Sorain paused for a moment before turning his head to the side and brushing passed his brother and heading for the door. "You know me better than that Sai. I would never leave you in this world alone. I have been to places that you wouldn't imagine. I have seen things that would curl your stomach. But I didn't do it for me, hell, I didn't even do it for you, nor our parents. There is no such thing as a war between good and evil Sai, there is only the power of resolve. I have dedicated my life to this plan, and I wont stop with only justice for ourselves. I plan to bleed the world of its poisons." He said before leaning his back against the door and crossing his leg in a relaxed posture. "Your ******** crazy if you thought for even a moment that I would sacrifice my own life for such a thing. I am stubborn but I am no fool. Open your mind brother and place your faith within me." He then shifted himself forward, close enough to place a palm on his brothers shoulder. "No, I speak not of trading one life for another. Such a thing would be pointless. Instead, I seek to recreate their consciousness from the remains of the purest form of their life force, their chakra. It's rather simple actually. For life, one must have three things. The first is a circulating source of chakra, which many scholars have indicated to be the physical manifestation of a persons soul or life force, the second thing is their consciousness, and finnally a vessel or body to hold the pieces together. We have their chakra inside of us Sai!I can recreate their bodies! I just need to reach into the void and pull back their consciousness. "
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:36 pm
Sai watched Sorain walk away sourly, a twinge momentarily afflicting his chest before subsiding as he refocused his mind and his breathing. "Mhm, mhm." Striding towards the kitchen area, the man continued to nod his head and half listen to what his brother was saying. He had asked enough times to get the same answer to have given up on trying to pry out what he truly wanted to hear; what was the price. As Sorain continued, Sai searched through the cupboards for a small glass, retrieving one from the back and placed it on the table before taking the first bottle of rum from the fridge. Uncorking it, he poured a few ounces into the glass and sipped from it carefully, "Chakra, consciousness, container." He murmured from behind his glass as his mind wrapped around the concept of what he was hearing. In basics Sorain wanted to seek out world justice... the revival of their parents was a step needed for this justice. That alone made little sense to Sai, what was it about their parents that would be the key to creating this justice, was it directly related to them at all? It was possible it was the act of revival that was the key and the choice of their family was simply an icing on the cake, but that in itself didn't feel like a full story, why them and not someone of more power or knowledge.
Gulping down the rest of the rum in his glass, Sai quickly refilled the glass and downed it yet again, slamming the glass against the counter as he did. "Chakra, consciousness, container." He repeated out loud, this time more audibly.
What was this void he kept repeating, Sai already knew that his brother's style of fighting was named after a version of death or rather said life after death, but what was its true relation to the situation and the fact that he supposedly found ways to new worlds. Was it possible that Sorain had managed a way to the next world and came back? If so, and their parents consciousness was in that world, what was the need of their chakra. Chakra was in essence a person's soul and thus their consciousness in of itself, so what need is the void if they have that and if they had the void what did they need of chakra when they could be retrieved from that world. Sai shook his head, it was either a theatrical statement or something that would need more clarification before continuing on, until then he needed his mind to focus on what was available to digest.
They needed their parent's chakra to restore their consciousness... the only remnants of that chakra was mixed with nine and seven tailed beasts, which were quite literally some of the largest stores of pure chakra known to the world. So that covered two-thirds of what Sorain had said, but what would be the containers... What could possibly have the structure to contain a human soul and a demon's chakra. As it stood most living creatures could barely hold that much chakra and a soul requires a living body otherwise it would steadily deteriorate. and just like an atom... that was just danger on all fronts. "So.." Sai began as he let out a soft sigh, "... let's see if I understand this. To bring back our parents we need three things: Chakra - to sustain them, Consciousness - to create them, and Containers - to, well, contain them, right? A location of that much chakra and the source of what remains of their chakra is one and the same, our demons. Which means the price we're paying is our demons... which has a ninety percent chance of killing us upon separation. Ignoring that, we also need a container capable of hosting both a human soul and a demon's chakra, something that is a rarity. An artificial or dead host would never continuously hold under such pressure, and two souls in one body can not work without one or the other destroying and or controlling the other. The likelihood of a coexistence is low unless the souls have a harmony together, and even then the body would have a major amount of stress."
Sai took a moment to let his breath come back to him as he refilled his glass again and swirled the contents around carefully before downing it slowly and continuing on. "Did I miss or get anything wrong? If so, what is it. Tell me clearly how we are going to do this and what will we have to sacrifice."
