THE FUTURE OF THE LEAF

CHAPTER 7 : Fate

As the night drew near, the sand village was finally within his view.

He had been running for more than a day now and has nearly reached his limit. However he didn't made any stops and continued on running even though at some points he felt like he might drop dead if he kept this up.

Logically speaking if Omoi had rested for a while, he would have ultimately reached his destination quicker since he would have recovered from his exhaustion and could have covered the ground at a much faster pace. However he let his emotions cloud his judgment (no pun intended) and ran the entire journey without any breaks.

It would take him 2 more hours before he reaches the Hidden Sand Village.

Just then the scene shifts to the three siblings that had just reached/arrived at their base inside the hidden sound. Hidden sound been a very small nation had less security and such was easy for them to set up a base in.

Though they were unaware of the fact that they were already getting monitored by Lord Orochimaru - the founder of the Hidden sound.
Honestly they should have picked their secret base more discreetly but nonetheless they went with the sound village.

"Phew, he's quite heavy. Who knew carrying him this far would drain me so much" said Akihiko as he laid the unconscious Naruto down.

"Don't complain akihiko" said a girl (Akio) in response while putting Gaara down " don't forget we are doing this for a reason, for a purpose after all. You should be prepared for any sacrifices just like our Father did"

"She's right " said kenji with a deep stern voice. " have you forgetten what happened to him, to the man I respected the most".

"Not this again, I know about all that already. I mean he was my father too you know" replied Akihiko.

"Good, as long as you understand" said kenji with somewhat sad and gloomy look on his face.

As kenji sat down in a corner of the room where killer bee, naruto and Gaara had all been tied up, he started reminiscing about his Father.

Their Father was a Head Cloud Ninja. A very honorable man, he was the kind of a man who would do anything for their village. Kenji knew that his father didn't liked underhanded tricks but at the same time he knew his father would gladly take on even those sort of missions for his village and his family. That's why his father took charge of that mission and that's why he had died. The Hidden Cloud and the Hidden Leaf killed his Father.

Just then a memory of his father stuck kenji.

"Father where are you going" said a 4 year old kid.

"Ah, kenji. I have a meeting with the Raikage" replied their father. " I'll be back in a hour or two, look after your kid siblings and mom for me, alright?"

"Sure will" replied kenji happily with a bright smile on his face.

Later, on the same day, during the middle of the night. Kenji heard some strange noises coming from his Dad's room. He left his room and went to have a look. He found his Dad to be extremely drunk and he was complaining to his wife about the secret S rank mission the Raikage had ordered him to take. Of course there was little doubt that he would decline the job, but he wasn't all that happy either with this mission, after all he was a man of honour and such underhanded missions were not to his liking ".

The next day kenji woke up early and saw his Dad leave for his special secret S rank mission to the land of fire, specifically to the village hidden in the leaf's.

To this day Kenji vividly remembers what his father "Gashir" wore that day. It's like the appearance of his Father had been etched in his mind and soul.