From the sky , Tokyo was truly a beautiful city with all the lights of the illuminated buildings but looking closely one can perceive the presence of people on top of a certain building, there was five shadows , apparently all men but there was something strange with their clothing , four of the five were wearing a full jet black outfit and the last one was also wearing the same but with a different color it was blood red , all of them were wearing masks hiding their faces .
The situation was far from normal , you can see that the four black men were trying to corner the red one .
"Second! ,how can you betray master? you clearly know the law of our clan "said one of the black clothed men angrily .
"Urusei!!(shut up in Japanese), that shitty old fucker betrayed me first , all my life was dedicated to training and he gave the title of first to that brat ? me his flesh and blood , if it's like that then I'd rather kill him and be the head !!"
"then don't blame me, the master ordered us to bring you dead or alive "
"huh? ha ha ha you think you can win against me ? what a fucking joke "snorted the red clothed man .
immediately he vanished from his spot , but not only him the other four too , all that can be heard and seen on top of the building was metallic sounds and sparks ,blood red and black shadows intertwined continuously , their movements were so fast that a normal person can't possibly keep up , suddenly three shadows got thrown on the hard floor making some dents, all of them had their throats slit , they died on the spot , the fourth black shadow landed awkwardly holding his neck ,on his skin a tattoo of the numbers 03 could be seen, apparently he was injured , he escaped but he was one breath away from certain death .
"hoo, you dodged that, not bad Third ." smirked the red clothed man.
"this time i will show you my technique Second "
"bring it on !"shouted the red clothed man exited .
without the slight hesitation the remaining black clothed man unleashed a torrent of sharp shuriken like weapons at an abnormal speed , the sharp objects headed straight to the red clothed man , for a moment he was surprised but immediately a strange weapon appeared in his hands , it had a chain , from one of its ends was a sickle and the other a weight (note this weapon is commonly named "Kusarigama"), he grabbed the weight and began to rotate the weapon at high speed , the motion was like a propeller .
sfx : clang! clang! clang! clang ...
deafening metallic sounds reverberated for a few moments before all the objects dropped on the floor .
"impossible ! not one penetrated from my hundred throw technique "the black clothed man was stunned , shock and fear began to rise in his mind .
"haaa ? I'm disappointed third , is this the extent of your technique ? sigh , then obediently die now " behind that mask one can feel that a cold frightening smile crept on his lips , he began to emit intense bloodlust .
"sorry master your disciple failed his mission , Second you can kill me but one day I'm sure you will die "
"yeah yeah alright, finished blabbering yet ? "
then the red clothed man threw the sickle to finish him but the result he was waiting for didn't appear instead he felt something was blocking his sickle .
indeed before the sickle reached the head of the black clothed man a shadow instantly appeared in front and blocked it's trajectory by a few inches , the shadow was another black clothed man but he felt slightly different , one of his hands gripped a thin sword that blocked the sickle , the other was on his back , apparently on the hilt of the still sheathed second sword.
"what ?" the man named Second was surprised .
"Second , I knew that this day would come sooner or later " the new guest released a few words but his voice was freezing cold .
hearing the voice behind the black mask , Second was stunned then looking at the swords the latter was wielding , an even amazing smile surfaced on his hidden face , exhilarating was the right word to describe what he was feeling .
"ah ha ha ha saiko-daze!!! (meaning it's the greatest in Japanese )"uttered second excitedly then followed by
"first first first !!! ha ha ha, I was waiting for this moment , the moment of me killing you , you fucker this time I will end your life !!" roared second .
a malevolent blood lust cover the entire area , but an even more intense blood lust was emanating from the man named First .
"don't rejoice quickly , in reality I'm also happy , thank you for giving me this opportunity " exclaimed First
"huh?"
"the opportunity to finally kill a strong one , I've killed many but they were not worthy enough they were boring , thank you for making all the blood in my body boil , I hope you give me enough excitement ..."
his words didn't finish echoing , in a flash First disappeared ,instantly and appeared in front of Second , his two medium sized katanas made a piercing movement toward his head , but they made contact with air suddenly a voice was heard behind his back .
"bastard! it was my line "
then the sickle of the "kusarigama" was thrown instantly to cut its target , First immediately reacted and placed his two swords crossed behind him to counter the sickle
sfx : clang !
the two weapons made contact , following that the two shadows were nowhere to be seen , only several sounds of battling were heard and some visible cuts here and there could be seen , it was at a level of speed that was not human anymore .
