Night, the bringer of darkness, evil and...death. Kaiser Garyuu of the Ryuu clan stood in the dead of night, with the wind berating his face pushing the droplets of rain into his face. His Shadow Hitai-ate band was soaked now along with the rest of his clothing. He stared down the Ryuu Sureiya(Dragon Slayer) that who he chased from his home, to ensure the safety of his family and village.
Amatsu was knocked unconscious, laying there getting drenched in the rain, once he awoke it would be with a splitting headache as someone had managed to get a sneak attack upon the Dark Dragon and render him unconscious.
Garyuu eyed behind him for a moment, "You must have a tricky accomplice to get behind my son and do that to him…"
The Dragon Slayer smirked, "You'll find that we are full of surprises, and don't worry, you are the only one we're sending to hell."
Garyuu looked shocked about this and he lowered himself into his fighting stance, "As am I…"
"You...are though perhaps the lowest form of a Dragon Slayer, humph...freaking disrespectful trash. You are now facing the Taijutsu expert of the Ryuu Clan, I am the Lightning Dragon Kaiser Garyuu, meet your fate!" Garyuu leaning a bit with the glare that only the darkest of people could bring, and Garyuu's fierce intensity increased as his eyes become those of his clan.
The Ryuu Sureiya readied his blade, "Enough talk from you, I have slain many of your kind, you have a sad despicable title, you will fall like all the others..." the Sureiya smirked with great confidence finding he had this fight in the bag.
Amatsu's eyes flickered and then slowly he opened them, "What…damnit…what happened? Father…he and I…were chasing…that guy…then…" he looked around.
"Father!" Amatsu yelled into the dead air looking around in rapid motions as he scrambled to his feet, "Damnit…no…why? WHY NOW?" he yelled his voice cracking a bit as the rain continued pouring upon him.
: Flashback One Month Ago :
Out in the dead of the forest the sounds of kunai's cutting through the air, tak tak. The kunai's hit the wooden target and a disgruntled sigh heard after words, "Damnit…I hate doing this target crap…" he protested against this aloud, as he enjoyed close combat, using his kunai to cut the gut open of a person spilling their insides on the ground.
Rikimaru shook his head, "Amatsu, you're going to need to learn to stay at a distance too. I know your preferences, but this is the necessity to a shinobi, remember, it's not all about jutsu's and your power. It's your skill, your ability to hide yourself from your enemy and kill him in the shadows of your surroundings."
Amatsu looked over at his sensei for a moment and gritted his teeth as he then tossed a kunai to the ground and even that was to much out the ground then he wanted.
Garyuu stepped out from the forest with a bit of a smile, "Don't worry son, you'll get it." He said confidently.
The troubled Shadow ninja looked away from him for a moment till pissed that for some reason he wasn't hitting the target dead center like he believed he should be. "Throw one."
Amatsu cocked his head at his father, "What? Why?" he questioned.
He smiled, "Well for one I want to see your form, and maybe I can help you out a little bit."
Amatsu rubbed his face a bit sighing, "Fine…don't see what good it'll do…" he was in protest; he couldn't help but prefer his style over throwing kunai but he did decide to at least show him.
The young dragon pulled a kunai from his holster and then quickly hurled the blade towards the target, and yet stills the same result, which only made Amatsu grumbled annoyed beyond any point.
Garyuu stepped over and picked up the kunai from the ground that was stuck in moments ago, "Watch kiddo, you'll get it." He smiled and with a simply flick of his wrist he hurled the kunai dead center to the target.
Amatsu had watched the whole thing as he folded his arms slightly letting out a disgruntled groan.
Rikimaru shook his head and let out a small laugh, "Just give it a try Amatsu, if you do I'll let your slaughter everyone on our next mission."
That made Amatsu perk up and he grinned, "Sure thing sensei." He picked out a kunai and twirled it for a moment and remembered how his father threw it and then replicated it hurling the blade towards the target and then clanged against his fathers and he grinned.
Garyuu laughed, "Damn…hoping he would miss…you just have to give him that idea of motivation huh Rikimaru-san?"
