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 Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:33 pm
Kakuou woke once more in the afterlife as he found himself dead after trying the exams. he sighed slowly as he began to run hoping not to be found by Orochimaru anymore. once he was a ways away he could feel himself changing again he didn't know what yet but sooner or later he would. he just decided to contiue to run untill he could find a safe place with anyone else, who hasn't been found by orochimaru. it would be bad if he found orochimaru because he feared something horrible might happen since he didn't quite do to good in his life as Kakuou kaguya.
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:13 pm
Akira found himself back in the Afterlife. With that all of his memories came flooding back to him. For that moment he remembered who had killed him the first time and what his original name was. It was truely a freaky thing to happen. With those new memories came anger. With that anger came rash thinking. It was a long time before Akira decided what he was going to do now that he was back in the afterlife. After a while he sighed, knowing that he needed to make a decision.
He knew that he had learned everything from the First Hokage and most everything from the second Hokage. He also knew that he had the basics for the satetsu of the Third Kazekage. Fianlly, he knew that he was done with the second Hokage so he probably would not return to him. That left only a few places to go. He did not know where he was going to go so hie was fortunately that his choice was made for him. As Akira was about to leave he heard a cough comming from behind him.
Akira swerved around and had to peer into the darkness to see that he had been transported in front of another throne. Akira thought for a second that it was again the first Hokage, but it quickly became obvious that it was not. Still Akira knew that it was a former hokage none the less. Akira decided to take a step closer to the Hokage to figure out who he was. When he got closer he saw that this hokage was a lot older than the others. The Hokage spoke. "It took you long enough to notice me."
"I am the third Hokage. At the time of my death I was the oldest Hokage to still hold office. I had retired over ten years earlier gave my position to a younger man. He did not last long, no disrespect to the Fourth Hokage, After that they called me back to action, even though I was well over age. That is because I am Sarutobi the one called the professor because of my proficiency with hundreds of jutsus. Some jutsus that died with me. Those are jutsus that I am able to teach you because of these special circumstances.
There are a lot of techniques that I can teach you. All you have to do is ask." With that Akira got down on his knees. "Sarutobi-sensei, I want you to teach me?" "All you had to do was ask." Now this first technique that I will teach you is the Jutsu Shou. This is by far the most dangerous technique that I can teach you. Not because this technique is devastating. Instead this technique is physically without harm. This technique instead gives the posesser the ability to stop quite nearly any technique that their opponent can perform.
Now there may be some technique that can over come this one, but the cast majority of them are just simply within its power. Now you have a very short time to perform this technique. You have not much more then a few seconds to perform this technique after a jutsu has been done to counter act it with this technique. So the most important thing for you to do is learn this techniques handsigns quickly so that you will be able to use it to react to that technique. Along with that, you will need concentration.
Without concentration you will be unable to use this technique. Finally, it takes a lot of work to cancel out at technique. It takes a lot of chakra to stop a technique. It is absolutely essential that you have all three of these things to complete this technique," the Third Hokage taught Akira. After those words, the Third Hokage stood up from his throne. He was wearing the traditional garb of the Hokage and looking just as old as the Third Hokage described himself to be. He looked towards the young ninja that is Akira.
Suddenly he tore the gown of the Hokage off his body and under it was a black ninja gi. You would be lying if you said that Akira was was more than a little unerved by the Hokage's outfit. What was he doing in it? Questions like that were in Akira mind as he looked the Third Hokage from head to foot. The Hokage put proof behind Akira fears with his next next words. "I want you to attack me with everyting that you have." Those were not the words that Akira wanted to hear come out of the Third Hokage's mouth.
None the less Akira figured that he would have to do whatever he could to over come the Hokage. The first technique that he decided to use was the Tree World Construction technique. He did the required handsigns for the technique and shoute "Tree World Construction!" Suddenly the Hokage performed some handsigns at lightning speed. "Jutsu Shou," the Third Hokage said calmly. Akira heard no rumbling. Nothing that would have shown that Akira technique had succeeded at the technique.