Third was sitting on the floor clutching his injured neck in a daze , he was muttering .
"so this is a battle between the two most powerful ninjas of our clan , it's on another level , but I can't believe that First appeared only 2 years ago , he 's..he's a monster "
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2 years ago , the master of the clan was entrusted with an important task of killing a target in a foreign country , First was a boy named Ichiro who was living with his single mother abroad , his father died when he was a child, she was working in china for a certain Japanese company , at that time the target was the ceo of that company , the master located the target in one of his many houses and prepared to assassinate , but when he arrived at the place , he was confused all the guards in front of the house were killed, moreover it seemed that it was a bloodbath , all of them had their heads decapitated , when he rushed inside he found a bloodied teenager holding a blade , on the floor was a corpse , it was the ceo , the master seeing the eyes of the boy was shocked , complete utter darkness and rage , that was the eyes of a beast thirsting for blood , the master then decided to take the boy with him ,that was after that he learnt the truth of the matter .
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Apparently his mother was the secretary of the target , she was a beautiful woman in her thirties , the target was reputed for liking women so he forcibly took her and tried to rape her but she resisted so he killed her accidently , the boy learning what happened entered a state of intense rage ,he killed them all including the target ,seeing talent in the misfortune of the boy the master decided to take him under his wing , after that the teenager appeared to be a genius born for killing and climbed to where he is today.
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The battle between Second and First intensified and at this moment the two separated and were currently gazing at each other , Second was smiling coldly , but behind That smile a subtle anxiousness can be detected , looking closely Second had a few wounds but not First.
Then a cold voice reached his ears.
"what's wrong second , don't tell me that's all ? surely you're kidding " said First mockingly.
"First !!, i swear next time I will cut you to pieces , i will drink your blood " suddenly he retreated at high speed and jumped from the building .
"first-sama we need to catch him quickly "yelled Third hurriedly .
"it's useless he has the best escaping technique in the clan , don't worry considering his hate for me he will appear another time before me, but man I thought he was good what a letdown "
"well let's go now "
"yes!"
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A few days later ,Ichiro was like always going to school , according to his master it was a cover but in reality it was only for his education , after all he didn't want to deprive him of a few things.
Nonetheless that was a good cover ,pretending to be a weak highschooler has its advantages ,as usual after break time he goes on the rooftop of the school to eat and relax he didn't want to mingle with the normal people it was boring besides he was called a creep in his class because of his improvised looks , it was his choice to be like this but hearing them always calling him otaku he bought a book , it was a light novel , he decided to further strengthen his cover by buying otaku materials .
"that's right I'm bored anyways let's see why they call people otaku for reading this "
he took the book , on the cover was written "Arif...ta"(let's see if you know what it refers to ;) )
reading quietly , he began to feel sleepy .
"ah lets doze of a little "
"hmm?" he suddenly opened his eyes and rolled to the side ,a sickle grazed his long hair , he quickly stood up .
"Yaa , I knew you would come Second "
"Tch "it was really second and he clicked his tongue for missing the surprise attack .
"hey , don't be disappointed , I'm happy to see you" smiled Ichiro.
"Aghhh! you annoy me , but don't worry this time I have prepared a gift for you but I admit that I had a hard time recognizing you with your puny disguise , but sadly i can't forget your aura "sneered Second .
"hmm?"
instantly several shadows appeared on the roof beside second , they were clearly ninjas , on their uniforms were a symbol .
"Iga clan huh ? so you commuted with these small fries to kill me ? morover in broad daylight , sigh ,did you become a fool do you want common people to know of our existance? "frowned Ichiro.
"how dare you !!!" one of the iga ninjas yelled in anger .
"what ? angry? you pathetic clans of the koga and iga work for the government you are like dogs , our clan is free , you can rejoice that we didn't annihilate you all this time , and you Second you are the shame of our clan , master said to bring you dead or alive but now it sure is dead and not alive "
"hah ! you can continue blabbering in your next life " the eyes of second turned cold and he made a sign to begin the offensive .
Instantly all the shadows leaped at an amazing speed ...
< hmm it's good that there is no one here , i don't want to dishonor the clan I will quickly kill them >thought Ichiro carefully.
"ha ha ha, come, let me experience the Iga pathetic skills "said Ichiro arrogantly while taking off his glasses , his eyes were cold and sharp.
End .
Note : this is the first chapter hope you enjoy ;)