The Lost War and Heart: Finding Hope and Courage to Fight [Original]

[Shadows Fall]

Master Yun stepped alongside Senka, his fangs being revealed to both Matt and Ryuuken. His muscles were now tense as he kept his eyes on the two opposing ninjas. However he shifted his gaze over to the broken tree that Ryohei had been rammed into, seeing his body laying limp underneath broken shards of bark and branches before turning to face the ninjas once more.

"Senka, you cannot handle these two on your own. However. . . I am not going to stop you from fighting those who had hurt those who we keep close." explained the wolf who then maneuvered himself into a fighting position, his claws now fully extended. "I will fight alongside you." Yun added as he kept a watchful eye on the two, Ryuuken in particular. "I'll handle him. . ." With that said, the wolf charged towards to the one who had severely beaten Ryohei as the two now battled against one another.

Zeke, Ryohei's one and only mentor, appeared among the shadows of the forest and spotted the defeated student of his.

"Aw man. . . he really did a number on you." muttered Zeke as he removed the shards of wood and branches from the young expert's body and lifted up his limp body from the ground. He also spotted Kira who had also been beaten by the other ninja, Matt. Shifting Ryohei's body so that he now carried him over his shoulder, he did the same to Kira as he carried the two on both shoulders now. "The things I do to keep people safe. . ." he said faintly under his breath, carrying the two towards his dojo.

[Skitty Cat]

"Senka, you cannot handle these two on your own. However. . . I am not going to stop you from fighting those who had hurt those who we keep close." explained the wolf who then maneuvered himself into a fighting position, his claws now fully extended.

Nodding her head the girl shifted form, her gray pelt rippled as she asked, "What, Master Yun, did you think I would take BOTH of them on by myself?"

A growl rumbling in her throat she listened as Matt taunted, "What can you two do to us as wolves?"

Keeping her eyes on her own enemy Senka followed suit, spotting Zeke from the corner of her eye; she barked, "Get Ryohei and Kira out of here!"

Bowling into the ninja she watched Zeke walk away, she mentally let out a sigh, training her gaze back on Matt she jumped backward. Her fur fluffed up, she appeared twice her normal size. Senka didn't give him the chance to taunt her again, digging her front claws dip into Matt's shoulder. She bit down on right the member. Feeling a rusty kunai tear through her fur.

Senka stifled a yelp and jumped away, the crimson liquid trickled from the gash. Snarling angrily, she launched herself back at her opponent. Feeling his fist connect with her stomach, the she-wolf flew to the ground and rolled to reveal her soft belly.

The wind knocked from her, Senka felt the ninja grab her throat, hard. Wriggling she batted at him with her hind paws.

"You little ----"

Aiming a well placed kick at his chest sending Matt stumbling backward. Senka scrambled to her paws, a grin in her eyes she replied, "Thank you for the compliment."

Briefly checking on her leader, Senka jumped to the left but was to slow. Landing hard on her side, she rolled to the left. Climbing to her paws she flicked her ears back, watching Matt's movements she grinned inwardly. I see even though Kira was badly injured she was able to slow this guy down, the she-wolf thought.

She watched a giant, white wolf come bolting out of the shrubs. "Master Shiro," she called.

Tackling another ninja the wolf trained his gold eyes on her, a dark, deadly glow in them. Dashing toward her opponent, Senka nipped his ankle as she slipped past. Whirling around, her eyes cold Senka ground out, "I suggest you take your "filthy" friends and yourself away from our camp!"

A threatening growl coming from her, she bolted in and once again got the ninja's ankle, feeling another sharp, stinging pain from her injured fore leg Senka felt her anger getting the better of her. "Senka, you must keep calm! Remember, if need be do it death from the ankles down!"


"No, not death from the ankles down...why not just go for the throat?"

"Senka!"

Brushing off her mentor's comment, Senka jumped upward, twisting she landed right on Matt's back. Feeling him stumble, she wasn't surprised when he shook her off.

Landing on her paws, she bared her fangs showing she wasn't going to let the dark-haired ninja leave without some serious injuries.

~- MoonClan, in the woods -~

Mikoto stared at the lush greenry, she grinned and murmured, "This place hasn't changed at all."

