Walking the Side Road
A young boy walks on a dirt path that leads to the village hidden in the leaves, with a smile on his heart and song in each step, Billy's excitement grew.
Billy raised both of his hands towards the back of his neck, and he walked in a leisurely manner. 'Man, today was fun. I met I'ro, Lulu, and their sister Nina'.
He inhaled some fresh forest air 'I uncovered a whole shit storm of a plot… Well, I didn't do shit, to be honest, I mean, I stumbled into an apocalypse-sized monster, got saved by I'ro, and he spilled the beans about the whole thing'. Billy stretched his body.
Billy noticed the gates of Konoha appearing in the distance, and he grew excited. He readied himself, 'Alright, let's do this in ten seconds' Billy pumping some chakra to his legs; he could feel the chakra feeding into his muscle fibers, the bones strengthening themselves, and finally, his core balanced itself in preparation for what is about to happen.
Billy grinned, and like a sprinter, he bent forward and unleashed all his power in one go. He could feel the tunnel vision forming, he could feel the pressure starting to amass on his forehead, and he could feel speed itself.
His target, the gates of Konoha getting closer by the second, and when he could feel his strength leaving him, Billy leaped to his goal.
Billy quickly tucked in his legs to increase the momentum. In a display of incredible acrobatics, he did one flip and landed perfectly.
His arms are heavy, knees weak, mom spaghetti, and he was beaming all ready. Billy looked at the gate guard leaning on his chair, with a newspaper covering his face. "What is the score this week, Hajime-san?!"
Hajime, who did not see anything, simply replayed with a thumbs up.
Billy smiled. "See ya next week Hajime-san."
Then he started to walk towards the merchant district; while he walked, Billy began to remember, 'Man, a year ago I would have been totally lost, now Konoha feels like my second home, but nothing could beat great o'l Montana, big sky country.'
Billy started to feel this sad yearning for a home. He began unconsciously humming Montana Lullaby.
While he hummed, he closed his eyes and imagined a big sky with large fluffy white clouds and open fields that had roaming cattle with their bells singing the songs of the winds.
He inhaled the chilled afternoon air and listened to the silence, slowly breaking to people hawking their wares.
Then he opened his eyes slowly. 'I miss home, but I guess I should be thankful; I am alive again.'
Billy yawned and stretched his arms; while stretching, he saw Ayumi advertising her giant lollipops. Billy always buys from her, she makes her candy by hand, and they are always delicious.
He sighed, 'I really want to get one of those, but…" he closed his eyes. 'No, I deserve a treat; I almost died, and I did some great exercise… and one small lollipop won't hurt!'
Billy started to skip towards the seller. "Ayumi-san, how are you this fine day!" he flashed her a smile.
Ayumi sighed. "Hello Billy, you are going to ask me how much calo something in these again?"
Billy gave her a hearty laugh. "No, I would not dare try…" then he whispered, "ever since you beat me with your sandals last time."
She looked at him and clicked her tongue. "Fine, pick one, they call cost the same"
Billy smiled, and stars started to dance in his eyes. "Hmm, should I pick this one… or this one… I can't decide… I like red more," he started muttering, but what he failed to realize was that there was a sandal fated to meet his face today.
Ayumi inhaled a large breath, "Billy, please pick one already."
The boy with the black mask could not hear her, for he is lost in la-la land.
Ayumi bent down and picked up her sandal, then she smiled and counted to ten. "Ooh Billy, I have one of those low calo candy you want," she sang to him.
Billy's back quickly stood straight, meeting Ayumi, and what he saw was a sandal to the face. He stood there, hearing the clapping sound of the sandal. "I took too long again, didn't I?"
Ayumi simply harrumphed, then she picked a lollipop and handed it to Billy. "Here you go, come again!" she sang to him.
Billy, stunned, simply reached into his pocket and brought a coin. "Thank you very much for your patience… again."
He handed the sandal back to her, then he started walking towards Orichi's kiddy masks.
For the rest of the walk, Billy started greeting his neighbors and store owners. While he was walking, he saw that old bat. Billy and her never really got along; whenever Billy makes any noise, she starts throwing stuff at his home. Whenever he is about to read or study, she would start blasting music. To say that they do not like each other would be an understatement.
The old bat saw him, and her face turned from a happy smile to a frown that could crack iron; she spat in his general direction, "Well, well, well, look at what the ugly fucking cat dragged in."
He sighed. "What do you want, you neighbored hood crackhead?"
She smirked, "Oh, look who's talking, you out of season scarecrow."
Billy shrugged, "where did you get this insult? 'insults for dummies?"
She faked a sneering laugh. "At least I can read, you donkey brained."
Billy grew angry. "Hey, I have a certificate that says I am free of donkey brain disease!"
She laughed and started shouting, "Hey, everyone, this kid just admitted that he used to have a donkey brain!"
People started noticing them; Billy sighed. 'I really didn't want to use this, but I am going to channel the Churchill. He took a deep breath. "I may admit that I used to have a donkey brain, people! But at least when I wake up the next morning, I would live my life normally" then he turned and channeled some Jojo and did a pointing pose towards the old lady, "But when you wake up, you will still be an ugly ass bitch"
Silence all around them, for the full year that Billy lived in the merchant district, he never heard it so Silent. Then one guy started to crack "Pffft!" then another person started openly laughing, and another, until the whole area started laughing.
The old lady started swearing at anyone who was laughing.
'Ok, I think I may have done some damage here, but I know no one can keep that bitch down' Slowly, Billy started walking away. 'Holy shit, this is so cool! Alright, Billy, you can do this, just walk away slowly, put your hands in your pocket, and let the shadows cover half of your mask.'
While he was walking away, he saw a black-haired kid looking at him with awe. 'Fuck, yes! This is a one in a million chance. I can recreate the Coca-cola commercial' Billy reached into his bag without looking. "Hey, kid!"
The kid looked at him in shock, "wah… me?" he pointed at himself.
Billy simply threw something at the kid "Catch."
The kid stumbled a little, but he caught it, then his face changed. "Is this your sock… 'sniff' eeew!"
Billy paled a little 'Fuck, I meant to get my other jacket! It's ok, we can fix this. Fix the cool Billy!' Billy smiled and gave him a thumbs up. "Don't mention it, kid!" and he kept on walking, leaving everyone behind.
After walking for a while and stopping at several stores to talk and buy small items, Billy finally reached his home and his place of work. While he was heading towards the store, he noticed an old Shinto priest shaking his head and bending down to pick up his bags.
Billy walked towards him. "Let me help you out, Ji-chan" Billy walked towards the old priest. He bent down and picked up the staff. "Take care" The old man smiled. "Thank you, boy," Happy with himself, Billy continued towards his path.
And finally, he saw the store in the distance, excited; he picked up the pace, but then an overweight woman stopped him. "Hey, there, boy."
Billy smiled, "Hello."
Her face changed to a smug look. "Don't you know who you are talking to?"
Billy scratched his chin. "Well, no, I don't. Should I know?"
She smiled and looked at her fingernails. "Oh, nothing much, it's just" then her eyes looked at something behind him.
Billy noticing this, tried to turn around, but then he heard "NOW!"
Suddenly he felt cold, then wet. He looked down at himself, and every part of his body was covered in white. Then he heard that demonic screeching of that cursed woman, "HEUHEUHEU! That what you get, cum shot boy! NOW AYAME!"
