Return of The Abyss [p]

[X-Ray]

The mist hovered across the placid lake top as Kain's eyes scanned the lands ahead of him. His home. It hadn't been long ago Kain had been freed by the Kataki and Isobu drew him deep into the water. Thankfully he also gave Kain the ability to breath under water now so he was able to guide Kain back through the water to the land of grass.

He found these ruins within the depths of the land where a spring had began and flooded the stone buildings driving away their inhabitants long long ago. Kain had fallen into a quiet reverie within his thoughts debating his return to the village after what had happened to him. The differences to his body from taking in Isobu weren't severe however he wasn't sure how people would treat him now, the most noticeable perhaps was the color of his eyes as they now shifted from blue to magenta depending on his mood. His crimson bellowing cloak had been a severe shit from his typical clothing as it wrapped around him hiding him from everyone.

With a soft sigh he wondered if any of his team even cared if he was gone, Kaze or Tsu... He knew that Jinchuuriki were known to be drawn into the depths of rage and hatred because of people shunning them. He really didn't care but he needed people to be there too like Isobu was.

[Bit]

‘What the fuck it’s been too long.’ I thought to myself as I wonder the lands of Kusa no Kuni by lonesome looking for the one that got away. It had been at least a week since the events in Yuki no Kuni had transpired that took away the two people outside of my family that I held dear to my heart. Hence the reason I found myself out searching aimlessly for them, I had hoped I could Kain. I had knew of Tsu’s whereabouts as my brother and I had still been carrying her around like dead weight, because we didn’t want to just leave her there to freeze to death. But Kain, he had disappeared after I had seemingly taken out the Sanbi, I figured that he’d be able to get away once I did that because he wasn’t the focus of any other antagonist within the vicinity but at this point I was sure that he had been captured or got lost on his way back home. All I could do was home that he had got lost on the way back home.

“This place looks ghastly.”

There had been a slight fog that had covered the area that I had been approaching, ‘Gahh, it’d be pure luck if he was here. This isn’t Kain’s type of hangout.’ I thought to myself as I ventured into the unknown, I could feel the slight change. I’d stuff my hands into my pocket as I continued to move into the foggy area, It hadn’t seemed like there was much life within the place or at least at this time. ‘Gahh.’ He’s not gonna be here.’ I thought to myself as I continued into the place until I could see some ruins up ahead of me, I’d hope that I would at least come across something on my expedition into the unknown.

I’d continue to walk in the ominous fog until I found myself at a riverbank, from there I could see some old run down temples that seemed like that hadn’t been touched and left to decay over many years. I’d step out onto the water leaving my footsteps echoing throughout the water. I wouldn’t walk to far out though, just enough to get a better view of the place I had found myself. Shortly after, I would place my hand over my mouth.

“Kain, are you here! Kain, if you’re here this is Kaze! Come out! Please if you can hear me, I’m here to take you home!”

[X-Ray]

The wind shifted blowing across the like creating a lateral ripple pattern across the water and as it bellowed it caught and tugged the hood of his cloak over his head shadowing his eyes leaving only his mouth and nose visible. However a foreign ripple came from the direction of the shore which made him truly open his eyes letting his vision extend around him in a vast sphere capturing the newcomer.

Coming to stand upon the stone arch of the ruins Kain tilted his head a little gazing intently at the man through the thick fog. Kain thought it was Kaze but that couldn't be right, he wasn't into this kind of terrain and even if he was Kain doubted he would be looking for him after leaving him in that frozen hell hole. With a shift in his heel and a sharp turn Kain was now facing up the hill that the ruins were apart of but before he could step forward he heard the man yell out.

So it was Kaze...

Kain would then slowly turn his body back toward him quietly contemplating what he should do as he looked down at him through the mist while he kept his cloak secured around him. Finally he thought of something that could be interesting. He lifted his palm into the air focusing drawing his chakra up into it. The vast influx of chakra would spiral out like a storm creating a fierce torrent of wind sucking up all the fog and completely clearing the area as the Massive Rasengan took form over him casting a long blue light over him obscuring his face further within his hood. For the most part, Kain wanted to see how Kaze would react to his greater Rasengan, one more powerful than the basic forms he had shown Kain.

