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 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:18 pm
Ezru watched and listened with his mind, retracing all of the notes he was hearing with his own special brand of hearing. He sat down and pulled out a small reed flute, and played the notes as he heard them from his mind. He was playing in A flat, and he wasn't sure it was correct timing, but it seemed to fit the moment.
Ezru continued to play, even as time seemed to melt before him.
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:30 pm
Aine balked when she heard the reed pipes join her own song. She almost lost pace with the correct rhythm and cadence. Pulling the piece of herself that had drifted away from her foremost concentration she reordered her thoughts, continuing where she had almost left off in her song. Koko wa attaka na umi da yo
Ruurei rureia
Sora o mau hibari wa namida
Ruurei rureia
Omae wa yasashi midori no ko
Aimo aimo
Neederu ruushe
Noina miria
Enderu purodea
Fotomi As she continued to circulate through the melody, she was aware of nothing else...not even the pipes that had nearly broken her former concentration. Her body became lest distinct to her as she fell further into her mind.
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:40 pm
Ezru smiled as he felt her reiatsu burst forth, leaving a trail of energy in it's wake. She's growing... Ezru said as he began to play more in tune with the song. He now knew what it was, but he didn't know how. His eyes shot open as he realized what it was; a memory from the first Kazi, who lived in Rukon 65. That means he was alive in this time! Ezru thought as he jumped to his feet, put the flute away and shook Aine. "Aine! This is important! Aine!" Ezru said wide-eyed
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:45 pm
Aine was jarred back into her body by the vigorous shaking, her reiatsu retreating. Her eyes fluttered open, unfocused for a moment before zeroing in on Ezru's wide eyed face. "Wha...what's important?" she questioned, having just caught what he had said. She lifted her hands from her knees and grasped his wrists, urging him to stop shaking her.
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:50 pm
"The first Kazi!" Ezru said "That song, I had never heard it, but I knew it! It's one of the first Kazi's memories! He lived in Rukon 65, and he slipped... And fell back over 2000 years ago. He lived must have lived near you when you were in the Rukon district." Ezru was almost frantic "The song... You wrote it one night after losing something precious to you... Kazi was there. He was around 6'4" and looked ferocious in a friendly sort of way... Shaggy brown hair, and had a bit of a beard. Does that sound familiar?" Ezru said
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:01 am
"Umm...I, I never really payed much attention to the other residents. Only if they had enough wealth that I could steal what I needed without them really noticing." Aine, eyes widened at the franticness that tinged Ezru's face and body as he leaned in over her. "I do recall someone with that description. I passed him on the streets every few days. He was the only one who really noticed me when I took something from the market booths in the area." Aine let her hands fall back to her knees. "I wouldn't be surprised if he was watching when I came up with the song...I was in a tree just outside one of the wealthy families estates."
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:33 am
Ezru sighed as a thought struck him. "He lived in District 65... That means he has no records to show who he is or was." Ezru stood back up and offered Aine his hand. "Come now Aine, I think that you know how to focus. Your songs are your focal point. You can do anything with them... Which will be very good. I want you to get some physical exercise doing stretches and such. I have to do something though. I will be back shortly." Ezru said as he walked over to Sojiro and tapped him on the shoulder, trying to get his attention.
"Sojiro, I have something for you..." Ezru said as he waited for the man to acknowledge him
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:40 pm
"So this is the Aine I've been hearing about?" Appearing in the training grounds seemingly from nowhere, a lone figure, clad in mostly black, stood there looking at Aine. A ring of dust formed around him as he landed, his shunpo displacing the dust and air around him. The figure had a full head of long silver hair, black sunglasses that blocked out the lower half of his blood red eyes, and an eye patch on his right eye. He wore a long black coat, that went down from his neck to his ankles,a large undershirt-made of a gray cloth with straps all over it-that had a long strip of cloth running from it in the shape of a tattered V that went down to his calves. He had on black pants with numerous pockets all over it, as well as black shoes that had backwards 9's on them. As for other things, he had on a long black scarf that covered his mouth, and had long strips that went halfway down his back and had tattered edges. He also wore two black gloves, that had an image of a skull on each.