He heard a cart speeding away with giggling women laughing at him. "Did I just get a drive-by paint job?" … "BY THAT FUCKING HAG!"
Billy groaned. "Fuck I am too young for this shit," the cum shot boy slowly shuffled towards the store. Just as he was about to go to the back yard to clean off the paint, he heard a sobbing sound, the sound of Yamazaki-Oyabun Sobbing.
Billy looked up at the sky. "Will this day ever end?" he slowly walked towards the entrance of the store. He slowly opened the door, there he saw Yamazaki-Oyabun kneeling in front of a makeshift shrine, large sake bottles empty scattered around him. On the shrine, a couple of candles and a rice bowl with chopsticks sticking out of the rice 'Fuck did someone die? Is it Izein?" Billy swallowed, and with shaky steps walked in, then he heard, "Why did you leave us so soon!" Billy takes another step. "I did not even have a proper photo of you."
Finally, Billy was close enough, and he saw the photo, or what counts as one. One piece of paper with a stick figure that had a mask, next to the stick figure was an arrow pointing at it with the word 'Gone, but not forgotten.'
Billy deadpanned at this and said instinctually, "Really."
When his apprentice asked him for a second day off work, he accepted, but when he did not show up on the third day, he complained that the kid is slacking off work. On the fourth day, he started getting worried, maybe Aiko-Sama found out who he was and killed him. On the fifth day, he spent the entire day looking at the red district body dumping sites. And finally, on the sixth day.
Orichi finally accepted the fact that his apprentice was dead; he knew that he should have forbidden him from going outside of the village, who knows what lurks there. The village was at war for Kami-Sama's sake.
In the morning, he drank two sake bottles for breakfast, then he prepared a list, he would call a Shinto priest to bless the funeral, then he would get a small shrine in the store, next to the bull's masks; Billy always loved creating those, and finally he would call the Hokage and inform him of what transpired.
Orichi went to the workshop half-drunk and sad; he worked for hours making a wooden shrine, then he called the Shinto priest an old friend of his, to bless the funeral.
While he waited, he drank six bottles of sake, and in his drunken stupor, he realized that he had no photo of Billy. This made Orichi depressed, so he did the best thing an artist of his caliber can, he drew a picture of Billy; the picture did not turn out so great, thankfully the priest was half-blind; therefore, it became easier to hide his shame.
When his friend came, they started the funeral, and when it was done, his old friend provided his condolences and left Orichi to his grieving.
For a while, Orichi did nothing but drink, and gaze upon the picture, then suddenly like a dam, his emotions broke, and he wept. "Why did you leave us so soon!" snot started coming out, then he heard a step, but he no longer cared. 'Even men can cry, can't they!' he took a breath. "I did not even have a proper photo of you" 'Yes, see the greatest artist in the hidden leaf, see him wallow in his shame when he cannot even draw a simple picture of a beloved one!'
He heard another step. "Really."
Orichi's eyes widened, he quickly turned his entire body, and he stood still. The light from the door cast a shadow on his apprentice's body, but he knew it was him; he was alive!
Then slowly, his eyes adjusted to the shadows, and he leaned in. His hopes have been crushed '; no it is, not Billy it's a genjutsu' he felt faint, but he had to ask, "Billy, is that you?" He could feel his heart beating faster, and his body turned numb.
Orichi's vision began to be covered by shadows, then darkness.
Billy looked at Yamazaki's body. 'Please tell me I didn't kill him!' He quickly shuffled around the store, panicking, then he stopped.
He started to snap his fingers. "Fuck, what did they do on that show" Billy kept on snapping, trying to remember 'I know we should do mouth to mouth, but fuck let me find another option' then it clicked in his mind, he slapped his hands together "Right! Check the pulse!"
Billy moved towards his Boss's body, then he reached his neck. "Oh, thank God! He is not dead!" He exhaled a deep breath he was holding and stood up.
Billy looked around the room and found a blanket; he tucked in Orichi, then he went outside. 'Alright, please God let me end this day' He turned around and locked the door. 'I hope he won't panic when he wakes up.'
He moved towards the backyard and cleaned himself with water, then he walked upstairs. When he reached his destination, his very being just gave up 'Yamazaki-Oyabun broke the door again… I will fix it tomorrow' Billy moved inside of the house, then he brought his door's quick-fix tools. Billy came back with a huge brick, then he laid it against the door. 'This will do nicely.
He stretched his body. 'All right, now that I am done with all this bullshit, I need to eat something and maybe watch TV."
Billy took another shower, then he changed into his pajama, which consists of a silk bathrobe and pink bunny slippers. Modeled after Hugh Hefner's style.
He started making a healthy lunch, consisting of two ten-ounce steaks, with white rice and grilled vegetables.
When the cooking was done, Billy transferred everything to the small table next to the TV, then he started switching channels randomly.
Billy stopped at a channel, "Today the Hokage gave a speech, condemning the actions of several potato merchants, who were found out to be hoarding potatoes so they may sell them at a markup. More on this story live with our reporter Sano-san."
Billy took a bite of the steak and nodded along, he really wanted to eat potatoes today, but he could not find any.
The camera changed to the reporter "Good afternoon everyone, I will be asking the general public on their thoughts" The reporter started walking while talking about the ramification of the potato shortage, then he stopped a passerby who was holding his sleeping child on his shoulders while smoking a cigarette, and carrying groceries.
The reporter jammed his mic into the passerby. "Sir, what do you think about the potato shortage?"
The guy grew furious, and he started screaming, "Do I look like a guy who got time for this bullshit? I have to get back home, then I have to clean the house, then I have to feed my five kids, and finally when my BITCH of a wife returns from her ever so important shinobi job!"
The reporter started inching away, leaving the mad guy alone. "HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING!? I AM NOT DONE VENTING!"
The reporter started sweating a bit, then he screamed towards the camera guy, "Run, Mita-san!" The camera began to shake, and the voice of Mita-san's heavy breathing commenced, but the voices of the mad passerby started getting closer, then it got cut off with a scream from Mita-san."
Billy's eyebrow raised a bit. 'Well, at least I know someone out there is having a bad day like mine.'
The camera changed to the news reporter "The channel would like to apologies for any viewers who were offended by this shocking live report, but this just came in; report of feral citizens has been confirmed by our channel, more on that at ten."
Suddenly the feed changed to an infomercial "Did you know that every shinobi out there really appreciates a clean kunai" The ad started showing a ripped shinobi holding a kunai in a sensual manner "whether you are in a mission" It showed a sexy kunoichi traveling on a sunny Island "inside the village" it changed again to a replica of the mission office, with a naked shinobi opening a letter with a kunai "Or meeting the Hokage" They showed a clearly fake Hokage admiring a clean Kunai… The Hokage was half-naked also.
Then the ad showed 'Kunai cleaning kit 5000' for five hundred ryō with lifetime insurance. After presenting the kit, they showed the picture of the Hokage and played a voice note. The sound of the note clearly indicates that it was recorded in a public space "This ramen taste good Homura" then they presented a short message 'The Hokage approves of good kunai on the battlefield."
Billy raised his eyebrow, then he exploded, "Are you fucking kidding me! Who are you trying to trick here!" then he banged his head against the table. "At least try to make it believable! … I hate doing this, but…"
Billy walked towards the phone and picked it up, then he began dialing up. "Hello, is this the Kunai place?... Yeah, I need about four of those, please" click.
