Tears streamed down Shishiwakamaru's face, occasionally plummeting to the ground as the young Nara continued to flee from his problems. Only moments ago he was enjoying some ice cream with his adopted guardian, Sennin Nao. Having learned that he was infected with an essential death sentence caused a welling up of grief in Shi's heart. The tumor in his brain appeared to be inoperable, at least by the medical Sennin, Nao. It was intertwined with the surrounding fleshy bits which gave Nao a solid reason to not operate. There was no telling what would happen if he did. Though the alternative wasn't much of a better choice. What would happen if it were left alone to continue to fester and grow? Sooner or later it would effect his life in a way that couldn't just be ignored. Being only 12 years old he simply didn't possess the mental capacity to regulate emotions of this degree.
He didn't know where he was going anymore, all he knew was that he needed to get away, get away from everything. He wanted to hide, to scream, yell, hit something until it broke. His mind raced as his legs followed suit down the street towards the Forest of Death. As upset as he was his body still had its limits and caused him to take a break, both of his hands resting on his knees as he panted heavily. Out from the corner of his eye he noticed something that piqued his troubled mind. A flyer that read as follows; ""Rejoice! Do not fear for she is coming. Rejoice for she brings the gift of salvation. Rejoice for she wields the keys to our shackles, she carries the remedy to cure our oppression, and she brings the blade to silence our oppressors. Rejoice, for the end and the beginning. The age of humans draws to its inevitable conclusion at her wake and the age of the beautiful creatures, the Kitsune, the angelic, the demons, Neko and all such beautiful things, your time is nigh. Will you stand with her? Will you help her bring about the new age? Will you rejoice? Now is the time. She is coming. Stand with her. Change this world. Help bring about the new age!""
He didn't understand why this flyer called to him in such a way, as if destiny was tugging on his mental heart strings to follow this flyer's instructions. He wanted so badly to rejoice once more, to feel like a kid again and not this death sentence-esk feeling that hung over him like a stormy cloud. Maybe these people had the keys to his own shackles, maybe they could help them where Nao could not? There was only one way to find out, and that was to go to this place and find these messengers and ask, no beg for their help. He wondered if they could even do anything at all, even the Leaf Medical Sennin refused to operate, what more could these strangers offer? His mind vexed over these thoughts swirled inside his head causing him to shake his head in frustration and hit his own head with his hand. "Stop, just stop it!" He was of course yelling at himself, wanting the awful thoughts to flee and leave him be, but they did not. Tears quickly forming in the corners of his eyes again, Shi pushed forward to this meeting place in hopes that he was not too late...
He didn't know where he was going anymore, all he knew was that he needed to get away, get away from everything. He wanted to hide, to scream, yell, hit something until it broke. His mind raced as his legs followed suit down the street towards the Forest of Death. As upset as he was his body still had its limits and caused him to take a break, both of his hands resting on his knees as he panted heavily. Out from the corner of his eye he noticed something that piqued his troubled mind. A flyer that read as follows; ""Rejoice! Do not fear for she is coming. Rejoice for she brings the gift of salvation. Rejoice for she wields the keys to our shackles, she carries the remedy to cure our oppression, and she brings the blade to silence our oppressors. Rejoice, for the end and the beginning. The age of humans draws to its inevitable conclusion at her wake and the age of the beautiful creatures, the Kitsune, the angelic, the demons, Neko and all such beautiful things, your time is nigh. Will you stand with her? Will you help her bring about the new age? Will you rejoice? Now is the time. She is coming. Stand with her. Change this world. Help bring about the new age!""
He didn't understand why this flyer called to him in such a way, as if destiny was tugging on his mental heart strings to follow this flyer's instructions. He wanted so badly to rejoice once more, to feel like a kid again and not this death sentence-esk feeling that hung over him like a stormy cloud. Maybe these people had the keys to his own shackles, maybe they could help them where Nao could not? There was only one way to find out, and that was to go to this place and find these messengers and ask, no beg for their help. He wondered if they could even do anything at all, even the Leaf Medical Sennin refused to operate, what more could these strangers offer? His mind vexed over these thoughts swirled inside his head causing him to shake his head in frustration and hit his own head with his hand. "Stop, just stop it!" He was of course yelling at himself, wanting the awful thoughts to flee and leave him be, but they did not. Tears quickly forming in the corners of his eyes again, Shi pushed forward to this meeting place in hopes that he was not too late...