AGE OF SHADOWS (war at dawn)

"What! Why should I or why would I say something like that about you who's a high rank ninja, there's no way I will want to be disrespectful and not to talk about you being the captain of my team, my loyalty and honesty for you is unwavering ...".

" Shut it Shinra ".

*Hmmm* Shinra frown at him.

" You talk too much ", Kai's eyes were close.

" What do you mean by that? ", Shinra coak his head to the side.

" You can't obey simple instruction, for that... ", Kai open his eyes," your punishment will be ten thousand laps around each mountains around the village!!! Got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ", his voice boom through the whole village.

*Ah!!!!!!!!!!!* "How do you expect for me to do ten thousand laps when I could not complete five hundred, that is insane! ".

" Stop complaining and get going! ".

"That is suicide".

" How is that my problem!!? ".

" As my captain you are supposed to care about my welfare, or don't you know engaging in such a thing will cause damage to my body, or in the worst case scenario I might even die!".

" Shut up you brat, you won't die, just take it as a training!".

" That's not training ok? It's suicide!!".

" Shut up and move out!!".

*Ah!!!* " Ouch my head... That hurt".

***

A man with blue hair and eyes was watching the entire village from his compound, on the compound was a building as big as a castle, there was a roll of stairs that lead down to the village, he was quietly enjoying the view, people were roaming around doing one thing or the other.

"You're here", the man said without looking away from the village beneath.

"You sent for me... Lord Sennin ", a ninja was now a few feet behind him, he was kneeling on one knee and a hand as a support, he was wearing a traditional ninja attire with two swords on his back, his hair was orange color.

"Hayate Mamoru", the Sennin called out to the ninja and his back was still turned to him.

"Yes, Lord Sennin".

"I have a heavy task for you to carry out... I am registering a new Code graded ninja, and you are going to be their captain ".

*Hmm* " a Code graded ninja?", Hayate raised his head, his eyes were onxy and there was a scar from from behind his right ear and across his face, the scar ended beneath his left eye, there was also another scar from his left cheek down his neck, " am I allowed to know what the group is all about?", the Sennin was quiet and Hayate was patiently waiting.

"Yes", the Sennin said after a long silence," it's all about Shinokaze".

*Huh* "S....Shinokaze ?", Hayate was taken by surprise," I still don't get get it, sir".

"Hayate", the Sennin turn to face Hayate, "to become a great Sennin, one must possess wisdom, sympathy and virtue, and Shinokaze lack all these qualities, that's why I want him to be with a team that can make him understand the true purpose of existence and to know the right path to take as my heir, do you understand that? Hayate? ".

" But sir, he's your son, and it's against the rules for him to go beyond the village, infact non of the royal family does without dozens of korei with them ", Hayate said," placing him in a Code without any korei might lead to his death".

" He will die only if he wish to ".

*Huh* Hayate's eyes widen.

" He must know how to value the life of others, or else he will not take the seat as a Sennin ", the Sennin was now staring at the tree a few feet away, it's leaves were pink in color and the wind was blowing through it.

"Well understood... Sir, but you haven't given me details about the remaining members of the squad", Hayate said.

" Oh, well, you have to assign the rest yourself, and they have to be is age, or maybe mixed with some minions ".

" What!? Lord Sennin ".

" Keep it down Mamoru ", the Sennin was now staring at Hayate," with your skills and abilities you can make the impossible become possible, you are one of our highest skilled ninja, even I myself respect you", the Sennin then started walking towards the building," and don't be some on my son, that's an order".

" Yes sir ", Hayate said as the Sennin left, he got up and released a deep breath," this is going to be a bit rough, and not to talk about leading a squad of teenage brats" *huff* " man it makes my scars burn ", Hayate was now walking down the stairs with his hands in his ninja pants pockets," I really need to get some helps in this one ".

***

Shinra crack his eyes open and the sky and trees were the first thing he saw," (where am I?... Am I... Lying down? On the ground?)", he pulled himself to a sitting position and rubbed his head," now I remember... I was training, and it seems like I passed out ", lot of shuriken and kunai were stuck on the trees around him and two wooden swords were on the ground beside him *uh* he reached out to them and picked them, he then got on his feet," as much as I would love to continue training ", his stomach then growl," I have to fill my stomach first " *hehe* " miso soup, here I come ".

Shinra started walking back to the village, he was gently walking when he heard a rustling in the bush.