Billy returned to his lunch; he looked at his steaks in disappointment "Fuck! I really didn't want to do it, BUT for five hundred ryō I could get three rags, two Kunai oil, five sharpening stones, and STICKERS!" Then he hesitated for a moment, "I am not fucking stupid all right!" … "Ok fuck you reasonable voice in my head, I bought them because the academy will start in two months! I am simply preparing."
He looked at his steaks. "Who the fuck am I kidding… Clearly, I made a great choice in buying these kits!"
On this day, Billy discovered that he was weak to infomercials.
For the rest of the day, Billy relaxed and caught up with his TV programs; he watched his favorite soap opera 'Black Turtle moan," while doing some pushups. Then he watched a bad propaganda movie about the war. And finally, he made dinner and watched a horror movie.
The next day Billy woke up with a groan; he laid in bed too lazy to move, but after five minutes of waking up, the sun won, and he had to wake up.
He did his morning exercise, then he took a shower, after that he went outside, got breakfast for himself and Yamazaki-Oyabun.
Billy unlocked the store and entered, there he found Yamazaki, still sleeping, "Yamazaki-Oyabun wake up," then he started shaking him.
Yamazaki's eyes began to open. "Wha… did I sleep in the store again?"
Billy started to feel nervous. "Y., Yeah, you did," Billy started to look around 'Please don't remember.'
Yamazaki stood up and stretched. "Been a long time since I slept in the store," he yawned. "Is that breakfast I smell?"
Billy smiled. "Yeah, boss, your favorite Pickled eggs, miso soup, and smoked eel with white rice" He moved towards the table in the back. "Boss, do you want me to brew you some coffee or tea?"
Orichi started grumbling while heading towards the bathroom, "Drink good… later… 'Yawn' bathroom first."
Billy smiled. 'Coffee it is then' Billy began with the coffee dripper which he made himself, and while it was doing its job, he started placing the breakfast around, then Yamazaki came covered in water, still struggling to get up. "Here you go, boss, eat something while I pour the coffee."
Yamazaki yawned. "Damn, Gaki, I feel this bump on the back of my neck… it is killing me."
Billy started to sweat. "Oh, maybe you slept wrong; I had to cover you since I could not wake you up."
Yamazaki started to grumble, "Damn floor, I am too old… wait a minute, I feel like I am forgetting something here."
Billy's eyes started darting around. "Your coffee, Oyabun!" Billy quickly dashed towards Yamazaki. "Come on, Oyabun! Drink up… and don't think about anything."
Orichi eyed Billy wearily. "Fine… you are a good kid Billy, don't let anyone tell you different" He reached for the coffee and took a small sniff "Damn kid, who would have thought that you could make a drink from coffee? Usually, they only use it for bittersweets."
The boy exhaled in relief and sat down; he started eating some of the pickled eggs, then he noticed Yamazaki staying rigid while looking at his coffee strangely. "Is there something wrong, Oyabun?" Billy asked while he noticed the air is starting to get a little bit chilly.
The demon with the thousand faces looked sharply at Billy, his right eye is glowing red, and the sun cast a dark shadow, while the steam from the coffee covered half of his face in fog. "OI gaki!"
Billy quickly stood up straight and looked in front of him. "SIR YES SIR!"
Yamazaki slowly stood up while holding his coffee, then he walked towards the shrine. "Tell me, Gaki, why is there a God damn shrine with your face on it, in my fucking store!?" he shouted across the room.
"I DON'T KNOW SIR YES SIR!" he started to shake a little.
Yamazaki exhaled in defeat. "That was a test, you stupid mother fucking moron!" he turned his body towards Billy, then looked at the coffee. "It is amazing how one simple sip of coffee can jog someone's memories… so fast" then he looked at Billy's eye, promising pain.
In the merchant district, shop owners were opening their stores. Then they heard a primal scream; most just shook their heads and went about their business, while others looked on in worry.
In the basement of Orichi's kiddy masks, there is a forge that needs hard black coal to work; in this dark dungeon of despair, there is a child who is working next to the forge; this child passed his time working in this hellish environment with soulful blues songs "When I am a young boy… Dananana, of seven! …. Dananana working in dark dungeons!... Dananana makin kiddy masks... Dananana Inhaling glitter all day long!... Dananana and my fingers are all kinda stickyyy!... Dananana ta please the Boss, man!" suddenly, he heard the locks to his cell opening up, several chains clacked and clattered, and from the door, his Boss entered.
Billy sweating from all the coal shuffling leaned on his shovel. "Hey there Boss, fancy seeing you here. I would just like to say that I work in fair conditions, and no accidents on our end."
Yamazaki inhaled, "I leave you for one hour in here, and you started acting like I am some kind of slave owner? Doesn't matter, don't answer that" He moved towards the forge and picked up a metal mask skeleton. "Hmm, these look great," then he turned it around. "You need to check this spot and flatten this one better."
He moved towards a table and sat down, then he put on some magnifying glasses. "Billy, I Know your excuses, but you have to grow up and stop throwing your responsibilities away; we are at war, and thousands of shinobi die every day."
Billy started drying the sweat that was gathering on his body. "I know that Yamazaki-Oyabun, I just lost my way in the forest" Billy truly did want to talk about what he saw in that cave, but if what I'ro talked about was true, could he risk it.
Yamazaki sighed. "Then stop acting so careless; you are still a child, untrained, and unseasoned!" he took a deep breath to calm himself down. "I already lost a son to this damn never-ending war. Did you know that my sons came here with me before this war started, and just when my first-born son graduated from the academy, this hell broke loose"?
He placed the skeleton mask gently on the table and stood up. "He grew up never knowing what true piece was! He grew up fighting for his life! And do you know what the funny thing Billy?" he turned around and looked at Billy. "He was ingenious Billy, at your age, he already surpassed me in our mask fighting style, when he grew older, I saw creations that I have never seen in my life, Billy! I was in awe of his talents, his strength, and his will to survive!"
Then he moved quickly towards Billy, looking him in the eye, daring him to blink. "And that boy is dead, Billy! My son! The invincible died in some God-forsaken lands! Sleeping with the fish and the cold dark waters."
He sighed in defeat and closed his eyes. "And now we have you, Billy," he looked at him again, but this time with pity in his eyes, "what have you to offer Billy?"
Billy looked at the ground, ashamed, and tears began building up in his eyes. 'Is this what he honestly thinks of me?'… Billy took a deep breath, and with conviction in his heart, he spoke, "I may not be the brightest… I may not be brilliant… and I may not be mighty… But I can offer you this" Then he looked at Yamazaki in the eyes, he poured all his determination and hope into his next words "I will survive this! Just like how I Survived Kumo's attack, just like how I survived all these torture and abuse, and I will survive this war, and any war to come"
Billy took a deep breath. "My name is Billy Tsuyoi Ushi! And this I promise you" Billy waited with anticipation, waited for Yamazaki to accept anything, to acknowledge him, and to accept that he will survive.
Yamazaki took a deep breath and turned around; he slowly sat next to the table. "I hope you are right, Gaki, I hope you are right" Yamazaki began tweaking the mask. "For the next two months, you will not be working here; I advise you to prepare for the academy, you will need it, and when you return to your apartment, I left you some instructions and tips on how to prepare" He inhaled a slow breath "Go, Billy, leave this old man with his ghosts."
Billy's tears started flowing, and he will not stop them. He bowed his head. "Thank you for everything, Oyabun!" the scarred boy slowly walked away, leaving the old man alone.
