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The skies above the Hidden Leaf would crackle and ripple as the nose of a vast airship would appear above it, The Serenity, home to four very different shinobi that share the common goal and a kinship that few others shared. The glistening hull seemed to catch and reflect every bit of light that shone from the sun for a brief moment after appearing out of blank void it seemed that The Serenity appeared to be its own source of light a second sun if you will. Quiet the flashy entrance but that was exactly what the pilot had planned he enjoyed the show and tell of things that happened.


“STOP JUMPIN AROUND ON MY BRIDGE DOG BOY!!” Nerub yelled at Fenrir through gritted teeth at the helm of the Serenity steering above the Hidden Leaf, “You should be getting ready to go into the village not jumping up and down and smearing your nose all along the glass on my bridge its smearing YOUR GONNA CLEAN IT” as much as he got annoyed with Fenrir he had to admit the dog-boy was strong and fast probably the best taijutsu ninja he had met though that wasn’t really saying much he only just arrived here in the shinobi world.
He held the wheel of the ship in his hand and overlooked the city from wall to wall, large cliff to another wall. Quiet the defended looking city but he had learned the history of this city attacked and rebuilt so many times the walls didn’t seem to be able to stop the attackers. At the rate this city was destroyed they really needed an effective defense force there were far too many rogue shinobi left untracked and unmarked but Nerub knew that as of right now there was absolutely nothing that he could do about it he wasn’t strong enough but he would be.
“OK, GET YOUR SORRY ARSES TO THE DROP ROOM!” Nerub yelled over the yipping and jumping and noise making that Fenrir was doing. He positioned the ship over a courtyard off to the north side of the Hidden Leaf village.
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“STOP JUMPIN AROUND ON MY BRIDGE DOG BOY!!” Nerub had yelled at Fenrir and all Sagittarius had done was smirk ever since they had met the Orochi and the Therianthrope there had never been a dull moment though the Orochi seemed to have the most knowledge the Therianthrope had the makings of a very powerful taijutsu master but as of right now he was just… for lack of a better term a hyperactive dogboy quiet the annoyance but in general there wasn’t much that could be done about it.
Demon proceeded to the ‘drop room’ all it really was was a room that had ports on the bottom that ropes could go down there wasn’t anything that special about it. He knew that you couldn’t leave the ship until the radiation cleared away from the jump but that jump made it far easier to travel without anyone knowing exactly where they were going unless they were told the location. There was no current technique that would allow someone to track exactly where they were going.
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Jormangandr grinned devilishly as he listened to the cantankerous pilot yell at his friend Fenrir as they pulled out of the slip space above Hidden Leaf he had heard of this place many a times since he had been born primarily he heard that Hidden Leaf was responsible for the death of Orochimaru. That alone told Jormangandr that this was the place to go if he wanted to learn how to stop the Orochi clan from their ultimate goal. As he analyzed the city he saw every nook and cranny that could be used to hide or evade and avoid those that he did not wish to see him he found it quiet interesting that his observations told him absolutely nothing specific about the city and yet at the same time it told him everything. The ninja of this village leapt and bounded about as rabbits taking no effort to disguise their abilities it was quiet a shame that things would be so easy for them to pick out every ninja in this village for elimination.
But… that wasn’t there goal and it never would be his he was here to train not to fight unless his training involved fighting in which case he would take full advantage of anything that he could learn from the people of this village even if it meant very little in the long run.
Jormangandr stretched as he stood and moved towards the drop room it was always an interesting feeling falling and then just before impacting on the ground the rope catching you and allowing you to drop lightly to the ground and those same ropes could be used to quickly get back to the ship in nothing but a moment’s notice.
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“STOP JUMPIN AROUND ON MY BRIDGE DOG BOY!!” Fenrir heard Nerub yell through gritted teeth at the helm of the Serenity steering above the Hidden Leaf, “You should be getting ready to go into the village not jumping up and down and smearing your nose all along the glass on my bridge its smearing YOUR GONNA CLEAN IT”
“I aint gonna be cleaning s**t this mangy a** bridge couldn’t get any dirtier.” Fenrir retorted he meant nothing with his replys and both he and Nerub knew that he wasn’t smudging the windows it was just what they did bicker and argue as needed just for something to do it didn’t seem like much to anyone outside of their group but it showed everyone that was a part of the group that Fenrir and Nerubian where both rather good friends even if they neglected to show it outside of… well…. anywhere. Fenrir made his way silently to the drop room this was his favorite part of arriving anywhere the drop so much fun.
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Nerub hadn’t left the ship he had been investigating using his camera he didn’t trust leaving the ship open as it was there was a large amount of people and ninja alike staring at his ship and he would be damned if he left it unprotected. One thing he noticed however was how the ninja moved jumping from rooftop to rooftop he grinned as he saw some appear then vanish instantly he had read of this technique it was called the Body Flicker Jutsu if he were to learn that then he would be able to near instantly return to his ship. He proceeded to the drop room and grabbing onto the loop on the rope he made sure that his rifle was securely fastened to his back he grinned as he fell to the ground coming up short before he hit he wouldn’t be going far and if any of the chords from the ship were up he would be using his rifle for a hunter killer mission within his own ship and to be honest he really didn’t look forward to that but if he had to then he wouldn’t hesitate to do what he needed to do.
