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 Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 4:00 pm
Shuniji quickly turned his head at the mention of his name. At first he was bewildered by the suffix tacked on to the the end, but the expression was almost immediately replaced with one of pure ecstasy.
"Yeeeees?" he hummed vibrantly, and...
Was he... sparkling?
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 4:16 pm
 ȘЄΊҜȺ▷Cheshiru◁  (¯`v´¯).`·.¸.·´ ¸.·´.·´¨)¸.·¨) (¸.·´(¸.·´(¸.·¨¯`☆☆☆☆☆☆
Seika would have laughed at the amount of respect Riku was giving Shuniji, but she was much too distracted with the way this...stranger was handling her. At first she was just going to transform back and possibly kick this clown in the nards, but felt it was just better to stay put for now. With the way things were going...s**t might hit the bag soon. Of course Seika figured that both Riku and the Old prune knew what she was.
Either way...her limbs were still numb and shaking from the harsh weather outside. She wasn't going to move anywhere anytime soon if she didn't have to.
Such a lazy body guard~!
MƠƠƊ: PMS Irritated
lιѕтeɴιɴɢ тo: Jingle~Jingle~!
Side note: Really Shun? REALLY? Stfu with that face. D<
How would you like to see what d e a t h is like? ✞
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:28 pm
A serious look sprouted across riku/kame's face when he had said "Is there a ninja technique which consists of strings of **light? " he was referring to the strange light which came from his finger tips when he first awoke which had landed him repaying the old man back for breaking his fishing pole in the first place.In the genins mind if there was such a technique then he was a ninja and if he were a ninja he would have come from a ninja village where he could return to.
As the boy then glanced down at the cat he was still unaware of her entirely thinking she was a cat he continued to massage the back of her ears and neck trying to make the feline more comfortable in his arms
**chakra
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:54 pm
Shuniji gave the stranger a deadpan look and did his best not to come across as condescending. It wasn't really working, particularly due to the whole subplot of Seika being petted. The level of naivety this "Kame" was exuding was downright painful.
"Yeah. They're called chakra strings. It's an academy-level technique taught in every village. Most shinobi don't usually use it unless they specialize in ninja puppetry or projectile weaponry. Again--that's something practiced everywhere."
Shuniji glanced up at the ceiling and then back to Kame. "I wouldn't say being a ninja would narrow your search for your origins much. There are, like, eight hidden villages with names people bother to remember and more popping up and being crushed every other week."
He smirked. While it was probably intended conversationally, it couldn't help but come across as a little cruel.
"Besides, any village in their right mind isn't gonna trust a ninja that disappears on them only to pop up months later and try to return to duty. That's like saying 'Hi! Mind if I come be a double-agent?'"
Shuniji laughed despite himself.
"Really though. No one ever answered my question. Lookin' for an ice fisher named Cao? Sent here via Saito? Kind of running on a schedule here? I don't really wanna keep you guys from your... blizzard... ing."
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:11 pm
The old man gave a sigh that spoke volumes. It told you, he didn't want to get up out of his chair and deal with this...
"Numb nuts... yer' dismissed. Live your rutt'en life without regret. That's how you'll pay me back... eventually."
As he rose from his chair, he appeared to be sitting on a tablet made of jade. Placing his hand just above the surface, an odd language appeared on the stone. Upon closer inspection, it looked like a number of tiny engraved star-shapes. It formed a language of sorts (if you had to guess) and he seemed to look it over causally.
"Boy... you in for it you dumb fu&@...Shuniji Fuku, ninja of the Hidden Sound."
With that he placed his pointer finger on the jade tablet and dragged it across part of a line of stars. As he moved his old calloused finger across it- the stars rewrote themselves with a hiss like dissolving acid.
He could only make one change... one change per person... that would have to do...
