Birthday Bash [CONCLUDED]

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#853

Attack

Sharingan

It was that moment, when he had the major epiphany that would one day lead him to discovering his identity: that moment stood still for several long seconds it seemed as Rei's eyes widened. They widened for more than just the epiphany. He was looking directly into the eyes of the Raikage who had her young but gifted Byakugan activated and gazing right at him. In his distrustful nature, he instinctively activated his own matured sharingan and stared back at her with crimson eyes against her pearl pale eyes. It was but a brief moment in which they gazed at each other with their doujutsu but each one understood so much of the scenario around them. Rei knew that by her expression, Raikage Kai would not keep her notice of his presence a secret as Mana had done. The boy's first thought was that the three of them were working together scheming something... but then his cold rational took over. Mana had noticed him before them and hadn't given away his presence or identity to the Raikage or the Mist shinobi. These were two innocent and prominent people, two people that might later mold the shape of the shinobi world: surely the Raikage.

Even despite knowing this, in the moment the Raikage spoke to Nanashi of Rei's presence; the Mist shinobi instantly moved into action. Whether it was eager anticipation, an earnest desire to impress or protect the raikage from an unknown danger: Nanashi moved into action and quickly dashed towards Rei. The boy kage was a fast fellow, but so was Nanashi, however not quite as fast as Rei. On top of that, Rei's matured sharingan was activated as he gazed at the two of them. The instant Nanashi began to move, Rei focused his attention on the Mist shinobi who moved to descend upon Rei.

With his intentions unknown and seemingly unnecessary, Rei perceived the intended action as aggressive and his body instinctively moved to retaliate. As Nanashi used some technique to move quickly, his movements left an image of himself standing for but a moment as Nanashi's physical body moved in closer towards Rei. With his keen vision and attention to minut detail, it appeared as though there were momentarily two Nanashi. Naturally, Rei understood the real from the image. The afterimage remained stationary and began to fade as the real Nanashi closed in on Rei's position.

As Nanashi moved closer and began to take up a position next to Rei, the boy would crouch low and perform a low sweep with his leg in an attempt to trip the Mist shinobi. Of course the sweeping kick was common amongst initiating a combination taijutsu attack. Rei's real attack was to come following the sweep. Nanashi had used a jutsu to cover the distance quickly with the intent to take the boy Rei by surprise as he made his statement. If Nanashi was any good at taijutsu, he would have seen through the sweep in time to avoid it. Whether he could avoid the next attack or not, Rei couldn't know even if he was faster than the Mist shinobi. As his low sweep would finish, if the shinobi didn't evade, he would likely be tripped and fall down where Rei would stand on his chest and place a foot against his chin and press with pressure, threatening to snap his neck if he struggled.

If Nanashi had managed to evade the low sweep, Rei's follow up would attempt to strike him. As Rei's low sweep went through, his hands would lean to his left side as he swept to the left. The momentum of the movement would carry him quickly as the palms of his hands touched the dirt and reversed the momentum as he brought both legs up together in a double heel strike aimed at Nanashi's center mass. His strong hands pushed off the ground to give added force and speed to the kick as his body left the ground, parallel to the table beside the two Taijutsu combatants. If his double heel strike was successful, Rei's attack would land in Nanashi's chest and send him flying with great force. The intent of Rei was to disable the Mist shinobi before things got too serious. Always planning several steps in advance, Rei could have taken things a step further by performing Ninjutsu during the brief moment after the kick, but instead he would land on the ground, one knee to the dirt and the other foot solid on the ground ready for a counter-counter with his arms raised upward. There is more to this child than chakra. he would say in response to being called a child. Subconsciously, it felt demeaning to be called a child and he didn't understand why. He was a child wasn't he? I can't tell you who I am. he said truthfully, for he didn't know who he was aside from his first name. He would glance over at Kai, his crimson eyes lingering on her for a moment to see if she intended to interrupt the physical conflict amidst her birthday party.

