Chapter 9: The last mark on the map.
4 days till the academy:
The bright orange light that bled through the window shone on my face. I squinted and got up from my uncomfortable position, since I fell asleep on the couch last night. It was still early when I got up so I decided to make myself some breakfast and take this time, which I think is the most peaceful time of the morning, to go for a walk to the last place marked on my map. I still don't know what it is but I'll go. By the looks of it, I think it's some kind of training ground. With that in mind, I picked up all my weapons, put them inside a small bag, strapped my staff and my disk to my back and started walking out the door. After a little while of walking, I saw the same white puppy I had seen a few days ago. I still don't know his name though. Please, dear Kami don't let them see me—
"Well hello~", the voice interrupted my train of thought. I was so involved in not wanting him to see me that I walked in his direction without noticing.
"O-oh hi...", I said my eye twitching under my bandages and slowly stepping away from him.
Before I knew I was on the floor, tripped over by the puppy. The sun shone on my face, specifically my eyes. Good thing I had some hair on my face, because, if not, he would've seen my bandages, or worst, my eyes. I quickly stood up and grabbed my bag that I accidentally dropped. "I-I gotta go bye", I said as quickly as possible as I ran in the direction the map led me to.
Once I got there, I ran in. It looked like a forest but, once I got to a clearing I noticed that it was a training ground. For a 9 year, I know my stuff. I dropped my bag, tied my shoulder-length hair into a ponytail and got to training.
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It's approximately 8pm in the night and I'm still training, getting ready for the academy. I wanna get this over with as soon as possible and this is the only way I'm going to do it. I decided to go back home since I'm all dirty and covered, but I need to get something to eat, I've been starving since lunch time. I picked up all my ninja tools and started walking through the forest. On my way back, I remembered about a ramen place that was close to the apartment.
I was halfway there when I saw puppy boy playing with his dog. I just decided to ignore him and I kept walking. I passed by and he didn't even notice. That's good... I thought. When I arrived there, I saw a blonde haired approximately my age there. I ordered a bowl of traditional ramen and sat down. Then, the blonde started staring at me and asked "hey, I've never seen u around here! Who are you?!"
I bit my lip and answered "Well I'm not from around here and, you don't need to know". After that, my ramen was served an I ate like there was no tomorrow.
Once I was done, I payed and left not before saying "thank you"
When I got home, I took a bath and went right to sleep.
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