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Prologue part two

EIGHT YEARS LATER Shippuu was wandering around Konoha like he usually did when he was pissed.

flashback

Earlier today he had gone to the towns park to practice some chakra molding techniques Iruka-sensei had taught his class. When he got to the park there were a bunch of boys picking on a girl from his class and he scared them off by transforming into the Hokage with his transformation jutsu.

When he checked to see if the girl was okay, she jumped on him and gave him a hug. "Thank you thank you thank you", she kept saying.

When she finally got off of him they made introductions. "My name is Shiden Raiza. What's yours", she asked? "My name is Shippuu Arashi", he answered. She gave him another hug and said, "Lets be friends Shippuu".

This was one of the happiest moments of Shippuu's life. People in this town didn't like him. They told their children to avoid him. The Hokage had told him that his deceased parents were both most wanted criminals and people disliked him because they figured that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. But now he was about to make friends with this pretty black haired girl.

Right before he could say yes, another girl ran up to them. "Shiden! I couldn't find my dad. Can you help me", she asked. Then she looked over at Shippuu. "Who's this", she asked. "My name's Shippuu Arashi", he answered. He felt great now that he had made his first friend today. The girl introduced herself. "My name is Kuyen Hina".

"KUYEN!", a woman's voice screamed. She turned around to see her mom running towards them. "What do you want mama", she asked? Then her mom pointed towards Shippuu. "What are you doing around this boy. His parents were both murderers. He probably is too", she yelled.

Shippuu didn't know what to say. The Hokage had told him how people felt, but none of them had ever actually said anything to him about it. He looked over to Shiden to she if she knew what to do, but she was just staring at him like he was a murderer covered in blood instead of an eight year old boy. The girls ran away in fear followed by Kuyen's mom. Shippuu cried for a little while but eventually stopped and went for a walk around town.

Flashback end

While walking by the school he saw four boys jumping out of the class window. One was a dark haired boy with a jacket on. Another was a chubby boy with a bag of chips in his hands. The third was a boy with a puppy. The last was a blond boy with whiskers. They looked like they were having fun. Not wanting to spoil their fun, he avoided them.

At the end of the day he ended up at the training grounds. 'today ended like every other day. Me, all alone and friendless'. For no reason at all he walked into the training ground forest. After he made it half way in, he got lost. "DAMN IT TO HELL", he screamed out loud.

"Damn kid you have a dirty mouth", said a woman's voice from the shadows. Shippuu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a pretty purple haired woman in a tan trench coat. "Who are you", he asked. she smiled and said, "My name is Anko Mitarashi. What's yours", she asked? Shippuu looked away and said, "you don't want to know".

Suddenly he was being held up by his shirts collar and had a kunai at his throat. "I asked you a question. That means you answer it", she said with a sadistic grin. "If you really want to know. My name is Shippuu Arashi".

She set him back down on the ground. "See, that wasn't so hard", she said, "why did you come out here? Did your friends dare you to do it?"

Shippuu started to laugh, but it wasn't a happy laugh. Anko was about to smack him when he started to get tears in his eyes. "What's wrong", she asked.

"No one wants to be my friend. My parents were criminals, so other parents tell their kids that I'm a murderer", he said with a depressed tone.

Anko didn't know what to say. She was used to killing people, not cheering them up. Suddenly Shippuu's stomach growled. "Come on kid. I have some food at my place", she said and they headed towards her home.

While feeding him she discovered that Shippuu had a love for teriyaki that rivaled her love for dumplings or Naruto's love for ramen. THREE HOURS LATER.

(during this time, Shippuu tells his life story)

Anko had tucked Shippuu in her bed while he slept. She decided to sleep on the couch. While walking into her living room she notice that a silver haired shinobi was in her house. "What do you want Kakashi", she asked.

"The boy went missing earlier today so me, Iruka, and Asuma went out looking for him. I came to get you and noticed he was here. So here I am wondering why■, he explained.

Anko explained what happened starting after she found him. She explained his reason for being depressed, his encounter with Shiden, she even told about his love of teriyaki. Kakashi thought it was kind of funny. 'That's one trait he got from his dad. He never went on a mission without at least three bags of teriyaki jerky. I think he even had teriyaki chicken for his wedding dinner.'

"He says his dream is to become the Head of ANBU", Anko said. Kakashi seemed a little confused at this news. "Why does he want that? ANBU are the ones who killed his parents", Kakashi asked. Anko answered, "The reason is that ANBU is the highest rank of ninja, second only to the Hokage. He says that no one would want him as a Hokage, so he chose the next best thing."

The next morning Shippuu woke up to a fog horn in the ear. "aaaaahhhh", he screamed. After the ringing stopped he saw Anko on the floor laughing. When she finally caught her breath she picked him up by the arm and slung him across her shoulder. "okay shrimp. Last night I decided that I would help you train so you can be the next ANBU captain. Fine with you".

