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Chapter 1 – Running Lessons
Sasuke's POV
As things started to quiet down later that night I couldn't get the sight of that man getting captured right in front of me...that could've been me! I watched the sun set beyond the border of mansions, but I couldn't help but feel like I was being watched, and this has been a problem for a while, it just never became so apparent. I saw the sun sink below the mansions and the sky get dark; stars appearing soon after. I sighed and gently smiled at the calming sight of the fresh night. I felt a warm breeze pass my cheek. "Summer's almost here..." I thought. I felt the warm air set in as I ran across building after building jumping and flipping; just having fun as I usually did, but something stopped me: a duo of Runners standing in my path. "E-excuse me..."
The girl of the duo looked at me. "What? Don't you know it's dangerous to run at night?! Rich Masters' henchmen are out roaming the streets at night..."
"I-I had no idea...I'm sorry."
"Look we'll cut ya some slack...you're new to the "Running World" I can tell...you don't have your emblem yet."
"Emblem?"
"We'll explain later...let's get you indoors." The guy of the duo said.
I nodded and walked with them. It was the first time in a while since I walked along rooftops...I usually just ran.
"We'll teach ya somethin' kid..." The guy told me.
"Yeah? What's that?"
"Well...the main reason why you should never be running at night is not only because of the Rich Masters' henchmen, but also because there's one Rich Master who likes to take night walks along the rooftops, and he's a fast one..."
I gulped. "H-how fast?"
"Just as fast as you kid...and we've seen you in action. He could keep up with you, and possibly even pass you in a roof race." The girl said.
I gulped.
"But c'mon..." The guy said as he opened a window. "We'll talk more in my apartment."
I nodded and followed him and the girl inside (though I found it odd how they never mentioned their names, but I guess it really doesn't matter). "So who is this Rich Master?"
"His Name is Kakashi Hatake. The only Rich Master to be brought up from a Runner class family."
"The only one?!"
"That's right. He's the only person in the history of our city's founding on the three classes to be a Runner who became a Rich Master."
"How did he do it?" I asked as I leaned against the wall.
"He was smart, cunning, quick, and above all merciless."
"M-merciless?"
"That's right. He was called the Silver Shadow, and he got that nickname from assassinating the richest man in the city when he was your age."
"He was 17?!"
The two nodded.
"Whoa...this is...unbelievable..." I thought.
The three of us stopped and froze when we heard what sounded like a voice.
The window was shut and lights were turned off.
I got low to the floor after feeling a hand on my back. I heard that it was Kiba and stood.
"What're you doing kid?!" The man asked me as he tried to jerk me back to the floor by my wrist.
I was able to break away from his grasp and leave the apartment. "Kiba." I called; my voice in a whisper.
Kiba looked at me. "Sasuke!" He called back before running over to me.
"Keep it down."
"Why?"
"We're not alone out on the roofs like we thought." I whispered.
"What do ya mean?"
"There's a Rich Master who used to be a Runner...he walks on the rooftops at night and if he sees us we're bound to get caught!" I told him.
"You're just trying to scare me again like old times before we started running." Kiba said before running off.
"Wait Kiba!" I called before running after him.
3rd Person POV
Sasuke dashed after his hooded friend. "This is bad! If I can't stop Kiba he could get caught!" He thought as he started to catch up to his friend.
In that very instant Kiba's run was cut short by an outstretched arm that caught his throat.
Kiba coughed and fell backwards.
Sasuke skidded to a stop; not knowing what had happened. He took a couple steps back. "What just happened?!" He asked himself.
A silver-haired man stepped into the light of the rising moon.
Sasuke's eyes widened. "The Silver Shadow..." He thought.
Kiba gasped and backed up; still on the ground.
"Kiba run!" Sasuke yelled.
Kiba backed up more and got up and started to run.
The silver-haired man looked at Sasuke. "I'll be back for you..." He said before running after Kiba.
Sasuke backed up more, but he watched the Silver Shadow run. "He IS fast...he's almost caught up to him, and I can't do anything..." He thought; feeling helpless. He gulped. "I should've stayed inside..." He said to himself. Sasuke's onyx eyes filled with fear as he looked to see that Kiba had been caught and taken away. "K-Kiba..." He muttered.
Sasuke's POV
I was completely terrified. The Silver Shadow caught the only friend that I have that's a Runner. I started running as fast as I could to find a window or someplace to hide for a while.
"Sasuke!" I heard a voice call out to me; it sounded like Naruto's.
I looked to a window and saw Naruto with the window open.
"C'mon!"
I nodded and dashed for the open window; diving through and landing on his bed.
Naruto closed the window behind me. "What was going on out there?!"
"Have you ever heard of the Silver Shadow?"
Naruto's eyes widened. "Don't tell me...he was the one out there chasing you..."
I hesitantly nodded.
"Sasuke?! Do you have any idea what is going to happen?"
"No. I was hoping you could tell me."
"He knows your face now, so he can find you...no matter what time of day."
"How?"
"He was a Runner before so he knows how the Runner class works."
"Yeah I knew he was a Runner before, but how will he know?"
"He watches one Runner in particular, a Runner that proves to be like him in any way when he was 17."
"That explains a lot..."
"What do you mean?"
"I've been having this feeling that I'm being watched whenever I run."
"The Silver Shadow's been watching you then...he sees something in you that is like him in some way."
"My speed...he was just as fast as me or even faster."
"That, and you've proven to be uncatchable...just like him."
"How do you know all this stuff?"
"My dad works with him and many of the other Rich Masters on the border."
"He does?"
"Yeah. In fact, his best client is the Silver Shadow himself."
My eyes widened. "Seriously?!"
"Yeah, but keep it down and get some sleep."
I sighed and lied down on the floor where Naruto left my bedspread for when I get into a little trouble and doesn't want to leave me in a separate room.
