Chapter 14
The next morning when they woke, they were graced with the sight of Blade skinning a couple of rabbits he had hunted Just a Night before, all the while teaching Tsunami how to do it too as they prepare breakfast together. While he flirts with her the entire time.
Everyone sighed...
while Yukimura sensei facepalmed, and drag him to the morning practice. This boy can play roadside Romeo some times later.
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(Outside the Wooden Area)
The Badly beaten Team 7 Genin was lying on the ground, as Yukimura sensei look down on them...
"What the hell are you three doing?"
The Jonin said Sternly
Naruto being the stamina Beast tried to stand again but was beaten to the ground by Jonin Yukimura once more
"None of You have any Chemistry... Sakura, with your Brain, you can help your team from the rear, you can order your team what to do, you can set traps in the meanwhile, But you don't do any of that, All you do is, fawning over Sasuke, and looking down on Naruto, even if you don't do that now, You still look down on yourself... You don't need to be strong in order to be a support"
Sakura looked up
"Sasuke, Is your Pride as an Uchiha that Important that you refuse to listen to anyone in the battlefield... and Naruto, Do you only know how to spam Shadow Clone Jutsu, the only thing you did in this fight is keep running forward... learn some technical stances... Now take rest, we will start that Tree Climbing Excercise after 15 Minute Rest"
"Yes sensei"
Everyone stood up albeit with difficulty
"Akira, Blade... Your Turn, Come in front"
"Yes"
"This is going to be your first Battle without Shiro leading you, here no one will set the traps that will save you in the nick of time, here no one will make the plans for you two, there will be no support for you guys either, without him the team strength declines, but, don't forget that he is the weakest of you three... get ready"
"Yes Sensei"
Sakura looked at them, "Support", she muttered
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Leaning on the tree and reading his icha icha paradise, Kakashi Hatake was having quite a good time
"You know, this is your job", Yukimura said as he came and sit beside him
"Well, You are doing a Good Job" He eye smiled at him
Yukimura glared at him, Kakashi giggled at... whatever that is written in that mysterious book.
Yukimura sensei looked at the Kids, trying desperately to breathe, and then sighed, "I am Sorry for Yesterday about Shiro's behavior, I will make sure he doesn't do it again"
Kakashi looked serious and slammed the book closed, "You know, for that outburst yesterday, He must have felt the entire night time of pain"
"What?"
Kakashi looked up as he leaned on the tree even more, "You should Know about Shiro's Condition as his teacher right?"
"Yes, Hokage sama told me about Orochimaru"
Kakashi nodded, "Then you should know, He needs to be calm at all times, the moment he let go of his emotions, it means the hell of a pain for him and death to anyone near him..."
"Then yesterday"
"He is not a monster Yukimura, He can't be calm at all time, He can cry, he can feel happy, he can feel sad... and angry"
"... From what I understand, Shiro can actually control his emotions to a great extend... then"
"It's because it was Sakura, who riled him up"
"Sakura?... Does he like her or something"
Kakashi shook his head, "On the contrary, He hates her to the core"
"Why?"
"She said... something bad for Naruto, Something very very Bad"
"What? That's it because she said... something"
Kakashi continued, "when he was 5, he was Naruto's best friend"
"Really?... I didn't know"
"Oh yes, Very few people do actually... They were really good friends back in those days, I was assigned to watch over Jinchiruki 24/7, that's why I know it"
Yukimura looked at Kakashi, "So, what happened? They are not exactly friends as I see it"
"Shiro back then was smart, Well, back then he was Just an above-average level of smart, But he was able to figure out, that his parents died, But that was all, He was sad but he didn't know anything, He was a normal kid... Until one day... He disappeared"
"..."
"Back then, Hokage sama asked various patrols, Jonins, and teams to do the search operation... we didn't know what happened to him, we didn't know where he was... we didn't know anything, Until we found him, Just like that"
"..."
"I was there that day, the team that found him was under my leadership... Shiro back then looked disturbing. He appeared frail and broken, flesh hued with pale white skin. Fragmented and cracked, he looked like that of a toy that had been broken and put back together again and again, missing a section of his chest, and revealing an empty inside, where a heart of living ice lay"
"Then... How did you get him to the hospital?"
"It was not that bad back in those days, and he was wearing clothes although a minimal amount of clothes, fortunately, we only touched his clothes"
"What happened next?"
"When the doctor removed the clothes, we saw the missing section of his chest and that Mystical Heart"
"..."
"For 2 weeks, he was unconscious, He was on the verge of dying Yukimura, all of us were sure that He died... during those 2 weeks the entire front of his body kept melting, and his insides kept being frozen"
"..."
"No one knew what to do, No one knew what's happening, No one was able to stop it... and when the process was complete, he was miraculously healed"
"..."