Seeing that there was no choice, he agreed. (he would have agreed anyway). After walking for ten minutes, they stopped at a random spot. "Alright kid. Show me how good your taijutsu is", she told him. Before he could even get into a fighting stance, he was tackled, pinned to a tree, and had a kunai at his throat. "I'd say that your skills are below average. We'll work on your martial arts first", she said and set him on the ground.

"Why are you trying to train me", he asked her. She put up her kunai and said, "After you told me about your life, I felt sorry for you." Shippuu felt a little mad at that. He may be alone, but he had his pride. "I don't want or need your pity", he said. She walked over to him and smacked him across the back of his head. "It's not pity, you little brat! I just felt like helping you. I don't feel like doing that a lot, so feel grateful".

From then on Shippuu and Anko trained together. It was during this time that Shippuu learned about his bloodline limit.

After two months of taijutsu training, Anko decided that he was ready for some ninja techniques. Anko got into a battle position and said, "Okay brat. Lets see what you do when I do THIS!"

Out of Anko's trench coat sleeve came a bunch of snakes. "Striking Shadow Snakes!"

Anko was not the most observant ninja, but she notice that when Shippuu saw her attack that his eyes flashed for a moment. But he still got hit.

After she let him up, he walked over to a bag of ninja supplies he brought and shoved something up his sleeve. He didn't ask for advice or help or anything. He just silently prepared himself for the next attack.

Anko had gotten used to him not talking much so she spoke instead. "Maybe I moved to ninjutsu to soon. Lets practice taijutsu some more"

Shippuu didn't say anything. He just looked at her with a hint of a smile on his face. 'He's planning something. Otherwise he would be complaining. Oh well'

Anko charged at him with a kunai in hand just in case he tried to use a weapon against her. Shippuu didn't move until she was four feet in front of him. She pulled back her arm to swing her kunai at him, but he jumped out of the way just in time. Having missed her target, Anko lost her balance and was in a temporary state of vulnerability. While in mid air, Shippuu swung his arm in Anko's direction and wires shot out of his sleeve the same way Anko's snakes did. "Striking Shadow Wires!"

Seeing a different, but still very similar, version of her own technique caught Anko off guard. She forgot to block and was tied up by the wires.

After capturing Anko in his new technique, Shippuu showed the first burst of emotion he had had in two months. "YEAH! Hell yeah! I finally beat you, you sadistic bitch." Shippuu looked like he had been titled king of the world.

Anko on the other hand was a dark shade of red from embarrassment. She couldn't believe she had fallen into an eight year olds trap. 'I cant believe I fell for that. How the hell did he copy my attack? It wasn't a complete copy, but it was really damn close.'

"As soon I get out of this I'm going to kick your ASS!", she screamed. Shippuu stopped congratulating himself and looked at her with an amused grin. "Then I guess I wont let you free", he said and sat down. Anko struggled to get free, but couldn't do it. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get any closer to freedom.

She struggled for ten minutes before swallowing her pride. "I'm sorry for threatening you. Can you please free me", she asked.

Feeling satisfied with today's victory, he let her free.

"how did you do that", she asked.

"do what", he asked back.

"that technique"

"I don't know"

Anko smacked him across the head.
"what do you mean, you don't know", she screamed.
"I don't know! I just saw you do it so I did it too. But since I cant summon snakes, I tried it with trap wire", he answered while rubbing the bruise on his head.

'If she keeps doing that, I'm going to get brain damage' "okay, but my question is how you performed it in the first place. I haven't taught it to you".

Shippuu thought about it for a moment, but couldn't figure out how he knew. He saw her do it, so he did it himself by instinct. When he told her, she sent him home and went to talk to the Hokage.

AT THE HOKAGE'S OFFICE

"Lord Hokage, I need to ask you something", she said to the old man. "Okay, but make it quick. It's about time my grandson will appear and attack me".

Anko explained what had happened at training today, but the Hokage didn't seem surprised. "It's just his bloodline limit, Anko, there is no reason to over react", he told her.

Anko wanted more information.
"What is his trait's ability", she asked. The Hokage inhaled some smoke from his pipe and explained. "Shippuu's blood trait gives him the ability to understand and perform a jutsu after seeing it used. It is similar to the sharingan in a way. Except that its copying ability isn't as strong. It can only copy fifty percent of a technique. This causes him to add his own part to make it complete. Today was a perfect example. He copied how your striking shadow snake works, but couldn't copy it fully. So instead of snakes, he completed the attack using ninja wire. He can also rapidly regenerate his chakra.Understand?"

Anko thanked the Hokage for the information and left. On the way home she thought about if she should still train Shippuu. By the time she reached home she decided to continue training him. Life had become boring lately. This little kid could make it more interesting.

a/n.

this was the final part of the prologue. the next chapter is his graduation. by that time he will actually have skills.

i really really hope all you readers enjoy this. if i forgot to mention it last time, this is my first naruto fanfic.