Arrival at Suna's gates

Koroshi as he is thinking of ways that the nine tails chakra might be drawn out it is as if Kurisu is reading his mind, picking the final option he was thinking of, to try and wound him, although it would seem that this darker demon that is controlling Kurisu uses the wording 'kill', commenting on if the nine tails isn't scared of him he would lend Koroshi power in order to stop the attack that Kurisu is about to do. However his son on the other hand replies about Asgard being both a prison and a haven, these thoughts however are not too far off from how Viper must seem the world, as he has to spend almost all of his time here, away from any human contact besides his wife, or his other family such as himself, Samuru, Ashie, or Kurisu. These thoughts about his brother and the pain he must be in as he watches his family from a far is cut off by Kasuga, who is still running his mouth toward his father, saying that he must be the reason Kurisu is like this? Have both of them gone mad as it seems they are speaking about each other in a third person, and finally the boy begins to state that his father is just throwing out empty threats, and can not kill because of human weakness?


it would be then that Kurisu begins to glow with the chakra from the four tails, his tails swaying side to side as one of them vanishes into the ground, with the chakra around his hand however he forms a claw made solely out of chakra as it is shoot toward him at great speeds, Koroshi at this time waits for the claw to get closer seeing if anything is going to happen or if he will feel the nine tails. However with the claw getting closer and closer he still does not feel anything, he does however he the beast speak within his head "They are fools if they think attacking you with such weak attacks would force my hand to help you, as much as I hate and despise you for imprisoning me within your body I know your strength and I have seen it first hand. This attack is child's play" The beast says within Koroshi mind, giving him confirmation that if he doesn't move or do something that he is going to get hurt, it would be at this same time however that the tail would burst fourth from the ground attempting to attack Kasuga, who dashes out of the way with only seconds to spare. He would then begin his mad dash toward his father, sword drawn as he begins tossing out more insults as his sword begins to be engulfed in black fire, he would then swings his sword, sending two black fire clad blades three meters in size toward Kurisu, with their directory it would seem that they are aimed to cut his arms off.


Koroshi at this moment only has a very small window to do anything to save himself from being attacked however, his eternal mangekyou sharingan turns on giving him extra speed and reaction time as he twists his body just enough that the claw would only scratch his skin, however not wanting to be damaged during this attack Koroshi as he is turning his body to the left to avoid most of the attack, he would use his right arm to slam his open palm into the side of the chakra arm, pushing it further away so that it would miss him fully, as well as sending his body backwards closer to Kasuga. Being out of harms way for the time being, Koroshi would begin to dash to be in the middle of the father and son pair as Koroshi quickly extends his right index finger out pointing it close to Kurisu, after doing this and a short moment of chakra being built up, Koroshi sends out a blast chakra that is 3 meters in diameter, the blast would travel through the air at great speeds, but in stead of hitting Kurisu it would run through the fire that Kasuga had sent flying toward his father, due to the speed and with both of them being chakra they would cancel each other out in a puff of smoke. When it would be clear Koroshi would be standing in the middle of the father and son, his body facing forward so that each of his sides would be pointing toward one of them as he speaks "Those were some pretty nasty attacks that should not be used against a father or a son" Koroshi says as he looks from left to right keeping an eye on both members of his family as it would seem that the demons in them are causing them to lash out at each other, so he needs to make sure that he is their target to make sure that neither of them get hurt while they are not themselves. So to make sure that all of their attacks are directed toward him Koroshi decides to speak once more "Although against me those attacks are no more then just child's play, if you are trying to draw out the nine tails, you will need to try harder or work together, otherwise I will get bored" Koroshi says with a cocky smile, he never liked being mean to people, his family least of all, but if it kept them safe, and made them focus on him, then he will let it slide this time.

The nine tails however in his head begins to laugh as he can feel the dark energy filling the area around them from being in the middle of Kurisu and Kasuga, who are being controlled by their demon counter parts, the nine tails thinking back to see if he can re call them, but then he recalls "God of Victory" being said only moments ago. With a grin he waits inside his cage as he remembers a demonic god named Nike that went by that title, should he stop holding back, he might enjoy going toe to toe with him to see who is stronger.

Clearly his son had no clue what the significance of Asgard was. There was no reason to even speak of taking over anything within Asgard with Viper being the God of this realm, something that made Nike’s rage boil. Even during this little encounter with his son and Koroshi, he was still trying to sense for Viper even if it was idiotic to attempt anything in here. Perhaps he’d find a way to draw Viper out of this place into the mortals dimension where he could be killed, granted that wouldn’t exactly be very easy to do. His eyes glanced over at his son, a slight amount of rage building up over the ridiculous comments along with chakra flow into his eyes, looking the boy in the eyes with his own. “I am really tired of you speaking, your attempts at being cute are at best mildly annoying. Do you really think you can even stand against me? You might be my son, but if need be I will end you.” He spoke coldly, without much emotion or care making it clear that if the insult continued then this would end poorly.
 
It was the comment about human weakness which triggered something in Nike, though it probably wasn’t the intended reaction. He stood there, his eyes piercing through Erebes’ eyes, realizing to himself that it wasn’t really a bad idea to just kill Kurisu to free himself. The thought of being weakened by this host made Nike sick, he needed to be strong but with things how they are this was going to be impossible. This body did have its own advantages though; Nike forgot sometimes that Kurisu was Raikage for a long time.
 
