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Yuri got off of the boat and walked through the forest just outside of the hidden sound village. Yuri needed to find more answers about this mark otherwise he wouldn't know all of the side effects to it. Sure Jason had given him the basic idea but he still wanted to know more. Suddenly Yuri felt the presence of a group of powerful shinobi. He recognized one of them from training but the others were new to him. Yuri then heard one of them call out" I think he's over here." Yuri turned his head to where he had heard the sound and saw four shinobi standing on some of the branches looking down at him.

After Yuri had looked at them for a bit he realized exactly who they were. They were the sound four. Tayuya, Jiroubo, Kidoumaru, and Sakon/Ukon.

The four tjhen jumped down from the tree branches and boxed around him to prevent escape. Yuri glared at them and said" What do you want?" The Sound Four giggled. Kidoumaru said" We have been given the task to show you what that seal can do." Tayuya interupted him and siad" From what we've been told your seal is only at the part where it covers your whole body with a pattern it's time for you to enter your final stage. Sakon then stepped forward and handed Yuri a small bottle filled with pills. Sakon then stepped back and said" Those pills are called Sheishan drug. Once ingested they will kill you." Yuri's eyes widened thinking they expected him to eat a pill that wold make him commit suicide." I am not done. The seal will then forcibly spread scross your body and gain the power of level two..." Sakon said while hoping that Yuri was paying attention.

Kidoumaru then said" We are here to prevent you from dieing. We are Orochimaru's defense team thus we're specialized in defense and mystic seals. This is our job." Yuri then looked around at them thinking if he could trust them. Yuri then said" If this is the only path to power then this is the path that I have to walk." All four of the sound four smiled."I am counting on you guys, don't let me down." Yuri said while opening the cap to the bottle of pills. Yuri then poored one pill into his left hand . Yuri then closed the lid to the bottle and slowly moved the single pill to hs mouth. Yuri then placed it in his mouth and swallowed slowly.

After a few seconds the pill then took affect. Yuri then felt emmense pain and knelt dlown screaming. Sakon then said" OK here we go." sakon then pulled out a large scroll and opened it and summoned a large containter. He then walked up and picked up Yuri and placed him inside the container.

Sakon then stepped back and said" Ok guys the Four Seals of the Dark Mist!" The Sound four then began forming hand seals and as soon as they finished they moved them into the air and shot out a black mist to the container. This would prevent the body from dieing and let the body get used to the final stage of the curse mark. sakon then ran forward after the mist had passed and pulled out a few pieces of papare then bit his thumb. He wrote special writing on each of them and placed the on lid of the box right after saiyng" Dark seal!" to prevent the box from opening until Yuri reawoke.

lee slowly got off te boat, and pad the man. The man stared at im, as if wantin somthing. Oh no, it was a tip. lee couldn't afford to give away money so he handed the man some gum[tip]. Now that that was done, lee headed towards te village. It wasn't a long walk, but not short. When he finally arrived he realized how bad it was to be here. All of orocimaru's allies dwell here. No matter, he would not let them know that he was their enemy. He uickly walked up to the gate, and was about to ebter when a gaurd drew his sword on lee. The gaurd steppd infront of him and said" bOY DO YOU HAVE BUISSINESS HERE? If not would you kindly leave, before i ave to cut you up." Lee stared for a moment, this was what tey acked like aye?. He finally got the words out of his mout and said" i would like to train with kabuto."

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He quietly eaded downstairs, and asked directions to any restaurant she reccomeneded. She gave him a nice, ramen place. then started to eat like crazy. That is when it happened. Kabuto walked in and sat down on a stool right next to im. What the hell was this guy doing? Kabuto slowly opened is mout and said." the ussual please, and make it tak a long time so i can talk to this kid." Lee was stunned by what kabuto said and remaned seated. Kabuto turned to him and said" Ah, yes i ad a nice little discussion wit the gaurds. Apparently you seek my training. Well I don't know who you think you are, but very well. I will teach you one jutsu. You will meet me outside this restaurant at dawn but for now lets eat. i am pretty hungry. I'm also interested to learn more about my pupil."