However, he knew that he had done the technique flawlessly. He was completly perplexed by the lack of a reaction. So perplexed that he did not mount a counter attack. The Third Hokage smiled because of the facial expression that Akira had. "It is a good thing that you did not attack me head on. First you would not have stood a chance, something that you probably realized, or you would not have used such a big technique. I did not plan on taking you out, not on truely attacking you. Simply showing you.
I am actually happy that you used the Tree World Construction, the move made by the First Hokage. What better way to prove the power of the technique. A technique so powerful that it was able to cancel out the great Tree World Construction a move that is simply so vast. If you were not a believer at first then you should most deffinently be a believer now. This is not a techinique that is showy like the Tree world Construction, infact you will probably not know whether or not you have been done it.
However this is a move that can save your life if it is used. There are just some moves that are so well set up by your opponent that they can not be defended against. This move can be the thing that can stop those moves. I say once again that this move is not unstoppable. Along with that this move can only be used once. However, you probably did not stand a chance of winning the fight to begin with. So hey, what ever. Now let me show you the hand signs for the technique. Like I said, the hand signs are important."
With that the Third Hokage, Sarutobi, cracked his back and walked towards Akira. Akira slightly jumped when he got close. The Third Hokage smiled. "Ha ha ha, there is no need to fear me young one, not unless you mean me harm. For your sake, I seriously hope that you are not so foolish to try to attack me," the Third Hokage said with a chuckle. He then placed a hand on Akira's shoulder. "Now why don't you look closly at my hands. You will be able to take a look at the mastery of the hand signs."
Akira looked at the Hokage. He had all of his attention on the Third Hokage. When the Hokage put his hands together and performed the hand signs required it was like a trying to watch light as it escaped a room. His motions were just so fast that Akira could not follow them no matter how he tried. The moves were simply a blur to him. When the third Hokage saw Akira face he again smiled. "That is, unfortunatly the kind of reaction that I had expected to see on your face when you saw the technique."
"Now, that is simply the speed that I have when making all of my handsigns, I am that proficient with them. Now the question is how will I be able to get you to that kind of proficiency. Alas, unfortunately for you, the answer to that question it I could care less whether you are ready for it. THe only thing I need to do is teach you the hand signs and make sure that you can actually pull off the technique. When it is all said and done, it falls to you to make sure that you can use any technique in battle."
If you are unable to do that then what can I do to help you? I'll answer that question for you as well, absolutely nothing. That is all it is, simply you have to learn and practice. But I digress. I honestly have no doubt that you have the abilitty to do the technique, or to practice it or that you are a quick learner. I simply am delivering a warning to you just in case. Of course you would not be here if you could not pull your own weight in a fight. YOu would be in some other place in the vast world that is the underworld."
"Now why don't I show you, for real this time, how to truely do the hand signs for the technique. I have talked enough for now and now it is time to work." Akira smiled hoping that they would get back to the training. The repeated his actions, this time at a painstakingly slow speed, saying each and every symbol as he does it. IT was hard for the third Hokage to move so slow, Akira had to assume that, but it would have been impossible for Akira to have learned the handsigns if he had done it any quicker..
When he was done he had Akira attempt to do the hand signs by himself. Akira was a fast learner but he made several mistakes while doing the handsigns for the techinque. The Hokage did not make any facial expression. "I am honestly not surprised. Only a few people have successfully performed that technique after I have taught it to you. Only one of these people ever did it on their first try. That was a very good thing though, I have to admit. A lot of mistakes though, here let me show it to you again.
With that the Third Hokage again did the handsigns for the move. He again did it in such a slow fasion that Akira had to think that the Hokage was trying to insult him and his slow learning. None the less, Akira looked closely at the techinque hoping to get it right this time. Even though the Hokage was moving so slow it did not look like it was bothering him. The old mans hands never increased in speed, not even once and that Akira had to commend him with. That took a lot of patience.
Finally he finished the string of hand signs for the Jutsu Shou. It was then Akira's turn to try his hand at the technique once again. What a bore it was for him. None the less he had to get it done. This time he go the hand signs down perfectly. The Hokage smiled and nodded. "Now on to using the technique. Remember, you will need a lot of chakra to be able to perform this technique and counteract a technique." With that the Third Hokage took a few steps back from Akira. He then performed a string of hand signs and put his hands to his mouth.
