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 Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:01 pm
Appearing in a crouched position Kira slowly rose to his feet, narrowed eyes scanning over the town. A forked tongue slipped from his mouth and tasted the air around him, searching for the one who had been watching him within the forest. Sadly Kira didn't know to much about the man, the only thing he knew was it was a man. He'd have to come in close proximity with him to know if it was him or not. "s**t." He muttered softly.
A soft hit to the back of his head caused him to turn around and c**k back a fist to hit who ever had hit him. Though, seeing that it was Hiro, he let his arm drop down to his side. "Yo." Kira muttered quietly, spinning on his heel to look back over the village while his hands slipped into his pockets.
Hiro's eyes narrowed somewhat. Never had he seen Kira like this, usually the man was full of energy and would have hit him after he had been flicked. It didn't take long for the masked man to know something was wrong. Just what happened in Arashikage's office? He thought, a finger tapping at his clothed lips. "Hello, enjoy your time with Nayami?" He asked in a casual tone.
The only response Hiro received was a shrug of Kira's shoulders. Hiro 'hmph'd in annoyance but said nothing more though, the loud bang did catch their ears. Both heads turned in the direction of the sound and the first thing out of Kira's lips was. "Nayami..." Without another word said both men took off with incredible speed, their bodies nothing but a blur as the sped towards the sound.
Leaping up into the air both men looked down where they saw the man holding the gun and Nayami. Nodding to each other they both moved through a series of seals before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Appearing right beside Takou both Kira and Hiro held swords made of chakra, two apiece. Kira held one of his blades against his neck and the other against his side. Hiro's had his set at Tankou's heart and lung. "Drop the weapon." They said in unison.
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:03 am
Kodomo watched, now there was more, violence it seemed could not be saited by the deaths of two now it seemed to need even more. First the woman she looked so familar that it made him twitch, she had features of a man that he had known to be dead, he knew this could only be one person. Then she decided to bring violence upon the man that had killed the first men at the gates obviously, she was without a doubt, Nayami, his half-sister. But before he could react the man with the guns decided to bring his own feriocity to the mix, but before it could even get started two more men arrived. This only seemed to be provoking a bloody confrontation, it made Kodomo wish to weep for this village and its people.
"Does life mean so little? Is it so easily thrown away without thought or remorse? Can it be taken so easily without concious thought? Can it be done away with without feeling guilt? Has man sunk so low...?"
Kodomo watched now, he had no reason to involve himself unless he deemed it neccisary, and the only reason he would find it as such is if his sister came into serious danger. He would not lose the last living person on the planet that had any blood relation to him at all, he could not let it happen. Though she seemed just as happy not surviving, but he would bite the bullet himself if he had to just to speak with her for but only a few moments. He would not allow a foreign gunslinger mercenary rob him of the only family he had left, however he did not wish to make the situation worse so he let it play out for now. However Kodomo had, the motive, and present ability to cause great bodily harm to the whole lot of them even thought he would rather not force himself to do so.
"Life is no longer precious to but the few...And the few are precious to life..."
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.]Inner.DarKness[. Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:47 pm
Nayami didn’t even seem to flinch as the loud sound from the bullet echoed through her ears. Her shoulders bobbed lightly as a small laughter uncurled within her chest. “You men are all alike, flashing around your weapons to try and make yourself look tougher when in reality you’re just small little boys all begging to be in the big leagues.”
Her icy eyes lazily fell down as she could smell the smoke rising up from a small hole in the ground, the earth charred and broken as a small shiny spec from the bullet jutted up from the soil.
“Well, it seems you do have a valid point for robbing me of my precious duties so I will answer your question.”
The same smirk twisted along her lips as two puffs of smoke soon surrounded Tankou. “My, my, what good timing.” Another low laugh issued out from her lips as she casually waved the two men off.
“No worries Kira, Hiro, he has only come to ask a question of me, one that I believe on the contrary is worth answering.”
