Akatsuki of YCM's Hidden Base

[BlackSkullCortez]

Cortez walked away with the Purple Ring after a long conversation with Yakunan. "Taking your existence from another second of your life to revive yourself sounds convenient. Oh well, at least he gave me this. Six more." He continued to run towards Shadow's location, before he noticed that Shadow warped again. And again. Just stay still, ma- He then felt the World Ring's energy with them. Crap. He felt the energy of another. He could slightly feel the pull of five more. "So they ARE here. Guess he isn't as bad as I thought, after all." Cortez ran towards the closest one, not the one Shadow held. He found it in the wrecks of a Pirate Ship. He dug threw the rubble to grab hold of the Cyan Ring. "This is more my style. Purple was never my color." Cortez ran to the next closest one, being tracked off by Shadow. He grabbed the Green one in a tree, and realized the Yellow one was in a desert. Uhu said, "Don't go for that one yet. It can't digest." Cortez sighed; something ate the yellow ring. So Cortez followed the Chaos Energy to find Shadow on top of a pillar. On his way, he found something. "That's a Chaos Emerald! I guess they were sent here, too! Guess I'll make a trade." Cortez picked it up, shivered at it's Void Energies, and ran towards the ruins. He saw Shadow having a discussion with Ranmyaku. "What is there to discuss? Oh yeah... he took the prince." Cortez quickly ran into the ruins, onto the ceiling, and jumped to land literally inches away from Shadow Zero and Ranmyaku. "You guys talking about something interesting. I'm kind of bored. And Shadow, willing to give me MY World Ring for YOUR Ch- Light of Chaos?" Cortez stopped himself from saying "Chaos Emerald", since that will affect history, and probably get him decapitated by Yakunan. He still held out his palm with Shadow's Chaos Emerald, and his other open for the World Ring. "I promise I won't bite. And this is a fair trade. You need this while I need the other."

 

Derek said to Go, "That "Sorcerer" was the holder of the Eyes of the Web. The Web is something that holds together the fate of all people. It is kind of like the threads that hold together reality. If it breaks reality breaks. The Eyes of the Web make sure it is good and balanced. There are many spiders in the web, but the Spyder, with a "y", is the primary part. It is the strength of the Web. And that's you, Go. And about your powers, I may not be a good teacher, but I'll try. I see you already have great potential, and you were already improving in your fight with me. But, you could improve your fighting skills. But I have to say, most of your powers, like a spider, is quite deadly. You have my touch..." Derek held out his left hand. "... to a lower extreme, and you have a lot more properties of a spider. But, are you willing to go so far as becoming part of an animal?"

[Shadow Zero]

Shadow Zero was surprised that there was another Light of Chaos in this time line. He didn't know how it got there, but he did know that it was dangerous to be waving it around out in the open like it had been. After all, there was no telling which actions he and Cortes were taking that could end up changing the course of history. "Well, I intended to give you these anyways. I mean, they are yours, right?" Shadow Zero then walks over to Cortez and takes the Light of Chaos in exchange for the two world rings that he had found and then pulled him in close and angrily whispered "Don't go waving these things around you moron! You could end up changing the course of history with such careless actions!" He then turned to follow Ranmyaku Shadou inside the Ranmyaku Temple, or as it was now, palace, and went as far as the throne room. Ranmyaku Shadou then took out a book and said "This book contains prophecies made by our wisest sage. One of them tells of a descendant of ours who will appear from the future with a heart of flame. I think that descendant might be you." As he spoke, Ranmyaku Shadou handed the tome over to Shadow Zero so that he could read from it himself. The language was written in the then modern language of the Ranmyaku Tribe, and could only be read by those who were members of the same tribe. Shadow Zero began silently reading to himself as another person walked in, this one also being in his hedgehog form. The one key difference between him and the other members of the tribe was that his body was a solid blue color instead of one color with stripes of another.