"Ha ha ha yea it's the only way to get him to do anything usually, well what I need him to get done." Rikimaru smirked under his face mask as he walked over to the target taking out all the kunai.
Amatsu grunted a bit as he turned away from them, "Are we still doing tonight's mission Rikimaru-sensei?"
Rikimaru looked to the disgruntled
shinobi, "Yes Amatsu we are, do not worry you'll get what we
bargained for."
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For
the outside world of Ryuu's mind time was still going, the match of
Asura and Chouji had ended. Asura stood over the fallen Konoha ninja
who surprisingly pulled of a decent fight; he patted his bear Kuma,
"Did good boy. Chouji, you proved worth hope to see the day you
get better." Asura with a smile and his summoned brown bear
disappeared in a buff of smoke.
Chouji smiled a little and he slipped into unconsciousness, his body was beaten and scratched up. But he earned every bit of it from his struggled fight against Asura to prove his self worth.
Hayate threw his hand down, "Match over, winner Hiroku Asura."
The rest of Team 10 leaped down beside their beaten teammate, "Ai you did good Chouji." Shikimaru smiled at his friend and helped him to his feet and handed him off to the medical ninja's to get him at a safe place and so he could rest.
Asuma took a drag of his cigarette blowing smoke into the air, "Guess he didn't do so bad."
Quickly with that smoke released into the air Asura was right there grinning, "Saaaay could you possibly spare a fellow smoker a cig or two or three?" he asked with his hands out.
Ino and Shikimaru looked puzzled as they stared at the Shadow Shinobi who was asking for a hand out of smokes.
Team 10's Jounin raised an eyebrow at him, "I thought I saw you already with your own pack?"
Asura scratched his cheek a bit looking off to the right, "Well I DIID buuut when I was fighting your student the pack fell out and I didn't realize it until my pet Kuma grinded them into the floor destroying them."
The Jounin shook his head, "Here." He tossed Asura a new pack, "Part of my reserves."
Suddenly Asura was small with his hands out the pack of cigarettes in his hand and he looked with big eyes, "Thaaank yoou." He grinned and ran off with the pack, "Yahoo!" he hoped up over the railing beside Amatsu.
"Must say Asura you certainly displayed a high amount of idiocy out there, get steam rolled few times and all." Shinja smirked under his face mask as he leaned on the railing.
Cory shook her head, "Must you start with this stuff already?" she questioned annoyed.
Hiroku pulled out a new cigarette lit up and took a drag from it looking to Shinja, "You know, if you really want a fight from me just say so and I'd be more the happy to give you your fight."
Amatsu was knelt in front of Ryuu watching over his little brother and he let out an agitated sigh, "Shinja you just keep on pushing it. There's a reason he and I made Chuunin in our village at a young age."
Kakashi was puzzled, "Wait, if you're chuunin already then what are you doing in this exam?"
The smoker took a puff, "Because Kakashi, in Shadow we haven't become exactly an official shinobi power yet. So our documents, rank aren't as substantial as one would hope. But we proved that we have the talents, so to make things official we decided to go through this exam." Asura explained as he hoped up and sat on the railing.
Amatsu stood up now, "Yeah that's the bit of it." Then his joyful blood lusted grin grew, "But this exam…haa haa wasn't quite as fun as mine."
Kakashi looked upon Amatsu with a very stern serious eye trying not to let Amatsu's mood affect him in anyway. Kunkuro as he was near Naruto again shivered, that same grin he remembers from Gaara when he was in the mood, yet this guy was doing it for no reason, not killing, just showing it was there.
Hayate from the floor coughed into his hand, "The next combatants please come forward."
Kage Kyoushu leaped down before and words could be exchanged between him and his students. A tapping upon the shoulder by Demin, "Amatsu-sama it is your turn to fight."
Amatsu turned around placing his hand on the guard railing seeing the names then the person below, and the blood lust filled grin stayed as he jumped to the floor. He walked to the center of the arena were he was meant to stand, "Seems fate has brought us for another fight."
"Yes, it would seem a rematch is given to us here." Kyoushu answered back as he set his hand upon the hilt of his blade.
