Corey Andrew Wright

May 8, 2014

Kyoji(1) x Chelcia

Chapter I: A Fateful Encounter

Deeply in the Sand Village, a young male ninja named Kyoji makes his home. The determined teen spends his time among the elements of the earth; he trains, exercises, and hones his chakra so that he may obtain the ability required to harness certain skills. So far, the 18-year-old Genin has learned to always bear a tough exterior and to constantly display confidence. He is well trained in healing arts, with his most notable technique being Secret Healing Wound Destruction. This skill allows Kyoji to continuously heal himself whenever he becomes the subject of an attack from an opposing ninja or any other adversary. Kyoji is also able to use sand to protect himself and to defend against his enemies.

The Sand Village provides little to no secrets due to its level plane. Since it is part of a desert biome, the area is also a difficult climate in which to live…for most, anyway. Kyoji's daily routine of training and testing his endurance in the harsh area has enabled him to live there without any exertion. Also, fortunately for the skilled male ninja, Kyoji is the son of Gaara of the Sand and therefore, shares the affinity for the sand that surrounds and inhabits the vicinity where he lives. Gaara trusts Kyoji to make his own choices since the male ninja is 18-years-old though and thus, the male Genin has chosen to live on his own.

After around a year of living his own life in the Sand Village, Kyoji seeks to have more of an adventure. Aware of the strength of his chakra and the range of his healing abilities, Kyoji decides to leave the Sand Village and experience the rest of the world that is around him. He hopes to find adventures, but he also hopes to find a friend from another village…or perhaps from another realm entirely. Who knows what or whom he might encounter along his journey? All that the young Genin knows is that he is equipped for something greater than remaining in one place and because of this knowledge, he yearns to partake of more of what the world in which he lives has to offer.

Meanwhile, in the tranquil Leaf Village, a young female ninja of a mostly quiet nature readies herself for the day. She wakes at 3:47 in the afternoon after a restless night and sleepless early morning of thinking about life and the elements of the earth and the very beings of the world. As she opens the windows of her unique soul, she yawns, stretches, and walks from her comfortable-enough bed to meet what is left of the day. One of the first acts of her time awake that she performs is brushing her teeth diligently and after doing so, the 24-year-old female ninja sheds herself of her garments and cleans herself by showering her body and by shampooing and conditioning her wondrous hair. The water sprinkles and drips to the very tops of her feet, which no word in the lexicon of any current dictionary could adequately describe, for they are so radiant and pure that the aura of the entire person is affected. After the shower, the 24-year-old ninja dries herself and clothes herself. Once she is done with her "morning" routine, the young ninja proceeds to enjoy the day. While the entire setting of the Leaf Village is calm and silent, the female ninja's mind is occupied with thoughts concerning life and its meaning and the plethora of details that dwell within her everyday life. She longs for something more than what has been dealt to her. The female ninja yearns for a new layer of life that will somehow modify it as it currently stands just enough to make it exhilarating and exciting again. She desires to leave her quiet village, but knows that she cannot do so because of the myriad of responsibilities that weigh themselves upon her, such as being there for her family members, who are content enough to not desire anything more from life than the average citizen of the Leaf Village: to live an honest life and then, at last, to die. No. The female ninja of the Leaf Village desires more from life than that.

Back at the Sand Village, Kyoji departs and wonders about what his life outside his home will bring to him. After traveling a great distance, the male Genin notices a region of grass and water. It appears upon initial glance to be a jungle that is occupied only by animals, but from a closer scouting of the vicinity, it is, in fact, an entire region of other ninjas, much like himself. The young Kyoji enters the area with a smile on his face, only to be met with frowns by the passersby. The male ninja is ignorant of the reason that is fixating all of those that meet his gaze until he accidentally steps into a shallow puddle, looks down, and realizes that his headband bares a different insignia on it than the villagers of the Leaf Village. Feeling judged, the male ninja unties his headband and trudges forth. Then, remembering from his caregivers to always show a thick skin, Kyoji exhales and relaxes once more, hoping as the day draws to a close that the night in the Leaf Village will grow easier and less judgmental of outsiders such as himself.

A tavern within the Leaf Village barred its doors for the night before Kyoji could enter. Their excuse is that they had no more rooms available for the young traveler. As a result of this unfortunate happening, the male Genin surveyed the houses of the village, wondering if anyone within any of the entrances to those houses would have a heart big enough to allow a complete stranger to lodge for the night as a break from his travels. As Kyoji knocks on the first house upon which he sets his sights, no such charity is given to him. This process of knocking and declining of hospitality continues until the young male ninja reaches a quaint and rather humble abode that looks as though it does not house very many people. Kyoji sighs from his recent failures and he taps his fist against the door a few times, hoping that someone will finally offer him a place to stay for the night. Aha! A different response meets the adventurer this time, as a mysterious-looking, young female ninja answers the male Genin's knocks. Unlike the other inhabitants of the village, she feels a sense of compassion for the young ninja, who is now displaying a rather dirty visage from his travels thus far. The female ninja, expressing signs of shyness towards the rather handsome, young, male ninja, eventually finds it within herself to signal for the man to enter her house, but to remain quiet, as her family is presently sleeping. The male ninja speaks first, hoping to formally introduce himself (or as formally as one can while bearing signs of rough travel throughout the day and some of the night, anyway): "Hello, Miss. I'm Kyoji…of the Sand Village." Revealing his location felt awkward to the male ninja, but he quickly recovered and eagerly awaited the female ninja's response, without showing many signs of eagerness due to being taught to keep any possible signs of expressions such as that inward instead of outward. Upon hearing the smoothness and all-around confident and independent air of Kyoji revealing his name, the young female ninja worked up enough courage to introduce herself as well.

"My name is Chelcia…"

(1) Kyoji is an OC that is a creation of Dahdtoudi. Descriptions and other such details of the character that are mentioned throughout the fanfic are taken from Dahdtoudi's descriptions about the character.