Kuro spoke of sorcery being a form of ancient knowledge. Technology could be seen as sorcery to others, but in a modern sense. As far as Sousuke was concerned technology involved raw materials being used to develop items to assist in a myriad of ways. Sorcery was a very tricky subject. Kuro spoke of how he could be capable with the help of others to best Nao, and the automaton. Sousuke quietly mulled it over in his head. Yes. It very much seemed that one of the Soverign was comparable to at least three of them in terms of raw power. Roku then went to confirm that the automaton was indeed one of the Sovereign. Roku next offered to make a report for each of them based on the Sovereign and give them some hard facts. Sousuke's eyes widened for a moment at the mention of Kaito. Apparently he was involved in the altercation between Avaron, Roku and Mikaboshi. The later would claim that Kaito was still breathing, which was more or less ... some form of alerting him of Kaito's condition. It could be that the man was dead at this point, given that he suffered a tremendous beat down.
Mikaboshi went to one up Roku on the report by summoning a secretary of his own it seemed. The key words of interest here were 'newest member of my court in some time'. Sousuke had an inkling of knowledge that Mikaboshi had sired children of his own. The person that entered though was not a person had expected. She was a young woman. Not a newborn by any means. Could have been a descendant, or worse a creation of his very own. Sousuke was handed a file unto which he almost opened, except for the fact that his was paying more attention to the odd interaction between the woman and Roku. Something was wrong with Roku? Sousuke raised an eyebrow. "You're not having chest pains, or power flux states are you?"<i></i> He would ask. Roku was a true friend of Sousuke, before Kazuki, before Katuso. Sousuke paused for a moment longer when she spoke that there were attempts to broadcast this information before death. So. This person had been killed, and then brought back? So... then probably not a member of the Shadow Court by birth then.
Sousuke would open the folder and saw the face of the one individual he was tired of seeing. Shouki. Michi would narrate a story of sorts. The narrative filled in more blanks that Sousuke did not have. Fuu's ... son? Talk about an awkward family tree. Most of the details Sousuke knew, and he knew some of them from Roku. Others he knew from firsthand experience. Kaito felt like the leader of the Cabal, but Shouki was certainly tougher than the old man. Sousuke would suck his teeth as he listened to details that informed him that would make his next encounter with the man more difficult. It seemed that Shouki had seals to bolster his defenses. Sousuke had defeated Shouki through the use of a psychic genjutsu that had delayed him feeling pain until it was too late for him to realize he was 'defeated' on his feet. Sadly it seemed Sousuke would not be able to rid himself of Shouki considering that the teenager had grown attached to him in some perverse way.
Turn the page. and here we go, the origins of the Sovereign Academy. Number one. Sousuke's eyes danced about the page drinking in the visual details of this foe. Again Michi narrated. So. Shouki was the general because Number One could not kill him? Well, that offered some good news. It meant that Number One was not immortal. He was not a follower of that damned religion. Unlike Shouki, he had access to a number of seals. Sousuke suspected that due to the risk, Number One was sent to deal with specific situations... like the collection of sennins. Excellent, so the Daimyo wanted to pick a fight not only with Sand but the other villages as well? Sousuke was thinking of any questions he had regarding the lot of them. "Does Number One have any relationships ... political, or otherwise that we should be aware of? Does he get along well, with his fellow Sovereign?"<i></i>
Sousuke would watch out of the corner of his eye where his shadow would be touched by Kazuki's. A concerning notion, more so was when he began to reprimand Michi for stopping him from reading further. This was a dangerous thing that was about to happen. Mikaboshi was very precise about meaning. What was happening here now could be considered for the most part disrespect, or a threat. Time would slow down for a moment as Sousuke considered the options. Most of them revolved around a fight breaking out. "Collateral damage."<i></i> Sousuke chimed in, "Is something I would very much like to avoid here and now. We have an accord with Mikaboshi and it goes both ways even to his new friend here who I suspect has a very long and interesting history that I'm sure the four of us would like to know."<i></i> Fuu was the one who told Sousuke that Shouki was a bastard, and a brother to Susumu. Few knew about that, and Sousuke too would grow suspect of who Michi was. "I would very much like to learn what I can, so can we not have this situation become literally explosive? I'm certain we will get to Nao in a moment or four."<i></i>
Mikaboshi went to one up Roku on the report by summoning a secretary of his own it seemed. The key words of interest here were 'newest member of my court in some time'. Sousuke had an inkling of knowledge that Mikaboshi had sired children of his own. The person that entered though was not a person had expected. She was a young woman. Not a newborn by any means. Could have been a descendant, or worse a creation of his very own. Sousuke was handed a file unto which he almost opened, except for the fact that his was paying more attention to the odd interaction between the woman and Roku. Something was wrong with Roku? Sousuke raised an eyebrow. "You're not having chest pains, or power flux states are you?"<i></i> He would ask. Roku was a true friend of Sousuke, before Kazuki, before Katuso. Sousuke paused for a moment longer when she spoke that there were attempts to broadcast this information before death. So. This person had been killed, and then brought back? So... then probably not a member of the Shadow Court by birth then.