Billy returned to his apartment and found a box with a notebook on top of it; he opened the notebook and started reading.
After spending half a day reading the notes that Yamazaki left for him, Billy changed his clothes and went training.
For the next two months, Billy trained like never before; he lifted weights, ran around Konoha, and practiced chakra exercises from John's memories.
And finally, the fated day of the academy began, he gathered his bags and changed his clothes, then he looked into the mirror 'I changed a lot since I first entered this apartment' Billy's height increased from 3.5 ft to 5 ft, which is an impressive height for a seven-year-old, his body increased in mass before he was skinny as a twig, but now he had some muscles, his scars are all healed now, and they left his skin splattered with spotted slashing dark marks. His face is as disgusting as ever, but his dark gray eyes still shine, and finally, his pale snow-white hair has grown, reaching his back.
Billy reached to his black matt mask and attached it to his head, then he clicked the fuin and applied some chakra to it, the mask hissed and resized itself, and he breathed in, testing the mask's airflow.
Billy changed his clothes to his active-duty uniform; he wore a mesh shirt and a black turtleneck on top, then he got his black trench coat, which he found to be a great choice for hiding weapons, supplies, and everything a shinobi needs in hidden pockets.
He reached for his dark gray cargo pants, then he put on his bright yellow socks, and to tie his lower side together, he wore his black TI boots.
He looked at his finished work, then he looked down at his hands, still covered with scars. Billy turned his head towards the bed, and he saw his leathered gloves. He looked at his hands again and equipped them.
And finally, to finish everything, he reached for his black shinobi satchel that has his kunai, shuriken, wires, fuinjutsu scrolls, blank scrolls, fuinjutsu supplies, emergency rations, blood clotting pills, and finally some smoke bombs.
He looked at the mirror and lowered his head. "I look like an edgy cunt" then he raised his head again and looked at the mirror 'Well, I can't help it… I mean, I still remember when a kid saw my scars, what a fucking scene it was'
Billy heard a knock; he moved towards the door and opened it. Yamazaki-Oyabun was there; he looked at him and took another glance at him. "Gaki, are you really going like this?"
Billy shrugged. "Can't help it; last time a civilian saw my skin, they started asking if they needed to call the Uchiha Police force."
Yamazaki nodded. "All right, everything is in order, Gaki? Did you send your clothes and reading materials to the academy yet?"
Billy gave him a thumbs up. "Did that yesterday; now I just need to attend the whole welcome event and get to my test."
Yamazaki smiled. "Don't worry, Gaki, they will put you in a mock test with the clan kids, since you know… you unlocked your chakra and all, and please don't brag about how you unlocked it alone, stay hidden, Gaki."
Billy gave him another thumbs up. "Aight."
Yamazaki gave him a puzzled look, "why are you doing stuff with your hands?" Billy shrugged. "There you go again."
Billy shrugged again. "Well, I can't express emotions with my face, so I need to do it with my voice and body language."
His boss gave him a defeated look. "Oh God, it's one of those phases again; I had to deal with my sons; now you?"
Billy simply shrugged, which resulted in his boss merely raising his fist and smash it on Billy's head. "Cut that shit out; the event will start in one hour, go already" Yamazaki went downstairs and entered the store.
Billy started muttering, "Crazy, damned old man," Billy moved downstairs, and just when he was about to go towards the main road, Yamazaki shouted at him.
"Gaki Catch!" Billy caught a duffle bag; he looked at it strangely, then he heard his boss again, "Go get em Gaki" Billy smiled and gave him a Rocky Balboa pose.
Billy turned and continued his way, but he grew curious and opened the bag. Ten Kunai cleaning kits 5000 stared at him. 'Really, you dirty old man!' Billy smiled 'you got duped too, huh? I guess I will see you in a year.'
Billy took in a deep breath and exhaled, in front of him is the academy gate and the academy district 'This is it, my first step into becoming a child soldier' Just when he was about to step inside, a freight train bumped into him knocking him to the side.
Billy balanced himself and tried to look at who bumped into him, only to see a girl in a white dress running into the academy. He straightens himself out and walks in again, only to get bumped again, but this time Billy falls to the ground "Fucking hell, what is wrong with you people?!"
He hears a gasp in front of him is a spandex-wearing kid. "You said a bad word!"
Billy looks at the kid, then slowly, he remembers where he saw that thing. "Oh fuck, it's you," he sighed.
Maito Dai gasps again. "You said it again! And what do you mean it's me!" Dai stands up and takes an aggressive stance.
Billy stands up and dusts himself. "Don't worry about it, kid."
Dai looks frustrated. "What do you mean, kid! You are the same age as me!" Billy looks at him and shrugs, then he moves towards the entrance, and guess what happens again.
Billy is on the floor again, while Dai is laughing at him. Billy laid there for a second, trying to remember if he offended Karma today.
Dai stops laughing. "So, are you two going to stand up?" he scratches his head.
Billy keeps looking at the clouds. "I am waiting for another one to show up" four other people pass by running, and Billy could hear Dai falling over. "Welp, I think it's safe now" Billy raises from the ground. "What the fuck is going on today? I mean, I understand one hell two, but three…" he looks at a dust cloud in the distance, the cloud is getting closer, then he notices that they are all children running towards academy "Guys… I recommend we run!"
Dai, still on the ground, rubs his head. "What are you talking about."
Billy points at the cloud and screams, "STAMPEDE!" and Billy runs in.
Dai takes on a confused look and turns his head. "STAMPEDE!" he screams and tries to move, but then he notices the knocked-out kid. "Let me help you" Dai rushes in and takes hold of the kid, and pulls him to safety next to the entrance.
Billy notices Dai breathing hard in shock. "Welcome to hell, kid… good luck!" Billy looks at the kid that Dai saved 'Holy shit is that Nawaki Senju?" Billy looks carefully at the kid 'Light brown hair, blush on his cheeks, and the neckless. It is him… I ain't dealing with this shit' Billy gives Dai his back and puts a hand in his pocket, and walks away.
Billy pulls a simple paper from his pocket and starts reading 'Welcome yada, yada, yada, you have been accepted bla bla bla; building 100 at seven AM' Billy looks up at the first building he sees 'Building 1' then he looks at the others around it "Fuck this place is big as fuck"
After walking for a while, he saw building 100 in the distance. "Finally, they should have installed a convenient store or a rest stop at least," Billy noticed some kids messing around outside of the building; he saw a kid with black hair talking to another kid; Billy walked up to the kid and asked, "Hey kid, when will the event start?" The black-haired boy simply looked at him and hned.
Billy looks down at the kid 'fuck, it's true, its one of those Uchiha thingies' Billy slowly lowers himself and looks at the Uchiha kid in the eyes, then he put his hand on top of his head, then he cleared his throat and spoke in a low voice "I am going to say this one last time, so you better listen carefully kid, or I am going to break every bone in your miserable body, while I let your whole clan watch… When… the fuck… will… the… event… starts?" The boy started to sweat under Billy's gaze; his friend's jaw drops and looks between him and the boy.
The boy started stuttering, "I… I don't know! Please don't hurt me!"
Billy sighed and rubbed the kid's head. "Take it, easy kid, just don't be an asshole later" Billy moved away from the stunned Uchiha 'Man, I feel like an asshole, but hey I am a grown-ass man, and I don't have time to deal with these kids" He started whistling while trying to find a spot to lean on.
