Crossroad of Fate

It had taken Kye much less time walking back towards Kitai than it did away from it to Kiri. Nether less the journey took him two days. This was probably because Kye had already taken the path once before and was now familiar on how to go about it. Kye thought back as to why he was on his way to Kitai. Koto the man in charge of Jokigakure had sent him to find a boy with a sound type kekkei genkai in Kitai. Kye immediately knew who he was talking about. Because Kye knew who Koto wanted he was sent to find him and bring him to Jokigakure by will or by force.

He was on his way when a man with a cart of apples in the middle of nowhere had offered Kye an apple for 2 Ryo. Kye brought the apple but he didn't eat it. Looking at the man Kye could tell that  he was in his later years and his clothes made it seem as if he was poor. Kye returned the apple to the man and told him "Here it is my gift to you." Then Kye smiled at the man. His smile was perfection no man or woman could resist Kye's fabled smile. He was quite known in Kitai as "The Kind One" simply because of this smile. The man fell right into the smiles amazing pull. "Why thank you sir!" The elderly an would say as he continued to walk down the seemingly ever lasting road. He pushed his cart down said road with glee for he had just made two free Ryo.

Kye was glad he was a Kind person who only lived to make other people's life better. Now he was trying to make people happy in a new way. He would help create a land that doesn't have a government that  abuses it's citizens to create profit. He started to produce the same image Koto had done in his mind on that fateful day. He pictured children in clean clothing, smiling and laughing about as they lived their long lives. He also saw himself with the children making them stronger training them so one day they can protect the place they call their home.

Kye had been walking for quite a while the biomes had changed three times during his journey meaning he had traveled though different parts of the world on his way to Kitai. Kye had now reached the familiar forest that surrounded Kitai. In the distance Kye could see smoke as if there was a small fire somewhere in the woods. Kye saw it and thought someone from Kitai had decided to go hunting and they stopped for a meal. He jumped into the forestation that lied ahead. Kye leaped, hopped and swung through these trees like he had never left them in the first place. He was so familiar to these trees he flipped through them doing tricks and having fun as if he was still a child.

Soon Kye was adjacent to the camp fire. He was directly ahead of it in direction but it was about 20 feet from where he stood. He knew he was directly in front of it because of the position the smoke was coming from. He was a great shinobi and part of being one was to know your surroundings at all times. Kye practiced his shinobi skills all though out life. Kye's stomach growled and he put his hand over it to calm its roar. All the shinobi skill in the world couldn't stop hunger. "I should have actually kept that apple." Kye would say in reference to his earlier encounter.

Kye looked towards the smoke again. He was thinking if the campers would have any food he could buy off of them. Kye decided he would put his mission to side for a little while. "If I find the boy and he resists I wont be able to do much on an empty stomach." Kye would say to himself to further convince himself that food was more important than his mission. He rushed towards the fire and he did so elegantly instead of childlike before. Every jump he made was equally spaced and every step he took reached the mark he had set for it. He started to gain speed and got to the point to where he was leaping off the sides of the branches instead of the much thicker and more reliable base most shinobi use to jump off of. It looked as if Kye was wall running through the forest's trees.

Kye reached the location of the camp fire but made sure not to be seen or heard by any campers. He hid in the natural cover the leaves in the trees gave him. He did so without making a single sound which was very difficult for him. Then he heard some really familiar music but he  was focused and he couldn't remember where he had heard it anyway. He studied the campers one was female and the other was, wait a minute. The other was actually the boy Kye was sent to retrieve. "What luck" Kye would say under his breath. He didn't care if he was heard anymore he had reached his destination.

Kye dropped out of the tree revealing himself completely. "Hello young deafening child." Kye would say with his endearing smile that took the hearts of the fairest of maiden. I remember you do you remember me?" It had been three weeks since the boy and Kye had met up last but it wasn't something the boy would probably ever forget. "I'll get right down to the point." Kye would say losing his smile and changing to a more serious looking face. While usually having his smile put up, children loved this man but when serious Kye looked like an adult who demanded respect.

"I need you to do me a favor and it involves you coming with me to the ancient Islands of kirigakure. Matter fact I cannot return until I come back with you so it seems like you HAVE to come with me. I won't have a problem forcing you to go, we both remember what happened last time we met in combat. I have only gotten stronger since then but I really wish you would just come along easily. We have a long road ahead of us and it will be horrible if I have to carry your unconscious the three day trip from here back to Kiri."

Kye made sure to make himself clear to the boy. Then he noticed the girl who happened to be located behind the boy from Kye's point of view, She had pink hair. Kye really disliked the color pink. Kye would hen grind his teeth together while grinning. "Hey little girl..." Kye would begin to say, then he would pause a second for dramatic suspension. " Girly...this guy is no good ok. You should just leave now if you stay and get hurt you wouldn't be the first person Killed behind our fighting."

Kye was here to bring the boy back but Kye knew from when he fought him last time that the boy and him cause damage on the things and people around them as they fight. This girl wouldn't be exempt from this. Kye wanted nothing to do with harming the innocent girl hopefully she would take his warning and leave before the boy would try anything. "Now whats it gunna be sound ninja?" Kye would ask as his final question to the boy.

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"Alright! great!" Kye would say with the happiest smile he could create. "Im sorry I had to threaten you the way I did, but you see I literally have to take you with me to Kiri. All will be explained when we get there, now all we have to discuss is a small problem." Kye would then pause and take the moment to spot a rather large tree trunk that had been lying behind him. Kye would then sit on said tree trunk and rest his right ankle on the knee of his left leg. He had taken a much more calming position, he wasn't standing meaning he was no longer capable of running up to them for a physical attack. Kye knew the boy was smart though, he knew that Brandon wouldn't drop his guard just because he had sat down.

So he said "Relax like I said I only threatened you because I tried to scare you into coming which apparently worked so you don't have to worry about me harming you or your girlfriend here." Kye would then grin and emit a short laughing sound. "Now about the problem we have to discuss. One thing is that when you leave for the Islands that used to be Kirigakure you will never be able to turn back. Leaving with me means that you will never be able to return to Kitai. Secondly and in my opinion more importantly I wasn't told to bring to children with me. I was told to bring you because of your sound based abilities. I am willing to guide you both and protect you on the way there but once we get there I am only responsible for you do you understand?"

Kye felt like if he didn't take the girl along with Brandon that the boy would then try to resist so he wouldn't have to leave his female companion. Kye didn't know what type of relationship Brandon had with the boy but he assumed they were in a romantic relationship. He felt like it would be brutal to separate them and the speech that Koto had gave him at the announcement of Jokikagure made Kye feel like he would feel the same.

"But yeah, it serves no purpose to rush." Kye would say Hoping he had already gained the boys trust. The couple of Brandon and the mysterious girl stood before Kye still in the same position location wise. Kye yawned with his right hand covering his mouth. "Hey man I know you just got threatened by me like 3 minutes ago but Im oing to show you Im not a threat ok? I just so happen to be really tired so I am going to take a nap. Now whether you use this as an opportunity to kill me or not lets me know where we are trust wise." Kye would then look at his stomach uncomfortably as he listen to its roar for the second time that day.

"Hahahahahaha!" Kye would let out a loud laugh that seemed like he was just the nicest person around. "Well it seems like I can't sleep now. Sleeping on an empty stomach is not the healthiest thing you can do." Kye was right the body shuts down while you sleep and doesn't burn off energy but nonethe less he would have had some serious stomach aches when he woke up if he slept without eating."Well never mind that I guess you are just stuck with me" Kye would say letting his brilliant smile show once again.

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Submitted for PAC