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Chapter 4: Senya
Mako watched the family reunion. Jiandao, Mei and their daughter Jiayi. Made him think about his family, a slight sting in heart immediately came as he thought back on the previous day, the anniversary of his parents' deaths.
"Hopefully Lord Izumi has something that can help me and Bolin understand mother a little better." Mako thought as he gulped down his drink.
He left Jiandao's family to themselves, and went to join the Blue Spirits that were a little closer to his age. Namely, Noren, Hui Lee and Jun Jr.
"Hey kiddo." Jun greeted Mako as he sat with them. Mako did not really mind her calling him that. Kuzon with a drink in his hand came and sat down with them.
"Still want to know where I'm staying at." Mako sad to them. "Where's this headquarters or base Jun mentioned earlier?"
"It's in the eastern islands, not that far from here." Noren said. "In the Shu Jing town, you'll see it soon, and trust me you'll like it."
"Alright, you guys and your surprises." Mako shrugged.
"It's Jiandao's castle." Hui Lee answered, revealing the surprise.
"Castle?" Mako repeated after her surprised.
"Aw come on Hui Lee, spoiler." Noren said, making a little glare at her.
"Yeah well, he's going to know sooner or later. Plus he's in this team, it's not really nice to keep secrets when he asked what it is." Hui Lee said, fanning herself with one of the fans she uses. Giving off a look of elegance.
"A castle?" Mako's eyebrow raised.
Hui Lee then explained. "It was used to be owned by Jiandao's grandfather, the sword master Piandao, whom was part of the White Lotus. It used to be Piandao's swordsmanship academy, but that was a long time ago. When ownership of the castle fell under Jiandao, he along with Fire Lord Izumi had the place changed for this unit's purposes."
Mako listened to her, and at the same time there was one thing bothering in his mind, Future Industries.
"Mako? What's eating you?" Kuzon tapped his shoulder.
"I um, uh just wondering about Future Industries. Shady Shin said the triad got into the Fire Nation by slipping into Future Industries. If that's the case, what is the state of Future Industries back in Republic City?" Mako said to them.
"Captain told us already, Fire Lord Izumi did not order us to look into the matter concerning Future Industries, just to take down the triad here." Hui Lee said bluntly.
Mako turned to her. "We can't just ignore the fact that the Future Industries is compromised is some way."
"No one is saying we shouldn't." Hui Lee said, "But until Fire Lord Izumi or Lord Zuko specifically tell us to investigate the matter, we have to leave it at that."
Mako made a soft sigh, understanding their standpoint. They were to only follow the Fire Lord's orders. The Blue Spirit Unit's loyalties were to the Fire Nation exclusively. They were not like the Air Nomads helping wherever they can, the Blue Spirits answered only to the Fire Lord.
"First Hiroshi kicked the bucket, and now his company is inherited by his daughter, and she does not know that the company is being used by the triad. Quite a screw up." Kuzon said adjusting his headband.
"That's why I can't just drop the matter." Mako said. "I have to warn her."
"Whoa, what's she to you?" Noren asked.
"She's…an associate. A f-friend." Mako stammered.
"Ohhh right. A friend, sure sure." Noren had a smug face.
"I-I…l-look I-I'm sorry I don't want to get into those details, but I still got to warn her."
"Ok easy Mako don't hurt yourself." Jun stopped him. "Mako, you can go right ahead and warn your friend, but how you're going to do it, that's on you."
Mako fell silent to that, but he had to agree. He would have to wait on Fire Lord Izumi.
"You know that might be a good opportunity to test out something I'm working for the unit, if you're going to Republic City for a while." Kuzon spoke up.
"What thing?" Hui Lee asked.
"It's a communication system, two way communication." Kuzon explained.
"Don't we already have that? The phone?" Mako asked.
"Well this one's smaller, a handheld transceiver, and multiple transmissions from each of us. Be easier to carry around and coordinate when we're out in on missions, but it's still a prototype." Kuzon said. Listening to Kuzon, Mako wondered if Future Industries lost a valuable asset firing him.
"Well you've been busy this afternoon huh Kuzon?" Hui Lee crossed her arms.
"Also back at the Fire Lord's throne room. Fire Lord Izumi said something about finding information about your mother?" Jun recalled.
"Oh y-yeah. Fire Lord Izumi said that she would do what she can in finding out information about my mother. That was the deal when I came here to help in this triad business." Mako said. "You know, now that you asked, you guys are in this team for what exactly?"
