A Meeting of Names (Private)

[Kairyuu]

Isaki Tenken​

Tenken stare out the window at the waves lapping against the outer shore of the island of Moon with a regularity that threatened to bring on the dreamless sleep of late. The water came in and crashed to the sand, flooding back out into the ocean and dragging away a layer of the earth with it. It reminded him of himself of late, how the waves of time seemed to be eroding his own mind. Ever since the clan was handed over to him he felt like he was out of his element within it. Tenken was used to being the outcast who no one listened to, the goody two shoes who was ignored. It was a different thing to lead.

Now he was expected to uphold the clan values he didn't believe in, to allow things he found wrong to their core. He tried to remove the 'indiginous work program' his family had going in some of the poorer countries and nearly got assassinated for the effort. It took little to see that his power was not very substantial. His father seemed to be running things behind his back, and it worked and Tenken had no clue why. And now he was being told what to do for the good of the clan, because the clan didn't want a leader who would change things. They wanted a puppet now. Hoshikata be damned, for the man left him with an impossible situation it seemed.

 

[Tsukino Nanami]

</B>Chapter 8: Second Eden<B>Act 3: The Nicene Brotherhood

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The night was upon the world and Nanami stood on the rooftops of the buildings, staring at the pale bright moon looming over, acting as a beacon and lamp to show those who fear the darkness those who would trespass upon them. Nanami knew, in spite of her beliefs, that humanity has been around for a very long time. During that time, humanity looked up to the large glowing ball in the sky as a means of survival in more aspects than one. Her left hand reached up as if to grab the moon, stretching closer and closer until her arm was fully extended. Even if the brilliant ball of radiance looked to be so close, it was something she couldn't grab ahold of. It's like Icarus attempting to fly up to heaven on wings of wax.

Clasping her hand, the light of the moon wrapped around her hand. A halo shone around her hand. Lowering her closed fist down to her chest and covering her fist with her other hand, she turned her gaze down to look ahead of her. The wind blew through her hair calmly. The ocean breeze slipped over her fair complexion and through her hair. The smell was calming and reminded her of her home; which she missed so much. She longed for her home to return to what it was before. It was enough to make her homesick and ultimately lonely.

"I'm going to go out for a walk, Kibo. Stay put and be a good boy. I'll be sure to bring you back something delicious," she said to the creature with a wink. "Alright?" The creature grumbled and turned around and made it's way back to the inn that the two of them stayed at. As the creature turned and ran off, she smiled as the creature vanished from view "Good boy." Turning back towards the remainder of Moon, she noticed a large estate off in the distance with a little grin upon her face. "Even heroes need cash right?"

[Topic Entered. Not at estate]

 

[Rakujo Yumeko]

Both Ko and Naikishin walked through the city, until he had gotten to the Manor in which the Isaki meeting would be at as they had basically had been told to go there by Osore. The two made their way towards the mansion and made their way to the room where Tenken was and stepped in a few steps, out of the way of anyone else who would enter the room, though Ko stayed just outside of the room. "It's been a while, Tenken." He said, crossing his arms.

 

[Aikawa Hina]

Aimi followed Ko and Naikishin. It was kind of annoying, they had just arrived at the country and still she didn't had time to even see the views. It was arriving at the country and boom in to the clan manor and stay in until the meeting starts. So she just got to a new country and already she was being bossed around and told to keep still.
They arrived before Tenken, the current clan's head. Aimi just nodded at him from besides Naikishin.

 

[Yomoko]

Meeting. It was finally time.. The stars aligned correctly out in the distance and everyone had made it there, besides Osore. But he would get there, in due time. He wasn't much of a talker from what Tetsu heard anyway, a meeting would probably be pretty boring to him, the giant man that he was. He walked to the point where he was told to meet at. Inside the new Isaki manor in a private room for them to meet. Ko was outside, though Tetsu was still unsure of what Ko actually was. All he knew is that it belonged to Naikishin and that was enough for Tetsu to respect it. He respected his family's things, just not everyone else in the worlds'. They didn't matter to him. And why should they. They were inferior insects waiting to be squashed.

