Naruto Akatsuki Souzoku

[Kissui Tensai]

"We're ready, sensei."

Rayex was impressed. All of them had assembled bright and early which was what he admired. He was expecting at least one to have been flustered and scatterbrained as to oversleep. It would remind him of a couple instances he'd overslept on important dates. Holding his chin, he was questioning their readyness to know about the last "jutsu entourage". He'd only hope they were as sharp chakra handlers as he could mold them into, for this would be something they'd later need in crisis situations.

"Good morning. I see your all here and accounted for even earlier than me. Your enthusiasm is heart warming."

The sun in the east just cracking through the trees.

"Well, let us get started. Today's lesson would by far be the extending display and some review of what you've been taught and more academy review. Trust me, this sounds boring, but I was person to come up with this concept. I'm going to expand your knowledge of jutsu. As you know, there are several kinds of jutsu. Ninjutsu for ninja techniques, Taijutsu for hand to hand combat, Genjutsu for illusionary techniques, Senjutsu for tactical techniques, Kinjutsu for forbidden level techniques, and Kekkai Genkai Jutsu for Blood Limit Techniques. All these various form of jutsu require the crucial element of chakra, something you've mastered, and the various techniques that you specialize in as well. Well there is one more Jutsu Series that has only just appeared."

Rayex took his breath and paused.

"Genkai Hitokugiri Jutsu, better known as Limit Break Jutsu. A concept I came across several years ago and only introduced it to Konoha seven years ago. It hasn't reached the academy because it's meant to be passed to graduated students who are trusted to handle it. What makes this type of jutsu unique is that its a completely new breed of energy. What do I mean you ask? I'll put it to you like this, the regular shinobi and kunoichi use chakra for ninjutsu, and what is it other than the combination of spiritual and physical energies. While certain type of shinobi have found other sources to shove more chakra and enhance their abilities, such as tailed beast, cursed seals, etc. Other have found a third power source to draw chakra. This is what is known as life energy, the third power source we can use to 'break the limit' and propel our bodies into a hyper state and enact the ultimate jutsu that surpasses forbidden levels."

Rayex rolled out a crafted scroll.



"As you can see, when life chakra is added to the mix that greatly enhances the overall amount of chakra you wouldn't normally have relying on spirt and physical energies alone. Life chakra is what surrounds us, to even use it you must intune yourself with whats around you. Natural sources such as the air, the trees, the sun, each give its own radiance of power which we intake and turn into energy. I'll show you a demonstration."

Rayex took a grave distance away from them, and took in a deep breath. His eyes shut, there was the movement of the wind, the call of the birds harking in the trees, each a source of life. With this a seal formed to release it (the normal rabbit hand sign). A sudden pulse of his body enriched with the rush of energy, taking a step and slamming his foot down to sending the sheet of ground in front of him to rise up and divide left and right. Turning his body, he launched his fist up shooting fire from it blazing with fury. Next waving his hands a circular motion, gathering the chakra discharged into a spiral of wind that steadily beat against the trees. A solemn sigh escaped his mouth as he lowered his hands.

"To teach you kids how to use Life chakra in a day, I won't lie to you and say its physically impossible... But what would you say, if I could teach you within in a year's time in no less than a day? Its contradicting but I can't teach you in a day here, more so somewhere else."

Cracking his fingers a formed several hand seals of many different elements.

"Soukyokusen Shijigen" (Hyperbolic Fourth Dimension)

A door appeared before them. As strange as it seemed, it was all apart of his technique. Rayex stood at the door leaning on it as this would all seem so unusual to them. After learning the full nine yards about space-time jutsu, this was kindergarten to him in a sense. Releasing a yawn, he then looked forward to see their expressions. Without waiting on a response, he had to let them decide what they wanted to do for themselves as he stepped through the door shutting it behind him.

On the otherside, he was graced to see the set up of a physical palace hadn't been altered. Leaning his head back he looked at the clock. Cracking his neck, the massive abyss of white nothing was spread before them, when you stepped off the white bricks onto the floor your face would come in contact with the ground instantly if you weren't trained to handle the gravity (this is why Rayex told them to climb trees with weights on to prevent something like this.) As he stepped onto it, there was a much stronger pull, but having been in here for training in the past he'd adapted and sat on the white tile-less floor for his students to come.

Upon entering they door they will train for one year within twenty four hours unable to leave until that time is up, a test of vigor, instinct, and endurance to bring forth a new energy.

[Hip-Hop]

OOC: I'M POSTING, so Atlas don't PP me. Writing right now, just letting everyone know.

