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Chapter 4

"BEEP BEEP BEEP!"

"What the hell!" Kiyoshi screamed before stabbing his alarm clock with a kunai.

Gobi was laughing so hard that it may have been possible to hear him outside Kiyoshi's head. What's so funny!?

Well, remember yesterday, you know when you got five tails, longer and sharper teeth and nails, your whisker marks went deeper and grew some hair and so they look darker now? Oh and your eyes went all slitty. Remember that? Is slitty a word?

Of course I remember that! It was the most painful moment of my life! And you're 10,000 years old shouldn't you know if slitty is a word?

Hmm. Your right. Ok slitty is now a word. Well after last night your senses grew better because of what I did. Oh. And now you're a hanyou.

Oh. WHAT!? Why?

Because you are part dog demon now.

I hate you.

I love you too. Now are you going to show your girlfriend your new look?

Of course. I'm not going to hide it.

I knew it! She is your girlfriend.

FINE! She is my girlfriend! Happy!?

Very. Now go to school.

Okay mom.

About 20 feet away from the schools gate

"And just wear do you think you're going demon?" A large man said leaning down to look Kiyoshi in the eye.

"School. And I'm not a demon." Kiyoshi replied, slightly annoyed.

"You're not getting anywhere near our kids. And if you're not a demon why do you look like one?"

"Well it's a pretty long story, but basically, last night I got hit by lightning, and in order to keep me-oof!" the man punched him in the stomach. Hard.

"I don't give a crap about your stupid excuses. You're a demon, I'm going to kill you, and I'll be a hero." The man said. A small crowd was standing around them, most of them were cheering and more were coming by the second. Kiyoshi struggled to get up and was kicked in the gut and fell on his back. "Fire element: hot flash technique," the man yelled and blew out a small flame hitting the upper half of Kiyoshi's body.

Kiyoshi was screaming in pain clutching his eyes. Most of the academy kids were looking at the now large circle around Kiyoshi, wondering what was going on.

The man took a kunai out of a small pouch on his leg, and stabbed Kiyoshi in the chest (at about the upper right part of his seal.) Kiyoshi started to choke as blood poured into his right lung and throat. The man twisted the kunai, making him scream, in spite the blood in his throat and lung. After the man pulled the kunai out, Kiyoshi curled up into a ball covering his and trying to put weight on his stomach at the same time to dull the pain.

Suddenly a white and green robed person basically flew in and kicked the man in the head. A large squad of ANBU surrounded the group and the Kusakage. The robed Kage looked down at Kiyoshi, who was still trying to scream, which sounded more of a pathetic gurgle now, and performed a one handed seal and tapped him on the forehead, rendering him unconscious.

He looked up at the crowd. "You will all be punished for not reporting this to me," he said clearly very angry. "And as for you," he said turning and pointing to the man who attacked Kiyoshi, "shall be severely punished for attacking this young man."

"Young man? He's a God-damned demon" a person yelled out.

Ai suddenly realized exactly what was going on, and jumped over the fence and ran towards the crowd. An ANBU tried to stop her but was surprised when she spun on her feet and bolted to the left and started pushing through the crowd. Ai jumped and rolled under another ANBU and ran up to Kiyoshi. "What the hell happened to him!?" she yelled at the Kusakage, trying to pull him down by his robes.

The ANBU she rolled under came up and was about to pull her away when the Kage stopped him. "Ai-sama, Kiyoshi was attacked by a villager. Him, and the people cheering him on will be punished. But now my top priority is getting him to the hospital. Ai-sama, if you'll excuse me," the Kage said, picking up Kiyoshi. "ANBU, please escort these people to the interrogation room to wait for their punishment." He said and jumped of toward the hospital. Ai wasn't far behind.

"Huh? Ai, please go back to school," the Kage said strictly

"No. I'm staying by Kiyoshi-kun." She replied venom and stubbornness dripping of her every word.

He sighed. "Fine."

2 Days later at the hospital.

Kiyoshi's POV

I was in nothing when I came to. I could smell stuff food, blood, sweat, some tears, and medicine. I could hear a beeping by my head, soft breathing next to me, muffled crying, and all kind of muffled sounds. Probably through walls. I was in a hospital and it took me that long to figure it out. Hmm. I could feel stuff too, never really paid much attention to feeling. I could feel a dull pain in my chest, nothing in my eyes. And my left hand was warmer than usual. It must have been Ai holding my hand.

"Ai-chan?" I said and the warmth in my hand instantly disappeared. I felt incomplete without it.

"K-Kiyoshi-kun! Are you okay? I'll go get a nurse." Yup. Definitely Ai.

"No I'm alright just a little tired. And hungry. And why is everything dark?"

