The month long journey of Nasaki Anuwa the second fastest man and soon to be the fastest man alive.

Let me tell you about me and my weird tendencies. My name is Nasaki Kyo Anuwa and I’m a certified gangster in the streets of Sunagakure. People usually can’t understand me when I talk but that’s because compared to me everyone else is sort of stupid, ya dig? I’ve come to that conclusion when I realize that I understand what everyone else is saying yet no one has the comprehension to understand what I’m saying. Sounds a bit unfair doesn’t it? Everyone communicating and getting one another, and the only people that get me are my siblings. Well adopted siblings. They are simply the realest thing out here in these sandy streets. Especially my twin sister, Calypso, I call her my twin because just like me she just don’t give a hot sweaty damn. Now she’s what I call the smoothest criminal that has ever committed the crime. You probably haven’t a clue what I’m talking about; which I’m sure you don’t because you know, I’m smart remember? If you don’t get with the program now this story telling about how me a near nobody became the fastest man alive is going to be a real hell for you ,trust me on that. Apart from the daily stretching and runs to boost my natural stamina I had to take one some high intensity training too. This of course did wonders for my taijutsu which I use a lot now when people decide to get a-little fresh and want to test. Aside from that I wouldn’t have been able to do it with out help from , that cool chick I mentioned earlier, Calypso . She is real, truth is she never wanted to be a shinobi at all. At least I don’t think she did. She was held down in captivity and upon discovering that she could mold chakra decided to free herself and develop her abilities. I guess for her this was a way to remain free. Because you see, freedom is never actually free. It comes at a price which someone eventually has to pay. Whose going to pay it for you? This had inspired me to do something other than just exist. Maybe if she was never captured she could’ve been something simple like a rapper.

It could’ve happened, she is legit the best that’s ever done it in rapping. Ok, maybe that part is made up but the point is she’s a very capable person and there’s no telling where that would’ve taken her. Heck her inspiration had motivated me to pursue this massive feat. Only one other person has ever accomplished this and if they can do it I can too. Maybe at the very least I’ll be able to get away with a few things. Maybe get a-little bit of respect too but that might be pushing it a bit. On that note I guess I’m still hung up on how messed upon is that I don’t get to have my adopted sis everywhere I go for the past few months. All I’ve been doing is running and timing my steps. I got to get faster now matter what like it was life or death. I’ve been researching trying to find out different paths and different methods of obtaining great speeds. This isn’t something that can just naturally be done. At least not at first. I had to incorporate many different methods to expand the limits of my body such as resistance running . Using more and more weights while I interval trained. I had to eat the right way and lose more weight to increase my speeds. Until of course my body could get use to it and produce the speed on its own. But this was easier said then done as you can imagine. But what was the rush it was only just me against the rest of the world who was trying to outspend each other. For some reason I just knew that I need this. I needed to be the best at something even if I fell at second best I need this. I needed the validation not from people but more for myself to know that I can do it. That I can be whatever I set my mind to be . What’re I set my heart to be so long as I focus and never give up. Just like my adopted sister never gave up; it was up to me to show that I was worthy to carry the same adopted name as her. Despite my personal opinion about my adopted parents. So after a few sort weeks of throwing up, hurting and icing I was better. I found myself able to move with agility and quickness. With purpose I was able to run farther and barely feeling the need to slow down. Eventually add learn to mold chakra in to the mix and increase my performance. I’d have to admit though, in the beginning it was terrifying. Moving at such speeds felt dangerous. But I’ll let you in on a littler secret, I love the danger.

