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Torrest arrived at the docks of Hidden Arts from Hidden Leaf and looked around, holding a kitten within his hands while it's mother clawed at his leg. He had been drifting upon the waters for a while now and was wondering how he got upon the ship in the first place. His memory got the better of his thoughts as he stepped down the ships boarding plank and he was engulfed in imagery. Torrest could see himself standing and watching Ginsa fight the other two shinobi that had happened to appear in the area. This bored him a bit so he merely started to look around and noticed that there was a cat roaming nearby. Wanting to pet it, Torrest walked towards it, trying to get its attention and come towards him but instead, he some how managed to get the cat scared of him and it started running away as fast as it could. Torrest, however, wanted to know why this cat was running from him so he gave chase to it. He flew through the streets of Konoha, through the alley ways, open windows, open air stalls, just so he could have a chance to catch up with this creature of myths and, apparently fish breath. But as they were running through an alley way, he saw a kitten which looked at him while he was running after the larger cat before running away from him as well, chasing after what was its mother. Torrest could not help himself and started to make faces while calling out towards the kitten, trying to get the child cat to like him better but to no avail. It merely made things worse as the two cats started to run even faster. Through crowds they ran! You should have seen it! People being pushed to the ground, groceries tossed into the air, people screaming everywhere! The chaos! Oh the glorious chaos! But alas, the two cats ran so far through the crowds of people, that Torrest nearly got half the city pissed at him just from the stunts he pulled to keep the two cats in his sights. However, he did manage to keep them within his vision even though they were blocked a few times by people just crossing the roadway. What Torrest did not remember was that he was a Shinobi! That meant that he could have easily traversed the rooftops and still stopped them... But it would not be as fun to us now would it? Anyways, Torrest rushed past the city guards, still after the cats, leaving the men yelling at him as he ran. Faster and faster the cats seemed to get at Torrest weaved around the trees of the forest that the cute little critters thought they could escape him in! But yet, Torrest was slightly dumber. Instead of dodging around all the trees, he merely punched and kicked them , effectively cutting them in half with the force of his strikes and his momentum of his one hundred and fifteen pound body. Shards of wood would fly everywhere, lodging in everything as he cut his own path through the thick woods, slipping through trees that he saw them slip through with hardly any ease as the cats. Soon they were at a clearing where bandits were planning on raiding an upcoming merchant but before they lunged to strike, the sounds of breaking trees caught their attention. "What the hell," asked one of them as they all turned towards the source of the sound. After a short period, the two cats shot from the under grove, weaving past the hidden bandits while they watched them. But no sooner than the cat's got half way, Torrest made a grand entrance by busting down two rather thick oaks, surprising the closer bandits to fall backwards upon the floor. "Kitties? Kitties," called out Torrest as he had lost sight of them. But that was only for a short moment as Torrest saw a tail slipping between one of the bandit's legs. However, they were all still in shock and Torrest had mistaken them for hurting the two cats since they were holding out weapons and yelled out in a blind fury, clenching his hands into fists until the white of his bones could be seen. There were fifty bandits to this group. Crazy number indeed to go in without a weapon, but when you hone your mind and tone the body, your fists and feet becomes the most deadly weapons of anything you can have. As proven with many taijutsu masters like Rock Lee, Neji Hyuuga, or Gai Sensei. However, he belonged to a clan that used diseases which, when put into Taijutsu, makes it a little potent and dangerous since any attack he uses can cause massive problems to the opponent during long term fighting. Suddenly, Torrest shot forwards, leaving a small crater where he kicked off because his foot dug deep within the ground to give him extra leverage. Torrest reeled back a fist, fusing the Burning Knuckle's attack along with the other worldly technique called Futae no Kiwami to create a really powerful fire based fist attack that not only brings out the full force of a punch, but also inflict burns upon the opponent in a hell like punch which could easily cook a steak to the point of being burned within a half minuet. The man lifted his his sword as