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When Tsutae drew close, Akou's feathers seemed to prickle almost bashfully. Her closeness to him did that though he didn't show it any other way than that. Akou steps forward, stepping over Yuriko, before twisting around to face Tsutae. He takes another step until he is on the other side of Yuriko. He rather step onto the other side of Yuriko than to step behind Tsutae. He didn't want to seem like he was trying something. Akou's face was a shape redder than usual but it wasn't too visible. Akou eyes Tsutae a moment before speaking. "I'm not one to go around sticking my neck out for just anyone," he states bringing his hand down from his hair. He seemed to think as he spoke. He didn't want to decline but he also didn't want to accept. Akou couldn't figure out why but he didn't want Tsutae rushing off trying to do something so dangerous alone so he wanted to accept. But he didn't want to get involved with her affairs which actually conflicted with his so he wanted to decline. He could always try convincing her to change her mind about investigating further into the invasion of Hidden Moon. No. Nothing would come of that. She was stubborn, he didn't need to read her or even know her very long to see that. She wasn't going to back down. "Why me?" Akou seems to ask himself before lowering his head. "But I'll help you. If you want information out of me about the invasion then you can get it yourself, Ichazuki. I'll just, er," Akou starts trying to find a way to say that he would be her protection as she searched for information without seeming mushy. Eventually he snorts, having given up on trying to find the right way. "You can read me for the information. Anything you want, just don't get into my personal stuff." And with that he steps over Yuriko and stands to Tsutae's side, his hand extended outward so that she could take it and read him.

"It has to be done. He shouldn't have to remember the evil things he's seen. Sai, I want you to alter his memories. You're an Ichazuki so it shouldn't be hard. I think it would be for the best... if he forgot the bad times." A female voice whispers through the darkness of Akou's mind. Unlike Fushou's mind, when the darkness left, Tsutae would find herself in a huge white room. There was nothing in the room, it was more like a white abyss than a room. But after a few moments rows upon rows of books upon metal shelves slide into existence from the far ends of the room. Each book was filled with many memories of Akou's and others. But the books were strange in the way they were sorted and colored. The books were out of place in some areas as if someone had tried to read through bits and pieces of his memory too much at a time and placed the books back wrong. And some books were red and glowing as if they were figments. They even looked transparent. The red, glowing, transparent books were memories that had been locked away from Akou. They were open to be read but Akou was unable to access them. One book shoots out from behind Tsutae and levitates before her. On the cover it reads, 'Eavesdrop'. The book flips open to reveal a still life picture of Akou standing standing outside of an open doorway, two figures chatting inside the room, in the dark. The pages begin to flip as a story is played with images and sounds soon echo from the book.

"I have persuaded the Angra Mainyu to consider us allies, Naomi."

"Wonderful Shaneko. I have longed to be considered their allies for so long." The taller figure states twirling around the shorter figure. As the two continue to talk, Akou begins focusing his mind in order to read the thoughts of Shaneko.

"I wonder who that man was that took over Hidden Moon in the name of the Angra Mainyu. He seemed so familiar to me. He could fly and even made it where I could fly, yet he had no wings. His voice... I remember his voice." Akou rolls his eyes outside the doorway a moment before continuing to listen to Shaneko's thoughts.

But as he continues to read her thoughts the image freezes and the book suddenly shuts. Apparently that was all the information the book had on what Tsutae wanted to know. It seems that all the book could express was that Hidden Moon had indeed been taken over by the Angra Mainyu but who personally took it over was unknown. One of the books that was red, glowing, and transparent shifts from the shelf before Tsutae and opens. The book becomes less transparent as sounds emerge from it.

"Since you're an Ichazuki, you should be able to store all of this stuff inside of you, right?" A female voice asks, similar to the voice heard upon beginning the journey into Akou's mind.

"Yeah sure." A figure states, sounding like a younger Akou. The picture becomes more visible to show a tiny Akou, red hair and eyes, sitting across from a female with blond hair and starry black eyes. The female seemed to have a worried look on her face while Akou had a cheerful smile. "Look Reina, I already have the looks of the people we've met so far down and their names. My mind can take a little more information."

