Sabaku -> Shinku Kaen

[Kaen]

Old Character Name: Sabaku
Old Village/Missing: Stone
OCR Type: Retirement [Turning Sabaku into a stone NPC]
Last Known Where-abouts: Lightning Country OV Zone
Old IC Rank: Anbu/Guardian

New Character Name: Shinku Kaen
Preferred Username: Kaen
New Village/Missing: Sand
New BL/CA: Pyromaniac
Custom Class:

[u]Too hot, Hot damn![/u]
[b]HP:[/b] (60+lvl) x stamina
[b]CP:[/b] (40+lvl) x chakra control
Class Bonus: +20% Fire damage, +5% Ninjutsu damage
[i]High:[/i] Nin acc
[i]Average:[/i] Evade, Gen DC, Gen Save, Melee acc
[i]Low:[/i] Ranged acc, puppet acc

Main Branch/ANBU/Med-Nin: Main
IC Rank: Genin

Character Age: 18
Gender: Male
Sex: Male
Character's Physical Description:

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Kaen is good looking, muscular young man with semi-long, maroon colored hair. He has red eyes and shark-like teeth, which were unnaturally forged when he was younger. He is 18 years of age and is about 5’ 10” tall, weighing in at exactly 150 lbs. somehow despite his earlier life; Kaen remains free of any scarring on his body. His complexion is fair and clean, with little to no imperfections. His typical attire consists of black, black and maybe a different color if the mood strikes him. Most often he is seen with a tank top of sorts and a black jacket with a red and white stripe on the arms. He also owns a white suit for special occasions and a Police uniform for… other things.

Character's Mental Description:

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The defining characteristics of Kaen are integrity, practical logic and tireless dedication to his sister or any duties assigned to him. These traits would make him a vital core to any organization that upholds traditions, rules or standards. He often takes pride in his work and always takes responsibilities for his actions, often holding nothing back in his time and energy to complete relevant tasks with accuracy and patience… for the most part. Kaen never makes assumptions, preferring instead to analyze his surroundings, check his facts and arrive at a practical course of action. When it comes to his duties, Kaen is a no-nonsense individual and when he has made a decision, he will relay the facts necessary to achieve his goal. He has little to no tolerance for indecisiveness, but loses patience even more quickly if their chosen course is challenged with impractical theories, especially if they ignore key details. If challenges become time consuming debates, or something causes his carefully articulated plan to change, he will become noticeably angry and frustrated. When he says he is going to get something done, he does it, meeting his obligations no matter the personal cost. Combining laziness and dishonesty is the quickest way to get on his bad side. Consequently, he often prefers to work alone unless it’s with someone he fully trusts, like his sister Kasen. His mind is fact based and prefers autonomy and self-sufficiency over reliance on someone or something else. Dependency on others is seen as a weakness, and his dependability and impeccable personal integrity forbids him from falling into such a trap. His sense of personal integrity is core, and goes beyond his own mind. His personality adheres to established rules and guidelines, regardless of cost, reporting his own mistakes and telling the truth even when the consequences for doing so could be disastrous. Honesty is far more important than emotional considerations, and his blunt approach leaves others with the false impression that he is cold, or even robotic. He often struggles to express deep emotion or affection outwardly, but the suggestion that he doesn’t feel, or worse has no personality at all, is deeply hurtful for him. His dedication is an excellent quality, allowing him to accomplish much, but it is also a weakness that less scrupulous individuals take advantage of. He seeks stability and security, considering it his duty to maintain a smooth operation. This in itself is another weakness, as supposed comrades might shift their own responsibilities onto him, knowing that he will always take up the slack. He tries to keep his opinions to himself and tends to let the facts do the talking, this is of course if whoever his opinions are about, haven’t already pissed him off.

Multiple Personality Application: N/A

Character History:

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So long as there are shinobi, there will be wars. And like with any war, come carnage, destruction, dust and tears. Some are completely unaffected and some are completely consumed by it. But there are those unlucky few who get to experience the hidden scenes that are another by product or war. But this isn’t where my story started; no… my life was already quite ruined far before those horrible years. I suppose, just as with any other story, I should start at the beginning.

I was born to a small village on the outskirts of nowhere, a meaningless town full of nothing but average people. I know nothing of my father, or who he could really be to be honest. You see, my mother was a working girl so to speak. I happened to be a byproduct of her occupation. From what I understand, she had no husband, no home and little money. The moment I was brought into this world I knew no comforts, was met with no remorse and was shunned for the bastard I was. But this was normal for me, I knew no other way of life.

A few years after my conception my sister, Kasen, was born. Indeed she was of my kin, her skin tone, the same, her facial features, so very similar even her hair… yes the crimson hair is what would bind us together from that moment on. I knew I would have to be the one to help and care for her. To watch over her like a guardian angel to be sure that no harm ever came to her in any way shape or form, especially since mother started acting strange. It started out relatively unnoticeable, given you weren’t looking for it. It started with brief moments of silence as she appeared to stare out into the distance or dark windows of storage buildings. This in itself was rather harmless, but as time went on, so too did the intensity of her illness.

In time, her “occupation” slowed to a complete halt, it’s really no surprise though. After all, who would want to sleep with the “town nut job”? Yes… everywhere we went with her, all we heard were faint whispers and the occasional “get out of town you crazy bitch”. Her illness had gotten the better of her after all this time. Often I would catch her sneaking out in the dead of night and yell at the ground or a tree, going on about intruders and demons coming to take everyone away. This was our life though; we made do with what we could.
Whether it was out of pity or remorse, I occasionally was able to procure small rations of bread and vegetables, not the best quality but food was food. If not for the random act of kindness I fear we would have never survived.

