Chapter 19

In the blanket of moonlight...

A Huge Island with rumble all over it, Shined brilliantly

Frogs made sounds, Crickets chirp

And a small shabby looking boat silently made its way towards it, the man rowing, dock the boat... and from it, a single man with heavy black cloak gets out of the boat and started walking.

"..."

All that the Clocked man could see are the dead bodies in the rubble of stones. And the Bodies of those Dead Peoples with the red hairs, They are Decomposed... some are practically skeletons.

'This is not the work of Gato... they all are dead for quite some time now'

He kept moving, aimlessly without making any noise

The Island is Huge though... there is only Dry Blood on the ground, Rubbles, Decomposed Bodies, and Skeletons.

There is practically nothing here... He reached an Open Place only to see destroyed stalls and even more dead bodies... There were destroyed lanterns, decorations, toys, wares...

He closely looks down at the cold dead bodies, 'There must be some kind of a festival going on right before this... this... massacre? what the hell did just happen here? And where the hell are Gato's hideouts'

'Dammit Yukimura sensei, At least send me after not skipping... everything'

Feeling confused the black clocked man kept moving forward.

After moving some time... in this huge Island. He saw a Red Hair Boy. Standing with his back towards the Black Cloak man and staring at the full moon.

His face looked like that of a red angel who had suddenly been thrust with a beam of white light.

His hands in the pockets of his black jacket, he seemed aware of nothing else but the moon.

'Red Hair, Is he a Native here?'

Shiro quickly made a hand sign and his cloak turned into Normal Clothing

"Hey"

The Red Hair Boy surprisingly didn't listen... or maybe didn't care

"Hey, Red Hair Boy"

!!!

That got The Red Hair Boy's Attention.

"You talking to me?", The red hair boy pointed towards himself

Shiro shrugged, "I don't see anyone else here, Are you a Native here?"

"I... am... Not, I actually moved here from the Land Of Waves, Saves the trouble of Running From Gato actually"

"AA... That's right, of course, it does"

"You caught my lie"

"Of Course I did, I catch everything... However, did you figure it out"

The Red Hair boy smiled, "well let's see because I am smart?"

Shiro chuckled, "Who are you?"

"Well... I am a Ghost, Nice to meet you, Who are you", The Red Hair guy mischievously said, Chuckling at his own Joke

"I am Shadow"

"wha--Hahahahaha", The Red Hair Boy laughed hard at it

Shiro himself laughed alongside, A fake laugh though

After a moment of laughing his ass off... the Red Hair boy wiped the tear on his eyes

"So Mr. Shadow, What are you doing here at this hour no mention"

"I could ask you the same... Ghost"

The Red hair boy chuckled, "I am the ghost, Mid-night is the best time for me... Your Turn"

"I am the shadow, Night-time is the best time for me as well"

The Red Hair Boy chuckled, "So, Let me guess, as to why did you call me out"

"Be My Guest"

"Let's see, everywhere is the Dead body of Red Hairs, I have Red Hair as well... So, You think I live here, a Local, You wanna know what happened"

"You are quite smart for a ghost that is"

"I strive for the best"

"You are not gonna tell me, are you"

"Nope"

"You are not even gonna pretend you don't know?"

The Red Hair Boy shrugged...

"You said you catch everything... I believe that"

Shiro's lips lifted upwards, "Where is Gato's Hideout, I heard that his men are hiding somewhere around here"

The Red Hair boy pointed at a direction, "His men live in that direction"

Shiro looked at the direction pointed by the red hair kid.

"Why do you kno--

No one was there...

...Shiro looked here and there

'What the hell?'

He closed his eyes and activate his sensing technique... now he can sense all the heat signatures in the area.

He kept looking here and there...

There really was no one there. Not even a single heat signature

'Is he a Shinobi or something, I didn't felt Chakra from him... Is he like me?... No freaking way... was he hiding his chakra somehow?'

Feeling confused he just went ahead, "Maybe, he really was a ghost", Chuckling at his own joke, which he knows is ridiculous, there is no such thing as a ghost in this world.

He kept moving on the wide path towards his destination

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BOOOOMMMMM

A Loud Explosion wakes and startled all the people sleeping or raping some women in the buildings.

"What happened?", One of the Goon asked

The Goon alongside many came out only to uncover something very big.

"What the hell?"

The Goons rush to the supply depot just to see the wild flames spreading across the food store.