He moved quickly though not nearly as quick as the shinobi he moved to the training ground and immediately spotted the white hair of Kakashi and smirked he was the foremost master of the Body Flicker technique and as such he would be the one to learn from. He approached Kakashi.
“Hatake Kakashi I understand that you are the one to seek out if you’re interested in learning the body flicker technique.” He was probably drawing strange looks he wasn’t from this shinobi world and his Rifle was just one of the things to show it.
“The body flicker technique is really simple focus the chakra around you then hyper accelerates it and let your body flow with it.” Kakashi was quick to explain the basics of the technique without ever having to even look up from the book he was continuously reading. Sometimes Nerub had trouble reading the language of this world but that didn’t seem to be able to stop him this time. The cover said enough the book that was a dirty romance book. Nerubian smirked as he thanked Kakashi and promptly returned to the ship now that he knew just how to get the technique to work it would be easy for him to figure it out in the open section of his ship or even on the top part of the hull it had been more than long enough since the ship had emerged from the jump there shouldn’t be any radiation left on the hull to harm him.
As he neared the ship he knew that there was no one on bored because all four of the ropes were still in the places he had left them. He grabbed his rope and it pulled him back up to the ship in no time as he went up he saw Sagittarius returning to the ship and grinned that Demon always knew exactly what he was going for it was rare that he wouldn’t have what he needed quickly.
As he stared at the hull of his ship getting closer he couldn’t resist a bit of a tune he had learned from his Uncle, “Dyga so muja, dyga so myht Dyga sa frana E lyhhud cdyht E tuh'd lyna, E's cdemm vnaa Oui lyh'd dyga dra cgo vnus sa” It was in Al-Behd his native language so it rolled off the tongue far more easily than the language of this world. (If anyone needs a translator its in the Hidden World of Fantasy in Spira.
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Saggittarius placed his foot on the loop of his rope and stepped free of the ship gliding gently down, stepping free as he reached the ground level he watched as Jormangandr and Fenrir leapt from the ship dramatically and he saw no reason for it he was a demon yet he appeared to be the most classy of group as well as the most educated it chalked that up to his age compared to the rest he was 200+ years older than all of them and in that time he had done mostly study he wasn’t nearly as violent as the other Demons he had been around he did not enjoy killing as most did though he could do it without a problem.
His goal was to find Sakura Haruno once he had heard that she had a variety of seals that he could place on his cloak in order to absorb elemental attacks that would be quiet useful in the long run he would build himself to be the shield of the group he had already laid out several possible layouts he already knew that Nerubian and himself were less than likely to learn a vast amount of attacks he walked down the streets of Konoha he exuded an aura unlike any ninja that ventured in this land because he was not a ninja he was a demon they gave him a wide berth and few people even realized they did. It was something he grew used to since he stood taller than most. He neared the hospital where he knew he’d find Sakura Haruno she was a healer and as such she would be at the hospital probably accompanied by her mentor Tsunade. As he entered the hospital most people turned to look at him but he simply walked up to the desk.
“Im looking for a Ms. Haruno.” Sagittarius said calmly
“Um… one moment please.” The desk clerk hesitated only briefly before hurrying off behind closed doors. She returned several minutes later, “Sakura will be out in a few moments please wait here.”
“Very well.” Sagittarius replied before finding himself a spot to stand off to the side he simply observed the people within the hospital it was a rather nice place and he hoped that this place didn’t get to much action as that would mean a rather large amount of injuries.
“You asked for me?” Sakura said from his side had he been human he had no doubt that he would have jumped he simply turned his head towards her she was indeed a ninja of vast skill.
“I’ve heard that you can teach me a series of seals that would allow me to absorb elemental attacks would it be possible for you to teach them to me?” Sagittarius explained carefully as if he was being extremely careful what he said.
“Yes I’ve got a book right here it contains all the signs that I could teach you as well as a description of what they do.” She reached into her pack and handed him a small book that had many symbols on its pages.
“Is paper a required surface or would it be possible to place these seals on cloth objects?” that was his only question on the subject he planned on carefully placing these seals on his cloak so as to be able to use them far more efficiently.
“As long as the seal is intact it’ll be able to absorb any of the elements that are related to the seal.” She noticed the symbol on his cloak at that point, “Wait… you’re a demon aren’t you?” she didn’t seem afraid but she did get rigid placing herself on edge in a near instant.
“No.” He was done here and spun on his heel leaving Sakura standing there stock still staring after him he doubted that she believed him but what could he do he wasn’t about to kill her and he had acquired what he came for. He had one stop he had to make before returning to the airship he stopped at a place that he had NO doubt that no other demon had entered for a valid reason before. He was going to a clothing shop he was going to pick up some Cloth dye and some precision tools so that he could transcribe the fancy symbols onto his cloak. He returned to the ship and placed his foot in the loop using one hand to hold onto the rope and the other to hold his case of supplies he shot straight back up into the ship and from there proceeded quickly to his room he removed his cloak and placed it on his work table smiling as he drew out the book if he could manage to properly transcribe these symbols his cloak would become the ultimate elemental shield and from there all he had to do was find a way to prevent physical damage but that was another problem for another day.
