The Shadow's Embrace

The Shadow's Embrace
Darkness in the corners..

In front of the young boy walked his bodyguard, Zanrui. They traveled a long ways from the village before Yasaki spoke and broke the uneasy silence. "Zanrui? where are we going?" he questioned, looking around at his surroundings. Trees and silence, that's all that surrounded him. He expected an answer from his friend, but kept walking. After a few minutes, the man stopped dead in his tracks. Yasaki stopped too, but the sound of tantō alerted him. Turning around slowly with the weapon in his hand was Zanrui. His eyes were a frightening orange, and his mouth formed an unsettling grin.

Yasaki stumbled backwards, landing on the hard ground. "What are you doing, Zanrui?"

His bodyguard took some time to respond, instead choosing to approach him with the tantō in hand. "Wow. You're still so dumb even in when your life is on the line. Isn't it obvious?" Zanrui approached even closer. He crouched over Yasaki, placing the blade to his neck. "Twelve years. I had to wait twelve years for this chance, but the reward is worth it." he stated with a violent tone.

Yasaki's fear was boiling over within him, his throat was drying and his heart was running a marathon. "What reward? stop playing around, Zan!"

Darkness completely clouded the man. He was no longer Zanrui, the beloved bodyguard. "You don't even know yet. I'll tell you something, Yasaki. You are related to the cursed ones, the Uchiha Clan. The Uchiha have something unique to them, a dōjutsu known as the Sharingan. You have the potential to awaken it."

Yasaki studied the man's words, thinking of something that he saw a long time ago. This thing that Zanrui wanted so badly, he had seen his mother use. Yasaki would always be intrigued by it, but whenever he'd ask questions about it, his mother would choose not to answer them. But now, something rose within him. The need to outshine his siblings. But then his mood dimmed, for his time was up. Tears poured out of his eyes, an overwhelming sense of sadness washed over him. He'd never have a chance to prove his worth.

Opening his closed eyes, something had been awakened. With a slight glow of crimson, within Yasaki's eyes were the famed Sharingan, except it only had one tomoe.