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Shiori had quickly devoured all of the box lunch her father had brought her. In fact it would seem she would have to wait longer for her mother to arrive then her dad had originally intended. With her father gone she didnt have to worry about his disappointment. She looked down at herself with no smile on her face. Sure she had a larger chest than other girls but the rest of her gave her no pride or confidence. She could always hear the girls commenting on each others size in various areas. From what all she had heard she couldnt feel anything good about her own size. She continuously poked at her large soft pudgy stomach with a frown on her face. She understood that Akimichi used their size and weight to overpower smaller opponents but she was only half Akimichi. Why wouldnt father let her mother train her more? That way she could look like the other girls and still be able to fight. As proud and happy as her father seemed with himself and her she couldnt help but feel embarrassed about it. She couldnt even fit into the other kinds of clothes the other kunoichi wore. Even the partial kimono she wore was only able to cover most of her chest and was still somewhat of a tight fit. They even had to separate the sleeves from the torso and tied it on with the Akimichis traditional red roping. Even her pants had been modified from a boy samurai leggings and it to was held in place by the red roping. This rope was at least tied into a bow in the back. She had tried to use a black mesh top to cover her gut but it barely covered anything.

Suddenly her mother appeared. Her mother was so much smaller than her and her father. It was probably thanks to her that Shiori wasnt any bigger than she already was. Standing up onto her red clog shoes she ran over to her mother. "Mom!" she called out as she hugged her mother. Though she didnt realize it her hug had lifted the smaller woman up off of the ground. "Lovely to see you to Shiori but your gonna squish me!" she managed to squeak. "O!" Shiori said in realization. "Im sorry!" she told her mom apologetically before letting her go. "I heard you finally passed your fathers test." "Yes!" she said answered excitedly. She knew what this meant. "Well then let us say our final good-bye to this school!" the mother responded proudly. They both turned towards the building and waved it goodbye. Her mother always had such unusual habits but Shiori loved every one of them.

Having said their last goodbye to the place they turned from the school grounds and headed for home. Never again would she have to work so much harder to make up for her weight. Never again would she have to hear the other girls words of ridicule because she wasnt as small as they were. Now she could set out with more understanding people. People who understood the ways of her and her clan.

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Villiage Hidden in Cloud Academy-

"Why does it have to be so damn cold..I'm sick and tired of freezing my a** of day in and day out with the same bone chilling boringness fueling my life." Soul was wandering through the Frozen Land in hopes to escape his usual routine in the village hidden in the clouds. As Soul walked he was forced to think of all he was leaving behind. His memories were a tad blurry and cut out as the freezing wind cut through his thoughts. He remembered his parents. How he, being the middle child of 5 was overlooked and most likely wouldn't be missed. He wasn't the most talented in the house, and most certainly wasn't the brightest. Being in a home with 5 genin siblings, Soul learned to blend.. fall into the background.. and in more or less words.. seem as though he never existed. Soul carried these skills through to the academy. When selected for tests he always did the bare minimum he had to in order to pass. He never showed off, and never tried to outdo anyone. He did his best to remain hidden. Being hidden worked most of the time, but trying to hide yourself isn't the greatest image to have when a bully finds his way to you.

"Hey there you little s**t.. You too scared to come out and play with the rest of us? I heard your dad was just as cowardly as you, and your mom was the towns go to girl, if you know what I mean" Soul looked at Jasper, the known bully of the class and said nothing. He felt the stir of anger building just as he usually did, though he did nothing but endure it. The bully, knowing no end to his words continued, "You just gonna sit there and take it? You're more pathetic than I thought. Hell what was I even thinking to doubt you were anything but pathetic.. You can't even do anything special. Even Devin has his useless fart and burping jutsu. You? You don't have anything other than the same old thing anyone else can do. What do you expect to achieve being a snotty nosed good for nothing panzie like yourself huh?" Soul could feel it as his muscles tightened, his will to charge built, and his anger reached levels that seemed to intoxicate and whisper dark, hateful, and desperate ideas into his head. The testosterone could only be compared to volts of electricity jolting him into action.. willing him to strike out and swing. His vision blurred and began to zone in on nothing more than this sack of flesh standing before him. How his mind began to wonder.. He foresaw himself striking Jasper down. Throwing punch after punch into his face, knocking the teeth from his mouth and shoving them down his throat. He wanted to take a kunai and carve out his eye balls then feed them to him through his nostrils. Soul could feel the darkness filling his thoughts, his mind, his heart, his being. He could feel his body as it moved casually.. in a bone chillingly calm fashion. He approached Jasper so they stood nose to nose and looked him in the eyes through his brow. A grin crawled across Soul's face as his laughter began to fill the air. A laughter that made most men stand paralyzed in place as a fear shot down their spine. Soul lifted his hand with a clenched fist into the air. He cocked his elbow back swung forward stopping just above Jasper's head. His fist opened and Soul ruffled Jasper's hair while whispering in his ear, "I forgive you"

Wind ran across Soul's face and the tails to his scarf followed into the same direction. The hood to his jacket fell and his blonde spiked hair seemed almost frozen into place. The cuffs to his pants were frozen to his shoes and nothing he seemed to do could keep him warm. "What the hell was I thinking heading out here? I'm nothing.. Everyone has always told me I'm nothing.." Soul stopped and looked to the distance. He saw nothing but white for the longest time. He couldn't even see the outline of the hills. Before giving up he heard a voice, a confident tone in the back of his mind, That's such bull s**t.. ******** that you can show those good for nothing pieces of s**t that you're better than each and every one of them. You're gonna climb so high until they look like nothing but s**t beneath your feet. Don't be a p***y get the ******** up and show them all! Soul pulled the hood over his head and began to run into the falling snow.