Rising up one of her hands the Arashikage stared at her nails for a bit before allowing her gaze to pass on over to Tankou. “You see, I really don’t care much for people…unless they can assist me in some way. That one I was helping agreed to help me start a rebellion against my father.” Her black nail polish seemed to catch the sun, the rays shimmering against the dark tone as she eyed them boredly for a second time.
“So you see, I’m only a nice person when I get something out of the deal.”
Dropping her arm down to her side she rested her palm on top of her hip, her body leaning in the direction of her hand as she cocked her head to one side. “So, did I answer your question?” A smug smile could be seen tugging at Nayami’s lips, her cold blue pools shimmering with a tainted excitement.
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:27 pm
Tankou shrugged at her comment about boys. "You might be right, but if I was in the same boat as your former boys over there, I certainly wouldn't be wasting precious minutes here." He responded, keeping the same haughty smirk despite now having three people around him that weren't likely to want to let him leave in one piece. His eyes shifted slightly to observe Kira and Hiro with a small shrug.
"Well, I thought at least one man would be mourning your loss if I had to kill you but it seems you're much too fiery for just one to satisfy, aren't'cha?" Tankou asked. It really didn't bother him how close those blades were, there was a world of difference between one of their hands twitching and his finger twitching.
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:09 pm
Listening to Nayami's voice they both nodded and removed the blades from his body. A visable scowl had made its way onto Kira's face as his eyes ran over Tankou. To anyone around it was obvious Kira did not like the newcomer in the least bit, anyone who tried to hurt Nayami was instantly on his 'To Kill' list. The two swords in his hands fizzled away, same as Hiro's which had disappeared a few moments earlier. Kira' grey orbs soon turned to Nayami, his eyes flicking over her. Something about her was off, her presence was much different from what he remembered. Hehehe, sssshessss much more...evil. I love it. Hachibi hissed happily within his mind, he could feel the restless movements of the snake who was slithering around in his cage. I wonder if sssshesss ssstill good in bed, ssshe musssst be better now.
Hiro looked over the two before turning on his heel, away from them. His eyes looked over the small crowd that was forming though he didn't really care. Right now his eyes were set on a single person, a man to be exact. Hiro could feel his presence above everyone else, thus saying he was a shinobi but he was obviously not one from the village. In that case, was he with the gunner or was he just a wandering shinobi? Plenty of thoughts ran through Hiro's head about who the man could be. After a moment of starring at the man he looked back to Nayami, another thought sparking into his mind. A realitive? That was one thought he hadn't considered.
Without a word Hiro walked away from the other's, making a bee line straight towards Kodomo. Once he arrive at him he ran his eyes over hiim, looking for any obvious weapons before he spoke. "Would you happen to be related to the Arashikage? You look similar to her..."
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:27 pm
One of them, one of the violent ones, walked over to him and spoke he found this rather odd and out of the blue but then his question made it all make sense. He realized that he did indeed look a bit like his older sister, so it was not to odd to find someone else would have noticed. However this man scanned him over, obviously he was searching him visiually for weapons which would of course be a rather fruitful expedition indeed. But Kodomo did not mind, he knew that people did not want to be hurt and weapons hurt people thus it was logical to look for weapons on a person.
"Yes...She's my sister..."
He looked past Hiro, looking directly at Nayami, as he watched her he was reminded all to much of their father, it made him cringe slightly but he couldn't help it. Their father had been cruel and destructive and had never shown an ounce of love toward his son, he loved his daughter to much for that. He sacrificed most of his time to his daughter, since he felt he was cursed to never have a son worthy of being tought, though the man had tought Kodomo things regardless. He figured at least he would use the only son he had until the boy died, the scars of this treatment still showed on his body. But he had survived and but only grew stronger with it all, it had made him to what he was today and no one could take that from him now.
"I am Kodomo Damatte Tezema, we share the same father, I come from the depths of his village and now I have found what I'm looking for..."
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.]Inner.DarKness[. Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:58 pm
A smug smile pulled dangerous at Nayami’s lips, it seems this guy had a bit of an attitude, one that could either cost him his life or a loyal place at the Arashikage’s side.