IC:

The rising sun over Konoha had always been a favorite sight of young Kai Kagemukai, and thus, on his first day back to his new hometown, he made sure he was up bright and early to see it. Leaning back on the roof of his home, head resting on the hands behind it, Kai watched as the orange sun rose in the distance. There was a mist of morning dew in the air that alone added to the beauty of the entire scene. After going through what him and his team had back in Kumo, a beautiful mental portrait such as this was definately food for the soul.

After watching his sunrise for awhile, Kai stood and took a deep breath. "It's gonna be a long day." If only he knew exactly how right he was...

Hopping and vaulting amongst the rooftops of the city, he of course made it to the training ground first. He took the time alone to practice some things: running up trees with his weights on, taijutsu stances, ninjutsu symbols. Today was to be his last day of training as a genin, so he wanted to be completely ready for anything Rayex-sensei could throw at him. The whole time he practiced his mind was focused on his sensei, and how he truly looked up to him. The only other shinobi in Konoha Kai held in more regard than Rayex was Kakashi, other than that Rayex was his end all be all. He was like the father he never had, and he hoped that once he became a chuunin he would still be able to work with Rayex-sensei.

Finishing up his practice, he sat down in the grass just before Azuke and Yuki arrived on the scene. Looking back, he gave them both a smile. Soon, Rayex-sensei arrived too, and he went on into his speech about Limit Break Jutsu. Kai payed close attention, for what his sensei was talking about was a concept that Kai had been pondering on for some time.

"To teach you kids how to use Life chakra in a day, I won't lie to you and say its physically impossible... But what would you say, if I could teach you within in a year's time in no less than a day? Its contradicting but I can't teach you in a day here, more so somewhere else..."

As he finished, a door appeared and Rayex-sensei opened it and went inside. At first Kai thought it was a trick, a genjutsu. Walking up to it slowly, he reached his hand out and touched the door - it was real. Putting his hand on the knob, Kai looked back at his teammates. "Team 17, move out." With that he opened the door and stepped inside.

Looking around at the dimension, Kai was fascinated. It was like a big white room, extending endless into infinity. He saw Rayex-sensei stand a little ways from the entrance, he spoke to him with sarcasm in his voice and a smirk on his face.

"So, this... is another dimension? A little plain if you ask me."

[Nebula Zero]

Azuke and Yuki were in awe about what their sensei had told them. To be able to learn such things in the span of a day! It reminded Azuke of when Kakashi told him of Naruto's intense training regime involving shadow clones. He was more than ready to learn his 'Limit Break Jutsu'. The two entered the dimension, a sudden feeling of entering a pool of water when they stepped through the door. The ripples around them, save the water, felt surreal in a sense. The other side seemed to amaze Azuke.

"Awesome!"

"We better get used to it, Kai. It's gonna feel like a long time in here."

He plunged the Einlanzer into the ground, and did a few warm-up stretches to get him all loosened up. It was vast, with a sense of emptiness in this place. The silence was a bit eerie, almost maddening had Azuke not shook his head, snapping out of it. Cracking a few bones in his neck and knuckles, he felt ready, or at least, thought he was. Optimism was all that was in his current mindset. What's the worse that could happen?

"Okey dokey. What now, sensei?"

[Kissui Tensai]

He sat, not long after did they enter. A grin amassed behind his face as he was on the gravitated floor. He drifted his ear to take in the silence while it lasted and stared into the ongoing white floor of nothing. There was a trick to it of course, but he'd later explain that as it seemed he was full of those today. Yawning a bit from still in need of a warm up this morning.

"Okey dokey. What now, sensei?"

'Always the first to get things bumping, heh, its no wonder I like this kid.'

"Glad you asked Azuke. Now that you've entered the Hyperbolic Fourth Dimension we will remain here for one year but it will appear as though only a day has passed outside. Stepping onto this tile-less floor the gravity is effectively ten times what the normal surface of the planet is. It will profess a modest strain on your body and push it until it can adapt and you'll grow stronger and faster as a result. By the time you can handle the gravity, you'll be prepared for the exercises in tapping into life energy to channel into your chakra."

Rayex looked from the left then to the right and folded his arms.

"So, this... is another dimension? A little plain if you ask me."

"Thats quite the misconception Kai. As I am the only person standing on the floor at this moment it would be responding to my mind and will. Since it's clear of distractions it remains white, but to truly get the most out of your training you could create and mold infinite landscapes that your mind can fathom even an entire village down to every last detail. With things I've seen...well I can show you better than I can tell you."

There was an echo of wind being fabricated over the empty white space. Suddenly a rumbling noise of shuffling buildings springing forth out of the ground towering colossal structures. Windings from one building to the next, drifting cords that siphoned from one structure to the next. Shimmering windows, gargoyles, all that seemed to stretch into what was becoming a sky. A draft began blowing form the spinning fans on top as though it were real...they were as real as bone.