(OOC: chou-oodama rasengan)

[Bit]

My voice echoed throughout the seemingly lifeless area my hopes had started to fade away, ‘another failed attempt.’ I thought to myself for a moment as a brief swept over the area. ‘Wait.’ I thought to myself as the sound of a Rasengan being formed broke the silence, out of pure instinct my eyes gained that deep crimson tent displaying two tomoe in each eye. ‘This can’t be.’ I thought to myself as my left hand would quickly shoot above my head, my chakra would begin to funnel to my hand as the mist had seemed to be clearing displaying a clocked up on the cliff above me. ‘That chakra signature.’ My eyes would allow me to see through the man as if he was wearing his elements on his sleeve, and his figure had seemed also familiar. As the fog completely cleared I could see a Chou-Odama rasengan raised above the figures head.

“KAIN!”

I screamed out as my own Rasengan quickly took its above my head followed by a loud screeching noise that could compared to nails against a chalk board. ‘Did I find him?’ I asked myself as I stood stationary waiting for the man’s response, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing if in fact this was Kain. It hadn’t been more than a week or two since I last seen him and his Chakra had completely changed.

“Kain, if that’s you… What the fuck!?!”

But what really had me mind boggled was the fact that before he would even address me he was whipping out such a potent technique. I could actually figure out why he would hold any type of ill will towards me at this time, though it could’ve been because of what happened in Yuki. But then again I was the one who saved his life and gave him the perfect opening to get out of there, if he hadn’t taken that it was no one’s fault other than his own.

Rasenshuriken
Sharinga II

[X-Ray]

Kaze's eyes shifted becoming the crimson of the Sharingan as he gazed up at him calling out to him, Kain found it kind of interesting that Kaze thought he knew who he was despite his cloak and more powerful skill set. In a matter of seconds Kaze also created his own Rasengan, or rather the Rasenshuriken, the typhoon of destruction.

As Kain's visible lips split into a wide grin he let a sheathe of crimson chakra spawn from his arm creating a large claw around th rasengan before crushing it and reabsorbing the chakra into his body. With his fake-out he would then drop down to the water letting it cushion his drop before standing tall looking through the shadow of his hood at his commander. "Long time no see."

[Bit]

As I could see a slight smile appear across Kain’s face as I called out to him, I would allow my own chakra to fade away. It had no reason to keep the sphere active at this point though he still held his own, with great skill the boy would allow that familiar chakra source emit from his body causing a slight cloak of chkara to form around his arm. ‘Interesting.’ I thought to myself as he used it to crush the spiraling spear entirely before he jumped from the ruins. . His demeanor had seemed much different than it was when I had lost him in Yuki, I could see that foreign chakra nature spiraling within his body as he addressed me nonchalantly through the smoke.

A slight smile would still be upon my face as I was taking it all in; I couldn’t believe that Kain could progress so fast without my help. It was actually quite interesting to see, I couldn’t help but to feel like him being left in Yuki was exactly what he needed. I’d place my hands into my pockets as I began to move towards him just a bit cutting the distance down to about 5 meters . ‘Kain…’ I thought to myself as I searched for the words that I wanted to say to him, I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to say to the young boy. He held the great power as I myself did, and I worried for a moment if he would actually be able to control such a thing in his current state of mind.

“Wassup, I’m glad I found you.”

[X-Ray]

As he fell from the ruin the up draft of wind would blow back his hood in the fluttering wind a second after Bit's own rasenshuriken faded. With his rippling landing he bounced up into a light jog closing the 5 meters to little more than one meter in between. A wide grin now split his lips as he looked up at Kaze his now magenta eyes holding a fast fading sense of disdain.

He said his name before pausing briefly before finally asking what he was up o and that he ws glad he had found him. The news brought a light grin as his disdain melted away, the thought that any of them actually cared enough to go out looking for him, though part of him wondered if there was more to it then comradely. "Like-wise I was just heading home, how've you been Kaze."

[Bit]

As Kain grinned my own facial expression matched. It was a good feeling to see him after a couple of weeks, especially since he had seemed to have gained quite a bit of power since the last time I seen him. I had wondered exactly what he had he been doing for so long, it didn’t take me more than a week to make my way back to Kusa after our bout with the Sanbi. ‘What the fuck is that aura?’ I asked myself as my sharingan had still been very much active, I couldn’t really unmask what that forighn chakra was inside of his body. It was starting to bother me quite a bit. Especially since I had felt like I had seen one very similar to it.

