Village Plot: The Return of the Nibi [open]

Roars and screams could be heard as if they were muffled and coming from behind a closed door that was down the hall way. Tekishijin had blacked out from reality but had apparently woke up into a dream state of some sort. There was no up or down left or right, there was no floor, there was no ceiling just space. Before him he could see a floating cage which housed the Nibi no Kani. [Yes, yes, yes!! I told you so, you little insolent fool, that you cannot control me!! Soon your body will break in two and I shall be released from this torment and wreck havoc on your village for sealing me back into one of you disgusting humans.] The screams of the Nibi no Kani were echoing throughout the void he was apparently in. The words that the Nibi no Kani no longer had an adverse effect on his mind, but this was more or less because of the possibility that he was unconscious and his subconscious was currently in control.

“Holy shit…”
The voice of Tekishi echoed just the same as the Nibi’s did. His speech had the roars and growls of the giant crab trying to break free from it’s cage as a backdrop.
“It feels funny in this place…” He twirled around in the space a few times, doing back flips and front flips with no previous motion to send him in the direction he so choose. The only real thing that he was aware of was this pressure that was on his back where the seal had been placed. At that point and that point alone on his body he felt a lot of movement of chakra back and forth, in and around and building up. Tekishi had been focused on keeping the seal, sealed and not allowing the energy getting out.

“You mother fucker… I told you that you will never get control over me, not even if you come close like you are now!” Tekishi yelled at him, what was going on was just now beginning to dawn on him. He had not before realized that his life would be exchanged for the freedom of the Nibi, which in regards to human instinct and all that primal survival stuff, just simply could not be allowed.

He had snapped back to reality and had realized that their was a single tail already sprouting out of the blue aura that had surrounded him. With that alone the surrounding Eagle Clan shinobi’s were already knocked out, laying sprawled around Tekishi and the Eagles too had seemingly been crushed and smashed up against near by stones. Immediately when he had came back to his consciousness he had also felt an extreme amount of pain, coming from both the seal and in his head. Both of these things he had fought with an undying will; however, little did he know this boo-boo couldn’t be fixed with his familial medical ninjutsu. He was slowly beginning to turn into the Nibi no Kani and the only thing that was stopping this from transformation becoming complete was his will to stay alive.

Original Bonding Thread:

Tonight of all nights. This is when stuff decides to happen. Saizo just wanted to enjoy a nice little walk, maybe grab something to eat in a nice little restaurant before heading home and taking a great long nap, but no. Apparently that was not to be, because there were damn chakra bombs exploding left and right. Needless to say, Saizo wasn't too happy. He grabbed Hiramekarei and made his way to where he saw the things come from. He wasn't much of a mountain man. Hiking just never caught his interest, but desperate times called for desperate measures and he'd have to do the unthinkable. Climb a little. Shouldn't be too hard. He was a ninja after all, he had done worse, so much worse. The only thing he was worried about is what was shooting those things. He'd never actually seen a bijuu or even a person with a bijuu cloak before, so this was bound to be a first for both of them. Well, he always did like trying new things, but he just somehow felt like he wouldn't be ordering seconds.

So he zipped up the mountain from the village, traveling towards the bright light. Or at least where the bright light was. He sighed just at the thought of having to work late. Killing some sort of bandits or pirates in the forest who just found a new toy. If that was the case, he was going to be boiling mad. Heck, he may have even started to create steam. Yea, Saizo could get pretty grumpy past 9. Perhaps that would help with what was to come. He soon neared the spot. He could kind of just tell from the scenery. It really wasn't too pretty. It was a good thing he didn't like the mountains. They could destroy it as much as they liked. Well, except for the peak. The peak was actually quite splendid. The view was just magical. Still, he never really went up there much. Too bad, he was missing out on a lot and he didn't even know. Oh well, guess he just had to save it.

The man he was looking down at, he seemed familiar but at the same time, he looked so different. He felt like he would have remembered meeting someone who looked like that. Still, he had an air of familiarity. He wanted to talk, but the fact that he could see its chakra wasn't very comforting. There was a reason it was usually invisible. Guess he just needed to fix this little mess and whack some sense into the poor guy.