"We'll obviously such a process will not come without sacrifice. As you said before, this is necromancy, in order to gain, something must be lost. In this case we will be sacrificing not only the lingering remains of our parents chakra that is currently infused with the demons. But we will also be loosing the Bijuu inside of us completely."Before even giving Sai a chance to interrupt he continued right away, "The downside is, because of the nature of Jinchuriki seals, we will never be able to survive once the link has been severed. Though I will be able to delay the process, without replacing a massive source of chakra back into our bodies we will eventually start to decay. This much is unavoidable, the sealing process simply leaves little room for modification. My only solution is to revive our parents and then immediately seek to reseal ourselves with a different Bijuu to restore the seals before our bodies completely give out on us." As he finished talking Sorain noticed the scent of rum in lingering in the air before hearing the faint sound of Sai swallowing hard on the alcoholically concocted drink. "When did you start drinking? Hmm.. I always thought that was my thing." he said with his eye brow raised in suspension. It wasn't like Sai to drink, in fact if he remembered correctly Sai had always sworn off the stuff yet here he was swigging away freely. Given the situation, and the subject of their conversation, he supposed that now would be as good as any to start tossing a few back, if for no other reason than to relieve some of the tension involved with discussing such forbidden acts. After all, it was much easier to face the devil with a drop of liquid courage. Deciding that he might as well join in, Sorain reached out and gripped the bottle of rum and brought it to his lips, completely forgoing the glass sitting on the table. Sorain was a heavy drinker, and as such he gained somewhat of a personal delight out of showing off what he considered to be a sailors liver. After taking two hard chugs on the battle Sorain reached up and slide his shirt sleeve across his chin, wiping clear the remains of the clear liquid. He then slid the bottle down on the counter and leaned his head upward, letting the warming sensation of the rum fill his veins and set him just a few inches off the ground.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:33 am
Sai let out a soft sigh as he snatched the bottle back from his brother, his body quickly sliding up to sit on the counter and take a swig of the rum directly himself. "You haven't seen me in years, you think things wouldn't change? Not to crazy about vodka but rum always hits the spot for me." He said simply, leaning back on his hands so his head could sling back. For a while he hummed to himself softly as he thought over what Sorain was saying to him, his eyes never leaving the ceiling as he did. "So... in essence, you are asking me to sacrifice my demon and the last bit of attachment to father for the possibility of returning our parents completely... Ah, and wait, it comes with the risks of but not limited to: Death upon strain, death upon decay, death upon failure, high probability what we get back isn't what we want, putting ourselves in a weakened state for a prolonged amount of time with no promise of gain, oh and not to forget the fact that it comes with the large possibility of having the runs and a bit of a sniffle. Did I forget anything?" A grin spread across Sai's lips as he adjusted his sights to his brother and took another swig of his rum. "Where do I sign up, and is there an insurance plan? Oh and key chains, I would love a key chain to memorialize this day in history.
Sorain began to speak out, "If I didn't know better id say that you sounded scared." as he finished prodding he already knew that his brother would eventually conceed and agree to continue with his plans. All he needed to do now was to regain access to the Orasakai compound and setup a new lab, which would of course require returning to Lightning and gathering a few of the resources that were left behind in his exodus. Sneaking back into the country would'nt normally be too difficult considering the fact that he was known there already as Rizu Uchiha. Sure, there were certain officials who would still recognize him as a threat, but the general public was more likely than not completely unaware of his true status within the village. "Before we begin there is a few things that need to be taken care of that require my attention else where. In the mean time, what say you about our two tag alongs?" he questioned while motioning aimlessly to the two young girls lying together. In the midst of their conversation he had almost forgotten that they were even there, let alone having to worry about what to actually do with them. The fact was, they slowed them down and also made it much more difficult to travel unnoticed. One wandering stranger was like a feather in the wind, four was more like a headless bird flopping down the road, trailing blood spattered foot prints and cackling out loud.
