An escape for the ages [Contract Search]

[Ii Hissori]

It was so strange. Life in mist had ended, life had really ended everywhere on the islands. Now this place that Hissori had called home was frozen in an ice age. Instead of the warm, sunny tropic whether, the whether at its best was unlivable, and at its worse something that would kill anything that stepped into it. Everything had left these lands, and if they didn’t it had died. Now, the only species that was left in this area were humans, and the humans that were leaving, were either trying to escape as quick as they could, or slowly dying. Hissori was a mixture of both.

On one hand, Hissori was moving as quickly as he could to escape the cold. He had no slept since he had left the village. For Hissori it felt like a life-time ago that he had abandoned his now frozen village. In reality, it had been five days. Still because of the lack of sleep, Hissori had found himself starting to question everything, which fell to his other hand.

Hissori was starting to wonder whether or not it was even possible for him to escape this cold. More importantly, he was starting to wonder whether he wanted to escape this. He was leaving his home, and he was going most likely die with never seeing his home again if he was successful ay getting away. Add on top of that the scare he had almost as soon as he left his village, by nearly losing his dog Buru. He was almost certain that if he did lose his dog, he wouldn’t be able to find him again. The thought of just going to curl up in a warm position, with his dog Buru, and just enjoy the last few hours they had together.

Even with these thoughts crossing the mind of the sixteen year old Hissori, he kept moving. Little did he realize, but the temperature was starting to get a little bit warmer as he moved. Soon, Hissori did not have to channel his chakra in between his body and parka. Maybe he stopped because he was tired, or maybe he stopped because it really was getting warmer, but Hissori did not which was the correct reasoning. Still, it was cold, but at least now Hissori and Buru might not die. As Hissori walked, he realized that the snow had stopped falling, and the wind was starting to slowly die down. Maybe, just maybe, he was going to survive and get out of this crazy whether alive.

“Don’t worry Buru, we are all most there, we are almost safe.” The teenager said he went to gently rub the tired snow colored dog ears. In response, the dog gave a low annoyed whine. Of course, Hissori understood this to be his companion asking for food, and asking to rest his tired paws. Quietly, Hissori would reassure his dog that soon, soon they’d get to rest. In the darkness, Hissori could not tell if it was a day, or maybe longer than a day but hissori slowly continued to walk. Then something amazing happened. The sun finally peaked through the wall of deep grey clouds that had carried all the snow and freezing weather.

“We made it.” Hissori said with a happy gasp that left his chapped now pale red lips. Soon, Hissori started to feel the heat of his home. Certainly, it wasn’t but no means hot, and it surely wasn’t warm, but it felt like Hissori and Buru was not going to die. However, new problems started to arise after he got out of the snowstorm.Now, Hissori and Buru had to deal with an incredibly thick wave of fog that started to engulf the pair.

“Just stay close Buru and we will be fine. It isn’t like the storm.” Hissori said as he yawned. As they walked, Hissori still could see his breath from just outside his emerald green eyes. Unfortunately, now that he was out of the life and death situation, Hissori’s adrenaline was starting to leave from his body. Tiredness started to fill his body, and the medical chief knew he had to stop to rest.

Finding a tree, covered in snow, Hissori felt that this was a safe place to rest. He gather dried wood by breaking off the branches of the snow dusted trees around him. He started a fire. The fire was nice on both tired boys. Hissori would just rest a moment, before he reached into his bag and pulled out a scroll. With a little pop of chakra, Hissori revealed many different drinks, and dried meats.

“Come here Buru.” He said picking the dog up and placing him across his lap. Carefully, he began to eat and feed his dog. Never before had either of them been so hungry, and soon, most of the scroll was gone to the wolf-teen and dog. With the pair having eaten, Hissori and Buru began to drift off to finally get some sleep. The fire blazing, and Buru curled up on his lap, Hissori looked like he finally could be relax and be happy. Of course, this nap left them open for something sneaking up on them, and their exposed food.

