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 Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:42 pm
The Senju was terribly confused and pondering what had happened in the last event. While doing so he had forgotten his fist's presence in the wall to his side. Suddenly shouts erupted all around him even a weeping woman taking great interest and effort in where Hashirama's fist happened to be. He looked puzzled at all the commotion ,being so lost in his thought he had once again not taken notice of his surroundings and this situation just exploded at him without warning. "What?" he said into the crowd then turned to another group of yelling adults and again said "What?". It was after he had asked a number of short lived questions that he got the gist of the problem at hand. At his hand actually. His eyes widened, giving of a great amount of comic affect to those who were not related to the commotion while observing it. It was then that Hashirama began desperately saying sorry and pleading that he would fix the damage. All the while he was doing this the adults continued to shout and corner him.
Meanwhile a young man arrived to the scene. Hashi believed he too was a resident of the household and was about to give him a round of pleading. "I can fix th-" he desperately spoke to the man ,but his words were stunted by the man's surprising actions.
He had begun calmly and reasonably arguing with the adults words and accusations. Hashirama took this chance of silence to slowly exit the scene ,but much to his surprise he was grasped by a hand "I said I was sorry" he longingly shouted. Although this wasn't a elderly adult complaining towards him. It was his surprise savior. Who was now dragging him to an ally. Hashirama assumed the perverted and terrible and attempted a escape. Unfortunately all thoughts of escape were murdered when this man rocketed off to a nearby building.
Hashirama was now face to face with the man,and for once was taking a look at him. His face summoned the energy & spontaneous emotions back to the scene. Hashirama was paralyzed with thought and puzzlement.
Who was this man?
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:50 pm
Suddenly, the Nara look up. "Wait here for a moment, Sakeme-chan." And without further explanation, Shikamori pasted his feet against the wall of the nearest building before running up the building's face - skywards, to the rooftops. Once there...
"I knew I saw something suspicious." The Nara sighed. "Geez sensei, what did you destroy this time?" Shikamori folded his arms. "At this rate, with you as Hokage, Konoha will go bankrupt. Ah..." The Nara noticed the child. "You're..." Shikamori knew who this child was.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:07 pm
"..." Zephyr groaned, a gauntleted hand to his face. "I know, I know. I didn't want to, anyways. But those old geezers get more annoying and persistent by the year..." Shikamori's voice had grown expressionless.
"Why yes, after all, it is the the mighty Senju clan's head of family missing. Even if he is a Sannin..." The Nara took one step forward. "Even if it was sanctioned without explanation by the previous Hokage, Rasen-sama..." His voice trailed off. "A sudden departure, without reasoning or explanation..." A pause. "But it's fine. The apology owed isn't to me or Yokou...perhaps if you had stayed, even Museifu wouldn't have gone insane...you alone he had trusted most. Even so...even so..."
Shikamori's voice was quiet. "You at least remember him, right?"
Zephyr looked away. "How could I not..." So this was indeed the same child...than what happened to her...? From Shikamori's grim tone...Midori must have passed away. What...exactly was the extent of the loss the Fire Master inflicted...? Or perhaps...perhaps from even earlier...
Because of him...?
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:30 pm
Hashirama was still paralyzed by the poison of puzzlement. Although the side of his eye had caught a familiar face the face was speaking but the paralysis was blotting out any types of sound so he heard nothing from Shikamori,but sound began to surface soon enough.
Suddenly the boy swayed around like a building without it's foundation. His eyelids grew heavy and closed. And eventually he dropped to the ground overwhelmed by all that was happening and passed out
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:58 pm
Hitomi sighed, turning and walking out of the door. She followed the figure, promising herself she'd get back at the old fart eventually. Maybe I'll put a cannon in my arm. She didn't need to be going for a hike. She needed to do something productive. And no useless hunk of junk is going to teach her anything about what she needs to progress as a shinobi. She huffed, leaving Iwa and heading towards the mountains. Interesting.
[[exit to the otouto mountains]]
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:21 pm
"Yes, the family you left behind, Sensei..." The Nara's reprimanding tone rose a notch. "And an orphan for the last five years to boot - ..."
Zephyr interrupted sharply. "What do you mean orphan?"
"Just listen. Since you didn't visit for two years before the incident with Museifu (note: fixed chronologically to later so the timeline isn't so messed up, Zephyr's original reason was revealed in the first memory) - ..." A pause. "His mother is dead from ill-...!"
Zephyr wasn't listening, something else had caught his attention instead. Gently, he caught the collapsing boy before he hit the ground.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:30 pm
Hashirama's seemingly lifeless body was captured by the man before connecting with the ground. He had literally fainted from the string of events that had appeared before him previously. He slept in Zephyr's catch just as he should have for the past twelve. Unknown to him Hashirama had just found his long lost father and was in the hug like position he had always fantasized in his head after taking a long hardy look at the little family photo's he possessed.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:33 pm
"And why isn't he back at the village?" Zephyr asked quietly, cradling the child. "Even the Go ryu Fire Master would not be so unwise as to touch the kekkai genkai holding families of Konoha."