Time. And now the meeting should be starting momentarily. He took a few steps towards Tenken, but there was still a few feet away from him as he spoke. "Its been a little while Tenken-sama" And with that, the hooded, five foot seven, blind shinobi with dark sunglasses on and black jeans, stood there silently. He looked around and saw only three people. So few people for a clan meeting. Well... this would be interesting. Hopefully.



[topic entered]

 

[Kairyuu]

Shokia enters the room, his black eyes scanning those already there before stepping aside to let several others enter past him. These were the bigwigs of the clan, those Isaki who oversaw entire provinces of the business. There was Yoshiko, the manager of their shipping vessels, standing tall with his wig of white and weighing enough that his beady little eyes were merely green slits on his face. Then came Hakata the witch, a gangly woman with far too much makeup who was quite efficient at keeping the indigenous workers program running; it was she who Tenken believes tried to have him killed, and now she stood before him with that braided platinum hair and her red eyes smoldering like coals.

And Isaki Kasi, whom no one was sure of his position except Tenken and his father. Kasi was the one in charge of rubbing elbows with the Moon elite, a gifted politican with a tongue of honey. The short, balding man took himself a seat beside Shokia. These four before him were the biggest obstacle between him and turning this clan into something worth having.

”I don't think we need these people here. You three! Get out!”

Those words from Kasi, aimed at Aimi, Osore, and Tetsu. So ignorant of their own clan that they had no idea who these were besides Osore. Tenken lifts his hand, motioning them to stay. ”They stay. They are necessary to what I am about to detail in this meeting.”

”You mean what your fath-” Shokia himself now motions for Kasi to shut up, nodding that the others may stay. Tenken seethes at the insult, that these four dared to insult him so blatantly.


Osore watches, silent, as the meeting already spirals out of control. He did not invite Nanami, nor would he ask her to leave. And had he been told to leave without being stopped Kasi would either have been ignored or removed himself if he's gotten problematic. Osore did as he was told by his proper leader, and at the moment that was either his father or brother. He was raised to do nothing but.

Still, as Tenken began to speak even Osore felt something pang in him at the words.

”It has been some time since we've heard from Hoshikata. His last visit he stopped and made me the temporary leader in his absence. This was nearly a year ago. Last we knew he was heading to Cloud, but he acted like he knew something bad could happen. I am tasking Osore and this group with going to Cloud and discovering his whereabouts and condition. If the worst has happened they are to bring his body back.”

The retorts are quick to come and vicious in their stings. How quickly his clan forgot all the good the man did in his time in favor of now running the clan themselves. Shokia raises a hand, then smiles at his eldest son, the one he was most ashamed of.

”They can go. But what do we do if Cloud has indeed killed our leader?”

”IF that has occurred we will determined our actions then. This meeting is over. If you four would leave me alone with my brother and his crew?

Shokia rises, motioning for the others to follow and leading them out. Osore waits for them to leave before walking over to Tenken and waiting.

 

[Tsukino Nanami]

</B>Chapter 8: Second Eden<B>Act 3: The Nicene Brotherhood

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Finding a window upon reaching the estate, Nanami cautiously walked near the window only to stop before any part of her body would be made visible. Pressing her ear to the wall, she heard the meeting begin to commence. Her right eyebrow rose slightly as she heard the words spoken, hearing the name Osore being called out. "Clan meeting, hm?" Nanami asked herself silently before continuing to listen in. Her face went completely bitter when she heard that they'd be returning to Cloud. The woman audibly grunts upon hearing the word Cloud. She was in the group when they went to Cloud to begin with to fetch Miss Busty. What was her name again? Aimi! That's it. Boy are her breasts huge.

Nanami resumed listening as Tenken's father spoke about what-ifs in terms of the life of the man known as Hoshikata. It is kind of fishy that a man was sent to a village, only to be gone for a year and never to return. Though, many other explanations could answer this:
Hoshikata loved the cold and wouldn't have it any other way.
Hoshikata loves altitude sickness and has a strange fetish for vomiting and weakness.
Hoshikata loved the women in Cloud and decided to start a family.
Hoshikata died on the way there or after leaving there.
Hoshikata was killed in Cloud.

