Ever since she had met Maru she had always returned to the forest. It was quickly becoming her favorite place. Something about returning to nature and getting out of the city always seemed to calm her heart. Airi had been visiting the forest at first to patrol and make sure everyone was safe…Yamamoto Yamaru handled things during the night when things were more dangerous and Airi herself had begun to do it during the day. Things were more quiet normally and nothing really scary came out during the day…it was noon but cool in Kumo. The pale clouds gave an almost twilight feel to the sky…Airi did not think it would rain but she was certainly not the weather person. Today however she was on a stroll to clear her mind.
Airi had been training extra hard trying to make up for her weakness. The bandits knew her name and said that her loved ones would suffer and she could not prevent that, until she got even more information. The main thing that worried her though was the way the last mission in the rolling hills ended. She caught herself flashing back to the guy…his blade…the surprised reaction to him not only using Taijutsu but Genjutsu as well…and then her blacking out…She shivered and rubbed her arms as she continued. She woke up covered in blood…she had no idea how anything went. She was familiar enough with her chakra gates to know that she had used or unlocked quite a few of them…overkill for the enemies she saw…she had been exhausted when she woke up…honestly Airi was growing more and more scared. Staying in her room had made her antsy and she…well she was avoiding training right now. She needed to still and calm her mind…she felt like the blackout happened when she was scared…fearful and angry. She worried that it might be connected to when Maru accidentally filled her with Youkai energy. That was the only time she really embraced the more negative emotions. Whatever was going on with her really was being effected by that.
“I can’t go and tell Maru-san though…he will feel bad. Plus what if I am wrong then he’ll be even more worried. Maybe I should go speak to Otani-san or Rinko-chan…” Gods…it had been so long since she last saw Rinko.
Airi heard a click…her body stiffened and then relaxed. She thought she could hear the soft growling of something. As Airi looked around she started to see movements in the brush. Fur something…four legged. Airi jumped into a nearby tree and started to make a dash for it. She needed to see what was around…considering her incident with Byakko-san and the Canines she could already tell that she was being hunted or if not her than someone else. As Airi made her way she jumped and when in midair was when she noticed it…teeth fur and a swift powerful pain in her shoulder. “GYAH!...Damn you!” Airi felt herself move quickly into action as she grabbed the beast. There was no way it was going to dislodge unless she made it. Clinging to the wolf she began to spin. “Huuurrrrr….Primary Lotus!” Together they both slammed down into the ground…Airi felt the ground shake as it happened and she slide along the ground almost on all fours. As she looked around she was aware of the other beings. They had encircled her and even with one of her newer stronger techniques it did not even knock out the one. There looked to be seven of these wolves and she could feel chakra coming off of them…”Why are there things like you out in the daylight?” Airi knew there was a pact to never experiment on Inuzuka animals…they had a unique ability to use chakra like humans…since the Inuzuka were a bigger clan they made sure the medical branch stayed away from them…so what were these?
Airi knew where this going…the one planted in the ground right now was a younger more foolish one…the second they got close no matter which she went after…she would get attacked. Too many enemies…she needed her other arm. Airi flashed through a set of hand seals and reached up to her arm. “Mystical Force!” Airi had mastered this medical technique a long time ago…as she waited though the pain did not go away. No green chakra came out…”Why is my healing jutsu not working!” Airi caught a flash at the last moment when she looked away and then looked back…the pack had moved…her heart was beating like mad and Airi ducked down about to open her chakra gates but felt herself get lost again…
Crunching…scratching…biting…the sound of earth cracking underweight…trees cracking…that was all she would recall…
Airi could smell mud and feel the coolness of earth. Her head felt terrible until her shoulder came back into focus. As her body came up she looked to where she thought the sun would be…maybe an hour…or so…probably less as she looked at it? Wait! Airi looked around quickly and saw no animals. Her heart raced as she looked around but noticed nothing but a few smashed up clawed trees and the small river she was near. ‘Were they…fake?” Airi felt her shoulder and winced at the blood…as she opened her left hand though her eyes grew wide. “Oh Raiden!” She dropped an eye of one of the wolves on the ground…it was real…she was alive somehow…how?
Airi could see blood on her hands…in fact her shoulder had left some bit of trail…either that or the wolves blood…She really could not tell what was hers and what was theirs on her. “What…is going on…” Airi tried to cast Mystical force again and again but to no avail. Eventually she sat by the river using mystical hand because apparently that worked. While she used the soft green healing chakra on her shoulder she tried to wash herself in the river…she hurt a bit but overall it was more being tired except for some cuts…how many gates did she open? As she looked back…it looked like she really pounded the hell out of this section of the forest…it was a repeat of what happened on the mission…she was not controlling herself.
