Cliff side breakdown

[Shinku no Yami]

Maneru: *Refocuses his attention back to Kage for a second.* "No, I mean-"

*Maneru doesn't get to finish what he was about to say, for at that moment, a huge "Poof" sound is heard along with a cloud of smoke next to Maneru. The next thing Maneru knew was that his head was in blinding pain as the head of a certain Hyūchiha collides with it dead-center. Eyes are wide, teeth clenched, and with a tear in his eye he stumbles backward and off the cliff.*

"AHHHHHH!"

Sekiryō: *Having instantly appeared in the space next to Maneru, cracking his head against his, he continues flying a few meters, bouncing and rolling along the ground before his back becomes harshly acquainted with a very large rock which succeeds in stopping his forward momentum via another cracking sound. He slowly picks himself up to one knee, panting heavily. A hole seen singed through the right of his chest while half of him appears dark like charcoal.* "I... could have sworn... I heard Maneru... just now.." *Vision somewhat white and blurry. He can't see that he'd just knocked the vampire off the cliff.*

Maneru: *A single hand is seen gripping the side of the cliff edge, followed by a sigh.* "That's why I was against having a summoning seal placed ON THE BACK OF MY HEA- does someone smell bacon?" *Is referring to the charred flesh.*

(Oh sorry. I missed your post there XD Well Sekiryō did travel via a different method. His was reverse summoning lol)

[Uzumaki Naruto]

* fudo knelt down looking at the ground and laughs a bit * that was quite an exciting battle * he chuckels * lucky you did that when you did or we might be... * he looks up and see's kage and fudo wipes a streem of blood from his from his left eye*

[Kage]

Kage ignores everyone else and helps Maneru from the side of the cliff. "You should really remove that seal if at all possible...."

[Shinku no Yami]

Maneru: *Stumbles forward after he's hoisted back up on the cliff, rubbing his head tenderly.* "Well it was designed for me to summon Sekiryō if I were ever in trouble. But to have summoned himself means-"

Sekiryō: *Cuts Maneru off with a pained raspy voice.* "They're back! They're back!" *Takes a deep breath.* "I don't know how, but Izuka brought them back..." *He turns his head sideways somewhat to look at Fudo through one open eye.* "You ok there?"

Maneru: *Leaps over towards where Sekiryō is, kneeling down beside him.* "Good lord! What happened to you? Who's back? Did they do this to you? Answer me!" *Grabs Sekiryō by the shoulders, eyes locked with his, and begins shaking him back and forth.*

Sekiryō: *Glares at him through pained eyes as his shaking just irritates his wounds, before his eyes soften and a sullen expression comes over him.* "... mom's back."

Maneru: *Lets go of Sekiryō's shoulders, dropping him slightly with a thud. His mouth opens, but no sound comes out, as if the breath were just ripped from his lungs.*

Sekiryō: *Now laying on the ground on his side, head down so that his bangs are hiding his eyes. His tone containing murder in it.* "And a certain Tengu King told me that you were aware of a lapse of memory I had centuries ago, and never told me."

Maneru: *Face grows pale...er.* "Oh..."

[Uzumaki Naruto]

* fudo looks at sekiryou * ya i'll be fine....those were some powerfull beins ....individaul they would be fine.... togethr.... not so much * fudo slowly stumbles to his feet ... this isn't going to be an easy war... i planed on staying out of it... but most likely that man is gonna team up with the atakski..with the powers that they already have and now those three... this could be bad... i might have to fall back on my ...* he goes quite and looks around as if he is talking to himself * (( wouldn't his face already be pale concidering he is a vampire lol))

[Kage]

Kage snaps her head towards Sekiryou when he mentioned his mother. ".... I was wondering when she'd bring her ass back. I have a slight score to settle with that woman..." She muttered her mind rushing back towards the days when she was afflicted by the Geostigma that once coursed through her veins and thought specifically towards the woman and her words regarding her when she was for lack of a better word helpless. As she thought her eyes began to harden with an icy aura around her.

Before she let it consume her, however, the healer part of her won out as she stood and walked towards Sekiryou kneeling down beside him. "Don't move." She ordered monotonically ignoring the murderous air around him having gone complete medic to heal the wounded man before her.