As Soul ran the memories of people putting him down and the words they said pounded through his head with every beating pulse. Like a head ache that wouldn't go away they tore their way into his skull. Soul dropped to his knees and clenched at his head. He tried desperately to cup his ears from the words that mocked him. Even with his hands covering his ears he could still hear their voices taking a piece of his being and sanity with them. "Soul, We're tired of you dragging us down..." "Don't you dare ******** this up for us creep".. "I swear if we lose because of your lame a** you're gonna die".. "Soul you good for nothing s**t, why did you have to even come in today?" Soul let out loud screams into the vacant blizzard, Insanity filling his voice and pain carrying his sound waves into nothingness.

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The vast nothing and knowledge of being so alone ate away at his insanity, seeping deep into his mind like battery acid. It deteriorated his being and nearly drove him into nothing but mindless vessel. The anger and fear within him was intoxicating and kept him alive for the time being. Just when he thought he would lose himself to the cold and the darkness within him he felt pressure onto his shoulder. At first he believed it was all in his mind.. surely no one would be out here. The thought that he was going truly insane played at the edges of his mind. The voices in his head subsided and a new sound filled his ears.. not the sound of his thoughts but solid, real sound.

"Is everything ok? Get hold of yourself."

Soul turned his head slowly to see if this was really a person or if it was merely a figment of his vivid imagination. To his surprise there stood a tall man.. his hair matched the snow around him and caused Soul to give it a second glance as to whether he was bald or not. The bag in the man's arm seemed to be filled and his only free hand had been on his shoulder. The sound of the billowing wind seemed to cut through the silence. Time in this empty waste land seemed to continue on forever. Where distance couldn't be measured with sight and the idea of reaching your goal was just fools hope. Looking into this person's eyes Soul saw at first the mocking eyes of those people who had put him down so many times before, but the sound of his voice and the words he had used told him otherwise. What the hell is this crazy ******** doing out here? And what's with the bag? He acts like he just came back from a leisurely stroll to the market. "Yeah.. thanks, this cold emptiness can really mess with you.. I almost lost it." Soul contemplated on whether or not to ask right away or to leave this person to his business. Ahh what the hell not like i'll find anyone else to have a conversation with. "So what the hell brings you way out here?"

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Mist Academy


Zeru yawned as he heard the alarm off in the distance. It sounded so far away but as his mind came out of his dream he heard the alarm full force and growled as his hand slammed down on the alarm causing it to go silent. Zeru growled as he rubbed his face and slowly sat up in his bed and yawned, he slowly scooted forward until he felt his feet hit the wood floor. Then he stood and slowly walked over into their bathroom, and soon a flush could be heard from behind the closed door, Zeru yawned again as he came out and the first two things he grabbed was two bandage style wraps, and the metal shoulder plate which once belonged to his father. he then walked back into the rest room and washed himself off, getting ready once he got clean and fixed his hair he took the two wraps and covered his eyes, once that was done he pulled on the shoulder plate and strapped it around his chest and back to hold it in place, once he thought it was on correctly, he finished getting dressed. he grinned as he stood and adjusted his clothes and then looked over at the lump laying in the other bed in the room.

Zeru Sighed and walked over. "Bro, it's time to get up. We need to get to the academy today." Zeru said but the person in the bed just grumbled and rolled over. Zeru quirked his eyebrow, and then shook him again, but he only got the same response. Zeru sighed and then slowly slide his fingers under the head of the mattress and spoke one last time. "Last chance before trouble comes your way." When he got the same response a third time he sighed and flipped the mattress causing the person in it to fly flat onto the floor at the foot of the bed.

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Mist Academy

Zeru sighed as he watched his brother hand walk into the bathroom, he shook his head a little his brother had always been the show off, while Takera was in the bathroom, Zeru fixed the bed he had just ruined and made his own as well, he was always the cleaner one, he liked having things where he could find them. Zeru smirked as he finished and saw his brother come out and get dressed. "Who knows, I just want to get started on this we have a long journey a head of us, and today it starts." Zeru said in response to Takera, as he packed and Takera got dressed, it wasn't like he had much to pack but he wanted to wait on his brother to be ready, he smiled seeing the shirt with the Uchiha symbol on the back, he remembered watching his mother stitch it at a young age. He missed those days when the family was whole, but they where long passed, and they where also the reason for this day.

