Naruto: The First Gods IC

[Zagan]

The Beetle Sage smiled at the Kage as this little conversation wrapped up, and knowing Tokuisei as well as he did, knew that he had left things as they were to go and find somewhere to nap, so after a moment of two of watching the sun set, he too went back inside, mainly to see what missions there were available to someone of his standing. It took a moment or two but once Naoki had caught up with the kage:

"Lord Kage before you have your - I mean, when you get around to your 'Paperwork' do you have any missions that need attending to in the mean time?"

[Hidarii]

~Tokuisei Nara~

Tokuisei froze as Naoki said the first half of his question before he heard the man catch himself. And at that time Tokuisei sighed with relief. Naoki knew what he planned to do, and that Tokuisei didn't mind, its others that would lurk around that he cared if they knew. He didn't want to be too bad of an example now. "Missions... missions..." the Kage said, turning to look Naoki in the eye as he stroked his chin. He smiled as something came to mind. "You know of Ishida Echuudo yes? My constant nuisance, and the kid who wants to be Jonin before his time?" The kage chuckled devilishly. "Why don't you give him a serious test, get disguised and simply attack him, though don't aim for his life. Maybe such a thing will push him forward more than his solo training. Chances are he's still on the Plateaus to the north where i do my personal testing."

[Shingaku]

Kuroshi walked out of the shadow of a dune, his families sword strapped to his back, him, holding his arm, where that bug users insects had gotten him. He hoped it wouldn't turn out that they were poisonous. "Fuck... A year, of this endless, life or death wandering, and I can't even handle a simple bug user!?" He cursed to himself, memories of those moments, where he felt powerless, surging to his head, he thought, that he had only been able to hold her off, and only then, barely, even with, his families sword added to his arsenal. He couldn't understand it. why had she been such a difficult opponent, when he had fought of wanted criminals to the death? True, in the end, he could have killed her, but if by some miracle, she had lived through that, he would have been at her mercy.

More memories, of other times, he had been nearly helpless to the enemies whims started resurfacing, causing his anger to surge, not only at himself, but at what little power he seemed to have. How was he going to prove that he could control the Zero-Tail, if he couldn't even keep himself alive? He had to get stronger. For that, he needed to push himself, push himself even closer to his limits, in true combat. true, life or death battles, that would require every ounce of his power. And he planned to just that, through his wanderings, hunting down bounties, to pay for his food, during the short bits he was able to hide in a village, before they noticed him. And so, Kuroshi began to trudge through the rolling dunes of the desert, as he sought to leave it.

*****

The Zero-Tail sat behind it's prison bars, sending out it's tentacles to probe at some of his harder to accept memories, purposefully angering him, to feed itself, and drive him to bigger and greater foes. He sat, simply smiling, biding it's time. Biding, waiting, for just the right moment.

(Yes, I know, nothing productive, just trying to get this running again. Don't die now! *Pulls out those shock paddle dealies*)

[Zagan]

The Sage smiled as the Kage suggested the former test one of the Chunnin who was in too big a rush to make the jump to Jounin and so brought his hands together in the universal 'building chakra' hand sign and in a huge puff of smoke stood what appeared to be a random ninja of a small village, apart from the tell tale eyes - one of the things that would never change via a jutus - the beetle like eyes sitting in the face of a ninja that did not look like the Beetle Sage.

"Got some shades? Or should I just go with my headband over my eyes? A blind Assassin - that should really mess the kid up."

Naoki shook his head as he waited for the Kage to respond - out of all the people Naoki knew well, the man before him was the only one to not feel even the smallest bit uncomfortable with his non human eyes.

(sorry its not long >.<)