Leaving the Mall Yuki and Kaguya were driving home and on the way, Yuki is asking Kaguya about what happened in the mall parking lot.
"Kaguya when did you get a healing quirk? You gained more quirks didn't you?"
Kaguya had to tell Yuki to focus on the road multiple since her attention keeps coming to Kaguya cause she is both worried and excited that Kaguya has more quirks. Kaguya didn't answer her questions but just said this. "Wait till we get home please."
Yuki didn't want to wait but they are almost home so she saved her questions till then. A couple of minutes later the two got home and brought in all the stuff they bought at the mall. Haru welcomed his niece and wife home but couldn't help to notice that Yuki is slightly rushing. "Yuki are you ok? Did something happen?"
"Yes, Kaguya showed a healing quirk and didn't tell us." Listening to Yuki, Haru's gaze moved to Kaguya. Kaguya's response is "It's not a healing quirk. I used my chakra quirk but before you ask anything else. Can you wait tomorrow cause it's my annual checkup with Dr.Chiyo is tomorrow and she is gonna update my official and none official information on my quirk."
Both Yuki and Haru didn't want to wait but felt like Kaguya is trying to avoid speaking about her quirks especially Yuki since she has been asking ever since they left the mall but Kaguya said this to stop what the two are feeling at the moment "It's easier to show you rather than tell you. The way my quirks work is complicated and will take too long for me to explain." Listening to Kaguya's explanation Yuki and Haru wanted her to give them a quick explanation.
Sensing this Kaguya decided to just give them a quick rundown on how she healed Shoto. "I don't have a healing quirk. I used my quirk chakra to heal to remove Shoto's scar."
Haru is interested in her quirk because he deals with a lot of pro heroes cause of his job. One of the requirements for his position is to have an understanding of quirks so he can help them repair or create their costume. If Kaguya decided to be a hero he would commission a costume for his niece. "Kaguya can you give me more details about your quirk?"
"Sorry, you have to wait tomorrow."
Yuki is quiet this time while listening to her husband and niece. Kaguya said that in her always calm demeanor but call it a woman's intuition but even though she seems calm and collected Yuki for some reason had a feeling that she is excited. Yuki knew Kaguya her whole life she thought there is no way she is excited or happy cause if she is Kaguya would smile. Right now though she has a straight face like she always has. So Yuki dismissed this as her imagination so she stopped thinking about it and returned to her husband trying to get information out of her niece.
"Cmon Kaguya just tell me one more thing." At this point, Haru is begging but Kaguya caved.
" *sigh* My chakra quirk lets control all the elements and lets me do other things that can be considered a quirk by itself like my hair."
"Your hair but I thought that was a quirk." Yuki responded.
"I thought so too until Dr.Chiyo told me after a test a year ago that it's apart of my chakra quirk." Kaguya paused for a moment then spoke "I'm going to take a shower now."
That feeling came back to Yuki but again she dismissed it and started to cook dinner. The feeling Yuki had is true Kaguya is excited. The reason why she was trying to end the conversation is that she wants to talk to Shoto on her phone. When Kaguya got her clothes for when gets out of the shower she checked her phone and sees that she has a message from Shoto.
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Shoto: I'm home want to chat? *10 mins ago*
Kaguya: Sure I'm about to take a shower and eat dinner so I'll video call you when I'm done with dinner.
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Kaguya put down her phone and went to the bathroom to take a shower. She heard her phone vibrate in her room when she is in the hallway and thought that must be Shoto.
She took her shower and put away her used clothes. After putting on her change of clothes she went downstairs and had dinner.
Entering the kitchen Kaguya's nose is assaulted by the lovely aroma of her favorite thing to eat besides vanilla yogurt, aunt Yuki's homemade spaghetti. Yuki and Haru are just sitting down at the kitchen table when Kaguya arrived and sat down.
"Thank you for the food" they all said together.
Kaguya and Haru are just happily eating dinner like it's the best thing in the world. This brought a very smug look to Yuki's face cause she knew that she can cook some good spaghetti. Yuki noticed that Kaguya is eating faster pace than what she normally at.
"So Kaguya got any plans for tomorrow or as soon as your done eating?" Yuki asked casually.
"As soon as I'm done eating. I'm going to video call Shoto" Kaguya responded to her aunt's question.
