Hunting... for a reason...

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Mari Shikimori was walking in the village academy that day where she was going to look for one person who would seem to be the right choice and make them her student. She needed to begin to past down the ways of the satsukari more and more, as well teach some skills of the shikimori's. As she would walk past a few students in the court yard they would just stare at her wondering why she was there. Mari didn't care for their staring, after all who could be more questioning her than anyone else. Smirking she would finally soon reach the building of where a large classroom was, more like a gym. Here she hope to choose a student who seem to be one who needed her training most, but could more be withdrawn into her ways that she chooses to go. Entering the classroom she would stand straight as her eyes would wander around the many different students that was already here at training. "Now the choosing of the one who will become my student will begin. I wonder what he or she will be like. I can't wait to find out, yes I will testing them first before I will allow them to become my student, or will I even bother with testing if the shinobi shows me his movements first.." Mari would think as she stand's there observing the room still.

Subject: Re: Hunting... for a reason... Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:17 am

The heat wave had been continuing for quit a while now, and it was apparent that it wouldn't end any time soon. Yakate was sitting above the rafters on the academy, staring out the window. The snow heaped in front of school was indeed unhealthily high; but in terms of Aurora, it was actually quite low. But this was no concern to Kaede; learning to train in the heat would only be advantageous.

Then came that strange woman. She was definitely no teacher at the Academy; yet she was attired in clothes that betrayed her allegiance to Aurora. And she and this strange aura surrounding her. An aura that prevented Yakate from ignoring her. A powerful, new kind of air came with her; it piqued his curiosity.

She stood still. And with an act that was completely uncharacteristic of him, he threw a single, sharp, real kunai at her. He didn't aim for her feet. He aimed straight at her chest; right between her arms. And his mark was dead on target. Something at the back of his head told him she wouldn't die; rather, she would probably counter-attack. Or something of the sort.

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A sense was in the air Mari could feel as her bijuu would suddenly leap into action as a yellow aura would glow upon her hands as she would swiftly hold up her right hand as the kunai would be authentically caught. Glancing up once she could see the feet of another hanging on the roof as she would smirk lightly. It seem that her coming on the grounds would have caught the delighted attention of a student who seem to be curious about her. Paying no mind thorough at the moment she would walk over towards another section of the classroom she choose to visit as she would watch a few of the students who was there throwing shurikens while at real mind more paying attention on whether the student who took attention towards her would follow her. "Maybe this one is the reason and who I been searching for all this time. The one who will help start my organization and become my apprentice and student in the ways of the satsukari." Mari would think in her head as she would walk around in the classroom checking on various characters before coming back towards her original spot as she would glance around once to see if that one student was anywhere near by.

Subject: Re: Hunting... for a reason... Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:42 am

Impressive. Yakate did not know whether that was an illusion, or whether it was a secret technique; the way the stranger had caught his kunai was... nothing but impressive. Do his dismay, she simply ignored his presence and walked to another part of the classroom. No one seemed to have noticed his violent attack. And yet... he didn't mind.

He jumped further along the rafters, closer to where the stranger was; taking care to be silent with his footsteps. Only when he came too close did he realize what the strange shinobi was doing. She knew he was there.

Fumbling a bit, he took out a piece of paper; torn, jagged, and old. He then performed several hand-seals; this was his Thick Friction Technique. He concentrated his chakra onto one finger, and using that finger, he wrote on the piece of paper using his finger. Now, this wasn't any kind of ink. But any noting observer would be able to notice that certain parts of the paper were very sticky. As sticky as glue. If Yakate hadn't overestimated this woman, she would be able to read his hidden message on the piece of paper.

Content, and sniggering, he threw the note to the wall that the stranger was facing with a kunai; the kunai was pierced dead to the center of the paper. Grinning, he took several jumps, and went out of the building through a hidden exit in the rafters.

What the paper really said:

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Jutsu used:

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Looking at the piece of paper she would smirk as she silently read the message aware of the smartness of her student. Mari was more liking this student that spotted her and was wanting him for herself as she would walk outside after looking around. Glancing towards the right she would spot a line of tree's as she would walk that way with her black cloak swishing around herself. Mari was silent as she would approach this tree she would be told to meet at. Saying nothing was good for shinobi's who wanted to be assianans who kill other's. Especially with the insane mind she has, that her sister knew nothing about at all.

Subject: Re: Hunting... for a reason... Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:01 am

Yakate endured himself a wide smile when he saw the woman walking out of the academy. She walked spot on to where he wanted to see her. He was sitting on top of the tree himself, playing with the twigs and stray leaves. For once, the trees weren't frozen; some greenery was visible, albeit very little.