Deciding it was time to stop treating this like some casual game, he was going to step it up some, though not in full power. “Alright, I’ll take this a little more serious Koroshi.” Looking back over at Koroshi after the Kazekage had stopped the blades with a chakra blast, he wasn’t sure why Koroshi had stopped the attack but it didn’t matter. Lightning began to crackle within the bijuu chakra cloak, his muscles felt the enhancement from the lightning while his body almost felt lighter as if it could move even faster. Within a second the blood red lightning was fused with the bijuu chakra cloak, Nike was surprised at the effects of using the bijuu chakra with Kurisu’s lightning release armor.
 

A light gust of wind rolled across the landscape, his hair barely moving with the wind. It seemed to be more of a calm before the storm situation, wondering how exactly he should approach attacking Koroshi. A leaf fell off a tree, upon hitting the ground the fighting would continue, the warmups ending it was time to get more serious. Slamming his left foot off the ground he dashed towards Koroshi at full speed pulling his right hand back and sending it forward. He was out of range for his actually fist to hit Koroshi, however at only a few feet away he’d launch another chakra arm out from his fist right to Koroshi’s face. This was a final test, he already could tell that Koroshi was fairly strong and the Kyuubi would at some point give him more, however Nike was curious to see what kind of speed gap, if any, there was between the two of them. Assuming that Koroshi would be able to dodge then he’d have to think of something, though if the attack is blocked then Nike would have the chakra arm push him backwards while his right eye would trickle with a little blood and form black flames on the end of the chakra arm attempting to engulf Koroshi in the black flames as well. 


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Did...he just block his attack with a mere chakra blast? The mere fact that his attack had been shrugged off with such ease made him...unhappy to say the least. Clenching his blade tightly he grinned for a moment feeling the blood boiling within the body of the male as he smiled," Very well you will be a good pin cushion for my anger," the red eyes turned to the male as his kenseigan activated, the combined form of both Kasuga's doujutsu and his own influence twisting and forming the eyes into something new. From his body a black aura would begin to leak out as Erebes allowed his power to finally break through the "seal" placed on his host.

The black aura had begun to form into wings on the males back as he rolled his shoulders and watched Kurisu with a glance. The lightning releasing from his body was much like the first meeting of his sons though from Erebes' point of view it was just a laser light show. With the power overflowing through him he made three shadow clones, which one would rush towards Kurisu and the other two plus himself made a move towards Koroshi. The first two clones pulled from behind them two Kunai, moving at full speed to hit Koroshi from the left and the right while the real Kasuga (Erebes) took to the sky before coming down towards the male with his sword pointing directly at him.

If he had wanted a challenge then the lesser god would definitely give it to him. At the same time the attack would commence just seconds behind the attack launched by Kurisu. Providing the the two clones had made a successful attack Kasuga would come in for another strike, his eyes watching over each movement to assure his own survival.

Koroshi upon hearing Kurisu speak is beginning to think more and more that he is being controlled by an outside force, and this force is a very dark one, he calls himself Nike the God of Victory, and he is so easy to say that he would end the life of his son right there. Those words making a sick feeling form in Koroshi stomach, he has never seen this side of Kurisu, and he doesn't know if he even knows about Nike being sealed inside of him, or how he came out once they started fighting, because of this, Koroshi is beginning to think of ways to seal this demon away as it would cause a lot of issue, not only in Kurisu's normal life, but also when Koroshi tells him the bad news, hearing this the demon might go on a blood rage, killing all who stand in his path until he kills the new Raikage, and everyone within Kumo without a second thought, after that he could go on to trying to destroy the rest of the world, if that were to happen then Koroshi would have to stand up to face the demon as he is the only one that he knows of that might stand a chance against such a beats, Viper is letting the world live and die on its own, Echo and Navi have passed away, so it leaves just him to watch over the world if Kurisu turns to the dark side. Koroshi however would not shy away from this job or task, as he always planned on protecting the world until he died, hoping to make it a better place. He can only hope that Kurisu isn't the great evil of the future, it would hurt him to have to fight for real against his brother. However having these thoughts Koroshi begins to hear Kurisu's son Kasuga begin to speak, or at least the demon controlling him, he speaks with much anger and rage, different from his father who is more of a cold anger that is slowly building, Kasuga saying that he is going to turn Koroshi into a pin cushion for his anger, Koroshi in his head would sigh out, he knows that he wanted to get them to want to attack him in stead of each other to avoid either of them from getting hurt, but both of them are on the point of killing and Koroshi is the nearest target. Although hopefully this will turn out to be a good thing, as it will help him gain control over the nine tails chakra once he is pushed far enough.