a basic reaction, not really knowing what would be in store for him but as the fist slammed into the metal of the sword, it quickly followed up itself with a quick after punch which then sent the man flying, his hands burnt as the metal of the sword was heated to a high temperature. However, it was not enough to deliver a second degree burn, but Torrest did not care for effects, just results in kicking their asses. Torrest slid to a stop and twisted himself around, sending a kick towards another man that was right by him, slamming it into the man's upper left arm and caused him to fly into a tree before sliding down to the ground. That kick was also endued the force of the Futae no Kiwami causing it to be ten times more powerful if not more from the current position Torrest was in. But suddenly a man collected himself fast enough to lift up his crossbow and then pull the trigger after the sights lined up upon Torrest's twisted body. However, because of that kick, Torrest was forced to drop to the ground causing the arrow to pass over him but just barely because his arm gave out from under him. Why did the arm give out? It was probably from the kick and the angle it was at... Who cares anyways? It was not like anyone important was helping the bandits. Torrest hit the ground but also heard the arrow whizzing overhead which got Torrest to look behind him to see the shaft sticking out of the ground. Torrest then looked towards the guy that had fired the arrow at him and then yelled out in rage, causing the nearby tree bark to shatter. This yell was so loud, even the man with the crossbow was knocked off his feet and fell to the floor. Torrest dug his fingers into the ground before pushing off, heading towards the archer in a running motion but then looked to his left to see one of the bandits make a few hand seals and a disk of Earth flew straight from the ground and headed towards Torrest. However, the moronic boy did not have the mental capability to understand the nature of the technique and then attempted to kick at it but it did not work. The disk was compacted to the point where it was almost diamond and when it collided with Torrest's foot it did not break. Also with the momentum of the incredibly heavy rock type move, Torrest was launched backwards into several trees, breaking through them until finally slamming hard into a tree with the disk following afterward and slamming into his stomach, causing him to spit up blood... Never a good sign. Torrest laid there like that, a bit dazed and looked to his right to see the kitten and its mother, just standing there looking at him. The kitten slowly walked over towards Torrest before licking his fingers which, evidently, gave Torrest new found strength. Gripping the rather heavy disk, Torrest lifted it off of him and stood up upon the soft ground underneath him and then gripped the side of the disk with both hand. He then started spinning rapidly, a whirling sound occurring with each and every turn he made, a small ditch appearing under his grounded foot while his other foot continued to kick off the ground to get a little more speed. Suddenly, Torrest let go of the disk and sent it flying through the trees towards the group of bandits where out in the distant with a ear deafening roar before kicking off the ground, creating a weak wind behind him which the cats seemed to enjoy. Torrest followed the disk as it crashed through the trees, catching the attention of the bandits once more after they thought that they had killed the boy. Suddenly, the disk broke through the line of trees, catching the bandits off guard once again, trying to get out of they way, abandoning those that they had tried to help after those poor suck~ erm, I mean, victims of Torrest's unrelenting rage. And once again, they would be hurt by Torrest but indirectly as the trees would fall upon them. They would not die, mind you, they would just rather be hurt in full body if not their pride of being defeated by the same guy twice... Especially if they knew that this guy was mentally retarded to begin with. Torrest landed upon the pile of fallen trees and threw his arms back while clenching his fists as hard as he could while yelling outwards towards the group of bandits. Making them fall back in surprise, the bandits watched as Torrest rushed forwards towards the same archer he had targeted before and observed as the man was blown away with a single knee in his face, an image of a tiger appearing around the impact zone. As the man flew, a trail of blood seemed to float in mid air as Torrest started to fuse the Futae no Kiwami and the Reality Destruction fighting styles together to create a pure killing fighting ability. More so one that can make an opponent's attack back fire upon them right off at their beginning attack! Torrest looked around to see a few kunai and arrows fly at him but they were no longer a problem now as his brain was processing the danger and reacting to them