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Post by Kawiie on Aug 26, 2014 22:17:50 GMT
It was a scorching hot day in Tsuchi no Kuni. People were either staying indoors or keeping the shade as much as they could, and everywhere you went, you could hear people complaining about the heat. However, one man complained not, and simply strode down the street of a local town, calm, but firm, his kimono dancing as a breeze hit him, and his Shakujou ringing every time it was put to the ground.
Tengai Ryuusei had been travelling for days, his route hinting that he had no destination, but that was untrue. He had a destination, he just did not know where that destination were yet. He was simply following his instincts, the stars and a pinch of fate to find what he sought: his missing pieces. You see, Ryuusei believed he was the reincarnation of an old god, who was ripped apart by his own, out of jealousy. He needed to find the remaining pieces to once again become what he was meant to be...
... A God.
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Post by reyasaurus on Aug 26, 2014 22:29:31 GMT
Kakureta walked down the street of a Tschui no Kuni town his eyes wide open staring around frantically for what seemed to be no apparent reason. "Hanketsu, these people seem to think it's a hot day today." Silly people, thought Doku to himself. He was born in a desert and the heat there was ridiculous. Coming out of an alley he bumped into a complete stranger who knocked Hanketsu off his back. Reacting quickly Doku attached a thread and made his head pop off. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! You killed him!" Always looking for an excuse to kill people Doku focused his chakra into his fist before punching the random stranger in the face.
The stranger flew through two buildings with a concaved face before coming to a stop in front of a white haired man carrying a large pole.
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Post by Kawiie on Aug 26, 2014 22:38:27 GMT
Screams filled the air. And so did the crunching of broken boards, as a man came flying out of a building, landing on the ground in front of Ryuusei. The white haired man stopped, looked at the body, before turning to look down the hole in the wall. There, a man was standing, next to what seemed to be a wooden puppet on the ground. Studying the walls the man had flown through, he realized the man had to be a ninja, and for whatever reason, he had just killed a man.
Calmly, he turned his body and walked through the broken wall, through a house filled with freaked out inhabitants, through another two walls, the second house empty, or so it seemed, before stepping out onto the street on which the man with the puppet stood. As he stopped moving, the rings on his Shakujou rang ever so slightly. Looking into the eyes of the crazed looking male, Ryuusei inquired ever so softly:
“What manner of bad things had that man caused you?” he said, his voice soft, but void of emotion. He had seen death befall people so much that it did no longer faze him. They were all going to die anyway, it was inevitable.
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Post by reyasaurus on Aug 27, 2014 10:13:25 GMT
Doku snickered at the show he had put on before making his puppet stand up and reattach his head before angrily shaking its fist at the very dead man two buildings over. Doku noticed the white haired man walk though the buildings with the most uncaring look on his face Doku had ever seen. The question he was posed came to him as a complete shock. Having thought the man was a local shinobi of some kind he expected an attack not a bland question. "He killed my friend but I saved him just in time. I had to avenge my fallen comrade." Hanketsu draped himself over Doku before slightly nodding his head in an agreeing manner.
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Post by Kawiie on Aug 27, 2014 17:42:27 GMT
Ryuusei looked down at this supposed “friend”. While it could be mistaken for a human to those with lesser observation skills, it did not fool the monk. Looking back up from the puppet over to the man, he tilted his head slightly to the side.
“You are aware that your … friend, is but a lifeless puppet, yes?” he asked. “It has never carried, and will never carry, true life, and so, it cannot be killed.” Tilting his head back to it's original position, he continued. “I see no symbol of affiliation with Douketsugakure. Are you Nukennin perhaps? If this is the case, you would do well to not bring so much attention to yourself. Stray and lonesome shinobi are targets in today's world, more so than before.”
With that, the man turned and began walking down the street, people moving out of the way in fear, event hough he had not done anything to cause it. Humans were such simple beings...
