Shadowborn Omen
A White Wolf
Konohagakure
02:33
Kitsune Touga
The dull hum of insects provided a droning background noise as Kitsune scanned the rooftops of the nighttime village, the wind creating a soft howl as it blew past his ears. The full moon provided plenty of light to see, but the clouds made that visibility spotty. The village had been on high alert for weeks, ever since receiving the cryptic message from the unknown organization. Kitsune turned to the two other Bear Division ANBU, signalling them to reposition. They faded from vision, advancing up to the next block. Before Kitsune followed, the smallest shift in the environment caught his eye. He scanned one more time, not focusing on any one spot in specific, but not allowing himself to focus in order to keep his scope of vision wide. Scanning for anything out of the ordinary, even down to a weird shadow or non-geometric silhouette.
Nothing, he thought, chalking it up to paranoia.
Kitsune made his way to the next rooftop, next jumping up to the top of a pole in order to get a better view of the village. He turned his attention to the treeline on the outside of the village. The trees stared back, unmoving. He looked through the trees, looking for regularities in the shapes to contrast against the chaotic shapes of the leaves. Even with the stillness in the leaves, Kitsune couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary. Kitsune’s teeth grinded together for a second as the hair on his arms tried to stand up, pressed against the dark grey bandage wrappings on his arms.
The wind was blowing. It was sharp and harsh, yet still the leaves in the trees were unmoving. Kitsune quickly turned to the other ANBU still on the roof, but they were already unconscious. Kitsune figured he would have been in the same boat had he not moved to the top of the pole. He put his hands together, disrupting chakra flow within his brain shortly, releasing any Genjutsu that had been cast on him. He looked over the trees again, the leaves were flailing around aggressively in the wind. He looked around his sector of the Village again, searching frantically for anything out of place. His eyes were drawn to the silhouette of a person on the street, standing at a crossing and looking across to the other side. They were wearing a dark cloak, Kitsune couldn’t tell quite what color, just that it what dark.
Kitsune jumped down to the rooftop, releasing the Genjutsu from the two other ANBU and waking them up. Before they could even get their grips on reality, Kitsune had jumped into the alleyway adjacent to where the unknown figure had been standing. He ran down the alley, and peered into the street to see the figure turning a corner. He followed the figure to the corner, and upon looking around it found them standing still on the road, looking at the balcony of the Hokage’s office. In the blink of an eye, Kitsune was behind the figure. He knocked them off balance with his foot while simultaneously pulling on their arm, throwing them onto the ground. He then put his weight onto their back and held their arm, pulling out a kunai with his other hand. He pulled the hood off of the figure and put the kunai to their throat.
He analyzed the person quickly. It was a girl with blonde hair, her eyes were an off green, and her mouth was curled into a twisted smile as she was just looking up at the Hokage’s office.
Kana Inuzuka
Flickering candles blew silently against the breeze that past through the Hokage's office, illuminating the stacks of papers on his desk. Messages, missions, supplies, strategies, all forming a collective stack of toil that he labored at. Three dogs layed off on a large bed on the balcony, the largest having wrapped around the other two. Kana was jealous of them, their only break to their slumbering silence with the turning of a yet another page or opening of another folder.
Kana stopped, something bothering him. The candlelight continued to flicker, the faint breeze still gently nipping his hair, and every so often a dog's nap would break with a snore. Something else, Kana's eyes watched as a figure drew in and formed from the shadows of the room. 'Genjutsu,' Kana quickly moved his hands into a sign, attempting to break the flow.
"Don't bother." The voice came out as many, various pitches and sources culminated into one that echoed around the room. "You're going to open your eyes Hokage, you will see how serious our demands are." Appearance wise the figure was random, various symbols and signs along their clothes from the lands. Meeting eyes showed a miasma of colors, each blink changing them. Kana relented with his eyes, instead focusing on moving his papers to reveal a scroll.
"Even now you move to eliminate me, because you see us as an enemy. Instead of what we truly are," The figure paused, if any expression got through the powerful jutsu it was the smile clearly seen. "Hope, peace, and the truth." Kana kept his stoic stare, hands barely moving as he unrolled the papers. "I thought you'd at least indulge me Hokage, but I suppose your more a man of action anyways. Allow me to make the first move then."