Kurisu after speaking to his son turns to look at Koroshi just before he had deflected the blast away from him, telling him that he is going to be taking things a little more seriously, however he did not know how serious until he stopped the attack from hitting him, he doesn't know if by stopping the attack made Nike angry, or if he felt insulted. Although as these thoughts are going on however he sees as Kurisu is beginning to crackle with lightning, much before he took of with blinding speeds to smash holes in the kage building, as well as to smash his desk, Koroshi still a bit unhappy about as it was a gift of his late brother Echo. Those thoughts a side Koroshi knows that he is getting serious now so it is either step up or be taken down. So he takes in a deep breath before shouting out the words "Seventh gate open!" Koroshi doing this as when he learned about the gates he was also told about the respect that gate users show to the people they are fighting, as it is customary to say the gate that you are going into so that the person you are fighting knows how much effort you are putting into this fight, and letting fighters know to either match this power, or to leave the fight if they are not willing to get hurt. However Koroshi knows that Nike would choice to match him head on as he is very proud, he however does not know about his son. After saying this Koroshi's Ki and chakra begin to explode off of his body, coating around him as Koroshi begins to eminent with a green aura, his hair being spiked up, and his eternal mangekyou sharingan still shines brightly from behind his hair and aura. Once his brief transformation is over Koroshi would begin to take in the scene, never having his eyes off of his two opponents he views as Kasuga begins to activate some sort of Dojutsu, after which it would seem that he is going through a transformation of his own, being coated in a dark aura, and forming wings from his back. After which he would begint o form shadow clones and would charge toward Koroshi at great speeds sword drawn as two clones head toward him, however one of the clones seems to have their eyes locked on Nike as he dashes toward him instead, the real one, which is very easy to pick out due to the chakra network and visual prowess of the eternal mangekyou sharingan, begins to launch himself upwards, Koroshi thinking that he is going to try and attack from above while his clones attack from either side attempting to cut him into three if not more pieces, not a bad starting move. Nike on the other hand after coated his already 4 tailed cloak with lightning chakra to boost himself even more, as he dashes toward Koroshi, after getting within a few feet of him Nike would strike out with his right arm forward, Koroshi knows that this has to have something else with it as he can clearly see that he is not within range, however his prediction was right, as he is punching forward he begins to send more of his beasts chakra forward, this time going toward him much faster then what it did before, the attack seemingly aimed to strike him in the face, with a breath to clear his head Koroshi begins to thick of the best way to stop both of the attacks, he knows that f he is not trying his best that the nine tailed fox will simple ignore the attacks, and will let him get hurt, with this being said Koroshi feels that it is time to put on a show. So with a grin Koroshi would actually do something a bit foolish , at least foolish to anyone that doesn't know Koroshi's plan. He would turn his back to Nike and would begin to walk, at a pretty slow pace of 10 speed toward the clones, due to him heading toward the clones and with the clones heading toward him at their max speed Koroshi would reach them first, before Nike's chakra fist would hit him, although due to his mastery of the doton element he makes sure to sue his sensory technique to keep on eye on the fist without even having to look at it, as it appears as a picture within his mind as a three dimensional image moving in slow motion toward him. Once he is within range of the boys attacks Koroshi with one swift motion actually grabs both of their blades by the middle, with his bare hands, this being very easy to do with his natural strength and endurance, added on with the aura of the 7th gate.  Once he has both of them in his grasp he would do a swift motion of twisting his body to the right, forcing the boys shadow clone to the left of him off of his feet with great ease, followed by the one on the right to be lifted off of the ground as well, however they are going on two different trips. the first one on the left will be thrown upwards at Koroshi maximum strength toward the real Kasuga, the clone being shoot upwards by the raw strength of Koroshi, which during this attack would be 290, the boy being sent upwards at speeds matching Koroshi's strength.

Should the boy not change his actions, or is unable to get out of the way he will be smacked rather hard with his own clone, knocking him out of the air, unless he or Kurisu does something to stop the attack. With the other clone that Koroshi had grabbed, and at the same time as the first one he would send the boy toward Nike, and his chakra arm that at this point would be very close to Koroshi due to the great speed that it is coming toward him at, should Nike not change the move Koroshi would swing his cloned son toward the arm, slamming him into it at great speeds and strength, knocking it off course to avoid Koroshi, and should everything Koroshi plan for happen as he attended for them to the clone would explode into a cloud of smoke, covering himself from Nike's normal view, although Koroshi knows very well that this is going to do little to nothing to help hide him from Nike as he two has the  eternal mangekyou sharingan, Koroshi was simple using this as a possible distraction.


After the smoke hits Koroshi would turn around to face Nike should everything go as planned as he doesn't view that Nike's son is going to be a problem after taking a hit like that is going to be focusing all of his attention on Nike, as that is what he deserves. "Now that child's play is done, what do you say about us having a real battle to see if we can shake things up for the nine tails?" Koroshi would say with a grin as the smoke would begin to clear, showing Koroshi's image to Nike in full.

There was a lot going on after he started his attack, Kasuga getting involved in the plan of attack Koroshi. Nike was rather pleased with the situation, figuring that he could take out two birds with one stone. ‘The boy, not worth it at this point so he will die, as for the other one I think the Kyuubi will take care of that for me.’ Nike had decided that if he could just push Koroshi far enough into the Kyuubi’s power and hold then it would consume Koroshi possibly taking his life and unleashing the Kyuubi. ‘Kyuubi won’t really want to be free in this prison, if I can talk Koroshi into fighting out of Asgard…’ Nike’s thoughts trailed off, planning things out as the battle was unfolding.
 
‘No!’ Kurisu couldn’t deal with it anymore, Koroshi could probably handle himself and master the Kyuubi regardless but it was still a risk not worth taking especially as it pertained to his son’s life. Struggling for control, moment of his life were crossing through his mind. Looking back at when he was just a kid, barely a genin and traveling far from Kumogakure no Sato, the time he met Viper. That Konohagakure no Sato headband set things off, only viewing Viper as a rival for so long and harboring hatred. ‘You need me in order to actually beat him, you’re too soft now.’ Nike tried to use the past to keep control. It was true that Kurisu had first hand witnessed Viper’s powers continue to increase from day one to now, but did he really need some psychopath killer influence to do it? ‘Too soft’ the words echoed in his mind, maybe he would need killing intent in order to win, though he didn’t want Viper to die. ‘He’s my brother now, I don’t want to kill anymore, definitely not family.’
 