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:41 pm
the genin would mimic the sound ninjas words in his head tuning out all rude remarks taking every little bit of information he could that would jog his memory when the words *ninja puppetry* lit up in his mind as if his mind where a guitar string and someone plucked it it to a high note when the image of his grandfather moving all fingers on both hands dexterously with threads of chakra connecting to a martial artists wooden dummy manipulating it to move.
to those who were around the boy they would notice his eyes begin to water vaguely as a small fragment of memories gradually came back to him-his name,the image of his grandfather and the knowledge he was a puppeteer from where didn't really matter at the moment as he smiled and said aloud wiping his eyes and setting seika down on the ground gently "from some memories i just regained it seems i am a shinobi from where i guess i could start my journey and before i lost my memories i was a practitioner in *kugutsu after all....guess it was a long shot but i aimed correctly.oh and one more thing shuniji?....my name is riku. " the genin said staring dead at the sound ninja in his eyes with a different look from the naive one he had given off before,the look was of confidence that he could return....stronger then before.
scratching the back of his head smiling to be excused riku walked to the edge of the ice fishing hole the old man had sent him to repay his debt in the first place.when he extended his arms out in front of him and slammed both palms together and weaved an assortment of hand seals and bent his wrists facing down as strings of chakra slowly leaked out before unwinding from his finger tips like actual string they sunk into the frigid water and riku and pulled back as a fish flopped on the shacks floor as an expression of enthusiasm exploded on the boys face as he heard the old mans words he was so excited he remembered the puppet technique,riku then grabbed what little stuff he was found with and sat next to the old man getting himself in order before his new journey begins.
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:39 pm
"What."
Shuniji grimaced openly as this Kame-Riku-person spontaneously reached into a hole in the floor of the shack (which appeared to be built on top of a frozen lake) and yank out a fish using chakra strings.
Shuniji stared at the fish as it flopped silently across the floor.
"Well... that's nice for you..."
It wasn't until the old man was already standing that Shuniji noticed his movement. He tensed immediately. This guy knew who he was and Shuniji had never been more simultaneously nervous, confused and flattered.
Shuniji may not have known what this magic, hissing tablet was for, but that didn't stop him from carefully reaching for the zipper on his coat...
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:45 pm
The old man with one eye looked right, then looked left and shrugged.
"Well... maybe you aint' as bright as you look kid..."
The old man smiled with an evil grin and punched the ice below them, a tense moment passed as the ice began to crack and fissure...
"Yer' payin' for all this in cash..."
As he spoke, the lake below suddenly wasn't so "below" any more. The large chucks of ice began to turn over all around them in the small fishing shack.
((This is not a jutsu. He is just rather strong, as if he had chakra enhanced strength. Ice just tends to flip over on itself when it cracks/fissures. That's how most people get trapped under the ice.))
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:02 pm
Shuniji didn't have time to do much more than gasp as the ice beneath his feet shot up at a sharp angle. He quickly scrambled to grab onto the edge of the floe as it neared a ninety degree angle.
He noted dumbly that the fish managed to fall back into the water and swim away.
"Gonna go ahead and assume you're the guy I'm looking for!" Shuniji shouted as his perch finally flipped him under the water--an admittedly poor waste of breath as he found himself stuck under the thick slab of ice he'd once been hanging from.
Floating beneath the shack, Shuniji quickly rid himself of his heavy coat. Its waterlogged state would be of no use to him now. He swam back up to the surface and pressed up against the icy barrier.
'Anything you can do, I can do BETTER,'
Shuniji cocked his fist and slammed the ice from beneath. The water resistance made it less impressive than he would have liked, but it splintered the ice enough for him to crawl back onto the surface, looking like a drowned rat and breathing heavily.
"W-W-W-W-Wha-What k-k-k-k-kinda l-lunatic b-b-builds their h-h-house o-on a LAKE?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:09 pm
The spot where the old man once was, was no longer occupied. He seemed to have gone under and not yet come up.
