The Show Must Go On (Open)

He seemed a bit upset after Kyson made his comment. Kyson would bust out laughing after he told him to shut up. After the old man gave ran up to him and praised Kyson's talent. But it would soon be interrupted by some people dragging him away. Kyson stopped playing as he watched these demons take away his freedom. All the old man wanted was to listen to greatness before he kicked the bucket. Can't even have his last dying wish. He would get up and put away his saxophone once again.

He then heard him say an insult towards Kyson. When Kyson heard the insult.. he didn't really know what to say. He reminisced the time when he was about 4 or 5 and he had just learned about his bloodline for the first time. As he was taking a bath. He accidentally turned into a puddle and almost went down the drain. But was able to solidify himself before any part of his body was sucked in. He doesn't even want to think about what would've happened if he had went down that disgusting drain.

"Ha, true story, I almost lost my life taking a bath." Kyson would say to in response. Letting out a slight chuckle. An older women was walking towards their direction. Kyson would nod and say "Good evening miss." Kyson would say with a smile.

"Why hello, is this your baby brother?" The lady would ask. 


"Yeah, he just turned 9 so I'm taking him to the park." Kyson said as he was getting ready to hold a laugh. The lady would bend to his height and ask.. Looking at him in his eyes. "Awwww he's so cute.. What's your name little guy?" When she asked that. Kyson was in the back holding back a huge laugh waiting to see what he would say.

He almost died from taking a bath? What an odd guy. Well, Akemi had almost died in a bath once, you see, on that day he almost died, he had forgotten to bring his usual rubber-ring with him. Seriously, with Akemi's tiny stature, baths were like miniature oceans. It was both a blessing and a curse. It meant he could have loads of fun in a bath because he could swim in them. However, that meant Akemi had to learn how to tread water from a young age, he had always struggled to keep his head above the water.

Then suddenly a grown woman appeared out of nowhere, she was incredibly old, probably 50-60 and she was being absolutely despicable. Was this woman really just walking up to two strangers, and asking his name? What a weird woman. Of course, when Akemi spotted the idiot behind the woman laughing, Akemi blushed furiously. A mix of both anger and embarrassment, he shot an incredibly dark look at Kyson when the woman wasn't paying attention. The look screaming 'You're going to be in a world of pain later, just you wait'.

"Nononono, I... Not... C-Cute. I'm s-s-seventeen." Akemi stuttered, failing miserably at getting his point across. 

That was when something... Magical happened.

A girl, in her early twenties or so, walked past the woman. When she walked past, the newcomer seemed to recognise the grown woman. So, she walked up to the woman and sighed, looking at the grown-woman and Akemi. "Mum, why are you terrorising poor little kids?" She asked.

Now that she was up close, Akemi could finally see how beautiful the newcomer was. She had long, glowing golden hair, a soft face with large, hazel eyes which seemed to glisten in the light. When she caught sight of Akemi, the beautiful girl's eyes widened in surprise and adoration.

"Oh. My. Lord... YOU ARE ADORABLE!" She balled, bringing Akemi into a little hug. "Is that your nasty brother over there?" She whispered in his ears, probably loud enough for Kyson to hear. Akemi nodded slowly. "Well, he's suuper ugly, I'm sure he wasn't as adorable as you when he was your age. When you're older, I'm sure you'll have plenty of girlfriends!" laughed the girl.

Akemi was super embarrassed, because he was currently hugging a beautiful lady. Ashamed, because they were only hugging because she thought he was nine. And happy that she had insulted 'Musical Genius' better than he could. No type of insult hurt more than being called ugly by a beautiful person. For once in his life, Akemi was thankful for his short stature.

Kyson was getting a good laugh in, seeing him get embarrassed like that. Then moments later, a beautiful girl a little older than the two boys arrived. It seemed to be the mother's daughter. When she noticed Akemi and called him adorable, Kyson just rolled his eyes. As he was about to compliment her... she said something awfully rude. Calling himself ugly, that was blasphemy. He put on a fake big smile as he was 2 seconds away from using five elements seal on her. knocking her out almost instantly. But before that would even come into play. She underestimated how much mothers don't play .

"If you don't learn you some God damn manners!" The mother said as she grabbed her daughter by the ears and dragged her away from the boys. Kyson would have a look on his face that said 'serves you right.' She deserved everything that was coming for her.

"Yeah, get her! People are just crazy these days." Kyson would say. Disregarding the fact everything he had started today. He would walk over to a vending machine and buying two bottles of water. Taking the first one. After the second one came down, he picked it up and tossed it to the Akemi. 

"Guess I kinda owed you one for eating your sandwich.. even though you did throw it at me." Kyson would say with a smirk on his face. Revealing he knew the red haired guy and him were the same person all along. He was crazy but he wasn't that crazy to not notice he was wearing the same clothes and had the same chakra signature. But he still thinks he is a musical genius, he truly believes that till the day he dies. That will never change.

"By the way, what's your name ki-, still can't believe your my age.." Kyson would say as he stopped himself from calling him a kid. Still amazed that someone his age looked so young.

