Returning home. [OPEN]

As the smoke cleared between the two of them, Satoshi's eyes came to rest on an uninjured Shizuko. Damn, this kid was pretty resilient. By the looks of it, he didn't have much left in him though. He shook and appeared weak, probably close to the end of his chakra pool. Still a significant portion of Satoshi's remained, but he wasn't here to slaughter this kid. He was a man of his word and this was nothing more than a spar. He watched the kid's hands fly through a string of seals as if it were in slow motion but he knew his hands were moving nearly as fast as his own could.

Two dragon heads of flame raced from his mouth, flying up and converging into one large dragon. Satoshi eyed it, sighing a bit at the Uchiha's words. Who shouted things like that in combat? It was so lame and cheesy. Luckily he wasn't here to judge how cool Shizuko was.

Flames engulfed Satoshi's blade once more. He took a wide footed stance, crouching and holding his sword back in preparation. He swung with a flurry of motion multiple times, sending forth wave after wave of flame. One after another crashed into the dragon's head, erupting fire in every direction and slowing the jutsu down. Still he continued the onslaught, placing a bit more chakra to keep the technique going longer than it should. Within moments, the head and the remaining waves of flames exploded, raining ash and flame down upon the ground.

Satoshi leaped backwards away from the flames, careful not to further burn himself. "You're pretty good." He called out, sheathing his massive blade on his back.

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The two Uchiha had turned what was once a grassy and clear skied plains, into a battlefield with craters smoldering with fire and smoke so deep you couldn't see past you without some form of assistance, Shizuko began to cough heavily, only getting out the words Thanks.. Not so bad yourself.. Shall we head to the Village now, Kyo?" he was panting heavily, good thing the Village wasn't too far away so he could actually make it without a break, ash and smoke began to stain his clothes, and choke him slightly, turning in the other direction to get out of the ash-filled battlefield.. Shizuko gave a little free space in his flak jacket, so it wasn't hugging him so tightly and allowed him to breath properly.

Had Kyo been following Shizuko in his slow pace, he would ask him, "So, what brings you to the Hidden Leaf?" he asked, curious to see the reasoning behind it, Shizuko was moving slow, he had exhausted a large portion of his energy up in the duel of the two, constantly breathing heavily, hunch-backed over and arms dangling freely, Shizuko hadn't had to put up such a fight in so long, and this man was apparently going easy on him, had this not have been a friendly sparring match, it could've proved fatal for Shizuko and it would cause him to become another part of the mans collection most likely... But it didn't matter now, he was curious of what the man had to say and what his intentions were in the Village, Shizuko was focused on a few tasks for himself, nothing too important..

Completed.

The fight had gone well. It had provided a great deal of information about this Uchiha. It told of his character and his spirit as well as what kind of man he was, to an extent. He was a promising man and a potential ally at the right time. But for now, this little meeting was over. He had all he needed from this for the time being. Besides, he couldn't just exactly head back to Konoha with Shizuko. Even if he wasn't being actively pursued, it was still a danger if he recognized. For now, he would retreat.

As the Uchiha turned around, Satoshi formed a ram seal, disappearing into the treeline and fading from view.

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As the sun started to set, the air got cooler and the sky turned a bright pink, Shizuko's question remained unanswered as the man disappeared with a single ram seal, he shrugged it off, he wasn't too worried about the mans intentions. After all, he knew when to stop just like Shizuko, and so Shizuko didn't feel like he had to slow down, so he shrugged off the lack of energy, and mustered up his remaining chakra and performed a single ram hand seal, heading directly to his Village, as he finally arrived at the open gates, he was greeted by one of the Jounin guarding it, the Jounin noticed how worn out Shizuko was, smirkly asking Had a rough training session, Shizuko? and Shizuko simply smirked back, walking off to his apartment, as he put the key into the slock, and slid it open. He stripped off all of his clothes and walked into the shower, turning it to a suprisingly cool shower, not something Shizuko often, but after being blown away by that explosion, more heat didn't sound fun.

As he finally left the shower, he placed a towel around his waist, looking at his terribly scorched robes, and his ash covered jounin outfit.. What a mess, so he put on his casual outfit of a black, high-collared shirt with the Uchiha symbol on the back, and put on a pair of tan pants, he took a look towards his blade, smirking slightly.. I guess it couldn't hurt to carry you around.. as he picked up the scabbard with the blade inside, 10,000 Cold Nights and the Mouth of a Dragon, a deadly duo. And walked out of his apartment, with his flak jacket and coat to a local tailor, sighing as he dropped them off and handed the man a handful of ryo, to clean and sew his clothes back to perfect appearence. Another kinsmen appeared and rushed to Shizuko, panting heavily, a worried look on his face. What is it? he asked the kinsmen, he replied with a stuttered speech S-Shizuko.. Tatsuma is dead.. as he looked to Shizuko, a sincere look on his face..

