A Bizarre Encounter [PRIVATE] [Kin App Part 3]

[Akimitsu Doi]

A Bizarre Encounter​

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Green... green... green...
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Everything around him was green.

Grass, shrubs, vines, and mossy trees - everything
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Just where exactly did he find himself?
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Doi could hear all kinds of animal noises - birds, frogs, wild cats, and even snakes. He'd even seen a troop of monkeys pass overhead, swinging from tree to tree. It was a bit warm and humid despite the tree canopy partially blocking the bright sun.

Was this a real jungle? ​

The place did draw slight comparisons to the Land of Lightning's heartland but was definitely different in its own unique way. Doi felt completely out of place. How had he gone from a small motel room to a luscious jungle in seconds?

Was this a dream?​

It had to be... either that or he was kidnapped. The former seemed like a more reasonable explanation, though.

“This is no dream," said a booming voice - startling Doi with how sudden it was. "Who said tha-,” Doi turned around in place only to see that no one was there. ‘Ehhh...what was that?’ The teen thought to himself.

The very sky abruptly turned dark as if in response to his question. Large rain clouds began to spawn in the sky and a large group of animals began to run past Doi - as if fleeing from something. The trees began Birds hiding nearby began to fly away as the trees they began to sway in the wind. Among all this, loud thunder could be heard. It drew closer and closer as the moments passed.

A storm had formed right before Doi’s very eyes. The juvenile could do nothing but stare straight ahead as trees began to fall one after another. The ground beneath his feet shook intensely. Doi could only assume something big was coming.

Then he saw it - or more so specifically 'him'.​

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A giant armor clad man holding a giant axe slowly approaching. His eyes glew brightly and electric currents visibly danced along the man's large frame. Rain started to pour heavily from the heavens as this mysterious figure drew closer and closer to Doi's position. Every step he took caused minor tremors.

Doi felt compelled to run, yet something kept him glued to his spot.

Eventually, the large man stood before him.


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[Akimitsu Doi]

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“Hello, child.”

“Who or what are you?” Doi questioned.​

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“I am Shakoo, god of storms." Bolts of lightning crashed down from the heavens to dramatically accentuate the large man's words. Doi found the display to be pretty cool despite himself.

"Shakoo?" Doi paused as if to think. "What kind of dream is this?” He'd never heard of such a deity before. Was this entity just a figment of his imagination?

“Raise your right hand, child.”

The slightly confused white-haired teen did as told and raised his right hand. Upon doing so, Doi noticed he was still holding on to the pendant he’d confiscated in the real world. Not only that, but the stone was now glowing; intensely so. He wasn't sure if he'd been holding it the whole time. “What’s going on, uh...Shakoo?"

“The necklace you’re holding, how did you get it?”

“I took it off of some criminal guys. They were planning to trade it for some dangerous goods. Why do you ask?”


“Mhm,” mumbled Shakoo as he closed his eyes. “I see you don’t completely understand it's important.” He paused for a moment before once again opening his glowing eyes. “You have sparked my interest, child. I witnessed your antics with those hooligans back in that building made of metal and stone.”

“You mean the warehouse? How?”asked Doi. This dream was starting to feel a bit too surreal. His dreams almost never had connections to immediate real-world events. Shakoo wordlessly pointed at the glowing pendant in the teen’s hands. Doi raised the necklace up to his face and stared into its glowing light. “Ah… you mean you could see through this?”

“There’s much to explain, boy." Shakoo smashed the hilt of his large axe against the jungle floor. Doi began to feel a slight force tugging at his psyche. "Keep the necklace in your possession for the time being. We shall speak again soon.”

With that, Doi suddenly found himself awake; alone in his motel tell room, clutching on to the mysterious necklace. He must have grabbed it at some point while he was sleeping.

“What was that?”

The teen shook his head and placed the necklace back on the dresser at the side of his bed. Afterwards, he wrapped himself in the bed covers and closed his eyes.

