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Uchiha Masaaki

Uchiha Masaaki


D-rank
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Masaaki gazed around, shunned by the intensity of the market. It was bursting with various colours of the event and fill up the brim with locals and foreigners, each eager to grab the newest and hyped up item from the aged stalls of the opportunistic merchants. The Uchiha child had taken his time to bother coming here; he isn’t particularly fond of crowds after all. Finding the chaos too unstable to manage with his impediment, which is humorous considering he finds missions to be far easier to manage than human communication.

He was probably the only one in his family that desired to visit this vast nation, after all if he can’t be in the chunin exams he can watch it and observe. Who knows, he might learn a thing or two for the next hosted chunin exams. His father did not seem to mind either, in fact he looks rather pleased to see the back of him and having not to deal with him for a week or so. His baby sister seemed crossed with him though, she guilt tripped him by saying he is missing her 8th birthday on purpose. He did feel despicable for a while but now that he is here he doesn’t regret his decision at all. His other siblings had opted to remain behind in the fire nation, feeling that their place is there rather than getting up to baloney in an unfamiliar country. 

Still, his petty and stubborn baby sister is right; he is missing her birthday, thus his reason for venturing into the market aimlessly. He intends to make it up to by buying her a gift that she would enjoy. Although the snow-haired boy has not got the faintest idea of what could possibly be available for a little girl in this rather vibrant market. But that’s the point of browsing isn’t it?

He had left his hotel room earlier, honestly when he arrived here he did not expect to land in such a wonderful hotel as he did. The view from his balcony is splendid, so pristine and unspoiled by toxic black fumes. The view from the towering structure over the village took his breath away. He reminded himself to return to the hotel in the evening so he may capture an image of the horizon with its warm orange glow of the setting sun. Everything is so spacious in his hotel room, nothing like his home back in the leaf village. His room back in the uchiha clan is rather cosy but small, here it is definitely nicer and warmer, rich with happy colours like pale brown/gold to match his eyes with a splash of yellow for a mood improver. One thing he can see about this country is they know how to decorate.

He stood motionless amongst the crowd, gazed and excited. There was so much he want to do here, from playing the games to snapping pictures of random people for no reason at all except for the sake of comparing the lives of these countrymen to his own back in the fire country. On one half of the market was the busy stalls of various items such as scarfs, shinobi tools and scrolls and more domestic stuff like trinkets and decorative rugs. He even managed to catch a glimpse of a Black Panther fur rug. He does not think it would be appropriate for an eight year old though. On the other half resided the games, from darts to the test of strength. He hasn’t even explored the whole market district but he could see the vast size of it makes Konoha’s market look trivial in comparison.

He carried on walking through the market, since the climate was different here, warmer and denser he left behind his red scarf back home and swapped his trousers for black shorts and his hoodie top for a simple t-shirt with the konoha logo. He hasn’t bothered with wearing anything that would reveal him as an Uchiha just in case. After all he is a lone thirteen genin in a foreign country, his elder brothers had warned him to be careful because there are nefarious folks out there that might have ill intentions with him because of the Sharingan. So he decided to wear plain clothes.

Although he was still recovering from his last mission with Neci, a single mission that turned into more than they expected. From merchants to a B-ranked criminal shinobi, he had suffered a few injuries during those missions, 1st and 2nd burns along his shoulder and arm so it was bandaged up. He even wore a plaster on his cheek and his knee was covered up as well. He has recovered quite well since the mission though so found walking to not be too taxing.

The glimpse of a something sparkly caught his eye at a nearby stall with a rather shady looking man, but Masaaki is rather naive so he came over like a mockingbird being tempted by shiny things. He gazed at the item that caught his attention, a dome shaped seashell with all the colours of the rainbow. He heard such seashells still carried the sound of the ocean within them; it seemed like the perfect gift for his little sister. “How much for this?” inquired the boy, the seller took one look at him and grinned an uncomfortable smile “200 ryo a piece.” Masaaki frowned. 200? But that’s…he sighed, maybe he should keep looking around to find something cheaper and more price appropriate for his sister…but still.

With reluctance he took out his wallet and rummaged through its contents, counting how much ryo he got on him exactly. In the midst of it a street uchin bumped into him “sorry sir!” uttered the baby-faced boy. Masaaki, as naïve as he is took pity on the child because of his dishevelled appearance “It’s ok-hey!” shouted Masaaki as another child rushed past and seized the advantage of the young shinobi being distracted to grab his wallet and rush off. Irritated Masaaki rushed after them, but they knew the streets better than he did so could navigate through its busy streets easily enough.


