| What an unfortunate situation. There he was on patrol near konohas border when Shira was jumped by a gnarly looking dude the size of a darn tree. His body was... well there was no way around it, he was as fat as a human could be a still stand on two legs. He carried no visible forehead protector, but from his first strike Shira knew he was Shinobi, and had gotten some distance. In the fields just outside konohas forest, at its very border, Taihoujin Shira sized up and analyzed his first opponent outside of sparring/training matches. The thrill of being at risk of injury had his heart racing, but his mind was almost as calm as when he strolls around town. His body however was a different matter.. he was shaking, legs weak and a broken rib from being caught by surprise earlyer. "You really are nasty" He noted with a wild smile, trying to a hold of his nerves enough to move effectively if nescesary. "Hoho, you have no idea little bugsy! I will squash you!" The fatso replied, and slapped his belly. The slap resulted in a rumble, and Shira knew something was coming. "Earth element: Mudslide!" He said, more like gargled, as he spewed up a monstrous wave of slimy mud from his mouth. Shira had a plan of escape in mind, but his inexperience caused him to execute it too late. His feet was caught in the mud, and he could feel the technique stripping away every hint of friction there was between him and the ground. Standing became utterly impossible, and he tumbled to the ground getting covered from head to toe in mud. As he resurfaced to get mud out of his eyes and get his bearings, his enemy had already made his move. To shiras utter shock, the massive fatso had jumped high into the air. As he came down towards Shira, he roared: "Earth element: Bouldercrash!". As he did, his body turned into what seemed to be solid rock. There was no reason to hold back and use his short-blade anymore, the only reason he learned how to use it in the first place was becouse his Katana was disqualified from use in the chuunin exam. The sensors said that it was an event for shinobi, and a samurai had no business there. This was no exam however, he thought, and quickly formed three handseals and grasped the hilt of his katana. He didnt draw it right away however, instead he got ready and waited, waited for the fatso to come just within reach. And when he finally did, he exploded into action, and drew his blade so fast the friction between the sword and its scabbard sent sparks flying. His arms, shoulders and chest seemed to bulk up in muscular mass for just a moment, and he struck with all his collected might. "Draw-Jutsu: Wolfhammer Technique!" The fatso smiled at the struggling shinobi. No way in hell was a mere sword going to do anything to his rocky skin, or so he thought. As the strike connected, an enormous pressure was exerted upon the Fatso. He felt it immediately, the strike was heavyer then even himself in his rocky form. As the steel grinded against his skin, he felt himself get pushed off course by this ordinary-looking katana. In just a second, the fatsos fall had been completely stopped, and Shira now followed through on the strike sending him flying off into one of Konohas trees. Getting to his feet, Shira could see the fatsos technique had been broken along with his concentration, the mud had been a genjutsu all along. With his feet free, and courage renewed, Shira re-sheathed his blade and prepared for the follow-up. "H-how is that sword so heavy!? How can you even lift it!?!?" The fatso cried in frustration, pulling out a large iron club seemingly from his butt. Shira really didnt want to know where he really got the club from, but could tell it was dangerous. "I dont know. Maybe its a genjutsu? maybe its made of a special metal. Maybe im a bloodline user, or.. maybe im just that strong? who knows.. If you live to figure out the trick, maybe youll get to escape to tell someone.." Shira said calmly, using his words to help calm his mind and body aswell. He would have to concentrate for what came next. "Come at me, and find out!" The Fatso wasnt hard to aggrevate, and charged in blindly just as shira wanted. He struck quickly for a guy his size, and Shira narrowly dodged the club coming down overhead threatening to crush him. Spinning around, he pulled his shortblade and ran it through the fatsos wrist, pinning his club-hand to the ground before performing another series of 4 handseals. As the Fatso roared in Pain, Shira took hold of his katana and steeled his nerves to end it. "Fire-Release: Red Lotus!" As he drew his blade, fire roared from the hilt, enveloping the blade as it emerged. It was only visible for a second, before fire and steel hand in hand vanished into the enemys chest. The crimson glow emerging from the enemys mouth, eyes and seemingly through his skin betrayed what was about to happen. Even Shira himself would agree, this is a most gnarly technique, and he was glad nobody was around to see him do it. Twisting the blade 90 degrees, the fire exploded in intensity. It tore him apart from the inside, until naked flames spewed from his mouth and every opening in his body. He was dead before he could even register the pain of what was happening, which was Shiras only comfort after having drawn the blade he had so long kept away... It took him almost a day to return to Konoha with his injuries. As he was admitted into Konohas hospital for the medical nin to handle, he vowed to never again draw the katana on someone unless he had to. The thrill of battle had gotten the better of him, and he hadnt even aquired a single piece of intel from the encounter. Not the mans name, the nature of his abilities, where he came from, his objective, nothing.. apart from the seeming victory, Shira believed he had failed this day.. |
| "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" -Carl Edward Sagan |
