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Nita sat down in the middle of the half circle and looked around at the children who were sitting crossed leg and looking at him intensively. Parents stood along the wall or sat down at chairs that have been set up for them if they had so much as chosen to stay. Of course the entire area has been filled up with chanting of several other religions but Nita really did not care as his voice would still be heard over the sounds. With his left hand, he opened the black book and looked to everyone there. "Hello children of God, blessed be God forever in the realm of Heaven," said Nita as he nodded to them all. "And may his people receive his glory," said the children as Nita taught them. "May the Almighty God bless you, E Nomine Patre, Et Fili, En Spiritus Sancti. Let us read from the book of Genesis, the recorded story of how God created the world within seven heavenly days..."

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning - the first day.

And God said, 'Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.' So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning - the second day.

And God said, 'Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so. God called the dry ground 'land,' and the gathered waters he called 'seas.' And God saw that it was good. Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.' And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning - the third day."

"And God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so. God made two great lights - the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning - the fourth day.

And God said, 'Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.' So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.' And there was evening, and there was morning - the fifth day."

Nita stopped there as a priest came up to him and nodded. Nita closed the book as he stood up, causing the children to moan in sadness that Nita was stopping there. "Children, I believe it is time for communion. Please head to the mess hall and have your communion as well as some nourishment. We will continue the story after you have eaten," said Nita as the children jumped up with laughter and words of thanks. Nita waved them off as the parents of Catholic faith followed. Nita decided that it would be best to take a walk for a bit, clear his mind of any negative thoughts that were already floating about and headed out the front. Surveying the temples and shrines, he saw everyone was busy with their daily lives of commerce with merchants from Hidden Cloud or praising and worshiping their God. Some of them were heading into an underground area where the entrance was hidden to practice up on their arts but that was not really of Nita's concern. He then noticed something familiar. A little girl with a red hood was walking around in his church's hallways.

Nita decided to introduce himself since it was anyone's duty to try to see to it that any outsiders were to be sent away as quickly as possible. "Hello there friend. My name is Nita Kyota, Priest of the Catholic faith. Are you here to seek religious enlightenment or are you simply lost in the mountains," said Nita with a smile. He was holding his bible in his left hand while his right hand held his rosary. In the back of his mind, after seeing her face, he knew it was the same girl that he had met when he was Bone. But for some reason, he had the feeling that there was something more behind it. After all, this girl did not seem to possess the ability to kill him with creatures that have been revived by some sort of parasite. But maybe he could get something out of her if he were to introduce himself as Bone? ... No it was too soon for that. Nita can't let that happen just yet.

"Ah... It's nice to be home.." A rather well dressed male says as he slowly walks into the area that was Hidden Shrine. His gaze peering through the currently tinted lenses of the glasses over his eyes as he casually looks around from one area to the next. He had made it through the Academy with relative ease, it was always hard for someone to be unable to understand the fact that he was indeed a god, and they were nothing more then lowly mortals. A wicked grin came across his face as he walks through the streets of his village, soon coming across what he had been looking for. The area that was deemed his home up until now, his head tilting slightly to the side as his grin widens. "It appears as though they... Missed me." He says with a chuckle, while walking through the gates and walking into the large area that was considered his home. Moving forwards through the main gate, he immediately saw the incoming forms of his worshipers. Each and every one, emerging from the many doors, and even simply opening windows and yelling out excitedly. The majority of his worshipers were female, obviously. And to make things a little more exciting, the dress code for such a female was hardly something appropriate, though they were still clothed enough to emerge outdoors. Ares smiled lightly, as he raises a hand and casually waves it forwards to greet his loyal followers. "Do not worry, my loves. Your God has returned!" He yells outwards, just before the woman swarmed around him, groping and trying to simply get a hold of him, despite the sheer number of bodies that were suddenly around him now. His light gray eyes slowly swept over each and every one of their frames as he looked about, they all appeared about the same as he had left, which was expected considering he had not been gone for too long. "Now... Has anything exciting happened while your God has been away?" He asks, looking down at a few of the females who had already begun rubbing against him, with faces full of nothing but extacy. With a few moan hidden no's. He slowly nodded his head and pushed the females before him to the sides, allowing himself to begin walking forwards and towards his home. It was nice to be home, nice to be among all his loyal followers again, and yet something seemed off. Something he could not clearly place a finger on at the moment, yet he intended to as soon as he could pull off a short bit of silence, in order to scan over the area with what he had managed to recover of his senses. "You and.. You. Get me something to eat.. You! Get me something to drink, preferably out of my fine wines. Hurry now, I expect it before my by the time I reach my chair." He says, as he gestures to the woman he was speaking to. Meanwhile he would continue moving forwards until he had entered his home, and made it to the high backed chair at the far end of an open and rather bare room. After all he was a God, why wouldn't he have a hall fit for a king? Ares smiled to himself, as he took a seat at his throne like chair, leaning backwards as the woman who were following him crowded around the chair on their hands and knees, pushing against each other in order to get as close as possible to him, without climbing over each other to do so. Ares simply smiled, his food and drink returning in sheer moments of his command, as they moved through the crowd that was around him, the one with the drink sitting down beside him, on the arm of his throne like chair. Crossing her legs, and holding the cup, while intently staring at him in anticipation of his next order. While the two with a tray of assorted foods moved forwards and stood beside his chair, setting the food on the other arm of the chair, and then knelt downwards to take their spots beside the chair. Ares turned to look at the female with his drink, as he began to eat. The simple look caused her to nod, and bring the cup to his lips, carefully giving him a drink, before pulling it away without spilling a drop even onto his lips. It would appear she had done this plenty of times before. He soon began eating on his own, speaking out once more before he would place the food into his mouth. "You may all relax." He says with a twisted smile. As soon as the words had left his lips, the entire crowd of woman around him began what he considered a form of relaxation. Grinding and moving into each other, kissing and any other assortment of sexual acts began all around him, the moans of pleasure sounding out into the previously barren hall within minutes, as he leaned back and began eating. Casually glancing onto the female cup holder beside him, any time he found it necessary to need a drink. This was certainly the life, and he was glad he had been graced with such luck, as to have this sort of circumstances happen to him now. Being a God as he was, was always a good thing. It came with many perks, and he was certainly glad that he could enjoy all these perks so easily, just by returning to his home.

