The Death Swallower shrugged at Shion and then thumbed over her shoulder. "Well, if you wanna explore the world beyond these lands. We can go check out some truly remarkable locales. Besides, its not like you owe the people in the Village down the way any sort of allegiance, right?", Zundae suggested as she relaxed against a tree and hummed a little bit afterward in no tune in particular. "Actually, it makes sense...Come and go as you please, just like a cat.", she added before grinning toothily at Shion.
It was clear by her behavior that Zundae was glad to have found a potential-laden friend in this backwater land. So far, Shion had proven to be anything but disappointing. And Zundae seemed keen to keep to her word. She would be friends with Shion until the day she committed the cardinal sin of boring her. Which was pretty hard to do when she became fixated on a particular individual, but it had happened in the past, hence the fair warning. The bonus was, that with her friendship, Shion was protected from Zundae's ravenous hunger as the essence of Famine.
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****SHION 猫 The Half Demon Cat 猫 "Getting in my way will only turn you into a scratching post!" Feudal Japan ll Half Demon ll Genin [Hp: 100/100 ll Cp: 17,800 / 17,800 ll DCp: 8,900 / 8,900 ll Mp: 75/75] [Spd: 19 ( 28 ) ll Str: 13 ( 21 ) ll Def: 08 ll Int: 08 ll Res: 08 ll Spi: 09 ll Per: 08 ll Rea: 13 ( 18 ) ll Mdef: 08] Shion stopped in her tracks at Zundae’s words. She looked down to the ground, “maybe you're right”, but then she lifted her head to the sky, with a smile. “Maybe I don't owe them anything, with how they treated me, they always saw me as a monster, a problem just waiting to happen ''. Even still, her heart held no hatred for the people of the village, sure sometimes she could get angry at them, but “after everything is said and done, I still want to earn their respect”. She turned to her new friend, a wide smile on her face, “after all, they are my family”.
She started walking in the direction of the village “don’t worry, I’ll be back in a flash” Shion laughed as her speed picked up, and eventually she returned to all fours, running as fast as she could, using her demon chakra to increase it further. A flash was all it took to get to the wall of the village. She wasn’t sure if Zundae would follow or wait there, so she made it quick. She jumped over the wall, using her claws to dig into the wood, and boosting herself over. With that she was back in, and using the shadows of the morning, leaped onto the roof tops, heading for the chief’s place.
She came through the back entrance just in time to see her adopted mother putting the tea kettle on. She was about to talk, but Shion interrupted her, “I’m leaving the village”, she blurted out, a unsure smile on her face. If the kettle was still in her hands, the old lady would have likely dropped it alongside her jaw. “I mean not forever, sorry I should have said that part sooner”.
Some of the color came back to the old chief, “don’t scare me like that child”, She looked Shion over, and nodded before heading out of the room, motioning for the cat to follow her. “I figured a day like this would come, just wish it wasn’t so soon”. She stopped in front of a door the young cat girl had never opened.
She had tried many times to open it, but nothing worked, yet with a single hand sign the old lady broke whatever seal warded the room. “I know, but I want to see everything out there, and become stronger”.
“I understand,” the old lady chuckled as she stepped into what looked like a storage room, “back when I was young we would send young demon slayers on journeys across the land”, disappointment filled her voice, “the current generation has grown soft”. Finally she seemed to find what she was looking for, a large wooden box. Picking it up she turned to Shion, “maybe once you return, you can help set them straight” she laughed, and opened the box.
Shion took a look inside, a long white coat with a blue trim resided inside, “Take it, it was once your mothers”.
“My mother” she picked up the coat, and slipped it on. It felt right, as if it was made for her.
The old lady placed the box down, and pulled out one more item from the box. She held it in her hand, a bittersweet smile on her face, “this was your fathers, he never put it back on after settling down here”. She handed the cloth and metal headband to Shion. On it was a symbol that she had never seen before. “He would always talk about his home, a land of sand I think he called it.”
She held it close to her chest, and smiled, having these mementos from her parents made her feel complete, as if everything was gonna be alright. “Thank you so much”, she placed the headband into her bag, and hugged the old woman. “Thank you for everything”.
The old lady accepted the hug and pet Shion’s head like always, “just be sure to come back home eventually, I’m sure even if they won't say it, the village will miss you”.
Wiping away a tear, she broke the hug, “Of course, and when I do return”, she laughed, “I’ll become the chief, just you wait, soon enough you can retire”.
The old lady laughed, “I still have fifty more years in me, don’t go selling me short”.
“Of course, I should head off” Shion had already kept her new friend waiting long enough. As touching as all this was, she wanted to get on the road and start an adventure. She gave her adopted mother another quick hug, and a smile before pulling back away from her.
“Remember to be safe” The cat girl could see just how hard it was for the old lady to let her go.
“Of course, Mother”, with a smile, Shion made her way through the house, and back to the street. She hoped she didn’t take too long, she didn’t want to make her first friend to wait for her too long. She was ready to journey the world, maybe find out more about her father’s homeland. With a leap and a bound she was over the fence and on her way to meet Zundae, so they can start their journey.
She headed out to where she thought she would be waiting, not sure if she had followed or stayed behind.
Hax descends upon the misty streets as if he were a marionette. A pale mask upon his face; a kishin mask specifically. The blood red markings glint in the street lights as he lightly balances en pointe in the manner of a ballerina. Why? Why not? The sounds of mayhem do not perturb him in the slightest. The warm scent of gingerbread wafting in the air. Behind his mask he licks his lips and chuckles lightly. "My. Somebody started the party without me~ How rude~" His delicate limbs gracefully move as he produces a fedora from seemingly nowhere and dons it. "I suppose I shall be making my entrance fashionably late~" With that he swiftly shifts gears from his gentlemanly movements to that of a maniac with a blade. Carving into an over bloated gingerbread man that was just about to devour a child. "Tsk. Desert before your dinner, lad? You must be off to your mama now. Quickly before I become cross. Gingy and I have a bit of business." A sly smile with narrowed eyes seems to grace his masked face somehow. "Shall we dance? I am afraid that I insist on leading. You are far too graceless." He says as he dodges it's swing after freeing his blade. "You are off beat, lad. On the up beat not down or you'll never keep time with me." One, three, one three, one three and so on and on. His movements are in time to a song only he can here. Smooth Criminal. Why? Because he's Hax.
Sutinga wandered through the streets of Feudal Japan. He had just finished a training session. While he had mastered most of his clan’s techniques, he still needed to master the Strength of the Yokai technique, which would unlock the Beastial Transformation ability that is inherent to a fully trained half demon. And after he had trained in that, he would go check out this Altruism Medical he had heard of. While on the outside it appeared to be a facility offering enhancements and modifications, rumor around the village was that there was more going on under the surface. A lot of experimentation going on. The sound of that piqued his interest. As he continued his walk through the village, he also though about where else he wanted to go. While Feudal Japan had several other techniques he wanted to learn, he was ready to travel.
Feudal Spira was a good first stop, as there were two basic earth based techniques he could gain. These would form a good basis of ninjutsu centered attacks. After that was of course Hidden Stone, for more earth based techniques. These techniques varied from defensive, to offensive, to distracting. Hidden Light and Hidden Grass were of interest. Hidden Light had two good defensive ninjutsu, while Hidden Grass had a few interesting ninjutsu centered around plants. Hidden Leaf had several good jutsu, centered around earth and poison. Hidden Volcano had more poison based jutsu he could use, especially if he could find a way to make off with the Doku clan techniques. Finally, Feudal Tokyo was of interest for sword based techniques that would enhance his non elemental combat.
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