More memories from the past would strengthen his new resolve, at this point his chakra arm had been stopped and he stepped back his chakra cloaks vanishing along with the presence of eternal mangekyou sharingan. Nike was fighting hard to keep control, but Kurisu remember the last moments he had before Nike’s influence began to secretly start making him kill. The girl he met at the Grand Sea, Teru, whom he talked to about the bad things that come with being a Kage and the doubts he had. He had nearly abandoned the village, yet he stayed and ended up hurting the village for a while. The most powerful memory that helped fight off Nike was that of the time he gave his daughter his original Raikage hat. Misaki was his pride and joy, his eldest daughter and strongest child, the decision to let her be Raikage was easy and that was the first moment he had truly acted like a father when he had kissed her forehead and put the hat on her, if only he'd taken the time to say I love you. ‘She’s probably dead idiot, why do you think that you haven’t heard anything from anyone in Kumogakure no Sato? Or why Koroshi told you had some things to say that would be hard to hear? It is your fault but I can help you get revenge.'
 
“No!” He yelled out loud, taking control once again but the struggle was not over. He repeatedly began to slam his head into a nearby rock, attempting to try and suppress Nike. He was going to be a better person, a better father and brother, and he’d help his daughter with Kumogakure no Sato as her adviser. The newfound belief and resolve he had changed things, at least for the moment it seemed as if Nike had been silenced along with the other crazy voices.
 

Looking over at Koroshi, “Not sure if this is permanent but I banished…that thing.” He didn’t even want to use the name anymore. “As for the training, we’ll continue but we need to talk about some things first. I’ll continue after I get some answers. So I need to know if anyone has died, any villages attacked, or anything that might be important to know.” Something in his gut told him this was going to feel painful, but if anything bad had happened to people close to him then he needed to know and then become a better person in their honor. 

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It all happened in the blink of an eye, the plans laid by the proclaimed God of Darkness was foiled by a mere mortal. As he attempted to dodge the attack, the clone had hit him faster and harder than he had anticipated sending him out of the air and crashing into the ground five meters from the group. His eyes flickered for a moment as the Kenseigan had flickered out of existence and cough filled with blood had escaped his lips as he growled," Dammit...how did this...happen," his eyes closing if not for a moment as the body became under control of Kasuga. The small defeat had bruised both their egos, one moreso than the other as the world within the childs head came into play.

Separate from the realm of Asgard the two sat at opposite ends of the table, Kasuga wearing what appeared to be a Kimono and a straw hat looking carefully at the male for a moment as he smiled," Next time you would show I'd take over your body...pah looks like your weakness has shown on this day. You cannot do anything without me, I am this vessel and if you keep trying to do to me what your other is doing to my father? I will beat you. The fact that I can do this?," to show his point the elder shadow would have been chained in a light blue chain keeping him rooted to the ground as it growled," Means I am getting stronger. You may be able to take over this body physically. But mentally? This is my world. You belong to me not the other way around Erebes, God of Darkness," taking the straw hat off he walked towards the evil itself staring it into its red eyes.

His own would turn red as he smiled and summoned the demons power, the black wispy wings materializing on his back as he grinned," Your power is now mine..I will use you to become stronger and no matter what you do...It will result in this. MY proposal? You work with me...or I lock you away until my bitter death in which you go with me," the options were simple though in his unconscious state he didn't know that the melding of the black chakra and his blue chakra had been going on.

Opening his eyes he still couldn't move as he groaned as if a train had hit him, a really big and fucking tough train. Laying on the ground he turned his senses towards his uncle and father who had stopped fighting for some reason. He wanted to move towards him yet he was stuck in this position as his body healed through the power of asgard. With this he could only listen and observe until his body was completely healed.

(Asgard doesn't auto heal you lol one of us would need to use our Sleipnir to use the powers of Asgard to begin the healing, and right now we are both a bit busy XD )

Koroshi as he begins to walk toward Nike he makes sure to sense around him using doton, he can feel that Kagusa is still alive after that hit, and that he is still breathing even though it is weak, the boy must be on the verge of passing out. Koroshi in his mind would sigh out, he didn't like hurting people, least of all his family, but with him being controlled by a demon if he held back then he might have done something foolish and gotten in the way of his and Kurisu's fight, and with Kurisu being under the control of Nike the chancing of Kagusa being hurt or killed would be growing by the second, so this would truly be the best for the boy to sit this part of the fight out. Koroshi's thoughts begin to pour into his mind from when he first got back to the leaf village, by that point he had been away from the village for awhile due to being lost in the woods because of that damn raccoon stealing his jacket! He remembers when he first got back Koroshi, who was thought to be the oldest of the three brothers, and at a point in time the strongest, had fallen so far behind. Viper, he had become the new Hokage, and had a tailed beast adding onto his power left Koroshi far behind, and Echo, he was an anbu captain at Viper's side, owning and fully controlling the nine tails chakra, next to both of them Koroshi felt so weak for so long, so without the access to get a beast Koroshi threw himself far into the 8 gate training, spending a lot of time learning how to control his Ki, and how to force it through each of the chakra gates in his body until he gain enough strength that in stead of walking behind his brother he would walk side by side with them, soon after this Koroshi would become a Kage himself, Viper entrusting him to look after Suna, with this he made sure to vow that he would not fall that far behind his brother or anyone again, not because of pride but he always wanted to make sure that if he needed to he could come to his brothers aid, and save them if need be, even if he gave up his life doing, and with the gates and his normal training he felt for the longest time that he would be able to no problem. Although the attack on Suna, and his brother Echo's death put a toll on Koroshi, and he started to feel that maybe he isn't strong enough, but after some much needed training and talking with Viper, Koroshi is beginning to see that the only reason Echo died was because he wanted to, and nothing more. These thoughts keeping playing over and over in his head however, he doesn't know why Echo would choose to die instead of call for them, yeah he has done some bad things, but who hasn't, as long as you try to make up for what you have done, then there will be a chance to be forgiven. of course with his passing Koroshi can only hope that he can master the nine tails and use its power for good, with this power Koroshi feels as though he will be able to protect everyone, even Kurisu from the demon Nike inside of him!