Mother was all but useless now; her moments of “clarity” grew scarce and rare. I almost began to hate those moments… Each time it was more heartbreaking, to see her realize what was happening to her and us. The fear and remorse in her eyes told that little boy that was me more than he needed to know. This is how life went on, nearly until I was the age of 5. I awoke one cold morning, it was winter. I could see Kasen shivering so I gave her my own rags to keep her warm. I ran rather warm anyways and could bear the cold for the most part. I crawled out of our portion of the cardboard box we were living in at the time and noticed the absence of mother’s presence. Her box was empty, aside from a few torn pieces of clothing and the blanket she had used to sleep with. Glancing around the immediate area I noticed a set of footprints in the snow that led away from our little area. I followed them for some time, eventually finding my way to the center of our village near the town well. This is where I discovered her whereabouts.

There she stood, not but a few feet from the well. Her back was turned to me. Just another one of her usual sleep walking fits, or so it seemed. When I approached her side and grabbed her hand, I muttered “mommy, we need to go home. It’s too cold to be doing this.” But all I was met with was another blank stare. She appeared to be staring down into the well. Me being the curious and supportive child I was, I looked over the edge as well. This was the last thing I remember before waking up and the bottom of the well. If it had not been for the winter season, I surely would have drowned.

Either way you looked at it, I was screwed. There was intense pain coming from my sides and I felt like crying, but no tears came. I called out for mother only to be met with silence. The bucket was just within reach, enough so that I could grasp it and pull myself into the bucket. I used every ounce of strength that my little body could muster and attempted to pull myself up… but I could not. I cried out for my mother once more, what came next would haunt me for the rest of my life. A blur rushed by and I was rocketed to the top of the well and shot out of my seat and rolled as I hit the snowy ground. Pain surged through my body once more, flaring up the wounds I had suffered earlier. Mother was nowhere in sight, but a horror scene instead took her place. There was so much blood… A trail led to the well, I crawled slowly over to it and slowly peered over the edge. What I saw scarred my child mind to a state of irreparability. Mother hung there, suspended just above the ice’s surface. Her feet grazing the ice and she swung to and fro. Blood dripped out of every orifice she possessed and was quickly filling the floor of the well. I slowly backed away from the well, again unable to shed tears. I could not tell if it was out of pure fear or shock.

I heard movement behind me and with much fear I spun around scared for my life. I was met with the visage of a little girl, standing bare foot in the snow. It seemed Kasen had followed me, perhaps realizing she was along and maybe grew frightened. She would stand there with a little blanket being toted behind her in one hand, the other sleepily rubbing an eye. “Why are you out her nii-san?” I rushed to her side and held her close, begging her to not look. One mind was already enough to be ruined. But the mind of a 3 year old is ever curious and she slipped from my grip, the pain in my sides preventing me from maintaining a proper hold. She rushed into the blood bath scene and just stood there. “So pretty… I’ve never seen red snow before!” Her excitement was anything but cute, for it seemed she didn’t understand what she was seeing. She reached down and picked up a handful of the blood soaked snow and dropped it immediately. “ech, its all sticky though… oh well, oh what’s this?” She shuffled over the well’s edge and peered over. I could only watch in horror as Kasen saw the things no child should ever see. “why is mommy playing down there Nii-san? Mommy? Mooooooommmmmmyyyyyyy…. I guess she is tired, she’s so silly sometimes. Nii-san I’m tired and cold, can we go home now?” I walked over and took her hand in my own, her own still fresh with the blood of our mother… I could only pray that she would never realize what had happened this night. Or rather… I wish everything that happened that night could be undone, so many things that came about because of that night… I should have just stayed in our box, if I had stayed… maybe Kasen and I would have never endured all those years…

We didn’t make it but 10 steps towards home when we were met with the daunting presence of a figure cloaked in black. The last thing I would remember was him raising a singular hand up to his face, with some sign depicted on his hand. Then everything was black, for how long I was out I could never know. When I awoke, it was still dark. Or so I thought at the time. I tried to move, but couldn’t, I tried to scream, but I couldn’t. I could feel myself being moved, and I could still hear. From what I could gather at the time, I was being wheeled down a hallway on a metal surface. There were two others there talking to each other, but nothing I understood, my head was still foggy.

We breached an entrance and I was moved do another surface. The new surface I laid upon was metal as well but slightly wet and warm. I could begin to make out the words spoken by the people in the room. I could hear machines beeping and the clatter of metal on metal next to me. “What’s wrong with this one?” A first voice was heard. “Broken ribs and internal bleeding sir” a second chimed in. “very well, prepare the instruments” I could hear the other rummaging through a drawer of sorts, but I would be distracted otherwise… I heard a low thrum of energy and then immense pain. I could feel my skin tearing apart on my chest. I wanted to pass out but the pain kept me vividly coherent. I tried to open my mouth to scream for help but still unable to move any part of my body, only my senses seemed to be in check. My flesh was burning in pain, I was screaming in my head. Never had I felt a pain such as this, or so I thought. Whatever was being done to me stopped, but I felt the hand of another reach inside my chest. The feeling was sickening coupled with the momentous pain that followed. “Yes… seems the two lower ribs have been fractured while the third is completely broken, I’ll just…” CRACK “Hmm… that should do for now, the bleeding is simple enough…” The man exited the cavity that was my open chest and put things back together. Closing my chest and sealing my flesh back together somehow. More thrumming and warmth could be felt on my skin. It still hurt, but somehow whatever he was doing mended my wounds. I reached the point where the pain had lessened to the point of allowing me to finally pass out.