"I'm a friend of the Royal Family, they asked me to join and so I did." Hui Lee said. "Plus if I could really use my skills as Kyoshi Warrior especially of this day of age, then all the better."
"Kuzon?" Mako asked the Blue Spirit Engineer and Saboteur.
"You know my story already. I got fired from Future Industries, came back, and joined the military. Now I get to build and innovate, and be a Blue Spirit. Maybe leaving Future Industries was a good thing for me I guess." Kuzon gave his piece.
Mako then turned to the bounty hunter, "Well Jun, what are you in this for?"
"Money." Jun Jr gave her simple short answer. "Money."
Jun Jr nudged Noren. "Alright, now's it's time for the 'Lost Prince' to give his story."
Noren sulked at that name, "Look, my lineage is not something to brag ok? Ursa, the wife of Ozai, she was my great grandmother, and that's it. When Lord Zuko came to me, I wasn't going to say no."
Noren then held his hand out a little, "You know a funny thing about Ozai, big man titled himself 'The Phoenix King'. He thought that he was such a big shot in his fire-bending." Noren's fist ignited with an alluring orange flame.
"He had no idea, that my great grandmother was the one who was truly gifted in flames." The fire in Noren's hand turned to blue. It was the first time the Mako had ever seen someone bending blue fire, the colour was mystical.
"Blue flames?" Mako gawked.
"The only one that I'm aware of that could do this as well was Ursa's daughter Azula, I guess it's in my blood too." Noren extinguished the blue fire in his palm.
"Blue Spirits." Everyone heard Jiandao behind Mako, the team turned around. Mei was still tending to her daughter.
"Alright now we got our new pup in the team, tomorrow first light we train. That includes all of us." Jiandao said.
"Right." Everyone said, except for Mako.
"Uh train what exactly captain?" Mako asked.
"Everything you need to know." Jiandao answered. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Everyone paid their dinner and left the ramen restaurant. Jiandao, Mei and their daughter Jiayi left the Blue Spirits, the team got into the Satomobile Jeep and drove off into the night.
"What do you mean he's missing?" Korra asked. "He's not at home?"
"No, we went to the station he wasn't there. We went to his apartment, but he wasn't there too." Bolin explained, "Oh and Lin had his badge with her strangely enough, apparently he quit the police. Maybe he just took off."
"Quit the police? That doesn't sound like him at all." Asami commented.
"I don't know if Aunt Lin is not telling us something." Opal added.
The four of them were at the Air Temple Island, where Bolin and Opal had come to inform Korra, Asami and along with other residence of Air Temple Island, about Mako's absence.
With them were Tenzin and Pema, and they too were surprised about the news.
"I wonder if he ran away." Pema asked.
"Ran away? That's not like him, he just cannot leave." Korra ranted a little.
"Well you did before Korra, so why not him?" Pema pointed out.
"I…but…w-well that was different, I was recovering from a trauma, and it shook my identity. And I don't think Mako would be having a trauma that requires him to just up and leave." Korra argued. "Wait hang on, he said he was busy with something yesterday didn't he?"
"Well, maybe that's the answer." Tenzin said, "Whatever he's busy with required him to leave."
"But what? And where?" Bolin asked.
"I'm betting Aunt Lin knows." Opal said.
"And maybe, perhaps we should not interfere?" Pema asked.
Korra, Asami, Bolin and Opal turned to her with surprised faces.
"What?!" Korra blurted out. "Why not?!"
"Well, if he wanted you guys to know, he would have told you wouldn't he?" Pema said.
"I…I suppose. Well then if that's the case why wouldn't he want us to know? Me, Asami, Bolin? He doesn't keep secrets from us."
"I'm going to ask Aunt Lin head on." Opal said.
"Opal dear, I really do not think that is a good idea?" Pema spoke out.
"Why not?" Opal asked.
"Perhaps dear…" Pema's tone suddenly had a tint of nervousness, "Maybe we shouldn't pressure Mako, and let him be."
"What are talking about Pema, I'm not following." Korra questioned her.
"I've been observing it recently. And I did not really want to spoil the mood then, but I think that perhaps Mako doesn't feel…how do I put it…he doesn't feel comfortable with you guys anymore."
They all have the 'appropriate' reaction.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Korra's tone raised a bit at what Pema said.
"Yeah, Mako is a part of Team Avatar, all of us Pema." Bolin said, speaking for Korra, Asami and Opal.
