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Nayami was a bit caught off guard as the man approached her, he must’ve been the second one that snuck into her village, the one the villager was about to tell her about before she cut him off in an attempt to satisfy her rage.

“Such beautiful crimson eyes…they…much remind me of my father…” The Arashikage thought to herself as she seemed to look over the man several times before her icy orbs fell into his blood red pools. “Yes, that would be me, but may I ask why you have sought me out?”

She could feel Hachibi’s arms tighten around her waist, his warm breath quickly passing by her neck as he hissed in protest at the person who was trying to address Nayami. She decided not to correct Hachibi’s sudden slip of anger; she too wanted to know who this man was.

When he spoke Nayami’s body went rigid, her lips parting ever so slightly as her eyes narrowed to once again look him over. “I only had one brother…I don’t recall hearing anything about you.” If she came off as being rude, that really wasn’t in her intentions for this conversation; she was more shocked then anything.

It was hard to call this man a liar, the resemblance of both her and Saikin clearing showing up in his appearance. He possessed those same wicked red eyes as her father, and his face resembled that of Nayami’s.

“…Are you really my brother?” The Arashikage asked softly as she ignored Hachibi’s hisses of anger as she continued to talk to Kodomo.

Michio passed by, hood drawn up over his head, eyes still blindfolded by the white bandages. The spectre passed through the streets, treading on the opposite side of the street as the man committed suicide. The sound of the metal piercing flesh, the rapid flow of hot blood to the ground, the sounds of a man dying. It was music to Michio's ears. He couldn't resist but smirk, the corner of his lips twisting up wickedly. In all essence, Michio had seen the entire display, though his eyes were entirely barred from sight by his blindfold.

As the body finally released it's final, ending breath, Michio went back on his way, knowing full well who'd been there to see the death as well. The very same woman he'd returned to see. Arashikage. Nayami. But Michio wasn't interested in returning after such a long absence and interrupting his Kage's dealings. Just as well, it didn't seem she'd caught a glimpse of him, his clothing and other noticable features hidden under cloak and hood. Nayami had more important matters to attend to at the moment, what with her brother coming to visit her. Michio assumed she was in no mood to deal with him at the moment.

Still, he couldn't help but smile a bit for the man who'd been forced to commit suicide as he continued onward.

Was this what love was supposed to feel like? Was this the thing he had been looking for, the thing that her father had never given him, the one thing that he had longed to expierence while he was locked away? It must be, the arms of his sister now hung about him, he was indeed of course much taller then she but not by much, enough that she could still rest her head upon his shoulder. He felt a warm feeling flow through his body as his sister embraced him for the first time that they had ever met. He could not quite understand the feeling he was getting from all of this however he knew that it was quite natural and it felt good.

"I have found...Family...Onee-san..."

He was finally where he belonged, his sister was grasping him tightly in her arms and all was right in the world, he felt that no one could destroy this now. He was in the perfect paradise, he did not need all of the good things that normal people wanted, all he needed was the last shred of family he had left. So now he had found himself a place, however he would short live this paradise, his seized up and began to cough viciously, pulling himself from her. He looked down into his hand, there was blood there, the disease he held within himself wast reminding him that he was slowly dieing. He would never be peaceful as long as this disease at away at him, but at least while he was still of the living he would be with the last bit of family he had.

"Father wouldn't have said anything about me...He was to embaressed to have a son whom was so sickly..."

"I have a terminal illness that is eating away at my insides like a cancer, it speads slowly, I will die, but all is well I have found family finally...All is well in the world..."

He slid his bloodstaind hands around her body pulling her to him as well into a gentle embrass, he was fine even with this terminal illness he would live long enough for her. He would live until they could get to know eachother a little more, tears came to his eyes as she spoke of trying to save him from his fate. It make him want to weep to think that anyone could have ever cared for him enough to want to try so hard to keep him alive. He knew no one else that would do so much to keep him alive, it was a beautiful thing for him since no one had ever showed that he was indeed loved. He knew this is what love felt like, this is what it felt like to be loved by another, he would never be able to take another uneasy breath while she was alive.

"I will live long enough though...Onee-san..."

And, for the first time in twenty years, since he had been born, he smiled it was a beautiful thing coming from him, even with his crimson eyes his smile lit the village. It was as though an angel had come from the heavens and smiled into the world with a unfathomable joy that no human could possibly comprehende. But he smiled, his white teeth glowed in the light, the pearly white so beautiful, he could not help it, the thing simply came to him. So for the first time in a long time Kodomo smiled while he was joined in a warm embrass by the only living relative that he would ever have.

He had climbed down from the building and started to make his way over to the congregation of ninja. In a way he realized that he didn’t fit, but the feeling that some many of them… he’d never seen so many in one place. Slowly he made his way over, no more than a shadow to the group, he watched and listened with keen interest. His focus was almost as keen as the man still watching Ishu from the alley beside the building that Ishu had climbed down off of.