Akemi stood there like a lemon once the hug was forcefully ended, his cheeks burning red with embarrassment. He had never been so close to a girl so beautiful before, and it was an odd experience. She was beautiful, but what she had said was absolutely rude! Akemi couldn't forgive that sort of behavior, sure, a little insult now and again never hurt anybody. But straight up calling someone ugly? That was unacceptable, he was glad that the woman was being dragged off by her mum to be taught a lesson.

"Y-you knew that w-was me?" Akemi asked, raising a quizzical eyebrow as he caught the water bottle with as much grace and finesse as one would expect from a taijutsu specialist "Clever..." Akemi muttered, likely inflating the man's ego to never-seen-before levels. That gave Akemi a clue, perhaps this man was some kind of shinobi of sorts? It would explain why the dude didn't have any chakra, even normal civilians had some chakra. This man had absolutely zero, a clue that this man had some sort of chakra suppression. Most normal genin didn't learn chakra suppression, was this man somehow more than a genin? A chuunin perhaps? Akemi almost shuddered, it seemed that Hoshi's standards were just getting lower and lower.

When the man interrupted himself when saying "Ki-", Akemi felt like the man had almost said "Kibbles" for some reason. He had absolutely no reason to think this, so he quickly dismissed the thought. Seriously, where did the name "Kibbles" even come from? Sounded like something an idiot would be christened with.

"Well, you b-better believe it." Akemi stuttered, taking a moment to take a sip out of the water. "Otherwise, you'll find out w-why t-the Hogokage f-fears me," Akemi muttered. This was, of course, a complete lie. As Akemi hadn't exactly done anything notable yet except spar the Hogokage. Even if it was just a session of Akemi missing every single strike. Akemi ignored the part about the person asking his name, Akemi wasn't sure if this guy was trust-worthy yet, he needed to know for sure before he gave out valuable information like his name.

"Yeah with the whole body flicking and wearing the same clothes yada yada.. it wasn't hard to tell" Kyson would say to him. "Though, I wouldn't be surprised if you are the actual transformation and the other guy was the real you." He would say with a smirk. That would be a pretty good plot twist that Kyson wasn't even prepared for.

Kyson would open his bottled water and begin taking a few sips. Kyson was still surprised that the two were the same age. he looked and even acted shy like a little kid. He stated that the Hogokage would fear him. "Fear you eh? I would like to know." Kyson would say with a chuckle. Curious to see what he would say. Taking a few more sips of water as he awaited for his answer. 

"But any who, the name's Kyson since you were dying to know not too long ago." He would say to him. It probably wouldn't be long till someone makes a complaint about his music. But even if they did, he wasn't worried. wasn't like he did anything terribly wrong. How was he suppose to know this place had bad taste in music.

Miyamoto walked through the village streets, his chakra suppression active as he weaved through people and to stalls of various vendors so he could gather provisions for his upcoming trip, having not seen Ayato since the giant attacked the outer section of Hoshigakure was a bit disconcerting...they were supposed to leave at any moment, but at the time he just traveled around making sure the streets were safe and nobody was causing trouble since the village seemed to have become more lively here lately. Something he had never witnessed through traveling the streets this day was the sound of a saxophone. A bit confused the Chuunin would walk around the edge of the noise as there seemed to be some sort of scene going on. The familiar air of both anxiety and misdealings all around, cut off when he felt the pulse of chakra as his headband activated the signal that a Hoshi shinobi required assistance...in front of him. Miyamoto continued to watch, not wanting to make himself known just yet, and after the commotion it seemed that the person playing finally stopped just as the two that were causing the ruckus were revealed. A hoshi shinobi named Akemi...that name rung a bell to Miyamoto, though he could not remember why, perhaps just another kid playing ninja... The sax player, Kyson was his name, apparently a foreigner that is new to the village, caught his eye. The man looked to be strong, with an aura around him that made Miyamoto nearly activate the Mind Eye technique to see what this person was capable of. As it seemed there was a sense of hostility, Miyamoto made his way through the crowd before approaching the sax player and laying down a few Ryo before giving a smile.

“Great playing, haven’t heard any real instrumental playing since my old masters were trying to teach me to play a harmonica. Next food or drink is on me, hope you continue to dazzle our village with the music...it has been a while since I have seen a traveling bard.” Miyamoto said as he found a seat near the area where the man was playing so he could keep an eye on things, ordering a sandwich and some water as he sat his pack down and kept the chakra suppression up.

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"Y-yeah, the Hogokage t-trembles at the sight of m-me now. I punched him very hard in the ribs, r-rumors say that the crack of his ribs breaking could be heard for m-miles around." Akemi lied, completely positive on the fact that the man, now identified as Kyson, knew that Akemi was joking. He may be shy, but that didn't mean he couldn't occasionally boast about his lack of powers at any time. "I'm Akemi Hiyu, b-by the way." He said, now feeling confident that Kyson was someone who could be trusted with his God-sent name, which was apparently a female name, but that was beside the point.

