[Contract Search] Mountain Climber

[Keiji]

It had been a long trek, the cold and bitter wind chipped at the very core of the soul.
The snow seemed almost sticky to the touch, the goggles were covered with snow, and it seemed like the storm wouldn't come to a halt any time soon.
At the side of the mountain he walked ever so slowly. With each step it felt like the flesh of his legs were being devoured, with every step the pain of the cold increased. He bit his lips and teeth together in frustration.

He should have listened to the winds and made camp further down, but his excitement took the better of him, and he stepped right into the hot-pan of trouble.
The eyes of his could barely see the hands in front of him, the black overcoat covering his upper body wasn't thick enough to handle the bitterness of the cold winds when the snow storm hits.
The dreadlocked hair was packed in a tightly fit hat, his head was getting cold, and his dreadlocks seemed almost as stiff as the Kunai packed in his shoulderbag, he pinched his eyes together to try and see ahead of himself through the thick snow. "There!" It was difficult, but his eyes spotted only a few meters in front of himself a black opening, a cave on the mountainside.

He climbed the few extra meters with a hastened pace, taking his first steps in hours onto solid ground, (or stone in this case) which wasn't covered by snow. He felt a great relief from his legs, the searing pain from the cold wind had taken its toll. As he walked further in, scanning the area around to see if there was anything else to note. None, nothing other than a great cave going deeper into the mountain, and a strange sensation of warmth emitting from deeper inside.

He took a step back and breathed heavily as he hit his coat and pants with his thick furred gloves, getting the heavy snow off of his clothes.
He stepped to the side and saw a small hill of snow where he just had been standing, he must've dragged it all inside. He pulled off his hat and let his tightly packed dreadlocks tied into a ponytail stick out from the back of his head. Pulling his goggles slightly and let it sit tightly on the top of his forehead he felt a great relief of freedom of movement.

Then he began walking further into the cave in preparation for whatever he might find inside, Activating his Byakugan as he walked calmly, with a steady step, he kept peeking and scanning to all sides with his eyes. He was ready. He opened his sleeves slightly, clipped it open, preparing to pull out the Kunais packed in the Kunai holsters tied tightly around his lower arm, he was ready to stick in his hand in and pull out a Kunai.

His every step, calm and confident, his breathing steady, eyes almost glowing of eagerness to discover the hidden treasures awaiting inside, his hands holding steady, no shaking was evident he was essentially ready for anything.

After a few minutes of continued walking he began to see light emitting further into the cave, and a strange sound, slightly resembling running water. The warmth had steadily increased, as he continued to walk further in. He reached a small opening, leaned down, and walked with quick steps into the area beyond.

Suddenly he found himself in a beautiful oval like room, with rocky walls surrounding him, the ground beneath him was flat and clean cut, like the floor had been grounded with sandpaper, and most surprising of all it was warm to the touch.
On the sides by the walls, small spokes of solid rock stuck out, like it had poked through the floor in an instant and simply stayed there.
In the middle of the room a small pond was sitting, undisturbed from the raging snowstorm just a few meters outside, the pond was large enough on the far end making it seem like the water originated from beyond the wall, the water seemed calm.
The sound of running water could be heard from beyond the wall, the pond wasn't heightening or lowering, it almost seemed as if a form of serenity, a balance in the elements had found it's place right here in this very room. A form of perfection in a way.

The roomed seemed calming to Keiji, and him standing in here with all his heavy, and warm clothes, it felt too warm, a pellet of sweat escaped the pores next to his right eye, making him decide to set up camp in the cave-like room.
He pulled off his jacket and furred gloves; packed it tightly together and placed it to the side.

He sat himself on the warm flat surfaced floor, it was a strange sight and feeling to say it lightly, sitting in the strange room, he sat himself in seiza, and decided to meditate in the calm room, it seemed spiritual. So any opportunity to calm his mind nerves he always took it to himself to meditate, even if his mind had lately been filled with darkness, grim thoughts, and frustrations.

