Strange...

Naoki had spent weeks in the shrine already. It was an interesting experience to him. He found this isolation from the world very calming. Though a few times he had to venture into the nearby forests to procure food and firewood most of the time he spent reading the various inscriptions in the shrine and meditating. Although the Goddess Etro was unknown to him before this, he has come to realize that there truly was something beyond life. There were forces shaping the world and shaping the fates of humans that were beyond their control. At times Naoki wondered if he believed it because he found it to be true or because he wanted to believe that because it made his pain easier to bear. However the Uchiha did know that he wanted to learn of these mysterious forces. He wanted to learn the secrets and mysteries of this world. That was his new goal and the more time she spent in that shrine the more the thought it was the right path for him. For that reason he had decided to seek the Rinnegan, the eye that Youka told him about. From what he understood it was the final evolution of Sharingan and he was essentially only one step away. But first Naoki needed to master his current ability, which is why for the duration of his stay he tried to stress his sharingan to maximum, he would keep it active for days without a pause growing rather accustomed to it. Without anyone around the man did not need to keep up the illusion that concealed his bloodline limit of the Uchiha clan and could focus more on the eyes themselves. Actually during this time he managed to finally realize how to activate a jutsu he had trained for a while back but never succeeded in completing. It was a rather simple concept, to use fuuinjutsu through the sharingan rather than genjutsu. However where as genjutsu was hammered in genetically through generations of use, fuuinjutsu was a rather new concept and it took getting really adapted to the eyes to finally achieve.

One day however he felt something strange. Suddenly a small feeling in the back of his mind, a small dot in the endless ocean disappeared. It took him a few minutes to realize this, to realize that one of the mark seals he had put was now gone. Which in turn led to another interesting discovery. A mark he had put on someone he believed to be dead was still there, most likely meaning that the person was still alive. But he decided to leave that for another time, the disappearance was more important for now. After quickly gathering his stuff, which he did not have many, Naoki made his way outside and attempted to summon Hikarishi. Nothing happened and it wasn't like the guy resisted the call, but more like he could not reach him at all. Naoki could draw two possibilities here and he did not like either. It seems he would have to fly there and investigate personally. But he expected possible company from the Kirigakure so he needed to make sure whoever came to find him would find something, at least some sort of a clue. The idea came rather quickly, extending his hand Naoki would summon two Sunflies. They would carry no abilities except being infused with water element which allowed them to stay outside pretty much indefinitely. These two had rather specific instructions, they were to fly to the exact spot he detailed in his instructions to meet him, they were to wait there and if somebody showed up, inspect them, then depending on the situation either report to Naoki at the shrine or lead the person to the shrine.

Now that Naoki had made the preparations he would make a seal of confrontation and after being surrounded in a chakra bubble disappear from the scene.

653 w.
[638 w. to finish learning Sharingan: Fuuinjutsu
+6 AP

Ported out to borders]