The first symbol he would transcribe would be the fire seal he took several minutes to study the symbol as well as to read what it did. The fire seal symbol allows the user to seal nearby fire based attack. The user writes the seal on a scroll or piece of cloth and then performs the required handseals. This causes a vapor to appear from the scroll, enveloping the fire based attack and sealing it on the scroll or within the cloth object. Such a simple description to a quiet impressive technique he liked the symbols the way they looked was quiet beautiful indeed few alphabets could compare to those used within the symbol so very carefully he began to transcript the symbol using the materials he had gotten from the clothing shop he transferred the beautiful fire symbol from the book onto his cloak and infused it with chakra, which he had only recently learned to control, he was quiet impressed with how it seemed to match perfectly the symbol that was already there the way he had planned to transcribe these symbols was a plan that he had brought to his own recognition not long ago he would place them on the cloak in a pattern that would allow him to channel his demonic energy into chakra creating some very interesting effects that he would be able to easily direct as he needed. He placed the fire signature in its crisp form in the upper left portion of the symbol that was already on the cloak it fit perfectly.
The second symbol he needed to transcribe was going to be the Ice Seal he took another several minutes to study the symbols as well as to read what it did. Ice Seal This symbol allows the user to seal nearby ice based attack. The user writes the seal on a scroll or on cloth and then performs the required handseals. This causes a vapor to appear from the scroll or cloth object, enveloping the ice based attack and sealing it on the scroll or cloth object. Once again this symbol was quiet magnificent though it had a more fluid design to it than the crispness that was the FireSeal he chose a position in the lower right of the symbol on the cloak and began to transcribe the symbol taking careful and precise actions to be sure that he was moving the symbol correctly he knew he was as he was being very careful about what he was doing when he was careful he didn’t make mistakes like this and he had little doubt in his mind that this would work perfectly.
The third symbol to transcribe needed to be the Thunder Seal he took the necessary time to analyze this symbol it seemed to have a sharper feel then the other symbols reminding him not to unlike to the way electrical attacks felt. He read the words written on the page of the Thunder Seal Thunder Seal This symbol allows the user to seal nearby electrical based attack. The user writes the seal on a scroll or cloth and then performs the required handseals. This causes a vapor to appear from the scroll or cloth, enveloping the electrical based attack and sealing it on the scroll or cloth. He grinned choosing the position of this symbol and tilting it slightly at an angle so that it fit into his grand master design rather nicely he was amazed by how all these seals seemed to fit together nicely as if it was intentionally all on its design meant to fit together like a puzzle. Once again he made sure that his motion jagged and precise as the symbol was matching the design in the book exactly he transfused a portion of his chakra into this symbol as he had with the others and grinned as it seemed to crackle with energy.
The fourth and final symbol that he was going to transcribe in this session was going to be thee Water Seal studying the symbol on the page of the book it seemed to have a more fluid feel to the rest of the symbols and it took him a slightly longer amount of time to find a place to fit into his design but he managed to get a place rather nicely. He read the passage of the book about this seal the Water Seal This symbol allows the user to seal nearby water based attack. The user writes the seal on a scroll or cloth and then performs the required handseals. This causes a vapor to appear from the scroll or cloth, enveloping the water based attack and sealing it on the scroll or cloth. He grinned as his movements in transcribing this symbol seemed to take a tad bit longer than the others but moved with the very fluid actions of water it was quiet nice and when he finished transcribing the symbol it was a very intricate design he did the required handsigns and all four of the symbols glowed with their respective elemental colors mist enveloped the room but since there were no elemental attacks to absorb they did nothing but the effect was dramatic and rather nice. He grinned as he finished applying the necessary touches to the symbols so that they could dry and remain on his cloak permanently. He opened the book and there was yet another symbol that he had found that was rather nice but he didn’t have either the supplies or the time to place it on his cloak just yet that and it had to go on the actual person’s body. And he really didn’t feel like placing any tattoos onto his skin any time he walked to the window and watched as Jormangandr and Fenrir approached the ship from two different directions. Fenrir walked as if he had learn something that increased his overall power and Jormangandr looked as if he had learned something to do with the mind though how Sagittarius knew that exactly not even he knew but he knew it was something that came with being a Demon it was odd for others but not for him. He doubted that Al Behd had even left the ship he was more than capable of studying whatever he wanted to learn from the bridge where he had access to such a wide variety of scanners and view cameras he had no doubt in his mind that he had accomplished what he wanted to accomplish… if he even wanted to accomplish anything.
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Jormangandr leapt from the ship in a very nice looking swan dive and shortly before smashing into the ground and with a neat flourish he flipped and landed neatly on his feet his suit barely fluttering in the wind. He immediately knew who he was going to seek out. He was going to find Sarutobi Kurenai the most prominent Genjutsu master of the Hidden Leaf village his goal was to become the brightest and best Genjutsu expert capable of catching even Uchiha in his grips it would be his best goal should it ever occur and as everyone set off in there directions Jormangandr made a beeline for Kurenai’s house he hoped he would be able to convince her to teach them.