I’ve become fast just like I wanted to be but still I wasn’t the fastest yet. Through much research I discovered something that should’ve been obvious. My training regiment was missing something important and that was rest. I wasn’t resting enough and so my body started breaking down on me in runs. Soon pushing back to my limits was becoming near impossible. And so I was forced to rest but I didn’t do it at home. I wanted the loneliness and the need to get back into the company of my adopted siblings be a fuel to my training and recovery. Maybe for once I’d listen to the advice my inuzuka sibling gave to me. So there we have it I have more than just one adopted sibling. I have a total of three for now. I say this because you never really know what the old folks are thinking. If someone special comes running along they might just adopt him or her. Anyway this specific sibling doesn’t really like to be called by name. He refers to himself though as “The Sand Wolf of Sunagakure”. These days though he’s off training much like myself but I remember the days when we weren’t always training. I’ll tell you, he used to be the best companion ever. Whenever people used to get a smart mouth with me, my brother would be the first to pop off smacking the hell out of the dude. There was no messing with us, we were feared and people came correct to us. Id beat them with that logical while my brother popped off with the fist. It’d be like a beating and an educational lecture at the same time. That’s what I miss, now people say smart shit right back to me and get away with it. I would try to punch them on my own but I’m more of a run fast type of dude for now. Challenge me to a race, take me to a track or the streets anywhere really and I can make the guy pay for sure. But Hand to hand, I have to avoid it for the time being. Wouldn’t want to miss the mark due to a avoidable injury.

I remember the other day I met this street punk by the name of , Rai. Dude actually ran track back at the academy and though that my training and my progress was all in vain. In other words he was talking shit. But if you ever knew Rai you’d know the way he talks crap isn’t the same as a normal person with hair on their chest. He says like two words, keeps doing what he does and reads the a damn book. I don’t even really know how exactly the interaction started. I think the situation was over a gallon of milk. He was about to pour the last milk into his bowl and I specifically told that dude,” Hey man you shouldn’t be drinking that right before an intense workout”. Then I joked, “II should have the last milk since I’m older and I need to take care of my bones more”. A light haha moment right? .You know what dude told me? He said well I’m a growing boy, then poured the last of the milk into the bowl and looked at me like he was smizing with his eyes and continued to eat the bowl and read at the same time. OOOOO, man I know just reading about this must make you hot. I didn’t even really want the cereal but the fact that he answered me like that had me undone. That kid has too much sauce in him for his young age of nine years old. Seriously he does, Rai is like the kid that didn’t get any beatings growing up, that everyone just let him walk around doing whatever he wanted. So it became one of those unavoidable fight moments and so I punched him square in the jaw and dropped him to the court. I then proceeded to stomp his overly sarcastic self and then demonstrated just how raw and rapid my new speed had become. I ran around the court and I’m not sure if it was the adrenaline from being in a fight but it felt like a flash. Before I knew it I had ran the entire course and I was just a few feet away from him within seconds. I knew that even he was shocked by the speed in which I had returned by how wide his eyes got right before I hit him with a patented ,Claymore Kick right in the jaw. For those of you who don’t know what that is it’s a running drop kick maliciously place right at the jaw to level your opponents. Yea, that nine year old was out like a light. If I could and it wouldn’t start a crazy war I would pull out my belt and teach the kid a lesson. Alas I admit I could’ve gotten hurt in that whole ordeal that he started but this is exactly why I miss my brother. For times like this because it would’ve been really tragic if my training was pushed back due to hitting him too hard. But if I didn’t knock him out then atleast no one would be having that cereal ill tell you that much.

Then theres hope, yea my ninja hope. Dude literally wont stop talking in medical terms at everyone. So Hope is the family doctor and he helps keep us in tip top competitive shape. He is a bit too into the medical ninjitsu field though. He says a bunch of terminology and N one gets it and at first we all were proud of him because you know Sunagakure is growing so there are going to be a lot more injuries occurring soon, so its to our benefit that we get the best medic ever. But he is just too much. Dude just speaks in medical terms for everything, talking about faunasurius when we have Aneki steak and I can tell even My adopted parents are lost as hell when Hope starts talking.. But one day after I’ve broken my own personal record I went to visit hope for a quick diagnostic and to share the good news and Hope just went to far. I could have sworn he called my species homos. He said something about monogomy is barely a common thing or homosapiens. Like why couldn’t we just be sapiens, like did we have to be homo too. So clearly I whooped his ass. Well atleast that’s what should’ve been done, but no! I had to get into a huge pointless debate about how im not gay, and I never even thought of kissing a man. He clearly didn’t believe what I had to say since he wanted to continue to call me a homosapien. And worst part is that he told me that he was 100% sure about it. Had my brother even been in the room when that medical turd would’ve called me that, I can tell you real quick what would’ve happened. Lightnign release, splacked in the face. And obviously I wouldn’t just stand there, id have to get low to that medical nerds face level and tell him I aint no homo ya dig. We just don’t play that shit in my streets is all. We need that shit to be soft and wet and gushy. Hope just plays too much man he needs to know that not everyone is going to want to play those games with him . I remember specifically after that day I only knew one thing I could do to get my mind off of such a blatant insult. I had to get me some me time, with junior officer Tierney’s nude photos then train until I drop you know. Because its been a while since I gave someone another claymore kick but no one has given me such a challenge that I would need to have it out you know. So that’s what I did, I went to my training grounds which that day happened to pretty much be the backyard of the Anuwa hide out and went wild! Man that’s just a word you cant get tired of saying I kid you not, I promise you just say it, Claymore Kick! Its awesome, the word itself would motivate you to train even if you were as sick as a dog. One shout of that word and youll be running ten marathons .

