A new Arrival (IO,P,NK; Souji)

Hunter was awake early as he looked around. He was now a Chuunin and needed to begin the next step in his training. His next step would be to learn the Thunder Flare Element and to further his Bloodline so that he would become even more powerful so that he could reach his next goal. Keeping up with Yaju. He dressed in his training gear which were his cargo pants. Tank Top, Yagami Belt and Boots, as well as his headband. He grabbed his harness and strapped up and put his weapons in their sheaths. walking outside and into the courtyard he looked around and began to stretch to get ready for the day of training.

The sound of wings cutting through the air as they flapped filled the compound. The twitch of a finger everyone once in a while showed that Souji was on high alert, having followed the small map to this compound. He had kept his wings out for some aerial mobility, though he didn't know if it would serve him any good with what he had seen from the man who had given him this map. He didn't know how many people were in the compound nor did he know if they had wings as well. He had cut his hair down to a moderate level, back to how it was before he became a hermit. He had also shaved, albeit with some nicks here and there on his chin. His eyes were milky white instead of their usual blue, showing he was more in a 'devil' state than he was in a 'human' state. The crimson third eye was not open, his forehead normal.

He was looking around mostly, some of the fires of his past being rekindled and the flame that was his chakra core being a small flame rather than a bed of embers like how it was in his cave hideaway.

After stretching Hunter could sense the Chakra of a new comrade, his name was Souji, and it seemed as if he was going to take Hunter up on his offer after all.  Hunter smiled as the boy landed and everyone stared at him for a few minutes before going back to doing their duties.  Hunter walked up to him as quick as he could and held out a bundle of clothes as he gave Souji a pat on the shoulder.  

“Glad you’re here, I assume you have decided to take my offer and get help with training after all?”  He asked as he waited for Souji to take the clothes.  They were essentially his, but newer and would fit him better since the compound had a few tailors inside to make uniforms for the guards.  If Souji accepts them Hunter would then begin to lead him to the kitchen that was under his room introducing him to the chef and ordering up a nutritional meal for him.  “If I were you, I would eat up, and take in all the luxury you can for a moment, when we get down to the training facility…you wont have time. “  Hunter said as he sat at the table and waited on Souji.

WC:210

Souji would look around at the people bustling to and fro, doing things as a normal village would...save for the fact that they were in a compound. He looked around at the guards, a shiver running up his spine as he felt there electromagnetic wavelengths through his subconscious use of his shock chakra, his milky white eyes quickly darting over to Hunter as he saw the man come close and hand him a bundle of clothing.

"...Thank you." Souji said simply, a soft smile on his face as he followed Hunter with clothes in tow, looking around and taking in where he would be training and, he guessed, living at for quite a while. He made his wings recede into his back, visible flinches of pain as his wings lost their feathers, the feathers disappearing into flecks of lightning. Nude wings stood there, covered in flesh, sinew, and made of bone, the flesh seeming to decay rapidly and the sinew seeming to fall off as if his wings were rotting until only skeletal wings remained. The bones themselves started to recede into his back, grunts of pain coming from him as they tore through the muscle in his back, the sharp edged wings collapsing in on themselves as they took the form of chakra, his back healing at an astonishing rate, the sinew, flesh, and bone reforming as they once were in a mere instant, the giant tears in his clothing the only signifying feature that he had wings.

He took a seat as the cook brought him the food, the young shinobi grabbing the nearest cutlery and digging into the nutritious meal, taking his time to savor the flavor and let his body absorb the nutrients, even if he just wanted to scarf it down.

As soon as Souji was finished with his meal Hunter led him to the bathhouse so he could clean up and change.  While he was doing so Hunter began training outside in the Zen Gardens.  His Chakra began to spread out as he focused on trying to sense out and track Chakra that came into his field of view.  He could not sense out different signatures aside from one another, but was able to reach out and feel where everyone was in a twenty five foot radius around him, he could not tell what they were doing, but the Chakra Senses he had developed allowed him to act as a sonar device as he was able to figure out just where they would be at any given time.  Hunter felt powerful, but knew that this sense could be trained to new heights, so he focused harder as he was able to feel and distinguish his father’s Chakra as he was in the parlor room that was on the fringes of his available reach.  

"I never knew that father actually had that much chakra available...has he been toying with me this entire time?" Hunter thought to himself as Legion decided to hop in.  "Hunter, whether he is toying with you or not, you are learning.  Take it for what it is and deal with it." Legion said as Hunter went back to focusing.  Hunter knew that he could distinguish certain Chakra as he was beginning to feel a feint distinguishing signature that Souji had.  It was not long before Souji would return from getting cleaned.  The training that would come today would allow Hunter to move just like Souji if it was done right.  For now he stopped focusing on his Chakra senses as he waited in the garden.

WC: 275
TWC: 485
[275/1000 Chakra senses range increase; 2000/2000-Chakra Signature of Souji Tendou memorized. 1595 from previous topic]

Souji bowed his head gently after his dinner, picking up his clothing and leaving the dirty dishes on the table. "Thank you for the food." He said simply as he got up, following Hunter to the bath house. He'd take time to send out little waves of electricity to get a feel of the area's electromagnetic wavelength with all the disturbances due to various people, animals, and other electrical devices. His fingers twitched every once in a while, though he showed no other use of his ability. He stopped, however, little flecks of crimson lightning rolling over his clothing and flesh to show that his shock chakra was in full effect. He didn't want to completely blow all of his abilities just yet.