Kana bit down on his finger as quickly as he could, unfurling the scroll on his desk as he did so. It was too fast, the genjutsu dropped and whatever summon Kana was attempting to call was lost as the office was turned to rubble. A body fell, Kana only able to make out a few things before the body brightened with tags and then exploded. Thrown out the balcony behind him, sheets of plans and maps burning like falling ash around him; Kana hit the street and layed limp.
Kitsune Touga
Before Kitsune could say anything, his eyes followed the unknown Shinobi’s gaze to the Hokage’s office. He saw the faint glimmer of light from candles, and he could barely make out the outline of Hokage Kana Inuzuka sitting at his desk. Kitsune heard the Shinobi under him speak softly.
“You’ll see soon. We will bless you with the vision of the future,” she said calmly. Kitsune’s gaze began to make it’s way to her, but before it fully left the view of the Hokage, a brief flash of light drew his attention back to the Hokage’s office, only to see nothing but rubble. He then heard the explosion and felt the air around him reverberate from the sound. The light from the explosion illuminated one body as it fell to the ground, hitting the street. Kitsune’s body tensed as his mind processed what was happening. He looked back down at the Shionbi underneath him. She was now looking back up at Kitsune with a wild smile. A surge of adrenaline hit Kitsune just as he saw the light from the paper bomb inside her cloak.
Kitsune pushed back as hard as he could just before the paper bomb detonated. The explosion blew him back and he hit the wall of the building behind him, knocking the breath out of his lungs. As the smoke cleared, Kitsune saw through blurred vision as the two ANBU that were following him rushed to his aid. He waved them off aggressively, pointing down the road.
“The Hokage!” he shouted, and without another word they turned to see the limp body on the street, darting down the road. Kitsune let out a grunt as he forced himself on his side and pushed himself up, the impact leaving him immediately sore. He looked at the walls of the village, and to his horror saw unknown Shinobi leaping over the walls by the dozens.
“We’re under attack,” Kitsune croaked with what voice he had. He turned to the two ANBU down the street.
“We’re under attack!” he yelled to them, a sharp pain emanating from his ribs as he did so. Broken, he thought as he put his hand on them, turning back to where he saw the ninja hopping over the walls. He estimated almost a hundred came over, and there were a handful at the end of the street Kitsune was on. He prepared himself for the oncoming fight, trying to draw his attention away from the sharp pain in his ribs.
02:33
Kitsune Touga
The dull hum of insects provided a droning background noise as Kitsune scanned the rooftops of the nighttime village, the wind creating a soft howl as it blew past his ears. The full moon provided plenty of light to see, but the clouds made that visibility spotty. The village had been on high alert for weeks, ever since receiving the cryptic message from the unknown organization. Kitsune turned to the two other Bear Division ANBU, signalling them to reposition. They faded from vision, advancing up to the next block. Before Kitsune followed, the smallest shift in the environment caught his eye. He scanned one more time, not focusing on any one spot in specific, but not allowing himself to focus in order to keep his scope of vision wide. Scanning for anything out of the ordinary, even down to a weird shadow or non-geometric silhouette.
Nothing, he thought, chalking it up to paranoia.
Kitsune made his way to the next rooftop, next jumping up to the top of a pole in order to get a better view of the village. He turned his attention to the treeline on the outside of the village. The trees stared back, unmoving. He looked through the trees, looking for regularities in the shapes to contrast against the chaotic shapes of the leaves. Even with the stillness in the leaves, Kitsune couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary. Kitsune’s teeth grinded together for a second as the hair on his arms tried to stand up, pressed against the dark grey bandage wrappings on his arms.
The wind was blowing. It was sharp and harsh, yet still the leaves in the trees were unmoving. Kitsune quickly turned to the other ANBU still on the roof, but they were already unconscious. Kitsune figured he would have been in the same boat had he not moved to the top of the pole. He put his hands together, disrupting chakra flow within his brain shortly, releasing any Genjutsu that had been cast on him. He looked over the trees again, the leaves were flailing around aggressively in the wind. He looked around his sector of the Village again, searching frantically for anything out of place. His eyes were drawn to the silhouette of a person on the street, standing at a crossing and looking across to the other side. They were wearing a dark cloak, Kitsune couldn’t tell quite what color, just that it what dark.
