masanari village, (sato)

[KEITH]

這裡的一切被拋棄了。

HISTORY: The village that the Masanari clan had held from was known as Seigyokuhi (lit. Sapphire Fire), though for many years, it had been left within ruins in the deep southern part of Mizu no Kuni. All inhabitants of the clan had either been killed or simply abandoned the village, and it was all thanks to Yokumaru. He and his mother had taken refuge into his mother’s clan home village, and it is here where he honed most of his shinobi abilities and began his life as a Kiri-nin. After a few years of living a peaceful life, despite being on the run from Konohagakure (they didn’t know was still after then or not), Kirigakure had received word from their intelligence that the Masanari clan had planned on turning in him and his mother to Konoha.

At his young age, Yokumaru already had a lot of resentment toward the world, but he thought that the Masanari clan had been full of good people, who only wanted to help them and protect them. He didn’t bother to think twice if the information was false, already being a loyal Kiri-nin, and trusting that they wouldn’t stare him wrong. On the night he received the information was the night that he had attacked Seigyokuhi, not before making sure his mother wasn’t anywhere near the village that night. Yokumaru had been a high skilled shinobi, plus possessing the powers of Hachimontonku only made his onslaught that much more successful.

He didn’t completely wipe out the clan, but he did make sure he killed all of the elders and leaders, though some people were killed, unfortunately. The rest of the clan scattered across the shinobi world, in hopes of never returning to the village, for the night everything was taken away from them, was the night that in every Masanari’s heart, a strong hatred for Yokumaru had been born.

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It would have probably seemed as if many hours had passed since the duo had departed from their last location, out somewhere near by Kirigakure. Though now, that was many miles and hours behind, and the two had ventured down into the most southern part of Mizu no Kuni. The daylight had long since passed, and the only thing that was lighting up their path tonight was the moon’s light, which was kind of special for the place that they had been going to. Eventually, the duo would come across a large stone like cave; ridged stones had protruded from the ground, as if it had some sort of path which would lead them into the ground.

The entrance of the cave had been large, about [10m x 15m], and over it had been several chains which covered nine different angles of directions, but all met in the center where a talisman had been placed with weird scriptures upon it. I was originally side by side with Sato, but for this, I left his side for a mere moment to make my way toward the talisman that had been placed upon the chains. One could tell that it was obviously some sort of fuuinjutsu protecting the place from entry, but how to get in was a mystery, but it wouldn’t be for long for Sato. I placed my hand upon it, and almost instantly, the scriptures upon the talisman began to burn away in bright orange colors, and the chains faded away into nothingness.

I looked back at Sato with a smirk, and gestured my hand for him to follow me down into the deep and dark cave. “We’re almost there, Sato. Despite how things may seem now, you would probably never have expected your new home to look like this.” I spoke calmly as I made my way down into the cave, but not before long, I could see brilliant blue flames in the distance, burning sapphire in color.

As we would continue our venture down into the cave, if Sato continued on with me, the land before us would start to become clear to our eyes. It ruined village we had entered had been massive; it was a massive underground village, being illuminated by sapphire fires all around, and several large holes within the ceiling, which allowed the moonlight to shine through as well. “So, what do you think of the place?” I said as my mind began to play back images of the night I went on my rampage, taking many lives of those from the Masanari clan and even some flashbacks of me killing my father again.

They hadn’t bothered me or taken me on a trip away from this world or something like that, it was just a reminder to me of the sins I had commented, which had been only a minor annoyance to me. I turned to face Sato to see what his reaction would be. The place had looked like any other village, except for the unique sapphire flames, and underground structures that had been all throughout the village, making it look majestic even in its ruined state.

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[Satoshi]

Without question, the lights of day had long since passed and eased into the ominous darkness that always accompanied the arrival of the moon. Overtime, minutes turned into hours and they turned into several, but finally, the duo seemed to have arrived at Yokumaru's desired destination. Noticing the ridged and jagged stones that upwardly protruded from the ground, Sato made sure to watch his step while still managing to trail behind Yokumaru by a handful of meters.

Suddenly, Yokumaru's pace quickened as he approached the wall where a talisman remained attached to it - easily fuinjutsu but the skill level it required completely eluded Satoshi. Impressed, he smirked just as his new mentor looked back at him and claimed that the inside of his new home had been something he wouldn't have ever guessed it to be which, naturally, only peaked his interest further. Continuing to make his way deeper into the cave, Satoshi followed suit, moving his eyes from place to place, examining the general area.