"Oh~"
At this moment Kaguya stopped eating and realized what she just said. Kaguya knows a lot about her dear aunt and she knows that Yuki loves to tease her if giving the opportunity.
"So my sweet little Kaguya finally got herself a boy~ Here I thought I'd have to help you get one cause of your personality~"
Kaguya gave her aunt a look that just oozed what that opposed to mean?
"What do you think~ You have a bubble around you that wards potential boyfriends off. Then Shoto appeared and that bubble just popped~ Haru, you should have seen the way they stared at each other~
Kaguya is trying her best not to get embarrassed and she held her straight face thinking that she will not give what aunt Yuki wants but it was too early to celebrate cause Yuki's grin got even bigger.
" Fufufu~ Look who is embarrassed~ You can keep your straight face all you want but that blush ain't helping~ Even though I'm not your biological mother I consider you my child and what type of parent I would be if I didn't embarrass you~ Ahh such youth~
Kaguya had enough and thought of a way to get back at her aunt. "Yeah youth." Kathya said while stretching showing off her still growing asset on her chest.
Σ(゚ Д゚ ) 'SHE DID NOT!' Yuki yelled internally with the smile on her face twitching. "Kaguya-san do we have a problem here" :) Yuki said with a dark aura.
Haru got up from the table put away his dirty plate and tried to exit the living but Yuki stopped him.
"Haru"
Haru stopped and turned around but when he did he went pale from his wife's aura
*ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ*
Haru swear his just seen floating menacing Kanji from a certain anime around his wife. He tried to run but started to float in the air and pulled back to the kitchen. Haru turned saw his wife glowing eyes and knew one thing, she is pissed.
"Honey please calm down" Haru said in a loving and calm tone.
(A/N: Most of us know telling a female to calm down doesn't help whatsoever)
This is the first time Kaguya broke a sweat cause at this moment she knew she fucked up.
(20 very very veeeery painful minutes later)
Kaguya came back to her room but she looked like she came back from a battlefield. She did not know that her aunt has such a strong quirk. Cause of her quirk everything that wasn't a knife in the kitchen flew at Kaguya and poor Haru who didn't do anything until he told Yuki to calm down. The worst part is after Yuki was done she made the two clean the mess she made. Fixing her hair Kaguya picked up her phone and called Shoto then hopped on her bed. After a couple of seconds, Shoto picked up.
"Hey Shoto"
"Hey, Kaguya how are you?" Shoto said with a gentle smile.
Kaguya smiled back then responded "I'm fine mostly right now"
"What's wrong?" Shoto said a bit worried
"I just learned to not pick on my aunt about specific subjects." Kaguya told Shoto.
Shoto wanted to ask what happened but something told him that if he did something bad is going happen so he didn't ask. Shoto and Kaguya continued to about things in their life they didn't get to say to each other while they were on the mall roof then moved on to random subjects mostly things that don't need mentioning. The subject just got on school so the two are currently talking about that.
"School?" Shoto asked
"Yes school, you never mentioned what school did you go to over the years." Kaguya informed.
"I am homeschooled. Even when I was with my mom I was homeschooled. I did have some friends in the town I lived in. It did have a school but mom said that I had a fragile mental state when I was young. She did try to get me into a school when I was 11 but I said no. She said I needed to socialize with people my age but when I showed her my friends around town she gave in." Shoto told Kaguya
"You must have been somewhat popular around town cause of your quirk and you're trained body." Kaguya blurted out.
It took Shoto a couple of seconds but he had to make sure that he heard her right because she just admitted to checking him out.
"Kaguya" he called out.
"Yes?" she responded.
"Did you just admit to checking out my body?" Shoto asked.
Kaguya began to blush but she didn't freak out like girls in an anime do. She just diverted her eyes and said " I did nothing of what you speak of..... It's just an observation".
(A/N: sure "observation")
Shoto chuckled cause he isn't dense. Kaguya changed the subject back to school.
" I'm not sure which school I should go to, " She said to Shoto.
" Well, what do you want to be in life" Shoto replied.
"I don't know cause I have no dream to be anything. I have no need for strength nor the need for wealth" Kaguya explained.
"Try to be a hero and help those who are in danger you have more than enough strength to do that" said Shoto.
