It had taken a bit, but soon everyone was filling in some empty space in the bedroom. Haruto had moved himself to stand in front of the television with his hands in his pockets. Kohta was on the floor leaning against the bed and Komuro stood in front of him, slightly to the side so Kohta could see Haruto. Rei was seated in between Saeko and Shizuka on the bed near the pillows while Saya was sitting cross-legged near the entertainment center below the television to Haruto's right. Haruto nodded his head. "I guess that now, as Komuro stated just a few moments ago, would be the best time for you all to ask your questions."
This started a small commotion as everyone burst with their own questions. It began to give Haruto a small headache as he held up his hand calmly. The gesture quieted them down quickly, as they had seen what he could do. Haruto pointed to Takashi. "You wanted this. I think it's only fair that you go first, Komuro-san." He nodded as he spoke. "Just who are you?"
Haruto chuckled as he answered him. "You know who I am. I am Haruto Uzumaki." Takashi was up in arms. "I don't mean that! Who are you? No normal person can do the things that you've done! We all saw what you did at the school." Haruto nodded his head. "I do not doubt that you did..."
"Then why don't you tell us just who you are? Holding that much power… that's a power that no human should have! You could turn and slaughter us at any moment!"
Haruto sighed at him. He then narrowed his eyes at him, speaking in a cruel voice. "True… I could murder each and every one of you if I wanted to. I could rip your skin from your bones… I could do many things to you… and you couldn't do a thing to stop me..." This sent a cold spell down everyone's spine as they heard his words. "But..." The chill began to fade. "I have no need to do so… so it will not happen. It also goes against my mission." This brought Saeko to raise her hand and be pointed at to speak by Haruto. "What mission are you speaking of?"
Haruto smirked, as he knew that this question was coming. He pulled his hands out of his pockets and sat down in the entertainment center before glancing at the window to see the moon shining bright. He then looked back to the gathered. "I was sent here to make sure that you all survived through this." She continued her question. "Why were you sent to protect us in particular?" Haruto shrugged his shoulders. "I really don't know, to be honest with you. She said something about the future leaders but other than that it's all blank to me."
Saeko nodded and took the answer. She leaned back against the headboard and narrowed her eyes softly, as if to rest them without fully closing them. Saya raised her hand and leaned forward to get his attention. She held herself up from falling over with her other hand as she leaned further forward. Haruto caught her from the corner of his eye and looked over. He closed his eyes and began to laugh before pointing to her. "Yes, Saya-chan?"
She blushed at the sound of his laugh and leaned back to her sitting position. "Um… what was that thing that you did with the scroll? At the bridge and before we got here." Haruto leaned back to pull the scroll from its holster at his waist and he brought it up. He held it up for her to see. "This one?"
Saya nodded and kept her eyes glued to the scroll. Haruto unrolled it a few feet and let it lay across his lap. "Watch very closely, Saya-chan." She got on her hands and knees and crawled over quickly to look at the scroll closer. Haruto smirked underneath his facemask and moved his hand over one of the millions of seals that adorned it. When the cloud of smoke came along with the resounding bursting noise, Saya jumped and fell back onto her butt and Haruto laughed boisterously as he held a shuriken in between his index and middle finger. "Everything okay, Saya-chan? Hmhmhmhm..."
She looked at him with a tomato red blush and nodded fervently with her eyes closed. She then opened her eyes and she met Haruto's own. Why were her cheeks heating up at the sight of his ocean blue orbs? Haruto saw her blush but was focused on her eyes. "Hmmm… orange… my favorite color..." Saya realized that he was talking about her eyes and she quickly looked away and blushed evermore furiously. Everyone else noticed this as well. Haruto shrugged his shoulders being as oblivious as he was with women. He resealed the shuriken into the scroll and the sound got her attention. She turned her head back.
"Wait a minute! How do you do it?" Haruto looked back to her and she leaned back a bit as she watched the scroll seemed to close on its own. "It works with the use of chakra. It is something that the people here can no longer use." Saya kept her questions coming. "How exactly do you know that we can't?" Haruto happily obliged her with an answer. "Because I can sense the signatures. You all have only enough to live. If you did even a basic academy jutsu you would probably die from chakra exhaustion."
