Safe For The Moment....

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Ejiki figured heading into the city was a hell of a bad idea, and instead kept running, her sight coming back about half-way to Taki. She looked around, everything in her peripheral vision slowed to a crawl and the color red and black. She had to find somewhere quick, lest she drop here. Though she didn't want to, she ran into the swamp, trying to find a clearing of some sorts she could set her family down.

She stopped in the middle of the swamp, and set her family down. It was then she noticed that Uson's entire body was shocked. Badly. Oh god, she had to do something...Wait. She could.
"Oh, please forgive me for this."
She quickly dropped to her knees, her breathing heavy from running so much, and stared down at him.

Oh, please let this work.

Ejiki pressed her lips against Uson's, the feeling vaguely familiar, and began forcing the lightning chakra out of him and into her, being careful not to take any of his chakra. Once this task was done, she sat up, and felt a sudden bang in her body. What-

"Oh shit."

Those two words were all she managed to get out before she keeled over. She had too much lightning in her body and no way to discharge it, so it was attacking her system. She closed her eyes and bit down on her lip as her heart started slowing down.

Well, isn't THIS a bitch?

'You got that right...'
Well, she went down helping him, she guessed. Not too bad a way to go down. Ejiki looked up at Uson as her Mad Rush ended and smiled.
"...See ya. Be a good father, and sorry for what I did."

The shock combined from the excess lightning her headphones couldn't absorb along with the sudden rejection from her Mad Rush's aftereffect combined. Ejiki stopped breathing, closed her eyes, and dropped.

Ejiki blinked as this clone, one she was able to identify as being of her own elemental affinity, wiped away tears she hadn't even noticed remained in existence on her face. She stood up, her meditation over, and examined the clone, tilting her head a bit as she examined the clone carefully. Hmm...It should be simple, as she began trying out the handsigns Uson had created in order to birth the clone.

After two tries without a spark, the third one sprung, lightning molding and forming and breaking off, turning into a being of its own. Ejiki smiled as the sensation happened, then looked over to her side as the new being took shape, forming into a mirror version of her. She turns to the clone, taking a step back, and watched as it mimicked perfectly. It had taken more than one try, but she had gotten it, and with this in mind, looked back over towards the clone of Uson, awaiting judgement from either this mirror image or the real one.

She felt more positive, that was for sure. And as she slowly put her headphones back on, just out of habit, she watched as Kakusan was being bea- ....trained, to master a Rasengan. THAT....would prove interesting.

Hmm, Kakusan turned his attention to the hovering ball of wind beside him, it's depths seemed so close yet so far. He vaguely wondered how this would feel if he placed his palm within the ball. He never had time to commit to the stupid act as once again, Father's sheer presence in this lonely world beckoned his attention.

Now within the void of Uson's palm, a ball similar to the one hovering beside him, came into existence, there where no Hand Seals needed for this, Kaku noted, it was completely based within one's chakra control. He clenched his fist tight as he memorized the pattern for the way in which it was formed, now it was time. Placing his own fist in front of him, his clone sprang into existence, two young grins as they stood there, as Kakusan slowly began to project chakra into his palm, this was going to be a very tiring process, indeed Kakusan would be dead by now without the support from the pills.
The clone began to move it's hands in a motion similar to how Uson's Clone had done, and then Kakusan began to add his own chakra affinity to the mix, forcing it into existence.
However this didn't appear to work as with the sudden rush of chakra, the thing was moved aside and exploded, Kakusan's Wind Clone simply went with it before reappearing, Kaku had kept his feet by sticking them to the ground with chakra.

This time he repeated the process, using the clone, and adding one crucial element. Paper. Paper swirled of his hand and added to the ball, using this as additional stabilization, the ball now was taking shape a quicker rate. And after a few minutes of carefully adding layers of chakra, the final version stood there, ready to blow something up.
To an observer it would have appeared suddenly, as the paper obscured the view.
Kakusan's next thought was....'Where do I get to smash this?'

