Seek and You Shall Find

Raijin arrived in the Crimson State Island. It was small island, soon to be inhabitable. He arrived to a village that was decent in size. The people seemed much more capable than any other small villages from the west and north. They welcomed him with open arms and hospitality. This would be the first village he would raise in preparation before his fight against the Hidden Village. It was time to train a number of techniques. Leaving no survivors he would definitely be able to do his part for Jashin and get some training done. A complete day.

Bayushi smiled as he walked past the the citizens. Of course his face was covered with the half-mask of the Death Eater's. It was time to train his jutsus. Finding a secluded area, he was going to at first practice alone. But Jashin was smiling upon him. There was a group of hooligans following him to the edge of town. His training would draw attention of course.

He wasn't planning on killing the entire village, at least not the first day. However you can't plan when good things arrive. They must've been missing with the townsfolk for a long time and noticed a newcomer they hadn't robbed yet.

For one of them approached him as he tried to meditate. "You lost around here? Seems like it because theres a toll to pass through these parts."

Raijin of course wasn't listening. This was training time. He had found his dummies. Learning the style of Shadow Palm was intense. It was complex like the Strong Fist. No wonder only certain ninja were able to fully use these styles. Exclusive styles that push taijutsu to the brim. He disappeared and appeared right behind the man.

"Sorry kid. You goofed." Then sent a vicious chop to the mans neck. It snapped to the side and he went limp.

"Who's next?" The Dragon Sage asked.

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Learned Grass Shadow-Style Emit Destroy Palm (334/250)

They started it. That's the single thought that came into his mind as he prepared to annihilate everyone there. He usually took someone from a small village every now and then. To sacrifice their lives for Lord Jashin as he readily demands. This village he didn't need to at the moment. He would usually save that energy for the Hidden Crimson village. But he wanted to prepare, he was sure he was going to fight more powerful ninja there. He was only considered A-rank to the underworld and the bingo bools. However his strength easily rivaled that of any S-rank ninja.

And the fact that he couldn't die. Made him impossible to defeat. A one man army. He had out grown the Society and became a Champion to the Dragons. And a Prophet to Jashin. His journey had reached new heights. Surely he was to reach more. But first he needed more artifacts to collect. He had given away some of the more powerful items the world had to offer, but it was well worth it. These fools were getting in the way. But maybe they could be used for training.

Raijin leaned forward, angling himself into a running posture. And he charged forward, zig-zagging every few meters apart at astonishing speeds. There were at least 6 of them after the one had went down. It all happened so fast they barely had any time to react. He appeared near the closet one. Sweeping down to kick the man. His body went slamming to the ground on his side. He sped to the next one, his foot driving forward into a high kick.

It caught the mans chin and sent him flying backwards into the air. The other three could do nothing as the Immortal Dragon Sage was upon them in seconds. Driving a deadly packed palmed fist into the nose of the other. They were no ninja. Except. Perhaps one. Whom retreated from the Raijin's attacks as soon as his friends went down. Though out of fear it seemed. He had no way to follow his movements.

Perhaps he could try his new technique on this fool here as well.

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(702/500) Learned: Grass Shadow Style: Light Meets Dark

"You seem to have noticed the terrible mistake you made upon attacking me." Raijin smiled behind his mask. The man was clearly a former ninja, whom had lacked off their training. Though as a former ninja, he would most certainly know who his opponent. The Cursed One reached up and removed his mask from his face. Showing the man his face for the first time. The last of his friends to survive Raijins blinding attack. None of the others would ever know who it was that killed their friend. But for him he would be blessed and distressed to see the Dragon Sage. "Its...its you!"

"Jashins favorite?! Yes indeed it is me! Now that you know. What do you think will happen? Don't answer that." He laughed before turning completely invisible to the man. Or so it seemed. It was a move he had learned about in the Iwa scrolls. Raijin maliciously opened his hand that he had extended out. The former ninja quickly tried to make handsigns. But in that moment. The Sages hand ignited with an extreme amount of chakra. The area was illuminated with pulsating winds coming off the large ball forming over them.

It grew enormous, easily dwarfing an elephant. "Super Vanishing Odama Rasengan!" He had never gotten to yell his attack before which filled him with glee. He sent the giant lightning rasengan plowing into the man who could do nothing to stop such a fast attack. It completely erased him from existence. Sending the body flying into the sky for magnificent explosion. All in a days work. He supposed this concluded his training for now.


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Learned Sage Art: Super Vanishing Odama Rasengan, Hiding with Camouflage Technique

It was time to leave here and find the Crimson Hidden village. He bit into his hand and slapped
the ground. Summoning C. He was less then pleased. But Raijin explained he would reward him with a glorious battle if he helped him find the Crimson village. This was no problem for the great Dragon. With convincing he let Raijin ride on top of him and they went in search of the village. It didn't take long to find the village after taking some time to find it. Now that he knew where it was he would plan to come back another time with more forces.