Having had enough of this conversation, Nanami reached into her pouch and pulled out a pick and picked open the lock to the window she was near and opened it. "If Cloud killed your leader, then you get revenge right?" Nanami said after opening the window, speaking inward. Indeed, her presence was that of an outsider, but she's used to all of this cloak and dagger. However, due to being 'friends' with Osore and his band of misfits, she felt that she was safe in their company. Even if it's against the big-wigs of the clan. It is true that Nanami is striving to be a Hero for all people, but she is still human after all and thinks like a human. Revenge begets more revenge, but with a big and powerful clan such as this, revenge is the only thing that'll quell their rage.

"Kill the one who killed your leader. You should also kill their family as well. Nothing else would calm the rage of such a large, powerful clan, wouldn't you agree?" Nanami said, keeping herself relatively hidden, not even looking at the rest of the clan.

[Outside of the estate, speaking through a window
And snatching' yo people up]

 

[Rakujo Yumeko]

Naikishin watched as Aimi had entered the room as well, with another member of the clan following suit though he had entered and had stopped a few feet away from Tenken. He seemed familiar, though he couldn't much place it. Soon after the two had entered right after he had, four more had entered. The balding one who had entered would tell Aimi, Osore, and the one he couldn't fully remember to get out, though Tenken had said that they were necessary for what he was about to go into detail with the meeting.

As Tenken spoke again about how it had been quite a bit of time since the higher ups in the clan had heard anything from Hoshikata. Apparently they had last heard he was heading to cloud, and that Osore and the group was tasked with finding out where Hoshikata was, along with his condition. As question was brought up as to what would happen if cloud had indeed killed their leader, which was replied that the actions would be determined with then, and that the meeting was over, so that Tenken could speak with Osore and the crew that he had gathered which consisted of Him, Nanami, and Aimi, as well as the man whose name he couldn't recall.

As soon as he noticed that the window had been picked open after the bigwigs of the clan left, he would soon speak after listening to the familiar voice of Nanami speak. "Assumptions like that are best not thought for the time being, Nanami." He said, crossing his arms, waiting for Tenken to start speaking to them since the higher ups had left.

 

[Aikawa Hina]

With the arrival of the rest of the Clan council, the meeting started and as expected things quickly became heated, troubles with powers mostly, seemed like everyone wanted power for themselves, well the usual things really. And for Aimi these meetings were boring, just a bunch of old fools fighting for power, oh how much she would like to watch them burn for their stupidity, but alas she could not do that.

And after a long and boring meeting Tenken turned to Osore and his crew, meaning she, Naikishin and the other familiar that joined the small group at the start of the meeting. They had talked about how Hoshikata went to Cloud and they were to go back to look for him. To that well, she knew that there was no record of Hoshikata ever being in Cloud, at least that the her side of the clan knew.

"If Hoshikata was in cloud he sure didn't contact any of us back in Cloud." She said crossing her arms and looking at Tenken.

 

[Yomoko]

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Commencement Tenken started the meeting by telling off some political dude in the clan which the end result was Tetsu and the others being able to stay in the meeting room. Tenken explained to them why they were there and Tetsu gave a small and silent sigh. Hoshikata had most likely fallen and it was now time to go and find his body and bring it back to the clan so he could be buried. Tetsu wasn't sure on how to feel about the man being gone. He was a clansmen just like the rest and for some reason, it felt like he didn't know the man at all. The man that ran the clan, was a foreign name and persona to him. Everyone thought they knew the man but in reality, how much did they really know of their leader. He hoped for the clan's sake that Hoshikata-san was fine and was just laying low somewhere, but he feared the worse as did many it seemed.