As the panic and swirling of her stomach took over she glanced into the water…as she looked at her reflection she glanced at it with curiosity…the eyes looking back at her…were they…purple…Maru? “But I have…brown eyes…” Something was wrong…very wrong. She decided she would get healed and find help…who to go to she did not know but one thing was clear…she needed to avoid combat and considering how deep in the forest she was…it might be tricky…
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Airi had been training extra hard trying to make up for her weakness. The bandits knew her name and said that her loved ones would suffer and she could not prevent that, until she got even more information. The main thing that worried her though was the way the last mission in the rolling hills ended. She caught herself flashing back to the guy…his blade…the surprised reaction to him not only using Taijutsu but Genjutsu as well…and then her blacking out…She shivered and rubbed her arms as she continued. She woke up covered in blood…she had no idea how anything went. She was familiar enough with her chakra gates to know that she had used or unlocked quite a few of them…overkill for the enemies she saw…she had been exhausted when she woke up…honestly Airi was growing more and more scared. Staying in her room had made her antsy and she…well she was avoiding training right now. She needed to still and calm her mind…she felt like the blackout happened when she was scared…fearful and angry. She worried that it might be connected to when Maru accidentally filled her with Youkai energy. That was the only time she really embraced the more negative emotions. Whatever was going on with her really was being effected by that.
“I can’t go and tell Maru-san though…he will feel bad. Plus what if I am wrong then he’ll be even more worried. Maybe I should go speak to Otani-san or Rinko-chan…” Gods…it had been so long since she last saw Rinko.
Airi heard a click…her body stiffened and then relaxed. She thought she could hear the soft growling of something. As Airi looked around she started to see movements in the brush. Fur something…four legged. Airi jumped into a nearby tree and started to make a dash for it. She needed to see what was around…considering her incident with Byakko-san and the Canines she could already tell that she was being hunted or if not her than someone else. As Airi made her way she jumped and when in midair was when she noticed it…teeth fur and a swift powerful pain in her shoulder. “GYAH!...Damn you!” Airi felt herself move quickly into action as she grabbed the beast. There was no way it was going to dislodge unless she made it. Clinging to the wolf she began to spin. “Huuurrrrr….Primary Lotus!” Together they both slammed down into the ground…Airi felt the ground shake as it happened and she slide along the ground almost on all fours. As she looked around she was aware of the other beings. They had encircled her and even with one of her newer stronger techniques it did not even knock out the one. There looked to be seven of these wolves and she could feel chakra coming off of them…”Why are there things like you out in the daylight?” Airi knew there was a pact to never experiment on Inuzuka animals…they had a unique ability to use chakra like humans…since the Inuzuka were a bigger clan they made sure the medical branch stayed away from them…so what were these?
Airi knew where this going…the one planted in the ground right now was a younger more foolish one…the second they got close no matter which she went after…she would get attacked. Too many enemies…she needed her other arm. Airi flashed through a set of hand seals and reached up to her arm. “Mystical Force!” Airi had mastered this medical technique a long time ago…as she waited though the pain did not go away. No green chakra came out…”Why is my healing jutsu not working!” Airi caught a flash at the last moment when she looked away and then looked back…the pack had moved…her heart was beating like mad and Airi ducked down about to open her chakra gates but felt herself get lost again…
Crunching…scratching…biting…the sound of earth cracking underweight…trees cracking…that was all she would recall…
Airi could smell mud and feel the coolness of earth. Her head felt terrible until her shoulder came back into focus. As her body came up she looked to where she thought the sun would be…maybe an hour…or so…probably less as she looked at it? Wait! Airi looked around quickly and saw no animals. Her heart raced as she looked around but noticed nothing but a few smashed up clawed trees and the small river she was near. ‘Were they…fake?” Airi felt her shoulder and winced at the blood…as she opened her left hand though her eyes grew wide. “Oh Raiden!” She dropped an eye of one of the wolves on the ground…it was real…she was alive somehow…how?
Airi could see blood on her hands…in fact her shoulder had left some bit of trail…either that or the wolves blood…She really could not tell what was hers and what was theirs on her. “What…is going on…” Airi tried to cast Mystical force again and again but to no avail. Eventually she sat by the river using mystical hand because apparently that worked. While she used the soft green healing chakra on her shoulder she tried to wash herself in the river…she hurt a bit but overall it was more being tired except for some cuts…how many gates did she open? As she looked back…it looked like she really pounded the hell out of this section of the forest…it was a repeat of what happened on the mission…she was not controlling herself.
As the panic and swirling of her stomach took over she glanced into the water…as she looked at her reflection she glanced at it with curiosity…the eyes looking back at her…were they…purple…Maru? “But I have…brown eyes…” Something was wrong…very wrong. She decided she would get healed and find help…who to go to she did not know but one thing was clear…she needed to avoid combat and considering how deep in the forest she was…it might be tricky…
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(OOC: Opened this up for Inuzuka Ryou. Please pm me if you would like to join.)