Back at home Ibuki circled her ninja village in hopes to find clues on her clan's whereabouts. She felt careless as if she let her guard down. She went from home to home, but the whole ninja village was deserted. There was no one in sight it was like a ghost town.
With every failure to find her members Ibuki grunted in frustration. As she came to the elder's house, it was also empty. She collapsed on the ground biting her nail. She didn't know what to do next.
She pounded her fist to the wall. "Damn it all, where are they!"
Koji placed his hands on her shoulders. "Ibuki calm down, we will find them."
She shrugged him off quickly. "How? We don't even have any clues were they are?"
"I may have something." Sarai interrupted their moment together.
"Sarai, thank goodness you're alright. I thought they might have taken you two." Ibuki quickly embraced Sarai with relief.
Koji tented to Sarai's wounds she explained the situation.
"I was able to escape their grasp, but only barely, the others were taken." Sarai said. "The ninja clan was taken by a group called the Illuminati's. As far as I heard they are cult organization that has existed for thousands of years dedicated to saving mankind."
"They weren't strong enough to fight them off?"
"The leader of the organization had somehow managed to influence them to change their minds, so they followed them blindly. But I did manage to place one of your ninja tracking devices on one of them. I got it on my Iphone." Sarai winked.
"Great work Sarai, now we can save them." Ibuki commented.
"But we're going to need some help against them." Koji said.
"Yeah I know. But don't worry I know who to call on."
"Grr! hold still damn you!"
Makoto shouted as her and Elena spared in the dojo. The young martial artist continued her training to get stronger and stronger every day, not only for the sake of herself but her family's dojo. Every passing day was obstacle for her.
She was no going to let anything stand in her way. Elena moved with her long legs. To her fighting was like dancing constantly doing summersault and backflips. Even to the rudest opponents she always held a kind and gentle smile on her face.
"This ends now!" Makoto exclaimed throwing a fast punch.
"Hey Makoto, how are you?" Koji greeted interrupting the fight.
"Oh it's you guys. I was about to deliver the finishing move." She replied.
"Hi there it's good to see you all my friends. What brings you here today?" Elena greeted as well.
"I see, so that's what had happened."
The four of them sat quietly as Ibuki had explained the situation. Once again her home was in trouble and she needed help. Both Makoto and Elena had accepted with second the offer without second thoughts, but mostly due to their friendship together.
While on the road they had passed the American wrestler Alex. He had declined at first, but when the news on their location was revealed he decided to join Ibuki and her friends. Little did she know Alex had personal reason for going after the Illuminati's as she read his facial expression?
On their pursuit, they hitched a ride in an Illuminati's tow truck. All had remained silent for an hour. Too much was on their mind to even think about other stuff. Quietly they ignored the Illuminati's test tubes they were siting by.
Ibuki started the conversation. "Why are you pursuing the Illuminati's Alex?"
"My best friend was hurt in their attack, and I'm here to put a stop to those bastards once and for all." Alex answers.
She said. "You're not the only one, whose friends suffered from them."
"Whatever, the sooner I put those idiots in their place the better." Alex scoffed.
Suddenly the vehicle came to a halt. Boggled with curiosity Ibuki took a quick look outside. They discovered an ancient shrine like a lost Utopia. All the buildings were generations old. A lot of strangely hooded men gathered around the shrine.
"We are here." She informed everyone.
It was an easy way in as they ambushed a guard and disguised themselves as one of them. Silent whispers and hums roamed the area constantly as the blended in the crowd. The followed the rest of the group as they surrounded one man.
The man had long blond hair and two half's colored differently. One was blue other was red. He handed the book to his secretory as he was about to make an opening announcement.
"My friends thank you all for joining me here on this wonderful occasion. Today is the day we will create a new world for mankind, a paradise where we could live peacefully. No longer will there be war, pollution or corruption. People are blinded to the truth. But now where we stand the dark future is now over. We must take a step forward to…" Gill paused over the sight of Urien.
"Hold it right there Gill!" a voice called out disrupting the announcement.
All eyes turned to reveal Urien. Enraged, he stared at Gill with murderous intent. He could go off at any second.
"Ah brother, have you come to sure a place in this new world?" Gill inquired.
"No, I have come to reclaim my rightful place. I should be the one leading these people, not you." Urien shot back.
Gill smiled with pity. "It would seem like humanity has blinded you as well Urien. You could never accept defeat."
Urien pointed his index finger at Gill. "You were always father's favorite, but not anymore. I challenge you for the rightful place of Presidency over the group. Then you will see how superior I am."
"This battle is pointless, but if you're more than determined to humiliate yourself, then I'll be more than happy to oblige. Leave us…" Gill said.
All cult members clear out of the way. Both fighters appeared in nothing more but their loin cloth, and built like Roman Olympic athletes.
"Welcome to your death!"