Before long, he'd been led to an extremely large opening, one that eventually brought them to what could've only been described as an underground village surrounded by sapphire lights. While he could see most of it, Sato knew it'd could've been seen more clearly during the day considering how big the holes within its ceiling were. Those same holes allowed for rain to fall through when needed, allowing them to have a great deal of vegetation.

"I don't think its bad at all. It's a place to safely lay my head while I train, that's all that matters to me honestly. Aside from that, its seems peaceful."

Accepting it as his home and Yokumaru as his mentor, it only opened the door to path where he began to take the very first steps towards the end of the road. His expression, remained stale but definitely alive, showing not even a sliver of joy or excitement.

[KEITH]

這裡的一切被拋棄了。

“Hmm, peaceful? Well, I suppose at one point in time, it had actually been a really peaceful place. Filled with kind and loving people—or so I had thought. But, I don’t want to bore you with some old story of history. We should locate where in the village you should actually lay your head.

Despite there being many places, it is best to just have one. Oh, and let me not forget to mention, the name of this village is Seigyokuhi, the village once belonging my clan, the Masanari clan.” I said before making my about face and taking a stone bridge down into the main sector of the village, crossing over a deep blue oasis beneath us. As I marched on, the view of the village had come into a better view.

We are able to see that much of the village is still left completely intact, while other parts of the village just had been completely ruined. Blood had been absorbed into the earth, leaving multiple and massive stains within the earth all around the area leading to the entrance of the cave. But, others could also be seen around the village if they were to venture about, and look for it all. Kunai, shuriken, bones, it all had all been scattered randomly across the earth, just by looking at it all, one would probably wonder just had went on here.

Despite intentionally not wanting to tell Sato about what happened, in actually, on the inside, he felt like he would just burst and let out all of his little dark secrets. Though, he couldn’t just say whatever he wanted, no, something’s had been better left unsaid. “So, any questions so far?”

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[Satoshi]

As Yokumaru began to divuldge -briefly- into the history of the village said to follow the name 'Seigyokuhi', a village that apparently belonged to Masanari's own clan. Although Satoshi listened and heeded the brief history lesson, he hadn't particularly been there to learn about where he'd stay, he'd been there to learn and to grow. Thinking solely about obtaining power as he trailed behind Yokumaru across the bridge and over the oasis to venture further into the village.

It hadn't taken Satoshi an overly huge amount of effort to notice the signs of passed battles (maybe even a war) that took place upon the villages soil. Kunai, shuirken, and spatters of blood alike were all sprawled across and at times even seemed buried beneath the surface, just barely visible. While wanting to know what exactly happened had been nothing more than his natural human curiosity, for the sake of starting his training as soon as possible, Satoshi suppressed that urge and instead went on to answer Yokumaru's question.

"Yeah, I've got a question. When do we start training. I need to learn as much as possible as fast as possible."

Serious in both tone and demeanor, he continued to trail his sensei while waiting as patiently as possible for his answer. Surely he might've fancied Satoshi to be impulsive and impatient, but truthfully, he hadn't cared about it at all, even when addressed about it.

[KEITH]

這裡的一切被拋棄了。

We crossed the earth until we had come into an area which had been hit heavily by conflict, and with my question still posed, I waited for Sato’s response as I moved to a halt. As he would have begun speaking, a smile crawled upon my face, and a chuckle or two had escaped from me. I once again turned toward the boy, and spoke to him. “Your training has already begun.

There are two types of training we will do; training of the mind and body. Naturally, I know that you prefer the body, since you have a strong desire to become as strong as you can as fast as you can. If I was to give you what you wanted, you’d probably become a cocky shinobi, probably hot-headed and end up doing something like I did when I was younger. Because of this, your mind must be trained first—but don’t fret my young friend, because the mind can also be trained in combat.

So, whenever you are ready to begin, please, take your stance.” My job as a mentor was to teach the boy to the best of my abilities, despite both of our own personal objectives, and I wouldn’t allow mine to get in my way when it came to teaching a youth. With that being said, I was ready to begin training the boy, I needed to see what he had been capable of already to assess his skill level, and how even I compared to the boy. By comparing his skill to my own, which would compare him to every last opponent I had ever faced and I would accurately be able to tell his level of skill.

That was one of the best things that came with time and experience, getting to face many opponents over the years, going as far as to rank their own standing with you and other people you come across. I decided not to take a particular pose, I towered over the boy with my amazing height and build, watching carefully to see what he would do, only leaving a handful of meters between us [5m] for us to cover once we officially engage in combat.

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