Chapter 2: Leaving The Village, A New Threat
Reptile set his hands to his side and felt for a moment but felt a lump in his pocket and suddenly remembered what lay in there. He then reached in and pulled out the Shadow Village forehead protectors, "Hey I almost forgot to give you these." He said smiling.
"What is it Reptile?" Ryuujin asked curiously and looking puzzled like any other time he didn't understand something.
"Well these are your official signatures showing that you are now real ninja's from our very own Shadow Country." Said Reptile as he handed the two of them their protectors.
Ryuu was in aw and unable to say a word with all the honor and pride and happiness that he felt that very moment to know now he was a part of the place he was born and raised in. He brushed his hair back with what did fall over his own forehead and he placed the protector on and tied in the back tight to hold and stay, Cory just as happy to receive such a gift and tied it on the same place like Ryuujin, but still some of her hair draped along the sides and little strands falling in her face. Reptile turned away for a moment as he pulled out his old protector, slightly shattered and cracked in places as it held the symbol for Leaf Village, gripping it tightly he put it back away, "Times are different and also time to start a new." He said as he placed the protector on his shoulder and tied it tightly on.
Cory walked up to Reptile setting a hand upon his shoulder, "You okay?" she asked seeing as he had turned their backs to them and was talking to himself.
"Hm? Yeah I'm just fine, thanks." He said turning around to the two other shinobi's and smiled, "Oh shit! That reminds me I forgot one more thing." Reptiles now with a slight smirk on his face.
"What did you forget this time?" Both of his companions asked even if one wasn't aloud.
Reptile turned away from them once more and put two fingers from his mouth and let out a very loud whistling sound the echoed through the village. Cory and Ryuujin looked around curiously as to what he was whistling for, but before they knew it the ground around them began to shake. From within the village a giant cloud of dust was kicked up into the air and it was heading towards the three, Ryuu took a few steps back and Cory just shook her head folding her arms. The cloud of smoke kicked up around the three of them, and it slowly fell away to reveal a giant snake in front of them just peering down on them, with a shaky hand Ryuujin reached for his Shuurai drawing it out. "Heheheh calm down there Ryuu, it's just my snake Stephanie." Reptile laughed Ryuu's response to his pet snake.
"Yeah, plus it's not really that massive he was using GenJutsu on you, didn't work on me though." Cory-Chan grinned, "He just made her look giant and give her a grand entrance such as that." She pointed out, what Reptiles GenJutsu had done in the eyes of the young shinobi.
"Oh I see, huh, that was pretty crazy though." Ryuujin sheathing his sword and watched the snake Stephanie turn into her original size but considering her being a red tail boa she was still a very big snake, but not monstrous.
Reptile picked up his snake and put it around his neck resting on his shoulders, "Alright you two, enough goofing around we have to get going." Said Reptile and the three
The three shinobi's from Shadow Village walked slowly through the forest as it was now blanketed in a thick fog. Ryuujin excited to receive his Shadow Forehead Protector symbolizing he was a real shinobi now and apart of the future of his village. As they took one more step forward the sound of an ear piercing scream filled the air and the eyes of the young ninja Ryuu grew wide, "What was that?" he asked stepping back slightly. Reptile looked ahead trying to figure it out himself, Stephanie hissed with her animal instincts sensing the danger that lay before them. Patting Stephanie, Reptile set her down, "Okay now go on ahead and see what is going on and see everything you can with out getting caught then report back to Me.," he instructed his reptilian companion. Stephanie then slithered off ahead to see what caused such a horrible scream as that. "You sure that was a good idea Reptile?" asked Ryuujin in a slightly shaken voice. "Yeah don't worry about it I have trained her well." he said looking back at Ryuu smiling through his facemask. The snake crawled its way up the tree and out onto a branch over seeing what was going on. A group of men surrounding only one other, not a shred of emotion was on the face of the man who was against difficult odds. He just held his sword by his side and waited for the next man to attack him as the corpse of the man before laid in pieces before him. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT!" yelled one ninja as he leaped into the air throwing a group of shurikens at their enemy, but the unknown fighter swatted them away like fly's and in an instant only a little cloud of dust was left where he stood and now he too was in the air with the other and brought his blade down the center of his opponent down to his waist and landed back down as the next corpse fell behind the others. With a slight twitch of his eye he brought his blade up to his face and his reflection shown on it as the last remaining men that stood charged at him. With lightning fast speed he had cut each man in seven different places, and as he slowly sheathed his sword they all fell apart with blood spraying into the air from their lifeless bodies. Stephanie slithered off as fast as possible to give Reptile the info, the fighter turned to where he heard the rustling in the tree and caught the snake slithering away and decided to fallow it for a greater challenge may be ahead for him. Reptile's snake came up fast and he kneeled down letting Stephanie slither onto his arm and gave him the info of the fighter. "I see...okay Ryuujin Cory-Chan I want you two to hide away and do not come out until I give the signal." he instructed and with a hard gulp Ryuujin nodded and he leaped away along with Cory and they hid away in the forests. Reptile performed the hand seals, Bird, Dog, Boar and then Horse, "Juujin Bunshin (Beast Human Clone)" and Stephanie turned into a perfect copy of Reptile and hid her self away like the others. A female voice then spoke up behind the ruthless fighter, "My, my you aren't even giving them a chance to scream... well unlike that last one." she said to her male companion walking up to him. With out a response he simply walked forward to meet his next match. "Why must you be so difficult?" said the female shinobi as she fallowed behind him. Reptile got a little fire started and sat down behind it awaiting there possible friend or even foe, Ryuu feeling a slight tremble in his hand, he couldn't understand it but didn't want to admit if it where fear or not. Cory watched him from a far as she noticed him holding his hand to stop it from shaking, 'Oh no, I had a feeling he might get like this.' she said to herself, and then adverted her attention to Reptile. The man walked out through the mist to find Reptile sitting at the camp fire nudging around some twigs keeping it going and he glanced up at the man who now stood before him, "Ah hello stranger." he said with a warm greeting seeing where he stood weather it be good or bad. "..." Nothing was said in response to Reptiles greeting but another twitch in his eye and now he reached back and gripped the handle to his sword. Ryuujin noticed what he was doing and started to reach for his own just incase and his hand began to shake with a slight jittering noise coming from the sheath and sword, which caught the eye of the fighter. Suddenly he felt a warm touch on his cheek, "You really should watch it, my friend has already noticed you, and you should be a lot more careful." Said the female shinobi that was with the samurai fighter who already noticed Ryuu's mistake with the shaky hand and a smirk crossed the women's face.
A bead of sweat dripped down the side of his face as his eyes where as wide as can be and he looked at the young women who caught him where he stood. "W.who are you?" Ryuujin asked nervously as he gripped his sword tightly thinking of a way to try and strike at her.
She withdrew her hand but stayed close to him, "My name is Sierra, and you are my young friend?" she asked as she reached for her own weapon.
He took a big gulp, "Ryuujin.of.the.Ryu.CLAN!" he yelled at the last moment as he charged at her drawing his sword as quickly as possible. Ryuu knew the risks of being apart of his clan and had a feeling people would not go easy oh him because of it.
Sierra simply grinned under her facemask and charged electricity into her blade and slapped Ryuujin with the flat end and sent him flying towards Reptile and the samurai fighter. Cory-Chan's eyes were wide, and she was unsure what to do at this very moment not wanting to give away her position just yet. Electricity zapped around Ryuujin's body as he flew through the air, his pupils about the size of a dime and he came crashing down hard into the small fire built by Reptile and he then skipped digging into the ground extinguishing the fire from his body. He now just laid there before the two as Reptile got to his feet in surprise to see Ryuu laid before him like that, but he remained calm and did not show it, "It seems our friend her had that one hiding away Arcane." Sierra appeared next to her companion sheathing her weapon.
Cory-Chan stood by as she watched her friend fly through the air and crash into the ground like a sack of potatoes, "RYUUJIN!!!" she yelled out as she came out from hiding leaping from tree branch to tree branch and landed down by the beaten boys side. "Ryuu are you okay?" she asked standing by him.
No answer came from him, as he lay almost lifeless the only thing showing he was alive was his breathing. Cory brushed a hand over his face cleaning some dirt from him and stood up glaring at Sierra, she brushed some strands of hair from her face and clenched her fists stepping away from Ryuujin's motionless body. Reptile looked at Ryuu then back to the two, "Well seems you where able to take out our friend in one little blow, but now at least I have your name." said Reptile as he tossed off his cloak and raised his Chakra a bit to be ready for this fight.