[Shadow Zero]

Shadow Zero was surprised that there was another Light of Chaos in this time line. He didn't know how it got there, but he did know that it was dangerous to be waving it around out in the open like it had been. After all, there was no telling which actions he and Cortes were taking that could end up changing the course of history. "Well, I intended to give you these anyways. I mean, they are yours, right?" Shadow Zero then walks over to Cortez and takes the Light of Chaos in exchange for the two world rings that he had found and then pulled him in close and angrily whispered "Don't go waving these things around you moron! You could end up changing the course of history with such careless actions!" He then turned to follow Ranmyaku Shadou inside the Ranmyaku Temple, or as it was now, palace, and went as far as the throne room. Ranmyaku Shadou then took out a book and said "This book contains prophecies made by our wisest sage. One of them tells of a descendant of ours who will appear from the future with a heart of flame. I think that descendant might be you." As he spoke, Ranmyaku Shadou handed the tome over to Shadow Zero so that he could read from it himself. The language was written in the then modern language of the Ranmyaku Tribe, and could only be read by those who were members of the same tribe. Shadow Zero began silently reading to himself as another person walked in, this one also being in his hedgehog form. The one key difference between him and the other members of the tribe was that his body was a solid blue color instead of one color with stripes of another.

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

He looked down to see his hand, and while he may have some etchy appearance he was still quite a friendly guy, and his Aura was kind, so he took his hand and smiled kindly. "Well I don't think I'm from around her considering I don't remember any of these places in my map. But as for the dragon council, It's an elected group of people from all around the world each representing a different Continent and element......and they normally use to put us Dragon's through rigorous tests to see what some of our titles are........of course I never asked to be named Dragon Guard....whatever the hey that name is supposed to mean.......but it was more or so a joke then anything.....wrong place to joke eh? I don't think the council has any dominion here....wherever "here" is.....

[Blake]

"Huh... certainly something I've never heard of in my... home... land." Black's eyes filled witch rage, before he shook it off. "Also, you never answered my question. What is your name, huh?" Black took a seat in the grass, and pulled his knapsack off his back. He opened the bag, producing a loaf of bread, and a canteen of water. As he sat, he bit right into the bread, and took a swig of water. As he swallowed, he asked for more info. "Do you have any other information to tell me? Anything at all? Like what are the Dragons? I've never heard of such a thing. My land was ruled by a cruel group called the TPW, until recently, so I don't know much about this stuff. And, if I'm to travel here, and apparently be fighting here, I need to know these things." Black knew that nothing was gonna be so simple as this seemed it would be. He would be involved.

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

"hmm, I see now....so we're both obviously not from here, well, my name is Josep Zavara, or it used to be until decided by the council, so for now my name is Josep Sai de Drago.....weird to be forced to take their orders, but it was thanks to the councils of the past that we've been able to live a peaceful life...the Dragons I mean, you see my species is called Dragon, we're large reptilian like creatures of many different shapes sizes colors, but we have a pretty bad rep for the fact that we can be scary looking, of course many of us simply take human forms like this..." he points to himself as he says that, remembering the persecution his people face for their appearance back in his world. "Many of us are born with incredible power....my family sure was....and even....my ancestors, but, I'll tell ya about that some other time....when it comes to those 3 men in that "garganta" I know little about them, but I can sense their auras, and with enough time I could maybe find them and stop them....." He pulls out a small pouch from his side and takes a drink from it, a little spills from the side and it's a red liquid, a bit odd. "hmm....I won't ask you for any info, but from what I guess in your aura, we both seem to want to stop those guys....right?"

[Daybreak]

[spoiler= The rest of the flashback]

Bando was surprised at how much power he used to rip that tree from the ground."You start by focusing chakra where you want too exert the force from." Pain stated. Bando stood there focusing his chakra for about five seconds and then yelled, "Shinra Tensei!." Nothing happened. "This a hard jutsu too learn just keep trying. See ya for now." With that he dissapeared. Bando then focused his chakra and aimed it at a nearby bush and again yelled,"Shinra Tensei". Once again nothing happened. He trained for days with no break. At night Pain would come to the spot and carry him to the tower and put him in bed. Three days had passed and he could only barely force the bush to move as if blown by the wind. He was so beat. He then thought of all the people who had died in his old village. With that he was back up and again focusing his chakra at the same point and with all his might exerted the force. The bush was ripped form the ground thrown close to five feet away. He was ready. That night Pain came at the request of Bando to the field and prepared,"SHINRA TENSEI!!!!!!",screamed Bando at a nearby tree which was ripped from the ground about 2 feet forward. Pain smiled and said," You have done it now you can come with me."(Older Bando's voice) On that day we left the village for an exciting journey. We fought and defeated many tough ninja together as Master and Pupil. He was like a dad to me. Eventually we said goodbye and parted ways. He went back to the village and I went to rebuild mine. He became notoriously known as the *God of Amegakure* and i as the *Master of the Raigan*. "

