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 Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:23 am
Nemutai Kumorai
Zzz...
As the girl stood there thinking the Kage remained sitting there watching her, His armor was sinking into the chair slightly but he didn’t seem to mind; after all most the time he was lazily sprawled out in the seat which distributed the weight evenly around the chair; but with him sitting up strait and correctly the weight of the armor was focused. The metal cutting through the slight Fabric that made the cushion of the seat he was on. “I went to the bottle because I had no Jounin; all three of my team became Chunin only weeks after passing the academy. A three Chunin team has no need for an extra body; So I didn’t have someone like Chiyu; Even though he often yells; didn't he protect you on your first mission as well as the hospital. He often yelled at you but did he follow through with the threats that he gave you?” The Kage asked looking at the girl; she most likely had never seen it because of his mask but most the time other than at the hospital the Jounin was smiling even when he was pretending to be mad all the time.
“I went to the bottle because my Team mates didn’t care what I did’ we learned for the three of us to work on our own to complete one goal. So I could never learn a connection like you had the option too; even though you disagreed with Kazin. Did you ever try to think things from his point of view? When his family was killed, did you think about the fact he was essentially in the same position you were in? Alone, and doing his best to hide it? only to have you do what people did to you; Twist the knife one more time before the wound managed to start healing” The Raikage’s speech was odd; the first part showed that not everything was Yuzuki’s fault, however the second part showed that She was not without blame. She had equally done this to herself.
“So what would I have you do? You should know that for yourself; figure out some way to redeem yourself or at least try too” As Nemutai said this his eyes remained locked with the girls. “The entire time you have been in here you haven’t even said that you were sorry for what you did. Or do you still think what you were going to do was justified?”
Zzz...
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:59 am
I'm one Nightmare...
"I did see things from Kazin's prespective, I tried to tell him, I tried to protect him from something like what happen to his family, I saw things from his point of view and I knew the agony of having someone you love torn away from you. I tried to get him to see that, I tried to help him knowing full well that the path of the Shinobi was going to be like this. I had a feeling that he was going to suffer something like this if he put so much faith in humanity. I tried to save him, but my words wouldn't reach his ears. He chose to throw my advice back into my face and scold me for being what he called weak. I respected his point of view despite him not respecting mine. Just because I don't agree with it, doesn't mean I didn't think about his point of view. His words were cold to me that day, so why, after I tried to save him from what he was suffering from, offer him any comfort when my way was so wicked and doomed to fail? That twist -as you put it- was told to me by others, and I told it to myself time and time again so that could toughen my skin and sheild myself from moments like that." Yuzuki was starting to crawl back into her thorny shell again. Uncomfortable from being exposed like this for this long and desperate to go back to that thing that had always comforted her. That darkness that was inside of her. What she said just now was the truth as she saw it. She had, in her own way, tried to protect Kazin, but he didn't believe her, and then he came to her for sympathy afterwards... no... he demanded sympathy from her afterwards. Hardness started to crawl back into her eyes and her face that bore her emotions was becoming stoic once more. A shinobi before a human being. A weapon to others before a person of her own.
"Sorry... what a pointless way to express remorse for ones actions. Sorry will not unring the bells that I have rung, it will not change your view of me now and it certianly will hold no value in our laws and what must be done. I cannot deny, that I found justification in doing what I was about to do, if I didn't have justification for my action, I wouldn't have thought about doing them in the first place." Yuzuki replied, there was a ghost of aggitation under her voice. He was playing with her, she knew it, to actually ask if she found justificaiton in her actions that she was going to do was almost a mockery. "I had the power to do it, and I didn't. Does that fact mean nothing to you? Does the fact that I gave up a means of an end that would serve my dreams and destiny -something that I will never have the opertunity to do ever again and something that may cost me my life regardless of what your actions you take or don't take this day- does that not mean anything to you? The fact that I chose to spare the lives of innocents, the lives of this village, does that act of uncharacteristic mercy truely hold no water for you? I could have made something of myself, I could have been strong and powerful. I could have played the part of God and unleashed disaster and yet I stayed my hand. Your charging me for a crime that almost happened but did not. Doesn't my lack of actions show a remorse for what I was about to do? Doesn't the fact that I didn't do these things show the choice I made? Does my choice mean so little to you? What more could I possibly do or say that would show you any more than actions not taken? Do more missions to make up for it? What is the difference between what you planned to do with me and how that would serve for an attoment? Knock on the doors and ask people to forgive me for what I was going to do to the village? That would serve nothing but cause more of a stigmata on me than what is already there and shake what little resolve that the people of this village have for their security -especially after the slaughter of the Hyuuga clan. Even if I spent a life time trying to make this up to you there would be nothing that would please you. If my lack of actions are so empty and meaningless to you, then tell me, what would? If one little world holds more to you than my actions alone then what am I still doing here?"
