The Misadventures if Zethui Kobayashi

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Kobayashi was very tired this particular morning. Which was unusual from him since he was always prided himself on being punctual and an early riser. But last night was different then most nights. It all started off with his Twin Brothers going off about how they were going to be the best ninja the village ever saw. About all the power they would have and how they used it. None of these things really interested him but he was polite and listened. But as his brother got tired of hearing his own self speak and grew tired, Koba started to wonder in his own thoughts of what his life will be like a shinobi. About what he could be capable of and where his future may lie. These thoughts plagued him until the wee hours of the morning. He tried to clear the thought out of his head but it was a futile attempt.

So now it was morning and he felt like he closed his eyes for a mere second before his Father woke him up and asked if he could go shake a some of the fruits that were to high up for him or his brothers. The problem was, the fruits high on the trees would start to soon spoil and then contaminate the rest of the tree. His Brothers and Father weighed too much to get to the very top of the trees. Their weight would snap the branches easily. So it was up to Koba to go up there and shake the almost spoiled fruits out.

After he mumbled his way through breakfast and getting ready, he sluggishly made his way to the orchard. He wasn't scared to work. In fact, he generally loves to help his family out at the Orchard. He just wished that he could be a little less tired today.
100 trees and I get to go home to my wonderful bed. That is what Koba told himself when he reached the many rows of trees in the Orchard. He started to climb the trees slowly. He had done it before a couple times in the past but this was the first time he did it by himself. It seemed to take hours for each tree. He climbed with shaky knees and an uneasy feeing that he would fall. Each step he took was very conservative and practical. And hour later, he had only shook 5 trees. 100 Divided by 5, 20 Hours? I can't hold out that long, I need sleep. With the thought of 19 more hours of work, Koba started to move a little quicker. Take a few more chances. the more comfortable he became, the quicker he got up and down a tree. Each hour, he was able to do 2 more trees then the previous hour. Still, by the time lunch rolled around, he still wasn't even halfway accomplished.

Then he remembered something. His brothers were Genin. They were taught a trick in school that helped them pick fruits all day. Instead of walking up and down the ladders, he would watch them jump from limb to limb. It was almost as if they could fly. When he asked his brothers to teach him, they simply laughed at him and walked away. Well, now was the time to try it.

He finished his snack and went up to the top of the next tree. After shaking it, he looked to the next one. Top to top of each tree was 20 feet away. Maybe I need to try a little less So he walks down to where the tree was fatter some and gauged his leap. 14 feet. I can do this. Without even thinking about gravity or logic, Koba jumped and totally didn't come close to the spot he was aiming for. Luckily, he jumped far enough to be able to grab a limb to avoid falling all the way to the ground.

After catching his breath and his composure, He climbed that tree and shook it clean. OK, let try 12 feet. Koba once again climbed down lower to where his leap would be less and steadied himself. You thought about what happened on the other jump and tried to figure out what went wrong. One again though, he forgot about gravity and logic and just jumped. But this time, he made it there. With room to spare. I think I have the hang of this now.

For the next few hours, fatigue set in a lot. But every time he grew tired, he would just increase the distance he was attempting to jump. The adrenaline of the jump mixed with the pleasure of making it made the tiredness retire to the back of his mind. He was having so much fun, he started to forget time and soon noticed that the sun was starting to retire itself. 6 trees to go and 20 minutes before it is to dark to see the limbs. Koba had one choice, to make the biggest jumps possible. Treetop to treetop. As he stood on top of the first tree he was going to attempt this with, he wished this day was over. He wished he was home with a bowl of hot ramen. But mostly, he was wishing he had gotten sleep last night. 6 trees and I get to go to sleep. It the blink of an eye, Koba's motivation made him fly off of the tree to the other one. While in midair, he got a little nervous about missing it. But his fears were settled when he made a half decent landing. He quickly shook the tree and moved to the next one. After the sixth one, he climbed down the tree in a daze and made it 2 feet before collapsing under a star lit night. He slept like a baby that night.

Early in the morning, his father woke him up asking why he slept out there and how come he worked all night on the treetops. Koba just looked at him puzzled. He started to laugh when his father told him that he had the entire week to finish the trees. I could have been in bed a long time ago. I think I'll go there now anyways.