
Somewhere in the dark.
A teenager with short, unkempt black hair, a Tanto robe on his back, and a black robe covered his body, he carefully walked through the silent and dark ruins as he tried to remember what this place was but was unable to understand it.
He did not know where he was, and as far as he observed this area after gaining consciousness, nothing was heard except the sound of his footsteps in these gloomy dark alleys.
After walking for somehow long, but without, the entrance, exit, tip, or fork in front of his eyes, the figure finally couldn't hold it in and sighed helplessly, “Huh, that figure, how did I end up here? The last time I checked, Itachi and I were looking for traces of the Totsuka Sword and the Yata Mirror.”
This figure was clearly none other than Uchiha Shisui, who along with Uchiha Itachi was in the ruins of Nekomata, trying to find the location of the Totsuka Sword and the Yata Mirror as per Kuroto's instructions.
He and Itachi were close to finding the Totsuka Sword, but suddenly something unexpected happened, and Itachi was instantly sucked into the Stone Pumpkin, while he, the, who tries to save Itachi falls into a bottomless pit and unexpectedly finds himself in these centuries old ruins after regaining consciousness.
At first, Shisui thought that maybe these ruins were located under the Nekomata Temple where he was before, so he tried to get out of here by passing through the roof, which was the main building, but it could not be because there was no roof over his head.
Then Shisui thought of using a rough approach and tried to pierce through the side wall with brute force, but suddenly, the wall was so sturdy that even his Susano'o drill sword could not pass through it.
The fact that even his Susano'o was unable to break through the wall finally made Shisui realize that no matter where he was, this place was not so ordinary, and getting out of here would not be as easy as he thought.
Of course, Shisui also noticed the faint traces of Genjutsu around him; but since Genjutsu did not seriously affect his perception so he did not care much about him… The genjutsu would start acting again no matter how many times he lost it.
This weirdness clearly aroused Shisui's curiosity. Genjutsu that could not be eliminated no matter how many times he tried even with his Mangekyou Sharingan? Interesting indeed…
Although interested, Shisui had to hold back his curiosity and focus on finding a way out of here, because he was worried about Itachi and the village.
Therefore, Shisui was again determined and started to walk through the dark and gloomy passageways with the aim of getting out of here as quickly as possible.
Stepped over…
At this moment, there was suddenly a voice behind him, although Shisui did not stop, he was alert, his black robe fluttered, his hand slowly grabbed Tanto on his back, and his red eyes searched for the source of this voice.
Whooshing sound…
A black shadow quickly passed through Shisui. Shisui's steps did not stop in the slightest but her eyes changed slightly.
In the darkness, a pair of green eyes turned around and looked at Shisui. Both pairs of eyes, one green and one red stared at each other, and then the fur on the black shadow body exploded and let out a low groan.
“Meong~”
In this very quiet environment, this 'meow~' is an incredible intruder.
Shisui frowned, 'Cat?' and there was a tinge of surprise on his face, then awareness, 'Wait! A cat! But how did this cat get in here? And if he can get in here, maybe he can also help me get out of this place?'
With this thought, Shisui crouched down and after raising her hand forward, she said, “Come, come here, Kariri.”
However, the cat seems unhappy with Shisui's actions, “Not all cats are called Kariri!” his voice sounded hoarse in the ears and his tone clearly indicated that he was annoyed at Shisui.
Shisui was a little stagnant, and asked carefully, “Then is that Momo? Or maybe Kuro?”
Shisui's words seemed to make the cat even more annoyed, but she didn't care about it, for now, instead, she looked up and down towards Shisui, she said, especially on a pair of red eyes with a unique four-eyed shuriken pattern and after a while. a little thought, he said, "Follow me!" However, this time his voice was quite sultry, which felt quite awkward, after all, it came not from the mouth of an adult human girl but from the mouth of a female black cat.
Shisui was surprised, not at her voice but at what she said, she did not expect that the cat would ask her to follow him, and asked curiously, "Where do you want to take me?"