“I’ve been great, though I haven’t been able to find Tsu.. She’s been mia since that Sanbi knocked her silly. And even better since I found you.”

But in the back of my mind I was wondering exactly what Kain had been through, ‘I guess it’s better find out now.’ I thought to myself as I tucked my hands into my pockets. My eyes would lose the crimson tent that they once held as a serious look appeared upon my face.

“So what’ve you been doing lately, and who’s your new friend?”

It started to become a bit obivious what exactly was going, it had seemed that somehow he had obtained another source of chakra within his body.

[~Rogue~]

Failure....

There was no other words to describe Tsubomi's exploits but utter failure. She had been given a chance to obtain to prove herself in front of "that" man. The man who had been her warden just moments before the arrival of the Sanbi, but she wouldn't get that chance. Worse yet, Tsubomi wouldn't even be a part of the action. The moment the beast had joined the fray, she was tossed about like a rag doll, and couldn't even contribute in the beast's capture. She had not returned to her home out of the shame of her almost instantaneous defeat. She had been a proud former remnant of her clan, and had dreamed of its restoration. With her resent contact with Yokumaru however, she could not bare to think of her family. Those few moments she had with that man was enough to shame her, if her mother was ever to know. To be held captive and spared by the very man she had made her nemesis was ironic in itself, and failing to prove yourself to that man proved even more pathetic, but could she truly abandon her family over this? After being carried back into the village like a wounded dog, Tsubomi had made no attempt at communicating with her team mates, but she had heard the rumors. Kain was a jinchuuriki now. He had obtained a source of power that Tsubomi could only dream of, and she could not deny that she was jealous of it. What could she say to the boy when she saw him. It would be expected that she would congratulate and support him, after all he had finally accomplished his dream. So why couldn't she? Why every time she thought of him or the team her blood boiled, and her vision blurred? Why couldn't she accept his gift? Why did she feel a stinging hatred lingering in her chest?

The soft passing touch of shrubbery tickled Tsubomi's legs as she walked  through the strong brush of Kusagakure. She was not on a pointless stroll. She had seen Kaze walking this way, and had decided to follow him. Did he know that she had been released from the infirmary? Did he even care? Sure, he may have saved her from dying in a frigid tundra, but that doesn't excuse him for forgetting to visit. Tsubomi knew why he was out this far into the country. He had come looking for Kaze, the village's newest walking weapon. Well, Tsubomi hadn't seen him since she was knocked unconscious, it couldn't hurt to pay him a visit. Soon Kaze and Kain would be reunited, and Tsubomi would lean again a broken remnant of architecture just 15 meters from them. She would watch for now. If they saw and approached her, fine. But she saw no point in approaching them for right now, and simply remained still as they exchanged words.

[X-Ray]

The All Seeing White Eye certainly lived up to its name as it picked up the figure entering following after Kaze's trail. His now magenta eyes shifted between his commander and the figure as it moved through the dense foliage that no longer had mist covering it. Though Kaze's next words brought his attention back while he stepped back partly thinking Kaze may have been out trying to hunt him having heard of his state. He said he'd been great but since the events at Yuki he hadn't seen Tsu around, the news of Tsu's imminent vanishing act had dropped his spirits a little but he wouldn't let it show.

Next he asked what Kain had been up to since he'd been gone. "Not much honestly, I've been trying to find my way back home I swam here from Yuki no Kuni." However as he then asked who his new friend was he felt Isobu shift inside him uncomfortably before settling once more while Kain tried to divert his advance. "Who followed you here?..."

His gaze was now on the figure as it moved closer than it had before barely breaking the cover to stand against one of the trees 15 meters away. Kain's purplish eyes widened before he ran over to the woman hugging her. "Tsu!"

[Bit]

As Kain spoke I couldn’t hope but to sense a bit of uncertainty in his voice, I hadn’t expected him to reveal something as strange to me off the back. But it wasn’t really a choice at this point of time, I felt as though that was information that he couldn’t withhold from me. My hands would twirl around in my pockets as the boy had diverted his attention away from me once again. My eyes would follow his own as they shifted towards a grey area, I would adjust my eyes a bit before noticing who it was. ‘Tsu.’ I thought to myself as my eyes regained that crimson tent once again, as the tomoe swirled around in my eyes I could see the chakra that was within the girl.

