The mission of the previous day had gone well and Dray had reported how it all went to his superiors. He was congratulated for a job well done after which he left the building and headed for his home. His parents were concerned as to why he stormed out of the house in the morning but he reassured them that he was fine now. The ate his supper and turned in for the night. The night seemed short and the genin woke up to another morning. He reached for his bed side table and picked up a book. He opened it and he flipped onto the page where he had last stopped. He was young but he had gained quite an amount of knowledge that many who seemed older than him did not posses. The book was all about tactics and trickery which brilliant shinobis should possess.
Fighting an opponent is not a big task. The trick is that you have to let them know they are holding the strings. You can’t play hard to get. You have to give your all, leave you wounds open for the salt to be poured in cause that’s what it’s all about! It’s about being defenseless with that one person, letting them crawl under your skin cause if it’s true, they’ll be the first to stretch out the helping hand. You may think that letting them hold your strings is a wicked thing but in the end, those strings that they’re holding are the stitches they use to pull you back together... It's all about convincing them. It's become a part of me, always near but never seen. Born from torment, raised on agony. Devoured my innocence, taken my soul. The demon now has control, a new misanthropic mindset. Countless days, destruction reigned. Clashing thoughts and actions like swords on a battlefield. I've become a puppet, no longer able to act on my own. Pulling my strings I bend to its will, dance to his tune, aged and tattered, It has no use for me. I look around and see nothing, only fading memories of happiness. The smile once upon my face, washed away by tears of sorrow. A puppet today, a puppet tomorrow. What if I one day die and become a human puppet, to an unknown master. I pray he is worthy of me. I didn't know I was your puppet on a string. You tossed me, turned me. Made me swoon, to your every word. I didn't know I was your puppet until you cut the strings, and I fell face-down Into what I thought was love. No, I prefer to be my own master. Being controlled by someone else is worse than I thought. The easiets thing, The easiest thing, I shall make my dancing puppet. Dangling by my string. It will dance for me. Moving only when I want, smiling just for me. Dancing by my whims, fake smile and eyes blink open. Creepy wooden limbs. It will smile on my demand. Wooden original, though it will be- dance on my command.
The books held perfect knowledge and Dray could not help but acknowledge the writer. What brilliant mind could write up something such as this. It was beautiful and it was a shame that he could not finish reading it now. He had a mission to complete and the mission was specifically requested by the shinobi that Dray had helped to find his pole while he was repairing the docks of thevillage hidden in the mist. Dray closed the book that he had been reading as he got out of bed and went to have his bath. He changed his clothes and picked up his pouch and village head band. He had a little breakfast as he headed for the fisher man’s house. The man seemed glad to see him as they both headed for the village docks. Upon getting there, they got into the man’s boat that was previously docked after they had untied it and the man rowed them away to where he claimed was his favourite fishing spot. They got there after a while as the man asked Dray to help him cast his net. Dray accepted as he helped the man. The net was in the water for a few seconds before they felt something tug against the net. It was little at first and then it became harder. The fisher man smiled at Dray as both of them started to draw the fishing net in. The net seemed to have caught quite a lot of fishes because this tug was great but in the end, they managed to bring in the fishes and some of the fishes attempted to jump at Dray but he smacked them down. They cast the net again and were very lucky to catch more fishes. Dray helped the fisher man all through the fishing process and once the fisher man was satisfied, they rowed back to the docks, tied up the boat and the fisher man gave Dray some fishes and ryo before they went their different ways.
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