**************END OF FLASHBACK**************

 

[Blake]

"Yes. They remind me of the group back home for some reason." Black snarled a little towards the Garganta. "Oh, and you shape shift, Josep? How interesting... I thought for sure I was one of the few in this world who shapeshifted... Have you heard of our powers? We use them peacefully, as an acting Troupe... but we had to have a hand in ending the TPW. They would have killed us all." Black finished off his bread, and stood. Out of the blue, two large, black, bat wings erupted out of his back, surrounded by a thick layer of fur. "Well, I'm on my way. You gonna tag along?" Black flapped once, and he was off the ground, and his wings flapped lightly to keep him afloat. "I have a feeling sticking together is very wise. Very wise indeed." Black knealt over to grab his knapsack, and put it over his shoulder as he began to fly down the path from which he came.

[Daybreak]

(Back at the hospital were Bando and Tsuki are talking)

 

 

[spoiler=Setting off]"So you see Tsuki you are an excellent ninja even without the jutsu i have. You can become a great ninja. The only way you could do that though is by coming with me so let's go." Bando said with a smirk. Tsuki suddenly looked up at him and started crying. "Thank you Bando....", he cried with happiness. That night Tsuki and Bando both packed and met each other at the village gate. "You ready to go?" he asked. "Yeah...hey Bando how come you are leaving in the first place?" Tsuki asked. "Because....I need to finish some things before i become the Koukage." he left it at that as we walked into the night. A new adventure awaited. Danger also waited for us.

 

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

"I don't exactly shapeshift.....or you could say I suck at it.....I can't really turn into my original form anymore...but most Dragons can..." afterward he was quiet, listening closely to his story, reminding him a bit of his own friends back at home, none who he has seen in the last few weeks. He wanted to ask if all his friends were still okay but before he could say anything he was pushed back by the forces of his wings, as he started moving ahead he smiled to himself and grabbed his own stuff before he began running alongside him, Jazeth could control the elements to help him move in the air, but Josep was just a really fast runner. "Then our first target should be the city they left that Garganta thing in!" he said as he kept pace with his new ally

[Blake]

"You think so? Then let us go." Black landed and let the wings fade away as if they were flames. A few seconds later, his clothes began to change to white pants, a long coat with black trim, and sandals. His eyes became green and feral, and his face had two green tear lines appear from his eyes. His skin proceeded to turn white, and a hard half helmet appeared on the left side of his head, with one horn coming up, off, and back of the bony helmet. He placed his left hand into his pocket, and held his right forward, and opened a Garganta. He watched the mouth open, and he watched the space and time around it distort as it did such. As soon as the Garganta was fully open, Black stepped into it, and a white path appeared beneath his feet. "Follow me. Exactly. If you take even one misstep, you will die. Got it?" Without waiting, Black stepped in, and waited until he heard steps other than his own to shut the Garganta.

[Daybreak]

It was morning when i walked out from the tent the sun was shining the birds were chirping and the wind was blowing softly. "Tsuki is still asleep so i guess i'll to walk to the river for some water." Bando said to himself. So he walked for about 6 minutes and ended up at the river. He pointed his palm facing the water. Electricity came out and conducted the water killing all germs and disease in the water. He then waited for the electricity to disperse so he wouldn't get shocked. After about 5 minutes he took a couple sips of the water and filled a bottle up for Tsuki. He walked back to the tent, Tsuki was up and about when Bando stopped in his tracks and told Tsuki, "there is a powerful ninja somewhere around!"