“Just the same, brother must have left her back at the village some time ago.”

I low enough that only I would hear. Shortly after I would start a slow walk towards the duo as Kain had sprinted off with his arms wide open. ‘Quite interesting, these two used to hate each other.’ I thought to myself as the boy closed in on him, I figured that Tsu wouldn’t have the friendliest reactions to the boy’s advances at this point. But that wasn’t my main objective at this point as I gave that chakra source within Kain’s body a even closer look. ‘I was right, it’s that fucking turtle.’ I thought to myself as I shuck my head slightly, ‘I hope they didn’t do this to keep tabs on him.’ I thought to myself as the space between Tsu and I had been reduced to about 3 meters.

“Tsu, I could’ve sworn you were supposed to still be in the hospital back home…”

I’d say in a suggestive tone of voice, though I wasn’t very concerned with her well being because of her heritage. I knew that she was strong willed just as brother was, so she’d never let something as simple as being flanked deter her from her responsibility’s as a shinobi. But shortly after I’d look back to Kain with a cold set of eyes, I didn’t like the fact that he was trying to hide something so important from me for no reason at all. Especially since he had the nerve to show boat a bit as he arrived on the scene giving me a glimpse of what the chakra had actually giving him the ability to do.

“Kain, Once again. Who is your new friend?”

[~Rogue~]

                                          "Hmph...."

As Kain would come sprinting across the grassy fields separating them, Tsubomi would push herself away from her leaning position and face him. She hadn't truly expected to be hidden for much longer anyway. After all, both her team mates possessed extremely powerful dojutsu. However, Tsubomi did hope to have at least a little more time to herself in order to sort out her feelings for this team. While there was an unknown heat in her chest whenever she would think of Kain, she was quite proud of the boy fulfilling his dreams. Kaze, however, was a whole other story. He had both been kidnapped by and conspired with Yokumaru just as Tsubomi had. Is it wholly possible that he was tainted even more than she? What had Yokumaru told him? Did he now know of her heritage, and was he only here now as one of Yokumaru's corrupted friends? Tsubomi's pondering was ceased  abruptly as Kain slammed into her and hugged her. On any other occasion this would have been met with a kunai to the throat, but Tsubomi decided against it. Perhaps a small hug would act as a reward for his efforts back in those snowy fields.

After a short embrace Tsubomi would lightly push herself from Kain, and face Kaze with an uneasy look. For a short moment she could have sworn she saw his sharingan, and that was reason enough to suspect something. Yet when he had approached the duo he seemeed more focused on Kain and only  offered Tsubomi a few words to which she responded.

"There was no point in keeping me there any longer. My injuries were minor and the only reason I stayed was due to my concussion. If I had my way I would have never left that field...  should have died there. At least then there would be some glory."

These words were cold, even for her. Yet Tsubomi did not waver throughout her words and seemed more accepting then depressed. She had known what was expected of her there, so did Kaze. She was there to prove herself to both Yokumaru and her village, and finally obtain that strength she wished for so desperately. Her failure just proved that she was not nearly as strong as she thought she was, and that fact was highlighted to all who were there that day. She turned to Kain at Kaze's questioning and decided to speak for the boy.

"Kaze, you and I both know who his friend is. You can tell by the changes in him both physically and otherwise that a beast resides within him now. There is no point in being so obviously put off."

[X-Ray]

Somewhat to Kain's own surprise, Tsu had hugged him back openly rather than try to hit him. While he knew the contact would be brief he would nuzzle her lightly out of affection before the two then separated. He felt Isobu writhing within him in discomfort at being close to someone he had inadvertently hurt and someone that threw 20 meter wide boulders at him.

Kaze then asked her if she was still supposed to be in the hospital to which she responded with a cold round-a-bout tone stating that she only had suffered minor wounds and she shouldn't have left Yuki, at least there she would've died with honor. Her dark tone killed Kain's tone as he poked her just under her ribs where he knew a tickle spot resided on most women. “Hey cheer up a little everything went fine, besides it was a small group of mainly gennin level ninja against a Tailed Beast, the fact no one died is surprising enough...”

