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 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:09 am
*~ I tried to make it as vague as I could. The gloves performed Magic Replacement and switched Reina and Tsugime with either glove. One is shut to hide the seal that would have been a dead give away. The boars you made that would suffocate Reina and Tsugime was the effect that would soon take place. ~*
Reina Huiden
Reina and Tsugime, still unable to move since the dust was still there, were struggling their hardest to breath but couldn’t. As the shark bursts from the water Reina allows the beast to grab her in its massive jaws, taking Tsugime with her since they were stuck together, and hopefully drag them under the water. The left glove finally opens its hand to show its palm, an odd seal upon it. The right signals something to the other hand, informing it to end the clone jutsu which would put him in control of the large shark and the small shadows beneath the water, as he obeys. Once he does so, Reina transforms them both back into their original forms. The large shark could have it way with the fake Reina and Tsugime who were actually her gloves while Tsugime creates another clone, this time placing his heart into it.
23/** (post 1 under control)
Reina then performs Koudoutari Kessei: Tatsu no Jutsu which cancels the one Tsugime used on her out. She then removes her cloak and covers the obedient clone a moment. Tsugime does the honor of transforming his clone into an ordinary white mouse. As Reina ends the jutsu he had performed along with the summoning of the large shark, Tsugime returns his summoning. Reina picks the little mouse up and clutches him in her hand. Not hard enough to squish him but enough to make him squeak. She smiles at the creature happily before turning to her puppet. Finally, the fake Reina and Tsugime emerge from the water. The dust had been washed away by the water and they were now free to move. One might wonder what all of this might mean; what the purpose of all of her actions was. Reina couldn’t kill her assistant though she wanted to for him trying to kill her. All she could do was plot and plan for his release.
24/** (post 2 under control)
Reina wanders away from the falls and over to the red rose she had thrown down onto the ground a short time ago. She picks the rose from the ground and places both the rose and the mouse into her cloak then takes her hands from within it. She then sits on the ground a moment before sighing and nodding slowly. Tsugime watches her from the falls and pulls back his hair from his face. Reina was contemplating on making him cut his hair but couldn’t make herself do it; instead, she makes him perform Eyes Only For You so he could always find her. Once he does then Reina performs one final move, Homecoming Dance. She traps herself and the mouse she and Tsugime had created in a fight to the death; well, at least until she made her escape from the village. Once she darts into the forest Tsugime ends the Magic Assistant jutsu on himself. By the time he would notice she had fled she would be at the docks, but would she leave?
25/** (post 3 under control: just released)
*~ You're free now because I made you release the jutsu on you. I won't make Reina leave until I find out these two things: if you can survive without a heart or if the clone can travel long distances without you. ~*
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:26 am
[[You made me reveal my twist too soon D:]]
It seemed there was no use hiding the truth now. As the Tsugime under Reina's control tried to perform the tendril clone technique nothing happened. A few tendrils simply hung loosely from its mouth. Why was nothing happening? This was explained with the simple fact that only the original bearing the heart could produce a tendril clone. When Tsugime first performed the tendril clone technique, he had secretly placed his heart into it. All this time Reina had been struggling to take control of a mere clone. The real Tsugime who had stunned Reina and performed the summon was standing on the stone as he wheezed "Geez. All that fuss over a clone." All this left one thing unanswered. How did the clone perform the Ox technique? It was common knowledge among Hunter, ANBU, and Medic nin that clones couldn't perform the omnipotent technique. Truth was, he had never performed the technique to begin with. It was all a bluff that Reina so carelessly fell for. If Reina actually attacked the Tsugime that she struggled to control, she would have seen that the Ox technique wasn't even in effect. Tsugime simply kept up the act that he was the clone by touching the real clone on the shoulder as if he had gained the effects of the jutsu. The great thing about the Ox technique was that it causes no apparent changes so Reina simply had to take Tsugime's word for it. As the clone freed itself from the Magical Assistance, the real Tsugime commanded the clone to throw itself into the pool of water. As it did, the swarm of small shadows rushed towards the submerged cone as it began tearing it apart. Those small shadows were actually piranha waiting for a meal to pass by. They shredded the clone to pieces rendering Reina's tracking technique useless. With Tsugime apparently alone at the falls he merely skipped from stone to stone trying to kill time. With the Waterfall village so isolated, there really wasn't much to do to pass the time.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:34 pm