He arrived at the shared household of Kurenai and Asuma seeing as how they shared a house after having a child together it isn’t really that odd that they do he just wondered a bit about what exactly was going on in there… but then again he was the most happy that he did not know. He approached the doorway but before he could even knock they flew open and he was engulfed in Flower Petals he was thrown back from the doorway and slammed into a tree that caught him with its branches easily. Kurenai herself came out of that tree holding a Kunai to his neck.
“What are you doing here Orochi?” She hissed venomously, “Why shouldn’t I just kill you on the spot?”
“I simply wish to learn Genjutsu from the master of hidden leaf there is no malice in my reason for coming.” Jormangandr replied coolly if he were to be too persistent in his attempts to learn she may just kill him where he was trapped but if he were to back off to easily then she may also just kill him on the spot.
“Why should I trust you you who serve Orochimaru?!” Kurenai asked angrily.
“You should trust me because I do NOT server Orochimaru I was thrown out of my village because I refused to worship that fraud.” He was being honest and with how she was already in his mind she would be able to tell if he was lying.
“Alright, I can tell your not lying and I will teach you because you seem to really want to learn even if I don’t like the idea of teaching someone like you.” Kurenai released him from the Genjutsu and he found himself still standing on the porch but Kurenai did in fact have a Kunai to his neck “You’ve already seen a bit of my Genjutsu why don’t you show me what you’ve got?”
“I don’t know ANY Genjutsu techniques as of right now I am just starting my goal of learning what I need to learn in order to become a Genjutsu expert but as it stands I don’t know enough about it to even call myself a student… well that is so to say… I know how Genjutsu work but I don’t know any techniques to apply my knowledge that was why I was hoping to come here to learn it will be the easiest for me to start learning the more difficult techniques first and then from the difficult techniques work my way to the easier ones so that way as I go it gets easier.” Jormangandr explained his plan to Kurenai and he hoped she would believe him she was probably still in his mind if only a little bit she would still be there and still be able to tell if he was lying quiet the useful tactic to use, mind invasion that is.
Kurenai looked at him like he was stupid but didn’t bother to comment she merely walked back into the building and tossed him a book on some widely known Genjutsu techniques and some of her own personal notes that weren’t among the norm such as some mental training that could be done so as to increase the power of Genjutsu but that wasn’t as useful to him as of now as they could be down the line. He bowed deeply only to have the door to Kurenai’s house slid shut with a dull thud in his face almost closing his head in the door. It was obvious that he was not wanted there even though she had sensed that he was not lying she still didn’t trust him and he thought that was smart if there was one thing that Jormangandr had learned was that you should never trust anyone fully until they have earned it and he had done nothing to convince Kurenai otherwise.
He opened the book Genjutsu was one hundred and ten percent control of the mind that left little to the imagination except for some of the other Genjutsu he read about some allowed for complete and total control over the environment around the person or persons trapped in the environment not unlike the Genjutsu used by the Uchiha’s quiet interesting to say the least. That was definitely one that he would have to learn at one point or another but his first task was to focus on some of Kurenai’s signature Genjutsu since he was here in Konoha it couldn’t be that hard to learn something from here. Easier so if he was lucky.
“First goal lets learn that Tree Genjutsu…” Orochi said as he flipped through the pages trying to locate the one that he was talking about, “Tree Binding Death moderate level Genjutsu… let me see here…” He continued to read the description of the Genjutsu aloud, “ This is a Genjutsu technique utilized by the Leaf Jounin Yuuhi Kurenai. After forming the needed hand seals, Kurenai will disappear and approach her target. Once near her target, a tree will grow at their feet and its branches will bind them so they can no longer move. Once the illusion makes them believe they are captured, Kurenai will appear from the tree itself and stab her target with a kunai.” He took a moment and compared his Ninjato to a Kunai quiet similar in fact one would be hard pressed to find a reason why a Ninjato wouldn’t work for this technique it would be a simple fact both were sharp he would use his ninjato instead of using a kunai it was just as easy as one would assume he read everything about this technique.
Primarily the user of the technique has to understand exactly how to hides ones sound and the key point to doing that would be the inner ear components, namely, the cochlea and the semicircular canals are fluid-filled structures. In the inner lining of the cochlea there are over 20,000 minute nerve cells these differ in length and resiliency. As soon as the compression wave reaches these nerve cells, they resonate at certain frequencies and release an electrical impulse. This electrical impulse is perceived by the auditory nerve and transmitted to the brain. In the brain, the impulses are interpreted as 'sound'. Thus, the human ear is a complex structure that performs important functions like hearing, head positioning and/or maintaining the balance. So if someone were to rewire these electrical signals via a Genjutsu with a precision touch they could be told to ignore the compression waves that come from the sound of movement from the person in question a simple thing for someone intelligent like Jormangandr.

“Let’s see this technique could be quiet useful as well.” Jormangandr rubbed his chin thoughtfully as he read aloud, “Flower Petal Escape a moderate level Genjutsu this technique is a Genjutsu utilized by the Leaf Jounin Yuuhi Kurenai. If Kurenai comes under attack, she can use this technique to cover her escape. After forming the needed hand seals, Kurenai's body will disperse into a shower of flower petals. These petals will confuse and distract her opponent while she escapes or hides.” Jormangandr grinned wickedly at the thought of this technique thankfully all this one required was an understanding of how the eye worked.