Kaguya did have that come across her thoughts before but dropped the idea for now. Right now Kaguya wanted to spend a lot of time together with Shoto and being a hero will give her a lot of time to make up for when they didn't get to be with each other.
Suddenly a feeling crept up on Kaguya. This feeling always comes whenever She thinks about being a hero. Kaguya drops the thought of being a hero cause these feelings try to surface so she drops the thought. Guilt, sadness, and upset about something she had done that she has no recollection of. This made Kaguya look sad.
Shoto immediately noticed Kaguya's sad look and said " what's wrong? Are you ok?"
Kaguya responded with " I don't know what's wrong. I just feel like I've needed to make up for something I did."
"Something you did?" asked Shoto.
"I don't know I feel a headache coming along the more I try to figure out why" said Kaguya
Kaguya changed the subject to her doctor visit tomorrow and asked Shoto do he wants to come along. He agrees to come since he has nothing better to do since his homeschool program got out of school before public school.
They talk a couple more minutes before Kaguya felt tired and wanted to sleep. They told each other good night and see you tomorrow. Kaguya ended the call and laid down to sleep. Kaguya suddenly opened her eyes but she wasn't in her room because the sky is red and the land around her is black. The most noticeable thing was the full moon that had a darker shade of red than the sky with rings and 9 tomes.
"The Rinne-Sharingan?!?!" Kaguya shouted.
Kaguya questioned why she knew that since she never saw it in her training dimension when suddenly pitch black chains erupted from the ground and wrapped tightly around her arms, legs, and neck. Kaguya tried to break the chains but her strength is gone.
A pitch black figure slowly came out the ground. It had long hair that stretched far behind. Two horns that looked like rabbit ears on its head. It had 3 eyes, 2 white eyes, and 1 in the middle of its forehead. It's hand reached out to grab Kaguya's face when suddenly a transparent talisman appeared with glowing runes appeared and caused a blinding light that erased the black figure and blinded Kaguya.
*gasp* Suddenly Kaguya sat panting like she ran a 20k marathon. Kaguya cached her breath and checked the time which is 6:02 AM. Kaguya got out of bed and walked to the bathroom. She turn turned on the water to wash her face. When she looked up she is shocked to see she has two horns that resemble rabbit ears and lastly the Rinne Sharingan.
*throb*
A sudden headache hit Kaguya and caused her to tightly close her eyes because the pain is unbearable. Kaguya started to stutter words.
"T-T-The Wo....rld i-is my n-n-nurse....ry"
The headache suddenly stopped like it wasn't even there in the first place. Kaguya checked herself and found no horns or Rinne Sharingan there. This left Kaguya confused and wondering what happened but the more she thought about it the more a headache it caused so she just gave up for now.
Kaguya took a shower when she got out Yuki and Haru is awake. She wanted to tell Yuki and Haru what happened but knew they most likely don't know how to help so she'll just tell Dr.Chiyo what happened. Kaguya got ready, put on her clothes, and went downstairs to have breakfast. Yuki is almost done with breakfast and Haru is just sitting at the table reading on a tablet. It seemed that everyone is not going to speak of what happened last night so Kaguya decided to say not too. During breakfast, Kaguya told her aunt and uncle that Shoto will be joining them for her doctor visit. The two had no problem with Shoto joining.
It is 8:43 AM so Kaguya decided it's time to go to school. Kaguya left out and walked down the street then went into an alley and teleported to an alley near the school. Walking down the street of her school Kaguya is greeted by a lot of people due to her being one of the most popular people in school even though she barely talks anyone besides a few people that she is willing to talk to.
The reason Kaguya is so popular is because she always has the top grades. She's raked 1 in the nation during exams, her beauty plus cold attitude to those she doesn't know got her the nickname of snow princess cause her cold attitude and hair, and lastly, she is known by politicians because Kaguya even met the president of Japan due to her always getting top grades in the country since elementary school.
School today was any other day since exams are over. All Kaguya did was read in all her classes no one bothered except Bakugo. He kept on yelling at her but it turns out the Kaguya he is yelling at is a clone and the real Kaguya is actually home. No one knows this because Kaguya creates a Shadow clone in a bathroom stall and teleport to her bed until the final period and teleports back and cancels her clone.
"Kaguya have you decided what school you want to go to?" asked one of the few girls that Kaguya talks to.