[My religion beats your religion. ninja ]

Nita looked her over and smiled with mild pleasure to finally know her name. She looked pretty much the same as when he saw her last, now knowing that she came to that chapel on the night that he died. However, he was still not certain who it was that ended his life? Did he do it voluntarily? Or was he actually over powered by someone weaker than him by some sort of ploy that out maneuvered him or caught him by surprise? Nita's mind raced at such high speeds that Nita soon looked like he was lost to the world for a slight moment before shaking his head slightly to clear his thoughts. This was not the time to be worrying about things such as this. Right now, he needed to be sure that she was really a person who witnessed his death and probably tell him how he actually died. But then he thought about what she said. On top of the fact she did not want to put any faith into anything, she was only sightseeing because some 'ninny-hammer' told her about it. Nita's left eye twitched a little at the thought. Old man? She thought he was an old man? How rude and incorrect to call a person who used to be a mechanical device bent on the world's destruction if things were to continue as it were...

"Mashira... Now that we have been properly introduced, I would be glad to give you a tour of our modest and humble shrines and temples dedicated to all the gods any nation or culture has ever thought of creating. Even though we have gathered the legends of the Gods far and wide, we practice them to the point where they are indeed a living, breathing being. Some religious practitioners even believe that they are living reincarnates of God and thus hold themselves over all others. As corrupt as they are... My particular religion is branched off another religion known as Christianity. Catholicism believes that God had a son through a woman named Mary who retained her virginity through her pregnancy. She birthed a boy whom was named Jesus of Nazareth. In his adult years, he traveled the world, spreading the word of his Father, God, and ended up dying for everyone's sins before resurrecting three days later and ascending into heaven. That is pretty much the Christian religion in a nut shell. Now if you want to learn more about other religions, I advise that you speak with the head monk, nun, priest, shaman, or practitioner of any religion to answer any questions that you have," said Nita as he started to walk towards the outside before waiting at the door way.

"Let me show you around, you may end up coming back one day for any questions about life you have," said Nita with a smile as he turned back to her. He held out his right hand, the rosary hanging from his wrist with a cross holding the image of his savior nailed upon it. He wanted to tell her everything about the village but knew that he could not. If he were to tell her, both he and she would be killed within seconds from every member of the Kami clan bearing down upon the two of them, tearing them apart with abilities not known to the rest of man kind. This thought reminded him back to a particular event when a wandering band of thieves stumbled upon the shrines and decided that it would be a good idea to raid them for food and valuables. The village only had four people on guard that night but no one was alerted to the fight as the band of twenty robbers fought against four clan members who collectively covered the divine art spectrum. From what the men said, the fight only lasted ten seconds and the proof was lying in a pit at the base of the mountains, decapitated body parts and completely destroyed weaponry. Nita had never forgotten what this clan was capable of after that day and new that if he were to attack this place as the old Bone, he would have died in an instant without knowing what hit him.

