Chapter four; Gaa-ruesome Defiance
The distance from the cells to the Hokages office was actually a very short distance. They must have set it up so close so when the Hokage needed a little chat with the prisoners, he/she didn't have to go very far. But there was a downfall to this setup…
'If someone escapes, the Hokage would be the first to go…' I think to myself, worried. Shukaku laughs and says this out loud. Only in his special way of speaking…
Obviously, the officers didn't like this. So, as a result, they kicked open the door and hurled me into the Hokages office.
The office was made of wood and had a few bookshelves on the sides, and a desk in front of the wall of windows. Thankfully this room didn't have a small bowl to crush my insides.
I pushed myself off of the floor slowly into a sitting position and turned to see if the officers would do more. They just sneered and slammed the door shut.
"So you're the trouble maker, huh?"
I turned my head around slowly to see a woman sitting at a desk, writing something down on a sheet of paper. She had light blond hair in two ponytails. Her face was smooth and her eyes were a light brown color. She had what looked to be a gem on her forehead. Her arms were crossed over her chest, but I could tell that she had a rather large pair.
I nodded, but Subaku glared and grunted.
The woman looked up from her paper and glared at me. "What were you thinking destroying a grocery store? Was it fun? All of the supplies you ruined for a little bit of fun? What were you thinking?"
I could feel Subaku smile. "It was only one building." He growled as he lifted us off of the floor. He then pulled us to a wall and slouched against it. I tisked in disgust, but he paid no attention. "I could have destroyed the building next to it. Or I could have destroyed the whole block. Good thing your officers caught me before I did that." He smiled cruelly. "Think of all of the lives lost! All the damage! All of the blood!"
Suddenly, the woman was in front of us and grabbed Subaku by the collar.
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't lock you away for the rest of your life!" She spat angrily.
Subaku shuddered for the worst and he readied himself to be thrown. But he forgot to control his mouth.
"Because I didn't want to do it."
She let go of his collar in shock at my voice. She shook her head and stared at us in confusion. She turned away and muttered something to herself. She sat down in her desk and rested her head on her hand to probably think about something.
'WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!' Shukaku yelled at me. He released the sands from the back of Subaku's head, and slammed mine into the wall.
I hissed in pain, almost trying to attract the Hokages attention. 'She needed an answer!'
'From me, you maggot! Your random speech patterns today are really starting to piss me off. Knock it off now before I really hurt you!'
The Hokage was staring at me in confusion once again. She turned back to her papers before speaking again. "You're not from around here, are you?"
"No ma'am." The sand around my arms tightened painfully.
"Where are you from?"
"Su-"
"The land of Waves." Subaku fell to the floor and bashed my face into the hard wood.
"Oh? From the reports, you can control sand… Is that right?"
"Yes!" Subaku growled angrily.
"That is a strange jitsu for someone who comes from the Waves…"
"Because I don-"
"Yes my lady... It is rather bizarre. My parents came from somewhere else before moving to the Wave, but they didn't tell me where," I said as I staggered up from of the floor.
Sand cut all over my body, made me bleed under the Subaku shell.
I winced in pain a couple of times, and apparently the Hokage noticed because her own eyes clouded with worry. We must have been confusing her immensely.
"What is your name?"
I had to think fast because I knew Shukaku would say Subaku s name. That name was used in almost every warning report that came from Suna. I was a rather unpopular person all throughout the land.
"My name? My name is-"
"Kazan." I spat out quickly.
"No last name?" She asked, probably trying to figure out whom to respond to.
"I do have one, but I would rather not use it. No one calls me by it anyway."
She nodded slowly, taking in my name and probably wondering why I was slamming my hands into every sharp object within grabbing distance.
"So… Uh… Kazan… Why did you come to Konoha?"
"To dest-"
I could not let him finish. He would have said 'To destroy your pitiful city', but I couldn't allow him. I would rather him humiliate me in front of a powerful leader, than be killed or locked in a cell for life.
"I wished to learn from some of the ninjas here and hopefully become much stronger. I sadly don't have much control of my sands. I was trying to fly above the building to get a better view of the city, but my sand became too much to control and destroyed your grocery story. I apologize." I bowed over respectfully, but I must have calculated my distance wrong because I slammed my head onto her desk.
"… Kazan are you alright?"
"Peachy." Subaku and I growled. Or rather, he growled, and I hissed in pain.
"Very well." She said. She leaned over and pushed a button above a speakerphone and spoke something into it. I would have caught it if I wasn't arguing uncontrollably with Shukaku.
"Now, Kazan." She started to say. I ignored Shukaku's threats and tried to listen to the leader. "I cannot allow you to walk out of here without a punishment, or at least without someone to look after you. So I will allow you to start training as long as you promise me that you will do your best to control your sand."
Our next movement must have looked very strange: I tried to change the sands into a smile, but it ended up being a scowl. Then our head was twitched into an odd angel, a mix in between a nod and a shake.
She almost looked offended when I spat out, "That would be a good idea! Thank you!"
My arms then flinched to my sides and my elbows dug into my ribs. Shukaku made my leg kick to the side and I slammed into the ground. Subaku was shivering angrily as he let us up while forcibly making us brushed off his clothes.
The Hokage cocked an eyebrow at us, so we shrugged off our movement calmly.
'Way to go… We must look like a freak to her…'
'It's not my fault you won't shut up!'
"Tsunade-sama?" A voice called from behind the door.
"Oh, yes! Please come in!" said the Hokage whose name was apparently Tsunade...
A tall boy then walked in wearing a green jumpsuit. His hair was black in a bowl cut and his eyes were rather large.
Tsunade smiled at me and waved a hand at the boy. "Kazan let me introduce you to the one who will be assisting you while you stay! His name is Rock Lee."
"Yosh!" Called previously named Rock Lee happily.