After walking for a while, he found a spot near a tree 'this looks like a great place to lean on' Billy walked towards the tree, and he leaned on it, then he started whistling a song called 'country road.'
He noticed that some of the kids started taking notice of him, he looked at them, then he noticed that he is the only one without a group, he saw kids with white eyes, kids with dogs, and kids with glasses buzzing in the corner. But in the end, Billy really didn't give a damn about a bunch of kids whispering, suddenly he hears a voice call out to him, "Hey there! Want to be friends?!"
Billy turns his head and looks at the voice owner. 'It's that Nawaki kid; why is he smiling like that?'
Suddenly Nawaki starts talking, "Oh man, this place is so awesome; did you see the Inuzuka kids with their dogs? Oh boy, I can't wait to train and become strong like my sister. Did you see the Uchiha kids? They are all trying to be cool, I asked one of them to be my friend, and they said 'Hn' He said 'Hn' to me! I can't wait when we learn how to do jutsu; it gonna be soooo awesome; I am going to be like, heyah 'fire shadow flames lava of hell! And they will be like nawww!"
After hearing his rambling for less than ten seconds, Billy quickly put his finger on the boy's mouth. "Take it easy… breathe" Nawaki slowly takes a deep breath. "All right, now I want you to chill a little bit and talk slowly."
Nawaki started buzzing, his eyes started darting around, then he opened his mouth "OHMANTHATWASSOCOOLYOUWERELIKEHAYAND…" Billy puts his finger in again, and he shakes his head.
He looks up again. 'Jesus Christ, this kid is still shaking' Nawaki's face started to turn purple. 'Fuck is he holding his breath? "Breathe, and talk slowly; what is your name?"
Nawaki takes a deep breath. "OH MY GOD, I ALMOST DIED!" He takes another breath, "My name is Nawaki! Nice to meet you!" he extends his hand.
Billy reaches out with his leathered gloves. "My name is Billy" then Billy asks him, "So what is going on? I thought we were going to start at seven?"
Nawaki smiles. "They didn't tell you?" Billy shakes his head. "Oh, I just saw how you were all covered up and thought you were from the Aburame clan, then I thought it was weird how you were not buzzing, and you were alone, but then a great idea hit me, why don't I make friends!" Billy stopped him again with a sigh.
"Please stay focused; why are we not starting?" Nawaki took another breath.
"Why don't I show you? Come on!" Nawaki ran towards building 99.
Billy pinched his nose "you could have just told me…" he walked towards the running boy, and after a while, he found him peeking over the fence. "So, what is going?"
Nawaki turned his head and smiled. "Come look!"
Billy approached cautiously and stood next to Nawaki. He looked between the gaps in the fence, then he saw them; children, more than he could count. Some were crying for their mothers, others were stuck in the mud, some are hanging by rope or stuck in an obstacle course, and others who finished the path are smiling and congratulating each other. "Why did they start before us?"
Nawaki smiled. "Well, those guys," he pointed at the children, "do not belong to a clan, and everyone knows that if the clan deemed you lacking, they wouldn't send you to the academy, then you have the whole chakra business." He smiled and moved away from the fence. "So the academy test the non-clan members, and if they pass, they are good."
Billy looked at the obstacle course and found it lacking. "Really?" he turned and looked at Nawaki. "This course looks bad" he looked at it again. "It is like a playground course; anyone could have finished it."
Nawaki smile beamed some more "Well, you have to account for the whole shipping business, then you have to calculate how much they wish to be a ninja, and then."
Billy stopped him for a moment. "Wait… wait, hold on," Billy massaged his forehead "What shipping business?"
Nawaki's smile disappeared. "Oh… you don't know?"
"Of course, I don't know; why the hell do you think I've been asking questions!"
"Well, that changes everything" Nawaki puts his fist on his chin. "How to explain this to you… all right, we have exactly a hundred and one buildings in the academy, right?" Billy nodded. "Well, for each building, there are a thousand recruits, so that is one hundred thousand kids running around the place" He looked at Billy expectantly.
Billy looked puzzled, then it dawned on him, "So you are telling me that there is an industry that recruits thousands of kids every year, and they ship them to Konoha, for training… to be shinobi… every year."
Nawaki smiles. "Yup, what did you expect, that there is this magical and mystical orphanage that can supply an army? A competent army at least?" he clicked his tong "get real, Billy, Konoha is not a country… we are an army base" He looks saddened for a moment, but his frown changes instantly. "So these kids get recruited from families that have too many mouths to feed, orphanages that have too many children to care for, slums, prostitute houses, and" he stops for a moment, and he gets a sour taste in his mouth "Slavers, stealing from other country's orphanages, and the list goes on."
Billy gulped. "Then what?"
Nawaki gives a creepy smile. "Then they are shipped in these dark carriages to Konoha."
Billy looks at the children crying for their mothers in a testing area. "What happens to the ones who fail?"
Nawaki's smile changes again to a more genuine one "These are the lucky ones, they are shipped across fire country, to live simple lives, they will be fed, they will be taught, and they will live normally. almost always, the one hundred thousand kids get cut in half today, which leaves the academy with fifty thousand kids to teach."
He turns and walks towards building one hundred. "Then next year, the fifty thousand will be cut by seventy percent, which would leave the academy with 35,000 kids to teach; those kids who fail are given a choice, live a normal life, or become a normal samurai in the army."
Nawaki starts picking his ears. "After this stage, there is no normal life program; it's either the army or the shinobi program" He looks at his fingers, calculating the odds. "So that leaves us with a really low number of graduates."
They finally reached the building one hundred, and they go near the tree. "The year after that one, most would have unlocked their chakra, but the dropping rate would be lower, so its either thirty percent or forty percent, and that would leave us with 12,250 thousand recruits, depending on the drop rate, of course."
He leans on the tree. "Those who fail can go to the army, but this time they won't become a common foot soldier, they will become a true samurai" he takes in a deep breath, while Billy leans on a wall nearby "and finally we have the shinobi years, this time if you fail a year, you won't go to the army, you will be assigned to the genin corps, the year after that one, if you fail you will go to the geinin corps, but there is a big chance of you getting a promotion to a chunin."
"The final year will be the same, but there is a small change," he leaned in and showed how small with his fingers. "If you failed the final year, you might get a promotion to be a Jonin, but you will never be allowed to become the Hokage."
He leans back and closes his eyes. "Do you wish to know my dream, Billy?"
Billy shrugged, "sure, why the hell not."
A gust of wind blows against them, and Nawaki inhales the fresh air " The Hokage's life span depend on the Hokage, and the circumstances against them, so let us say that a Hokage reins for ten years, there will be one million recruits in his lifetime, and out of all these recruits only three thousand, and three hundred fifty will ever have the change of becoming a Hokage" He opens his eyes and looks at his hands, then he starts clicking them and touching them with his thumbs, his eyes darts around his fingers, then he smiles and looks at Billy "So in percentage, my true chance of ever becoming the Hokage is zero point zero, two percent" His eyes widened, and he gives Billy a Cheshire cat smile "That is my dream Billy, to become the Hokage."
Billy's eyes widened. 'Holy shit, this kid is smart, he is what seven years old?' but Billy's eye deflates a little, and he looks at Nawaki with sad eyes. "You forgot one thing, Nawaki."
