"Wh... wha... what happened here?" I barely managed to get out. Manabu was studing the disturbing scene with those eyes of his, taking in every detail. He saw the shock and horror on my face and walked over to comfort me, and I think, I saw his eyes begin to water. He turned and looked at the disfigured face of the man who had cared for us since we were three. then he fell to his knees and began to cry heavily. This was almost as disturbing as the scene that lay before us, as, I had never seen him cry like that. I began to cry to as I noticed ANBU Tracker Ninja outside our door.
"If you would, please come with us," said a tall, very thin ANBU with long black hair that covered most of his face. We stood up and followed out the door. The ANBU were checking out the scene, hoping to see what it was that killed him.
A few minutes later, a short muscular ANBU walked out with a pencil and a notepad in his hand. Looking up, he began speaking to me and my brother.
"Hibiki. Manabu. It seems that he was attacked by someone."
"Well I could have told you that myself! Just tell us something that will tell us who did it!" Manabu yelled furiously.
"It was a member of an clan of elite ninja that live on a small remote island just off our coast. We can tell because the way the cuts are, we can tell that the weapon used is the assumed weapon of choice for-"
"Ok got it. Where's this island!" I asked with clenched teeth.
"We.. I've been ordered not to tell you," he said with presumptuous look on his face.
"And why is that. Afraid we'll find 'em before you do?"
"These are very elite ninja that will have no mercy if they catch you. You will NOT pursue them. This will be handled by the ANBU. You will be watched over by a jonin 'til the mission is over with.
"I don't care! We can take 'em! They freakin' killed our grandfather and you expect us to just sit around and-"
"What is that?" Manabu interrupted reaching into the pocket on the shirt of the ANBU. It was a note.
"This is just us sending a message. A warning really. You messed with the wrong people. Mess with us again, and it'll be you next."
"You were goin' to keep this from us! How could you just leave this out?" He said, with anger in his voice. Throwing the paper on the ground, he stormed of towards the spot where we were practicing our new jutsu. I followed quickly.
"Who wrote that note? Do you know?" I asked.
"Yeah... Remember a few weeks ago when we ran into that strange kid and he attacked us so we whooped him? He said something as he was leaving. He said he'd get back at us for beatin' him up. I summoned a ninja tortoise to follow him. I know where that island is."
"Okay, so we wait for the ANBU to leave the house for the night, then go and get what we need for a while and take off for the island," I suggested.
"Okay. It will be a three day trip. Pack wisely."
So we waited for midnight, went to the house to get what we needed for the mission, then, we left.