Oblivious to the stalking man, he was trying to figure out what was going on. He’d lost Kumi, but that didn’t mean he was helpless. He could handle himself…besides, he was just curious. Things for some reason seemed to revolve around this one woman… but he had no idea who she was. Maybe, if he listened long enough… maybe something would clue him in. Still, the people were interesting enough… not that he knew anything that they were talking about, it still intrigued him.

Watching and listening, he found that somebody had done some killing and that some body was rude. The more surprising one was this guy; he had been standing around for a while and was apparently the main girl’s brother. On top of that apparently this girl… or rather lady, was Nayami! Get that!

His eyes must have been the size of shuriken as he stared at the woman. Once he knew her name, the way she held herself, the power she represented, she was the Arashikage. He inched closer, oblivious to how important their conversation was. “Nayami-sama?” he asked as he pushed his way through to stand closer to the woman… the pretty woman. "Arashikage? I’m…” he hesitated and looked down at the ground a bit confused at how he should go about it. “I’m Ishu, I don’t remember anything, but I want to become a member of your village and a student at the academy.” He bowed his head in respect of her utter and complete control of his future.

Kodomo fell into the soft touch of her body, his eyes closed as his smiled ceased, she spoke things to him that made him feel at peace. He however felt the change in her voice, it scared him, it reminded him of the voice his father, their father had, it was not a very nice thing to be reminded of. The voice of the snake-like man also pierced the air, obviously there was jealousy, or in the least a bit of loathing on the snake's part. Kodomo didn't want to fight anymore, he wanted to just die happily living with his only relative, but it did not seem fate had this in store for him. So his eyes turned toward the snake, the man whom also was with him that he had been speaking to before, his eyes suddenly glowed dully as he watched them.

"Your friend does not like me...

He spoke as she uncoiled herself from him, he was not looking at her but instead gazing steadily at their forms off in the distance, watching both the snake and Hiro. If the snake would not accept him, then Kodomo would have to do what his father had taught him to do best, he would have to wipe the snake violently from the face of the Earth. He would not let a little testosterone ruin his reunion, no they would have to find out in the end after all what he was capable of. He didn't wish to hurt anyone anymore now that he had found his sibling, but it seemed that it could not be helped. He would have to however find out more about this man, this snake, before he went off trying to get rid of the thing that was trying to stand between him and his sister.

"We will meet again I'm sure..."

A light chuckle passed through Nayami’s lips as she continued to look into the little boys eyes, she could sense that he was unnerved by her comment but then again that’s exactly what she wanted to happen. Allowing the rest of her fingers to cup his chin her thumb gingerly passed over his lips. “You don’t have to thank me Ishu; it is my duty to assist my fellow shinobi in any way necessary.” The Arashikage spoke softly as she finally removed her touch from Ishu’s face, her back straightening as she now stood at full attention.

It didn’t take long for Nayami’s vivid orbs to fall upon her brother, she was still rather interested with him and much wished to talk to Kodomo. Another short laugh soon issued out from the Arashikage as she caught Kodomo’s comment. “He doesn’t like anyone, so don’t worry about it.” It was true; Hachibi was the eight tails and really took no interest in anyone except to the person he was contained inside of. “You should meet Kira before you go jumping down anyone’s throats, I wouldn’t judge his character on Hachibi.”

To be honest, Nayami didn’t feel like having much hatred between her comrades, she needed her shinobi to at least try to get along just in case a war did ever arise between the different villages.

Kodomo turned back to his sister, he pondered what this meant, did the man have more then one person inside of that body? He wouldn't doubt it, he had heard of such things from his father in his father's lust for power however it had not been readily explained to him. He watched Nayami momentarily she reminded him much of a female version of their father, it troubled him but he could not let it get between them. His crimson eyes fell but only shortly upon the young boy before them, he gazed deep into the young boy, but before long he removed his eyes from him. He allowed his attention to drift once more back upon the girl whom was his sister, only older then him by three years, but so beautiful, so grown.

"I imagine...Nee-san...You have much to tell me, and you must have questions for me as well..."

He spoke to her unblinkingly, he didn't even feel the weight of the world being lifted from his shoulders as he was able to now offer to speak with her. He had dreamt of this day for such a long time, down in that dungeon all alone with no one but himself, he had suffered and nearly gone mad, but his father told him he had a sister. He spoke so much of her, it was the only time he seemed as though he where a good man, but it always faded in the end. The pain would start after he spoke of her, but those words, the thought of his sister was the only thing that kept him from going insane. Those thoughts held him together, they kept him whole and one, they kept him from turning into a mindless killing machine like his father wanted.

"Don't worry...I will not harm anyone here, I have no reason to now..."