Kenta bolted towards his clothing, his outfit was a bit more involved. He pulled on his pants and charged toward the campsite. That feeling in his stomach had returned, like an anxious knot was twisting in his guts "wait up," Kenta's voice was shrill as if he were in a panic. The brush was a mass of dark tendrils as Kenta navigated towards the sounds of conflict. His heart raced, and his breathing was irregular. It didn't make sense for him to be in such a panic but he was. He reached a clearing and continued to bolt forward, but a hard force knocked straight into his stomach, taking the wind from his lungs. He didn't have time to recover before his body lurched backwards. The force pressed into him hard as he moved back until he slammed into a tree. The sound echoed through the forest and sent a wave of pain up Kenta's spine. His breath air came to him in gasps and his chest rose and fell with each shallow breath. A massive lone figure materialized from the darkness, stepping from some void of absolute black with slow deliberate motion. The edges of its shadows blurred in and out as he walked forward. but it's eyes and teeth were clearly visible. A sinister fang-baring grin, and blood-thirsty eyes regarded him with sick satisfaction bordering on madness. Its mouth didn't open to speak, but a deep rumble echoed throughout Kenta's head. His head filled with the massive beasts laughter.<br/><br/>"Mitsuishi... I've found your precious boy," its voice was gravel dragging against gravel. The laughter rang out again accompanied by a chorus of wheezing high-pitched voices. It was as if the forest and the cicadas had come together to mock him. Kenta wanted to speak out but he was paralyzed. He opened his mouth "wh-where's Ch-,". The voice roared with laughter once again. Kenta's eyes went bloodshot and his mouth tasted metallic as the beasts features suddenly appeared much closer.  "You're little guardian is busy fighting the Sand Shinobi 'threat'" Its large hands planted on the trunk above Kenta's head.<br/><br/>"<span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">IT'S JUST US NOW</span>"<br/><br/>Kenta shouted, not in panic but in pain. His head felt as if it might burst and his nose had begun to bleed. The creature's voice shook his very being with its satisfied laughter. Something in Kenta's mind started to shake itself loose, the pain grew more intense by the moment. Those massive sickeningly yellow eyes with their deep purple irises peered unblinkingly at their prey as a large pair of hands sunk into Kenta's skull. It regarded the shouts and screams with a sated hum as it worked.<br/><br/>"Yes," it said with a sort of perverse pleasure "Scream, pup, SCREAM!" each word was spat with such malicious intent. It felt like an eternity, the pain only heightening with each passing second until it all suddenly stopped. The creature backed away "That's all I need for now," it rumbled. Its features seemed to shrink and grow in a rapid convulsive manner.<br/><br/>"Remember, pup." It faded even still, and the pressure on Kenta's abdomen began to fade "Remember and come to me, so that I may shroud this world in darkness once more," it had completely disappeared from sight and the pressure melted away.<br/><br/>"Now. Kill them"<br/><br/>Kenta's head fell quiet and his body burned. He felt violated, used. The feeling of rage boiled in his blood and his bloodshot eyes took on a faint golden glow. The shinobi in the forest were clear as day to him now. His newfound bloodlust let loose a primal shout as the ninja about him charged toward him.<br/><br/>His body disappeared from sight, a hard punch sent a bloodied hole through his first victim's torso. He spun on his heels and ran his left hand's fingertips along three shinobi's necks with enough force to draw a bloody mist from their throats. He continued his spin until he was face to face with another enemy. His body jolted forward. The shinobi's head in his right palm. His palm smashed the head into a tree with a sickening crack. The trunk groaned and splintered before crashing to forest floor noisily. Several kunai aimed at Kenta's face met with bark as his body seemed to blink out of existence. Before there was time to react, the remaining Shinobi's heads tumbled to the ground. Their bodies followed, limply heaping into the dirt as Kenta reappeared. The beasts laughter rung out once again, from much further away, but still powerful enough to rumble the forest. Kenta's body trembled and he fell to his knees, gripping at his head. Ice coursed through his veins and his chest heaved as a sense of impending doom ran through his body.<br/><br/>"You have to forget sometimes..."