Tracking
Present day
Kazuki soared through the clouds. His sharp eagle eyes observed the distant red specks with growing apprehension.
"Where the hell are they going?" He kept asking himself.
He circled around the slowly moving men below, occasionally darting above the cloud line for a moment to avoid suspicion. He hadn't heard from Tsuki or Aya in a while and was starting to worry.
"They'll be fine…" He chided himself. "Just worry about yourself."
The eagle flew upwards through the clouds, emerging into the vast expanse of blue sky. He remembered with a pang the Shiryuu initiation ritual. He though about how ignorant he was of his true potential all those years ago. The eagle looked up into the heavens, remembering how he had marvelled at the beauty of it all during the ritual. However, he had no time for that now; he had work to do. Kazuki turned into a shallow dive through the white clouds, careful not to go as rapidly as he had in the ritual. As the eagle emerged, Kazuki was alarmed to find he had lost track of the men's position. He scanned the landscape desperately and finally spotted the scattering of red amid the green fields.
"Damn!" Thought Kazuki. "They've picked up the pace!" He gazed back towards the area of woodland. "I hope the others notice as well, or they're going to be left behind."
On that note, the majestic creature sped off in pursuit of the red clothed ninjas, not certain what he would find when he got there.