The Young Hawk Pt 1

The Young Hawk

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Billy opened his eyes slowly; he felt another jolt of pain from his back. Then he heard the whip cracking and hitting him; he tried to yawn from boredom, then he felt his face and jaw dislocate from a kick to the side. "Dampohet Shutopz eittin da jaws!"

He raised his hands to his (dislocated jaw), and in an instant, he relocated his jaw; he moved it up and down, testing his motor functions. "Damnit, sensei! Do we have to do this every time?!"

He saw a figure wearing a TI trench coat with a whip unfurled on the ground. "Then stop yawning, Ushi-Kun this is how you make them torture you harder or to distract them."

Billy was currently held upside down by his feet with rusted metal chains, dangling from the ceiling with dulled-down acidic water that was pumped up with electricity slowly falling down on his naked bare feet.

The water traveled with gravity, traveling from foot, leg, abdomen, and finally dripping down to the ground, the stream of water was constant, and it shocked and dissolved his skin for hours while being tortured by his sensei.

After every lesson, he was healed up and told to go.

Billy yawned again then he felt his jaw dislocate. "Dampohet!" he fixed his jaw. "It's not my fault that your torture teaching style is getting bland and normal again! And for the last time, call me Billy!"

His teacher sighed and pinched his nose. "No, I will not play around with your childish fantasy nicknames, and your made-up letters, your name is Tsuyoi ushi on paper, and I will call you that; stop being so familiar with me!" He cracked his whip only for Billy to yawn again.

"Only you, Ushi… The other kids run away when they see me coming."

"Well, what do you expect? You do this shit every day for six months, and you expect me not to adapt to it?"

"Fine, but I am going to give you homework today."

"What, why? You don't give homework to the other ones!"

His sensei laughed. "Well, the other ones bow to me when I am done, and they thank me for my time… But you!" he started taking in a huge gulp of air. "You laugh at me while I torture you from day one, you constantly make fun of how I do my training, and you always compare me to your Oyabun!"

"Well, he hits harder than you." Billy shrugged.

"No shit, jackass! He is an A-rank Shinobi!" His sensei screamed at him.

Billy deadpanned at his angry sensei. Then he yawned. "Dampohet!" His sensei hit him again with a full-round kick.

Billy fell from the chain he was attached to and slammed right into a metal pole that was holding him; he adjusted himself on the ground and cracked his jaw back in place.

Then he looked around the room; it was dark, with only one neon blue light that kept flickering. 'Fucking light torture, annoying.' He stood up and started stretching; then he saw his sensei going to his small desk next to the corner.

His sensei searched for something, then he retrieved a small scroll and threw it at Billy.

Billy looked at the scroll and tried to know what was inside it. "There is a box inside of that scroll; tonight, you will sleep inside of it, and I will know if you don't, we fuined it to your blood."

His sensei brought another scroll and threw it. "First aid, I won't be healing you today."

"Cruel bastard."

"What was that?!"

"Nothing!"

Billy quickly stood up and walked to the small locker next to the door of the small room; he opened it and brought his clothes, then he started dressing up. "Sensei, can you sign my worksheet today?" His sensei wrote on a small book while he hummed at him.

Billy started wearing his clothes; then, he wore his spiked boots. 'Damn boots, this is no way of making your feet stronger; I know it's a crackhead who made this shit!' He could feel the small metal spikes penetrating his feet, making him bleed again.

He walked to his sensei and presented him with a small sheet; his sensei took the sheet and started reading. "Let's see you finished Hunger training, memorization training." He looked at Billy.

"12-049-596=''''''''egakoh ahonok, cat m 165 n 343 * 1 = at dawn she will be dead."

"Good, you got the hidden message, but you forgot two more codes B+." He began writing Billy's marks on the note.

Then he started checking on the marks. "Cold room, heat room, water training, chakra theory, psychological training, weapon training, sleep deprivation." He looked at Billy.

"Four days now." Billy yawned again.

"Good, and finally, beginner fuinjutsu training, not that you need it, but it is still good to grasp more of the basics."