within such a short time frame, that not even a stop clock can label how fast the reaction time can be. Torrest slipped through the gaps of each and everyone of them before reaching into his pack which could be found upon his belt behind him and pulled out some bandaging. Some of the men started to laugh thinking that this guy was stupid for trying to patch up any wound he might have on the battle field but then were left speechless as Torrest rushed forwards, not bothering to wrap up the bandages around his arms but instead kicked his target hard in the chest, sending him straight upwards into the sky while wrapping a part of the bandage around his waist. As the man started to slow in his ascent, Torrest appeared below him before getting kicked again and sent up even higher above the ground and into a higher atmospheric layer. Torrest, however, appeared on the ground and looked upwards towards the man who was so high up from the ground before pulling down upon the bandage to cause the man to fall towards the ground at a rapid rate of fifty feet per second. Before he would collide into the ground, Torrest leaped upwards, sending a knee straight upwards to impact the man into the spine creating a tiger image around the impact zone but as well as snapping the mans back before watching him fall to the ground once more, but a bit lighter so he would not die immediately if he had not already from getting kneed in the spine. Torrest slowly stood up before looking to the rest of them with an angry face while he rolled up the gauze into a roll again.

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Torrest flew through the tree line, causing many of them to back up a few steps, holding their weapons in front of them in defense. Torrest had targeted the closest person while reeling back his fist before shooting it forwards, creating a pocket of air behind his flying fist as his closed hand cut through the air molecules. A calculation formed within Torrest's mind as he then pushed harder, creating fire to appear around his hand from the friction of the hand movement before colliding into his target's weapon which was a large wooden club, literally busting it in half and continuing forwards, although it was rather weak from hitting the wooden weapon but managed to still land a hit. As the man took a few steps backwards, having been knocked off balance, Torrest lowered one hand upon the ground before twisting himself and sending a kick towards the man's chest, flame appearing around the foot having pushed through the air at such a rate that the friction caused the air around to spark into flames. Suddenly the foot slammed straight into the man's shoulder, sending him flying through the air and into another man who just happened to be standing there. Torrest flipped himself around, landing upon his feet as he then looked around, hearing a yell from behind him to see a man was upon him with a broad sword held high above his head. Torrest watched as the man swung downwards with the sword and fused the bottom of his foot with some of his chakra as he was able to think more with the effect of the Universal Time Understanding Style technique which allowed him to think more clearly and allow his brain to calculate more than many people can ever hope to get in the middle of a battle situation that could nearly end their life with one wrong move. Torrest then kicked upwards with the Cannon Kick, slamming into the blade of the sword coming down at him and sending it spinning upwards into the air. Torrest then lowered his foot as quickly as his body would allow before kicking once more at the man, flame enveloping around it in the Burning Kick technique to slam straight into the man's chest and sending him flying away at speeds that would surprise some. Torrest brought himself into his average standing position and looked around to see that three of them had loaded crossbows and were aiming at him. Suddenly, they fired their weapons but there was a gap of time in between where as the sword that he kicked was already within grasp, still flipping wildly around in the air. Torrest gripped the handle and swung it around him before slamming it into two of the three arrows, catching the last within his free hand before embedding the sword into the ground and gripped the arrow so hard that it broke in two. Torrest then spun himself once, managing to dislodge the weapon with his foot and having it slide across the ground until the blade was up in the air, creating a whirling sound as it cut through the air molecules. But as it got to a certain point, Torrest released the blade and sent it straight towards one of the archers, clipping the man in his shoulder at the top part, blood flying through the air before the sword lodged itself within a tree behind the now wounded man. Torrest kicked into the Earth, breaking up rocks to cause them to pop up into the air before Torrest then started throwing a flurry of punches into the pieces