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

"Sounds cheery...so this is how this thing works." he walked in slowly and looked at the path, the change between the light outside and the darkness in here didn't make things easy, but Josep was following the trail of Black's Aura "I really hate heights......but I guess this is how we have to move eh?" He followed, he looked like a completely different person, and he wasn't sure about his abilities, but he still trusted him as he followed him in the dark....and pretty creepy vortex of doom. "So how do these things work anyway?" he wondered, he was a naturally curious kid, so this should be a learning experience for him as he moves along. How he changed so much was another question but he would ask that later.

[Daybreak]

Three kunai came flying with inhuman speed right at Tsuki. Bando jumped and knocked him out of the way getting stabbed by the kunai in the back in the process. He grunted in pain and immediatly stood up and pulled them out of his back. He then activated his Raigan. The Raigan allows a person to see what jutsu they will use next and predict the amount of chakra they will use for that jutsu. He saw the ninja that was hiding in the trees directly to his left. The ninja jumped into the clear and just as Bando had predicted used the Earth Style Rock Spears. Pointed spears made of rocks shot up from the ground where Bando stood. He jumped to the right and all of them missed. "RaiMizu Shot!",electrified water shot from his hands and wrapped around the torso of the masked ninja. A bloodcurdling scream erupted from the ninja's mouth as he was shocked with about 60 volts of electricity."You tried to kill Tsuki!!!!"yelled Bando at the facedown ninja and for that you will die here thought as he concentrated his chakra. This was very hard considering he had to control the RaiMizu although it was not electrified at this moment. "Heheh.." muttered the ninja now facing Bando with his Anbu mask on. This enraged Bando he yelled,"Wind Style Force Palm Jutsu!!!" this time he made it as sharp as a kunai unlike with the counselors. It cut off the ninja's left arm just above the elbow. "Ahh!" he screamed, then he smirked. "Indeed that jutsu is powerful but to use it you need to stay still for about 15 seconds....RIGHT!?" At that moment the ninja broke the RaiMizu and headed straight at Bando. "15 seconds is all I need!!!" yelled the ninja. Bando knew this was it there was nothing he could do. I am sorry Tsuki.... Then out of nowhere Tsuki appeared in front of Bando in between the ninja and Bando. "I will protect you Bando sama. SHINRA TENSEI!!!!!" he screamed.

[Fusion X. Denver]

Go listened to everything Derek had told him and thought to himself for a second. He then looked straight into Derek's eyes and answered, "I will do whatever it takes to take down the Dragon Lords. All I ask, is that I learn immediately, we don't have a lot of time."

 

Fusion was very agitated. Four Kougakure ninja had ambushed him while he was flying and now he had to defeat them all. First there came one who made a few handsigns and breathed fire at him. Fusion countered with his own fireball that he breathed from his mouth and he charged forward and hit the ninja square in the stomach with a lowly-charged Thunderhand so he'd only be stunned. However, the fire ninja was just a distraction, which became clear as Fusion was trapped in a sphere of water by a ninja clad in blue. Fusion gathered all of his remaining breath into his chest, charged it with energy, then unleashed a kiai which broke the jutsu from within. He took advantage of the blue ninja's momentary shock and slammed him into unconsciousness with a charge from Chisoku Fusion. Suddenly, the tree he slammed the ninja into began to grow wooden arms and hold Fusion there. A bulky ninja began charging at them, gathering all of his chakra into his fist. One hit and I'm done. Fusion let him get close, then used telekinesis to repel him away. Figures a lunkhead like him would have weak mental strength, he's actually unconscious from that mental assault.. Fusion faced the last ninja who seemed to glide with the air currents, and he began to retreat. Fusion used his jet fire from his hands and legs to catch up to him, then he axe kicked the ninja in the back of his neck.

 

With all four ninjas defeated, Fusion neatly put them side by side on the ground and continued on his way, walking this time to recover the energy he spent.

[Blake]

"These Garganta are able to make bridges between dimensions. When you enter one, you enter the space between. As you travel through it, you can enter and exit in different places. We will know our targets, as we will see the Mouth-like openings those others are using. We will exit through those." Black walked ahead a bit, before continuing. "As for the pathway, I make it out of energy called Reiatsu. In English, Spiritual Pressure. This pathway is made by control over it. If you turn around, and look a bit, you will see where the path ends." He waited to continue, knowing he would look, and probably react. "Now, as for my powers, I can turn into different beings created throughout history. Mostly those used in plays. Like this one... Ulquiorra." Black finished his speech as they walked, looking for an opening, and sensing energy with his Pesquisa. "It... it feels odd. This guy behind me seems to be holding back a lot. He better not cause me any issues... That would be bad."