Then he brought his pen to the sheet which said {one-day parental visit} for those who live in the academy, and under it was one day no classes. "Congratulation, that is one day of no class. Have fun."

Billy smiled and took the sheet, then he brought a small coupon and took on a deadpanned look. "Yamazaki Oyabun would like to thank you, graciously sensei, for teaching me, and he would like to offer you 10% off for your first mask purchase; we at Orichi kiddy mask-like to bring fun and joy to everyone; thank you."

Billy placed the small coupon on the table. "If you saw Oyabun, just say you bought from my shift." Billy smiled and walked out of the room.

The sensei look at the coupon. "Well." He looked at the door and saw no one was there. "I always wanted to try out these faceless orgies, so might as well."

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Billy's mask stretched with a smile. 'Finally, one day off, after studying for a month! And working in the store every day, I can finally relax a little, now where is Nawaki?'

He walked around the school, watching students getting beat up with sticks to run faster toward the danger zone, which was filled with metal spikes, poisoned plants, traps, and various instructors hiding in trees.

He saw a kid walking away with Shinobi next to him, crying while holding his bags; the kid looked up at the Shinobi. "Why am I being kicked out?!" he hiccuped and sniffed while his tears flowed down.

The Shinobi sighed and took a drag from his cigarette. "Because you are a pussy kid." The kid began crying again.

He saw some who were playing torture, the shinobi game. 'Man, what a bunch of little psychopaths.' A group of kids surrounded a stuffed toy with anatomically correct toy organs spilling out of it.

One of the kids stabbed it with his kunai. "So sensei said three inches in makes em bleed; four inches they are dead, right?" he asked his friend, who was looking at a textbook.

Billy shrugged and continued walking. Trying to whistle with his lipless mouth.

Finally, after walking for a while, he saw a small snack shop; he approached and looked at the sweet old woman selling her stuff. "Oba-san, can I get a three-samurai and one chakra way, please!"

She smiled and bent down; then she gave him his candy; just as he was about to inspect them, he heard a kid puking in the corner. He returned the candy back. "One that is not poisoned, please." He smiled at her.

"Oh, my dear boy, how do you know that these are not poisoned?"

"Well, you clearly brought the ones from under the table, while I can see the ones I wanted, right there in the corner, and I can see the wrappers have been tampered with, Oh I almost forgot that they smell faintly of almond and I know that three samurai and chakra way have no almond in them."

The old woman smiled and took the candy from him; then, she brought back the ones he wanted. He looked at them again. "Yeah, won't work a second-time Oba-san. You got me last week, but not today."

She smiled more warmly at him; then she brought the real ones and two strawberry Lollipops. "My Billy-Kun, you grow up so fast; it feels like yesterday that you bought your first cookie in my store. I am so proud; here are the Lollipops and the candy you asked for, and they are for free because you passed the poison test for today."

Billy gave her a wide smile. "If I had lips, I would have kissed you on the cheeks, Oba-san, but this mask makes things difficult."

She reached with her hand and patted him on the head. "Don't worry, Billy-Kun! I know some kunoichi's who like strong men with masks!"

Billy gave her another thanks and walked away; while he was walking, he took the lollipops and threw them in the trash. 'Hah, that old swamp hag think she could trick me again!' He saw a fat rat sniffing the lollipops and took a single lick.

The rat instantly began shitting itself, but the rat kept on eating. Billy shook his head. "Fucking rat!" The rat, still shitting, looked at Billy and glared at him while making squeaking noises.

Billy flipped the rat off. "Fuck off, bastard! I know it's you who shits in other kids' rations!" Billy and the rat had a major cold war going on, he tried to kill the rat in every way he could, but the fucking bastard survived it all.

And the worst thing is that the rat learned to flip people off from him, which got him into trouble on account of the rat being the principal's pet. When billy was about to go, the rat flipped him off. "FUCK YOU!" Billy screamed and walked away.

The rat had a smug smile on its face and kept on eating and shitting in the trash can.

For minutes, he walked until he reached the water training location; he sat down, pulled out a fuin, and with a puff, a book appeared; then, he started reading more about fuinjutsu.

