Let the journey begin. [open]

Well that's that. Umm... I guess that's my exit but I can't really exit if I'm dead. This thread has failed me so it's the end of this for me.

I'll be back ^_^

[Manip'ing Rikaro somewhat]
As the newcomer approached, Kozan listened to what he had to say. Hey, had he been outside the wall? Why hadn't Kozan noticed him until now? No... this wasn't good. He needed to get a grip on the situation. In addition, it seemed that disabling Jason wasn't enough. He kept talking like some kind of record player. He still had the dream of "wiping evil" from the world? And who was he to define what was good and what was evil? Some kind of god? No, he was a mere genin, and a weak one, too, not even able to take down Kozan, who wasn't that strong either.
But this new one... he was an unknown factor. In addition, he had some kind of doujutsu.... a doujutsu! It was different from the one his own clan possessed, but it was yet another variable that he had to take account. He shouldn't look directly at this boy's eyes, in that case. Who knew what powers it possessed? More importantly, he didn't even know if this one, who came from the OUTSIDE OF the gates, was even a true Kumo nin or not. Let's not take any chances, he thought. Suddenly, his mind snapped.
Within a mere millisecond, to him, it was as if a whole minute passed as a piece of his mind generated a hallucination of Aunt Misaki, stark naked, draping her arms over his shoulders from behind.
"You see those eyes, boy?" The hallucination spoke. "He's going to kill you..."
Yes... it was like putting your drawing hand on your sword in front of someone. An affront to their honor... a sign of aggression! With a mere thought, as the other man was still a few feet away and hadn't said anything else yet (before Rikaro starts to say the "Thank you" line), and before Ashur could say anything, a dark flash of chakra would appear from the sword at Nightblood used its chakra to deal a blow to the minds of all around him except Kozan. This would knock out Jason and the newcomer, but leave Kozan alone. It would render Ashur and Brandon weakened, however, Kozan knew that this was a perfectly safe move to make, as they had been within his Nightblood's power before.
"Sorry about that, Ashur. He had some kind of eye power going on... I couldn't take any chances. Have you met him before; is he a real Kumo ninja?"
As he said this, he set about disarming the two who had been knocked out, setting out their weapons and possessions on the ground next to them. Some mysterious rods... what could they be?
[TWC 1427
-30 AP for Nightblood's ability]

Ashur gripped his sword tighter and cringed. He heard Jason say everything, and felt like just slicing off the neck of him. If the boy hadn't had as much self control as he had, he would have completely torn apart Jason.
"You piece of shit! You think for one second you deserve death for saying such things about the Raikage?"
Brandon moved at an alarming speed, and grabbed Ashur by the arm. The frog glared at him, and at this point he saw the one he hated the most. The one who had stalked him in the forest. He had no words to say to the boy, and was just frozen in confusion. Why does he keep following me, Ashur wondered. He looked into the ninja's eyes to see they were some kind of doujutsu and Brandon let go. Ashur began to try to ask what business this ninja had hear, but was shortly cut off by Kozan's sword. Brandon seemed unaffected, but Ashur felt a bit off. He began to wonder what was going on, and Kozan began to ask the question. He watched as the items were being sorted out by the ninja, and began to shudder.
"Kozan, I know him. I know him all too well. This ninja has been following me, and stalking me. I think he is hunting me down. He was there just the other day in the forest, watching through the trees. I think tonight was the night he was going to kill me. I don't know if he is a Kumogakure ninja, or a spy. Kozan, please just throw him in prison. I don't want to be followed any longer by him. What business does he have being here at this hour? I am almost positive his goal was to kill us, why else would he find us and use those horrid eyes?"
Ashur shuddered thinking if Kozan wasn't here, he might have died.
"He was the one who cut off Jason's hand to try to reach out to me. Yes, that was his goal. He wanted to become my friend and kill me. Why else did he follow me to that fight and who knows where else he has been. Kozan, what if at that Ramen stand he was watching us? What if he knows exactly what we can do and who we are? More importantly, what could he want from us or from Jason?"
Brandon shook his head.
"Ashur, if he was a spy, wouldn't he come with a buddy? Haven't you heard of the buddy system usually seen by the old akatsuki? Jason and that ninja are working together, and as spies they need everything to hide their cover, even if it means harming the other and causing a diversion to them following you."
Ashur swallowed hard in fear, he wasn't ready for any of this. How many more spies were there? What if this ninja was a missing ninja hired to kill him and Kozan, but why them?
"Kozan, Jason and that ninja are spies who want to kill us.... How many more are there?"
Terror gripped him hard as he came to the realization of this all. His friend was a spy. Brandon saw there was no threat for now at least and got rid of his cloak. The battle was over.

