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Chapter One
THE BEGINNING
It started like this. My name is Matt Withau. I was just your average, ordinary twelve-year-old. But then, my life changed. Drastically. Horribly. I was originally a sixth-grader at Dubray Middle School in St. Peters, Missouri. Anyways, I was on my way to Social Studies, my worst class. My teacher, Mr. Elmy, was one of my favorite teachers. He always made the class fun. There was hardly a dull moment. Today, we were coloring a map of South America. I know, sounds boring. Notice how I said hardly. When the class finally ended, I went and headed to Ms. Hannibal's Communication Arts class. This was always my best class.
I pretty much aced the two worksheets we were given and went on to Reading. Now, I'm sorry, but I swear, my Reading teacher, Mr. Saisho Teki, is a downright pervert. He looks down girls' shirts! I'm not lying! Anyways, it was my last class of the day, so I just breezed through it.
When the day was finally done, I grabbed my stuff from my locker and headed out the door to the bus. I got off at my stop and saw someone taking out the trash. He was wearing a mask that completely covered his face except for his right eye. His left was covered by a dark-blue sweat-band. He also had silver, spiky hair. Despite this, he looked like he was about thirty-years-old. There was a chance he just tanned a lot, except he was white as a ghost. The only other conclusion I could come up with was that he had a tough job and was under a lot of stress. I had seen him around a few times, but I didn't know him personally. He saw me walking by and waved in greeting. I waved back and continued walking.
The rest of my day went on completely normal. My next day went completely weird during third hour. I had Gym that day with Mrs. Ford. And that is where things went spinning out of control. There was no Mrs. Ford. Instead, there was a Mr. Kacey Hindricks. I did a double-take. It was the silver-haired masked man from my neighborhood. The class started and Mr. Hindricks introduced himself.
"My name is Mr. Hindricks. Unfortunately, your old teacher, Mrs. Ford, had an accident and won't be teaching you anymore. So now, I am your teacher. Now, I don't know what she expects of you, but I will have no horsing around. You will do what I say, no more, no less. Is that understood?" Some of the students murmured agreement. "Now, it's time for your exercises."
Gym class used to be relatively easy. Now, we might as well have been in a boot camp. When the exercises finally ended, the best words of the day were announced. "And now, it's time for a game of Jailbreak." The entire class erupted in cheer. I was made team-captain along with Nick Clark. He got almost all of the really athletic kids while I got two athletes and everyone else. The smart people and the nobodies: the people who weren't smart or fast or strong. The dodge balls were laid in a huge pile and Mr. Hindricks began the game. Only a few kids took a risk and went after a ball.
One of my team, Jacob Feldman sent a ball whizzing through the air and landed it right in another kid's stomach. The kid walked over to our side of the gym and into the designated 'jail' area. I ran out of the way of a ball headed towards me and ran after it. I picked it up and chucked it right back at the guy who had thrown it at me. I hit him and he went out. The game pretty much continued like this until finally, my side won with three people, counting me, left. The game had lasted so long, we didn't have time for another one. Mr. Hindricks dismissed us to go change and we left for fourth hour. The day ended and I went back home. I saw Mr. Hindricks outside on his porch.
"Good job today, Matt," he said.
"Thanks."
The next day, during Reading, I got in trouble for not doing my work. Oh yeah, I should mention, I can be smart when I want to be, but there are those times where I can be just as lazy as the next guy and not do my homework. And today was one of those days. He took me out to the hall and led me out to the office. We stopped in the cafeteria. I wasn't entirely positive why we were here. The Main Office was still a little ways away. He looked on towards it with a strange look in his eyes. It was like he wanted to go over and blow it up and everyone in it.
He looked back at me and said, "How long did Kakashi think he could keep you hidden?"
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"He really is a delusional idiot."
"I'm sorry, I-" His look changed from skepticism to pure rage. "And you're no different! You're just like all the rest of the little brats in this school! It's time someone put an end to you!" I backed up silently. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a knife. But this wasn't a regular steak or combat knife. It was a Japanese kunai knife. He walked towards me with the knife at the ready. I backed up even further. I eventually backed into a wall. Mr. Teki was still coming.
