CHAPTER 2
"I have spoken to the 9-tailed fox. He looks alive and well." Spoke a man, his voice rumbling from deep within his respiratory cavity.
"Good. What have you learned?"
"Nothing much—yet. I feel something emanating from him—I am getting strong vibes. I feel—"
"In other words, you have nothing new."
"No, that is not what I meant." The man spoke sharply. "Hear me out."
"Very well then."
"I feel that his mind has a lot of potential; however, it also, through the power of the 9-tailed fox within him, blocks me out. I can't get past the defenses the 9-tailed fox's power has erected in him. There is just too much chakra, too much that I can't get through. However, I feel that I may be able to get through. I have a plan."
"I trust that you know what you are doing, Nepa. We cannot afford to lose more time—or more power. This is not a game."
"I know sir. My plan will not fail. I will not fail." Nepa declared vehemently.
Little do you know that I plan to gain power over you too, sir." Nepa thought sarcastically to himself. He chuckled at his diabolical thoughts.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, sir. Just thinking of how I will gain power and fame."
"Mmm…You may leave now.'
"Yes sir", Nepa spoke, bowing reverently. He turned an left for the door behind me. Two guards moves out of the way.
"Nepa."
"Yes?" Nepa asked, spinning around on the backs of his heels.
"I am not one to be played with. You work for me, and only me. I will not tolerate insubordination. And do not feel that you can overcome me. You can't."
"No sir, I know. I would never think such things."
"Good. You may leave now. And remember everything I have taught you before. Do not forget them."
"Yes, sir!"
That boy Nepa—he's up to something, I can smell it. I'll have to keep an eye on him, just to be sure.
The man nodded to one of his guards, and the guard nodded back, turning to leave the room. As soon as he walked out the door and closed it behind him, he disappeared. His skin had chakra flowing through it, such that, when his chakra was tapped into, his skin displaced light particles, acting as a sort of invisibility cloak. Even his clothing disappeared from sight, as the chakra flowed even above the surface of his skin, cloaking his clothing and armor. He effectively had a shield of light-deflecting chakra around him.
This made him deadly to his enemies.
Nepa knew this, and sensing the guard's presence, he completed several hand signs. A scorpion appeared and slithered down his leg to the ground. It scurried away to a corner of the hall, waiting for the right moment to attack the guard.
Nepa chuckled to himself, even shaking his head at the guard's foolishness in trying to follow him.
When will they learn? He chuckled again.
Nepa turned the corner of the hall and made his way to a door leading to the outside. He soon heard grunting and a struggle. After several seconds, a loud thud reached his ears.
So the guard has been succumbed by poison. Fool.
Nepa then left the building and made his way to the woods.
