the unleashing . [T][C]

[Zammy<3]

What... would it take...

The night had bore her, gifting her with all of its most eminent aspects. Its darkness engulfed her entire figure, completely encasing her in a silken ebony from head to toe. She carried its silence; head bowed, eyes closed, she strolled nonchanlantly. Onlookers, unbeknownst to the pain stirring within her soul, saw only a woman of powerful dark beauty. It wasn't often she chose to summon her memories of the past, but one needed to reawaken pain every once and awhile. To acknowledge it. To feel it.

The night made her journey all the more morbid and lonely- she wished for a companion. Anyone, actually. She wasn't particularly fond of people, but she wanted someone to share in her indulgence, to feel the agony she was in. No; if only the world would stop turning, and be silent, just for one day. That would do it. That would let them all know. She wished the night would last forever, for to her, it was the epitome of beauty and freedom. That's right. Morning would come soon enough. It was time to get this show on the road.

To bring...

"Alright, Akemi," she whispered, stopping in her tracks. She raised her chin high and revealed her gorgeous amber optics to the latter, placing her hands neatly on her slender hips. "You've finally got me out here," she admitted, glancing to the side and smiling to herself. "Now what do you want?" A little girl suddenly appeared before her, seemingly from out of no where.

She wore simple black attire, like Zamarron, only her ensemble was much more humble, and not to mention age appropriate. A lacy, long sleeved dress that reached all the way down to her knees, with simple black flats. Her black hair was pulled back into two low ponytails, leaving her bangs to roam free. The only color, as well as the most striking attribute of hers, were her eyes. Brilliant emerald gems, rich and hypnotizing. Indeed; this was Akemi.

Not even Zamarron knew if the girl was real or not. But to her, it didn't matter; whatever she was, she definately got the job done.


"I wanted to show you something, Zammy!" she squeeled delightedly, her voice sounding much like an immature version of Zamarron's own musical alto. Zamarron clicked her tongue, rolling her eyes with disdain for the child. Yet that wouldn't phase Akemi; she went right on into one of her lectures. "Well I'll start with this: Shunshin is a technique that involves high speed movement, near instantaneous, actually," she began. "If you can master this, Zammy, you'll be near unstoppable!"

"Do not encourage egos, Akemi," Zamarron scolded, however still proud to recieve the compliment. So what if she was a hypocrite? She wanted to give the girl a hard time. "Okay, watch me!" Akemi yelled with determination.

In the blink of an eye she was gone, and promptly after her dissapearance Zamarron felt a tap on the back of her shoulder. She whirled around. "How did you do that?!" she demanded, eyes blazing with golden fire.

Akemi giggled. "Easy, silly. I've mastered shunshin. Why don't you try?"

Zamarron took a few steps backward, then, examining her target with envious eyes.

... you back...

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[Zammy<3]

"That's it," Akemi encouraged, smiling foolishly. Emerald hues watched Zamarron's movements closely, and at an intensity that was almost eerie. Zamarron's eyes narrowed at this, kicking up dust at her heels as if a raging bull about to charge. However, her demeanor was a calm one, for focusing chakra took a considerable amount of concentration. The energy surged through her veins, charging her small physique and preparing it for the high speeds that it would have to endure for its mistress' sake. "Are you ready?' Zamarron calmly inquired, her words laced in toxin.

Akemi nodded in response, her youthful countenance portraying a child about to play with her favorite toy. Zamarron scowled; she was not a doll to fooled around with. She was a dangerous weapon of mass destruction, and Akemi was about to find that out. Not bothering with a battle cry, Zamarron withdrew a single kunai, and in an instant, she was gone. A flicker of shadow, a trick of the wind? No, she had used an ancient technique of the shinobi realm. Shunshin. A high speed movement that meant near instantaneous disapppearance and reappearance.

And thus, she would reappear the very next moment directly behind the girl, her kunai at the ready. With one swift movement, the kunoichi thrust the blade into Akemi's back just as her feet hit the earth. But then--

"Too slow!" Akemi giggled, easily making use of the technique as she vanished, and then reappeared behind Zamarron. The songstress' eyes widened in shock; how did that little brat manage that?! She beared her fangs, whirling around to slash away at the girl's face. Akemi vanished yet again, though, and reappeared to her side. Zamarron roared with frustration. "How're you doing that?!" she shrieked, her voice echoing throughout the village. Again she turned, thrust her blade, missed. Over and over again Akemi vanished, reappeared, and then vanished again.

Zamarron knew one thing for sure; she certainly wasn't a master of shunshin, like this girl obviously was. There was no way she could teleport to the side, or backwards, like she did; in fact, she could only move forward. Her chakra supply only allowed her to use shunshin once, or else she would exhaust all hope of using the rest of her techniques during battle. Akemi cocked her head at this, still grinning wildly. "You're right," she confirmed. "A master of shunshin trains for years at the art. And I know, you wish you could do what I do." The girl winked.

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[Zammy<3]

"C'mon Zammy-san; is tht really all ya got?!" Akemi sang, her expression turning with excitement. "You really gonna let me win?!" Let. Yes, that was right. Zamarron was letting her win. But then the woman shook her head rather violently, and only she, herself, was anchored- left alone without a companion yet again. Her amber hues scanned the area, searching thoroughly for the little girl. Akemi had disappeared... and if she wasn't in front of her, then she was-- "Ha!" Zamarron cried, whirling around; but she wasn't behind her, either.