After thirty minutes, he heard a squashing swashing sound coming from the left; he turned his head and looked at Nawaki and Okami, who had a soaked Kumamu on top of his head.

Kumamu jumped down and started shaking the water, which made him puff up. Billy closed the book and stood up. "Finished with the water training?"

Nawaki nodded. "Yup, and only ten drowned today!"

Okami bent down and started to dry out Kumamu. "You should have been there; Kumamu saved five of them while he was playing."

Billy sighed. "Man, you guys are lucky; yesterday, we had twenty." Billy moved to Kumamu and reached into his bag, and brought a small treat. "Here you go, Kumamu! You are a good boy, aren't you!" Billy started ruffing up Kumamu.

Okami nodded. "He is the best… So, you guys got your free day for the month?"

Billy nodded, but then Nawaki started searching for his bag. "I forgot mine at the locker; give me a minute, and I will be back!"

Nawaki turned around and ran towards the building, Billy, still playing with Kumamu, asked. "So Okami… what did you get for Ume's birthday tomorrow?"

Okami smiled. "I got her a smoker! For her bees, I heard that to get honey from bees; one needs to smoke them! What about you? What did you get her?"

Billy reached into his bag and pulled out a small neckless with butterflies. "I fucking hate shopping for girls and Aburame. They don't talk at all, and we don't know if they like it or not. So." He brought the neckless closer so Okami could see the butterflies that were made to look like chains. "I made this one using metal scraps from the shop. I hope she will like it."

Okami leaned in and turned his head to the side, his white hair reaching down. "You should have made them bees."

Billy stood still, and he took a small breath. "Well, what the fuck is she going to use your dumb smoker for, huh?! She could control bees already!"

Okami stood up, angry. "Take that back! It took me weeks to think about a gift! It's an awesome smoker, and the ad had sexy kunoichi on it!"

Billy slowly leaned in. "Fuck you." He whispered to Okami. Okami, getting challenged, jumped at Billy, and they both started fighting, while (Kumamu panted) on the side, watching them fight.

Suddenly they heard a noise. "Look at the animals fight Gorou-kun! So unrefined. No offense intended Kumamup."

Billy and Okami stopped fighting and looked at the voice; they saw Gorou Hyuga with Ayano Hyuga looking at them. Ayano looked down at them with a smirk and a smug look.

"It cannot be helped Ayano-sama." Gorou shook his head and sighed.

Slowly Billy felt Okami's grip losing up, then he quickly took hold of him and stood up; he channeled a small chakra amount to his arms and threw Okami at Ayano and Gorou. "I BELIEVE IN GENDER EQUALITY! BITCH!" Billy jumped into the fray.

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. (Nawaki's POV )

Nawaki smiled while he ran back to his friends, he got lost on the way out, but finally, he was about to reach Billy and Okami. 'Man, I can't wait for Sis and Mito-Sama to meet Billy! I hope he behaves.' Nawaki walked for a while, and he turned to the right when he reached the corner.

And when he turned from the corner, he opened his eyes wide and looked at. Billy who stood on a pile of bodies consisting of Ayano, Gorou, and Okami.

He had Kumamu sitting on his head while he was posing with his body, then he looked at him and pointed in a weird manner that Nawaki was not familiar with. "I am not sexist!"

Nawaki slowly took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "What the hell is a sexist, and… you know what, let's just go; we have lunch with Grandmother today."

Nawaki turned around and started walking away; he heard Billy leave the puppy with its owner and run toward him. "So, you going to tell me who am I going to meet?"

"You are going to meet my Grandmother and my sister… Now Billy, please be respectful; I do not wish for them to have a bad first impression of you. I know you do not like clan politics."

"You mean your daily dick-waging contest?"

Nawaki dragged his hand to his face and inhaled to collect himself. "Don't call it that, Billy.... Fuck, just be cool, alright?"

Billy leaned back while cradling his head. "I will try, but no promises."

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They walked for a while, stopping now and then to buy some groceries that his Grandmother needed, and sometimes Billy had to distribute coupons for his Oyabun.

When they finished shopping, they reached the Senju clan district; they started walking near-empty homes. "Man, this place is empty… What is going on?" Billy asked while poking a random door that was bearly hanging on.