Stranger A woman's voice broke the air around them, echoing in the room. It sounded like the one that was sparring with Naikishin and Tetsu believed he was right too. He didnt know the woman's name but that wouldn't stop him from speaking. "The woman has a point though. Whomever is responsible for killing our leader should die. If not anything else but for principle. You don't kill an Isaki member and get away with it. Obviously if we find him alive there wouldn't be any reason for bloodshed. However... if he isn't with us... A small token of blood of their own I believe to be just in asking for as payment. Willingly... or forcefully. What say you Osore-san? He looked up to see a window open and the woman's voice now having a face with it. "Oh and window lady... show yourself if you're going to speak, its the least you can do for barging into a private meeting." He would smirk slightly as he watched where she was. Even though he technically couldn't see anything due to being blind, he picked up the sound waves in which she was hiding. He knew about the area she was hiding. This made things interesting for Tetsu. There was something about this woman, something that he could find useful. The five foot eight shinobi with his gray hood stood there motionless. Waiting for someone to speak up.

 

[Kairyuu]

As the window opens, Osore steps before Tenken ready to defend his brother should an attack come. All present rise swiftly to stare as a voice comes in, and only when Osore relaxes does Tenken step around him and look in confusion at his brother. Osore simply walks to the wall the window is in and puts a hand on it just outside of her vision, waiting for the woman to speak again. Shokia motions the other leaders to hurry out, the tension rising between the two groups as Tenken glares futily at their backs. It was obvious who they thought ran things here.

After his distant cousin Tetsu speaks his piece, Osore steps back a pace and then leaps forward and through the window, rolling to his feet and spinning to face Nanami. His visor moves as he looks to see if she's armed or otherwise a threat before motioning for her to go ahead and enter the room. His family would not let her leave unharassed at this point if she didn't. He grunts to his brother, who seems to relax himself.

”Osore says this woman is a friend, who aided them in bringing Aimi from Cloud. She is welcome seeing as she already knows what is going on.”

”I don't care who she is, she's spying on us. I'll be right back with the guards. Osore, hold her st-”

”I have spoken, Shokia. Remember who this clan belongs to. I will not have my authority tested so blatantly.”

Shokia turns to face his older son, anger evident on his features before a smile breaks free. ”Fine. You win this one only because it's not important. But if you ever try to push me again Tenken you'll find just how little power you have boy.” The elder Isaki turns, walking out the door and closing it behind him.

Tenken looks to Nanami, bowing at the waist as his light blue eyes seek out her form from the darkness. ”A pleasure. I am Isaki Tenken, leader of the Isaki clan and Osore's brother. Might I have your name?”

 

[Tsukino Nanami]

</B>Chapter 8: Second Eden<B>Act 3: The Nicene Brotherhood

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"Oh, alright, you got me," she said as a response to Tetsu's words. She turned the corner to look towards the window only to get rolled over by the steam-press named Osore. Being thrown flat on her back and seeing stars in her eyes, Nanami laid on the ground for a moment as a goofy groan escaped the woman's lips before shaking her head and regaining her senses. Looking up, she noticed Osore towering over her. "Oh, look," Nanami said with a pause before giving Osore a little nickname. "Lord Vader. I swear," she said as she placed a palm on her forehead, trying to rub out the pain she just felt. "I didn't realize you guys lived here. Ugh," she said with a low mumble. Upon closer inspection, Osore noticed her usual layout, but nothing that would be alarming.

"I swear, if I was going to kill you guys, I wouldn't open up the window and say something like an idiot," she grumbles and got back onto her feet and dusted herself off. She seriously needs to buy some bras after Naikishin bled all over her clothing. She hasn't had the chance to buy any lately due to drying funds and just the lack of time to actually go clothes shopping. Her eyes turned towards Osore for a moment. "Geez, your family is a friendly lot, aren't they?" she asked before she began to climb through the window only to see Tenken. Something warm came over her and her heart was aflutter.

~G'damn that guy is cute!~ She thought to herself before her cheeks went bright red. However, the emotion disappeared and returned to her usual motivation for finding out the answer why. Come to find out that the man before her is the current leader of the Isaki Clan. Just the man she needed to see about the fate of Kirigakure.

"Isaki Tenken, hm?" she asked with a big smile. After jumping through the window and landing on the floor of the room, Nanami turned her back to Tenken as she looked around the room. She was happy to have finally met the clan leader but at the same time she was extremely disappointed. A big place like this would have been a great place to loot, but she isn't going to loot the house of those she has begun traveling with. Turning her head back to Tenken, she introduced herself.

