Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:08 am Post subject: Shinigami's Mission: Sekibaku's Escort (Take 2)
(Shit! I accidentally deleted the topic! Shit! Shit! Shit! Ugh, I hope you remember what happened, cus I just fucked up! Shit! Sorry! ARGH!!!! I hate myself right now! Shit!)
Mission re-cap:
This mission was originally assigned to Aoiro Mizuno, Tsume Inuzuka, Joukai Hyuuga and Shinigami Uchiha as a C-Rank escort mission.
At the entrance to Suna, a few hours later, the team arrived to see the Kazekage and Teiru Uchiha waiting by the entrance.
Ketsueki then dismissed the genin and stated that she changed the mission from Team Shinigami to Team Ryuu, in other words, herself, Shinigami and Teiru were to escort Sekibaku back to Konoha.
Shinigami was thrilled to see the brats gone as well.
After a sisterly fight, the four set off into the desert.
Around dusk, six hours later, the group was attacked by the Akatsuki and after a quick fight, Ketsueki was abducted and the offer was stated for the trade of Shinigami and Sekibaku's life for the Kazekage's own. Desu and Haku then took off.
After this, Shinigami ordered Teiru back to Suna to spread the word on Ketsueki's disappearance, and then sped with Sekibaku to Konoha.
Fifteen hours later, around 7am in the morning, Shinigami and Sekibaku arrived in Konoha and crash-landed through the window into the Hokage's office.
After getting the peace treaty signed, Shinigami explained the situation to the Hokage, who agreed to personally attend on the mission.
It was then agreed that Shinigami and Tatsu would then personally train Sekibaku for the next three to five days into a genin of the leaf, where he'll be granted a leaf hitai-ate from Tatsu, giving him a dual citizenship between the Wind and Fire nations.
Suddenly, after Tatsu created a Mokuton staircase from the broken window, two of Tatsu's jounin appeared. A Nara and Yamanaka, they were.
Also, because of the commotion, two ANBU (who you might recognise from Cepeda's mission) ran in. Apparently they were the good friends of the family, Kuro Mitarashi and Takashi Hoshino.
What a morning it must be for poor Shinigami-san, Sekibaku-san, Nara-san, Yamanaka-san and Tatsu-san...
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"Alright. We should teach him the basic academy techniques first, as all he knows jutsu wise is the Rasengan. He can't even pull off a substitution or have a kunai hit it's target." Shinigami explained, "Oh, is it alright is Takashi-kun and Kuro-kun supervise and tag along in this, they are close friends of the family and they are ANBU, so it will work ut in our favour."
"Please?" Kuro added with a grin as his blonde, tied-back hair blew slightly around, from the low breeze coming from the window.
"Alright, you two." ordered Tatsu, "You stand guard. Because we have two Jinchuuriki around, Akatsuki would probably go for us, even with the deal they struck."
I'm just glad I got rid of Root. You really couldn't trust those, even if they had Konoha's best interests in mind. Damn you Danzo, you messed everything up. It would have been much better if Hatake Kakashi had been the acting 6th....
The seven of them left and when they got to the bottom of the Hokage tower, Nara Shikasaku and Yamanaka Karamaru said their goodbyes and went to prepare for the mission.
"We're going to be training in area 44." said Tatsu with the rest of them letting out a shocked gasp. "Yes. The forest of Death. Because we need you, Sekibaku-kun, to become Genin worthy VERY quickly, area 44 is the best, because the extra dangers will help with your will to train."
Sekibaku gulped.
Oh my... how am I going to get through this?
Shinigami grinned.
"I remember that place! I'm not sure if you remember, but I participated and passed the chuunin exams here, three years ago." Shinigami stated, "It'll be fun. Hey, brat, don't get scared. There's only massive man-eating bugs, endless forest, ginormous snakes, ginormous anythings, dangers around every corner... it's a piece of cake."
Kuro then shuddered.
"I'm just thankful when I took the exams, they were held in Suna... because then I only had to suffer the desert and not that creepy place... can I pull out?" Kuro asked with a scared voice, before yelping when Takashi slapped him on the back of his head.
"Can you pull yourself together? You're an ANBU, an elite one at that, so act like one you idiot!" Takashi growled as Kuro smiled shyly and rubbed the back off his neck.
"Sorry..."
"Takashi, Kuro, stop fighting." Shinigami ordered, "We have a mission here, and that's to train the twit into genin level. If we don't save Ketsueki, I'll have to become his sensei permanently! I don't want that! Quit fooling around you morons and get moving! I'll be waiting at the 32nd gate of the forest's border, so don't be too slow!"