"...It's not like we had initial preparations to leave... The news of Lady Cerbi's army surrendering came so unexpectedly. Simply put..." The Nara's voice trailed off. "Shi-kun got mixed in with the Chuunins who were supposed to come with us. Not just him too...couldn't tell Yokou that several Academy Students from her clan too got mixed with the traveling group, at least not during that first month... Half mad with grief from mourning Elruda-chiisai-hime... However..." A pause.
"The troope was fairly large and we didn't have time to stop and count who weren't supposed to come. The usurper's army was pursuing us...and the situation in trying to reach Ame turned without luck. It wasn't until we met up with Akane-sama troope in Grass Country were we able to rest briefly. And..." The Nara looked away. "Not everyone made it."
The pit of his stomach went cold.
Zephyr held the child close to him. "O-okami-sama..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:47 pm
Who is he..why is he here..why is Shikamori here?the boy's head decided now would be a good a time as ever to finish thinking through the state of affairs. He was actually having a dream reviewing every little detail of his day.The crowd cornered Hashirama and his dirty deed charges would most likely be pressed. All of this adding onto his distress. Thankfully a hero arrived and relieved the tight situation. Within a few moments the Senju boy was on a roof staring into the eyes of the man wondering who he was or what he was. Suddenly Shikamori arrived,but this time he heard the two shinobi's words all of which adding more and more puzzlement to the situation.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:57 pm
Shikamori drew in closer to the sleeping boy. "Shi-kun..." A gentle whisper now, accompanied by a ruffle of the head. "If that long hair was shorter...do you recognize him...?" There would've certainly remained pictures of Zephyr at the Senju estate...sure, his clan might've been angry at him for deserting...but Midori would not have allowed them to take the only way her son will be able to see his father (as he grew older) away... "It's ok now..."
"Shika. It's better if he doesn't remember." A pause. "The Senju Council will at least do this favour for me."
"Why!? You are returning to Konoha for good this time, right?" Sometimes, that nonchalance...really pissed him off! "Did..." A cold lump rose to the Nara's throat. "Shortly after the Fire Master defeated Lady Cerbi's army...the plans that went awry... Did you know about the mind block...?"
"I knew." Half-lidded eyes. "That there was a possibility they would resort to that. I...didn't mind...won't it be better...if he didn't remember the father who abandoned him at all..." Yet, why was he holding the child closer?
"Mind blocks are only temporarily. Sensei...you know that. The desire for knowledge, asking questions... The Senju Council probably knew too, in such that they had delayed the memory block so many times..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:29 pm
Keiko returned to normal, or as normal as she could get. She reached into her pocket, she took out two aspirin, and dry sallowed them. "Yes, let's not worry about it today, besides, I doubt I'm pregnant. I wasn't like this when I had Mai." She smiled, lying was the only way she could get herself to stop worrying. Keiko pointed down the street, "TO THE FESTIVAL!" She took Gig and Shin and walked into the festival, "Come one slow pokes! Tonight is the only time to celebrate!"
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:58 pm
Giglamesh would smile, which was kind of sad, as she lied to her self to up her spirits. He knew just as much as she did she was pregnant again. "...shin...make sure you hold mai....i have to play catcher!" What gig meant was that if she fell he would be on the defensive to catch her every time before she hit the ground and he was just waiting for it now. Giglamesh would then nod...and basically pick up shin under his arm keeping mai safely against him....safer then he was holding shin. Then giglamesh would run off after kei as he caught up he would kind of toss shin so he could run with her as well, but making sure he didnt fall at same time. "So whats the plan?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:08 pm
Shin nodded, wisely expecting something potentially dangerous, and held Mai closer, safe in his arms. However...what followed, he wasn't expecting... He suddenly realized what exactly Giglamesh had meant to do. "W-wait! I can wal-!" Too late. Shin winced as his feet left the ground. ...guess even the wind dancer Fubukis had a fear of losing their stance (both feet planted solidly on the ground)...
If he wasn't holding Mai, Shin could almost hug the ground from joy once the brief ordeal was over. Except currently he was a bit preoccupied from the involuntary semi-running (once Giglamesh let go) that slowed to a jog and finally to a walk. His heart rate had rise rapidly...in exchange for a flush that made even his usually pale complexion compare to the non-Hyouton limit passerbys...
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:57 pm
Sakeme smiled and gave Shikamori a bow. "Arigatou-gozaimatsu, sensei" You wont regret this... I promise. I will protect Elruda-chan. She continued after him as he walked towards a stand, not sure where to go from there... The offer of food, however, made her want to stay. "Yes, that would be great." She gave him another small smile... which was something. She rarely smilled for anyone or anything. Within thenext minute, though, he had to excuse himself. Sakeme nodded and stood there, waiting for him to return. She wondered, only for a second, where he was now and what he was up to. His sudden departure was slightly suspicious... but then again, she didn't know him too well, so she'd let it go. She was just glad to have a new sensei.
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:16 pm
Keiko nodded, some how the pains had gone almost away, "Eh! I dunno...Part of me just wanted to get away." She smiled at him, "Uhm, lets go..." She stopped, it felt empty, "Hmmm, where is Shin and Mai?" Light snow started falling from the bright sky, she turned to find them walking a bit farther. "Maybe it...won't be... so bad." She waved to the two, she wanted them closer, "Come on you slow pokes! Let's get going!" Keiko lost herself in the moment, she wanted nothing to change.
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