A sinking realization suddenly hit her: Akemi was not reappearing. The feeling was agony, and the thoughts were scrambled. "Akemi?" she whispered, on the verge of tears. She had no choice but to look for her herself, and there was only one way she could do that fast enough. Focusing all of her hakra evenly throughout her body, the kunoichi closed her eyes gently, controlling her breathing experlty. So massive was the amount of chakra coursing through her, that her very physique readiated with a soft sapphire glow, the sound of crashing waves filling the air.

Once her body had been fully charged, she was off, racing throughout the village at near hypersonic speed. She wasn't even a blur, for she was faster than even that. Each step she took took only about half of a single millisecond, and everything around her seemed to move in slow motion. The buildings, once proud structures of the famous Mist village, now seemed to melt behind her, moving at a glacial pace due to their near duplicate forms. Birds above her moved at an obviously decreased speed, and the people that walked the streets at night didn't even notice her when she passed by.

The wind seemed to have whisked her away, serving her as Hermes served the god of gods; fast and dutiful. The touble came when she attempted to change direction, thinking she saw a glint of green within the darkness to her right. She turned, but as she redirected her footing, momentum and natural gravitational force took over her body, and she had no choice but to succumb to it. She tripped over herself, tumbling in a series of clumsy flips until she hit the side of a brick wall.

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[Zammy<3]

Try again, she pressed herself. The chuunin slowly picked herself up, effort straining under every single one of her bones. She'd lost all control only when she went to changed direction... so what was the main factor that had inhibited her? Now standing to her full height, she dusted herself off, contemplating. Something is stopping me from turning either left or right, she thought, breathing excessively from impact. She leaned over, resting her hands on her knees to try and catch her breath. Then she relived the moment, the vivid images analyzed closely by her mind's eye.

There she was, running; no, she was flying. She was racing the wind, but then- a gleam of emerald. Was it Akemi, peering at her through the darkness? She wasn't about to take any chances. She reared right, nearly forgetting about the gravitational force of inertia until it took hold of her small, fragile body. It had taken over, forcing her footing off balance and sending her toppling into the situation she was in now. What could she have done different in order to have avoided such inevitable forces? Perhaps if she focused more chakra into the soles of her feet, friction would come into play, and the force of inertia would be over powered.

But not only would that put strain on her body, that was almost near impossible. Well, she thought, standing erect and before taking on a runner's stance. I don't have anything to lose. And that was true. Her master had instilled the concept of "family" upon her, but that didn't mean she had to agree with it. Her musician's soul told her that it was her deceased loved ones that would always be family, and that Kouketsu's gang would only be temporary, until it was her turn to go to Heaven. Yet all that was besides the point.

After charging her body with chakra, she was off- vanished into thin air. Her feet were silent, her breathing efficient even under such godlike speeds. She was closing in on her desitnation, or the point where she would turn. Now that she was there, she sent a massive amount of chakra surging towards the soles of her feet, in which they would hopefully stick to the ground and utilize friction to make her turn. For the instant of her test run, the chakra within her feet stuck like glue to the street, and she was off in an entirely new direction.

It worked!

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[Zammy<3]

Freedom...

She'd never felt such an intense sense of euphoria in her life. It was as if she were actually flying. From rooftop to rooftop she leaped, the soles of her feet silent and encased in a massive coat of chakra. Occasionally she switched direction; as she touched down upon the roof of a building, the chakra on the soles of her were able to create enough friction to where the gravitational force of inertia wouldn't completely take over her body like before. But then she wondered... Could I change direction in mid-air?! She knew this much: she was going to find out.

She jumped from the ledge of the roof, her long ebony tresses trailing behind her like the black banner of death. And in mid-air, her gaze turned to the right, and then she sent a surge of chakra in the same direction for her body to follow. However, it kept going straight, and she nearly missed the next ledge she was so startled. "Ah!" she shrieked, catching her balance just in time. She'd almost fallen off at quite the altitude... only she simply had to risk it again. If she were to master shunshin... then changing direction in the midde of a leap should be no problem!

A plethora of situations went through her mind at the thought- what if she was in mid air, and the enemy had thrown a massive shuriken directly at her? She'd have to know how to move out of the way in time! She was a medic ninja, it was expected of her to be extremely skilled in evasive ability, able to dodge almost any kind of attack. Her expression was one of determination as she once again picked up speed, sprinting across the roof top until utilizing her chakra flow. Reaching the ledge, she jumped, flying into the distance.

Instead of merely thinking of the direction she wanted to turn, she twisted her body in mid flight, and then sent her chakra in the direction she was facing. Immediately her body vanished, and reappeared at her destination. Yes, it was good that she'd succeeded, only there was one problem: she'd shunshined into empty space. Shit! Falling now, she frantically looked around for a way to save herself, but then she remembered- shunshin. Twisting her body yet again, she turned towards the side of the building, and then after charging her body with chakra, she vanished and reappeared in a spider-like position, stuck to the wooden surface.

That was close...

Slowly, she slid down inch by inch, releasing her chakra flow and then cutting it off, before she was close enough to the ground where she could jump down. She'd had enough of this speed demon training. She needed to go back to the hospital, anyways.

[Exit].

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[Kii!]

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Go ahead and add two D rank shunshin.