WC: 1030

Kyohei

Kyohei


D-rank
For all of the revelry and festivities going on in the streets of Takigakure all around him, Kyohei could not seem to get himself into a festive mood. It simply wasn’t his thing, but this was what he was forced to do during the times on his vacation that Risu could not be with him. Aimlessly he would wander through the crowded streets, peering through the vendors’ wears, spectating the various performances that went on throughout the festival, as well as testing out the food of course. If there was one positive Kyohei could draw from this whole experience it would without a doubt be the food. Besides the usual comfort foods associated with festivals, there was a myriad of options brought from nations the world over, new and exotic to the Uchiha. For all of his dark and brooding ways, food always seemed to be the ideal way to break the ice with Kyohei.

After grabbing himself a funnel cake, Kyohei would perch himself on a nearby rooftop to eat and observe the crowd of people below. People watching was always an intriguing activity, especially in a setting like this where people came to loosen up and behave in ways that they might now under normal circumstances. Beyond that, the power of observation was one of a shinobi’s greatest assets. Information was power, even information that seems to be useless could potentially be the difference between life and death in a shinobi’s line of work. Even something as simple as people watching could prove invaluable to Kyohei. Maybe memorizing the faces, voices, and behavioral patterns of random people on the street would allow him greater flexibility with the use of his transformation jutsu as a disguise or espionage tool. In the war between shinobi it was often not huge discrepancies in power that decided the outcome. Shinobi had been at odds with each other for so long that surprising an entire village was unlikely, and anything new that came about was quickly analyzed and solved. It often came down to a bunch of small advantages adding up over time that gave one side the edge. Kyohei did not intend to lose that edge.

While greedily devouring his funnel cake Kyohei would notice something interesting in the crowd, a thief snatching the wallet of some young child near a stall. Well that wasn’t very festive, now was it? Kyohei would toss his paper plate and funnel cake off the roof, caring not for whom the powedered sugar would rain down upon, before getting up and wiping the sugar from his mouth in preparation for the chase. From the rooftop he could easily follow the little thief’s movements in the crowd, and using his superior speed it was nothing to leap down into the alley in which the thief ran, cutting off his escape path while the boy that was robbed came around the other side. “You know, in some countries the punishment for thievery is losing your hands,” Kyohei said sternly before realizing just how young the thief really was, “Aren’t you a bit young to be resorting to this kind of thing?”





529~

Uchiha Masaaki

Uchiha Masaaki


D-rank
Like Kyohei, Masaaki was by himself in this place. He hasn’t got the faintest idea of where to go in Takigakure but that’s the idea of adventure isn’t it? He rushed after the boys, even though he ought to be filled with burning anger, he was actually rather calm. The fact those boys made up with his wallet – the only thing that gets him fed and clothed in this country – did not seem to bother him in the slightest.

Perhaps he was far too confident he would be able to catch up with the boys easily enough. But what the genin failed to realize is that Takigakure is a vast country with narrow alleyways and many crooks and crannies to hide in, and this city is but of the many villages that allows such hide-and-seek paradise for the thieves of the water country.

“Damn it!” cursed the genin as he chased after the boys, each turn he made it seemed like another obstacle faced him, a cart, a horse, a cat, even a freaking hoard of courtesans and drunk men stumbling out of either a bar or strip club – he did not care enough to see which – got in his way.

Soon the little kid was out of his sight, Masaaki was beginning to panic. God he can just imagine his elder brothers and sisters at home laughing at him arriving home early with a deflated ego and the eternal shame of being out run and hoodwinked by a little kid of all things. He can even picture Amelia laughing her little butt off.
It’s enough to make anyone feel sick, which is what Masaaki is starting to feel.

Still a little part of him could not help but feel slightly impressed – just a little – that the thief had enough balls to rob from a shinobi…but then again it says a lot about Masaaki…’eurgh…’ thought Masaaki gloomily, annoyed and flustered with embarrassment. He can’t even consider the idea of returning back to the leaf village empty handed with nothing but shame and a reluctance to explain how he lost all his money…’maybe I can fabricate the story so it doesn’t reflect too badly on me…’ pondered Masaaki, but what would be the point? His father got the nose of an inzukaku, he can detect a lie miles away.