Touching the air in front of her, she stepped through the swirling mass. Staring around the different trees she caught sight of someone fleeing. Looking at them she saw that it was a young male, smirking, Mikoto glided soundlessly over and spotted another person moving over.

"Zeke, let me help you," the new person commented, "it'd be easier for you if I carried Kira."

Freezing at the name Mikoto saw the raven-haired teen. Approaching the person she saw the mentioned one's movements. So, that boy's name is Zal.

She stood watching the small group, her eyes drifitng to the boy on Zeke's shoulder, curoisity pricked the ghost moved over. Gently, almost motionlessly she placed her hand on his shoulder. She could tell that the expert was only sixteen years of age. Bringing her hand to her side, she flicked it once, turning Mikoto listened as Zal asked, "Zeke, do you feel that?"

~- Same area *Kira's POV* -~

Hearing voices she struggled to wake up, finding her grip on reality, she wriggled free of Zeke's grip. Falling to the ground, Kira looked around surprise and rage flashing in her eyes she demanded silently, What's going on here!?

Looking at Zal she saw the streaks of blood, concern replacing her rage Kira asked him: What happened to you? Why is there blood from your mouth!

"I'll explain later, but for now Lady Kira, we must return to Zeke's dojo and heal both yours and Ryohei's injuries."

Puzzled at this, she opened her mouth to scream but nothing came out, as her hand flew to her shoulder. Kira brought her hand away and saw that it was heavily covered in blood. Confused on this; Kira thought about what happened and turned her gaze on Zeke and asked with her eyes: Will Yun and Senka be alright?

[Skitty Cat]

OOC: Okay, I've been thinking about this, and I've come to a desicion; the RP is gonna be on hold untill everyone's done with school. So, I think about a three week break should work, right? That way, the stress of final exams is taken care of, so than maybe we can all get past our writer's block. It'll start on Friday or Saturday.

Good luck with your exams!

[Shadows Fall]

"Eh?" Zeke murmured, stopping rather abruptly when he felt Ryohei's limp body now twitching uncontrollably. He slowly turned to see what was going on and knew the worse was about to occur. "No," he said underneath his breath. "He's. . . he's going to change. . ." Quickly glancing over at the others, it was clear by Zeke's expression that something horrible was going to happen right about now. Ryohei's body then managed to set itself free from Zeke's grasps as it fell to the ground, the boy now sounding as if he were in pain.

"Everybody, run!" exclaimed the expert's mentor, turning his attention back over to the now transforming Ryohei. "As for me, I'll handle Ryohei. Hurry! Head for the dojo and quick!" he shouted over to them, readying himself for what was about to take place.

Master Yun and Ryuuken leaped into action, thus starting their brawl with one another. The two blocked several of their attacks that continued to go back and forth, not one even connecting with a hit. The two seemed to be evenly match even if one of them were no longer human. Suddenly, both fighter's hands gripped the other's as they both got themselves into a deadlock.

"Seems like I underestimated you." Ryuuken commented. He lifted up his knee in order to ram it into Yun's stomach but was blocked when the wolf set one paw free and lowered it to prevent it from coming into contact. Breaking his other paw free, Yun placed both paws together and performed a palm thrust to Ryuuken's chest which caused the ninja to slide back a few feet on both feet. Making himself stop, he simply smirked after being struck by what felt like a weak move. "You're going to have to try better than that."

[Akans]

<OOC: I'll post something later, this is just to tell you all that I haven't ditched this RP >

[sephiroth2]

OOC: Me too. Sorry for not posting here for the longest time.

[Shadows Fall]

OOC: Bumping this thread. . .

[Skitty Cat]

Kira could tell Zeke was right, there was something bad happening. Glancing once at Zal, she spun around and gently grabbed his hand. Knowing she had his attention Kira made symbol's in the vetern's hand. Lifting her gaze to his she only grinned as she saw the glint of defiance in Zal's eyes.

Shaking her head, she gently shoved him in the direction of Zeke's dojo. She wanted to be firm on what she was begging him to do. Kira knew the risks that were involved; but was that not a leader's job? She once more made a gesture telling him to flee, reluctently Zal complied to the request and dashed off.

