Ascension (Sequel to Ruination)

[19] Deception

Hey guys! Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Also, that picture is how I imagined Tekashi would look. I didn't make it I found it on Pinterest.

Not sure if I like this chapter... the next one will be better though. I'm not super great at writing drama so hopefully it was decent enough.

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With the moon at its apex in the sky and the stars shining brightly through the thin veil of clouds, the girl swerved around various men and women, narrowly dodging one as they stumbled to the side after their companion shoved them playfully. Her shoulder brushed against his arm lightly and he paused for a moment. Yuzuki stopped, holding her breath before releasing it in a quiet sigh of relief. The Glass shinobi shrugged his shoulders, figuring it must have been the wind or his imagination.

With her chakra suppressed and her body invisible, Yuzuki was untraceable. Footsteps completely silent, the shinobi walking around were none the wiser to the imminent threat that had just entered their camp. The imminent threat they would more than likely be facing on the battlefield should the time come. They would know soon enough.

Reikko's chakra served as both an ability enhancer and a cloak, covering whatever scent she had and Yuzuki's chakra signature. Her entire body was invisible. It would be like she was never there. The only signs of an intruder would be the missing intel and an unconscious superior officer, and possibly a stink bomb.

As she weaved in between the clueless enemy ninja, she pinpointed the center of the camp, where she sensed a chakra that was much stronger than the others. This must be the superior officer. Yuzuki figured that wherever the superior officer would be, the sensitive information she needed would also be there.

Reaching the heart of the camp, she sped passed the two guards at the largest tent, the flaps blowing open. They had not realized that someone had entered the tent with their superior officer, only believing that it was the wind that caused the small anomaly. Facing forward, they eyed the ninja around them. They were obviously not sensory ninja, otherwise they would have sensed the intruder inside the tent.

Yuzuki halted behind the chair of the woman sitting at a table with maps and battle plans.

"Hey there," Yuzuki smirked as the woman jolted up from her seat and whirled around to face the girl.

"Who are you? How did you get in here?" The woman hissed, reaching for a weapon.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I wouldn't do that if I were you." Yuzuki tutted, wagging her finger back and forth.

"Why the hell not?!" The woman growled, making sure not to alert the guards outside.

"You see, before I infiltrated this camp, a couple of my friends knocked out and tied up a couple of your men. You wouldn't want anything to happen to them, would you?"

A look of consideration crossed the woman's face, pain in her pretty purple irises. Yuzuki felt terrible, though she did not show it. They were baseless lies. Only made to scare the woman so that she would not alert her men outside the tent.

"Fine," the woman relented, a darkness in her gaze. The woman crossed her arms over her chest. Even though her movements made it seem she wasn't tense, her eyes and expression said otherwise. The woman had no clue whether this girl was telling the truth or not, she figured it was best not to risk it. They had lost so many men due to the Snow Country already, it wasn't wise to lose any more. Besides, even if her men weren't being held hostage, this intruder had an immense chakra.

She was no match for her. "What did you come here for?"

"Just a few things, like this," Yuzuki rolled up the map that sat on the table and tied it closed, placing it in her pack. "And this," she plucked a piece of parchment off the table and read the information written. Raising a brow, she noticed a few things that the Feudal Lord had not bothered to mention.