Akemi's mouth was agape as a boy who looked much, much more younger than he appeared on the scene. However, it wasn't the boy's age which made Akemi awed, it was the fact that the boy was about 6 years younger than him... And he was taller than Akemi. His cheeks burned red in embarrassment and he looked away from Kyson to not give him the satisfaction of showing him how embarrassed he was. 

Akemi scoffed at the boy's words. "T-t-this? Good music? I'm s-sorry, I k-know I've a-already asked this, but have you b-both been near any g-genjustu-specialists recently?" Akemi asked, completely confused as to how the ear-destroying music could possibly sound good to anyone unless they were insane or under a genjutsu. Akemi suddenly realized... He was surrounded by maniacs. Only the Lord could save him now.

As Kyson heard his reply, the boy would just face palm. "You don't even sound believable." Kyson would say. But when he introduced his full name. Kyson was a little familiar with his clan. His own bodyguard Nobunaga was a Hiyu. Though he wasn't sure what their clan was capable of. Or if they even had any special abilities. But comparing him to Nobunaga.. nothing came to mind to even guess what they had in common. 

Kyson then heard another person approach. This person was no different from Akemi. They both looked about 9 years old and short. Kyson wants to assume his next person is a kid. But after meeting Akemi, he doesn't even know what to think anymore. But then he heard the kid compliment him on his music. That's two people who loved his music. Finally, people were starting to understand his art.

"I'm glad you enjoyed. This other guy wouldn't know good music even if it hit him in the face." Kyson said.

"Nope. no tricks or illusions here. Just good taste of music. I think your the one that might be under the Genjutsu." Kyson would say with a smirk. It was clear Akemi was a hater. But luckily there was someone on Kyson's side that made him look less crazy.

Miyamoto watched as the two had their discussion, he was eager not to participate unless he really needed to. However when the bard said that perhaps Akemi was stuck in a genjutsu it made Miyamoto laugh out loud before clapping his hands.

“You know Akemi, I know we haven’t met in person, but even foreigners are giving you a good ribbing. Quit while you are ahead.” Miyamoto teasingly said as the crowd still around them looked to see what would happen next.

Soon enough his food was delivered out to him as he made sure to tip the waitress, his food was simple; a spicy tuna roll with fried rice and ramen with a glass of water. To which he ate slowly as he would keep his eyes scanning the area in case any more people were to show up. He wondered if Akemi was going to signal for more Hoshi shinobi or just keep pestering the bard till he left to find another place to make some money.

“So...Kyson is it? Where did you learn to play that instrument of yours?” Miyamoto started as he pointed with his chopsticks at his instrument.
“Those aren’t seen so much around here as much as stringed instruments...sand and arid conditions can ruin those pads that help make that instrument run correctly.” He continued on, losing sight that he delved into how the saxophone actually worked, the tiny springs, and shaved pieces of wood that if chipped can cause the instrument to sound horrid.

He grew silent as he half dug into the design in his mind while half awaiting an answer to his questions.

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This was the last straw!

Akemi watched, his cheeks growing crimson, as he was just ganked by two people who were taller than him. Indeed, people around him saw that the little kid was being picked on, and the sound of 'Poor kid' and 'Awww' could be heard echoing around the city square. This made Akemi embarrassed but also thankful, he was glad that he had some backers to his plight. Akemi decided that this was the time he made his comeback, time to play these guys for fools!

"Okay, okay, you got me Kyson. This isn't actually my real form, I've been using my Hiyu transformation to look like a small kid for a while. I thought it would be fun, but it turns out that small people just get picked on all the time. Time to revert back to my form, I guess." Akemi said, of course, this was all a lie, but Akemi was a proper genius, so his lie sounded completely genuine. 

"Let me quickly release this technique, it normally takes a while to do," Akemi said, placing his hands together into the Ram hand seal. He concentrated deeply, trying to construct the image of the most handsome male in his mind. Unfortunately, Akemi was not into men, so imagining a perfect man was not easy. But he persisted, he wanted to see Kyson and Miyamoto's faces when they thought that Akemi was actually insanely perfect!

Suddenly, Akemi's chakra would spike as the technique would activate, his form instantly growing more taller and defined. Akemi ended up at about 6 foot tall, his usual gaunt frame replaced with a toned and semi-muscular one. His face was defined, with cheekbones to make ancient-greek marble carvings put to shame. He had short blonde hair, the kind which made a woman weak at the knees to see. And his eyes were a deep, piercing blue. The kind that seemed to stare through your body, and into your soul.

Once the transformation was finished, Akemi let out a sigh, sitting next to Miyamoto. "You know, being a small child really opened my eyes. People are bullies, you should learn to pick on somebody your own size." Akemi said, all the females around the area couldn't help but ogle at Akemi's new form as they walked past. Thankfully, being in a new form, Akemi felt a lot more confident. His voice coming out more masculine and powerful, instead of the usual tone which sounded like a nervous 3-year-old girl.

A-hah! Akemi thought he had these two stumped now, how could they insult the definition of perfection? Wait... Nevermind, Akemi mentally braced himself for the bombardment of insults, he was ready!