With this final through Koroshi begins to apply pressure to the ground under him as he is about to charge toward Kurisu, his plan to try and beat some sense into him or to get a feel for the demon to see if he can force it out in another way, just before Koroshi is about to leap forward however he views that Kurisu is beginning to fight for control, Koroshi doesn't know if Nike and him were talking in his mind, or if the evil thoughts of the demon caused Kurisu to fight back, but it seems that he is doing just that. With a loud scream Koroshi hears as Kurisu in his normal voice shouts "No!" He can only guess that he is replying to the evil thoughts flowing through his mind. Yes Kurisu you can do it, fight for control! Koroshi thinks in his mind as he watches his brother to see what action or change would happen next, then with blinding speed Kurisu appears in front of a near by rock, slamming his head into repeatedly, the rock structure quickly being reduced to a pile of rubble and pebbles on the ground, after a few moments it would seem that the demon is fully gone, and only Kurisu remains.


He begins speaking about how he banished that "thing" Koroshi can only take it that he is disgusted with the demon called Nike, and the thoughts that it was putting in his head, however the next words out of his mouth makes Koroshi take a deep breath "tell him about what has happened, deaths, attacks? what this is not going to be easy" Koroshi thinks to himself before letting out a sigh as he begins to think of how to begin or what to start with. To his knowledge the first greatest death that happened was Echo's, how he fought against Maku until he was defeated, being turned to a pile of ash on the ground, although some how Koroshi felt that he wouldn't want to die in any other way. The next being Navi, in order to stop Viper's on coming rage and to safe the ninja world challenged him, he may have lost the fight against Viper, but in a way he finished his mission, Viper from when Koroshi spoke with him last did not show any signs of wanting to kill anyone. Then of course Koroshi when he was fighting against Echo's killer Maku, he can only assume that Kumo was being attacked, or was getting ready to be attacked, although due to him being low on chakra and already pushing his body with the gates Koroshi could only take the nine tails and make sure that he was not placed into the wrong hands, finally making sure of this by sealing it within himself. He would only learn about Kumo's attack after he had returned to Suna, and with Kumo's fall, the same fate must have met Kurisu's daughter Misaki.


"Now that you have a clear head I think this is the best time to let you know a few things" As Koroshi says this he sits down on a near by boulder, his eyes returning to normal and the aura of the 7th gate fading back into his body as he looks toward Kurisu giving him a moment to prepare himself, weather that be by sitting down, or standing, he has never seen Kurisu sad, so he has no idea how he will react to the horrible news that he is about to tell him "As you know there is only on true nine tails, and that was sealed within our brother Echo Uchiha, well he fell in battle within the gates of Kumogakure no Sato. I don't know what sparked the battle weather it was Echo defending the village or if one of his foes simply caught him off guard while he was there." Koroshi takes a moment to let this sink it before continuing "With his death the nine tails was unleashed within the village and the killer took the beast and began to try and befriend it in the mountains of Kumogakure no Sato. While he was doing this Viper called me to his side as Echo did not alert any of us to the battle, from what Viper was telling me, we think that Echo let himself die because he could not deal with the things he has done in his past any more, and that he just wanted a release from this life." Giving another moment to let Kurisu deal with this new information Koroshi begins to breath out some more before continuing with the list of things that happened "With Echo's death he left behind many things, two things that stick out was painful rage, with his death he knew that Viper would come down from Asgard and would go on a rampage killing anyone and everyone standing in his path, the next was a message to our other brother, Navi Yamaki, since he knew that he would handle the death the best out of all of his he realized what Viper would do once he found out, so to stop this, Navi went into Asgard and challenged Viper to a battle to the death, he viewed that the only way to safe the world was for Viper to die, or for him to realize that this isn't the way, by giving his life. Well, Navi fought Viper but was killed in battle, and with his death Viper's rage decreased. It would be then where I would come into the picture, Viper called me to his side later to inform me of Echo's and Navi's death, at first I could not believe it, so I went to the place that Viper told me that Echo fought, after seeing the battle scar within the village and sensing the nine tails I knew it had to be true. So I rushed to the killer, we fought for quite some time, until I was running low on chakra and my body was being pushed by the gates, so to make sure that the world would be safe, I took the nine tails and sealed it within myself to make sure that its evil would not be released upon the world" By this time Koroshi would begin to feel all of his emotion begin to swell, he has not talked about this out loud since his talk with Viper, he has only thought about it, and had it run through his mind, but now that he is telling someone else it is as if he is reliving each event that had happened so he would take a longer pause before speaking once more, this time looking toward the ground instead of toward his brother "Once I returned back to Suna and when the beast was safely within my body I got a update of recent events, it would seem that Kumogakure no Sato was attacked again, this time they went after the seat of the Raikage, I don't know what has happened to the recent Raikage, Misaki, or the rest of the people living there, but from the updates I have gotten and from the ninja I have spoken with, there is a new Raikage and he spends hi time killing the people of Kumo, and is a very crazed and cruel leader" it would be at this point that the emotions and thoughts that Koroshi has been running through his head begin to over whelm him as he tells his brother that not only his village was taken, but he doesn't know if his daughter is alive, or if she is possible a prisoner of war. So with this Koroshi looks up toward Kurisu his voice cracking a bit as Koroshi tries his best to fight back the emotions he is feeling right now "I am sorry I didn't keep fighting and save Kumo, that part is my fault, and I promise you, I will do whatever it takes to make up for what I have done, we can take Kumo back together and make sure that it is protected"


As Koroshi finishes with the update that Kurisu asked for he simply sits there, watching Kurisu for a reply if he hasn't given one already, Koroshi in his heart actually hoping that Kurisu would take out the rage and pain on him, or at the very least punch him in the face as Koroshi feels guilty for the loss of Kumo, and he also feels bad that in stead of telling Kurisu as soon as he saw him, he asked for training, he knows that this was selfish, but in his heart Koroshi was mainly wanting to learn how to control the beast so that he could use it to take back Kumo, and to help Kurisu in any way that he could.

