The camera would pan down from the sky which showed that it was at the least just an hour or so past mid day, eventually the camera would stop and lock onto me revealing that i was walking alone through an open field. I had very short dirty blond hair and blue eyes. I wasn't wearing anything fancy, just a simple gray shirt and thin red jacket as well as a pair of gray pants. No longer did i wear my headband as I felt I no longer had a right to wear it, i was unsure of how long i had been walking or where i was going. Our encounter had shown to me the severe gap between orochimaru and myself. Before I could even think of hunting him down again, I needed to find a place to grow much much stronger. Eventually the scene shifted to show me sitting on a mountain near its peak in the middle of the night using a stick i would poke at the fire to shift around the coals and keep the flames burning as long as possible, during this time thoughts about how I should proceed ran through my mind. I couldn't defect to another village, I still had some integrity left. My best bet was to find a quiet village I could rebuild myself in and grow far stronger, however i began to hear footsteps approaching and turning to their direction i saw senshi uchiha and kaen hyuga, my two closest lifelong friends. Kaen wore loose fitting white hyuga robes and had long hair running down his back, as well as a byakugan. It had been about three weeks since i left the hidden leaf village i assumed that no one was coming after me thus their sudden appearance was a surprise. "If Sarutobi could see you now he would be so disappointed. Come on get up we're taking you back to the leaf village and we are not taking no for an answer, you made a stupid decision that led to a stupid and avoidable loss now we are taking you back to face the consequences of those actions." Kaen spoke in an angry and upset tone while senshi didn't say anything at all he just stared at me in disappointment, with a sigh i dropped my poking stick and stood up facing my old friends. "Look guys, I'm not coming back to the village, at least not until I've redeemed myself. You can try and take me back if you want but i'll fight the both of you if you try." With that said i took a simple taijutsu stance with my left hand out in front of me as i had no right arm, i waited knowing attacking the two of them was a bad idea. Eventually Kaen and Senshi rushed forward attempting to flank my right and left side's, as the two got within ten feet of me the world became tinted purple as time slowed allowing me to examine my friends movements more closely. I was still unsure of what this was, but it was helpful and I was starting to get a feeling for it. Everything returned to normal and I jumped up to avoid the dule attack from senshi and kaen only to perform a split kick striking them both in the face and making them step back, as i landed on the ground i held my left hand out towards sensh while looking back and forth between him and kaen. "If the two of you came at me half cocked like that again your going to regret it." With that said kaen rushed forward only to step back in order to avoid my spinning kick and retaliate with two quick jabs, using my left hand i was able to knock away both of kaens strikes before being swept off of my feet as he dropped down to perform a sweeping kick. Now on the ground i rolled to the right avoiding kaens open palm strike before spinning to kick his legs out from under him, with kaen on the ground i sprung up and into the air aiming to fall down onto kaen however i was intercepted by senshi with a flying kick that sent me into the mountain side. Standing up i saw senshi and kaen standing next to each other for a brief moment before they shot forward, once again the world was tinted purple as time slowed allowing me to see the raw power in the punches senshi and kaen had cocked back. When the world returned to normal i leapt into the air as high and as fast as i could allowing my friends attacks to strike the base of the rock wall behind me causing it to crack and shatter, as a large boulder fell in front of me i flipped and heal kicked it down at senshi and kaen with incredible force causing them to jump back allowing me a safe landing. Without hesitation I rushed senshi flipping and throwing a kick down at his right collar bone only for him to catch my leg. "Messing with time, Interesting." Was all senshi had to say with his fully developed sharingan activated, after that i felt three sharp jabs to my right side which dropped me to my knees, i had no idea what senshi was talking about, sure lately some things have seemed a bit slow but messing with time no way. Looking up from the ground, I would see both senshi and kaen standing in front of me before with one swift kick to the head I was knocked out by kaen. Slowly I would wake up, my vision and hearing not nearly as distorted and blurry as when my arm was healed by tsunade but blurry and distorted nonetheless, after a few moments my senses returned to me allowing me to sit up and take in my surroundings. I was back in the hidden leaf village and not just in the village but inside my home and in my bed at that, My room was very small and basic. Consisting of a single bed, and a small dresser with a tv on it. In a moment of disbelief I took a look at my right arm hoping to find it there only to see my nub in its place. Letting out an upset sigh I got out of my bed and made my way through my home, just like me it wasn't anything special or unique just your ordinary one person home. Making it to the front door upon opening I was greeted by senshi and kaen who seemed less angry then before. "Morning good to see you're finally awake but it's probably a good thing you didn't have to speak to the elders." kaen spoke as the two entered my home explaining that they had brought me back to the village. "Ya but that's not going to make the news any less rough, they said you're no longer a shinobi, and until you can be fully trusted you have to be watched." Karen explained this too me as the two entered my home and we made our way into the kitchen, where i would provide us with refreshments while we spoke. "You weren't joking when you said the news was going to