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Experiment: #-classified- restricted Fifth Dawn access. Missing Ninja from Konohagakure.

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In the silence of the dark room lay the boy.... more changed on the outside than the inside in truth, but something strange had happeqened there as well.
After what had seemed like an eternity of wait in blissful unconcious sleep a breath of finality lifted from his chest. More disturbing about this normal sight of a sleeping boy was the idea that something was wrong with this entire picture.. where the boy's hands should have been lay the massive claws of a beast.. silver in color and powerful in form, cords of the silver mettalic substance protruded from the veins just below his elbows, wrapping tightly around his arms in a spiral as if corded muscle and extending down to cover his hands... ending in deadly serrated fingers of silver. Hollow etches had been dug deeply into the ice bed beneath Felix's body, the claw like fingers having been writhing and clawing relentlessly at the material... and finally resting in the small ditches created there for them.
Besides the demonic appearance of the hands though, the fangs were also a quizzicality of the boy's humanity.. small protusions over his lower lip in the color of silver also and testament to his enlarged and sharpened canines... notably these fangs would be hidden from sight but had apparently slipped out in his coma.
It seemed forever that the boy lay there in his sleep and ragged, torn clothing... in that icy chilled room.
Felix's eyes opened.
"...ggghhhaaa!"
A cry of agony tore from his lips, echoing eerie pain around all of the caverns.. but no one was there to listen to his tortured presence.
A silver glow shone faintly from his eye sockets... his glowing silver iris' narrowed in a vertical oval.. the dilated eyes of a predator. All Felix could see though was a blur of pain as he slipped over the edge of the bed and collapsed beside it, watching his hands in horror. His body felt delerious and his mind sick as the blood pumped powerfully through his arms and the claws pulsated gruesomely with the cadence.
Time blurred about his body as Felis seemed to flicker first to the door... then steadily outward.. seeming to blink from one place to the next.

After another blur of time in delerium, Felix found himself sitting on a rooftop and watching the moon. It slowly came into focus in his blurry eyes, his heart rate slowing.
A dark robe now rest around his form... fifth dawn style, probably left by one of the older members before him.... it concealed the rest of his ragged appearance. A reflection of how he felt inside, metaphorically.


-Exit to Takigakure's Housing District-

From within the Underwater Caverns, deep green orbs peered out from the medical chamber where the body of Travis still remained. Felix had dissappeared into the Housing District. She could sense the chakra of another, having stepped into the icy halls of Nakamura's chakra. Her padded paws shifted, extending out her claws into the ice which allowed her to lightly prance into Nakamura's Chambers where Zenjin had taken refuge. He was awake, but resting, for she could feel the chakra within him flowing.

Nakamura, there's an intruder within the chambers. What would you like me to do?

Don't worry Ayala. I sense it too. From what I can tell, the source is strong, but nothing we can't handle should they try to start anything. Can you get a visual?

I'll see if I can. Just give me a moment. Ayala's tail flicked it's way to her left as her head peered out from the left wall of Nakamura's Chamber. There wasn't anyone in the hall, but the chakra source would be approaching them shortly. Nothing yet.

Just keep me informed Ayala. If anything happens, just let me know. I'll be there immediatly if you need me.

((Ignore the roll. ninja ))

Ayala gave would could have been mistaken for an audible sigh when it felt as if the intruder was trying to provoke action by sending out his chakra. While it wouldn't be able to penetrate the caverns' own chakra layered ice, it was easy for someone of their calibur to detect the rise. She felt it was an attempt at intimidation, and that made her ears twitch. Zenjin didn't take too kindly to intimidation tactics... and Hyousetsu was even worse. If he were here, there would already be blood spilt if Nakamura didn't intervene. She didn't think things would get to an elevated situation as long as the intruder didn't antagonize them.

Zenjin let out a small puff of breath after the intruder seemed to call them out. If they wanted to hide their presence, they would have. He released his own burst of chakra, causing a rumbling throughout the caverns. He wasn't yet going to move from his position since he was sure Ayala could handle things by herself, but wanted to show this intruder that they were not afraid.

Zenjin, was that really necessary? she asked, but she knew she wouldn't be getting a response. Her feminine wiles allured her to gracefully trot out of Nakamura's Chambers and down the hall. She stopped when she spotted him, a single male, about Nakamura's age. He reminded her of someone else she knew, but that didn't change the course of action. Her paws extended out her claws just enough to grip the top layer of ice, continuing to move towards the intruder. Her green orbs staring at the blade upon his back. She remained silent, her ears pointed towards him awaiting to see his next move.