Indeed, if her actions or lack there of meant nothing to the man that she was sitting infront of, then there was no point of further serving this man, she worked so hard to get approved in his eyes. If words held more to him than actions then all those missions for the village were nothing but a joking jeasture. If she had exchanged more words with him maybe she wouldn't be in this situation. Hell, why do all those missions, she could have just brought him tea and chatted up a storm with him and probably gotten this far if her actions up until the incident meant so little. Had she made the right choice... did she make the right decision after all? She may have made some future in the Sound village where her ruthlessness and willingness to comply would mean something greater to someone. The Raikage obvious didn't care about that. Once more she found herself in the same cage with the chains that bound her wings as before.
"What choice do you make... when no matter what path you move forwards on, someone gets hurt and you have to sacrifice something close to you?" She asked quietly, more to herself than the Raikage, though with his level of skills he could hear not only that but the torment in her voice. "How can one make a choice between what's inside ones head, ones heart, and ones soul when they all conflict with one another. Is it not better... to choose the needs and desires of the many over the needs and wants of the few? Or is it wrong to be selfish and cast everything away to indulge in your own happiness for a change, no matter what you leave behind or who will be hurt despite your actions? Is it any more or less painful or fruitful if you only try and aid only the few, despite the cries of the many?"
What was the best choice for Yuzuki? What choices were left if she had no future here? Part of her wanted to go to Kishi, she wanted to see him, she wanted to hear his voice one more time, one last time. Part of her wanted to strike out on her own if she wasn't welcomed here anymore, do what she wanted to, follow her own whims for a change instead of being a slave to someone else. The last of those conflicts wanted to continue doing what she had always been doing- give humanity what it truely desires... conflict, war, chaos and destructions so that they could be put back onto the rigth track. This world needed to be saved, and she seemed to be the only one who was capable of bringing them this salvation and blessing. She wanted... to save the world. She wanted to do something when everyone else said that she wasn't even capable of being a good shinobi, that she would amount to nothing. What choice did you make... when everything was painful and destructive to those who were around you? The end justifies the means, and any sacrifice for the greater good could be justified, even if the price was paid in innocent lives. She could be their God, and she could be their Devil. Both feared and reviered. She supposed, if she was no longer wanted here, she would have to find someplace else where she belonged. She... didn't know what she wanted right now, she thought that she knew everything that she had to do in order to better herself as a person, to put into motion what humanity needed in order to grow and survive. Everything that she forgone and sacrificed would mean nothing if she didn't continue down this path. She didn't want to just throw away those things, she didn't want to just give up on herself and have everyone else be proven right. All those people who said that she couldn't do it, all those people who said that wasn't worth it, who was weak and wrong. If all that she sacrificed in the name of this stupid village wasn't worth anything to the Raikage then maybe...
...maybe he wasn't worth serving at all....you won't wake up from.
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:58 pm
Nemutai Kumorai
Zzz...
As Yuzuki spoke the Raikage brought his hand up to his face and rubbed the bridge of his nose slightly. She was dancing around the facts. She didn’t say sorry because it wouldn’t change anything; and she thought that the fact that she DIDN’T do anything out weighed the fact that she didn’t do anything. But that wasn’t it the fact she didn’t say sorry; although it was pointless still had meaning behind it. It showed that she saw wrong in what she did. That and the fact that attacking the cloud Village was often more than enough to send someone to prison for life. Simply deciding not to didn’t make up for the fact that she had in all intention planned to do it.
