The Search
Warning:
there is a bit of graphic content towards the end just some detail about what is being seen it isn't to bad but just a warning for those who may be triggered or don't like reading graphic detail.
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~~Previously~~
No, No, NO! this can't have happened, he escaped now what's even worse is that Sarutobi and Mianto are coming for me!! damn that failure!! when I see him next, he's as good as dead.
~~Present~~
Running through the forest was a new but wonderful experience, it's a lot different to being cooped up and experimented on everyday for as long as one can remember. Although as much as I want to take in the new surroundings I need to get as far away from that awful place as possible before he finds me and takes me back.
Taking one more look at my surroundings I take off again as fast as I am able to go. I shoot straight into the forest my white silver hair moving around in every direction because of the wind. With the night being as dark as it is my eyes are only just adjusting so I can see before I hit anything while I'm running, though that doesn't help if I've already run into a few trees.
Getting further and further away from the beautiful lake, running away from danger, in my mind still thinking about what I did to that horrible place. Somehow turning it into a frozen, ice covered lab that you could skate on. stopping to catch my breath and looking around again. All around me are trees as far I can see and it's starting to annoy me. Turning my gaze to the ground I see the grass starting to to form a layer of frost and know I can't stay in one place for to long for fear of being found.
With that in mind I take off again ready for a long night of running ahead of me.
~~With Minato and Sarutobi~~
~~Author POV~~
After getting a tip from someone they didn't know they got a group together as quick as they could, and took off to the location that was given to them. Taking off the small group made their way to the location in a hurry, with the promise to look for the hokages missing son.
Reaching the lab, or what once was a lab is now an ice covered structure. they stood there in shock and a bit of fear of what had this kind of power. A power so strong that they covered this entire place top to bottom with ice. luckily they brought some Uchiha with them to melt the ice. otherwise it could have been very difficult and a long wait for anything to melt, if it did that is.
Melting the ice took longer than everyone thought it would so they new this wasn't a normal ice Jutsu, witch worried both Minato and Sarutobi.
Walking into the lab was like walking into a blizzard, it was freezing to the point they all needed to use a warming Jutsu. Walking through the lab gave them all nerves seeing all the people frozen, even to the point that their blood was frozen they knew this because they tried to see if they could save one of the scientists. after that they tried to avoid them as much as they could.
Continuing on they found the main testing room, Minato saw something on the wall and flashed over there once he had thrown one of his special kuni. After seeing what was pinned on the wall, the grown man crumpled to his knees and brock down crying, all these years his son was so close and he didn't know it. In his hand was a single picture of a boy no older than 8 years, with sunshine bright golden hair, and cerulean blue eyes that would put the brightest of blues to shame. When the Uchihas finally managed to clear a path through the ice, Sarutobi made his way to Minato to see what made him break down.
Upon seeing the photo his friend was holding, he himself let a few tears slip away down the lines of his aging face. Sarutobi looked up from his crying friend to look at the bored where Minato found the picture, hoping to find something more, and he found it.
there, pined to the bored was some documents and a photo of another boy who didn't look any older than 16. the boy had pure white hair a blue jumper on and a staff with a bent end much like a hook. He was standing on a tree branch looking up at the moon with a look of longing. Not knowing who this boy was sarutobi went to look at the desks that where in the room, hoping to find more about these two boys.
Going from one desk to the next looking for anything that may have even just a little bit of information took time, especially working around the frozen scientists. Though he found something on some of the desks and started to read through them. The one that caught his interest however was an entry, weather that be a journal or an update he didn't know, the entry read:
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Today we finally had good news, Subject Frost has finally started to show signs that the tests are working, after all these years. Subject Frost has been going for nearly 15 years and no sign of any progress, we were ready to give up, but yesterday some of my colleagues went to check on the subject and found that the door was freezing and a light blue colour, opening the door the room was much the same. The subject however was changing, the subjects hair was almost completely white when they found it. not the usual blinding blond, which we are all quite thankful for to be honest the hair was getting annoying.
Well back on track at least we finally had something good to report to the boss. Some of my colleagues went to get the subject now so it shouldn't be long before they come back and we can start the new strain of test for the subjects powers.
