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PROLOGUE CHAPTER 10: The Rebirth.

The man looked annoyed, "We're here so stop asking questions. When Nenma and the man entered the room, There were two men in the same cloaks as the man Nenma was following. "I brought him, Lady Uzura…" The man said. The man with the sword then kneeled. Nenma also kneeled while looking at the two cloaked men. "I understand…" Uzura said. The two hooded men then walked out of the room and down the hall. "Boy," Uzura said. Nenma then looked down at the ground, "Y-Yes ma'am?" Nenma asked. Uzura looked down at Nenma and smirked. "Stand," Uzura said. Nenma then stood up looking at the ground. "Take off your shirt and pants," Uzura said. "WHAT??" Nenma thought. Nenma then nodded as he took off his t-shirt and pants only keeping his underwear on. "Is this good ma'am…?" Nenma asked. Uzura then examined Nenma's body with her eyes. "Hm… About three years, Zentarou…" Uzura said. Zentarou then stood up and bowed, "Yes, M'lady." Zentarou said. Nenma then looked at Zentarou confused. "Follow me…" Zentarou said. Nenma then put his clothes back and the two walked down the hallway to the right of Uzura. "So… What did she mean?" Nenma asked. Nenma scratched the back of his head. "I'll tell you when we get to where we are going…" Zentarou said. The two would keep walking down the hall until they got to a large room with Mats, training dummies, and weapons. "Take off your shirt…" Zentarou said. Nenma looked at Zentarou confused. "AGAIN!!??" Nenma thought. Zentarou then pulled out his sword and touched Nenma's neck with the tip of the blade. "Just goddamn do it," Zentarou said. Nenma backed up quickly and nodded, "Y-Yes sir!!" Nenma said. Nenma then took off his shirt and left it on the ground. Zentarou then grabbed a wooden training katana. Zentarou would then slice a quarter of the training sword off making it a sort of dagger. "Grab a sword," Zentarou said. Nenma would nod and grab a training katana. "Do you know how to use a sword?" Zentarou asked. Nenma nodded, "good… It'll be helpful…" Zentarou said. Nenma then got in a sword-wielding stance. "So, what do you want me to do?" Nenma asked. Zentarou then pointed the wooden dagger toward Nenma. "I want you to hit me…" Zentarou said. Nenma had a drop of sweat on the side of his face. "That's easy enough… Right?" Nenma thought to himself. Nenma then started striking Zentarou. As Nenma was striking with the wooden sword, Zentarou kept dodging the attacks and blocking them with the dagger. An hour later, Nenma would be breathing heavily and sweating. "You did good, go get some rest and come back tomorrow… We have lots of work to do…" Zentarou said. Nenma nodded, "Y-Yes sir… Also…" Nenma asked. Zentarou looked at him confused. "W-What am I training for?" Nenma asked. The dagger in Zentarou's hand then burst into flames and then disintegrated into ash. Zentarou cleared his throat, "Lady Uzura wants you to join our group… The Rebirth…" Zentarou said. Nenma then remembered back to the men in the cloaks with the black clouds. "So then are you guys like the Akatsuki?" Nenma asked. Zentarou chuckled, "The Akatsuki? Psht, nah… They were weak… The tailed beasts aren't our goal… Many have failed to do so in the past like Ishiki Otsutski, Madara Uchiha, and Code… They're all failures…" Zentarou said. Nenma looked at Zentarou confused. "S-So what is your goal?" Nenma asked. Zentarou chuckled, "That, I cannot tell you… Maybe Lady Uzura will tell you one day…" Zentarou said. Nenma nodded and started walking down the hall. Nenma would cross through the middle of the hallway down to his and Kiyomi's room. Nenma would open the door and walk in. "How was training?" Kiyomi asked. Nenma shrugged, "It was training, Zen was flexing his skill on me by using a wooden dagger…" Nenma said. Kiyomi chuckled, "come sit, I want to spend time with you… We have all the time in the world." Kiyomi said.