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"That damn Deity. What right does she have to take Midna to the Dream World and not allow me to come? I wonder who should feel my angry wrath?" Jouten asks himself as he sits, perched atop the Shinobi building. He gazes down at those below with a heavy sigh before noticing Youyaku chatting it up with a the young Yanu. "Guess he'll be my target. Let's see... how many people have I killed so far? I guess it couldn't hurt to start the count over again. He'll be my new first kill!" The last part Jouten says so loud that the two below hear him. Youyaku, draped in tattered clothing, shoves Yanu delicately aside as Jouten leaps down from the building. Youyaku raises a hand as Jouten comes barreling down.

The moment Jouten's feet and his opponent's hand connect, a blast of air is flung outward from them. The blast of air seems to shoot out to the sides of the two, blowing the girls white hair about atop her head. Bells jingle before Jouten leaps back from the man and over to the building's side. Though he had yet to find the time to learn Tree Climbing, he clung to the buildings side by tearing a hand through the building and gripping a pipe line inside. His free hand gestures to the man he'd attacked. "Not half bad, mortal. Maybe you've got what it takes to be my rival? Sure hope so. Then my first kill will be all the greater!"

"You'll be the one to die you naked ape!" Youyaku exclaims as Jouten takes note of the look in the man's eyes. Yanu just watches in horror as the two men give each other a fierce look. She could easily see that an intense battle was about to break out but couldn't make a move to stop them. Could it be fear that freezes her in place and keeps her from speaking?

"Yes, yes! That's it right there! Make me feel alive, mortal!" Jouten bellows as he pushes himself off of the building's side and launches himself at Youyaku.

"A bit too forward. He just charges and doesn't seem to have much of a strategy. This fight won't last for much longer," Youyaku thinks as he extends one hand out before him. Once his hand meets one of Jouten's, he grins. Using the flame modification for his right hand he causes flames to shoot out and into Jouten's hand. At the same time, he uses the flame to cover a change in direction of his other hand. This is only possible because of Jouten's size compared to Youyaku's. Obviously the slender Youyaku would move faster than the massive Jouten. His left hand sails through the air and finds Jouten's chest as Jouten's flies aimlessly forward. Little did Youyaku know, he hadn't gained any type of upper hand.

"It's not outrageous that he'd choose to go on the offensive. It's also not outrageous that he'd try to lock me in place so that he could strike my chest. However, it's a bit funny how he really only fell farther into the palm of my hand," Jouten thinks as a golden flame surges from his hand and slowly begins turning Youyaku's hand into gold. Noticing this, Youyaku tries to repel away only for Jouten's grip on his right hand to be too strong. Not only that but in Youyaku's distraction in thinking he'd won, Jouten had grasped his other hand and was turning that one to gold as well. Youyaku tries to jerk free but it's no use. His eyes shift from Jouten to a portal opening up behind him. He stares at the portal and notices Jouten's attention getting drawn away.

With a powerful explosion of force, Youyaku tugs free of Jouten's grasp and stumbles backwards. Noticing this, Jouten grins darkly before again launching himself at Youyaku. As this demon draws nearer, Yanu appears in Jouten's path. "Stop this now! Why are you attacking him when he has done nothing to you?" Yanu asks as Jouten skids to a halt. Jouten eyes her warily before stepping back from her. He frowns which confuses Youyaku and Yanu a bit.

"Ha ha! So she's got it, eh? Ha ha ha! Guess this fight's over~." Ichi cries out as Midna peers over the Deity's shoulder while clinging to her back, the portal behind them closing. Jouten snorts before turning and walking over to Ichi. His hands stop glowing, the flames receding, as he extends a hand and snags up Midna by her waist. He then places the small girl upon his back and motions by Ichi. "Hey! Don't ignore me Jouten!" She yells but Jouten does not reply. He simply makes his way back up to his spot on the roof as Yanu crouches before Youyaku.

"Are you all right?" Yanu asks as Youyaku turns from her. He gets to his feet and begins walking into the forest around the area, Yanu moving out of his way. "Y-Youyaku!" She calls out only for him to continue on.

"Stupid fool! The only reason Jouten stopped was because you were here. If he ventures too far then Jouten can continue again," Ichi mocks as Yanu looks at her fearfully as she stands.

"What do you mean? Why is this Jouten person attacking Youyaku? Who are you?" Yanu asks only for Ichi to suddenly appear in front of her. She draws her face real close which makes Yanu feel rather uncomfortable. Why was she so close?

"I think I'll do the same with you. Though I won't say it's because of anger or frustration seeing as neither emotions I feel," Uirusu admits as they grin at one another.


Nimen roams around the Academy a while before spotting someone that looks interesting. "A man with golden hands?" Nimen thinks as she walks towards Youyaku sitting on the Academy steps. Just when she grows near enough to where she feels comfortable speaking, Yanu appears out of no where and blocks her path. "And you are?"

"I would like to ask you the same. My name is Yanu Smith-" Yanu starts as Nimen's eyebrows shoot up. Yanu stops in the middle of her sentence upon noticing her doing so. "Yes?"

"Smith huh? Are you an Aoimaru?" Nimen asks before crossing her arms beneath her breasts. Yanu stares at Nimen before noticing Youyaku blinking. She turns and crouches down before him before responding.

