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“Are you alright?” was the only voice Suna could hear among the crowds of voices that murmured around him, then Suna looked up and his eyes had beheld the image of a creepy person, no older than a junior ninja in Kazekage robes.
“He ran into the Kazekage.” one voice spoke above the rest.
Suna could not believe his eyes; he had bumped into the Kazekage. A rare occasion to Suna, for he always watched him from afar, but now he was at his feet; staring into his dull eyes.
Suna immediately stood up, despite his butt being sore, and tried to apologize, but the Kazekage interrupted him before he could spoke. “I’m sorry for getting in your way, Suna. I’m sure you were just late for school, is that right?” It was no surprise for the Kazekage to know your name in the village, but apologizing to a novice like Suna was something that was never heard of in the village.
“I’m okay, thank you so much, Lord Kazekage, sir!” Suna sounded like he was sucking up to him.
The Kazekage nodded his head in acceptance and step to the side. Suna stepped lightly as to not disrespect the Kazekage and then darted off when he was far enough down the street and disappeared behind a corner.
It was such a weird occasion for the Kazekage to act so polite to such a lower class of ninja like Suna, and it was even more of a surprise when he arrived at school and the teacher excused him for his absence.



“The Kazekage was ever so grateful to ask me to excuse you for your absence, Suna,” Sensei Yama spoke in a low upset tone. “He has also asked me to excuse you from your morning school work for today, but...”
“What is it?”
A few minutes later, Suna dipped the toothbrush into the bucket and started to scrub the dirty wooden floor.
“It doesn’t mean I’m gonna let you get away with missing morning class today!” Sensei Yama laughed an irritating, wicked laugh and continued to taunt Suna for the rest of the day.



“Can’t believe Sensei put me through all of that,” Suna groaned as he rubbed aching arms and legs.
The sun was starting to set as Suna walked home with little, but frequent breaks. He wasn’t about to get caught by the older kids at this time of day. It was like a curse that had fallen upon him and its name was loneliness.
Suna could remember the hardships as an only child, no one to protect you from the cruel world, no a mother or a father, not even a friend. He was mocked and shunned for his father’s short comings, as a result, led him to his loneliness. Only the Kazekage knew of his father’s true intentions and punished those who would dare take a legendary shinobi’s name in vain. But this alone wasn’t enough to fill in the empty void in his heart.