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From the instant the shinobi from the mist appeared next to the cloaked child and began to speak, the kid’s combination of attacks were already in motion. However, Nanashi had planned for such a case and already began kneading an immense amount of chakra within his body at the slightest hint of movement. The cloaked boy crouched low and attempted to perform a low sweep on the hooded warrior. Being a master in Taijutsu, Soran easily stepped back enough to avoid the sweep. While dodging this initial attack, the mist ninja caught a glimpse of the boy’s crimson red eyes and immediately recognized the foe’s gaze as Sharingan. He now knew to take this foe much more seriously.

If Soran had learned anything while practicing martial arts, it was to always expect a follow up attack and prepare for retaliation. Rather than condense the amount of chakra he had focused directly into his fist, the medical shinobi distributed the chakra evenly into the index and middle fingertip on his right hand. As the Uchiha's low sweep missed striking the ninja’s legs, his hands would lean to his left side as he swept to the left. The momentum of the movement would carry him quickly as the palms of his hands touched the dirt and reversed the momentum as he brought both legs up together in a double heel strike aimed at Nanashi's center mass. In a flicking motion, the hooded warrior stopped the progression of the powerful kicks with only the two fingers on his right hand and had them aimed at the center of each foot.

Blocking the bottom of each foot with his index and middle fingertips, the Kaguya successfully matched the opposing force and instantaneously fired two skeletal bullets from each fingertip at point-blank range. If any of these four bullets of bone hit, they would easily be able to penetrate through the skin and clothing of an average person. This would be a test of durability, should the bullets make contact. However, they would be extremely difficult to avoid due to the fact that they emerged from the tips of the gloves being worn by the shinobi without any indication of being created. The only thing that may have given them away was the amount of chakra concentrated into the fingers that the skeletal bullets emerged from.

The instant after the bullets were fired, aiming directly for the bottom of the Uchiha’s feet, the hooded warrior would jump back approximately ten feet and keep his guard up. The Kaguya was now prepared for a full on Taijutsu battle, if his opponent wished to continue and ignore the Raikage’s wishes. As a possessor of the Shikotsumyaku, any bone that is removed from Soran’s body immediately regenerates, as does the skin that is damaged whenever any bones are removed. So after these bone bullets were fired from the fingertips, new bones would already be in progress of taking their place, as well as the cover of skin on each finger. The medical shinobi was also well aware of the effects of Sharingan, being from the village where most of the clan members reside. If a fight was to occur, he would do his best to handle this potential threat with precaution. After all, if this Uchiha was indeed from Kirigakure, his actions may be seen as Nanashi’s responsibility to handle.

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Bullets of bone slipped through the Shinobi’s index and middle fingertips on his right hand and directly into the leg of the attacking Uchiha. Out of the four bullets fired, only two of them were able to make contact as the following two were somehow evaded completely. Nanashi had jumped back about ten feet as the Uchiha dropped to the ground and began to cry out in agony. If this encounter were a life or death situation, the mist ninja would have rushed in during this time to secure the kill. However, the movements made towards the Shinobi were not attempted fatal strikes, which meant that this wielder of Sharingan had no intention of taking the hooded warrior’s life.

Kai began to lecture the Uchiha while he was lying on the ground in anguish. The Raikage appeared more focused on the idea that her birthday was being interrupted. She would rather criticize the Uchiha for attacking the hooded mist ninja instead of addressing the fact that Nanashi had just shot a kid in the legs. She did have a point, the shinobi had used a high speed movement technique to address the boy, Nanashi had no intention of starting a battle. But he was quick to end the conflict.

As a medic, the Shinobi from the mist disliked seeing others writhe in agony and only wished to calm the pain of the Uchiha. Lacing his fingers together in a form of prayer, Nanashi prepared to use the snake hand seal to conjure up a thick fog of healing mist. He was within distance to mold his medical chakra into his water element. Soran had also been working on a variation of this technique to use in the events of poison or other harmful toxins. However, he had only managed to find cures for the weaker afflictions used against the human body. Before chakra was used to form this technique, the Uchiha turned to face the Kaguya with a crimson gaze of indifference. The Sharingan were still active.