Nawaki sighed in sadness. "Most of the clan members are holding the lines; some of them did not return… yet."

Nawaki looked at the various homes of his clan members. He looked at his third cousin's house, who died two years ago. 'I miss cousin Fujira,' He was the one who taught him about math; he still remembers the body, it was tied up in a trashbag because his body was turned into jelly by a water user.

Turning his head, he looked at an elderly Senju. "Hey, Grandma Hana." he waved at her, and he saw Billy do the same. She did not give them even a single glance; she kept on staring at an empty house in front of her.

After passing her by, Billy asked. "Why didn't she say anything?"

Billy rubbed his hair. "She lost seven people of her personal family members in one year; she is all that is left of her family."

"FUCK YOU, TOBIRAMA! DIE!" They heard a screeching scream behind them. Billy quickly turned around looking for the noise.

Shaking his head Nawaki whispered. "Ignore her, Billy; she curses my grandfather every day; she thinks he is still alive."

"Fuck." Billy spoke with a defeated sigh and looked around the abandoned clan compound.

He looked up at the biggest house, and pointed at it. "Race you there." And he bolted towards the house; he ran while holding bags and trying to balance himself. He heard Billy curse at him.

Nawaki ran towards the house; then, he saw Billy jumping from one building to another. 'Two could play this game!' he used the old cart that was abandoned and jumped from it to the roof of another abandoned house; they both started jumping and trying to reach first place, then he saw Billy aiming a kick toward him.

He quickly readjusted the bags to the left and used the small opening to kick Billy's kick down and jump further by using his attack momentum.

He heard Billy scream at him, and the sound of him crashing into a barrel could be heard.

Then from the barrel, he saw a cloud of smoke running at him. Billy was fuming at the mouth, and he was pumping more chakra to his feet, trying to reach Nawaki.

Nawaki looked at the surrounding buildings. 'I need to slow him; that fucking monster would not stop!' He disparately tried to find a solution, and finally, he saw another barrel. He jumped at the barrel, sending chakra to his feet and making the barrel jump with him; then, when Billy reached him, he used Billy's momentum to send him flying to the house.

Nawaki could feel the force of the push that Billy gave him; he could feel his eyes squinting from the air. 'What a fucking monster! He is what, seven and a half?' He looked at the house again, trying to calculate a way out.

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(Billy's POV)

Billy fuming at the mouth charged one more to the house; in his hands were bags full of food; he watched as Nawaki sailed through the air. 'Fuck, he is about to win!'

He charged as much chakra to his feet and dashed across the road. 'I am so going to win this!' he looked up at Nawaki. 'What the fuck is he doing?' he watched as Nawaki smashed the barrel, and took out a piece of wood, then put it under his feet. 'No fucking way… is he going to skate with it?'

He watched as Nawaki landed with the board and skated with it, jumping from one roof to another roof, but Billy would not let him win. And he jumped into the air and grabbed the barrel that Nawaki threw at him; then he threw it back at Nawaki. "Let's see you; use this now!"

Nawaki, alarmed by Billy's scream, turned around and jumped with the board, and he readjusted himself and used the momentum of the barrel, and took off, flying toward the house.

"STOP USING THE SAME FUCKING TRICK!" Billy screamed at him. Then he saw Nawaki still flying away, turned around, and flipped him off. "NAWAKI!"

"I AM GOING TO WIN!" Nawaki screamed!

"NO, THE FUCKING HOUSE!" Billy screamed at Nawaki, who had his back turned.

Billy stunned. Stopped running and looked at Nawaki, did a flip with the board, trying to look behind him, and then crashed next to his house's door. "Fuck. Is he dead?" he saw a small hand peek over and give him a thumbs up.

Billy smiled and walked towards the house. He climbed up the stairs, and up the hill, he looked at the small castle that was Nawaki's home.

Slowly Billy climbed the last step to see a smiling Nawaki with a Cheshire cat's smile. "That was fucking epic, Nawaki… I have to give you that." Then he bent down and offered a hand.