"Amazing isn't it. Though this is illusion controlled by our will, it becomes solid. We'll be here for a while, lets explore the inner workings of this empty city, consider it a field trip, don't waste your time and chakra trying to climb the walls, you'll collapse, and one more thing. Watch your step."

Rayex quickly disappeared bouncing off a springboard becoming nothing more than a speck disappearing into the high altitude.

[Chariot of Fire]

The Akatsuki’s face, hidden beneath a mysterious mask, turned toward Asumo with a chilling glare. Asumo would have shivered slightly, if he wasn’t too busy concentrating on the upcoming events. He stared into the mask, his eyes unfocusing slightly so he could see the entire body of the Akatsuki. Any body movement…Any telling gesture that could help him predict this Akatsuki’s movement… However, the mask hid any emotional clues that might tip off Asumo Daeus… It was simply a pale white mask, reminiscent of the full moon, with black shadowy slits where the eyes of this dangerous being poked through. Asumo felt a slight trickle of fear slip through his veins… This was a dangerous game he was playing... He was facing a member of the most powerful organization in the modern ninja world… And it was his turn…

Calm down, he thought to himself, breathing deeply through his nose, the wind cast by the thrashing Shukaku sending sand whistling through his hair, Focus… be ready… All he needed to do was protect that small hexagon until the sealing was complete… He wouldn’t fail his sensei now… His eyes refocused, his will reinforced, he lowered his stance slightly, tensing up to react before the steely calm voice of the Akatsuki cut through his mind like a kunai.

You've got guts and a good head on your shoulders. Don't let it be responsible for ending your life now."

Threats did not usually unnerve him. Such tactics were usually misguided attempts at intimidation, intended to instill fear and to break focus, willpower, and confidence. However, this was the first time that Asumo had been threatened by a criminal, most likely S-Ranked, shinobi… And this threat pierced his normally apathetic exterior, sinking to his bones before he brushed it away with a forceful shrug. If the fear got to him, then he’d be done for sure…

However, all the willpower and concentration in the world could not stop him from flinching at the Akatsuki’s next action. The fist he slammed into the ground sure showed off some physical strength, but it was the hellish spiral of dark chakra which sent a shiver down Asumo’s spine. Torrents of the strange chakra shot forth, rippling and twisting in a hurricane spiral of spiritual energy. The wind itself rippled, and Asumo’s already tussled hair waved back and forth in the wind, tossed about as the sheer force of energy spinning around the Akatsuki sent tingles down his skin. Asumo lowered his stance even further, his eyes widening at first, and then narrowing once more as he watched the powerful energies before him. What kind of power was this? Asumo had never seen anything like it…

Thats quite the skill you have there boy, take a gander at mine."

Asumo breathed in quickly as a blade instantly formed from the spinning chakra. A sleek, powerful sword, which sent more apprehension through him than the thrashing Shukaku itself. He took a single step backwards, raising his hands in defense his eyes flashing as a multitude of thoughts raced through his mind. Options raced through his mind like raindrops plopping onto a cement sidewalk. Hundreds of ideas, all of which simply plopped uselessly to the ground… He had to move… he had to do something… But he couldn’t… even the pain in his arm lay forgotten as he stared at the chakra blade without moving a muscle.

And then he coughed. His eyes widened as his whole world fell into chaos. Suddenly, the Akatsuki moved, and the blade had struck him before he had even registered the movement. He felt a searing pain, like two hands had just ripped his soul into two distinct pieces. The light around him blurred and shifted, like a watercolor painting dissolving into a mosaic of unrecognizable colors. He would have screamed, but he was too overcome by these sensations to emit sound. His view shifted from seeing the blade striking his body, to seeing himself collapsing on the ground. He saw his lanky form strike the earth with a thud, suddenly seeing close up, the earth from where he fell, to staring down at it from the sky. He retched, but unfortunately there was nothing to vomit. The escalating crescendo of chaotic sensations, this ripping feeling that he could no longer bear, continued to rise in intensity, spinning out of control until it climaxed in a single point of fiery pain. And then it snapped. Everything went dead. Asumo’s body lay still on the ground, his eyes glazed beneath his light blue goggles. His body was immobile; his long limbs sprawled haphazardly on the ground. The wind blew slightly over his hair, causing it to shift slightly, although the rest of his body remained unmovable… Even his skin seemed to pale under the bright rays of the sun…

Asumo was dead.

