Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-24937485-20161203234959

After travelling for quite a long time, Keldran would walk the road leading to the Hikari clan as the evening just set in. But there was something unsettling to be seen in the distance as black plumes of smoke drifted up into the air. There was a fire not far up ahead, or multiple fires, and as soon as Keldran came within earshot he’d hear cries and shouts.

Assuming Keldran would begin running to find out what’s going on, he’d start to see that parts of the Hikari Clan compound were on fire, and then some people trying to run out of the main gate before mercilessly being cut down by a member of Root, under the guise of ANBU, who then froze in place when seeing you coming down the road. Taking off his mask and lowering the hood of his robe, Kei’s face was revealed.

‘Keldran… you’re late.”

Without so much as another word, Kei would look into Keldran’s eyes before activating the Sharingan to put the Fuma under a genjutsu that’d last but a few seconds in the real world but almost a minute within the Genjutsu. For Keldran’s perspective, he wouldn’t even notice that he was in a Genjutsu right now but it’d be Kei who would explain.

“I had to trap you in an illusion in order to speak freely.”. He stuck out his tongue with Eito’s seal on it that prevented him from talking about Eito or Root. “My real body couldn’t talk about what we have to talk about as such we are here right now.”. Kei looked deadly serious but couldn’t help but smile seeing Keldran was safe and sound.

“First off. Eito still controls me as he has Kinshi in a coma. She’s kept in the Konoha hospital, believed to be in coma of a disease but I’m sure it’s Eito’s doing because he told me that he had her in his grasp after I woke up in his hidden underground laboratory. I suspect several of the hospital staff to be working for him too as I’ve seen them report to ROOT in the past.”

He sighed. “If I don’t listen to him then Kinshi would be killed or worse, as would I, meaning my eyes fall in evil hands and I don’t even want to think about what evil he would use my body for. This is why I have to play along, for now, and can’t do anything to stop him. You couldn’t stop him either, which is why I expect you killed Seika. Eito becoming the Fuma clan head so quickly afterwards can’t be a coincidence.”

Closing his eyes would wait for a moment to let all of the things he said sink in before continuing. Giving Keldran a moment to tell him if he was wrong before abruptly continuing for time was pressing.

“Thanks to two Hikari girls I apprehended in Konoha, I knew of your agreement with their clan and was hoping to find you here in order to find you before it would be too late. I killed one of the ROOT sent here and took his place, none of the other ROOT currently in the village behind me know that I’m here. When I didn’t see you, or heard anything about you being here, I got worried but thankfully destiny delivered you just in time. Rush into the Hikari compound, save as many as you can. But do not speak of what you found to anyone connected to officials in Konoha, any one of them could be in leagues with Eito. If we want to put him to trial and have the council and Ikeru actually believe us, we need to plan our steps wisely. Right now, Eito is as good as untouchable so if you spoke of his crimes to the wrong ears, all that’ll follow will be the death of you and innocents. Please, for now, even though it will be hard, speak not of what you are about to find out and what you may know about Eito.”.

Now frowning, Kei finally added.

“I haven’t forgotten about Seika but now isn’t the time. You will return to Konoha after dealing with things here. If you won’t, I’m forced to come for you.”.

On that note, the Genjutsu would end. Kei would smile at Keldran as if already knowing that the Fuma wasn’t the mindless murderer many thought him to be. “I truly am glad you’re back.”. Before poofing in a cloud of smoke: revealing to have been a shadow clone from the very start.

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Upon running ahead and entering the clan compound you would find many bodies of both Root shinobi and Hikari clan members. But the most profound thing you saw was Tayagane’s dead body in the center of the villages which didn’t carry the seal containing Akito anymore.

Only half an hour before, Eito had been the one to mercilessly end her life after which he sealed Akito into a jar that contained Rena’s blood which she had given up in the hospital for many times over the years she had been in Konoha. It was never the ANBU who captured her, it was ROOT, and Eito was behind it all along as he had been seeking Akito even before Rena was born, and when news of her birth reached him he knew she’d be the answer for him to claim Akito for himself. But he had to study their DNA, their KG, so he abducted Rena under false pretenses and a false deal in order to complete his plans that had all led up to this. Now Akito was in his possession, Tayagane was dead, and he had left a dozen of his subordinates behind to kill the remainder of the Hikari clan so there’d be no witnesses to his crime.

Current time, as Keldran was confronted with Tayagane’s dead body, there were seven ROOT shinobi still fighting those who wielded the blood style, and killing the innocents who couldn’t defend themselves. Chichi and Sansa had managed to kill a few, but things weren’t looking good for the Hikari who were on the losing side.

<p class="MsoNormal">It would be up to Keldran to save the surviving members of this clan, so word of Eito’s crimes would not go unheard.

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<p class="MsoNormal">[Next DM controls the surviving ROOT shinobi, all of whom are Jounin level and highly proficient in close combat, some of them preferring to use throwing weapons or employ chakra strings. They will try to fight without using any jutsu, as they are most deadly with their weapons, and so to not give anything away, but if push comes to shove and they aren’t dead yet, they might use a technique, or two in rare cases.] <ac_metadata title="Return to the Hikari Clan"> </ac_metadata>