In what almost seemed like a flash, Saizo appeared right behind the half-crab, his arms swinging a giant piece of metal, but right before he hit anything, white cloth blasted everywhere. Fight chakra with chakra, right? In another blink of an eye his sword turned right into a hammer instead. Hopefully that shell would be able to take a beating, for Teki's sake. Otherwise, this could get pretty ugly. Well, on the bright side, he could still have that fancy dinner.


350/390 Chakra

Spoiler:

More time had elapsed and a couple more exchanges of control and consciousness had happened from the time it had taken Hozuki Saizo to realize what exactly was going on the mountain that night, and to make his way up there. But there had not been any monumental change in the transformation nor for the fight for control. The shell of the Nibi no Kani had yet to form; therefore, when the strike with the hammer/sword transforming weapon was thrown it had moved the fight deeper back on the mountain.

His body had created a wake in the ground that had been dug up as he slid across the top of the mountain. A cloud of dust had formed and seemed to settle over the area for a moment - the ear shattering roars and cries from the beast had seemingly been placed on mute for the moment at hand.

Within the smoke, while he couldn't be seen Tekishi had slipped back out of control and the Nibi no Kani released a bijuu bomb towards Saizo which had no charged chakra in it, but would still be a devastating attack if it landed. The monster would then begin to focus on charging up the next one, not happy at all with being hit as he had been.

{Look, there is Saizo! He will save me for sure!} Tekishi urged on Saizo from within the belly of the beast but all that could be heard when he tried to speak to him was incomprehensible roars and groans. Tekishi had hoped that Saizo dodged the bijuu bomb that was heading directly for him and even more so be prepared for the one that was being charged and coming next.

For now all that Tekishi could do was focus on getting back in and staying in control, which he successfully did only to find his body under going another part of the transformation.

The roars and loud cries continued as his hands curled up oddly. They were trembling as though fighting against trying to stay open and fingers spread apart, which is what Tekishi wanted, and closing up into a fist which is what was slowly happening.

"huRRRRRRRee, huRRRRRRRee!" cried Tekishi again although it still came out in a monstrous inaudible collage of noise.

Transformation Progress:

Well, he hit one attack. Didn't seem like it was enough to finish anything, though. Maybe he should have gone for the sword and just cut him in half. No, this person was still part of the village, turning into a giant crab or not. Still, he flew off pretty far. Farther then he thought he would, anyways. Wasn't too late to change Hiramekarei's shape if he needed too. Maybe if things got a little rougher. Then again, bijuu bombs were pretty rough. Sure, they weren't the full fledged thing, but eventually those things were going to get tougher and tougher and he seemed to have quite a lot of chakra to spare. This was going to be another rough nights. Not one of those fun rough nights, either. He hadn't had much of those either. It was his duty to defend the village from these kind of threats. That and paperwork. He already didn't do the paperwork, so he at least had to defend the village.

Well, Saizo saw no need in chasing him up the mountain, he was close enough for so that they could see each other, which perhaps wasn't so lucky for Saizo. Next thing he knew, small bombs were being sent his way. Saizo quickly formed a mirror of water, coming straight out of his body before spinning it around. From the mirror, he fired his own beast ball in order to counteract the one coming at him. Because it wasn't charged up, the blast most likely wasn't enough to reach either of them. "Tekishi, fight back. You can't let the Nibi win that easily." he said, hoping to fight the beast on two fronts. Even after the bomb, he didn't budge from his spot. He was hoping the Nibi would come to him. He wasn't just going to fire bombs all day, was he? Those claws had to be meant for something. He didn't mind a head on clash with it. He preferred close combat, anyways. He wasn't sure how well Taki could fight from within, that could be what turns the battle around.




310/390 Chakra

Spoiler:

The Water Mirror Technique that Hozuki Saizo had utilized to send back the uncharged bijuu bomb was very savvy but it wouldn't stand as a substantial counter against the Nibi no Kani. The right claw had finally formed and it's strength in it's full form was powerful enough to smack the bomb away which was directed out into the atmosphere. Since it was uncharged it would of course run out of energy and phase away but had it been a charged attack it more than likely would have been seen as a shooting star which had returned to its proper place in the sky.