[Hip-Hop]

"Thats quite the misconception Kai. As I am the only person standing on the floor at this moment it would be responding to my mind and will. Since it's clear of distractions it remains white, but to truly get the most out of your training you could create and mold infinite landscapes that your mind can fathom even an entire village down to every last detail. With things I've seen...well I can show you better than I can tell you."

At first a confused look spread across Kai's face and his sensei spoke. He was paying close attention, and was trying to comprehend what he was saying. ...So, you can control the environment with our minds?, thought Kai as Rayex-sensei spoke. All of a sudden, an echo of wind was heard, and buildings started to spring up all around Kai and his teammates. Take a few steps back, Kai looked up and watch the buildings climb towards the sky in awe; he almost stepped on the roof of one as it went up. There was silence for a moment, then Rayex spoke again.

"Amazing isn't it. Though this is illusion controlled by our will, it becomes solid. We'll be here for a while, lets explore the inner workings of this empty city, consider it a field trip, don't waste your time and chakra trying to climb the walls, you'll collapse, and one more thing. Watch your step."

The young shinobi's mind began to wander at all the possibilities of this place, all the things a person could do. Maybe, he concentrated and thought back far enough, he could see his father again. The possibilities were limitless, and he knew he would enjoy this particular year of his life, or day of his life, whichever. Putting his hand on the side of one of the buildings, he looked back at Azuke and Yuki.

"I dare you to say this isn't the coolest thing you've ever done."

Running off, he jumped on the same springboard and followed Rayex-sensei off into the distance somewhere.

[obbsessed fan]

Yuki looked on at the white expanse that was now their home for the next year. It was whiter than The meaning of her name. Solitude.... thats the only word that came to her mind when she looked around. Although... she does like it, it seems to be to much for over a year.

"Astounding." She said to no one in particular.

'This strikes me as odd... we are supposed to obtain the ability to use life energy, but I doubt there is any hint of life except us here..... She pondered to herself.

She looked up to see her teammates all pumped up and getting ready. She was excited herself at the prospect of new jutsu, but she sighed at the amount of work it was going to take to obtain it.

"Thats quite the misconception Kai. As I am the only person standing on the floor at this moment it would be responding to my mind and will. Since it's clear of distractions it remains white, but to truly get the most out of your training you could create and mold infinite landscapes that your mind can fathom even an entire village down to every last detail. With things I've seen...well I can show you better than I can tell you."

With those words Rayex conjoured a whole city with only his will

Yuki's eyes widened at the large and beautiful city that appeared before them, It looked like a European city in the Renicaunss Era. It echoed with nothing but sensei's words, telling her that not a soul lived in this illusion.

"Amazing isn't it. Though this is illusion controlled by our will, it becomes solid. We'll be here for a while, lets explore the inner workings of this empty city, consider it a field trip, don't waste your time and chakra trying to climb the walls, you'll collapse, and one more thing. Watch your step."

Yuki nodded and pulled out a scroll holding a weapon she snagged from her house. She thought training was going to last a day so she would put it back without notice, but it seems this is going to recieve a lot of wear and tear here.

Yuki bit her finger and rubbed it over a kanji, and with a soundless poof, a glaive popped out of it. Yuki snatched it out of the air then put it on her back. It was a little to big for her at the moment so training with it is going to be tough at first, but she'll grow into it.

'Grow....' Yuki thought at a realization.

"Hey sensei, are we going to age in here as well?" She said as she calmly walked into the city.

[Nebula Zero]

Azuke felt a slight tug on him, due to the heightened gravity in this realm. But his body seemed to be able to adapt to the new environment. His body was strong enough to move around freely, although it would pose minor strain later on. He ran up a wall, gravity posing more of a challenge, just as he thought. But with more effort, he made it to the top. Satisfied, he went back down, lading with a large 'THUD'. Brushing the dirt off his shoulders, he ran inside the empty city. It kind of creeped him out, seeing it empty. Running along the walls, backflipping on them. He was like a kid at the playground.

"Hey sensei, are we going to age in here as well?"

The question struck him as well. Would they all exit this place as older, more experienced people? The thought seemed to slip from him, as he was having too much fun at the moment. Heading in the direction that Rayex-sensei went, he made his way along the supposed hallway of buildings and shops, taking in every nook and cranny of this illusion of a place.

"I say we should just go with the flow for now." he said to Yuki while running along a few walls.

[Shadalicious Reminisce]

" Sensei it has truly been a long time since we last saw one another ya look good and whos the young ones the guy looks like somethin powerful" Daaku looked at the man in front of him. Kaito, the boy who was now a man, the man whom had once been one of the laziest kids ever and never wanted to train. It was amusing to see him like this, especially in this situation and seeing his response to what Aden must have had him thinking all kinds of things, but for now there wasn’t anything but apparent joy showing.