"No" Kaguya responded
"Otsutsuki-san why you barely speak? I've known you since elementary school and you barely speak to anyone except for teachers when they call you to answer a question".
"I choose not to" answered Kaguya.
"Wait? Really? So this whole entire time you chose not to speak to anyone?" the girl asked.
Kaguya nodded yes.
"So that means you don't want to talk to most of us?"
Kaguya nodded yes again.
"How did you go from the first grade till 9th and not talk to people. Your most popular person in school and you are not even trying."
"popularity is a hindrance" said Kaguya.
*Ring*
The bell sounded and Kaguya's last class for the day started and Kaguya is handed a paper asking what school she wanted to go to. Kaguya could get in any school in the country, hell even private schools from overseas want her. She is tempted to choose U.A but wasn't sure yet. Kaguya spent a lot of time in class making up her mind but couldn't so she just gave the paper back.
"Otsutsuki you need to make a decision by Friday or we'll choose for you" said the teacher.
(A/N: I barely know how the Japanese school system works)
Kaguya spent the rest of the class reading not bothering with others conversations until the bell rang.
*ring*
Kaguya left class and noticed girls were looking out the window.
"Who is he?"
"I never saw him around here before"
"Girls should I try and ask him out he's handsome"
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Kaguya is wondering who they were talking about till she got outside and seen a group of girls around Shoto trying to talk to him. Shoto is texting Kaguya trying to see where she is at cause this morning she told him to come to the school and walk with her home.
A girl in the back of the group trying to talk to him said something that caught Kaguya's attention.
"Ok, I'm gonna try and ask him out before anyone els-" she is cut off by a sudden chill down her spine. The poor girl looked around till she saw Kaguya glaring daggers at her. She got scared and ran. Kaguya isn't gonna let these girls get the chance. She was gonna scare off the rest till Shoto noticed her.
"Kaguya!" Shoto yelled and moving through the group of girls near him. "Hey Kaguya" Shoto said while smiling.
Kaguya was trying to fight her urge to smile but she couldn't fight and gave in and gave a genuine smile and said " Hey Shoto"
*Gasp* "The snow princess has a boyfriend!?!?"
"How did this happen!?!?"
"Forget her having a boyfriend. I've never seen her smile or look at anyone like that once in 4 years"
The discussion amongst the group of girls about the boy nobody knew and Kaguya caught the attention of a lot of people around and noticed Kaguya smiling and went into shock cause they never saw Kaguya have any emotion before.
After talking for a couple of minutes Kaguya and Shoto left leaving everyone who saw them in disarray. After walking down the street and finding a secluded alley Kaguya opened a portal and excited in the back yard. Kaguya just slid open the back door and just walked while Shoto stopped. "Sorry for the disturbance" and walked in.
Yuki ears perked up upon hearing Shoto's voice. When she saw him one thought came to Yuki's mind. 'My niece now how to pick em'.
"Hello, Todoroki-kun" Yuki greeted Shoto.
"Afternoon ma'am" Replied Shoto.
It's only 3:50 PM and Kaguya's appointment is at 5 but they are only 40 mins from Hospital if you factor in traffic. In the meantime, Haru came downstairs and greeted Shoto. Yuki is asking multiple questions like what are your hobbies, your interest, and when you plan on marrying my niece, etc. Both Shoto and Kaguya held a straight face but their blush gave them away.
It's time to leave so they all got in the car and left for Dr.Chiyo's office that got made into the hospital.
(A/N: it's a small scale quirk testing facility that Dr.Chiyo uses for her personal use or patients with a strong quirk)
The 40 min ride is mostly Kaguya and Shoto talking to each other about things not worth mentioning with the occasional chuckle from Yuki.
When they arrived at the hospital Dr.Chiyo is already outside waiting.
"You guys can go ahead I'll park the car" said Haru.
So Kaguya, Shoto, and Yuki exit the car to greet Dr.Chiyo.
"Dr.Chiyo sorry to make you wait" said Yuki apologetically
Dr.Chiyo smiled while saying "Don't worry I just walked out here a minute ago. Shall we wait for your husband?"
"Yes" replied Yuki.
Dr.Chiyo turned to Kaguya then said "How are you feeling Kaguya?"
"I'm fine. Nothing is wrong physically" Kaguya answered.