DEAD?!

Shizuko took a step back, his eyes widening, he rushed off to the local clan housing, noticing a large group of more of his kinsmen, looking down to a brutally beaten and eyeless corpse of his brother, he shouted out NO! as he moved closer to the lifeless body of his brother, sobbing deeply as he hung over the table that laid with his dead brother, two different men thought it would be best that he didn't see his brother like this, and escorted Shizuko outside of the building as he walked off, a shocked expression on his face, Tatsuma was dead? He had always expected that he'd go first, not his brother.. He felt slightly responsible, had he not ran off from his brother, he could still be alive.. But Shizuko couldn't deal with this like normal people would, he had no one to comfort him, so he returned to his zen face and turned a bit more serious, he had to hide his emotion, otherwise his work would be affected, he'd have time to mourn later he hoped.. He had heard news of a new trouble arising, this time he would assist in it and not fail, it was his duty as a Shinobi, and as a Jounin of the Hidden Leaf, if he ever wanted to become Hokage he'd need to train harder, and complete even more missions now.. As he retrieved his black robe and flak jacket, he went back to his apartment and re-clothed, his black robe fitting his size once again, and fully put together with a flak jacket under all of it, a porcelain mask of what appeared to be a cat with two red stripes running down the mask. And a Konohagakure Headband over the forehead of the mask, 10,000 Cold Nights sheathed to his back fittingly, as he looked at the piece of art that he had created earlier, performing a single hand seal as he faded into a flock of crows out the window, using this new ability to go to an un-disclosed location for the night..

Well done. 707 Words total. Jutsu learned.

Learning:

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As Shizuko flew through the wind in this form, he eventually arrived on top of Hokage Mountain, standing on the head of the first Hokage, he looked down at the Village, placing a seat and looking down, he took a few deep breaths and then resumed looking. As he stared down the Village with sorrow, he thought of his brother and what they could have done together, but then again.. Tatsuma was extremely reckless, and caused a little girl to escape from two jounin-rank ninja, how pathetic! Shizuko respected his brother, but lost a large amount of it after that event, he still missed him, but he thought of lives that could be saved without him alive, this was cold for Shizuko, he shook his head in disappointment. He loved his brother, and missed him, but this was a time of war and he had to focus on what was the most important thing, Konohagakure. as he looked down to the Village, his sad expression to a smile, his brother was at peace from this war, and Shizuko knew that he wouldn't want him to wallow around pathetically. As Shizuko looked down, his Sharingan began to twitch, a third tomoe appearing on his eye, he stood on the edge of the head, freefalling downward and preparing a single ram hand seal, once again turning to a flock of crows to fly off towards his apartment, entering through his window and closed his eyes, he was finally able to sleep.

[Completed]

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As the sun began to rise, Shizuko opened up a pack of ramen, placing it in his microwave and rushed off to the shower while it heated up, not even bothering to wait for the temperature to set, afterwards quickly doing his hair and wrapping a towel around his waist, opening up the microwave and grabbing the pack of ramen, removing it's seal and grabbed for a pair of chop-sticks, standing outside on his balcony and quickly finished off the serving, rushing back inside and opened up his refrigerator and reached for a carton of milk and poured it into a glass, guzzling it down and a hurry. Afterwards he re-clothed into his robe, porcelain mask and headband, strapping Muramasa to his back and rushing out the window, doors are for squares. As he rushed across the area to retrieve his mail, and look around the Village, he was excited for the day, who knew, this may be the day he did something that really changed something, as he stood over the academy roof, opening up a book in his coat pocket, he was bored, waiting for someone to do something. As he leaped off the roof, he entered the Academy Dojo, and opened the door to one of the various class-rooms, silently watching at the door-way. He was curious of what these new ninja could do, and hoped they did well.

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As the day was bright and shiny, a cold breeze could be felt. As Shizuko left the Academy in search of something else to do, his blade fastenly strapped to his back, his black cloak hugging his body tightly. He let out a calm sigh, slowly walking through the Village as he thought about his brother, and his clan, he didn't know who killed his brother, or how he even died. He left that up to the rest of his clan, he knew it'd eventually be solved, but Shizuko couldn't really focus on that as it bothered him far too much. He eventually ended at a Grocery Shop, purchasing some food ingredients, and a carbonated beverage. He walked back to his apartment, putting up the groceries into his fridge, and cabinet. Before eventually thinking of something: Tatsuma's Eyes! what had happened to them? Had they been removed by his fellow clan, or had someone stolen them!? And with a single ram hand seal Shizuko faded into a flock of crows out the window.

