Chapter 1- The First Page in The Bingo Book

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My breath came in short gasps as I ran. My vision was blurred and black spots were dancing across it. They only reason I was still running was fear. Fear that I would be caught and killed. Just like my parents and brother. Eventually my legs gave out and I fell to the ground. As soon as my head hit the dirt, I was unconscious after 5 days of just running.

3 years later
5 year old
High Chunin/ low jounin level

I was walking calmly through the forest not even acknowledging the 15 ninjas who were following me. Suddenly a Kunai came flying towards me. I side stepped it and turned around.
"You want to play?"
"You are coming with us kid!"
"Let us see you try."
"You are a little kid! What are you gonna do? Go crying to mommy?"
I lunged forward pulling out my katana and cut his ugly head off of his body. Then I turned to the two next to him and struck them down too. I continued to strike them down adding 1 every time. When I got to the last 1, I was about to kill him, but then an idea popped into my head.
"Go and tell your leader that I am not to be messed with! The Black Plague kills all."
I then cut off his arms and kicked him away. I turned around and collected the heads that would sell for money. I put them in a storage scroll and went on my way.

3 years later
8years old
Anbu Captain/kage level

I walked out of the bounty building with a bag of coins and the newest version of the bingo book. I flipped through the pages as I walked seeing who I could go for next and also to see what they said about me.

The Black Plague
Age:unknown
Gender: unknown
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Looks: unknown( wears all black)
Weapons: katana, Shuriken, kunai, bow and arrow
Elements: water, lightning, air, fire, earth
Village affiliation: none
Note: no one who has seen the Black Plague has come back alive except one who came back with no arms and severe mental trauma.

I smirked at this. They never could find out anything. I guess it helps when you kill them all. I put away the bingo book when I sensed 7 chakras following me. They seemed to be Anbu level. I frowned. I wouldn't be able to win this fight easily. I looked behind me to see if I were out of sight of the bounty building; It would be in 30 seconds. I continued to walk until I was out of the building sight, then I put on my act. Suddenly, I started to skip and jump around. I would run to look at rocks and bugs. One time I saw a bird and chased it down the path. I saw a really tall tree, so I ran over to it and started to climb it, using my hands. I was trying to look weak and if they thought I couldn't walk up the tree they might put their guard down. Once I got to the top of the tree, I looked around. I saw that the forest went on for a while. I also saw in the distance a break in the trees. That must be the anbus village. I raised my hands above my head and waved them around as I jumped in a silent celebration. I then inched my foot backward so I would fall off of the tree. My foot slipped and my arms pinwheeled as I was held in the air for a split second, then I dropped. As I dropped I saw a branch that my head was going to hit. Perfect, I can fake unconsciousness. Thunk.
Ow, okay that hurt a lot, but you gotta do what you gotta do. My body went limp in the air as I fell. My legs and arms streamed after my torso. I kept falling for what felt like forever. Are these guys not gonna catch a falling child?! How rude. Finally, I felt arms go underneath me as the downward movement was replaced by stability. I continued to be limp in whoever's arms. They checked my pulse; I guess to see if I were still alive. Did I really hit my head that hard? Anyway, they seemed satisfied as they repositioned me in their arms to a more comfortable position. They now held me like one would hold a baby. My head was propped up by their left shoulder and arm, their arms were under my upper back and my butt. My legs were up against my chest and my arms were in between my legs and chest. I heard the other 6 Anbu jump to where we were.
" Captain, what are you doing! It's dangerous! You could die when it wakes up!"
Oh, so the one who caught me was the captain.
" Relax, Toad, if you guys were paying any attention then you would probably know that this isn't the Black Plague. This is someone else in their place. From what I was told, the Black Plague is Anbu level, so they have to be older than this. Plus, the way they were acting earlier is definitely not someone who kills everyone they meet. So just relax. Now, let's get moving and try to get back to the village before they wake up. We haven't had to fight yet, and I don't feel like doing that."
I assume that they nodded because suddenly we started moving again. I decided that I didn't want to go into their village without knowing which village it was. I was planning how to do this when I almost smacked my head in realization. I twitched my hand. I then tensed my legs. I let go of that and twitched my head. I know that the captain definitely took note of that because his arms tensed. I twitched my right hand next. He called for them to stop. Yes! My plan is working! Okay, now I gotta "wake up". He had set me down against the trunk of a tree, but still on a branch. I lurched forward and then flung my hand up to my head. I made it seem as though I was dizzy. I then stood straight up in a taijitsu stance as if I had noticed that I wasn't where I was supposed to be. I stumbled a little and moved toward the left side of the branch. I still had one hand on my head and the other was out to the side to stabilize me. I could tell I was getting near the side of the branch and so I stumbled that way. My left foot slipped and my arm that was out pinwheeled. I was going to fall when I felt arms underneath my armpits lift me up. I tensed and looked at who had picked me up. It was an Anbu with silver hair sticking up. He was a lot taller than me and was well built. The symbol on his mask told me that he was from Konoha. Oh, that's okay. I've always wanted to go there. I don't mind this then. He carried me, still with his hands underneath my arms, back to where I had sat before. He tried to sit me down, but I locked my legs so that I just stood. He pushed down on me so as to force me down, but I just stood there. I guess he gave up because he let me stand and he took a few steps back. The other anbus had circled us by now. I stared into the eye holes of the captains mask. He stared back. "Who are you?" No answer. I just continued to stare at him. " hey, you should answer him brat!" I continued to stare at the captain, not even acknowledging the Anbu who had spoken. " be quiet toad!" I cocked my head at this, still staring at the captain. He seemed to understand my silent question. " I'm the captain of team ro. We were sent to bring the Black Plague back to Konoha alive. Now, who are you?" Silence. I continued to stare at him. I then pulled out a kunai and cut a small piece of my cloak. I put the kunai away and walked up to the silver haired Anbu. I looked up at him and held out my hand. I cocked my head to the side as he hesitated. He finally put his hand underneath mine. I dropped the piece of cloak into his hand. I then made a clone that hid in a tree farther away. He seemed to be confused as to why I gave him the piece of my cloak. I cocked my head yet again and walked right up to him. I could sense that the other anbus had tensed and a few had drawn weapons. I reached a hand up to his mask. I wasn't quite tall enough so I held my hand there, asking silently for him to crouch. He just stared at me as if I had grown two heads. He then figured it out as he crouched to be my height. I retracted my hand and then put it infront of his mask. I then tapped where his nose would be. I pulled my hand back to my side. He then cocked his head as if to say, "why?". I smiled underneath my masks. I shot out a hand and ruffled his hair, then did the sustitution justu and replaced myself with my clone. I started to jump from tree to tree back to where they had first started to follow me.

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