This day was the one where their lives started again and where they could do what they had planned on for the last 2 years. Zeru smirked again as he looked himself over his clothes where different than his brother's Zeru wore a Vest like top, that only had one sleeve on his left arm it dropped down a little past his wrist, on top of his left should sat the shoulder plate with the leaf symbol carefully carved into it, Zeru had originally wanted to scratch out the symbol, but he decided against it, this plate originally belonged to his father and when he wore it, the symbol meant something to him not it was a reminder to Zeru. On Zeru's right hand was a fingerless gloves and some fighting tape around his right wrist, his pants where simple and went just below his knees, where they clasp and held tight so he could run easily. he wore Fishnet leggings and by the door set a pair of boot's. his whole outfit was a mix of Red and deep earth green and brown.

Zeru smiled as he watched his brother almost fall over from the armor, and then he walked over and slipped on his boots lacing them up. "You had better get used to that thing, otherwise this is going to be a long journey." Zeru said with a smirk as he followed his brother out the door and closed it behind them.

Zeru let his older brother lead him through town. Zeru knew the way towards the academy but he had never been a leader so he simply followed his brother. Zeru smirked as he enjoyed the morning Mist it was chilly but nice, Zeru walked behind his brother towards the academy there where a few puddles of water along the way, it must have rained the previous night, but not enough for Zeru to truly notice. Zeru smirked as they approached the door's. "Well this is it, once we go through the doors there is no turning back." Zeru said smiling at his brother.

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Zeru smirked at his brother's comment. "I wonder what we will learn to do." Zeru said as he followed his brother through the town, when the finally reach the academy and his brother said his little jab, Zeru frowned and then went in, his brother had always mocked him for his sexuality, he knew that he never truly meant anything by it but it always got to him.

Zeru walked through the arch way into the classroom and looked around at everyone although he would just appear to be blind with the wraps over his eyes, he could see through them just fine, but he liked wearing them, since he grew up having to hide his bloodline, it was the easiest way to avoid being detected, so he had grown used to them. The other kids stared at the two brothers and then Zeru heard Takera introduce himself. "Hello, I'm Zeru." Was all the introduction they would get it was obvious the two where related. Due to their white hair and same tan skin tone, they both walked up and Zeru sat next to his brother.

Soon the teacher entered and turned to look at the class. "Ok class today is a basic free day what with the construction all over the city they need as many able bodies as possible so i will be helping them your job today is to work on whatever you can, the graduation is coming soon. So be ready." The teacher exited and an older man came into to supervise.

Zeru looked at his brother and shrugged they had, gotten some training from their father so Zeru wasn't sure what to work on.

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Mist Academy

Zeru watched as his brother had a small interaction with some of the other student, Zeru just shook his head, his brother had always been a bit anti social and overly focused. But Zeru would never change his brother, Takera had always been tough which was good Zeru sighed as he watched Takera turn down their offer and walk outside. Zeru simply followed him outside, Zeru generally just followed his brother around always listening to him and mostly doing what he said Zeru was never really a leader.

Zeru smirked at his brother suggestion of sparring it was a good idea which Zeru was not against the idea he just thought it was amusing. They had sparred many times in the past and it generally always came to a stale mate. They where most likely evenly matched still they had tried their best to train to work together as a duo, which was their intention from the time they where young was to be a team.

"Well if you think that's best then why not." Zeru smirked as he watched his brother through his bandages, Zeru had noticed the looks that the other students had given him strange looks most likely they thought he was blind which is what he wanted, however this was obviously not the case, but he had been raised to hide his eyes from the world.

Zeru quickly made hand seals and leaped into the air, and floated there smirking they had known each others techniques for a while, so Zeru knew Takera would not be surprised by this but he kind of wanted to show off to the other student's.

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Zeru smirked when his brother called him cheap and watched as he ran up the side of the build. Zeru dropped his field and let himself fall to the ground to avoid his brother's kick. He'd always loved that flying ability and it always annoyed Takera so much. Zeru watched the hand seals carefully, and his eyes widened behind the wraps he could try to dodge the technique but because of the placing it would hit the building with the kids in it, and Zeru couldn't just let that happen, so he braced himself and let the two bursts of wind hit him hand and send him flying back into the wall which hurt a lot more than he thought.

Zeru had never been the strongest ninja defensively, which was partly the reason for the flying technique it kept him out of harms way. But it looked as though Takera would win this round, the two bursts plus hitting the wall hurt badly, and now Zeru had to find his brother, Zeru stood for a moment and then looked back at the kids to make sure they where ok, they seemed shocked at what had happened it also seemed like the whole school was watching the two of them simply have a spar, which he found amusing considering they where simply playing around, if they had been fighting for real Zeru knew his brother would have hit him a lot harder with that last attack, which he was glad he didn't, it hurt bad enough as it was.

Zeru let his eyes refocus and looked around Takera was no where in sight Zeru assumed his brother had hidden himself to find a better tactic. Zeru smiled and though of flying again but decided it was best to avoid the air for now, the Earth was his element anyway. "Takera that was a little rough. let's say we call this round and simply practice some of our jutsu rather than you beating me up?" Zeru said as he leaned against the wall that had a small imprint of his back on it.

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