Noticing the man stopping and giving a small smile to me, i simply continue staring with great focus, i wanted to know his answer, maybe he would get angry, why should he be ? After all i asked him in a friendly manner and he looked like a nice man to me, or maybe he was either scared or unprepared to answer right now, after some moments of thinking i try to open my mouth but just then the Uzumaki speaks.
Rushing? Running you say? There is nothing we need to run for, except the current reality. We shinobi are prepared to die at any moment so our lifes don't really matter to neither us nor the world...But still, this reality, this world, this truth is what keeps all of us always running never stooping. And there is no really need to tell you what is happening, you do live in this world, we all know or at least feel what is happening...And please don't call me Uzumaki-san. Names Nikodo... after hearing these words i began to tremble from anger, a small tear flowed in my cheek, why would he say words like this ? We of course are shinobis but we are humans in the first place, we must not throw our lives away just because of some rules, his life was destroyed by those rules, his family was killed by the rules, he saw blood for the first time when he was 4 because of the rules, these rules keep destroying many peoples, i needed to put a stop to this system and change it, but yet i noticed that the young Uzumaki was brave and a proud shinobi, also he was very very kind, unlike most of the shinobis i have ever meet, i noticed how he got confused and frustrated by my angry face and the tears, i finally raised my head and smiled while saying. "You're very very kind Nikodo-kun, unlike most of the shinobis i have meet during my whole life but i don't agree with your opinion, this system, these rules, the 'humans are just tools and that we should die at any moment' words are just bullshit, my family got killed just to teach me not to listen to these crapped rules, they got killed trying to educate and protect me, ever heard of the Hyuuga clan ? It's one of the most strongest and proudest clans in our world, i really am glad and angry that i'm in this clan, glad and happy because i was provided with the doujutsu prowess of Byakugan, one of the three great Doujutsus, next only to Rinnegan, Sharingan is incompetent to our eyes, anyway i feel happy because of that and now . . . why i feel sad and angry ? Because being the proudest clan they couldn't allow the others to be free, they were ashamed of my 'powers', i was a weak and naive child, my mother said i was always kind but that wouldn't help the Elders not try to put the Hyuuga Cursed Seal on me, my mother and father sacrificed themselves for me, they told me that they died in a war to help Konoha but that was not true, after passing the chunnin exam i finally realized that something was wrong, a missing-nin of Konoha told me the story how my parents really died, i was traumatized and angry at the same time, i was also ashamed as to why i couldn't continue their legacy, at that time i finally got a burst of power, maybe god sent it to me to help me with my mission, i killed the elders and ran from Konoha to Kumogakure, the place i like the most, my true and only home, they accepted me, they feed me and took care of me, i trained and trained day and night, i finally became worthy enough to be put on the borderlands, several villages tried to destroy us, they failed, we beat Konoha, i won my first fight in a war there, we beat and destroyed Kirigakure, it was rather easy, they were full of shit and couldn't back up their words, i then felt that i needed to continue my journey and left Kumo in good terms, after weeks and months of travelling, i heard that Kumo was fighting with Sunagakure, i was happy that my village was still active and keeping the ninja world interesting, i currently am going towards Iwa, i heard that place was great and i think that i'm strong enough to get them accept me in their ranks, i think i will make loads of friends . . . so Nikodo, that's why i'm angry and sad, my whole life got nearly destroyed by those rules so i can't allow you get absorbed by the rules, i look at you and talk to you as a friend only wanting your good, so what do you say Nikodo ?"