A Step Into Darkness

[Kusa's Vine]

"The straw that broke the camels back"

There's a shinobi from the village of Kusagakure, just a genin but with a past shrouded in death and disappointment. One of the last Zassou still in the public eye of Kusagakure Zassou Issac has spent almost the entirety of the last five years attempting to remake a name for the Zassou Clan. To bring the clan some respect and put them in a good standing with the village. Issac was an ace coming out of the academy, one of the strongest by determination and did his fair share of work as soon as he graduated. When it came to his ninja duties Issac was actually praised by one of the kages for being her go to man for important tasks. Hotaru Hanakora Yondaime Kusakage, with her death Issacs world began to change. Madam Hotaru lead the village through most of Issacs early ninja days. It seemed after her death the village had a hard time holding itself together. There still hasn't been a stable Kage since then. Issac held strong trying to push himself to become a stronger ninja and a stronger man. It seemed like Kusa wasn't the only one that was cursed. The first Chuunin exam Issac participated in he was accompanied by a fellow Zassou a young boy in comparison. Sadly though the young Zassou died in only the first round. Due to the rules Issac was disqualified before he could go any farther. Training hard and time and time again going through the exams only to be failed for small mistakes. Waking up forgotten and discarded in an abandoned city was what lead Issac to change his views of the world. Not the proctors or his fellow shinobi bothered to find him. The Kage a Hoshigake who was newly appointed hadn't made it through the exams with his life so Issac could at least be grateful for that. Issac couldn't understand the death tolls from these exams he thought they were to test the shinobis skills in the field not just to kill them. It didn't make sense to him. It seemed as though the young genin were scared to go fearing for their lives. The number at attendance dropped every exam.

The exam Issac had just been through didn't have a very high number of entrants and as far as Issac knew there was only one other Shinobi who had made it through the exam and he had been given the right to make the rank of Chuunin. Issac was angry with himself for not being able to get a hold of his chakra and passing out due to the exhaustion. This one mistake and he didn't get make it to the next level. If Issac had tried to fight that man hand to hand he would have actually gotten hurt instead of just passing out. Issac had faced enough disappointment for one lifetime. He needed something more he needed to be stronger. Issac began to hate what it meant to be a shinobi. Being a diplomatic tool ready for disposal. Issac began to have a different outlook when it came to the future of himself and the Village of Kusagakure. Issac had enough of failing the exams. Things would have to be very different from now on. Issac wanted to grow by gaining knowledge and he had gone into this exam with that intention but sadly both the shinobi he went with disappeared before he could find anything out about them and he didn't see any other shinobi from his own or any other village. So as far as information retrieval that was also a fail. Issac began walking from the exams at a slow pace. He needed time to think everything over his plans called for time. He would need powerful connections and the resources and leverage to make it work. Issac could already feel the unrest in the village he knew it wouldn't take much to stir things up.

Peering into the distance Issacs violet eyes locked onto the horizon. His green hair was flat and slightly matted to his head from the sweat and dirt of the dungeon. He was in desperate need of a shower but it wasn't exactly the most important thing on his mind. His harness and vest were left undone but his jacket was zipped all the way up to protect him from the oncoming winds. His pants were still damp with who knows what and his pouches loosey hung where they were supposed to. "Five times now I haven't been able to do it. I don't know how much more of this I can take. I know my plans will require time but I need to be able to progress through the village if I want to make my dreams a reality. I must get back to Kusa and collect myself. I have to recalculate the way things will have to work out.

[/i]" Issac began to quick his pace. This weather wasn't doing anything to kind for him and he needed to get back home he needed a little time to be able to recharge. That little voice in his head had already taken over he was being driven by rage and pain but for now he still had the will to turn that drive in the direction he needed it. The last thing he needed was losing control of what he really was.
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[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

The Horizon that Issac looked upon would suddenly explode, a bright red mushroom cloud of massive proportions rising from the earth and branching out to shower the surrounding area with dust though it was be far from Issac himself, so far in fact it would take about forty seconds for the sound of the explosion to reach him. The evening sun would be blocked out by the dust cloud that had been created, shrouding the land in darkness. Animals would be in a panic, birds flying off in the direction away from the explosion and others running for shelter where they could find it. Following but a few seconds after the sounds a strong burst of wind would caress the Genin and threaten to sweep him off his feet and push him away causing him to tumble across the earth and be struck by debris from the explosion that had managed to be flung across such a distance.