With that, Shinigami vanished, with the two ANBU just sweat-dropped.
"I'm so glad I'm not from the Kazekage's village set, because working under any sand-branch Uchiha would be a nightmare..." Takashi muttered as Kuro just nodded his head in agreement.
"You couldn't be more right Taka-kun..."
"To be honest." Sekibaku said, "In the event Ketsueki dies, I'm probably going to stay around here. Having Shinigami as my sensei. Ugh *shudders*."
"Anyway!" Said Tatsu, as he grabbed Sekibaku's arm. "Takashi, Kuro. Come on." With that a swirl of leaves appeared in his stead and he was gone. Takashi and Kuro knew where he was and performed the same jutsu (body flicker).
At the 32nd gate, Tatsu, Kuro, Takashi and Sekibaku met up with Shinigami.
"Right. In we go Sekibaku-kun!"
They went in, walking for about a half hour. Suddenly they stopped.
"This seems like a good place." Tatsu said, "Sekibaku. See if you can substitute yourself for that rock over there."
"Um... Right. Ok!"
Sekibaku began to concentrate his Chakra in his hands. Though the standard hand seals required for Substitution is, Ram, Boar, Ox, Dog, Serpent, most ninja, even academy students only need to use one Hand Seal. Ram. So that is what Sekibaku tried to do. He ended up failing miserably:
"Ngh....." *poof* In front of him lay a stick.
Shinigami just growled angrily.
"Look, Tatsu, you train the twit, I'm going to see if I can get into contact with my brother or something. Don't expect me to return, but if I do, it'll be in three days." She explained, and before anyone could really do anything, she vanished in a flas of sand, speeding incredibly fast on the fifteen-hour trip to sunagakure...
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"Orochi, wipe her memory, permanently." Ryuu ordered, making her partner gasp and look at her with wide, snake-like eyes.
"Ryuu, you are aware that will kill me, right?" She asked as Ryuu gave her a sideways glare.
"Yes, I'm fully aware of it. I'm going to make Ketsueki my new partner." Ryuu explained as Orochi sighed in defeat.
"Alright then. Just do me a favour and fry my body once your done, I don't need evidence of my existance." Orochi stated as Ryuu nodded while the snake-summoner walked into the small room, where the Kazekage was strugling against her chakra-filled binds.
"Ah, Ketsueki-san, I guarantee this will be the last time you'll ever see me." Orochi said in that creepy, hiss of a tone.
Ketsueki suddenly stopped strugling and gave her a confused look.
Orochi smirked then sighed.
"Ninja Art: Memory Wipe." She said as she quickly preformed the four hand signs for the jutsu.
After preforming these signs, she pushed her hand against Ketsueki's forehead and the strongest wave of chakra that the puppeteer had ever felt coursed through her body, she then fell unconscious while Orochi fell to the ground, dead.
"You guys see what I mean?" sighed Sekibaku. "She is such a pain. If she hadn't been the one-tail's Jinchuuriki I would've thrown a kunai at her. Unfortunately I didn't have time for that..."
"Yea, I get what you're saying," said the young Hokage with a frown, "Anyway, get to work on this jutsu. Try again."
"Right then." said Sekibaku.
Once more he concentrated his chakra in to his hands, to release it through the 'Ram' hand seal. He tensed his muscles and slowly felt a surge of power going through his body in to his hands. After a second or so he felt a jolt behind his navel and suddenly appeared a few metres from where he stood before. The rock had moved to his previous position.
"Yiihaaa... That's Kawarimi down!"
"Good job. Next up: Henge no Jutsu!" said Tatsu.
"I'll be right on it!
(Off topic: Henge no Jutsu = Transformation, Kawarimi = Substitution)
"Now. Try transform in to me." said Tatsu, with a smile on his face. "I want it to be like I'm looking in a mirror."
"Ok!" Sekibaku replied.
Dog, Boar, Tiger went the hand seals. Sekibaku concentrated all he could, and molded his Chakra. Once again the surge of power went through him and he felt his limbs change. Smoke suddenly appeared around him and when it lifted he felt himself in a different body. Tatsu had an odd expression on his face.
"Ehm.. not quite.... Try with just the Tiger hand seal, this time though. It doesn't help if you have to do all three."
"Ok..." replied Sekibaku. He then looked in to a nearby lake and saw his eyes were the size of dinner plates.