______________________________ There would be some time before Shira saw the light of day again. Months in fact. Turns out you dont just walk several miles with half the bones in your body broken without paying for it somehow. And when Shiras eyes opened, he could barely feel his legs. The ambient hum of the light was only occasionally broken by the sound of voices coming from rooms beyond this one. He propped himself up in the bed, and took note of how weak he was from not moving. Muscular atrophy, a sleepers greatest enemy.. He was just about to try his luck standing when he was hit square across the face with a heavy medical book. Before he could get his bearings, he felt someone grab his legs and swing him back onto the bed with some level of impatient force. "Who the hell woke you up? Bwah, hey doc get in here!" the rather bulky nurse shouted. Her calls were returned by a bearded face popping out from behind the door. He wore square-shaped glasses, and was passionately sucking a half-smoked cigarette tucked in between his lips at the corner of his mouth. "Hoh? Young Taihoujin hasnt left us yet it seems!" Upon hearing his own name, something seemed to click. His confusion faded and he managed to add two and two together. "Good grace, i mustve been out for ages" he said, which prompted the doc to enter the room properly. "You are lucky you still have a body at all. When you came in, we couldnt find a single bone in your body that wasnt broken. Hell we even found fractures in some places of your skull and knees, places that rarely break, did you go off fighting a mountain-wall with your bare hands?" The doc said, twirling the cigarette in his fingers as he spoke before shoving it back in the moment he reached the end of his sentence, like he couldnt get it back fast enough. "Something like that.." Shira responded. "We managed to save just about everything. I used a technique on you which forced sleep on you for several weeks, giving your bones times to heal. However.." The docs words made ice run through Shiras veins. He hadnt even bothered checking himself after waking up half a minute earlyer, and only now realized his left arm was locked in a metal structure akin to a cage or a construction-scaffolding. There was needles and tubes sticking into it from every direction, and he could even tell it wasnt straight anymore. His first reaction was disbelief, he only stared at it until the doc descided to clarify. "You see.. *sigh*.. to repair bones we need to gather the broken pieces inside the body, and re-align them end-to-end so the bodys natural healing can make connections and bind the bones back together. But.. we.." He said, pausing to remove the cigarette from his mouth. He seemed to hang his head for a bit, like he was shamed or saddened. "We couldnt find a single solid piece to put back.. your arm was never broken, it was completely shattered by something, it was like trying to build a cabin out of porridge instead of wood.. i just couldnt do it.." Shira looked at him in a mixture of disbelief and anger. Staring at the mangled mess of flesh and metal hanging from his left shoulder, he knew he would never hold a sword with both hands or properly form seals ever again. Atleast not until he could figure out some other method. "This.. this is absurd!" Shira responded. "There was nothing in that battle which could have caused so much damage!" "Do you remember returning to Konoha?" The nurse quickly pointed out, before the Doc could stop her. He could tell on Shiras face he instantly added two and two from the fact he could indeed not remember ever walking back into Konoha. "N..no" he replied, knowing what the doc was about to say. "Well, thats becouse you didnt.. We never heard from you after that mission, so the Hokage became worried we had another Missing Nin on our hands to add to the bingo book. He sent ANBU to find and supress you, but it didnt take nearly as long as they thought. They found you just a stonetoss from the gates, literally wrapped in a silk-bow like a present." Shiras nerves begun acting up on him. He was usually a really calm guy, but the idea that just crept into his head was a nasty one. What if.. "..someone grabbed you on your way back, and used you for something. Then, they dropped you off back here like a present to the Hokage." The doc said, now motioning for the nurse to leave the room. He grabbed an ashtray from a shelf (wierdest hospital ever) and sat down near the foot of Shiras bed. When the nurse had left, he finished his sentence. "But we still have no idea what they did to you, other then breaking just about every bone left in your body after battling their henchman.. we expected to find sealing jutsus placed on your very skin, we looked for biological agents hidden in capsules, we carved you open like a fish in search of scrolls, nothing.." Shira felt his stomach growing a bit queezy from hearing what they had done to him. "We now believe that you, Mr. Taihoujin, were intended as a physical message. A warning to those who would dig too far into certain plots, plots that scream to be unraveled. We believe they broke your body to stop any future retaliation, thats the only logical reason i can think of for why someone would.." He said, but stopped as he realized Shira was staring at his own arm, knowing exactly where he was going with this speech. "You want to make me shinobi again, use me as bait to draw the culprits out" "Yes" the doc replied, "and no.. we have something special in store for you, if you accept that is" Shira didnt even think on it for a second, in fact he didnt even reply at all, he just gave the doc a look that spoke a thousand words. The doc smiled at this, and turned around to leave. "I am Doctor Koruto (Colt) Itami, i am looking forward to working with you, Mr. Taihoujin~" |
PsynergiOct 6, 2015 12:36 PM
| "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" -Carl Edward Sagan |
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