Xin Li smiled. Everthing was going as well. Kakushin and Ejiki were showing much promise. His youngest seemed to express joy by stating he didn't know what to blow up. Fuuton Xin Li transformed into a shpere of light green chakra and dropped directly 5 meters from Kakushin. It resumed it second metamorpis. It withdrew it right palm and attempted to smack the back of Kakushin's cerbal cortex. Hopefully he was fast enough to destroy the dopple ganger with his new jutsu. In order to strike the clone in a counter strike he might have to turn around to do so. Uson walks over to Ejiki as he lives the young prince and his clone to deal with the new threat.

Xin Li closed his eyes and listened to the beat of Ejiki's heart.

"They are progressing well. Especially Kakushin. He has mastered so much. I am proud of both of them.

Xin Li wished he could bestow his tongue upon them, but with his voice it wasn't possible yet.

Ejiki dissipated her clone as she watched Uson use his clone as a means of a challenge towards Kakusan, and watched with her arms crossed. Uson stood next to her, a bit of a surprise, and she forced her heartbeat to remain neutral. If she could hear other's pulses, he could as well, and she didn't need him knowing-

That you're in love with him?

Ejiki remained neutral and took a deep breath as she watched Kakusan.
'You know...you're really fucking annoying.'

I feel so complimented. AND you didn't deny it. WELCOME TO STAGE TWO.

Ejiki felt her annoyance spike up a bit, but kept it down as she lowered her head a little, muttering.
"Sorry, Hyuuga-sama. And thank you for teaching me."

Well this was unexpected, but it was deal-able with nonetheless. With this new technique, it was probably a one shot at destroying the clone that was now rapidly intercepting it's palm towards Kakusan's dead, at least that was what he presumed from what his Clone had mumbled at him in fast talk at his auditory receptor.
So now, Kakusan quickly handed the Clone the ball of energy as the Clone proceeded to kick his owner out of harms way, and attack directly from the side, and showing an aptitude for quick thinking, Kakusan was coming at him from the side he'd previously came from, in boxing in the clone, it was a tight thing to pull off, and if it worked Uson's Clone would be reduced to a lower body.
If Father's Clone managed to avoid the movement from Kaku's Clone he would find himself on the remissness end of Kakusan's own recently created rasengan, the paper still providing support for the structure. Admittedly this was very difficult on Kaku, even with the Solider Pill enhancing his system.
His breathing was heavy and the slight sheen pf perspiration was clear on his brow.

Fuuton Uson had almost smacked the back of Kaku's head, but his clone moved swiftly in response. It gave a powerful side shuffle kick to the puppet master. The girl beside Uson tried to lower her heart pace. She was trying to hide something. Xin Li released a jutsu of authority easily takinh out the fuuton clones in one large invisble sphere of chakra. They were gone leaving a whisk of zepher pulling in a mass of emptiness. Xin Li stared at Ejiki and Kakushin. He released his former jutsu creating a space for them. This would be the last jutsu they would be forced to learn. Uson preformed a ram seal placing it towards his chest as his opposite arm went towards the ground. A very bright avatar appeared around Uson. It held 1000 arms and seemed to be in a trance. Preforming more signs a mass of 20,000 clones appeared around Ejiki and Kakushin. One Uson stepped forward and blew up in a mass of kinetic energy. Uson got ready to blow Ejiki and his son up, if they couldn't destroy the clones with the 1000 Armed jut

Ejiki saw the technique, and then the...ridiculous amount of clones surrounding them. Then she saw the intent surrounding Uson. ...HE WAS GOING TO BLOW THEM UP?! DEAR LORD, This man was a BRUTAL teacher! She quickly turned her headphones on, forcing herself to concentrate as the lightning coursed through her body. She copied the exact motions her cousin had made, forming a Ram seal to her chest and placing her opposite hand on the ground. As the chakra began flowing out, Ejiki practically screamed at her body to make it work.

Determination is something I haven't seen in you in a while, you know.