"It's our Food, Stop the Flames, Water it down", One goon furiously yelled

"Sir, We need water shinobi for this"

"THEN WHERE ARE THOSE GOOD FOR NOTHINGS"

"I don't know sir, but we need them fast"

"SOMEONE SEARCH FOR THOSE HIRED SHINOBIS, DOUBLE TIME"

The Goons hadn't seen it coming, and they are a chaotic mess, as their leader shouts and yells in order to organize them...

Soon, the Hired shinobis and the rest of the goons appeared...

With the thick black cloud covering everything... The Goons and shinobis work to protect their food supply.

And soon the flames are put out finally...

They all sighed with relief.

Thud..!!

They turned to see, a shinobi fall to the ground without making a noise.

"Everyone, Defend yourself, We are under attac… Ugh…"

!!!

Everyone was shocked still when they saw their boss blasted into the fragments of Ice.

And from behind him, a cloaked man was standing with his arm stretched.

No one could even react to what happened... as their boss was blasted in front of their eyes.

"EVERY ONE ATTACK"

A couple of fireballs were shot at and fly towards the black cloak assassin...

"..."

There practically was no one there...

The Fireballs hit nothing but slammed into the buildings behind.

Every one was wielding their weapons close to their chest and their men behind their back.

!!!

Another guy was blasted into ice fragments.

"Aaa, my guess is that you will never hear from him again."

A voice echoed through surroundings... Scaring everyone.

"WHO ARE YOU... WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS"

One of the goon yelled at no-where.

The Voice uninterrupted continued speaking

"The Dead shouldn't be bothering you... You should be worried about the living"

Another guy blasted into the fragment of Ice.

Now, all the goons were legitimately scared...

And all began to run...

"Wait don't run", The Leader of the Goon tried to stop his people from leaving.

The Hail of the Ice made swords rains down from above.

whoose whoose

The Ice swords stab, cleaves, destroying all the Goons trying to run away... Effectively killing all of them.

It was then the Leader saw the clock figure guy moving alongside the dying People.

The Leader took a few steps back... only to feel the hand on his chest.

The Leader died, Blasted into Icy fragments.

Clap clap clap

Shiro who was in the clock got startled and turned back.

"That was awesome buddy, Shadow, Buddy, You are good"

"Where the hell did you come from?"

The red hair boy shrugged, "You know I was here and there, watching you, Killing them all"

"And this doesn't disturb you at all"

"Oh please, Kid, I watched way worst, You are just a cute little puppy in my eyes"

Shiro rolled his eyes, "Alright, then why didn't you help me?"

"I can't really, Even if I try to", The Red Hair guy declared boringly.

"And that's because...

"I am a ghost", The red hair boy grinned

"Do I look Like a 3-year-old, that believe in ghosts and fairies"

"Wait... you aren't 3-year-Old"

Shiro got annoyed as he rolled his eyes and went inside one of the random buildings...

The red hair boy grinned even wider as he ran up to Shio, "Wait, Shadow, don't leave me alone, Buddy"

"Stop following me"

"You can't order me around"

"Are we close why are you behaving so intimately with me"

"Because we are friends"

"No, we are not... I don't even know who you are?"

"Well, Same goes for me too"

"My name is Hiruzen Sarutobi... Your turn"

The red hair boy chuckled, "It's a lie, Buddy"

"Of course it's a lie... and sure enough you caught it"

The Red hair boy chuckled, "Should I take that as a compliment"

"No, Take that as you are annoying"

"You are such a mood killer"

"That's coming from someone, roaming creepily in a land, that's filled with nothing but corpses of thousands."

The Red hair boy chuckled with amusement.

After some time of talking with each other, they arrived at something looking like a fancy store-room.

"Woah, Look at all this money and food supply, It's awesome"

"It's not his, But of the villagers, they are starving", He knelt down and sucked down everything in the many scrolls he is carrying on him.

"Hey, what's that?", The Red hair boy pointed at some Black stone with seals on it.

Shiro picked up the stone.

"Some sort of a seal is encrypted on it... What do you think?", Shiro asked showed the red hair boy the stone.

"It's a memory seal", Red hair boy answered

"Memory seal?"

"Yes... I think you should keep it with you, maybe we will find out what happened here on this island with the help of this stone"

"What are you planning here?"

Red hair boy mouth curved in amusement, "What do you mean? How can I plan against such a... such a... Cute... assassin?"

Shiro rolled his eyes, "You clearly know what happened on this island, and you want to give this stone to me, why, What is this stone"

"You don't want it, then?"