20/20 Jutsu Shou
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:50 am
Akira, in unbelievable fear since he knew the technique that the old man was going to use, quickly did a string of hand signs himself so that he could avoid the technique. He shouted "Jutsu Shou!" and suddenly the Third Hokage blue and the technique did not follow through and the Flame Dragon Projectile did not go through. Akira was relieved, he would not have been able to dodge it in time if it did not disappear. He would have been burned to a crisp most likely and that would not have been very good for him.
"On your first try, that is quite a good advancment for you. Since you succeeded in performing that I guess it is time for us to go on. Now the nest technique that I have to show you is the Fire Dragon Flame Projectile. THis technique is a very dangerous in battle. This technique gives you the ability to shoot a great big flame at your opponent. Think of it as a super powered version of the Uchiha technique. Now this technique has a decent range so it can be very useful in a pinch, especially when your opponent is unwilling to get close.
That is something that your dragons breath technique fails to give you the chance to do-" "Whoa whoa wait up, Sarutobi-sensei. How do you know that I know the dragon's breath technique?" "It did not take long for me to realize. It was when you got so scared of my choice of attack. You see no one really gets that scared unless they know exactly what is going on. The kind of fear I saw in your eyes when you were observing my actions was not zenophobia, fear of the unknown, but fear of the known.
So it is only obvious that you know the technique. or at least some other fire style technique. But that is besides the point. What you need to know is that this technique will more than likely become your go to fire style technique when you are fighting. You know what, this reminds me of when I last used this technique. I was still alive. Infact it was the last day I was alive. My opponent was Orrochimaru. THat man was a truely dangerous being. I was already old, but my village was in trouble and I had to protect it.
I had known that something similar to this would have happened to the village. Days before, one of the Chuunin Exam, did I mention that this was during the chuunin exams? Well any way, one of the Chuunin Exam proctures was found dead. It was obvious that it was a very skilled ninja that had done it. I could only assume that this ninja was planning an attack on the village. It was through my own fact finding mission that I was able to find out exactly what was going to happen and when it would happen.
However, the wheels had already been set in motion. No amount of arrests would have made a difference. The war orders had been made and there was no point in trying to stop the innevitible as one of my ninja was unable to understand. However, what I could do was situate as many strong ninja away from the front line as possible so that I could use them to beat back the opponents after there attack. I had some of my top ninja inside the stadium where the Chuunin Exams were being held so that they could protect the guests.
Unfortunately, several of those ninja were put out of action by a genjutsu. None the less, a few of my ninja were able to use genjutsu release to escape the technique. Now Me on the other hand had to deal with the leader of this group. I had assumed that it was the Kazekage that had ordered this attack on Konoha. However, I was wrong. During my conversations with the man I realized that I was not talking to the Kazekage at all. It was Orrochimaru who had been sitting so close to me all this time.
He had captured me, had me under the knife, sort to speek. It was then that I had surprised him by telling him that I knew who he was. It was then that he had slackened his hold on me and I was able to escape it. It was then that he had taken off his desguise and I had taken off my garments to show my ninja gi, the same one that you see me in now, in fact. I told him how I had known what was going on and that I had expected the attack on the hidden leaf village. I also told him that he would not get away.
You have to understand that the last time I had fought against him he had escaped me. I had found him performing banned experiments on human test subjects to create new jutsus. Those techniques were enough for me to be forced to go and arrest him. That was a sad day for me. That is because Orrochimaru was one of my students, my best student if I have to be specific. He was a ninja genius and with his ability to quickly get used to his habitat he was able to learn several techniques.
He learned so many that he even rivaled my mastery of the ninja arts. I knew that it would be very dificult for us to defeat him and detain him for interrogation. It is for that reason that I personally accompanied the ANBU team that was sent to apprehend him. Even with me, he was able to escape and evade capture. With that he was never seen again. At least that is what I hoped. Personally I knew that he would one day return. That was simply the kind of personality that Orrochimaru contained.
Now back to the fight. With both of us prepared for battle we went at each other using our fighing styles. This hand to hand spar was not so much to hurt our opponents so much as it was to test our opponent for weaknesses. As I expected he was more powerful than he was all of those years before. Now I had to deal wit him at full power and that was not something that I wanted to do. It seemed that not even age had weakened him, as it had done his former teammate Jariya. That really surprised me.