Dr.Chiyo nodded then turned to the extra person and went wide eyed cause she recognized who it is.
"Shoto Todoroki!?" She yelled but only the 3 around her heard her. "Your injury should have left a scar unless..." Turning her gaze back to Kaguya Dr.Chiyo smirked while then said "You must like him a lot to show him your healing ability of your quirk~
Yuki joined in too and started the tease Kaguya and Shoto again but Haru came in the perfect moment to save the two.
Yuki and Dr.Chiyo showed annoyance towards Haru because he just spoiled the two's fun. Poor Haru did nothing wrong but is met with the glares of Dr.Chiyo and His wife Yuki.
'WHAT DID I DO!?!?' Haru yelled internally.
Entering the hospital they walked through it till they got to what's looks like a new section of the hospital. They came to a door that had a fingerprint scanner. Dr.Chiyo took off her gloves and put her thumb on the scanner then the door unlocked. When Haru, Yuki, and Shoto entered they were shocked by the advanced technology is in the room. Kaguya isn't shocked cause she has seen rooms similar to this one.
"Now let's begin your annual check up Kaguya. You guys can sit over there" said Dr.Chiyo while she pointed to the small office. The three left for the office while Kaguya and Dr.Chiyo stayed in the room.
"What's the problem Kaguya we both know that your perfectly fine cause of your special body" said Dr.Chiyo.
"Last night I had a nightmare" said Kaguya.
"Nightmare? Have you had nightmares before?" asked Dr.Chiyo
"No, I've never had one before. I know it wasn't a lucid dream cause you can't feel in a lucid dream but what happened last night felt real" Kaguya explained.
Kaguya explained the nightmare in full detail. Hearing this Dr.Chiyo didn't know what to make of it. She knows from multiple tests Kaguya is mentally healthy and not a lot of things can stress her out. Getting headaches when thinking of certain subjects or memories is unheard of.
"Sounds like something tried to take over your body" Dr.Chiyo joked.
"I don't have multiple personalities" responded Kaguya.
After a couple more minutes of asking questions and making sure that Kaguya is mentally healthy, Kaguya told Dr.Chiyo that wishes to become a hero.
"You want to become a hero!?" said Dr.Chiyo with a shocked expression.
"What's the problem? asked Kaguya
" Nothing just that I don't think you should be a hero. I know you're strong but being a hero is something I wouldn't want you to do" said Dr.Chiyo with a bit of panic in her voice which didn't go unnoticed by Kaguya.
"What's the problem with that. I can protect my family easily by leaving clones with them if that's the problem" retorted Kaguya.
Dr.Chiyo saw the determination on Kaguya's face and knew she isn't gonna change her mind.
" *sigh* Sorry just... be careful ok" answered Dr.Chiyo. "Cmon let's head back to the others" Chiyo said with a forced smile.
So the two headed to the office where Yuki, Haru, and Shoto resided.
" we're back just had to make sure she's fine" said Dr.Chiyo.
"Is everything fine?" asked Yuki.
"She's fine I just need to make sure her quirks are not affecting her any negative way particularly her teleportation ability" Dr.Chiyo answered.
"Can. you explain her quirks for us" Haru asked
"Wait Kaguya never told you her full capabilities?" said Dr.Chiyo.
Dr.Chiyo turned to Kaguya to say something but Kaguya answered her question before Dr.Chiyo asked.
" You can explain it better and faster than me" said Kaguya
Shrugging Chiyo turned back to Har, Yuki, and Shoto to explain. Unknown to everyone somebody is waiting for them to leave the room.
(couple of hours ago)
(Hero Association Japanese branch HQ)
2 men appeared in front of Yui Tsunibe. Secretary of the head chairman of the Japanese branch hero association.
"Ma'am we are here to report our watch over Shoto Todoroki" said one of the men.
Yui looked at the 2 men with a bored expression.
"Report"
"We watched Shoto all week and yesterday we found something interesting happened last night." said the man as he pulled out a flash drive.
Taking the flash drive Yui plugged it into her computer. the first photo she is greeted with is Shoto but his scar is gone.
'What happened to his scar?' thought Yui.
"Do you know what happened to his scar?" asked Yui.