The trees would lose their leaves as the gale burst through the forest, branches being stripped from their trunks and some of the weaker trees actually toppling over and flying around. After the pressing wind had died down if Issac would happen to look up he would find that the dust cloud would be edging closer to his position, but a few minutes away from covering the sky above him. Dust would soon rain from the sky and threaten to choke him though that was hardly the area of focus at the moment. The main focus of course should be: what the hell exploded and why?

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Not too long for a first post but meh. They'll get longer

[Kusa's Vine]

"The Big Bang Theory"

It seemed as though there was never a dull moment in the life of a shinobi. But of course what else should be expected from one born and breed to kill. As Issac made his way back along the roads Tori no Kuni there was a light so bright in the horizon that It made the sun seem to dim. Following that light was a great explosion a plume of red would rocket into the sky. Issacs heart rate began to rise and his body froze for a second. He was mystified by the explosion, it wasn't something he had ever experienced before though. It seemed like everything stood still for a moment before the aftershock hit. A gust of wind dirt and debris hit him like a twenty foot tidal wave. Throwing his arms in front of him and kicking one leg back to dig his toe into the ground he would brace himself so he didn't get blown over, the winds would catch his harness and vest causing them to snap and flutter violently through the air. "What the hell is going on now!?

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Issac shot his arm out and his vines would cover the distance between him and rather large tree nearby. They would coil quickly and Issac would let his feet leave the ground to pull him behind the tree to get away from the gusts. After the initial force of the explosion Issac would gain his sense of hearing back. Birds scattering, animals in a blind panic. The distant crackle and hiss of the raging fire that had began. Issac had just moved form behind the tree and was about to try to get a look into the distance when the loose dust and debris that had been knocked into the air began descending down. Issac held his hand out and watched as the dust began collecting in his hand. "Well, this would seem like a greatly needed distraction." Issac had made up his mind to investigate what was going on. As he began to make his way towards the source of the explosion he would once again adjust the mono-goggle over his left eye. Even with the air as clouded as it was he would still be able to see any life forms moving in front of him.

"I've never seen anything like this so much power and devastation. And that cloud, that was not natural by any means but it couldn't have come from a person. No jutsu I've ever heard of has held that much power.[/i]" Issac didn't have an answer for this and it just made him want to figure out what happened that much more. Issac was at a full run at this point and had launched himself into the trees to try to get a better look at what was ahead of him. Not that it helped much but now he didn't have to worry about maneuvering round things he couldn't see. Issac tried to keep a clear head as he made his way towards the explosion he was not sure what he was going to or what was going to happen when he got there but his curiosity was leading him and he was ok with that for now.
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[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

Issac would have to run for a few miles before he would even begin to see changes in just how bad the damage caused by the explosion was as after those few miles more and more trees would have fallen due to the forceful winds. A few more miles and parts of buildings would become visible, tossed like rag dolls from the power of the explosion to land in the forest far from there original positions though something else more foul and gut wrenching would also be present here, something that would make even the manliest of men cringe in disgust and distaste from the mere thought.

Body parts, human body parts would also be lying around as if in every direction, scattered amongst the forest as if they were decorating the area. Hands of the killed would just lay on the ground, feet would hang in the trees, even the better part of a man's torso would lay before his path if he progressed onward to the blast zone though no one would dare question him if he were to leave then and there. If he did continue on however he would eventually find the area the blast had exploded in. A giant crater would be left in its wake, having destroyed an area that spread for miles creating a circle shape. The crater itself of course would be really deep and no life would be seen in any direction though with no indications of radiation, exploring it would still be an option.