Kei looked up a bit as Kaito touched his head, and Soujiro laughed. “That is a good way to get your hand torn off Kumo dude.” Soujiro didn’t feel like remembering Kaito’s name just then, so for the longest time he would probably continue calling him ‘Kumo Dude’. At first Kei didn’t say anything, he was thinking about how great it felt to have somebody call him strong without seeing his skills, or rather lack there of in his eyes for the most part. Kei didn’t say much that wasn’t crude, or mean , and nice was something he was still working on, so instead of a reply he just smiled.

“Kaito. It has been a long time, but I happen to remember something from….” He stopped mid sentence as Hotaru broke in.

A moment or so passed before what Hotaru asked registered as Daaku was scouring Kaito’s place. He wasn’t exactly pleased by what he saw. It was such a downgrade from the mansion in many areas, size for one, but the worst part was the terribly decorated interior that spanned as far as Daaku’s eyes allowed; all of it. He turned to another of his former students. “Did I truly leave you, or had you all left me long before that?? With such a wrong, I needed as much space as possible to right what was in actuality wrong.” He shrugged. “Besides you were all chuunin anyway, you didn’t need me, and like anybody else you could have sought out my established school.”

"I'm just curious Daaku-Sensai."

Soujiro felt the same way, but in another way. “Uncle Daaku. I bet these guys must be strong if they even had a little training from you ever. Didn’t the one Kumo Dude say he would kick your ass the next time he saw you??” He snickered, implying that the feat was impossible for Kaito to accomplish. “It is something that is high in his thought process right along with his son by the hot chick ninja. “I wanna see blood. Daaku sensei versus two of his old students, maybe three is like the match of the forever!!!”

“Umm Soujiro maybe you should let them all talk about this, and settle things before you start making crazy battle scenarios.” Kei sat idly on the floor.

[Kissui Tensai]

Ooc: Gonna edit my Onisan post in shortly.

A vigorous slam into the surface of the high ground city that went on into the sky. Rayex palm to the ground, he eased himself up and looked onto the horizon of even larger buildings from left to right. It was truely metropolitan based, this was ironic because in their villages everything was relatively rural and slightly suburban, nothing too advanced. A large gust of wind blew from the worth end, and his clad tethered in the southward direction, raising his hand to block the gust as it was just that fierce.

"Incredible."

He activated his saikurugan to peer into the atmosphere. To his surprise this empty white space now occupied with buildings, was overflowing with chakra traveling downward. It was much denser than the atmosphere outside and if they could adapt and fight here they could fight anywhere with their own individual abilities greatly amplified. His attention shortly distracted watching Azuke plunder in as the explorer of the lot.

"Hey sensei, are we going to age in here as well?"

He'd caught Yuki's question.

"You've already started growing the second you entered. I can't estimate how much time goes by in a minute, but I'd say a few hours have already passed us after only being in here not so much as even five minutes. By the time we're finished and the clock down at the palace hits the same exact time we entered we'll have accelerated in year in natural and walk out with a year's worth of training and wisdom and only a day will have gone by. With that said, I brought you into this realm to teach you how to use life energy, but this requires you to connect with the enviorment which requires a free mind. I've displayed my free mind by creating a completely abstract and almost unreal setting with just a thought. I know we've all grown up in less than natural setting but it's more of an instinct feeling."

Rayex began to think of a better way to explore what he told them.

"I'll give you an example of how to unleash life energy without even realizng it. Say you've been in a situation where your body moved in quickness of self without you even realizng you did it. If you've ever been conquered by fear before and you suddenly sprouted seeds of courage and took the plunge to overcome an obstacle. Its about finding the strength in the most unexpected places which would be the first step to be able to control it. You have to wake it up first."

Rayex took a step and spread his feet apart.

"Of course now that you understand how to first unleash it, which has to be now, that there must be the condition created, don't you? So don't question what I'm about to do next..."

Ripping left arm to blow up his clad he dove into it is arm disappearing then amassing a blade of equal if not greater length than Azuke's Ebilanzer. He quickly stabbed int into the ground with both hand and a click was heard. Morphing itself off of Rayex was a chakraganger taking a blade out of the much larger one. Then another split off taking another, then another, then another until there no blades left to halve and Rayex left with his master's blade Mercury.

"If you really want to draw it out, you have to be so scared you body will explode our your hidden potential. NOW SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO!"

The twelve chakraganger swung their clads and cloaked themselves while Rayex stood at the center looking at all three of them from afar. The saikurugan was present in his eyes, four hollow tomoes revolving around the second ring of his eye pattern. A swift smirk on his face as formed a hand sign and held his palm out exploding with a thunderous white noise filtering out sound in the area.