Grey eyes widening underneath the hood, the Uchiha managed to stand to his feet! The amount of pain from balancing on his own body weight should have caused the boy to collapse. This certainly was a surprising and contradicted many things that the medic knew on human anatomy. What was more surprising was the visible sign of the skeletal bullets from Kaguya’s fingertips emerging from the boy’s leg and falling onto the ground in a pool of blood.

In case of another attempted assault, Soran undid the snake hand seal and reached behind his shoulder to go inside his hood. Using his Shikotsumyaku abilities once again, the Kaguya produced another bone-hilted bone sword. This bone removed from his body immediately regenerated, along with the skin that was damaged when the bone was removed. This generated a sword that was four feet in length, slightly larger than the blade he had given to Kai. The mist ninja would casually hold the bone sword to his side.

Holding his blade nonchalantly, the warrior’s actions didn’t seem to cause any more aggression as the Uchiha turned around and bowed to the Raikage to apologize for his actions. There was certainly something strange about this kid and it was puzzling the medic beyond belief. He had never witnessed somebody recovering from an injury of that magnitude so quickly without the aid of medical chakra.

Glancing back at Nanashi, the Uchiha reaffirmed that he had no memory of his true identity and deactivated his crimson eyes. The Tsuchikage apparently had a prior relationship with this child, which was currently unknown. Kai asked the boy if he was a shinobi from her village. The mist ninja could already confirm that he was not. Not only due to the fact that the Uchiha are based in Kirigakure, but also because she would not leave the boy alone to spy whenever she could gain all the intel she desired willingly from the Raikage.

Walking closer to the two, the hooded warrior stopped about five feet away from the two while the Uchiha claimed to have no memories and accused Mana of wiping his memories clean through some unknown method. While the initial accusation could be seen as preposterous, the Kaguya already distrusted Mana and listened carefully to everything that the boy had to say.

Another surprise struck the Shinobi from the mist as the Uchiha claimed that Mana had called him Rei. The Raikage then asked the hooded Kaguya if he had ever heard of Rei Uchiha. Of course he did, he was the first Mizukage of Kirigakure. Because of this, the man’s fame was legendary around the village. Not only that, but Soran had actually read a biography based on Rei Uchiha that discussed everything he managed to accomplish in the village before mysteriously vanishing.

“Of course I have.” Nanashi responded to the Raikage. “Rei Uchiha was the Shodai Mizukage of the village hidden in the mist. I was a just a Chuunin whenever he was Kage. He vanished a while ago and was replaced by a younger Mizukage named Thorfinn. The man you met at the Summit in the Snow is our current Mizukage.”

Turning his attention towards the kid he had shot in the legs. Could it be possible that this kid is the result of the Shodai Mizukage’s disappearance?  Could Mana have really been so powerful that she did this to the original leader of Kirigakure? This was all so strange and didn’t make much sense. But if it was true, then it appeared that the mist had more than one enemy.

“I knew something was off about that lady!” Soran grumbled to himself as he looked back to Kai. “So not only do we have to worry about Ryujin of the Senju, but now we also need to deal with the Kage without a village… If she comes back, I want you to stab her.” The Kaguya instructed to the Raikage as he tossed her the slightly larger bone sword. She would now have two weapons to use.

Kiri would to expand its resources in order to survive an assault from two major threats such as these. Perhaps if the Land of Frost, which was close to Kumo, could become a potential resource for the village to use on the mainland of the neighboring countries. The warrior then gave the Uchiha his attention once again.

“If you really are who you claim, you would have possession of many powerful jutsu. Rei Uchiha was said to be incredibly powerful and able to accomplish feats like no other Shinobi. From your movements, you are definitely adept in Taijutsu. But I am not convinced that you are the Shodai Mizukage.” Soran stated coldly towards the young boy. Being trained by an Uchiha, the mist ninja had great respect for the clan. But he could not accept that one so powerful could be defeated by that woman, despite the power she had displayed before.