[Shinku no Yami]

Sekiryō: "They were... just toying with us. The whole time... they were just... fighting in defense. If they do join Akatsuki..." *He coughs a bit.* "Heh... lucky Harahkti singed my lung shut... or I wouldn't be able to breathe..."

Maneru: *Eyes widen yet again.* "Harahkti too? How on earth..."

Sekiryō: *Shakes his head slowly.* "I... don't know. Izuka... he said he finally found a way to kill me and... take my eyes. I thought he was bluffing..." *Head falls again.* "I was wrong. When he used Edo Tensei, and those two stepped out... I froze."

Maneru: *Puts his hand over to his chin in deep thought.* "Hmm... Akumu alone was enough to have been able to wipe out the joint shinobi forces and the Akatsuki forces combined during the 4th shinobi war. That's about 200,000 well-trained ninja. And now they're both under that man's control? This is terrible..."

Sekiryō: *Does as Kage commands and keeps still, though his expression clearly shows mild shock.* "You... know her?" *His eyes lose their focus, looking dull and tired as he looks down, wincing slightly as the cuts, tears, and burns are healed.* "... I'm sorry..." *Pauses to take a slow breath.* "I'm not exactly sure what I'm sorry for... but I know I'm sorry. Apparently..." *Eyes shift over toward Maneru.* "That sneaky bat there knows more about it than I do..."

Maneru: *Realization comes across his features as he figures out what he's talking about. He lets out a small sigh.* "I didn't want to tell you what had happened, or for how long. By the time it was over, many people you knew had died, Rajaion included. It was too great a burden to bear." *He stops to pull his glove tighter before continuing.* "Shortly after your fight with Sōjōbō, after you sealed him, something happened. It might have been his doing, or not. You became a different person. What I mean is." *Narrows his eyes at him.* "You lost your memories. This lasted for quite a few years. When you finally regained your memory, you had forgotten the entire period when your memory was missing. You thought we were still in the same year we were in before your memories were lost. You think it's only been 475 years since the 4th shinobi war with Madara, but it's actually been 500."

Sekiryō: "What!?" *Looks up at Maneru with completely wide eyes.* "25 years?! The lapse was that long?!" *Goes into another slight coughing fit from his outburst.*

Maneru: *Winces outwardly at Sekiryō's anger and shock, though fully warranted.* "Yes. You essentially vanished from history. To you, everyone you knew vanished, but to Fudo, Kage, and the others, you were the one who disappeared."

Sekiryō: "And... you didn't tell me any of this? I thought they-" *Gestures to Kage and Fudo.* "- were the ones who left me." *Returns his attention to Kage once again. Closing his eyes in regret.* "... now I know what I'm sorry for. I guess I really did disappear after all. This whole time, I had no idea..."

Maneru: *Face contorts somewhat as he notices something off. He looks up into the sky, eyes widening instantly.*

"... what the..?"



*In the sky appears to be a black sun with light clouds swirling around it. Even from this distance, one can feel its inward pull, indicating a powerful gravitational force, though not enough to actually lift anyone up from the ground. The size and intensity of the anomaly giving off an overwhelming feeling of anxiety, like one who is in the middle of the ocean, hundreds of feet below the surface and unable to see which was is up or down.*

*He returns his gaze back down toward Sekiryō. Anxiousness clearly written on his features.* "What exactly happened?"

Sekiryō: *Says nothing. Instead, he forcibly activates his eyes, feeling less exhausted than before thanks to Kage's medical help. They form a familiar ripple pattern that catches Maneru off guard for a second, before realization sets in.*



Maneru: "Final stage of the Sharingan, eh?"

Sekiryō: *In the same way Itachi used Genjutsu to show Sasuke the story of Uchiha Madara and his brother Izuna, the scenery around them changes to place them in the Fire country, where Sekiryō and Fudo were just an hour ago, where everything started.*

FLASHBACK

(It's only one page, but long posts lol)

[Kage]

Kage doesn't even look at Sekiryou for a moment as she stood once again watching him. In his eyes she saw Pein in all of his evil glory for a second and took a small step back as she looked at him somewhat. "...." She went silent putting her hand over her eyes shaking her head somewhat to clear her thoughts finally going back to the scene before her. "Good luck with the new eyes Sekiryo." She said cordially. Even through his apology she was not yet ready to believe he fully meant it. Call it her being ever cautious, but she was used to betrayal from those she grew close to. The woman backed off towards the edge of the cliff again lifting her head up confused still.