When I awoke next, I was finally able to move. Moving was excruciatingly painful, due to what he suffered through earlier. It remained dark however, I saw nothing but black when I first opened my eyes. It took much time before my eyes adjusted to the low light level in the room. Even then it was difficult to make out any fine details, only rough shapes and figures could be made out. I could hear movement next to me. I reached out with my hand, fumbling through the darkness. My hand met metal bars and was promptly zapped. The electricity that flowed through the bars illuminated the room for a brief moment. I saw rows of barred boxes lining the walls. In each I saw bodies huddling in the middle of their own personal cell. I called out for my Kasen, no reply. I called out louder, the voice I heard respond was not my sister’s but another, a boy… “sshhhh keep it down or they will take you!” Just then the door burst open, a man wearing odd attire stormed in and rushed towards the boy’s cell. “I thought I told you to shut up!” The man raised his hands and twisted them rapidly into different shapes then stretched out his hand pointing at the kid; lightning appeared from the man’s hand and shocked the poor kid. The boy screamed in agony as the electricity pulsated over his body. Soon after the man released the torrent of energy, the boy went limp and collapsed to the floor.

“Bring her in!” the man said. Another figure appeared in the doorway with a girl sitting in a wheel chair. It was Kasen! The first man approached her and pulled out a device from his pocket. Pressings a few buttons he then clasped it around Kasen’s neck and the other man wheeled her over to the cage that was directly next to my own. They were anything but gentle with her, the opened the cage door and lifted the back of the wheelchair and sent her limp body tumbling into the cage. The first man looked at me with menace in his eyes. “You will do well to follow the rules around here, rule number one, you shut your filthy mouth after lights out, else you’ll end up like that little fuck over there. The rest you will pick up in time, sleep well you little shits.” The man gave a quick onceover of the room and exited with the other person. I did not sleep that night…

Morning was signaled only by a faint shimmer of light that bled through tiny slits in the ceiling, I would later discover what lay beyond. The tiny rays of light did what it could to brighten the room, to no avail. The door opened again, with a woman pushing a cart. On the cart was a large pot and a number of bowls and spoons. One by one the woman would make her way around the room stopping at each cage and sliding a bowl of hot oatmeal through a tray slot at the bottom of the cage door. She handed me mine, and smiled. “I see we have a couple of newcomers, oh I do hope you last a little longer than the last batch…” her smile quickly faded and she continued her way down the row and left the room as calmly as she entered. This was to be the only kindness I would see for the next 5 years… I want to say that I was simply a prisoner of war, or kidnapped for that matter… but even that would have been far better than what I, no, WE had to endure. Everyday save Sunday. Sunday was a special day… I’ll get to that.

Everyday a man in wearing a white lab coat would enter with a pair of armored individuals. The man would stop at a few cages, pointing to the person residing within and the pair would take whatever kid was in there away. Some kicked and screamed, others clawed desperately at the bars and floors to keep from being pulled away… in the end they were still taken. Whomever they took would be gone for hours, where they then were returned. The state they were returned was nearly always the same. They would be unconscious in another rickety wheelchair and thrown back into their cell. They would not wake for hours. If the doctor, as we came to know him by, felt up to it, he would take another couple kids away. Again, returned the same. Each time the doctor returned his clothes were bloodier and bloodier. Seemed he couldn’t bear to rest for the day until all traces of white were drowned by a sea of red.

Now Sunday, Sunday was a good day because we got to go outside. Not by any conventional way no… but instead our cages would be lifted up by some hydraulic mechanism up into the ceiling above. The slits on the ceiling would open up and our cages would be above ground. The area was not known to me, as there were lush trees and grass everywhere. Perhaps this was some sort of “treat” for good behavior or maybe for surviving the horrors below.

Though nothing good lasts forever… it wouldn’t be but a few years of pleasantries on Sundays. That lady I told you about, yeah the one that brought the food to us… yeah well it turns out she wasn’t supposed to be doing things she was doing. I overheard an argument from the next room over, I recognized her voice. It was the only nice thing I had to look forward in here after all. I only could make out bits and pieces of the yelling, but from what I understand is that the oatmeal she was bringing us, not ok. She was using too much oats and overserving. Oh that Sunday deal I talked about, yeah that was bad to… I guess the facility we were located was scarcely staffed on Sundays, and she snuck into some control room and lifted our cages up for us to get some fresh air. A sympathizer they called her, weak minded and unfitted for the “goals” of the organization. The next day, the woman did not return. Instead in her place was another one of those armored guys. This one was exactly like the rest, rude, cruel and abusive. He made no attempts of communication; only stopping as necessary to partially fill a bowl with his dirty hands submerged into the new “goop” they would call food. It was awful… The taste was disgusting and tasted of rot. This was to be our new food source for the remainder of our years there.

Well that’s not exactly true… one night the woman found herself back inside our room, running for her life it seemed. The rest of the children could only watch in fear as we observed. She came bursting into the room, flicking switches as cells began to open. She only managed to open a few before armored men followed through the doorway. “RUN!” she screamed at the kids whom cages were open. Two of the five kids whose cages had opened made a run for it… If I my cage had been opened, I might have run to… I’m glad it didn’t though… The woman was dragged away out the door, her screams echoing down the hallway until she could be heard no more. Shortly after the silence, a man returned to the room and flipped switches until the cage doors were shut. “Don’t worry kids… ill make sure the others return home….” There was evil glistening in his eyes, tomorrow, a Sunday; we would see why... when morning came, we received no food. Instead a loudspeaker buzzed to life as a man broadcasted his message of doom. “That woman last night and the children that attempted to escape would like to put on a show for you… I’m sure it will… warm your hearts.” Immediately our cages begun to rise and the ceiling parted to allow the cages through. When we arrived at the surface, we were met with a scene of terror.