"Bolin, you say that but is he really?" Pema said, "I've seen him when Tenzin and Korra were recruiting the new air benders in the Earth Kingdom. When he came here to the island to join you all in finding those air benders I could see it was so awkward for him just to be here."
Realisation hit them all, their eyes widened.
Pema continued, "And when he comes here to join us for dinner, the poor boy has to sit there and eat while you all, Korra, Asami, Bolin and Opal are you own world having fun together. And I do not even know how is he when you all decide to bring him along and eat at places like Kwong's Cuisine"
"I…I…thought he was having fun with us, together, all of us." Opal said sadly, Asami put a hand on her shoulder. "But maybe that's not true after all."
"What are you guys saying, that he's drifting away from us? That can't be right?" Korra was not convinced yet entirely.
"You know he did say something like that when I convinced him to come with us to find the air benders in the Earth Kingdom." Bolin said.
"He said to me, that he would always got my back." Korra said, she was feeling uncomfortable herself, with this revelation happening so fast.
"Korra, things might have changed for him now." Pema said. "I personally think we should let Mako be, he said he's busy with something so just leave it at that."
The long silence filled the room, until Tenzin spoke, "Maybe Pema's right. But that reminds me, since we have gathered air benders from the Earth Kingdom, I've been planning on finding air benders in the Fire Nation. I think this might be a great opportunity to counsel with Fire Lord Izumi in this matter."
The drive to the Blue Spirit base was not long like Noren said, after some short period of time, Mako sitting at the back of the Jeep Satomobile in between Jun Jr and Noren could see the castle coming into the view among the rolling hills.
The castle stood grand and tall, and Mako was going to be spending the night in there.
"There it is Mako, Blue Spirits headquarters."
"Whoa, goodness it's huge. No one knows about this place?" Mako was still assimilating what was before him.
"This place's been out of commission ever since sword academy closed down, now it belongs to the Blue Spirits." Hui Lee said.
The gates opened and the courtyard presented itself. Kuzon parked the Jeep Satomobile. Mako gathered his bags, and they all entered the castle. Nyla Jr the Shirshu was resting peacefully in the hall until she heard the team entering the castle.
"Hey Nyla." Jun Jr went up to the Shirshu and gave her a rubbing on her fur.
"Hey guys." Mako said to them.
"What up Mako?" Jun Jr turned her head to him.
"Are there any other air benders in the Fire Nation?" He asked.
"I'm sure there are, but it's not our business." Hui Lee answered.
"Jun if you're an air bender, are you going to join the Air Nomads?" Mako asked the bounty hunter.
Jun Jr immediately let out a huge scoff, "You kidding? No offence but me, joining some group of people who are all about, wearing red and yellow, tattoos all overs, pacifism, and no money at all? Forget that. I go where the money's good, and here the money's good."
"Yeah, yeah and you like this team too." Hui Lee smiled and went up the stairs.
Jun Jr chuckled, "Yeah that too."
"Mako." Kuzon called the rookie. "I'll show you to your room."
They both head on upstairs to the third floor. Mako said, "It's still pretty insane that you guys have this whole place to yourselves."
"Well this isn't a resort, this a task force base." Kuzon replied. Walking through the third floor. They arrived at a door at the end of the corridor. "This is your room, there's a bathroom in there for you too. Get some rest and get ready for tomorrow."
"Thanks Kuzon, night." Mako entered the room. It was a decently sized room, a bed and a closet on the left, a table and chair on the left, along with the door to the bathroom. He set his bags on by the closet and went to check the bathroom. Tiled floor, porcelain toilet and sink, and a shower at the opposite side.
"All these luxuries." Mako thought. "There's definitely a catch to this. The training is definitely going to be intense tomorrow."
After a warm shower, he got into a change of clothes, wearing a white t-shirt and black shorts, Mako peered out of the window, the sight of a starry night with the moon, the hills with the large river off in the distance.
All of this was still quite a lot for him to take in. Leaving Republic City, joining this task force for the Fire Nation, finding out about his mother, learning about Future Industries being infiltrated by the triad. His friends have no idea where he is now, nor does he have any way to contact them.
"When I get back to Republic City soon, I need to let Asami know about the triad." Mako thought. He stepped away from the window to his bags, taking the Blue Spirit mask.