He went into the bath house with clothes in tow, his eyes closing gently as he stripped down to his skivvies and enjoyed a warm shower. He took quite a bit of time as well, washing the gunk from each and every crevice of his body, making sure to clean out any old wounds that he had received and didn't properly take care of. He turned off his own Shock Chakra in full, since he did not know if he would shock himself if he was wet. Soon after his shower, he wasted no time in drying and dressing in his new apparel, finding some string from his old apparel to tie back his hair so it wasn't in his face.

Hunter would feel an intense darkness within Souji due to his feeling of the chakra. It seemed the Devil entity had wormed its way into the very fibre of Souji's chakra signature, the devil being less of a parasite at this point and more of a vicious symbiote. It would feel like staring into the abyss and the Abyss staring straight back, in a sense. Though, on the outside, it would be warm, like a fire on a cold day or being wrapped up in a blanket, yet held roughness like uncut diamond.

Hunter felt Souji’s Chakra and then as he finally came out of the Bath House Hunter stood up as a maid brought him a box.  Hunter’s eyes looked bright as he opened the box and took out two new pieces of armor.  Hunter smiled as he took off his Chuunin Jacket revealing his toned and built torso as he donned his new armor. On his left arm was a plated gauntlet that came all the way up to his shoulder as the straps ent around his chest and fastened in front of him.  He moved his left arm around, it looked as if he had slain a demon and used it’s massive arm as armor as he picked up that right arm gauntlet, it looked more like a brace as he laid his arm into it and instead of having to tie it, it fastened around him quickly by use of a seal as he put back on his Chuunin Jacket.  He looked like a gladiator dressed for battle as he practiced some manuvers with his own shadow until he felt he was satisfied.  He then thanked the maid and bowed to her.  As he turned to Souji he looked more like a warrior of great stature as he smiled without a care in the world.
 
“well, now that I have these…I am one step closer to becoming a great warrior for my Clan, and for Kumokagure.”  Hunter said as he turned around. “Follow me Souji, I am taking you to train…one question though…how afraid of the dark are you?” He asked as he reached the guard post.

WC:265

Souji had to make some last-moment adjustments to the shirt, seeing as though it didn't have pockets for his wings like his old shirt did. He just made two rather large slits in the back so when his wings formed, it wouldn't tear up the back of the shirt like they had did previously, since they only reached their full size whenever the tips of his wings were about a foot or so out of his back.He rotated his shoulders, the muscles in his shoulders and back being quite stiff and his movement being a tad bit limited due to the tightness of the muscles, but it was nothing too cumbersome. The relaxing waters of the bath had helped immensely more than he thought they would.

"The Dark? Hm....Well, in simplest terms, I do not fear the dark nor what terrors lie in them, since the Light offers more horrifying enemies than the dark." He said simply, getting poetic for all of a second before shaking his head. "Why? Do you have some kind of Darkness Kekkei Genkai or have a jutsu that can make it completely dark? Is this for a physical training on how to better use my senses or something?" He asked, making wild shots in the dark. He was ready for anything. He had to get stronger, and if it meant putting his life on the line or fighting some hellish beast, he'd gladly do it.

Hunter laughed as he gave the guard the password and walked into the Guard Post.  He then heard Souji rip the shirt for Wing Slits and then question him about the darkness question.  Hunter smiled as the Guard staff inside at that point gave a small chuckle and then went back to eating.  Hunter grabbed a torch as he pushed down on it.  As he did the Torch lit up with a soft blue flame as the staircase light up as torches on both sides as the cavern inside also came alight with a soft blue glow as Hunter turned back to Souji.


“We are going to remain down in this cavern for training for three days.  It will consist of one on one, Chakra focusing, and calming the beast you seem to be carrying inside you.  Whether or not you make it all three days is up to you.  If you do, you will definitely be stronger for it, but if not…this cavern will claim you.”  Hunter said with a firm tone as the expression on his face shown he was serious as he descended the stairs and he seemed to melt into the shadows and into the darkness he became one with himself as Hunter drug his clawed left arm across the rock as the soft sound of gravel hit the ground.

WC: 224

Souji’s eyebrows raised gently as he looked at Hunter as they travelled down further and further into the Dark Caves that would be their training grounds, his eyes flicking around and glowing gently, his demonic side showing as the devil gene started to become a bit agitated and the devil entity itself becoming a bit less savory. He grunted, crimson flicks of lightning forming over his skin as his hair stuck up, the young shinobi silencing the raging demon within him in an instant, his own willpower overpowering the demon’s own will to rage and give into some primordial, locked away force within. He grit his teeth for a moment then stopped, his wings still there, yet his usually milky-white eyes changing to their human-like sky blue eyes.


“If I am to be swallowed by the darkness, so be it. It’ll just show I was unable to be strong.” He said, a soft smile appearing on his features. “Besides. This sounds fun! It’ll give me a chance to train some of my clan jutsu.” He said, pointing to the little flecks of crimson lightning that ran along his skin. “I hope we can help each other.”