"Well, um, Kiyoshi-kun, you're blind"

"Oh." I said feeling really bad.

"I'm sorry Kiyoshi."

"It's not your fault Ai. It's mine for not putting up a Henge."

"Yup! All your fault. How stupid of me to say that." She said trying to hide her amusement.

"Hey! You're supposed to say it's not my fault to comfort me!" I said waving my arms around.

"Will a gift make you feel better?"

"Huh? It's not my birthday is it?"

"No but I figured you wouldn't want to wear bandages all the time so if you want to cover your eyes I got you this."

"Um, Ai? Are you forgetting something relevant to the topic?"

"Oh! Sorry!" She grabbed my hands and put them in front of me and set something on my hands. I felt my way around it until I fount a seam and pulled it off. Apparently it was a box. I put my hand inside it and felt something silky.

"What is it?

"It's a… well it's a piece of silk to cover your eyes."

"Thanks Ai-chan. Hey, what color is it?"

"Red. Like my hair color red."

"Hey, is it okay to take off my bandages?" I said, beaming.

"I think. The doctors just put them on to hide your eyes. They were getting kind of creepy they said."

"Why what do they look like?"

"Well they just look blank, as if they've glazed over. I think they look a little cute though."

"Oh. Okay then. Hey can you help me get this on?"

"Here," she said tying it onto my eyes. The cool fabric touching my face felt strange but nice. "Feel good"

"Very good," I said smiling. "Can I check out now?"

"Anxious?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, I'll go ask a doctor. But we'll also have to take you to the Kusakage.

"Why?"

"Because we have to find out if you can still be a ninja."

"I'm not going to give up being a ninja! Even if I have to try ten times as hard as everyone else I'll still become a ninja!" I raised my voice a little higher than I meant to.

"That's the spirit! Now let's go!" She said giggling. "Okay, stand up. Good." She grabbed my hand and held it up to her arm. "Go on hold my arm. This way you won't get lost."

"The Kusakage will see you now." The receptionist said. She was nice and you'd probably trust her with your life if she was a ninja. We walked down a corridor, up a flight of stairs, which I happened to almost fell down, and into his office.

"Hello Shouta-sama."

"Hello Kiyoshi. Sorry about your eyes." He said casually.

"It's okay. But I was wondering if there are any jutsus that will let me see, even briefly?"

"There a pretty good jutsu that I found, its sort of like echolocation but you don't send chakra out in pulses; it's more like an aura."

"Cool. What's echolocation?"

"Bats use it, they make a very high pitched sound, and they can tell where stuff is based on the time it takes for the echo to come back." He sounded as if he was giving a lecture.

"Okay. How's this help me?"

"You release chakra from all your Tenkestu, and you can almost feel the objects around you. I've never used it myself but it was made by the Sannin, Tsunade, and current Hokage of Konohagakure. She's a Very proficient Medic Nin and made it for blind people to use."

"Is she blind?"

"No, Kiyoshi, she's not. But due to the growing amount of ninjas being blinded when tortured and on missions, she made the jutsu for them. Well it's not really a jutsu just an ingenious use of chakra."

"Oh. Well who will teach me?"

"Her."

"What!? Isn't she in a different village?"

"Yes, but the chuunin exams are being held in Kusa this in a month, so I'll ask her to teach it to you."

"Wow, Thanks Shouta-sama!" I ran up and gave him a big hug, but forgot I was blind and ran into the desk.

Moron.

Shut up mutt.

"Kiyoshi-kun! Are you okay?" Ai said putting a hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah, I just banged my knee."

"I see you need this jutsu a lot more than I thought, Kiyoshi." Shouta chuckled at his little joke.

"Yeah, whatever."

"Kiyoshi-kun, I'm going to ask my mom if you can stay over my house until the chuunin exams, or for a few days at least."

"Thanks. I owe you two a lot."

"Your allowance for the next month should cover it then," The old man said

"No! I need that."

"For what?"

"Weapons, ramen, dango, and other stuff."

"Fine you convinced me, you can keep your allowance."

"You weren't even serious were you?"

"Nope."

"Come on Kiyoshi we should go to my house now." Turns out, Ai's a branch house member of the Haganeiro clan, the biggest clan in Kusa. The Haganeiro clan is the guard of the Kusakage, and the villages main ninja gear source. So I was pretty surprised that they let me stay.

Author's notes:

I loved writing Kiyoshi's POV, and I might write the rest of the Fic like that.

I also found out that Ai means love and Kiyoshi means pure. I found these names and used them before I knew their meaning. Funny huh? Kiyoshi Ai; pure love. Well actually in Japanese I think it would be "Kiyoshi wa Ai." Read and review. And Kyre Adler is my new beta and character Artist. WooHoo!