Chapter 2
'The Anbu Black Ops Council why are they here' I thought wandering to the fridge to look for some food picking out an apple. Then walking back through the living room past my father and up the stairs I didn't dare ask anything. I walked into my room it was a neutral cream colour my father didn't appreciate loud colours like blues or anything bright unfortunately all that was hanging on my wall was a single photo of my mother, father and me when I was younger before she was murdered by an unknown assailant even now they still don't know who did it although people have been saying that it had to be someone close to her because there was no defence marks on the body or any sign of a struggle. That's what made me want to become a ninja I guess that I was driven by revenge but that feeling had slowly faded although sometimes I still wish I knew who killed her I still remember what I saw so clearly It makes me cry whenever I think about it:
I was about 5 years old it was a cold rainy night about twelve o'clock I woke up to the sound of a scream and naturally wondering what it was I got out of bed and walked to my door slowly opening it but only enough to see out of I looked around to see no one was there I walked across the dimly lit hallway to my parents room where I saw the light was on I pushed the door open to see my father cradling my mothers bloody lifeless body in his arms the blood dripping down onto his clothes I stood there glued to the spot tears welling up in my eyes. But one thing out of the whole night has stuck with me more than anything was the look my father had it wasn't of concern it was of contempt as if he was glad that she was gone I remember that he hadn't even cried once even at the funeral he didn't cry.
I always thought my father acted strange when he was around her but I never thought anything of it that is until recently tomorrow is the eve of my mothers death he hasn't been acting like himself rather than being his cheerful outgoing self he was acting serious or was it that this is how he actually is was this a front just to cover his real personality. 'Or the secret that he killed my mother…no I shouldn't think that it isn't possible is it?' I sat most of that night pondering over that thought until I finally fell asleep.
The next morning I woke up with a knock at my window I got up realising I was still in my clothes I walked over to the window and pulled it open to see an Anbu messenger at the window.
"What is it?" I asked the messenger turning to my door to make sure no one was listening "Okay continue," I said letting the messenger come in.
The messenger leapt quietly forward landing next to my neatly made bed.
"Your mission is to assassinate the Anbu council member Yashiro Koshiu," The messenger said quietly "any questions,"
"Yes I do have one why he's an Anbu black Ops council member?" I asked trying not to make my voice too loud.
"According to recent intelligence reports he has been associating and letting out classified information to rouge ninja who oppose this village," the messenger said calmly, "is there anything wrong with this mission or should we pass this on to some one else?" he asked.
I stood for a second trying to decide what to do…"okay I'll do it," I said heading to my draws picking up my Konoha headband and tied it around my waist.
"Oh and there's one more thing, this mission is for you and you only it doesn't involve any of your team members." He said jumping out of the window then vanishing in a cloud of smoke.
I walked over to my door pulling it open and went down the stairs through the living room to the front door.
"Where do you think you're going?" I turned to see my father standing just behind me.
"I…I got a mission," I replied slightly faltering at the look on my fathers face.
After that I turned and opened the door as I left I heard him say "Damn it... I thought I told Yashiro not to give her any more missions!"
As I walked into town I thought trying to figure why my father would say something like that 'no I can't think about this right now I need to get on with the mission at hand,' with that I jumped onto the roof and started heading for the Anbu council building, I got there thankfully undetected I hid just out of sight waiting for the right moment watching Yashiro through the window at one point I thought id be seen as Yashiro came and opened his window. He then turned away heading back for his desk that was by the window facing the closed wood door yes this was the moment to kill him I drew one of my twin swords jumping swiftly and quietly of my perch on a branch of a nearby tree through the window I stood for a second behind him unnoticed then I grabbed his head pulled it back and swiftly cut his throat his warm blood running down the sword I held in my right hand I let go of him sure he was dead how could anyone survive a clean cut of the throat the most vital part of survival is the first five bones and the wind pipe once severed its almost an instant death I let go of his head letting his cold dead body flop forward onto his desk letting his blood seep over his documents whilst I was there I thought id have a little look around his desk to see if I could find any information. I opened the first draw pulling out what looked like a letter I looked at the name of the sender at the bottom of the page it was my father Kohiru I decided I would read it to see what this was all about my eyes scanned over the letter:
Yashiro,
Firstly you mustn't let this letter get into the hands of anyone but yourself I'm afraid well need to get rid of the evidence that points to me for the murder of Koshaina the only evidence that remains is Skye we can't let her find out that I plan to kill her a week from now I'll make It look exactly the same as Koshaina's death that way it will look like the same unidentified killer they would think that it was the same killer and that it was a targeted operation of finishing off what they had originally started. I also want the council to stop sending Skye out on missions this will ensure that I have her in my sights at all times that way it's easier for me to monitor her movements to prevent her finding out about this and also keeping her unharmed till I get to her,
I thank you for standing by me all this time I'm afraid if she found out about this she would return the favour and kill me first keep this as secret as possible.
Yours,
Kohiru
'So that's why he's been acting like this!' I thought with tears in my eyes finally realising that my mother's killer was right next to me all along. I jumped back out of the room as people ran into the room realising that Yashiro had been murdered.
