Post by Kodoku Itami on Nov 5, 2012 14:02:12 GMT -5
Itami, Jin, Maeve and Natas were wandering through the trees of Alberisato. Their cloaks fluttered softly in the winds of the forest as they picked their way through the greenery with the utmost silence and secrecy. But then, Itami raised a hand and the group came to a halt, he narrowed his red eyes as he looked up to a tree branch above them.
“We have company…”
There stood a man, a red neckerchief fluttered in the wind, along with dark brown hair. A determined grin sat on his face as he crossed his arms against his chest, metal gauntlets clanking slightly as he did so. His eyes locked onto Itami’s as he pointed a finger across at the young boy and spoke out.
“You there! You crash through these forests, disturbing the peace, wonder and beauty of this land! Well! I shall not stand for such heathen methods! Prepare to face me, Bang Shishigami, the shinobi of justice!” He lifted his extended arm into the air, before slamming it back down again, this time with a thumbs up. He winked and gave a broad grin, and Itami could swear that a tooth sparkled in the sunlight. Bang threw a small sphere to the ground, which erupted in a puff of smoke, as the wind blew the smoke away, it revealed that the shinobi had disappeared, and was now crouched in the midst of Yami, on one knee, staring up at Maeve.
“My beautiful dear!” He cried, tears welling in his eyes. “Why do you side with such foul beasts?!”
Jin suddenly raised a fist.
”OI!” He shouted. ”GET AWAY FROM HER! YOU CREEP!”
He went to punch the man, but Itami suddenly grabbed his fist in mid-air, his eyes still looking ahead as a small smirk spread across his face. Bang backflipped away from Maeve and stopped a few feet away from Itami, his eyes narrowed as he examined the young warrior. The leader of Yami finally released Jin’s fist who went about muttering something about the self-proclaimed ‘shinobi of peace’ in reality being a ‘shinobi of creep’. Bang once again pointed a finger across at Itami.
“So! You are the leader of this group! I challenge you to a du-“
His words were cut off by a kunai knife which cut straight through Bang’s fluttering hair and lodged itself into the tree behind him. The shinobi was first lost for words, as he looked at the knife embedded within the tree, and then back to the outstretched arm of the Kodoku. He felt at his hair for a moment, thanking the gods above that it apparently hadn’t been damaged at all, before he raised his fists in a defensive stance. Itami stayed in his own relaxed position as he lowered his arm back to his side.
“So, you claim to be a shinobi…” Itami said as he raised an eyebrow, a small chuckle escaping from his lips as a dark smile crossed his face. “I’ve never heard of anything more laughable…” His right arm reached across to the left sleeve of his coat, and gripped onto it. “You’re nothing more than an errant fraud… A conjurer of cheap tricks…” His hand pulled the sleeve up, exposing his left hand into which he started to channel his energy and mana. “Let me show you… The true power…” Blue electricity gathered into the palm of his hand, crackling and chirping as bolts shot off and grounded against the earth. He raised his hand to his face, illuminating his bright red eyes as his smile widened.
”OF A SHINOBI!”
He suddenly rushed forwards with incomprehensible speed, dragging his left arm behind him which churned up dirt and mud as it forged a long trench deep enough for a man to stand in. He let out a snarl as he jumped at the last moment, thrusting his power encrusted palm towards the enemy ninja, aiming to blow his eccentric face off of this planet. Bang’s scarred face initially registered shock at this sudden show of power, he hadn’t sensed all that much when the boy had first appeared, but the look was soon replaced by one of steely determination as he brought up his gauntleted fists and stood his ground.
The blow connected with the metal.
”Chidori!”
An unholy screeching sound rang out through the forest as Itami’s attack continued to push forwards, forcing Bang to slide through the dirt with him. They travelled about ten feet before they finally collided with a tree, which creaked and swayed horribly, almost on the verge of collapsing. Bang squinted his eyes against the bright light of the attack as Itami moved his face up close to the other ninja and looked him in the eye. They maintained the eye contact for a while before Itami placed a foot against Bang’s stomach and used him as a springboard to backflip away.
Random clouds of dust kicked up by the attack were blown in between the two by the wind as the ninjas squared off against one another. Bang coughed lightly as he brushed down his gauntlets and struck another stance, this time offensive in its nature.
“You’re not bad… For a youngling…” Bang said with a small nod in Itami’s direction. “But you cannot best me! I am a warrior of peace, love and harmony! Your evil ways will not be able to conquer my righteous justice! I am Bang Shishigami! Hear. Me. Roar!”
