Hey! Sry it took awhile…I get distracted easily from my writing. . …..well enjoy!

Chapter 6: First Meeting/Mission

Kwan was standing in dark forest. There was no light, yet he could see things clearly. There were a group of people standing ahead of him. It was his family.

He heard a roar of a great feline coming from behind him. He began to run to his family crying. As he ran, he heard thumping behind him and knew that the creature was chasing him.

He ran faster and faster, but his family didn't seem to get any nearer. He heard a swoosh from the side as he saw a black creature rush by him and after his family. The only thing he could do was to grab onto the creature's tail.

He tried to pull, but the beast was stronger and Kwan was dragged along the ground.

"No!" Kwan screamed. "No!"

He tightened his grip. Then, everything went black.

-On Kwan's front porch­­-

Aiko and Mai were sitting on the steps waiting for Kwan to wake up. They've been sitting there already for ten minutes, and they began to wonder if he was even home. They received their answer when they heard a scream from inside.

Aiko and Mai open the door which was unlocked and ran inside and went into Kwan's bedroom. He was lying in bed with his eyes wide open, though they were much smaller than normal sized.

They rushed over to his bed and tried to wake him up. Kwan kept screaming out "No!" and moving around as if he was trying to escape something.

"Wake up!" Aiko and Mai called out.

Kwan grabbed Aiko's arm. Pain shot through the back of Aiko's neck.

Aiko yelled out in pain while grabbing her neck. After awhile, Kwan let go and he fell back into his bed, sleeping peacefully. The pain stopped for Aiko.

"You okay?" Mai asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Aiko replied while rubbing the back of her neck.

"Yo," they heard a voice from the window.

It was a man with brown eyes and hair with a hair style like Cloud from Final Fantasy VII. He also had a mask the covered most of his face (like Kakashi's) and his forehead protector was worn low so that all you could see were his eyes. He was crouching on the window sill.

"I'm Rai. Um…how is Kwan doing?"

"I think he had a nightmare, but I think he is fine now," Mai answered.

"Oh. What's wrong with your neck?" Rai asked Aiko.

"Oh nothing!" she said quickly and removed her hand.

The next thing that happened was that she was found lying on the floor while Rai was on her back examining her neck. There was black symbol on her neck, the symbol of the Shadow Clan, Ω.

"How odd…you have a symbol on your neck that only one other person has…"

"What? A mark? What symbol and who?" Aiko immediately asked.

"You have the symbol of the Shadow Clan on your neck, and Kwan is the only person who should have it."

"What!" she exclaimed with a shocked expression.

"Are you hiding something?"

"No! I was trying to wake Kwan up when he grabbed my arm and I felt pain on the back of my neck."

"Hmm…it seems as if he unwillingly marked you as a Shadow Clan member. I wonder if it has any significance…"

"Well…what do we do now? Do we wake him up?" Mai asked.

"Oh, no. Don't do that. He should rest. We'll do a mission tomorrow. And unlike the other teams, we don't have to do a Survival Examination, since you are the top students. You two can go home, I'll stay here. Don't worry. I am a Jounin you know. I used to be a high ranked ANBU too."

"ANBU? Woah! You must be really good! Yeah, what made you quit?" Aiko spoke.

"Oh. Well, even though I was high ranked, I felt ANBU wasn't the life for me. All you do is kill that guy, kill another dude, and kill him. So I went back to being a Jounin so I can train little kids like you."

Mai raised an eyebrow. "I have another theory. Something went wrong that made you quit ANBU even though you didn't want to. And you turned out to be teaching us because we are the top students, and because he is here." She pointed at Kwan.

"You know, you would be a great information gatherer."

"And why were you late?" Mai glared at him.

"Oh I got lost. I haven't been to this house in quite awhile and I didn't have a directory."

"Why were you here last time?" Aiko asked curiously.

"Oh…nothing really," Rai replied in a tone with sadness. "Well, I'm gonna stay here. You two can leave."

Mai walked out the door while looking back and then sprang off. Aiko slowly walked outside while looking at Kwan. Then she also sprang off.

Rai looked down at Kwan.

"You are an interesting boy. Who would have thought you could do something like that…" Rai rubbed the back of his neck as if he was remembering something. He sighed and sat down reading a book, leaving Kwan back to his sleep.

……………………..

One year later…

Kwan opened his eyes. He sat up and rubbed his eyes. He was sitting in a hotel room. A few feet away, Rai was sleeping soundly.

"What time is it?" he thought.

"About five in the morning. You still got a few hours until you start your mission," the Dark Spirit replied.

Team 8 was on a B class mission away from their village. Their mission was to investigate a robbery at a big city named Kin, and if forced to, they would act. They were doing a B class mission because they are Chuunin level. They just skipped all of the previous Chuunin tests.

"We are saving you for something else," was all Rai replied when his subordinates asked him.

Kwan got dressed and walked outside.

"Shouldn't you be asleep?" the Dark Spirit asked.