The light enters the eye and from there is converted to an electrical impulse that codes what the light shows and sends that into the nerve once the nerve leaves the eye, with the retinal impulse information, it goes to the lateral geniculation body and after being 'decoded', the messages are sent further into the brain via the optic tracts to the occipital cortex. That's where the 'image' is noted, but it's not where you 'know' that that image is a hand or a frog or a prince or princess. That area has to talk with other parts of the brain where association fibers communicate the information which gives you the idea of what it is you are looking at. There was actually a multitude of ways to manipulate a persons vision. You could keep the eyes from reading certain kinds of light you could manipulate the electrical signal so that the person thinks there not seeing something they should or one could fiddle with the association fibers that communicate the information and send the signal somewhere else so the brain says hey your seeing this when in reality your actually seeing that without any way for you to know the difference. Quiet effective quiet effective indeed Jormangandr smirked as he closed the book placing it in his bag he started on his way back to the airships clearing he had heard that the Chuunin exams were coming up soon and he didn’t want to be left behind when the rest of his group left for it he had been studying the book for hours and he doubted they would wait that long… well Fenrir might… probably not.
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As Fenrir leapt from The Serenity the rope securely fastened to his leg he enjoyed the fall and shortly before hitting the ground the rope went taut and he gently flipped himself onto the ground silently. So his first task was to track down Maito Guy so that he could learn how to open the rest of the gates. After he knew how to open the celestial gates he would then learn the techniques related to them. After that he would learn how to perform various other taijutsu techniques from this village he hoped to be ready before the next Chuunin exams which were less than a month away now. So he had to train really hard at the techniques that he was going to learn and as such he would really have to work his hardest to learn every little thing that he could hope to learn because without them he doubted his true skill towards passing the Chuunin exams. And as such he began searching all throughout Konoha. he started at the spa but all he managed to find was Jiraiya peeping on the girls in the bathhouse as he usually did Fenrir yelled at him for peeping on the girls and soon enough as Fenrir had planned they stormed Jiraiya and began beating him up. Fenrir then checked at the book store but all he found there was Naruto 'researching' the female body for his Harem no Jutsu. Fenrir yelled at Naruto just the same as he yelled at Jiraiya but this time it alerted the store owner to Naruto. He watched as Naruto was kicked out and waved goodbye to the store owner. Naruto seemed rather perturbed that Fenrir had yelled at him but he would get over it. Fenrir then moved on to the Ninja Memorial and he found Kakashi there he said hello and was quickly on his way not wanting to interfere with Kakashi's mourning over his old friend Obito. Fenrir moved on to the hospital incase either Lee or Guy had overworked them as they usually did and wound up there. After a bit of asking around he found Sakura and Tsuande but neither of them knew where Guy or Lee could be found being as how Tsunade wasn't in charge of Konoha anymore it didn’t really surprise him. He headed on to the Uchiha compound and ignoring the people that where all around there proceeded to locate Itachi and Sasuke. He asked them where Guy and Lee where but again neither of them knew and he moved on to the next area. Next Fenrir tried the hyuuga compound but again he had more trouble there because even though he had found Hinata and Neji neither of them knew where to find Lee or Guy Fenrir was starting to get frustrated as he had tried many times now to find them. Both Hinata and Neji offered to look with Byakugan for him but he had denied saying that trekking around the village was actually a rather good work out for him. He continued to look and he headed out into the forest and there he first found Hidan Brooding over the fact that he had been buried in the dirt and recently dug up Fenrir stood off to the side of the clearing he was in as Hidan said, "GOD DA** MOTHER ******** SOME OF A **** WHY THE HELL DID THEY HAVE TO ******* BURRY ME ******* SHIKAMARU THAT LITTLE ******* SHOULDNT HAVE BURIED ME HE WILL GET WHATS COMING TO HIM THAT LITTLE MOTHER ****** ILL GET HIM AND THE REST OF HIS TEAM!!!"

Fenrir decided against asking Hidan where he could find Lee or Guy because I would probably mean hell for him dealing with Hidan at this moment. As he continued to search the forest he found Shino Aburame and Kiba Inuzuka talking and training Kiba had Akamaru practicing his Dynamic marking and Shino was practicing whatever it was he practiced Fenrir wasn’t totally sure Fenrir asked, "Do you guys know where Lee or Guy are?" the answer was the same as the rest of the people save this. Kiba added, "You should ask Kurenai she should be at her house being pregnant with Asuma's kid she doesn’t really get around as much as she used too so you should definitely check her house for her Asuma will probably be there to." Fenrir thanked them both and headed off towards Kurenai's house. He knocked on the door and Asuma answered, "What do ya need?" Fenrir grinned and asked, "I’m curios if either you or Kurenai know where Rock Lee or Guy-Sensei are I’ve been just about all over the village and I can’t seem to find either of them or anyone that knows." Asuma seemed to ponder that a moment before he finally answered, "Well id have to say that they may be out in Lee's Dojo but Guy might be out on a mission you might want to check the Dojo first of all and then if Guy is on a mission you should train with Rock Lee." Fenrir thanked Asuma and headed off towards Their Dojo he followed the signs much like Naruto had once upon a time ago and as a direct result it took him longer to get there then he had hoped it would.