"Tsukino Nanami from Kirigakure," she said before turning her eyes towards the others in the area; those she already knew. After closely looking over her traveling companions, her eyes darted towards the door where the big-wigs took off. "Sorry for the entrance, I actually thought of looting this place. But that seems a bit difficult to do when it's the Clan House of the people I've been traveling with, ya know?" she said. She was ignorant of their presence in Moon; while knowing plenty of their presence in Kirigakure.

 

[Rakujo Yumeko]

Naikishin listened to Aimi as she spoke about how if Hoshikata was in cloud, that he didn't contact anyone in the clan that was there. After she had spoken, the man whom Naikishin couldn't remember the name of would soon speak his thoughts, and telling Nanami to enter the room after having called her 'window lady'. He would smirk slightly as he had heard that before hearing Osore grunt and Tenken speaking, translating for him. Though, Shokia had soon spoken up, with Tenken speaking and the two going on for a slight moment before Shokia had left. Soon Tenken would introduce himself as the leader of the clan and Osore's brother while asking for Nanami's name afterwards.

As Nanami had introduced herself after having spoken and having blushed as she had seen Tenken, in which she would soon bring up the fact that she had been thinking of looting the mansion. He shook his head slightly after she had said that though he would soon notice Ko entering the room. "Don't worry, I'm with Naikishin here." She spoke as she moved so that she was closer to Nanami as she smiled. "Hi there, Nana-chan." She spoke.

"Keep your hands to yourself this time, Ko." He said, which would cause Ko to just be near Nanami instead of groping her like the last time she had been unsupervised. "Just ignore her for the most part, Tenken..." He said, with a slight sigh as Ko started to try and hug Nanami. This would be the point where he would raise his hand and plant his face in his palm with a sigh.

 

[Aikawa Hina]

And everyone spoke of nothing really, mostly just the new member calling Nanami out, people making a fuss about her being there, which was quickly dismissed by Tenken, conversation kept going about how the right thing would be to kill those that killed Hoshikata because that is what family does and the right thing to do and Aimi just listened to their ramble.

 

[Yomoko]

(OOC: I'm sick... as a result this post will be crap but I refuse to hold the topic up. crap post is crap.)

Topic. Tetsu listened as the window lady introduced herself as Nanami. Though now learning her true name.. he preferred to call her Window Lady instead. It had a nice annoying ring to it. But hey, it was better than being called a stalker right? Tetsu continued to listen to them talk and eventually Ko came into the room. Tetsu still hadn't figured out exactly what Ko was to Naikishin. No matter, he would figure it out someday. The room chatter started to subside as people introduced themselves. Tetsu looked to the woman and spoke "Name's Tetsu." He wouldn't extend a hand to her though out of respect or give a slight bow out of formality. It wasn't in his nature to do so. If you weren't an Isaki, you weren't as good as him. Stuck up, stubborn and thinking the world belonged to him and his kin, that almost summed up Tetsu's persona in a nutshell. He turned back to Tenken and spoke "So... why'd you have us stick around?" He stood there and waited for an answer. No point in making everyone wait when we can get things on the roll.

 

[Kairyuu]

Tenken's smile freezes on his face and his eyes widen slightly at the mention of looting, wondering why anyone would think they could loot this house. He looks from the woman to Naikishin who seemed to be at ease, then at the woman who came in following the other and finally rose to full height.

”Enough! Naikishin who is this now? I asked for a clan meeting but so far it's been invaded by two women of insurmountable beauty that have no reason to be here I can see. Nanami here I can understand as a thief turned heroine but I refuse to accept that another simply walks in who begins to hit on the other.” He sighs, ruffling his hair back and shaking his head. This was spiraling out of control. Perhaps his father was right, perhaps he had no business running this clan. Maybe he should just hand it over to his dad and be done with it all.

Osore reaches out, placing a hand on his brother's shoulder. With a few grunts the larger man lets his elder brother know peace of mind with the simple fact that Hoshikata named him, and thus believed in him. Then Osore looks to Ko and growls. It was not a pleasant sound. Coming from the helmet atop his head came first a low hiss, then a sound as of tectonic plates crashing together.

