The Guardian Ninja was awake. The blue dust forming in his irises announced his presence. Apparently, he had been allocated a time of awakening. 7PM, and he popped out right, kicking Ren Carter into a slumber. As Thorne staggered back with one unfrozen leg, Shin Nightfall rose like a warrior. “Oh,” Shin winced, touching his bleeding side. “Such a messy state this Ren kid let this body get into. Just how weak is he?” he muttered under his breath. A collective gasp echoed in the space. “W-what have you done to my leg?!” Thorne cried while still trying to maintain his manly ego. Which was beyond shattered even though he pretended to not know it. Shin scoffed, dusting his hair back from his forehead. “I simply froze your nerves because you decided to torment a bleeding man instead of helping him.” He paused and swept his gaze around the panicked faces that stared at him, unsure of whether to charge at him or not. “So,” Shin continued, “I'm going to ask only once. I'm not

Shin grinned at the man like he was a close pal. “Who the fudge I am does not matter right now. You need to give us a ride. Take us to a dungeon.” The middle-aged driver looked both confused and spooked, especially as he kept glancing at Thorne who was still trying to crawl away in obvious excruciating pain. The man cleared his throat and returned a wary gaze to Shin. “Give you a ride? To a dungeon?” He scoffed. “Is this a joke?” He glanced at Thorne again. “Did you do that to him?” Shin’s voice was cold and steady. “Do what?” “H-He’s bleeding!” Before the driver could whine any further, or reach behind him to do whatever it is he intended, Shin breezed through the distance and grabbed him by his shirtfront. “I don't have the time to explain this to you in a way that you would understand. But that man,” he glanced over at Thorne, “is a bad man who deserves to be thrown in a dungeon and tortured until he speaks the truth.” The man trembled uncontrollably now as he saw the fie

“Can you let me see him?” Lieutenant Kitaro shook his head vehemently. “Not yet. He's scheduled for a thorough questioning in a few minutes.”Juno frowned. “Questioning?” “We're yet to understand what exactly happened. He just showed up at the station with a badly injured man. Also, given your ignorance of the dead bodies Mr. Carter spoke about, there’s no way to be certain of the credibility of his words. So, we question Mr. Carter to understand his account of the events, and the bloodied victim right after.”Juno's jaw ticked terribly. His fists curled under the table. He ached so hard to tell the lieutenant that his master was not one to be questioned. But Juno equally understood that the circumstances were not favorable to be challenged.“Can I observe the session?” Kitaro whipped his head up so fast, Juno had to add with a nervous laugh, “of course I'll make myself invincible. I just want to see him, and know that he's okay.” He did not add that he also wanted to be able to de

The next morning, at breakfast, Juno decided to bring up the events of the previous night, just to confirm who was in control in his master’s body. He cleared his throat as he toyed with the napkin in front of him. “So…how do you feel?” Shin smiled and ran his fingers through his hair. “Great. Just a little stuffy in this body.” As soon as they got back last night and his back hit the bed, he dozed off. And thinking about it now, Shin realized how much of a privilege it was to experience and enjoy sleeping again. Truly, he felt great when he opened his eyes to a beautiful surprise that was Ren’s luxurious room. His only discomfort was his inability to experience this in his own perfect mortal body, which was long dead and buried. Living vicariously was not so bad, but if he had a choice…he knew what it would be. Juno swallowed a lump as he realized his master was not back. It was so very clear from the response he got. “D-Do you know what happened last night? Where he went

It was as the man took one step into the room that Shin realized he was actually a striking redhead. The shadows had cast a darkness on his dark red hair, confusing Shin for a brief moment. “Yoshi?” Shin stared at the handsome man, certain that he was looking at Ren’s cousin. He remembered Yoshi from the infiltration mission at the biotech lab, which Ren and a couple other Ninjas had been sent off to earlier. Yoshi Carter observed his cousin with expressionless eyes as he walked further into the room. “You finally decided to come home.” “It's good to see you too, Yoshi.” Shin stepped forward and extended his hand for a handshake. Yoshi stared at his cousin’s palm for a good moment, and slapped his shoulder instead. “You look good, brother.” He winced at the bitter taste of the word on his tongue, but he decided to remain calm until he had answers to the questions swirling around in his mind. “Alright seat, you two!” Mizuki piped. “The food is getting cold. We have de