A groan could be heard from the pile of blankets that made up the puppet users bed as he rolled over to look at the clock next to his bed and quickly shot up when he noticed what time it was. Shin was not known to be a morning person, but the fact that he had been up most of the night putting the finishing touches on his puppet did not help the fact in the least. He looked over at his puppet that rested in the corner of his room completely wrapped in bandages as to keep what lay beneath a secret from any prying eyes that would question if he was carrying an actual body or corpse. The young ninja quickly got out of bed and threw on his black pants and sleeveless shirt on before wrapping his ankles and waist in bandages to keep everything from getting to baggy and finally putting on his black-rope belt before.

As he left his room, he threw his puppet onto his back with it being held by two straps which made it rest like a backpack on his back. When he got downstairs his mother had prepared breakfast for him, but as he had slept in she had seemed to already leave for her job and had just left the food ready for him on the table. Shin quickly threw some food into his mouth before putting on a mask that covered up his nose and mouth and his Konoha forehead protector across his face before leaving the house.

As he walked down the street he received strange looks from anyone that he passed in the streets as he was sure not many people walked around with large bandaged packages on their back. He ignored the comments they made of him and imagined that he was his father in his younger years before he was imprisoned. When he reached the Academy he quietly slipped into the classroom where the rest of the students were waiting and picked a seat in the back of the room where he could sit quietly and relax before the teams were announced.