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I would proceed to scout out the rest of the area after I retrieved the kunai I lodged into the tree, and once again, my day would become stale. Although the events were not too exciting, I was happy about my actions, and my ability to teach the youngsters a lesson. Usually, I would never see an oppurtunity like that, and that partially due to my inability to teach people properly.

That young, brazen boy would surely stick in my head. Never in my life had I seen such a fearless little boy such as himself. I'm sure the kid had no problem pulling any girl he wanted, learning any technique he wanted, and would gladly face down any opponent. I was a little envious to be honest, I lacked his confidence in most situation, especially when facing an eminent death.

The other kids showed true compassion, willing to lay down their lives for their comrades, and even risking everything to save him. They all had their share of admirable traits. They would grow up to be fine additions to Konoha.

As scouted the area once more, and approach my round off point, I would reflect on all this, and come to think of it my day was quite productive. I had done a service to my village two fold, a pseudo mentorship to my young predecessors, and a scouting of the outskirts of the village. My day was coming to an end for now, and I would briskly head back to my village to collect my reward.

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Shortly after the kids less than frightening threat, another kid would jump on my neck and attempt to put me in a headlock. A futile attempt nonetheless, it forced me to drop the kid I was holding, and left him to dart into the forest in an attempt to escape. The other kid held tightly on to my neck all the while, and although he didn't hinder anything from happening, he was quite cumbersome.

My hands would begin to dance a ballad, and in the blink of an eye, a doppleganger composed of my affinity, Raiton, would form. It would only take a mental command for the replica to dart off and intercept the kid, grabbing him by the collar and watching as he flailed around in an attempt to free himself. My clone would stop him 12 meters away from where I stood.

I would proceed to take care of the kid attempting to ring my neck. I found it easy to pry his limbs off of my neck and pin him to the ground. Although they had the element of suprise, they failed to use it correctly.

"Now then, is there anything else you guys would like to try?"

A third kid would attempt to attack me, however, he chose a diagonal approach to me, and my peripheal vision would catch wind of him with great ease. My free left hand would give him a extremely light punch to the solar plexus aswell, his forward momentum would do the rest. He fell to the ground in the same fetal position the other assumed.

"I would've sent a academy clone in to rush in so recklessly, while I attacked from a different angle. Gotta think about these things guys."

It was obvious these guys were barely out of the academy, and judging from their triumaritive, they were more than likely a newly appointed genin team doing some training outside the village. The question was, where was their leader, and why was I forced to corral these kids myself.

My pace would pick as I kept a jog through the forest of which I had just shortly entered. That jog would eventually transform itself into a steady run as my lungs adjusted to breathing the moggy air of the forest floor. My swift feet would crunch against the tender leaves which were plucked from the trees that loomed atop of me.

I myself, long for something of remote excitement to grace me with its presence, alas, I would find no such joy throughout the extent of my run through the forest. All this aside, I still kept my wits about me, trying to imagine and play as if some impending doomsday was approaching me. Honestly though, I wouldn't even notice a bee landing on my nose

My wishes would be granted soon thereafter, for during my run, I would feel the sting of something small, round and firm. I was pelted by many of these foreign objects, and in a rush of sudden adrenaline, I would mistake these balls to be Hikari, and in an effort to shield the imaginary rays I would cover my eyes. Strangely, I would not feel the warm glow of the Hikari on my skin, instead, my nostrils were filled with an grotesque gas which was so pungent it brought my eyes to tears and gave me a strong urge to hurl. My left would cover my mouth and nose, blocking out the gaseous fumes, while my right hand delved within my holster to pull out a kunai to defend myself. I would hear the mocking laughter of someone in my ears, and I prepared my body for the worst. My wits were truly with me in this situation, and the slightest noise or sound of movement would set me off.

It had seemed surreal, the kiss, as if I was watching myself in some glorified tragedy of how two people's love for one another would lead them through death, and cause them to be ridiculed as purely foolish. I would remeber how I was one who ridiculed them as well, but now I understood the sweet moment that would make everything else not matter.

The kiss was short however, and the actions that proceeded would be quite befitting of the enviorment around us. He would give me a quick nod and speak a few words before he pulled out five intricate scrolls in which he would create a vivid display of his sealsmanship. After a series of delibrate brush strokes, he would preform an impressive display of handseals and slam his hand onto the the scroll, for a total of five teams.

What he was doing, I had no clue, nor did I really care to know, I was too busy dwelling on the transaction of feelings which had just occured. All that raced through my minds was our future, rather than the present. A silly mindstate nonetheless, I would be briskly interrupted by Ue as he turned to me. In his hand he held out one of the very scrolls he had just prepared to me. I gave him a puzzled look, and before I could form words to ask what it was for, he would explain it all.