[Shinku no Yami]

Sekiryō: *When he's done replying the terrifying events that had just transgressed in the past hour, he looks over at Kage and sees her expression, her eyes. Eyes he knows so well. The same eyes that surrounded him as a child. Eyes who looked on with fear and hate, for being the Darkness, for being what they could not understand. As she walks over towards the cliff, his eyes deactivate out of sheer exhaustion and stress, and he asks in an almost inaudible voice:*

"I know that look. Do you... think I'm a monster?"

[Kage]

Kage looked at him "You have the eyes of Pein.... he is ... he was the one who inflicted me with the geostigma in the first place... since he knew how to activate it..." She muttered before going to Seki and kneeling beside him not able to stay away from him. "You are no monster Seki." She said using her pet name she had always said to him. "The eyes.... just took me by surprise..." She said softly.

((Ugh... working on my MS shit is annoying.... ))

[Shinku no Yami]

Sekiryō: *He looks surprised when she actually comes back over to him, almost sure her look was one of "those" looks.* "These eyes... there's something you should know. They are not Pein's eyes, nor were they Nagato's. But then, the original owner wasn't all that kind either." *He pauses and looks down.* "Uchiha Madara. Itachi-san had said that Madara unlocked the final secrets of the Sharingan, and that when he obtained the Eternal Mangekyō, he awakened an entirely new Dōjutsu. Well, the Rin'negan was that Dōjutsu. It's the final stage of the Sharingan. It was never Pein's to begin with. It awakened from..." *He looks up to meet her eyes, showing a different pair of eyes than before.*



*Within his Mangekyō, Itachi's Mangekyō stares into her eyes as well.* "When Itachi was revived by Kabuto during the 4th Shinobi War, Itachi imparted his eyes to me. By his wishes, his will lives on in me. His Susano'o... the one that is now housed in these eyes, holds the soul of Nagato. He's been sealed away forever. It was one of the last things Itachi did before he ended the Edo Tensei. Though he had a change of heart, Nagato can still never come back to haunt anyone. The Rin'negan was meant to give life, not destroy it."

*He smiles warmly.* "And thank you." *His expression mellows out as a shadow spreads over the entire area. Off in the distance, the black sun has grown even larger since the first time it appeared. In the sky, a swirl of thunderclouds appears. Inside those clouds appears to be a storm, lightning flashing and roaring off in the distance. From the swirling clouds, dark cloud streams spiral towards the ground, leaving a trail of black smoke behind them as they do. Some of these black clouds of smoke hit the ground far off in the distance, forming black dragons, chimeras, griffins, manticores, basilisks, and doll-like humanoid creatures with mouths sewn shut, all complete with red eyes, except the basilisks with their yellow eyes, and the human dolls which have no eyes. These creatures number by the thousands and they begin to spread outward and swarm across the vastness of the land, appearing like a wave of darkness and dread, under Akumu's instructions to search for her son.*

*The rest of the streaming dark smoke clouds pull a 90 degree turn before hitting the ground and start to race across the landscape by air. These move much faster than the land ones, and intentionally fly straight through houses and large structures, causing instant destruction as they do. As they pass by structures and people, powerful jets of red energy are shot out at them, causing more death and destruction in their wake as they spread out.*



(Happening in another thread, not too far off lol)

*His eyes grow wider as a foreboding shadow looms over his face.* "I'm not doing that. This can only be..."

(You mean MS Paint, of Mangekyō Sharingan? XD And yeah, the Rin''negan is actually an Uchiha Kekkei Genkai, final form of the Sharingan)

[Kage]

(Lol I know it is just bad memories for her because of Pein 500 years ago. and i mean Mangekyo Sharingan... I'm working on my abilites for Kage.)


