A year timeskip
1 year after the Final Phase
A black bird flies on the sky with high speed, as it approaches a particular compound, the compound was large and spacious, filled with beautiful flowers to beautify the environment and other trees with a little stream. The crow begins to hover round the big building making it natural caw sounds and finally stops and mimics a human ls voice
"caw, message to Rengoku-sama, message to Rengoku-sama. You and lady Reiko are to head to Mt Tenchō, they've been several cases of missing villagers there, both of you are to investigate it caw-caw" The crow caws and hovers up to the air and lands in the roof to rest in a nest
"Huh, me and that old hag on a mission??"
A young boy sitting on the veranda of the building, he wore a black hakama and kimono with a white haori covering it with the Japanese character 'Destroy' written on the back of the white haori.
"I have to go and get her" He stands up and heads out of the compound.
After some minutes of walking he arrives at a big facility that's looks like a health facility. Few injured people laying here and there and other Kakushi were tending to them
"Oi come out old hag, you got the news, didn't you!!?" He shouts out
"Hey!!!, keep it low will you, this is an health facility and we don't need disturbances here"
A young beatiful girl comes out from a door, this was Reiko. She had long dark hair, blue eyes and a small mouth. she wore a black hakama with a white haori, this was actually the uniform worn by the Kakushi
"And I got the mission, give me some time to get dressed"
"Alright, Alright just be fast"
Rengoku heads out of the facility while Reiko heads back into the room.
After some time Reiko comes out of the facility, she wore a blue kimono top with a flower design all over it and a white haori all over it with the Japanes Kanji character 'Destroy' behind it.
"Hey let's move" She said to Rengoku
"Took you ong enough" He brags and stands up from the floor he was sitted on
"So firstly, you called me an old hag" Reiko questions as both of them begin the journey
"Yes and so? aren't you older than me"
"I'm just a year older than you!!?
"I'm sixteen" Rengoku points to himself
"And I'm seventeen, Well that aside let's talk about the mission at hand"
"Yeah I guess. It's Mr. Tenchō again"
"Haaaa.... When will all this wars end?" Reiko sighs
"Do you think this demon might be the cause of the recent wars happening there??" Rengoku asks
"Hmmmm... im definitely sure that all of it was somebodies plan but to be the demon's, I'm not too sure about that" Reiko answered
"Well all we can do is see with our own eyes" Rengoku says.
Meanwhile at a far away land, a mountain to be exact. Deep within the bushes two figures in a cloak could be spotted talking about some issues
"Everything is going according to plan don't you think" A masculine voice rings our from the bulky figure at the lef of the small figure
"Sure master, what can possibly go wrong now" A feminine voice rings out from the smaller figure
"But we can't be too relaxed though, after all we have to wipe the cause of war in other to stop further wars, we'll wipe out everything, everything" She chips in
"Exactly we can't be too relaxed after all he has arrived" The man says
*gasp
"By 'he' do you mean..."
"Yes, he might hinder the plan so we have to watch out" The man's said and both of them vanish from the place
In the shinobi village, at the cemetery, A young boy could be spotted with long dark blue ponytail air with spiky ending. He wore a lack kimono and a long slim obi with butterfly design all over it on his waist was a Katana, and this young fellow was 18 years old Tatsuya. Tatsuya was seated on the floor directly opposite a grave stones with the name Sakono Makira on it.
"Today is you anniversary I guess.... its been a year since the final phase, so funny how the once lovely squad broke due to the event. Katsumichi and Minagawa went together, I haven't heard from Ineyo since then too, hahah" Tatsuya laughs
"It's so funny that it's only you I come to when I'm lonely right, almost every week"
"I'll repeat again, Sakono, I'm sorry I can't fulfil your promise, I haven't seen her for a year now, I can't even meet her talk more of protecting her I can't do it I have something else in mind and because of that I have to stay away from Ine..."
"Tatsuya-kun??" A familiar feminine voice calls out his name
"Ehh??" Tatsuya turns back and behold it was Ineyo. She wore a black Kimono with some flower designs all over it, and a heirloom to hold her long brown hair in place it had grown through the course of the year. Ineyo jumps from where she was and lands on Tatsuya.
"Tatsuya-kun, its really you Tatsuya-kun" She wept under his embrace and Tatsuya holds her tight and firmly, he felt extreme joy but yet pain.
"You left without a trace Tatsuya-kun, I search all around, I went back to Mikoto-sama mansion you weren't there, they all said you left all of a sudden, I asked Anko-chan she said she hasn't heard from you too we both searched but due to missions she couldn't seach with, where the hell did you go Tatsuya-kun like what have you been up too" Ineyo cried her eyes out.
Tatsuya didn't know where to start from he knew that he left without a trace, but all he did while he was gone was train, visit Sakono and train more
"I'm sorry Ineyo, atleast we are together now let's keep Sakono-san company for together, alright" Tatsuya smiles at her
"Hmmm" She nods in confirmation and Tatsuya wipes off her tears
After some hours later they were done with the visit
"So Tatsuya-kun where do you stay now, you stay alone right" Ineyo asks. Tatsuya froze at a spot remembering that his house was a mess, he hasn't cleaned it in months now
"Ye..Yeah, I stay alone" Tatsuya gulps down his saliva as beads of sweat form all over his face
"Haa, thats nice, that's so manly of you Tatsuya-kun" Ineyo tugs him with her elbow
"Yeah" Yatsuya laughs awkwardly
"Neh Tatsuya-kun, did you receive the yesterday's information" Ineyo asks
"No, What's the information all about"
"Ehhhh, have you totally forgotten, its today we will be assigned to our squad, I got mine this morning before heading out" Ineyo said
"And what squad were you assigned to" Tatsuya asked.
Ineyo bends her head down in shame and answered "8th Division"
"But that's not bad, why are you sad" Tatsuya asks
"That's the last squad, who wants to be in the last squad?" She barks
"You got some point, let's head home so I'll check mine then"
Few minutes after a short walk they arrived in front of a small house. On the floor infront of the door was a paper, Tatsuya picked it up and opened it. Tatsuya drops the paper and bends his head down
"What does it say?" Inego asks
"It's Divison 7" Tatsuya said, Ineyo bends her head feeling sad that they weren't in the same Division
"Just kidding, it's 8th" Tatsuya laughs
"Why will you joke with something like this" Ineyo barks cutely at him while hitting his shoulder
"But more importantly there is more to it" Both of them put their head together to see the content
"Its our hideout" Ineyo says with star in her eyes
"Yeah I guess"
"Then let's go immediately Tatsuya-kun" Ineyo drags Tatsuya and they both gead out
Soon later they both stand infront of a building more like a house. It was average in size and beauty but a man was laying on the floor close to it covering himself with a cloak, but they just ignored him and move foward. Tatsuya knocked on the door
Bamm....
The door swing open with force as a girl comes out from it. She had short orange hair and orange eyes she was average in height and a little bit busty, She wore a blue Kimono and a hakama.
"And what business do you have hear" She asks with a stern disgust face
"Umm.... we received this today so we decided to..."
"Are you the new recruits???" Her expression changes to a delightful and cheering girl
"Captain, its them the new recruits" ran over to the man sleeping on the floor and tug him to wake
"Arrgghh, can't you allow me to sleep In peace" The man grugds and removes the cloak revealing his face.
He had a wavy white hair and blue crystal eyes, a cool, nice, well shaped jaw line
"Mikoto-san"