His past had been a continued nagging issue upon his mind, the endless mass of corpses dissected, the teammates lost in missions, the deaths surrounding him, destruction and terror, meditation seemed like a proper momentary escape from the dreams and world he finds himself in.


OOC
[Contract Beast Search]
Primary Search - Lizard
Secondary Search - Canine
WC: 922

 

[Toraono Kuro]

You have found the Canine contract
DO YOU ACCEPT?

IF SO here is what you stumble across:

A small hand carved opening could be seen through the mists that raised ever so lightly across the small pond as if some form of thermal energy kept this chamber warm despite the elevation and the actual weather surrounding this mountain. The opening was small but a child could squeeze through it. The scent of dog hair was strong there if he decided to take a whiff and oddly enough beyond the opening. The Byakugan could not see into or beyond the opening, it was an odd and disconcerting effect because everything behind him could easily be seen and be seen through yet across the pond from the opening and beyond everything was solid, normal and completely unpassable by the byakugan. If you were to look closer you would notice minute chakra points in the wall itself as if it were some kind of code. The very feel of the small cavernous chamber made him feel as if he were at the gates to a massive village. Yet there was no way a village could exist at this altitude or for that matter have a gate here. Small glowing patches of cave lichen made the area glow a bright green blue across the pond and the water although clear definitely had small paw prints in it.

 

[Keiji]

The scent through the air around him made his head twirl for a second, unexpectedly and surprising to say the least.
A curiosity welled up inside of him to discover the reasoning for the distinct smell of vulpine canine hair, however, not having spent long time with dogs of any sort made him question the origin, or the reason for this distinctly reminiscent smell's origin.

He stood up and began to follow it, examining the pond, and discovering the paw print was one clue leading to the truth of this conundrum.
Upon further inspection of the surrounding area the fluorescent-like glowing emanating from the strange flora in the deep corners, made the entire area awfully curious.
Unable to examine further in the direction of pond with his active byakugan he decided to keep it on as he continued with his examinations, even though he stood right as rain, directly in front of the cave wall expanse in front of him, towering over his head ever so slightly, the curved ceiling confused him ever so slightly..

The apparent lights or glowing emanating from the wall, looking likes signs, buttons or marks of some sort made his eyebrow twitch in frustrations..
"..mmhrrm..." he hummed loudly with his throat making it ever so obvious that the actual fact that what he was witnessing only made him establish more questions in his mind.. And being a Med-nin and therefor slightly scientific by heart, his curiosity and seeking for answers led him to want to continue on with this examination of whatever it was he had in front of him..
".. The hell.. Is this?.." He said, and questioned out loud as he touched the wall with his open hand, trying to figure it out.

Before long he started caressing the wall, listening with his ears pushed up to it, as he continued pushing every dent, every spike, every rock with his hands on the very wall in front of him.
He wanted to know, he wanted to understand..

[OOC: I accept!]

 

[Toraono Kuro]

After checking over the impressions in the wall he could not see through the water in the pond began to swirl and rise ever so quickly piece by piece and to make matters worse with his Byakugan activated he could see that this water was abnormal. Not only could he no longer see through it but it seemed it was absorbing his chakra as it pulled him towards the center of the pond as the spray and mist of the waters became somewhat dangerous and hard to evade. It was at this time that he also noticed that the cavern had sealed itself with a huge series of stone shards that resembled sharp teeth. The cavern had grown darker and darker despite the glowing lichen and moss which seemed to be glowing ever brighter as the water rose. His clothing began to get soaked as the water splashed higher and higher as it seemed he was about to be literally swallowed by the mountain itself

 

[Keiji]

"Oh shit-no-shit-no!" Keiji shouted to himself as he tried to get a grasp of the situation he found himself in. His attempts at pulling his arms to himself were failed with naught but a loss of energy. Then, utilizing his breathing techniques he calmed his nerves, it only took a second for him to calm his nerves, quickly he examined his situation, his eyes nervously looking at the exit, having it locked tight behind him, he felt that what he had in his situation was a unique problem. One he had yet to ever encounter before, he is not able to escape. The closed gates resembled those of the teeth of a wild beast, like the ones he had seen in his very nightmares.