“Oh you can only imagine…”
Her voice seemed to drip with sarcasm as she eyed him intently, her pools still flickering with excitement as they fell back upon Kira. He wore a puzzled look upon his face; she couldn’t help herself as a small chuckle slipped past her lips. Nayami knew this was probably the first time he had ever witnessed her like this, her personality changing drastically in the past few years.
“So, Tankou did you get what you want? Or do you plan on pestering me with more things? I do run a busy life you realize…”
Straightening up her body she ran a few of her slender fingers through her raven bangs, pushing the shaggy strands away from her brilliant eyes. Her smirk hadn't quite left her mouth, her expression still pleased as she couldn’t help but to send a playful wink in Kira’s direction. His worried expression was beginning to become more humorous by the second.
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:38 pm
The man shrugged and cocked his elbow to a ninty degree angle so that the hand gun was no longer pointed between Nayami's eyes. He slipped his finger into the loop around the trigger and twirled it idly before slipping it perfectly into its holster mid-twirl.
"Seems so, but the remark about being nice doesn't mean much. Nobody does anything for nothing. I oughta know, I've worked with mercenaries half my life and been shooting the selfish and 'selfless' alike since then. But yes, unless you have your own reasons I should stay, I'll be going now." He replied, sweeping his arms out and dipping his head slightly.
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:59 pm
Kira could feel Hachibi smashing against his cage, it was obvious the snake wanted out but Kira had no intention of that. But, just because Kira wouldn't let him, it didn't stop Hachibi from smashing against the cage and hissing wildly. A quiet groan passed through his lips as he rose his hand and rubbed his face, a throbbing headache now pounding in his mind. Eventually the strain became to much and he buckled under it, Hachibi surfacing. A blast of evil aura radiated off of his body the moment he came out, a wide smirk on his lips. "Hehe, couldn't take the pressssssure." He muttered softly. Yellow eyes set on Nayami as he moved behind her, theback of a finger trailed down her cheek. "Ahh, I love thissss ssside of you Nayami. Sssso wonderful and evil. Ssssimply magnificant." He whispered into her ear.
Hiro nodded his head in understanding, more questions began surfacing within his mind. The answer to any question only leads to more questions for Hiro. "I thought Nayami's family had all been killed..." He said, eyes looking away in thought. WHen he felt the evil aura his body shuddered, he could never get used to that feeling of Hachibi surfacing.
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:51 pm
Nayami gently tapped her chin in thought, he seemed to be rather witty, and strong, possibly just because of his attitude but, nonetheless he wouldn’t be too bad of a Storm shinobi. “Hmm, before you leave, why don’t you have a quick tour of my village, eh? Maybe you’ll see some things you’ll like; you never know what the unknown holds.”
The Arashikage’s tone was cool and calm as it drifted on her warm breath; she had no reason to be mad at this man any longer, besides if he was strong enough to take down two of her shinobi why couldn’t he be allowed into her village? The thought was strong as she scanned him over, her bright orbs working quickly as she seemed to be sizing him up.
“Do what you like, just…don’t go killing off more of my clan; I do need followers I hope you realize.” A pleased grin broke out upon her lips as she felt Hachibi’s finger pass over her neck.
“Oh, so I’ve grabbed your attention have I?” Looping one of her arms back she pulled Hachibi a bit forward, her head falling over his shoulder as she looked up into his silted eyes, her lips teasingly brushing up against his. “We should try and have some fun together before my free time is taken away from me.” Nayami whispered softly into his ear before she straightened herself up again.
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.]Inner.DarKness[. Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:10 pm
Hachibi chuckled softly, his arm looping around her waist. The great snake demon really liked this new personality of hers, it was much more powerful and he loved power in women. "Why yesssss, you did. I musssst ssssay, I love thissss new you." He said in a sly tone. With his now sharp canines he grazed his teeth along the soft skin of her neck. Pulling her so her body was pressing against his he hissed softly into her ear.