11/11 Fire Dragon Flame Projectile
That was when he dropped the ultimate bombshell. He ripped the skin off his face. It only took me a moment to realize that the skill he had used was a face copy skill. Under the face was another. Along with that, Orrochimaru's body type changed. He had become a woman. Now that was quite the bomb shell to let out. What was going on was a question that came to mind. IT was a question that I did not expect to be answered. However, I did indeed get an answer and it was just as i had feared it would be.
Orrochimaru had created, or discovered, a technique that gave him the power to transfer his soul into another body, thus becomming that person. Through that technique, he was able to gain the ability to live forever. However, the important thing to remember is that He was younger then he should have been. That was very bad for me. If the battle ever came down to age, which it probably would, he would have the upper hand with this young womans youthful exuberance which was more then I could muster.
None the less, I had to do something to get the upper hand. One of the earliest techniques that I used was the Fire Dragon. IT was usueful. Sometimes I amaze my self at my ability to mix elemental jutsus to fit my purposes. Now back to your training. If you know the dragon breath technique then you should understand the the hand signs are similar to those. That will make it easier for you to be able to learn the technique. However, this technique will require a lot more concentration than the dragon breath."
With that the Third Hokage finally stopped talking and began to walk towards Akira. This was not a good sign seeing that Akira was still trying to get the story out of his head. He was wondering what was with Hokage's being so long winded with stories about all of the things that they had done over the years. Akira under stood that they were dead and probably had never seen another soul in a long while but it ws probably because of their insessent rambling that they got so few students when people died.
Akira knew that it was mean but it was probably true. Fortunately that thought was enough for Akira to finally get the story out of his head. He looked up just as the Third Hokage got within five meters of Akira. He had his head cleared by the time the Hokage got face to face with Akira. He was ready to absorb anything that the THird Hokage would throw at him. The third Hokage stood infront of Akira and Akira assumed that he was to watch the Third Hokage perform hand signs again. it would get old in a hurry.
The Hokage began to make a string of hand signs at a painstakingly slow speed, saying each and every symbol as he does it. IT was hard for the third Hokage to move so slow, Akira had to assume that, but it would have been impossible for Akira to have learned the handsigns if he had done it any quicker. It was very annoying to deal with but Akira felt that it had to be done or he would never be able to learn the technique. Sadly enough for him, that was the problem with being a young genin in this world.
When he was done he had Akira attempt to do the hand signs by himself. Akira was a fast learner but he made several mistakes while doing the handsigns for the techinque. The Hokage did not make any facial expression. "I am honestly not surprised. Only a few people have successfully performed that technique after I have taught it to you. Only one of these people ever did it on their first try. That was a very good thing though, I have to admit. A lot of mistakes though, here let me show it to you again.
With that the Third Hokage began to make the same hand signs as in the last case. Once again he did them at an annoingly slow speed so tha t Akira would be able to keep up with it. Akira felt that this was a good way to teach a technqiue but that did not stop him from getting bored of it.
Shuriken Shadow Clone 7.5/7.5
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:51 pm
Aozame opened his eyes to realize he had just died. When it sunk it that the exams were designed to kill him, Aozame grew furious. He began shouting into the black abyss known as the afterlife. "Well what in bloody hell was the point of that?! What kind of exam is designed to kill its damn participants!? I wouldn't have entered if this was my fate! I can't even begin to imagine what Shiro-sama is going to say! He'll probably just laugh in my face when i tell him....Provided I get a second chance." Aozame proceeded to shout with every fiber in his being into the misty darkness.
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He then slammed his fist into what should be ground only to hit something so solid, Aozame's entire hand was crushed. He once again shouted, this time in pain. When he raised his hand, it seemed like nothing was wrong with it. Apparently he could still feel pain in this limbo, it just wouldn't have any physical effects on him. He wondered how he could get out and back to his body. He then considered the prospect of not being able to return. He wondered what he would need to do in this dark void to merit a place in the eternal bliss of Nirvana.