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Post by reyasaurus on Aug 27, 2014 20:51:22 GMT
Doku laughed a little when the man spoke about Hanketsu being a lifeless puppet. Even more so when he blubbered on about lonesome shinobi being hunted down. "Hahahaahah I know he is a puppet, who do you think built him. I was purely messing around. I see you also aren't affiliated with Douketsugakure which would make you a nukennin as well." Doku began casually walking after the white haired man. The parting sea of people looked at Doku with scared eyes. The ones who had witnessed what had happened were petrified beyond reason.
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Post by Kawiie on Aug 27, 2014 21:02:26 GMT
“Oh? What makes you think me a shinobi?” the man asked, a hint of intrigue in his voice. “What makes me not simply a monk looking for alms?” Continuing down the road, the ringing of Ryuusei's staff echoing through the streets, with only scared whispers and the shutting of doors and windows otherwise being heard.
“So, you believe that people dying by your hand is, what did you say? Messing around? Do people's deaths not concern you?” With one long stride after another, they neared the outskirts of the town. “Look at these people,” he gestured towards the people around them without even moving his glance from the road. “They are frightened by what you did. You spread fear and agony with your actions. Death and destruction are your fun.”
The man stopped and turned, looking the other man directly in the eyes. “What ever has lead you down this path?”
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Post by reyasaurus on Aug 27, 2014 21:16:01 GMT
Doku smiled as the man continued on with his speech. "I think you are a shinobi purely because of that neat little pouch you have on your back. Not to mention the shuriken holsters." The pair of nukennin were nearing the out skirts of the village when the 'monk' continued his speech. "By doing what I did here today I managed to strike fear into the hearts of this town. This will cause the inhabitants to seek aid from places that may give it. Effectively adding to this towns defenses." Doku couldn't wipe the smile of his face as they left the village and continued down the beaten path.
The people passing them on the way in moved out of their way but still acted friendly enough. "These people know nothing about what just happened here. Yet in time they will come to learn. They will come to be less distrustful of things and be more cautious. My past is exactly that, The past" Doku stepped up alongside the man placing his hands in his pockets casually before asking. "So where are we off to?"
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Post by Kawiie on Aug 27, 2014 21:26:39 GMT
“Very well,” the man said with a nod, as the other explained why he had suspected him of being a shinobi. He then went on to explain that he had done what he did in order to make people learn. It was a different kind of schooling than Ryuusei was used to, but maybe it made sense, just maybe. Just then, the stranger stuffed his hands into his pockets and asked where they were going, to which Ryuusei answered with a question:
“We? Are we partners now?” he said, a faint smirk forming on his face, which had so far seemed etched in stone. “I know not where your destination lies, but mine is where my feet take me, for that is where I need to be,” he said, before he did a discreet bow. “Tengai Ryuusei is the name I was given, what is yours?”
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Post by reyasaurus on Aug 27, 2014 21:38:33 GMT
When the white haired man accepted his actions Doku nodded internally to himself. Some other means of justification to himself that helped him stop from breaking down. "I don't know if partners would be the right word however a wise man once said 'Stray and lonesome shinobi are targets in today's world, more so then before." Doku walked with the man for a moment before responding with his own name. "Kakureta, Doku." The puppeteer looked back over his shoulder at the slowly shrinking town. Wherever my feet take me . . . the words echoed in his head before he came to the conclusion that that was as good an excuse as any.
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Post by Kawiie on Aug 27, 2014 21:50:55 GMT
The man gave off a chuckle, though it was not warm, or happy. It was just there, a lifeless chuckle from a man seemingly void of any true emotion. Just then, however, he turned his head back towards the town, where a series of people were heading in their direction, fast. Ryuusei guessed that they were Douketsugakure shinobi, coming to see what the commotion was all about.
“It would seem this man was right,” he said, as he turned his body fully towards the approaching shinobi. “It would also seem that fighting is an inevitable future for us at this moment. Brace yourself, friend.” With that, Ryuusei pulled out several seal papers from his sleeve with his left, free hand...
.. and waited.