Turning to face Zeke she stated firmly: I cannot leave you alone, Zeke. I promise I'll stay out of the way but I can't run.

Launcing herself into an oak tree that was right above the two Wolf ninjas; Kira landed on her perch. She sat there staring down at Zeke and Ryohei. Kira brought her legs to her chest, resting her head on the members. She thought about what the outcome could be and regreted the picture the flicked acrossed her mind.

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OOC: It's short I know but it's something.

[booklet3]

OOC: Im back =) Lets see if we can get this Rp rolling.

Kiran listened to the exchanges that were made between Alberio and River. With that Kiran resat the hostage on his shoulder to make it comfortable and started toward the village, or what was left. The remaining ninjas that were not injured or survived the attack were tying to help the injured, especially the citizens. Kiran headed toward the Council Chamber, considering what he heard River said.

"The only things I can think of is important scrolls"

Kiran helped with people along the way, but felt many looks as he carried one of the enemies on his shoulder. Kiran finally reached the Council Chamber. The building itself was intact still but there were bodies around the building. "This must of been where the bulk of the fighting took place," he mumbled. Walking into the chamber, he set his hostage in a chair. Some of his chakra recovered along the walk over to the council, so Kiran preformed a Wind Prison Jutsu on his hostage just in case he did wake up. Now that the hostage was secure, Kiran proceed to the backroom where the scrolls were located.

[Skitty Cat]

Catching the briefiest of glimpses of Masters Yun and Shiro fighting other members. Her gaze snapping back to her own opponent, she flicked her tail to fling the dirt at him. Knowing that the fight was starting to take its toll on her. She only prayed that Yun, Shiro nor this ninja could see that it was effecting her as bad as it was.

Senka jumped sideways dodging Matt as he stepped forward. Her fur bristling with his next taunt, she growled in defiance, "Don't you ever insult Masters Yun and Shiro!"

Hurling herself at the Darkness ninja; the pup hit him full force. Knocking the wind from his lungs, she even left herself become slightly winded. Senka shook herself to banish the stunning grip that started to coil around her. She didn't even consider what might happen, feeling something within the forest she felt her muscles lock up on her.

"Shoot!"

Senka's gaze snapped back to Matt, listening she launched herself at him. Knocking the wind from him for a moment, she felt him hit her in the stomach and send her flying. Hitting a tree she laid there dazed for a couple of fragile heartbeats.

Clearing her head she dodged to the side; blood matting her fur the apperntice held her opponent's icy stare with her own. She mentally frowned as a bundle of fur and clothing went rolling by only to hit a tree. Pelting toward Matt, Senka dodged to the left at the last moment, getting behind him Senka nipped his ankle. Sighing in relief when Shiro targeted another ninja, she couldn't focus long on it. I must stay focus on this battle. she thought.

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OOC: I'll get something for the others next time.

[Shadows Fall]

Ryohei's body began to shake uncontrollably, his teeth now becoming a pair of fangs as he then rammed both fists into the solid ground. Relaxing his hands, large amount of fur started to grow from every part of the boy's body while his figure expanded and became more bulkier. His red ninja-gi had been torn to bits which left Ryohei body exposed to everyone around him, but luckily they could not see anything due to the fact he had fully became a werewolf. His head jerked over to the side as he laid his eyes upon the his mentor, Zeke who stood in a defensive stance. Letting out a roar that echoed throughout the entire forest, the boy's mentor simply chuckled after seeing the completion of the transformation.

"Nice little show. Are you done yet?" Zeke taunted, crossing his arms while Ryohei stood on all fours. It looked as if the wolf was ready to pounce at any moment but refrained from doing so. "Come on, I dare ya." he taunted once more which was only making the werewolf angry. One rule that every member knew was to never toy with a werewolf but Zeke did it anyway so that Ryohei would be the first to attack.

[Akans]

Sylfae dashed through the woods, Magisakaj trailing behind her. While her orders were to go to the Moon Clan, she felt that a detour was needed. After all, that captured ninja held potentially damaging information. And she needed to settle some things with Alberio.