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Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:06 am
Aozame finally saw a light. He wasn't sure what was going on but he figured the best thing to do would be to walk towards the light. Although Aozame wanted a second chance at life since he was cheated out of his first, he didn't mind if it led him to the eternal bliss of the heavens. He began walking towards the light wondering if he was doing the right thing. He decided he wasn't just going to wait around in this emptyness so he decided he was doing the right thing. He finally stepped into the light. Upon entering it, Aozame quickly knew that he had made the right decision.
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Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:37 pm
“What happened?” asks Reina as she appears within the abyss within her mind. “Where is this? Am I back in my mind?” “Yeah.” replies a familiar voice as Reina turns on her spot on the ground. She begins to stand but her body resists her plea. “Why am I here?” “Because you’re dead Reina.” states White coming up from the distance as Reina freezes. “No… I couldn’t have… I… I…” Naomi sighs and looks from her. Just as she begins to speak Reina bolts upward. “I can’t be dead! The last thing I remember is being underground and passing out… I can’t be.” “You’re not completely dead. It seems as though something saved you and you are in limbo.” “Limbo White? So I can return?” “Yes. When you do you must go to the place where your body was lost.” “I see… I’m sorry. I nearly cost you guys your existence.” “Wrong Reina. Just Naomi’s.” states White as Reina looks at Naomi. Naomi sighs and walks off then disappears. “Orochi Powers leap from person to person. If you are killed then your killer receives your power. Naomi is your Negation Orochi.” “Why’re you telling me this now?” “I never thought you’d be killed so soon after meeting us. Head my words though. If you die then Naomi does as well. There will no longer be her and you… Just you.” states White.
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Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:38 am
Hedoro
Hedoro felt content. An odd feeling, one she hadn't felt in some time. She didn't know where she was, everything was dark. But she didn't mind so much, she felt everything was alright, at least for the moment. It felt like she was floating in nothingness, adrift on a river that wasn't there. There was no weight and no sensation, no feeling and no existence. But wait, there was a softness, a warmth, against the back of her head, she didn't know what it was. She wanted to look, but she had the sinking feeling that if she were to open her eyes, the sensation would be gone,
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something she would never again be able to enjoy. So she remained how she was, not opening her eyes or even trying to move, just becoming one with the nothingness, feeling contentedness washing over her, slowly but surely granting her a sense of peace she'd thought lost forever. But this, as all good things, was prone to lasting all too short of a time. It started with a single thought, something she'd only now picked up on, fifty thousand years after the effect, or perhaps only a millisecond. Time was meaningless here, where ever here was. That thought
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was one fact. 'Open her eyes'? She didn't have eyes, not in the sense that humans did, a pair of ocular orbs by which they saw. No, she saw by a completely different process, something that was a little harder to explain than the complex workings of the human eye. This thought gathered strength, feeding on the paranoia which until just now had been quieted, and she finally knew she would have to open her eyes, to see what was going on, where she was. Even with the heart-breakingly tragic loss of that blessed warmth against the back of her head, she would
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have to, there was no choice in the matter. So, regrettably, she opened her eyes, and was immediately assaulted by a strange sense she'd never before encountered. Light was entering through the twin orbs, filling her eyes with so much data, showing her colors and things she'd never before experienced. Was this... sight? She looked around wildly for a moment, her eyes darting every which way while the rest of her remained motionless, somehow afraid of moving, lest this sense be taken away as quickly as it had, for whatever reason, come to her.
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:25 pm
Loki:
Loki awoke in the afterlife after having been stabbed by his friend as he had asked he was ready. His first task was to find Orochimaru and learn a few techniques from him. Loki didn't have to search for long to find Orochimaru and he knew that it was because of the way this place worked. He could have just walked 1000 miles instead of the 1 mile that it had felt like to find him.
"Hello Orochimaru-Sama how are you today?" Loki said grinning broadly.
"Flatery gets you no where Loki." orochimaru said in his customery tone.
"Good then you old dead fraud teach me Multiple Hidden snake hands and Vanishing Facial copy." Loki said rather angrily even though he wasn't.
"Whatever floats your boat." Orochimaru said shrugging he taught Loki the handsigns and then he left leaving Loki to practice on his own.
((Im gonna use some of my free points ill post them in training completion after the 24 hours is up and get it all over with smile ))
Loki quickly mastered the Jutsu and felt himself slipping back into the world of the living.