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Post by reyasaurus on Aug 28, 2014 9:50:45 GMT
Upon hearing the man next to him chuckle Doku's smile left his face in shock. The unemotional chuckle was almost scary in it's own way. The monk next to Doku turned his entire body back towards the small town which caught the puppeteer's eye. Coming to a stop he turned his body the other way as well. Doku saw the people heading towards him and by the looks of them they were travelling faster then a casual walk. They were closing in fast. Tengai Ryuusei seemed to prepare himself for battle by holding some form of small papers.
"I can handle this if you would like friend. I caused this and I can take care of it." Doku had his puppet get off his back and move forward so it was about 3 meters away from the pair. As the shinobi got close enough to see the puppet Doku had it's huge scorpion tail rise out of it's back above it's head. The iron tail had a slight purple tinge to it and a drop of poison gathered at the tip of the blade. Doku was ready for anything these shinobi threw at him. Just the sight of the puppet had caused a few of the shinobi to slow down their hasty approach.
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Post by Kawiie on Aug 30, 2014 18:50:44 GMT
“Hm,” the man said as Doku said he would deal with the attackers. “Even if you should be capable of taking them one on one, they are more than you, and will no doubt think me your accomplice. I will fight”
Stabbing the Shakujou into the earth, the white haired man prepared himself, and just as he did, a flurry of fireballs came flying their way. “They sure are aggressive, these Douketsu ninja,” he said calmly, before spreading five seal papers in a circle around the two and the puppet. He then perform hand seals, chanting: “Shikifuda: Gohou Kekkai.”
With that, a barrier of chakra rose up around the group, the fireballs blasting against it, to no effect. When he then released his final hand seal, the barrier faded, and so did the writings on the shikifuda, the paper being just that – blank paper. “Doku-san?” he said, telling his companion, with only his name, that it was his turn...
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Post by reyasaurus on Aug 31, 2014 9:39:58 GMT
The fireballs were launched towards them but before Doku could manage a reaction his new partner erected a barrier which stopped the attack easily. Agreeing with Ryuusei that the ninja thought they would believe they were accomplices he began his offensive. His partner's barrier faded as he indicated to him that it was his turn.
Doku moved his hands quickly using Hanketsu to assault his opponents. The tail speared forth heading towards a shinobi at the front of the pack. Intending to impale him instantly the man had little to no time to move. The unwavering shinobi continued their onslaught barely hesitating when their leader began screaming furiously. A Douketsu ninja came to close to Hanketsu and was met with a claw grapple shot from the puppets arm. The claw attached itself to the ninja's face before reeling itself back in. The hidden blade located in Hanketsu's wrist extended quickly piercing the Douketsu ninja through the throat while the large tail came out of the body it had impaled. The horrifying sound of the puppet clicking during it's movements coupled with the screaming and gurgling of the dying shinobi made Doku smile a little bit. "They will all learn one day."
The legs of the puppet separated from the body and then separated from themselves creating six blades that then engaged the other shinobi. The ninja with the cut throat was tossed towards Doku as the puppet prepared for other attacks. "Ryuu-san care to join me?"
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Post by Kawiie on Aug 31, 2014 21:43:42 GMT
As the barrier faded, Ryuusei watched his new partner utterly destroy two of the ninja, leaving three, as far as the man could see. Wrapping his fingers around the shakujou, he pulled it out of the earth again, before jumping high into the air, focusing electric chakra in his throat.
“Raiton: Raikou Iki!” he roared, as he released a wide wave of lightning chakra at the ninja, forcing them to spread out in order to avoid net-like thunder. When he then landed again, he noticed one of the ninja coming in fast with a katana, which he blocked with his Shakujou. He then slipped a shikifuda from his sleeve into his other hand, before focusing chakra to it, creating a chakra blade, which he then proceeded to stab into the gut of the surprised ninja. “Shikifuda: Tsurugi,” he whispered, before he released the shikifuda, causing the seal to fade, as well as the chakra.
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