As he finally ended up at the Clan's Housing, he immediately walked through the door, greeted by a group of fellow Uchiha, noticing his worried face. What's wrong, Shizuko? as he immediately responded, his eyes focusing on the floor, instead of at any of them. What happened to Tatsuma's Eyes.. he asked, in a dark and upset tone, he was worried if something had happened to them, and that if someone got ahold of them, it could mean danger. One of the fellow Uchiha replied We've taken care and prepared them, we've kept them safe for you. You may use them anytime you like.. as he sighed, walking out of the housing and shunshinned out of the Village, eventually reaching the grounds that he had destroyed from sparring. So many large craters surrounding, the ash had finally set around it, what an ugly mess he had made. As he prepared a set of hand seals, he slammed his right hand into the ground, creating a large chasm, tossing down a book of his drawings, and began to boil it to a high temperature, causing the chasm to explode. Afterwards, returning to the Village and sitting in the Ramen Shop, to enjoy a nice dinner with himself..

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As he stood back up, Shizuko had gotten completely bored. There was nothing to do, his eyes started to get lazy and dull, never a good sign. As he walked off, and with just his luck, it started to pour down rain. As he was walking through the storm, he watched as the wind started to kick up, it was becoming a bad storm, so he shrugged and walked off to his Apartment, sliding the key through the lock. He threw off his wet robe and looked outside from the window, leaning back in a chair as he blankly stared at the storm, he got a brilliant, stupid, but much more brilliant idea. As he walked outside and raced off to the Kage Mountain, as the storm continued to violently kick up, Shizuko didn't seem to mind, as he sat down and thought of how he could perform this.. He finally thought of something.

Standing back up, dangerously high up during a storm, he prepared a few hand seals, an explosion exiting his mouth and into the storm cloud, he prepared another set of hand seals, raising his hand high up as it was struck by lightning, attempting to bend the lightning and mix it with his chakra, he would then form it with his chakra into the shape of a Wolf, still able to control it with a leash-like bolt of lightning connecting the wolf and Shizuko, instead of a blue glow, it was crimson red due to 10,000 Cold Nights ability. He began to control the Wolf, making it attack the air, he was impressed by this ability and continued to play with it awhile, finding it quite fun. As he was finished, the clouds began to move off, and the sun started to get bright again. He jumped off the mountain and back to the Ramen Shop, he was once again bored.

[COMPLETE]

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As the sun began to sit, and the moon began to rise, Shizuko was starting to get worn down, his demeanor getting more lackluster and tired, and his thoughts changing deeply. He began to think about past decisions, and how bad they were, and how bad his brother's decisions were, he felt kind of betrayed by his brother, as he sat at a bench in the middle of the Village, he patiently watched the birds fly by and chirp as it began to slowly turn to night, eventually fading into a flock of crows and flying along with the birds, he began to think back for what the trouble of helping his village had caused him to lose. The Village was one-sided on the matter of Uchiha and Senju, and two-faced on ideals of "human" he was a bit disgusted, shaking his head, looking down. He had been loyal to this Village for twenty two years, what was eating away at him now? It was strange..

As he roamed through the City constantly, Shizuko couldn't get his mind off of what the Village had caused him to lose, so much in exchange for so little, eventually arriving at the Clan Housing, Shizuko retrieved Paper Death and Tatsuma's perfectly preserved eyes and rushed off somewhere. Storing them away, Shizuko began to pack away his most prized possessions into a backpack, he couldn't decide to run away, or just disappear for awhile, it didn't matter, he just had to think on it, away from the Village. As he performed various hand seals, his body began to turn pitch black, like a complete shadow, all except for his eyes, his entire body suddenly became a sihlouette, his Sharingan the only colour emitting from his body. He ran out the window, leaving no trace of his existence, and with a single hand seal, Shizuko's entire apartment suddenly was wiped out by a large explosion, most likely an explosive tag, and he rushed out of the Village off to an undisclosed area, where he could think for awhile, he didn't want anyone looking for him. He just wanted to think and watch, and maybe even meet that Uchiha again, as he got a safe distance away from the Village, he had nowhere to sleep, instead crawling into a tree branch and resting there for the night, he'd find somewhere better to sleep in the morning..

+250 Exp to Riku

+210 Exp for Kurama