Board Thread:The World/@comment-24937485-20191119225121/@comment-24728353-20191126223628

Finally, the group was making progress. At about 2 in the morning, the group still traversing through the dense forests around Konoha, the sound of loud stomps could be heard closing in. Karasu’s initial instinct was to grab the Hilt of his Katana, just in case he needed to defend himself. He was on guard, but Karasu was more of a lone wolf, so him paying mind to the Genin was the last thing to register. After all, they were grown enough to decipher danger and respond to it. He wasn’t going to soil his hands to help them escape, this was rather simple so they could handle it on their own. Karasu was the first to notice the shadow jump out towards them. Karasu was a veteran to the Shinobi world, so his eyes adjusted to the figure riding the animal.

The moment the animal made a course for the group, Karasu easily leaped out of its reach, hopping onto a branch as he watched carefully from above. From what it seemed, the individual was slumped over. He looked injured, but Karasu didn’t like the feeling of this, a random horse? At 2 in the morning? Weapons lodged into his back?

This man had to be wanted

Karasu took a more defensive approach as he gave Kaoru and Hanzo a look that signified ‘Be on guard.’ Though if they couldn’t see his facial expression, Karasu made a hand gesture which easily meant, ‘stay alert.’ Karasu then proceeded to leap back down and slowly made his way towards the crash site. If Kaoru and Hanzo avoided being hit by the horse, the horse would be dead the moment Karasu started to close in. With his right hand on the hilt of his sword, he raised his left hand to signal to Hanzo and Kaoru to stay back. Once he was in talking distance, about 5 feet away from the injured man, Karasu said;

“You make any erratic and I will terminate you.”

Karasu started with this to draw an answer from the man. If the man responded and showed signs of being alive, he would continue and say;

“As much as a twitch and that will be your final moment. Now answer me this, what are you doing out here at 2 in the morning, more importantly, who injured you and why?”

Karasu made sure to ask all these questions in his inside voice to keep the forest quiet. He needed information, but if things were proving to difficult to gain, he had a way to force someone to talk. But regardless, Karasu waited patiently for a response from the ‘injured’ man on the dead horse.