"Hey. Where did that kid go again?"
A brown hair man who was working as a caretaker for the orphanage said as he searched where a troublesome boy called Shiro went.
"Nana is still not in her right mind after Kabuto started working for them. And this guy is only thinking of starting trouble."
He ranted but there was no luck.
He can't find the crisis in the eyes of white white-haired boy despite him being only two years old and his appearance is striking.
*****
At that time Shiro was near the fields that were located near the place called the Forest of death.
"Grrrrrrr."
His stomach was growling as he stared into the carrot field.
The boy sneaked into the field by crawling below the fence.
Because of his small stature, he was able to sneak in without being noticed by the farmers who were focusing on their work.
He plucked up three carrots near the fences.
"Hey. What are you doing?" one of the farmers asked as he saw Shiro.
"Stop." He throws the pitchfork that he was carrying at the boy.
It hits the ground in front of the boy.
"Sucker. You missed."
He said as he jumped out of the farm by using one of his hands as support.
"Hey. Get that kid. He stole my crops." The farmer yelled out.
He ran away on his fours without even looking back while carrying one carrot in his mouth and the other two in his shirt.
It was only three carrots but Konoha is still in its recovery period as the village was still recovering from the ninetail attack that happened two years ago.
The reason why Shiro steals the food is because of the same reason.
The orphanage was struggling as the people who usually donate could not contribute as they had to rebuild houses or replace their property after the nine tail destroyed the majority of the village.
Farms are also affected.
Food and cotton were one of the main ways Konoha made money after allowing other villages and countries to hire Shinobi mercenaries.
So the reconstruction of the farms priority for the village leader.
Even then it takes a lot of money so farmers have to raise the price of food to recoup their finances.
Because food prices are higher, even normal people who didn't have their property destroyed by the nine-tail accident were affected financially.
People who have spare money to throw around usually help their friends and family first before even thinking about making donations to an orphanage that takes care of children from outside the village.
Because of that whenever he started to suffer from hunger Shiro tried to steal food from different places such as farms, shops and even children that were around his age by beating them up.
Although he usually does things kind of things the orphanage does not get affected by it.
The reason was fairly simple.
He is not usually seen at the orphanage other than the night time so no one was able to tell that he is from there.
*****
"That should do it."
Shiro said as he looked behind to see that he lost the farmer.
It seems that he didn't chase after him as guarding the farm was more of a priority for him than chasing after him.
"Now. All I need to do is to go to that place to see if I caught something."
He then continued walking away on all four of his limbs until he reached a place that had some large bushes and trees until he reached a place where the wall that surrounds the whole Konoha was located.
"There it is." He said as he walked near a small tunnel that leads towards the outside of the village.
"This place brings back a painful memory. My hands still ache whenever I see this tunnel. If only I was able to keep my claws." He said as he went through the tunnel.
It was a small tunnel so only a two-year-old child like him could fit the place.
He didn't know if there were people that knew about the small exit that he made but he was too stupid and naive to care about that right now.
He shakes his body to remove the dust and sand that he got from going through the tunnel.
Then he sat down near a small tree that had a hole in the trunk.
He pulled out a dead rat from the trunk and started putting it on the ground along with the three carrots.
He then gathered some sticks.
"Fire style. Fireball jutsu."
He said as he used a small fireball that came out of his mouth after he started doing hand signs to start a small fire on the sticks.
He gripped one stick from the fire and pushed the three carrots and the dead rat through it.
He started grilling them using the fire.
Until the rat's meat and the carrots started to get some dark sports.
He grabbed some sand that was on the ground and sprinkled it on the grilled meat and vegetables.
He then took a huge bit out of the rat's meat.
It was not something that a normal villager would be able to enjoy but he did.
After all dead animals and crops from a farmer were something that he usually ate in his past life.
Being able to cook the meat and vegetables with fire was already a step up as he usually had to eat raw in the past.
"Wahhh."
He started to yarn after he finished eating.
He looked up at the tree.
Then started to grab it to climb atop.
He is going to rest for a while as he has tried all the running that he did.
He fell asleep on top of the tree for a few hours.
*****
Then something started to tickle his nose.
He turned his body to get away from whatever that was tickling him.
He felt something soft in the process.
"Huh. What is this?" He said as he opened his eyes.
"What the?"
He was shocked by what he saw.
"Ahh."
So Much to the point that he fell down the tree.
Something about his body changed.
He now possesses a huge white fluffy tail that was around his butt.
And he didn't know where it came from.