take time to earn his trust. Or to rid that dull look from his eyes.
He said, "Come on kid. If this is going to work you need to work with me."
The kid responded in a monotone, "I am working with you. I haven't run off yet have I? If I was anyone else would I would have run off."
Chun sighed this was going to be a long night. At least he didn't have anywhere to be in the morning.
The next memory showed him standing in front of a sweaty teenager. Shioon looked like he overexerted his ki center again. It was average sized due to when he began training.
Chun said cooly, "That's still wrong, kid. At this rate you will never master the inner strike technique. Again."
The memory then shifted to the last time he saw the kid. Blood was running down his scalp and into his face. The kid had just knocked him out of the Black Origin Threshold. That was the first time anyone was ever brought out of the technique before. It usually went until the user ran out of ki.
Chun said with a tired and pained smile, "You are giving me a headache kid."
The boy's face lit up at seeing him back to normal. The smile he was given warmed Chun's heart. Even as the pain of losing his one love tore at him.
The kid said, "Sungsengnim you're back to yourself. Thank God."
Finally he broke the other of using thank Merlin when he was relieved about something. It attracted a lot of attention to them.
He was drawn from his thoughts when the old Murim Alliance Chief grabbed the kid by his neck. The force of his grip was enough to send Shioon to his knees.
The man said angrily, "Give me the secrets of the Black Heaven and Earth Technique. Or I will kill your disciple."
He wanted to help his disciple. Then he remembered being in the exact position almost fifteen years ago. How his master sacrificed his own life so that Chun could live. A guilt that he had lived with for years. This was not something Chun could burden the kid with. However even if he left the kid be Murim would not leave him alone. Not unless he stopped being one of Murim. Even if the kid never forgave him he would not allow the kid to live with the same guilt he felt.
Using Jin of Ghost steps he brought himself right in front of his disciple and the old man. Drawing his hand back he focused his ki into his arm. Then he drew it back using bone crushing strike.
The pain his disciples tore at his heart. He gave the boy a sad look as he passed into unconsciousness.
End of flashback
Pain flared in his chest at the thought of what he had to do. The kid didn't deserve what he went through. It was in an effort to protect him from Murim. Yet it didn't keep him out of the Murim world for long. He missed the kid and all he could do was hope that he was safe.
Shioon's POV
The next morning came too early for the young man. Someone was banging on the door to the apartment. A grumbling from the hallway told him that Ha Ill was getting the door.
Shioon sat up rubbing his eyes tiredly. It wasn't light yet. Why would someone wake up at this ungodly hour was beyond him.
Ha Ill yelled to him, "Shioon your friend is here."
Friend? It took him a moment to remember the day before. Naruto wanted to train together. They were to meet Hayate this morning. What time was it?
As he walked into the kitchen he checked the clock. It was only five thirty in the morning. What an ungodly hour. Naruto better have a good reason for waking him.
When he opened the door he noticed the panicked look in Naruto's blue eyes. It was hidden but as someone who was abused as a child he recognized. Without waiting for the other to explain he granted him entry.
Once Naruto was inside he led him to the living room. Naruto took one of the chairs and he took the other. Shioon waited knowing better than to press.
Naruto said suddenly, "I didn't know where else to go. You see the villagers always act out on my birthday. No one ever threatened me before. They said they were going to kill me and that no one would do anything to stop them."
That explained the pounding on his door at such an ungodly hour. Shioon felt for the blond. At least when he was growing up it was just his aunt, uncle and cousin. Naruto had almost an entire village after his blood. The worst part was that he didn't understand why.
He said understanding, "You can stay here. Before class we can go talk to the Hokage. Maybe he can do something about it."
Naruto grumbled, "The old man will only assign a ninja. They aren't any better than the villagers. The only ninja that is nice to me was Hayate. Everyone else has such cold eyes."
Shioon said in a reminiscing tone, "My aunt and uncle were the same way. They doted on my cousin who I swear was a baby whale. I was always told that I was an unwanted burden. You and I aren't so different I guess."
Naruto laid out over the chair and whispered so quiet he almost missed it, "I guess so."
Both boys ended up falling asleep in their chairs. Neither noticed the older teen who was listening in. If they had they might have been more tight lipped about what they said.
Ha Ill had listened in to every word thay was said. The blond vowed to not only protect his Gaju but the boy he took in. A child no matter what they had inside them didn't deserve such treatment.
An hour later Ha Ill began cooking and both boys were awake soon after. Naruto who never had a home cooked meal was wary about sitting with them. It was obvious that he thought he wouldn't be welcome.
Shioon said with a grin, "Come on, Naruto. You have to be starving and you can't beat Ha Ill's cooking."
The older teen shot him an agitated look but didn't refute the claim. Shioon for his part gave a toothy grin. It was true. Ha Ill was one of the best chefs in Murim. If you needed a good meal you went to him.
Ill placed a plate in front of both boys and immediately Shioon dug in. One thing he learned was that if you didn't eat while it was in front of you, you didn't eat. Naruto hesitated for a moment before following his example.
Shioon looked up as the blond took his first bite. The way his eyes lit up spoke a lot of the boy. There was so much pain the others eyes. It was as if they were two pieces of the same soul. Both had been through so much and yet they continued to preserve.
By the time breakfast was over he and Naruto left for classes. Ill had said that he would be by later but he has something to take care of first. So they walked through the village to get to the academy.
Now that he knew what was going on he saw the hatred in the villagers eyes. There wasn't a single one that didn't have it. This made him stand closer to Naruto. The hero inside of him was coming out again. It was a part of him that he thought he buried after the war. It seemed that wasn't the case after all.
They were able to reach the school without incident. The teachers glared at Naruto all throughout their classes. Unlike the previous times Shioon sat with him. If they were going to treat Naruto this way. He wouldn't be alone.
By the time classes ended Shioon was so done with the villagers. They had no right to treat a child this way. If Hayate Gekko acted like everyone else he would give the man a piece of his mind. There was only so much of this he could take.
Going to the training grounds with Naruto he kept an eye out for villagers. If they were going to attack Naruto they would find themselves on the receiving end of a lightning fist. It would stun someone quite badly but wouldn't kill.