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Lets go Feline! I want some kitties!

 

[Seijin]

[Found the Kami/Youkai contract, choose one and proceed or deny it for the hope of getting your kitties one day.]

 

[Ii Hissori]

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I think I will take the Kami.

 

[Seijin]

"Meowth, that's right!"

Even with the never ending winter upon them, those that braved the wild lands of Kiri no Kuni were truly to be commended despite their idiocy. It was foolish to stick around in a land so quickly supporting of nothing but death in what was once a land teeming with life. What life that remained was surely, quickly being snuffed out but there was still something or another left in these lands. Sleeping as they were, both the dog and the boy might be rather surprised to find the scurrying footsteps of a small creature getting at their food. The small feline though attractively cute was most definitely not welcome to a part of the meal that she herself hadn't exactly worked for. Fortunately for the bold though, the laws of the land were quickly being shattered in the now arctic temperatures and the only law of the land was to survive at all cost. Attempting to be discreet, the goal was just a morsel of something tasty . . .

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[Ii Hissori]

It was hard to believe that sleeping with your dog, someone you loved, and someone you cared about who make you feel so warm. That was what Hissori was experiencing. For some time the strawberry blond medical shinobi was curled up with his white wolf-dog Buru sleeping. He would adjust himself every couple of minutes, pulling the dog closer to his body, and then off of his body when the wait got too much for him to bare. He would move a bit in the snow as he pushed out the snow pile, and then down over his boots. It was a cheap way to insulate the regular body heat he was losing to the cold weather.

During this time of sleep, Hissori was out. Out cold. Normally he would have noticed the creature that was creeping up on their camp site. He would have smelt it, and heard it. But at this moment, the boy was so tired from his escape that he didn’t even recognize the beast slowly approaching his food.

In fact, Buru was the first one to sense that something was encroaching on their land. Pressing his muzzle against Hissori’s chest, Buru let out a grunt, stirring the male who mumbled something in a sleep. In a moment though, Hissori was awake though his eyes were not open. Carefully, he listened to the sounds of the creature moving in on his land. He expected something big, something dangerous, and something he potentially would have to fight.

Finally, he opened his emerald green eye, and to his shock it was nothing more than a sweet looking creature. It was something that he was confused. He had never seen a cat like this, and never before he had seen something so ballsy. His eyes would watch the cat a moment before the male finally spoke.

“You are free to have the rest.” The boy who due to his blood line had a connection to animals spoke lowly. He guess the cat was not going to be able to understand what he said, but he his relax position, and less than aggressive tone should state he was not going to fight for sharing his food with a creature as cute as this.

 

[Seijin]

"Meooooow!"

Naturally being frightful creatures, especially when near their supposed arch enemies, the canines; the rather well kept feline froze for a moment and then began to proceed towards the food left over. All sorts of soft purrs and mewling as the cat ate on however, Hissori would notice that it was becoming increasingly hard to stay awake. In fact, it was strange to even consider the thought but as the little feline ate on, there seemed to be a sort of comfortable radiant aura about her. A natural warmth that was both calming and soothing to a cold mans soul. What he dreamed of she couldn't possibly know but whatever it was, it sure wasn't of this frozen wasteland. Being whisked off to something more akin to a paradise would be a start and from there maybe a good meal or two. Perhaps a dream of the past or something of the future. Somewhere along the way, he'd hear somebody talking about how good the food was. Perhaps not to odd at this point though, it was clear that the exclamation of joy at a good meal wasn't coming from him or his canine friend.

 

[Ii Hissori]

“You are safe here.” The former medical chief told the cat. He might have been related to dogs, and had a companion that was a dog, but Hissori was an animal person. He loved anything wild, and respected it. Of course, Buru had a natural hatred of the animal, but he was too tired to even look at the cat. Hissori was about to offer the cat his hand to pet it or let her sniff it, but he all of a sudden felt incredibly sleepy. His green eyes would flutter a bit before he relaxed back into the tree which he was resting again.