God he can even imagine the papers getting wind of this. “WITLESS UCHIHA GENIN ROBBED BY CRAFTY TAKIGAKURE ORPHAN.” God his siblings will never, not even for a moment, will let him live it down.   With a sigh he rushed after the kid thief, dodging and squeezing through the annoyingly crowded streets.

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The red haired thief, dressed in nothing but tattered shorts and a dirty hoodie that have seen better days smiled in glee as he notice he was beginning to get farther and farther away from the shinobi, Masaaki’s wallet protectively hidden in his pockets. This will please Fagin, it most certainly will. A take this heavy, especially a single take, will impress him.

He was beginning to run out of a steam now, and just when he stopped and thought he finally outrun the kid another unexpected threat appeared. An older man with white hair like his target. “Whaa!” shouted the boy, the surprise intrusion of the much older ninja frightened him enough or him to fall back onto his bottom, and right into puddle too, the wallet in his pocket slipped out to land near him.

The blue-eyed thief glanced up from the bottom to the Konoha nin, frustrated and angry that he has been caught. The prospect of having his hands cut off didn’t frighten him…he probably had that threat issued out to him before. “Not a problem…” muttered the boy as he pushed himself up, rolled back his sleeves to reveal wooden limbs. “Arms are already gone.” Growled the feral child, malice in his eyes. After all it was a shinobi that killed his family, it was a shinobi that burned down the house and took the arms of his past three year old self.


For an eight year old, the thief looked far younger. About five years old, and in height as well with baby looks and the attitude of a teenager who thinks he knows it all. “It’s none of your business!” barked the kid as he grabbed the wallet and clutch it to his chest protectively; he won’t go back to Fargin with nothing. He’ll run, he’ll find a way out – “Hey!” the thief looked behind him to internally groan at the sight of his target dashing around the corner, great.

Masaaki finally made it through the chaotic streets, Jesus next time he’ll take the roofs. Actually he should’ve done that in the first place. With anger he pointed an accusing finger at the child “Give back my wallet you brat!” shouted Masaaki, he will not go back to the village to deceive his family with a lie that doesn’t involve being robbed by a kid – Masaaki caught the sight of a wood…it looks like…his jaw dropped. He got robbed by not just a kid but a little kid with wooden replacement limbs?

‘Now I definitely need my wallet back…’ pondered Masaaki as he marched over to the two, he saw another boy, much older than himself standing ahead blocking the exit of the alleyways. He recognised him; he’s Uchiha Kyohei isn’t he? He got one of those faces…have he met him before? He felt like he should know him, he definitely knows him from somewhere before…somewhere important. ‘I’ll figure it out later!’ Masaaki glared at the little boy, why did it have to be an Uchiha that helped him? “Thank you for your help.” Thanked Masaaki, even though he does not appear to be too graceful. He was, kind of. Just regretful it had to be an Uchiha. 

He turned his attention to the little boy “OK, you’re caught red handed. Hand it over.” Ordered Masaaki, he doesn’t intend the child but that doesn’t mean he won’t hunt him to the ends of the earth if it meant getting his money back, and with it his dignity. 

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WC: 1025

Kyohei

Kyohei


D-rank
Kyohei’s eyes widened a bit, raising an eyebrow curiously as the little thief pulled back his sleeves to reveal wooden limbs. This certainly was an interesting turn of events, which made Kyohei look at the situation a bit differently, but it certainly did not change the fact that this kid was going to return what he stole. He needed to learn an important life lesson before his actions brought him a much more ruthless teacher than Kyohei; if you’re going to break the rules, don’t get caught. He would not utter a single word in response to the child thief, simply extending his arm out, palm out for the boy to hand over the wallet he had pickpocketed in the crowd. Kyohei wasn’t the type to drag him back to the scene of the crime and have him apologize. It would be easier for all parties involved if the boy simply handed over the wallet for Kyohei to return to its owner and continued on his way as to not have an angry owner talking about pressing charges.

Before he could draw a response from the thief however, the other boy that had his wallet stolen came running around the corner into the alley. “Great, just what I needed,” Kyohei lamented silently as his gaze shifted over to the approaching boy. Interestingly enough, now that the white haired boy was closer, he looked somehow… familiar. He saw the symbol of the Hidden Leaf Village etched into the boy’s forehead protector and assumed that he had seen him somewhere around the village, not immediately recognizing his past acquaintance. Either way, the last thing he needed at the moment as he tried to talk the thief into handing back the wallet peacefully was some abrasive kid that got his ego hurt from being pickpocketed. But now that events had unfolded this way there was nothing for him to do, but await a response from the thief.





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