"I know! I didn't know I could do that!... it was like boom and bam, and then you were like REEEEEEE! And I was like, nothing personal! Kid"

"All right, I get it. How about we go in now and meet your family?"

Nawaki nodded and took the hand, then he stood up and opened the door. "Now I know you like to be all cool and stuff, but try to be nice when you meet them."

"You mean these guys who are watching you talking about them?" Billy asked while pointing inside.

Nawaki instantly paled and looked at everyone who was watching. "H. Hi." Nawaki stuttered.

Billy looked at the gathering people. He saw a beautiful woman with long red hair; next to her was a small Tsunade. Across from them is a white-haired boy with red lines going down his eyes. Next to the boy was a pale boy with long dark hair and snake eyes.

Sitting on a lone chair was the Hokage; Billy leaned next to Nawaki and whispered. "Was this a formal event or something?"

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Billy looked at the gathering people, and all of them looked at him; he turned his head to where Nawaki went. 'Asshole, you can't leave your guests and go change!'

"So, you are Nawaki's friend?"

He turned his head to Tsunade. "Yeah… I guess."

Silence followed his statement; the Hokage tried to fake cough. "Well, it seems I am needed in the other room; I will go and talk to Mito-Sama."

Billy's eyes turned to the Hokage in an instant. 'No, don't leave me with these guys! You are the only one I know!' Billy screamed internally while giving the smirking Hokage a pleading look, a look that the Hokage ignored.

Quietness followed the Hokage statement, and he walked away. A moment passed by, and Billy could hear the clock ticking. Suddenly he heard a scream. "That's it! This is too awkward! Orochimaru, do something!" Shouted Tsunade.

Orochimaru simply turned his head and looked at Billy. "Why do you have a mask." Everyone stilled at the more awkward question.

'WHAT THE FUCK?!' Billy screamed inside again.

Billy stood still. 'What the fuck kind of question to ask someone you just met!' He looked at Jiraiya and Tsunade, who turned pale and froze at what Orichimaru said.

"Why is your name Billy… It is an unusual name, and I could swear Sensai said your name was Tsuyoi Ushi?" Orochimaru asked again without a hint of shame or guilt.

Billy sighed. 'Fuck it, I must channel something charismatic in this situation… so who to choose from?' then it came to Billy, and he smiled. 'Thank you, Jack Sparrow.'

Billy turned his head and looked at Tsunade. "If you were waiting for the opportune moment to fix this, that was it." He heard silence for a moment, then Orochimaru giggled, then he gave a creepy laugh.

"Well, that was interesting," Orochimaru said while covering his lips.

Billy smiled. 'Ok, now is the time to oil the gears.' Billy stretched and leaned back on the couch. "Why struggle when you can talk?" He leaned further into the leather couch and made himself more relaxed, making Tsunade and Jirayer more annoyed at him.

Tsunade bristled. "Hey, you can't just relax when we are all tense!"

"You are the one who chose to be tense… I honestly don't give a fuck." Billy raised both of his legs on the table.

Finally, Jiraiya spoke. "So… why do you wear a mask." Tsunade took a small book from the table and threw it at Jiraiya.

"You just had to make it more awkward?!"

"It's an honest question!" Jiraiya rubbed the side of his head. "You damn Flat board!"

Billy sighed loudly. "Fine, I may tell you if you tell me." He pointed at Jiraiya. "Why do you have these red lines?" then he pointed at Orochimaru. "Why are you all snake-like?" then he pointed at Tsunade. "Well, I got nothing for you right now… wait, why are you so violent."

She harrumphed. "Says the kid who beat anyone to a pulp when you did your exams."

Billy raised his finger, then lowered it to his lips. "Fair enough."

Jiraiya sighed. "Discounted tattoo shop. Thought they looked cool."

Orochimaru shrugged. "I do not know."

Billy sighed. "Well, I decided not to tell you." he gave them a smug look.

Jiraiya and Tsunade exploded at him. ""WHAT?!''''

"I said I may tell you, not that I will tell you. Wordplay 101 kids." He leaned back and relaxed, taking in a deep breath of air. Suddenly he started feeling the need to inhale air; he felt his neck getting squeezed.

