Vanished Clan

Chapter 2; Secrets Revealed

--Chapter 2; Secrets Revealed--

It was pass midnight. The streets of Konoha are empty except the ANBU hiding in the shadows who are on their shift to guard the village. Stores are closed and most of the civilians are asleep.

A cold gust of wind passes by a lamp post. Out of the dark, a black hooded figure who covers most of its face appears. The silhouette walks the streets as if it's a ghost town. Under the dim light of a lamp post, an ANBU guard caught sight of it and tried to approach behind the figure.

"It's pass curfew. No one but those who are prohibited are allowed to roam around at this hour. Go back to bed before I decide to drag you in chains." He spoke threateningly under his dog mask.

"I'm only going out for air, inu-kun. I'll be back." The figure said in a singsong voice.

The ANBU narrowed his eyes under his mask.

"No, miss. Strict orders from the Hokage. No one is supposed to leave nor loiter around the village at late hours."

The figure let out a sigh. "I guess I have no choice." She mumbled.

She raised her left hand. With her indescribable mystic abilities, the ANBU behind her felt stiff, unable to move a muscle. Next, she stretched her hand outwards, thus making the shinobi behind her sway like her puppet.

He hit the wall hard.

Like nothing even happened, the hooded figure ignored the slam of the ANBU and started to walk off, releasing her control over the masked shinobi.

After regaining consciousness over his muscles, the ANBU threw a kunai aimed to take down her head, but managed to leap off to avoid it.

"Inu-kun. I told you, I'll be right back. Please dont make this hard for me. I'm asking a simple request." She called, still restrained from revealing her face.

"I'm afraid I cant let you. Orders are orders."

"Then, lets settle this." She finalized.

The ANBU weaved hand signs in agreement. "Earth Release; Ground Swallow!" He pressed his hand on the earth.

The ground started to crack and what seems to be some sort of a mud started flowing through the cracks. The muddy substance started to swallow the lower half of the hooded figure. It flowed aggressively all over her like a cocoon, causing her unable to move.

"I'm sorry, miss. I'm taking you to the T&I division."

Just when he's about to take charge of her, the mud around her body started to become solid hard and slowly cracked at every angle. The ANBU froze in confusion. Both of them knows that the cracking of his jutsu like an egg isnt supposed to happen. He couldnt remember the last time someone had managed to break his sticky mud.

After several breaking of the shell, the victim managed to loosen up. She pats away the remaining dusts from her hood.

"What was that for?"

"How did you break away from my jutsu?" He asked in return, ignoring her.

She rolled her eyes under her hood even though basically, the ANBU has no chance of seeing a glimpse of her face.

"Have you ever heard of 'Fire Release'? I've managed to release fire on my own skin, unlike common suckers who only know how to blow them around like lighting matchsticks. Thus, drying that stupid sticky mud that swallowed my body. It was really suffocation, dont you know? I could have died."

"Fire on your own skin?" He asked in confusion.

"Yes, genius. You're not the only one with tricks under your sleeves."