[Argh! You fucking brat! If it weren't for this damn Kage, I would've been unleashed by now!!!!!]
The splitting pain that would usually be just in his head from all the screaming and yelling of the Nibi no Kani was being felt all over his body coupled with the excruciating pain of the undergoing transformation. {If I would've known that something like this could've happened I would've never agreed to be your host you piece of shit!}

The internal struggle was real.

It made it very difficult for Tekishi to try and stop the Nibi no Kani on both fronts. Even when he had conscious control of being in his body he would still be taking swings and fighting the Umikage who was here to save him against his will.

Tekishi began foaming at the mouth as many bubbles were being created and swelling in the mouth, throat and lungs of the poor child who had gotten himself into this sad predicament just by trying to make himself a better fit shinobi for being the host of such a beast. Upon exhaling, the bubbles would flow towards Hozuki Saizo in one constant and massive stream at a very fast paced in relation to what bubbles were customarily used to traveling at. The Nibi no Kani charged forward with a reckless abandon after the single tail that was swinging around just as the tail of the king of the jungle's does before it pounces on its prey, slammed down into the ground a few times. The Nibi no Kani would burst through the bubbles leading with the fully formed right claw, open in it's attempt to clasp the neck of Saizo and end the fight.

{You're definitely not winning this fight,} Tekishi stated to the Nibi no kani as he stared at the beast still locked away in the symbolical cage back inside the confines of his subconscious mind. He sat down, on what, he had not known but now instead of standing in the floating space he sat in a pretzel legged style with his hands together. He had not known much of anything at all about the art of sealing, fuuinjutsu but it was pretty common sense that the cage represented the actual seal which was deeper than the darkest tattoo ink on his back. He breathed slowly, now focusing on regulating his breath. Then he thought of the cage and how it was this metaphysical presentation of the physical seal on his body. Then, unknowing if this would even work or not, he focused on the bars of the cage. He imagined that they were growing stronger every passing moment. He imagined that the giant crab was growing down to the size of it's non-demonic counterparts. He focused on the exchange of chakra that was slipping from the seams of the physical seal which in turn created the light blue aura around his body and was fueling the slow transformation that was in progress. Then he focused yet again on closing this slip of energy, which for this he had began imagining images like closing a door, twisting the top back on the bottle, turning off the water hose, etc.

Anything that symbolized or could be compared to stopping the flow of a very large and very intense force he had thought of. This entire experience was an eye-opening moment to the power that the Nibi no Kani had, and which essentially he also contained and could access at the end of the road ahead; a complete and unified bond with the demon, a lack of rage and animosity coming and going in both directions, replaced with understanding, tolerance of faults and certain character traits, and most importantly for Tekishi: inner peace.

Transformation Progress:

Saizo was glad he was fighting a crab instead of some of the other beasts he had heard about. The chameleon may have been troublesome. Disappearing before he could even hit it and what not. This guy seemed more manageable to Saizo. As long as he didn't fully transform, he had a chance to take it out now. He'd put this overgrown crustacean back in its place, whether it wanted to or not. Especially if it didn't want to. He hoped this wouldn't hurt their relationship in the long run, though. He really did want to befriend the beast if he could. Having a tailed beast as a friend was always better for a village. The old village hidden in the volcano had once befriended the Hachibi. It was one of the reasons that they had been such a formidable foe. It was still too bad what had happened to them, though. If he could have prevented it, he would have, but it was too late now. War sure was a destructive force.

Saizo didn't care much for the bubble smokescreen. It passed through him either way. What was more interesting was the crab boy. That was right, he had yet to see Saizo's kekkei genkai in action. Well, this wasn't exactly where he would have liked to show it, but this was too good a chance to pass up. Heck, he was already going to use it twice. Saizo would drop his sword, probably going to pick it up real soon. For now he had something else in mind. As the crab rushed straight through him, his claw going right through Saizo's liquid body, Saizo would already begin turning his body. In his left hand he quickly formed the blue ball of chakra. He'd slam it right into Tekishi's back, forcing him down towards the ground. Maybe this would be enough to subdue him, but he wasn't going to take any chances, if he did get his hands on Teki's back, he wasn't stopping with the rasengan. He was going to give Teki yet another seal. This one was a bit more exciting, though.