of rock with the technique called Fist of Furiousness which sent a volley of projectiles straight towards the second archer that sent him sprawling towards the ground in pain and possibly death if the rocks had hit a vital organ or vein in the arms or neck. Torrest looked to the last archer to see the man had managed to reload his crossbow in time and a spear man was heading towards his right, the tip of the spear aimed straight for Torrest's side so that it would pierce right through. However, Torrest spun a bit, managing to avoid getting impaled by the spear but was cut in the side and a shallow wound was administered into his side by the attacker. Torrest gave a small yell before gripping the neck of the spear and pulled hard, causing the spear man to sprawl forwards before getting kneed hard in the face by Torrest's Tiger Crush technique, a sound of a tiger roaring hearing upon the sounds of bone cracking and blood vessels popping. Torrest then spun the spear after he regained his footing, turning the broad side of the sweep towards the archer which had fired an arrow towards Torrest in hopes to kill him where he stood. However, the tip of the spear grazed the tip of the arrow, causing the arrow to spin wildly out of control before bouncing off of Torrest's shoulder harmlessly with the tail of the arrow, and not the head. Torrest then reeled back the spear, holding it level with the ground before angling it upwards a bit and then throwing forwards as hard as he could, sending the spear flying through the air, ultimately lodging through the archer through his chest, possible killing him from piercing through the bronchial tube that brought air from the nose and mouth to the lungs. The shock was probably so great that it caused the heart to ensue irregular beats and ultimately a heart attack. Torrest turned around, kicking upwards with another Cannon Kick, hitting a man who tried to approach him from behind straight in the chin sending the man straight upwards into the air before arcing downwards and landing upon the ground... Hard.

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Zakun entered the hidden arts village, he felt odd as he couldn't remember anything from two years ago, but a special set of techniques. he looked around as he hadn't been to arts ever, he was curious as to why he wouldn't ever go here as far as he could remember. Zakun lifted his head turning the cracked skull mask to cover only one side of his face. he smiled as the skull seemed to be just barely paler then Zakun's own face which was accented with his jet black hair and plus shaped scar across his entire face. Zakun moved swiftly through the village heading toward the edge looking at all the stores as he passed. as he hit the edge of the village, he stopped and stepped into a shadow of a building and sat down.

Zakun looked up not once moving his head, the eyes shifting in the mask's eye sockets. the red eyes looked up staring at the person infront of them. all at once Zakun slipped backward and smacked his head on the wall behind him, then his legs went forward between Torrest's own legs. Zakun looked up both irritated and confused. when he reached up for his head he rubbed it slightly then he reached back just a bit to have his hand ready for grabbing his scythe that sat upon his back. "who are you?...." Zakun said looking at Torrest and frowning.

Zakun looked a little curious and flipped his hand around over his scythe and it would then be infront of Torrest's arm. the scythe was Zakun's own personal weapon, he knew how to move it in a second to where it needed to be. Zakun smiled as he moved the mask off to the side with his spare hand and stood up, "I am Zakun Zoto, of hidden void, and i'd prefer if noone ever touched my face." he said. he then moved the mask back over covering the scars that went across his face once again. "its nice to meet you Torrest, but i'm not going to let you touch me." he said in an irritated voice. he straightened out his pitch black robe and set the scythe back on his back.

Zakun looked back at Torrest, "oh, you wanted to touch my mask! i thought you actually wanted to touch my face." he said as he reached back in his hooded robe to toss back the hood revealing his long black hair, he then untied the skull mask and held it out toward Torrest, taking the mask off revealed his village headband, it was a blood red band. he then put a serious look out toward Torrest. "If you run off with this mask, or refuse to give it back i will make sure that your skull will be the next one worn on my face." he wanted to be sure that he wouldn't run off with his mask.

Zakun looked at him then sighed, he was becoming confused quickly by this person. he was so dense but yet.. well he was just dense. Zakun gestured for Torrest to give the mask back and smiled hoping that he would not do anything bad. he didn't feel like explaining anything to the boy so he just awaited the return of the skull mask.