"Do you know these people and do you know of the Akatsuki?", "I have heard rumours about them. So in a way yes. But knowing about there existence didn't promt me to worry about them or encountering them for that matter", "But just because of them being in the area why must we leave?", "Because this is a perfect chance for us to be able to live in a real Ninja village and actually have a better life surely if you could you would do the same?", "Do what?", Well with that it seemed Arainami's father may have become unsure to say it now but he looked at Hozuki and said: "If we tell them we know where Itachi Uchiha is they should thank us for it and we'll be welcomed?", Hozuki replied confused slight "Was that a question or a statement?", Arainami's father wasn't too sure, Hozuki realised what he was trying to say but instead of addressing the point directly he simply said "We are moving tommorow at dawn we'll be heading towards Konoha anyway so there is no need to rush, please just relax get some sleep and we'll talk tommorow". As the light shone over the horizon Hozuki awoke in a daze staring at the light piercing through the fabric of his tent, he left the tent to go to the nearby river and wash his face before meditating, he returned to the camp site to see that Arainami and his father had awoken and were putting away everything so that they were ready to travel and so he began helping to get things moving quicker, the two left Hozuki to wash their own faces before they all left to head for Konoha.
As they walked along the dirt trail Hozuki looked in the sky to notice a flock of crows heading north, towards Konohagakure. He had an unexplainable nervousness, like something bad was going to happen, but wasn't sure whether to trust the feeling or not, so he continued to walk along without mentioning it, they had only entered the land of fire a short time ago, after walking for several hours Arainami noticed something was obviously not right, he felt as if they were being followed, but he couldn't detect any chakra, he wasn't good at detecting but he could detect chakra 360 degrees up to 30 meters, he thought that if they were being followed, who ever they were, they're keeping their distance, but why were they, and why were they following them in the first place, he tried to shake the feeling but he couldn't he did not know why were they keeping their, but he just couldn't, they decided to stop as the sky was turning orange as the sun setted, eventually it was dark and so they began setting up camp and dinner was being made by Arainami's father whilst Hozuki was meditating, calming his mind, just incase anything happened whilst he was gone he had Arainami on lookout whilst everyone else was busy and so the night mulled on until the food was ready and everyone sat down to eat, Hozuki was still unsettled by this feeling, Arainami and his father went to bed whilst Hozuki sat up a while longer before drifting off to sleep under the stars.
He awoke with a startle to the sound of screaming and the night sky being filled with an intense flame from a nearby clearing, Hozuki rushed to the scene to see a man with a black hair and red eyes, a cloak covered in red clouds, spitting a giant flame bomb and Arainami countering with a large amount of water, a sound from his left signalled for him to look in that direction to only see Arainami's wounded father resting against a tree. Arainami's father looked at Hozuki only to say: "Stop Arainami!", Hozuki looked at him in surprise then at Arainami and saw the same red eyes as the attacker,
Hozuki charged at the attacker weaving hand signs before yelling "Lightning Release: Tornado Lightning", as the massive spiralling wave of electricity whipped towards it's target Hozuki ran towards to Arainami unsure of what he was supposed to stop until he saw the bloodlust in his eyes, he sprinted and knocked Arainami into a tree knocking the breath from him and the result of his eyes losing the bloodlust and deep red eyes with black shapes in them. He had no idea what this was but he would be finding out, The attacker dodged the attack looked at them both before unleashing a flurry of shuriken and kunai.
Hozuki had no time to react but just as he attempted to Arainami's father launched in front of the two and took a majority of the damage whilst the remainder flew behind him and past them, he fell to the floor on his back with many of the weapons imbedded in his torso, another man appeared masked by the darkness talked to him for a moment and the two left, leaving Hozuki in shock Arainami was unable to move from where he was, the shock was too much, Hozuki launched forward to the fathers side before beckoning Arainami to his fathers side, Arainami lurched forward, taken aback by the horrifying sight before him.
A Bloody sight, followed by an almost lifeless father, Arainami was frozen. Unable to understand why this had happened, then he was snapped from his thought by the sound of his father trying to talk, his stuttered speech was only able to form "Arainami, go with Hozuki to The Village Hidden In The Leaves. Tell them that Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigake killed your father and that you have intel on their location. They should help you.", Arainami didn't want this, "Hozuki, please take care of Arainami, do as I told him. Please.", Hozuki replied swiftly: "Ok, we'll get there by tommorow", "Thank you..." was the fathers last words before he became lifeless. Hozuki motioned to Arainami. But Arainami ignored him. Hozuki turned to him and said: "We will avenge him for this, We must go to Konohagakure, Now!", he tugged at Arainamis arm motioning him to follow him once more. He complied this time but it was clear he didn't want to. They headed into the tree line rushing towards Konohagakure as fast as they could leaving behind the tent and small belongings, they would get them tommorow and bury Arainami's father but for now they had to make haste.
Arainami's heart was filled with sorrow, but he didn't let it stop him from pushing forward, he quickened his pace to the point that Hozuki had to speed up to match his speed, Hozuki could tell that Arainami was frustrated, which was understandable. A great silence was evident as they rushed towards the Village Hidden In The Leaves. As the sun started to rise a large dirt path leading to large wodden gates came into view the entrance to the village, they made it. Arainami didn't stop, just as Hozuki didn't either.
The two headed straight towards to entrance without hesitation, ANBU Black Ops swarmed down surrounding them, one of the ANBU yells "Illusion Technique: Flower Petal Dissolve" and launches at Arainami, Arainami is hit he screams then drops to the floor unconcious, Hozuki retaliates swiftly "Lightning Release: Lightning Ball" he swiftly uses his attack may times putting the ANBU in dismay before one is able to get close enough and stabs him in the back with a numbing and paralysis poison tipped kunai.
Hozuki drops to the ground. The ANBU take them both and when they awake they were being held in a cell...