Kitsune jumped down to the rooftop, releasing the Genjutsu from the two other ANBU and waking them up. Before they could even get their grips on reality, Kitsune had jumped into the alleyway adjacent to where the unknown figure had been standing. He ran down the alley, and peered into the street to see the figure turning a corner. He followed the figure to the corner, and upon looking around it found them standing still on the road, looking at the balcony of the Hokage’s office. In the blink of an eye, Kitsune was behind the figure. He knocked them off balance with his foot while simultaneously pulling on their arm, throwing them onto the ground. He then put his weight onto their back and held their arm, pulling out a kunai with his other hand. He pulled the hood off of the figure and put the kunai to their throat.
He analyzed the person quickly. It was a girl with blonde hair, her eyes were an off green, and her mouth was curled into a twisted smile as she was just looking up at the Hokage’s office.
Kana Inuzuka
Flickering candles blew silently against the breeze that past through the Hokage's office, illuminating the stacks of papers on his desk. Messages, missions, supplies, strategies, all forming a collective stack of toil that he labored at. Three dogs layed off on a large bed on the balcony, the largest having wrapped around the other two. Kana was jealous of them, their only break to their slumbering silence with the turning of a yet another page or opening of another folder.
Kana stopped, something bothering him. The candlelight continued to flicker, the faint breeze still gently nipping his hair, and every so often a dog's nap would break with a snore. Something else, Kana's eyes watched as a figure drew in and formed from the shadows of the room. 'Genjutsu,' Kana quickly moved his hands into a sign, attempting to break the flow.
"Don't bother." The voice came out as many, various pitches and sources culminated into one that echoed around the room. "You're going to open your eyes Hokage, you will see how serious our demands are." Appearance wise the figure was random, various symbols and signs along their clothes from the lands. Meeting eyes showed a miasma of colors, each blink changing them. Kana relented with his eyes, instead focusing on moving his papers to reveal a scroll.
"Even now you move to eliminate me, because you see us as an enemy. Instead of what we truly are," The figure paused, if any expression got through the powerful jutsu it was the smile clearly seen. "Hope, peace, and the truth." Kana kept his stoic stare, hands barely moving as he unrolled the papers. "I thought you'd at least indulge me Hokage, but I suppose your more a man of action anyways. Allow me to make the first move then."
Kana bit down on his finger as quickly as he could, unfurling the scroll on his desk as he did so. It was too fast, the genjutsu dropped and whatever summon Kana was attempting to call was lost as the office was turned to rubble. A body fell, Kana only able to make out a few things before the body brightened with tags and then exploded. Thrown out the balcony behind him, sheets of plans and maps burning like falling ash around him; Kana hit the street and layed limp.
Kitsune Touga
Before Kitsune could say anything, his eyes followed the unknown Shinobi’s gaze to the Hokage’s office. He saw the faint glimmer of light from candles, and he could barely make out the outline of Hokage Kana Inuzuka sitting at his desk. Kitsune heard the Shinobi under him speak softly.
“You’ll see soon. We will bless you with the vision of the future,” she said calmly. Kitsune’s gaze began to make it’s way to her, but before it fully left the view of the Hokage, a brief flash of light drew his attention back to the Hokage’s office, only to see nothing but rubble. He then heard the explosion and felt the air around him reverberate from the sound. The light from the explosion illuminated one body as it fell to the ground, hitting the street. Kitsune’s body tensed as his mind processed what was happening. He looked back down at the Shionbi underneath him. She was now looking back up at Kitsune with a wild smile. A surge of adrenaline hit Kitsune just as he saw the light from the paper bomb inside her cloak.
Kitsune pushed back as hard as he could just before the paper bomb detonated. The explosion blew him back and he hit the wall of the building behind him, knocking the breath out of his lungs. As the smoke cleared, Kitsune saw through blurred vision as the two ANBU that were following him rushed to his aid. He waved them off aggressively, pointing down the road.
“The Hokage!” he shouted, and without another word they turned to see the limp body on the street, darting down the road. Kitsune let out a grunt as he forced himself on his side and pushed himself up, the impact leaving him immediately sore. He looked at the walls of the village, and to his horror saw unknown Shinobi leaping over the walls by the dozens.
“We’re under attack,” Kitsune croaked with what voice he had. He turned to the two ANBU down the street.
“We’re under attack!” he yelled to them, a sharp pain emanating from his ribs as he did so. Broken, he thought as he put his hand on them, turning back to where he saw the ninja hopping over the walls. He estimated almost a hundred came over, and there were a handful at the end of the street Kitsune was on. He prepared himself for the oncoming fight, trying to draw his attention away from the sharp pain in his ribs.
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