Ryu sighs as he gets off the boat. He crackes his knuckles as he walks up the river as he looks up at waterfall, "I have to admit...this is a nice area...but I will get more strength no matter what happens." He runs along the river towards the base of the waterfall where he finds the hidden cave that winds around and guilds him to the village, "Hmmm...Alright, lets do this! Hello?! Someone out there! I need to train so I want a decent fight!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:11 pm
It had been quite some time since someone last penetrated the borders of Waterfall Country. For some reason the Takikage had grown a bit bitter towards outsiders. He had not seen bloodshed for months so it was probably that he had a bit of blood lust built up in him. Either way he needed to kill. Tsuigime burst out of the great waterfall landing on a stone in the lare pond where the falls emptied out into. Tsugime eyed the Gekkou carefully as a black dust seemed to slip out of his clothing. The Takikage was wearing a metal mask depicting a face. His eyes peered out of the engraved eye holes wondering how much effort was needed to kill the foreign shinobi. He wore a black cloak with its hood up. Any part of his body that wasn't covered by the hood was heavily bandaged preventing Ryu from seeing his skin. Tsugime made a string of hand signs and muttered something inaudible. Water began to rise out of the ground behind Ryu. Likewise with Tsuigime. The wall stretched over till it formed an aquatic dome over the two. This chakra infused water dome wouldn't let Ryu escape so easily. Without saying a word Tsugime, Kage of Hidden waterfall, waited for his opponent to react.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:35 pm
Ryu looks at the dome of water, "I see it seems my lunar jutsu won't work within this dome, without hurting mysef as well." Ryu then does several hand signs and creates several clones of himself, "If am I to die here... I don't wish for my body to be used again against humanity." Ryu and his clones nod to the comment as he draws his Katana.
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:24 pm
The match was already over. Ryu should have payed more attention to the black dust that was still radiating from Tsugime. This was actually a very fine black sand light enough to float through the air. By now it had saturated the entire interior of the dome. This was to prepare for the Denji Genmu technique. One that would send and electrical pulse through the charged iron particles instantly paralyzing Ryu and his clones. Tsugime snapped his fingers sending the pulse through the dust keeping the intruding Gekkou in place.The time to counter this attack had come and gone when Tsugime had begun releasing the iron dust. The Takikage began making a string of hand signs. Suddenly a purple mist began flooding out from behind the metalic mask. It swept over the ground as it filled the interior of the dome towards the stunned Ryu. Tsugime then pulled out a kunai knife launching it at the original Moon ninja aiming to impale him straight between the eyes.
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:18 pm
Ryu realizes all too late that this blask dust is actaully iron. He tries to move but as he does he is paralized and left stunned while he watches the hand seals and the mist now come at his un responding body. His last sight in this matter is the kunai flying in the air and striking him between the eyes. Ryu's body falls back as he clones vanish into poofs of smoke, leaving him there dead.
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:08 pm
As the corpse collapsed on the ground, the water dome vanished. Tsugime stepped over to the corpse inspecting it. It seemed the last of its bodily functions were shutting down. He knelt down streatching his hand over the Gekkou's chest. Out of his bandages slipped a black tendril. It tore through his shirt as a mass of tendrils began carving in a whip-like fashion at Ryu's chest. Soon the skin was completely removed revealing a rip cage with a faintly beating heart. The tendrils wrapped themselves around his ribs as they ripped them off giving out a displeasing cracking sound. The tendrils wrapped themselves around the heart. They ripped it straight out of Ryu's chest severing the arteries. The tendrils pulled the barely beating heart into the shadows of Tsugime's cloak as it was added to his body. Three more hearts to go.