 

OOC: Plays=Games, Shows, Etc. You can do this here, just not full OOC.

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

As sure as a day is long he looked back and saw that the path seemed to be following them, it seemed that as long as Black moved the path would go along them. "Interesting I don't think studying this would be easy since it disappears as soon as you move..." He looked forward so they would start moving again. "So you can take the form of any character from a play.....you really are an actor aren't ya?" he asked in an impressed voice. "You think you can mimic me as well?" he was actually trying to pass the time as they seemed to walk an endless path in the darkness, but of course he was still concentrated on his mission, though he sensed trouble in his allies Aura, like he was being studied upon, to be made sure he was trustworthy.

[Blake]

Black would have chuckled, if it was not for his form. "I would, and I'm curious to try, but not now. If I did that now, we would fall to our respective dooms. That would not be fun, now would it?" He kept walking, waiting to answer more of what Josep asked. "Yes, I truly am an actor. All of us are. We take these forms, and become the characters, even their memories they would have are ours. Personality and all. Also, this." Black stopped moving, and turned to the side. He pulled out his right eye, crushed it, and threw it into the Garganta. For a moment, everything was silent and nothing happened, but then a Garganta opened up from where he had thrown his eye dust. It was like a television, and it showed a fight with a man that looked like a horned, winged demon with an energy spear, and another man with a sword, and human like features. The lance exploded as the two were in the air, and the human used a blue blast to knock himself out, knocking the unconscious demon out as well. The man began to head elsewhere, but the demon lay on the ground, slowly reverting back to the form Black was presently in. Then, the Garganta closed, and Black shut his right eye. "Yes, that was me. It was a memory of mine, that I did not remember consciously for a while. So, let us continue." Black said, moving ahead on the path.

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

"Amazing the powers of your troupe must be amazing, me personally I can't do too much other then my own abilities....." he personally didn't feel he could Tell Black about Jazeth, and Jazeth had not gone ahead and shown any desire to reveal himself to this stranger. However he did have a bit of guilt well up when he was shown the past of his life known as Ulquiorra, almost as if Black was trying to learn more from him by revealing his own past, whether or not this was the case he couldn't tell, but he knew he couldn't, at least not yet, he did still have a few people after him and his other self for crimes against the Dragon Council.....there was a reason he had been "Branded" the name Dragon Guard......things he wasn't proud of, and was desperately trying to redeem.

[Daybreak]

An enormous force erupted from Tsuki and blew the ninja away about 20 feet. He rolled to a stop and smoke cleared."Uggh, i can't move i'm almost done. What power!" he said. Bando looked at tsuki with awe. "How did.."Bando asked. Based on what you told me of that story, I trained before we left the village and learned it by trying really hard. He learned it that fast he thought. Bando walked over to the ninja who couldn't move with no remorse he stabbed his chest. He watched him die. He then pulled the kunai out put his cloak on and kept going with Tsuki at his side. He eventually went over the nearest mountain and walked into the clearing. He saw the four elemental jonin of Kougakure lined up neatly they were all dead. The ninja that killed them could not be too far away. He kept Tsuki behind him just in case. If this enemy beat them he must very strong....

[BlackSkullCortez]

Derek heard Go's words, and actually managed to smile at him. "Okay. So, first of all, I'll tell you about your powers. You already know your based around spiders. And what allows you to climb on walls is the hair-like things in your fingers. So if you were to be pulled off a wall, if you are surprised, the wall would come with you. So let's say you REALLY dig those hairs into something, like skin. If you were to pull, the skin would come off with hit. Your Spider Sense is a lot more valuable than any of your powers. If you wait for it to be screeching deafeningly in your ears, dodge. They won't know that you know what they're doing. Also, you don't represent one type of spider. You represent multiple, so if you manage to find out how, you can poison people. Here comes some training, but this is probably going to be the longest part of our test." Derek flew up onto a pillar, pulling Go with him. "There is a species of Spiders called Jumping Spiders. What they do to catch pray is jump onto it. So, if you were to tie a small string of webbing to the pillar, jump, and keep on producing webbing, you'll be able to safely freefall from one place to another. Your spider-like instincts should tell you how to jump." Derek flew down and stood on a pillar of Earth he created. "Now, see if you can hit me from there, like I told you. Listen to your Spider Sense."