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 4:03 pm
For the short time riku had been staying with the mysterious short ripped man he had learned one thing,expect anything.while riku sat next to and watched his former care taker split the ice from beneath the feet of the three of them.
instantly riku's reflex kicked in and the once again puppeteer grabbed seika with his left holding her close to his chest and lept backwards completing a hand spring off of the forward submerging block of ice to the top with his right hand.when riku had completed yet another back flip landing with a crouch pose and a soft crunch noise from the snow beneath him safely,the cold climate hadn't really mattered to him due to the adrenaline which fueled him.
safely keeping him and seika dry he set down the cat and made his way slowly to shuniji before stopping mid way the large hole in the ice acting as a gap between them riku called out to him from the top of his lungs as steam came after each word "WHY IN HELL WOULD YOU MAKE HIM OF ALL PEOPLE ANGRY!?!?' and he dropped his hands to his waist turned around and ran as fast as he could in the opposite direction. This was a match between jonin and whatever skill the old man was...this wasn't riku's fight.
after running a visible distance the genin jumped behind a mound of snow leaning on his shoulder he watched.
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:49 am
The shack was pretty much toast at this point. What was left of the walls were precariously leaning planks half-embedded in the ice which floated in large, overturned chunks.
Shuniji groaned in frustration once he realized he'd have to go back underwater. He whipped his head toward Riku and glowered. There were plenty of snarky phrases running through his head on a ticker tape, the favorites being "I'm an antagonistic b*****d," and "You've obviously never met me." Eventually he settled on,
"'COS I'M A GODDAMN NINJA!!"
Just because Shuniji could lie through his teeth with the best of them didn't mean he didn't value honesty.
Shuniji wondered if his waterlogged shirt was actually serving a purpose or not before releasing the ice ledge he'd been clinging to and diving back down. At least this time he'd had the forethought to take a deep breath before going under.
The water was deep and clear and empty, but the mottled shadows cast by the broken ice and its stinging chill were of no help to Shuniji.
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:44 pm
 ȘЄΊҜȺ▷Cheshiru◁ (¯`v´¯).`·.¸.·´ ¸.·´.·´¨)¸.·¨) (¸.·´(¸.·´(¸.·¨¯`☆☆☆☆☆☆
Seika was about to move on her own accord, until Riku swept her right off the ground and.....SAVED HER?! Why? She was a horrible person! Who would ever wanna take a bullet for her...?
After Riku put her down and ran off, she finally decided to revert back to her Original form. That was enough degrading herself for one day. There was a small puff of smoke that- ACHOO!.....Blew away as soon as she shifted back into her original form...then started to sneeze aggressively. Great...another cold.
At least she was dry.
She sniffled for a bit before turning her attention to Shun...who was just now diving back in- WHAT THE HELL?! Now he was just asking for Hypothermia. "MOTHER ******** SHUNIJI FUKU IS GOING TO GET ME IN TROOUUUUBBBLLLLEEE!!" Seika screamed while flailing her arms around in a small tantrum.
She trotted over to the edge and peered into the water, looking for any sign of Shuniji. She was...worried? Of course! It was her job to be concerned about his well being. It...was her job.
Seika knew that neither of them would be able to stay in the water for too long. It was way to cold...or who knows, maybe this Immortal was some sort of fish freak. Which actually made her worry more about Shuniji...
Why couldn't absorbing immortals be an easier task? Seriously, What the ********? Are we going after Free willy, or the abominable snow hermit?
MƠƠƊ: PMS Irate!
lιѕтeɴιɴɢ тo: Vicarious - Tool
Side note: I'm going to kill him, I swear to god! Kill him with a ******** spoon or something...
How would you like to see what d e a t h is like? ✞
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:02 am
Oh hai dar'...
The ice shook and groaned as it shattered into little pieces as a monstrosity rose from the depths. Frigid water poured off its shell and jagged extremities. Great waves rolled in the pond, shifting sheets of ice. Malice, pure and simple, backed by anger pieced Shun from the one good eye the beast possessed. Oh wait... didn't the old man have only one eye?
....I almost didn't see you.
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