Alone [Invite/Gene]

OOC: Sorry for the crap post, posted on my Vita.

Hi no kuni had easily been considered the biggest country out of all the others who surrounded it. Unfortunately, that known fact only meant that passing through its seemingly endless forestry would be a tedious task to say the least. Skipping from tree to tree through a teeming enviornment, Masuyo continued his swift trek towards Mizu no Kuni, anxious to confront the rumors of an extremely powerful force within its land. However, he soon came to a small opening where the near endless columns of trees ended. Having no other choice, he leapt from a thick bough and headed straight towards the ground. Landing in a low crouch, he noticed a small river-like lake to his righter most flank that stretched straight ahead. roughly about 10 meters wide, he began to walk along side the body of water, at least until it guided him back into the forest.

"I'm sure Kureno will catch up, his sensory skills are nothing less than amazing."

He said silently, speaking to himself. While he had the time, his eyes decided to dart from one place to another, observing the lay of land around him, but, once he didn't he found what could've easily been one of the more disturbing images he'd ever seen. Across from him, a young, nude, lad launched himself into the lake with furor. He took a step forward and unbeknownst to him, snapped a twig with the weight of his foot. In a fast motion, Masuyo looked down to his foot and back then back towards the boy, noticing that he'd been startled.

"Hehe sorry bout that! Didn't mean to startle ya!"

Once spoken, he scratched his head nervously, unable to anticipate the lad's response.

The snapping of the aforementioned twig acted like an alarm system that goes off once a facility or village realizes it's been compromised. The lad's once cheerful face had swapped presence with one of terror and paranoia, almost as if he felt that his life had been in danger. Funnily enough, while the lad grew serious and his paranoia set in, Masuyo severely struggled to conceal the level of laughed he so desperately wanted to release.

""Are you a thief? I don't know who to trust, and I was hoping to avoid fighting someone. So are just like the others, want to try and kill me and take my stuff?""

Masuyo leaned forward and held is gut his laughs slowly began to ease from his mouth and lungs. The young lad was so adorable, it was just too much to bear. In an attempt to catch his breath while talking, Masuyo explained himself.

"Haha. . .N-no I'm no thief. hehe. I'm just passing by is all, I don't want any trouble, esp from nudes."

Once spoken, he burst out in laughter and dropped to his knees as he patted the ground. Laughing for the better moment of a few seconds, Masuyo wiped away tears of joy that managed to roll down the side of his face.

As tears of laugh rolled down the side of his face, Masuyo looked up at the young lad who, at that moment, took refuge behind one of Hi no Kuni's hulking trees. While he dressed himself hastily, Masuyo's boisterous laugh gradually subsided, wiping away his years and catching his breath while struggling to stand. Laughter really could make someone weak in the knees.

"Well its hard telling the difference in such a dangerous place. I've failed to find any food, and this paranoia's gotten to me. It even hurts me more that I don't have a place I can call home anymore or any siblings to go to. Coming from Amegakure, its even harder. Since its been destroyed, I've been branded as one of those 'Missing-Nin' making it near impossible for me to travel. You probably never felt what I'm feeling, hahahahahaha."

By the time the young lad finished his spiel, Masuyo stood and face him properly, his expression quickly replaced with one of complete seriousness after he learned that the boy was just like himself, alone, wanted, and deprived of a home. A moment of silence prevailed as the Sennin quickly realized that he had been staring into a mirror, seeing the less fortunate moments of his life through the boy.

Thinking back, he remember feeling exactly how the boy described himself, word for word. Having his home destroyed, family separated, and status as a shinobi -unbeknownst to him- registered as a criminal. While Masuyo lucked up and had been taken in by Uchiha Faust for seven years, he still remembered the pain that entailed not eating for a week straight with not even a single soul to be comforted by.

""Well, my name is Shiro Kekkai. What it is yours?"

He smiled reflexively after coming across a member of his family for the umpteenth time. Don't fret, Masuyo was -without a shadow of doubt- delighted to come across more Kekkai, however, considering the rate in which they began resurfacing, the 'surprise' factor had easily been dulled. Nevertheless, he smiled and spoke with an inviting tone.

"Always makes me happy to see more of us. Well, Shiro, I'm Masuyo. Kekkai, Masuyo."

"THERE WAS KEKKAI THAT SURVIVED!?!?!?!"

A bright smile stretched across Masuyo's face from ear to ear as he witnessed Shiro's ecstatic reaction to meeting another Kekkai. Masuyo emotionally felt the alleviation of Shiro's loneliness, and that alone proved to be more than enough for Masuyo to feel as though he accomplished something important. During his childhood, while Uchiha Faust hadn't been the most affectionate mentor, he undoubtedly had his own ways of not allowing Masuyo to feel lonely. Kekkai weren't alone, not anymore, nor did they deserve to be; following that philosophy, Masuyo made it his mission to reunite the Kekkai family and bring about the restoration of their beloved hom - Amegakure no Sato!