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:29 pm
(continued from Hidden Moon)
Ichigo awoke a few minutes later. He was surprised at the turn of events. He had no idea where he was. IT was dark all around him. NOt completely dark, no instead it was a dim light. The walls of the place he was in seemed to be red, or brown for all he knew. The place was really scary. Ichigo had no idea how he could have gotten there from the Hidden Moon Village. Ichigo knew that he was in no prison that hte Hidden Moon Village had because he knew that no prison in his village looked any where near as scary as this place.
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Ichigo looked around and saw that no one was around. It was wierd for him to not know where he was. He did not often get scared. However, this was one of those times. If he did not know where he was, then how would he make it out of the place and where would he be if he did get out of the place? Ichigo was not the kind of person who was irrational, but he was truely afraid of the unknown. After a few minutes he finally got a hold of himself. He did not need anyone to calm him down, he was used to going it on his own so this would not be any different.
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Ichigo decided that he might as well start walking before he made a decisions. There was always the chance that he would meet someone elst in the place that would be able to tell him where he was. He might luck out yet. He did not completely believe that, however. He was used to bad luck. Though the truth was, he mearly thought that he had more bad luck than other because he was best friends with a girl who was perticularly lucky in all aspects of the word. Still though, he could not complain about luck, or at least he should not.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:09 pm
Hedoro
Hedoro had continued to look around, but for the first moment was so caught off guard by what she was seeing that she couldn't even recognize her surroundings. But eventually, her mind began to reassert itself, trying to rein in her emotions. The wonder at this new sense, the confusion at what it meant, the sorrow at losing that blessed warmth that had been at the back of her head, and the panic at what all of this meant. It was slow progress, but eventually she felt a tranquility return to her. Not as strong as it usually was, but at least strong enough that she felt
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close to how she normally would. She finally felt capable of moving around, as the new source of data that was her eyes began to make sense to her. It appeared she was in a simple room, maybe fifteen feet square with a slightly lower ceiling. The walls were a uniform greyish-white, with a single window at the wall closest to her feet. Aside from that, there wasn't much to see. She willed herself to alter her form so that she was standing upright, and felt a flash of confusion when nothing happened. Slightly frustrated, she tried again, and again. But still, each time
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nothing happened. She felt irritation rise up within her, and she felt her hand clench tightly into a fist at her side. That in itself was odd, odd enough to get her attention, defusing her irritation quickly. She could actually feel something, something inside of her hand and arm, moving, something that caused her hand to make a fist. Trying to recall what she'd read, she seemed to remember something covered briefly in a health book. Were those muscles? She was truly beginning to grow concerned, just what in the world was happening to her? But she was
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nothing if not practical. She spent a long time, a very long time, slowly using her mind to painstakingly catalogue and explore her form, to see what she could try to figure out about it, to try and determine just what was happening to her, to try to learn everything she possibly could about her new body. It was a laborious process, her entire body seemed composed differently, no longer the homogenous form she'd known her entire life, but something else. Finally, she felt capable of doing something with all the knowledge she'd gleaned from this new form.
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It was slow going, and she made plenty of mistakes. As she slowly learned just what caused the different muscles inside of her to activate, just what muscles were required to activate in order to move a certain part of her, and finally how to coordinate all of that to do it in synch. If this was how normal humans had to do it, she couldn't see how they were able to move as well as they could, it was just too ridiculous of a system to take seriously. But nonetheless, she kept at it, and soon found herself standing up. In an odd, widely-spaced stance, with her legs
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bent at the knees and shaking, her hands slowly moving in circles to try to help her keep her balance, but she was standing. She tried moving one of her feet to take a step forward, and only succeeded in discarding all of her current progress, landing flat on her face on the wooden floor. The moment she hit, a blinding light washed through her, it seemed to catch her entire body on fire, especially her face. It was a bad feeling, and her body began to shiver and move spasmodically, she didn't know what to do with her body as she tried to cope with this bad feeling.