The chakra lit up, forming into an avatar slightly different from his, but ending in the same result as thousand armed guardian its eyes closed and its hands hugging its body. The Avatar looked like...someone familiar, as if looking at oneself in a mirror, seeing something foreign yet feeling the sense of recognition. It resembled something or a broken Saint, glowing in a radient light, but resonating off...guilt. Ejiki, her demeanor switching to annoyance for the scenario was quite familiar from a nightmare she had had many a time, motioned for the spirit to attack. Immediately, the Saint changed from its angelic state to that of a demon, resembling something of a crow, black feathers flying around her as the thousand hands lashed out and Ejiki brutally destroyed her half before Uson decided it'd be fun to overcharge her system again.

Wow, now look at all these Clones of Father. It looked like he'd suddenly spawned a ton of babies. 20,000 babies was impressive indeed.
But now Kakusan had a technique to deal with all of them, at least so he thought. However, unlike Uson and Ejiki, he didn't have the vast amounts of chakra they could draw on at a moments notice, he was still struggling to properly utilize the Solider Pill, as all the other times he'd been given the, they where little more then something to keep him alive for a little longer.
Now he was doing it all over again and he'd come to a realization, he'd die if he completed this jutsu, there was that dry feeling towards the end. He was definitely running out of chakra. So what to do? Improvisational talent was a strong point for Kakusan. If you couldn't hit it with your hands, you just got a tool to hit it with. And since the jutsu Uson had just shown them was based around 'hands' he couldn't really find the resolve to toss his own version of the spirit at them. He would in a second, but not just yet. That was of course assuming there where any left after he unleashed his next attack.
Within a second after the appearance of the clones, Kakusan's left arm released a small paper, on it was inscribed a symbol. A Generic Sealing Technique, no more, no less. And immediately afterwards, a mighty red dragon was release from the paper. Ten strings of chakra latched onto the Puppet, mobilizing it and giving birth to a the apocalyptic event that was about to occur. The dragon threw all four of it's wings forwards, they roared in the direction of the mass of clones and from their tips was breathed a breeze of death and destruction.
And this gale would sweep upon the Clones, attempting to destroy each of them, he made sure to live up to his Father's wishes...in part. As after the tormenting gale was unsealed on the poor clones, he too made the Hand Seals required to bring forth the avatar of his soul. This wasn't by any means as beautiful or as majestic as either Ejiki's or Uson's, indeed it reflected the torment that played within the young boy's heart, and unleashed it upon the front rows of the remaining clones, for it didn't take the appearance of one animal, but twisted in writhed it it's own agony and seemed to lash out with sharpened feathers, hooves, claws, talons, teeth. It's form was constantly changing as was it's method if attack. It was terrible to behold and mighty to perceive. Gathering himself for one last assault he left forwards, screaming his own war cry and the demon followed suit, the dragon too, rushed forwards, it wings beating again and again. Creating tormenting twister after another.

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Jana would enter the area a ways away after she had heard a lot of noise. She had been out running for days on in and wanted some way to rest. She was tired from her search for the Hyuuga house and didn't have time to even sleep most of this time. She wore her black shinobi outfit with her hair in two strands and her weapons about her body. She kept the letter in hand with a small name of a Hyuuga inside it that she had recieved and caused such a horrid hunt in the first place of her. She would perform a handsign to release her Chakra Sensory jutsu that would allow her to sense things in a 25 meter radius as she would feel clones to the right and ahead along with three people who were not clones as she would run that direction. She would hurry towards that direction focusing her eyes in the direction hoping it were the Hyuuga as she would feel a large mass of chakra matched with two smaller ones as she ran right in the center of it as her purple eyes would look to see the massive amount of clones as she also saw the three people. She would sigh with happiness and quite possibly wasn't noticed by any of them but the more powerful shinobi as she would note the ten or so clones just around her as she would give a proper greeting, that being the 8 trigrams rotation jutsu, as she would then feel the rotation spread to hit at least 20 clones in the space around her as they would either blow up or be flung back and now her presence would be known as she would slump into the ditch she made with her rotation as she had a light smile and eyes that were kind as she would keep the chakra pulsing in her incase she'd be hunted again.

(Ore, SANJOU!)