"Yes. We were following him around the mall till he went down a hallway meant for staff then he disappeared following a female his age. We looked everywhere and couldn't find him till he came out that same hallway still following the same girl. He met what appears to be the girl's parent then followed them outside. We knew he would come back in so we waited by the entrance. When Shoto came back inside we were shocked to see his scar is healed like it wasn't there in the first place" the man explained.
"Who is the girl he followed?" Yui asked.
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"Her name is Kaguya Otsutsuki. If you look at the mall security footage from the parking lot you can see that she placed her hand on Shoto's face and see faint green energy come off her hand" the man explained.
Yui looked at the video and watches it. After she watched Kaguya and Shoto say their goodbyes Shoto turns around and the scar that was once there is gone.
"I'll report this to the chairman. You two are dismissed" said Yui.
Like how the two appeared they disappeared like they weren't there in the first place. Yui got up from her chair and proceeded to head for the chairman's office. She knocked on the door.
"Sir I have something to report"
"Enter" a stern voice responded.
Entering the office Yui walked to the middle of the room.
"Report" said the chairman.
Yui told the chairman everything she was informed by the two men and handed the chairman the flash drive. The chairman took it and viewed its contents.
"Interesting" he grinned. "Hmm, where have I heard her name before... ahh I remember now Mira got some people to watch her for a bit years ago cause Toshinori told him that she very strong"
He pulled up Kaguya's file and immediately noticed her two quirks the Byakugan and Chakra. There is barely any information on Chakra and Byakugan only says it lets her see 360 degrees in 406 meters.
(A/N: quarter mile for us Americans)
'How did she escape my information net? Let's see who her doctor is.' thought the chairman.
When he found who the doctor is he is surprised to its Yukariko Chiyo.
'So that's how I don't know about her. I'm surprised, Dr.Chiyo. I knew you hid some things from me but you shouldn't have hidden this. Now let's see if the information on this file matches your computer' the chairman thought.
"Send Shadow Six to retrieve all information on Kaguya Otsutsuki" the chairman ordered.
" Wouldn't be better to hack her computer from here?" Yui asked.
"Her new office isn't connected to the outside world. Wouldn't want the government to find out what I've been doing all these years, wouldn't I?" the chairman said with a chuckle.
"I'll send the order" Yui said as she left.
(Present)
In a large underground room stood Kaguya and Shoto. Kaguya opened portals while Shoto shot ice spears through the portal to an intended target in the room.
"All right I got all that I need you two can come back in" said Dr.Chiyo over an intercom.
Coming back Kaguya saw her aunt and uncle talking to Dr.Chiyo about things not worth mentioning. Dr.Chiyo after finishing talking to Yuki and Haru went to Kaguya.
"Kaguya I know I still can't change your mind but I'm serious be safe out there" Dr.Chiyo smiled but this time it ain't forced.
Smiling back Kaguya said, "I will".
Dr.Chiyo watched everyone leave out. She had a sad expression on but slapped her face with both hands.
*smack*
" Ow, I did it too hard. I need some food maybe eating will make me feel better" said Dr.Chiyo thinking out loud.
So she left out to go gets some food (most likely pizza) to calm herself. A couple of seconds after she left a dark mist came out the vent. The mist traveled over to Dr.Chiyo's computer then the mist turned into a person. The mysterious person pulled out a device connected to Dr.Chiyo's computer then began to copy everything relating to Kaguya Otsutsuki. Once done the person turned back to mist and went back the same way he came from.
(New York City)
A man with jet black hair in his late 30s wearing a mask is standing behind a cargo plane is on the phone with one of the evilest villains known All for One.
"The packages will be on the way in an hour" the man spoke.
"Good" All For One said then hung up.
The man proceeds to make another call and the person picks up.
"Hello, who is this?" the person on the other end asks.
"It's me" the man spoke
"Holy shit it's you! I haven't heard from you in 15 years! How you been?" the other person on the line asked.
"Fine" the masked man replied coldly.
"Still got that cold attitude I see. Well whatcha looking for?" the person on the phone asked
"I'll be in Japan in 15 hours. I need the location of somebody as soon as I get there ready" said the masked man.
"who ya looking for?" the person asks
The masked man proceeded to say.
"Suki Otsutsuki"
(end of chapter)
Sorry I've been gone for 2 months. To make it up I'm gonna try to release 2 chapters tomorrow and update oni of the leaf while creating two more stories I'm in the process of creating.