We have a few things in mind for what we are going to do, but the boss is coming in later today so he will tell us what to do with the sub-
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Sarutobi notice's the letter cutting off the rest of the wording by frost and ice, the man didn't have time to finish what he was writing before the ice came and froze everything. Which is concerning, it means it happened out of no where and it means it could happen again. With that thought in mind Sarutobi looked back at Minato to see how the man was doing, he seemed to have calmed down but still holding on to the photo like it was a life line. With that thought Sarutobi couldn't think of more truer words at this moment, for Minato that photo was his life line, the only thing connecting him to his lost son.
Looking back at the letter Sarutobi recounts the mention of a room and realises that where the boy was kept couldn't have been to far. With that in mind Sarutobi called over Fugaku Uchiha and showed him what was written and his thoughts on trying to locate the room mentioned.
Agreeing to what his Hokage is saying they left the room together the elder Uchiha melting the ice to the best of his abilities along the way.
Along the way the passed many rooms and noticed they had a lot of different equipment and the results much the same as the room the first found and explored.
Getting further down the hallway they noticed that the ice seemed to get thicker the further they went down. It got so bad that even the Uchiha fire Jutsu's weren't working so they had to be careful how the stepped if they wanted to go further down the hallway.
~~Fugaku Uchiha POV~~
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Walking down the hallway with Sarutobi is interesting, my fire Jutsu's have stopped working no mater how much chakra I put into it. We are now walking on the snow covered ice using chakra not to slip, I noticed when we got further along that we started to rise more off of the normal floor.
Bending down I ran my hand across the snow beneath my feet to take a look underneath, and what I saw made even me suck in a shuddering breath.
Seeing what was berried within the ice made me freeze in my place and Sarutobi look back at me asking what's wrong. I couldn't answer his question, all I could do is stair at what I saw berried within the ice.
what I saw would make anyone freeze in place no matter how disconnected to everything around them they seem to be.
Sarutobi approached me and knelt beside me to look at what I had seen and had the same reaction I did however he fell back away from the sight before us.
what ever made this entire bas freeze over had the raw power to do so much damage, I don't think they even realise what they have done.
looking back down I see a face I cant even describe the facial feature's of, all I see is the skin pealing off of what once was a face. All that remains of this Image is the skeleton of the head and what looks like is meant to be the blood, vanes and muscle tissue that was around the face bursting from what I can only guess is direct contact to the person that did this in the first place. I didn't remove any more of the snow to see the rest of the damage I didn't need to. From the damage I have already seen I know that the rest of the body wouldn't be much better.
Looking up and back to Sarutobi I see his eyes have shifted to something else, looking up for what could be a possible threat and getting ready to defend. I see something else, unlike the rest of the hallway from where we came, there is a very thick layer of ice in one particular part of the wall much like a very large block of ice that goes from floor to ceiling.
Guessing from the location and position of the block of ice in relation to the door on the other side of they hallway I think I can safely guess without having to look, that it was another scientist that came to get what ever was in that room.
~~Author POV~~
With Fugaku's eyes on the room Sarutobie's have not yet left the block of ice that is directly across from the door he is now kneeling next to. Against his better judgment he gets up and starts walking slowly to the block of ice that is murky and covered in frost making it impossible to look what is in it without moving your palm across it to see what's inside.
without thinking Sarutobi approached and with a swipe of his hand he stood stone still in front of this block of ice. This person was in much worse condition than the one of the ground, there was nothing left but bone as the face, only on the wall behind can you see the distinctive red of blood. Though the persons face looks like it has been punched in the bone is that bad you cant make anything out apart from that it was once the bone structure of a face. Sarutiobi looked back behind him when he heard movement and realised that Fugaku had come to see what had been done to this person.
Between the two of them neither could figure out what could cause this much damage to a person let alone an entire underground bass. Making a mutual decision they both turned around and prepared themselves to see what was in the pitch black room behind them keeping their guard up. Fugaku thinking ahead made a fire ball to light up the room so they could see what was inside when they walked in.
With the damage that has been done and what they have seen so far they prepared themselves and walked into the room with cautious steps.
Both not realising they were being watched the entire time.
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