Nita raised an eyebrow to the mention that her people had been hunted all this time. But for hundreds of centuries, that seemed to be an exaggeration. Much like the story of Noah's Arc, the thought of a single man collecting 2 of every single creature and putting them on a relatively small boat with nothing but slaughter animals and hay for them all to eat was scientifically improbable. The truth of the matter is, Nita did not believe all of the stories but believed that a number of the books in the bible have been greatly exaggerated or changed completely from what had actually taken place. Nita could remember everything in all his past lives, even the ones he had before he had become a Hyuuga when he first started his life as 'Bone.' In all those lives, he could never remember a great flood that drowned the entire world nor could he remember a great civilization having to release their slaves because of seven plagues that a single man brought about through the word of his God. It was an odd idea though, this clan was able to believe in all Gods they choose even if their old lives do not hold any proof to their God...

"Was I born here? Odd question to ask a practitioner of faith in this hallowed land. Yes, I was born here, born from a father who worshiped Allah and a mother who believed in the works of Buddhism. Yet I was given free choice to choose my own faith even though both would believe any other religion are corrupt or blasphemous," said Nita as he tilted his head back a little, looking towards the wall through the corner of his eyes. Nita shrugged the idea off as he looked back towards her, noticing that she was not enjoying a particular smell. Nita was not sure of what that was about but the fact that she called herself a lycanthrope, or a free-transforming werewolf, explained a few things. These creatures were able to transform at will and always had heightened senses because of it. Nita was able to put two and two together relatively quickly using his knowledge from his other lives. She could smell decomposition. She could smell death. Nita wondered if they were close enough to the base of the mountain for her to actually smell it all... Nita could only hope that he would not need to fight her since that would be horrible if he would have to kill her... Again...

Nita listened to the girl as she was asking about something rather indecent. He could think of hundreds of religions that involves death or orgies as a way to get close to their gods or appease their anger. However, if there were temples that were hording the rotting corpses of the dead for their own use, Nita had gotten too used to the smell to even notice anymore. Even in his past lives, he probably gotten used to the smell of rotting flesh or the heavy curtain of blood wash over the landscape after one of Richard's escapades. Nita could not even fathom what he could have done if he just started killing everyone left to right, using every possible technique imaginable that he knew to rip lives asunder or carve them a new eye socket. Nita tilted his head back more to think about what kinds of religions would perform such acts like that and could only come up with a few on the fly.

"Well, Satanology, or the worship of the devil, would have its members periodically have mass orgies in order to appease their God's lust and hunger. Others who starts up cults revolving around themselves believe it is their right to start up all female orgies to satisfy their own cravings. Then there are the worshipers of the old gods who believes in the continuous sacrifice of humans or animals to offer up to their Gods to direct their angers elsewhere instead of their own homes. What they do with their dead, I do not know and I do not think I wish to find out," said Nita as he scratched the back of his head. It was not often he would go to those chapels, temples, or shrines to learn more about the religion they chose to follow but he could only remember that he ever went to all of them only once and those times were when he swore it would be the last. Especially since it would have been an upfront to his Lord and Savior. If Nita had counted up the religions in the village correctly, there were well over ten thousand religions taking up land for their temples or sharing it with another religion that was close enough to their that they could have merged with minor difficulties.

"As for what you were talking about, Ares is the Greek God of War, if I remember this correctly. He is part of the Olympian religion where they believe that certain Gods regulate particular seconds of the known world. For example, Zues, the God of Gods, rules over the Domain of Thunder and the Skies. Aphrodites rules over the Domain of Love, Sex, and raw human emotions. And Poseidon rules over the Domain of the Sea and everything in it. But maybe that was not the one you were talking about... There are many Gods that share a name so I tend to lose track of them... Wait... Oh that guy named Ares... Yes, well, remember when I told you about those self-made cults where the religion revolves around them? Well, he is one of such people and he tends to keep his cult filled with just females. The religion itself makes me want to vomit because of the graphics they go into but I can not do anything about it," said Nita as he placed his head into a hand, shaking his head slowly as the memories were returning and he just wanted the thoughts gone.

Nita really did want her to see the forest, it really was rather pleasant but there were some things that were not to be seen up close. Nita learned this when he was little. Sometimes he would go by places and be attacked, just because that is what the religion does. They fight off anyone they do not want near their religion and the forest may be one of those places since the village's grand monk pronounced it off limits to all but him and his council. Nita knew there was something more than this for him to ban everyone his his village from a certain place and Nita was pretty sure that the area was merely a site to dump the dead bodies of travelers that stumble across the clan's secret. Nita's smile did not change however, having practiced this when he was Bone many years ago, as he shook his head. "I would admit that the woods do look outstanding if you were a creature of the woods, I would have to say that the Shindo religion's garden looks absolutely beautiful with working rivers and koi fish swimming through the ponds. The rock garden is also rather nice I hear now a days since I last went. Or maybe we can go to one of the more Gothic churches and admire their textural designs to bring about the darkness of the land and make it into a beautiful creation of wonder and death," said Nita as he pointed towards higher into the mountains where the Japanese and Gothic style temples and churches could be found since those areas are more in tuned with the religions.



((Crap, short post due to writers block on creative detours. lol.)