He didn’t want to send the girl to Prison, or to death (Which he knew a number of other villages would have done) but with what she had done he couldn’t just let her to completely unpunished. Even the leaf village; which punishment wise were the lowest on the bracket of the main village. Would have her sentenced to at least a year for just Planning and leaving the Village and ‘if the sound was telling the truth’ Attempting to join another village without the permission of the Cloud, and in turn becoming a missing ninja. “Yuzuki; Even if this isn’t true and it’s a plan form the Sound; its clear he doesn’t want you around anymore. If that is the case then if you are let free there will be attacks on you and in turn the village” The Raikage remained looking at the girl. “According to the Village; and all the paperwork you are going to be locked into the prison until your sentence can be carried out”
Nemutai knew that there was a chance this could come back and bite him in the a**; but he was too much a softy' he had only grown slightly attached to two Genin so far. Hiyo, and the fact he showed he was attached to the boy; played a part in the Genin's death by his teammates hands. So even though he did in fact like Yuzuki; She reminded him of himself, she went through the same things he did in a way, but it would be better if she thought that he looked down at her; valued her; but wasn't attached in any way.
Zzz...
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:23 pm
I'm one Nightmare...
"Fine." She replied darkly. If that was his wish she was in no position to actually fight him off, doing so would only earn her a swift death, not to mention that the way he worded it... he was actually concerned for her safety. Though that was quickly covered up by his by the book attitude and then the dedication to his village. Admirable, perhaps, but in the end it she supposed it would be proven when next she tried to take her freedom from him. As much as she hated to admit, even if she did make a run for it, the Kage had skills that she could only dream about right now. There was no guarentee that she wouldn't be executed in the end. 'Sentencing' was still needed, in other words, she was still playing a dangerous game here. Yuzuki pulled herself up from her chair and took a few steps back to get away from them. She paused right then and there, expecting ANBU to come and take her to prison. She wasn't stupid or insane enough to make a break for it, there was no point. There would be a passing of time before she was sentenced to whatever he could come up with anyway. Chances are that she could find a way to escape in the night or perhaps just accept what was being planned. If it wasn't too bad she supposed that she could bid her time till she was able to get an opening and reverse what she had done unto her. Her eyes were dark and stormy, as she stood there and pondered over what was going to happen and perhaps what path she was going to take. Maybe she could use this oppertunity to choose what was the better answer for her. Maybe the answer would come and present itself to her in the end. Who knew?...you won't wake up from.
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:41 pm
Nemutai Kumorai
Zzz...
Nemutai saw the look on Yuzuki’s face. “I said according to...” He said still looking at the girl before standing up and walking around the desk. “When you leave the Office you will be blind folded by an Anbu member escorted to another location; understand? I will let you walk out and meet them on your own, rather then be taken by force” He said still looking down at the girl; there was no point in telling her not to run. Even she knew running wouldn’t help anything. The Kage was clearly finished with the girl. “ For Anyone who asks Yuzuki was Sentenced to death for crimes against the village hidden in the clouds; and cremated once the sentence was fulfilled later tonight”
With that the Kage gave the girl a slight wave of the hand telling her she was dismissed, there was nothing more to talk about; what was going to happen to the Girl was unknown at the moment. At least to the girl herself.
Zzz...
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:08 pm
I'm one Nightmare...
Yuzuki looked over at the man as he circled around his desk, trying to get a read off him but with no luck, what was he up to. Oh well, there was little point in arguing something like this and there was nowhere left to run, however this might be something that would end her existence all together. Though, why go out of his way to fake her death, only to kill her by other means. Death was death, whether one was executed by poison, beheading or ritual combat. Yuzuki knew that she would have to face the consequences of her actions sooner or later, so she decided to do this with her own dignity and pride. She turned around and left the office, once the door closed behind her she took a couple of steps ahead and closed her eyes. She felt the blind fold go over them.
She felt calm. No fear, no remorse and no pitty. She was still and in the moment. Not sure if this was going to be the end or if this was just a new begining. Well, whatever awaited her, she would face this like a shinobi, perhaps out of stubborn pride, or maybe there was a small glimmer of who she once was, perhaps she was just relieved that she didn't have to burden herself anymore for at least a short time. Or maybe... just maybe this was her own destiny, the truth of what she was meant to do and everything up and until now was nothing more than a prologe to it. Well, she supposed she'd find out sooner or later....you won't wake up from.