“Help yourself….” II Hissori said before in a slow tone before he was engulfed in a deep, restful sleep. In this sleep, he did not move a bit. In fact, some could stumble upon him and believe that he was dead. However, every now and then his leg would kick, or he would adjust himself murmuring something. He had a gentle smile playing on his pale pink lips, but his chest barely rose or fell. As sleep went, it looked like it was a deep one, and more importantly the sleep was one that giving the boy great dreams.

In the head of Ii Hissori, he was back on the beach of the Kirigakure. There was no apocalypse. There was no problems to deal with at the hospital, nothing was wrong. On the beach, Hissori was resting in a light blue swim suit. He was basking in the sun. The sun that warmed him to his very soul. He had all his friends there, Katsumi, Koroki, Karurosu, and his parents. Buru was there as well running in the water. Everyone was doing something liked, they were all happy, and most importantly, they were all there. This was something that probably would never happen again, and deep down Hissori knew it. But, it was nice to dream right.

Stirring a bit from his sleep, Hissori began to break whatever hold the cat had on him and squirmed a bit. His strawberry head began to rise as his green eyes started to open again. Only half awake, Hissori started to be put on edge. Had he been put on genjustu, had he been forced to sleep? What was happening to him?

“Whose there?” Hissori acted as he looked around a bit going to rub his eyes. Where had the cat gone? Who was speaking to him? Everything was starting to make him nervous.

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MTF: WC 420

 

[Seijin]

*Thud*

As the boy would come to, he'd find a rather peculiarly dressed girl lying among a rather sizable group of meowing felines. Who she was and what she was doing was just as much a mystery to him as it apparently was the cats that found themselves suddenly thrust into one very cold environment. Upon finding the single lone one that could only be assumed to have been the original cat, she exclaimed in an overly excitable voice her pleasure. "There you are, I found you!" Reaching over to grab at the cat, the young girl snuggled it close before it could do part with the provided food. Making all sorts of strange cat like noises, the girl seemed lost in her own world, oblivious to the boy or his dog or the fact that she'd seemingly appeared out of nowhere and snatched a cat from a good meal.

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[Ii Hissori]

Fighting through the fog of sleep, Hissori was stirring. He could hear noises around him, which was putting him through on edge. Bit, by bit he was starting to wake up as his green eyes fully opened. His arms would tired drop back to the sides of his body as he blinked. He was surrounded; surrounded by cats. Something had happened when he was sleeping, and now all these cats were eating his food. With a low oomfph Hissori pushed the still knocked out Buru as he looked around.

Defensiveness was the first feeling many people would feel if they had been in this situation. More importantly, the first instinct for most shinobi would be to attack, and when they attacked, they would attack to kill. Hissori however was still lost. Maybe still under the effect of the genjustu, Hissori didn’t want to attack. It could however, come from the idea that if he expended energy attacking this girl, Hissori would die from hypothermia, because he would be too tired to move on. Licking his pale and chapped lips, Hissori found his voice and spoke.

“What is going on? Who are you? Where did all these cats come from?” He said as he asked a set of questions that seemed to make sense for this situation.

“My name is Ii Hissori, former chief of Kirigakure. Why are you here? You need to get away. We are all in danger. Are you hurt? Who are you traveling with?” He told her as he tried to think more and more about questions he should ask.

 

[Seijin]

Blinking rather expressively, the girl looked at Hissori and turned her head to the side much like a cat would. Rather, much like all the rest of the cats did. Pointing one rather childlike finger at the displaced shinobi, she shook her head and moved her hips to some invisible beat. "Hey, you're not supposed to be up yet silly head!" Begining to gyrate her hips to and fro from side to side all the cats seemed to join in her dance of randomness. The thought that he wasn't dealing with the most sane of individuals might have crossed his mind but Hissori wasn't going to be given much time to ask questions as the girls rather not so genjutsu looking genjutsu should have been working and minute now . . . "Nyah Nyah boom chicka pow pow!" More nonsensical words and the sleepiness would give way to being seemingly fully awake in a very obviously tropical forest with his canine companion in tow. Everywhere he'd look would and could remind him of the home that he used to have but what would stand out the most would be wildlife that seemingly stood on edge, birds in the trees, skittering creatures on the grassy forest floor. Something was about to happen in . . .