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Found Crimson City with Summoning
(1066/1050)

Sayuri disembarked and set foot on new soil, this was only the third time she had ever set foot outside of Kirigakure’s lands and she marveled at the strangeness of it. Unlike Tetsumura, Crimson State Island was warm and tropical, it was still humid enough here to allow her easy use of her Hyoton, but she didn’t like the warmth. She enjoyed fire, but this was not fire. It was a beautiful island filled with coconuts and happy people. And Sayuri despised it all.

There was a village not far from where she had left the boat, but she was not interested in meeting any of the locals. There was only one person she was looking for; the person who had invited her here in the first place, Raijin. She looked around her immediate vicinity and didn’t see him, which was not overly surprising. So she would activate her sensory and begin walking as she tried to locate the brilliant glow of chakra she had sensed once before.

[Activated: Sensory]

C was a gigantic summon. Raijin used to be intimidated by even Balerion whom was huge for a summon as well. One of the flying mounts that came with them to Blood Prison. But C was in a different league. With him by his side he would be able to find the Crimson City quickly. Leaving the village they high into the air to oversee anything of interest. Before long he was lucky enough to find something interesting. She had come. He was still around the village which was the closest one to the sea. "C. We have one more ally to bring with us on this journey."

C's giant head did not turn as it flew through the air but its deep voice reverberated throughout his body. "Where are they?"

Raijin pointed downwards. "The woman with snow white hair. A Yuki from the Land of Water. I sense a shared sense of our goals for this planet. Even with you big boss C." It was important for C to be on his side on all of this. Though he was the King of the Sky. The most loyal subjects follow through on faith not fear. He could destroy him if he wanted.

"So we shall see." The boss of the dragons was straight to the point, the giant dragon angled downwards. Pulling up 30 meters into the sky over Sayuri, Raijin called out to Sayuri. "Hey looking for a ride? We were just going sight-seeing. Mind joining us?"Bayushi yelled out with smile. He felt he should have explained his relation with the Dragons earlier. As he was certainly alarming to everyone near the countryside. But he was certain she would not pause in the wake of a S-rank level summon.

Sayuri was wandering around the beach, sending her ‘feelers’ out via her Sensory technique for any signs of the Immortal Dragon Sage. She hadn’t found anything for a while, unsurprisingly as her range was not the greatest, so she was blindsided by the approach of an utterly massive dragon which stopped thirty meters above her. She hadn’t been looking up so what had actually drawn her attention was the massive shadow that suddenly enveloped her. When she found herself in the shade she would look up and then hear Raijin calling out to her.

She would grin widely at the invitation to ride the dragon and without hesitation she would form the unique hand seal for the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, casting one mirror in front of where she stood and one thirty meters up that would allow her to step out onto the back of the massive summon. Stepping through the mirror on the ground she would immediately pop out in the air, and step carefully onto C’s form. Not that she was ever worried about sustaining injuries, but if C moved or she misjudged the space between the second mirror and the dragon the worst that would occur was a thirty meter fall to the beach below, which with her constitution would only result in some abrasions from the sand if anything. If everything went according to her, rather impulsive, plan she would step out somewhere near Raijin. Her bare feet helped her keep her grip a bit easier as she tried to walk along and sit down. Her expression held no fear and looked somewhat like joy as she gave Raijin a wide smile and greeted him and the dragon. “I would love to go sightseeing. Greetings to both of you, I’ve arrived as requested. I’ve never been on a dragon before, or even seen a dragon for that matter. Thank you for inviting me.” She would then look for somewhere to curl up and enjoy their sightseeing tour.

Used: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals

"You are most welcome Lady Sayuri. Pleasure to see you again." He could tell she was pleased to see him, probably shocked by C as well. She created Ice steps and used them climb on top of the great dragon. She was agile enough. She would need to be if she was to do what was to come to next. But at the moment he could get to know her better. They were about to be in for a fight. Raijin already had a track record of absolutely destroying his enemies. After learning from his many loses before. Single-handedly defeating one of the major nations, the Sand village, by himself. The Grass village met the same fate after they aided the Blood Prison guards with Grass forces.

He was used to the carnage. He thrived on it with Reibi. But now he served something, instead of something controlling him. Raijin was in complete control of his fate for once. Even if it didn't fit in the scheme of Hizashi. As soon as Sayuri was secure, C took off into the air. Flying high into the sky. He would begin the search for the city. "Now lets get down to business. Now that you are here. I will take that as your wanting to join the Death Eater's. You are welcome. I don't have any cool nicknames for anyone but the King of Lies is hard to knock." Raijin said with a nod. He turned around and sat facing Sayuri.

"Now I can give you the finer details of this mission...we are going to raid the Crimson city. I want all the valuables and treasures as we do. However that will not be easy. I hear they have a S-rank Jounin in their command. Seeing as this is your first test. All you have to do...is survive. We will be partners. So some idea of you abilities is in order. What can you do? I see your Ice is one of your specialties. But I'm a lightning Tai and Nin specialist. And C helps out, sometimes. But I wanna show you something when we get there that will even the playing field." These dynamic duo had to work as a team, but Raijin really wanted to see if she had the dark gene. Then she would be ready.