They quickly neared the Wind Clan village. They could see the buildings of the main village through the undergrowth, and the main Council Chambers. Sirius had stolen some scrolls from the Council Chambers, which Sylfae held in her hands right now. They had contained powerful Wind Jutsu's that Sleif had copied down before giving them to her. Not only that, one of the scrolls contained in-depth information about the security network and defences of the Wind Clan. They were surprisingly powerful - Sylfae had no hope of overcoming them with brute strength.
But that was why Magisakaj was here. He was a master of Illusionary techniques.

She nodded towards him. Magisakaj put his hands together and started a complex chant. Sylfae felt her body shiver, and, when she looked down, her body was wispy.
Sylfae slid through the town, making not a sound, and disturbing not a leaf from the ground. She slipped into the Council Chambers undetected, bypassing the security system, and put the scroll back into its place. No need for the Wind nin to know what they had stolen.

On her way out, however, she noticed a fluctuation of chakra. Moving closer, she saw a Dark nin, imprisoned in a Wind Prism. Kiran's ability.
"Magisakaj, break the Jutsu and wait for me outside," she sent to him. "I found him."

Moving closer, she shimmered into view as the Dark nin looked up. His eyes widened.
"Tsk tsk tsk... It appears that you have been captured - what we emphasized was something that we must avoid. It would be easier to kill you... but if I did something flashy like this..."
Sylfae summoned her scythe and swept it through the Prism, shattering it with a loud clink. A bright white flash appeared from the shattered Prism and swept into the sky.

"...then Kiran might notice."

[booklet3]

Kiran walked around in the back room looking at all the different scrolls. Nothing had seemed to be missing yet. He continued sometimes stopping to examine certain slots on where the scrolls were kept. Still nothing. Kiran was about to the leave the back room when he felt a really small surge of chakra. He looked around wondering what it was but something caught his eye. In one of the back slots, where most of the important scrolls lied, there seemed to be more scrolls. Puzzled, Kiran walked to the back. He grabbed the scrolls just to see if they were real, and they were. "How did..." Kiran thought to himself. Kiran felt something wasn't right. He began to proceed through the scroll room cautiously. With that he felt something cutting through his Wind Prison technique.

Immediately Kiran appeared behind the chair. As the room filled with light from the Wind Prison technique breaking, he grabbed the back of the chair and threw it behind him. The dark nin which was still sitting in the chair flew back with it till he and the chair hit the wall. The dark nin's head whiplashed back hitting the wall and knocking him out. As the light died down, Kiran looked to see that the dark nin had a rather large gash in his gut, but something that wouldn't kill him immediately. Looking up he saw Sylfae standing in front of him with her scythe out. "What are you doing here? Did you just come back to kill your comrade instead of simply rescuing him?" Kiran said sternly. Something else then clicked in his head. He remembered that flash of chakra in the scroll's room. 'Could Sylfae slipped right by me and put the scrolls back?'Kiran thought.

Kiran stood there in front of Sylfae waiting for her response. He knew this would not turn out friendly.

[Akans]

"Tsk tsk tsk... I told him not to fidget, but would he listen? That poor nin was so nervous he flinched into my attack. But that's not relevant."

Sylfae turned to face Kiran. "So are you going to let us leave peacefully? Or are you going to fight me? Either way, I mean no harm." She said this with such a wide and malicious grin that it was obvious that she did not mean it.
Sylfae fingered her scythe, and positioned it behind her, ready for attacking.

OOC: Meh. Sorry its so short, I can't think of anything to say. And the RP's finally reviving! Yay!

[booklet3]

"So are you going to let us leave peacefully? Or are you going to fight me? Either way, I mean no harm."

Kiran watched Sylfae very carefully as she said that. Her face showed an evil intend. Finally, Kiran said," Do you expect me to let you go after you helped lead an attack on our village!" Kiran lightly put his hand on his blade, readying it just in case Sylfae came at him with her scythe. "Now tell my your true intention on revisiting this village after an attack.!" Kiran had also finally sensed another dark charkra. It was not close, but the chakra was active.

OOC: short X.x wonder where everyone else is?