Reptile set his hands to his side and felt for a moment but felt a lump in his pocket and suddenly remembered what lay in there. He then reached in and pulled out the Shadow Village forehead protectors, "Hey I almost forgot to give you these." He said smiling.
"What is it Reptile?" Ryuujin asked curiously and looking puzzled like any other time he didn't understand something.
"Well these are your official signatures showing that you are now real ninja's from our very own Shadow Country." Said Reptile as he handed the two of them their protectors.
Ryuu was in aw and unable to say a word with all the honor and pride and happiness that he felt that very moment to know now he was a part of the place he was born and raised in. He brushed his hair back with what did fall over his own forehead and he placed the protector on and tied in the back tight to hold and stay, Cory just as happy to receive such a gift and tied it on the same place like Ryuujin, but still some of her hair draped along the sides and little strands falling in her face. Reptile turned away for a moment as he pulled out his old protector, slightly shattered and cracked in places as it held the symbol for Leaf Village, gripping it tightly he put it back away, "Times are different and also time to start a new." He said as he placed the protector on his shoulder and tied it tightly on.
Cory walked up to Reptile setting a hand upon his shoulder, "You okay?" she asked seeing as he had turned their backs to them and was talking to himself.
"Hm? Yeah I'm just fine, thanks." He said turning around to the two other shinobi's and smiled, "Oh shit! That reminds me I forgot one more thing." Reptiles now with a slight smirk on his face.
"What did you forget this time?" Both of his companions asked even if one wasn't aloud.
Reptile turned away from them once more and put two fingers from his mouth and let out a very loud whistling sound the echoed through the village. Cory and Ryuujin looked around curiously as to what he was whistling for, but before they knew it the ground around them began to shake. From within the village a giant cloud of dust was kicked up into the air and it was heading towards the three, Ryuu took a few steps back and Cory just shook her head folding her arms. The cloud of smoke kicked up around the three of them, and it slowly fell away to reveal a giant snake in front of them just peering down on them, with a shaky hand Ryuujin reached for his Shuurai drawing it out. "Heheheh calm down there Ryuu, it's just my snake Stephanie." Reptile laughed Ryuu's response to his pet snake.
"Yeah, plus it's not really that massive he was using GenJutsu on you, didn't work on me though." Cory-Chan grinned, "He just made her look giant and give her a grand entrance such as that." She pointed out, what Reptiles GenJutsu had done in the eyes of the young shinobi.
"Oh I see, huh, that was pretty crazy though." Ryuujin sheathing his sword and watched the snake Stephanie turn into her original size but considering her being a red tail boa she was still a very big snake, but not monstrous.
Reptile picked up his snake and put it around his neck resting on his shoulders, "Alright you two, enough goofing around we have to get going." Said Reptile and the three
The three shinobi's from Shadow Village walked slowly through the forest as it was now blanketed in a thick fog. Ryuujin excited to receive his Shadow Forehead Protector symbolizing he was a real shinobi now and apart of the future of his village. As they took one more step forward the sound of an ear piercing scream filled the air and the eyes of the young ninja Ryuu grew wide, "What was that?" he asked stepping back slightly. Reptile looked ahead trying to figure it out himself, Stephanie hissed with her animal instincts sensing the danger that lay before them. Patting Stephanie, Reptile set her down, "Okay now go on ahead and see what is going on and see everything you can with out getting caught then report back to Me.," he instructed his reptilian companion. Stephanie then slithered off ahead to see what caused such a horrible scream as that. "You sure that was a good idea Reptile?" asked Ryuujin in a slightly shaken voice. "Yeah don't worry about it I have trained her well." he said looking back at Ryuu smiling through his facemask. The snake crawled its way up the tree and out onto a branch over seeing what was going on. A group of men surrounding only one other, not a shred of emotion was on the face of the man who was against difficult odds. He just held his sword by his side and waited for the next man to attack him as the corpse of the man before laid in pieces before him. