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 Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:32 pm
ooc; I got lazy :p but me, the hokage, and the anbu are gone ___________________________________________________________ Jiro Kokurai Uchiha "I never give up, I never go back on my word until I reach my goal"  Jiro decided to take action now he created a water clone which stood in front of him. He then spat a fire ball at it which created a steam for them to escape. It wasnt a lot of steam but enough for them to escape, Jiro grabbed the hokage and the anbu and transfered charka into them. He used the body flicker jutsu and they turned into a murder of crows which flew off into the leaf village. [/exit]
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:14 pm
((I'm beyond lost so I'm just gunna head back to Konoha.))
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:13 pm
"Hard work pays off in the end, but I would like to know- what kind of work pays off now?"
Looking in the direction of the Hokage, Danzo was relieved he escaped safely. This alliance would have to happen afterwards. However, the fires coming from the dragon caught the branches Danzo was hiding in on fire and he was forced to reveal himself. His chest still had that puncture wound but Danzo managed to control the blood loss with some wrapping from his sleeves. The clone meanwhile turned to the direction of Junan after looking at the real Danzo in the eye. The clone nodded and made several handsigns as he jumped into the portal behind Lanfaer. The clone was planning on capturing the maniac and Xzaro too if he came along, with his clay barrier prison jutsu and then to take them to jail...just to show everyone that he could control his people. The real Danzo however, stayed behind and faced all the Agnigakure shinobi by himself.
"Lord Agnikage. The Leaf has left, and the shinobi who have rebelled against me shall be placed in a cell to rot. I refuse to fight, and as you can see I gave my weapon away to the Hokage and I am wet, low on chakra, and too stressed right now over what is to come to dare challenge everyone. Please stop this foolishness and explain to me how attacking Otogakure would help your village in any way. What is it that your village is in need of? I may be able to help." Danzo looked at Xzaro and knew he would go into the portal as well. Knowing Xzaro, he would go in after the clone. Eitherways, wherever the portal led to, that Danzo would have a better chance at living than if it were him right now. Xzaro was smart, and he knew the Agnigakure shinobi had a greater chance of killing Danzo than if Danzo was fighting Junan by himself. The Hard-headed
Overconfident
Solid Wall
Earth-Styled
Otokage
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:45 pm
 Xzaro | Datenshi 堕天使 | Kage 影
"There are still shadows in the brightest of lights."“You have to have the darkness
for the dawn to come.
I have long since closed my eyes.
My only goal is in that darkness. (What the hell happend to my post about the fire jutsu?) Xzaro looked at his dragon and smiled. The Agnikage thought he could possibly put out the flames of hatred? Impossible. The technique used to put out the flames was similar to Xzaro's own Kageton abilities and similar to his dragon's own fire. All Xzaro had to do was put in more chakra to enhance his dragon's heat to the point where it could rival that of the Agnikage's weak attempt at proving reality wrong. Gentleness is a synonym for weak, a sign the Agnikage's people were a poor choice for aid. Those people had an inferior mindset and therefore could not bring themselves to realizing that they were idiots. Everything Xzaro did, whether it was avoided or successful, aided him further to make the next move easier. The flames? It mattered not. The Agnigakure shinobi would think they triumphed over the flames of the black dragon but the flames served their purpose and the Otokage got out of his hiding place. He would be killed by either Xzaro or the Agnikage so Xzaro cared not, his flames aided both sides.Ofcourse. there was a problem. Xzaro watched as Junan fled and began to have second thoughts about if he was a good choice for aid as well. But before pitying Junan, Xzaro realized one of the Danzos went into that portal as well. The one that stayed behind was as good as dead, but the one that went with Junan had a better chance at survival. No. That would not be tolerated. Xzaro hopped from his place on the tree to the portal. The Agnikage and his lackeys would probably think of this as cowardly with their inferior mindsets. They failed to see what every move Xzaro made whether he failed or not, worked to his advantage. He sighed and as he went through this portal, he had only four words to say. "You should thank me...." The shinobi in the area would probably think differently but this was the truth. Xzaro told them the location of the Otokage on purpose. He weakened the Otokage. He brought the Otokage out of his hiding spot. It was all thanks to Xzaro and yet he knew they would think otherwise. The retards failed as ninjas and by continuing to think everything was going in their way they continued to fool themselves. They were no better than the Otokage and his hard headedness. They all deserved to burn in hell.
Exit to Unknown Location.
Deep into that darkness peering,
long I stood there, wondering,
fearing, doubting,
dreaming dreams no mortal ever
dared to dream before.”
