Just when the bandit thought he was safe, and started to drift off into sleep, there comes the sound of a twig snapping, from the direction of the city. Sitting bolt upright, all he hears is the normal sounds of the night. Must have been his nerves.<br/><br/>There! There's another one, followed by a shadowy form. Getting up to investigate, he finds that the 'form' was just a bush, easy to mistake in the dark for a crouching figure. He settles down again to go to sleep...<br/><br/>...and discovers the point of a sword to his throat. The woman holding the sword appeared to materialize out of the inky night. She's wearing the dark clothing of the<em>shinobi</em>(what the ignorant may call the ninja), and her face is covered in a black mask.<br/><br/>"No rest for the wicked," Akane intones. "This is a Night of a Thousand Screams. And, if you do not provide me with the information I want, yours will be the first."