Everything was about to change, the turning point he’d been in need of for so long was here at last, though it came with a great deal of tragedy. Koroshi’s story did seem real or true at all, at first that is, but everything continued to prove to be true as the words sunk in. Not only had Echo died but Navi had as well and to Viper no less? Echo’s death might’ve been the cause but it still seemed rather unreasonable for Viper to have killed Navi.
 
As the story continued, Kurisu realized that Kumogakure no Sato must’ve been under attack as that’d be the only way to explain Echo being involved in such a fight so close to the village. Koroshi confirmed as much through the continuation of the story, at least the Kyuubi had been stopped and didn’t destroy the entire village. The problem was that Misaki wasn’t the Raikage nor was Yaju, instead some stranger who was most likely the person behind all the destruction and death wore the hat he’d given to his daughter. A Raikage who killed his own villagers as a crazed and cruel leader? Kurisu almost felt as if Koroshi was just hearing stories of the past, but considering the other events that had taken place it was obviously true.
 
He was resolute in his newfound life, that he was going to be a better person and better father and better brother, but what did it mean now? Echo’s death could’ve been prevented if his time in the ANBU during Viper’s Hokage reign wasn’t so extreme, or maybe Kurisu should’ve been in Kumogakure and been able to stop anyone from killing Echo in the first place. Surely that would have kept Viper and Navi from fighting and Navi gets to live? If Koroshi avenges Echo or again if Kurisu himself had been there then maybe Kumogakure is protected from what it has most likely become and Misaki would finally get a normal relaxed father to aid her time as Raikage. Maybe all of it needed to happen, after all it had forced Kurisu to suppress Nike and return to normal and without that he'd just be a crazed and cruel person, but everything else that came with the deaths were terrible.
 
Lost in his own thoughts for a few more moments, he had been standing still and just looking forward in Koroshi’s general direction. “I felt as if something had happened…” he wasn’t sure what to say, trying to ignore the agonizing and heartbreaking pain deep in his gut. It was as if the pain were tearing his insides apart, each organ starting to fail, even if it was only mentally pain there was still a strong feeling with it. “Just before Kasuga and I arrived in Sunagakure, we watched Adam my other son die of poison. Should have expected news like this.” He could feel himself slipping and losing control again, part of him just wanting to be dead too and released from life much like Echo.
 
“We’ll get your Kyuubi power under control first.” Inside he felt something snap, the pain pushing him beyond his limits on an emotional level, maybe it was Nike’s lingering presence leaving permanent scars on his personality but, he blocked it out. There was no need to waste time mourning the dead when those who had died would rather see the living move on and become better people from it. He for one wouldn’t let Echo, Navi, Misaki, Yaju, and Adam’s deaths be in vain, there was still a lot to address about the aftermath but that needed to wait. First, help Koroshi master the Kyuubi and after that go back to Kumogakure no Sato and take back the seat of Raikage. Perhaps Misaki had survived, if so he’d be able to give her back the hat, but he could feel that it was hopeful thinking.
 

“We’re going to try this again. There’s an easy way to draw out a lot of Kyuubi chakra forcefully.” He said, his own bijuu cloak forming around his body in a strong golden color with only one tail. “Because its inside your body it will feed off your emotions just as much as you will sometimes find yourself feeding off its emotions. Feel strong enough in one way and it will influence the Kyuubi which in turn can give you access to its power.” He waited to see if Koroshi would be able to push the right buttons himself or if he’d need some more advice on the matter. If more advice is needed then the rest of the conversation goes through. “The power comes in response to a need not a desire; you have to create that need. Use the pain of loss.” That was the key aspect of things, to create a need strong enough to influence the kyuubi.

Koroshi after telling Kurisu everything that happened expected Nike to come back or for him to lash out at him, although this was not the case. It would seem that this brought him much more pain then it did loss, this making Koroshi feel even worse, if only he would have pushed his body, or possible went to the 8th gate, he would have for sure defeated Maku, and Youka, saving Kumo at the cost of his life. Although that thought did go through his mind, so did the thought of Suna falling a part after losing their leader so suddenly, being driven to see who would take the spot, which would lead to a lot of fighting as Koroshi has not set arrangements for that yet, which is something that he should really begin thinking about, since he is always so reckless, and putting others before himself, it will only be a matter of time before he does something and gets himself killed. So he will need to make sure that his village is taken care of, maybe he will make Sabaku the heir? Although Koroshi always thought about passing something like this down to a child of his, maybe he should begin to settle down for a bit after they take down Kumo, that way he can begin working on a family of his own, it might be the best time seeing as there are a few girls that are already flirting with him. The next thought is of Viper feeling alone as he would have lost another brother, seeing as Navi gave his life to stop his rage from attacking the world and setting it on fire, who would stop Viper if he went on a rage after his death? Kurisu is the only brother left besides him, so it would have to be him, but at the time he was a bit unstable, and that has been shown during this fight, and how he let Nike take control of him. Koroshi would fear that if he would have died like that, his two brothers would fight to the death, Viper being angry at himself for letting Koroshi go by himself, but also angry at Kurisu and Kumo for not fighting against the attackers so that Koroshi would not have to push himself so far, he doesn't really know how Kurisu would feel if he died like that, but he can only hope that he would go to stop Viper in a peaceful way, and succeed. Next would be the thought of his Niece and Nephew, Ashie and Samuru. They would be crushed with the loss of three close relatives, and with Samuru having the cloned beast of the nine tails within him might go on a blood rage of his own, wanting to get revenge, but due to Koroshi taking out everyone, this would be impossible for him to do, making it where a great hate would form within the young boy, only making it easier for the nine tails to force its power onto him, taking over his body and going on a killing spree. These thoughts at the time is all that stopped Koroshi from crossing that line, although now how things went he is still questioning if that was truly the right choice to make, sure he is alive and for the time being Viper is stable, Suna is safe and he can begin looking for replacements if need be, although he still doesn't know how his young Niece and Nephew are going to take the news about their uncles deaths, they most likely are going to be very hurt when they hear the news, and they must hate Koroshi because of his thoughts on killing, and how he refuses to do so. With the Nine tails within him, and that much rage he will most likely tell him all sorts of things, and him going on a rampage may still very well be a possibility. This thought making Koroshi want to see them, hopefully so he can make them understand his will, and maybe help guide them to join his thoughts on this so they begin to love the world for what it could be, instead of focusing on the bad in it right now. Although that would be for another time, his other thoughts however are more pressing, how Kurisu is handling the news, by the look of his face, and the connection that they have for being family, he can feel his pain and sadness over the information he had just told him.


