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Akkuma wondered what the area the boy referred to was like perhaps it was similar to the Sordid Avenue in Kumogakure or sleazy alleys of Kirigakure. Taking note of its location he would be sure to go there perhaps he could help clean up the area. Plus the demon wasn't to surprised that the boy didn't know about the Toraono clan perhaps they just didn't line up with any interests he had. Not too mention he seemed to be taking the whole demon thing quite well, perhaps he didn't really understand so he had no reason to fear. Those sanguine eyes flashed as the boy asked if he could become like him. "Of course you could...anything is possible with the right ambition, jutsu and knowledge." he would say with a devilish grin. Though the boys next words made the Demon Sage's tail flick with annoyance.
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Kagari nodded as he listened to what now has developed into sort of a mini lecture; or some sort of lesson.
<B>"What makes you think that you don't deserve such an offer?" the demon gestured to the masses below them moving much like a large insect colony. "Rather then stay down amongst the masses you climbed to the top looking for something better, something else. Whether you knew it or not you were seeking fate and it has chosen to answer you." he would say with that shark-like grin before moving to the edge of the cliff taking a seat, letting his legs hang over the edge. "Let me tell you something boy.." with those words he looked down at the swarming masses below him. Pointing to the same seedy area that the student had pointed out.
Kagari sweatdropped a bit when he realized he had been to presumptious; 'I forget that I'm not the only shinobi whos trying to get better...' He mentally slapped himself in the forehad, this person was obviously one who you wouldn't want to mess with, upset or disapoint. 'Ah, maybe he had already someone in mind to train here in Suna.' Kagari pondered.
<COLOR color="#000080">"When I was a child back in Kirigakure, my mother wanted nothing to do with me. Same could be said for my father, so I lived on the streets. Raising myself I stole what I needed and fought to survive. If I'd kept on that path I would have ended up dead in a gutter somewhere before my thirteenth birthday. Fortunately an Anbu Captain came across me one day and instead of deciding to put me down. He gave me a roof over my head, paid for my tuition into the Academy and trained me so I could master my abilities...thanks to him I was able to get my life in order. Not long after becoming a Genin I was not only promoted to Chuunin but chosen as a Anbu candidate. Soon enough I was a full fledged Anbu and the leader of my own clan by the age of seventeen." he would look at the youth smiling. "Fate found me one day and thanks to that I wasn't able to just survive but thrive. Now my reach spans countries and even Kage's weigh my words heavily." with those words he flicked his nearly burned out smoke into the air over the cliff.
"When fate came to me I embraced it...will you do the same?" he asked the student before going "Also what is your name your yet to divulge it." he said with a sly grin, those sanguine eyes staring at him.
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At this point it was like listening to an old storyteller, a person who would sit by a campfire telling the tales of a legendary heroes from the beginning of time. Kagari would call him a sage but it would be redundant. He was captivated by Akkuma's lonely tale, of how he too had started basically with nothing and became a person who seems to have power. It was a ridculous tale that no one would believe at first glance; it sounded more like a fairy tale then one's life story. But Kagari believed in it, in fact, a portion of him wanted it.
Kagari stood next to Akkuma, inhaled deepley the musky air of both the area around the Ruins and the smoke coming from Akkuma's cigarrette, he thought of his answer.
"To be honest, I don't deserve any fancy offer of any sort of training from any person, wise sage or the teachers at the academy. In fact, I'm lucky by most people standards." Kagari said as he looked off back to the Palais district.
"That place, my "home"; I hate it." Kagari stared at said place, changing his expression to contemptment and resentment.
"I hate that each morning when I leave for the academy; I see lifeless souls who have given up on life. I see people who claw at each other, trying to grab the slightest bit of comfort and leisure from anything. It's like they're a bunch of rats trying to escape and continually fight and trip all over each other. Then there are those who prosper on the weak, who strive off their weakness, who prey on their bad choices. I see them eye me, size me up as if I'm a catch; someone who they can manipulate. Then at night I hear crying, screams, and all manners of noises. Sometimes I can barely sleep."
Kagari clenched his fist deeply, then stopped. He breathed again to try and calm himself a bit so he can continue.
"Then there's the foul stench. It's hard to describe but let's say if you mix Body odor and dead fish; that's way better than what it smells like when you forget to light some insence or scented candles." Kagari sighed a bit; trying to literally wipe the smell of his nose like a dog.
"The thing I hate most is when I arrive at the academy and some of the rich family members; or the hoshy poshy clan members who think they're above everyone. They look at me as if I'm a siphon of the city, the problem." Kagari said as he laughed a litte.
"I guess maybe...maybe fate led me hear by chance. Maybe a higher calling deemed me to meet you here, or maybe I just wanted to get out of that choking, hostile enviornment. " Kagari then turned torwards Akkuma and looked him straight in the eye.
"If you are a weird manifestation metahpor version of my possible fate, I want you to train me, then if not; I may as well jump off this cliff." Kagari said as he kicked a small pebble of the side.
"My name is Kagari Toshiwakai, son of Yukari Toshiwakai and Takeshi Toshiwakai; and I'm a nobody."