Due to falling asleep almost instantly, the teen would miss an intangible aura escaping from the necklace and embracing his sleeping form.

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[Akimitsu Doi]

The Morning After</B>​

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It was now morning, and the sun's rays were starting to bleed through the window blinds. Doi sat up-right on the motel bed and rubbed his drowsy eyes. He surveyed the motel room before darting towards the suspicious necklace that sat on the dresser.

‘Good morning, young one.’

Emerald green eyes darted around the room as Doi heard a familiar voice. There wasn't anyone in the room besides him, so where was the voice coming from?

<B>“I’m in your head”

“In my head? Who is this? Shakoo?”

“Yes, very good assumption.”

“No way... why are you in my head?”

“I’m an intangible being. I can be anywhere.”

“Right. I think I might’ve gone senile... hearing voices in you head surely isn't something a sane person would have to deal with..."

Doi scratched his head as he analyzed the situation. There were only two plausible explanations for this peculiar event. Either he’d gone insane, or there really was a spiritual being inside of his psyche. Both options seemed unfavorable to say the least.

“Listen, uh…"

"Doi."

"Yes... Doi. I have a proposal for you."

The white-haired teen stood up from his bed and walked towards the bathroom. “Ok... what’s this ‘proposal', Shakoo? You're not expecting me to give you my soul or something are you?” Doi asked. “No, not quite. I am very interested in this profession of yours, you see. The ‘Shinobi’ profession, so to speak. As such, I am interested in traveling alongside you for some time. Of course, I’d be providing you with some of my power in return.” Doi raised an eyebrow at this. “Power you say? What kind of power exactly?”

The white-haired teen had never considered himself to be of the power hungry sort, but he did have a healthy curiosity. At the very least, a promise of power deserved from an ancient spirit did deserve some consideration didn’t it?

“I am a god of storms, Doi. I observed your usage of lightning magic or ‘jutsu’. My presence would greatly augment your battle capacity. Keep in mind that I can only provide you with as much power as you body can handle, though.”

“And what would you stand to gain by staying with me that would make the deal worthwhile for you?”

“I would once again get to enjoy the pleasures of new adventures and seeing new places. It has been a long time since I’ve been able to experience these things. As you can imagine, living inside of a necklace isn’t very…’exciting’.”

So you just want to adventure with me for the most part? Is that really all you’d want?”

“Yes.”


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[Akimitsu Doi]

Doi felt conflicted as far as trusting Shakoo went. He did not seem to be evil, yet, the teen couldn’t help but feel he should be very cautious. A spiritual entity proposing power in exchange for being allowed to live in his psyche certainly served to arouse suspicion. What if this was all just a ploy to take over his body and wreak havoc on the world? Doi shuddered as he imagined an evil version of himself destroying whole settlement while laughing maniacally. Nonetheless, Doi was still interested in seeing what it was that Shakoo had to offer.

Well, Shakoo. Is there any way for me to get a glimpse of this power?” He’d adopted a ‘never hurts to try new things’ kind of mentality during the last few months. The teen had experienced a lot of new things because of this; some good and some… not so good.

“Yes, we can actually. I can transfer you a minuscule portion of power without a contract being made. It should be more than enough to prove the validity of my words to you.”

“Right. Then I guess we should move outdoors to a more open area. I don’t want to risk causing any damages to this room.” Doi definitely hadn’t brought enough money to cover any damages. The young shinobi threw on a gray hoodie he’d packed in his luggage and prepared to set-out.

Doi walked away from the town and towards a remote hill that overlooked both the bay and the train station. The adolescent stood cross armed as he watched a single train depart, heading in the direction that lead back to the village. He'd be riding that same train soon enough, but the matter at hand was more important.

A cool breeze swept over the grassy hill. The sun was shining overhead and the sky was as blue as ever. In all, it was a very calming environment.

“Shakoo,” started Doi. “You’ve been awfully quiet since we left the motel. Is something wrong?”

“Not necessarily, Doi.”

“I see… so are you normally this quiet?

