Darkness Creeps

[shinpachi]

Shinpachi's arrival back to the village was for nothing more than business. Once he'd made it through the gates, he wasted no time in arriving at the Hokage's office. He didn't state his business to anyone--most knew that this one was the apprentice of the Soul Witch and his activities tended to go unencumbered since then. The only thing he wouldn't be so bold as to overstep was barging into the Hokage's office unannounced. While he was currently being trained by Masahige's former sensei, it didn't change the fact that Masahige was officially Shinpachi's formal sensei. He wouldn't breach the formalities of that relationship. And so he knocked, eager to hear his sensei's voice once again.

[Masahige]

"Come in," Masahige beckoned. The guards at the gate had given word of Shinpachi's arrival, so Masahige naturally assumed he would be getting a visit. If Shinpachi was here to meet with him, it meant there was a message being delivered from Kumiko. With that in mind, Masahige had cleared his day to deal with whatever information was being passed along.