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:55 am
Valkyrie planned to return to her home village but she also wanted to do some sight seeing. Well that really was not all of the story. The truth was that before she left Hidden Mythology she recieved a message from Akira. It turned out that he did not leave Hidden Mythology after his match with Kyoshou. Instead he simply watched it to see how his team had progressed. He seemed to be pleased with their growth as he finally treated them to a victory dinner. Shortly after dinner he pulled Valkyrie aside to have a talk with her.
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This was something that did not happen very often. Akira may have been Valkyrie's teacher and leader but he rarely trusted her to do anything. Apparently it was her battle with the Hyuuga that had caught his attention. How she controlled the flow of the battle fighting completely with genjutsu. That battle was hers to win, that was the truth. At least that was how it was in the beginning. As is went on, she may have run out of luck and ended up getting her self defeated. Fortunately she could handle herself so far in the battle.
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Akira felt that because of her battle ability, she would have the best chance of pulling off the thing that he wanted to get done. He wanted a fact finding mission on Hidden Waterfall. However, chances are that she would have to deal with the one called Tsugime, the kage of the village. He was a man shrouded in mystery. Fortunately, as a village also shrouded in mystery, and a thick cloak of genjutsu, the Hidden Moon Village was very good at getting past others cloaks of mystery. It was just what they were good at doing.
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Valkyrie had to search for a good long while before she finally found the entrance to the village. She had to lay in wait for returning villagers and watch how they made their way back the the village. When she finally had that down pat she layed in wait until night and made her way into the village. She entered the waterfall and jumped into the water. She hoped that she did not take a wrong turn anywhere or else the trouble would unbelievable. She would surly drown if she made a mistake at this point.
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Fortunately for Valkyrie, she indeed did not make a mistake. She was safely within the Hidden Waterfall village within a short amount of time. When she emerged once again she was within the village. She could see the great tree in the distance. She knew of what it housed. Fortunately it was not what she was going for. She probably would not be able to make it out of Hidden Waterfall with the bottle anyway. No she was there looking for another thing. She looked around the village. It was interesting to see it when there were no people rushing about doing their business.
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Yes, this was a rare peace to see. Valkyrie noted the time using the moon and the time of year. Needed to remember that for her report to Orimara Hanzo. She was beginning to miss her homeland. As she walked she looked around. The place was well groomed. It was a small village. Not a merchants metropolis like the hidden Leaf. That was what made this village worth going to. Its minisculity makes its secrecy almost unbreakable. Valkyrie made it to her destination. A doctors office. She quietly picked the lock and made it in.
6 Kakuzu's Tendril Sewing Threads-600 Skill Points
She closed the door quietly.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:48 pm
Valkyrie moved through the doctors office. IT did not take her too long to find what she was looking for. A staff of healing properties. She observed the place where it was being held. There seemed to be no traps what so ever on it. It seemed to be safe to pick up. So she did so. She picked it up and body flickered out of the doctors office staff in hand. She made a run for it back through the entrance to the hidden waterfall village, the Nirvana in hand. It seemed that she was not getting any form of assault as she left the Hidden Waterfall village on her way to the docks
Capture of the Nirvana
1/???
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:38 pm
“Ahaha! Back here again,” A cheerfully voice rang through the air as Sutaina Furanken slowly rose from the water. It was troublesome how the Waterfall entrance always involved people diving down and getting wet, but, that was just the way things worked around here. Nonetheless, the girl didn’t allow the water to bog down her mood, and instantly carried along with great determination. There was a reason why she had returned to the village so hastily. There was a man that she needed to speak with…And that man held the techniques that she desired so much.
The techniques…That would make this battered and stitched girl…Into a true member of the Kakuzu Clan.
Taking a deep breath, she put her hands to her mouth then shouted. “KAKUZU!”
At first, no response came…Only the fluttering of a flock of birds which had been disturbed by the sudden outburst, however, Fura gave the avian beings no attention as she walked along, wringing the water out of the tails of her coat as she did so. Sighing, she stopped at the front of what appeared to be a rather large building – The house of the Kakuzu Clan. As imposing as it appeared, the house really wasn’t that fancy due to the Bounty Hunter’s thrifty attitudes, which often lead to some disputes on how the grand clan should have a much prettier facility that would represent all the power and glory, they held.
