A Friendship in Flames

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Prologue
"Juro-san, you're needed at the hospital," The courier had nervously gulped, a look of concern upon her face.

Still going over a large stack of paper work, Juro had briefly raised his eyes, casually asking her why, as his pen continued to glide over the sheets of paper. Upon hearing his reply, he felt his heart freeze as the pen dropped with a dull clang onto the wooden floor.

"It's Senkai-kun...he's been gravely wounded. He's in a critical condition. The woman who brought him here is currently being detained at—"

His eyes had widened in shock as he leaped over the desk and rushed through the doorway, leaving the courier glued to her spot. He had never run so thunderously in his life. What had he been thinking, letting Senkai go up against enemies as evil as Zenith?! How had it gone wrong? How had things ended up this way? He had seen the look on the woman's face, he knew it was going to be really bad. He hurriedly made his way past the sliding doors of Konoha Hospital, skipping four or five steps as he stretched his way up the staircases at immense speeds, and always only one name echoed through his mind, one culprit.

Gekihen.

He was now looking at the bandaged body of Senkai, so feeble and defenceless, the newest victim to Zenith's brutality. He winced in anger as he griped the bed frame tightly, the weak beeping of the heart rate monitor adding a precarious theme to his anger. His injuries were severe, as a blade had literally been driven vertically downwards through his chest next to his heart, and it was a miracle that he'd even survived.

"I messed up Senkai. I should have never let you go in alone, I was so..." His fist clenched tightly into a fist, so tightly that his long nails buried themselves into the flesh of his palm, sending blood dripping down his clenched fist.

"I'll get him this time, I swear upon you. The next act is where Gekihen's tyranny ends." Juro's eyes darkened as a grim determination set in. Dead or alive, Gekihen would be captured. With a gust of wind, the Uchiha had whirled out of the room, heading for the Central Offices where the woman who brought Senkai in would be held for cross examining. Juro thought he knew who she would be.