It was Tenken who spoke, responding now to Tetsu. ”Well, as you likely saw there is something of a power struggle going on in the clan currently. Hoshikata, before leaving for Cloud, left the clan in my care. I have tried to lead it into less...unethical paths but my father is trying to wrestle control from me, and winning. I kept you behind because I wish to ask of you all a favor of loyalty. If Hoshikata truly is dead, bring me the corpse but tell no one. Perhaps there is some way I can end this small battle before blood is shed, for when kin slays kin there can be no good in the world.”

 

[Tsukino Nanami]

</B>Chapter 8: Second Eden<B>Act 3: The Nicene Brotherhood

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"Don't worry, I won't loot this place," Nanami said as she took a look around. "Though, this place is really nice."

Clearing her throat, she made a defensive posture, holding her chest at the entrance of Ko. She feels strangely uncomfortable around that woman. Her eyes beamed at her for a moment before turning to look towards the man named Tetsu. "Probably to do something for him in regards to Cloud and the man named Hoshikata, I assume," she said as she turned and looked to Ko to make sure she kept her distance. Never before had she met a grab-happy person. Not even 'Leader' was this grab-happy, and he turned her into a brain-washed doll that'll follow any order. Any... order.

However, Tenken mentioned that she was a thief turned heroine. She raised a finger to correct Tenken. "Assassin, actually," she said in correction to what Tenken said. Though, with what Tenken's father mentioned, that didn't help her case in the least. "But don't worry, I'm not going to kill anyone here. I'm trying to be a good guy, ya know," she said as she turned her eyes to the side for a brief moment. She cleared her throat and turned to look towards Aimi with a raised brow. She noticed the woman wasn't paying much attention to the going-ons of the meeting.

"Looks like we'll be taking you back home shortly," she said as she turned and looked towards Tenken for a brief moment then back towards Aimi. "And perhaps if they don't agree to help us," she said with yet another pause. "You -might- become an enemy of your home nation," she said before lowering her arm from her chest, keeping Ko in the corner of her eye.

"Well, what is it that we're going to do, exactly hm?" she said as she turned her head towards Tenken and asked him. She was an outsider and she didn't want to dictate the group's actions. "Though, I do have a question for you after you are done speaking with your clan."

 

[Rakujo Yumeko]

As Naikishin listened to Tetsu, he would soon hear Tenken speak, asking who the woman was that had just entered. "It's hard to explain, but the short version is that she's bound to me." He said, as he rubbed the back of his head before Tenken responded to Tetsu. As he spoke in response he would nod before Nanami had started to speak. He would stay silent as he would watch what happened throughout the room, as Ko stayed near Nanami but didn't go any farther than she had already gone.

 

[Aikawa Hina]

How annoying, how very annoying, if what Nanami would be true, there could be a conflict between family and nation and she belonged to the two, if a conflict were to spark where would she stand, some might question that about her, but the answer was simple as water, she would stand where profit stands, she would stand before those that stood in her way, if a conflict were to spark, there would be fire, her fire.

She smirked at Nanami. "If I am to become an enemy of my home nation so be it, as long as my family is kept safe." She said turning her attention back to Tenken. "So yeah, if something happens I want my parents kept safe, I'm sure they can have some influence when it comes to assure your leadership, if Hoshikata is dead or even in Cloud." Took a small pause as she waited for Tenken to talk to them.

 

[Yomoko]

(OOC: okay.. done with that style of rping, back to the norm)

Tetsu listened as Tenken, kinda lost his shit with all the people randomly coming into the room. With Nanami and then Ko... well he could understand his frustration with the two. Though he got his answer that he was looking for, he wasn't sure why they were all just standing there waiting to be told to leave. He looked to his clansmen and bowed his head slightly before speaking "Well.. I think we've stood around here long enough.We have our mission to go to Cloud. I say we go do as we were told. Standing around here isn't going to help the case any nor get anything done." And with that Tetsu started to head out the door, only if he was called back would he even think about turning around and entertaining the idea of waiting any longer.

[topic left unless stoppped]