Now he just had to hope Teki was doing his part in trying to shut himself down. This was a team effort after all. He couldn't do it all alone. Well, maybe he could, but he didn't want to. He hated doing all the work. Still, he didn't know what was going on in his conscious right now. He couldn't see inside what was going on so he could only hope he was working hard. Still, the sooner they could wrap this up, the better. He wanted to sleep sometime, too. He also had a date he had to show up for. Luckily it wasn't tonight, but it was soon. He didn't want to have a broken arm or anything like that before that day. Still, he couldn't remember the last time he was actually injured physically. Yea, it had been that long. Hopefully that would give him the advantage this fight, just like so many other fights. He was a slippery one, that Saizo. One can't just simply hit water.

240/390

jutsu used:

Tekishi had kept on fighting against the crab internally, and the picture of him doing such consisted of a picturesque photographic moment of Tekishi sitting in serenity while hell and chaos broke out around him. What else was there for him to do or see? It wasn't as if Tekishi had not already known what a fight had looked like, but then again there was always the element of different techniques and how they are being used in a combination with one another.

Tekishi had missed the entirety of Saizo's counter-attack. He missed how and what the Hozuki clan was all about with the liquid body technique, he missed the hit that he had placed on the back of the Nibi no Kani as it was still unprotected from the large defensive shell the crab would soon develop. He also had missed the seal that he had placed on the Nibi no Kani after he had slammed the Rasengan down into his back. {You have made the man quite upset,} thought Tekishi. The things which he was able to see as he sat there in his indian style leg crossing was the emotions of the moment. He was able to see the flow of chakra from one place to another.

The Nibi no Kani produced a massive roar in response to missing it's own claw attack and being countered with a rasengan in return. It was beyond the crab's knowledge that a seal had also been placed on it's back as well. The crab, still with it's one tail and one right claw was what you could call half a crab at the moment. The dust that had been pushed from underneath it's body and up into the sky surrounding both of the combatants. The change of the sky could easily distract one of them or both but the amount of experience fighting against each other right now was more or much more than enough to overcome this little lapse of sight.

The noise had died down as the Nibi no Kani found nothing else to roar about. As he lay, before attempting to get up he would swing his tail around in a wild, inprecise manner just to try and cause any amount of harm in return to the Umikage. There wasn't much of any information to go off on, for one reason or another the Nibi no Kani hadn't registered the nature of the Hozuki clan technique and needed to see it in action yet again to be fully sure of what had just happened, and to change it's battle plan accordingly.

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Transformation Progress:

It had been awhile since he worked this hard. He didn't have to hold back nearly as much as he did with other people. Tekishi's body was durable the Nibi would make sure of it, so he was able to keep hitting and hitting till one of them could no longer keep going. He hoped it wasn't going to be him. What kind of kage would he be if he fell here and let the Nibi rampage around in the village. Well, he'd be a bad one, but that wasn't the point. He wouldn't let it get by him. He was the first line of defense. Sure, there were other ninja in the village but he wanted to rely on his own strength, not those of others. Perhaps Teki and the Nibi were the same way. That would explain the bickering and the power struggle. Being forced to rely on someone else was a little unsettling, but they had to learn to do it and trust one another if they were going to share a body. He almost felt bad for the Nibi, though. Being forced back into a prison, time after time. Unable to roam freely and live its own life. Saizo almost considered letting it take over. Then he recalled that Teki would die. Yea, that was a bit of a problem. Didn't really want another genin killed, even if it did mean he no longer had to train him (:P).

So the seal was ready at anytime. No real need to use it right away. That would be a waste. He'd save it for later and let a better time to use it arrive. It wasn't too hard to get close. The Nibi still didn't seem to have a full understanding of his ability yet. It wouldn't be too long till he realized it though. The crab surely knew that he should have had his neck in his claw and he did. But Saizo was a slippery one. It didn't matter how hard he pressed his claws together. He wouldn't be able to break Saizo. Saizo jumped back from the Nibi after the seal had been placed. He hoped that rasengan had shaken him up a little, but again, his body seemed fine. He hoped he was at least hurting it a little. Hiramekarei was off in a bush somewhere. Perhaps he should get it back? Saizo almost preferred fighting without a weapon in hand. It allowed more room for jutsu, after all. The only thing that he didn't like about the twinsword, was that he was still to weak to wield it with one hand. Sure, he could cheat and just enlarge the muscle, but he really didn't like doing that. It felt strange, doing that.