"Thatsssss a wonderful idea, maybe we sssshould head there now. It hasssss been sometime since that night." His hands moved up her shirt, fingers trailing along the soft skin of her stomach. It had been sometime since he had touched her in this way and memories of the past flooded to him. Now he wanted, no...needed her. Once she was done with Tankou he would make sure he would get what he needed.
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:33 pm
Tankou shrugged idly, quirking an eyebrow at the Arashikage. It seemed strange she suddenly wanted him to stick around a little longer. By the sounds of it, she was offering a "job" as a shinobi here.
"Eh, sure. I just can't promise I'll be payin attention to too much of what I see. The only real bonus to working for one village in particular is a steady rate of pay and a decent place to sleep." He mused, stroking his chin as he started to walk past the couple. "But I've done just fine without either, so those obviously aren't going to catch my eye." He added, raising one hand as he kept walking and proceeded to wander the village.
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:29 pm
"They are...I've never known her but she is my blood sister...Our father locked me away, embaressed to have such a sickly son, ugh! "
His words, as though they had prompted, suddenly gave way to a fit of horrible coughing that lasted a good amount of time, however he soon ceased. He looked at the man before him and then looked back at his sister whom was not in the arms of a beastly looking man that made him wonder. He had to speak with her, he couldn't let her run off without him speaking with her first, so he began to make his way toward her without paying any mind to Kira or Hiro. He didn't fear the man with the guns, he didn't fear the demon possesed Kira, he didn't even fear his sister, he just needed to speak to her.
"You are Nayami Tezema yes?"
He did not hesitate to ask her the question he wanted answered the most, her answer would decide his fate it would decide what he would do with himself. If she said no, then he would leave and never be seen again, but if she said yes, he would be forever engraved to her, to never leave his only family. The things that would follow would likely result in a loss, but he would accep the consequences of his actions never the less, he just had to know.
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:09 pm
Hiro took a step back from the man, staying away from him until he stopped. That sounded like something he did not want to catch. Hiro thought he could have tuberculosis, but after factoring in that he was locked away for being sick he scratched that out. Moving aside his eyes narrowed at the back of his head. Hiro did not trust the man, his words could have easily been a lie. Maybe he was the man Kira was worried about? s**t, I'll have to watch him.
Hachibi's arms tightened around Nayami, a deep, angry hiss escaping from his lips. "Ssssspeak your name before you assssk for otherssss. Ssuch inssolencccce will not be tolerated." Hachibi's voice held tones of anger. Like hell he was going to let someone take away his fun and time with Nayami.
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:19 pm
"Kodomo Damatte Tezema...Son of the same father...That Tezema, Nayami was birthed to...And I do not fear you snake, you can do nothing more to me that has not already been done...You will not stand between me and my family..."
He spoke coldly, his fathers tone creeping in behind his voice, likely this would result in a reaction from Nayami he doubted that the snake would be intimidated. He knew not that the creature before him was a Bijou but he knew it was powerful and looked snake-like, therefore he called it as such. He was not afraid of this creature, he would not however allow it to interrupt his own time with Nayami, if he had to Kodomo would anhilate this whole village if it meant a minute to speak with her. He would do what he had to, this creature no matter how strong it was, would not stand in his way. He would follow her to the depth of hell if he had to, he would not stop until he had at least one minute, just one minute to know her to know who she was.
"Allow her to speak for herself, she is not a thing you may own, she can think and act for herself, allow her to make her own decision..."
He'd rather this not escalate into a fight but right now it was a thin line, he had to know if she was really his sister, he had to know if they where really family. He could not allow this one chance to pass him by, so he was prepared at the moment to use whatever force he had to to speak with her. Even the monster would understand pure undiluted dedication and the ability to certainly hold ground against even the Hachibi, as well as the ability to fight tooth and claw to the end. Likely the result of a fight between the two at this moment would result ultimately in Kodomo's death but he would take a good piece of the Hachibi with him.
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