"I HOPE YOU CAN READ LIPS!" He shouted through the loud white noise technique.

Moving out of the clad on Kai's right, the first attack came under the stealth of his chakra only becoming evident after stepping out and the sound filtering noise of Rayex's jutsu this was something fear. A rapid thrust of the blade from three feet behind trailing to slice through.

[Hip-Hop]

Kai, having landed on the roof of one the many buildings, looked up at his sensei as he spoke. This dimension was huge, but it wasn't hard to hear Rayex-sensei at all even from a distance. As he neared the end of his speech, a sort of crazed look came on his face and Kai knew that he was about to do something crazy. Whatever this training was that they were supposed to be doing in here, it was about to get very interesting.

"If you really want to draw it out, you have to be so scared you body will explode our your hidden potential. NOW SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO!"

No sooner did the words come out of his mouth did Kai react to the situation, running down the wall of the building he was previously standing on top of. A Rayex came out from the right of Kai and slashed quickly, seemingly striking the genin in half. Strangely, however, Kai, or rather the mist clone, just reformed himself and kept on running down the wall. His eyes hazed over in baby blue and his hands began to glow with blue chakra, Kai wasn't holding anything back this time. If Rayex-sensei wanted to see what he could do, then he would see just that.

The entire area on the ground around the building was covered in a thick mist, giving the battle a sort of eerie feeling to it. Atop the building, Kai's vest could be seen laying there, all the bags of water inside empty except for one. All of a sudden, two mist clones sprang forth from the mist and their glowing hands touched the Rayex clone. Falling back into the mist from whence they came, their glowing handprints on the clone exploded, effectively getting rid of the first of twelve. Since the location of the other eleven was unknown at the time, the real Kai, wherever he was, decide to go on and attack the source; his voice could be heard coming from somewhere within the mist.

"I think it's time I show you a little something I've been working on sensei. Mangekyo Hyoton Style: Mist Dragon Jutsu!"

Up from out of the mist came a great dragon of pure mist, glowing blue with Kai's chakra. The jutsu was a combination of Kai's Wind Dragon Jutsu, his Mangekyo Hyoton mist, and his Deadly Exploding Fist Style. Essentially, if hit by the dragon, not only would it slice you like the normal Wind Dragon Jutsu, it was also explode as a finisher after dealing it's blows. Not to mention the fact that, since it was made up of mist, Kai could control it with relative ease for multiple attack runs. Right then it was headed at high a speed straight for Rayex-sensei atop the building he was standing on, ready to do what it was created for. Meanwhile, within the mist, Kai's Mangekyo Hyoton's counterclockwise spin was steadily increasing in speed, showing his rising level of concentration. He could feel his chakra pumping through his body and his senses heightening with his Keke Genkai.

His mist wasn't created solely for him to attack however. It was extremely heavy with chakra since it was made from the water in his vest, making it difficult for even Rayex-sensei to see into. He was hoping Azuke and Yuki would realize this and would start thinking just as strategical as he was.

[obbsessed fan]

"You've already started growing the second you entered. I can't estimate how much time goes by in a minute, but I'd say a few hours have already passed us after only being in here not so much as even five minutes. By the time we're finished and the clock down at the palace hits the same exact time we entered we'll have accelerated in year in natural and walk out with a year's worth of training and wisdom and only a day will have gone by. With that said, I brought you into this realm to teach you how to use life energy, but this requires you to connect with the enviorment which requires a free mind. I've displayed my free mind by creating a completely abstract and almost unreal setting with just a thought. I know we've all grown up in less than natural setting but it's more of an instinct feeling."

"I see... so I will be naturally 14 when we get out of here." She looked around at the setting. "So that's a step in the process.."

Yuki listened intently to Rayex's speech. Her legs buckling a little bit with the force of gravity pushing on her 10 fold.

"If you really want to draw it out, you have to be so scared you body will explode our your hidden potential. NOW SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO!"


Yuki saw that Kai was the first to take action, but he had little choice as Rayex attacked him first. Yuki was about to spring into action but one thing standed out in Rayex's statment.

you have to be so scared you body will explode out your hidden potential.

She stopped in her tracks....
'The whole point of this exorcise is to be scared shitless... thats no picnic at all. To fully obtain the experience of this exorcise, we have too.... Only fight using the basics...' She sweatdroped 'Damnit.. isn't there some other way to do this I don't want to be killed' She thought exasperated to herself.

"Hey guys! We shouldn't attack him full force in this excercise!"Yuki felt strange.

....