He opened his eyes to see Tsunade choking him and rag-dolling him around; he channeled chakra to his hands and pried her hands away from his neck.

Then he kicked her back, but she flipped midair and landed on the table. Then she brought her kunai out, challenging him.

Billy took a gulp of air. "I am not sexist!" and charged at her.

Then he felt a hand holding him by his back; he turned around to see an angry Mito; she turned her head to Tsunade. "Would you please relax and wait in an orderly fashion? And Tsunade, a Lady, knows how to entertain her guests without choking them."

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Billy sat on the couch with his arms crossed. 'Fucking kid, who the fuck does she think she is… You can't just chock people!' then a flash of memories came to him.

Billy holding Izuku by the throat in class. "Stop saying that, you bastard!"

Izuku gurgled. "G-glory to the Uchiha!"

Billy rubbed his chin in thought. 'Yeah, I kind of hit people all the time… All right, Billy, be the big man here and try to fix the situation.'

He straightened himself up. "Look, I may have stepped on a few toes now and then, but I guess I apologize for being rude and difficult to deal with." Tsunade turned her head, not acknowledging him. 'That fucking Bitch!'

"Fine, you want to know what is under the mask?" All of them nodded, and Tsunade turned her head and tried to peak. Billy slowly reached into his mask and clicked the fuin.

Then with a small hiss, the mask slowly rose, and at the final moment, when the smoke was leaving the area, he removed it completely. "Another mask!" he showed them his original mask. 'Thanks again, Oyabun, for that Neat trick!'

Billy looked at their faces and saw that almost all of them had given up except Orochimaru.

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For the next hour, the Hokage returned, and everything calmed down; Billy caught up with the Hokage from their last meeting, and Billy talked with the rest of their team. Then Nawaki came back from his shower and changed his clothing.

And finally came the main event, the lunch. They all sat down to an excellent slow-cooked, thinly cut steaks with rice. Then while they were eating, Billy asked a question to Mito. "By any chance, are you related to the Akamichi?"

Mito looked down at her body; then she looked at Billy. "I do not think so, but why are you asking me that?"

"Well, I do have a classmate who has the same hair color as yours, So I thought that they may be related to you." He rubbed his chin and looked at Mito again. "I mean, you have a unique lovely shade of red hair that I've only seen once."

"Well, I know that they have an Uzumaki in their line somewhere." Then she took a sip of her water. "What about you, Billy? Where do you come from?"

"Oh, I used to live on a farm with my family; they died in a raid; the Hokage took me and said I could be a shinobi… Oh, and I work at a mask shop." with no shame, Billy revealed his sad and tragic back story at a formal dinner.

Then he presented them with a coupon. "Yamazaki Oyabun would like to thank you graciously, friends and family, for hosting me today, and he would like to offer you 10% off for your first mask purchase; we at Orichi kiddy mask-like to bring fun and joy to everyone; thank you." Billy slowly placed the coupons on the table.

He looked at the Hokage, who was sighing, while the rest of the family were confused, and Nawaki buried his face in shame. "Just don't think about it… It's a job." Billy spoke in defeated and continued eating the succulent meat.

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For the rest of the meal, Billy talked with each family member and got to know them more. While he was conversing, he mentioned that he knew fuinjutsu.

Mito, hearing about this, asked him to draw a simple storage seal. "This seal is far too sloppy; how many years did you study this?"

"A year and a half, but I mostly focused on my job and training."

She smiled. "Jiraiya, you are going to have a kouhai."

"What? But he is still a kid, Mito-Sama?!"

"And I decided to teach this 'kid' as punishment for questioning my intuition; you will draw five hundred seals."

Billy raised his hand. "Do I get a say in this?"

"No, dear, now I will talk with your 'Oyabun' on one day of the week that I could teach you." She denied Billy's freedom of choice without a second thought, which made Billy think about his life.

Billy looked at Nawaki, to which Nawaki simply shrugged as a replay.

