Chapter 3

I couldn't utter a single word and just stood their dumbfounded. Danzo stared at me. He suddenly heard a large growl from my stomach and then he looked at me naked with dust all around my body. He took out a storage school and took out a onigiri and offered it.

Although I was full of vitality but my stomach was empty and I felt well quite awkward. I instinctively took and gouged on it like a predator. I heard him say " Boy come with me you will have food to eat and

a place to sleep" . I looked at him in the eyes although I could not understand him somehow I knew what he wanted to say . After constant staring I nodded then he gave a look to one of the members. That guy put his hand on my shoulder and we disappeared.

It has been a while I arrived in this place. I. not sure if it's konoha or outside of it. Their are many other orphans beside me. We are taken care of ,fed , made learn of to read and write and some preliminary knowledge but what I observed is the people here constantly brainwash others to follow the will of danzo. I would have probably swept away by their speeches if I wasnt a traverser and new danzo well. But I made sure act as they expect me to. I am still a little afraid of this place although I have the necessary knowledge but I don't have the necessary power. All the I could perceive chakra much much better others and had huge amount of chakra comparable to tailed beast but I was still not confident to oppose others. For now i will go with the flow.

I don't want to die again . I know what's to come but all I can wish is to retain my sanity and wait until danzo is killed by sasuke to regain my freedom. I don't want to interfere in these world more than already necessary just being alive is too good for me already.

Sometimes I feel that this might be dream, may be I am in a coma and this is all my delusion but having lived here for almost 3 years I feel may be I am wrong . Emotions of people cannot be faked and I don't think dreams can be so realistic. Although I am little sad not getting the classic system or meeting god. But I feel relieved to know that people don't die forever and the reincarnation is true. Somehow I feel enlightenment for the first time when I finally came to accept this reality my emotions grew stable and I was harmony to know that death is nothe ending. I didn't have the instinct fear or death or killing because I know no matter what death is just a small part of life. In time I could read and talk and understand others as I became proficient in the language of the natives. This year I was introduced to be trained and I was given a partener whose name was kaminari and told to take him like a brother and friend. I knew his fate . I knew how danzo trained root members. I could only wish for it to come. Although i interacted with him on the outside I made sure remember he was just fodder and I shouldnt get emotionally attached to it. Danzo trained root members in pairs to make them feel emotions to only force them to kill each other until the only victor came out to brainwash them to rid their emotions.

The more I grew the more I was marvelled at my abilities I could sense my cells absorbing natural energy everytime and they seem to convert it into chakra. My storage capacity was increasing at an alarming rate. At the age of 4 and half I already had chakra comparable to Jonin. I also found out if I tried hard I could suppress emotions and flare them up as if they were my limbs .It really stumped me. My body was a little different i knew as my instinct that my body and will was like biju except that chakra pathways and more like human. On a certain occasion I was asked check my chakra affinity was and I had all chakra affinitys . I made decisions and processed data easily and fast comparable to opening 3 tomoe sharingan except I didn't have them. If I concemtrated I could see chakra pathways and all the abilities of 3 tomoe sharingan explained in the manga it was mind boggling. I also had perfect control of all parts and organ of my body . It was my instinct. Although I tried to hide and restrain as much I as I could I was still one of the elite

Danzo I was very happy with me and he was glad to take me in . I was the brightest star of root. I trained hard for the coming years until the acursed day came. No matter how prepared I was I didn't think it could affect me so much after i killed him in the test. I had to do it because I didnt wan to die . Something flicked inside me that day I couldnt sleep i couldn't eat everything I would do I would remember that idiot . When I couldn't control it I decided to switch it off.

I felt different now I knew I could control my emotions it was not normal it was like quirk I had . It was scary i didn't want to feel nothing but I as time went by although it felt a little different I could switch it of and on . It made things easy I didn't feel disgust fear or anything that would hinder my missions It was like I was playing a high-definition vr game . We don't feel anything when we go around civilians for fun in GTA right. But the only difference was except the root members who had already turned to emotionless tools I had control I could choose to be myself or choose to be a watcher.

At the age of 8 I was given curse mark on the tongue which paralyzed me if I took action with my killing intent or wanted to betray danzo or relay any information about him to others. And then I was summoned to danzo along all the other graduates of his root taining coarse.

He addressed to me and rest of the graduates of root trainers " We are roots of the big tree konoha that support it in the darkness. Everything we do is crucial for the existence of the hidden leaf. And to do that you all must have no emotions only loyalty to konoha and to me. Emotions lead one to hate… and hate leads one to conflict and war .Self sacrifice, that's what epitomises a shinobi. Never seeing the light of day, toiling in the shadows. That's the way of a true shinobi. From today onwards you will have no past no future and no present. You shall live for the village and die for it. It is your duty and honour. Now recieve your equipment and codenames and disperse."

Everyone started dispersing with the things that were distributed . each of them followed a superior and went along with them but when I wanted to go I was stopped by danzo. He observed me. When I met him I turned my emotions off. Seeing me danzo was proud and raised his corner of mouth which very rarely did. He said " You have the talent necessary to be the one the best elite shinobi . You have the temperament of a true executioner. " I replied with a monotonous tone " Yes Danzo sama"

Danzo turned his head toward my trainer and said " he shall directly work for me and will work with fu." He turned towards me " I will give the codename yaksha . Don't disappoint me and the name given to you" With that he left. I came back to my residence and started wearing my equipment and went to the pond nearby to fill up the water in the gourd. looked at my reflection. I was 140 cm tall I looked a lot like hashirama except I wasnt buff like him .

I had muscles like Saitama although not to that extent but if I practiced training the way I did I would probably be like him when I reach 14 years as my body was still growing and had huge vitality. Sometimes I felt I had the legendary sage body of hashirama but I didn't know how it would be actually so I was not sure but I made sure to hid my abilities well during training as I was perfectly able to faint being exhausted although I was never . I didn't want to be a certain snakes plaything. I was wearing the black anbu innerwear and had covered my face like Kakashi because I admired the mysterious look except I didn't wear a protections vest. I wore half gloves that left my fingers in the open on my left and left my right one bare as it was more easy to handle by tanto that way. I had more of Indian skin colour and military haircut witha little more hair. I looked handsome although on the average side. but definitely someone who will be ignored amidst the main character. I left my place towards the headquarters where I would recieve my first assignment.