Nawaki's smile deflates, and he gives a puzzled look. "You did not calculate the rate of death or survival, so your numbers are flawed."
Nawaki's smile returned with full force. "This dream that I have… Just became more fun!"
Billy shocked looked at Nawaki with a new light; he no longer saw him as the child who died in John's memories; what he saw was a creature that will do anything to accomplish his dreams 'In John's memories, they always talked about how, Nawaki was like Naruto… so if Naruto had some brains would he have smiled like Nawaki today? And if the plot did not demand it, would Nawaki achieve his dream?'
Billy closed his eyes. "You are one of the few who scares me, Nawaki…" Billy opened his eyes and looked at him. "The first thing you asked me was 'want to be friends,' and I would like to answer your question."
Nawaki grew a curious look. "And what is your answer?"
"Yes, Nawaki, I would like to be friends" Nawaki smiled and began screaming about how cool they are together and what they will do after the opening."
For an hour, Nawaki and Billy talked about their favorite foods, hobbies, and TV shows they liked. "No, you don't understand Nawaki, Black turtle moan's side characters are important; yeah, I understand that the main character is good and all, but most people just forget that the side characters are people too, and they always hide something, so who to say if Akira did not steal the envelope?"
Billy suddenly stops and looks at the gathering clan kids. "Hey Nawaki, they are moving."
Nawaki turns his head. "Hmm… want to check it out?"
Billy shrugs his shoulders "sure" They both move from their spot, and when they reached the main building, they saw a Genin handing out folders.
The Genin looks around, and he spots Nawaki and smiles, then he runs straight towards Nawaki. "Senju-Sama, let me get you your room folder!"
The clan kids are all giving Nawaki a second look, some of them began whispering amongst each other Billy looked at how Nawaki began shrinking from all the stares he got, then he looks at the Genin 'What a fucking scumbag… Really political favors! At school?!' he sighed. 'So that's why he didn't tell me his full name, all right, let's fix this… Hmm, based on his body and the way he walks, he is an office, Genin… I can take this bitch on.'
Billy moved away from Nawaki and the Genin, then he shouted, and pointed at the direction of the tree lines. "Is that lady Tsunade!" The Genin immediately moved to where Billy was.
"Where is lady Tsunade?! He asked with a smile and hope in his eyes.
Billy squinted his eyes and pointed at the treelined. "There, by the trees, I think she is practicing something." the Genin moved, leaving Billy behind him, and at that moment, Billy withdrew his kunai and reversed it, then he struck the back of the Genin's leg, making him lose his balance, in less than a second he brought the kunai to the end of the neck, knocking him out instantly.
Billy reached into the Genin's veins and checked if the pulse slowed when it did. Billy rose and sat on the back of the Genin; he looked up and saw the shock on the children's faces.
Billy looked from left to right, challenging any kid who would dare to oppose him; when non did, Billy pointed at the Uchiha kid he threatened earlier. "You kid" The Uchiha kid started sweating, then he pointed at himself. "Me?" Billy nodded, "Yeah, you, come here."
The kid walked slowly. "I want you to run, to building 99, the one right over there, and if you see a Chunin or a Genin, tell them that the Genin suffered a heat stroke, and tell them to bring a mednin, or someone who knows healing Jutsu" The kid stood there, not moving so Billy decided to encourage him, and he shouted. "What the fuck are you waiting for a kiss goodbye!? GO!"
The Uchiha kid started running, leaving Billy, who sat on top of the Genin.
Billy reached into the files, and he looked for his name, then he looked for Nawaki's name. Finally, he lowered the files. "get your keys already; we don't have all day!" Billy stood up and balanced a kunai on his finger. "Come on, Nawaki, let's go already."
When he reached Nawaki, he turned around and looked at the kids "you guys better not lie and say I did this... I am a good kid... can't you see?" and he laughed.
Nawaki woke up with a yawn, then he stretched his body. He looked around his room, he saw the light of the morning sun illuminating his room, he saw his books littering his bedroom, the food uneaten from last night rotting in his favorite reading spot.
Nawaki stood up and began rubbing his eyes. "GOOD MORNING KONOHA!" he shouted to awake himself, but then he heard his sister scream at him.
"NAWAKI, IT IS SIX IN THE MORNING. GO BACK TO BED!"
He smiled 'she is back from the front lines!' then he screamed back. "No can-do, sis, today is the day that Nawaki Senju takes his first steps into becoming Hokage!"
She shouted back, "I said, shut up, or I am going to pummel you!"
Nawaki stopped. 'Oh man, she is mad again… all right, let's bring out the big guns!' he shouted again. "You won't hurt me because I am your cute lil brother, tehe!"
Silence is all that he heard then, then heard the house shake. 'Welp, I am dead, so long dream.'
His room door slowly opened to show his sister glaring at him, then she whispered. "I am going to gut you like a fish Nawaki."
Nawaki started shaking; he felt dread and stiffness across his body, then he saw his sister stiffening. "Remember Tsunade, a princess never shouts, now come breakfast is prepared, or in your case Tsunade supper."
Nawaki smiled at his sister. 'Phew, saved by Grandmother Mito.'
When both his sister and his Grandmother moved away, Nawaki walked towards two pictures on the walls, then he clapped both of his hands and bowed. "Grandfather, Granduncle… Why did you bring such a fiend into the world?"
Nawaki straightened and went to the bathroom, then he changed his clothes to the new and improved. 'Awesome shinobi gear 8.6' and finally he arrived at the breakfast table, to see his Grandmother reprimanding Tsunade. "How many times do I have to tell you again, young lady, stop gambling!"
Tsunade grumbled and looked downcast. "But it was just there; Jiraiya betted his whole mission payment on it!"
Mito sighed. "Why did you leave me with this mess, dear."
Nawaki climbed the table and looked at the breakfast; they had omelet rolls, white rice, miso soup, pickled vegetables, and fish. He started filling his plate, then he looked up and asked. "Did Tsunade lose again?"
Tsunade eeped, and her ponytail straightened out of shock. "Nnn. No! I let him win!"
Nawaki laughed. "Right… and I am the princess of the sea! You know you should be careful, if you lose too much, some may give you a nasty nickname… Like bad breath, nasty loser!"
Tsunade deadpanned at him. "Man, you are bad at nicknames."
Nawaki bristled. "What! My names are awesome; you have my secret technique, the magma lava water stream! Or my flaming ice spear of death and wild things!"
Tsunade laughed. "I can't… stop!"
At this, Mito stopped them. "Enough children, eat your breakfast already, and Nawaki, do not forget about the academy today."
He nodded at Mito. "Hai! I have already sent my bags and everything."
Tsunade began to speak, but Mito looked at her and shook her head, Nawaki looked at them weirdly, but he shrugged and started eating his breakfast. Tsunade looked at Mito. "Mito-sama"
Mito sighed. "What is it, young lady? I already know that you wanted something?"
Tsunade recoiled for a moment. "Wha… what I don't always do that… do I?" While munching, Nawaki nodded at her, then Mito looked away, afraid to show that she was right.
Tsunade sighed in defeat, then she activated her big eyes and looked at Mito. "Mito-sama, I would really like it if you trained Jiraiya in fuinjutsu."
Mito looked at her granddaughter in the eyes. "You betted something and lost, didn't you" Tsunade nodded. "Fine, but no more betting!" Tsunade hummed and took a bite from her fish.