Kage nodded and listened to him seeing the eyes of her former best friend in him with a slight smile on her face. "I remember he told me about it before he left to find you Sekiryou.... I was close to itachi for years." She pointed out before lifting his face. "Don't think I'll become afraid of you any time soon alright? You should know Kage fears nothing. that comes from you." She winked a little bit before turning her attention to the sky.

Frowning somewhat at the black clouds that were heading towards them Kage hissed a little bit. "If its not you... then its your mother eh?" She pointed out her mind flashing back to when she met the woman the first time before leaning down and looking at Sekiryo trying to determine his health level. "Your not fit to move much." she pointed out under her breath looking at Maneru. "I think we need to find a safe haven for a little while so I can repair him to tip top shape... and so we can come up with a game plan. Do you think you can think fast and find a place? I'll fly behind you with Sekiryou." She said plans beginning to formulate in her mind as she winced the single black wing bursting from her back the black feathers twirling in the air behind her as she wrapped her arms around Seki in a secure way.

((I suppose I should head to that thread lolz)

[Shinku no Yami]

((Lol well I'm good at making MS designs as long as I have a general idea to work with. I've also got a list of Shinto gods in the character creation section. I've converted some of them into more MS Jutsu. So far I think there are 12 Jutsu, minus Kakashi's MS technique, which is actually derived from Ainu mythology. There are 8 Right/Left eye techniques and 4 Final MS Jutsu like Susano'o. I have ideas for a few more, but I'm lazy atm lol. You can fish through the thread to see if there are MS Jutsu you like, or help me come up with more. Blade helped with two of them. I'll PM you the all the MS designs so far too. Had to remake a few of them myself >_>))

Sekiryō: *He smiles back at her words as they warm his heart, showing now in his eyes.* "Yeah, he was without a doubt the greatest man I had ever met. He even cracked a joke now and then." *Snickers somewhat.* "I actually revived him with Edo Tensei myself. I would do it on occasions in order to visit him, and then release the Jutsu. I'm thinking about using Rin'ne Tensei to revive him completely, and normally. I don't know if he'd want that though..." *He smirks a bit at her last comment.* "Yes. You were always stubborn when it came to fear."

*His expression darkens once again.* "Akumu... I could defeat her with almost little problem now... alone. But Harahkti has been revived too. The original Creator of Darkness and original Creator of Light... the two of them together are too much for me to handle. Even with Fudo's help. I've given you the dark piece of my soul. Maybe I should give him the light. In the event of a worst-case scenario, you two would become the next Creator of Darkness and Creator of Light in my place. A successor MUST be named, to maintain balance. That black "sun" is the result of there being two Creators of Darkness and two Creators of Life alive at the same time. It's actually a black hole in the center of our universe, and a huge one to be seen this big this far away. It'll only grow larger until they, or I, and destroyed. If it does, we'll all be sucked in..." *He squints as he watches the behavior of the dark creatures and smoke.* "Weird, they're not completely obliterating the land, just destroying whatever they pass by. It's like they're looking for something..."

Maneru: *Coughs a bit after Kage addresses him, clearly in a world of his own prior.* "Um... yes. There is the currently fallen Village Hidden in Twilight. The entire country fell from the sky after Sekiryō nearly killed himself trying to obtain an... Eternal Kurokyōmaku Mangekyō Sharingan... was it? Well anyway, it lies underneath the lake at the top of the Valley of the End, but that apparently appears to be where Akumu is now. Fudo is there as well. I think he accidentally gave its location away after trying to revive the village, which is something only Sekiryō can do. That place is out of the question."

Sekiryō: *Sekiryō quickly interjects.* "It's safe to say she found him by tracing the darkness he was using. If I were to use any darkness, or either of you as well, she'd be here that same instant..." *Glares at the two of them.* "And neither of you shall even attempt to fight her alone. Fudo may already be dead, unless she's trying to use him as bait, or trying to lure him to their side..." *He makes an indescribable noise of surprise as he's wrapped up in a pair of slender arms, allowing himself to sink down a bit.*

Maneru: "Hmmm..." *Puts his chin in his hand in thought.* "How about Sunagakure? It's very remote. There's been little activity from those two, and Akatsuki in general, in that place. I was there just before. The Kazekage might be able to help too. We sort of formed an ally-ship, and he's been wanting to meet Sekiryō in person anyway. Last time I went instead. We can both travel by wing." *Just as he had first transformed from bat to human, he once again pulls his cape over himself, slowly turning them into wings while his body behind turns into a bat's. The wings unfold and he takes to the sky.*

((It's an interesting thread. Akumu reveals more on the history of herself, Harahkti and Sekiryō's life, and how things came to be. I put a lot of detail into it lol)

(Aaaaand, now I must go to work T_T Was supposed to be my day off too. Grrr.)