 

[Ii Hissori]

Hissori was blinking a bit as he heard her voice. What did she mean that he was not supposed to be up? What the hell was going on? Was he under attacked? Was he about to die? She did not want to answer him and this was starting to put him on edge. Fighting to stand, Hissori began to grow out his claws.

“Answer me!” Hissori said more nervous than his previous tone. It was at this point, the dog Buru was starting to stir as well. Starting to stumble to his feet, Hissori was immediately hypnotized by the swaying and mewing cats. In fact, he two swayed a bit from his knees before he again fell to the ground unconscious.

In the next moment, Hissori had opened his eyes in the middle of a tropical forest. His claws were drawn and he was on edge. What was going on? Of course he was under a genjustu, but this time he could not break free of it. Looking down, Hissori noticed that he was now wearing his normal tropical cloths.

“Be on edge Buru.” He told his dog who was standing close to him. Hissori’s green eyes carefully looked at the forest. In his head he was running the scenario. It seemed this crazy cat lady did not want to kill him, because he would already dead if that was the case. With only one choice, the human barked towards Buru as the pair of them began to walk forward dog the path.

 

[Seijin]

Then it happened, the loudest roar that one could ever imagine. Typically such a phenomena would cause even the hardiest of men to shrink back in fear and wither away. That or pee in their pants. As it stood, the creatures around the two truly did scatter this time and as they did, canine leading man would catch the briefest glimpses of something large and black rushing by him and taking out the various jungle creatures too large to go noticed. As they fell, the large black creature would get closer and closer to Hissori and his companion but still, discerning what exactly it was proved to be a problem. Something like an incredibly delicate voice, the sound of the cat girl in his ear couldn't be ignored but all the same it also couldn't be pinpointed, she was seemingly nowhere to be found and the black beast was quickly taking out more creatures in a path though hidden mostly by forest jungle growth. It didn't take a genius to figure out that soon it would be upon them.

 

[Ii Hissori]

Hissori blinked as he heard the roar. What. The. Hell. He thought as he started to get a defensive position. He was not really sure what was going on, but he knew that something big would be coming at him. His chest started to move up and down faster and faster was he prepared to figure out what was going on. Then the beast came.

“Oh shit!” Hissori barked out as he jumped out of the way of the rampaging beast. His green eyes were shocked to see this large beat running at him. As he skidded into the showers, Hissori drew his claws. His face slowly turned more feral as he let out a low animalistic growl. His green eyes spotted Buru in the shadows across from him as he was equally posed in a defensive stance. His white fur was bristling at the fact of the beast was now seemingly ready to take them out.

Hissori would wait, now that he had entered into the stealth of the shadows, he could chose his spot. If The beast would start to look for him, Hissori would wait for a moment before striking from the shadows. In a moment, his steel like claws would rip from one side of the beast across the back of this raging beast. The blood would trail down the path that the inuzuka and his companion Buru had been walking. However, Hissori had re-entered the shadows and was waiting to see what would happen.

However, this would all happen if the beast didn’t do the smart thing, and just moved along. If the beast did a smart thing, He’d wait until it was safe or at least nearly safe for the young man to leave the shadows, before walking out of the shadows and petting his dog, and saying that they would need to be careful.