I heard a screech from down the hall and saw Mr. Hindricks coming to a halt in the cafeteria. "Matt, catch!" and he tossed something through the air. It was another kunai knife, spinning through the air. I was afraid when I tried to catch it, I would get my hand cut off. That wasn't the case. I caught it perfectly by the handle. Mr. Teki charged with his knife. Through reflexes alone, I managed to block Mr. Teki's slash. I sidestepped him and managed to stab him in the side. He screamed and pulled the kunai out of his side. He threw it aside and clutched his side.
I backed from the wall and ran over towards Mr. Hindricks. He grabbed my arm and ran. He was way faster than any man I'd ever seen. And I had no choice but to try to keep up with him. We got to a bridge and Mr. Hindricks leaped over the edge of it and sent us into a creek. The water was knee-deep and we kept running. When we were surrounded on all sides by nothing but trees, we finally stopped.
"Mr. Hindricks," I gasped, "What on Earth is going on?"
"Well, I think it would be safe to start with the fact that my name isn't Kacey Hindricks. I am Kakashi Hatake."
"Kakashi?" I said. "Wait a minute; Mr. Teki was talking about a 'Kakashi!'"
"Yeah, that was me he was talking about," said Mr. Hindricks, Kakashi Hatake, whoever this guy was!
"Okay, well what was that back there?" I asked.
"He's been after you for a long time. He's been biding his time, waiting for a chance to get you alone. That's the reason I showed up, to protect you. Anyways, now that all this has been revealed, I guess it's time to prepare you for the battles ahead. Grab my shoulder."
I did so and he did something with his hands. It was like a sign. He had his right hand with his index and middle fingers pointed upward while his ring, pinky and thumb enclosed into a fist with his left hand in the same position right on top of it and the index and middle fingers alongside each other. I put my arm on his shoulder and the both of us were engulfed in a puff of white smoke. I felt like I was going a million miles an hour. It was like I was being ripped apart from the speed. Finally, when it felt like my eyes were going to be ripped out of my sockets, we stopped. We were in a completely different location.
We were in front of a large city with a bunch of different colored buildings. All the way in the back was a large mountain with four faces carved into it. Right in front of the city was a gigantic gate with a wall all the way around the village. Painted on the fifty-feet doors into the city were two Japanese characters. At first, I wondered what they said, then I realized I knew exactly what they said. On the left door was the character for 'Leaf' and on the right door was the character for 'Village'. Leaf Village. This city was called the Leaf Village.
"I'm guessing you realized you understand those characters on the door?" Kakashi asked. I didn't answer. I was still wondering how I knew what that said. Kakashi Hatake led me through the city and towards a red mansion towards the back. We went inside and to the top floor. He knocked on a door and a female voice said, "Enter."
Kakashi opened the door and led me inside. There were two women in there. One was sitting at a desk. She had long, blond Hair and wearing a white shirt and green jacket. The other one was standing near the window. She had short, black hair and was wearing a purple robe.
"Is this him?" the blond-headed lady asked.
"Yes, Lady Tsunade," Kakashi answered.
"Was he attacked?" Lady Tsunade asked.
"Yeah," Kakashi answered.
"So what do you want to do?" Tsunade asked.
"I want to train him myself, instead of being with the academy. I want to see his potential with my own eyes."
"Very well. This boy is your new student, and you will receive no missions until you feel his training has been complete. Is that understood?" Tsunade said.
"Yes, m'lady."
Kakashi led me back out of the building and towards a forest right outside the village.
"Okay, what the heck is going on?" I said, kind of irritated.
"Well, for starters, you're not just some ordinary kid," Kakashi said.
"Okay, then what am I?"
"You're a shinobi."
"What? As in, like, a ninja?"
"Mm-hm."
"So, are you a shinobi too?"
"Yes, I am. I came to you to bring you here; to train you; to make you stronger."
"And, when do we start?" I asked.
"Right now. So far, you seem to have a pretty good handle with a kunai knife, so we'll work on a ninja's other main weapon, the shuriken."
He reached into his pocket. What he pulled out was a four-edged star made of metal. He looked around and spotted a tree about ten feet away. He faced it and raised the shuriken. He swung his arm forward and the shuriken whizzed towards the tree. In about a millisecond, the shuriken hit the tree and the edge was embedded in the bark. He pulled out another shuriken and handed it to me. "Your turn."