'I cant hear anything! We can't relay orders, yell out for help or anything, we can't even hear Rayex attack! Oh man....'

[Kissui Tensai]

Rayex holding his hand up booming the sound of Urusai Howaitnoiszu. Just as planned Kai sprang into action, to thoroughly send him into shock would require doomsday scare tactic. Of course none of his attacks so far up to this point have been 'lethal'. He knew of a specific way to scare the living shit out of each and every one of them. It required subtle motions and quickness of delivery. Picking them off one by one for now was all he could do and with his sweep light field of vision spreading his chakragangers around, they would be his eyes in the mist.

"Reform..."

The one Kai had though to relinquish earlier began to pull itself together, they were as durable as the atmosphere giving them a much more resistant form and to recompose themselves almost instantly. With no sound and only the color of chakra to his disposal on the first level of his eyes it was occupied by Kai's. The mist thoroughly spreading in loose residue. Attached in this mist a massive projectile dragon of his creation coming into his field of vision at at least 40 meters first look. He ripped off his cloak with a movement so fast it look like his body spazzed and he ripped open the flash of black quickly assimilating the chakra flow of the jutsu being broken apart as it bombarded his clad sucking inside the amassed vast space of a different dimension.

"I knew I'd end up using that one day. Ripping apart his jutsu with the chakratic properties of my clad...though it would've been easier to just move the hell out of the way, but where is the fun in that?"

Rayex laughed holding the jutsu in one hand and his floating clad in his other palm using Juuatsu Pulsaru technique. Them not being able to hear him and the same applied for them, it was all too perfect. Kai apparently was making a handicap for Rayex to see him, but Kai wasn't the only one that could manipulate the mist. More and more he was putting himself in situations that called for the use of Ditonke's blade, Touken Ryuujin, it gave him earnest power to manipulate a kekkei genkai.

Ooc: Over the 12 year period Rayex fused with Ditonke's Haku/Spirit and he converts spirit chakra into physical chakra, which is how he can even use the Touken Ryuujin, it'd be like Gai trying to hold on to Samehada for more than 1 minute and we all know how that turned out.

Ic:

Shedding another shell, the thirteenth chakraganger appeared pulling a blade out of Rayex's clad as it exited. It clutched it tightly as it was weighty but with his mastery of the very power source his students were being taught it was like lifting a sheet of paper. Chakra zipping out of the touken Ryuujin's tip and thoroughly spreading to the water within the atmosphere, the mist beginning to condensate, then precipitate and fall to the ground lushing out gallons of water to drench them all at least to the extent he could clearly see Azuke and Yuki given Kai was still in hiding.

"I'm impressed. What does it take to scare you kids?" He'd undid his jutsu so they could hear his voice echo down the metropolitan streets. "I have the perfect premise for you two. I guess you have to experience death to be scared out of your pants...then let it be so. Its just something that must be done...sorry about this kids."

Rayex began to approach them across that long distance with a steady walk, his chakragangers still retaining their dimensional stealth, this was something he could do on his own and just use them to block Kai from interfering. Fragments of black mist began to form over his face and his body waist down was starting to defragment and disappear as this mask was forming. Coming over half of his face, his entire lower half was gone. The black mask formed over, and releasing what one could only fathom was 'killing intent'. Peering through Azuke and Yuki like the predator, he ripped their soul's right out of their shells casting them out and their bodies collapsed.

They could see him now, in the clothes of a reaper.

"You scared yet? I dare you to run...just try me..."

Was this a joke? It remained uncertain except that Rayex was the one holding the cards and their lives.

"This isn't a genjutsu...your actually dead along with me, what you see before you would be your corpses. I split your soul which would be that second make up of your chakra from your body. As for me, I take on this form as an Onigami therefore this IS MY REAL BODY."

[Nebula Zero]

Azuke's fun had ended as Rayex was one the move, but not in the way he had imagined. He had come to strike against Azuke. For a moment, everything was still. A face had loomed over him, casting down a look he could not describe. He could not describe it because he did not have enough time to think about it. He felt a pulling sensation in his body, a great pain coming over him. Senses became nullified, his world blurring, fading. Soon, nothing but pure black could be seen.

What are you doing?

It's not that you can't give up.

It's because I won't let you.

What the hell are you waiting for? An invitation?

Several blurs replaced his vision. For a moment, he knew what fear was. This fear was so new, it planned to destroy him. Azuke almost wanted to cry. Cry out loud, although no one would hear him.

Get up!

This false sense of hope filled him terribly, and reeled into a perpetuating cycle of anguish. He could feel Yuki's presence, although it was a very distant one.

Get up!