"Brave man Kyoushu…to return…because of your weakened chakra state I will limit myself to swords, because you have earned it being you are standing here ready to fight once again." Amatsu reaching over his shoulder for his blade.
"Don't insult me Amatsu…despite my condition I can beat you no matter what. I am a skilled swordsman and I will tear you down." Kage's temper raising a bit, his eyes growing cold and narrow as he looked upon the shinobi.
Amatsu released the hilt, "So be it Kyoushu, but I will do this, because of your returning to fight me." He smiled, "I won't kill you."
Kage Kyoushu knelt, "Sorry I can't promise you the same thing."
"BEGIN!" Hayate threw his hand down signaling the start.
Amatsu then stood there and put his hands together the index finger and middle finger of his left hand stuck up into the air and the same two fingers of his right hand were just below pressed into his left hand palm. His eyes were closed and now his shadows began to extract out from himself, "This IS what you wanted, right?"
Kyoushu drew his sword and held it with both hands bringing the blade up the cutting blade was faced up the point directed towards Amatsu.
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The mission was a success for Amatsu, Rikimaru and Garyuu, the dark dragon showing off his skills for his father, giving him the first hand view that he had become and excellent shinobi of Shadow. Now though, Amatsu sat, in the rain, by his fathers side, his tears being mixed in with the rain droplets.
"Why? I…Finally had happiness, things were starting to go right…why?" Amatsu set his hands on his fathers chest gripping the clothing, "Why this?" he choked with his words.
The blood on Garyuu covered his hands while he gripped the shirt, "Father…no…we…were getting along for once. Mom, is going to have another child and then this…" Amatsu's breathing grew heavy as he knelt forward a bit.
"Why me?" he screamed as he removed his hands and held his head, "Why am I so cursed like this? Why am I not allowed to have happiness? Why?" he yelled once more.
The wind picked up now, throwing the rain droplets around and hitting him in the face, the rain picked up and began to wash the blood from his hands. "Face it Amatsu Mikaboshi…this is you, you are to have nothing but pain and loneliness, you are a cursed being." From behind spoke darkly to him.
But for Amatsu's, his face grew angry, he gritted his teeth and turned around to the person, "SHUT UP!"
The unknown figure stood before him shadowed by the night, "Amatsu you aren't meant for all this, you have a better place, some where that you can be who you really are." The one thing seen was his grin and the figure in the night disappeared.
Amatsu, stood in the rain breathing and still crying. He put his hand over his chest, he felt such a cringe of pain there, "Father…." He muttered and went back home to tell his mother of Garyuu's fate.
With in the next three years, some as semblance of normalcy was presented for the Kaiser Family. Izumi mourned her husbands death for a good time and still his place in her heart felt empty but with now her two boys Amatsu and Ryuujin it helped her go on no matter what. Amatsu was continually doing missions for sometime till his little brother grew up, and then once he had Izumi was back at the hospital working and Amatsu spent time with his three year old brother.
Ryuujin sat happily on his older brothers shoulders grinning as they walked down the street, "Where we going bwother?" he asked quite cutely.
Amatsu couldn't help it and laughed, "You'll find out kid, don't worry." He smiled up at him.
The little Dragon King smiled happily and hugged his brother around the head a bit resting his cheek on the top of Amatsu's head.
The villagers still couldn't see Amatsu any differently, they knew he had changed, but they still couldn't accept it and saw him as nothing but a curse on this village. He himself though didn't care of their stares and glares and intent as he held Ryuu's legs securely so he wouldn't fall off.
Ryuu's little eyes looked around seeing everyone's faces and could sense their emotions, "Bwother…I don't like it here…everyone…they…seem scary…" he hid his face away from everyone buried into Amatsu's hair, "All have such scary faces…" he added with a bit of a muffled sound due to his hiding.
"Heh heh its okay little brother, they wont hurt you, big bwother will see to it." Amatsu smiled patting his shin, "Okay?"
Ryuu nodded, "Okay Amatsu-kun." He said happily hugging his brother tighter.
Amatsu now stopped, as someone stood before him, his eyes glared a bit at this person, "What?"
"Whoa!" The man smiled, "Hey, no need for such a dangerous look, especially to your new teammate."