Confronting the enemy, be it the mist, the water, or the snow outside he needed to live. He sensed there was a reason behind it all. It couldn’t just be a tale of ending, like one of the horror books he had heard of so long ago, the over describing, deep and uniquely fashioned stories of ghosts and creatures from above. Knowing all too well the risk he was taking even by doing what he was going to do, he maintained constant breathing, his techniques calming his body and nerves.

Then, sitting down in Seiza next to the pond, he placed his knees firmly on the ground, his hands resting on his knees, he deactivated his Byakugan to avoid any unnecessary use, best to save his chakra in case he were to need it.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

It was warm as he found himself no longer inside the cavern but in a dungeon where before him growled a pup. It had its limbs secured with strong nearly invisible ninja wire and though its hackles were raised in Keiji's soaked presence there was a look of intelligence in its eyes. It knew it was cornered and most likely believed that he was to be his next tormentor. Food and water lay just out of reach of the poor animal and the dessicated corpses of woman and dog alike hung listlessly from the walls nearby. Signs of torture and beatings were evident all around, yet there was a fierce look to this lone pup as if it alone would never give up. Blades, maces, studded clubs, whips, staffs, and spears hung from a nearby rack covered and tainted in old blood. The sound of marching could be heard from nearby, there were people nearby and from the sound of it a vast army of them. A torch hung near another entrance and a set of candles surrounding the tortured victims in some intricate yet obvious pattern fed light throughout the chamber. It was then Keiji noted he was still in a pool of water that was now somewhat warm. As he looked down he saw why the bodies of women and wolf like dogs lay chained to the bottom of the stone encircled pool. The lichen at the bottom glowed eerily pulsing a faint green blue with his every heartbeat.

 

[Keiji]

A deep sigh escaped his mouth as he examined his surroundings, where did he find himself now? What could possibly happen at this point?
Opening his eyes the light seemed particular bright, or maybe he was just in a very dark place with not much of natural light sources..
Looking around he noticed the pup, quickly he turned his gaze elsewhere as to not seem threatening or with any ill intentions.
Noticing the food, and that they were out of reach he leaned forward, and with a slight blink in his eyes he shuffled the plates and the water bowl closer to the puppy, granted he himself could've just as well taken the food for himself, and even though his stomach was on the edge of growling, he held it in, and instead, leaned back and he sat himself down again as he continued looking around for any clues or signs that might lead to the identity of his location.
Noticing the corpses a reminiscence of his past experiences and story loomed over his thoughts, as he turned his gaze elsewhere, the dank, and grotesque stone walls and floor seemed to oddly enough to remind him of the prisons he himself had been in just a year earlier. A slight smirk appeared on his lips.
"This again huh?" His eyes peeked to his side at the puppy to assure himself that he was in fact real.

Then returning, his gaze turned downwards at the lukewarm water below, the faint green blue pulsing emmenating from the lichen merely disgusted him at this point, they were what brought him there in the first place, or so he believed. He'd rather get his way out of there before he was suddenly teleported elsewhere. And as his eyes gazed up again he examined everything with a bit more skill as he activated his byakugan for just a few seconds if not a minute, depending on how long it would take to get a bearing of the outer surroundings from the room he found himself in.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

The chamber was thick stone but it was normal stone and he could see through it. What he couldn't see through were the skeletons and the dog, their structure and physical makeup were so dense and potent with dark chakra that it actually gave off an afterimage before his byakugan slipped away yet again. The water began to drain away leaving him standing atop corpses and bones which again he could not see through. The smell of death, rot, anger, and sorrow became overpowering. After pushing the food closer the pup ate wearily but it seemed to grow stronger almost immediately as it watched Keiji with wary sad eyes. From the scars on it, it was obvious this pup had been tortured for a long time. Scars crisscrossed the beast's muzzle, backside, and forelegs. It had obviously taken to defensive wounds yet its eyes held an intelligence all their own. The more he looked at it he could swear he heard a girl asking him something in a broken whisper. The ground began to shake as something was approaching the chamber, someone large and from a quick glance male. Where to hide? What to do? There were corpses and stacks of chains everywhere. The floor was stained in thick crusted red & violet blood.