He suddenly charged forwards, pulling a fist back he threw it towards Itami, all of the power from the young man’s last attack saved into his gauntlet as he connected with his stomach. Itami froze for a moment, before his eyes widened, he coughed and spluttered before being launched backwards into a tree, which instantly gave a roaring creak before collapsing. Splinters and clouds of earth were cast upwards to the sky as Bang gave a nod and gripped his gauntlet, which was smoking slightly.
“You were a powerful young man. Rest in peace.”
He turned to walk away before he paused.
“Well done…” A voice spoke. “That tickled…”
Bang turned back to his opponent, barely able to believe that he was still alive. Itami was stood on top of the felled tree, black tribal markings covering his body as he looked down on Bang with a stony expression. Bang’s own eyes narrowed as he ran forwards again, his movements invisible to the naked eye as he went to deliver a fatal kick to Itami’s throat, but to everyone’s surprise…
’He… He blocked it!’ Bang thought with widened eyes as he looked at the Kodoku boys raised wrist, which had stopped the kick in its tracks. Bang dropped away and took a few steps back, re-adopting his defensive position as he addressed Itami.
“How did you do that?! My attacks are faster than the speed of light and ring with a sense of justice!” Itami’s response was to simply raise his hand and motion to his own eyes.
“My eyes are sharper than any blade… I can see things that no other eye can see… It doesn’t matter how fast you can move, my eyes can move faster.”
A kick was suddenly delivered to Bang’s side and he could feel a rib cracking slightly. Looking to his left, there was Itami, with his leg driven right into his gut.
“And my body can move even faster.”
He suddenly dropped to the floor, balancing on his right hand and leg as he launched his left leg into the bottom of Bang’s jaw, sending him flying up into the air, Itami flipped over onto all fours, and launched himself up after him, seeming to float behind Bang.
“It’s been a while since I’ve used this… You should consider yourself lucky.” He said with a small chuckle.
’I need to get out of this now, or I’m in trouble…’ Bang thought as he spun clockwise, aiming to catch Itami off guard with an elbow, but Itami rotated in the opposite direction and drove a shin into Bang’s wrist. He then spun clockwise and around Bang so he was on the opposite side of him, and drove a wrist into his face, sending him rocketing down back towards the earth. Launching down after him, Itami drove a fist back into his opponents face, increasing Bang’s velocity. Just as they were about to hit the ground, Itami spun round and drove a heel into Bang’s stomach, slamming him into the ground with an earth shattering crash.
”Lion’s Barrage!”[/i]
Bang let out a cry as he was driven deep into the earth by the attack.
Itami rolled away from his opponent and back onto his feet, and gave a sneer, until a voice sounded out behind him.
“Well done, I’d have been done for if you’d connected with that…” Bang scratched the back of his head and gave a grin. “But I suppose that just means I’ll have to get serious now!” Itami frowned as he slowly turned to face the other ninja.
“So it was a clone… Alright… I guess I’ll have to get serious too!”
The two suddenly launched towards each other in a series of high-paced kicks and punches that came too fast for the eyes to follow, one would see the occasional tableau of the two locked in a power struggle, before they’d dart away from each other before charging back again to collide in another earth-rending strike. Suddenly, hails of knives and shuriken rained from both sides before meeting in the middle, each ninja knocking the oppositions ninja tools out of the air with their own, then they were back at each other with fists and feet.
Trees were felled in the combat, birds were sent flying into the sky in a hurried cheeping of fear as they watched these two titans of ninjutsu crash. Itami landed solidly on his feet, his hands working in quick succession as he raised one to his face.
”Katon: Great Dragon Flame Jutsu!”
He exhaled a heavy breath, a huge dragon made up of orange flames burst forth and soared towards Bang Shishigami, who swiftly jumped to the side. The dragon let out a roar before soaring up into the clouds where it dissipated and faded from view. Bang took a minute to compose himself.
“That. Was. AWESOME![/I]” He cried out, fist-pumping the air and bowing down to Itami with a big grin. “With powers like that, I could preserve justice… For all… Eternity…” He looked over his shoulder to see the smouldering path that the dragon had taken, he saw all the pain and suffering that his opponents attack had caused and he gritted his teeth as he glared across at Itami, his eyes seeming to catch fire as he struck a pose.
“How dare you! You as a ninja should know that we have to respect the power of nature! We should realise that it is this planet which has granted you these powers that you wield so effectively, but if you are going to abuse them, then I should end you right here and now! I am Bang Shishigami! The Shinobi of Peace and Justice! And I. Shall. END YOU!”
