Chapter 0
In the land of fire, near it's heart laid a Uchiha village, the village of Tomoe.
Deep in the art of this village was a statue of the ghost of the Uchiha, Madara himself, posed in his iconic fireball jutsu pose. The main plaza was flooded with people as a group of returning ninja, the village's elite joinin team was finally back from their mission in hidden mist.
"WOW! Look at them!" Said one man.
"Look mama! Aren't they the greatest?!" Said a child to their mother. And as they all praised and watched the joinin walk through the main path of the village. As the group walked down the main street.
"Tch, such praise...and they don't even know what we had to sacrifice." Said a female member of the team, "Don't be like that Sasa. We did good in that village." Said a man in the group.
Sasa looked over and stopped. "You don't get it Tark. Those villagers weren't involved in the conspiracy, yet we were ordered to take out everyone who had any connections to it. Anyone." She said.
"Yea. That was the job Sasa. It's what we do." Tark said, Sasa looked over from him to their team leader, a renowned man by the name of Jericho Uchiha. "Jericho..." Sasa said, as Jericho's hair flowed with the warm breeze. He looked back to Sasa, his eyes a dark crimson red as he looked towards her.
"Sasa, the mission of ninja, especially a joinin; cannot be taken as if there is any real good and evil. Shades of grey exists in all colors. You must find out which shade best suits you." Jericho said as he walked away. His team left behind in his shadow. As Jericho walked through the lesser paths of the village, he'd eventually arrive to the great lake. As he stood there he closed his eyes and took in a deep breath.
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"I know you're there." He said as he turned around to see a young girl trying to steal from his wallet. The girl looked up to him in shock at being found out. "I didn't come this far to be done in by some poor pickpocket." Jericho said as the girl attmepted to leave, only for him to grab her by her collar and lift her up off her feet.
"ARH! LET ME GO!" the little girl shrieks. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you, just have you locked up though or have you do some labor in accordance to your attempted crime-"
"JERICHO!" Shouted a man in a grouo of a few men. Jericho looked up from the girl and saw the men.
"Tamaharu, what a suprise. Of course I return, and so does your ego." Jericho said, "Enough games Jericho! I've gotten tired your presence here. Ever since the exams, you've been getting talked about a lot, almost like this was predetermined." Said Tamaharu.
"Sounds like a issue with time is what you have." Said Jericho.
"No, my issue is with you." Said Tamaharu, "...I'm not fighting you." Replied Jericho.
"Thats a pity, cause I want to fight you." Said Tamaharu as he then began to make some signs, his friends looked to him and grabbed his shoulders. "Hold on Tamaharu! Theres a child there!" Shouted one of them.
"Don't be a idiot, this is the mighty Jericho. He'll be sure to save her, otherwise; what kind of Joinin would he be?" Smirked Tamaharu. Jericho just stared at him, still holding the little girl in her hands as the man got ready to cast his fireball jutsu-
But suddenly the man collapses onto the ground, Jericho raaising an eyebrow as he looks to the little girl and sees her hands fall to her side from casting a jutsu. "Hm".
Jericho then looked to the men, "Take him and go. Next time I see any of you, the only thing this place will remember of you; is the smell of your charred corpses." He said to which the men nodded and ran away with Tamaharu.
Jericho then looked back to the girl, now unconscious from being held upside, "...You may just be more then a clumsy pickpocket." He muttered.