 

[Keiji]

The sound of something nearing, instantly made his heart and adrenaline jump, with a quickened pace and with a jump to stand up, he leaned forward and with an extended hand he caressed and patted the pup on top of it's head.
"Sry, I can't be of much assistance, little guy." He said, almost whispering jokingly with a slight smile on his lips, which more seemed like he was simply talking and reassuring himself if he actually could do more, or him wanting to do more. Then as he reached the peak of his jump and stood up straight, he took a slight leap towards the corner of the room, so as to have the exit by his side hopefully avoiding to be spotted. He stood in between hanging corpses and canines, granted he did not like it, not one bit, but through the years he had gotten used to the smell of dead and rotting corpses of many different variants. So he didn't let it affect him too much.

Still in the room, and still visible to the pup, yet standing further away, he awaited whatever might occur, if this being, or person, stepped into the Dungeon he found himself in, or it simply was a guard walking past.
Expecting the worst he activated his Byakugan once again, whilst looking after this person walking around.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

A massive humanoid skeletal system and somewhat wide open chakra system came into view. It was made even more unusual by how much chakra was flowing through its bones. It stood at nine feet in height not counting the two foot horn that extended from its forehead at an odd angle. It wore a loin cloth and boots and was otherwise equipped with a large studded club that was not his own as it had very intricate wraps and settings. Fat ogre fingers were not intricate enough to have made the silk bindings that made up the grip for this massive club. As he hid himself, he could fathom what would happen to the pup and soon he would be forced to do something. The pup looked over at Keiji for a brief moment before resuming her defiant stare towards the door to their dungeon. She was ready to sacrifice herself and for some odd reason Keiji felt he knew her mind.

 

[Keiji]

Calmly assessing the situation, scanning his surroundings, he assured himself the closest of the similar beasts or creatures, or whatever these things are aren't anywhere immediately close.
He looked across the room at the small puppy, staring into it's eyes, feeling a strange bond, mindlink, or whatever it was, it made him definitely feel like he had to do something, anything!
Looking to the side, waiting for the Skeleton beast to come into view he began to form a plan.

Concentrating his chakra as he watched from the sidelines at the moment, the giant bony creature standing tall, he tried to step tall on the tip of his toes to analyze the height within his best abilities.
Ahh, nothing I haven't beaten before he thought to himself as he concentrated his bright yellow chakra to his the back of his fingers to form a sort of lightning glove as it covered his fist.

Tightening his leathery 'Lightning Greavers' gloves he clenched his hand into a fist tightly making the vibrant colors of the sparkling lightning emanating from his hand glow his face revealing a face with an attitude, a serious and string grimace covered his face as he quickly, without hesitation touched the wall lightly as he tucked his body to it tightly, with precision and pinpoint precision he let the lightning release from the wall to strike the tall Skeleton creature in it's hip. In an attempt to break it's movement and stop it in it's tracks, and not to mention to pick it off on surprise.
The sound was kept at absolute minimum to avoid suspicious, but the risk comes in producing the masses of light emanating from his hands and wall, before and at the strike itself. But presumably it didn't awake too much suspicion from any other wandering creatures of similar nature.

As soon as the Lightning traveled he began pulling out one of the Kunai he held in his pocket and as the lightning hit, he quickly, with almost lightning speed stepped forward to stab the Skeleton creature in the side-center of the skeleton's skull, in an attempt to cut clean through the epicenter of thinking in the brain with the tip of the Kunai.
"Ishi Rakurai" (Lightning Strike Doctor) he spoke silently in a mellow tone as he held his Kunai with his arm straightened out with pinpoint precision.

