Chapter 26 - Stealth Corps Code (1/2)

The following day after training -

Itachi and Shun wait in the meeting room for their orders. Soi Fon arrives and they both stand up and bow to the Captain.

”At ease you two. We're going over the mission now.” Soi Fon says then continues, ”I sent the information Yami pulled from his interrogation to the Inner Court Troop. They did some research and scouting while you two were fighting hollows and managed to come up with a location for this guy.” Soi Fon stops for a moment and looks at Itachi.

”Normally I wouldn't put someone so new on something this important but your performance so far has been above expectations so this will be a good experience for you. You also had a key role in the mission's success by capturing one of the ȧssailants last time. And, since you have Yami with you, this should be done without too much trouble.” Soi Fon says as she looks at Yami. She hands Yami a scroll. Yami opens the scroll and reads what is on it.

”Those are the coordinates you are to go to. It's an old warehouse in the second Rukongai district. The Inner Court Troop deduced that the man who is behind these stuff is Nobutoshi Shin and he is using that as his base of operations. Central 46 was informed and made this a kill order. Both of you are to depart immediately and ȧssassinate him.” Soi Fon says to Itachi and Shun.

”Yes Captain!” Both Itachi and Shun say as they vanish instantly from the room.

In a short amount of time, they reach the warehouse in Rukongai. They conceal their presence and hide out of sight behind some buildings. Shun looks around and sees a few guards patrolling the fence.

”I haven't got a chance to see how well you perform at infiltration but so far your concealment of reiatsu is perfect. I'd like to test you here.” Shun says to Itachi

”I am average.” Itachi nods and replies.

”Well aren't you humble. You go in first I'll follow behind.”

Itachi nods and vanishes from his spot. He reappears on top of the fence right above where a person was patrolling. Itachi jumps down from the fence with a noticeably loud thud as he hits the ground. The person hears him and turns around, looking straight into Itachi's Sharingan.

Before he had the chance to utter a noise, he fell to the ground. Shun appears behind Itachi.

”While you dealt with that guy, I did a quick scout around the warehouse. There are no other guards and there is an open window at the top of the warehouse. We can sneak in through there and exit through there once we kill the guy.” Shun gestures to go to the roof and the two of them jump up to the roof of the warehouse. In front of them they see the window cracked open just enough for a person to fit.

Shun approaches the window cautiously but Itachi grabs his shoulder and stops him.

”It's a trap.” Itachi says while he looks through the window with his Sharingan. Shun immediately senses something underneath them and both of them jump off the roof of the warehouse.

From the fire and smoke of the destroyed warehouse, a lone figure of a person could be seen inside, slowly walking out. Itachi watches with his Sharingan and Shun has a confused look on his face.

”This guy's reiatsu...it's like a shinigami...but something is off…” Shun comments. Itachi remains silent and keeps observing.

”So they send two fodder shinigami after me? I was hoping to at least fight a lieutenant. You two won't do at all…” A voice murmurs from the smoke. The person walks out and is completely visible to both Itachi and Shun.

”Is this Nobutoshi?...His sclera are completely black and his eyes have a menacing yellow glow much like a hollow's…” Shun gets into a fighting stance.

”We need to kill him now Itachi.” Shun flash steps in with his fastest speed and lands a solid kick to the side of the man's head. Nobutoshi takes a few steps back but quickly regains his balance.

”I guess if I kill you, maybe your Captain will show up?” Nobutoshi gives Shun an ominous smile. Itachi appears behind Nobutoshi but Nobutoshi flares his reiatsu and lets out a loud roar, pushing both of the shinigami back. Itachi regroups with Shun as Nobutoshi stares at both of them.

”No...I won't kill you...I'LL MAKE YOU MY TEST SUBJECTS!” Nobutoshi says as he starts laughing maniacally. Shun looks at Itachi and Itachi looks back at him.

”Formation C.” Itachi says. Shun nods and gets ready.

”Formations? Do your worst!” Nobutoshi says as he regains his composure and faces both Itachi and Shun. His face later turns to confusion however as he sees Itachi draw his blade and cut straight through Shun's back.

”Hado 33: Sokatsui.” Itachi fires a blue blast of reiatsu at Nobutoshi, creating an explosion and sending Nobutoshi flying back towards the warehouse. Itachi and Shun watch patiently to wait for a counterattack.

Instead, Nobutoshi lay face up on the ground looking at the sky. ”I wanted to use them, but instead I'll just kill them!” Nobutoshi yells as he gets back up. He looks back at Itachi and Shun with killing intent.

”This guy is persistent...let's do formation B.” Shun suggests.

”Formation B. Understood.” Itachi starts to weave hand signs as Shun casts a bakudo.

”Bakudo 21: Sekienton!” A large cloud of smoke erupts from where they are both standing. Nobutoshi lets out a smirk and charges in straight towards the smoke.

”Fire style: Fireball Jutsu.”

As Nobutoshi approaches the smoke, he sees a large fireball emerge from it. Nobutoshi stops in his tracks and tries to block the fireball with his hands. He manages to hold onto it briefly before dispelling it with his reiatsu. At this time, Shun points his hand at Nobutoshi.

”Bakudo 4: Hainawa.” As the fireball dissipates, Nobutoshi feels his body suddenly confined as his arms are pressed tightly against his body.

”Bakudo 37: Tsuriboshi.” Nobutoshi soon finds himself covered in an elastic substance and struggles to break free. In this time, both Shun and Itachi positioned themselves to be at opposite sides of Nobutoshi for a pincer attack. They both charge in with their blades drawn and cut through both the bakudo and Nobutoshi. A large amount of blood gushes from the cocoon and a deafening, beastly scream is let out.

”Now the real fun starts.” Nobutoshi says in a distorted voice. He vanishes from his spot and reappears in front of Itachi.

'He's fast. Faster than Shun.' Itachi thinks as Nobutoshi throws a punch at him. Itachi is able to dodge the punch thanks to the Sharingan's increased reaction speed and Itachi manages to throw his own punch at Nobutoshi. Nobutoshi dodges the punch and the two of them start to rally punches and kicks between each other. 'I may be able to keep up with his speed but his power is a different story. I can't keep blocking like this…' Itachi says as he feels the force of the punches and kicks reverberate through his body. Itachi manages to find an opening and makes some distance between himself and Nobutoshi.

Nobutoshi sees what Itachi is doing and quickly closes the gap between them. He charges straight towards Itachi and lands a solid punch to Itachi, only for Itachi's body to suddenly start breaking down into crows and flying away.

Shun appears next to Nobutoshi and sends a kick towards his face. Nobutoshi blocks the kick and grabs Shun's leg. As he grabs Shun's leg he feels a sharp pain in his ċhėst. He lets go of Shun's leg and looks behind to see it was Itachi who stabbed him.