Amatsu looked very confused by his statement, "What the fu….hell are you talking about?" he remembered his little brother and best not to be swearing in front of him like this.
"Names Hiroku Asura, it's quite something to meet Kaiser Amatsu, I've heard much of your missions, all high ranked and successful." He introduced and flattered a bit or tried to.
Amatsu looked coldly, "I don't need a teammate, Rikimaru-sensei and I do fine enough we don't need an idiot to slow us down." Amatsu spoke harshly, tossing away the flattery.
Asura blinked, "Ouch, harsh dude. But come on, this is an order from your uncle, he put me on the team, so ditch the rug rat and go for a mission."
The eyes of the Dark Dragon were presenting themselves being as vicious as ever and moved swiftly to not disturb Ryuu and punched Asura in the stomach. Asura bellowed over holding his stomach and fell to his knees.
"We may be teammates but tell me what to do, especially when it comes to my brother and I will do much worse." Amatsu stepped on down the road going to were he wanted to take Ryuu.
Asura sat there coughing still, "Heh heh damn packs quite the punch for a scrawny looken guy…I'm sure this can work." He smiled standing finally after a few moments.
Amatsu and Ryuu came to clearing out in the forest, targets set up around the place, he picked his little brother up off his shoulders and set him on his feet, he couldn't help but laugh, "Ryuu, wake up little guy."
Ryuujin yawned widely rubbing his left eye, "Sowy I got comfortable." He smiled.
His older brother patted him on the head, "Its okay, you feeling awake enough to do something?"
The little dragon yawned one last time and nodded, "Uh-huh, what am I going to do?" he asked curiously waking up more.
Amatsu grinned and pulled out a kunai and twirled it on his finger, "Target practice, I'm gonna start training you."
The boys eyes grew as wide as they could, and that little sparkle in his eyes, "REALLY? YIPEE! BWOTHER IS GOING TO TWAIN ME!" he leaped up and hugged his brother Amatsu around the waist smiling being as happy as he could.
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Amatsu Mikaboshi, former member of the Akatsuki stood before Kage Kyoushu a man whose history would be revealed today. The shadows still protruding out from Amatsu and slowly they stopped, he opened his eyes, they had morphed into that of the dragons, and they centered on Kyoushu.
Kyoushu had sheathed his sword looking and under his face mask he couldn't help but let a smirk grace his face. Amatsu's eyes narrowed, "Why that smirk Kyoushu?" and his eyes looked to his left knowing now he was behind him.
"Gave me just what I needed Amatsu." Kyoushu now began to take in the shadows.
Before he could take to much Amatsu's dragon tail grew out and slapped him across the face sending him in a corkscrew motion through the air and collapsed to the ground. The former Village leader stood and wiped the corner of his mouth, "Wasn't quite expecting that, you're talented indeed, but you at least saved me some trouble." He looked at Amatsu now with half white and red eyes now.
Amatsu looked at the shadows that were still behind him turning around to face him again, "Hmm…I see…you absorbed some of my shadows…this should be interesting." He spoke in a very unimpressed tone as his tail whipped from side to side.
"You'll find its far more then just absorption of the shadows Amatsu." Kyoushu took a step forward.
"Hm…So Amatsu was right…he did face Kage Kyoushu…interesting." Asura blowing smoke out from his mouth looked upon the arena floor.
Demin nodded, "Of course, Amatsu-sama does not lie, and Master wouldn't do such a thing. Especially when it comes to someone he fights, because that is something he takes very seriously."
Asura couldn't help but let out the laugh, "Come on Demin even you noticed when Amatsu goes well just a bit psycho and goes sick house mad on a person."
The creation nodded and grinned, "Well of course Asura-san, that's because Master is like a delightful random cruelty generator, and he poisons everything and all he touches with his presence. Master is a testament to all organic meat bags everywhere."
He had to take hold of his cigarette as he laughed, "Yes, you are right Demin. Haa haaa. He has that side to him yes, Amatsu can be one dark guy…but when it does come to certain people he goes all out for them."