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kabuto got up and greated lee by saying"well this is good, th first tim a student was on time. Lets get started, first i would like to see your abilities. I have set up targets for kunai, and sureiken. if you would please start." Lee understood, the man barley knew lee so e needed to find out what lee could do. Lee grabed four kunai, and threw them at te same time, hitting all four tarets in the bull's eye. Well that should show kabuto, but no kabuto was not pleased, all he could say was" nicely done but lets try somting harder. You will throw blind folded" Lee put on the blind fold and threw the kunai. Tree it bull's eye, the other one was an inch away. he was doing good, but didnt know when he would finally start to learn anything, tis was getting on his nerves.

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It felt great to be in the sound village, again! I came here as a kid with my dad. He had an assignment here. I stayed with Kidoumaru and his mother. He and my dad were aquaintances. I was bored, so I went to fix some Ramen Noodles and ened up burning the house down. I'm surprised Kidoumaru still wants to train me.

"How is this different from any of my other bug summonings?" asked Avalon. "It's the same basic procedure, but with a different approach...First of all, let me see you summon a couple of average bugs." said Kidooumaru. Rylen wondered off in the middle of the session and went to look around town. He had a little money from when he and Avalon stopped at a hotel before arriving at Kidoumaru's house. "I guess I'll go catch a quick fight!" Rylen said to himself.

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I was beginning to make a little progress. But the spider wouldn't emerge from the ground. The ground would just shake a little. On the bright side, Kidoumaru wasn't yelling...as much.

"Okay, Avalon. Let's take 5." said Kidoumaru as he walked into the house. Avalon followed. Kidoumaru and Avalon went into the kitchen and put on some tea. "....I'm sorry about what happened to Epsilon...He was a good person," said Kidoumaru. "Yeah...but the apple's fallen a long way from the tree, Kidoumaru," Avalon replied. "How so?" he asked. "Well, let's just say I've gotten some innocent people into situations where they weren't needed. And now I'm gonna get this kid into all sorts of crap. And he'll end up like Athena and Jedah." "That doesn't make you a bad person, Avalon....So you want some tea?" "Hell yeah!!! Summoning that Spider is hard work!" said Avalon. "Yeah...all that failure probably worked up an appetite. I'll fix something." Avalon looked around. "Where's Rylen?" he thought to himself. "Nah...he couldn't be in any trouble! But I can't be sure..." he thought.

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I hadn't start to look for Rylen yet. I just figured he went back to the hotel because he got bored. Plus, i just really wanted to learn this technique. The chunin exams were right around the corner.

"So...where's the kid?" asked Kidoumaru. "He's at the hotel!" replied Avalon. "Are you sure?" "Positive!" "Okay...we should continue our training, then." said Kidoumaru as he finished his last drop of tea. "....I gotta find Rylen!!!" exclaimed Avalon as he rushed out the door. "I'm not gonna let another friend slip through my fingers!!!" he thought as he was running.

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Gaiodo heel kicked Rylen and he fell to the ground. He picked Rylen up and dealt six vicious blows to his face. "You've stepped into the wrong fight, little man," said Gaiodo. He then threw Rylen into the wall. He picked up the spiral weapon. "CRIMSON LOTUS FLOWER!!!" yelled Gaiodo. He sent the flaming spiral towards Rylen.

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Saving Rylen made me feel really good inside. I thought about it on the way to the hotel. I thought about it at night in bed. Then...I thought about Athena. I tried to help her...but I couldn't. Zero had to pay...with his life!

"Why are you still up, Avalon?" asked Rylen. "Because I'm a grown up...and you're not!" "You're only 4 years older than me!" said Rylen. "Just...go to sleep, Rylen." He rolled around a little, then he just layed there...motionless. In the morning, Rylen was already up. "You finally wake up! How long did you sit there staring at nothing?" asked Rylen. ".....What are you doing?" asked Avalon. "Drawing. You kicked that guy's a** so bad, I had to draw it!" "Don't say a**, kid..." said Avalon. "What's on the agenda for today?" asked Rylen. "We're gonna get some breakfast, then you'll come back here and be bored while I go train with Kidoumaru...got it?" "You know Kidoumaru doesn't like you, right?"

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