"What are jutsu?" Haruto stood and walked over to the sliding glass door and held his hands behind his back. He stared at the full moon as it shined its ethereal light down on his face. Saya saw his reflection in the glass and could see the moonlight gleaming in his eyes. It only made her blush more. He spoke in a serious tone much like a teacher would and his posture only made him that much sexier to her. Wait… sexy?
"Would you like the long explanation of the mechanics and the seals required to perform a jutsu, or would you simply like to know what they are?" Rei spoke up with a sheepish chuckle. "Heh… I think we'll settle for whichever is shorter, thank you." Haruto chuckled as he turned with his voice still serious. "You should never be afraid to learn new things, Rei-san. No matter how much it would take to explain." Rei felt his eyes on her own and she blushed as she turned away.
"But it is understandable. You are all still confused on who I really am and want to get as many questions in as you can so I will oblige. A jutsu is a technique that we of my particular profession use to combat the enemy with. There are four types of jutsu that we can utilize. The Ninjutsu that we use is for mainly combat. We can also use a type of illusion known as a Genjutsu, though that is not quite my forte. I've always been a blood drawing kind of guy." Everyone caught the dark gleam in his eye and a shiver went down their spines. He chuckled as he saw them flinch at him.
"Any questions so far?" Everyone shook their heads no and he closed his eyes and lowered his head before bringing it back up. "Okay then. Those two were the types that absolutely required the use of chakra. The next two are physical. Taijutsu is using your body to cause damage or cripple an opponent. In my short time I have seen many styles of Taijutsu but the greatest one that I have seen in battle was used by … a very good friend of mine..." Everyone noticed the sudden drop in his mood. Takashi walked over to him and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "You okay, man?"
Haruto nodded his head but he held a grim look on his face. "I'm fine. I just need to take my mind off of it. Anyway, the last type of jutsu is one that both Saeko and I were trained to use. Kenjutsu is the use of a weapon to destroy an opponent. Or at least that's what I go for. Kenjutsu can be used to do many things. But my reasoning is if you're going to use a sword then you might as well go for a kill, right?" Takashi nodded as he listened to his explanation, but he was still concerned. He was going to ask about his friend but then he thought better of it, thinking it would only bring more pain to him than it already seemed to do. Unfortunately, he was apparently the only guy being considerate that day besides the blonde swordmaster.
Kohta spoke up almost as soon as Haruto was finished talking. "Who is your friend, Haruto-san?" Takashi glared at him, as did the females. Haruto just looked at him and Kohta felt a chill run down his spine. Takashi spoke. "Kohta, that's his business." Haruto waved him off. "It's fine, Takashi-san. The odds are pretty slim that I'll ever see her again so I guess I can at least tell you who she is. Her name was Hinata Hyuuga. She was a very dear friend of mine. I told you before that she could use a great Taijutsu style known as the Juken. She could have you down and out with a single tap of her finger… Hm… she was a great fighter..."
Since they were on the subject, Saya decided to continue it. "What happened to her?" Haruto looked at her with a smile. "Nothing." Everyone held the same confused look and Haruto simply sighed at them before smoothly transferring to a small chuckle. "It's confusing, I know. Nothing happened to her… I'm just not sure if there is a way for me to get back to where I came from." Everyone got the idea and nodded their heads. Shizuka then raised her hand. Haruto nodded to her and she spoke. "Where exactly are you from?"
Haruto shook his head with a dark look as he looked back to the glass door. "That, Shizuka-chan, is nothing that I will discuss with anyone." She seemed disappointed but she did not voice it. "Why not, Haruto-kun?" Haruto said only one word...
"Memories..."
These words were all he needed to say as everyone in the room felt the dark emotion that came with it. It made them wonder, though, whether it was that he hated his home… or whether or not he feared he'd never be able to go back… and they figured that they would never know the answer to their unspoken question…