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Total Word Count: 5,800

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#871

Plans

Puppetry

Nanashi had created a second bone sword that he had held passively at his side as a show of still having his guard up. Rei paid little attention to the weapon, or Nanashi for the time being. His focus was on the Raikage. With the small battle left unfinished yet concluded, Kai had motioned slightly to her village shinobi and once again things were calm and safe. People began to stream about peacefully again with cheerful laughter: the moments before had been all but forgotten as music played, people laughed and performers entertained atop the Mount Seisho. The mood brightened and things were going well again. Instead of assuming the boy child was a missing-nin, Raikage Kai and Nanashi assumed otherwise. While Nanashi might not have been too certain what to do, Raikage Kai's immediate question was to ask if Rei was one of Mana's lackeys. To that question, Rei shook his head vigorously, signifying disgust and earnestly. I am no follower the Tsuchikage. I killed twelve of her Jounin who were keeping me under arrest. he explained, trying to prove he was not involved with Mana.

Without waiting for his explanation of sorts, Raikage released the harsh demeanor she had just had and seemed to change how she felt about the whole ordeal. She approached Rei's position within arm's reach and Rei felt as though the Raikage intended to embrace him in a consoling hug or something. His body didn't tense, which meant that his instincts trusted the young girl. There was no hug though and the discussion continued on as Raikage Kai inquired of the Mist shinobi Nanashi if he knew of any Uchiha by the name of Rei. To that question, Nanashi's expression changed- both surprised, excited and troubled all at once. First.. Mizukage? Me?... Yeah right. A kage like that wouldn't be caught so easily.. and Mana wouldn't keep a Mizukage alive. Although the Shodai Mizukage sounded impressive, inflected in Nanashi's voice when referring to the mysteriously disappeared Mizukage. The man had vanished without a word though, and in the back of Rei's head, it seemed possible. He doubted it though. Out of all the people in the shinobi world he could be, to be a Kage seemed like the least likely. He pushed the thought out of his head for now and focused on the discussion at hand.

Not only did Rei doubt himself, but Nanashi did as well. After all, the Mizukage had been a grown man- or at least much older than the boy was now. Between the difference in skill and age, it seemed extremely unlikely that Rei was the Shodai Mizukage. The discussion had turned from him to Mana. For some reason, Nanashi also disliked and did not trust Mana- even going as far as to instruct the Raikage to stab Mana should the young Raikage girl get the opportunity. Something didn't seem right, the way Nanashi interacted with the Raikage seemed too casual. Rei was troubled, but the two did seem to know each other. Raikage-san, may I request to stay here in refuge of your village until I can remember who I am? he asked the girl now close to him. Surely being surrounded by Hyuuga in their strong defensive mountain would be one of the best courses of action. Though Rei wished to follow Mana immediately, it was near impossible because Mana had left little to no trace. For now, the best bet was to rest safely and recover. If he could sway the opinion of him to the Raikage, she could prove a valuable friend in the future.

Outside the village, the dirt stirred as his two puppets appeared from beneath the top soil. Rory stepped out of the boxed puppet and began to walk around the village casually as if she were one of the ones celebrating. The puppet submerged and remained stationary as it awaited Rei's commands. While Raikage Kai and nanashi continued to converse, Rei would have closed his eyes and controlled Rory with his chakra as he brought her to his location. Instead of running along the cable car like Rei had, the puppet took the trip up ont he cable car and used her eyes to study the car where Mana had made some flash of light. While through the puppet's eyes, Rei couldn't see any symbol- he could see residual chakra from where Mana had touched the cable car. Mana disappeared with that same light and chakra... Mana must have some plan in store for Kumogakure... By the time the door opened to the cable car at the top of the mountain, Rei was convinced. He listened passively to the discussion as he saw through Rory's eyes and approached the trio and stood passively by Rei.

Rei opened the eyes to his own body. My puppet has confirmed a suspicion of mine. As Mana was leaving the village, she did something in the cable car going down. Residual chakra similar to her disappearing jutsu could be seen. he paused for a moment, processing the information. I believe Mana plans to return to Kumo when you least expect it. I would like to remain here for a time in case Mana does return.