Anyway before I further lose my place, I claymored it up training different styles and also getting a very good conversation in with The sun rays outside. I don’t know how, but connecting with the sun at such a level can really improve ones personality. I learned a new technique too, I was then talking to the sun about it. Its called Omni speed. I think the name sounds extremely deadly and costy I honestly cant wait to whip it out in battle. Completely devour my opponent’s chakra and show them why I don’t play any games by running at blinding speeds and hitting them with a claymore. . Especially those street scums that seem to practically be demons you know. There are certain techniques as well that I spoke to the three of them about developing. One is a blood technique which can help me increase the amount of blood that I have. In battle you can avoid most things, but entering a fight hoping to avoid everything is just a bit unrealistic. Since I don’t come in knowing everything there might be a day when I do get hit and I get hit big with like the backend of a. sword slash or a serious cut. Ill want to be able to go through the pain but also what about the blood lost. I recall my last encounter with a Crazed animal didn’t go as planned and I suffered a lot of bleeding had medics not been in the area, I would’ve died for sure. That’s insane you know. I had the thing beat and suddenly it does this stupid roar that throws me way off my plan and practically could’ve taken a huge bit of me, fortunately I was airborne and some poor fauna ended up being its lunch instead. I really can’t be messing around with these Fauna’s anymore. You know what would’ve happened to that animal if my brother was there when that happened. That beast would’ve gotten meet throw right at his face, followed by a right hook splack in the face again by my brother. I don’t know how I would’ve done it but I would’ve gotten on his level and lecture the heck out of him for even thinking about dreaming about having me for its Sunday dinner. The heck this creature think this is huh? Man this is why I miss my brother, just no one not even fauna could mess with me. But training to be the best in the world, you don’t get to do much of anything but work, and if youre lucky some idiot comes through to talk shit. And we aren’t even the strongest faction out there either, Saunagakure is booming in strength while we are still trying to figure out who our next seals user is going to be. Either way right now at this point in my training I’m exceeding all expectations. But then I hear a rumor that Sunagakure is much weaker than the two other villages. what exactly are we supposed to do when they go at each other. Im guessing that theyd probably have to cross us first before getting into the other’s territory but damn what exactly are we going to do when the traps don’t work and we have to fight them hand to hand. At this point im guessing we will just probably die, since peace is our cause and duty. Well as for me I refuse to die, which Is why I go above and beyond to continuously train and make sure that im at my Apex before that time comes. Though there hasn’t been a major war in years I will always train as if there is one right across the corner. Always surprising my opponents with more and evolved versions of who I am. People think they got me figured out but every time I have more and more to me, like right now im currently training to outrun the kage herself, which no one even knew was possible, especially not at Genin.. Yea im changing things up for myself, after mastering the art of taijutsu my first love I think its best to also have a couple of skills to fall back on when taijutsu it running away is rendered obsolete. A few things happen to someone when they devote themselves to a rigorous training. One of this things is wondering what you’d do if an important asset to the success of your training was just suddenly gone. . Although id never wish being an amputee on myself I wouldn’t ever want to be in a position where I’d have to compromise my legs or my body. Simply because of the massive amount of work I’ve put into this dream, this one goal. To lose a leg at this point would mean to lose it all.

