Was it better to be feared or to be loved . . . ? Who knew that the conversation with Kuromaru would be decided so soon. The whole of this was utter bull though, and as Endo kept his calm, he allowed Souji to leave and there he stood in silence. Apparently nobody was keen on simply telling him what happened. Everybody had to utterly do their best to try and take a dump on the Kage. Fair enough, maybe he deserved it, though if he was going to go down, then they had to earn it first. No longer finding her perch on the great snake, Yayoi floated down and stood looking disdainfully at the humans around her before she attempted to add in her two cents but Endo stopped her early. He was rather annoyed at this point, not because people were taking shots at him, but because they were going about it based off of a lie. "Alert the clans, I'll be needing their assistance." A curt nod and a sly grin and the humanoid was off with a scented rush. At least somebody still respected the Tsuchikage. Now onto making sure that the people were okay. One more note though, he had to control the tide by locking the gates too. Putting a hand inside of his cloak, he pressed a button and spoke into a nearly hidden two way radio on a special frequency. ~"This is Tsuchikage Inu Endo, lock the gates, nobody gets in or out unless I give the order or I'm dead. If anybody tries, reinforce the walls with their remains."~ Ugh, he hated to be so gruesome but he had to show a little backbone, right? Now he could get to explaining things.
"Uka-sama, I'm not going to speak on the obvious but if you're still trusting of me . . . I ask that you protect the innocent in the chaos to ensue." No fear to be had now, it served him no purpose in admitting that he could die in all of this. At this point though, all chips were in and with that in mind he turned to Koyoko. There was something like pain written on her face. She wanted answers but Endo was just as sure that she was confused with who to follow. In a word, he couldn't exactly blame her. "Remember your oath? You swore to follow me into the thick of it and this . . . this right here is the thick of it. Are not the Ryujin worth their word? I wouldn't have chosen you if you were not." A proper groundwork laid, now for the reaping of truths. Putting one hand on his hip and another to his face, he furiously rubbed at the side of his head and lamented the coming headache but if he hadn't been attacked yet then there was really, little time for complaining. "Your sisters mission was to infiltrate Suna, not Kumo. Of that, you have my word. Now the fact that an ousted Daimyo, one who's family has been found to be that of thieves and liars is claiming that I sent your sister to her doom concerning Kumogakure? I may be forgiving of those who speak out of turn, but make no mistake, I am not the fool who so quickly reveals his Ace before Jokers."
It was time for rant but Endo swallowed his pride and stuck to the facts. "Remember when I first appointed you my guard, did I not stop you from quickly doing away with a Kumo born shinobi? Why would I save that foreigners life and so quickly throw away one of my own? A lot of sense that makes, no?" Yeah, quickly jumping to the point, Endo knelt down and found himself on the same level as Uka, Kyoko and Mikana. He didn't want to interrupt the healing process but there was a decision to be made today. "So, I give you all the same choice that I gave Souji. You can go the less messy route and kill me now, doing so in the name of the people or you can help me bring justice for your sister. If the last words she uttered were a lie then she discovered a secret more dangerous than anything Suna could contain in all of the Wind Country. Kono Haruka, Souji . . . they didn't make the same oath that we made to each other. Worse yet, the Kono clan has proven itself to dishonorable, a word that the Ryujin know not. Perhaps they are in league with Kumogakure, perhaps they are the enemy, and the saddest part of all is that they are our own." Closing his eyes and sighing, Endo stood back up and shook his head. "A thinking Kage considers his people before striking an indiscriminate blow, otherwise he'd be a leader of nothing for nobody would trust his judgement. If you'll follow me, we can take on our enemies together, otherwise I will not ask you to spare my life. Uka can take your sister to safety and we will see who's might proves right, the choice is up to you." That was that, and Endo parted his cloak to reveal his rather light but efficient supply of shinobi tools. One hand on his kunai and the other forming a single hand sign, he looked to Koyoko and began to count the single seconds that seemed to stretch forever.
OOC: TL;DR = Uka can take Kyoko's body out of the topic and we can get to calling that bmod or . . . we can RP this out like civilized folk. Seriously though, this is about the most fun that I've had in ages on NC, I should YOLO more often. Also locking the gates (raising the gate run level to max). If I don't have the power to do so then the council/admin can overturn it.
"Uka-sama, I'm not going to speak on the obvious but if you're still trusting of me . . . I ask that you protect the innocent in the chaos to ensue." No fear to be had now, it served him no purpose in admitting that he could die in all of this. At this point though, all chips were in and with that in mind he turned to Koyoko. There was something like pain written on her face. She wanted answers but Endo was just as sure that she was confused with who to follow. In a word, he couldn't exactly blame her. "Remember your oath? You swore to follow me into the thick of it and this . . . this right here is the thick of it. Are not the Ryujin worth their word? I wouldn't have chosen you if you were not." A proper groundwork laid, now for the reaping of truths. Putting one hand on his hip and another to his face, he furiously rubbed at the side of his head and lamented the coming headache but if he hadn't been attacked yet then there was really, little time for complaining. "Your sisters mission was to infiltrate Suna, not Kumo. Of that, you have my word. Now the fact that an ousted Daimyo, one who's family has been found to be that of thieves and liars is claiming that I sent your sister to her doom concerning Kumogakure? I may be forgiving of those who speak out of turn, but make no mistake, I am not the fool who so quickly reveals his Ace before Jokers."
It was time for rant but Endo swallowed his pride and stuck to the facts. "Remember when I first appointed you my guard, did I not stop you from quickly doing away with a Kumo born shinobi? Why would I save that foreigners life and so quickly throw away one of my own? A lot of sense that makes, no?" Yeah, quickly jumping to the point, Endo knelt down and found himself on the same level as Uka, Kyoko and Mikana. He didn't want to interrupt the healing process but there was a decision to be made today. "So, I give you all the same choice that I gave Souji. You can go the less messy route and kill me now, doing so in the name of the people or you can help me bring justice for your sister. If the last words she uttered were a lie then she discovered a secret more dangerous than anything Suna could contain in all of the Wind Country. Kono Haruka, Souji . . . they didn't make the same oath that we made to each other. Worse yet, the Kono clan has proven itself to dishonorable, a word that the Ryujin know not. Perhaps they are in league with Kumogakure, perhaps they are the enemy, and the saddest part of all is that they are our own." Closing his eyes and sighing, Endo stood back up and shook his head. "A thinking Kage considers his people before striking an indiscriminate blow, otherwise he'd be a leader of nothing for nobody would trust his judgement. If you'll follow me, we can take on our enemies together, otherwise I will not ask you to spare my life. Uka can take your sister to safety and we will see who's might proves right, the choice is up to you." That was that, and Endo parted his cloak to reveal his rather light but efficient supply of shinobi tools. One hand on his kunai and the other forming a single hand sign, he looked to Koyoko and began to count the single seconds that seemed to stretch forever.
OOC: TL;DR = Uka can take Kyoko's body out of the topic and we can get to calling that bmod or . . . we can RP this out like civilized folk. Seriously though, this is about the most fun that I've had in ages on NC, I should YOLO more often. Also locking the gates (raising the gate run level to max). If I don't have the power to do so then the council/admin can overturn it.