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Luckily, it slowly began to fade, but she fervently hoped she'd never experience it again. As it faded, she thought she figured out what it was. Pain. She'd never felt pain before. Sure, she had felt that hollow, burning feeling when she needed to ingest food, but she'd never felt actual, physical pain. It was a bad feeling. Did humans really have to go through this each time they got struck? Every time she'd hit someone with a punch or claw, or kunai, had it felt like this? Had it felt worse? She had a new respect for the humans she'd seen and fought with. If
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they could keep going through sensations like that, they were tougher than she thought. But nonetheless, she had things to do now, she couldn't just think about others all day. Or night. she couldn't tell what time it was. Regardless, it was time she figured out how to walk. She was currently on her back, she must have rolled over while in the throes of pain. Her face still felt kind of sore, but not as bad as it had earlier. She tried to concentrate, remembering which muscles did what. Then she began to use them. She didn't actually try to get up, she just stuck her
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legs jerkily into the air, as they trembled and kicked and flailed randomly. She kept trying different combinations, hoping to find one that both felt possible for her to do, and that looked similar to how she'd seen humans walking before. But the more that she kept moving her legs, the heavier they felt. It felt like her energy was being sapped, and finally, she had to lower her legs back to the ground. She was breathing harder now, and her legs ached dully. Not as uncomfortable as her face had been, but certainly not pleasant. What had happened now? Oh yes, she
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remembered. Human muscles could get tired, she'd worn herself out. She growled in frustration, being a human was such a bother! But she didn't let herself give up. While the ache in her legs faded, she kept thinking on the problem, trying to find a solution, some way to be able to walk without risking falling over every step. after all, it was so easy a baby could do it, how hard could it be? Wait, maybe that was it! How did a baby learn to walk? That took some thought, she'd never seen many infants, and the few she had seen had been in cradles or buggies.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:19 pm
After what seemed like decades, Sayomi's eyes fluttered open. There was a pounding feeling in the back of her head, and her whole body was numb and saw, as if she had just woken up from a very long and deep slumber. Looking up, she gasped as she saw the space above her. It was black, yet white at the same time, with all the colours of the spectrum in between. The sky was endless. Where am I? she wondered.
Sitting up, Sayomi was caught by surprise to find that the whole mass of space above her went on for what seemed like forever. I wonder how long it would take for me to reach a wall or boundary if I walked in a straight line from where I am now.
Moku Bunshin no Jutsu 1/7
As Sayomi weighed her options, a thought hit her. Where am I exactly?
Maybe something happened before I came here might give me some clues. After minutes of deep thought, Sayomi's parchment came up blank. Sighing, she leaned back on her hands, trying to recall any memories. They were there somewhere, in her mind, and she'd caught it too, a couple of times, but the memory had slipped out fo her hand before she could identify it. Resting her chin against the bottom of her neck, Sayomi lowered her gaze. There, something caught her interest. There was a cut through the cloth that covered her heart. Puzzled, Sayomi felt for the same area on the back if her chest.
Moku Bunshin no Jutsu 2/7
Surprisingly, there was a similar slice through the cloth on that area on her back. Examining the cut, Sayomi finaly condemned it a thrust from a sword that had been thrusted through her chest and straight through her heart. However, she was shocked to find no wound on either side of the cut. How on Earth was that possible?. After more moments of deep thought, Sayomi examined the cloth around it. Amazed she hadn't noticed before, Sayomi scoulded herself. Around the slice and one some parts of her sleeve-less top, were traces of a thick crimson liquid. Only one possibility came to mind.
Blood.
Moku Bunshin no Jutsu 3/7
A memory hit her like a an arrow on a bulls eye. Though just a thread in an immense tapestry, there was enough information in there to trigure a countless number of memories to go off like fireworks in her head, kind of like the domino effect.
Images of her days in the ninja academy, her meeting and discussion with the elder man, 'ojiisan', and last but not least, memories of a cloaked stranger looking for her flashed infront of her eyes. Focusing on the stranger, as he seemed the most suspicious, Sayomi recalled talking to him. Or to be exact, him talking to her. He asked her a question, what what the question was exactly, she still couldn't remember.
Moku Bunshin no Jutsu 4/7
After an endless silence, Sayomi rose stiffly to her feet. After doing a couple of stretches to loosen up her muscles, She looked around, trying to spot any other forms of life that might be inhabiting this... Oblivion.