"I'm not tired. I'm going to go for a walk."

Kwan walked outside the hotel and began to walk around the city. There were very few people out since it was still very early. He walked to the edge of town and stood on a cliff with a handrail.

"What are you doing out so early?" he heard a female voice in his head.

He turned around and saw Aiko approaching him. Kwan sighed.

"I woke up and I can't go back to sleep," he responded mentally.

Ever since that incident a year ago, somehow Aiko and Kwan could send each other's thoughts. No one could figure out why and how it occurred except that it was more than likely related to the mark on Aiko's neck.

"So why do you need to walk around alone?"

"I don't know. I just feel like watching the sunrise."

"Watching the sunrise? Who does that? Normal people watch the sunset." Aiko giggled leaning on the handrail next to Kwan while waiting for the sunrise.

"I just like to watch how light shatters darkness. Sunset is when darkness hides the light away."

"Odd. I thought you'd be the person to like the dark."

"Well, I do, but at the same time, I wish that instead of being a dark person, I could be both light and dark."

"Oh…"

They watched the horizon silently as they waited. Then, a streak of light broke the darkness. A great ball of light rose from the ground and lingered in the sky.

"Wow…it's beautiful."

"Yeah…it is."

Aiko lifted her hands to block some of the light and looked at Kwan. She gasped. Kwan wasn't squinting. The light seemed to not bother him.

"Neither light nor darkness bothers me. It's odd. I don't think it's a clan trait. I've never heard about it…"

Aiko stared at Kwan thinking (not sending thoughts to Kwan).

Kwan turned around and spoke aloud, "Let's go. Our mission is going to start soon."

"Okay." Aiko turned around and walked along with Kwan.

They made it back to the hotel room and walked to their rooms. The girls' room was next to the men's room. They opened the doors and walked in. Kwan walked in to find Rai reading a book.

"Hello. Where have you been?" Rai asked.

"I was watching the sunrise with Aiko."

"Sunrise? That's not very romantic," Rai teased.

"Romantic? Was it suppose to be romantic?" Kwan asked confused.

Rai sighed. "Nevermind…anyways, the robbery occurred a gunpowder warehouse. Cases of gunpowder were stolen. We're going to investigate it." (AN: no, there aren't any guns. Gunpowder is used for mines and fireworks and other things.)

"Oh! And we're walking."

"Aww….fine…."

Kwan and Rai walked outside and knocked on the girls' door.

"We're leaving for the mission now," Rai told the girls.

"Okay. We'll meet you downstairs," was the response.

Rai and Kwan walked downstairs and stood there waiting. After awhile, the girls finally came down.

"What took you girls so long?" Kwan asked.

"Girl stuff," Mai responded while poking Kwan on his forehead with a finger.

Rai coughed. "Let's get moving."

Team 8 left the hotel and began to walk around the town. After about an hour of walking, they made it to the gunpowder warehouse. After speaking with the owner, they walked to the scene of the crime.

There was big empty space where the cases used to be. The team walked around inspecting it.

"This was a very perfectly operated robbery. There are very few signs and there seems to be no damage," Aiko inspected.

"When did the robbery occur?" Kwan asked.

"Sometime yesterday morning. The cases were still here the night before but were gone when the warehouse opened at nine," Rai answered.

Kwan bent down and rubbed the ground where the cases used to be.

"The robbery occurred a week ago," Kwan stated.

"What?" Everyone asked confused.

"If it was stolen yesterday, the dust here would be a lot thinner. I'm guessing there was a genjutsu used. We're dealing with a real ninja, or ninjas."

"Woah!" Everyone shouted.

"That would have slipped by me," Mai spoke.

"So, what now?" Aiko asked.

"There are no more clues. I guess we have to wait until whenever. More than likely they are planning an attack with the gunpowder," Rai explained.

"Probably another robbery," Aiko spoke, "Except this time, they will probably target something with value. Where here is where the most valuable items stored?"

"You don't know? This city has the bank that's rumored to carry the most money and most valuable items of the country. It's named the Golden Bank." Mai answered.

"But we only can guess that they are targeting that. It's the best thing we got. So, we will scout around there today," Rai explained. "We can't be looking like ninjas, so I suggest we use a jutsu. Also, across from the bank is a bakery, so you two girls and pretend to work there. Kwan, you can hide in the shadows like you always do."

There was a puff of smoke and there was now an old man standing there with ragged clothes holding a sign that said, "Money for food".

"Eh? I'm going to be a beggar," Rai spoke with an old man's voice.

"Okay, let's go. We can't walk travel together or it will be suspicious. The bank is in the very center of the city. Stay alert. Good luck!" and Rai began to walk off to the center of city."

Aiko and Mai used a genjutsu to look like every day girls.

"See you, Kwan!" Aiko shouted as she left with Mai on a different path to the bank.

Kwan vanished…

That evening…

There was an old man sitting on the ground outside of the bakery begging for money, and inside the bakery were two new employees.