In the shroud of madness, Azuke grit his spiritual teeth. No, he thought to himself. This fear will not consume me! I will defeat fear! I will make it kneel!

Azuke Kakumei, get the #^$% up!

Upon this voice of command from within, his seemingly lifeless, physical body began to rise. A light green aura seeped from the skin of the body. Opening the eyes, only bright green could be seen in the absence of pupils. The chakra in his body had surprised him. He knew it was special, but he didn't believe it would have a literal mind of its' own. It extended a hand out to the phantom that appeared before it. It was calling out. And pulling back. Suddenly, the blurs began to fragment. Sucked into a black spot, Azuke could feel a certain filling up of sorts. When he truly opened his eyes, he found himself staring down the phantom once more, the green aura still surrounding him.

"What the hell just happened?" he asked himself. He felt renewed in a sense. Yuki lay on the ground beside him, Azuke realizing that his sensei was serious. His hand reaching out behind him, he pulled in Einlanzer with his will almost effortlessly, his weapon covering the distance of several meters before reuniting with his hand. He picked up the corpse of Yuki and jumped away, placing her on a rooftop.

"Don't worry, I'll bring you back." he said almost silently. He leaped down and faced down the demon. The metal started to cover his body, covering his shoulders, legs, around his ribs and along his chin. But this time it turned into a cobalt blue upon finishing. He unleashed Einlanzer, which also underwent a slight transformation. Two blades stuck out from both sides of the main body of Einlanzer, while the hilt had created a two hand guard, various parts of his weapon cobalt blue as well. Taking a stance, the scrolls created a sort of cape for him.

"You're letting go of Yuki." he said, making a gesture with his free left hand that said 'Come and get some', by waving his four fingers towards him. He needed Kai on this one. His potential had exploded, and he needed Kai to help him finish it.

"Kai! I need your exploding mist to surround me! Do it!"

[Kissui Tensai]

Onisan watched him fall to his demise. His onigan was not supremely powered dojutsu, but more along the lines of a piecing of mind games. A wet smile of devious intent was behind his mask, he swung his blade again tearing down the illusion of their surrounding and he looked down at the collapsed shinobi. It was not their job to take lives unless they were ordered to. He simply walked over and kneel down lifting the hexagonal box off of him.

"You'll be fine if I didn't over do it, which I'm sure I didn't. Your a strong kid and thats an admirable trait."

The box crumbled under the pressure of his palm severing all ties of the sealing method that was being performed.

"We're done here, the Kazekage can handle it." Onisan said flapping the black clad that the duplicate of their leader had.

He raised his hand high looking over at the floating ball of condensed chakra holding his parter by the confides. The sky ripped open a hole and a wave of yellow light stringed down over the both of them. The same ability to transfer Shukaku being utilized to move them back to the akatsuki base. Behind his mask he was looking down at what remained of the resistance, their method had failed and one of their team collapsed. Onisan had done his part and was content with just that. The pair soon disappeared into the clouds and the yellow light dissipated behind them.

"Damnit. They got away and our plan failed." Negavix said peering to the sand shelled Kazekage.

Shukaku was currently immobilized from the method as it was interrupted and he could only think to help them escape. The safety of his comrades was a priority that jeopardized the mission but even so they'd already failed and their lives were far more important. Best to make their exit while Shukaku was out of commission, he'd two duplications left near Ky and Vergil, he'd have to retrieve Asumo himself. A swing of his clad and he'd jumped the distance over the village arriving at his collapsed corpse.

"What the hell did he hit you with?" Negavix said amassing himself and the unconscious Asumo within his clad as did his other remaining ones.

They all vanished in to thin air. It was a retreat, but it was better than loosing their lives. This war had more than enough opportunities to gain the advantage and they would have to look for them and work harder.

"I'm proud of you guys, you hustled out there like a real team and granted we were fighting akatsuki there was a slim chance our plan would work. Still you all did great and that all four of us are alive is proof of that. As you know we'll all be in impossible spots like that at some point or another. You can't fool with akatsuki, so it's best that I teach you a method to break the shackles on your limitations and soar higher. I'll teach you to use a new form of energy that rest dormant within you."

Negavix began to spout the same exact babble as his more positive other.

"This is known as life energy. I'm sure your familiar with what makes up your chakra, a combo of physical and a spiritual energy, well when you add life energy into the mix, things thoroughly spiral into a completely new category. Sounds interesting enough, but it's serious business and will give you more knock back in your ninja techniques as well as performing something that far surpasses forbidden techniques. You could say, its something to use a last resort. This marks a new chapter of your training and I won't continue unless all three of you are in for the long haul."

Negavix took the time for what he said to sink in.