Mito turned her head towards Nawaki. "Now Nawaki, I know that you are really excited about attending the academy, but remember what I told you last night, do not tell them your family name; when you meet them, we really cannot afford another Tsunade situation again."
Tsunade groaned loudly at that. "It's not my fault that nobles sent their sons to the academy just because they wanted to marry me!" Nawaki laughed, but soon everything calmed down.
And the family ate at a leisurely pace, but when Nawaki was done, he stood up. "Thanks for the food!" he; tried to run away only for Mito to catch him at the last second.
"Where do you think you are going, young man? We will not be seeing you for a year; give Gram-Gram a kiss."
Mito started pulling Nawaki closer while he tried desperately to run away, but at the last struggle, she won and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Now run along," Nawaki bolted out of there.
When he was outside, he inhaled some of the fresh air, then he heard a voice call out to him. "Nawaki-Kun, is that you?" he turned his head towards the voice and looked at the Hokage.
He ran toward the Hokage. "Hokage-sama! Good morning."
The Hokage smiled and patted Nawaki's head. "Good morning to you too Nawaki, is Mito-sama home?" Nawaki nodded, but then he noticed another person with the Hokage, he had a scar on his chin, and he wore this frown.
The Hokage noticing Nawaki's stares, informed him. "This is my friend and teammate; we studied under your granduncle together; his name is Danzo."
Nawaki smiled at the man, "Hello, Danzo-san!"
Danzo looked down with a scowl at Nawaki and nodded, "Morning."
Nawaki smiled some more. "I must go Hokage-sama, but it has been nice seeing ya! Goodbye." Nawaki bowed his head and ran away. "'Man, that guy was really quiet, he was like." He changed his voice to sound gruffer and annoyed. "morning."
Nawaki started laughing at his own joke. He passed the weapons district, then he reached a park he really liked, from the park he used one of the trees to jump on top of a building, and traveled from building to building, until he reached the academy 'Come on ten more seconds and I can beat my highest record!' He closed his eyes and pushed all his strength into his last stretched, then darkness.
Nawaki woke up with a dizzy head, and he felt someone is carrying him; he struggled to move, then he heard a voice. "Oh, you are awake" he felt someone place him down.
He opened his eyes fully and looked around. "Gaahhhhh!" he stood up, shocked and scared.
The kid who was carrying him for some time looked at him in shock and screamed. "AHHHHHHHHH!"
They stared at each other and screamed for some time until Dai stops him. "WAIT!" Dai started panting while holding his hand in a stop motion. "Why are we screaming?!" he shouted in confusion.
Nawaki pointed at Dai with a glare. "What is this… THING you are wearing!"
Dai looked at his jumpsuit and stretched it. "What this thing, my mom gave it to me before they shipped me to Konoha."
Nawaki stopped for a second, and he looked downcast for a moment before he raised his head with a vengeance. "I don't care if this thing was the last momentum that your clan gave to you, BURN IT!"
Dai looked shocked. "What burn it?! Never" he turned around and showed him the back of the suit. "Look at how my body is all fit," then he started shaking.
Nawaki closed his eyes and shook his head. "NOOOOO! I NEED A YAMANAKA! HELP!"
Dai was totally unimpressed. "Get over it dude, anyways I saved you from a stampede, so I think you should thank me."
Nawaki sighed. 'It is hard being a Senju sometimes.' He looked at him and gave him a small bow. "Thank you very much, freaky clothes-sama!"
Dai smiled with satisfaction, then he looked back at the Senju running away. "Hey, that is not my name! get back here and apologies!"
Nawaki turned around while he was running and stretched his lip "Beeeeeeeew."
Nawaki ran away while Dan screamed at him; while he was running, he fished out a paper from his pockets. "Hmm, building one hundred!" he turned his head and looked at the nearest one, 'Building 13' he sighed. "Dammit! Why is the academy so big!"
For the rest of the run, Nawaki started humming with excitement; he thought about all the friends he will gain and how this is the first step into becoming Hokage.
He looked around and found building one hundred 'Finally!'
Nawaki ran towards the building and found kids loitering around. 'Man, look at all of them, those are the Uchiha guys and the Inuzuka; why do they have dogs with them?' He walked towards the Uchiha kid that was being reprimanded by another.
The taller Uchiha was shaking his head at the smaller one. "This again, Izuku? You can't let anyone disrespect you, now remember what I told you, just look down at them."
Nawaki grew excited and ran towards the Uchiha. "Hi!" The Uchiha kids both stood shocked and turned around to look at him. "My name is Nawaki. Wanna be friends!?" he extended his hand towards Izuku.
Izuku looked up at the bigger one, and he nodded. Izuku slapped his hands away and tucked in his arms together while looking down at Nawaki "Hn" then he smirked.
Nawaki's smile stretched more than normal, and he laughed. "Hahaha! Man, you Uchiha sure do like to look cool!" Then Nawaki slapped Izuku across the head, knocking him to the ground.
The bigger one, shocked, looked at Nawaki and screamed, "Hey, what do you think you are doing!?"
Nawaki kept the smile. "Man, you guys are boring… I am going away."
The bigger one bristled shouted at him. "We have cool eyes!"
Nawaki laughed some more. "What!? Why would I care about your eyes?"
He started walking around, looking at other clan kids. 'If only our clan numbers are higher, I would not have attended alone,' he sighed in sadness.
Nawaki started asking some more kids, but almost all of them stayed away, and the ones who did not were pulled by others from their clan.
Then he spotted someone. 'Is that an Aburame alone? This is my chance' Nawaki walked towards the masked kid, then he heard him hum a weird song. 'Why is he not buzzing like the other ones… Wait, could it be… A clanless kid!'; He ran towards him.
After the introduction and the explanation Nawaki gave, he and Billy sat and talked about Black turtle moan, 'Man Billy, you may be cool and stuff, but I know more about black turtle moan than you' he smirked inwardly. 'I know that you think Akira was the one who took the folder, but I know that he is nothing more than a red herring.'
Suddenly Billy called out to him, something about people moving. "Hmm… want to check it out?" he replayed; they both started walking towards the gathering kids and the Genin.
The Genin spotted him and ran towards him. "Senju-sama"
Nawaki looked around and saw everyone looking at him, then he looked at the corner of his eyes to see Billy looking at him with a strange understanding, the Genin kept on talking, but Nawaki did not really give a damn about what he is about to say. 'Is this what I am bound to… Politics, kiss-asses, and clan intrigue.'
Then he heard Billy scream from the other side. "Is that lady Tsunade!" His head turned instantly. 'Sis? What is she doing here?... I thought she was going to sleep today?'
He saw Billy pointing at the tree line, then he saw the Genin move forward; Billy Jumped at the Genin, knocking him out, then he sat on top of him. 'WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO, BILLY?!'
Nawaki looked at the other clan children to see what they are going to do, then he noticed. 'None of them are looking at me… Did he do this for me?... or was he just.'
He stood still, just watching the exchange between Billy and Izuku; Billy shouted something which made Izuku run, then he saw Billy fish out two files.
Billy walked towards him. "Come on, Nawaki, let's go… This place blows."
Nawaki, shocked, followed him towards the building. "Did you pull that stunt because you wanted something from me, Billy?" he asked with quite a difficulty.
Billy turned around to look at him. He looked at his dark gray eyes that reflect pain. "You think I give a shit if you are some Senju or something?"
Billy turned around and climbed up the stairs; the pale light of the window shadowed his body while he walked. "Bitch I don't give a damn if you are Madara Uchiha himself."