(553/1506)

Ashur (525/530)
Brandon (175/250)
-25 Ap to maintain Truly Toxic (+70 speed and health)

Not gonna post since I'm K/O also Ashur GG I'm a spy -_-

Ashur's theory was a tad stretched, but it still was perfectly possible. He didn't know any of these two personally, but he trusted Ashur. They were friends, after all, right? At any rate, now that the two targets before him had been knocked out, the situation was now handled. He looked around, scanning the area for others who might be attempting to sneak up on them. If he found no one else (and he most likely would not), the boy would sigh before looking over the two boys and their possessions.
"Normally, I'd just turn these into impound... and I think I will, except for these two." With his left hand, he would indicate the two three-foot long black rods that had been taken from that stalker and probable spy.
"These don't seem to be weapons, though I might be wrong. Let's take one each, and figure out what they can do." With that, he'd pick up one of the strange black rods. Hmm... nothing weird about it at first sight, but assuming that this guy was what Ashur thought he was, it would be good to take these into private custody. Had they stayed on the now unconcious boy's person, who knew what might have happened? For all he knew, these were devices used to injure Kumo. Maybe they were just really weird weapons, and he had to figure out how they worked.
He picked one up himself and handed the other one off to Ashur. He noted that the two guard who had been with him were now lying on the ground due to Nightblood. Oh well, it looked like he'd have to carry them to the prison himself with Ashur.
Tucking the rod through his belt next to Nightblood, he made sure it was secure before lifting the doujutsu-gifted intruder over his head and onto his shoulders in a typical, standard, safe fireman's carry, the intruder's head on his right side.
"Get the other one, Ashur. We're taking them in. Can't stick around too long; or they'll wake up."
With that, he began to saunter off towards the prison.
[TWC 1779]

"What are those?!"
Ashur said this a bit louder then he did for the rest. He looked at the black rods, and got out his book of Naruto's life. He knew he had seen it somewhere, but where he had heard about such odd rods. He finally reached a page where a drawing of Pein was, and put his pointer finger on it.
"This is where I heard about odd, black rods. In my spare time, I have been rereading this book and I remember the author talking about odd black, chakra rods in this man here."
Ashur put his book away after showing Kozan. He then realized he had done nothing to help. He was then handed the rod and studied why such a ninja would have something like this, his fear flared up again.
"Kozan, the last person with these rods was able to destroy konoha with ease..."
He looked at the unconscious body, and began to feel desperate to defend himself. Ashur runs over, and pulls his sword to the shoulder of the spy. His hand shook as he was ready to get rid of this limb.
"You bastard..h-how could you have known about me?"
Ashur then began to tear up and pound the ground with his other hand. He looked at the limp body and wished to rid the evil of it. He had to, he pulled the sword back and began to go to slice the shoulder off, but Brandon caught his arm before the blade reached.
"Ashur what the hell are you doing? This doesn't solve a thing!"
Ashur wiped off his face, and nodded. He waited till the frog released him, then put his hand through the ninja's hair. He would then touch the scalp and leave his mark seal as Kozan began to take away the body. He heard what Kozan said, and nodded.
"I'm right behind you, Kozan. Keep an eye out for anymore freaks out here. This is just ridiculous that people would actually hunt us down! What the hell is that?"
He took up Jason's body, and began to fly with it in a fireman's carry. He would then follow Kozan while flying only a few feet of the ground. Ashur also made sure to pick up his items and Jason's hand before leaving.