Now, what direction to travel... she wondered, then chucked the idea aside. I bet this place works like the laws of the Hidden Moon and Orimara Branch Clan. 'Walk around aimlessly, and you'll stand a better chance of finding what it is that you truely desire'
Satisfied with her decision, Sayomi decided to go with the easy solution and walk in a straight line.
Moku Bunshin no Jutsu 5/7
As she started to walk, Sayomi looked down and suddenly realised that the ground that she appeared to be walking on was the same colour as all of her surroundings, hence it appeared as if she was walking on thin air. They appear the same, except the ground is hard and this huge expanse is just like normal air. Does that mean that this place reaches a dead end or a wall?
As Sayomi pondered on the possibilities of this 'new found land', she could hear the sound of hear foot steps echoing like a ripple through water as it travelled through the endless oblivion.
Moku Bunshin no Jutsu 6/7
Trying to trace the source of the foot steps, Sayomi was left with nothing but a deep sense of awe and curiosity. She couldn't confirm the location of person, but her gut told her that she was close. Stoping, she closed her eyes tried her best to feel the vibrations, thus finding their creator. After a few moments of dead silence, Sayomi turned to her right to see a lone figure in the distance, no bigger then her little finger, but nontheless, it was definitely a figure, and a young male, by the looks of his physic and his masculine gait. "Hey!" she called out, running towards the stranger.
A flurry of questions buzzed through her mind, and being confused enough as she was, Sayomi couldn't pick out any to ask the male when she catched up to him.
Moku Bunshin no Jutsu Complete
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:30 pm
Ichigo was about to set on his way when he heard voice behind him. He whipped around. He was surprised because he did not remember seeing anyone behind him and he most certainly did not hear anyone come up behind him. When he turned around it took a few moments for the person to come into focus. At first Ichigo did not recognize his pursuer, then he remembered: this was the Orimara girl from earlier. It had to be, Ichigo's memory was almost to the point of photographic. Yet that did not make sense, since the girl should be dead.
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"You, your supposed to be dead!" Those would be the words that Ichigo says to the girl when she gets close enough. Ichigo quickly takes his eyes away from her own, knowing full well the powers the that kikuta gaze would have. He would be prepared to fight this. . . thing if he had to, if need be. But the one thing that he could not deny was that she was not supposed to be alive. Why is she alive? Ichigo was terrified for a second, but he would quickly hide it so that the girl or thing would not notice
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:41 pm
So I'm not the only one here after all she thought with sheer joy at the thought of not being alone in this endless void. However, there was something strange about the mood the boy was giving off. He seemed... Cold, almost angry at her. Pondering on this, Sayomi came up with a plan of attack. This boy must be wary of the fact that I am an Orimara...
As she closed in on the young male, Sayomi sorted out the questions that she would ask. First off, would be, "Where the heck are we?", the second was, "What is with this wierd place?", and the third was formed as she noticed the way the boy was acting, "Have we met before?"
Tree World Construction 1/9
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:57 pm
The girl's questions stunned Ichigo. They were suprising mostly because Ichigo had the same questions. Thus, he did not have the answers to the questions. Ichigo was still looking at the ground when the girl had closed the distance between the two of them. He feared her doujutsu very much and really did not want to risk being caught inside of it. When Ichigo opened his mouth to finally talk, his voiced wavered for a second before he could steady it. "Your first two questions, Orimara, I can not answer, simply because I too do not know the answer. The third one, you would not remember, I was there when you were killed." Ichigo did not know any other way to say it.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:10 pm
As Sayomi finally caught up to the boy, she paused for a few seconds to catch her breath and focus her mind on what it was that she wanted to do. Once she informed him of her questions, she was grimaced and cursed under her breath in response to his reply to her first two questions. That means he has as much an idea of where we are as I do, which practically means we're stuck in this hell whole and have no idea what to do about it!
As she repeated her last question and waited for his reply, her knees almost collapsed all together under her weight as she came into full view of what had happened. That stranger... That b*****d killed me! she fumed.
Not wanting to give the boy a bad impression she replied softly, "Don't worry. I don't yet have the Kikuta Eye," understanding that the boy was a moon ninja, and an Ichazuki by the looks of it.
Tree World Construction 2/9
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