"Damn and here I was hoping that I'd get some practice with the gates..." Fenrir thought to himself as he continued on his way. He turned and began on his way towards Lee's Dojo once again still following the signs it was a task all in its own he knew that if anyone ever where to come to Konoha and actually make it to the Dojo by following the Signs then they would actually be worth fighting... perhaps that was why lee had put the signs where they where... or perhaps lee was just a unique individual. Fenrir would probably place a bet on the second of the two ideas rather than the first unless it had been Guy's idea then he probably would have bet on the first of the two. Fenrir didn't really care as he stood outside of the Dojo he knocked a few times and to His utter dismay no body answered. He opened the door and took a quick look around and he found no one. Fenrir was beyond sad that there hadn't been anyone within and as such knew that he would be forced to continue his track elsewhere within the hidden leaf village. He didn't even begin to know where to look he didn't want to bother the Hokage with this little bit of trouble that he was facing because it wouldn't really be worth his time to tell Fenrir where Guy or Lee could be located which left him with little more choice then to continue his search around the town and he knew soon enough he would probably begin researching places if he didn't find them by the time he had looked everywhere. As Fenrir continued his search around town he stopped at the BBQ place that Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino had dined with Asuma a while back and was lucky enough to find them all walking in. "Would you guys happen to know where Lee or Guy are I can’t seem to find either of them." He asked them and was dismayed to hear that none of them knew but Choji had been kind enough to offer Fenrir the choice of whether to join them or not. Fenrir heartily agreed that it would be a nice change from all his trekking around Konoha and he was feeling kind of hungry. They walked in together and quickly found a spot and ordered the Barbeque that they were going to eat. Not even an Hour later they had finished it all and Fenrir was on his way thanking them graciously for treating him to lunch. Fenrir was kind of mad that they hadn't known where to look but that didn't stop him he would continue his search so that sometime soon he would be able to call himself a Taijutsu Master. As Fenrir walked around the village he eventually ran into Konohamaru and his little gang though he doubted they would know he would ask anyway. It was his mistake as when he asked the answer of all three was the same. They all pointed... but they had all pointed in a different direction which immediately struck up an argument amongst them and Fenrir quickly headed out on his way another chunk of the day wasted but still he did continue his search. Eventually Fenrir found himself at the training grounds where he saw TenTen practicing off to the side. He walked over and asked her the question that he had been asking all day. He hoped that she would have an answer but yet again she did not know. Fenrir cursed silenetly to himself as he left the training grounds and almost immediately ran into Kakuza. He basically said to himself screw it I’ll ask him He asked Kakuza where he would be able to find Lee or Guy and the answer was simple, "If you pay me I’ll tell you." Fenrir didn't really care anymore and handed Kakuza 10 ¥ Kakuza quickly answered, "There out on a mission and will be back in about 10 minutes at the western gate." Fenrir thanked Kakuza though he was angry that they were not in the village at least he knew when they would be back and where they would come from. He quickly headed to the west gate so that he could get a jump start before heading out to meet Lee and Guy they would probably see training Fenrir right after a mission as a bit of a contest which one would last through training the longest and as such it would probably give him the training that he so desired and he was happy with that.

As Fenrir and Lee headed towards Lee's Dojo Fenrir made sure that he paid note to which direction they were taking and also to which turns he did not want to follow the signs the next time that he was going to the Dojo. Once they got there Lee opened the door to the Dojo and Fenrir stood there for a moment before going in but at that moment many thoughts crossed his mind. His first thoughts were of his friend Sango whom was probably already well into her training when all Fenrir had managed to do was get a nap. His second thought was to his family his mom and dad at home or at work at this time he wasn't really sure it was still kind of early so they were probably both still at home. While he was out training he had left a note for them to find as well. Lee turned around on the spot and said, "Alright Fenrir-san let us spar quickly so that we may be better prepared to train." and with those very few words Lee charged forward as Fenrir prepared himself he listened carefully Lee's footsteps echoing as his placed his feet the sound waves bouncing off of the walls and equipment. Fenrir closed his eyes and focused his ears he heard Lee place his foot on a board that creaked at the pressure and he then heard the swishing of Lee's right leg as it cut knife like through the air flying towards Fenrir's exposed head prepared to knock him silly. Fenrir's eyes snapped open and he quickly blocked Lee's leg and launched a fist forward that was blocked by Lee as swiftly as Fenrir had stopped his foot. That was when Guy sensei came in with an urgent mission from the Hokage Fenrir cursed silently as he waved goodbye to both Guy and Lee and he then decided that he would head to the training grounds maybe he could get in some practice there. Fenrir walked still watching the battle pushing people out of his way rather unceremoniously. "Damn I want to fight..." Fenrir said his voice having a little bit of an echo to it as the Inner beast fought for control so that it could reveal itself but Fenrir held control over the Inner beast and he wouldn't allow it to take control and force him into a battle he would ultimately lose, "LET ME FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the inner beast screamed in the back of Fenrir's head as it fought to gain control and fight, " YOU WILL NOT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!! Fenrir pushed back suppressing the inner beast not allowing him to show himself.