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:00 pm
"Scared?" Sai retorted with a snort, "More like petrified! You know how bad it is to have the runs? I promise you, it is not a feeling to be savored." He said with a chuckle, walking around the edge of the bar as he slid the bottle back to his brother and paced his way towards the two girls. For a while he simply watched the two sleep peacefully, his face somber as he contemplated how to answer Sorain. What to do with them was a good question, they were both so innocent and untouched by the terrible world that many shinobi had grown up in, Sai wasn't sure if he really wanted to expose them to it just yet. "Mmm... It'll be faster and safer for us to go alone, plus this is no one else business regardless. I will send message to someone in the clan and have them watch over the two until we return. I will make sure they know to help get them authentication as a citizen's of the mist and if they like even enroll them into the ninja academy. What do you think?"
Sorain shuddered slightly at the thought, "Your gross bro." Sorain remained silent as he listened to his brothers proposal as to what exactly to do with their followers. Right away he was caught off guard by the mention of another Orasakai clan member. Could it be that since he had been away the Orasakai clan had begun experiencing a rebirth? "There are others now? I thought that the clan stopped allowing Shinobi join the mantle of Orasakai that were not born into the clan." Surely, he thought, that there couldn't be another blood born Orasakai still living and thriving in the Shinobi world. Such a thing was both shocking yet comforting. Even if he had never met him himself, the idea of having another living relative meant a great deal to him, someone else that shared their name, as well as the burden that came with it. Before speaking again, Sorain turned his attention to Saru and Arina, listening intently to their breathing patterns which gave him subtle hints to their location in the room. The thought of the future of the Orasakai clan flashed in his head like a movie reel, seeing their clans banner waving for yet another genreration. Slowly he whispered, "The Orasakai clan will not die with us then...All the more reason to take this risk, It is settled, they will continue to Kirigakure and be escorted further by this clan member. I look forward to meeting him in the coming weeks."
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:17 pm
Sai chuckled heavily, his head shaking softly as he did. "Careful what you wish for. He's still young and immature, very hot-headed and rebellious but nonetheless he is apart of the clan, supposedly our cousin on our father side." He said with a shrug before making his way to his bed, where he sat down with a flop and found himself ink and scroll from the drawer nearby. "But yeah, the clan is growing and strong again, there are not many blood relatives but they still live but are outnumbered by recruits. The clan is now majorly people of extraordinary talents, and without you are more then likely bared from admission." He muttered out to his brother, his head bent as he scribbled into the scroll.
To Kanryuu,
I hope this letter finds you in good health, cousin. I wish to ask a favor of you. There will be two girls arriving in the docks the evening you receive this letter, they will be waiting for you by the entrance gates, I need you too look after them for me. Bring them to the compound and keep them safe, do not allow the government to find them prematurely, at any costs necessary(except at the risk of destroying the compound, destroy that and I destroy you). Look after them, teach them of the country and train them so they can enroll into our militia by time I return.
I should be back in three weeks time of there arrival and with me the remains of the clan... as well as our rise in power throughout the country. Do not disappoint, there will be much in it for you if you succeed.
Best wishes, Sai
"Bleh." A heavy sigh pushed out of Sai's lips as he sealed the scroll and preformed a small set of hand seals, a small canary summoning. Setting the scroll to the bird's leg, he opened the door and allowed it to fly away to it's proper destination. "And with that, we should be on our way."
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Gentle hands shook Saru awake. Groaning in protest she pulled the covers up over her head as she buried her face into the down pillow. She was never a morning person, and the added nausea gave her even more incentive to not get up. Arina's soft voice however rang out through the fog of sleep,
"Wake up Saru, we're here." A small hand rubbed her back comfortingly as she rolled over, golden eyes cracking open to look at the girl.
"I'm up." she grumbled, yawning before pushing herself up to a sitting position. The Nausea hit her hard but with the extended trip she found it easier to cope with than before. With a sigh she rubbed her eyes. Pale white hair stuck up in all sorts of odd directions, quite possibly the worst bedhead anyone had ever seen. Shaking it out Saru ran a hand through it before pulling it back, taming the waves into a semblance of a normal hairstyle. Pulling the covers down she swung her legs over the edge of the bed, stretching before standing on uncertain hand-feet.
Thankfully Arina was near her and offering an extended hand Saru took it thankfully, using her to steady herself before focusing her Chakra so she could easily conceal herself. Lacing her hand in Arina's she double checked to make sure she had all of her supplies Before turning to Sai and Sorain, still rubbing tired eyes.
"So.... What's the plan?" she ventured, knowing that the delicate situation called for some sort of plan.
