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Literature

Akatsuki's Addition Chp. 1

I kicked another pebble down the forest path I was walking on. I sighed quietly as I fingered the fabric of my Kusagakure hitai-ate headband that I held in my hand. It had been four months since I deserted my former village and went rouge, and I still carried the stupid thing. "Dammit," I murmured. "I've got to get rid of this worthless thing..." So, without further ado, I unceremoniously chucked my headband into trees on the side of the road. Instead of hearing the small thud of it hitting the forest floor, I heard a soft smack of metal against flesh. "Ow!" came a voice, seconds later, "What the hell?" I tensed myself, my fingers poise