("Here, take this, you may need it. But only use it wisely, I've sealed my most powerful technique into all five of these scrolls. You now have at your disposal a near forbidden, kage level technique without need to perform the overly long process of handseals.")

I would thank him and recieve the scroll, tucking it neatly in a compartment of my jacket. He would follow by doing the same.

Then it happened.

I though that things couldn't get worse for our village, but it seems they just did. From out of nowhere literally, a spherical force would ecslipse the land around us. A disheartening shadow would impend upon us, foreshadowing the destruction to come. The intended target; Konoha.

Luckily, our momentary retreat from the village would prove to be our a life saving choice. In hindsight, protecting Konoha was a useless endeavor, how could we expect to defeat someone- or something who could use a technique of that level.

We could only look on into the future now, we couldn't turn back anymore. Onwards and upwards.

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Even though we had only known eachother for a few hours, it seemed as if we had been through much more. In these course of events, I found something I wasn't expecting to find. Maybe I'm just crazy, and just a little smitten, but something about this man made it hard for me to choose to leave him over my village. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I was intoxicated by the things he had done. As I predicted, I would grow to be attached to him, but at a much faster rate than any person could've calculated.

This attack on Konoha acted as a catalyst for feelings to come, turning what was a simple flirtatious exchange of greetings into something more. Atleast, for me anyways. I doubted he felt even the slightest bit how I felt at the moment.

I began to really analyze what I just did. I had basically abandoned my whole village out of a curiosity for this unknown man. I had said I'd protect my village, but it seemed my words would be simply full of hypocrisy.

My choice and mind however, had been made, and as sad a choice it may have been, I chose it, I would have to suffer the consequences and burdens of the choice. My responsibilty would be in effect right here and now, as I noticed Ue fall to his knees in crippling pain. I rushed over to his aid, supporting him and laying him against a tree.

("Sora? Surprised to see you here, seems like you managed to escape as well, but what are you doing here, and what happened to me? I couldn't even make out what hit me.")

I smiled to comfort him, although I wasn't to pleased with his choice of words. He was suprised? Maybe I'm just overreacting, but a better choice could have been used. Nevertheless, I managed to keep my facade up and comfort him for the time being.

("Heh, I guess I'm not that much of a captain you expected me to be, getting defeated so easily.")

"I fled to help you Ue, I figured the blow the samurai dealt you with his chakra extension didn't kill you, so I tried to find you, but you were already long gone. I know it was foolish of me, but-"

A stream of tears I struggled to hold back would now flow. My resolve had been shattered, the strong and confident mask I wore was now torn in two. All these years I tried to make myself something I wasn't, and its utter failure was evident at this moment. I looked away from Ue to mask my mourning, bitting my lip gently to try and keep me from crying. The timid, foolish girl I truly was had reemerged after years of me pushing it down.

And just like that, in a flash, things turned from worse to horrible. Two very strange men, roughly 20 meters away, would preform an act of aggression on both of my teamates, taking them both out in one full swoop. The man to the right , whom I presumed to be none other than a samurai would send Ue crashing into wall after wall before coming to a halt some number of buildings away. Unmatched and clearly outnumbered, sadly, the only thing I could do now was retreat and try to salvage my Captain.

The fact that Ue was knocked through building after building, rather than be chopped clean in half by the edge of the blade would strike me as rather odd. Any samurai would make quick work of Ue should they get as clean a strike as this samurai would. Coming to a conclusion, I would add up that Ue was hit with a blunt source of damage, rather than a edged and focused one, it was the only justifiable reason that Ue wasn't seperated in half from the strike. Not only this, but his armor would also be further protection from the blunt force. It was more than safe to assume Ue was alive and injured. If retreating now meant saving his life, then this immeadiate neeed would have to be met.

As soon as I would see the man swing his sword and succesfully knock Ue away, I would pivot on my right foot to face the direction Ue was knocked, and in a flash, I would cover a distance of 10 meters with a flicker. The two hostiles infront of me would have no time to notice me slip into the rubble and dust, for they were much to busy cracking jokes and beating up on Kaede.

I would continue running through all three buildings before I would look around the fourth one to find Ue. Nowhere to be found. As I theorized, the blow wasn't fatal, and it was likely he was still alive. Nevertheless, I had no time to dwell on this, and I would ascend down the stairs of the building and go through the backdoor to dart down the alley inbetween the building I was standing on and the one behind it. I was at a safe distance here, and out of the two's line of vision. I imagined I was about 30 meters away from where I was standing previously.

I would scurry sneakily up the streets in the direction of the nearest exit to the village. From here, I planned to flee into the forest and try to reach Kumogakure No Sato. If there was any hope of Konohagakure surviving, it'd be located there.