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:23 pm
As The Blindfold wen't over her Eyes Yuzuki could feel a hand placed over her face and a cool gas seemed to flow from the persons palm; or at least from the sleeve; so that it washed over the girls face, one the first breath her body seemed to go numb; and by the second she was falling to the ground. Only awake just long enough to feel someone Catch her before she hit the floor.
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Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:38 pm
 Kurou stumbled and fell over as a large bird flew in front of him. He took the fall on the shoulder and rolled to a crouching defensive position, his hand had already pulled Hoshi out of the scabbard. It was just a messenger hawk. A scroll was tied around its leg. It was looking very impatient and huffy, as if it had been flying a while looking for him. Kurou sheathed his sword. He still knelt as the hawk did a little flapping jump over to him and shook its leg. This bird had attitude. He reached down and undid the little string holding the scroll. The hawk took off in a hurry with a loud squawk. As he unfurled the scroll the anticipation was greater than anything he had ever felt. He didn't know what it contained but at the same time he knew it was life altering. The message was short. Kurou's heart stopped a moment. He fell onto his back. The world had changed. His life had changed. It all changed. Suddenly he felt so small. So insignificant. As he lay there in the dirt he looked up to the beautiful sky of the Cloud Village. He could only laugh with tears running down his face. [[Kurou's mind just go blown.]]He didn't know how long he lay there. He knew the pain in his legs had vanished for now. He stood up gingerly. His muscles were a little strained but livable. He slowly brushed the dirt off his clothes and fluffed out his mohawk. He had a new mission. It's time to get going...
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:27 am
☽Madaraki Shiso☾ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ  "Fly me to the moon, and let me play amongst the stars..."
Returning back to this place was nothing short of awkward; honestly, she hated traveling... Her mission ended pretty fast when the stuttering ANBU told her and Kurou to go back home; could she be any more incompetent? She was beginning to think she was jinxed or something.
As she walked up to the building before her, Shiso let out a groan and allowed herself in as sat down in the waiting area and sulked; it had been a while since she had last seen her parents and her brothers... She wondered how they were all doing... If they missed her at all. She then leaned back and groaned, uncaring whether or not people stared at her for being so perplexed; she was here for a reason, and that was to report to the Raikage about her mission. And what a lousy one it was...
Humming softly to herself, she wondered whether or not he'd send her on a new mission... Or send her back home after proving useless in helping the leaf village. Who knew. She was pretty pessimistic right now about her future as a kunoichi... As much as she hated to admitt it, she never really got a chance to fight or get her hands dirty... Maybe Ayame and Renge were right... Maybe she was the worst kunoichi ever...
"... I'm screwed," mumbled Shiso quietly as she hit her head against the wall behind her. Well... No use in beating herself up. Moping never got anyone anywhere; she had to suck it up if she wanted to better herself.
... Wonder what Tatsuya was doing...?
"... You are all I longed for, all I worship and adore~!"
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:01 pm
It was odd, when Shiso returned to the Village hidden in the clouds it almost seemed deserted, all but the base skeleton crew seemed to be there, only what was needed to keep the village functioning, and on top of that it mainly only seemed to be Genin Ranked, and every once in a while a Chunin. There wasn't a Jounin or Anbu to be seen in the entire village. That was until she reached the Kage's office. The only Higher Ranking ninja to be seen was a rather stressed looking Jounin who had just walked out of the Kage's office "Shiso? What are you doing here?" He asked tilting his head slightly, as he did so, however it was hard to tell if he was doing because of the question; or if he was trying to pop his neck. Looking at the girl with tired eyes.
The Jounin then quickly pulled a small booklet out of his pocket and started going through it. "Shiso, shiso" He muttered as he continued to flip through the pages. "You were at the Leaf village? What happened?" He asked in a tired slightly snappy tone. "Umm..... were are the others?" He asked throwing another question out before she could reply to any of the others.
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:40 pm
☽Madaraki Shiso☾ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ "Fly me to the moon, and let me play amongst the stars..."