He suddenly rushed forwards, pulling back his fist as fire engulfed around it.
”THIS IS THE END!”[/i]
As he rushed forwards, Itami raised a hand to the sky, a giant beast made of lightning crawling down from the clouds as he did so. But it was too late…
Bang’s fist collided with Itami’s stomach and drove right through. Bang’s face was solemn as he shook his head, it was a shame that he had to waste such fine young life, still, he was a villain and a pretty damn evil one, he had done the world a good thing by killing him. He nodded firmly as a voice suddenly rang out.
“Itami. Are you done playing with this guy, yet?” He looked around, the voice had echoed all around him, who was this..? It sounded like one of the companions of the dead man on his wrist… The world around him distorted and shifted… No… Could it be..?
Bang Shishigami opened his eyes, and looked down at the sword impaled in his chest, before looking back up to the bright red eyes in front of his face… It had all been an illusion? But it had all seemed so real… He winced as he coughed up some blood.
”How..? When..?” He asked between splutters, earning a small smirk from Itami.
“The beginning…” He said.
‘Itami moved his face up close to the other ninja and looked him in the eye. They maintained the eye contact for a while before Itami placed a foot against Bang’s stomach and used him as a springboard to backflip away.’
“When we made eye contact…” Itami continued. “I never placed my feet anywhere near your stomach…” He looked down at his sword and then back up at Bang. “Only one part of that entire fight actually occurred.” He nodded his head over Bang’s shoulder, who also followed the young warriors gaze.
The forest behind them was ablaze, heavy thunder clouds were gathering in the skies.
“The intense heat from the fire dragons causes an updraft of hot air, which in turn gathers storm clouds such as those above us… I can use that to summon one of my strongest techniques… Kirin…”
Itami held his hand to the sky once again, and the sky cracked with lightning as a giant dragon made up of electricity clambered down from the sky, and hovered hundreds of feet above Itami’s hand, but it still seemed deathly close. Itami smirked.
“The wonder of the attack, is that I am it’s conjurer. I am immune to its effects, unlike you and that unfortunate lightning rod of a sword stabbed into your stomach… Now, be gone with the thunderclap… KIRIN!” The giant beast soared down from the sky as Itami threw his hand down and grasped onto the metal blade of the sword in Bang’s stomach. The Shinobi of Justice and Peace widened his eyes as one thought crossed his mind.
’No… I never got revenge for my village…’
The beast condensed into pure energy as it shot down the sword and into Bang’s stomach… Everything went black…
Victor: Itami
“We have company…”
There stood a man, a red neckerchief fluttered in the wind, along with dark brown hair. A determined grin sat on his face as he crossed his arms against his chest, metal gauntlets clanking slightly as he did so. His eyes locked onto Itami’s as he pointed a finger across at the young boy and spoke out.
“You there! You crash through these forests, disturbing the peace, wonder and beauty of this land! Well! I shall not stand for such heathen methods! Prepare to face me, Bang Shishigami, the shinobi of justice!” He lifted his extended arm into the air, before slamming it back down again, this time with a thumbs up. He winked and gave a broad grin, and Itami could swear that a tooth sparkled in the sunlight. Bang threw a small sphere to the ground, which erupted in a puff of smoke, as the wind blew the smoke away, it revealed that the shinobi had disappeared, and was now crouched in the midst of Yami, on one knee, staring up at Maeve.
“My beautiful dear!” He cried, tears welling in his eyes. “Why do you side with such foul beasts?!”
Jin suddenly raised a fist.
”OI!” He shouted. ”GET AWAY FROM HER! YOU CREEP!”
He went to punch the man, but Itami suddenly grabbed his fist in mid-air, his eyes still looking ahead as a small smirk spread across his face. Bang backflipped away from Maeve and stopped a few feet away from Itami, his eyes narrowed as he examined the young warrior. The leader of Yami finally released Jin’s fist who went about muttering something about the self-proclaimed ‘shinobi of peace’ in reality being a ‘shinobi of creep’. Bang once again pointed a finger across at Itami.
“So! You are the leader of this group! I challenge you to a du-“
His words were cut off by a kunai knife which cut straight through Bang’s fluttering hair and lodged itself into the tree behind him. The shinobi was first lost for words, as he looked at the knife embedded within the tree, and then back to the outstretched arm of the Kodoku. He felt at his hair for a moment, thanking the gods above that it apparently hadn’t been damaged at all, before he raised his fists in a defensive stance. Itami stayed in his own relaxed position as he lowered his arm back to his side.