The cat said, "Do you not want to get out of here?"
Shisui nodded, “Hmm, actually. But before that, can you tell me where exactly I am?
“Nekomata?” – muttered Shisui with surprise, then asked again, “As in Nekomata, from folklore?”
The black cat was confused, “I don't know what folklore you're talking about. but in simple terms, Nekomata is a kind of Yokai.” Cat.
Shisui nodded slightly, and apologized, “I'm sorry for trespassing in Nekomata Domain, I ended up here by accident, please forgive my impoliteness. Can you show me the way out of here?”
The cat did not reply, he just turned around and started walking forward, and said, “I will lead you to meet our leader, Kuroka-sama. He sensed your presence in this Domain and he was the only one who could take you out of Nekoshou Domain. If you convince him, then you can get out of here. ”
Shisui seemed hesitant to follow the Black cat, after all, he did not know much about Nekomata and this place.
The Black Cat was obviously not so patient, noticing that the boy was still standing in a daze, she said, “Wait what else? C'mon fast! I don't have all day.”
Shisui sighed and finally decided to follow the cat. After all, what's the worst thing that could happen?
“This Fuwafuwa!” the Black Cat said just as the two started walking.
"What?" shisui asked confusedly.
“Fuwafuwa..my name...you want to know, right? So, my name is Fuwafuwa!” repeat the black cat.
"Oh…! Then Fuwafuwa-san can call me Shisui.” Shisui said with a friendly smile.
Fuwafuwa nodded lightly and continued to lead.
The sound of footsteps gently echoed in the silent passageway as a cat and one human walked slowly through the passageway.
As she followed Fuwafuwa, Shisui had a surprised expression on her face. Before no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find a way out of here, all the hallways looked similar without a clear clue that would take him out without a clear direction .. but under the control of Fuwafuwa-san. the guidance, the scenery changed, now all the hallways looked somewhat different ... and this surprised him, making him wonder why this happened?
Fuwafuwa seemed to be aware of Shisui's doubts, and replied, “That's because the presence of the surrounding Natural Energy is so dense that it blocks your perception… Only those who have mastered Senjutsu can find a clear way out of here, they are guided by someone who has mastered Senjutsu.”
Shisui recorded the terms 'Natural Energy' and 'Senjutsu' spoken by Fuwafuwa, then realized that it was indeed possible.
It does not ignore the more primitive and somewhat superior energy system compared to the Chakra used by the Shinobi. After all, Jiraiya uses Senjutsu which is a combination of Natural Energy and Chakra.
But at the same time, doubts rose in his mind, "Does that mean I won't be able to find a way out of here if I can't feel the energy of Nature or haven't mastered Senjutsu yet?"
The answer to this question was very important to him because Shisui did not have and method of sensing the energy of Nature, nor did he master Senjutsu. Shisui knew how difficult it was to master the real Senjutsu. To his knowledge, there have only been two Shinobi who have controlled Senjutsu since Konoha was founded…
The first is of course, Shodaime Hokage, Senju Hashirama who calms down the tough times of the Warring States Era while the second is one of the Legendary Sannins, Jiraiya.
Of course, Shisui also knows that Kuroto-san seems to be trying to master Senjutsu, but whether he has mastered it or not, is unknown to Shisui.
Other than the three, Shisui had never heard of anyone else being able to master Senjutsu... Therefore, he was worried, because if there was no other way, then how could he get out of here?
“.....” Fuwafuwa does not give any answers to Shisui's questions and keeps walking forward.
As far as he knows, as long as Kuroka-sama wants, he can naturally send this child out of the Nekomata Domain, therefore, he chose to remain silent…
And Shisui was completely troubled by the silence of Fuwafuwa…
Fuwafuwa seemed to be enjoying Shisui's nervous expression.as if he had found a new toy, at the same time, there was another thought, 'Despite having such strength, the boy is quite naive and innocent, this is why Kuroka-is equally interested in him... I wonder if he will be the one Kuroka-sama chooses.'