Born in Kirigakure, the ninja that would later come to be known as Anguish would lead a hard life. Born to exemplary shinobi of the mist a mantle was passed to Anguish once he began revealing prodigious talent. Torture resilience and intense physical training became the norm when the boy was only three. At the age of four Anguish's parents would go on a mission only for the young boy to learn they were killed. A period of loneliness and bitterness overtook the boy and pushed him to finish the academy which he did at the unprecedented age of six. Anguish would then be assigned to a genin squad of former Kiri-Hunter, Karasagi. Anguish quickly developed a bond with his new team and sensei and almost forgot his pain until the night the Mizukage ordered his team dead. Watching his friends kille