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At the end of the day, Billy thanked them for the meal, and he traveled home; when he reached his apartment, he opened his bag and pulled out the scroll. He activated it and saw a small box that was three ft in length and two ft in width; he opened the top and found spikes covering the inside of the box. "Fucking hell. This shit again!"

Billy climbed in and covered his body with chakra. 'all right, now, just like before. Keep it flowing constantly.'

Billy closed the box, and it locked itself. Then he closed his eyes and slept.

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[Time Skip to Billy's birthday]

[8 Years old]

Billy blew on a candle. "Happy birthday Billy!" He looked at the gathering people and thanked them.

He ate his cake and mingled with the guests. "Hai Mito-Sama, I will look more into the fuins, and I hope I can find the mistakes in them."

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He got introduced to the merchant guild members; he almost choked when Orichi slapped him. "This little gaki right here is my apprentice! He could make masks for days without complaining."

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He watched the night sky with Nawaki and Shikaku. "So, we all passed this year… What do you think they will teach us now?"

Shikaku shrugged. "I bet they will keep the same things we are doing, but this time they will add more educational material…" he began counting with his fingers. "So, expect Biology, Physics, basic Chemistry, and Modern technology studies."

Billy sighed loudly and inhaled some of the chill air that was mixing with the barbecue. "I heard one of the teachers say that they will bring in specialization to our class; depending on our marks, they may let us choose a class from there."

In the second year, Billy chose. "Honor of the Shinobi class."

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[9 Years old]

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Billy watched Okami Inuzuka blow his candles while everyone wished him a happy birthday. "Here you go, Okami, my gift." Billy handed Okami a sealed box; when he opened it, there was a hand-made dagger that Billy built. "I made it myself, I itched your name on the dagger, and I fuined it with a pheromone smell of Kumamu so that you may not lose it."

Okami smiled. "Thanks, Billy. I will cherish this."

Billy nodded and walked off; he watched how he became as tall as most shinobi around him. 'I am almost nine years old now… and I am as tall as an adult.' He sighed and walked towards the balcony to watch the stars. 'This is unnatural; I have to see someone about it.'

He heard someone approach him. "Here, Billy brought you some cake." Billy turned around and took the plate from Choza.

"Thanks, Choza… Say, What do you think we will study this year?" he asked while taking a bite.

Choza leaned on the balcony and closed his eyes. "My old man said that we would start with chakra training… So, I would say we would focus on all chakra aspects like hand signs and advanced chakra theory."

Billy hummed while tasting the vanilla cake, Billy tried to swallow, but some of the cake escaped his mouth. "Dammit, I hate having no lips." He looked at Choza, turning away from him.

Getting the hint, he turned around and fixed his mess, and zipped up his mask. "You know it was not always like this… When I first came to Konoha, I had lips, but one day they started falling off… I hate this." He confronted Choza while he looked at the plate in his hand; he started to rub his leathered gloves, then he felt his finger snap. 'Damn, another broken bone… It will heal tomorrow.'

Choza reached with his hand to Billy's shoulder. "It will get better, Billy."

Billy sighed. "Will it, Choza?" he asked, then he turned around and looked at Choza, who flinched. "I don't think so, Choza… Maybe not today." he could feel his bones breaking with the simple act of turning around.

Billy shrugged Choza's hand and walked away while cradling his finger. "See ya tomorrow Choza."

In the third year, Billy picked Advanced Fuinjutsu and {Sea travels using the sea without a boat} class. For his specialization classes.

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[10 years old]

Billy's knee ached with discomfort; his bones cracked with each twitch of his muscles, and with each crack, his older ones were mended again; he looked down at the gathering people. 'Even while kneeling, I still tower over most of them.'

He thought while slowly try sipping from his blended cake, which was hard on account of not having any lips.

He watched the gathering Hyuga bow before Ayano and present her with gifts. He tried to readjust his bandages that were under his formal yukata. 'Damn, this party is formal; I can't even scratch my nose holes.'

Billy looked down at the small table that was filled with an assortment of small foods. 'I get it, ok!' he screamed in his mind. 'Fancy stuff comes in small courses, but damn I am hungry… I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION!' his eyes bulge behind his mask in rage, looking at the two-inch piece of fish.