Some time of silence would pass as everything sinks in, although Koroshi is a bit shocked from what he hears next, he honestly thought that Kurisu would strike him, and he actually hoped for that, instead he begins speaking calmly, although there is still a hint of sadness in his words. With the connection to the brothers and of course with his daughter there is no surprise that he would feel that something was not right, or that something might have happened. Koroshi however is shocked to hear the next words from Kurisu, that not only did he have another son, but he died just before coming to Suna, it would seem that someone had poisoned him, Koroshi thinking to see how would want to kill Kurisu or his family, the only thought or person coming to mind would be Youka as he is the one who attacked Kumo and took it over, although not to jump to anything Koroshi keeps this information to his self. He begins to think if only they would have brought Adam to him that he could have saved him using his Dojutsu, the thought of this making Koroshi kick himself as even though he did not cause the death or was not able to save him for any other reason besides just not being there, Koroshi feels as though if he were to make his healing powers more known that Kurisu might have thought of him sooner and he could have saved him from the pain of losing so many people close to him. Koroshi once everything has settled down might be telling Kurisu about his dojutsu so that he will think of him next time something horrible like this happens. Although Koroshi hopes that he will never have to feel this type of pain again, and that he would not have to worry about his family getting hurt.


As these thoughts are running through Koroshi's mind they all come to a stop when Kurisu begins to speak once more, he says that he is going to help him get the nine tails under control? After everything that has happened and what he has told Kurisu he thought that there training was going to end here, and that Kurisu would never want to see him again, but it seems that this is not the case, he is still offering and willing to help Koroshi reach his goal. Was this him honoring the deal they made before they started? or does Kurisu know that Koroshi will help him take back Kumo and would like it better if he had someone that could control the beast within, in stead of putting more people at risk, including himself. Either way Koroshi is actually a bit happy about this, he can begin to make up for failing not only Kurisu, but Echo and the sand village as well. With this Koroshi pays really close attention to Kurisu's words, and how to draw the beasts power out on your own, Koroshi always thought that the beast had to give it to him, but it would seem that this is done in different ways, he focuses on Kurisu's words as he begins to tell him that because they share the same body that they each feed off of each others emotions, from his tries at training the beast before he saw how the nine tails was able to control him when he let out his chakra, and how he twisted his emotions to try and break him. Although Koroshi didn't even think about using his emotions to try and gain power over the nine tails, or to hopefully change him.


With this new information and new drive to push onward much like how Kurisu is doing, Koroshi stands up from his rock and closes his eyes so that he can focus on a memory, hopefully strong enough to cause good emotions for him to draw from, With his eyes close Koroshi begins to think back and to picture a time long long ago, a time where him and his brother were very young, and before they even want into the academy. The Leaf village was having a festival and it held a lot of games and such for them to enjoy, well at that time they were not the strong ninja that they are now that can stare down an army, instead they were more like average kids, aside from each of them training to grow into their own fighting styles and specialties, Viper was being groomed to be the clan head of the Uchiha clan, he was the heir to it as he was the first born out of the three, and because of that he was the top candidate. It also helped that Viper focused on the fire element and ninjutsu, where as Koroshi focused solely on Taijutsu, and had no signs of the fire element awakening any time soon. Echo on the other hand was shown to have a slight birth defect, making it where he will never get the fire element even though he is an Uchiha, this making it where Viper on top of being the best choose, but in a sense the only one.


The day would start off with the three of them getting ready like normal, doing all of the basic morning routines, such as getting dressed, brushing their teeth, showering, ect. Well once they are done they would go to their Father Gomen, a proud Uchiha leader who took the spot after their mother had passed away during child birth, the thought of this actually being very confusing, from the stories they were told she was a goddess of the ninja world, she had the eternal mangekyou sharingan, and would actually later on be known as the person who made Asgard, the power and control of it being passed down to Viper through his eyes, although that is another story for another time. koroshi is focusing on the more happier times when he was younger. Once they were fully ready and went down to see their father to ask permission to go, they spent some time trying to tell him how it would be a good idea but finally he gave in, but made sure to tell them that they cannot be late coming home, with this they would set off to go and have a good time playing all of the games that they wanted to, Echo joining a sword tournament and actually winning against many of the other challengers, although most of them were either normal humans, or kids thinking about joining the academy as chakra is starting to form within them. After watching him take top prize they would continue to a game that Viper would like, a game where you had to change papers that could sense chakra red, having the fire element and focusing more on his chakra it is much more developed then most kids his age, making this game child's play, adults coming over to watch as he effortlessly turns the paper from snow white, to bright red by just a wave of his hand, not ever making contact with the paper, this actually earning him a reward and having his name put in so that when others play this game they know his score.