A simple morning job. Thats all Riku was on. The jog that he did every morning at about 5 A.M. Even if he had to work that day he still did it. But this morning it was different. He had a pretty damn big boulder on his back. He was doing this for two reasons. One: He wanted to increase his leg strength. Two: He reasoned that if he could run fast with a giant boulder on his back, he could run FASTER without the giant boulder on his back. He was doing this so he could become stronger and faster. There was nothing more that he wanted to do more than to better himself. Right now, he was running the entire length of the beach right beside the ocean. He had secured the boulder using some old rope he had found in the back of his grandmothers shop. The boulder had added at least an extra 80 pounds to his body. It hadn't even been an hour since he had start, and his ENTIRE body was already sore, especially his legs. It felt like they were about to explode. The lactic acid buildup in his legs were killing him! But he had to go for another 30 minutes.

But he had also made some trials along the way to help his body. A good run wouldn't do anything without a good challenge behind it. He had cut some logs earlier for his grandmother, and there was some excess. He used a twig system to activate a landslide of logs up ahead, which he had to dodge or get rolled over by the logs. He liked the first choice instead of the latter. Hopefully he would be able to do it. He felt the twig trip and heard the logs (and rocks) falling down the hill, his legs burning like someone had set them on fire, but his tenacity not allowing him to give up. He didn't want to be flattened after all. He jumped on one of the logs, though his legs begged him not to, and jumped from log to log, sweat rolling down his face. They were big logs, but there weren't many of them. But it would hurt like hell to be smushed by a boulder/rolled over by a log. He kept running, finally making it to the other side of the first trap. So far so good. There were several more traps waiting in store for him, he knew it.

But then...something weird in front of him. Twenty clones, and many different people he did not know. The boulder on his back had fallen off, and his clothes were frayed and dirty from overuse. He was sweating, cuts all over his body, his skin having ripped from muscle exertion. Then, his body shook, memories flowing through his head now that his body wasn't working, tears running down his face. He was walking forward with a stagger, unaware of the danger.

OOC: Posting for Xin with permission.

Xin was proud of his kin for being able to handle his last training regimend. As he watched his clones get tossed about, he would notice two new beings enter, one familiar. He turned around to see Jana Hyuuga, his cousin who he had sent for from the Iron village, and looked into her eyes, slightly surprised she was here.



Ejiki was about to make a comment when she as well noticed two new people enter the scene, one...seeming familiar. Ah, those eyes.
"Hello, kin. It is nice to see you."It was then that she would blink as she noticed this second person staggering. He wasn't near the area to be seen. It was more of...She could feel him move, hear his heartbeat. The technique Uson had taught her....He...felt like a young boy, a teen though still young in her eyes. Then she felt the vibrations.

...The boy....was panicking?

"...Shit...."Immediately she ran to the source of the suddenly frantic heartbeat, and called out.
"Hello? Can you hear me?"

The devastation was complete, where there was once a living breathing eco-system, now there was nothing, the terrible grasping winds of the Puppet's wings had sheered away much of what was their, repeated strikes even wearing away rock.
Now as a single sheet of paper escaped Kaku's body and enveloped the Dragon with it's seal, it then turned around to return to Kaku, who's springtime guardian had taken a vacation.
Now he turned his attention to the two newcomers, and his single apologetic eye suddenly mutated and warped as it brushed aside the various layers of baggage to bare the soul for all to see.
Death.
Pain.
Destruction.
Terror.
Fury.
And above all a glint to the gleaming orb that suggested one thing, he had enjoyed it all. And now coming more from the back of his throat then the stomach. Was a laugh, a sheer primal laugh that echoed around. A laugh the a hyena would make when it had downed it's pray and was about to feast.
As the laugh died in his throat, the gaze of the orb swiveled up and the lids of the orb closed around it, and the body of Kakusan collapsed, he was fine, just a bit tired and had chewed up a massive amount of chakra.

