Night had fallen on the forest near the Hidden Leaf boarders. A figure moved through a clearing in the tree's, moving silently and slowly clearly looking at his surrounding in amusement despite the mask over his face.
The mask was not unlike those of the Anbu black ops but there were differences. The mask was black and held no symbol of allegiance to any of the 5 Great Nation's. Instead it had red markings edged along its surface in a pattern not too different from the markings you would see on the Anbu black-ops. The eyes were more sharp and menacing, even more so with the blood red marking that weaved towards and around the eyes. The mask was a made of a metallic material at first glance but on closer inspection in the moon light it was actually some sort of smoothly carved shimmering stone.
He wore a long cloak of pure black, that reached down to his ankles. From the waist down it was torn, but the red seems along the edges suggests it was part of the design. His hands weren't visible underneath, only from waist through the rips. Though the pattern on the back was peculiar, from the bottom up it was a swirling red pattern akin to tribal markings and some kind of symbol or rune was inscribed on the back in between the shoulder blade with many smaller ones circling it. You could see his wore loose trousers underneath the cloak, they were as you'd expect with this colour scheme...Black, as we're his boots.
He walked looking around before he chuckled and spoke in a low males voice. "I swear there was a forest here when I walked past yesterday"
All of a sudden a groan was heard beneath some of the rubble and dirt. He moved to face the noise and looked amongst the rubble. Not long after he could make out an arm underneath the trees that seemed to have fallen around them. The man then began to lift the rubble away with relative ease, revealing a girl who was heavily injured.
"well well, just who are you? And just who did you piss off?" the man thought to himself as he crouched Down and examined her.
She was rather young around 14 minimum. She had red hair that was over her face as well as sprawled over the trunks below her. She looked in pretty bad shape, she was covered in cuts and bruises more then likely a few broken bones. She was clearly in need of medical attention soon or she would die.
He then put his hand over her stomach and a weird kind of Chakra began to glow and Emanate from his hand. It was red, but more a blood red and mixed with flex of...Black? The energy proceeded to come from his hand and then slowly wrap around her body like a blanket. Then he closed his eyes and focused for a moment. The energy seemed to slowly sink into her for a minute or two, all the whilst the more severe wounds began to close and the faint cracking and popping of bones could be heard. The mans eyes shot open glowing red where the whites of his eyes should have been his irises black with 3 bright red pupils in vertical slits. He then put his hand to his side before the energy lifted her towards the man and placing her gently in his arms, his eyes now receding to normal white. The red energy them slowly went back into the man as he held her. "looks like your compatible with HIS energy then. This could be interesting"
The man then proceeded to lift the unconscious girl up over his shoulders, carefully as to not aggravate her wounds. He then began to move slowly across now fallen Woods, with the girl on his shoulders carefully examining the scene around him the level of destruction and using a before the kind of battle that just went on. Feeling multiple peoples Chakra's spread all over the forest in multiple directions as he walked towards a waterfall that had two massive statues, of distinctly different men. He gently placed the girl down then turned to the waterfall again, looking down at the pool of water below he saw what looked to be two children in the middle of a fight.
"well, well. What do we have here?" the man said softly to himself his voice deep and distorted in a way. It was at this moment one of the boys, his hair a bright yellow wearing a orange jump suit began to be covered in chakra almost like a bubbling layer of liquid…or jelly.
"I know that Chakra anywhere" the man smirked, almost amused by the events unfolding. "So you let this boy use your chakra K?" The man pondered for a moment before sensing something another persons chakra.
"Oooooooh, I see… using the reaper seal to split you in two. Minato, I hope you know what you've started."
The man watched as the two boys fought each other admiring the skill shown by these children. Clearly well trained and experienced in combat, but there was also a drive to each of their fighting. A message of ideals that only they could understand through the exchange of fists and technique. Almost every time one had gained new ground the other somehow drew more Chakra out and got stronger. He watched for a while until the boys seemed to be on their last move, battered and bloody they both powered up their respective jutsu. One held lightning well condensed chakra the resembled lighting but made a sound like a bird in his had, and the other had compressed his Chakra into a dense and violently rotating ball the amount of chakra was staggering for a child his age to even have let alone the control it takes to keep it perfectly stable.
"How in the elders do they know how to do those techniques? The only other people to do the rasengan are the horny toad, and the white pup who also started making that other technique. Some rivalry between students to different masters perhaps? " The man looked at the moon and thought to himself.
The boys had now made contact with their jutsu, which had cancelled each other out causing them to be enveloped in a ball of darkness as an almost technological pattern of white light began to fork and spread causing the black orb to become a bright light. When the dust settled only the boy with the black hair was standing (well if you could call it that). He then looked over his defeated opponent until his strength had returned enough to hold himself steady. He then proceeded to walk into the forest and leave. As the man looked in curiosity at the boy as he pondered if he was also combatable, but before he could really check he sensed someone approach the area.
"That would be our cue to leave little missy, would be awkward if the pup saw me here" man thought to himself as he once again lifted the girl on his shoulders and carried on his way, glancing back for a moment and small smile appearing under his mask.
A few minutes had past and he'd stopped. Feeling no Chakra in the air he held his free hand in front of him and chanted something. Almost immediately after energy began so swirl from around him and formed into almost a doorway. He then took one last look around and when he knew no one and nothing was near him (other then a few small birds and critters) he passed through the archway or light.
"Hmmm, I hope things are still this interesting when he arrives here with me. But, until next time ninja world." The man thought as he slowly exited the archway of light into a completely different place then before.
