Seth stood there with his fellow team mates. He was instructed to meet Akio, but not told why. He had assumed it was some sort of training exercise. Since it was so early in the morning he didn’t have time to make breakfast since he almost didn’t make it. So instead he stopped by a local store and picked up a few candy bars. He also stopped at the store to pick up cigarettes. The problem was he was under age and knew the shop keep wouldn’t sell him the tobacco. However, Seth was a master at his craft of stealing both tobacco and booze. He got the old man behind the counter talking and while his back was turned he stuffed a pack of cigarettes in his pocket. After he paid for the candy bars he reveled in his accomplishment. He had already smoked two on the way here and as Akio was explaining the exercise he pulled a third cigarette from the pack in his pocket and lit it. 

While Akio continued to explain he looked around at his team mates. Two members of the Uchiha clan. He sighed and a white puff of smoke flew from his mouth.  He didn’t hate the clan, but it was the simple fact that he knew if you were paired with one of them. You were basically helping them save the whole village, at least in his mind. Many people in the village saw the Uchiha clan as the strongest and Seth couldn’t disagree with that. However, it was almost always what people talked about when he described his team. 

He then noticed a spectator, a woman from the Hyuga clan. He simply sighed again and mumbled to himself, “I’m surrounded by Kekkai Genkai. Great.” It felt like he was in a world of Kekkai Genkai and he was the odd man out since he had none.  This is why he pushed his body most of the time. He knew having a Kekkai Genkai was a major advantage to have, but he also knew that if he got stronger. He could overpower anyone with one. 

When Akio was finished and told them how he would be fighting, a smile formed on Seth’s face. He know how powerful Akio was. Hell, he took on one of the pains and came back without a scratch. The only problem with Akio was he was a downer. He yelled at Seth every time he decided to do something stupid or reckless. The only good part he liked about Akio is the fact that he never ratted out Seth to his mother. Seth knew what fear was, it came in the form of his mother calling him by his full name. A shiver went down his spine as he remembered the last time. Seth simply took the cigarette from his mouth and tapped the red ash from its end to the ground before placing back in his mouth.