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Open The Shinobi Code: A Leaf On The Wind

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"A shinobi must always put the mission first."
"A shinobi must follow their commander's instructions."
"A shinobi must prepare before it is too late to."
"A shinobi must never show any weakness."
"A shinobi must never show their tears."
"A shinobi must see the hidden meanings within the hidden meanings."


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"Who comes up with these rules?"

Her name was Aeryun Huene. She was a young Kunochi warrior from the Land hidden in the Sand. At the age of eight she began learning how to be a ninja, just like her mother and father before her. The young child sat on a bamboo mat across from her father as he laid out a scroll of several rules and regulations a Shinobi Ninja must follow. He read them to her stoically and with pride. Aeryun just titled her head like he was speaking a foreign language.

That was her favorite memory. It was the first time she saw her father laugh. Or at least the first time she could remember. After the Third ninja war he was always so serious. He'd always been on missions and afterwards was no different. He was always busy. When he finally took the time to sit down with her the first thing she did was laugh at the code.

"So you're not allowed to cry? Not ever."

"Not ever," he repeated and nodded his head.

"Did you ever cry, papa?"

The older man looked up and thought about it for a good long while. Aeryun began to worry that he'd forgotten what she'd asked of him. For being her father, he could easily pass as being her grandfather. They'd married late; the war too important to settle down. She wouldn't think of it now, but in her darker times she'd wonder if she was a mistake. Sometimes she still felt that way. But his answer that day warmed her heart.

"I cried once. It was the happiest day of my life."

Aeryun leaned in closer.

He continued, "It was when you were born."

Aeryun wiped her eyes as she felt the tears coming to her. It wasn't the memory of her father that was making her weep on this awful summer day, it was the sight of what was head of her. An entire village up in flames. Giant snakes attacking all over the city. The city was the village Hidden in the Leaves. The Sand had come here to destroy it. Aeryun hadn't understood what that meant until now. Talking about defeating an enemy was one thing. Watching a village of innocent people being attacked and burnt to the ground was different. This wasn't war. This was wrong. This was a mistake.

"What have we done...?"

THREE DAYS EARLIER
Aeryun walked into a classroom where several Genin shinobi had taken up waiting for the Chunin exams to begin. Her eyes scanned the room around her at her potential opponents. She saw HIM immediately. Gaara. Red hair, eyes full of malice. Aeryun looked away. She then noticed his siblings. She always respected Temari. She was a wind user like her. But where Temari used a fan, Aeryun used a bow. She even wore her headband the same way she did: loosely around her neckline.

Her outfit was one that fit an air-user quite well for it was loose and non restricting. Her torso was covered as were her sleeves but the shoulders were exposed for greater movement in the arms. Her midriff likewise was also exposed and met with a high-waisted skirt that fell in two parts down her legs. Tall long boots then covered her legs where she kept a few hidden daggers should she need them. Her black hair was braided in two long tails so as to stay out of her way when drawing the long bow she had slung over her shoulder by leather straps which also held her quiver.

Looking around the rest of the room she saw several Leaf ninja, including a yellow-haired boy who looked so much like the Fourth hokage. "That must be his son," she thought to herself. Like Gaara, he was the son of a Kage. Surely he was just as powerful. Her eyes drifted to his teammates and then moved toward the others in the room. A few Sound ninja had made their appearance and were causing some trouble with a grey haired Leaf ninja. Aeryun was curious about the Sound. She knew they were allies, but she couldn't say it aloud. The Leaf was their enemy. The Kazekage instructed them as such.

Moving away from the door she checked behind her to see if her teammates were there and then found a spot in the corner that was unoccupied....
 
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