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:00 pm
The Agnikage only stood in his original position as the black flames in the area dispersed into nothing. A small smile was curved at the end of his lips. By now the flames caused by the broken Amaterasu had been dispersed in a short period of time as a result of it's crippled nature, and so the area was wiped clean of all flames. As stated, the flames of Amaterasu were as hot as the sun, while Ominokotsu's flames held temperatures as hot as a dying sun or supernova as commonly referred to. In other words even if Xzaro enhanced his chakra to increase the technique's temperatures to the original Amateratsu's sun like temperatures it still wouldn't be any match for Ominokotsu's supernova temperatures. The amusing side of the situation that the Agnikage was in a good mood which was all the more reason to show that Xzaro's hatred had no effect on him even on a good day. However the boy was only a mere child, which was the reason why he had missed the entire point of the statement regarding emotions.
"Simple creature. What could you know of hatred when he couldn't even wrap his simple mind around the essentials of stealth, a basic academy student skill."
He spoke kindly before giving a low chuckle. With that one short sentence the Agnikage had shattered Xzaro's honor, and he had lost all credibility of holding the title of shinobi. A shinobi without the knowledge regarding the principles of stealth could never wrap their mind around things exceeding their comprehension such true hatred, which was why the Agnikage's mere generosity was enough to overwhelm what the boy called hatred. The child's next choice of words were just as comical as his mentality. However for the sake of entertainment it was still amusing to watch the boy conjure up claims that his actions could not support such as predicting the arrival of the Flame Shinobi, even going as far as giving false statements and excuses to cover the reason for his poor stealth skills. It was one thing to keep telling yourself a lie, but when you began believing your own lies that was another ball game. In reality the boy had accidentally revealed himself and the Otokage's location all in one simple mistake....poor stealth skills... For a person who was truly expecting Flame Shinobi, just minutes earlier the boy and the rest of the shinobi were at an equivalent level of surprised when the Flame ninja showed up which canceled all claims of attempting to use the Agnikage, which was a feat far from achievable by any shinobi who didn't know what the definition of stealth was. Once the Otokage finished speaking, the Agnikage's amber radiant eyes would lock upon the man's form.
"Trust me, your village owns nothing of value that we could use. Your village harbors criminals from many villages, including my own. Many of them who have committed many despicable crimes from all sides of the world, including the many deaths of innocence. Therefore my choice was made very easily when you attacked and disrespected my shinobi. So refrain from using the word foolishness unless you are willing to take up the title or image, because I can make it happen. Agnigakure is an aggressive and violet village, but we do not prey on the weak and we are far from bullies. But after seeing how far you are willing to go for peaceful negotiations and seeing the hatred your people has for you, I've decided to give you a second chance to redeem yourself. I can understand that you are willing to strive to extreme extents to make this work. I do not wish for an alliance with your village in it's current state, but I am interested in how far you are willing to go in achieving your goal. If you are serious, then you must be prepared in making the necessary steps achieve it. Instead I will give you two options. Your two Sound shinobi must be executed in compensation for their crimes or you can offer your own and take responsibility. Also the missing-nin in your village must be dealt with, there crimes will never be forgiven by either village they defected from. I can see that you want to change your village, but these missing-nin will only cause you more enemies. I'm not offering you an alliance, but what I will support you in is dealing with your missing-nin with or without your assistance."
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:51 pm
"Hard work pays off in the end, but I would like to know- what kind of work pays off now?"
Danzo watched as Xzaro left carefully. Moments after he had left, Danzo felt a shiver and smiled. The shadow clone had been destroyed and the images of what had happend raced to his mind. Junan and Xzaro were successfully captured. Danzo had to admit though, that Xzaro was an intelligent and logical person. He knew that the meeting between the Sound and the Leaf was information that not even he was supposed to find out about, yet he purposely yelled out the location and the purpose behind why such a meeting was taking place out loud to traveling shinobi. He knew that if they were just visiting then they would spread word of the encounter between the Leaf and Sound, creating a larger number of ninja who would back him up against such a treaty. Danzo admired Xzaro for that and he was offended himself when the Agnikage continued to force the belief that it was "a lack of stealth skills." Whatever. Xzaro was a criminal now and it didn't matter. Besides, a lot of things the Agnigakure people had said, thought, and done up to this point showed that they would not change their minds even when presented with evidence. Kind of like Danzo in a way.
