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Soryuu Kenji
Nameless Village | Nature's Guard | Chuunin

Finally back home, Kenji breathed a sigh of relief as it felt good to be amongst the life of nature once more. the plants and trees spoke to him, filling him with energy as he basked in the refreshing feeling he had missed in the devastated town. Stopping on the bridge to face their new companions, Kenji followed his leader's orders without question, stepping forward to stand beside Zetsumei. But then, when prompted to introduce his 'real self', he stepped forward once more, indicating that he would go first. Leaning forward slightly, Kenji reached up into his hood and dislodged the porcelein mask which hid his identity, and in one fluid motion, removed it and the cloak which hid him so well beneath.

Given his somewhat eclectic attire and the bright blue color of his robe, the change from the drab black cloak would be sudden, but enlightening. Standing tall, with the cloak and mask in his hand, which had fallen to his side, Kenji looked out to the others and bowed very politely to all of them. "It is a pleasure to finally be able to greet you all more properly. I apologize for the previous rudeness I showed you in our first encounter, but I believe you understand why such actions were necessary. However, now that we are allies, I can feel more relaxed to be myself around you. My name is Soryuu Kenji and I am a Chuunin of the Nameless Village... and it is my great honor to meet all of you."

Kenji's warm smile broadened beneath the mask he wore over his face, but it was more then apparent that he was wearing a beaming and friendly smile. His eyes showed a sense of peace and relaxation, and oddly enough were of two different colors, one being blue, and the other green... a dead giveaway to his unique bloodline.

Soryuu Kenji
Nameless Village | Nature's Guard | Chuunin

Kenji had wondered what the reaction of his new comrades would be after he had revealed himself, but for a while, it looked like nothing would be said. After a brief question about the cloaks Kenji had obtained from the mysterious man in the underground shop at the center of town however, Kenji soon found himself quickly and quite uncomfortably close to Midori. At the sudden realization that she was staring into his eyes, his eyes widened seconds before he leaned back slightly, though not completely so as not to offend her or not seem friendly. "Herowhatsia?" Kenji had never heard this word before as he watched the woman curiously stare into his eyes with wonder and excitement. "Maybe it's another language?... or some kind of condition?... she is from a different region, and who knows how far away it is."

After some time of having the woman gawk at him uncomfortably close, Kenji finally realized that she must have been staring at his eyes, which given that they were both different and vibrant colors, would seem strange to most. "Oh..." Kenji exclaimed, backing up slightly to avoid the awkwardness of speaking so close to someone else's face who was still a stranger to him... "You must be referring to my eye color. Yes, they are in fact unique, at least among others I have met. Where I come from however, everyone has eyes like these, though not all awaken the powers which they contain and govern. The green eye (the right) is referred to by my people as The Forest Eye... and the blue eye as The Water Eye. They play a part of my people's connection to the forest and one of the many ways we are able to protect and care for it." Kenji then smiled to Midori and opened his eyes up wide staring at her somewhat playfully. "Perhaps one day, I can show you what it looks like when the Forest Eye is utilized."

[[Well it seems like Lilly is busy so she might not be posting anytime soon. We'll just continue on anyway.]]

A smile formed under Zetsumei's mask as he saw his student becoming comfortable with Midori, a good choice to have on the side of 'friends.' No one wanted to see Midori angry, that's for sure. In fact, Zetsumei was glad that things went over so smoothly after all and that she hadn't tried to kill any of his team. Now that they were back home, everything could be relaxed.

In response to Midori's question about a cloak sample, Zetsumei offered, "If you'd like you can study my cloak, I don't use it very often anyway." Reaching up to his head, Zetsumei pulled the hood down and his jet black hair popped up. In one smooth motion, Zetsumei pulled off his cloak and mask at the same time. The most noticeable piece of his ensemble was the large red scarf hanging on his back.

With a smart a** smile on his face, Death said, "As you can tell, it works pretty well." Death knew that Midori could see souls with her eyes which was a helpful test for the cloaks' power. There were a couple reasons for Death pretending to be a stranger and calling himself Zetsumei, one of them being for testing purposes.

Holding out the cloak to his old friend, Death commented, "I guess you could call this even for the spiffy scarf you gave me." The scarf Death wore was a long time possession of his, Midori simply made it powerful for him and gave it fancy defensive properties. Which reminded Death, "Hey, I just remembered, I got you those scrolls I told you about. I've got them back at my place here and I could give them to you any time you'd like. Just be careful with them, they're originals."

