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And without further ado...

The Life of a Young Shinobi

I now pack my bag for the long trip ahead of me. Seeing as how my siblings are sleeping I only say goodbye to Kaasan who tells me to be careful and I gladly oblige. After meeting with my team we leave the gates of Sound and into the unknown. The trip is a silent one, not that I expect anything else. I don't know how long we have been traveling, it has to be about four days, when a kunai is thrown into the tree I have been standing on. We all turn to look at the culprit. I can not see his face for there is an animal mask on his face.

"ANBU," Tayuya-sensei hisses.

ANBU? What is that?

Three more of these 'ANBU' appear. Who are these people? My teammates and sensei attack them. Before I know it, they head deep into the forest after them. I blink. Should I follow them? Of course. But before I can get anywhere I notice one of the masked men are still there, staring at me. I grab a kunai from my pack and chuck it at the man. He easily dodges.

"Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu," I say doing the hand seals for the fire attack.

Again my opponent dodges. Why has he not attacked back?

"Goukakyuu no Jutsu," I attack again.

This time when my opponent dodges, his mask falls off.

As his feet hit the ground I see that he has black hair pulled back into a ponytail.

He looks at me, raising an eyebrow.

"Kage Shibari no Jutsu," The man says and all of a sudden a shadow emerges from his feet to me and I feel I am unable to move.

The man then talks into the microphone in his ear.

I struggle in the bind of which I am kept. Another masked man appeared. He slowly walks up to me. I keep struggling in the binding but I find I still cannot move. The man comes up and pushes a point in my neck and all goes black.

"Shikamaru, why did you bring a kid here? A Sound nin," I hear a female voice say.

"Because he is his I tell you. He looks exactly like him," I hear another voice say, this time one of a male.

"But how can you be sure?" another male voice asked.

I decide to keep my eyes shut, thinking I can learn more about these people if I do.

"He uses his attacks," the first male's voice argued.

"That still doesn't mean anything," another female's voice remarked.

"I'll decide upon this," another male's voice said, this one louder.

My eyes are forced open. I look upon a face. He has blue eyes and blonde hair. There are also marks upon his cheeks.

"Naruto-kun," a new feminine voice says.

I jump up onto my feet, facing the enemy. I grab a kunai.

"Now, no need for weapons," says a blonde woman.

"Who are you people?" I ask.

"We should be asking you the same thing," says the man who had bond me before.

I glare at him.

"You are right, Shikamaru, there is a strong resemblance," says a man with long black hair and eyes with no pupils.

"What's your name, kiddo?" asks a man with gray hair and one of his eyes covered with his headband.

I glare at him. "None of your business."

"Certainly acts like Sasuke-teme," the blonde man comments and my blood runs cold. How does this man know my father's name? I have to get out of here. I make a dash for it, but a man whose collar covers his mouth stops me.

"I don't think so," he tells me and I'm picked up by bugs? He drags me back into the middle of the room. He plops me onto the ground. I stand back up and look around me. There are at least fifteen people surrounding me. There are a few children too. Every single one of them are staring at me and my blood boils. "What do you want from me?"

A man with a weird haircut and fuzzy eyebrows asks me, "How old are you?"

Again I snap, "None of your business."

"I never thought Sound would send little ninjas. They must be running out of the decent ones," states the blonde one.

"I'm a Chuunin," I correct him.

He raises an eyebrow. "But you can't be more than six," he says.

Oh how I hate this guy. "I'm nine!" I shout.

"What's your name?" asked a small boy. He seems to be the blonde man's son, for he has the same blonde hair and annoying tone.

I sigh. I need to get out of here. I look at the adults. "If I tell you my name, will you let me go?"

"Depends," replies another woman who has dark blonde hair.

I remain silent for awhile.

"So, if your Sasuke-teme's son, I wonder if you're a teme too," states the blonde man.

I keep quiet.

"Are you going to tell us your name or not?" the ponytail man asked.

"My name…. is…" I am interrupted.

There is a bang from outside.

"We're under attack!" screams a man running in.

"Kuso," mutters the blonde man and the adults leave the room, forgetting I am here. Now is my chance. I sneak out the window and run. I run from it all. I keep running. Who were those people? How do they know my Tousan?

I run for three days until I see the Sound village yards away. As I see my house come into view, I sigh in relief. I steady my breath, and walk in.

"Nii-san!" screams my younger siblings running to greet me.

Kaasan walks over to me as well and hugs me tight. "I was so worried Seiko-kun, how did it go?" she asks.

"Okay," I reply then a thought strikes me. Had Tayuya-sensei and the others made it back? I shake the thought away from my mind. "So, when's dinner? I'm starving."

Ooo, now Seiko has had an encounter with the others, what else could happen? Who knows? Wait, I do! Until next time. Review me!

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