Chapter 2

"I demand that you let go of him immediately." Aunt Kurumi said bravely. Despite saying it bravely she was shaking when she encountered the man. "I don't think you have any say in this since I'm his father." he retorted. The man who claimed to be my father was still holding my hand fiercely for some reason people around didn't notice us and just were walking past by. They didn't even look at us. "How dare you claim him as your child!" Aunt Kurumi yelled. The civilians around us still didn't notice this situation. It made me anxious. "What-what do you from me?!" I managed to say. I was scared. His whole appearance made my whole body shiver. He was a muscular tall man and has the same green hair like me. He had a stoic face that glared at Aunt Kurumi."I am taking ou with me. You will be with me 6 days a week and 1 day with your mother. " I was shocked by his answer. I only get to see my mother once a week and I need to stay with this freak. "What about my mother's-" before I could say more the man slapped my face. When he saw tears in my eyes he slapped me once again. "Shut up, offspring. Listen to your parent and be obedient. If you cry I will slap you once again. Understood?" I nodded towards him while fighting against my tears. "Please don't take him with you. We decided he will live a normal life." My self proclaimed father looked at her furiously. "Kirigakure needs all the strength it has no matter how young. I observed him closely and he is far smarter than other kids his age. He will be a great help in the future for the village." He lifted me up and carried me on his back. "You will see him at the end of the week." We left before she could answer.

After a few minutes, I managed to speak to him. "Where are we going?" He didn't stop to answer my question. "You didn't stutter this time. That's an improvement." What amazed me was that this was leaping on buildings and trees like a ninja. Is he a ninja? Wait, Hiroyuki. You may be a child but to think that there are people who are a ninja in this world is nonsense. But it might be since I didn't notice something similar to my old world. Reading the books in the office of Aunt Kurumi didn't help me as well. I stopped thinking about it when we arrived at a big house secluded from the city. "This where you will train to become a shinobi that will serve the village." A shinobi? As in ninja? What did I get myself in?

3 years later...

I am playing hide and seek with my dad now. Yay! We are having some father and son time. If someone would say that I would slice that persons throat immediately. It seems shinobi have rather another idea of playing hide and seek. My dad is hiding in a huge forest behind our house while hiding his chakra and ordered his son to find him all alone. Who sends his child all alone in a forest at midnight. I never thought that as an indoor type I would learn survival skills. My father has been training me in everything he knows from kenjutsu to taijutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu. He never praises me and always points out the smallest mistakes. I have confidence in m skill thanks to that. Back to hide and seek. The time limit is 3 hours. I have never managed to find him, I could find faint traces he left behind on purpose. When we were doing he went to put on his clothes to go to work. "I have a mission for the whole week. Remember you are only allowed to see your mother on Sunday." I nodded and waved him goodbye. This situation happens all the time. I grab something to eat and read some books. This truly peace I can finally relax. Always training during the week and at the end of the week accompanying my mother everywhere. Sometimes I get a glare from Lady Risa. I guess she hates shinobi for some reason.

"Oyabun!" I heard a high-pitched voice. A scruffy child runs towards my house and kept screaming. I opened the door quickly. "What's wrong, Daichi?" The kid was rather tall and but he was incredibly dumb. He is like a kid who only has muscles and no brains. But it's better to have him rather than the enemies have him. Kirigakure is a horrible village where orphans bond together as gangs and try to survive. I have my own gang. It all started when I saved an apprentice of a courtesan from the brothel and then kids started admiring me. I couldn't leave them alone so I took care of them. "It was a monster he suddenly entered our territory and started to fight us all at once. He told me to get you." I nodded towards him and started preparing to fight the 'monster'. I got a bit excited, my childish side is appearing again. I wore black pants, a black shirt and a green kimono. I looked in the mirror and saw a tanned kid with blond hair and purple eyes. I grabbed the boken that I swung around since I first came here and departed together with Daichi to the headquarters.

"So you are their boss, right?" The 'monster' smiled while sitting on the 3 members. You could say he looked like a monster. He was very tall and muscular due to his shark-like appearance I couldn't estimate his age. He stood up and grabbed a heavy iron pipe. Can this actually wield it or will he use brute strength? I closed the distance between and slashed towards him with my boken. He blocked and pushed me back with his immense strength. I decided to beat him with my skill and speed. I kept circling around him and saw him struggling to keep up with my movements. Every slash of mine was intended to break his bones but his body was tougher than I expected. I backed away to see in what kind of condition he was.

Supritngsly, he was smiling. "More," he said softly. "I want more!" He closed the distance between us and swung his pipe towards me. I perfectly dodged his attack. This guy managed to smash the floor with an iron pipe. The fight continued, our weapons kept clashing till they were both broken. AS soon as that happened we started hitting each other. His punches were heavy, normal would be in agony now but somehow I started smiling. The thrill of fighting. I enjoyed it. I almost lost myself thinking that I could win with my brute strength against his. I started to target his joints instead of throwing punches that won't connect. I don't know how long we fought but we were both already at the brink of exhaustion. I started breathing very hard. My opponent was in the same situation. It seemed as if we thought the same thing. The next attack will be the last one. I could barely stand but I was just able to sprint to him. for the first time looking into him in the eyes. I could only see happiness in his eyes. Did he think he would win? I do not think so.

The last thing I could remember was that moment. The moment we both beat and fell. I passed out but it was for mong that I woke up. I told the kids before the fight to hide somewhere else, I'm happy that I told them that. It wouldn't be good if they saw me so pathetic. I was trying to get up but I couldn't because of the immense pain I was feeling. It took me 20 minutes to raise my torso up. The guy was awake as well. "It's a draw. What's your name?" I asked. He gave me a questioned look. "Kisame. Hoshigaki Kisame." He scratched his head. "I see. I'm Nishiki Hiroyuki. You can call me Yuki" I introduced myself. I could finally stand up. "Follow me. We should get our wounds treated." He gave me a weird look this time. What's with this guy? He followed closely behind me towards my house. Before we entered I turned to him. "Next time, it won't be a draw. I will win." He grinned towards. I guess he thinks the same.

Kisame is a good guy I could get along with. It took some time to realize that he is my first friend around my age. I couldn't believe when he said he was 5 years old. It was Saturday morning that means I'm all alone again and Dad will come back tomorrow and I can go visit Mom. I'm very bad at sensing people from a distance and I can only sense them from close by and that is very unreliable. When I was relaxing I suddenly sensed someone approaching the front door. I picked up a kunai and went to the door. When the door opened I throw a kunai towards the intruder. "You are way too slow. Were you slacking off when I was away." The intruder identity was my father together with a small girl. The small girl had blonde hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. Her long golden hair was tied in a high ponytail. She wore a white yukata. Her eyes were beautiful but somehow her eyes were so cold. My father noticed me staring at her. "Hiroyuki. This is your sister Kirie. Show her around the house. After you have done that take her with you to my room I have to talk to you both." he stated. "Yes, Father," I answered and took my sister along with me to show her around.