"Kailash. But my half brother is a Aoimaru. Youyaku, have you snapped out yet?" Youyaku places a hand to his head before sighing. He peers through parted fingers at Nimen who continues to stare at Yanu.

"Aero Smith is your brother? He doesn't mention you. I've never seen a Kailash before in person. But a member of my group is bonded with one. they are very good with crystal." Nimen's gaze shifts over to Youyaku after taking in Yanu's surprised expression. "His hands aren't supposed to be gold, are they?" Youyaku frowns as Nimen just continues staring.

"Who are you?" Is all that Yanu can struggle to say. Noticing this, Youyaku's attention turns to her. Nimen walks over to Youyaku and sits beside him before he even notices. Youyaku looks to Nimen and begins to stand when he is hit with the force of her chakra. He could feel how great her chakra surge was and couldn't bring himself to move. Yanu felt the same thing so she did not move either.

"You can call me Nimen I guess. I'm just recruiting ninja for my group. The leader wants more members that are unique, like you Yanu. And perhaps the one who did that to his hands as well. Where might that person be?" Nimen waits for a response but does not get one. She raises a hand and snaps her fingers which thaws the two beside her. "There are people with more intimidating chakra surges than me. You'd best get use to it because if you don't then you run the risk of being killed frozen like that." Hearing this, Youyaku pushes Yanu away and stands. "Trust me. If I wanted to kill you then there would be nothing you could do about it. But I am not on a mission to kill, just recruit. Other than being ordered, I find no pleasure in fighting. It's far too much work than it's worth to fight."

"I'm unique? And Jouten did that to Youyaku. He's in the forest fighting a strange man." Youyaku looks to her which makes her quiet. Nimen slowly gets to her feet as Yanu looks at her.

"If you want, I can take you to Aero. I won't recruit you or anything. It's up to you if you want to join after you see your brother. I just can't go back empty handed or I'll get nagged. I'm going to go and see this Jouten person-"

"He's powerful," Youyaku states, cutting Nimen off. Nimen just smiles and makes her way towards the forest. Yanu and Youyaku stare after her before looking to one another.


Jouten slams a fist ablaze with golden fire into the ground, it turning to solid gold, as Uirusu back flips into the air. He kicks Jouten in the chin and causes the heavy man to stammer backward. Nimen watches them through a cover of trees as they go at it. She glances at Youyaku and Yanu approaching from behind but does not reveal that she has noticed them just yet. Jouten releases a booming laugh as he spits blood onto the ground beside him. "You're really something. If only you were my first target. Then I could really let loose without trying not to kill you." Jouten wipes the blood from his mouth on his forearm and Uirusu screeches loudly. Strange fellow. Jouten gets to his feet, gold coating the ground where his hands connect with it, as Nimen watches contently now.

This man, Jouten, seemed to be the one Yanu spoke of. By the appearance of the man, Nimen could see that he wasn't some push over. And yet... yet Uirusu was giving him a run for his money. Definitely people to be recruited. Even Nimen, being one of the most terrible recruits ever, couldn't help but want to add them to SCM. "So you're Jouten?" Nimen asks, interrupting which causes Yanu and Youyaku to inhale sharply in surprise. Jouten turns to look at Nimen as Uirusu waves a hand at her. She could see his claws and grew all the more curious about him. "I see that you like to play with golden fire. I've never seen anyone turn things to gold or manipulate a fire even close in resemblance to that."

"Woman, do not interrupt our battle. I just want to fight without some sentimental female interrupting me. Is that too much to ask?" Jouten hisses which causes a frown to befall Nimen's pretty face.

"I'm not sentimental. Call me that again and you'll be wanting more than to be left to fight that thing there-"

"Uirusu!" Uirusu exclaims as he watches Nimen's expression shift into a similar to the one Jouten held, annoyed. "You are full of emotions like Jouten as well I see. He feels anger, frustration, happiness, etc. And you feel those emotions as well. You both are weird."

"You're one to talk," Nimen snaps which causes Uirusu to laugh loudly. "If you're so big and bad then maybe you should strike up a fight with a member of my group? I doubt you'd be so quick to n** at people then. In fact, you might not even come out of the fight alive."

"Ha ha!" Jouten booms loudly. "That'll be the day. All right. Take me to your group and I'll see for myself. But I won't be killing anyone until I kill Youyaku. He is my first target. I desire to kill no one until i kill him first." Jouten announces as Nimen again looks out of the corner of her eye back at the two behind her. They just stand there listening closely.

"I didn't ask you about what you see yourself doing in the next year or so. All you had to say was to take you to them. The rest I couldn't care less about hearing." Jouten found Nimen to be rather engaging. Uirusu supposed that if Jouten left then so would he. He was curious to see this group of Nimen's. As well, he wanted to finish his fight with Jouten in a different setting. Yanu, of course, wished to go with Nimen to see her half brother. So she would be going too. Youyaku felt the longing to go as well but found himself thinking of returning to Nightmare for repairs. But at the same time, he was curious if Nimen knew anything about his hands by her response to them before. 'His hands aren't supposed to be gold, are they?'

The way she asked left Youyaku thinking she might be able to fix them without him crawling back to his home village. So, after Nimen receives a message through a golden bell to return to the base, she is accompanied by the four of them. Jouten normally traveled with Midna but he didn't worry that he left without waiting for her to return. She always found him where ever he went anyway.