Osaka, Japan

"I swear that when I catch you I will make you suffer so much that you will return me to the way I was before!" A shrill female voice screamed full of hatred as she threw nails chasing after a deformed curse.

Normally Kugisaki Nobara's voice would be a little more elegant, a little more... adult.

"Stop running and come closer so I can kill you!" Of course, it would be impossible for her to sound more adult since due to the cursed spirit they were facing the girl looked like an 11 year old.

"Kugisaki-san!" shouted the also adult who looked like a child, Megumi Fushiguro "Damn it..." But he regretted it when he discovered that the girl wasn't listening to him, or paying attention to him.

The situation was similar elsewhere, with the little girl known as Maki Zenin. Normally all of them were supposed to look like teenagers or young adults, they were faced with a strange special category curse that as soon as they encountered it, it split.

"Stop" Inumaki's childish but serious voice forced one of the 2 cursed spirits to stand still "Sushi!" And a fist connected with the curse's body and sent it to where Nobara and Megumi were fighting.

It was a strange combination, the first curse had the ability to age or rejuvenate people, animals or even objects.

Which is why the team that was sent to take over all looked like preteen children. The other curse had something simpler to understand, to open portals to teleport.

"Heh" Nobara sketched a wicked grin as he approached the curses that were rising from the blow "Finally."

"Kiiii" One of the spirits let out a shriek and got up right away, it looked like a minutaur but with 5 eyes and instead of horns it had 2 pairs of ears, some rabbit-like but deformed and others human-like "Brother! It has to be now!"

"The other curse was exactly the same as its counterpart but calmer, it grabbed his head and joined it with its own causing a great glow that blinded Nobara for a few seconds.

The rest of those who went to fight arrived quickly, Yuuji Itadori being the one who gave the big blow to the curse and Kasumi Miwa, who seemed to receive the worst part of the fight because of the broken sword he was carrying and his black suit that was full of cuts.

"It's now or never!" The voice sounded a bit distorted, like 2 overlapping voices "Domain Expansion: Kairos spacing control" Everyone tensed up when they heard the voice utter those words and prepared for the worst."

But there was no one or nothing that could prepare them for it.


Training Zone 17, Konoha

Kakashi didn't usually wander around these areas so late at night, but today was not a night like any other.

Another new generation of Genin was about to graduate from the academy and he knew that he would be the assigned Jonin for one of the teams that would be leaving.

"Mah, this is troublesome" It was the ninth zone he had scouted that day in search of a place with the conditions he was looking for but none were perfect enough "Maybe I could ask him not to choose me...?" He let out a sigh of tiredness and a little discomfort but shook his head and prepared to leave the forest and return home.

*THUD*

"Hn?" Or so he had planned before he heard a loud bang "Is anyone here?" He asked aloud and headed for the spot where he heard the commotion. "Mmm" It shouldn't be animals, at least not in this area and certainly not at this time of day.

But he couldn't imagine meeting a boy with white hair almost like Kakashi's, he was wearing a uniform he had never seen in blue and he didn't see any insignia saying which village he belonged to. He must have been a recent graduate judging by his appearance, about 11 or 12 years old approximately "Hey kid!" Which also made me see that the boy was injured and had a lot of blood coming out of the corners of his mouth, his uniform was also in tatters.

"Kuh" The boy opened his eyes and tried to get up quickly only to cough up blood loudly "Sal..."

"Mah, easy there boy"

"Salmon..." With difficulty he uttered a word and pointed to his right, there Kakashi saw 5 other people, 5 other children, just as hurt and with the same uniforms as the boy.

"Mah, I won`t be in my house anytime soon right?" Kakashi talked to anyone and then went outside to search for help "Sandaime-sama won`t be happy either…"


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