He stared at it as it stared back at him. He recalled Shady Shin, Lightning Bolt Zolt along with the other triad members he had taken down with the Blue Spirit Unit. The triad members were afraid of them, they were in fear. He conquered his old enemies, not as Team Avatar, but as a Blue Spirit.
How satisfying it was for him, to defeat the foes of his past.
But there was one foe in his past he could never conquer, the one killed everything in that alley long ago.
He set the mask on the table and unpacked his clothes in the closet, which already had a few more sets of black outfits when he is donning the mask.
He plopped on the bed, facing the ceiling with the soothing moonlight shining through the window.
Another thought crept into his head. He knew he needed to go back to Republic City to warn Korra and her friends about Future Industries in the Fire Nation, but not because he missed them.
For three years he tried reaching out to Korra with his letters, but had no answers from her and she just fell off the map, like he meant nothing. And now these past months Korra, Asami, Opal and Bolin had been dragging him around with them, just because for the sake of it.
Of course he was happy for his brother, he had grown up to high places in the world, he had found someone special, and he found family with the Metal Clan, the Air Temple Island, and the Avatar.
But for Mako, he did not know if he could be part of that family anymore.
"Tch." Mako turned in his bed, shutting his eyes and forcing himself to sleep. He needed his rest for the morning.
After a few hours of sleep, Mako felt his shoulder being shaken hard. His eye burst wide open.
"Whoa what the?!" Mako leapt out of his bed.
"Rise and shine new pup." A Blue Spirit mask was staring down on him. "Get ready now, assemble at the ground floor. Now." Jiandao the alpha wolf ordered him and exited his room.
"Oh man, guess training is underway now." Mako cracked his neck and went into the bathroom to freshen up quickly. The sun had not even peeked over the horizon yet.
Rushing downstairs, Mako was in his black outfit with the mask resting on his head. The whole team had already gathered.
"Uh sorry, morning guys." Mako greeted.
"You ready for a morning exercise?" Jiandao asked, not really leaving any room for objection in his tone.
"Oh y-yeah sure." Mako stood with them.
"Alright let's go." Jiandao kicked off into a jog out of the building into the courtyard, followed by Mei and the rest of the team with Mako at the back.
A sun had risen above the horizon when they have returned from their run and exercise.
"Oh yeah." Hui Lee stretched her arms above her head.
"Feeling the pump?" Noren bounced on one leg.
"Alright, some announcements first." Mei spoke up and got everyone's attention.
"Fire Lord Izumi has informed us regarding Future Industries." Mei explained, "There's a way the triads are coming into the Fire Nation from Republic City, and she's going to have the police force look into the matter instead, so we are not to engage the Future Industries branch here in the Fire Nation, unless she instructs us to."
Mako thought, "Guess that's that. The police are handling it, and I'm not the police anymore."
"Next up the Red Lotus and the Equalists are still at large around the world despite their leaders dead. So we got to be vigilant on that, remember we have to ready." Mei paused to catch her breath.
"Also final thing, Fire Izumi told Jiandao and I about Air Master Tenzin." Mei said, Mako perked up a hearing Tenzin's name. "Apparently he might be coming to the Fire Nation to discuss about the air benders here. And probably Avatar Korra is coming here too so we have to prepare for anything. Anything can and does happen. When they are coming we still don't know, but we're expecting them to arrive in a few weeks or a month. Maybe they might not come at all."
"Mako." Mei called to him, "Sorry it had to be you, but because of things happening so soon, you're going to be brought up to speed much faster and you need to keep up."
"I will Mei." Mako nodded.
"Alright Mako you're with me. I'm going to be showing you the ropes. The rest, you know what to do." Jiandao stepped up and said to them.
Jiandao and Mako were at the front courtyard. Both of them wielding a sword with each hand.
"Here's the thing you need to know about combatting with swords." Jiandao brought one sword over his head and twirled it in his hand with elegance. "Don't think of them as just swords, think of them as extensions of your arms, they are a part of you. I'm going to be training you with dual swords, don't think of them as separate because they are not." Jiandao brought the second sword in front and spun it slowly.
"Alright follow my movements and mind your footwork." Jiandao moved through the sword movements he had learned from young.
"I got to ask something." Mako said he mimicked Jiandao's movements.
"Yeah?" Jiandao continued the training.
"How will a sword going to helpful-"
"If we're up against metal benders? Like Kuvira?" Jiandao interrupted.
"Um yeah. Are these made up of pure platinum?" Mako asked, it was surprising to him how natural it felt wielding the swords.