“So, you claim to be a shinobi…” Itami said as he raised an eyebrow, a small chuckle escaping from his lips as a dark smile crossed his face. “I’ve never heard of anything more laughable…” His right arm reached across to the left sleeve of his coat, and gripped onto it. “You’re nothing more than an errant fraud… A conjurer of cheap tricks…” His hand pulled the sleeve up, exposing his left hand into which he started to channel his energy and mana. “Let me show you… The true power…” Blue electricity gathered into the palm of his hand, crackling and chirping as bolts shot off and grounded against the earth. He raised his hand to his face, illuminating his bright red eyes as his smile widened.
”OF A SHINOBI!”
He suddenly rushed forwards with incomprehensible speed, dragging his left arm behind him which churned up dirt and mud as it forged a long trench deep enough for a man to stand in. He let out a snarl as he jumped at the last moment, thrusting his power encrusted palm towards the enemy ninja, aiming to blow his eccentric face off of this planet. Bang’s scarred face initially registered shock at this sudden show of power, he hadn’t sensed all that much when the boy had first appeared, but the look was soon replaced by one of steely determination as he brought up his gauntleted fists and stood his ground.
The blow connected with the metal.
”Chidori!”
An unholy screeching sound rang out through the forest as Itami’s attack continued to push forwards, forcing Bang to slide through the dirt with him. They travelled about ten feet before they finally collided with a tree, which creaked and swayed horribly, almost on the verge of collapsing. Bang squinted his eyes against the bright light of the attack as Itami moved his face up close to the other ninja and looked him in the eye. They maintained the eye contact for a while before Itami placed a foot against Bang’s stomach and used him as a springboard to backflip away.
Random clouds of dust kicked up by the attack were blown in between the two by the wind as the ninjas squared off against one another. Bang coughed lightly as he brushed down his gauntlets and struck another stance, this time offensive in its nature.
“You’re not bad… For a youngling…” Bang said with a small nod in Itami’s direction. “But you cannot best me! I am a warrior of peace, love and harmony! Your evil ways will not be able to conquer my righteous justice! I am Bang Shishigami! Hear. Me. Roar!”
He suddenly charged forwards, pulling a fist back he threw it towards Itami, all of the power from the young man’s last attack saved into his gauntlet as he connected with his stomach. Itami froze for a moment, before his eyes widened, he coughed and spluttered before being launched backwards into a tree, which instantly gave a roaring creak before collapsing. Splinters and clouds of earth were cast upwards to the sky as Bang gave a nod and gripped his gauntlet, which was smoking slightly.
“You were a powerful young man. Rest in peace.”
He turned to walk away before he paused.
“Well done…” A voice spoke. “That tickled…”
Bang turned back to his opponent, barely able to believe that he was still alive. Itami was stood on top of the felled tree, black tribal markings covering his body as he looked down on Bang with a stony expression. Bang’s own eyes narrowed as he ran forwards again, his movements invisible to the naked eye as he went to deliver a fatal kick to Itami’s throat, but to everyone’s surprise…
’He… He blocked it!’ Bang thought with widened eyes as he looked at the Kodoku boys raised wrist, which had stopped the kick in its tracks. Bang dropped away and took a few steps back, re-adopting his defensive position as he addressed Itami.
“How did you do that?! My attacks are faster than the speed of light and ring with a sense of justice!” Itami’s response was to simply raise his hand and motion to his own eyes.
“My eyes are sharper than any blade… I can see things that no other eye can see… It doesn’t matter how fast you can move, my eyes can move faster.”
A kick was suddenly delivered to Bang’s side and he could feel a rib cracking slightly. Looking to his left, there was Itami, with his leg driven right into his gut.
“And my body can move even faster.”
He suddenly dropped to the floor, balancing on his right hand and leg as he launched his left leg into the bottom of Bang’s jaw, sending him flying up into the air, Itami flipped over onto all fours, and launched himself up after him, seeming to float behind Bang.
“It’s been a while since I’ve used this… You should consider yourself lucky.” He said with a small chuckle.
’I need to get out of this now, or I’m in trouble…’ Bang thought as he spun clockwise, aiming to catch Itami off guard with an elbow, but Itami rotated in the opposite direction and drove a shin into Bang’s wrist. He then spun clockwise and around Bang so he was on the opposite side of him, and drove a wrist into his face, sending him rocketing down back towards the earth. Launching down after him, Itami drove a fist back into his opponents face, increasing Bang’s velocity. Just as they were about to hit the ground, Itami spun round and drove a heel into Bang’s stomach, slamming him into the ground with an earth shattering crash.