The idea conceived by the young Med-nin in training, was that clearly these creatures are maintained or using Chakra in some form. If he used chakra based attacks he might disrupt the control, or the power keeping it intact, but if that didn't do the trick he had already in mind a regular none-chakra attack to attempt the very same. Covering two theories in the same attack pattern. If both failed, he would have to think up a different strategy. The last thing Keiji would want to is to be the cause or spectator of any cruel natured beast's actions towards a creature such as the one he met the minute he found himself in the room.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

The strange crystal laced waters had affected his Byakugan usage and in doing so only the pup whom he found himself somehow linked to remained viable in his chakra enhanced sight. Perceiving the ogre as a massive skeleton upon using his Byakugan to view it, his view of the skeleton became and its chakra points became all he saw and allowed him to strike in a manner far more precise and brutal than the med nin intended. His lightning release struck the ogre's hip rushing through its chakra system with unexpected efficiency causing it to stop in its tracks from a true systematic shock. As the ogre's mind reeled from the unexpected shock a blade pierced his skull and shut down his brain with a strike only one with the Byakugan was capable of as his chakra lines were severed directly, violently, and efficiently. With an step the massive beast collapsed against the wall the force of the kunai had slammed it into. The pup almost cried out in joy as it tried to move forward to help only to be choked by the strange collar and chains that restrained it. The blood of the ogre flowed a thick syrupy dark ichor of red that seemed to still be alive as it curdled and lurched towards the pup as if in defiance of its owners impending death. The chains began to glow a bright red as if they were burning the pup as it stepped back from the blood the chains and collars began to burn into it. It needed to be freed quickly.

 

[Keiji]

Surprised and mildly bewildered by the fact that his eyes had strangely enough been strengthened from something. Unfortunately he didn't have time to think too deeply about why or how as he noticed the chakra concentration around the puppy's neck, the chains appeared to be intensifying it's molecular structure by rubbing the chakra bodies together resulting in it getting hotter and hotter for every split-second that passed.
Maybe a safety protocol to ensure that if it were to fight back, and evidently harm or kill the guard sent to check up on it, it would get killed.

Not to mention the dark-red flowing blood from the beast seemed particularly dissatisfied with it's host body's demise.

Each string of blood lurching forward at the pup, within a split second the speed of Keiji's feet cringed at the pain from moving at the speeds he committed to, suddenly he stood, leaned forward on one knee in front and facing the puppy with his back turned to the dead body, and blood, expectantly he readied his back to be on the receiving end of any incoming attacks.
Meanwhile in his right hand and arm he concentrated the magnificent power of pure lightning, his entire arm enveloping in yellow-blue light, flickering with every second the awe of the lightning screamed for release as he lifted his arm in front of the puppy, and as he extended his other hand he grabbed the collar to ensure it's placement for his strike, the searing hot metal burning through the gloves and into his very skin, the pain searing through his body.
Don't worry, I'll take care of it buddy. Keiji said with a firm look upon his face in an attempt to calm down the puppy.

Then he hit the collar with the Chidori covered arm, hitting it with the tip of his fingers as the lightning energy concentrated and disappeared in the direction of the strike as he touched the collar, hopefully breaking it.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

As Keiji flicker stepped to the pup he charged himself with lightning element chakra in his right hand and grabbed the searing collar with his left. The lightning chakra became so serene and pure that a loud then pure hum could be heard as his right arm glowed a vibrant yellow. His eyes focused and with his body in synch with his ever present perception he cut the collar around the dog's neck relieving it of mortal danger but the shackles on her limbs till continued to burn. Its golden eyes looked into the eerie whites of Keiji's, grateful yet pleading. It was a female cub he could see that now yet he still couldn't see through it. It's body was made up of some kind of living yet otherworldly material that possessed a dark chakra unlike anything he had ever seen before. With its neck free it seemed to be able to concentrate better as he heard a raspy yet soft feminine voice in his mind or was it his spirit. He couldn't be sure but he distinctly heard (((Hurry, the devil blood will seek another host))). With his back turned to the blood, the pup -if it was truly a pup-did not believe he could see what the blood was doing. It was reaching out for a new host but was not fast enough to reach the demonbeast before Keiji. Keiji could also sense more ogres stirring just over 75 yards away. He had to move fast and do something about the devil blood. His glove was burnt but his flesh was fine, not so much as a blister, it seemed that the heat was effective as a deterrent but the metal wasn't truly harmful to him. It was harmful to this demonbeast however.

