Whirl of the Light!
I don't own Naruto
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
&-&- Scene change
(----) Different point of view
(-/-/-) Flash back
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Chapter 21
(----Koichi----)
The smith where Ruby is working in wasn't that busy. He walks into the building the bell above the door rings out. A man comes out of the back room and asks, "May I help you?" "I'm looking for Ruby Fufu. Is she her?" He asks. "She's just finishing up. Who should I say is here?" The man asks. "Koichi." He answers and watches as the man heads back into the back room.
He looks around at the weapons and of ornamental spears, swords, and other such weapons that were only meant to be ornaments and not to be used in battle. He spots some axes that have feathers as decorations. He studies them and concludes that they're not human made. He notices how big and heavy they are and wonders if they were JenFe! made.
He turns when he hears someone enter the room. He smiles as Ruby steps towards him. Ruby works at this smith part time, she wants to perfect her skills and that takes practise, which is why she works here. From what he remembers Yue saying, Ruby hopes to create special weapons that have built in jutsus, like with the weather jutsu that controls how much rain they receive or like the freezer boxes with an ice jutsu already to be feed chakra to keep cool. He wishes Ruby luck with such tricky business.
"Hey Koichi, what can I do for you?" Ruby asks. He takes out some of the stone bear claws and says, "I want to make a necklace out of these. I don't know too much about jewellery, I was hoping you could help out." Ruby takes one of the claws and examines it. "What creature did they come from?" Ruby asks, clearly curious. "I killed a stone bear during my last mission." He answers. Ruby looks at him and then at the claw in awe. "You do have that skin, right?" Ruby asks, he just nods at this. "I wouldn't mind seeing it, if you don't mind. Any thing else?' Ruby asks.
He pause as he think over how to start and then says, "Dor'Sharp." Rudy's eyes widen at the word. "I need at least nineteen others to apply for the trials. What do you think?" He asks. "I think it's about time. I'd love to apply; I'll talk with my friends about applying. I believe you have others to talk to about this, so just leave the claws with me and I'll come up with some stretches for designs for them." Ruby says, he hands over the other nine claws and left the shop.
He begins to make a list of people and knows that he'll send Sellen, Recca, and Haku about this. He could only wonder if Hinata will sign up, he wouldn't mind seeing how much Hinata has grown and improved. He remembers that he needs to find Terish and Yue. He just hopes they're not busy today, he wouldn't mind some sparring today and it'll give him time to bring up the subject of the trails.
(----Keela----)
She listened as the pair of sailors explains why they disciplined her servant, Dra. She kept her face calm, even unemotional, thought inside she's steaming. She didn't care that the other beast was whipped, but to lay their ropes on her slave was truly unacceptable! Dra is her's to do with as she wills, and she needs Dra well to lead them to this lost city and its treasures.
The pair finish speaking and she waits a few minutes before saying, "Do you know that you whipped my own servant, Dra?" The pair pale on hearing this, one of them tries to speak up but she cuts them off. "You beat my personal servant! Do you plan on doing his chorus until he's recovered? For now I'm without a personally train servant that has been specially trained to do things for me that none of the other have. You'll each receive twelve lashes, now go." She watches as they're lead out of the room.
"Don't you think that's a bit harsh? It was only a slave beast, after all." Jeremy says. Jeremy is her captain of her personal guard. "That beast knows where to find us a ancient treasure and maybe a good fort. Do you think that I let that creature direct us here just to live in exile? I have plans to rebuild and in time to return to our home with an army. Just think about this, captain. If this beast did once live here, then think of other beasts that we might take under our wing. We'll need the Myel to help track them down and to keep them in line. Dra is the pack leader of the race, therefore we need to make Dra think that it's in his best interest to help us. Once this is done, then we can get rid of the uppity beast, but until then, we need Dra to healthy and appeased." She informs the captain.
Jeremy looks stunned and asks, "How can you trust that beast? It could be leading us into a trap. She laughs at this stupidity. "How could he? They haven't had contact beyond our lands. I hardly believe that anything around here even remembers their kind or is smart enough to set up a trap like that." She says and Jeremy nods slowly, finally understanding that they're better off then what he realised.
(----Spirit of the Wind----)
He finished listening to this and is truly disgusted by these creatures, they might look human, but they don't have any redeeming qualities. He's also is happy to report that they don't use chakra or even know about it. He moves through the wall, it took him years to learn how to do that and it's also very dangerous too.
He seeks out the one named Dra. He needs to know more about these creatures and to learn how they work. He also knows about what city that Dra has spoken of, and could see that Dra has other plans then to continue to let his race live as slaves to these ignorant beings.