“Yes, I would say so. I like to meditate and such. Rest assured that I won't be an annoyance. ”

A few moments of silence passed as Doi looked down at the sapphire blue sea from his spot atop the hill; he was enraptured by its sapphire color. It was an authentic sight that simply one could not experience from atop the mountain where Kumogakure sat.

“Alright, Shakoo. Let’s get this over with, shall we?” Doi stretched his limbs out in preparation.

“Certainly. Prepare yourself, child.”

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[Akimitsu Doi]

As if a switch had gone off inside of his person, electricity instantaneously began to generate around Doi’s form. He started off by feeling a slight burning sensation that increased in intensity as the moments passed. The feeling wasn’t necessarily painful, but before long an aura began to completely cover Doi’s body from head to toe. His eyes began to glow a bright magenta hue, his arms became a little more toned, an his hair grew a little longer. Doi likely wouldn’t notice these small changes until he looked at himself in the mirror, but he did feel as if something had changed within him.

“This is all the power I can provide you with at the present moment, Doi. You may commence the trial process.”

“Will do,” said the white-haired juvenile as he began to channel chakra to his right arm. Said chakra developed a storm affinity nature and began to generate an intense magenta glow as it coated is arm. It normally didn’t glow as much whenever he did it in the past, so Doi immediately began to see the effects of Shakoo’s power augmenting his own. ‘Fissure Slash,’ thought Doi as he sharply swung his arm upwards. What followed was a sharp arc of concentrated Storm energy being sent off into the distance before him. The projectile was definitely larger than usual at first glance and the increase in recoil was substantial; at least for the amount of effort he’d out into it.
‘That definitely had more of a kick to than usual...’

Not yet impressed, Doi prepared for his next jutsu. A batch of hand seals preceded the teen clamping his two hands together, and quickly pushing them outwards; in doing so unleashing an intense beam of energy in front of him. This time, though, the results were greater than expected. Doi could barely keep his footing as the recoil from the intense beam threatened to blow him backwards. Has the influx of Shakoo’s power messed with his chakra control? He hadn’t intended on using this chakra on the move.

‘If this is what a small portion of Shakoo’s power can do, what would more be capable of doing?’

The teen shinobi allowed for the beam of energy to slowly die down.

“Shakoo, what was that? It’s like your influence affects certain jutsu differently,” Doi said.

“That is a good assumption, though, I myself do not know why it affected the two ‘jutsu’ differently. In any case, I believe my influence should have augmented your physical capabilities as well. Please proceed,”

“Right,” said Doi in agreement.

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**An hour passed as Doi continued to blast through his jutsu repertoire before the teen decided to address Shakoo’s proposal.**​

“Shakoo,” started the white-haired teen.“This offer you made me… I’m very interested. How do we proceed?”

“Excellent,” responded Sakoo. “I would like to go over the terms in your mindscape. May we do so?”


“My mindscape?” Doi was unsure what the spirit was referring to.

“I suggest you get comfortable where you are. I shall pull you in when ready.”

“Uh… ok,” responded the teen; doing as he was told.

Doi sat down on the grassy hill and closed his eyes. Upon doing so, he felt what could be described as a slight tugging sensation inside of is head.

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He opened his eyes only to find himself in the jungle he’d dreamed about the night. Standing before him was the mighty Shakoo, exactly the same as he’d remembered him.

“Greetings,”</B><B> said the gargantuan spirit. “I shall now go over the terms of our agreement.” Doi nodded in response to this. “Though, I would like to know what it was that made you agree in such little time? One would only assume serious life decisions would take multiple hours to ponder over properly.”

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[Akimitsu Doi]

“Well, I thought it over while testing out my jutsu and decided that it’d be beneficial for me to have you tagging along. I’m sure you’re more than just a battery of energy after existing for so long. You must have a greater knowledge of the world than I do as a teen who’s rarely left the village.”