Last but not least is Koroshi's game, having a large build then anyone else his age, and focusing more on strengthening his body in stead of his mind wanted to play a game of strength. After looking around the group would find a strong man contest, the game would be for someone to hit a target with a hammer and it would take the pressure of the hit, pumping air through a tube and channeling it through a some pipes before shooting a metal plat upwards toward a bell. Leading up to the bell however would be a list of titles, ranging from sissy girl, to Bijuu, of course this was just for fun as if a Bijuu were it hit this thing it would not only break it into tiny pieces, but the metal plate would be shoot to the moon easy. Well as would be expected of him Koroshi slammed down with a great deal of strength causing the plate to shoot upwards and to smack against the bell making it ring and giving him the title of Bijuu, this being a joke for them for the rest of the day! Then to end a great day the three took turns trying to win a game of skill, they would need to use a very small net, and try to catch and pick up a fish without the net breaking, and without the fish getting away, this proved to be rather hard, but after some time they were able to catch a very slippery one, placing it within a bowl that was filled with water, excited about their new friend they would call him Koh, after being given a name the small fish seemed to swim pretty fast circles around the bowl as if it was happy. With these thoughts he begins to feel his emotions effecting the beast, although not ina way that he had hoped, it would seem that these happy memories were angering the beast, as he begins to growl loudly with his head trying to think of ways to twist this to bring Koroshi back into a mood that would be better for him, something to make Koroshi hurt, or something to break his will.


As he is focusing on this Koroshi begins to hear Kurisu speaking again, seeing as he is not glowing, or forming any chakra, it would be at this time that Koroshi would begin to focus on Echo's death. 'Use the pain of loss?" Koroshi thinks in his head, he begins to picture Echo in the clouds waving good bye to him much like before, but he quickly begins to fade, and in his mind he begins to see Echo laying down in his arms, the clouds rolling in as it begins to storm, these thoughts and with Koroshi having contact with his Sleipnir he unknowingly begins to shift the area around them, turning the bright sunny day into a a very cloudy day the son being blocked out and only offering a small glow, then the clouds begin to roar with thunder and lightning, much like in Koroshi's mind, just before it begins to down pour on top of them. Lightning lighting up the sky as it strikes every few moments. Inside Koroshi head however he begins to see Echo melting into a strange mass of blood in his arms as the rain gets him, his only words are "Good bye" With this Koroshi lets out a might roar both within his mind and outside vocally where Kurisu could hear. Then with a burst of Chakra his body begins to glow orange as tails begins to form behind him one after another, until seven tails begin to sway from side to side, Koroshi's eyes shifting to be red, not from his Uchiha birth right the eternal mangekyou sharingan, but from the beast's chakra, changing them to look more beastly as pupil form a long diamond like shape, his teeth growing and forming four large fangs that stick out of his mouth, his hands begins to crack and stretch as his finger nails begins to grow outward forming five long and sharp claws on each of his hands. With this Koroshi's feet also begin to go through similar changes. With this much chakra forming out of his body at once, his chakra is sent upwards into the sky, causing the clouds around them to part as the mass of pour raw chakra shines upwards like a pillar of light. The roar continues as Koroshi is trying to keep control over the nine tails power, but this is the first time he has ever grown more then one tail, and jumping from one to seven is quiet the strain on his body, his skin begins to peel off of him as it is replaced with dark chakra thread like cloak that is under the normally, more lightly colored one that actually forms the tails.


After his transformation the chakra that formed the pillar begins to die down and Koroshi in his new beastly like form looks toward Kurisu, still able to control his actions some what he with a growl to his voice begins to speak, although it is rather slow as he tries to stay in control, another tail threating to form at any moment "What... Is the... next step... and when.. does .. the burning ... stop!!" Koroshi says through his growls while looking at Kurisu, his body lowering itself down to the ground some, placing his arms on the ground, his claws stretching outward and digging into the grass, while also smashing any and all rocks in their path.

Very good, Koroshi was doing an impressive job of tapping into the Kyuubi’s power. Kurisu was sure that Echo would be proud of Koroshi for taking on this monumental task of mastering the Kyuubi and doing great. “You’re getting it, that’s the way. The Kyuubi might hate you and not want to be part of you, but it is part of you! Make it feel what you feel! Use the pain of lose and create that need, the Kyuubi will slowly cave in.” Kurisu could remember dealing with the Yonbi, one key was getting on the same page. Of course the Kyuubi was different; Son had told him about the other bijuu before, and from what he was told “Kurama has a lot of hate in his heart” it would be difficult for Koroshi to get on the same page with the Kyuubi. “It’ll be hard to control, but you have to also feel what the Kyuubi feels.”
 

This first lesson was going to be important for later on down the road when trying to fully master the Kyuubi and gain its respect and even friendship. ‘Just a little more and then I’ll have no choice but to fight with him to keep the Kyuubi going.' The lack of Nike’s influence and presence on the forefront of his mind made him feel as if he hadn’t fought in years. ‘Maybe I’m weaker now, but I can fix that. I don’t need that murderous thing affecting me anymore no matter what.’ He had to stay strong and ignore the storm of emotions clouding his every thought and action.

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