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[Seijin]

Though the creature moved rather quickly, the speed and grace of it was still quite beautiful in a way. More so, when it actually stopped, the boy and his canine companion would be able to see the full might of it as it stopped mid stride and shone it's mighty appearance. Looking every bit like the proud and majestic lions that one saw in picture books, this creature was spectacular not only because of it's powerful muscles ready to kill, but for the black fur and mane that it sported. It was quite literally a dark lion, and with it's signature pose struck, it let out another deafening roar as if to challenge Hissori and his ally. "Leave human, you do not belong here! This is MY jungle and you are not welcome." For a second it seemed as though Hissori understood exactly what the lion was saying, only, Hissori didn't talk to lions . . . did he? Even if he could, the fact that he'd been talking to a cat girl should have been more than enough to let him know that this wasn't just an average ordinary day on any account. Roaring once more, the lion stared at him, as if daring him not to move. Only with this roar Hissori couldn't quite make out what, if anything, it was saying. In that same way as a radio might need fine tuning, understanding every creature might be a stretch even for him.

 

[Ii Hissori]

A lion? Why did it have to be a lion? Hissori usually got a long with all animals, but as the saying went cats and dogs never really mixed. They were like oil and water, and while Hissori hoped that he could work something out with this angry lion, he knew that Buru nor his wolf like demeanor would help this situation. Many thoughts were rushing through his head as he watched and heard the Lion speak. It was honestly quite impossible. He didn’t want a fight. Even a dog could respect such a majestic creature as this lion seemed to be. Lowering his body a bit in a sign of submission to the animal, HIssori spoke carefully.

“I do humbly apologize for this intrusion into your territory. In no way shape or form am I trying to impose on it. Please, allow me to pass through, as you see my land has been destroyed, and I am just escaping from the destruction that has fallen my precious home. If I may ask what is your name? Mine is Ii Hissori. All I am is just a healer and medic for my former and now frozen home.” Hissori said in a low tone as he bit his lip a bit trying to think if there was anything to defuse this situation. Still, Hissori was ready to spring and jump away if this Lion was to charge again.

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If this lion is to attack Hissori is prepared to body switch away.

 

[Seijin]

Yeah, this lion just wasn't having any mess today. Letting out another powerful roar, the lion began to slowly but surely walks towards Hissori and his now very mortal pooch. Close enough now that Hissori could see the eerily glowing red eyes, his words seemed to fall on deaf ears. Would Hissori run, or would he stand his ground, an odd occurrence took place as the lion stalked ever closer to medic. Smiling a most sinister smile, he seemed to phase into focus at the lions side, matching it in step. Had he been there the whole time? Had he been the one speaking? The questions weren't made clearly obvious until this time the voice spoke again and the mans mouth seemed to move just as much as the lions did. "You boy, how did you chance upon this forest? Your kind hasn't walked these hallowed grounds in times time. Was it her . . . ?" It was an odd question to ask all things considered but with seeing the lion before and now seeing the man, perhaps there was more to the duo than just a shared voice? Whatever it was, a picture of the cat like girl that Hissori had seen earlier flashed into his mind and the choice was now his as to if he wanted to tell the truth or chance a lie.

OOC: Picture of the lion and his tamer(?) below.

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[Ii Hissori]

Hissori blinked a bit as he looked at the lion. It seemed like he was going to have to fight. Without backing down, Hissori would slowly stand and prepare himself for battle. Nails seemed to almost naturally become sharper. His eyes were starting to focus in on the lion as he prepared to have to fight the creature. It wasn’t something that the young man liked to do, or even recently had done, but Hissori would have to survive. It was the only natural thing left for him to do. However soon as the lion got close it seemed a tall man was beginning to appear next to him.

“Yes. It was her that placed me in this forest. I was trying to rest when one of her cats came upon a piece of food that I had left out. After letting the cat had it, I fell asleep. The next thing I knew there were probably twenty or thirty cats around me, and that women. Then I ended up here. Where am I?” He asked the man hoping to get some answers from him. Or at least difuse this situation.

