my name is ibuki naga of the hidden leaf village. i walk down the path to the village following hashirama, theres 6 of us not including the hokage that have survived the attack from just over a week ago. i lag behind the group slightly so as not to give them any chances to converse with me. the hokage told me he would get me a prosthetic arm to replace the one i lost to butcher. im keeping the stump as a memory of what i lost, i lost my two best friends and my sensei and it turns out one of my friends was a traitor. he sold us out to butcher and that makes me hate him. i have hatred that has been in me since i was born and after akira died its begun to consume me. yoritomo and mayumi being killed is whats pushed me over the edge. im going to kill butcher with my own hand, im going to enjoy it as well. i will enjoy watching him die. i will kill as many people as i need to in order to get my revenge, i no longer care about dying as long as i rid the world of that murderer.
~1 month later~
im sitting in the hokages office, he called me here probably to scold me or tell me hes sorry for my losses. i dont want to hear it.
"ibuki i have a mission that i would like you to lead"
"i dont want to"
"i think you'll be interested in this one" the hokage hands me a scroll and i open it. i drop it and stand up.
"you found shadow" i ask in a quiet voice
"not exactly where he is but we know a general location" i hide my excitement and bloodlust and calmly say
"ill do it, but i wont capture him, its his head or nothing"
"that's understandable, please gather a team and head out first thing in the morning"
~Rōgans training~
im finally seeing progress, my chakra control is still poor but im physically stronger. theres a bunch of books here that explain in depth chakra and how its used, its pretty boring but im learning, at the rate im going i should be at genin level in about a week and from there i have to catch up to everyone else. i wish i trained more over the 3 years but i didnt and its been my downfall. im no longer angry at my self i just feel empty.