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Still searching for Crimson City

Sayuri nestled herself onto C’s back and passed the time with Raijin. She thoroughly enjoyed being this high up, peering occasionally at the ground below as they flew high in the sky. “I do wish to join the Death Eater’s. I’m not certain what you mean by ‘nicknames’, it is his title; Jareth, the King of Lies.” As she explained who Jareth was she would take her hand and point at the side of her head, indicating where Jareth actually resided. Inside her mind, Jareth just chuckled in amusement.

When he explained their mission she would listen attentively, idly using one hand to gently pet the giant dragon. She didn’t know if C could even feel it, or if the dragon would care if he could feel it, but it was an action that was natural for her - she enjoyed dangerous things. She found it amusing that her task was ‘survival’. “If all I have to do to be your partner is survive, that seems fairly easy. I’m not worried about who stands in our way, Jounin or otherwise. I don’t care about treasures, save for two things. At the end of this I would like to claim this nation for Kirigakure, and there is a type of stone that I have heard resides here. I would like three of them. It will be difficult for me to prove that my intentions were ‘good’ to the other princesses that rule with me if I do not produce something of value.” Sayuri had a plan for soothing the inevitable anger that would come from both Kitsuki and Arisu; it was not a good plan, but at least she had one.

“As for specialties; You were correct about Hyoton - nearly everything I do revolves around Ice. I mainly use Ninjutsu, though I do almost nothing physical, at least until I have my toys pinned down. If something needs lifting or carrying or punching - my Ice Forged do it for me. My true specialty is pain. I rarely feel it now, and so I rain my frustrations with that down onto those that stand in my way.”

So this one had an entity living within their head? Or perhaps she had some form of split personality. Raijin replied to her after learning she was open to join the Death Eaters and her plight. "Well that is good to hear. Though you must learn why we are here. I told you I would tell you how to serve Jashin. The first thing and only thing you need to know. Is that all he truly wants, is utter destruction and chaos. Lives are only here to be sacrificed to him. Its pretty straightforward. So there will be no village to give. My plan is, no village will remain in the end. I will bring chaos unlike anything the world has ever seen before. And it will be the last great cataclysmic event on this planet. Then will Jashin finally walk this Earth, to bless his true followers. The Death Eater's are a means to an end for this goal among other things."

"The Stone is why I started here first so you are correct in that. If there is more than one I can spare you one. And these other Princess. Sounds problematic. I hope this won't impede your work with the Death Eater's. As all villages will eventually become our enemies. So that must be taken into account if you are to continue this journey. However you aren't forgotten in this. This raid can be used to test you, but it is also my mission. Death Eater members can issue a mission personally for them. We can oblige to help that member achieve that goal. If its possible of course. But, the only rule, we don't get in each others way. That's about it.

"Your skills seem adequate. And you are no novice to pain. Very good." There was a strong loud growl that came from the great dragon they were riding on. It seemed that C had found the Crimson City. A manic smile coming across his face.

In the middle of that, a messenger bird found them in the sky. This quite strange he never expected anyone to send him a letter. He grabbed the letter, expecting it to be Nozomi as she would be the only one to ever try and contact him. He received a pleasant surprise. The Master had summoned him. The emblem was a secret only to high ranking members.

"It seems I must be elsewhere. Urgent personal matter I must attend too. Consider yourself a full fledged member of the Death Eater's. However we will have to wait before we can do this mission." C overheard the conversation and would fly downwards. Find a spot to land, Raijin would land on top giving a Sayuri a chance to depart. He would say their goodbyes, then they would take off heading towards the Isle.

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(Exit - Crimson City - Kanashi Ocean - O'uzu Island - Isle of Whispers - 48 hours)

Sayuri listened as Raijin essentially denied her requests - and in true Sayuri fashion she felt her anger rise. Inside her mind she heard Jareth voice a warning.

‘My Queen, please remember that you must remain calm. This is not the time to lose your temper, we still have a Nation to run.’

‘. . .’

‘I understand, my Queen. However, your safety is my main goal. You must live. Please my Queen, for me.’

‘. . . fine. For you, my King.’

Jareth knew that Sayuri was impulsive as well as spoiled. He could count the number of times that she had been told no since he had invaded her. It was twice. Just now. She had never had to deal with refusal or rejection and as emotionally and mentally unstable as she was he knew that if he didn’t intervene she was likely to do something she might regret. He hadn’t tried to convince her that it was fine, or that there was some other goal that she would find gratifying. He had simply appealed to the emotion that she felt for himself. And as luck would have it, it had worked.

As the conversation went on inside her head, Raijin received a messenger bird and then abruptly announced that he had to depart. Leveling a cool eye at Raijin, Sayuri would smile. “I look forward to working with you, when you have more time. Inform me when you wish to meet again. I am fairly easy to find and not usually monitored.” She would then hop down from the dragon as it landed and say her goodbyes. Making haste back towards her waiting ship, she would then return the way she had come, with all the swiftness the ocean could afford her.

[Exit -> Crimson City -> Kaijuu Ocean -> Land of Water -> Kirigakure - 60 hours (120 hours halved for using a Corvette)]