Everything was almost pitch black, but didn't seem it to the man's eyes. He saw clear enough to make out the table in the centre of the room. Table itself looked almost old style with a few different modifications, the metal being one it was almost void black metal almost as if made of obsidian but, it acted as if it was alive. What little light seems to reflect and move almost as if it had a mind of it's own. What little light there was, it was provided by small floating orbs of a dim orange light around the ceiling. The chairs around the table were almost the same type of material as the table, but a dark black wood without the feeling of the darkness being alive on it. The walls were what you'd almost expect, and looked like standard stone. That was until you looked closer and saw how smooth cut they all were, almost perfectly rectangular and smooth like polished marble. On the other side of the room was a closed doorway and as you walked forwards there were a set of stairs. The man moved forward a few steps before stopping dead.
"Where have you been V" said a females voice echoing almost ominously in the room. The girl was then lifted by a silver and black energy and suspended in the air as the orbs grew in light. "and why have you brought home a stray?"
As the light grew a figure emerged in the light. A woman no more than 5 and a half feet in height with flowing silver hair with a black streak going all the way down on the one side. Her figure was relatively slim, with wider hips. A good size bust and a face that could be mistaken for a model or angel. She wore a black corset with purple patterns woven into the fabric, almost a mix of tribal and floral. She wore a pair of trousers, not tight, but not too baggy unlike the corset. But like the corset it hugged her figure quite flatteringly.
She began to make her way down the stairs, her walk regal but each step taken with purpose and meaning, her movements smooth but at the same time threatening. The man known as V stood there and placed his hand on his mask before slowly revealing his face as he pulled it off. His face was not that different from, Asuma Sarutobi only with a stoic expression, unfazed by the woman in front of him, letting out a deep sigh before saying.
"I remember when you too were a stray to all of he shadows. Eri'alise." V spoke calmly looking the woman directly as he spoke his voice less distorted but only a small difference in pitch. "but I thought she would make a good informant of the ninja world. She also seems compatible with his energy. So would have been a waste to let her die"
"Watch what you say. You may be one of the original 3 but that body is nowhere near it's peak right now." The woman said in an almost playfully threatening tone "however...she does look in a bad way"
Eri'alise made a motion with her hand and chakra flowed out and around her arm almost coming from the elbow and swirling outward toward the girl before slowly wrapping around her and the lifting her closer to Eri'alise. The body stopped in front of her at waist height, and she began to examine the body over. After a few seconds had past and V had made his way to the opposite side of the body the Eri'alise then sighed.
"Where did you find her? And what happened to her. It's a good thing you fixed her up when you did. A few more minutes and she'd be beyond our help. Their physiological tolerances are extremely different to ours, so I'm impressed you managed to do what you did to fix her wounds." Eri'alise then put one hand on her hip as she thought.
"I found her near the final valley and as for what happened to her. She Pissed somebody off and was buried underneath a large chuck of forest. Honestly I'm shocked she was still breathing." V explained and then looked down at the girl "seems like the children there have to fight to survive too"
"wake her" a new voice said as a pure black shadow formed on the floor. This causing V and Eri'alise to turn almost startled at the sudden voice.
"Shouldn't we let her heal a bit first? She's not exactly in a position for your games old friend." V spoke first to he figure of pure black that was slowly emerging from what looked like a black puddle on the floor.
"He has a point admittedly. She's not exactly in peak condition after all" Eri'alise said in agreement.
"You worry too much, she will be fine." The figure said, now fully emerged he just looked like a mass of pure darkness, almost like the cloak and he donned was alive. Much like the metal of the table but more vibrantly moving and almost like it would grow at any moment. "trust me, she might not be like us. However, they are a durable people."
The two people looked at each other and almost shrugged as V cloaked her in a red aura lifting her onto her feet, as two small tendrils of red phased into her temples and the energy dissipated. As the light faded her eyes opened wide in shock. As her legs began to hold her weight and she was free of the energy as the last of it disappeared, she jumped backwards towards the closed door on the opposite side of the room from the table. Her head still fuzzy from being so close to death and not fully recovering her Chakra.
"shit, what's going on who are they?" she thought as she saw V and Eri'alise her gaze then looked at the black mass between them and she froze "just what IS that? That can't be human. Am I dead...did I fail?"
They all stood still for a moment or two, before the black figure made its way to her. The moment he began to move she was on guard but at the same time her body wouldn't move. Her legs were frozen, or where they trembling? She couldn't tell what this feeling was, was it fear, despair? Or something else? All she knew was that every fiber of her being felt electrified. That could be attributed to the near death experience she had...or full on death. Her mind was racing almost as quickly as her heart was beating as the man moved closer.
"How are you feeling? Not too well I'd wager young one. Don't worry I won't hurt you." The figure said.
As she heard his voice something was set at ease inside her as her pulse began to slow down. Almost on instinct she believes the words he says. Still frozen in place though.
"w – what are you?" the girl finally managed to say "why am I hear"
"your here because my freind-" he motioned his right arm to V "found you almost dead, stabilised you and brought you here"
"your welcome" V piped up in the background with a small smile, both Eri'alise and the figure just looked at him. "what? Just saying"
"I should introduce you, but first. What is your name?" the black figure said, the energy almost moving to react to his curiosity.
"what does it matter ?" the girl said, her composer slowly coming back.
"well we would like to know who we just saved" the figure explained calmly, his eyes, or what little you could make of them looking through the girl, seemingly into her very soul almost.
"Tayuya" she said reluctant to answer, his gaze sending shivers through her very core.
"Welcome Tayuya. The man you see to my right is called Vailin but mostly we call him V. This beautiful goddess on my left is called Eri'alise. And my name, is Absalom but most people call me Lord Death on account of that being my title"
