"What happened to Sean? I thought it was easy to tell since I'm here. Sean lost his battle and now has to pass it onto you." Hant answered.
"When you said lost his battle, do you mean dead?" Miri's voice cracked at the last word. She no longer could look him in the eyes and looked down.
"Not dead, Sean lost the battle to expand his Tozoto and his powers. He may no longer find you or his path but he is at least able to give you what he learned at the end."
"All I learned is that he got the Sharingan and what he did to escape this place."
"And is that not valuable. You should've seen that Sean confirmed the power of the Tozoto, not just stealing ability but the copy. He taught you that you can learn from this man, he knows the Rasengan, a jutsu anyone can learn and shape to yourself. What you learn in the futureis what Sean had to go through to get where he is at."
"I see, and understand. Who is the next person we search for?"
"Ino Yamada."
Miri scoffed and leaned back in her seat with her arms crossed. "Sean's ex's enemy, only the fun things. I know where we can find her."
Miri took Hant to a small flower shop that had its front door wide open. The two took hold of the opportunity and walked right in. A single woman and man were inside the shop. The girl looked right for the situation, long blonde hair tied with a high pony tail and bangs that covered half her face. She wore a two peice dress that showed off her curves and exposed her stomach and legs. But most of it was covered by a old, light blue apron.
Hant didn't focus in the girl but the man that stood out in the shop. His hair was blond as well but much more dull. His hair long just like the girl at the counter but had no bangs to speak of. He wore dark and heavy clothes, a black shirt under a thick trench coat, and black pants with large boots.
Hant pointed at the man. "He's the one."
Miri was confused at Hant. She pointed over to the girl at the counter. "I'm sorry to say but that's Ino."
"No, that's Ino." Hant continued to point at the man.
"Excuse us Ino, this must be Sean's double. Kakashi told me someone entered the village who he expected to be. But sadly I didn't believe him. Well then, lets get the practice done."
"Just be careful father, Miri attacked the Hokage and betrayed the village." Ino warned her father.
Miri ignored the comment and walked out of the shop. "I know Ino, but things are in play you don't understand." was what Miri heard from still inside the shop. The two followed after Miri. "Ignore my daughter, she just means well after all the news. I understand the situation at hand and am in for full cooperation."
"We should hurry, there's not much time to waste." Hant advised and quickly led the group around into a discrete spot. He didn't wait for the other two and opened out his arm to release his smoke.
"Wait." Inoichi didn't kneel down. "I know you don't give out information since you truly aren't a person. But what can you say of the Akatsuki?"
"That is information I know none of. Even if I could say anything. I only hold the knowledge of the paths I give to Miri."
"Paths? Why don't you know anything else?" Miri asked.
"Because that is the only information I know. Sean made that so I could last as long as I am. More information requires more chakra use, use that Sean doesn't have to give. Now on your knees, both of you."
Inoichi and Miri both got on their knees. "So, your a clone of Sean's, but not a Shadow Clone." Inoichi commented.
"In a way. Not as powerful as a Shadow Clone but clone indeed." Hant extended his smoke around the two. "I just hold a part of Sean's soul."
Miri's eyes opened. She quickly circled around the sealed room she was in. Solid concrete walls that angled into a octagon. Each wall had a line of japanese characters that strolled down to the ground and to the center. A naked Sean stood at the very center where each line met up and ran up his body to his head. Two more men were there, one was Inoichi and the other was another like him. He wore the same trench coat and pants except he had a doo rag on that covered his skalp. His arms were folded and his lips were spread open with where his scar was.
"Lady Hokage said this was just between us." Sean said concerned. His focus as he spoke was just on the unknown man.
"This man is no concern if you have nothing in your mind to hide." Inoichi slammed his hand on Sean's forehead. Sean's body froze and bent his head back to touch his spine.
Miri felt a pair of long fingers dig into her skull and yank her head back. She scratched at the fingers and tried to jump away from her capture. She felt two points touch at the back of her head and push into skull. She could feel the slimy bones push through the ripples of her brain and touch the back of her eye sockets. Her vision began to fade away and open up to a new land. The metal parts, concrete floors, constant rain. It was easily recognized as the Rain Village she visited days ago.