"Continue to think I attacked you. I continue to think you are wrong. Your terms however are what I mean by foolishness. The two shinobi who attacked me have shown signs of rebellion but their target was me. They never did harm you or your shinobi. If they were to be executed it would be for the crime of attempted murder on their Kage and no charges would be pressed against them for whatever it is you claim they did to you or your people. I actually think they helped you if anything because your goal was to kill me before they left and they undeniably made the task easier for you if this is still your goal. I have chosen to deal with them in my way, by sending them to life in prison whch is worse than death in Otogakure's case. You said so yourself, with all the convicts in the Sound Village you can bet Xzaro and Junan will not last long in their cells. However, if you are willing to help get rid of the other missing-nin lingering in my village I will allow it. If the missing-nin came from your village I will give them to you so you can execute them yourself, I will send all other convicts to prison however." Danzo kept a serious face as he spoke. He would rather let shinobi be tortured slowly in jail than to be killed swiftly in an execution. If the Agnigakure was ordering Danzo what to do with his people however, that would make Danzo a horrible leader, a manipulated leader, a fake. Something Danzo would never agree with. The Hard-headed
Overconfident
Solid Wall
Earth-Styled
Otokage
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:31 pm
Xaoh wasn't paying any attention to the Otokage. All he did was watch Kazumei talk to the Otokage and the Otokage respond to Kazumei. It was simple the Otokage was making foolish mistake. The Otokage thought that these shinobi were going to help Salome achieve her goal. In reality it wasn't like that at all. The Otokage wasn't really seeing the whole picture in this situation. The Otokage was the target by everyone. The Otokage was seeing things in the wrong way. Yet since Kazumei was talking to him maybe he would understand. Yet Xaoh was about to speak out and tell the Otokage what he thought on this situation.
"Otokage, you don't seem to see this whole picture. Your saying that we should thank them. You wasn't my target Otokage. The one who left last named Xzaro was my target. If I wanted to kill him then he would be dead. You don't seem to understand that we are your saviors Otokage. If you don't see this as an act for help then you will die."
Xaoh then placed his hands in his pockets and started walking over to Danzo. It was pretty simple if Danzo didn't understand anything right now he wouldn't understand it anytime soon Danzo would be a Kage that you would call crazy. The Flame shinobi came to kill him yet they allowed him to live to kill two others shinobi from his village that decided to attack him. So in the end what is it that Danzo wanted from everything that was going to happened. Since Junan and Xzaro attacked more than one Kage they would now be considered International Criminals. Once the Kages had there meeting that is. Danzo was far from being a kage that could ask for peace. He wasn't even a kage who could control his own shinobi. Xaoh stopped when he was 10ft infront of Danzo. Xaoh then said to Danzo, the Otokage.
"You need need to understand something Danzo. If your not willing to accept the help from us you will end up dieing from stupidity. You don't seem to understand that those shinobi that left from your village seem to plan this to well for them to just attack you like this. Those two shinobi been planned to kill you. From the look of it they were waiting for the right moment to make this happen. As the Kage you should have seen this but, you didn't. I seen this just from entering the scene after they attacked you. Trust me your not even worth killing if you think about it."
Xaoh words seemed cold but, they were true the Otokage was lacking in skills that most kages from day one. Even Xaoh and Salome had this and they where just advisors. What would the Otokage do. Would he accept the terms to have a meeting with the other kages or would he ignore it and get himself killed over stupidity.
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:21 pm
Salome stopped before commencing in attacking the Otokage. She could see that the Agnikage was actually going to give him a chance, for whatever it was worth that is. Either way the situation hadn't changed from before. She couldn't help but laugh when the man mentioned that the two sound shinobi were indirectly helping them. This claim was unsupported by far. Just from looking at the Agnikage, she could tell that he wasn't buying these lies either. These lies compelled even further to take the Otokage's life. The man was made up of mostly made up theories and lies to cover up the Sound's actions. Even going as far as saying they knew the flame were arriving which was another lie. It would have been more believable hadn't they given themselves away earlier.
"You performed a jutsu on Flame Shinobi and you threatened them with death before you you questioned their business. And it seems you and your shinobi aren't smart at all. When declaration of war is declared on a village it means all shinobi from that village, including yourself and the two sound shinobi who were taken to prison. So you see, all these bluffs and lies about your shinobi being aware that we were coming were tossed out of the window. You say that the flame and those council-nin were after the same target but you couldn't have been any more wrong. We are not, unless your council-nin were planning on dying themselves at in this valley."
