Chapter 2: Trust
A/N: I'm probably going to be posting chapters twice a week from now on, and plan on writing longer chapters. Thanks for reading (cringe).
"Know that I know what you're all capable of, let's get to know each other a little bit," Hido suggested, "Let's start with you Sumaki."
"What do you want to know," she asked.
"Just tell us about your family, your friends, what your goals are."
"For starters, my family is originally from the sand village, but my parents moved here before I was born to start a new life."
"Do you have any siblings?" Sumaki fidgeted with her fingers for a second before responding with a shake of her head, "And what are your goals for the future?"
"Well, one day I hope that I can give other people the help that they need."
"That's humble, what about you Keo?" Keo was looking at the ground, as if in a dream of some sort. "Keo?" He then seemed to snap out of his trance.
"Oh s-sorry, I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"Well, me and my three siblings have been trying to take care of my grandma lately, and I felt guilty for not being there."
"What about your parents?"
"My parents? They um… they died on a mission when I was seven."
"I'm sorry I didn't reali-,"
"No, it's fine. That's why I want to be a ninja; to honor my parents." Hido moved on to Ryuma.
"And you?"
"Well my parents both work at the hospital, and my sister is currently training in the mountains somewhere. As for my goals, I hope to be a jonin someday." The team stopped talking to eat lunch, when Keo broke the silence,
"So what about you Hido sensei?" Hido took a second to finish eating his sandwhich.
"There really isn't much to tell. My parents both died when I was two, my village was burnt to the ground when I was six, and I have no relatives that I know of." There was a heavy silence for a couple minutes, "I know that's not what you were expecting, but I figured if we're going to be a team we should all be honest with each other," Hido said throwing a look at Sumaki, "Anyways I think that's enough for today. I plan on seeing you all at the village entrance at ten tomorrow so we can work on our first mission," Hido then left the team to finish their lunch.
"Missions already?" Ryuma asked the other genin, "What's that about?" Both of his teammates shrugged.
"We can just ask Hido sensei tomorrow," Sumaki said.
"It is strange though," Keo pondered, "We just became ninja, and they're already throwing missions at us," The three finished their lunch and began to leave. The three walked around the leaf talking, until Keo needed to go home, leaving Ryuma and Sumaki to walk together.
"Hey Sumaki, can I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
"Why did you lie to Hido sensei about your sister?" Sumaki remained silent for a minute.
"Ryuma there are some things I should've told you," Sumaki took a deep breath, "Last year my sister ran away," This was known by most, so Ryuma wasn't surprised, "A couple months later she came back and told me that she could make me stronger. I didn't know why she wanted to, but when I refused she abducted me and gave me this." Sumaki pulled the collar of her shirt to reveal a curse mark. Ryuma stopped walking, "How could she do that? Didn't your parents notice you were missing?" Sumaki shook her head,
"They thought I went to a friends house for the weekend." Ryuma and Sumaki walked in silence the rest of the way until Sumaki got to her house. Then Ryuma walked home, staring at the sunset, wondering who else was hiding secrets from him.
Keo POV_
Keo got home and stepped into his grandmother's room. She was sleeping, and since she was sick, Keo thought that he would make some tea for her. He was only in the kitchen for a second when his three little brothers pulled him back out,
"Keo can we pleeeeaaaassseee go to the playground?" Rei the second oldest brother asked.
"No, because if you do then you won't have anyone to supervise you."
"Aww come on Keo," Keo was becoming irritated,
"If we all go then no one will be here to take care of grandm-"
"Just go with them Keo," Keo's grandmother walked out from her room, "I can take care of myself for an hour or two."
"Ok…" Keo felt guilty. He felt like it was his responsibility to take care of his grandmother, but it was nice to just relax for a while. Keo was pushing his brother, Tai, on the swings,
"Higher! Higher!" Meanwhile Hau and Rei were racing on the monkey bars. Keo smiled, while watched the last bit of sunlight fade away. Suddenly a smoke bomb was thrown onto the center of the playground. Keo covered his mouth and quickly led Tai out of the smoke. Keo then saw Rei and led him over to Tai.
"Hau!? Hau!?" The smoke cleared and Keo saw a man in a green and white robe with a mask that only covered the top half of his face, run off into the forest. He looked over the playground, and saw Toma and Yumo standing next to Hau.
"Keo can you help us catch that man?" Keo was confused on why they would want to chase him, but he figured they had a good reason behind it. He turned to his brothers,
"Rei, I want you to take Hau and Tai home and tell grandma I'll be home soon," when the boys had left, Keo, Toma and Yumo ran to the forest where the man went. While they ran through the forest, Keo asked, "So what do you guys want to find this guy for?"
"There's been several kidnappings reported by a person wearing a green and white robe, but when the kids return, they can only remember things from the day before they were kidnapped. He also happens to be my Uncle."
"Me and Yumo saw him and followed him to the playground, right as he threw the smoke bomb. But, we still don't why he's kidnapping these kids." Their conversation was cut short as they came upon a clearing in the woods. Yumo's uncle and a lady, slightly shorter than him, wearing a red and white robe, were deep into a conversation.
"I thought I told you come back with one or don't come back at all!" The lady shouted.
"There were some genin following me, and I didn't want to risk being caught. They might've figured out where we have the rest."
"The rest of what?" Keo asked:
"We don't know yet," Toma replied.
"They're just genin Toshu! The next time you fail to bring one back you'll be sorry!" The lady in red and white stormed off,
"Yes ma'am…" Toshu mumbled. The genin ran back to the playground.
"We have to tell someo-,"
"No," Yumo said, "If they find out that the man is wearing the mask, they'll come after my dad. That's the same mask he wore when he was an Anbu member. We also don't have enough evidence, other than that they want something from the kids."
"Oh, well I need to get home, my grandma must be worried about me." Keo went back to his house. He checked on his grandmother, who was sleeping quietly in her room, and his siblings, who were getting ready for bed. Tonight, Keo's nightmares were filled with green and white.