Sousuke would open the folder and saw the face of the one individual he was tired of seeing. Shouki. Michi would narrate a story of sorts. The narrative filled in more blanks that Sousuke did not have. Fuu's ... son? Talk about an awkward family tree. Most of the details Sousuke knew, and he knew some of them from Roku. Others he knew from firsthand experience. Kaito felt like the leader of the Cabal, but Shouki was certainly tougher than the old man. Sousuke would suck his teeth as he listened to details that informed him that would make his next encounter with the man more difficult. It seemed that Shouki had seals to bolster his defenses. Sousuke had defeated Shouki through the use of a psychic genjutsu that had delayed him feeling pain until it was too late for him to realize he was 'defeated' on his feet. Sadly it seemed Sousuke would not be able to rid himself of Shouki considering that the teenager had grown attached to him in some perverse way.
Turn the page. and here we go, the origins of the Sovereign Academy. Number one. Sousuke's eyes danced about the page drinking in the visual details of this foe. Again Michi narrated. So. Shouki was the general because Number One could not kill him? Well, that offered some good news. It meant that Number One was not immortal. He was not a follower of that damned religion. Unlike Shouki, he had access to a number of seals. Sousuke suspected that due to the risk, Number One was sent to deal with specific situations... like the collection of sennins. Excellent, so the Daimyo wanted to pick a fight not only with Sand but the other villages as well? Sousuke was thinking of any questions he had regarding the lot of them. "Does Number One have any relationships ... political, or otherwise that we should be aware of? Does he get along well, with his fellow Sovereign?"<i></i>
Sousuke would watch out of the corner of his eye where his shadow would be touched by Kazuki's. A concerning notion, more so was when he began to reprimand Michi for stopping him from reading further. This was a dangerous thing that was about to happen. Mikaboshi was very precise about meaning. What was happening here now could be considered for the most part disrespect, or a threat. Time would slow down for a moment as Sousuke considered the options. Most of them revolved around a fight breaking out. "Collateral damage."<i></i> Sousuke chimed in, "Is something I would very much like to avoid here and now. We have an accord with Mikaboshi and it goes both ways even to his new friend here who I suspect has a very long and interesting history that I'm sure the four of us would like to know."<i></i> Fuu was the one who told Sousuke that Shouki was a bastard, and a brother to Susumu. Few knew about that, and Sousuke too would grow suspect of who Michi was. "I would very much like to learn what I can, so can we not have this situation become literally explosive? I'm certain we will get to Nao in a moment or four."<i></i>
Name: Ishii Shouki
Name: Unknown; "Number 2"; "Mad Monsutā"; "Ni"
Name: Unknown; called "Number 3" or "San"
Name: Ōtsuki Sayuri; "Number 4"; "Shi."
Name: Ogasawara Nao; whuile the fifth member nobody has called him anything but his name.
Name: Muto Atsushi; "Number 6"; "Roku"
Name: Miyabe Amaya; "Number 7"; Shichi
Name: Yuji; "Number 8"; "Hachi"
Name: Oogami Taro; "Number 9" (used rarely); "Kyū" (used rarely)
Name: Natsukawa Avaron; "Number 10" (used rarely); "Jū" (used rarely)
Kuro has theorized that your taking a human host of significant power would affect you in some manner but that is all Kuro has done is theorize. From the moment he found you with a heartbeat... he has made no threat, no experiment or motions to truly test you he simply knows the level of difficulty of taking over a vessel as one's own...)