Searing pain ripped through Riku's body. Starting from his head then working down to the marks on his back, the marks glowing red right through his shirt. His pupils shrunk and narrowed, the pain causing him to fade in and out of unconsciousness. He was starting to remember something. A black mark running the length of his father's chest all those years ago. His eyes twitched as the mark started to run all over his back, making a demonic face on his chest as he roared out in pain, his canines elongating into long fangs, tears of blood running down his face. His eyes stayed the same color, but they seemed wilder. "Mother...don't go...mother..." A voice echoed from him as his lips moved. It seemed hollow, full of sadness. A red third eye opened on his forehead, looking out at everyone.

A black pillar of energy swirled around him, then dissipated. The marks, the eye, and everything from the incident was gone. He shook uncontrollably, the pain still ripping through his body though fading away slowly. He fell to his hands and knees, coughing up a pool of black blood, looking at the woman in front of him in pure fear. His vision was blurry from the blood, and his head was foggy. "M-Mother?" Riku said, his arms shaking as he tried to get up, managing to get to his feet before falling back, his eyes blanking out. He had passed out from the stress.

Jana would witness the boy, Riku, through her chakra sensory jutsu felt him stumble in carrying what was a highly weighted strain. A boulder perhaps till he started to have pain and his chakra spiked and she knew that his body was shutting down. She wasn't a medical expert but this much she could tell as she would get up on her own and then witness another person, the puppetear boy, drop down but his body and chakra were fine, just exhausted. She would look at Xin and Ejiki only to see Ejiki running over to the boy whom started to shut down as Xin just seemed to have surprise written on his face as she too would run over to the boy and seeing the marks her own eyes widened as she would run after him hering him utter something about Mother while Ejiki and herself made it over and then black blood was coughed up. "Water! I need water!" She would yell in her head as she would run though her ruck sack and embedding her chakra into the small bottle. She would pour the water into a cloth she wripped from her sash as she would lay it onto the boy's forhead. She would then do one palm to restabilize his chakra by poking the one pall into his solarplex, afterwards she looked to Ejiki as Jana would then tell her, "Does he mean you when he speaks of his mother?" Jana was unsure but now that the chakra was restabilized the boy needed a motherly figure to take care of the rest.

Xin turned to his son and motioned for him to follow, then came over to examine the two as they tended to the boy. Who was this intruder, and what relation did he have to his cousins? It was a question that he wanted an answer for indeed. He would rest his hands in his robe's sleeves as he stood a little ways over and watched their actions and movements. What was this boy doing out here with a boulder on his back?

Ejiki had made handsigns as her cousin had gotten some water. Immediately, her hands began growing a warm green as the brushed them over the boy's skin. The cuts and bruises on the boy immediately began fading and closing up, healing his beaten body to a pristine condition. She would then rest the boy's head in her lap and begin cleaning off his face. She sent just a tiny bit of electricity through him to try and wake him up as she looked down at him with caring and worried eyes. She had been called his mother. What did that mean...? Regardless.
"Wake up, dear child. It's not healthy to sleep out here, you know."
She smoothed out his shirt and adjusted the cloth on his forehead as she looked down at him, hoping he would awake. She needed to know why such a boy would be carrying a boulder on his back. And what had happened to him.

OOC: Your getting better at RPing as Uson, Kyo.

What was this young boy doing on the ground? Resting as it would seem. Yet his duty had no yet reached it's zenith so he was beckoned from sleep's sweet embrace to the hard reality of day.
Feeling the urge for sleep within his bones, he sighed, and stood up, several loud retorts of skeletal abuse where clearly heard.
Now Kaku still had one trick left up his sleeve, he could tell that the female who had newly arrived was in decent condition. The male specimen, ah he was something that was going to require work. Especially since Kaku's black eye-patch was gone. Left in the heat of battle. He stooped to retrieve the garment, before replacing it.

Yawning mightily, he proceeded to follow his Father down to the crisis zone. For now he stood, watching and waiting. Every muscle in his body tensed, ready to spring into action. By his Father's side the said person would easily be able to hear the jumping heart beat of his youngest, and oldest child.