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Ashur (520/530)
-5 for Mark Seal on Rikaro
Brandon (175/250)

Ashur: "What are those?!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN7h1RivePQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK0t38Al4_E

LOL, couldn't resist XD

You guys are able to skip me and Jason BTW so Ashur and Kozan and post back and forth. 3 more posts remaining on K/O Kozan turn to posy

"Tch."
Kozan was growing angrier as the boy felt heavier on his back. This was some bullshit. Why was it that he and Ashur, among the better genin in the village, had to be held down by scum such as these? It simply boggled the mind. As he walked toward the prison, he responded to Ashur, the tone of his voice making it clear that they were wasting time on these losers and that he needed to get back to wall duty.
"Let's not goof around. Just drop these guys off and let's get out of here. I want nothing to do with them for today."
He arrived at the custody area, where he simply threw Rikaro on the ground in front of some dumbstruck guards.
"There's one more, my friend's got 'im."
He nodded to Ashur, and sauntered off, tired of these shenanigans. He'd wasted energy on those jerks... if someone were to attack the wall, what would happen if he was at low capacity? No, better to get this shit finished with as soon as possible. He only hoped that he didn't come off as a jerk to Ashur... he supposed he owed the boy a ramen meal later.
Kozan went back to wall duty, leaning against an edifice and thinking about what had just happened. There were people who wanted  not just to harm the Raikage, but he and Ashur as well? He ground his teeth.
"I'll do anything", he thought to himself, "to preserve out friendship. Even if I have to kill and murder for it."
[EXIT
TWC 2039
10 stats
839 words towards chakra infusion
1200 words towards lightning chakra blade
1 Rinnegan rod (3 ft long)]

Ashur heard Kozan was actually angry at something. Had he been a bit too much? Had he talked a bit too much about the spies? Either way, Ashur felt 100% responsible for making Kozan so angry. He nodded at Kozan's remark, and flew while feeling odd. He hated Jason Goka that most right now, but maybe redemption was still a good path to go down. He muttered something to Jason as he carried him along.
"This is your last chance, before you end up worse then before. I will be back to drop off your legs, don't worry."
Jason might be able to hear this while unconsious, who knows? He didn't mind one bit.
"Also Jason, give up your dream. The Raikage is much too strong for your own good, live in peace and you will come out in one piece again."
Ashur had muttered this all, and looked at Kozan feeling like he had really blew it this time.

Eventually, he reached the custody area where he saw Kozan just fling the ninja's body across the ground. Ashur's eyes lit up, feeling like a scared little child. Kozan seemed angry, more angry then he had ever seemed to be. Kozan would then walk away as Ashur stood with a blank expression hearing Kozan at least include him in his sentence.
"Look, I'm sorry for what happened to this one. He will need to be sent to the hospital and I will be back with his legs."
He turned around to see Brandon behind him with the legs in hand. How resourceful!
"Well, here is a hand, and two legs. His name is Jason, and he might be a spy, but a bad one at that. Also the other one is a spy working with him who has been stalking me for a few days."
The guards just looked at him, as he put all the bodies down. Ashur put away all his items, and double checked to make sure he had all of them. He then sees the black rod, and curses under his breath.
"We will take care of them."
Ashur smiled, and nodded and walked off. He had Kozan's black chakra rod, that he accidentally kept! How foolish of him! He put it away for now, and walked back home to go to sleep. Man one hell of a night, he said. The ninja he didn't know the name of and Jason were being handled by the prison guards as he left. They definitely were going to hate the prison, and Ashur almost felt bad for them. He wasn't ready to handle the morals and enthics, and was too tired to really do anything. He sped back home while keeping a close eye around him.

(458/2247)

2,247 words towards Mass chakra reserves
11 Stats for Ashur and Brandon
1 Rinnegan rod (3 ft long)

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