Kwan was inside the bank hidden in the shadows. He could literally walk into a shadow and disappear into it.

They waited for something to happen. The waiting was only a few hours.

At about 9 P.M., there was a big explosion on the edge of town.

"Damn!" Rai muttered under his breath. "We were wrong."

He stood up and puffed back into his original form and signaled everyone to follow him. Aiko and Mai ran out of the shop and followed him. Kwan sent a mental message to Aiko saying he'll stay there, and if they need him, then call him.

Important places were locked down so no one could enter or get out. People ran out of the bank and metal walls came down and blocked it. It became silent.

Kwan was alone in the room, or so it seemed. A plant in the corner of the room puffed into smoke and a ninja appeared.

"Peace of cake," he spoke to himself. The ninja had glasses, spiky hair, and a lot of gadgets on his body. The ninja strode to a door and opened it, and continued walking to the back of the building.

Kwan sent a mental message to Aiko saying that they are going for the bank. Aiko replied saying that Rai is on his way leaving Aiko and Mai to take care of the explosion.

There was an elevator where there was a key needed to activate it and a keypad to insert a code to open it. The ninja pulled a small metal stick from his pocket and stuck it into the keyhole. He placed his finger on it and a spark shot through the stick causing a small door to open up revealing a keypad.

He took a metal needle and stuck it into the keypad. Once again, a spark flew from his fingers and went through the needle. The keypad made a beeping noise and the elevator opened.

"I love my job," the ninja smiled. He grabbed his items and walked into the elevator. As the elevator went down, he began to prepare a little device to unlock the
Big Metal Door that's blast proof. The elevator door opened and he saw Kwan standing there.

"Oh look! A little ninja is here to stop me," he taunted.

"I advise you to surrender," Kwan spoke.

"Surrender? You clearly do not know who I am. I am a renegade of the Kuuden Clan. The clan that has a bloodline that has natural electric chakra. Our clan is one of the strongest of the country. So don't tell me to surrender you little brat."

Kwan just chuckled. "You, clearly do not know who I am you fool!"

"What? Why you little!" The ninja gathered chakra into his hands to create electricity flowing through his fingers (looks very much like Chidori, but not same thing; this one is pure electric chakra). The ninja also gathered chakra into his feet to make him lightning fast. He dashed at Kwan thrusting his hand into Kwan's face. Right before it reached Kwan's face, it stopped.

"What? I can't move!" he cried.

"That's because I used Shadow Bind on you."

"What? You never moved, so how could have you done it."

"I will tell you who I am." Kwan turned his head so the ninja could see the mark on his neck. The ninja gasped.

"No! You're part of the Shadow Clan! But I thought they were dead."

"I am the last." Kwan walked over and placed a kunai on his neck. "Are you here alone?"

"There are three more behind the doors who transformed into a few diamonds," he immediately answered in fear of the survivor of the clan. "I was going to disable the alarm system with my electric skills and open the door.

"Thank you," Kwan replied and hit the ninja on the back of his neck knocking him out.

Kwan walked over the door. His hand began to glow just like the electric ninja and he placed his hand on the door. There was a beep and the door slid open. Kwan walked in.

"What took you so long? We were waiting—" one of the men spoke from inside but was cut by Kwan's appearance. The man looked behind Kwan seeing his comrade on the floor.

"What happened?" one of the other men called out.

"Surrender. You have been caught," Kwan spoke.

"To a little kid like you?" the men laughed.

"I wouldn't be laughing if I were you. I am part of the Shadow Clan you know…"

"What? Shadow Clan?" they responded in a tone of fear. "No matter. You are still a kid!" The men lunged at him.

"Then I shall just have to hurt you with your comrades skill," Kwan spoke. He summoned the chakra his hands again. The men hesitated.

"What? But that's a bloodline technique!"

Kwan merely smiled. He dashed forward and thrust his palms out into two of the men's chest. The men stood there for a moment shaking and then flew back unconscious. The other men stood there staring at his fallen comrades.

"Care to surrender?" Kwan suggested. The man quickly nodded. He did the sleeping jutsu on himself and fell the ground.

"I guess you didn't need me," came a voice from the elevator. Kwan turned around and saw Rai standing there with his arms crossed.

"Guess not," Kwan replied. They grabbed the men and brought them upstairs then tied them up with special rope that cannot be broken or slipped out of.

"Let's go back and help Aiko and Mai at the explosion," Rai commanded.

"Okay," Kwan replied. He then stood there sending a message to Aiko. He received no response. "That's odd" he thought. He tried again, nothing.

"Something is wrong," Kwan told Rai. "I can't contact Aiko."

"Let's hurry then," Rai spoke, and they sprinted off to the explosion site.

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Uh…this chapter ends here…I wanted to split the chapter so it wouldn't be super long. It continues next chapter and picks up immediately, plus I wanted to update. I'll have the next chapter in a day or so.