『 Mistake 』

『 A Child Full of Surprises 』

01.07.19

5000 words

『 A Child Full of Surprises 』

It's kaa-san's sixth month; she wasn't supposed to be this stressed. Kaa-san has been taking care of me since almost a week ago because of a sudden attack; I don't want to be the reason to lose my sibling. I made kaa-san worried so much... tou-san too.

Karasu-nii? I don't know about him. I haven't heard about him since I woke up a few hours ago. I'm honestly scared-who wouldn't be? We got jumped by an enemy nin because I lowered our guard for a mere moment. If Karasu-nii hadn't pushed me away to take the blow I would've... If... if he hadn't burst out the wave of distress call before he passed out...

I'm glad someone came, really.

I'm grateful to have him-I'm not even surprised to learn who's behind the crow mask; I'm just lucky I'm still alive.

Hopefully, he is too.

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Hopping tree to tree, I've managed to close my gap between the crow and I. I feel like that crow can go faster but is dumbing down his speed for me to catch up. That jerk. He's just leading me in circles around Training Ground #13, which is very boring, if you ask me; I want to spice things up.

Running through a few hand seals, I quickly pushed a steady amount of chakra on my feet (keeping in mind not to put too much or I'll be damned with a broken pair of feet) and used my shadows to form a hundred of Kage Nui threads-now much effective and I can control much more progressively than before. What I'm doing right now can be a bit mentally tiring since I'm controlling two things at once, but everything's gonna be worth it since the reward is the underneath of the crow's mask.

Mad chakra control is what's helping me, which I need to thank the Nara head and my bastard uncle for. At first this stuff was ought to be difficult, but because of the badass I am, I pulled through and even managed to reinforce an existing Nara shadow jutsu.

Resembling roots growing from a tree in an incredible speed, I extended my shadow threads, ready to cage up the crow inside. With my phase and force, I'm sure I can catch this raven under his mask. "Hah! Got you no-never mind." I sighed as I helplessly watched the damned crow disappear just when my cage made out of shadow strings was about to enclose him.

I turned to my right as my Kage Nui slowly go back to my shadow. I was greeted with Karasu's amused stare through his mask.

He had his arms crossed while leaning on the tree, watching me through his mask. "That was actually quite surprising, Orion." He mused, "I was lucky I could escape from that one. What would you like to call it? Shadow Cage or something? That would certainly be helpful to catch a target, but not enough to catch me, I'm afraid." He shook his head. His statement was kind of mocking actually; pretty rude.

I smiled, "You're being talkative, Karasu-nii. That's quite unusual." I hummed, stretching my arms up high, "But you know? I actually have a very, very great advantage here." I looked at my nails before looking at him, noticing his curious eyes.