Kakuzu never bothered to pay attention to such arguments when the idea of spending more money was in other. Nonetheless, it was not money that gave the girl a reason to hunt him down, thus, these disputes didn’t really bother her at all. Still, she marched along into the building, leaving a trail of wet footprints in her wake. Soon however, she came to stop at the front of a rather large door – the door that leads to Kakuzu’s own personal domain, the only area that the man bothered to spend his own fortune on improving.
Not bothering to even waste time knocking, Furanken extended a hand, gripping the door before sliding it open. “Kakuzu?” She called again, this time in a quieter voice. When it was outside, it was okay to be loud…but when the man desired silence, it was silence he received.
“What the hell, Furanken?” A voice muttered as a large shape within the room turned to face the girl. Even despite the facemask that was on his face, the girl knew it was a frown that his mouth had formed. “I thought you said you were going off to the Academy.”
“I did.”
“Then why are you here?”
“I graduated already.”
“Seriously? It hasn’t even been a week since you first left,” Kakuzu muttered as he stared at the girl. His eyes moved to notice the headband that was wrapped around the girl’s neck. “But…It seems that you are telling the truth,” He added before leaning back against the wall. “So what’re you doing back here then? I thought you were going to go learn some medical stuff or something?”
“You promised me that if I became a Genin, you’d agree to teach me how to become immortal,” Furanken said then as she entered the room, sliding the door behind her as she stared at the darker-skinned man with a frown on her face. “And here I stand before you, a Genin, and now you’d better teach me the secrets of my clan!” She said, her voice rising out of pure irritation.
“You telling me what to do, Fura?” Kakuzu growled, tendrils twisting beneath his clothing, already revealing that the man did not take kindly to his pupil’s current attitude. "So what if I promised? Doesn’t mean I have to hold up to that. Rule as a shinobi, don’t take every little thing you hear for granted, girl,” He added with a sigh but there was a thumping noise and the next moment, Furanken was on the floor in front of him, bowing.
“Please, Kakuzu-sama!”
“Tch, you’re to young anyway…I cant ensure that if I do teach you, you’ll come out alive,” He muttered as he turned away for a moment, sighing.
“If I do become a successful Nin, a fraction of all of my earnings will go to you!” She soon added in a louder tone and the man faced her with a rather surprised expression on his face.
“Damn…you must be desperate…” He thundered before closing his eyes. “Fine. You’ve got a deal…now get up off the ground. Trust me, you’ll be keeling over later, so you might as well wait until then,” He added as the girl rose up.
“Now remove your coat and shirt,” He ordered as the big man began to do exactly what he had told the Sutaina girl.
“I beg your pardon?” Furanken burst in response as she raised a brow. “…I didn’t quite know you were like that, Kakuzu-sama,” she said, a teasing smile growing, but the growl that came from his mouth evidently told her that this wasn’t quite what he wanted.
“Trust me…Even if I was a *****, I could hire a dozen different girls who’d be better than you,” He muttered before taking a deep breath. “This is for the sake of your technique, so hurry up and take it off if you don’t want to get those clothes bloody and dirty!” He ordered and instantly, the girl did as she was told.
She soon stood before him, half naked and frowning, her coat, shirt and cleavers lay to the side and set in the corner as not to take up to much room. Upon further commands, the girl turned her back to the elder member of the Kakuzu clan, pulling her hair so that it was in front of her as well. Taking an appointed seat, she took a deep breath.
“Know, Furanken…That once this all starts, there is no going back…Also…By accepting this jutsu, know that you will become like me. A monster.”
Only a laugh was his response.
“Kakuzu-sama…I’m already a monster. Thus, I declare this as a rather fitting rite of passage,” The blonde mused in response, earning a gruff chuckle from the man.