Chapter One
THE BEGINNING
It started like this. My name is Matt Withau. I was just your average, ordinary twelve-year-old. But then, my life changed. Drastically. Horribly. I was originally a sixth-grader at Dubray Middle School in St. Peters, Missouri. Anyways, I was on my way to Social Studies, my worst class. My teacher, Mr. Elmy, was one of my favorite teachers. He always made the class fun. There was hardly a dull moment. Today, we were coloring a map of South America. I know, sounds boring. Notice how I said hardly. When the class finally ended, I went and headed to Ms. Hannibal's Communication Arts class. This was always my best class.
I pretty much aced the two worksheets we were given and went on to Reading. Now, I'm sorry, but I swear, my Reading teacher, Mr. Saisho Teki, is a downright pervert. He looks down girls' shirts! I'm not lying! Anyways, it was my last class of the day, so I just breezed through it.
When the day was finally done, I grabbed my stuff from my locker and headed out the door to the bus. I got off at my stop and saw someone taking out the trash. He was wearing a mask that completely covered his face except for his right eye. His left was covered by a dark-blue sweat-band. He also had silver, spiky hair. Despite this, he looked like he was about thirty-years-old. There was a chance he just tanned a lot, except he was white as a ghost. The only other conclusion I could come up with was that he had a tough job and was under a lot of stress. I had seen him around a few times, but I didn't know him personally. He saw me walking by and waved in greeting. I waved back and continued walking.
The rest of my day went on completely normal. My next day went completely weird during third hour. I had Gym that day with Mrs. Ford. And that is where things went spinning out of control. There was no Mrs. Ford. Instead, there was a Mr. Kacey Hindricks. I did a double-take. It was the silver-haired masked man from my neighborhood. The class started and Mr. Hindricks introduced himself.
"My name is Mr. Hindricks. Unfortunately, your old teacher, Mrs. Ford, had an accident and won't be teaching you anymore. So now, I am your teacher. Now, I don't know what she expects of you, but I will have no horsing around. You will do what I say, no more, no less. Is that understood?" Some of the students murmured agreement. "Now, it's time for your exercises."
Gym class used to be relatively easy. Now, we might as well have been in a boot camp. When the exercises finally ended, the best words of the day were announced. "And now, it's time for a game of Jailbreak." The entire class erupted in cheer. I was made team-captain along with Nick Clark. He got almost all of the really athletic kids while I got two athletes and everyone else. The smart people and the nobodies: the people who weren't smart or fast or strong. The dodge balls were laid in a huge pile and Mr. Hindricks began the game. Only a few kids took a risk and went after a ball.
One of my team, Jacob Feldman sent a ball whizzing through the air and landed it right in another kid's stomach. The kid walked over to our side of the gym and into the designated 'jail' area. I ran out of the way of a ball headed towards me and ran after it. I picked it up and chucked it right back at the guy who had thrown it at me. I hit him and he went out. The game pretty much continued like this until finally, my side won with three people, counting me, left. The game had lasted so long, we didn't have time for another one. Mr. Hindricks dismissed us to go change and we left for fourth hour. The day ended and I went back home. I saw Mr. Hindricks outside on his porch.
"Good job today, Matt," he said.
"Thanks."
The next day, during Reading, I got in trouble for not doing my work. Oh yeah, I should mention, I can be smart when I want to be, but there are those times where I can be just as lazy as the next guy and not do my homework. And today was one of those days. He took me out to the hall and led me out to the office. We stopped in the cafeteria. I wasn't entirely positive why we were here. The Main Office was still a little ways away. He looked on towards it with a strange look in his eyes. It was like he wanted to go over and blow it up and everyone in it.
He looked back at me and said, "How long did Kakashi think he could keep you hidden?"
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"He really is a delusional idiot."
"I'm sorry, I-" His look changed from skepticism to pure rage. "And you're no different! You're just like all the rest of the little brats in this school! It's time someone put an end to you!" I backed up silently. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a knife. But this wasn't a regular steak or combat knife. It was a Japanese kunai knife. He walked towards me with the knife at the ready. I backed up even further. I eventually backed into a wall. Mr. Teki was still coming.