Saizo was prepared to strike again as the Nibi flailed its tail around. He didn't give Saizo a single scratch. It was difficult to cut water, after all. Saizo didn't want to use any water release in this fight. The chance the crab would just shake it off and launch something right back seemed pretty high. Saizo didn't usually like to rely on wind release, lacking quite a few jutsu in it, but he probably had enough to make it through. He wasn't relying solely on the wind, after all. He saw opportunities for strike. The wild tail not looking or feeling like too much of a threat. Saizo would be kind to the Nibi and allow it a little time for it to regroup, while he himself would rest himself a little. He wanted to wait a little longer before attempting to detain it. If he wanted to catch this pokemon, its health would need to be a tad bit lower.

OOC:

Confirmation had been given as the tail had swung wildly through the body of Saizo. No physical harm done at all, this creature could only be damage with Chakra. Now the Nibi no Kani, who was still in the middle of an incomplete transformation, struggling within against Koten Tekishijin and without against Hozuki Saizo, was standing face to face with the latter. In return the Nibi no Kani would begin absorbing a collection of dark energy from out of the surrounding atmosphere which he would compress in his mouth. With a grit and bear of his teeth he would then release it straight towards Saizo. He followed the first with a second and third, to cover and additional ninety degrees left and right from the original center explosion. The Nibi began to focus on transforming the shell, as he knew there would only be one way to win this bout with Saizo on the outside. He would need to out endure him.

The exterior help was definitely weakening the hold of the Nibi no Kani on the inside, but only if Tekishi could telepathically relay this message to Saizo somehow, he would never know unless Saizo got him out of this [:)]. Every attack had made the still meditative Tekishi grab a little bit more of the rope in this game of tug of war. The energy of the Nibi no Kani was flowing less rapidly and the speed at which they decreased it was considerable, giving them more time and slowing the process of the transformation. That was the real effect, slowing the transformation. Tekishi had recognized the rage of the Bijuu was beginning to grow with every hit as well, and it's stratagem would begin to get more and more advanced the closer it gets to being returned to the place it came from. A quite uncomfortable place for the monster indeed. Tekishi could empathize. Just not enough to exchanges life for the beast. He would continue to focus on returning back to consciousness.

If only the Nibi were fully transformed, he thought in a sequence of unintelligible roars. The Nibi no Kani hadn't had anything done to it to give it that seed of doubt in its mind that it couldn't win this. Of course it had been a much tougher bout between both parties than he had expected but there had been some parties before or some individuals alone who were no match and didn't understand so quickly what was the most effective way to stop him from doing what he intended to do. It was a timeless understanding.

Transformation Progress:

Oh great. Did he already figure it out? This made stuff a tad bit troublesome for Saizo. Nothing he couldn't handle, though. He wasn't going to let the Nibi destroy much more, though. He was glad there was a small charge time before he could launch those bombs. It gave him more than enough time to fight back. More than enough time to counter it. I cant let you do that, star fox. He ,made a single one handed handseal and the Nibi's back would explode. The seal would detonate with enough force to throw off the Nibi's aim, but Saizo didn't want to stop there. He performed another hand seal right after the first one, not hesitating at all. Chains would immediately burst out of the ground and tie up Tekishis's body and push it down towards the ground, before he would even be able to manage firing one bomb, correctly anyways. One chain went specifically for the Nibi's head, forcing it down into the ground, wrapping around his neck. All the others were restraining his limbs and tail, wrapping around over and over. This would surely interrupt any plans the Nibi had with using those chakra bombs. Even if he did manage to fire the first one off, it most certainly wouldn't have been well aimed enough to hit Saizo. After all, his back just exploded. It's a tad difficult to just walk that off.