“So be it. If that is your choice, I cannot deter it…” The zombie-like man mused as he allowed tendrils for pour forth from his wrists and hands. Focusing his chakra, they glowed with an ethereal aura before digging into the smaller form’s back, instantly drawing blood. “If you’re going to hold extra hearts within you…you’re going to need room to hold them. Also, your elementals will need room to fit within you comfortably, or else having them on you will feel awkward and uncomfortable.”
Already for the girl, things were beginning to feel awkward and uncomfortable! To keep herself from screaming out loud, Furanken had already dug her teeth into her lip, jamming her eyes shut as the pain coursed through her entire person. “It hurts!” She managed to mutter, stating the obvious rather than saying something of particular purpose.
“Did you think making room within your body would be painless? You’re going to be putting hearts in your body, Furanken, not something simple…Of course it’s going to be ********’ painful! However…this is probably the worst it will get,” Kakuzu muttered as the tendrils finished their work, soon sliding out of her body. However, now four gaping, bleeding holes were on the girl’s back. This was just the beginning. “…I’ll begin placing the slots within you,” Kakuzu said, alerting the girl that the pain would begin again.
Despite her constant trembling, Furanken managed to nod.
“First, the Spirit of Fire,” Kakuzu said as he made a seal and fire formed around his hand. Without another word, he dug the limb into the first hole, earning a shriek of pain from the Kakuzu girl. His tendrils had already spread to keep her from writhing as the burning pain coursed through her body. After several minutes, Kakuzu withdrew his hand and already the hole was beginning to fill itself – not with new skin…but something white and pale. A mask was beginning to form from the inserted chakra…however, without a heart, it still lacked much power.
The man gave the girl a moment to recover before making another seal.
“Second, the Spirit of Earth,” He announced slowly and his hand turned dark as the Earth affinity took effect. He then inserting his hand into the second hole, his wire-like tendrils now constricting the blonde girl from writhing as a spiking pain formed within her…for the girl, it felt as if the very aspect of earth was filling the wound with sharp rocks.
Soon however, this element was put in as well and a mask was beginning to grow.
“Third, the Spirit of Wind,” Kakuzu muttered as he tightened his grip to make sure the girl was restrained before shoving the limb into the next hole.
It was a new feeling that filled Furanken now, however, it was no less painful. Rather than the jutting of rocks or the burning of fire, she felt as if a cutting whirlwind was flowing within her, gashing her from within. However, this pain too, was reduced to merely a stinging pulse once the large man removed his hand from her back.
“We’re almost finished,” The man told her as he took a deep breath. “Finally, Fourth, the Spirit of Lightning,” Kakuzu started as his fingers crackled as static-like sparks danced along his hand. “I wont lie to you, Fura…This’ll probably be the most painful of the bunch,” He mused and before she could even respond, her ran his hand into her for a final time…And this time, the blonde couldn’t contain a scream as the electrical surge filled her. She could feel the pulsations of the chakra coursing through her nerves and soon, the zapping feeling faded as Kakuzu withdrew his hand.
“The Elementals are in place,” He said finally as he watched dark tendrils begin to wriggle from beneath Furanken’s skin, entwining themselves with her newly formed masks and binding them to her. “And now…I think it’s safe to officially say, you can call yourself a Kakuzu,” He said with a snicker as his tendrils undid their knots, slipping back into his body as he snatched some random cloth, wiping his hand clean of any blood, even if the stench still filled the room.
Sutaina Furanken nodded slowly as she keeled over; just as Kakuzu said he would, hardly able to support the weight of her own body as pain filled every bit and section of her person. “Now…I only need to fill them with hearts, right?” She inquired, her tone soft and weak, but Kakuzu knew she was happy, maybe even overjoyed at this point.
“That’s right…”
“…Excellent. Thank you, Kakuzu-sama.”
“Heh, we’re not done yet…Besides, I still need to teach you how to control these spirits,” Kakuzu muttered as he stood up for a moment, turning to wash his hands. “You should get rinsed off as well…You look like a total wreck,” he said with a snicker. Eventually, he turned, tossing a towel onto the blonde as he moved to put his upper attire back on. Thankfully, neither sets of clothing were damaged during the ritual…It would’ve been troublesome to have to purchase a replacement set of clothing, particularly for such simple reasons. Nonetheless, the rite of passage was rather clean…keeping the blood to only a specific area.