"ARRGH!" he screamed when he saw it.
"Ok... I'll get it right this time..."
Tiger hand seal went up, power roared through his body and he once again felt the tingling, which meant his limbs were changing. Slowly the tingling got stronger and "POOF" went the smoke and when it dissipated, Tatsu stood smiling.
"Perfect! Henge no Jutsu complete!"
"Yaaayyy!!!!!" yelled Sekibaku.
~Now (as when Ket was knocked out, it was 5 hours prior to current time)~
"Ugh..." Ketsueki moaned slightly as she opened her eyes slightly to see that she was lying on some kind of bed.
She somehow sensed the other's presence in the room as well. She immediately concluded she was a shinobi of sorts.
"So you're awake, Ketsueki." Ryuu stated in a stern voice, making Ketsueki weakly look at her leaning against the door, her robe open slightly and her arm resting in the small opening, having the sleeve just hang down at the side.
"Where am I?" Ketsueki asked in a weak voice.
"You're at the Valley of the End, Ketsueki." Ryuu stated calmly as Ketsueki's eyes opened in sudden shock.
"Who am I?" She asked in a distressed, weak tone. She had, as Ryuu planned, forgotten everything about herself and her life, only her abilities and skills remained.
"You're name is Akane Ketsueki, and you're my partner on the Akatsuki. A rogue ninja, Orochi Nagasaki, used a memory wiping jutsu against you and made it permanent by sacrificing her own life. Do you want to know more?" Ryuu asked, already having the full lie of a story ready in her mind to tell.
"What is the Akatsuki?"
"We're a group of ten s-class criminal ninja who have all fled or been chased away from our village. You and I were from Suna, and we fled and formed the Akatsuki in order to hunt down the Jinchuuriki and their Bijuu and take their power. Our crime was assassinating the 18th Kazekage." Ryuu lied as Ketsueki just numbly nodded, "The 19th Kazekage has recently passed away, so they should be announcing the 20th Kazekage soon."
"Right... Who are you?"
"My name is Ryuu Kaneda, and I was your former sensei and best friend before we killed the Uchiha and fled Suna. You are 18 years old and you have no family, they were assassinated by the 18th in fear of being a threat. You've always despised the desert and have always dreamt of living in Kiri, the Mist village." She lied in explanation as Ketsueki nodded for her to continue, "You fight with the art of the puppeteer, and have been pestering me alot lately for Sasori Akasuna's human puppet jutsu, to turn yourself into a puppet."
"Really? ...Do you have it, then... if I wanted it..." She muttered lightly and Ryuu smiled and picked up a large scroll from the table near the door and walked over to the bed, sitting next to it in the wooden chair and smiling at the late Kazekage.
"Yes, I've finally found it. I also have the jutsu here, another that you requested, where you may turn humans into puppets. You have always had no regard for human life and have always been a very serious woman." Ryuu explained as she placed the scroll by Ketsueki's side, "Also, because you are the second in command of the Akatsuki, Ketsueki, you have been assigned the Kyuubi no Kitsune, while I was assigned the Ichibi no Tanuki, or in other words, Shukaku."
"Alright... is there anything else I should know, Ryuu-san?" Ketsueki asked as she forced herself onto her elbows to look to Kaneda directly in the eyes, onyx looking into onyx, neither expressing emotion or anything else. Both dead and blank.
Ryuu smile.
"Yes, after experimentation on yourself for the past five years, you can use the Uchiha clan's kekkei genkai, the Mangekyou Sharingan. The only catch is it's not eternal, and if you want that, you told me you had to hunt down one of the 18th Kazekage's two children, Shinigami Uchiha and Teiru Uchiha, and kill someone close to them, before taking their Mangekyou Sharingan eyes. This is what you told me, and I have no proof since you accidentally destroyed your lab a few weeks ago in fear of someone finding it." Ryuu was lying through her teeth at this point, and Ketsueki believed every word, "Also, you deeply despised the hidden Sand village and want nothing but it's destruction. You also wish to learn the jutsu for creating human puppets and abduct the next in line for Kazekage, before turning him/her into a puppet for your own use. You told me this whole plan five hours prior to your incident with Orochi."
"Right... this human puppet jutsu... what will it do?"
"Nothing too serious, it will just turn most of you, excluding your head and heart, into a puppet. You will be immortal, eternally young and you may control 100 puppet at once. You have quite the chakra control as it is." Ryuu explained as Ketsueki smiled lightly and opened the scroll onto her lap.