Demin raised an eyebrow, "I do not understand Asura, and all I have witnessed from Master are that, does he truly have such a side."
Asura inhaled some smoke off his cigarette, "Yeah Demin, he does, just wait and see."
Sakura stood there waving the smoke away then stood right behind him, "HEY! Must you be smoking near all of us?" she questioned angrily.
Asura slowly turned around blowing smoke up into the air, "Yes, I must, now shut up and watch things."
"Why you…" She rolled up the sleeves she didn't have.
Kakashi caught this at the corner of his eye and went over and stopped her, "Sakura, no need for fighting up here."
Asura turned away again to look at the fight till he was interrupted yet again, "Asura, tell me…what is it that you know about that man Kage Kyoushu down there?" Kakashi putting his book away.
Cory pouted, "Kakashi-kun, why are you only putting that book away to talk to him?"
The smoker sighed annoyed as he turned around to him, "Kage Kyoushu, as I heard from Amatsu, because he gathered the information. Is, he was the original sensei to all the original Kage's of the five countries."
"W-what?' Kakashi asked in bewilderment, "How...is it though that he could still be alive…and look like he's my age?"
Asura finally finished his cigarette as he put it out on the floor, "Well, it goes like this. Kage Kyoushu was the leader of a strong village highly talented shinobi also as a swordsman. Also Amatsu and him are alike in the sense they specialize in the Darkness element, Amatsu's though is possibly stronger because the fact he is a Ryuu, being within the clan their bloodline limit enhances their elemental capacity, as we have seen makes them quite dangerous people."
He looked among everyone whose attention he had, even the Hokage was looking towards them leaning his ear in their direction. But one was uninterested and didn't care to hear, Arcane waited seeing everyone give Asura their attention.
"But I digress, here is the full thing." Asura hopped onto the railing unable to stop from smiling as he had such attention, "Kyoushu is from the once known village Kuragari (darkness) and he was the sensei to the original Kage's in fact it was with the first part of his name that the honor at least what was left by some that had that put to their name because of what he accomplished. He gave them their names, Kazekage of the Sand, Mizukage of the Mist, Tsuchikage of Stone, Raikage of Lightning and of course Hokage of the Leaf."
He took a bit of a breath to continue, "He was believed to of been killed by a creature, a demon that inhabited a near by area. After the dispatched shinobi, he and his students decided to take matters into their own hands, the mission being very high ranked of course. The top mission…was unforeseen of the events to take place."
"What were the unforeseen events?" Asked Kakashi while he stood beside Cory.
Arcane was taking silent steps toward them, as he slowly withdrew his sword.
"The unforeseen events were the betrayal of Kyoushu's students. They did it only after their sensei defeated the demon fox."
Those words defiantly caught Naruto's attention, "De-demon…fox?"
Asura looked at the boy, saw the markings on his face he kept quiet but nodded, "Yes, a demon fox. Kyoushu brought down the creature so after this his pupils took it upon themselves to tear him down and kill him. They reported news back to the village that it was the demon that killed their Leader. The villagers did not accept that kind of an answer, knowing him all to well. The students slaughtered the whole village…."
"AND?" Naruto blurted out indulged and wanted to hear the rest to the story as Asura had trailed off.
He shrugged slightly, "Eh, forgot the rest of it." He took a drag from his smoke.
The act of falling over was before them at Asura's lacking in memory.
"Time for me, to finish the job I started back in the forest." Arcane glared and had his sword fully withdrawn and then charged.
Amatsu looked up towards the rafters. His eyes narrowed, 'That bastard…but…he won't get much further.'
A streak of blood smeared across the wall, and Arcane stood gripping his sword tight struggling to press further. Demin stood there, his hand now had a sword blade through it, "By the Master's orders I am looking upon his little brother." The creation made quick work and kicked Arcane in the stomach and pulled his hand off the blade.
"What the?" Asura pushed off the railing and turned to were the new set of commotion was.
Arcane's eyes squinted from the kick as he stumbled back, "You abomination of life, you'll pay for that."
"I am no such thing, Amatsu-sama see me as an equal, as another person, its people like you who slap labels and judge." Demin's eyes hardened and veins grew out around his eyes, "If we meet down there depending on my master's orders I will tear you apart for this action."