The woman and both children were locked inside a cage atop a mountain of wood. The cage was similar to each of our own, barely allowing room for the trio to remain inside. The loud speaker crackled again. “Let this be an example to all of you, this is the fate that awaits you if you ever attempt to disobey in such a manner.” The mound of wood burst to life as flames consumed the area. The woman and two children screamed as the flames licked the cage walls, slowly crawling closer and closer. “This isn’t exciting enough… how about this…” Our cages begun to descend and re ascend to the surface top, each time the scene grew more and more horrific. It seemed another of the children couldn’t bear to look at it and began to freak out. He started screaming and rocking his cage back and forth. Then he gave one shake too much and the cage came off its bearing, but still somewhat attached to the pedestal it originally sat. But the cages were still going up and down, so when it came time for the cages to resurface, his cage was caught in-between the ceiling and the pedestal. There was hesitation and then the sound of metal on metal and the hydraulic system prevailed and pushed past the obstacle. There was the sound of bending metal and the crunch of his body. The cage had caved in on itself and crushed the boy inside, break bones and bursting organs. His face still bearing the look of horror as his cage repeatedly rose and fell while the trio above burned to death. I no longer cared for Sundays after that day.

As time went on, the experiments got more complex and twisted. At first it was simple blood work, reflexes, the usual doctor type of checkup. Then it evolved into more intrusive testing, such as testing pain tolerance or how long we could hold our breath. I thought that was bad at the time… I didn’t even know, how could I… The days of needle pricks and being water boarded came to pass and move on, what replaced it would drive most insane. I remember being cooled to a state of unconsciousness, having been submerged in a tub of ice. I would be forced to stay there until I felt nothing and soon passed out. I would be revived on a metal table with heat lamps until I began to sweat. Hours would go by with this back and forth cooling and heating. This was just one of the many so called “experiments” they performed on me. I say me only because none of the other kids there cared to share their experiences. Why would they? I certainly didn’t feel like talking after a session of that. I tried to get Kasen to tell me what they did to her, but she would always just tell me in a shaky voice “Nothing serious, I’ll be ok nii-san”. I knew she wasn’t completely honest with me, but all I could do was respect her bravery in holding on this long. I say this only because as the experiments grew more gruesome and inhuman, so too dropped the rate of returning “subjects” from the labs. One by one the kids began to disappear, leaving for testing only to never return and their cage remain eerily open. What’s worse is that I couldn’t help but notice the consistency of our meals thickening after each child’s absence. Perhaps it was just a coincidence, but I doubt it…

Every few months they would either give up on whatever they were trying to accomplish or perhaps gathered the data they wanted from each particular experiment they performed on me. With time they seemed to grow lax, openly discussing the tests they were doing, and theories about how it would affect me. Testing my body’s limits often proved painful, but that was no surprise. One such experiment I think might have just been out of bored mind seeking entertainment. With no anesthesia, they filed my teeth to a point, making jokes about how “scary” I looked now. I could barely breathe let alone eat for a week with my nerves exposed like that.

Near the end of my time there, they began to do genetic testing on me. Poking and prodding me, injecting me with trace amounts of “serums” as they called them. Some had no effects at all while others burned within my blood for days. This is when so many of the other children began to disappear. Soon enough there was only five of us left. I guess they needed to us to keep our strength up for these new genetic trials, since they moved us to a new room. It was about the same size, maybe a little smaller. No windows or openings minus the door in. Each of us had our own bed, nothing fancy of course. A straw mattress with no pillow, it laid directly on the floor. To others it may have been substandard to what they knew in their old life, but Kasen and I were in heaven. No cage, freedom to walk around. The bed beat the crap out of our cardboard box we had… We didn’t say a word about it lest they take it away and force us back into the cages.

For whatever reason or another, we proved more durable than the rest of the children that came before us. Before we didn’t think it necessary to bond or converse much, seeing as how we would probably never see them again. But these last few seemed hardy and so we bonded. Besides myself and Kasen, there were two boys and another girl. The two boys were named Taiho and Shiryo, the girl was called Gisei. We came to know them quite well and became good friends. We were each other’s support group, or hope, or “rays of sunshine” if you will. I confided in them with what had been done to me and then in return shared their experiences as well. For the most part they were the same, up until the genetic experiments started. We were being put under very different tests, it seemed. Kasen remained silent during these times of conversation, never sharing a single thought on the matter. I don’t blame her though; she was the youngest of us all.

Hmm? Why didn’t we just walk out if we weren’t in cages anymore? Well, we thought about that actually… Gisei volunteered to be our scout to see if the coast was clear. The door was always unlocked you see… She peered out the doorway down the hallways, seeing nothing. She took only a single step out the door, where then her collar, the ones I mentioned a while ago, started to blink and beep. Quickly flashing and beeping faster and faster until… -BOOM- Within ten seconds time, her collar exploded. I want to say I was shocked, but the flashing image experiment they did I guess sort of prepared me for that. Flashing pictures of gruesome and grotesque images makes you somewhat immune to gore like that. I can’t say I wasn’t upset by it though, I mean… she was a good friend, and offered up her life to attempt an escape. Seemed those things were rigged to blow should we attempt to escape without some sort of deactivation prior to leaving the room.