He would be able to keep him chained up for a while. Hopefully enough for Tekishi to regain control. This was if the Nibi didn't break the chains, but this was only if he caught him in the net. He suspected the explosion was going to be disorienting enough to make it easy to catch. Most of the time, he didn't even need it to follow up after something, the chains were that fast. They were able to materialize from any direction, after all. It was a jutsu he hoped he could teach Teki after all this was over, but perhaps it was still a little advanced for him. Still, sealing techniques could be so versatile. Even Saizo was only just barely scratching the surface on the things he could do. In fact, he still had so many things he needed to perfect and learn. Although he was kage, he still had a long ways to go. But didn't they all?

"Keep chipping away, Teki." he said, hoping he could hear him inside there. He hoped they didn't have to work this hard, every time he tried talking with the damn crab. He could see this getting really old, really fast. Also very tiring and chakra consuming. I guess it was still good practice for him. Saizo didn't go out out much, anyways. This wasn't exactly what he had in mind whenever he said get out much, but it could have been worse. He could have been losing. Yea, Teki probably wouldn't have appreciated that. Oh well. It was looking alright for him right now, anyways.

Jutsu:

"Keep chipping away, Teki."
That's exactly what he had done. It was very awkward, being able to be aware of what was going on outside so much it was as if you could see what was going on, but not having any actual sight into the proceedings of what was happening to his body outside still managed to be bothersome. {Come on Saizo, you can finish this,} he thought to himself as he continued to sit and focus on closing the seal. Something must've happened as the force of the Nibi no Kani got even weaker, and the transformation would take that much longer to proceed forth.

The Nibi no Kani had been bested yet again. It was gruesome. The sight of the explosion underneath the shell that was forming around the Nibi. The blast that was being charged had missed as the chains that the Hozuki clan member utilized against him pinned him down and made it difficult for him to aim at anything other than what was straight ahead. Saizo was no longer in this arc of view. Wasting chakra by firing repeated bijuu bomb's at nothing but mountain side wouldn't do anybody any better. Even the tail of the Nibi was pinned down by chain. The roars of dislike would split the air but from all of the bijuu's attempts, he was unable to budge from underneath those chains.

"Oh hush now, you over sized seafood platter." he said to the Nibi who was yelling its lungs out. It really was quite the ear full. It could almost make Saizo's ears bleed. He wished he had a way to shut it up, but for now all he could do was keep the body in place. He didn't want to break the chains himself. That would be a waste of work. Instead he figured he may as well wait. The best he could really do is add some of his own chakra to the seal. He got close to the body and placed a single hand over its back. Oh how he hoped Teki would just wrassle control back. Saizo did his part and stopped him physically, now he had to stop himself mentally. For the sake of the village and the rest of Saizo's night out. The night still seemed pretty young. Even after all the commotion. He also was abit unsure of what to tell the villagers, though. "Oh yea, the bijuu just toke control of its jinchuruki and started attacking and I had to go shut it up." No, that would look bad for Teki. He didn't want to say it like that. Perhaps something more along the lines of, "So I wanted to play around with the Nibi and things got a little out of hand.", well, that sounded a little more plausible. "So I'm guessing you don't feel like talking this out, Mr. Two Tails."

Chained and unable to do anything but roar, moan and complain in it's unintelligent fashion, of course there was no "talking this out." The combination of Tekishijin and Saizo was a formidable one and the Nibi was almost embarrassed that it had been made such light work of, so soon. Unfortunately for the Nibi no Kani, it was a process, much like everything else, that he had to follow before truly being relinquished from the prison which the vessel of Tekishi was for the beast. Until that time nobody would ever truly see the power of the Nibi no Kani.

Meantime, Tekishijin had continued to maintain perfect balance on the inside, and had now acquired complete strength and control over the seal. There was no longer any of the Nibi's chakra pouring out from it and this in turn showed on the outside, as the transformation progress that had been made began to revert itself back to the original bodily form of Tekishi. Tekishi maintained focus on the task at hand, which was returning back to full conscious control of himself. He had hoped that Saizo was not one to play with his food and/or waste any time in tightening the seal. Tekishi was not only prepared for his return to his body and whatever normalcy was for a jinchuuriki, but he was also prepared for sleep. He knew after this was done, he would be quite beat, and wouldn't want to do anything else but rest and recover for a few more days afterwards.