"That Ice, It protected him, it healed him, and he who should have died, Miracoulsly survived... do you know what he said the first thing he woke up?"
"I am actually afraid to ask"
"He said, he was sorry... he was shivering in tears"
"What? for what?"
"That cave where he was kidnapped, didn't have anything to eat, it didn't have a single grain of food, and Orochimaru forced those kids, to kill each other... to survive that Hell hole, He had to eat and drink"
"Do not tell me"
Kakashi closed his eyes, "He said... he ate a Girl"
"..."
"I believe it was Anko who hugged him back then... he said he wanted to meet the girl's parents, and apologize to them"
"Hokage sama agreed and we searched for the girl's family... considering she was not orphan"
"But we missed something, the entire time we were searching for ways to fix his skin, and no one actually realized that his body was changing"
"Changing?"
"Shiro, he was always moaning in pain back then, Doctors gave him the sleeping dose, all thought this was because his body was freezing from inside and out... we were wrong, all of us were wrong"
"..."
"Shiro was very perceptive after that, he was very intelligent, No one knew what was going on, till later, we told Shiro the address of the girl he... killed, we were wrong... Shiro froze her entire family"
"..."
"That was the dark day Yukimura, we brought him back to the hospital for a check-up... Shiro froze everyone, the entire hospital staff on that floor were Frozen, even Shinobis were of no exception"
"..."
"We buried the incident, we silenced everyone who could say anything, we lied to people"
"Back then, Shiro froze everyone and everything that touch him or rile him up even if just a bit"
"..."
"Hokage sama didn't have a choice, to hide about him from Root, we couldn't give him preferential treatment, we needed him in the orphanage to avoid any suspicion"
"..."
"But to keep him with other Children was impossible... So, we gave him his own room"
"It was a prison wasn't it?"
"He was kept in that room for an entire year... even the food that was given to him was from that little space that was made deliberately... he froze the room, but it didn't do anything... he had nightmares, but he couldn't kill anyone"
"How old was he back then?"
"5"
Yukimura clicked his teeth, "You guys... confined a 5-year-old to a prison, How could you"
Kakashi looks up, "There was no other way"
"..."
"After 2 Years, he was finally allowed to move out of that room... He was a changed person after that, he was calm, collected, Cold... and crazy perspective, He figured out Naruto's identity in a single glance, He just figure everything out in Just a glance... It was fascinating to figure out what that Heart limitation was"
"Sensei Sensei... I did it, I did it, I climbed the tree", Sakura ran up to them
Kakashi eye smiled at her, "Very Good, Sakura Chan, Now take a rest for 5 Minute and then go watch Tazuna san"
"Yes"
"I have watched him from a very young age Yukimura, everyone thinks he has gotten better, well, it's true, He has gotten better at hiding it"
"..."
"That Heart made of Ice, that Thumps with Life, is the proof that he has a heart... a heart that cares, a lot, He is kind Yukimura, He is very Kind, and he is quite protective of his friends... especially Naruto, he is quite protective of him... I hope you remember it when you talk to him, about yesterday's drama"
"..."
Kakashi stood up, from his place and took his crutches, and look at Yukimura
"Stand Up, Yukimura, He is moving ahead and making the new bonds, so should You... Those who live in the past can never live in the present"
Kakashi smiled and look at Blade and Akira...
He remembered Yesterday, Akira was able to stop him talking further, Blade was able to clam him up.
Everyone is living their life... and all of them are moving ahead.
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Shiro was sitting in the tea shop, wearing the straw hat, and ragged cloth with some transformation Technique.
He was drinking the tea while calmly watching the goons of Gato.... they made the little girls stripped and tried to rape them! and what's worse is, the kids are not even 8 Years Old
Shiro didn't care and keep drinking his tea
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It was on their way out of the village, the goons were laughing and drinking along the way all the while dragging two girls naked.
There were countless cuts and bruise marks over them...
when a pristine looking building appears in the distance...
"So this is where you all are hiding..."
A voice came out of nowhere
"Who---
The Goons jump back while turning back
The Goons were on their feet with their weapons ready
"Your Nightmare", came the Voice from Behind them
They turned back and took a few steps backward
No one was there
"WHERE ARE YOU"
"Behind you", came another voice
They turned to see a Young Boy caressing their chest, and moving forward.
They watched in horror as they felt cold to the point their body froze in a second
The Girls were even more in shock as they watch the Goons' body froze and broke down into pieces taking along with their life.
"W-who are you", asked one of the girl feeling afraid of this new guy
"I am batman"
"..."
That Day, Gato's first hideout was blown into rubble... and this news made into everyone's ear living in the village.
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Shiro watched coldly at the blasted building, this is the first of many, this week, Gato is going to fear for what's going to come at him.