 

Cortez looked at Shadow skeptically. "Too bad I can't tell anybody what just happened." he muttered to himself after he walked away. He then saw the blue hedgehog walk by. "Now I can call THAT guy a faker. I mean, come on. Really now?" Cortez walked into the Ranmyaku's library, and started reading the different tomes. He was taught by Yakunan how to read their language in the days he was a Knight of the Round Table. To set the course of history right... is that what the Blue Hedgehog is for? He was walking towards the throne room, and he felt a shockwave run through him as he stepped closer to the Blue Hedgehog. When he was just about to enter the throne room, he used his Cyan Ring to become a whisper of the wind. Basically, he was there as a gust, so only people with certain eyes (like Shadow Zero) could see him. He continued into the room, and asked the Blue Hedgehog, "I'm sorry, but I'm just wondering, have we met before?" He turned to see a message in his shadow: a few light spots in the shadow. It was in Draconic Runes, but it was gone too quickly before he could finish reading it. All he could make out was the word <FIRE>.

[Fusion X. Denver]

Go took in all the knowledge Derek bestowed upon him and then jumped off the pillar. He attached a string of webbing from his wrist to it, but didn't release it yet so the webbing still came out of his wrist as he fell. He directed himself at Derek when he jumped and aimed a punch at him. He obviously didn't put power into it, but he managed to tap Derek's chest as he swung by, then he arced around and landed on the side of the pillar. "Like that you mean?"

 

After a few hours and a nicely cooked dinner, Fusion was fully replenished. How the heck will I ever find Bando at this rate? And if I do, what then? Maybe he'll simply return to Kougakure when he hears about everyone missing him. If he doesn't won't they brand him as a rogue ninja? Or maybe they already did, it would explain his bingo book entry.. Fusion suddenly sensed something in the woods and immediately turned to it. "Who's there? Show yourself!"

[BlackSkullCortez]

Derek nodded. "Yeah. Just try to come at your opponent with full force next time. You also seem to have the coordination of a Jumping Spider, too." Derek thought to himself, He's getting somewhere. Derek made a dummy out of the Earth on the pillar, so it was facing Go on the wall. "Your hairs also are on your feet, so you should be able to break this thing standing up. And this thing has a few traps in it: If you attack normally, this'll reflect it back. So try combining your powers to create a more powerful attack. The first Spyder, Peter Parker, used this to take down people like the Hulk. And try to stay on the pillar for this part: it becomes to easy if you can jump off and around. Once again, your senses should guide you naturally through this." Just as it did for me.

[Fusion X. Denver]

Go jumped at the dummy. He started off with a normal right roundhouse kick in midair, but the dummy grabbed his ankle and slammed him onto the pillar. He wasn't kidding, I do need to get creative. Go threw his legs over his head while the dummy was still gripping his ankle and successfully threw it off the pillar. He started grappling with it in midair and then grabbed both of its ankles. Go started somersaulting in midair while still holding the dummy and then threw him into a rooftop, which almost caved in. He pinned its arms and legs with webbing and another one attached to its chest, which he used to pull himself to the dummy and finally stabbed it with his stinger.

[BlackSkullCortez]

Derek widened his eyes. Wow. I guess there are only 2 techniques I need to show him. He understands himself more now. "Well then, there is one really useful thing your web-power can do. If you continue to use your instincts, you can make weapons and giant webs with your webbing. The webbings can break your fall or catch speeding enemies. It'll also be the hardest type of fabric-type material, so it can't break without delaying the enemy. I don't know if you can make the liquid version, but try it if you can." Derek created a gigantic hole in the Earth with a dummy at the side. This one couldn't move. "Test out your weapons and webbing techniques on the dummy. This one can't counter, so don't worry. When your ready, jump down the hole and try to make a gigantic web to catch yourself. Follow your instincts. That's the only advice I can give you."