The self-proclaimed Samurai sheathed his sword and turned his back and began back to his partner. He stopped though in his tracks and he felt a sharp object poke into his back and he looked over his back.
Demins eyes glaring upon him widely, "Never turn your back on me or my master you disrespectful trash."
Arcane looked upon the human experiment, "Now who's slapping labels on others?"
"No, you have already labeled yourself through your actions. You are trash to attack a man while sleeping and then to turn your back on another whom his now your enemy is disrespectful. You claim to be a Samurai? You have no honor, in the life of Shinobi there is far greater honor and either me or my Master will teach you these ways or we will simply destroy you." Demons tone was not one to be mocked against in any manor as his intent to kill frosted the area.
"Noted…" Was the only thing that came out of Arcanes mouth and he turned around and took backward steps keeping his eyes close on Demin as he stepped away in the same fashion.
The gaze from the scene above shifted back to Kyoushu, "Your students have a knack for being dishonorable trash."
"I don't care about him; I just trained him, no real attachment for that fool." Kyoushu responded keeping his gaze fixed on Amatsu.
"Good, because when the time comes, his head is on a post."
Kyoushu truly could care less of Amatsu's plans, and he took this time and initiated and absorbed more of the shadows and he was at full power.
"Seems my Shadow arts will be of no use now, heh well thankfully I do always plan ahead for such events." Amatsu reached to a pouch at his hip and revealed a scroll.
Asura slapped his forehead, "Ughh he is going to do it…here of all…well at least not the finals…" he shook his head.
"What are you hinting at here Asura?" Kakashi asked looking over at the smoking shinobi.
"Amatsu has well…uh stored corpses in some scrolls from the forest, he plans to use some his Blood arts now for this guy, among another Death art of his…"
"Tha-that's horrible…vile…inhuman…" Said grossed out Ino, who covered her mouth from disgust.
Asura merely shrugged it off, "Well, yeah maybe. But as Amatsu has said to me, he is already considered a virus of life; he doesn't see any point of changing himself just to be viewed any differently. He will continue to be who he is."
Amatsu slowly unraveled the scroll to perform his death arts, until the cry of his brother stopped him, "Mother!"
'Uh-oh…he is at the end of the dreams…oh well, I will have to wait till the finals to have my fun.' He thought to himself as he raveled it back up and slipped it away with a few sighs of relief from the main Konoha section.
"Ryuujin!" Naruto called out as he rushed to his most recent friend's side, and there was Kuniko knelt beside the fire haired boy.
Cory looked down at Ryuu concerned, 'Oh no…he must be at that night…' she brought her thumb to her mouth and bit down on the nail lightly.
Dayu was a bit more interested with Amatsu's battle at the moment, he was worried for his friend too, but he was curious about the Dark Dragon Brothers abilities. Shinja was switching between the fight and Ryuu, trying to keep a watchful eye on both spots. Asura let out a puff of smoke, "It's about time." He said a bit irritable.
"Excuse me for this Kyoushu, but…family comes first and there are things that have to be done." Amatsu then placed his hands up and performed the hand seals, Serpent, Boar, Horse, Ram.
From Amatsu's own shadows it spread out from him and encircled Kage Kyoushu as he stood still and calm. Now the shadows spread upward and surrounded the two of them, leaving everyone on the outside to merely guess what was going on.
"Hmph this…this isn't the Kokuangyou no Jutsu (Journey into Black Darkness Technique), what is this Amatsu?" Kyoushu asked seeing Amatsu in the same spot as before.
Amatsu let out a bit of a laugh, "Im glad that you are finally willing to see that not everything is a Genjutsu." He grinned, "This though, is Ankoku Doomu (Darkness Dome), I developed it awhile ago, insures a good private battle for those trapped inside, no outside interference nothing what so ever can stop this, unless of course I stop it."
Shikamaru looked at this, 'Interesting guy…again he continues using shadow techniques…suppose now it is true that such a village exists…with the same techniques as my own clan…man…how troublesome…'
"Mother…I'm…sorry…" Ryuujin muttered as tears leaked down his cheek sitting there breathing heavy, still in his nightmare at least what it had come to.
