Chapter 5

Kuma grunted in pain as he woke up in his bed at the orphanage. His entire body, both inside and outside, felt sore. Ignoring the usual wary stares of the other kids, he walked to the dinner table only to find the female caretaker blocking his way. "Um, excuse-" Before he could finish, the woman picked him up and literally threw him outside. Confused and annoyed, Kuma tried to open the door only to find it locked. Sadly, this isn't the first time this even happened, but usually she didn't stay silent like this time.

Leaving the orphanage, Kuma wandered around town for about two hours and felt his stomach grumbling. Looking over he noticed an unattended food stall. Kuma stared at the delicious food for a moment, before coming up with an idea. Walking towards it, Kuma turned around, and crossed his arms over his chest.

Rather than steal the food, Kuma had the idea that he could protect the stall from any thieves, and the owner may repay him in food for his hard work. When the owner came back however, the man accused Kuma of stealing and wouldn't listen to anything the boy had to say. Kuma decided to just leave, and relaxed on a rooftop. Sighing, Kuma felt really bored.

He fell asleep, only to be woken up an hour later by three of his former classmates: Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji. Behind them stood a tall man with a scruffy beard smoking a cigarette. Confused but welcoming to the visit, Kuma smiled at Shikamaru who'd woken him up. "Hey it's you guys. What's up?"

Shikamaru sighed, and shrugged. "It's a pain, but we're here to capture you." He explained.

"You shouldn't steal food Kuma." Choji added with a disappointed grunt.

Kuma looked at Ino to see her reaction, only to see disinterest. Moving his attention to the man who seemed to be there team leader, Kuma and the man stared each other down a full minute before Kuma spoke.

"Your not going to say anything? Not warn them?" Kuma asked the man. Shikamaru and Choji assumed it was a bluff, but Ino and the man seemed to tense up. "You think you can handle three Genin on your own? Don't think too highly of yourself kiddo. Besides, I'm a ninja too, so you won't get away that easy" The man responded, though Kuma and Shikamaru knew that meant there was a chance he could escape.

Sighing, Kuma stood up and brushed off his pants. "Well here we go I guess."

Choji tried to grab him, but Kuma jumped back, and quickly formed hand seals. "Glass Style: Glass Wall!" A 5ft glass wall formed in front of Kuma, shocking everyone else. Kuma didn't stop however, and quickly formed more hand seals. "Glass Style: Glass Ground!" Placing his hand on the ground, the rooftop floor in a 5ft radius around him transformed into glass.

Shikamaru threw a kunai at the glass wall breaking it, while Ino did the same with the glass turned ground. Choji rushed forward, Shikamaru formed a hand seal, and Ino threw another kunai at Kuma.

Kuma dodged the kunai, and backed away from Choji while forming hand seals. "Mirror Wall Jutsu!" A glass mirror formed in front of Choji, but he punched right threw it, causing his fist to bleed and glass shards to scatter everywhere. Behind the mirror was empty however, and Kuma was nowhere to be seen.

Choji looked to Shikamaru who stood up and sighed. "Well this is a pain. Did anyone else know about this?" He asked, receiving shaking heads from both Choji and Ino.

"He's likely still nearby. If we wait here for an hour or two he might come out." The smoking man said, getting four annoyed responses in unison. "EHH?!?"

Everyone went silent as they realized Kuma had spoken up. Choji and Ino looked around carefully, expecting an ambush, but Shikamaru watched the glass shards in the ground in silence.

"Choji, Ino, start breaking this glass with kunai. Be careful of him jumping out, he might have disguised himself as one of these shards." Shikamaru said. The three of them began to break the shards on the ground for a few minutes, when a puff of smoke appeared from one shard near Choji. When the smoke cleared however, there were two Choji standing in front of each other.

"Hmph!" They both grunted at each other. Shikamaru and Ino looked at each trying to figure out which was which. The smoking man took a long drag of his cigarette and let out a heavy sigh. "If you were this good, how did you get caught stealing in the first place?" He asked.

Both Choji's responded. "Nobody should steal food!" Shikamaru quickly threw a kunai at the Choji at the right, who barely managed to dodge it, and transformed back into Kuma in another puff of smoke.

Kuma clicked his tougue at him, and watched the three warily. "You were a second slower than Choji, and he doesn't play around about food." Shikamaru explained with a smirk. Kuma stared at him in a serious expression however. "Back off. I don't want to hurt you guys, but the rest of my Glass Style will hurt. It might even scar you." His threat earned a frown from Shikamaru and Choji, while Ino seemed to hesitate.

Everything went silent until the smoking man spoke up. "Hey kid, who taught you that Jutsu?"

"Nobody, I created it myself. I..." Kuma swallowed his saliva before continuing. "It's my Bloodline. I think." The man's eyes widened at that. Shikamaru and Ino had both their jaws dropped while Choji wasn't sure what was going on.