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:40 pm
Sorain nodded his head, visually showing Sai that he understood what would come next. He then turned his focus to Saru and answered her very directly, "You and Arina are to continue on to Kirigakure. There you will be met with a man of the Orasakai clan whom will transport you to our clans compound as well as process you into the village ranks. You will not be considered Missing or Rouge ninja, as long as you listen to his command and do what your told you will become officially listed shinobi of Kirigakure..." Sorain paused for a moment as he thought more intently about what he was saying and what it truly meant, "Although, it might be wise of you to consider another persona that you can adopt when leaving the sanctuary of the island. Kirigakure might accept you, but there is nothing that guarantees your immunity once you exit the borders." Sorain stood up and began to wrap the white cloth back around his eyes as he prepared to head out once again, "I am assuming that he will be waiting for them at the docks, from here you two must take care of yourselves. Do not cause a scene, and also be very clear of one thing. The moment for regret is passing. Remember who we are and what we do. We are the Orasakai clan, our name carries much fear and for good reason. This isn't Sai and Sorains training camp for young ninja. By stepping foot off this boat and following our clan member you are committing to facing the rigorous process of being ordained by the Orasakai clan. If you two are still there when we return. Your training will really begin, consider our clan mates baby sitting as the preliminaries."
As the duo moved closer and closer Kaito couldn't help but laugh at Arina's rebuttal to his comment. As much as he wanted to snap back with something clever and intelligent sounding, she really had hit the nail on the head. "Well, I wont say that you're fully right, but half way there. Realistically I got real excited reading that scroll this morning, I'm so ready to get moving. We got some rogue ninja to to lock up!" Shortly after these words Hanako mentioned something about going on a mission, as if she were confused or missed the scroll or something. "Wait, didn't you see the scroll from this morning? We received a B Ranked mission to go catch a rogue ninja from errr... The sand village I think?" The little details had slipped his mind, that was a pretty frequent thing for him. "Anyways the last place they saw him headed was to rain country so were gonna head there." At this point Kaito would dig deep into one of his back pockets pulling a folded up piece of paper. Upon unfolding, he would reveal a map to his teammates. "So according to this, our best bets to head towards fire county then take a straight shot towards Rain." The akimichi would fold the map up and stash it back where he'd grabbed it from as he'd nod his head signalling his teammates forward so they could get to moving.
The trio followed down a path that would eventually bring them to the ocean. The walk was fairly silent to say the least, it was fairly evident that the group really didn't know each other well enough to just hold conversations over about anything yet. Kaito decided he would eventually take the chance and break the mold and see where it'd take him. "So yeah, you guys ever been to fire country?" He would pause for a moment giving Hanako and Arina time to respond to the question, as his next few questions would be dependent on their answers. Mostly this was curiosity more than anything else. Kaito was born and raised in the leaf village, his parents still resided there but he would fail to mention those little details to his teammates for obvious reasons; those reasons surely being the confidentiality of his last mission of course. Lying how he was, was starting to become a headache. Always had to watch his tongue and make sure he wouldn't say the wrong thing or reveal too much information to make himself seem suspicious or odd at the very least. Though for his village he would keep the charade up the best he could.
Slowly and surely the group would inevitably reach their first destination, that destination being the ocean. "Hey hey hey we made it!" Kaito exclaimed loudly and proudly to his two teammates. The path would bring them across a small dock with two ferry boats stationed next to them. A small hut with an elderly woman inside stood directly ahead of them, she would be the one collecting their money for the ride on the ferry. Kaito would waste not another second before jogging ahead of the group and speaking to the old bag. "Hey how's it going? Gonna need tickets for three please!" His words were cheerful, it was obviously how excited he was for this mission, even if the mission may end with him having to slaughter a shinobi. The lady traded him tickets for the ryo and Kaito would turn to his teammates passing them each a ticket. "Next boat leaves in five, hope neither of you guys get sea sick!"
INDENT“It was your crumbs that gave it away,” Arina chuckled pointing to her own face demonstrating where the stray rice was located on his own body. She allowed him to continue and give a quick rundown of their orders which had been received early in the morning before the break of dawn. The girl nodded her head while listening to Kaito map out their journey. “That sounds right from what I looked at this morning. I had done some research myself, though I left my own physical visualization at the house. It was borrowed, so I could not have it incurring any sort of damages. The grievance cost can be pretty bad,” the girl cringed remembering how her stepdad once had dropped one of her scrolls into the water while washing over dishes. Luckily, her dad took full responsibility and covered the replacement costs… Otherwise, she may have had to sell her soul to the library to pay for the grievance costs.