"But..."

"Don't worry so much mom, yeesh. Now give me your hand." Reluctantly the female called Reina agrees and gives Akou her hand.

As this happens the book jumps to the back of the book where the faces and names of everyone not only Reina has met but the names and faces of the people others have met as well. It only highlighted the people that were of importance to Tsutae though. Like the face of the leader of the Angra Mainyu, or at least how he would look if someone could even determine which of the cloaked Angra Mainyu he was and his name, Crius Akasun; the appearance of the male that the other book specified as someone that took part in taking over Hidden Moon, though his face was hidden and name unspecified; the appearance, current and past, of Naomi whose name was simply Naomi after changing it from Lilith to nothing and then to Saosin Teres; the appearance, past and present, of Sai a Ichazuki that had been created from alchemy and serves Ella a Dante; the appearance, past and present, of Akou and each of his names--Tyke a dog, Hishinaru Kinuta, Akou Ichazuki, Akou Rose a Ichazuki, Akou a Greek, and then Akou a Ichazuki. The book remained open so that, if Tsutae asked for a specific person then it could try and identify them.

Upon lighting the name of Crius Akasun, the book flips back a few pages to show a male with white hair and venomous snake like red eyes. Below the image words trail across the page in a straight line.

"Crius Akasun is a former member of the Akatsuki, a member of the Akasun clan, unknown status as of if he still is a member of Friend, and is currently an active member of The Angra Mainyu. He is believed to have left the Akatsuki far before its downfall. It is unknown whether or not Crius is still a member of Hidden Sand but he has yet to be seen in any Jounin examination. According to memories of Reina Rose, Crius was a fellow member of Friend; having been there before she became a member. He has yet to be sighted outside of the Angra Mainyu. Crius's pocket is not normal but as to what it is made of and how much is normal has yet to be determined."

The image changes to reveal a cloaked and masked figure floating high in the skies of Hidden Moon. The images of an Orimara that Tsutae would recall as Triton and the 2nd Tsukage down below. There is little information about this person, in fact the words beneath the image only read, "Telekinetic. Psychic. Unknown origin, name, and clan. Member of the Angra Mainyu."

The book flips back to reveal Akou staring down at Reina, a stunned expression plastered on his face. He figured while he was seeping through Reina's memory to get names and faces to store in his mind that he would read into some of the stories of each person. Some stories were graphic and displayed a side of Reina that Akou couldn't imagine; a darker and blood thirstier side. While some showed the true Reina that Akou loved more than anyone or anything; her kind and loving side. "You really shouldn't have read me for anything other than names and faces," Reina replies sadly. She was ashamed of the bad she'd done, when she wasn't in control of herself. But she was even more ashamed now that Akou had seen some of the things she'd done to people and what she'd agreed to do for other people. Akou's face becomes sad as he places a hand atop Reina's head.

"I only remember names and faces," he says trying to pretend he hadn't seen what he had. No matter how evil Reina might be when she wasn't in control, he still loved her. Beneath the stilled image of Reina and Akou words trail across the page.

