Rise, Taki! [p]

"Where am I? How did I get here?"

"Who am I?"

Those were the first thoughts that ran through my mind as I suddenly found myself located being pulled through time, space, and reality and landing, with a soft thump, on my feet. I stood, dazed and confused, as I considered the areas around me. Somewhere deep within the recesses of my mind, I found myself aware of my location, but that level of subconsciousness could never pierce through the thick fog that veiled my mind now. For now, all that I knew was that I had been called to this place for a reason, and I needed to know what the reason was.

If I had thought that I would need to wait long, I was sorely mistaken. Within mere moments of my arrival, I noticed the orange-haired man some many meters away. I was also aware of the fact that I was not alone, for there was one more person by my side, much closer than the distant man. My mind worked quickly, then, putting some pieces together -- the distant man had a task for the two of us who stood adjacent to each other, and we were to work together.

The man's words sliced through any other confusions that I had. He had given a commandment, and I knew that I was bound by some law I could not explain to obey. "Bring the water back. Save Taki... only THEN will your salvation truly begin!"

Instinct took over, and I found my whole body screaming with the desire to move, to follow his instructions, but I was without the power to move. Until given permission, I was stuck. I hoped I wouldn't be without mobility for too much longer, though... I had things to do.

A village to rebirth.

[/style][style=color:FFEFD5; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #444444; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: -8px; text-transform: lowercase]sebastian clave | ^{walking dead man}

I drifted, lost in darkness. Over time, though, words would filter through my mind, drawing me back into consciousness. And just like that, there was enough light to be able to barely make out my surroundings. Where I was, though, I was surely unaware, for though I was granted the barest of visions of my location, it was no place that I had ever seen before. But wait... it would seem as though I was viewing the world through some sort of film, a thick layer between my eyes and the world...

!!!

I was floating in the water that had sucked me up before! The thought struck me like a freight train, and panic seared me to the bone. I found every muscle of my body struggling to protest, but still I was bound by whatever spell had prevented me from moving above the surface. While I continued to float, though, I became more and more aware of my surroundings until, at long last, my eyes lay upon the man who had brought us to this place, the man who had been above the surface.

However, he wasn't moving with the flow of the liquid. He simply remained, stationary and still, his essence unmoving while my own moved closer to his. This was... unimaginable. Unbelievable. Indescribable... but entirely real. Of that, I had absolutely no doubt, though it troubled me to know that.

I knew now that it didn't matter what I did. My struggles had been in vain, and I hadn't moved a muscle... It had been long enough that I knew that I was somehow breathing, but I didn't understand how that was happening either. Realizing that, after all of this, it would be best to simply wait and see what happened, I found myself surrendering, and waiting, and continuing to float ever closer towards the man and whatever large, dark shape existed in the background.

Well, this was strange, I thought to myself. It would seem as though I would finally be allowed freedom of movement. I could now swim through the water rather than simply float. The man at the distance was an interesting one, that was for sure. He had brought us to this strange and unique lair, and I found it quite peculiar that I didn't know what it was that he wanted. However, that desire would soon become obvious as he performed a Summoning Technique, and from the depths appeared a Great White.

Surprised, I decided that my best course of action would be to simply begin to swim. Remaining in motion was usually a good idea, for it gave you momentum and made you a more difficult target to hit. However, as the Great White began to swim away, there came to be a motion of the water around me, and though I felt as though I were swimming forward, I quickly became aware that I was, in fact, not moving forward, but was being drug backwards by the water itself.

Turning to fully face that turtle-looking creature, I was surprised to see that its mouth was now open, and from its maw it was drinking in the massive amount of liquid that was about. Was there anything that I could do...? My repertoire of jutsu was decidedly weak in this underground environment, where all I could see in the distance was water, water, and more water. My only chance would be to trust my instincts, and my instincts screamed...!

Performing a string of handseals, I would reach quickly into my pack and remove two Makibishi. Propelling them forward with my chakra, they would fly through the water much faster than myself, who was only being carried by the current. Utilizing the strength of my control over Jiton, my aim would specific -- the top and bottom lips of the creature. With a monster so large, it seemed unreasonable that the two items should not strike their mark, and with that done, my technique would begin to take effect.

The two sides of the lips, now magnetized by my chakra, would fall prey to my techniques. With my Dominion over Magnetism at its highest level, I would command the two parts of the lips to slam shut, thus ending the vacuuming effect of the Sanbi.

However, should my makibishi have somehow missed their marks... well, I could only pray that whoever my associate was had something up his sleeve.