Truth To Hardwork X2 [Quest X 2 + Training]

“Shan…I don’t want to see you hurt. I just want you to know that. No matter what, I do like you.” Scarlett finally said, voice low and sad. Shan cocked his head a little bit at this. What could possibly be causing her to speak like that. She hadn’t hurt him in the slightest.

“Why are you talking about hurting me? You haven’t done anything except help me train.” Shan said – for once cheerful – as they walked out of the gate. With the time of day, the guard ninja at the gate gave them a strange quizzical look but then laughed as he realized they were a boy and girl. Adults were so juvenile.


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“Oh…uh…no reason. Let’s continue towards the cave.” Scarlett said, ducking her head and avoiding eye contact with Shan. So, Shan continued to walk – though he was growing increasingly sure that something strange was going on. He had never seen Scarlett act like this in the few weeks they had been hanging out. Sure, a few weeks wasn’t actually that long but in Academy Student time it was practically a lifetime.

As they walked, the land grew more mountainous and the trek became more arduous. It got to the point that shan began to grunt as he moved up the mountain. Notably, Scarlett didn’t grunt in the slightest.

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As they climbed, the mountains grew more and more treacherous. Shan slipped on a rock while climbing and was forced to activate his Radengan . Doing this improved his vision to the point that he could see subtle movements in the rocks to know what was loose or sturdy to walk on. Because of this, Shan began to take the lead in their walk – with Scarlett behind giving directions as they went. It worked quite well, and they ended up at the entrance to Shinmyou cave before Shan had realized it.

It was a large cave entrance that seemed to house an eternal darkness that not even his Radengan could penetrate.

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Shan shivered as he stared into its depths. All was quiet, which would normally be a good sign when one thought a place was haunted, but it somehow managed to only increase the creepiness of the cave.

“After you” Scarlett said, nudging Shan into the darkness. He took hesitant steps. One by one. Each step felt like it took the entire strength of will that he had left in his body. Eventually, Shan found himself standing in the middle of darkness – unnaturally deep darkness which couldn’t even be penetrated by his eyes. Scarlett was nowhere to be seen, but he could hear footsteps around him.


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The footsteps grew louder. Tap. Tap. Tap.

Were there multiple sets of footsteps or was that a lot of echoing? Shan wasn’t sure. It was just too much. Either way, the sounds echoed around him. What was going on?

This had to be some kind of trick of Scarlett’s meant to train him. He wouldn’t let this whatever it was – defeat him. Shan pointed his fingers towards where the footsteps were coming from (which wasn’t hard since they were circling him – and made a hand sign with his right hand.

Pew. Pew.

“AHHH!” A voice screamed from the darkness. It was a male voice.

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“Who’s there!” Shan yelled into the darkness.

“Who the fuck you think” a voice called back. It was vaguely familiar - but why? Where has he heard that voice before? As Shan thought about this, he caught sight of a kunai flying towards him. The young ninja deftly spun and deflected the kunai by smacking the handle aside before it reached him.

Another kunai flew. Shan ducked underneath this kunai but was having difficulty keeping track of where they were coming from. Even his eyes struggled in this darkness.

Besides that, he had a time limit and would need to figure out who they were...wait.

“You’re the crew that robbed the bank with scarlett and I!” Shan yelled out triumphantly.


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“Well, of course. What took you so long to figure it out.” The voice rang out. The footsteps ruling around Shan began to grow in speed and number. Were more of then joining the circle. Two kunai flew forward this time. Shan tried to dodge them both but one caught him on the thigh.

“Grr” he growled as a laser beam shot from his eyes into the distance. He heard rock crumbling but that was it. “ what do you want? Is this another training of Scarlett’s?”

It had to be, right? She wouldn’t set him up. She had no reason to.


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“What do we want?” The voice rang out again. The voice was steadily growing closer. They were tightening their circle as they threw kunai to keep him busy. Were they afraid of closing the gap too quickly due to his eye. “I would’ve thought you’d have figure it out by now. We want your eyes, man. Did you think scarlett was hanging out because she liked you?”

“Ha! She was with you because she was promised that she’d get one of the two eyes if the replacement stuck around and got you on your own. She used you, man. It’s about time you accept that and lean against the wall.

Life is about more than fighting.”


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“Leah against the wall? What you expect me to just lay down while you take my eyes, okay that sounds completely reasonable - not!” Shan yelled as he dashed into the darkness.

A boot caught him in the stomach - sending him flying back to where he had been. Why hadn’t he seen that coming? Shan looked around and everything appeared...normal. He wasn’t using his raidengan anymore. He was out of chakra.

“Shit!” Shan yelled out as he actually did back against the wall - though for protection and not to give up.

How the hell was he going to make his way out of this one?


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