Welcome to Gaia! ::

The place is peaceful, white stone arches from the ground- there is no people in the vicinity- or at least ones that are seeable on the surface. Along the building blocks, deep green grass sways in an unfathomable breeze, the trees that grow from the rocks are thick and crooked, only faint streams of yellow reach the ground through their canopies.

There is however a well worn path- a seeming game trail- and here is our first living creature- as though it is peaceful it is strangely void of birds or any other wild life. Namae's sitting on the edge of the trail, staring up into the sky face as usual- her mask dangling from strings in one hand- in her other a flute.

She has eyes now, both different colors- one obviously not one that she was ever born with. The left one is strange- a nice shape- the one that was hers to start with- but where there was supposed to be white there was a deep steel gray, and the iris started red about the rim and melded into blue before a white pupil lay in the center- but this eye didn't shift- and looked painted almost as if made from bone. The Hakuchuumugan Finally Namae's other-her right- it was shifting constantly- first her eye is cute and wide- and then its slanted- glowing orange before sliding into the pinkish color of a tulip- then into another darker green- as if she couldn't find what she wanted. Finally it settled on colorless, the whole eye blank. Mushokugan- eye that sees through other eyes.

There was a strangeness about her now- the right side of her face was white as a sheet of paper, and the mouth was stretched back into a grin shed never worn before, malicious in nature; the other side of her face- monotonous- with the eye narrowing, a normal skin tone.

She's talking to herself, the left side of her face in her regular voice- right side talking in the inhuman tone.

Left: "Ano, Namae, that isn't going to work."

Right: "DAMARU!!!" the left side of her face is grinning wider- eye with no iris or pupil revolving round and round- "…Shizumaru-sama..." it could have been the left sides name…but it didn’t seem to be- just a soft whisper into the air.

The other side of her face sighs, "Gomen-nasai. I promised you didn't I?"

"Hai,"

The left side suddenly gasped in pain-

The right only smiled- "Osumi- Juusenbi-chan... Rest in peace."

Namae smiled taking her mask from her face.

It wasn't her usual face any longer- holding beauty that was close to god like- eyes they could be every or any color all at once- like the sea at sunrise- melding to day and then into an instant sunset- then the night with moon. Namae's skin shone with an undead ashen brilliance, and her form stood as her hair started melding into a black so complete that even the sunlight in the clearing couldn't reflect.

"I'm fine, Mitsuki-chan," her voice too had changed completely as the mask slipped from her long elegant coal painted fingers. The smile on her face... so innocent. "Gather the other Akatsuki, Onegaishimasu-Shizumarou-sama- wait here with them... for me-" she undid the senbon in her hair and threw them into the trees. "I'll be back- shortly."

Her hair seemed to have a life of it's own- there was no wind and yet it flew about her.

"I"m going to collect Ko-hana-chan... don't follow in my footsteps..."

A moment later and she seemed to just melt into air... leaving everything---

The shadows swirled up behind him in the night, a huge three headed bird stood behind Ryjin, bright blue eyes, floppy ears, and bright crimson beaks. It's wings spread wide- in a woosh of noise. Santengu.

The santengu gave a wild shreik, and lunged it's beaks forwards, missing the first swing- while the second thwaked the middle head on it's skull. It made a flap of it's wings and a huge gust of wind blew Ryjin backwards, then made to run after him.

The santengu took to the air but moments after, and called up into the sky. Bolts of lightning shot down upon Ryjin blast after blast homming in on the metal in his hands.

The crow like demon landed upon Ryjin, it's large foot pinning him down. It didn't make to attack however, and out of it's chest sunk the upper portion of Namae pale and terribly sickly looking. "Ryjin-no-dannaaa... what is your will against me?"

The bird wailed in agony, and disappeared in a 'BOOF!!!' letting Namae's form fall limply to the ground, rolling down the slight hill to rest close to a tall stone pillar. She didn't move, but her face stared innocently at Ryjin and Reese.

"I'm not in control of myself... Ryjin-no-danna." her right arm moved to her wakizashi, and gripped the handle tight. "Shizumarou-sama ordered it of me. I must... obey him..." she was on her feet and slashed the wakizashi up to the sky, holding it straight.

She smiled innocently and closed her eyes. "Good bye."

She brought the wakizashi straight down in a strike to the ground.

Above the lightning gave a crack and the lightning struck her body- she went 'boof' also.

But the singed ground seemed to glow brightly as if building up in energy!