A man sits in a corner of the Shogekihagakure tavern. His silver hair drapes over his shoulder and down his back. He bears the robes of the Godai Temple and medallion with three embers equidistance from each other along the rim at the top, left, and right sides. He is then met by a pair of young ninja. The male was tall, pale skinned, and wore a chunin’s uniform. The woman was a few inches shorter than the male she accompanied also chunin. The chunin asks finally, “You are Gin Chiheisen correct?” The questioned lifts his head and replies “My identity is my own, and you need not know.” At this moment, the woman slams her fist on the table “Old man! We have not traveled all this way to find you and get blown off like this. It is clear it is you by the way you looked up to the question!” She angrily proclaimed. This one is very adamant. “Fine it is me, but what do you want?” Gin retorts with the same composure as before. “We have heard of your great prowess in Earth style jutsu, and were wondering if you could give us a little insight on how you got so good with the style.” The man replied with a stern and focused visage. “First you would have to understand my upbringing, so let’s start at the Academy.”
“In the Academy, my class was deemed the star pupils. We were assumed to just be great ninja. Well, all except for me. I just barely passed any and all tests, both physical and mental. The faculty, my clan, and my peers felt I would be useless…at least until that day….”
Flashback
In the Academy courtyard, Gin stood with his arms crossed as his former classmate took his stance. They were finally going to spar after not having a chance to since graduating to Genin. Ken, his classmate and the number one student, was a lightning style user who was very confident in his close range combat ability. Naturally, Ken engaged first with a flurry of chakra laced punches and kicks that were strong, but wild, something Gin could handle with relative ease. Gin deflects a punch aimed at his face and shadow clone appears to put Ken in a full nelson. Ken turns quickly and dispatches the clone, then turns to fight Gin, who had jumped backward about 10 feet, leaving a small hole in place. Gin smirks and waves Ken over as a taunt, and Ken bit, running full speed toward Gin with his newly learned technique: chidori. Gin flips over Ken and grabs his collar, throws him in the air, landing over the hole, and launches a shadow clone at him. Ken then kills the clone after using it to gather momentum to get to Gin.
By this time, many villagers had come to witness this sparring match. Teachers and Team Leaders baffled that these Genin had such skill in them. The audience cheered for Ken to beat Gin, whom everyone thought wasn’t fit to be a Genin. Ken collided with Gin and a cloud of dust appeared. When the dust settled, Ken was kneeling over Gin with a knifehand to his neck with Gin holding Ken’s wrist. “I win Gin.” He confidently states. Gin raises an eyebrow and suddenly turns to stone, locking Ken in place. Ken and the crowd gasped bewildered, when a pair of hands grab Ken’s ankles and pull him underground, leaving his head exposed. “Actually I do.” Gin scoffs as he pops out of the hole in triumph. The crowd fell silent, then abruptly clamors to Gin. Raising him over their shoulders as Ken is helped out of the Headhunter Jutsu.
Back to the Present
Gin sips some tea in finality. “The Academy is nothing more than a stepping stone. It was my training as a Genin that started my growth.” He continued, “I could tell you more about my previous training, or more about myself, but that is your choice.” The Chunin across from them pondered on their response before saying….
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