After having finished training with Rock Lee and Maito Guy Fenrir decided he would have a walk in the woods. The walk didn't last long before it began to rain and almost immediately afterwards Fenrir witness what appeared to be a dome of ice appear off to his left. He figured it was ninja fighting so he thought he would stop by and take a look. As Fenrir neared the Ice he saw crows frozen here and there but none anywhere else. "Hmmm..." Fenrir said as he ran his hand over the ice. He tapped it in the a few places and brought his hand back in a fist. And with one solid blow that a Taijutsu master could master he cracked a nice sized hole out of the ice, "Hello!!!" Fenrir shouted into the dome and listened to his echo. He decided he would take a look around inside and quickly made his way in the light filtered through the ice giving a slightly eerie look he could hear the sounds of battle and see shapes moving grotesquely disfigured through the ice. He neared the battle and walking out from behind and ice pillar he watched as two people fought. They both appeared to be Gennin so they were probably training for the Chuunin exams Fenrir thought. Fenrir had been off to the side when the loud croak had been let loose and lucky for him he didn't know any Ninjutsu or Genjutsu to forget. As the ice shards began to fall razor sharp from breaking with the speed of gravity giving them force his special Daggers where in his hands instantly from there hidden position in his sleeves. Using the speed of a taijutsu master he began to deflect every and all of the ice projectiles while at the same time trying to keep an eye on the fight. It would appear that King Enma had made his way onto the field and he was rather surprised to see him as he didn't know of any Gennin that could summon him... that was until now of course. Once the razor sharp ice shards had stopped falling Fenrir quickly reloaded his daggers into the spring contraption in his sleeves similar to Naruto's in shippuden with the kunai. "Well that was kind of cool." Fenrir said more to himself then anything just being on the side of the battle was helping his training a bit though not much. The explosions where the coolest things Fenrir had seen as of yet and that kind of disappointed him though he knew it wasn't going to be the last thing cool to be seen. Fenrir was intent on watching this fight as both participants would probably be in the Chuunin exams he thought he would get a leg up and learn how they fought. As Fenrir was observing the fight the exploding tag went off after the ice had been cracked and sent thousands of very sharp shards at him. Again Fenrir had the daggers in his hand in less than the blink of an eye. He skillfully deflected most all of the thousand or so shards that came at him save a few that flew past only 1 drew blood with a small line on his cheek it wasn't a deep scratch so it wouldn't bother him that much. First however before he learns from the true masters he may as well learn from those of whom have also learned from the masters such as he knew one to be Sasuke Uchiha and even though most people now a day’s don’t realize it he had learned what he knows of taijutsu from Rock Lee for more than one of his combat techniques. The first of which was ShiShi Rendan which utilized the use of Rock Lee's shadow dance to launch an opponent into the air and allow the user of the technique to launch a barrage of attacks ending in a powerful downward kick directed at the midriff of the opponent after they had landed on the ground. But before he sought out anyone he was going to have some Ramens. That was something that he hadn’t had in a while good ramens not the kind that you buy from the store and just need to be heated up but the kind that are made for you somewhere. Fenrir was slightly depressed over the fact that nothing had really changed in hidden leaf he had slightly hoped that he would be unable to locate the ramen shop due to changes but sadly it was right where it had always been. He walked into the ramen shop and was happy to see that the old man still ran it. Fenrir sat down in his usual seat even though he had been gone for two years he still remembered where he always sat unless of course someone was in his seat but luckily no one was.
Fenrir ordered his usual ramen and grinned as he quickly devoured it it was sort of odd but after having learned how to open the first gate he couldn’t remember how to turn his fur to steel while he was transformed perhaps it was just that he did infact have to forget any Genjutsu or Ninjutsu when he learned how to open the gates but that in and of itself wasn’t bad not bad at all. He focused on Taijutsu anyway so it wasn’t a big deal about it thankfully he could still remember how to transform and then there was a fighting style he had learned for when he was transformed and he grinned this was awesome he could feel the power within him from the gates even when they were closed. It was a very powerful feeling and he enjoyed it so much. He payed his bill for the ramen then returned towards the ship he saw Jormangandr and they both pulled themselves back up to the ship at the same time they were the last two to arrive.

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A cool wind blew through the village, stirring up dust from the unpaved roads. This was nothing new, the village had always had problems like that during the dry season. Some of the village's visitors, however, weren't as accustomed to this. One was the latest visitor, a figure cloaked completely from sight, hidden under numerous layers of rags, scraps of cloth and other shreds of fabric. They stood at about the normal size of a human, though there was something in the way they walked that seemed off. Like something pretending to be human, perhaps. They made their way unerringly through the crowds, even though they couldn't possibly see through their facial coverings. Who were they, and why had they come to this place? That was the question. They had the answer, of course, but would they share it?