With little to no effort, he jumped off of his tree, and fell in front of Mari; his feet and right arm supporting his fall. Standing up straight, he shoved his hands in his pocket, eying the strange shinobi scrutinizingly. She could be called beautiful by men who cared for love, but by her bearings, Yakate could tell that she was a respectable ninja. Her gear in perfect place, her outfit just tight enough for free movement. And at the same time, retaining her feminine dignity.

Looks weren't everything though; to find out about this person, Yakate would have to start conversation. About 10 seconds of observation passed before Yakate's eyes met this woman's ones.

'What is your name?'

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Mari would look around once leaning against a tree trunk sightly relax as she sgihs. The boy's presence was here, she could feel it in her presence thorough she was still waiting for him to show. Soon enough thorough the boy would jump down in front of her as he would just stare at her, silence was passing by second by second. Looking into the eye's of the boy who was observing her as she would observed her they would stand in silence. Until the boy brought up the question of what her name was as Mari would observe for a second as she stare in his eyes wondering if there was any type of power or wishes that he wanted to come true. "The name is Mari Shikimori, full real name is Mari Satsukari. I'm a shinobi from Aurora. Now who are you boy" She would ask with all due respect as she would stare in his eyes before Mari would look up towards the sky still bizare by the changes in the current weather makes her curious thorough she will not question this yet. For the moment her only goal is to do a good job at finding the right student to be under her.

Subject: Re: Hunting... for a reason... Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:21 am

A straightforward and concise answer greeted him; Yakate felt not at all unsure to disclose his own name to her. She looked up at the sky, just like many of the other Aurora shinobi did so often nowadays. While she stared, he spoke out;

'I am Yakate ToSuki. What were you looking for in the Academy?'

Beating around the bush wasn't his style; Yakate was nonchalant and spoke with powerful brevity. He didn't take his eyes of her face, although it was quite rude of him to. But rudeness and manners; he gave not a care about that. Not until he knew his acquaintance even better.

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Looking up at the sky still the young boy would just still stare at her as she would hear him speak his name, "Yakate ToSuki." Mari would hear him ask why she was here exactly as she would pause in her movements as she would consider her intentions of telling him yet. She felt this boy could be her prize, yet she wasn't sure whether her sister the kage would approved of her actions. But that was the reason Mari kept her actions hidden at the time being as she would play slowly in the plans of what she needs done. Mari would stop stalling then as she would glance back at the boy as she saw the wantings of knowing what exactly she was here for. "I am here for a certain mission, to look for a specific student who will be taken under my charges and look as my own apprentice." She would speak every word with truth behind her voice yet she did not mention who was exactly catching her eye or what exactly that apprentice was meant for.

Subject: Re: Hunting... for a reason... Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:13 am

Oh? A village sensei, was she? Yakate had never been to fond of senseis, or at least masters; his expression immediately hardened and looked more hostile. And yet, he felt drawn to her; whether by her stature or by her words, he did not know. He dug his hands further into his pockets, as if portraying his harsh attitude. And in a moment, he realized, or at least thought he realized, what this person's intentions with himself were.

'And why, exactly, would I feel like becoming your apprentice?'

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Looking towards him as she would let him mumble over what she say before expecting a smart answer such as she got. Mari was sure this boy would be smart in figuring out what she meant as she had got. Mari would speak sightly, "Well.." Pausing for a moment she would move closer to him as she would touch around his eyes as she would look closely in them. "Well I can tell your a boy, who is wanting more power than anyone can exactly give you without the right training. And without the right sensei who has power and control over stuff you wouldn't be able to achieve such of a thing. Am I correct?" Smirking she would trace his eyes once again as she would settle for a decision such as this before leafing back, her bijuu was feeling the same as she was as a sight giggle would escape from these lips.

Subject: Re: Hunting... for a reason... Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:54 am

He felt slightly uncomfortable as her hand traced his face, but it turned less and less as her speech progressed word by word. Now, he wasn't uncomfortable; he was cross and upset. He bit his lower lip, and he made as sound quite close to a dog growling. But no matter how much he disliked that fact, it was true. How else was he to learn something, without knowing exactly what that something was?

His eyes never left hers for a second, as he replied;

'Yes, you are correct...

But how do I know that you can teach me exactly what I want? How do I know... that you hold power beyond mine?'

This was, to all his honesty, a bit too much to say. But words cannot be taken back; and he looked at her with a face that showed Mari he had no regrets.

