Land of Fire Small Rice Village Near the Land of Rice Patties Border…

It was early morning for what was left of a small village, the houses burned to the ground and the villagers, many on the ground, some dead while others barley breathing. Then a mass swirl of leaves appeared, appearing were Leaf Shinobi along with a few of their Anbu Black Ops.

They immediately moved out and began to help the survivors and called for the medical corp. The medical-nin moved up and begun helping the injured. As for those who were dead, the shinobi with sorrow begun to take the bodies and bury them.

An Anbu member with a mask of a hawk and a katana on his back, and a standard Anbu uniform looked around in shock of what happened, what was going through his mind, "Who could have done this" thought the Anbu member?

He then looked to see a medical-nin working on a child, "You there what is the status of these people" asked the Anbu member?

"Some are dead, the rest are alive and will make a full recovery," replied the medical nin.

"What was the cause of death?" asked the Anbu member.

"Aside from a few we found burned in building, It appears that they died of extreme fatigue as if their energy was sucked dry" replied the medical-nin.

The Anbu member turned and began to get everyone's attention, "Everyone, I want the survivors healed and the dead buried, once the survivors are back to strength I want them to be questioned," ordered the Anbu Captain.

"Hai Taichou!" replied all ninja personal in unison.

Few Hours Later…

A young man with black hair tied in a pony tail was approaching the village with additional shinobi. By now it was getting closer to noon. As he finished his approach, an Anbu member wearing a hawk mask appeared in front of him, Shikamaru, looked at the Anbu member, then, "rest of you help where you can, I need to talk with him," ordered Shikamaru. They all nodded and proceeded to help where they could. "Let's go talk over there, near those trees," said Shikamaru as the Anbu member gave him a nod.

Both young men walked over into the trees and began discussing the situation. "Nara-san the village…"

"Wait a minute," interrupted Shikamaru, "No need to get so formal with me my friend, please call me Shikamaru, also there is no need to be wearing that mask now, you can take it off, Yuki Akito."

The Anbu man took off his mask revealing a man with light purple eyes, short black hair, silver lines in his hair, and a small scar on his right cheek. "Very well, Shikamaru," smiled Akito.

"Alright, now tell me about the situation here," replied Shikamaru.

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