"..."

"..."

"Whatever... I want it", Shiro put the stone in his pocket.

The red hair boy smiled with amusement.

"Also"

"yes"

"Never ever call me cute... Just so you know, I never lost a match"

"Rodger captain"

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(Next Morning) (Village of the Wave)

Shiro watched people, hogging the city's only bank to get some much-needed food and money.

"Wow, you are such a nice guy"

"I am not doing the charity, It's our mission, and I always go for the full satisfaction of the clients' interests"

"Aaah, It's a nice mindset"

"Why are you even here?"

The Red Hair boy shrugged, "your reaction is getting so dull these days... how come you only asked it now"

Shiro growled, "Why. are. you. here"

"Where else would I be?"

"I don't know... Friends... family... girlfriend... whatever"

"I don't have any friends and family left... maybe a sister, but I kind of lost her, way back"

"Then, what the heck would I tell my people who are you"

"You don't have to worry, They can't see or hear me at all... I... have cast some Jutsu on myself"

"I am not letting you inside my village, without a clear background check"

"Aaa, But no one will believe you, I mean, No one can see me, Feel me, Hear me, They will think that you have gone insane"

"I may not know much about your stealth skills, But I can assure you that, You can't sneak in the Hidden Leaf Village"

"We will see about that"

"God, Akira alone was enough, Not you too"

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"Welcome back", Naruto welcomed Shiro in Tazuna's house as everyone was busy preparing for breakfast.

"Kushina", The Red hair boy muttered as he shivered looking at Naruto.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing... what could I say"

"I said, Welcome Back"

The red hair boy smiled with amusement...

"Not you... him"

"Who?"

"Him", Shiro pointed at his side.

"Shiro I think you need some sleep brat", Yukimura sensei said, "There is no one there"

"..."

He looked at the Red hair boy, who made a victory sign at Shiro.

'God admit, This guy is worst than Akira'

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There will be a small celebration held by the village due to the death of Gato and also their freedom.

The village decided there will be a festival in the next few days..."

As for their economic condition?

Well, apparently, there is so much food and drinks in the village now.

The village took them all and its numbers are actually large enough to hold a festival

People in Wave took over Gato's business in the wave... Currently, Wave has enough money to make this country back to how it was before, they just need enough time...

And with that, Konoha successfully re-negotiated the contract terms.

This mission was never the C-Rank, Alongside the payment for A-rank Mission, Tazuna would have to pay the damages for making the fresh out of Boot Camp Genins take an A-Rank mission.

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(In Shiro's room) (Night-time)

Shiro was annoyed Because the Red hair boy started living with him. But eventually settled in with the quirks of the red.

The Bloody red hair boy was standing beside the sleeping Shiro, Creepily watching the boy sleeping.

Shiro usually never sleeps, But for the appearance sake of Tazuna and his family while not creeping everyone out, He has to act like he is sleeping

The Red Hair Boy slowly put his finger down and... Touched Shiro.

At the same time, Shiro opened up his eyes

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

AAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

Shiro rolled off his bed

"WHY ARE YOU YELLING"

"BECAUSE I WAS STARTLED"

"HOW CAN YOU BE STARTLED WHEN YOU TOUCHED ME… wait… YOU TOUCHED ME HOW?"

"I WANNA KNOW THE ANSWER AS WELL HOW DID I TOUCH YOU?... AND WHY ARE WE STILL YELLING"

"THAT'S CAU—

Badump

Gahh

Shiro fell on his knees.

Aaaggghhhh… Aggggghhhhhhh

"Hey, are you alright? What happened?", The red ran up to Shiro and held him.

Bam

The Door swings opened and Kakashi and Yukimura ran in…

"What the hell… How did his emotions rile up, when he was all alone"

AAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH

'Emotions'

"Hey, Is it because I startled you, I am sorry, I-I didn't mean to do that"

AAGGGGGGHHHHH

The Red hair boy watched in amazement as everything and everyone around Shiro started freezing.

Everything… except him.

Yukimura and Kakashi left quickly

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When the sunlight came in, Shiro grudgingly opened up his eyes.

"Hey", The red waived to him

"Who are you?", Multitude of Emotions appeared in Shiro's eyes, but he know he can't lose it.

An amusing smile formed on the Red hair face, "I am a Ghost"

Shiro rolled his eyes and turned around to sleep again, "There is no ghost in this world"