There was an “accident” one day; a day that I personally think changed my fate forever. During another one of their DNA tampering processes, they injected me what I heard them call C.S.1 I can’t recall the exact events that transpire, I only know that after they injected it into me, I passed out and awoke to a burning inferno around me. I was unharmed, but the lab techs and guards were dead and burnt to a crisp. That was the last time I got to see my friends and my sister for some time… They considered me a “hazard” and locked me in my own personal room. I began to have vivid nightmares, often of myself burning alive. My blood somehow turning to fire, sometimes I would see myself exploding. Each time I awoke my bed was turned to ash and my walls scorched. The doctor never explained it to me, despite my pleas. The guards avoided me like the plague, along with any lab techs. All communication had been cut off for me… I would be alone in my mind for months before I would see the face of another, not a single word was spoken to me.

My meals were scarce, barely half of what I previously was being fed. I would have starved to death if it hadn’t been for their over abundant rat problem. I can’t say they taste good, but you either get used to it or don’t care because otherwise you’d be dead. These rats were a boon to me in more ways than one. Seeing as how most rodents of that class often carried diseases; I eventually contracted something. It may have been worth it in the end, but the journey was grisly and dreadful. It began with simple headaches, eventually progressing towards my entire body aching in pain. Then the rashes formed and the vomiting came. I probably could have withstood it, but a fever set in. I could barely move save for hacking up half a lung or spilling what little I contained within my stomach. I don’t know how much time had passed before they realized something was wrong with me, but eventually they came and took me away. I hated those guards, don’t get me wrong. But the blinding light that shined throughout my room as the door opened, revealing a guard to take me away… yeah that was a good feeling, knowing I would not die that day.

I was kept under heavy guard and surveillance during my time in their infirmary. This allowed me to hear their conversations once more, giving me much peace in my mind. No longer being forced to eat rats and talk to the shadows on the wall felt nice… In time I recovered and they began to suggest moving me back to my single cell. There was one that protested on my behalf, which confused me. They never cared about us or our situation, we were nothing but human lab rats to them. But this one did and did so with ease. There wasn’t a fight, an argument, just a simple ok. It was as if by some form of magic that the agreed to it. So instead I was allowed to remain in the infirmary, gaining back much needed strength. Strength I would need for would transpire in the near future.

Over the span of a few good weeks spent in the infirmary, the guards that were normally posted there became fewer and fewer, to a total of only one guard. This one happened to be the one that suggested that I remain there. He didn’t talk much, only single worded sentences’. Any other time it seemed as if he wasn’t even there mentally. It came out of nowhere, I would never really understand what triggered it, the man turned to me and uttered the last words I would ever hear him speak, “It’s time.” With that he would run over and trip the alarm. The building went into lockdown mode and everything began to seal off. The man ducked out of the door before the bars came crashing down. It seemed I was sealed within. Whatever alarm he had tripped was a bad one, seeing as how it activated some sort of self-destruction system. Over the intercoms I could hear a monotone voice talking about it, giving off a miniscule time frame for evacuation before the self-destruct sequence activated.

Now you can imagine the mind of a ten year old being told that if he doesn’t leave, he is going to blow up. My state of mind was not unlike that of a wild animal backed into a corner. Something inside was triggered and my fight or flight senses were kicked into some other level of functioning, fight AND flight. My body became to feel strange, I couldn’t control my emotions and my body temperature spiked. I felt like I was going to die, pass out and explode all at the same time. I started to pound on the door that the man had previously escaped. It was no use, I was merely a young boy with no strength of his own, none that I was aware of anyways. I stood at the doorway all but defeated, nowhere to run; only minutes before my death became a reality. It was then that I heard it, a scream from down the hall. It was Kasen! This wasn’t the scream in pain or meaningless screams of a child fooling around, no, this was a scream of pure terror. She was in trouble and I was stuck in that damn room. I needed out, but couldn’t get out but I had to! My brain became fuzzy going back and forth with itself; you can imagine the process of my thinking. My mind went blank, and my eyes rolled into the back of my head. Destroy… that was the only word that ran through my head. My body exploded with energy, flames radiating from everywhere, uncontrolled, unchecked and uninhibited. The door burst open and was embedded into the wall across the hall. I was free, on fire, but free.

I gained somewhat of my conscious back, but I remained aflame. I could hear a guard coming down the hallway, soon enough he spotted me in the doorframe. He yelled at me to stop and get down on the ground, raising some kind of weapon at me. “No…” that was all I could think, I was consumed and enraged in my inner hate. The man instantly burst into flames, dying on the spot. I couldn’t comprehend what was happening, but I didn’t care. I had only one goal and that was to save Kasen. I ran down the hallway towards the room we were kept in, the one with all the cages. Thankfully they never bothered to cover our eyes when transporting us, so I knew the hallways well… for the most part anyways. I could hear a ruckus in the room as I drew near. I burst through the doorway to see a single guard on top of Taiho; he was strangling him to death. How he even managed to get out of his cage was what would seal his fate. I needed to get the man off of him. I ran over and will the full force of my body knocked him over, freeing Taiho from his grasp. Positioned myself between Taiho and the man, attempting to shield my friend from any more harm… I wish I could go back and change it, but this was just the way of the world. The guard got up and twisted his hands together and released a wave of energy. It seemed Taiho developed some form of power from the experiments as well, much like myself. Just as the energy beam would have hit me, I felt something pull me and I found myself in the spot were my friend was previously lying. I looked up and watched Taiho’s final moments as the energy beam hit him and could only watch as his body exploded from the blast. Pieces of him hit me and quickly sizzled away by the flames that coated my body. The smell of burning blood and flesh filled the air. I… I couldn’t contain myself anymore after that point; the urge to end this man was uncontrollable.