Everything she spoke of was true. These shinobi were making things up at the last minute and she had no tolerance for the weak and coward, especially those who made up stories to cover up their own ignorance. The Agnikage was thing keeping the Otokage alive for the moment because she would have killed this man a long time ago to be done with things. At any given moment if the Agnikage asked her to finish off the man it would be the end of the Otokage.
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:28 pm
In many ways the Agnikage had been giving Danzo an opportunity in this situation. He was giving the Otokage a chance to save his own life at the execution of two soon to be international criminals that had just attacked all three kage here in the Valley of the End. It was common for missing-nin to be labeled S-rank as a result of either attacking their own kage or a member of the council in their own village. However attacking kages foreign from villages of your own, regardless if the attack failed, earned you the title of international criminal which allowed any kage from any village the consent to order the execution of the criminal. Any village harboring such fugitives were putting their own village at risk rather they were in cells or not. Not only were Junan and Xzaro missing-nin, but they attacked the Otokage, Agnikage, and Hokage which pretty munch narrowed down the Otokage's options regarding the methods of punishment.
"As you can see Otokage, it doesn't take a kage to understand the ramifications you are dealing with here. It only takes common sense."
He spoke in reference to Salome's first statement regarding what he how he treated the Flame shinobi upon sight. He could tell that in a manner he was defending Xzaro and Junan indirectly. The Agnikage was one to notice small things like this. For some villages it pained the kages more than anything to kill their own shinobi and it was no surprise to him that the Otokage would do the same for whatever reasons. However regardless of the reasons, it was obvious that the Otokage was indirectly defending these two criminals. By all means with or without his consent, the Agnikage was already going to execute the missing-nin from Agnigakure. There was no other way around it, but this was only scratching the surface towards reaching an agreement. The fact still remained that Junan and Xzaro had also made their mistakes and responsibility had to be taken either with their lives or the Otokage's. Either way someone would pay the ultimate price with their life.
"It intrigues me that you are willing to give up the lives of two missing-nin who you probably know little of, but you are unwilling to give up the lives of the two shinobi who've committed crimes worthy of being dealt with by the death penalty. You seem to admire them in many ways, especially by deceiving yourself by saying they should be thanked. Speak for your own admiration and feelings of these shinobi. It is what makes you weak in their eyes and why they rebel against you. I will say it this one good time and one time only. Here is your last chance. Junan and Xzaro's execution or your own execution. Choose well."
Depending on the Otokage's choice would determine whether he lived or died in the Valley of the End. The Agnikage was in a pretty generous mood, however he was far from being fooled by spontaneous claims regarding the movements of Agnigakure when their own shinobi could not even wrap their minds around the definition of what stealth meant. To plan such things would mean to plan the assistance of their own death since their lives were at stake just as munch as the Otokage's. However it was their bewildered and surprised reactions that told everyone that they weren't expecting Agnigakure's arrival and it was these very traits that tossed their claims of knowing anything to the wayside.
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:40 pm
It seemed that things were coming down to the final moment of truth. Whichever choice the Otokage decided on what ultimately decide his life from this moment on. There was no in between answer when it came down to confrontations like these with the Agnikage. He would either choose the one that spared his life or to save the lives of the shinobi who were going to be hunt down by other villages regardless. Asha was sort of excited when things finally came down to this. She hated confrontations that lead to more excuses and answers. Which was another reason she loved her Agnikage. The man was straight and right down to business.
"Most of the dry dust and debris sucked up the moisture of the mist Xaoh, so all is good there. It looks like stealth isn't the only skill that the sound shinobi flunk in."
Her hand rested peacefully on her weapon as the Otokage waited on what could be the last moments of his life. The tension in the air was exhilarating. She could tell Salome and Xaoh were just as ready to kill at any time given. Everything rode on the Otokage's one choice. It was funny how things worked that way. It was cause and effect just as the Agnikage stated.