She then began to recite the scroll's contents.
"This is the human puppet jutsu I just created and initiated only hours ago, and this is how to use it. I'm only writing this because I might want to adjust it later on, or something like that..."
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"Sasuke! Sasuke!" Teiru shouted out as he banged on the door of a reasonably size house, a few block away from the Kazekage tower.
"Hold on, Teiru-san." A calm female voice called from inside, holding an annoyed, yet sweet undertone.
"Hurry up, this is important!" Teiru growled as the door opened and for his knocking fist to accidentally hit the blue-haired female in the head, agitating her on the spot, "Oops... I didn't mean that..."
"Urgh... Jerk. Alright, Teiru-san, what's the big idea?"
"Right Sekibaku!" said Tatsu, "Bunshin no Jutsu now!"
"That's that clone thing isn't it?" Sekibaku asked.
"Indeed it is! Now get to it!"
"Right!"
Ram snake tiger, went the seals.
"Bunshin no Jutsu!" Sekibaku yelled.
Soon after there was a single clone standing next to him. It soon fell over and dissipated however, and Sekibaku exclaimed:
"Damnit..... Ok once more...."
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(Second post because I can't be bothered putting it in a new actual post)
Ram snake tiger once more.
"BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!!!!!"
The chakra rushed through his body into his fingers and out of his fingertips. This time, there were three illusionary copies of him, standing in a triangle.
"Wee. Bunshin down.!"
"The Kazekage's been kidnapped!" Teiru exclaimed in rush as his face contorted in pure worry.
"Huh-? Wait, WHAT?!" Sasuke bellowed out in shock as Teiru just looked down with a sad expression.
"Akatsuki." Was all Teiru said before the door was slammed in his face and rustling sounded from inside the room, "Sasuke! This is important!"
Five minutes later, the door was literally ripped open as the blue-haired woman stepped out with a pissed off expression, wearing her ninja outfit.
"Wow, I've never seen you angry before." Teiru commented as she glared at him.
"Ketsueki was on my squad as a child, before she transferred to join you and Shinigami that is, so we were quite close." Sasuke bitterly growled before jumping onto the roof of her building, Teiru (sitting on Aoiromaru's back) bounded up soon after, "Do have any idea where she is?"
"Valley of the End, waiting for an exchange. Her for Shinigami and Sekibaku." Teiru explained as Sasuke growled.
"Filthy Akatsuki scum."
"I know, Sas, now we have to get to Konoha, stat."
---
"...Written January 19th, Sasori Akasuna." Ketsueki finished as Ryuu smiled.
"Quite an advanced jutsu. Sasori was... fifteen when he created that jutsu, and it came into full effect when he turned eighteen." Ryuu explained the the young puppeteer nodded.
"So it takes a while." Ketsueki concluded as she opened the scroll more to reveal a perculiar pattern, "Ok, the instuctions told me to slice a cut in my dominant, right, hand and place it over the seal in the center, but not before doing the ram, tiger and monkey seals four times in conjunction with eachother."
"Yes." Ryuu stated calmly.
"Alright then, kunai please." Ketsueki ordered as she outstretched her left hand, Ryuu just flinched slightly and placed the kunai in her hand.
'If only she knew she's just like her father...' the black-haired shuriken master mused before watching her slice open her palm and lick a bit of the blood and shiver in delight.
"If I didn't know you, I'd think you were the one who had the Shukaku in you, as you seem to have quite the thirst for blood." Ryuu commented as the Late Kazekage did the hand signs required before placing her hand on the scroll and staring with a light hunger in her eyes as the blood began to pool around the wounded hand as she focused chakra into it.
"I like the coppery taste... it's... delectable..." She stated as she licked some blood from her lips and smirked darkly, "Is there something wrong with that?"
"Huh? No, no. I just never thought your blood thirst was so intense. When you were a child, you never hesitate to spill your enemy's blood. Now I know why, my sadist of an ex-student." Ryuu purred like a mother would as she stroked her partner's hair lightly before standing up and walking to the door, "I'm going to help Desu and Haku prepare for your s- target's arrival."
"Alright then. Do as you please, like I care." Ketsueki growled as Ryuu chuckled and left the girl alone.
It was then that the cold facade vanished into an evil smirk.
"Unfortunately, you only wiped away my yang personality, not my memories. I am well aware you were going to call them my siblings. Tch, like I care, I just want to taste the sand demon's blood. It would be... delectable..."
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