[Kage]

((Ugh that sucks.. well I'll be here whenever you get off. If im needed anytime soon just text me. Brent has my number so you can get it from him))

Kage nodded a little bit "Sunagakure it is... and if we can't find harbor there... We can return to my village..." She said softly as she smiled at Sekiryo as he sunk into her arms and used her wing to push herself off of the ground and into the air fully now. "Dont every try arguing if I try to fight her Sekiryou. Death and dying are not a fear I have especially if it is for someone I care for. Also... theres something I should probably tell you later.... but that can wait for now" She muttered as she moved her wing so she was far above the land below her arms still gently holding Seki.

[Shinku no Yami]

Sekiryō: *Lets out a sound that sounds a lot like the classic "Hn".* "If you do try to fight her, I won't try to argue with you. I will just stop you." *He smirks somewhat.* "Since you contain a portion of my soul, and have become the Incarnation of Darkness, it's within my powers." *His smirk disappears instantly.* "Akumu could do the same to you if you fought her. She's different than your average dark element user. She doesn't just control it. The darkness is like a living entity that completely obeys her will. While two dark users can use dark techniques on each other and use their affinity to manipulate each others' attacks, Akumu's cannot be manipulated. It only listens to her." *He forms a frown as they continue to fly through the air.* "She could use that to rip you to shreds if she wanted. The only reason she didn't do it to me when we first fought centuries ago was because she wanted me alive. You can't fight her on your own. Your life means too much to us to be worth risking..."

Maneru: *His bat wings flap tirelessly in order to keep up to Kage's gigantic one.* "I must agree on that note. When Kaz, Amiko, Kurai, and I took her on, we were no match. Even when Sekiryō returned for a second fight with her as the Incarnation of Light AND Darkness, as we were about to be assimilated, he had to sacrifice himself to destroy her. She was just that powerful, and now the Edo Tensei has just made her more immoral than before." *Lets out a tiny bat chirp.*

Sekiryō: "It's true on that. Harahtki's light was the only thing that kept me from being destroyed by her. She's definitely not one to take lightly. Besides..." *He clenches his fist slightly.* "I'm much stronger than I was then. There's no need to rush things. We can take them both down when the time is right. For right now though, I have a plan." *He speaks with a confident smirk/smile on his face, before relaxing into Kage's grasp again.*

(Yeah I know it sucks lol. Don't worry I'm in no hurry. And I figured out how to revive the Village Hidden in Twilight. Akumu and Harahkti individually would be unable to see or sense it. Both affinities would be needed to see it, but one only has Darkness and the other only has Light, albeit the highest levels of darkness and light in existence, but they still need both! )

[Kage]

Kage snorted and scoffed a little bit at the threat of death and dying being brought up once more. She wasn't afraid of the woman nor was she afraid of taking her on. "Stop me if you wish, but if she threatens those I hold dear you know that I will attack regardless.... I'm not one to sit back while yo.... the people I hold dear get hurt..." She corrected herself grumbling somewhat at her near lapse. She was trying to hold onto the 'i'm mad' facade she had up earlier, but she was unable to do so successfully.

Tightening her grip upon the man in her arms only slightly, she listened to Maneru and Sekiryo continue with their description of the woman and shook her head. "I'm the same anymore Sekiryo... that stream I was entombed in made sure of that." She muttered before she looked down at the now relaxed shinobi. "But as you wish... we will not rush things and we will take our time with this. I suppose in the mean time... I will work on improving my eyes once more. I am close to perfecting all of the stages of my eyes.... but I think... there's something else that I may have developed but ... I'm not sure."