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Staring at the boy as she would listen towards his words and notice he didn't like the way she was exactly speaking. But it did not matter, it was all apart of her plan to make him aware of her power she owns and how he can have something as of similar if he work for it. Smiling softly at him for once instead of her smirk being shown she would hear his words speaking into her ears to where even her other side, her bijuu could hear the words he spoke. "But how do I know that you can teach me exactly what I want? How do I know... that you hold power beyond mine?" was what went thorough her ears as she would close her eyes slowly as the yellow aura that she has learn to control over her years of disappearance from this world of her journeys she took before finally returning to aurora would be show on her body again as she would slowly start to lose conceisus to her other side of which is her power.

But Mari was still speaking sightly as the yellow aura would start to close over her chest. "You have seen a part of me that already show great skills with the caught of the kunai so this is just a example of my power, but I have more towards the power from what you have not seen. Let's just say I have another side of myself. But..." She would cut off her words immediately as the aura started to spread over her hips already as the person inside of herself was anxious to get out as her eyes begin to glow sightly yellow aura from her chakra.

Soon the boy would see great power and would be more drawn towards her unless he intend to stop her from using the might of her power and would look more towards her than what she was looking for when she first arrived.

Subject: Re: Hunting... for a reason... Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:50 am

This... was a surprise.

The extreme amount of chakra that Mari was emitting was mind-blowing. Despite Yakate's little training in chakra detection, he could practically feel the power coursing through the air towards him; a power far beyond anything he had ever experienced. And then came the yellow aura...

And with it, he realized what it was. This... Mari... she was a jinchuuriki. He could tell by the oddly colored yellow chakra. Normal chakra is blue; abnormal chakra can assume any other color. The surprised look on Yakate's face steadily turned to a one showing passionate emotion; he almost looked like a grown-up. Mari's hints as to her other self only confirmed his assumption that she wielded a powerful bijuu within her. But then something changed...

Her eyes glowed yellow. Her words cut off in the middle of a sentence. And her yellow aura grew larger and greater. Was she losing control?...

As swiftly as he could, Yakate fell forwards in a dropkick, his arms propelling himself forward on the ground. His feet soared into Mari's lower-leg; with enough force to cause her to fall. If she was off her feet and on the ground, even if she had lost control, he'd have her under his power... to some extent. He didn't know just how powerful a bijuu was...

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As Mari would laugh a bit she would feel the boy grab on towards her leg as Ragei would slide a bit backwards from taking Mari over as she would speak a bit towards the boy, "What is wrong boy? Do you fear my power?" She would smirk curiously as she kneel down the yellow aura starting to go away as she sightly touches this boy's hair as she would look down feeling more like a mother than a teacher that is looking towards a potential student for a moment before the thought would vanish from her head.

Subject: Re: Hunting... for a reason... Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:08 am

His cheeks flushed red; being mocked was something Yakate did not like. Not at all. When her hand brushed over his hair, he scurried up, arms crossed in front of his chest. He grimaced and looked over his shoulder, cheeks still, very visibly, red. With a nervous voice, which he tried to mask with anger, he said;

'I don't fear your power. I fear that you are not meant for such power.'

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Giggling sightly as she remove her hand listening towards his words as Mari was surprised at such darling words. "Being meant for such power is myself thorough, I was indeed tested under severe conditions by the last owner before I was given this beast inside myself. I been training with for many year's, your the first to see how the power has grown thorough." Mari could see the growing in his eye's as he wanted to accepted her, she was getting towards earning her first person of organization, so she'll ask him. "Is there anything that Mari-sama can do for you. Yakate?" She would say his name at the end in a questionable way thorough she would not make it seem so bad.

Subject: Re: Hunting... for a reason... Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:14 am

Even though Yakate didn't notice it, he was becoming less and less distant from this Mari as time passed. That was why when Mari asked him if she could do anything for him, he didn't feel half as suspicious as he would have normally. He was impressed; that was a fact. Someone with her power could definitely be of us to his own growth. Carelessly, he sat down on one knee; as one would when he was proposing marriage to someone, and with a tough voice, he said;

'I'd gladly be your apprentice...

But don't expect me to be your slave or anything. I'll do nothing more but train.'

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Smirking as she would watch him do his actions and tell her that he would be his apprentice she would be please with his answer. "You made the right choice Yakate, even if some things might not go as you please. Just try hard and you shall succeed." Bending over at him she would stare at him wondering if she should keep him here in aurora or take him somewhere else as she determines what to do with the placement of the curse seal that Mari has for all her members that joins her. Deciding to do this the easier way than dealing with it the hard way hoping he doesn't hate her for this she would quickly look at him with a word of sorry on her face before suddenly bringing her hand straight down on his neck as she would knock him out. After he was knock out she would pick him up over the shoulders and start to walk towards the aurora hospital where the experiment and the start of his new path would begin as she would consider the risks of him being with the curse seal hoping he could handle the new side that would soon be joining his power, making him greater than before.