I rushed the man once more and punched him as hard as I could. I watched as my fist passed through his armor with ease and felt the embrace of his organs as they fried around my arm. I yelled at the top of my lungs releasing another wave of fire and the man boiled from the inside out in front of me. The man practically melted in my arms, literally. I turned and saw Shiryo still locked in his cage, staring at me with a strange combination of amazement and fear. I understood why… Kasen entered the room just after I melted that guy, seems they placed her in segregation as well. They just watched another of their friends explode and then myself melt a person… I myself would have been in shock if it hadn’t been for the adrenaline pumping through my veins.

I ran over to the control panels, pressing the same buttons that lady did all those years ago. All the cages opened, releasing Shiryu. Thinking of the only way possible to escape, I yelled for them to get on top of the cages. Once they did so, I pulled the lever that raised the cages and ran over to one myself. Once we reached the surface, we would surely be free. It could never have been that easy though. Awaiting us at the top was another 10 guards, somehow knowing we would attempt to leave this way. “On my command!” One of the guards, obviously in charge prepared the rest of his group. The rest raised their weapons, and prepared to fire. Just before they fired, Shiryu made a mad dash for the tree line… he didn’t make it far, just after passing by Kasen, another beam of energy struck him and exploded in a shower of blood, guts and gore, raining down upon Kasen and I. Before I could even move or talk, he gave the order to fire… and so they did.

We should have died right then and there, but something more triggered within me. I felt my body changing inside, the heat rose within me. I felt like I was going to explode with power if I didn’t release what was inside. Kaen’s skin felt like it had begun to bubble, as if boiling.. Energy began to concentrate in his pores and once critical mass was attained… They all fired off in tandem. The horror was unreal, bodies partially disintegrated, others horribly disfigured as their legs and arms were either torn off or bones sticking out in all directions. Not even the facility was safe from his devastation. The entire complex came crumbling down in on itself. The sudden buildup and release of all that power, far beyond the reach of any normal boy his age, caused Kaen to pass out immediately from exhaustion. This was the last thing I remembered before waking up in a strange unknown location.
When I did finally regain consciousness, it was my dear sister Kasen that nudged me back to reality, her little fingers poking my sides. For the briefest of moments I had nearly forgotten everything that happened to that point and even chuckled a bit as the fingers dug deep into the perfect spot for tickling. But when I opened my eyes I knew it was all real and not some horrific nightmare. The room was dark, save for a large cluster of strange glass frames, each holding a variety of unknown symbols and pictures. Wires were strung about the room in a hastily fashion, as if ready to be packed up and gone in a moment’s notice. It wasn’t but a minute later a woman walked into the room. Slender in frame, adored with waist length reddish hair… Kaen liked her already. She had an unusual sense of fashion, with her outfit being composed of a white long-sleeved blue-rimmed dress shirt. Her shirt was tucked into a pair of black shorts on top of black tights, held up by a white belt with a gold buckle. A red tie hanged loosely around her collar, and she wore a loose khaki jacket that covered her upper thighs, and had black and white straps at the end of both sleeves and the rim which were used to keep the entire jacket on her arms. She also wore a pair of black boots which were partially unzipped and folded down.
She addressed herself as Azumi, explaining that she had “been watching us for some time now…” The creepy vibes were present, but she did save us… Given the circumstances, we gave her the benefit of the doubt. From what little details she gave us at the time, there was an inside source that had been infiltrating various facilities like the one we were held. What she did tell us is that her employer had certain goals, and she requested that we help her in those goals of liberating hell holes like the one we were raised in. We were grateful for her helping us and believed in her cause, we agreed to help.
Thanks to the teachings of Azumi and a few of her “associates”, we soon figured out we had great power, able to perform great feats of magic and strength. Over the years we stayed in her service, assisting her in her own goals. It was the least we could since she essentially saved our lives. And her ambitions were not completely unattractive from we ourselves wanted. Under her tutelage we honed our own unique abilities and grew in strength to an immeasurable level. We traveled the lands searching out those who would dare attempt the things they did to us, liberating and destroying facilities and those working them, in the hopes that one day that evil would be gone from this world.
Our searches eventually brought us to Wind country, rumors of taboo medical experimentations were running amuck. We were given orders to enter as refugees and begin our search. We did as best we could to blend in with the other inhabitants of Sand. There Kasen took a liking towards the medical field and studied under the teachings of a ninja called Akujin. With him she learned the magical marvels of medical ninjutsu. I kept myself occupied in doing miscellaneous work doing manual labor or commissioning a random mission as a freelance. Acquiring official missions from the main village of Sand proved difficult as they were somewhat persistent on keeping outsiders and refugees away from the knowledge of their inner workings. Kaen believed in time they would eventually agree to let him participate in their “Ninja world” as fewer and fewer shinobi were available or willing.
For the time being we reside in the boundaries of Wind country, searching for any clues as to the location to the ones we seek. The future for Kaen and Kasen still remains untold, as is the fate of any other “shinobi” that dares threaten the safety of myself or Kasen…

Clan Request: N/A

Death/Retirement Thread: N/A (turning Sabaku into an NPC)
Old Profile: https://www.ninpocho.com/viewtopic.php?f=559&t=14193
Old Training: https://www.ninpocho.com/viewtopic.php?f=561&t=14281
Old Dojo: https://www.ninpocho.com/viewtopic.php?f=560&t=14565

Special Usergroups: Admin

Old Stats:
Agility: 525/525
Stamina: 525/525
Taijutsu: 525/525
Ninjutsu: 425/525
Genjutsu: 85/525
Chakra Control: 525/525

