Naruto: Tenth Dragons Poison
Chapter 4
It Begins
His eyes widened at the sound of it, wondering just how much truth there was to it.
"Shadow Revenants?"
"That's right," Kakashi said with the nod of his head. "That's the name that has been given to the situation."
"The situation," Naruto questioned. "Don't you mean attackers."
"As stated before, from the reports given no one was spotted during the attacks," Kakashi reminded. "It's still an open air debate on who or what attacked those people."
"I don't know what Granny Tsunade has for us," Naruto said. "But don't you think this should be a high priority?"
"I would agree," Kakashi replied. "But you know any mission given to you is above all interest, no matter the severity of it."
"That is until this problem spreads here," Naruto said. "Then we'll have no choice but to look into the matter."
"It won't get that far, I can assure you." Kakashi said before turning back for the path ahead.
"How can you be certain of that?"
"Come along," Kakashi said continuing to walk. "Don't forget we have a schedule to keep."
"I haven't forgotten." Naruto said following after him.
He trailed him, but only for the first few seconds. It didn't take long for him to catch up, keeping pace with him from his right side.
"You said you learned of the situation from intel that was collected," Naruto said glimpsing up at him. "When was it that this situation was brought to your attention?"
"Early this morning," Kakashi replied. "A unit had been sent out six days ago for a small task, during their mission is when they learned of the… Shadow Revenants."
"I see."
"When the first learned of the story they were optimistic."
"Who wouldn't be," Naruto said bringing his hands to the back of his head. "Sounds more like a ghost story more than anything at this point, from what has been said nothing sounds very plausible… well maybe not entirely."
"I'm curious as to what you mean by that."
"As I said before, I think there's more to this whole thing than we're currently aware of," Naruto replied. "No way were those shinobi attacked without the involvement of other shinobi, no matter what the reports claim."
"I'm inclined to agree, perhaps we'll know the truth in time," Kakashi said. "But for now we need to find out what the next mission is."
There was no arguing with this, both picking up in pace as they continued on. It was now the time of day where most activity was finally starting to begin, ranging from the children who strolled the side of the streets to the opening of most closed shops that could be found in the clear.
There was only one thing on his mind, its name echoing from all corners of his thoughts. The 'Shadow Revenants', who or what was it? It wasn't just a determination to discovering its truth, but a matching excitement wanting nothing short of a clashing challenge to face… one unknown to him that would soon find its way to him.
But with any darkness must lye a place of where it originated, in some cases coming from the opposite side of a coin. But this was different… something beyond comprehension, no way of truly fathoming the nature of what was to come. After months of plot, weeks of preparation, days of waiting… the last moments were finally closing in.
Even with nothing but complete darkness as their sight the time went off in their head, all eyes opening wide as an evil grin took form.
"It is time."
To Be Continued