 

[Keiji]

"Blood?! What Blo-" He paused his thoughts for a second. "You can talk?" He commented out loud as he prepared another lightning burst from his hands as he touched for the other manacles tightened on the Puppy's feet. Doing so whilst turning his head towards the blood, looking for it with his eyes with it's activated Byakugan, the veins clearly visible around his eyes. He wished to first assess whether the blood had chakra properties, and if so, he figured with his Taijutsu he could release a blast wave with his hands that would sever the chakra connection and through that disable the properties of the blood's intent. I.e removing its sentience with a swift punch.
Clenching his fists, he relied on whether the blood was too close, and if so release the lightning at the blood, risking the puppy's ill situation, but at least securing himself as well as the puppy from the Blood.

Sensing the movements throughout the channels he wanted to finish this up as soon as he could, without risking his own and the puppy anymore than he is about to.

[Sorry for the delay, I should be back to semi-regular posting again.]

 

[Toraono Kuro]

The manacles burned to the touch ever so briefly, each one like touching a hot stove just long enough to burn the tip of your finger even with his lightning element activated but just as surely each manacle was precisely yet violently severed leaving burn scars where they once were the puppy nodded in response to the questioning statement of (You can talk?). Keiji had turned his head to observe the blood more closely and indeed it was imbued with heavy dark chakra but not in any set pattern. It was a giant mass of dark chakra that flowed within, around, and remote from the blood as if it had an echo. It lurched forward only to be struck by a lightning element wave causing some portions of the blood to instantly dry out, and turn into a cinder like stain. Unable to reach the puppy or get past Keiji it swiftly retreated beneath the corpse of the ogre it had taken control of earlier and forced itself back inside the wounds it bore.

The demonbeast licked his hand appreciatively and spoke aloud "You have my thanks warrior, though I know you not I am in your debt. If we manage to escape this prison I may be able to repay this debt."<i></i>

 

[Keiji]

"Don't worry about it, lets just focus on getting out of here before anything else."

Getting up from his kneel he looked over the room examining his surroundings again, and resting his eyes on the beast on the ground.

"Okay, so first off, what is that thing? And what's with it's blood?" He asked in a slight whispering fashion to not get too much attention from whatever or whoever would be nearby.
"Second thing, where are we? I need to know what kind of place this is to assess what options of escape we have, especially if we wanna get out of here alive.." Keiji felt somewhat in semi-control of the situation, here he was with a hurt puppy, an ogre-like beast with some weird dark chakra imbued blood, it was unknown and strange territory he found himself in. Granted he had met a big cat made of candy that was trying to eat his friend, but this is a whole other league of weird.

Wiping his hand with the saliva from the puppy on his clothes he activated his Byakugan again and looked around at the hallways in this weird dungeon as he would listen to the Puppy.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

The saliva did not wipe away as he thought it would it actually seemed to be absorbed by his skin healing his light chakra burns. The substance also did not register with his Byakugan it was simply too heavy with an unknown type of chakra, that although liquid still appeared as normal and solid as the puppy before him. As he looked about he could see at least three dozen other bodies animated by the wierd blood creatures. He could see many passages out but they were sealed at different points although they could lead to a way out. " We are in the Warhound Citadel beneath the mountain. The blood is the demon which controls the body, they are called the Shuurajoujin, they are a race of parasitic blood beasts that take over the bodies of those they deem worthy of their talents and enhancements. My race of Teufelshunde Oni are the last of the dog clan devilbeasts and we refused to be their vessels so they wiped out all the females to prevent another generation unless we yield and become breeders for them. I am the last female Teufelshunde Oni, my mother, aunt, sister, and cousins all died when it tried to forcibly possess them. I was prepared to die before you came, but now I want to live. I want to live with you and your beautiful eyes of pure white. She looked up into his eyes with big golden round orbs of wonder. She had been on the verge of death and now he had created an opportunity. The hand she had licked was glowing at the wrist and the latent unknown chakra was forming into a strange shackle, an ornamental shackle that could easily slide off it seemed as it dangled from his forearm black with gold lettering he could not decipher. Her left forepaw had gained a matching shackle and Keiji seemed empowered, he felt as if he could take on just about anything. The sword in the wall shimmered and became something that Keiji believed he could wield.