All the talk about the unknown had made me realize that I probably need some help in my training just to break through a few of those tough barriers. So I went to visit the fastest teacher at my academy whom won awards for weighted and unweighted races. They call him , Reiver. Its really crazy to see that the dude is actually still alive. For once in life everyone around me was wrong and I was the one that was right for a change. Im telling you had these guys came from the streets theyd be a lot better at figuring stuff out. The streets teach that if you don’t see a body then that person is roaming around somewhere in no mans land. And guess what? Reiver was doing just that and is sort of still doing just that. Actually the dude told me to my face that he plans on going on a sweet little vacation while his girl and kid have to see my pretty face from time to time delivering the crappiest of news that Reiver is dead. This part sucks the most because I know damn well that he’s living it up somewhere, licking on some bad bitches. Speaking of women, I really think I like this girl but shes a subordinate of mine. Her name is Tierney and man I wish my brother was around, because well maybe not . Maybe smacking her in the face wouldn’t be the best way to get her to be interested in a guy like me. Man the bubble butt and nice skin is insanely tempting and I think its about time I get to have some fun you know. It isn’t fair that because im an important figure that I can’t go and ravish on my underlings. But either way I find not talking about these things at all to be the best remedy. Speaking of finding dads although im sure that’s a whole lot of topics ago, I forgot to ask Reiver if he knows who my dad is and where I can find his punk ass and make him pay me child support. It would suck if my dad was a bum because if so then my dad and I may never become a happy family after all and somehow I kind of got stuck with this adopted childhood.But its true to I don’t have many friends outside of those being obligated to be around me all the time. Which I find hilarious personally because its like they cant out run loving me. On a serious note, I’m going to have to find a way to break through this plateau. I just hope that its not something insane like sacrificing the souls of other Genin or something like that. If that’s the case then we will need to create more than just power.

It’s been days since my last rest break and it was time to visit one of the girls in this lonely village.when I was at the academy I had the fortune of meeting this girl named, Kris. She graduated from the academy pretty early though because she was quickly improving and soon be ready for the chuunin exams. Granted she doesn’t seem as strong as I was at her level but she still shows a ton of promise and win or lose participating in the exams are sure to get her up to speed in combat. Mainly since she is going to become a future leader of the combat division she must be built in fire. She must have the expertise in high stakes combat. But like I said she shows tons of promise so im no too worried about her although. I am worried about what her parents might think of her career choice. Last I remembered her parents weren’t too pleased, they’ll be even less pleased knowing that she has joined the Sunagakure military forces and is being trained to be a leader at a young age. I guess it might all be part of Sunagakure s initiative to save as many lives as possible and they can’t do it alone, so itll require for everyone to stay safe, trained and hungry. Now with her crystal release I know that she shares the same attributes as Reiver, so maybe he could teach her a trick or two. I have no idea what I want to teach her as an S rank, maybe wind release armor a technique that my sensei passed on to me, maybe I can pass it on to her, itll be pretty sweet to see that. But why would she need flight, it will be something id have to ask her. The speed on the other hand is always a perk and the defensive property cant hurt either. Maybe I can teach her to use crystal release using the knowledge that I do have about my elements. Or maybe I just best leave it to the other officials .This is a lot to think of with whats going on as of late, but whatever it is that she is working on, we will all work through it together to develop a solid team to take on any adversity together.
Lately ive been finding myself getting really exhausted. I think maybe its because ive been going to sleep way too late or maybe its because of all the researching . I don’t remember the last time I went outside to play a sport. Its like im hiding in doors so that life wont find me, but it always does. I cant wait for the visit to My adopted siblings houses. I wont be called by anything other than my birth name or anything just good old Nasaki. I can catch up on some old friends like my neighbors Calesto and Liara, maybe even see their daughter Himiko. Rumor has it that she’s got some academy credits now too, going through the motions and becoming a stand up ninja for suna. Not to mention I heard her strength is also through the roof nowadays. That’s something I would love to test out personally in private some time. I wonder if she has a boy friend now. She always seemed the type to get locked down at a young age. I wonder what type of guy he is, maybe she surprised everyone and got someone just like me and got someone dark skinned and very smooth. Well it wont be long before that day come so until then I have to liveeberyday going after the main goal. Being the fastest and getting faster.. Meanwhile im stuck here with these need I say white shinobis that have very dark stories and are all relatively sad about everything. Except Rai, hes a kid what does he have to be sad about, although rumor has it that his team died one time, but I think that is what it is, just a rumor.
So today the goal is to train as much as I possibly can with the reserves that I have. I have taken the liberty as well to expand my knowledge of fuinjutsu. But more importantly I wonder if my progress will make me the strongest member of sunagakure there is. I need to continue growing and expanding what I know, such as how I expanding in my knowledge of the three sealed barrier, I was surprisingly capable of bringing it up to eleven seals. That is astounding for me. Just a month ago I was still rocking the three sealed barrier and dropping opponents like they were hot cakes. Time moves slow but flies through at the same time. I often think about if I could take it all back. Maybe not become a shinobi at all, and just live a basic life. Play ball or jump kids in the playground for their lunch money. Possibly run into trouble from some try hard genin. But the more I think about it Ive found, that this is living for me. Learning and breaking my own limits everyday. That in itself is literally my happiness and I love being happy. Two arms or no arms at all im writing a future and maybe one where kids can run and not worry about getting their legs chopped off by ninja art.
Sometimes although I know im smarter, I have to do what they like to keep the peace. Besides it wont benefit anyone if on the battle field im warning them of a danger to come, but they die because they cant understand the way I talk. That would be very said and quite frankly Reiver would be right about me. So one step at a time im studying their dialect and the way they structure and pronounce their words. Which by the way I find unnecessarily long and a waste of time. My way of speaking is more direct and to the point. No confusion as to what I mean to say besides of course the fact that they just don’t understand me somehow.
Great its lunch time at the race track and that’s always interesting as hell Hope the Doctor can cook too and pretty good although I personally believe that all his food lacks hot sauce. Like can it even be considered food without the right amount of spicy. The answer is no so don’t even think about it too much. But what I don’t like too much about the dinner times is that Rai eats too much and he’s also a frequenter at the race tracks doesn’t eat enough. Dude acts like he’s permanently depressed. You put too much on his plate he might cry, its like eating a full plate reminds him of a full clan getting slaughtered or something. I really don’t know how to help the guy at this point, meanwhile rai just eats as if he’s the only one at the table that needs nutrition. So normally I do what any mature kids does about it, I spit on the food and no one ever asks for a serving again.