[Shinku no Yami]

Sekiryō: *He closed his eyes slightly in slightly in rest, letting the wind have its way with his bangs as fighting them would impossible, amusing but impossible nonetheless. Instead he begins contemplating some more.* "Her alone, I can deal with. I am her and Harahkti in one, but the two together are so in sync... it's as if though they hated each other, they knew how to work together." *Could have sworn he heard a slip of the tongue, but decides it's just his exhaustion, though he knows full well she's not really mad, or at least as mad as before."

"I actually wished to test my eyes on her, well one of my techniques. It is supposed to work on any being and life form, no matter how high up in class, but I can't be 100% sure. It might take all of my chakra just to do it, because her life force is so gigantic, and even then it still might not work." (referring to Sesshōmaru, which I still didn't get to use yet DX) *He tilts his head to the side and back slightly.* "Something else? Well, I know more than anyone that there can be more to the Sharingan than just Mangekyō and Rin'negan. Perhaps, you did something too. I wouldn't put it past you." *He chuckles lightly, before a determined look comes over his face.*

"As soon as we touch down in Suna, we're reviving the Village in Twilight. Neither Akumu or Harahkti can find us there."

Maneru: "Do I always have to be the voice of reason? She can trace any darkness used in the world, and knows their signature by feeling. Unless you have a really good-"

Sekiryō: *Cuts him off.* "I do." *Smirks, almost appearing on the brink of laughter.* "I'm gonna pull one over on her... Uzumaki Naruto style!"

[Kage]

"Seki's gone crazy" She muttered shaking her head somewhat as she continued to fly with the man in her arms. "If you turn into Naruto Uzumaki I will drop you here and now." She half heartedly threatened the man but kept her grip firm on him. She sighed breathing in deeper before speeding up somewhat as the breeze begins to pick up. "Because if your doing it Uzumaki Naruto style you'll end up looking like a burro." She teased winking at him somewhat before popping her shoulder. "I may... try to awaken the rinnegan... Nagato tried to force it on me 500 years ago.... I was close but..." She trailed off somewhat shaking her head "it's what created my geostigma... him forcing it upon my body.... the stress he caused activated it."

[Shinku no Yami]

Sekiryō: *He smirks and laughs at her obviously empty threat, so he would assume.* "If you do, I'll land just two inches below you and pull you down out of the sky as well." *Has to squint slightly due to the speed of the oncoming wind.* "By Uzumaki Naruto, I mean... well it's a surprise, but Akumu will be completely fooled, though I guess there is a 0.00000001% chance that she could actually find me. I feel the need to add in that slight chance because of Murphy's Law." *Rolls his eyes slightly at that last comment.* "Hah, hah. Very funny. And... you need to awaken it for yourself. Nagato had no clue how to do it in truth, since he was actually given it in the first place. He was an Uzumaki, not an Uchiha. When I tried to activate the Eien no Kurokyōmaku Mangekyō Sharingan, I also afflicted myself. My body couldn't handle the chakra flow to my eyes. I couldn't perform Jutsu without coughing up blood, and then my nation fell from the sky." *Sighs.* "I would have died eventually from it, had I not searched out for Hashirama's DNA. It's as compatible with Uchiha DNA as peanut butter and chocolate. Maybe you should get his DNA as well. As well as not be forced to awaken a natural-occurring gift..."

Maneru: *Chirps loudly to get their attention again.* "I think we should try getting there soon and landing. I don't like being this high into open view right now!"

[Kage]

Kage shook her head somewhat as she looked at her with a slight smirk upon her face, "You wouldn't pull me out of the sky for anything Sekiryou ... you know that you love me a little to much to drag me down" She winked a little bit but then slightly regretted the comment in the back of her head as she flew through the air at that steady pace. "Sekiryou.... maybe you should think about my family heritage... I was a genetic offspring of a Senju heir and a mad man with access to a lot of men's sperm...." Kage wrinkled her nose at that part thinking for a moment on how Orochimaru actually got all of the sperm samples he did. "Anyway" she shook her head and flew with her. "I've had the first's dna in me for years.... I just never unsealed it within myself.... Perhaps... I'll get you to teach me one last thing aye?" She smirked down at him for a moment locking eyes with him.

"Maneru... Jump on my shoulder... I didn't want to leave you behind if I went to fast." She commented as she slowed down for the bat to leap onto a steady place on her.