Barbaric Cats And Where To Find Them [Ch. 1]

A cold cascaded across a rocky landscape, home to the Shinobi of lighting...Kumogakure. The village itself was nearly impossible to raid and attack but the resources there were practically non existent, leaving most that lived there to be traders if they didn't ingest into the militaristic world of the Shinobi there. It would be ignorant alone to try to attack the kage or those that lived throughout the village with terrorist attacks. The anbu forces or regular Shinobi would be quick to dispatch to counter or solve problems within their organized lives. It wouldn't be often you'd find a training ground unoccupied atop the many mountains that sat between the village gates. Though many found the time to relax throughout their busy lives taking in the odds and exotic ends that littered the landscape within the village. On the outskirts sat small trading points that localized and distributed goods through corridors that allowed the main streets to remain bustling with guests and those living there.

*BZZZ BZZZZZZ* "Hello nin, and citizens of Kumogakure today our prices are low and our crime rates are lower the chuunin exams will go on without a hitch, and we hop everyone takes part in the festivities that will ensue, not to mention our star guests will be holding THE MATSUDA TOURNAMENT after.....place your bets and place your heart in our shinobis hands and cheer them on at the 42nd ANNUAL EXAMS."

A message rang out over the city through televisions and sound systems that constantly echoed announcements and ads that kept the trading hub like village alive. The lights of the red light district, shone throughout the night and lured even the most curious of people to them for a night of pleasure.

[KUMOGAKURE INTRODUCTION- FIN]

A light tapping could be heard from atop a mist mountain far off from the village that housed one of the oddest of the Nekomari families. It was home to the Barbaric Four of the village, though it was more a nickname than a title as most of them were still genin. Though their strength most of the time surpassed the rank they had, one in particular held the most strength Shinwani Nekomari, a crazed warrior, that had an odd religious tendency though he wasn't always the strongest having been cured of a body malformation in his teens, due to the breakthroughs his youngest brother had while becoming a shinobi. While Shin was the last to graduate he was the strongest and the most knowledgeable when it came to training, due to his passion once he had escaped his childhood.

The youngest Junketsu Nekomari was a...Doctor and a monster at the same time having cannibalistic tendencies due to the training Shinwani had provided him as he grew as a shinobi and as his older brother got better with his treatments. He was nothing short of a genius when it came to the medical field often opting to escape to the forests and swamps in-between villages so they could find herbs and to generally escape from the village life for sometime...though it wasn't always with permission.

The oldest of the three was Hagashi Nekomari, a fuinjutsu expert and a cook of sorts, she often opted to cook rather than pursue her shinobi carrier owning on of the many restaurants the Nekomari where known for owning within the village and those around them. She was the oldest of the four and one of the brightest having her own unique and colorful personality to back her cooking, and her signature cat café.

The middle child Fugu Nekomari was a swordmen with little talent to back their rank as a genin, as if they were a one hit wonder of sorts nothing to praise but nothing to hate, it was all normal for the kid, and he liked it that way, he didn't hate the world around him and was in perfect peace with his normality compared to his sibling's and there was nothing that could take that from him.

Within the mountain held their compound a nordic variety of sorts, the mountain they lived upon held one of the only forests known to kumogakure, but it was constantly beaten by snow and wind, causing it to be a dangerous place to live amongst the hot rock below them. They all had ninken and they all had time to acclimate themselves to such a climate, allowing them to live in both hot and cold weather with ease, but they all gained a sense of self reliance that they would never want to give up in doing such.

The clan they called their own was often known for their stealth and espionage capabilities but as each were named off or numbered off they all had a tact that would somehow go against it, but they all had the same capability alike....just oddly had something they shouldn't be known for attached to them.

Though the most noticeable feature was their lack of control over their chakra, it often spilled out making them obvious, or seemed stronger than they honestly should have...but in time they would gain some control over it.

Ch. 1 FIN~