Nawaki heard that line before; he heard it a thousand times, from clanless kids wanting to get closer to him, they reached the second level.
He sighed. 'I really wished it were true… new friends… what a joke, might as well end it here' Nawaki stopped walking and cleared his throat; Billy stopped and turned around confused. "What is wrong, Nawaki?"
Nawaki prepared himself and the usual line. "I really appreciate your interest in my friendship, but on account of school and family matter, I cannot in good conscience continue our friendship. Therefore I."
Billy walked toward Nawaki and looked him in the eyes. "What the fuck are you talking about? Are you trying to apologize for something? If so, quit acting like you are some kind of Yuppie."
Nawaki sighed, 'They always do this' he cleared his throat again. "I am not apologizing; I am simply stating that our friendship has to end; thank you for your time, Billy, it was fun," Nawaki passed by Billy.
Billy called out to him. "Stop right there, you fucking retard."
Nawaki turned around and looked at him. "How many times do I need to explain this to you? I am." He could not finish his words because Billy simply sucker-punched him.
He laid there on the ground touching his cheeks. 'He hit me?' he stayed there for a second, 'No one ever acted like this before?' He leaned up to look at Billy.
Billy got closer and kneeled While looking him in the eyes. "Are you fucking awake now… I told you… I don't give one fuck about who the fuck you are; you think I would have just said yes master to some Senju who walks nearby. Fuck that noise, man, now stand up… and quit acting like a sissy, I just gave you a small tap" Billy reached out with his hand to help him up.
Billy pulled Nawaki up. "Come on, our rooms are on the second floor" He started shuffling with the keys, 'Seriously kid, who the fuck fires someone from a friendship?'
He called out to Nawaki, "You ok there, Nawaki… Did I hurt the lil baby too hard?"
Nawaki shouted at him. "You caught me off guard; if I knew what you were about to do, I would have kicked your ass!"
Billy laughed. "So still friends?" he turned around while walking backward and offered his fist.
Nawaki confused, looked at his fist, then he nodded with a big smile. "Yup! Still friends" Then he caught Billy's fist and started shaking it.
Billy stood still, then he sighed in disappointment. "nice going, nerd! You ruined the moment!"
Nawaki, confused, asked. "Ruined what… Hey, Billy, answer me… Stop IGNORING ME!"
For the rest of the walk, Billy explained how to pump fists, and when they reached the final stop, Billy stopped. He looked at the dark gray walls, then he looked at the roaches walking around, ignoring him and Nawaki; he looked at the Fluorescent lights that give this creepy, desperate office vibe… there was one light that keeps turning on and off, with this electric sound.
He saw a pool of… he did not know what kind of liquid it was. The doors were made from rusted metal. Billy stood still for a moment, then he called out. "Nawaki, I think we are in the wrong place… This is clearly a prison."
Nawaki stopped looking around and focused on a door. "No, I think we are in the right place; see, this is room '965' I think we are in the right place… what is our room numbers again?"
Billy pulled out the keys. "Hmm, it says room '970' and '971' So it is right about there" Billy pointed to the end of the hallway.
They walked towards the door. "Yup, this is the room, and your is right across… coincidence?" Billy turned towards Nawaki.
Nawaki took on a thinking position. "I don't know, man… maybe it was random, you know… I mean, it's not even in alphabetical order" he shakes his head at the end.
Billy nodded and handed one of the keys to Nawaki. "Alright, let's open this bitch up" he inserted the key and turned it around.
Billy opened the door slowly, then he heard a dry, scratchy voice. "So… what will it be today, Shinobi-san? More waterboarding, or is it going to be spike training… Bring it on. I can take it."
Billy peeked inside, and what he saw was Gollum from Lord of the ring incarnate, but with tattered clothes and tired eyes, but when the Gollum person saw him, it jumped from its sitting position and rushed Billy. Billy tried to close the door, but the Gollum overpowered him, and he was knocked back.
The Gollum creature smiled and took hold of his leg. "They told us… if we see another clean child… it means we graduated the first year! We passed!" he screamed to any who could hear.
Billy heard the other rooms shout in joy, and he could feel his leg being pulled; the creature smiled and looked at Billy. "Welcome to hell!" it laughed.
Then he heard Nawaki scream as another torture victim pulled him into his room and closed the key. At this moment, Billy could not control his fear and rage; his instinct commanded him to do anything.
Billy saw red, he pumped all his chakra across his body, he could feel strength that he never felt before, he felt that he was the butcher coming to the slaughter. "I will be fucking murdering you!"
Billy pulled his legs in, but the Gollum let go too quickly, then he spun on the ground like those capoeira dance fighters, he jumped on his feet and charged the Gollum, but then he felt something hit him from the side.
The hit sent him into the wall, cracking part of it, but Billy quickly regained his balance, and his rage was never-ending; he quickly looked back to his attackers, one was female, and the other was the Gollum.
Billy screamed his berserker cry and charged at them, but they were both much faster than him; they dodged around him. Then he noticed them; they were laughing at him; they were laughing at his futility.
This droves Billy to the edge, he pumped more chakra to his feet, and he felt much faster than before, he could feel the tunnel forming around him, but he would not give up, the female jumped into the air and did a spinning kick to his face, her feet smashed into his face.
Blood started pouring from his non-existent nose, Billy felt the ground stop, and he felt that he was being pushed to the back; he quickly raised his hand and caught her foot, then he pumped more chakra to his arm, and he swung her to the wall.
He felt the satisfaction of hearing her pain, then he turned towards the Gollum who was in shock, Billy pulled his victim from the wall, and he swung her again towards the Gollum, using her as a mace.
They both fell, But Billy would not let his prey gain ground, and he rushed them with his foot covered in chakra; he kicked them like a football. They both smashed into the other wall.
Billy smiled, the zipper from his mask leaking blood; he moved his finger towards the mask and opened the zipper, blood leaked out like a waterfall, and when the blood receded, his teeth showed themselves in a blooded smile, he could feel his blood pumping.
He spread his arms wide. "You messed with the wrong hombre Bitches" Billy cracked his knuckles. "Let the slaughter began."
Just as he was about to reach them, he felt someone hold him up by his foot, he saw the door turn upside down, then he felt himself sail into the air.
His back smashed into the wall of the room, then he felt gravity take hold of him, and his face shattered the ground; Billy slowly stood up and looked at the door.
Standing there was a Shinobi covered in darkness, he started to close the door slowly, Billy ran toward the door, he could see it closing every moment, he saw the light from the door receding slowly, he charged his body with the last bit of chakra he has, and he rushed to the door.
He smashed into the door, that was closed, but his rage was unending, and he let out all his strength into this one punch to the rusted metal door; he felt his hand pierce the door, he felt something alive near his hand, he tried to grab hold of it, but the body moved too quickly.
Out of chakra, and bloodied Billy fell; he withdrew his hand from the door, he could feel the rusted metal scratching up his arm, leaving a fist-sized hole into the door.
Billy returned to the place he crashed into, and he looked at the door.
Suddenly the door's top half made a noise, and he saw a small slit opening, a shining headband greeted him, and blue eyes met his own. The owner of the eyes stayed silent for a moment, looking for weakness in Billy, but he will not give him the satisfaction.
The owner of the dark blue eyes chuckled. "Good job, kid, and welcome to Shinobi 101" Then darkness is all that he saw.