Death noticed Midori place her hand on her stomach when she was talking to Kenji and for a minute he thought he saw something strange, like a variation in her soul color right where her hand was. Dismissing it as nothing Death just ignored it for now. As a 'welcome home' Death offered Midori a hug with his arms out wide. He had a little worried feeling that she'd be mad so he wanted to make sure she wasn't going to hit him. Hopefully a hug would be enough.

Soryuu Kenji
Nameless Village | Nature's Guard | Chuunin

Kenji bowed in respect to Midori's offer and smiled, glad to see that she was so receptive to learning of his abilities... "That is quite a generous offer my lady, but such compensation is not necessary. I would be glad to share a bit of who I am with you if you wish to see. I would enjoy the opportunity thoroughly." As Midori then turned to death, who was by now removing his cloak, Kenji got the distinct sense that he had been hiding his identity from these people for some reason... but had known Midori at least somewhat. "if the goal was to get them to come with us, why not take the easier route and show up as someone they already trust?"

Not truly understanding his reasoning, if there even was one, Kenji was pulled from his thoughts as Flagenza approached with a question all his own. "Well, the powers are not simply in the eyes so to speak, but rather, the eyes themselves are the windows to them. Depending on the ability I use, each eye will act differently. I have yet however to awaken the powers of my water eye though. I am still quite young for my people and have not had the time to properly commune with nature." Kenji wasn't at all embarrassed by it, but it did make him realize how long it had been before he had truly been with the forest excepting when walking through on a mission. He hoped that after they all got back to the village that he would have the time to do so.

flagenza nodded at Kenji. " alright. so esentially from a strategic point their both possibly a threat, and from an interest veiw, very interesting." Flagenza smiled.

maverick( the largest of the chickens) walked over to Kenji staring at him very suspiciously. "Do you have any saki?"

flagenza let maverick do as he wanted while he pet the others who were mostly going to sleep.

when death revealed himself flagenza was a al ittle awe struck. he was silent for a minute before a glare came across. "You...really death you antagonized me to no end. I mean, we sparred together. I though i meant more to you." flagenza sound more pathetic and sarcastic as he went. he understood the ruse, or what he hoped had been a ruse.

Kuroi Kishi

Former "New" Arrival of the TVHIT and Puppeteer

On the opposite end of the bridge which lead out of the town, a figure slowly appeared, walking from the surronding environment into plain sight with a scroll tucker underneath his arm. His face was somewhat hidden from a bamboo hat he wore, to keep the sun out his eyes, although he did look up a bit at the village, standing quite still. "So that's the new one..." he muttered underneath his breath before he began to walk once more, slowly towards the village with a small grin on his face.

When Zetsumei said that she could study his cloak becuse he didn't use it much Midori rubbed her hands together gleefully only for her jaw to drop in shock as he pulled off the cloak and revealed himself to be death.

And he was right, it DID work very well if it could fool a ninja of her caliber. Her first instinct was to check to see if this was some genjutsu but their was no mistaking Death's distinctive aura after she had spent so much time with him.

This explained so much, he had been absent frequently in the months before the villages destruction so he must have been secretly working on this place. Midori knew that he had similar powers to her own.

Death must have sensed time running out on most of the villagers lifes and begain prepairing for the future. Midori had to admit that she should have also seen it coming but she had been to busy burying herself in her research and her training to notice. "That's a mistake I won't make again." She vowed to herself

Still why had he bothered with such an elaborate ruse? All he had to have done was show up as himself and they would have followed him here as a matter of course no negotiations necessary. But the answer was self evident, he wanted to test if those special cloaks of his would stand up in the field against even the most rigerous odds.

When Death told her about the scrolls Midori scoffed. "Have you forgotten how meticulous I am already?" She teased as her mind still was processing her feelings about Death's revelation.

Despite the fact that she understood WHY he had hidden the truth she was still very pissed at him, the type of pissed that she usually got when she was likely to kill things. However her common sense overrode that urge because she knew Death was too valuable an ally and friend to murder over what was relatively a minor offense.

So she was going to settle for simply wacking him really really hard. Of course she knew that a ninja of Death's level would almost certiantly be able to dodge it, but even he wasn't stupid enough to try since that would only make her more cantakerious and increase the amount of pain she would rain down upon him.

But before she could act on her urge to throttle him she found herself being caught up in a huge from Death and her Brain immaculately shut down from the close contact, smoke figuratively coming out of her ears because she was simply not used to being touched, especially in such a friendly manner.

Her face a deep shade of crimson Midori looked away shyly and muttered weakly "fine, but you better not trick me like that again." all thoughts of pumpling death forgotten in her embarrassment