It didn’t take long for me to have to hit the course. This time it was the moment of truth. I had set a deadline a sort of marker for myself to achieve my goal of becoming the fastest man alive and at the very least the fastest man in Sunagakure. Now was the time to show it. I can hear the blast of the explosive tag signifying that it was time to begin. But something felt different this time. The sound itself felt slower and longer and before I knew it there as little to no drag in my body at all. It was as if every fiber of my being had rose up and lunges forward as I saw my self shifting through the air at high speeds. The feeling itself was indescribable it was as if I was everything but yet nothing at all. As if I was not made of flesh and bones but of simply consciousness. And that I had projected that far ahead of me and everything else was catching up. I wasn’t worried about how fast my opponents were going nor was I even bothered to look back. I just went forward and forward. I wasn’t afraid at all and I had more control then I ever felt. No fatigue nothing was slowing down. At that moment I know that I have done it. I have been vindicated. Everything that I worked soo hard towards in those months have been realized I have become the fastest man alive. It was near impossible for me to imagine anyone else moving at this rate. It could t be possible it was months of devoted work and isolation. Months of eating right and pushing boundaries. This was no game this was now my reality. After winning the race I felt a change in me and at that moment I wish that I was able to eve complain. I was just too happy ,my training was a success and Suna is growing stronger because now they have a record breaker in their midst . We sand ninja can do anything just got to give us some time to figure each other out and before we know it, we’ll be changing the world once again. A vision that reiver has shared with us from the beginning. The vision of peace and prosperity throughout the neutral lands. To liberate the land from depression and war. To live in a world where death is more natural then caused by pointless disputes that never prosper.
That’s the kind of world I see myself starting a family in. That’s the kind of world that I see my kids making friends of all kind of races. But sometimes to make something good come from nothing good, some blood has to be shed. It’s a harsh truth but im starting to understand that. We all are, for every member of Sunagakure are relatively young. Maybe one day we will all live to see rai grow up and make more rai babies to show him how sassy he use to be as a kid as well. Always highly opinionated about everything. That would be a dream but for now we are the watchmen, so all we can do is watch. Watch and run as I’ve accomplished my dream the very next day and became the fastest man alive. Well second fastest, I think. I hope so.

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