Total PL: 2610

Old ASP: 0

Old OOC Rank: A Rank
Stat Cut: N/A
New Stats:
Agility: 410/525
Stamina: 525/525
Taijutsu: 200/525
Ninjutsu: 525/525
Genjutsu: 425/525
Chakra Control: 525/525

Total PL: 2610

New ASP: ? (Dunno what i have, after selling everything)

New OOC Rank: A Rank

Justu Mastery Swaps:
Current Jutsus: ( [M] Means it's mastered)

Spoiler

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Jutsu​

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[col3]Earth
Stone Bullet
Gravel Shift
Earth Flow River
Sinkhole Fist [M]
Mud Clone
Inner Earth Reflection Lure
Earth Flow Wave
Rock Golem
Earthen Coating|Fire
Infernal Ember
Thermal Maw
Fireball
Immolation Armor [M]
Combustive Seal
Dragon Fire
Searing Eruption [M]
Scalding Ash Cloud
Heat Wave|Lightning
Storm Bolt [M]
Thunder Fist [M]
Thunder Clap
Electroshock [M]
Electrocution
Zeus Flash
Lightning Torrent
Thunderstruck [M]
Volt Charge
Chidori[/col3]

[col3]Water
Pressurized Mist
Water Gun
Water Whip
Aqua Fang
Rinse Off
Grand Waterfall
Impaling Hydro Jet
Water Prison
Rain Dance[/col]|Wind
Wind Slash
Pressure Burst
Whirlwind Spin
Air Bullet
Shredding Touch [M]
Wind Scythe
Tempest
Gale Force [M]
Wind Release|Non Elemental
Transformation [M]
Body Switch [M]
Combination Transformation [M]
Crystal Eye [M]
Cancel [M]
Spirit Lantern [M]
Contract Summoning [M]
Stunt Double
Elemental Clone [M]
Leech Seal
Stardust Nova
Gate of Enma[/col3]

[col3]Anbu
Mask Summon
Critical Exposure
Snapshot
Chakra Sense
Active Camo
Flock of Shadows|Medical
Mystical Hand
Coagulation|Gravity
Gravitational Pull [M][/col3]
[col3]Buffing
Block [M]
Shadow Dance
Barrage
Counter Strike
Devastating Aura
Limit Break [M]|Piercing
Million Stabs|Slashing
Steal Weaving
Kill Driver [M]
Executioner
Higuma [M][/col3]
<B>Unarmed
The One Two [M]
Low Sweep
Janken
Uncalled for Shot
4 Hit Combo [M]
Spinning Wind [M]
Dynamic Entry
Dynamic Finish
Nut Buster
Dragon Assault
Tiger Hook
Step in Flash
Shoryuken
Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku
Roaring Combination
Grapple
Suplex
Primary Lotus
Shadow Step Strike
Seismic Toss
Submission
Spear Hand
16-Hit Combo[M]
Eagle Drop
Dance of the Waxing Moon[M]

Sell Backs: I want to sell back EVERYTHING I have, all jutsu, items, augments... all the things and start over from scratch (A lot of my purchases were before the new way of posting in training to buy things, so some digging in my shelf will be required)


Name of any Contract you currently own: Kami
Name of any Cursed Seals you currently own: Astral R3
Name of Kinjutsu you own: NA
Name of ASP items which are carried over plus links: NA

 

[Michi]

Everything is fine except the history requires a few things:
- Your sister's OK
- Akujin's OK
- Information on how you got to Genin rank or above.

 

[Tomomi]

I will post here to confirm it is a-okay with me. I know we typically want people to post if they are being mentioned so here I am and yep he's good with including me in his history.

 

[Mienai]

I approve the use of Kasen.

 

[Kaen]

Supplemental history as requested:

Spoiler

Finding work as a manual laborer was easy enough, Kaen's body was strong and capable. But it was no proper living wage, like that of the shinobi of Wind Country. With the aid of his sister's medical mentor, Akujin, he was directed to inquire about joining the ranks of the elite at the academy. From there he met with the headmaster and eventually worked out a deal that would allow him to take the final exam in lieu of attending classes. While his written exam did not go as well as he had hoped, his practical applications of ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu were exceptional for someone of his age. His ninjutsu is what fascinated the instructors the most as his unnatural genetic injection experimental powers were far beyond what was normally capable of a child of his age. With such a display, it was unanimously decided that Kaen be given the rank of Genin and would begin missions immediately.

 

[Michi]

The addition is fine on my end. Doing the maths now regarding the last bit. This is Genin rank, however you sure you do not want "more"?

 

[Michi]