He pauses and takes a form similar looking to a Myel but with subtle differences. Like his mane being black with crimson scales with glowing golden eyes. He was also half an inch larger then the tallest Myel. Also if anyone look a bit more closely at his mane, they'd see some spines running along his head and neck, they also match the colour of his mane too.
He's pleased with himself as he looks at his body and then trots down the hallway. Nobody stops him as he pauses in front of a door; he looks around to make sure nobody is around. He then opens the door with ease and closes it once he enters.
He can smell the scent of fresh blood and of medicine. He listens as the Myel in the room haven't reacted to his presence, but then he turns the corner and sees why. All of the Myel were in a circle and speaking in low tones in their native tongue. They all pause when they realise he's there; they all turn as one to look at him.
"You're the Qualcoal that got hit with that arrow." One of the injured states, he just nods as he draws closer. He then learns something surprising as he sniffs the crowd; he learns that all of the females old enough to have pups were pregnant.
"You're Dra?" He asks the one that spoke. The Myel nods and says, "Welcome, then. May I inquire what your name is?" He smiles at this and answers, "I'm Spirit of the Wind, or Jet. I spied on the lead female and male. I'm curious to why you let them enslave you. I mean, you over many major advantages on your side." Dra and many of the other snort at this and the female by Dra's side answers, "Where our ancestors found themselves, the land was crawling with beings like them. There are five branches to the race, though they tend to think that they're five separate races." Many nod at this and Dra takes over the telling. "Our kind remembered the war, they thought that this branches were related to humans, so they were cautious in observing them. Sadly, one of the branches became aware of us and began to raid dens and kill of the nurses. Our kind didn't want to fight this branch, they tried their hardest to stay out of their way, but as time went on, more and more of the slaves lead them against the free members. Soon all of the pups were taken and the last remaining free ones died, though the stories didn't die with them." Dra says. He thinks about this and asks, "Why not just inform them that your intelligent? Surely they'd leave you be."
Many snort and a few growl at this. The female by Dra explains, "We've tried, but they believe that in enslaving us is when we began to become smart beasts. They're ignorant of this and continue to try and make us believe their lies." He thinks about this and nods slowly; he hears such things from Hidden Leaf. Some among the northern human just don't like the idea of other intelligent beings, especially ones that were stronger and have abilities that they lack, like flight or chakra control over a certain element.
"Then how did you lead them here?" He asks. "This tribe tried to disgrace another tribe. It failed and they fled. I talked them into coming here, I hoped for help to regain our true rights and to be free of our 'masters.'" Dra says. He nods and says, "You were going to lead them to the JenFe! in hopes of them remembering the old treaties, huh?" Dra and the others nod at this. He sighs, but knows that JenFe! would welcome their old allies and be more then willing to kill this human looking beings.
"Is there more?" He asks. "More are likely on their way to capture this tribe." Dra states. He thinks about this and finally asks, "Just when will they most likely appear?" Dra and the other Myel think this over and one of the others pipe, "In either three months to a few years." He nods as this sinks in. "Are they all like these ones?" He asks. "Similar, but different. They are the Order of the Just. I know it's ironic, but it's what they call themselves. This Order is a mixture of all five branches." Dra says.
He sighs and says, "Then I'll take my leave, I'll inform my kind of what's happening and we'll see what we can do. Though, the price will most likely be a treaty." Dra nods and says, "We can live with that, for it'll go both ways I think." He smiles and nods at that statement. The meeting ends and he takes his leave of the ship, he races towards the closest city.
(----Koichi----)
He sighs as he makes it home, he did find Terish and Yue. They sparred for a good two hours, and then they went out to eat. He brought up the subject of the Dor'Sharp trails. Both agreed that they felt ready to take a shoot at Dor'Sharp rank. They also have ideas on who to approach, and not just their age group too. He decides to leave it up to them to talk with the higher age groups; he'll talk with the younger ones.
He smiles at how both of his best friends listened in awe about his latest mission. He also told them that he left the claws with Ruby and that she is going to come up with stretches for necklace designs. Yue will most likely bug Ruby into letting him see them and even hold one. He also promised to let them see the skin after it's finished tanning.
He reaches his family's house and checks up on the skin. He nods and then heads inside the house. He wonders where Hinata is, but then decides that she's busy. He knows that Hinata's training is continuing and that she's also very talented in seeing the future. He stripes and has a shower, then he heads for his room. He soon is fast asleep.
To be continued …