"No, but I think Kuzon is the better person to answer your question. When we're done, find him. He's at the forge. Ever since he joined us, the forge has become he's workshop." Jiandao answered, "Now silence, move as you feel the swords with your arms, moving through and conquering whatever stands your way."
Jiandao continued training Mako on his method of combat.
"So Jiandao has sent you here to find me." Kuzon said while he was tending to the engine of the Jeep Satomobile. Mako entered the room, only to see that this forge was way bigger than he thought it would be. Not only was there a forge with weapons of all sorts the Blue Spirits used placed neatly in the weaponry cage, there was a couple of motorcycles and a pair of Bi-planes as well. And they were all in black.
But the show stealer in the room was at the far back, a sleek, blackish grey air-ship. Like those he had that the police in Republic City used, but this one was definitely more threatening looking.
"I thought this was a forge. You made all of those?" Mako jaw dropped.
"Nah, you think one guy can find the time to make all of this? Nah the whole team did their part in making these." Kuzon said. "Anyway Jiandao wanted you to find me for?"
"Uh yeah what are these swords made of?" Mako pulled the dual swords strapped to his back. "Platinum?"
"Nope, platinum is a bad idea for a sword. Too heavy and too ductile, even a platinum giant robot could not save Kuvira could it?" Kuzon said and took one of the swords from Mako.
"This sword along with the weapons here are made by my formula. It's a mixture of refined metals. Using purified Iron, a higher percentage of pure carbon, adding a layer of chromium oxide." Kuzon ran a finger down the broad side of the blade, "But the key ingredient, is using a coating of pure vanadium all over the blade. All pure elements, no impure minerals or alkali metals for metal benders to use against."
"I…think I understood that." Mako said after listening to that whole explanation.
"Well anyway, you should be seeing Mei and Hui Lee now. They're in the combat room." Kuzon handed the sword back to Mako.
The sound of metal clanging in rhythm could be heard when Mako entered the combat room. It was dark unsurprising for Mako at this point, except for a spotlight shining down the centre of the room. On a padded mat in the centre of the room, Mei and Hui Lee were already sparring.
Mei was using a pair of Kunais while Hui Lee was using her katana. Sparks flew as the two struck blades against each other in a deadly dance of speed, grace and cunning.
"Uh guys?" Mako voiced out and they immediately stopped their fight.
"About time you showed up here Mako." Hui Lee said, "Get over here."
Mei stepped away from the mat and Mako stepped forward.
"You remember Jiandao saying that we don't stand against our enemies, we haunt them." Mei said.
"Yeah I remember." Mako nodded.
"Here's one thing I like you to learn right now." Mei smirked and put her kunai back in the sheath and stepped away from the light and into the darkness.
"When you're in the light, everyone can see you, and you can't see everyone." Mei's voice came from the darkness. Mako turned around to find Hui Lee, but she too was gone into the darkness.
"But when you're in the dark, you can see everyone, and everyone can't see you."
Following quickly with the plan, Mako leapt out of the spotlight and hid in the shadows. Trying his best to move silently in the darkness, but in the truth he did not what their game was really.
A tap on shoulder caused he to yelp and then to sigh in defeat.
"You got me." Mako admitted.
"That I did." Hui Lee said, and the lights everywhere came back on. And Mei was nowhere to be seen in the room.
"She's gone?" Mako looked around.
"Come on back to the mat, I'm supposed to show you some stuff about unarmed combat, so no blades." Hui Lee said.
They stood opposite each other. Close quarter combat training was about to begin.
"Three rules Mako." Hui Lee held up three fingers. "One, you give me everything you've got. Two, then you give me more. Three, I make the rules." Her smile formed a sinister smirk.
After his long short but intense training from his comrades, he finally went to the back yard of the castle.
And there the two final Blue Spirits, Noren and Jun Jr were training in their bending.
"Hey Kiddo. Get over here." Jun waved to him. And he went over to the two.
"You look like you've been sent through the ringer." Noren quipped.
"Yeah, uh Jiandao, Hui Lee and Mei. They're uh really hard core trainers." Mako rubbed his neck. "What are you guys doing?"
"An offensive move we've been practising under Captain's orders." Noren said. "And you know what I think you can help out too, stand here with us."
"What's this offensive move?" Mako asked as he did what he was told.