Nevertheless, he nodded in response to Shiro, cementing the belief that other Kekkai managed to escape with their lives and survived, all of which who made sacrifices in their own way just to get by and live to see another day.

"So there's others out there as well? I thought I was all alone! Then you show up! This is amazing, now there are others too... Masuyo, do you have any food?"

"No, not at all. There are definitely other Kekkai roaming about, quite a few actually. I'm traveling with one, however, I'm not sure if he caught back up yet. I'm sure he'll find his way. Yeah sure, here's some bread. . ."

Once spoken, the Sennin reached into his robes just above his obi sash and retrieved two rolls of bread as he stepped out onto the lake with chakra laced to his feet. Walking across the surface, he tossed Shiro the two rolls while making his way over too him.

"Kekkai, you and I are family. I trust and love my family and will protect them by any means necessary. Family means more to me than anything, and once you meet the others, you'll find they share the same ideals as myself.

I know what it means to be alone, I was just like you right after the villages destruction. Alone, cold, and hungry. But I found someone to help me along, just like how fate allowed you to find me."

Astonished, the cheerful Kekkai was in awe of how the Masuyo was able of walking over the river with ease. Delighted by each of the older Kekkai's replies, but was still amazed. It was the most nicest feeling he ever felt. There was no other feeling that surpassed the one he was currently feeling. Especially when Masuyo brought out the bread, and handed them to Shiro. Biting into the rolls of bread, he'd consume them in less then a second. Crumbs all over his mouth, he'd glance back up at Masuyo.

"How did you do that, the water-walking thing? You make it look easy, I wish I could do that. I can barely use any ninja techniques..." Shiro sighed, it was true that his Shinobi skills were lacking and he had no one to teach him new techniques or assist him in improving. Barely escaping situations that require him to battle to the death, usually involve him fleeing.

Stunned hearing a voice nearby, but remembered that there was another that was supposed to catch up with Masuyo. Confused by what the man was saying, he began exchanging glances with Masuyo and the other man. Continuing to listen to the other man talk confounded the young Kekkai.

"What?"

Masuyo snarled as Goryo made short work of his summoned clones. Immediately he noticed that Goryo hadn't lost his touch, not even a little. Instead, he was sharp, enough so that it appeared as though he had reached the very pinnacle of his power and strength. While nearly forgetting, Goryo's display of paper ninjutsu completely refreshed his memory, realizing and recalling that most if not all of his bloodline techniques forwent the use of hand-seals, making his attacks fast and lethal. After his attempt to protect Shiro, Goryo spoke as he turned his attention towards Masuyo and made his way over to him instead. Good. Although his position failed, he managed to obtain Goryo's attention which, at that point, is all what Masuyo wanted and needed.

"The past is what binds us, little Masuyo-ko. It drives us. Our memory of that which has come before allows us to move knowledgeably into the future. And as I see that you are...recruiting new additions to the Kekkai line, I too have been quite busy. But what will you do, when you cannot distinguish friend from foe?"

Dwelling upon his words, they made sense, complete sense in fact, enough so that Masuyo reflexively recalled upon situation where he truly could not distinguish friend of foe, most notably the instance regarding his traitorous brother. Drawn straight from truth and logic, Masuyo wanted to oppose him, however, there had been no point in opposing something that could not readily be disputed. What really vexed Masuyo was Goryo's ability to visually and physically morph into friends and family, all known within Amegakure from Masuyo himself, his elder brother yuu, and even the Kekkai's founder - Yokai.

Everyone you meet, could be one of us. Every Kekkai who comes into your fold could kill you the next day on a whim. Every man, woman, and child that you encounter, for the rest of your life, will be in danger, and will put you in danger, merely by being."

Continuing his spiel as his body shifted from one person to the next, Goryo then turned to shiro, claiming that Masuyo had been in the process of being hunted and sought after and as for stopping them - it apparently was deemed impossible. However, Goryo's following words caused an eyebrow to raise while Masuyo remained still the entire time as a gatherer of nature's infinite source of chakra. He motioned towards the reason of showing his face - delivering a message.

"Amegakure...is not lost to us. And I know how to retrieve it from those who now twist our homeland to suit their own needs. We...

...have a common enemy."

Amegakure? Not lost?!

Unable to pinpoint Goryo's angle, all he could to at that point was ask questions and hope for answers. Luckily, Shiro stepped forward, spoke, and inquired about the 'common' enemy that Tenzo and Kekkai now -allegedly- shared. Masuyo gave the Goryo enough time to answer Shiro's question before presenting his own.

"This planning, I'd like you to elaborate."