”Lion’s Barrage!”[/i]
Bang let out a cry as he was driven deep into the earth by the attack.
Itami rolled away from his opponent and back onto his feet, and gave a sneer, until a voice sounded out behind him.
“Well done, I’d have been done for if you’d connected with that…” Bang scratched the back of his head and gave a grin. “But I suppose that just means I’ll have to get serious now!” Itami frowned as he slowly turned to face the other ninja.
“So it was a clone… Alright… I guess I’ll have to get serious too!”
The two suddenly launched towards each other in a series of high-paced kicks and punches that came too fast for the eyes to follow, one would see the occasional tableau of the two locked in a power struggle, before they’d dart away from each other before charging back again to collide in another earth-rending strike. Suddenly, hails of knives and shuriken rained from both sides before meeting in the middle, each ninja knocking the oppositions ninja tools out of the air with their own, then they were back at each other with fists and feet.
Trees were felled in the combat, birds were sent flying into the sky in a hurried cheeping of fear as they watched these two titans of ninjutsu crash. Itami landed solidly on his feet, his hands working in quick succession as he raised one to his face.
”Katon: Great Dragon Flame Jutsu!”
He exhaled a heavy breath, a huge dragon made up of orange flames burst forth and soared towards Bang Shishigami, who swiftly jumped to the side. The dragon let out a roar before soaring up into the clouds where it dissipated and faded from view. Bang took a minute to compose himself.
“That. Was. AWESOME![/I]” He cried out, fist-pumping the air and bowing down to Itami with a big grin. “With powers like that, I could preserve justice… For all… Eternity…” He looked over his shoulder to see the smouldering path that the dragon had taken, he saw all the pain and suffering that his opponents attack had caused and he gritted his teeth as he glared across at Itami, his eyes seeming to catch fire as he struck a pose.
“How dare you! You as a ninja should know that we have to respect the power of nature! We should realise that it is this planet which has granted you these powers that you wield so effectively, but if you are going to abuse them, then I should end you right here and now! I am Bang Shishigami! The Shinobi of Peace and Justice! And I. Shall. END YOU!”
He suddenly rushed forwards, pulling back his fist as fire engulfed around it.
”THIS IS THE END!”[/i]
As he rushed forwards, Itami raised a hand to the sky, a giant beast made of lightning crawling down from the clouds as he did so. But it was too late…
Bang’s fist collided with Itami’s stomach and drove right through. Bang’s face was solemn as he shook his head, it was a shame that he had to waste such fine young life, still, he was a villain and a pretty damn evil one, he had done the world a good thing by killing him. He nodded firmly as a voice suddenly rang out.
“Itami. Are you done playing with this guy, yet?” He looked around, the voice had echoed all around him, who was this..? It sounded like one of the companions of the dead man on his wrist… The world around him distorted and shifted… No… Could it be..?
Bang Shishigami opened his eyes, and looked down at the sword impaled in his chest, before looking back up to the bright red eyes in front of his face… It had all been an illusion? But it had all seemed so real… He winced as he coughed up some blood.
”How..? When..?” He asked between splutters, earning a small smirk from Itami.
“The beginning…” He said.
‘Itami moved his face up close to the other ninja and looked him in the eye. They maintained the eye contact for a while before Itami placed a foot against Bang’s stomach and used him as a springboard to backflip away.’
“When we made eye contact…” Itami continued. “I never placed my feet anywhere near your stomach…” He looked down at his sword and then back up at Bang. “Only one part of that entire fight actually occurred.” He nodded his head over Bang’s shoulder, who also followed the young warriors gaze.
The forest behind them was ablaze, heavy thunder clouds were gathering in the skies.
“The intense heat from the fire dragons causes an updraft of hot air, which in turn gathers storm clouds such as those above us… I can use that to summon one of my strongest techniques… Kirin…”
Itami held his hand to the sky once again, and the sky cracked with lightning as a giant dragon made up of electricity clambered down from the sky, and hovered hundreds of feet above Itami’s hand, but it still seemed deathly close. Itami smirked.
“The wonder of the attack, is that I am it’s conjurer. I am immune to its effects, unlike you and that unfortunate lightning rod of a sword stabbed into your stomach… Now, be gone with the thunderclap… KIRIN!” The giant beast soared down from the sky as Itami threw his hand down and grasped onto the metal blade of the sword in Bang’s stomach. The Shinobi of Justice and Peace widened his eyes as one thought crossed his mind.
’No… I never got revenge for my village…’
The beast condensed into pure energy as it shot down the sword and into Bang’s stomach… Everything went black…
Victor: Itami