It was many minutes before Furanken forced herself to move, rising up slightly as she examined her back in a nearby mirror. “…They’re beautiful,” she breathed softly as she stared at each mask with a particular sense of pride. “…And I’m sure they’ll be even grander once I’ve filled them all…” She cooed, more to herself then Kakuzu in particular who only gave her a grunt in response.
“Don’t get to excited,” Kakuzu muttered as he grinned beneath his mask. “And don’t get yourself killed trying to retrieve hearts in the future either…It would’ve been a waste of my time if I did all this only so you could get your a** slaughtered trying to cut up some second-rate punk trying to tear out his heart, so you’d better not ******** up!”
“I wont,” Furanken, mused in a reassuring tone as she snatched a bit of medicinal alcohol from the side, raising it over her shoulder as she allowed the stinging liquid to drip over the wounds on her back. Being an open cut, the masks were rather prone to infection at this point as well…thus, the girl had to be safe as she let out a sigh before leaning down to put her clothes on. It felt awkward, having the masks on her back, but it would certainly be something she would get used to with given time. She smiled as she chose to put on her lab coat now rather than her shirt. For the sake of the masks, she didn’t quite feel like restricting them with a simple shirt at the moment…Especially since the fact that if they were going to continue with this and attempt to control the elementals…They would be coming out again shortly.
Upon his whim, she later found herself following Kakuzu outside, passing the seemingly empty hallways of the Kakuzu estate and back into the courtyard of the clan’s area. Stopping in the center, Kakuzu turned to face the girl as he crossed his arms. “Try releasing a burst of chakra…And allow it to flow towards the mask. Give them your strength and allow them to burst forth from your body, and they will lend you your own power…Once you learn how to control it.”
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Must...Count...Damn. XD))
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:47 pm
“Can’t be that hard, can it?” Furanken inquired as she looked back at Kakuzu for a moment, her head tilting at an awkward angle. If they were bound by her chakra, shouldn’t she be able to command them with particular ease? They thrived off of her and were merely her extra bodies given form…So controlling them should’ve been no different then controlling her own body, right?
Kakuzu shook his head slowly as he took several steps around, thinking for several moments as he chose his following words correctly. “When you break a limb…” He started, stopping in front of Furanken after walking a full circle. “…You go to a chiropractor who then allows you to mend and use that limb again. However, you know how it just takes trouble, using that limb which has been broken and unused for so long?”
A nod was his response.
“In essence, it’s kind of like that. These creatures…Your elementals, are limbs that you have yet to awaken. They are part of your body but you still don’t quite know how they work and move. With that being said, let us begin,” Kakuzu soon finished as he turned away. “You already have one heart, so you should be able to at least invoke one of your spirits…Do you know what your element is yet, Fura?”
“My element?” Furanken repeated blankly as she sighed. “I know what you’re talking about, but I haven’t really gotten around to that whole paper exercise yet.” She waved her hands slightly, though this motion didn’t seem to have much more purpose than to dismiss the matter. “So, the nature of my element is still a mystery to me,” she said as her hand dove into her pocket, drawing out a small black pipe. After adding the needed bits then setting it alight, the girl took a long drag before exhaling smoke. “Anyway, how shall we proceed with this?”
Kakuzu merely let out an irritated grunt as he turned. “My suspicions were correct after all…” He muttered before drawing out a sheet of paper. “Lucky for you, I have such a paper. This s**t isn’t cheap, so you’re only getting one sheet. Whatever you get is what we’ll work with!”
“Yeah, yeah, I hear ya,” Fura mumbled, shifting the pipe’s current position in her mouth with her tongue as she snatched the paper. “I just need to apply a little bit of chakra, right?” She said, looking towards Kakuzu and in return, earning a nod. Her gaze then moved back to the paper as she closed her eyes, before releasing a minute burst of her energy. Before she even opened her eyes, she felt the paper crumple in her fingers. Curious on what this meant, she turned her attention back to Kakuzu who merely took a step towards her.