 

[Seijin]

The man scoffed at Hissori as he advanced closer and closer until he seemed to disappear, only to reappear even closer to Hissori. Pacing around the man, he attempted to prod and poke the boy, but he was careful not to touch the hound. "This is my land, my kingdom, and you are but boy and a mutt. I'd like to think that I'll be asking the questions from here on out." Snapping his fingers, in as dizzying an illusionary event as his appearing and disappearing, there appeared the cat girl from earlier that Hissori had fed and been somewhat friendly to. However, instead of her energetic bouncing around, she was bound by blackened ropes and being guarded by two female lions. Licking their chops they sauntered around her and worked up quite the scene of daring to do harm to her. The scene was odd in that the whole of this reality seemed to just happen instead of making sense but the time for questions was not yet. Speaking again, the man stood behind Hissori and spoke. "Little Nyah-chan here not only made contact with you and brought you here, to my kingdom but she dared to disobey strict orders as a soldier in my army. You're a shinobi from . . . well, a once powerful nation, you tell me; what happens to those who disobey orders, hmm? She knows the rules, she knows the laws and she knows not to disrespect me. Treason is punishable by . . . what again?" Asking the question in such a matter of fact way belied the very notion that anything being done to the cat girl was right by any standards but the answer could only have one right answer, no?

 

[Ii Hissori]

Hissori’s green eyes were watching him come closer. However, he would slowly vanish from sight, but he knew he was still there. He could smell that catlike man. The only movement he was questioning was what this man was thinking about. He wouldn’t budge from his spot, or back down from the man as he listened to him. In a pack, Hissori was used to having people touch him. He was not ready for the tone of voice or the words that came out of this man’s mouth. Without saying a word, he just went to pet Buru to keep him from lashing out for being called a mutt.

In was when he was petting his companion that that Hissori’s head for a moment felt incredibly light. However, when he was able to refocus his eyes, he saw the cat girl that had saved him. This cat girl seemed to be a very bad state. Two large cats seemed to be following her seeming to stalking her, readying her to rip her apart. As the man began to speak Hissori was already thinking of ways to get all three of them out of this situation if this got out hand. Flinching a bit, as the fresh wounds of his nation demise was rubbed with salt. Hissori licked his lips and prepared his answer.

“It depends, in some situations they are villains, but in others they go in the books as heroes.” HIssori told the man locking eyes with the man who was standing behind him, before he just looked away and straight back at the girl. The next question put Hissori on edge, he could tell the answer that the man was looking for was death, or execution, so Hissori had to figure a way around that, to make sure the girl was shown mercy of some kind less, he himself would have to get bloody.

“It depends on the type of treason, many sort of things are done to people who are to be punished for treason. However, a truly marvelous leader would see what she was doing. Many of my village, highly trained soldiers are now wandering this world. Highly trained shinobi like myself are basically up for hire. Obviously, she was bring me here to this world to try to recruit me to join whatever army you have.” Hissori said. If it was one thing that Hissori had in spades was logic, after all there was a reason he now worked in labs, and hospitals and not the field.

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MTF 420+

 

[Seijin]

Shaking his head, the man seemed to roar at the same time as his lion, "No, treason is punishable by death!" Hissori may have been trying to be slick but this man was obviously not having it. Shoulder bumping Hissori as he walked from behind him and stood to his right, he pointed an open palm towards the catgirl. "That's the problem with this world, everybody makes excuses for not doing what their told. Without law there can be no order and when there's no order, there is chaos. I make the rules, they follow the rules, she agreed to follow the rules, and yet she did not." He shook his head as he snapped his fingers twice and the bonds loosened on the girl just long enough for her body to crumble to the ground. Apparently the energy to fight had been sapped out of her and all she could utter were barely audible whimpers. Raising his hand, the man seemed to call the lionesses to the ready. "The road to hell is paved with the best of intentions. Maybe with a little lesson she'll learn to stand in line like the rest." Then like a chopping block his hand seemed to slice through the air and signal the girls end.