With a faint bit of guilt about being imprisoned for the past few weeks and that she had felt she failed her mission in Yuki, Kain tried to downplay the whole event hoping to bring her out of the slump, to where it wasn't such a big deal. Though considering what he walked away with he wasn't sure how she would react to him. Though he felt the cold gaze of Kaze digging into the back of his head and felt he was about to snap at him he held his composure before looking at him while he asked again who his new friend was. Kain wasn't surprised by any degree that the Sharingan could see Isobu within him but Kaze's cold prying was unnerving to say the least as memories of what had happened within the Kamui, Yoku had told him not to say anything about him or Kataki and not to go around telling people that he was Isobu's jinchuuriki.

Considering all this, it made Tsu's next words that much more of a shocker as she told him to lay off, his appearance alone had told her that he was now a Jinchuuriki. He glanced at his shoulders seeing his cloak caught slightly on his spikes which also lifted the sleeve enough to show the ridge of small nubby spikes across his knuckles. Moving quickly he would jerk his cloak back down while a faint bit of color raced across his face. He figured that neither of them would notice the shift in his eye color to Magenta but the spikes were more so.

Beginning to fidget with the cloak sleeves Kain glanced away while his Byakugan still saw everything around him. Finding a stick he would draw a picture of man with a turtle in his stomach then another man next to it though this one had an ape in its stomach along with five smaller orbs around it. He would then stand slightly to the side of the man with the turtle visually showing he meant himself and dropped the stick next to the figure with the ape. “ I told someone I wouldn't 'Say' anything about what happened...”

With a silent prayer he hoped that Kaze and Tsu wouldn't hound him and that the two figures in the sand could relay the information well enough.

[Bit]

As Tsu spoke my gaze would shift to her, I could feel her coldness within her tone as she spoke to me. I hadn’t known where it had come from but at this point it hadn’t mattered, I felt as if she knew something of the bond that I had formed with Yoku. But that couldn’t be because the entire we carried her around she technically ‘dead’, but I’d shrug my shoulder to the thought. But kind of flicked a nerve about the girls statement was the way she addressed a question I hadn’t asked her. I’d smirk slight as I shuck my head.

“I wasn’t actually speaking to you Tsu, I was talking explicitly to Kain….. And there are plenty of reasons for my questioning; I’m not fond of people avoiding questions when I ask them if you don’t know by now.”

As my words slipped from my mouth I would return the coldness that Tsu had bored for no apparent reason. But my gaze would shift back to Kain as he had grabbed a stick and began to draw on the ground; I’d nod my head to his words. It was just as I had thought; they had sealed that ratchet tortoise inside of Kain. I’d close my eyes allow my sharingan to deactivate.

“Well, ok then it’s settled. I appreciate your honesty, I guess I’ll lead you back to the village now. Though I have to be honest with you to, I may be departing from the village for quite some time. I have business to take care of.”

As I spoke my word I would begin to walk the path that I had come from. I hadn’t expected them to question my reasoning but if they had, I would provide them with a ultimatum. I hadn’t know how they would feel about what I was going to say to them, but at this point I couldn’t hold such things from them. They were intricate parts of my lives, I felt as I shared a very strong bond with the both of them.

[~Rogue~]

A hard breath whispered from Tsubomi's mouth as Kaze returned her coldness in kind. What right did he have to be cold to her? Perhaps Yokumaru's influence had poisoned him, however Tsubomi was not entirely innocent herself. Kain would shift and shudder under his cowl after Tsubomi mentioned his all too apparent changes. Did he honestly expect to hide those deformities so easily. Let alone the fact that the entire village was buzzing at the news of the village's recent addition to it's arsenal. Now the village housed a destructive beast, its son, and a bijuu. Tsubomi left Kain to cower and hide himself, and simply patted him on the shoulder as the kunoichi brushed off her sensei's harsh words. She had expected him to respond equally as coldly to her, but she knew this was probably only brought about out of confusion.

As Kaze mentioned his future absence Tsubomi couldn't help but wonder if his departure had anything to do with their mutual conspirator. It was hard to feel just how much Kaze had been pulled in by the man's dangerous allure. Especially since she had been unconscious during much of it. Even still, Kaze couldn't be wholly trusted at this point, sensei or not.

"Well, such an unexpected absence might raise some eyebrows in the village. It would be odd for a hunter to suddenly have to be hunted. Hopefully it wont come to that."

Their wasn't any reason to be malicious with her words. She had already expressed her distrust at the moment, and her tone was more benevolent than before. She would simply follow Kaze for now, there was no more point in pursuing this argument.