INDENTThe trio continued to follow the path quietly, though Arina found that for her it was a comfortable silence. She was slowly growing accustomed to having the two of her teammates around so regularly, despite only having known them a day or so. Hanako might not have been so wrong about spending the first night together. It seemed to have appropriately integrated the three together, despite having nothing in common other than being shinobi and a desire to prove themselves. Kaito was the first to break the silence asking what seemed to be an odd question considering they were all genin but taking the first step in trying to create a conversation between them was bold and deserved some sort of response. “I have never been to Fire Country,” Arina shook her head lightly for a moment before continuing on, “I would very much like to go sometime though to spend some leisurely time. They are supposed to have the best hot springs. Not to mention, the forest looks gorgeous from all the pictures I have seen.”
INDENTThe girl smiled fondly noticing the ocean coming into full view. She inhaled deeply taking in the breathtaking view; Water Country was nothing to snub your nose at. They had their own perks living in such a wonderful place. Arina was sure that each of the countries had their own appeal to living there, though she wondered about Wind Country. Sandstorms did not seem very appealing and too much heat… ‘ach,’ the girl shivered just thinking about the living circumstances. “Yes,” the girl feigned as much excitement as Kaito was openly proclaiming as he ran ahead to collect their tickets but really, she was just content admiring the environment at a comfortable pace trying not to over think the end destination while there was so much going on right in front of her. Approaching Kaito who was still seemingly pumped for the upcoming mission turned on his heels, he handed each Arina and Hanako a ticket of their own for the boat which would be shortly upon them. The girl scoffed, “How do you think I got here from the Land of Iron?” What a ludicrous accusation.
INDENT“Ahh, there!” Arina pointed excitedly watching the boat approach them. She loved the open sea and the salty air. It was an invigorating experience.
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"You two need to learn to play nice. Im seeing improvement, but it's just an observation that one could see your consistent picking on of each other as a bit of infatuation.", Hanako remarked with a wicked, yet playful smirk for the first time since they had met up and boarded the ship to Fire Country. She was the type who liked to keep her feet on solid ground, walking on water, was the only exception as she had a jutsu for that. She did not trust the fault prone constructions of human hands. This was not even as strong as some of her weaker bones, and if she had to fight here, she'd likely tear the craft apart, and she was only a genin in that regard. It did little to put her mind at ease during the trip. Getting in a little friendly ribbing among her squad mates was the only thing that seemed to settle her nerves enough to prevent her from training on the deck. She could be a bit rough and as previously stated, the ship would be unlikely able to handle her if she went full force, though Kaito and Arina might be able to restrain her if she fell to her blood lust or worse, her boredom.
As Arina and Kaito discussed the supposed scenery in Fire Country, Hanako looked back toward the misty island continent that was her homeland. It was not even a speck on the horizon, but back there, she felt a piece of her heart had remained there. It left a soft and empty pain in her chest as she realized they might be away for a while. Was this homesickness? It was a new sensation for 'The White Rose'. She had done so much into repressing emotion or to show as little attachment to material things, or even people to avoid that weakness, that she had not realized how attached she had gotten to home. "I suppose if you two wanted to go sight seeing, that'd be okay, so long as I get to fight things and make some money, too. I want to go home successful for this trip and to bolster the pride in the family that their prize daughter has become something of worth.", she said with a nod of her head in a solemn fashion. She did not really feel that they saw her as worthless, but becoming a genin was just not enough to garner the feeling of self-worth that Hanako, herself, desired. There was more to achieve and limits to surpass, things to accomplish and dreams to fulfill. There would be a lot of time between this moment and the time when she might even come to accept herself as worthy of her own respect and admiration.
It wasn't long before Hanako looked back to their ship's destination to see that they were close. A shore line could be seen and Fire Country was fast approaching. The damnable Hidden Leaf Village was somewhere in this god-forsaken land, and she couldn't wait to meet one of their ninja in singles combat. Tearing apart a ninja of her Village's arch-rival would bring her no greater pleasure, but there was no call for such action, and their mission at hand was not one that would even allow her the pleasure of executing one of the Land of Fire without it being seen as a criminal act and not just a duty of her position as one of the members of the Mist.
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