... Had it been deserted? She hadn't really noticed it until now. She didn't seem to care, either. She then looked up at the jounin who had addressed her and sat up straight without so much as a reply; answering him would be unnecessary in her case. But she stared at the small little booklet he pulled out of his pocket, then back at him, "... The ANBU agent they had us working with deferred us from the mission and sent us back to Kumo. Our services were no longer required, I'm afraid," said Shiso solemnly as she hardened her voice and looked over at both of her sides; a sarcastic action on her part, but nonetheless, a pretty good retort to the questions that were being shot at her.
"... Others?" quirked Shiso bluntly as she directed her gaze back to him, "I came back on my own. As for Kurou, I'm not sure whether or not he got here before me, or is probably a long way's behind me," replied Shiso to the older ninja before her; she hadn't seen Script or the teacher that accompanied them, and had assumed they were already in the village or out on another mission, perhaps a better, higher ranked one. But judging by the village's state, something was up. "... Where is everybody?" asked Shiso finally as she looked around the building with mild interest. Were they at war?
... Felt like a war. She could feel it, somehow. She knew either way, she wouldn't like the answer, but that was probably the case here... Or worse.
"... You are all I longed for, all I worship and adore~!"
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:25 am
The Ninja who had been been in the Kage's office before hand remained in the same stressed out attitude as he had been before Shiso had said anything to him. Well at least there was someone else here to help keep the village under control, nothing had happened but it COULD..... man this Jounin was worrisome. But wasn't he suppose to send all ninja who were out in the field to the tower once he was in contact with them? It would have really helped if he had actually been given detailed orders. "Alright, so you alone and there are others somewherek else" As he said the Jounin brought his hand up to his jaw slightly as he thought... "Well here is the deal, The immortals a training a new batch from the different village's and from what I understand the Otokage and his army want them all dead before they can finish there training" He said bringing his hand up and rubbing his temple slightly.
"The Villages have sent there own forces to defend them from the Otokage and his army. So in the long run there are two choices for you; I didn't really get detailed orders so I don't know exactly what to do. You can either go defend the trainees with the others, or stay here in the village and help keep things under control, with almost every combat ready ninja out of the village; we don't know what might happen" After all they had never had pretty much every ninja out of the village at the same time before.....
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:31 pm
☽Madaraki Shiso☾ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ "Fly me to the moon, and let me play amongst the stars..."
"... Possibly," said Shiso quietly as she watched the jounin try to determine what to do with her next; this had to have been her best mask. It held no expression whatsoever... Yet what surprised her about it was that she didn't have to put much effort into it whatsoever... It just came natural...
And that's what had her worried. "..." Well, which would it be? Stay here, in this village, with her mother, father, and brothers? Or help the trainees in another village even though there was little she could do to make a difference...?
... There was no point in staying here. To be honest, she hated this place. It never felt like 'home' anymore. Hiyo died in this village, and although there was nothing she could do to get past that, there was no point in forgetting the fact that this place made her sick. It was fake. All fake. Just like her. The fear of having to exist here was enough to drive her crazy. So, she made one single decision with a firm smile placed upon her lips, "I think I'll go help those trainees over in the next village instead."
She knew she wouldn't be coming back. Alive or dead, she couldn't bring herself to return here. She would do the best she could. There was nothing for her to 'fear' anymore. Nothing for her to 'hide'. She just got tired of having the feeling of dread resurface back from all those years of trying to make it better. She just got tired of herself and having to pretend. Whether or not this was really 'her', she'd never know. It didn't really matter; she couldn't live with herself anymore.
"So," she said, her smile still fresh on her face as she stood up from her seat, "What do I have to do?"
"... You are all I longed for, all I worship and adore~!"
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:34 pm
The Jounin nodded slightly as he listened to what it was that the girl was saying. "The Others are in the mountains in the east of the land of stone, we can't tell if things have already happened and if they have, what exactly is going on" The Jounin said rubbing his temple slightly. "Once you hit the land of stone it shouldn't be that hard to find were they are at, its kind of hard to hide two whole armies" Said the Jounin before closing the small notebook that he had in his hands. "And what you do is up to you; we were not given detailed orders, defend the others, attack the sound's army, aid the injured. Its up to you really, before you head out however you are allowed to stop in the village and gather any supplies you need" Even if he wanted too he couldn't really give good orders to start with, seeing as how he had no information on what was going on in the land of stone at the moment; he couldn't give orders to best act against what was going on.
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