"I'm going to create a fire that vortexes around us." Noren's hands ignited in blue flames. "And you will do the same. Jun here is going to be supporting and enhancing the flames with her air bending to take the load off us."
"How will air bending enhance fire?" Mako asked.
"What's in air Mako?" Jun nudged his shoulder. "Oxygen."
"Blowing air through the flames brings in more oxygen. More oxygen, more flame." Jun Jr winked.
"Alright ready?" Noren got into his stance to fire bend, Mako followed suite.
Together they weaved through the conjured flames, spiralling around them, a blue and orange fire tornado suddenly formed with the three of them in the middle.
"Alright Jun, flame support!" Noren gave the go to Jun Jr. She bended the air all over and directed it through the fire.
The result was incredible for Mako, the blue and orange fire tornado increased in size and intensity, and he felt the bending was not as hard to keep the flames up due to the oxygen being fed into the flames.
A massive vortex of blue and orange, standing storeys high.
"Alright it out now!" Noren said to them. They brought their hands down, bending the flames out of the tornado and they extinguished the fire.
Mako breathed heavily, "I've never seen anything like that before."
"Yeah, imagine if that flame vortex, unleashed a whole radial blast of flames in every angle." Noren said.
"That's insane." Jun grinned.
"Wonder if I add in lightning, how will it be different?" Mako added in the idea.
"Since you brought up lightning. I got something you could try to train on." Noren said. "Generate lightning right now."
"Uh ok?" Mako calmed his mind, moving his arms in the appropriate manner. Jun and Noren stepped back as lightning traced around Mako's fingers.
Moving his hand in a circular fashion, the lightning followed until Mako shot it up into the sky.
"Nice." Noren praised him, "But let's try something else."
Noren opened his palm and pointed it down, his other hand was grabbing the wrist. "One thing about lightning is that it always goes in many directions unless you control where it goes."
"Yeah?" Mako said, deciding to follow his movements. Pointing his left palm to the ground while his right hand held the wrist.
"Well what if you control all of that into one central point, and condense it? All of that power focused into one spot."
Sparks of lightning came out of Noren's palm shooting all around Noren. But then all of that lightning started to narrow down, gathered and condensed into an intense focused concentration of lightning in his hand.
"Can't imagine anyone trying to be on the receiving end of that." Jun Jr said and Noren shut off the lightning in his hand.
Mako looked stunned at that amount of power all concentrated in the palm of one's hand. Taking a deep breath, he conjured the lightning in his palm, zapping the ground around him.
He kept focused on the lightning, controlling the direction of all that lightning, gathering them back into his palm, and keep it condensed.
"Damn this is…taking…a lot of out of me." Mako gritted his teeth, feeling the strain in his body trying to contain all of the lightning in his palm.
But he pulled it off, the lightning all concentrated into his palm. Mako did not want to know what would happen if this attack went through anyone, but a thought did slip into his mind. Ashes.
He shut it off and breathed hard, it took quite a lot of energy from him.
"Jeez with more practise, you could be better than me in this lightning stuff." Noren was really impressed.
"Well I see you guys are making huge progress." Jiandao's voice got their attention. They all turned to him. "Assemble at the forge, we're heading to the Royal Palace."
"Right." The Blue Spirits said in unison.
In Republic City, Asami Sato was in her office. She was going through papers making sure everything in her company was done properly before she could turn her attention to Korra and the plan of venturing to the Fire Nation.
A knock on her door caused her to cease her work.
"Enter." She said and one of her assistants came in.
"There's a mail here for you." Her assistant came in handed the envelope to her.
"Oh? Who's it from?" Asami asked and took the letter.
"No clue, receptionist said it was left on the counter after she came back from a bathroom break." The assistant said.
"Uh ok, thanks." Asami sat down and the assistant left her office.
Tearing the envelope open, she poured out the contents. There was a letter, and a few photographs. Opting to read the letter first, she unfolded the paper.
Her eyes steadily turned suspicious and tensed as she read the letter.
"You and your friends took everything from me.
I shall do the same. I shall do what is fair.
An empire can endure anything.
But when it falls from within, that's that.
Regards,
An old acquaintance."
She set the paper down, and picked up the photographs.
There were photos of an alleyway taken from a rooftop. And in that alleyway, was a dead man and a dead woman, and in between them was boy on his knees crying.
Hope you've enjoyed this chapter.
Hope to see you in the next one.
And you know Naruto and think the new lightning ability from Mako and Noren look very familiar, yes I am going there XD