The focusing paid off, as Tekishi regained conscious control over his body once more, and was able to speak to Hozuki Saizo for the first time since the transformation scare, in a regular fashion: "Just tighten the seal already!! I want to go home."

Goodness. No manners whatsoever. Saizo stood up and stared down at the half crab Tekishi. "Not even a please or a thank you? Kids these days.", heck, he didn't even get a hello or anything of the sort. Sure, the guy was probably in pain but that was no reason to throw all the manners he's ever been taught out the window. Saizo was a very important person, after all. He even chose to spend his night out with him, he could at least show a little bit of gratitude. He figured he'd give Tekishi a little bit of time in order to try again, but regardless of what he did Saizo would soon kneel back down and add his own chakra to the seal, tightening it back up. Still, it seemed he already figured out what he was going to teach this kid first. It was no sort of special jutsu or anything. No, it was actually something called civility. He wasn't going to raise a slob, that was for sure. He'd even get the ruler if that were needed and beat it into him. He kid, of course. There was no need for a ruler. Instead, he had Hiramekarei. Now that he thought about it, he should pick that up on his way out. If he could count how many times he'd thrown it off to the side in battle. Well, actually, he could, but that was not the point. Saizo was just glad that the Nibi was dealt with for now and no one seemed to get hurt. Well, except for people who may have been hit by a bijuu bomb. They may have been hurt or maybe even dead. Oh well, not much he could do about it now. You win some and lose some, apparently. "Next time, advise me when you attempt to take the Nibi's powers." he said, but not in a scolding manner. No, he tried to say it with a smile. He figured that Tekishi had endured enough punishment for today.

It had finally happened, the seal had been tightened and the remaining leak of the Nibi no Kani's chakra had completely came to a halt. The light blue aura that had been encompassing the half crab which was Tekishi's now chained body had faded away in the manner of being sucked back into the seal on Tekishi's back. The young man now laid there like a child lay in a comfortable bed, curled up in a fetal position. He had been knocked out, and when the reverting of the transformation had been completed there was an awkward silence over the village, as though they had just witnessed the coming of a Messiah, or missed it rather, as it happened during the middle of the night. If Tekishi could've stayed up long enough, he would've said thank you. If he weren't in such agonizing pain, he may have had the mind about him to say please. Either way, he figured Hozuki Saizo would definitely know that he was thankful for his help. It was either this, his savior and delivery from transformation into the Nibi and further damage caused to the village, along with much more of a challenging fight or Tekishi's death and the former mentions.

The songs of birds broke the silence, or rather, once the rest of the commotion had died down their songs could be heard. Nature had never stopped, even if all of the bijuu were free, running rampant the world would continue to spin. It was this feeling, this sense which seemed to be lingering in the air. No matter how much you feel like you were or are the center of the world, there is always much more going on than what's going on for just you. It was only ever easy to see this, when one stood in a reflective state.

Koten Tekishijin would be sure to thank Hozuki Saizo for all of his help. This was a pivotal moment in the bond training for Tekishijin and the Nibi no Kani. The former's first attempt to understand the world of the latter, or rather, make the latter understand more of the world of the former, was a tedious task. For their combined success... or... their success together as a team, they would both have to come to know each other and know how best they work together. This was just the first leg of that race, and it was most beneficial for Tekishi, because he came to better understand the seal that bonds him and the Nibi no Kani. He came to understand the severity and consequences of his training if he were to do them on his own or unsupervised by someone with the abilities of a fuuinjutsu-nin. Tekishi had taken lives today involuntarily. Although it was the Nibi's doing, it was still his responsibility as well. This he would have to repay the village, some way, some how.

The sun cracked the horizon and instantly poured its warmth over Saizo and Tekishi. Unless Saizo had taken the extra step to move him to a bed, Tekishi would spend the night on Mount Myria, a step closer to mastering the demon inside him.

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I enjoy how you actually made this out to fail. Character development is all about both winning and losing. This passes. Great job, Tekishi.

Eden Shinteki wrote:

I enjoy how you actually made this out to fail. Character development is all about both winning and losing. This passes. Great job, Tekishi.

Thanks, Eden! I wasn't planning on it failing. It was a roll of the dice that did me in, so I just rolled with the punches and made the best of it. Thank you for finally getting around to me.