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT!" yelled one ninja as he leaped into the air throwing a group of shurikens at their enemy, but the unknown fighter swatted them away like fly's and in an instant only a little cloud of dust was left where he stood and now he too was in the air with the other and brought his blade down the center of his opponent down to his waist and landed back down as the next corpse fell behind the others. With a slight twitch of his eye he brought his blade up to his face and his reflection shown on it as the last remaining men that stood charged at him. With lightning fast speed he had cut each man in seven different places, and as he slowly sheathed his sword they all fell apart with blood spraying into the air from their lifeless bodies. Stephanie slithered off as fast as possible to give Reptile the info, the fighter turned to where he heard the rustling in the tree and caught the snake slithering away and decided to fallow it for a greater challenge may be ahead for him. Reptile's snake came up fast and he kneeled down letting Stephanie slither onto his arm and gave him the info of the fighter. "I see...okay Ryuujin Cory-Chan I want you two to hide away and do not come out until I give the signal." he instructed and with a hard gulp Ryuujin nodded and he leaped away along with Cory and they hid away in the forests. Reptile performed the hand seals, Bird, Dog, Boar and then Horse, "Juujin Bunshin (Beast Human Clone)" and Stephanie turned into a perfect copy of Reptile and hid her self away like the others. A female voice then spoke up behind the ruthless fighter, "My, my you aren't even giving them a chance to scream... well unlike that last one." she said to her male companion walking up to him. With out a response he simply walked forward to meet his next match. "Why must you be so difficult?" said the female shinobi as she fallowed behind him. Reptile got a little fire started and sat down behind it awaiting there possible friend or even foe, Ryuu feeling a slight tremble in his hand, he couldn't understand it but didn't want to admit if it where fear or not. Cory watched him from a far as she noticed him holding his hand to stop it from shaking, 'Oh no, I had a feeling he might get like this.' she said to herself, and then adverted her attention to Reptile. The man walked out through the mist to find Reptile sitting at the camp fire nudging around some twigs keeping it going and he glanced up at the man who now stood before him, "Ah hello stranger." he said with a warm greeting seeing where he stood weather it be good or bad. "..." Nothing was said in response to Reptiles greeting but another twitch in his eye and now he reached back and gripped the handle to his sword. Ryuujin noticed what he was doing and started to reach for his own just incase and his hand began to shake with a slight jittering noise coming from the sheath and sword, which caught the eye of the fighter. Suddenly he felt a warm touch on his cheek, "You really should watch it, my friend has already noticed you, and you should be a lot more careful." Said the female shinobi that was with the samurai fighter who already noticed Ryuu's mistake with the shaky hand and a smirk crossed the women's face.
A bead of sweat dripped down the side of his face as his eyes where as wide as can be and he looked at the young women who caught him where he stood. "W.who are you?" Ryuujin asked nervously as he gripped his sword tightly thinking of a way to try and strike at her.
She withdrew her hand but stayed close to him, "My name is Sierra, and you are my young friend?" she asked as she reached for her own weapon.
He took a big gulp, "Ryuujin.of.the.Ryu.CLAN!" he yelled at the last moment as he charged at her drawing his sword as quickly as possible. Ryuu knew the risks of being apart of his clan and had a feeling people would not go easy oh him because of it.
Sierra simply grinned under her facemask and charged electricity into her blade and slapped Ryuujin with the flat end and sent him flying towards Reptile and the samurai fighter. Cory-Chan's eyes were wide, and she was unsure what to do at this very moment not wanting to give away her position just yet. Electricity zapped around Ryuujin's body as he flew through the air, his pupils about the size of a dime and he came crashing down hard into the small fire built by Reptile and he then skipped digging into the ground extinguishing the fire from his body. He now just laid there before the two as Reptile got to his feet in surprise to see Ryuu laid before him like that, but he remained calm and did not show it, "It seems our friend her had that one hiding away Arcane." Sierra appeared next to her companion sheathing her weapon.
Cory-Chan stood by as she watched her friend fly through the air and crash into the ground like a sack of potatoes, "RYUUJIN!!!" she yelled out as she came out from hiding leaping from tree branch to tree branch and landed down by the beaten boys side. "Ryuu are you okay?" she asked standing by him.
No answer came from him, as he lay almost lifeless the only thing showing he was alive was his breathing. Cory brushed a hand over his face cleaning some dirt from him and stood up glaring at Sierra, she brushed some strands of hair from her face and clenched her fists stepping away from Ryuujin's motionless body. Reptile looked at Ryuu then back to the two, "Well seems you where able to take out our friend in one little blow, but now at least I have your name." said Reptile as he tossed off his cloak and raised his Chakra a bit to be ready for this fight.