 

[Keiji]

Okay, so the pathway we need to take will require, meeting into one or two of those guys, well, maybe we can dodge a few of them in a hasty run for an exit.. he continued thinking as he listened to her words, describing the circumstances he found himself in.
His mind paused as she continued, mother, aunt, sister, and cousins all dead.. A sense of melancholy persisted across his entire body, a mild shaking in his hands and arms, he knew the pain she had gone through, the willingness to simply let go, to let the world around oneself just come to an end.
Oh shucks he thought to himself as he heard her describe how she wanted to live now, because of him and his white eyes.
A deep sigh escaped his breath as he got on his knees in front of her and leaned forward with his arms wide open and then leaned in to give a hug as the golden bracelet appeared on his forearm.

The power that came with the bracelet felt enlightening, and as he got back up he examined his surroundings quickly, before moving out.
Even though swords wasn't normally weapons he would usually wield, heck he had no training in utilizing such crude designs, preferring to instead to simply brutally and precise kick and punch his way around. And yet he still grabbed the sword to pull it out while speaking to the canine in the room. "Okay, we need to get out of here, and quickly, I may just have been lucky with the first one, so we might not know if I can do anything against the rest.." He continued, "So let's try our best to avoid any confrontations, and instead get out of here without too many bruises, okay?" Taking charge wasn't his normal way of doing things either, he had gotten too much accustomed to simply following orders to the point, kill that guy, stab that girl, get that object, those were his usual missions.. This was unlike anything he had gone into before, and he wanted to do it without letting this canine come to any harm. He didn't want to see her die, not like all the others.. His thoughts died a little as his mind continued to wander into the past for a few seconds, after which he shook it off and looked around again to get his bearings.

Regardless if he had pulled the sword or not, he readied his clothes and prepared to leave the room, "Let's go, you ready?"

 

[Toraono Kuro]

The walls of the chamber seemed to shudder as the blade was pulled free and Keiji could feel that the pup was stronger for his taking the sword. It was obvious that the blade was not meant for human hands when he grasped it however. Although he could somehow comfortably manage his grip. The blade was simply too massive for normal human hands, as he looked it over he noted with his Byakugan that the sword could easily transmit and retain chakra. He also noted that the blade was not just metal, it was crystal and gemstone as well. The sword was massive with a blunt flat tip like a paddle but the lead edge was so sharp even his Byakugan could barely maintain view of its miniscule edge. The backside of the blade was wide and sturdy, it was well made and obviously meant to cleave and crush until he examined the midpoint edge on the right side flat of the blade, this edge too was razor sharp while the left side was smooth as marble and pulsed with chakra. The hilt of the blade resembled a large fang wrapped in crimson silk with interlaced leather. The pummel was a large obsidian hellhound with a golden ring held in its jaws and paws. It had ruby eyes and twin horns jutting from its brow. There were five gem stone points on the back left flat of the blade four lay empty and the base one was a chipped ruby that had seen better days. The scent of volcanic ash and burnt ozone wafted from the blade. It chimed in tune with his manacle and only that hand was able to carry it, as he found out rather abruptly as he switched hands to test the blade that his other arm could barely budge it. The pup looked up to him expectantly as he led the way outside the torture chamber that had once been a bedroom. The scent was far less oppressive outside but the sights were breathtaking. The massive mountain fortress was lit by hell crystals and sunstones here and there granting the walls a golden, orange glow. Lichen lined what would have once been darkened corners granting the corners a soft blue green glow. Ogres possessed by blood demons wandered about seemingly oblivious to his and the devil pup’s movements at the moment. He could see the path of least resistance led to the far west side of the conquered citadel.

" I follow you and your beautiful eyes of pure white my savior." She looked up into his eyes with big golden round orbs. His strange ornamental shackle dangled from his forearm black with gold lettering he could not decipher, yet it eerily glowed crimson whenever a blood demon came within fifty feet.