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This Uchiha claimed to have killed twelve of Mana’s own Jounin in his effort to escape her custody. This was a little hard to believe, considering that Nanashi was considered a Jounin right before the events of the Kage summit and he was able to end their conflict with barely any effort. Then again, Soran was on the same level as Kage now that we was officially an S-Rank ANBU. The young Uchiha then mentioned gaining information from his puppet, this was another point of interest for the former student of Kirigakure. Rei Uchiha was known for his magnificent puppet abilities. Apparently Mana was seen doing something nefarious in that cable car.

If something were to be done able the cable car Mana had been riding in, it would have to be handled before any movement could be noticed. Kai even suggested tossing it into a nearby ocean, at which point the hooded warrior had decided to leave at high speed towards the cable car and left an afterimage of himself behind. Once the Raikage’s eyes would turn to Nanashi to ask if he cared to join them, the image of the mist ninja would already begin fading away.

After leaving the two, the Shinobi decided to take one quick lap around the village of Kumogakure during the festival. The shinobi of the mist ran with great haste to the particular cable car Mana had been riding in during her exit. Luckily, no passengers were aboard while it was on the loading dock. A great focus of medical chakra as white as snow began to engulf the warrior’s hands and feet in what appeared to be flames of pure chakra. With a powerful kick to the side, the impact to the car was so hard that the cable snapped and it went flying. Using his high speed, the swift shinobi would run to wherever the car was about to land and punch or kick it high into the air. This repeated like a game of hacky sack, where Nanashi never once let the car touch the ground.  The car repeatedly being knocked into the air could probably be seen by the two he had left behind. Once reaching the edge of a cliff to the north, Soran launched the car as high as he could and jumped into the air. With a backflip, the master of Taijutsu kicked the car as hard as he could into the depths of the ocean far away from the Land of Lightning. He would then continue his lap around the village to enjoy the rest of the festivities.

Going through the central district, Soran noticed a library in the village and decided to enter. The big scroll was still on his back and he began practicing the hand seals. There were books on all elements of ninjutsu for basic techniques. Being a skilled shinobi, he was able to steal this book without being noticed. After exiting the book store and continuing his lap around the village, the hooded scholar began reading everything that this novel on basic elemental ninjutsu had to offer. He then finished his lap and journeyed to the mountains outside the village.

While hopping along the mountains, Soran studied more water jutsu while also practicing two others he had never attempted before. To his surprise, he was able to unlock the elemental affinity of both Earth and Lightning. By practicing these three elemental Ninjutsu, he learned to shape the Earth around himself and surge electrical currents. These were mostly C-Rank techniques and even one D-Rank. The pages gave easy step-by-step instructions on how to perform these techniques. Surely this would be no problem for an S-Rank shinobi to learn in only one day. The shinobi made sure to practice these abilities where no villagers would become alarmed. His actions had been responsible for enough chaos for the evening. So he would weave these numerous hand seals and practice each element one at a time. Learning a new water technique was simple enough. He then managed to learn a few Lightning Release techniques, despite them giving him a slight bit of trouble. The shinobi then turned to the chapter on Earth Release and began learning many of these Ninjutsu with ease. Nanashi somehow managed to learn these Earth techniques much easier than manipulating water flow or an electrical current.

While practicing, a cluster of wasps came and began feeding off of the chakra used for these basic ninjutsu. It was actually quite fascinating. They even provided Soran with the chakra they absorbed so he could produce even more jutsu for them to eat. He quickly befriended these wasps and discussed the contract with them. According to them, all major decisions about the Hive would be made by their Queen. Having finished his lap, the shinobi decided to follow them to their Hive. It was said to be a large colony in the Land of Lightning by these wasps and they claimed that their Queen would be willing to sign the large scroll on his back. He would either sign it or leave it with her until he had made his decision to make these wasps his allies. For now, his primary focus was on completing his training of these new techniques. So along the way he would continue practicing the jutsu he had read in the book and master them to the best of his capability.

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