Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-24937485-20161121035102

A few days before the Chuunin exams: (Recap)

After having finished the B-rank mission, Kayame's request, on his own even with his body still not being up to par, Kei walked straight back to Konoha. He arrived at 5AM and walked through a thick mist before coming to a halt in front of the hidden entrance to Root. Even though his resignation was scripted, it’d had to be done officially and he had to be seen doing it by his Root colleagues who all froze in surprise as a taller, but familiar robed figure walked down the stairs into their base of operations in Konoha.

Most of the Root looked angry, jealous, or afraid as they either wanted to kill him, be him, or were scared of him. Whichever the case they had been glad to see Eito’s star pupil gone and weren’t happy with his return. Several of them headed to surround Kei while all donning sinister masks.

“Allow us to show you how much you’ve fallen behind, Uchiha.”

Kei didn’t reply in speech but raised his pale hand to cover his own face with his Root mask. For a moment… nothing happened. Kei never wanted things to come to this but he knew that they wouldn’t just let him pass. The eyeholes were suddenly filled by the glowing crimson of what Kei’s disheartened whisper defined as; “Sharingan.”



A day after the Chuunin exams, current day: (Personal development)





-Memory sequence-

Kei thought back to the moment of his resignation while feeling the bruises underneath his robe well up in pain even now; three days later.

''It had been a ferocious battle that resulted in Kei being beaten close to a pulp but not without having taken over a dozen Root agents with him. At the end, Kei was close to break his self-made promise of not using killing jutsu before the battle was stopped by the appearance of Eito.''

''Eito spoke to the still conscious Root members who all looked ready to jump on their weakened target, while Kei still showed no signs of backing down. “Leave him be.” Before turning to the Uchiha. “Kei, why are you here?”.''

''Kei just took off his Root mask and threw it down on the ground in front of Eito’s feet, causing the mask the crack and finally shatter in splinters. “I am done working for you.”.''

''On that note the prodigal shinobi simply turned and walked away while using the walls to keep himself balanced as his legs were hardly capable of walking. It wasn’t until he got outside the secret base that he finally allowed himself to fall onto the ground: strangely enough carrying a large smile on his face as tears strolled down his face. –Even if this wasn’t just my decision, this was something I had to do. Eito may think everything is according to his plan however.-''

Coughing from the pain in his stomach, Kei brushed some blood from his cheek and got back up on his feet before finally, after more than two years, heading back to his apartment only to find it just how he left it save for the thick layer of dust and spider webs.

<p class="MsoNormal">-Memory sequence ends.-

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<p class="MsoNormal">Snapping out of the vivid memory of his last visit at Root, current day: (Actual post)

<p class="MsoNormal">Kei stepped out of the Hokage’s office now donning the typical ANBU outfit as he had joined the Hokage’s personal forces after officially having resigned from Root. He, however, did not wear his mask and kept it attached to his belt for now.

<p class="MsoNormal">Ikeru had given him 48 hours of free time to acclimatize to the village, seeing as Kei had been M.I.A for over two years, and the Uchiha used this time to visit Yasu’s grave at the Hatake clan compound; he also visited Kinshi who was in the hospital, stuck in a coma, which he was told happened for unknown reasons. He had remained by her bed for at least several hours before leaving to find out what happened to the other Shinobi who were there that day in Sunagakure.

<p class="MsoNormal">His next stop: the Sarutobi mansion. Ever since the war he hadn’t stopped thinking about Seika and what she had made of the life he helped buy her. “I hope you’re still living happily.” He said while smiling to himself as he walked down the Konoha streets. “It’ll be good to catch up over a cup of tea and hear about how Keldran and Hitomi have been doing all this time.”

<p class="MsoNormal">His new ANBU outfit would be hidden by a long black robe as he approached the gate of the Satutobi compound. He was taller, slightly, but hadn’t gained much weight over the years and looked as pale as ever so he’d still be easy to recognize by anyone who knew him. The main difference between then and now being that, even though he didn’t look it, he no longer looked to disregard life but instead enjoyed it. <ac_metadata title="Catching up to the past"> </ac_metadata>