“It seems…Your current element, is lightning,” He rumbled as he took the paper then tucked it away somewhere into the depths of his pocket. “So we’ll work on drawing out your lightning spirit first,” He declared in his usual deep tone as he took several steps back. “Allow me to demonstrate for you first,” he said as he turned to face Furanken. In that very instant, one set of stitches were already beginning to undo themselves as something shifted on his back, causing his flesh to morph and tear. For a moment, the girl saw a dark hand appear from the back of the man’s torso, and an instant later, a large, black form burst from Kakuzu.
With a gasp, Fura moved a hand and drew the pipe from her mouth, her state falling upon this juggernaut-like being for several moments. After several silent moments of awe, the masked form jerked to face Fura, its head tilting slightly to the side. As a sudden urge to touch the form took hold of her, she took several steps, running a hand along the slightly bloodied mask. “This is what you’ve placed inside of me?” She asked to no one in particular, as the girl already knew the answer, though she heard a grunt in response from Kakuzu. She soon turned away from the tendril-filled being, bending one arm at an awkward angle as she brushed her fingers along her own set of masks. It was some time before she spoke again, but eventually, her words found their place.
“What do I need to do?” She inquired, her hands now leaving the masks as she turned back to face her mentor for the time being.
“As I’ve said, this is like moving a limb that hasn’t been used for months, maybe years. It’ll require patience,” Kakuzu advised but soon moved on to the directions. “In a nutshell though, you allow your chakra to flow towards your masks, and give them shape, form, and in essence, life. From there, the spirit will draw upon the energy of the heart which supports it,” He started as he paused for several moments. “However, since you only have one heart at the moment, your own, I don’t quite know if this will be easier or harder for you. On the plus side though, you can simply flow your chakra into that one specific part of your body, which can make things considerably simpler. So do that and we’ll see where we can get from there.”
Holding the pipe in place with her lips, Furanken made a seal, directing the flow of her chakra towards the mask of the Lightning elemental. A whimpered pain escaped her and her teeth dug into the mouthpiece of her pipe as the mask on her back began to wriggle. Soon the flesh beneath in moved as well, a lump beneath her skin growing and growing…before with a sickening sliding sound, the spirit slid forth from her flesh, causing Fura to shudder. Yet she still held the energy to turn, looking towards the spirit that she had “spawned”.
It seemed slightly weaker than Kakuzu’s…Or merely it was just the fact that it’s back seemed somewhat hunched and it simply appeared smaller? The blonde didn’t know nor did she care as she examined the form that stood in an almost lazy position in front of her.
“Since it seems to be reacting to your heart rather than a heart of it’s own, it probably wont be quite as independent as my own spirits, but once you collect more hearts, you can transfer your own heart over to it to give it it’s own power source,” Kakuzu noted as he stared upon the figure, dark eyes eventually moving to Furanken. “Now make it move. If it had a heart of it’s own, this would probably be simpler, but for now, just channel your chakra into it like you’ve been doing so far.”
Doing just as the man said, Fura allowed her chakra to kick into motion. At first, results were miniscule; a twitch, or a shift of a body…There were rare moments where Fura could even get an entire limb to react to her energy. “…Can’t this go faster?” The girl moaned as she stopped her train of concentration for a moment, turning to Kakuzu. It had been nearly an hour since the “ceremony” and fatigue was already beginning to take effect. Even if she was a Kakuzu, Fura still needed rest on occasion.
“I warned you earlier – this isn’t something you can just rush!” Kakuzu roared, though his tone had yet to arrive at a level of anger…Perhaps it was merely his irritation with the whining of the younger form. “To be honest, I’m surprised you’ve managed this much over time!” He added before taking a deep breath as he took a seat for a moment. “Try it again.”