“I see… that was a very straightforward explanation,” said Shakoo as the corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards into a barely noticeable smile. “Nonetheless, as you could see, my spiritual energy amplified the strength of certain ‘jutsu’ and also augmented your physical strength. This, however, was only a small portion of my power as I’d explained prior.”

“Ok,” said Doi as he listened attentively.

“I would like to offer you my assistance in exchange for you allowing me to live in your mind. All I ask is that you not use this power to harm innocent people. Of course, I reserve the right to stop you if I suspect you of using such power with malicious intent.”

“That’s understandable,” replied Doi with a nod. “But, Shakoo… do you really enjoy adventuring that much?"

“I have been a part of this world for centuries, Doi. Adventures are one thing that have never ceased to amaze me. There is always something new to see and experience in this vast world.”

Doi once again nodded in agreement with Shakoo’s statement. It seems they already had a few things in common as far as goals went. The world was indeed a big place filled with plenty of new things to experience. “Would I be the first person you’ve made a contract like this with?”

“No, Doi. There have been others before you.” Shakoo paused momentarily. “Much like yourself, they were young warriors. Members of a certain tribe. Unfortunately, they all met their end due to... unfortunate circumstances.”

The teen shinobi raised a single eyebrow at this. “What happened to them?”

The inquiry led to Shakoo frowning slightly. "Their bodies were not strong enough to handle my presence. The poor mortals constantly used my power to the point that it began to kill them.”</B><i></i>

<B>“And you believe that I’ll be able to handle it? You sure the same thing won’t just happen to me?” Doi felt a growing concern.

“From what I have seen of you, I do believe you are capable. You’re very different from my previous hosts. They lived in a time where things like this ‘jutsu’ of yours was attributed to magic. Only those who dabbled in the mystical arts could use such techniques, and there were only a select few that did. My hosts were just simple warriors, intent on doing whatever they could for their people - be it good or bad. They were very strong and very skilled, but at the end of the day they were just ‘normal.’ From what I’ve seen, Doi, you have things that my previous hosts lacked. I am very confident that you can live up to my expectations.”


Doi took a moment to process what Shakoo had just spoken. So he’d been offered an ancient power with the risk of death if abused. All he had to do was minimize his usage of it until he could master it, right? He should be ok then.

“Ok, I’m in. Nothing ventured nothing gained after all, so let’s do this.” Doi crossed his arms. “Besides, your goals align with mine. I also desire to travel the world one day and see all there is to see. I wouldn’t mind having a traveling companion,” said Doi as he finished with a smile.

“Excellent!” Shakoo’s booming resonated throughout the jungle. Doi felt the need to cover his ears due to it being so loud. “I shall now be sending you back to the real world.”

“Wait,” asked a confused Doi. “That’s it? No strange tests or something? No weird ritual?”

“No, not at all. I had already gone through the preparations. All I was missing was your consent.”

“Oh… uh ok,” replied Doi, still not fully understanding. “It’s almost as if you knew I’d accept from the start…” It made the teen wonder what would’ve happened had he said no to the whole thing. “Well then, send me back.”

“Very well.”

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Doi opened his eyes in time to see the beautiful sight of sun down from atop the hill where he sat.The teen figured he’d stay here for a few more minutes before he’d head back home to finish gathering his things. He could just catch the early train tomorrow instead of leaving today.​

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It was now the following day, and Doi was rushing to gather his belongings. It seems he’d overslept and no longer had any time to spare before his train was set to take off. He repeatedly chanted the phrase ‘I gotta’ go’ as he went about his task.

After turning in his motel room key and making a mad dash for the station, Doi was able to catch up to his train before it took off. Once inside, he chose the nearest window seat and stored his possessions in the overhead luggage compartment. The train departed from the station shortly after and the teen continued to gaze outside the window for the remainder of the trip; Shakoo’s pendant hanging from his neck all the while.

Doi planned on keeping Shakoo’s existence as a secret for the time being. Though, he did doubt that anyone would believe that he’d met some kind of deity nor that said deity was now living inside of his mind.

People would think he’d lost marbles.

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