*Ugh* "who is there?", Shinra grip unto the wooden swords tightly as if expecting something horrible to hop out of the bush, "no tricks ok? You better come out...".

A boar jump out of the bush making Shinra's grip on the wooden swords to loosen.

*Ah!!!!* Shinra throw the wooden swords away and took off running, the boar didn't hesitate before chasing after him, "(great, after all the hard training and all, now I'm being chased by a boar instead of satisfying my empty stomach with bows of miso soup)", the race continues with the boar getting closer and closer to him, "hey! Would you back away, if you are trying to eat me then you should have been wise enough to see that I'm really skinny and won't even satisfy you, stop running after me ok?".

Shinra increased his speed, he sprint towards a tree and leap off the ground, he grabbed a branch and made a flip as the boar run passed and then made a turn, Shinra got back to the ground and gazed at the boar that was approaching him through his shoulder.

*Tch* "( this boar is pretty rough, It's really fast)" *hm* "(in this case)", Shinra took a running stance, "(I will need to let my reiketsu flow)", his reiketsu clothes his heart and flow through every vain in his body, it was a blue fluid, Shinra then released a visible breath, "(that's it, I can feel it)", he opened his brown eyes and sprint forward but didn't leave his spot, his feet slipped on something on the ground and he crash on the ground *ouch* "my head" Shinra look back and the boar was about to jump on him *ah!!!!!!!*.

"Hold!", a brown haired boy jumped in front of the boar and the boar hit stop, Shinra was now staring at the boy in awe, "hey, it's ok", he was trying to calm the boar.

" Hey! ", Shinra jump on his feet," what do you think you are doing, stay away from it or it will eat you ".

" Calm your ass hotshot, he's just an armless creature ", the brown haired boy said, his eyes were pale green.

"What do you mean armless creature? It almost ate me up some second ago and here you are calling it armless, of course it's a killer, it's appearance alone is terrifying! ", Shinra point at the boar, it got pissed and charged after Shinra *ah!!* "Stay back", Shinra threw some shuriken at the boar, the boy appeared in front of the boar and deflect all the shuriken with a kunai *huh*.

"You idiot! Are you trying to kill it?", the boy growl.

" What do you mean, this thing is harmful don't you see? ", Shinra point at the boar trying to clear his point.

"Just shut up and let me take care of this, get it?".

" If you really want to die then good luck with that ", Shinra frown.

The boy kneeled next to the boar and started stroking his fingers through it's fur," I'm really sorry about his attitude ok? His just a moron so please don't mind him, and come to think of it, how about we bond and become friends, I promise not to be unfair ".

" (Jeez, did this guy hit his head on a rock when he was born, talking to an animal, yes, now I get it, he must be mental, and he wants to become friend with an animal, a boar, I have to do something before he decides to kiss the boar, yes, it will be super horrible if he do something like that)", Shinra thought to himself and nod.

" Thank you very much for bonding with me, I'm honored ", the boy made a hand sign and placed his hand on the head of the boar, he then closed his eyes to concentrate, Shinra gaze at them and frown, after a short while the boy removed his hand from the boar and the boar slowly disappeared into thin air.

*Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* Shinra scream in horror, "what did you do to the boar? You ask me not to kill it yet you killed it yourself!", Shinra point accusingly at the brown haired boy.

"Bring it down, don't you know that you are screaming?".

" Of course I will scream! You heartless freak, you turn it into nothing! How did you even do that?, some minutes ago it was there then the next thing you did was killing it without leaving any traces, we could have roasted most of it and eat them... ".

" Oh... You just want to eat it?", the brown haired boy asked Shinra.

" Of course I want to, it's a meat for a reason ok?" Shinra's eyes then snapped in realization *ah!* " My money!", Shinra started searching himself in a rapid pace, when he could not find it he was now standing still with his eyes a bit closed, "damn that boar, now I have lost my money, how am I going to eat now ", Shinra then look over at the boy," hey, what's your name? ".

*Huh* he was a bit confused, "Sora, why ask?".

"Sora?", Shinra was extremely calm.

"Yes?", Sora didn't know Shinra was this quiet *ugh* he gasp in disbelief, Shinra was now pulling Sora by his shirt.

"What ever you did to that boar bring him back here right now!!", Shinra yelled.

" Hey calm down, why do you need it, I thought it freaked you out? ".

" Not after it made me lost my money, it's going to serve as my meal get it? ", Shinra continue with his yelling.

" Look it doesn't work that way ok? ".

"I don't care so just bring it back here!!!".