Chapter 1: A Lord of Gifts
Outside of the Village hidden in the clouds walked a young man donned in pure white clothing, noble robes to be exact donned his figure. He stepped calmly to the gate of the village and stopped when he was ordered to by the guards.
"Halt! State your business in the Village Hidden in the Clouds!" ordered one of them.
The noble looking person smiled gently and kindly, looking up and pulling his hood down so that they could see his face. He was certainly a handsome man with long blonde almost white hair that reached his back, tanned skin, and judging by his face and his clothing he was muscular yet lean.
"Greetings, my name is Annatar, and I am here to give a gift and token of good will to the Raikage," the young man told them.
Knowing the name from the many individuals, gifting to lands far and wide, they immediately became welcoming and pleasant, "Ah the Lord of Gifts comes to our doorstep, please follow me and I will escort you to the Raikage's office."
Annatar nodded and followed, smirking when neither looked at him, his plans were working splendidly. He followed behind the Cloud Shinobi while looking around, Kumo was certainly more militarized then other villages. Yet they certainly had a comfortable setting for those who were not.
Annatar watched as he walked into the tower of the Raikage, it had a kanji that symbolized lightning. ANBU warriors were hidden in the shadows or using their own types of ninjutsu to be unseen. Annatar walked on as if he knew not of their presence, though he certainly did, and it only showed by his small smile.
Shortly after he was shown the office, where the Raikage was shown curling massive weights, he was without an undershirt to his kage robes. He wore white pants and gold bracers that looked like weights as well on his arms.
As for his appearance he was a rather dark skinned man that had muscles that were developed to the greatest potential of a human. But even though he was the strongest ninja second only to the Hokage, he was the fastest ninja since the Yondaime Hokage. He was definitely a terrifying opponent, should he be faced on the battlefield.
Annatar bowed low, "Raikage-sama, thank you so much for allowing a humble man such as myself visit such a busy and powerful man, I do not wish to waste your precious time."
The Raikage was immediately taken in by the compliments of the other man, "It is nothing, we have been hearing of the Lord of Gifts, granting special gifts to all of the Kage of every hidden village, it is an honor to have you in our presence," the Raikage said gruffly though kindly.
"You flatter me Lord Raikage," he said as he stood up with a friendly smile, "It just pleasures me to gift those who are in need or worthy."
"Then you have a kind heart indeed," the Raikage saidly friendly, "But might I ask, what kind of person would be deemed worthy or in need?"
Annatar smiled, "Worthy by their strength and valor, and those who are in need of protection or comfort, I offer these things as tokens of friendship. Therefore, after years of tireless toil I have created these…"
With that he drew three rings, two fitting for a male and the other female, the first male's was made of a band of silver that was carved delicately with the forms of clouds and lightning dashing across them, the second into the shape of tentacles with the head of a bull with diamond eyes. The final was also a silver band yet intricate designs of a feline were carved into them with sapphires for the eyes.
"They're beautiful!" said aloud the Raikage's secretary, Annatar smiled.
"You flatter me milady, however it is not just their beauty that should entrance you, but in reality the power I have bestowed in them," he said smiling, this caught everyone's attention.
"What kind of power?" asked A, excited now about hearing about power.
"The first is for you Lord Raikage, designed to increase the power of the Kage of your village, enhanced chakra, knowledge, and strength…the other two…" he held the others up.
"The power to help a Jinchuriki stay alive…even after their tailed beast is extracted," this caused everyone to go wide eyed.
"What!? That's impossible, everyone knows that once a jinchuriki loses their tailed beast they die within an hour. How could these rings possibly do this!?" A asked incredulously yet deep down if it allowed his brother and adoptive sister to live should they lose their tailed beasts then he would take the offer.
"These rings will allow your jinchuriki to store demon chakra within the ring and slowly it will adjust their chakra coils so that should their beast be removed, they will not only survive but keep enough replenishing chakra to be pseudo jinchuriki," he explained. This caused everyone to widen their eyes, not only would their strongest shinobi survive but they would keep some of their power?
"What is the catch?" asked the Raikage, Annatar only smiled.
"No catch, just, a request that each Shinobi may either accept or decline of their own free will," he told them, "Should they be willing, and at moments of their availability, I would like to be able to summon them only in times of great need, other than that they are free to do whatever they wish.
A thought about it for a good while, this certainly had its positives, and the negatives were miniscule, the problem however was more emotional then logical, the jinchuriki were his family and he didn't want them to be in danger.
"I will allow it…however the final decision is up to Bee and Yugito, if they refuse-"
"Do not worry Lord Raikage, I have no intention of forcing anything upon them against their will, as I said they are free to receive the gift and don't have to accept the request, oh and should they be in a tight spot they can use their ring to reverse summon to my location wherever it might be, or even summon me, I will be more than happy to assist in protecting them," the Lord of Gifts said smiling politely.
A smiled in kind, "Very well, I shall call Bee here so you may discuss it with him, however Yugito is another matter, I can tell you locations where to best find her, but it is unknown where she might specifically be."
"Do not worry, I am certain I can find her," he assured.
Within moments Bee was in the room and after being explained the situation he walked up to the man and began to rap.
"Hey man I appreciate the bling! You even need help from Bee just give me a ring!" he said accepting the gift while A face palmed at his brother's antics.
Annatar nodded thankfully, "If you will excuse me I will go looking for Lady Yugito now."
A nodded as the man turned and departed for the village.