hit hard, I knew I was going to be in serious trouble after my plan went to shit." I spoke in a rather disappointed tone as being a proper shinobi was all I had ever wanted, and now it was completely unobtainable. "Who says you have to listen to Tsunade, you could just. Keep on keeping on, who says she needs to know about anything." Senshi said this before taking a sip from his drink and setting the cup down, laughing with a child like smile as kaen and I stared at him concerned. "Come on guys I'm joking, do you honestly think I'd advise going directly against the hokage's orders?" Senshi said this with another laugh and smile but I was unsure of how much of a joke this was. Senshi was a mysterious and suspicious individual, his absence during both the nine tails attack and the Uchiha massacre was the main cause to many peoples suspicions about him. As my friend I had always given Senshi the benefit of the doubt, but I would be lying if i said i didn't have my own suspicions as to what senshi was up to those nights. However with no actual proof to bring against him Senshi has never been pressed by anyone on the matter, not to mention the village needed someone to try and temper Sasuke. After attempting to comfort me my friends eventually left me to settle into my new life, thankfully I was a blacksmith and a good one at that since I was small I knew how to shape iron and steel as if it were clay. Thus for the next three months i focused solely on my craft as a bladesmith first by altering my forge to accommodate my lack of a right arm, mainly adding a few new holes and leverage points to my anvil as well as a foot pad that activates a set of clamps on the anvil. For the most part these were the only serious alterations I had to make, as many of my tools could already be used one handed. Then I found proper work for someone of my talents. For the most part I made tools with the occasional weapon order but I did take the time to reforge my lost sword, a large one handed dual bladed sword with a decorative iron deer skull and antlers as a hilt, the handle wrapped in leather and a hoof as the pomal. The blade itself was inscribed with the words. "Suffer no evil ye who wield this blade in the name of krom." The phrase, while I didn't understand it, had an odd sense of familiarity to it and I couldn't stop myself from inscribing it. Truth be told I was unsure what I was more upset about losing my arm, or my sword. My original sword was far from an ordinary chunk of steel, it was an heirloom left to me by my father so long ago that's all I could remember about him. For a long time I had wondered about my own parents, I had very vague memories but nothing clear. Always having assumed they fell when I was too young to properly remember. Currently it was the middle of the day, just a few days after I had been brought back, I sat at my design table nestled into the back corner of my forge while working on a personal project. My forge much like everything else of mine was very simple, within a large shack attached to my house. The walls were lined with tools and designs of odd weapons, in the center of the shack sat a large european style forge and billow with an anvil and quench tank next to it At the moment the project was nothing more than a simple frame with joints allowing it to bend. This was when senshi entered my forge and stared at me in silence, eventually I would stop my work and pull the head of my design table down, locking it. Turning to face him, not exactly happy to be watched while I work. "What do you want, senshi i'm busy?" I asked this question to Senshi in a somewhat upset tone. "I just want to know what your plans are, that's all." senshis answer to my question was quick and calm just as he always was. "This is it, life as a blacksmith isn't bad at all. There's always work and it pays well." My response to senshi was just as quick as his to me and almost just as calm. "So that's it you're just done, done developing whatever it is you can do, and done trying to become a shinobi that's not the person I know you never give up." despite senshi trying to be obviously supportive these things were no longer possible. "I don't really have a choice. You and Kaen heard tsunade and the elders yourselves. I'm not allowed to be a shinobi so what's the point? And you can say whatever you want. I'm not developing anything. Is that all you came here for because I've got a lot of work to do?" my final response to senshi was a bit quicker and colder than the others. "No actually i have i business offer for you, make these items and deliver them to this location and you will be paid nicely." This was the end of our conversation as senshi handed me a slip of paper before exiting my forge leaving me to my work, the order itself was quite odd an extensive order of weapons. And senshi had used the name of another individual, kanta. While this was certainly concerning the amount senshi was offering was enough for me to accept the order. If senshi was up to something I could most likely disrupt it. Over the course of two week's i would create thirty kuni, ten swords, ten bows and quivers, as well as two hundred arrows, before i could deliver these weapons i had to first receive permission from tsunade. "You want permission to leave the village so soon after your stunt?" Tsunade asked this question looking up from her paperwork. "Its not like im trying to slip away or anything, i've got a business order and everything from Senshi. It looks like it's for a friend of his in a nearby village, more then likely to help deal with bandits. Its not too far from the leaf, maybe a day so ill be back in two." I said this while handing Tsunade the paper Senshi had given me, resulting in a moment of silence as she read over the paper. "He certainly seems to know everyone." Tsunade made this comment while reading the order "Alright you can go, but you're taking a genin squad with you." Tsunade said this with a smile as she handed the paper back to me just before it cut to me loading a cart. It was rather difficult to load all of the weaponry into the cart with one arm, however by early morning the next day everything was ready and I was leaving the village with my genin squad. Team 10.