Stormy Eclipse: Encounter in the Land of the Moon

Is it fate that decrees warriors to raise their weapons upon one another?

Near the coast of the Land of the Moon two dark robed individuals stand over a defeated shinobi, who is kneeling before them. As the beaten man looks up at his assailants the bright midday sun obscures his vision as it passes in between the overhanging foliage. "What...do want?" the shinobi manages to weakly question, blood trickling out of the corner of mouth.

"I'll ask you one more time...who do you take orders from?" the cold feminine tone of one of the cloaked figures inquires.

"I already told you GETSU-" the man quickly attempts to sputter before the sent sprawling to the ground by the back of the woman's hand.

"That's NOT what we're talking about," she yells before kicking the shinobi in the ribs causing him to cry out in pain. "Are you sure this is the right guy?" she asks turning to what appears to her partner.

"Without a doubt..." the second figure replies calmly, "He was definitely involved, but we can't be sure he wasn't acting on his own."

"Whatever...if he's not going to talk, just kill him," she orders prompting the second cloaked figure to approach the fallen shinobi.

"Stop...Please!" the shinobi yells while using the trunk of a adjacent tree to balance himself enough to stand, "I'll talk...just don't kill me."

"Then hurry up and tell us who you're working for," the woman asks, her tone sounding quite impatient at this point. For several moments all is quiet before a scream instantly silenced by the sound of a blade echoes through the forest. "Will that be enough to go on?" the female figure questions her partner as she toward him.

"I suppose we'll see," he quietly responds as the two stand over the shinobi's beheaded body.

"Tch..It really pisses me off when you answer like that," she barks in annoyance.

"My appologies, Rika-sama."

"Stupid Nōsei."