Stone Bullet (E Rank)
Gravel Shift (E Rank)
Earth Flow River (D Rank)
Sinkhole Fist [M] (D Rank)
Mud Clone (D Rank)
Inner Earth Reflection Lure (C Rank)
Earth Flow Wave (C Rank)
Rock Golem (C Rank)
Earthen Coating (C Rank)
Infernal Ember (E Rank)
Thermal Maw (E Rank)
Fireball (D Rank)
Immolation Armor [M] (D Rank)
Combustive Seal (D Rank)
Dragon Fire (C Rank)
Searing Eruption [M] (C Rank)
Scalding Ash Cloud (C Rank)
Heat Wave (C Rank)
Storm Bolt [M] (E Rank)
Thunder Fist [M] (E Rank)
Thunder Clap (D Rank)
Electroshock [M] (D Rank)
Electrocution (D Rank)
Zeus Flash (C Rank)
Lightning Torrent (C Rank)
Thunderstruck [M] (C Rank)
Volt Charge (C Rank)
Chidori (B Rank)
Pressurized Mist (E Rank)
Water Gun (E Rank)
Water Whip (D Rank)
Aqua Fang (D Rank)
Rinse Off (D Rank)
Grand Waterfall (C Rank)
Impaling Hydro Jet (C Rank)
Water Prison (C Rank)
Rain Dance (C Rank)
Wind Slash (E Rank)
Pressure Burst (E Rank)
Whirlwind Spin (D Rank)
Air Bullet (D Rank)
Shredding Touch [M] (D Rank)
Wind Scythe (C Rank)
Tempest (C Rank)
Gale Force [M] (C Rank)
Wind Release (C Rank)
Transformation [M] (E Rank)
Body Switch [M] (E Rank)
Combination Transformation [M] (D Rank)
Crystal Eye [M] (D Rank)
Cancel [M] (D Rank)
Spirit Lantern [M] (D Rank)
Contract Summoning [M] (D Rank)
Stunt Double (C Rank)
Elemental Clone [M] (C Rank)
Leech Seal (B Rank)
Stardust Nova (A Rank)
Gate of Enma (A Rank)
Mask Summon (D Rank)
Critical Exposure (D Rank)
Snapshot (D Rank)
Chakra Sense (D Rank)
Active Camo (D Rank)
Flock of Shadows (A Rank)
Mystical Hand (D Rank)
Coagulation (D Rank)
Gravitational Pull [M] (C Rank)
Block [M] (E Rank)
Shadow Dance (C Rank)
Barrage (C Rank)
Counter Strike (B Rank)
Devastating Aura (A Rank)
Limit Break [M] (A Rank)
Million Stabs (B Rank)
Steal Weaving (B Rank)
Kill Driver [M] (B Rank)
Executioner (B Rank)
Higuma [M] (A Rank)
The One Two [M] (E Rank)
Low Sweep (E Rank)
Janken (E Rank)
Uncalled for Shot (E Rank)
4 Hit Combo [M] (D Rank)
Spinning Wind [M] (D Rank)
Dynamic Entry (D Rank)
Dynamic Finish (D Rank)
Nut Buster (D Rank)
Dragon Assault (C Rank)
Tiger Hook (C Rank)
Step in Flash (C Rank)
Shoryuken (C Rank)
Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku (C Rank)
Roaring Combination (C Rank)
Grapple (C Rank)
Suplex (B Rank)
Primary Lotus (B Rank)
Shadow Step Strike (B Rank)
Seismic Toss (B Rank)
Submission (B Rank)
Spear Hand (B Rank)
16-Hit Combo[M] (B Rank)
Eagle Drop (A Rank)
Dance of the Waxing Moon[M] (A Rank)

E-rank - 450 * 17
D-Rank - 1200 * 32
C-Rank - 3250 * 32
B-Rank - 7500 * 14
A-Rank - 12500 * 8

Total: 355,050

Present Yen on Hand: 0, all yen in bank.

Added this yen to on hand yen.

Mastered Jutsus:
Sinkhole Fist [M] (D Rank)
Immolation Armor [M] (D Rank)
Searing Eruption [M] (C Rank)
Storm Bolt [M] (E Rank)
Thunder Fist [M] (E Rank)
Electroshock [M] (D Rank)
Thunderstruck [M] (C Rank)
Shredding Touch [M] (D Rank)
Gale Force [M] (C Rank)
Transformation [M] (E Rank)
Body Switch [M] (E Rank)
Combination Transformation [M] (D Rank)
Crystal Eye [M] (D Rank)
Cancel [M] (D Rank)
Spirit Lantern [M] (D Rank)
Contract Summoning [M] (D Rank)
Elemental Clone [M] (C Rank)
Gravitational Pull [M] (C Rank)
Block [M] (E Rank)
Limit Break [M] (A Rank)
Kill Driver [M] (B Rank)
Higuma [M] (A Rank)
The One Two [M] (E Rank)
4 Hit Combo [M] (D Rank)
Spinning Wind [M] (D Rank)
16-Hit Combo[M] (B Rank)
Dance of the Waxing Moon[M] (A Rank)

E-Rank: 6 Points * 6
D-Rank: 8 Points * 11
C-Rank: 10 Points * 5
B-Rank: 12 Points * 2
A-Rank: 15 Points * 3

Total: 243 ASP

 

[Kaen]

Owned Augments/Items to sell back:

Primal X 5
Wide Edge X 4
Unloving X 3
Blitz X 1
Amplify X 1
Crippler X 1
Swift X 1
Ignition X 1
Overpowering X 1
Weapon Holsters X 6
Shoulder Bag X 1
Belt Pouch X 2
Sealing Scrolls X 2
Strainweed X 1
Botulinum Toxin X 1

Papertrails: https://www.ninpocho.com/viewtopic.php?p=236066#p236066 and https://www.ninpocho.com/viewtopic.php?p=236540#p236540

NOTE: Any items not listed in my training were purchased back when we had "Shelves" and could buy them ourselves

 

[Michi]

Primal X 5 2400
Wide Edge X 4 2400
Unloving X 3 3000
Blitz X 1 3000
Amplify X 1 2400
Crippler X 1 2400
Swift X 1 2400
Ignition X 1 3000
Overpowering X 1 3000
Weapon Holsters X 6 400
Shoulder Bag X 1 750
Belt Pouch X 2 250
Sealing Scrolls X 2 250
Strainweed X 1 600
Botulinum Toxin X 1 600

Total: 52150

Cash on hand: 0.00 Yen

Added 52150 to cash on hand

 

[Takahashi Aki]

Everything looks okay pending a few things on the flip side.