His katana, mainly black in color, had a blood red hilt that was wrapped in black cloth, letting the red be seen only in diamond shapes. The Tsuba was round, and had a three bladed shuriken in the middle. The sheath was jet black in color, and had his squad's flower, the Bird of Paradise, on it right below where the Tsuba met the sheath. About halfway down the sheath, was Asuma's own symbol, the three bladed shuriken, and at the end there was a kanji for Darkness in white. His other blade, a Dadao, was strapped to his back. The hilt went over his head, black in color and made from softmetals, it had a hard metal ring at the end of the hilt to be drawn out easier. There was no tsuba, only two pieces of metal that went different ways. One, near the sharp edge of the blade, jutted out at the beginning of the hilt, making a piece that stopped the users hand from going any farther. It then stabbed out over the users hand, acting like a hand guard. The back, at the blunt edge, was the same thing, only the piece was pointed out towards the blade, rather than in. The blade itself was more like a scimitar, and was inside a sheath made from a black cloth made from Asuma's reiatsu.
All the while, while he was standing there, Asuma had been looking at Aine, taking in her features. She seemed lithe, more quick than powerful. Although, she gave off a kind of...feeling...almost like it was an ominous feeling. Brushing it away, Asuma's hands were inside his pockets, as he chuckled underneath his scarf. The scarf, while over his mouth, didn't make his voice sound any less loud, or any softer, for that matter. "She looks...different, than what I expected." Was all that he could say.
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:11 pm
Ezru looked up and dropped his present next to Sojiro; it was a sheath that had an odd feel to it, and was crafted by Ezru himself. It was meant for a certain form of sword fighting and it had a note attached to it for Sojiro.
Ezru walked over to Asuma with a smile on his face. "Asuma-han! You made it!" Ezru said fondly as he walked next to Aine "Yes, this is her... She's going on that trip with us." Ezru said a bit more softly. He then walked up to Asuma and whispered in his ears. "She's almost ready. After her training we're going to make a few stops first, and then we're going to head to the new place. I've almost got the permits needed. Are you still up for it?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:21 pm
Scoffing at Erzu's words, Asuma closed his eyes for a moment, thinking to himself. Opening them after a few second, he nodded slightly. "Yes. You've no idea how long I've been waiting to do this. This trip...I've never found others that were willing to do it, though, and so I jump at the fact that I can do it now." Looking up at the sky, Asuma's mouth was opened slightly, letting his larger than normal canine teeth show. People always thought he looked like a vampire, with his blood red eyes, silver hair, and canines. But, he just saw it as something that set him apart from the others. "Let us break the chains that bind us. I'm a karasu that has been in a cage for far too long."
Looking back down, he had a playful look in his eyes. Under his scarf, he was even smiling. "And there I go with the analogies. Anyway, when will we really begin with her training. I'd like to do it as quick as possible. Staying here for too much longer will drive me insane. Not to mention it's so damn boring here." The last part he whispered so that only he and Erzu could hear it.
((And, for those of you that don't know what a karasu is, it means crow in Japanese XP))
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:28 pm
"I know..." Ezru said as he looked at Aine with a soft smile in his eyes "I never thought I'd find someone who'd want to come, much less two people." Ezru said as he reiatsu drew up, showing his excitement "We can finally start over."
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:40 pm
Looking down, Asuma opened his mouth to speak, but stopped right before. He was glad that he had a scarf on, otherwise he might have been asked what he was about to say. Closing his mouth, Asuma had a troubled look on his face. And yet, it will come at a price. Doing this will start a chain reaction that will change us all forever. Even if it's a new start...it's the start that could be our end Not wanting to continue thinking such pessimistic thoughts, Asuma looked up at the sky, smiling under his scarf. "We can finally spread our wings to fly...And so, the caged bird spreads their wings. The cage, unable to handle the birds wings, breaks. The bird can fly freely, in the weightless bliss."
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:47 pm
"Yes...." Ezru said as he thought "And thank you for not saying that Asuma..." Ezru said softly, so that even he couldn't hear himself "It would have not been good for Aine..."
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:57 pm
Looking over at Erzu, Asuma walked forward, hoping that he didn't look troubled. This sudden plan of theirs still seemed different to him. Ignoring the thoughts in the back of his head, Asuma put his right hand on his katana's hilt, resting it there for the moment. "So. Before we begin, I'd like to ask something. How far is Aine? I know that you're training her, but I don't know the specifics. After all, I need to know things about her before I can work with her."
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:01 pm
"She has neither bankai or shikai, but she has done something strange..." Ezru said and then explained the circumstances of what has happened including her Zanpaku-to's spirit emerging before she even knew it was there, it being able ot push him and Real out of the inner world, and how she thrived in shadows. "It's like she was made to fight with us." Ezru said grinning slightly "And she was able to hear him in the first trip into the world."
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