"What is he talking about?" Kuniko asked worried as she looked at the boy she cared about a good deal and looked over at Shinja and Cory.
Shinja ignored the question as he looked down at the arena floor, Cory lowered her head with a small sigh, "It's…just…Ryuu's mother was killed in front of him…and it was her who risked her life to save him…" she turned away as she wrapped her arms around her sides closing her eyes tight.
"Listen, my brother, he is the one to succeed in leading the Ryuu's and we are going to need allies, we are sure that Kage and Konoha will be there to help us…we will need other strong people to back us." Amatsu explained to the former Leader of a Clan and Village.
"You are a tough adversary, you maybe losing your chakra because of that curse upon you. But even my Sensei is undeniably the most skilled shinobi without using any chakra. Your swordsman skills are what make you so strong, so with your influence and power, what do you say to give a struggling clan a hand to better succession?"
Kage Kyoushu looked on Amatsu with great skepticism, "Why? What is in it for me? After everything give me one damn good reason to trust you of all people and help you for more power."
The Dark Dragon sighed placing his left hand on his hip and used his right hand to comb through his hair, "Kyoushu, do not do it for me I am not asking that so much. But please do it for my little brother aide him in the dream to revive the clan for the safety of one group." He spoke with sincerity.
"No."
"Please, Kyoushu, your blade could be very helpful to his cause, to ensure that something won't happen to us again…" Amatsu doing what he could, in his power to give his brother a helping hand for redemption of their clan, "Kyoushu, if you make it known to be alive once more, you I am sure still hold the same respect that you had from people many upon many years ago. Such a title as the one you made for yourself would be a great help. Understand where we are coming from with this proposal."
The now Samurai, unable to really be a shinobi any longer stood with his arms crossed, pondering these thoughts, 'It has been tiresome to stay in the shadows...being away from so many others...guess it couldn't be so bad...just means more fighting again...or some rest finally and to maybe just maybe pass on the skill of the blade to a new generation...Arcane I could careless for, someone out there is more deserving.' A bit of a cruel grin formed over his face through the face mask it was visible to Amatsu.
"Alright Amatsu, I will help your brother, be sure though. You destroy Arcane, I feel he shouldn't be the one to pass on my skills. I can find someone far more deserving and trust worthy."
The same grin formed over his own face, "Consider him dead already."
With those last words exchanged the barrier fell away and the shadows went back into Amatsu's. Kyoushu knew in order to really get Arcane it would be best through this exam and he raised his arm before Amatsu, "I forfeit on the grounds that I misled the test instructors on my official shinobi rank."
Amatsu looked a bit puzzled but for only half a second till his face was calm again, "You continue, acquire the Chuunin rank Amatsu, I am beyond the need for such things, besides my place is fading in the world of Shinobi, that is if it hasn't all ready." Kyoushu leaped up landing on the railing and stepped down to the floor and turned towards the arena again.
Arcane looked very uneasy by the way the man who trained him just gave up like that, after such a thing had been done to him. He wondered the danger that was now held upon Amatsu, the threat he posed. Amatsu smirked sensing the unnerving feeling that Arcane was radiating at the possibilities they would clash.
Ryuujin took deep breaths as he absorbed everything now, slowly his mind adapting to current events. Everything now was clear to him, more then ever, he hadn't known everything about his clan and his family, and seeing what he had he could finally start the path that was his birthright. 'I am Kaiser Ryuujin of the great Ryuu Clan, I am the one to rebirth and restore our Clan to what they once were and no longer be so feared and hated amongst the eyes of others.'
The young shinobi began to pick himself up from his spot his eyes still closed at the moment. Kuniko gasped a bit seeing this as suddenly as she stood straight up waiting for Ryuu to do or say something more now. Dayu turned to his friend with a bit of a smirk, 'Well it's about time he got his bum ass up.'
Amatsu rose up from out of the shadows and stood before his little brother and smirked a bit, "Ayame of the Azuma Shinobi Clan."