"Over ten years ago this scene is what brought all three of you together." a crackly voice made Miri jump and look at the cloaked skeleton.
"And today this scene drives your destiny and tomorrow has you complete it." This voice didn't scare Miri. The heavenly voice made her turn over to the person dressed in a long white robe and golden hair. Her back sprouted out a long set of wings with one that went past the two of them.
A series of small splashes made Miri snap back ahead. A young boy in black robes and a thick gray belt over his stomach raced into her view. He tripped and rolled onto the ground. He rolled back to his feet but ran straight into the water edge railing. He turned around in full view for everyone. His lip was buffy and bruised with a few drips of blood, and his eye brow was cut open for a long stream of blood that ran down his eye.
"Come on kid!" Two Rain shinobi appeared as their sprint buckled down. They both had their arms spread out and carefully stepped forward.
"Fuck you!" the kid yelled.
"Strong language for a brat with a freak's eyes." the second man growled.
Those words strangely ran through her mind. She looked closer into the boy's features, long white hair that stretched down his back and covered his eyes. He grabbed his bangs and pried them off. Those eyes, solid white without a pupil but instead had long jagged eyes all without a pattern.
The two men quickened their speed and surrounded his two sides. The boy's head jerked from one man to the other. His body started to get agitated, the veins in his forearms started to pulse out. All three of the men were in a striaght line from each other, they both charged at him. The two men's speed over powered his thought process. His back bent in half to duck under both their arms. His arms latched on one of their arms and launched himself into the air.
It was obvious to Mri that he had no idea what to do next. "Probably didn't even know he had any chakra in him. The effects of the Tozoto." Miri thought.
His arms were spread eagle and his knees were pressed up against his chest. But he didn't move afterwards. He started to fall back to the ground where the two men were ready to catch him.
"All mighty push!"
Nobody was able to react to the voice but the second after the boy was directly sent into the concrete. Miri looked all over the area she was in, between buildings, in the water, the entry to alley ways, but couldn't find the owner of the voice.
"What was that? the voice, it didn't belong to any of the men here. And I don't see anyone." Miri continued to circle around her head at the land.
"Sean couldn't see the person that did that to him so we don't get to see it." the skeleton said.
Small paper sheets folded over the boy from his back to cover his front body. In a matter of seconds his entire body except his face was covered by white papers. The caccoon he was in and was levitated into the air. The two men were in shock, and didn't know what to do. They simply watched the mummified body flat away from them. The body stopped once a new hand placed on it.
"La-Lord Pain?" One of the men stuttered to asked.
The new man had spiky orange hair and had black metal bars through his nose and ears. The man answered with his two palms pointed at the men. "All mighty push!" he yelled. The men snapped back the men right through the metal railing and into the ocean. Their bodies were quickly caught by a sheild of papers. The papers engulfed the two men in a sphere and sank below the waters.
A dimm chuckle filled the streets of the Rain Village. Miri clenched her fists at the sight of the white skin in tan clothes and a large purple rope around his waist. He ran his finger on the boy's face. He pried open his eye socket and ran his finger on the edge of his eye.
Miri could feel the burn he left behind. "Of course that snake Orochimaru was part of all this." Miri cringed her eyes shut but could still feel the burns her eye felt. She couldn't even fight it like everything else in these memories. The angelelic person was in front of her, she could see the edges of her fingers hold one of her eyes open. In her other hand, two gold rings formed on her fingers. She placed the two rings in her eyes and kept her eyelids wide open.
She followed the bone hand of the skeleton, he grabbed her wrist and pulled him closer to the action. She dragged her head over to the boy in he paper, she didn't notice it before but the boy moved his lips. The other hand of the skeleton grabbed the back of her head and pushed her down to his lips.
"Let me open up your ears a bit."
He probed his finger into Miri's ear. His finger dug deep inside to tickle the edge of her brain and then pulled straight out. She felt a thin trickle of liquid run out of her ear. His voice started to audiable for her.
"These eyes will be the death of me."