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:05 pm
"Hard work pays off in the end, but I would like to know- what kind of work pays off now?" He had so much to say but it was useless. No matter what Danzo said, the Agnigakure shinobi had defeated him when it came to hard headedness. For once, Danzo decided that for the sake of his village he would give up the fight. He just nodded even when they spoke lies. "I repeat. The jails of Otogakure are enough punishment. But just so you people can shut up they will be executed. However, I will allow them a few days at the most to be in jail and suffer while I ready myself and heal my wounds for I will be the one to execute them myself. Nor you or your shinobi are allowed to set foot on my village. I do not need your help and if any of you choose to disturb my execution I will send whatever shinobi it is that interrupts to prison. I am executing them on the fact that they attacked me and made it personal." And to this, Danzo was willing to die for. It was bad enough he was agreeing to the terms of another village but if Xzaro and Junan were to be executed it would be by the Otokage's hands. If another Kage sent backup for something he could do by himself then it was disgraceful to him. His pride was something he would die for and so his disrespectful answer only showed that he was frustrated at the fact that he was already agreeing to these stupid ideas of a quick death when going to jail would be a slow, painful death.The Hard-headed
Overconfident
Solid Wall
Earth-Styled
Otokage
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:56 pm
Takashi was standing on one of the rocky formations that jutted from the water at the bottom of the valley. He wasn't far from where Asha who was standing on a higher formation that jutted from the waterfall itself. He had heard most of the situation and things seemed to have taken the direction he had predicted it to. The Otokage had no choice but to make a decision. There was no middle ground and there was no way he would get through this without someone losing their life. He should have thought about these events before attacking the flame shinobi. Instead of putting admiration into the ones that were after his life originally. Takashi would grab his bow from around his waist and draw and arrow from the quiver that lied on his back. Slowly he slung it into the string before raising it for aim. But now the Otokage had made his decision.
"Smart move. I honestly don't' believe those scum are worth risking your life for what it's worth. But then again you could have put yourself out of your misery. Ah well."
He lazily withdrew his bow as he slung it back around his back. The decision had been made and it was just about time for them to return to the village. There were other things that had to be taken care. Even if the Otokage were to choose the alternative they would have lost no time considering how fast the Agnikage had been when it came to ending quick battles. He had seen the man kill people in less than two moves but for the sake of general duty and routine, Agnigakure shinobi were trained to use procedure rather than to just send one man just because they knew he was more than capable of handling the situation.
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:12 pm
The Agnikage brought one hand out as the crystallized bird on his shoulder released the parchment it held clamped in inside it's beak. Unrolling and reading it, he gave a slight nod. It indicated that all was well and Nartzu was on his job as usual in Agnigakure. Tucking the parchment in his pocket, he would pull out two more pieces of parchment. On their surfaces he would began scribbling away. Whatever the contents the message held, they weren't exactly long or short but were at a length that gave him time to say what was needed to the Otokage before making his leave. With this, he rose a finger causing a small raven to soar from a nearby tree before landing on the tip of his finger. The bird clamped one letter in between it's beam and the other between it's talons before soaring off into the air once again. Once this was taken care of, he would bring his focus back upon the Otokage.
"On one condition. I will send for a witness to confirm that both of them are executed. Should any form of deception regarding this agreement occur, I will hold you responsible and you will be executed along with them. Based on the founder and the foundations that Otogakure were established on, you cannot be trusted until proven otherwise. That is how things will be carried from here on out."
He gave a nod, confirming his statement. He could tell that the Otokage had a small sense pride. Consciously the true reasons for the Otokage's choice were because he knew the consequences for choosing the alternative. If his reasons for attacking them because they attacked him and made things personal, then he would have decided to execute them a long time ago before make the choice to give them life in prison. Instead it was the options given to him by the Agnikage that made him change his mind about executing. However it was yet another last minute trademark sound attempt at spontaneously adding in something at the last minute to cover up the truth in their actions and mistakes. It was ironic how these shinobi were similar in comparison by their spontaneously created false claims and stories that tied them together.
"You could tell your people you're 'purposely' executing them because they attacked you and made it personal. Perhaps that statement will work in preserving your pride and honor as a shinobi..........at least in the Sound Village."
He said sarcastically before giving a low chuckle. Just about everyone by now was aware of the Sound Shinobi's trademark spontaneous lying and now it was something the Otokage would have to live with. The man neglected to see what true pride was. True pride was when one learned from his failures and transform them into success in order to better oneself. But the Otokage wouldn't grow in physically or mentally. Only his ego, which meant nothing if you were unable to physically or mentally back up. This was something that anyone knew, especially those of Ashitaka blood such as the Agnikage, Takashi, and Asha. The confrontation was over with for now and the Agnikage had pretty munch spoken on what was needed. There was no if, and, or but about it. Everything was confirmed and they would be proceed from here on out.
"Xaoh and Salome follow me. Our business is done here for now. Takashi and Asha you've been notified prior to this of your duties. Let us take our leave."
With this Kazumei turned away, leaving behind a cloud of smoke in place of where he had performed the bodyflicker. ((-exit-))
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