They slowed as another cloaked figure drew closer. While almost certainly just headed toward the village's gate, the obscured figure seemed to tense up, slowing down as if expecting a fight to break out. They didn't draw a weapon, nor did they make any overt signs of aggression. But for those who had spent as long of a time in battle as the true shinobi, the obscured figure's tension was nearly palpable. It wasn't fear, nor nervousness. No, it was a barely held back desire. But what?
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Hedoro remained silent for a time, just long enough for it to seem that she wouldn't be answering. Inside, she was rather annoyed at how everyone seemed to recognize her, even with her wrappings. Whether it was rumor, or a special visual technique or doujutsu, it wasn't always easy to tell how they knew. But they did, and it was annoying. She recognized the non-human standing before her, they had crossed paths once or twice. Since they weren't actually a human, she didn't feel quite as hostile toward them as she normally might have. Certainly not friendly, but not outright hateful. She relaxed her posture somewhat, though to those who knew her, they'd realize posture and stance made no difference to her lethality. "Fortunately for you, I just finished a very special meal, and it put me in a good mood. Don't spoil my enjoyment with talk of civility and other such foolish concepts." Her voice was that same inhuman sound, a combination of a babbling brook and bubbling muck, the voice of life and death. It suited her, in ways that others could only guess at. As for her reply, that should have been more or less what Crius might have expected. If the Angra Mainyu's information network was as extensive as she assumed, they would already know just what meal she was talking about, as well as the ramifications of such a meal.
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Hedoro had been in a relatively good mood. To a normal person, rather, a normal human, that might simply color things in a more positive light. But she was not normal, and she was not human. Her moods were, by and large, completely different facets of her as a whole. She didn't have multiple personalities in the traditional sense, she was actually composed of multiple beings, and merged into one consciousness. When her general mood leaned toward one of these facets, that aspect tended to make the choices in her actions. So her overall mindset was a positive one, which left her Midori persona in control. Fairly energetic and positive, she wasn't too dangerous if not provoked. But she didn't act alone. The other aspects of Hedoro were inside her, too, and they had their own viewpoints on the matter.

So when Crius asked to take her to dinner, a bit of confusion ran through the committee, as it were. Rather obvious, really, that Hedoro wasn't social. She didn't really have any associates, let alone friends. And the idea of a social excursion was totally lost on her. But she understood dinner. Of course, what she considered inner, and what others would consider dinner, were almost certainly different, but the basic idea was the same. The idea of taking someone out to it, however, she wasn't sure about. Her different personas argued amongst themselves as they tried to decide what that meant, and finally came up with what they felt it had to have meant.

Her attitude shifted dramatically, as she drew back into a combat stance once more. "So you're challenging me to battle?" Somewhere along the way, she had gotten the two separate ideas of what a dinner was, and accompaniment, and got them horribly mangled. She took 'taking out to dinner' as a challenge to battle. After all, since she generally had to fight for her meals, she assumed everyone else did, too. And if Crius was asking to have them go to the same location to eat, they would, by necessity, have to fight to see who got to eat, and who didn't. It was all so obvious, now that she thought about it. And yet so wrong, at the same time...
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Beneath her wrappings, Hedoro frowned. She didn't like being laughed at, it reminded her of 'those times'. Crius stopped before he got her too angry, though, so she was able to restrain herself. Which was fortunate, as she found out what he had actually meant. She knew basically what money was, so she understood the concept of free. Not that it made much sense. Money didn't taste good at all, who would be foolish enough to exchange such waste with food? But if there were those out there willing to do so, she thought it would be worth looking into. Not having to fight tooth and nail for a meal could be refreshing, even if it was so far out of the ordinary she wasn't sure how to handle such an occasion.

But the misunderstanding wasn't done. 'Reserves'. He had said that, yes. She remembered that word, but what was it from? Thinking back, she saw it on a bottle? Yes, a rather dusty bottle. The liquid inside had been rather tasty, and the screams the human had made when he discovered she had eaten all of those dusty bottles had been surprisingly loud. The human hadn't tasted very good, though. But those bottles! Those had been very tasty! 'Sine Qua Non Reserve', that was it! If this odd place that exchanged money for food had that, then she was definitely intrigued.

But she still seemed a bit unsure. All her life had been battle, and the few times that others hadn't attacked her, something always seemed to come along to make things end up as a fight after all. Perhaps it was simply a Pavlovian response, but she had the feeling that even if she did go, a fight would end up happening anyways. Though, if that was true, then wouldn't it make more sense to agree, to at least get food before the fight began? "Alright. I shall go."
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Hedoro could be patient, true, but if there was no reason to wait, she could be rather impatient. Not enough to rush into a situation, but if something was decided, there was no point beating around the bush. In her mind, she had made her decision, so there was no reason to delay acting on it. Not to mention the fact that she was beginning to get a little hungry. Not enough to urge her to do anything too violent, but definitely enough to make her more likely to go toward where there might be food.

She didn't like the idea of following anyone, but she didn't like the idea of walking alongside them any better. She was a loner, by nature and by necessity. Though in this case, she would have to make concessions, if it meant finding a different way to get a meal. That was valuable information! So she finally grudgingly followed after Crius, a fair distance between them. She still wasn't sure she believed his explanation of what being 'taken out to dinner' meant, she was still expecting an ambush or attack of some kind. Or maybe she was just tense.
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