"In a past life was the dog of Haylo Inzuka, often referred to as Sienna or Ella, until he died in Hidden Alchemy by the hand of the Alchemy Nation leader. He was later reincarnated as Hishinaru Kinuta, a Kinuta from Hidden Sound. Despite being a mute, he and the talkative Reina accompanied by her doggy friend Ella got along just fine and even formed a group called Team Cero. But not too long after wards Hishinaru is killed by a Inuzuka named Tinou Inuzuka. He is reincarnated yet again as a small red haired and eyed Ichazuki named Akou Ichazuki. Akou was always fascinated by things he most often shouldn't have, often contracting illnesses or hurting himself as a mischievous child often does. But his fascination with those things was nothing compared to his fascination with Reina. Years past before Akou killed in Hidden Snow but saved by sealing his soul into a pair of gloves. But something went wrong and Akou regressed into an infant, still trapped in the pair of gloves, and then was destroyed when falling into a bonfire. Upon reviving he became Akou Rose a Greek from hidden Mythology. Though he carried the appearance of Reina's child, they held no relation of any kind. Despite that Reina wanted nothing more than to start anew with Akou. So she had another Ichazuki named Sai erase all of the bad memories from Akou but at the same time he erased the experiences that made him and Reina so close. On a trip to find out what Akou was and what he was capable of, he and Reina traveled to Hidden Mythology and were soon separated. After having gotten into a fight a short time ago Naomi limps wounded in the forest before stumbling upon Akou. She had planned to kill him until he healed her wounds knowing that she was evil. Naomi, being the evil person she was, decided to take Akou away, use him to get Reina on her side, and then brainwash him into believing that Reina was the evil one. To this day it has worked. Akou changed his name from Akou Rose to place Akou like how Naomi was just plain Naomi. It wasn't until a short while ago that Akou unlocked his true clan again and became Akou of the Ichazuki clan from Hidden Moon." The words didn't exactly read that but it was a brief summary of what it read. It also identified Akou as being a squad leader of the group Utter Calamity. Utter Calamity, run by Naomi, also had a group under them called Dragon Coven which was kept secret until Tsutae probed him and found out. Utter Calamity and Dragon Coven have also joined the Swords of the Crescent Moon and are closely tied to the Angra Mainyu. Information on villages they took over, villages they'd saved, events they'd taken part in, among much more information was also listed.

The book closes and returns back to its transparent form before shelving itself.

"How can we trust people that don't even show us their faces?" A voice asks oddly sounding like Akou. A book behind Tsutae shifts of of the shelf and floats out before her. It was also red, glowing, and transparent. The book slowly creeps open, the sounds of the image not yet shown emitting from it. Once open the image in the book becomes more clear to show a different Akou--hair a shimmering blond and eyes black and littered with bright white stars as they had been in an image of Akou as a baby--yelling at a female that towered high over him and was barely clothed. Her form resembled the taller silhouette from the other book. The female had short and spiky black hair, eyes a radiate red. Her colors were mostly red, black, and white aside from the golden bells here and there. "The Angra Mainyu is not to be trusted!"

"You said the same thing about Reina and Ella, Akou. And yet they have been nothing but loyal to me."

"They're waiting for the right time to betray you. Why don't you just listen to me for once? I'm not just some stupid five year old kid Naomi!"

"I am not stupid either! I have heard enough. Reina and Ella won't betray me, I can assure you. And the Angra Mainyu can be trusted. End of the conversation-"

"Not end of the conversation! Reina is a murderer and Ella is a pathetic excuse of a witch! They'll turn on you and I... I don't want to lose you Naomi. You're..." Akou turns his head from Naomi a moment before looking back to see Naomi smirking. If only Akou knew that smirk wasn't simply to mock his gentle moment but the fact that Akou had no idea as to how impossible it would be for either Ella or Reina to turn on Naomi with him at stake.

"What you found out in all I don't know about." Whenever Tsutae got to look through a red, glowing, and transparent book Akou literally blacked out. He only knew what she found out from the regular books. "Things sort of went in and out," Akou states removing his hand from Tsutae's slowly and placing it over his forehead. He turns his back to her and walks a distance from her before turning back around. "Naomi gave Hikai the orders to go to Moon. I'm sure you know about her from your reading. She's in a lot of my memories mostly involving the Angra Mainyu. Anyway, she's the one to ask about that if you really must know. But she's not one for visitors unless they plan on joining her. And I highly doubt you plan to. So..." Akou brings down his hand and shoves it into his pocket. For an instant shock lights his face but it soon fades. He had been carrying a golden bell that was used for direct communication with Naomi but it wasn't in his pocket. But what shocked him most was that he'd left it in his old pants pocket that he tossed into a bin somewhere in Hidden Leaf. How could he have forgotten about taking the bell out? He grunts before continuing, "I was going to have you talk to Naomi but it seems as though I lost what I use for that. Guess I'll look for it later, when Yuriko is better." Akou huffs before shaking his head side to side at himself.