Ayala's hackels were ridged, yet not risen. The outline of her fur's upheavel traced along her spine until it rested where her tail connected. Her tail was stiff, not up to play, but not down in fear either. Her fangs had yet to be bared, but it was obvious to her kin that she was not only portraying status with this gesture, but territorial boundaries. Nakamura, what would you like me to do? Expel the intruder or something else? Before you question it, yes, that was the intruder and then Zenjin.

Ayala, you always had a way to read me. So, you'll probably know what I'd prefer. However, with times like they are from the reconissance that I've heard, the world is much different than it was. Aisugakure is devoid of the worldly problems, so people may have different motives these days. Perhaps you should hear what he has to say?

But he's just standing there. He has a blade upon his back, and he is showings signs of either a jutsu or surrender. It was always difficult to tell with all you human's manuerisms.

If you want me to show up, I can. If I'm not mistaken... And I'm not... You're near my Chambers. I'd rather not have people not of the Dawn wandering the village, so keep him occupied for a few minutes. I'll be there when I finish my meditation.

I shall do as you requested. Ayala's hackels half-heartedly began to drop, yet her ears and eyes did not change their demeaner. Her paws kept still while she continued to wait. Was this human going to do anything? Or would Nakamura arrive before-hand? All Ayala could do, was wait.

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Experiment: #-classified- restricted Fifth Dawn access. Missing Ninja from Konohagakure.

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Felix had entered into the darkness of the caves below, for there was indeed no light now. He carried a torch in his hand, picked up from the entrance to the caves in a small metal basket. There were numerous other torches there in such preparation upon the Takigakure side to enter the caves. A covered cauldron of oil was also there in which one would dip the torch before lighting it.
Now Felix held it before himself, traveling slowly through the caves. He was in truth, taking his time. Naka was here no longer, that left only him. As far as he was concerned this was his domain now, and no one else was even here. He was of the mind to explore it.
The dripping of water from the stalectites and stalagmites of ice about the cavern did not go unnoticed. There were steady streams of water developing around the caves, pooling upon the floors and channeling in general toward the waterfall entrance... though they formed intricate channels and patterns, not uncommo nly like the symbols one might see for a Jutsu.
Felix picked his way amoung these, holding the flaming torch here, and then there. Trying to decipher the symbols meaning, but he could only pick out vague specific meanings in the letters.
After a while of traveling, Felix had seemed to have found the heart of the cavern... the very center of all the caves cumulative below Takigakure... it was covered in ice. The walls were ice, the floor was ice, the ceiling was ice. Felix's breath was visible in the air befor his face, frosty in the cold here. As he held up the torch to the many walls, they would begin dripping and deforming at the heat. Felix knew it was only a matter of time before the entire cavern had melted of all its ice. He wondered what lay beyond some of these walls... surely secret rooms and perhaps even long lost and covered up passages, leading deep into the earth.

Glancing over at one point, Felix noticed another man standing in the caverns... the guy looked lost.
"...She's not here." Felix lifted his torch up to get a better look at the guy from across the one cavern opening. They were about 30 foot apart now, and the cave was dark, so it was hard to tell... but Felix could get the general layout from his torch, his eyes straining through the darkness. He could tell that the other man was a trained Ninja.

Felix drew his katana from his back and tossed the torch off to the side, where it sputtered for a second, skidding across the ice, but did not go out for the oil. He knew he had to do this... it was the ushering in of a new tide.
"It is cold in here."
The Katana flipped twice in his expert hand and then plunged into one of the icy walls, defying the apparent strength of the boy whom held it. Who looked to be no older than sixteen years of age. The ice was indeed rock hard, and the sword was plunged two feet in.
"...Raiton... release.." Felix rolled the word through his deep voice in a ponderous manner... as if he were savoring the chakra before he would decide to serve it.
Without warning the entire cave became as if the center of a white star. Brilliant colors of lightning and electricity spasmed at the speed of thoughts across the cave, following trails of water and ice... melting the ice at incredible rates and lighting all of the caverns with an electrified glow.
The torch that had been laying upon the floor went out with a hiss as the pool of water that quickly formed in a tidal rush swept over it.
The caves opened up magnificently... doors revealing... the ceiling stretching up into vast darkness above, holes in the floor and pillars of solid rock re-working their way back into the natural landscape of the cavern. The ice was gone within a matter of one minute... the boy standing above his katana, now resting over a deep pool of water at his feet. Raiton electricity sparking for a few moments between the two.
His sharp silver eyes snapped up as a sudden surge of powerful pressure chakra shook the entire complex.. the air bubbling stongly, forming a vast mist out of the evaporated water and ice. The air between himself and the other man in the room blurred for a moment before shaking into a tear in space... the familiar Jutsu of Naka's transportation technique, to Felix. But this one was unweildy.. raw in nature and much less refined. He could only imagine that it was indeed how he had expected.





-Exit to Aisugakure Mission-