Riku slowly opened his eyes, feeling warmth all around him. Several people, who looked like blobs in his disoriented state, were around him. His head felt like it was on something soft, and it felt warm. He felt at ease for some reason. The embrace of his own mind was soon being lifted, his vision becoming clearer and clearer. The marks that were on his body were slowly receding, a purplish mist coming off of his body. His narrowed and shrunk when he finally fully came to, jumping up and backing away, literally scrabbling away from them. Fear. Fear deep as the deepest well was in his eyes. His fangs went back to canines slowly, shaking uncontrollably. His breathing was ragged, and he coughed up droplets of both black and crimson red blood.

The words of the woman who's lap he was laying on slowly came to him, the fear edging out of his system. But then his eyes narrowed, not in fear, but in pure pain. A soundless scream came from him as he grabbed his head, feeling an immense pain ripping right through his skull, a burning sensation on his back. He kept one eye open, looking at the crowd of people, managing to get out one phrase: "Who are you people?"

Jana would be the one to awnser that when she had fully initialized her sensory status of all the ninja around her as she would then simply say, "We are the Hyuuga. What remains of our grande family line." She would then smile lightly and then turn to Xin, whom had the most chakra, "And if I am right you are Xin Li, Leader of the Hyuuga and the one whom told me to come here as soon as I have. I now want to know what you meant by this 'love' letter you sent to me." She could tell that Ejiki was a motherly figure but what was herself, Jana's self, to anyone. She knew she could easily be a political tool but what else was she?

OOC: Aww, thanks V! I really am trying! :3

Uson would raise an eyebrow at the large amount of chakra resonated from the boy Ejiki held tenderly. His heartbeat had slowed down considerably, meaning he was stable at least, and Uson then turned to the female who accused him of writing a 'love letter', and glared at her. He had send her a formal request to come to the Hyuuga household under the escort of his son and Ejiki, which would not happen now. He held out his hand and motioned for them to come. It was time that they left for their household, where he would be able to...'discuss', in a sense, what it was he had wanted Jana to come for. And as a father, he also needed to have Kakusan rest for all the training he had done today.

Ejiki looked down as the boy coughed up a bit more blood and she wiped it off his mouth. He looked so hurt...broken, even. She couldn't take it. She didn't even NOTICE the chakra that the boy had released a few moments ago, for she was prioritizing a whole other thing. When he asked who she was, the first words out of her mouth were pure instinct. And something she wouldn't go back on.
"I am your new mother. I will take care of you, unlike whatever vile woman who would let you be like this. Don't be afraid...I'll take you somewhere safe..."
She picked the boy up, resting his head on her shoulder, and turned to Uson.
"I won't leave him here. And I will gladly fight you over him if I have to."
She didn't care if he could kill her easily, she'd just keep coming back again and again to care for this boy. Because that was the way Ejiki was for children and those like them. She was someone who had to protect them. A hint of a smile however did come upon her face. She had a pretty good guess that he would agree.

OOC: It doesn't show, keep it up and I think you'll be able to pass for him without a doubt!

Well it appeared that everything was in order, however looking at the two new additions to the family, Kakusan decided to impart a few words of wisdom to the more physically injured arrival.
It was obvious that Uson and Ejiki where both of a kind, the type of people who had parenting instincts that where truly massive. But hopefully Ejiki would be able to see through the haze of her hormones to determine that Kakusan wasn't a threat as he made his way towards the pair.
He stopped a few meters away, and looked straight at the boy, wondering what was the message he had wished to convey, and how best to do it.
Deciding on one he spoke his head filled with the number of pets he had taken in as a youngster, the ones that lived, and the ones that died. The ones that had lived, where the ones that had a purpose in life, they had a reason to not cross that invisible line of death, simply because living was too painful.
So he spoke his voice filled with the pain of loss, ::.On the hills of lore and wonder, there's a stormy world up there, you can't whisper above the thunder.
Travel light let the sun eclipse you, 'cause your flight is about to leave. And there's more to this brave adventure, than you'd ever believe.::
With those final words he waved to the devastation he and his family had created. There was more to be learned in life then death, which could be found in observation.
Turning, Kakusan made his way up the hill before also collapsing, making a small cloud of dust rise around him, before settling.