He felt a small hand poking him; he turned to the left and saw Yunmi. She started tapping on the table.

Billy slowly smiled and lowered his cup to the table; then he saw Yunmi throw in small pills.

Billy lifted his cup again and started tapping. 'Thanks for the energy pills.'

She smiled and tapped back. 'No problem. What gift did you get?'

'Had no time. Was in the hospital getting scanned for the week.'

Yunmi frowned. 'So, no gift?'

'No. There is a gift. But it is not complete, did not make fuinjutsu on it.'

She sighed with relief. 'At least you brought something.' Then she scratched her hand and took on an unsure look. 'How is your body now? Better, I hope.'

Billy sighed. 'I can manage, but I do feel better than before.'

'Good… So, Billy, did you receive the books?'

'What books?'

She looked at Nawaki and gave him a glare. 'Nawaki was supposed to bring the new schedule for this year.'

'No harm was done; tell me now.' He looked at the long line of Hyuga offering gifts. 'I think we have time.'

She sighed. 'Fine… Throwing weapons at 4 am, weapon specialization at 6 am, geography beyond the hidden villages at 9, body training at 10 am, ninjutsu training/taijutsu/genjutsu training at 11 am, and finally, chakra type study.'

Billy nodded at her; then he tapped his finger again. 'What about specialization this year?'

'This year, it is not mandatory; because of the war picking up again. But we do have one class.'

He waited for her to respond. 'Well, what is the class?'

'They call it cooking in the wilds.' She started scratching the table; then she tapped again. 'I don't know what they were thinking.'

Billy gave her a small chuckle. 'Thanks, Yunmi.'

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[11 years old]

Billy yawned while massaging his temple; he opened his eyes to the tiki torches surrounding the house; next to him was Inoichi Yamanaka.

They both sat on the ground watching the river near the Uchiha district. Billy looked down at Inoichi and signed with his hand. "How is your father holding up, Inoichi?"

Inoichi looked up at Billy, who stood at seven and a half feet tall. "He is doing all right, but it is getting worst… and the war is not helping at all."

"Don't worry, your father is strong, and he has you to help him."

Inoichi smiled and looked at the calm river. "I should have stayed with him today… but thank you, Billy." Billy nodded. "Say, Billy… Will you ever stop growing?"

Billy sighed. "I don't know, Inoichi; at least the bone-breaking stopped." He looked at his giant meaty fingers. "I feel better now, much better." he clenched his hand, and he could feel his veins pulsating.

They stayed there in silence, enjoying the breeze while listing to the quiet chatter behind them. Then Inoichi started talking. "This is our last year." He looked at the river and threw a stone. "They say this is the hardest class and that there is no shame in failing." He took another stone and threw it. "They will teach us leadership, tactics, stealth, and mastering all we learned… Then it's off to war."

Billy sighed. "Are you scared?"

"Yes… My father used to be fine and happy." Inoichi's eyes started watering. "But look at him now. He can't even function with civilians anymore."

Inoichi turned his head and looked at Billy's mask; he focused on his nonexistent lips. "And look at what it did to you." He looked back at the river. "So, when you ask me if I am scared. You can damn well bet I am scared."

Billy hummed. "Inoichi… Will you fight in this war or the next one?"

Inoichi laughed a little. "What choice is there? We all will fight one way or another, Billy; we fight in the forge, we fight in the hospitals, and we fight in the mud."

Billy laughed. "That is a great way to describe the leaf… you should hold on to it… maybe write it in a book someday."

Billy reached for a small stone and threw it across the river. When the stone touched the river, a wave was created from his pure physical power alone.

"But do you know what I got from you, Inoichi?" Inoichi shook his head. "You are still willing to fight even though you are scared. This tells me you have great courage in your heart."

Inoichi laughed. "Please, Billy, how does being scared to death from war count as courage?"

Billy turned his head and looked at Inoichi in the eyes. "Courage is being scared to death… and standing up anyways to face what makes you scared."

He stood up and dusted himself; then he looked at the shocked look on Inoichi. "I did not come up with that… But it made sense at this moment."

He laughed while walking away.