I heard a screech from down the hall and saw Mr. Hindricks coming to a halt in the cafeteria. "Matt, catch!" and he tossed something through the air. It was another kunai knife, spinning through the air. I was afraid when I tried to catch it, I would get my hand cut off. That wasn't the case. I caught it perfectly by the handle. Mr. Teki charged with his knife. Through reflexes alone, I managed to block Mr. Teki's slash. I sidestepped him and managed to stab him in the side. He screamed and pulled the kunai out of his side. He threw it aside and clutched his side.
I backed from the wall and ran over towards Mr. Hindricks. He grabbed my arm and ran. He was way faster than any man I'd ever seen. And I had no choice but to try to keep up with him. We got to a bridge and Mr. Hindricks leaped over the edge of it and sent us into a creek. The water was knee-deep and we kept running. When we were surrounded on all sides by nothing but trees, we finally stopped.
"Mr. Hindricks," I gasped, "What on Earth is going on?"
"Well, I think it would be safe to start with the fact that my name isn't Kacey Hindricks. I am Kakashi Hatake."
"Kakashi?" I said. "Wait a minute; Mr. Teki was talking about a 'Kakashi!'"
"Yeah, that was me he was talking about," said Mr. Hindricks, Kakashi Hatake, whoever this guy was!
"Okay, well what was that back there?" I asked.
"He's been after you for a long time. He's been biding his time, waiting for a chance to get you alone. That's the reason I showed up, to protect you. Anyways, now that all this has been revealed, I guess it's time to prepare you for the battles ahead. Grab my shoulder."
I did so and he did something with his hands. It was like a sign. He had his right hand with his index and middle fingers pointed upward while his ring, pinky and thumb enclosed into a fist with his left hand in the same position right on top of it and the index and middle fingers alongside each other. I put my arm on his shoulder and the both of us were engulfed in a puff of white smoke. I felt like I was going a million miles an hour. It was like I was being ripped apart from the speed. Finally, when it felt like my eyes were going to be ripped out of my sockets, we stopped. We were in a completely different location.
We were in front of a large city with a bunch of different colored buildings. All the way in the back was a large mountain with four faces carved into it. Right in front of the city was a gigantic gate with a wall all the way around the village. Painted on the fifty-feet doors into the city were two Japanese characters. At first, I wondered what they said, then I realized I knew exactly what they said. On the left door was the character for 'Leaf' and on the right door was the character for 'Village'. Leaf Village. This city was called the Leaf Village.
"I'm guessing you realized you understand those characters on the door?" Kakashi asked. I didn't answer. I was still wondering how I knew what that said. Kakashi Hatake led me through the city and towards a red mansion towards the back. We went inside and to the top floor. He knocked on a door and a female voice said, "Enter."
Kakashi opened the door and led me inside. There were two women in there. One was sitting at a desk. She had long, blond Hair and wearing a white shirt and green jacket. The other one was standing near the window. She had short, black hair and was wearing a purple robe.
"Is this him?" the blond-headed lady asked.
"Yes, Lady Tsunade," Kakashi answered.
"Was he attacked?" Lady Tsunade asked.
"Yeah," Kakashi answered.
"So what do you want to do?" Tsunade asked.
"I want to train him myself, instead of being with the academy. I want to see his potential with my own eyes."
"Very well. This boy is your new student, and you will receive no missions until you feel his training has been complete. Is that understood?" Tsunade said.
"Yes, m'lady."
Kakashi led me back out of the building and towards a forest right outside the village.
"Okay, what the heck is going on?" I said, kind of irritated.
"Well, for starters, you're not just some ordinary kid," Kakashi said.
"Okay, then what am I?"
"You're a shinobi."
"What? As in, like, a ninja?"
"Mm-hm."
"So, are you a shinobi too?"
"Yes, I am. I came to you to bring you here; to train you; to make you stronger."
"And, when do we start?" I asked.
"Right now. So far, you seem to have a pretty good handle with a kunai knife, so we'll work on a ninja's other main weapon, the shuriken."
He reached into his pocket. What he pulled out was a four-edged star made of metal. He looked around and spotted a tree about ten feet away. He faced it and raised the shuriken. He swung his arm forward and the shuriken whizzed towards the tree. In about a millisecond, the shuriken hit the tree and the edge was embedded in the bark. He pulled out another shuriken and handed it to me. "Your turn."
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