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Chapter 4: Meeting Yūrei

I do not own Naruto, Masashi Sishimoto does.

Within the Japanese Dome, five villages lay within surrounding New Tokyo, each within a separate domain and region and their base choose to be tiers before Tier 7, pre-industrial, and Tokyo being the normal Tier 3, Space-Faring. Their battle tactics and military strategies are equal but hold their individual specialties. In the east lies a desert known as The Village Hidden in the Sands, Sunagakure. Northeast within rocky mountains lays The Village Hidden in the Rock, Iwagakure. Northwest in the high artificial cloud banks lays The Village Hidden in the Clouds, Kumogakure. In the west where the ocean life inhabit with islands with many bearing mist, lies The Village Hidden in the Mist, Mizugakure, finally within the southern forest of trees, lies The Village Hidden in the Leaves, Konohagakure.

The village has the same military structure and a military soldier as their leader, a Kage or shadow. The ranking structure is different from the one with New Tokyo. Their highest is Sannin, a rank almost equal to a Kage but without the limitations. Anbu comes next, the black-ops of their village, mission limitation are not restricted to them and they have a separate system, many Anbu take missions ranking within SSS to A unless clients ask for Anbu support. Next is Jonin, one where it requires teaching Genin, Mission limitations depend on their health and experience, average mission are S-rank and below. Chunin are able to take mission under A-Rank and some are given options to teach at the academy. Genin are given a Jonin teacher to further their career from the academy and are encouraged to enhance and expand their knowledge.

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Within Konoha, two seven year old boys dart around the back alleys towards the center of the village to the Kage tower one ahead of the other, who happens to have much more stamina than the other. He has bright yellow wild and untamed hair, rich sky blue eyes , sun kissed skin and three whisker birth marks on his cheeks. "Come on Yūrei! I want to see the old man and ask if we'd can have a place to stay." The hyperactive boy yells to Yūrei. Yūrei is a young boy, around the same age a the whisked one if not younger, long raven black hair tied in a ronin style hair cut, nearly pale white skin even though he stay outside and birth marks like whiskers but more of a scale pattern on his jawline. "Slow down Naruto. Unlike you, I don't have all that energy you seem to always have." Yūrei pants as he takes in a breath from the run.

Yūrei looks up at the dome after a minute of panting, seeing the blue sky and metal beams separating the two from the vacuum of space. "Now can we go Yūrei? I want to get to the old man before he gets busy." The blond asks in boredom. As Yūrei smiles he starts walk the way they were heading with Naruto following.

Once they came to a turn they bump into a small group who happened to be the local members of the Black Dragon. "Well well, lookie here, boys. Its the demon and his pale little friend." The lead man, who looked to be a former soldier chuckles as the rest follow. "What are we gonna do with them, boss?" The small hunched ratlike man asks and he grins showing yellow ratty teeth. "Hog thinks Rat has a good idea, boss." A large fat man with a strong upper body says looking at the two kids with hate towards the blond. " Any idea, Rat?" Boss asks him and he pulls out two red sticks with a small black string emitting out of the red stick.

"Rat has good idea. Hog loves this idea." The big guy says in a happy tone. "Alright buddy, you hold'em down so I can tie these on 'em." The rat says gleefully as they both move forward. Naruto gulps and turns do dash away as Yūrei moves forwards, evading the large man and the rat, but gets grabbed by boss. "And just where do you think your going?" The boy struggles as the two approaches. Seeing Rat light a the string, making it glow he headbutts boss in the jaw, resulting in him loosing his grip. Yūrei falls to the floor and quickly gets to his feet, running the way he was heading.