2 Chapter 2

I looked at my new roommate. He had brown spiky hair, with a bang on his right till his chin. He had brown eyes, but his expressions and the look in his eyes weren't that of a three year old kid.

His eyes said that he had seen a lot of things in life and had probably matured at such a small age. I said to him "Hello, I don't know much about what is going on here. So, I would like you to help me in many things."

It was the perfect thing to say when you are in an unknown world. And since that old fox thinks he erased my memories, the question wouldn't seem weird and instead make them believe that it is the perfect question in that situation.

The kid named Kaze looked at me for a while and said in a lifeless tone, "I will tell you our daily schedule. I hope you at least know the basics like how to poop and eat.

We have to wake up at 4 am and do the basic physical exercises till 6. We will be given half an hour to tend to our daily needs. After that, our seniors will teach us about battle tactics, and other things required for a ninja till noon. Since we are being trained to be ninjas, we only get a single meal everyday at noon.

After our meal, we are trained by our seniors, who will train us in Ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu. Not everyone can learn all three. So, we are taught all three to either learn them or learn to counter them.

This continues till night and our day ends with that. We ocassionally are sent on missions with other root ninjas to learn from them."

I just nodded to his instructions and went to my bed, which had a sleeveless black shirt, black pants with black ninja sandals and a sword which was completely black, except the blade.

Kaze then said to me while showing him a black vest that only covered his armpits "This vest is a symbol that you are part of Root. You will get this only when you show that you are worthy of staying here."

I nodded again, without saying anything. Today, there were a lot of things to process. I was assassinated and possessed the dead body of a three year old kid and now I am supposed to act like a mindless soldier, who will be trained to kill anyone he is ordered to.

I wasn't going to just follow anything he says, but I will kill anyone he say to. I currently have no home, identity or support. If, in this situation, I run from Root, I would have highly trained ninjas coming for my head.

So, until I am sure that I can survive without their support I need to stay here and act like a real root ninja. And also, here I can attain strength that would be impossible to attain if I was just a small time orphan in a random place.

With that in mind, I went to sleep and Kaze did the same thing. The next day was supposed to be the first day of training and I didn't want to be seen as someone useless and discarded.

I wouldn't be this desperate if he would only remove me from the organization. But, since he tried to wipe my memories, he wouldn't want me roaming around. I could become a proof anyone can use against Danzo.

With many tensions and fears, I went to sleep after an hour of laying down on the bed.

Kaze woke me up the next day and said "I am waking you up just because this is your first time. Remember to not sleep so deeply and stay alert at all times."

I didn't like being scolded or lectured the minute I open my eyes, but I couldn't do anything. I dragged myself to the bathroom and felt the start of my day was bad, but it got worse.

There was a squat toilet. Calling it a toilet would be an overstatement, as it was just a pit dug, or made with ninjutsu. There was mud beside it. I could figure out what to do, but didn't like what I was doing.

Since I couldn't just ask them to install toilets just for me, I had to do what I could do. After somehow relieving myself, I looked around for something to clean, but there was nothing.

I was used to using using toilet paper, but I would have been happy to even find water in that situation.

I asked Kaze and all he said was "Figure it out yourself."

I wanted to punch him right in the face, but wasn't in a position to do so. In a desperate situation, a paper slid to me from under the door and I heard Kaze say "This will make you remember what to do in the future."

I wasn't in a mood to hear him and immediately left the place that showed me nightmares. (I don't even know why I wrote this toilet bullshit. Ignore of it disgusts you.)

I got out and asked Kaze "Why is there nothing to clean yourself?" and his reply made me think about reconsidering about being a ninja.

He said "Ninjas often go on missions that take days, weeks or sometimes months. We need to carry the minimal amount of things with us. Ninjas usually carry weapons with them. Do you think they can take a packet of tissues or a spare bottle of water just to clean."

I didn't want to think more about it, so I immediately took bath, which surprisingly had water, and immediately got ready.

I looked at my reflection in the water. With golden yellow hair and black eyes (Image here) I liked my new look.

I got ready, with the clothes I was given and the sword, which I was supposed to tie behind. I followed Kaze to the training ground, which was also underground.

We were told to do basic physical exercises like running, squats, pushups, mountain climbing etc. That's when I had seen the use of hand signs and a ninjutsu for the first time and to be honest, I was very much excited to learn them.

And I wasn't the only one training, there were adults and five more kids besides me and Kaze. And I knewnthe results before the start of the training itself, I was last in almost all of them. My physical strength was too low.

The trainer was the same one who was with Danzo when I first opened my eyes. He came to me as I was breathing heavily and said "Danzo-sama predicted this would happen. You were just a civilian till now. He had instructed me to focus mainly on your physical strength for a month.

Since chakra is related to your physical strength, we need to focus on it first. For the coming whole month, your only work is to do physical training. Since you are not from a ninja background, you will be given three meals a day for this month only. This is just to help your body grow into shape."