A kunai suddenly appeared before his throat, "Kaiser Amatsu of the Ryuu Clan." It was the kunoichi Ayame, partner of Rikimaru sensei to Amatsu and a smirk was over her face too.
It was now that everyone was aware of her appearance, 'That level of stealth...its insane...' the thoughts running through Kakashi's mind was that of such disbelief that such a ninja got past all them.
Ryuujin smiled seeing Ayame, knowing her from the memories that he had seen, "Hello Ayame-sama." He said respectfully.
The still youthful looking woman looked at him then at Amatsu with a grim face, "You did, didn't you?"
Amatsu shrugged, "He had the right to know who is parents were."
"No idiot, your past." She said with a bit of poison in her voice that could kill.
Again a shrug came from the Shadow Shinobi, "I felt he should know that, know the other ugliness that people show to our clan. He has the right to know the kind of discrimination we endure just for having the marks that we have."
Ayame sighed, "Fine." She said with a shake of her head at Amatsu, "It is nice to see you again though Amatsu, it's been quite awhile."
He grinned a tooth filled grin, "Indeed it has, been traveling around a bit." He then went to a bit more of a down look, "Uh…how is Rikimaru-sensei?"
Ayame folded her arms with another sigh, "Still the same, training keeping himself in tip top shape. He was disappointed to hear of the name you made for yourself Amatsu. You know he looked after you like a family member."
Amatsu rubbed the back of his neck firmly, "I know…I had guessed he would be. But it was something I had to do."
"He understood that reasoning, he had come to that conclusion Amatsu-san."
Before Amatsu was about to speak the figuring shadow loomed and dropped down like a bolt of lightening and with such speed a cut was made across Amatsu's chest and then also across his throat both parts sprayed blood really quick and he spun and dropped like a ton of bricks. As he fell everyone gasped out except for Ayame and also Ryuujin from the memories he had seen he knew the man that did this.
There now stood in his shinobi attire was Rikimaru sensei to Amatsu Mikaboshi and he sheathed his blade. Everyone looked dumbfounded and with their jaws hanging open especially with the next line, "SLACKER! Here I thought I trained you to always be aware, be a true shinobi, tch you have started relying on your chakra and jutsu's too much."
Amatsu was right back up, "SLACKER? What the hell are you going on about? What kind of sensei are you to come dropping out like that and cutting at his own student?" He yelled back furious as hell with a vain popping out the side of his head.
The not so well aged Shinobi with platinum hair smirked at his student through his face mask, "It is good to see you again Amatsu."
Amatsu's face lightened up and smiled, "Same to you old man." He grinned.
"Oi, I am not that old you brat, I can still kick your sorry dragon ass." Rikimaru grinned along with his student.
Sarutobi stood over there after Anko and Ibiki stood guard of the Hokage, while he puffed at the pipe he smoked from, 'Heh heh quite the interesting student, teacher relationship for those two.'
Gaara watched from across the way, he hadn't ever seen someone with such an ability of stealth as it was greater then his own sense of stealth. He was finding more and more people that could challenge him in keeping his life, and as he thought of this sensing possibility of his life to an end his body was shaking with anticipation. Temari took a few steps back from her younger brother, 'With all these guys here...he keeps growing more unbalanced and even after his match with that bowl haired kid...'
Baki, Gaara's sensei if he could be called that had kept his distance from the red haired sand shinobi, 'Gaara better remember the plans and not loose control to soon.'
Ryuu now stepped to them, "Tell me though, what brings the two of you here? I would of thought you would wait for Amatsu-nii-san." He smiled at the thought of having a brother once again.
Ayame giggled seeing this in Ryuujin easily, "We had to be sure he would actually return, plus Rikimaru-san was wondering about his old student and had to check up on him once the Hitokage gave him word he would be here."
"Ayame…I have told you, your knack for saying too much?" Rikimaru asked with a dangerous glare.
The kunoichi gulped once, "Uh hee hee well shut up, it was true anyway." She then smiled at her long time friend.
Rikimaru sighed, "Fine, fine." He said a bit annoyed and pressed his back to the wall.
Ryuu though smiled brightly, "I'm glad that my brother has such great people by his side."