Aimless.

That seemed to be the kind of direction I was taking. I had no idea where I was headed to, nor did I really care at the time. Running was the only option I could think of. It was a spur of the moment – that’s how I worked best.

It would only be a matter of time ‘til I’d get caught, and I wondered who would catch me. I hoped it would be someone from ANBU rather than people I knew better. I knew there was no point in running, but what could I do but keep going? I didn't want this to be the end, but why not try? Maybe I'll even poke some fun at my captors. Mess with them a bit before I'm really done for. And if it's the ANBU, at least I can act more like a jerk around them without feeling the slightest pang of guilt.

But what am I saying?

“I’m a ninja!” I exclaimed to myself. “A ninja shouldn’t care who he or she acts like a jerk to, right?”

I break into a smile.

“Yeah, a ninja is supposed to be a ruthless ass to anyone,” I assure myself. “No strings attached.”

That also meant that if I had to, I’d have to be a cold-hearted killer. Not that I’ve ever done cold-hearted things to people before, but it’s only a matter of time before it catches up to you.

I knew far too well in the back of my mind that I wasn’t cut out to be a ninja from the day I was born – that’s also a pretty interesting story I should tell you about in addition to how I even got stuck in this situation.

But if I hadn’t gotten tangled up in this mess in the first place – and come out of it alive for that matter – then I wouldn’t have been able to be with someone who I thought was impossible for me to see again. I wouldn’t have stayed in this town I had come so close to calling my permanent home.


I would have thought that maybe I was right all along – that people like me aren’t supposed to be treated like all other human beings. And once we’re deemed useless, we’re supposed to be thrown out. Our lives are not supposed to have any other purpose than what our creator wants. We’re not supposed to step out of his boundaries or else we’ll suffer huge consequences. Who cares about death if your existence is meaningless?

Well, there are few of us who want a different path whether or not we know the consequences that lie ahead.

I slowly learned what the rest world had in store for me outside of the corrupted world I was “born” into, and I suffered huge consequences.

But thank God–I was proven wrong.Thanks to a mischievous boy with energetic, blue eyes and a huge heart along with his friends.