Sighing, Furanken drew out her pipe, tucking it away for a moment before bringing her hands together in a seal as she concentrated her entire spiritual being towards the giant form that stood before her. It was then, that she heard the creaking of limbs and a moment later, her beast took a step forward, then another…And another and a low, feral groan was heard from beneath the mask, earning a smile from the Kakuzu girl. “I think this is enough to say I’ve given it life, correct?” Her gaze then fell upon the man that stood beside her as she set the pipe back into place.
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:16 pm
A dull "Meh!" was her response as Kakuzu took several steps forward. "I suppose," He admitted dully but let out a shrug. "However, making it move and actually commanding it to do your bidding are two completely things - especially if you intend to make it use some manner of elemental attack," He said as he paced around the tendril-beast once, then twice before eventually stopping.
"Perform Gian," He said finally as he stared at the girl.
"That lightning jutsu?" Furanken replied in a skeptical tone as she raised a brow. It was a technique she had seen Kakuzu and several other 'clan mates' perform only several times before and was a perfect example of the pure destructive power that the masks held. However, to release such a powerful attack...It would take quite a bit of chakra, wouldnt it? Seeing as the mask was living off of her for now, the toll would fall upon her rather than any replacement heart - unfortunately so.
"How exactly do I go about and do that?" Fura asked, her head to look back at the man who had once again resumed his spot sitting behind her.
Kakuzu paused for a moment as he stroked his chin with one hand. "I suppose you just release a burst of your chakra to command it. When you get a second heart however, it should be able to react naturally to your thoughts and whims and release an attack on your very command. However, in this case, seeing as you're the battery, you'll have to do things 'manually' so to speak. So just establish that connection that you commanded it with earlier...And a quick rise in chakra could probably denote it to release an attack if anything."
With a nod, Fura's head turned to face her own elemental as she took a deep breath. Whatever amount of chakra she had left within her was whirling within her body as she began to concentrate. Opening one eye, she spied a decent target for the electric bolt to hit, and her gaze soon fell upon a large rock near the end of the courtyard.
Perfect.
As her eyes shut once more, she focused her chakra, and in one swift moment, she only heard a sound like thunder followed by an explosion and her eyes shot open only to find herself staring at rubble. She then looked at the beast beside her, where smoke slowly billowed from the mouth-area of the mask.
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:19 am
"Hoo...Not bad, not bad," Kakuzu said, clapping softly as he approached Furanken. "And to do it on your first try, you did well for a brat."
Managing a smile, Fura looked towards the man however, a frown soon replaced that expression as her body suddenly seemed to be very heavy as if a dozen weights had been place upon her. Cursing slightly under her breath, she felt herself collapse to the ground as fatigue set in, her chakra now needing time to recover.
"We're not done yet, but I suppose you can stay there for a while," Kakuzu said as he rose up from his seat, his footsteps stopping in front of Fura as the girl stared up at the man. "There is only one final concern that will probably be the most important aspect of this all," He added as he looked down at Fura.
"Extracting the heart."
"No matter what you hear, it's a rather complicated procedure that takes timing and precision," Kakuzu said as he raised one hand, tendrils coming forth from his wrist and beyond. "As you need to quickly dig out the still-beating heart of your opponent without damaging it in the process, seeing as a 'dead' heart is utterly worthless to you, and a wounded one wont last more than a few minutes, which is probably just as pointless as having an already dead one. However, from there, you have more to do," He said as he coughed slightly. "After extracting it, the next step is to introduce the foreign heart into your own body by tearing your own flesh and inserting it where the desired mask resides within your body. From there, the elemental will most likely take care of the rest of it for you as it absorbs the heart into it's own body. Yet, like I said earlier...Precision is key, and you must take in the heart before it stops beating so your timing must be of the highest importance of all! From there though...The rest is simple."
"So I merely need to send my tendrils into someone, tear out their heart, absorb it and just like that, it's done?" Fura asked, her body now slumped on the ground - which was beginning to feel rather comfortable - as she looked at Kakuzu earning yet another nod. For a moment then, she grinned her own childish grin of insanity before her eyes slowly began to shut. Fatigue, was now taking it's heaviest toll and her body was already beginning to shut itself down for now.
Due to such, in a matter of moments all went black for the girl.
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