The Return of a Warrior { Open }

[Elgar]

The soft sound of his feet tapping on the ground could only be heard by those around him. The sun began to pull through the clouds and Elgar would emerge from the shadows. Wearing his normal attire, black pants, white shirt, and black shoes. Raising his hand into the air to cover his face the young man would let out a long yawn. "Damn. I hate the morning." He would mutter to himself before moving into the streets. As the Otokage made his way through the town he would hear the sound of children playing on rooftops, see the ninjas of the village preparing for the exams, but over all he could smell the food of the village in the air. His body would slowly be pulled towards the sweet scent of some food. Even at this early in the morning Elgar could go for some ribs, and rice. Into the crowds he would go and soon he would find the little shop in the center of the other buildings. Looking at the building with no door he would smile and remember all the times he spent here as a child. Walking through the doorway he would hear the sound of soft cello music. Smiling he would hear the sound of a familiar voice.

"Elgar!"

As he turned a young girl would leap over the counter and wrap her arms around him. The music had stopped and he would look down. "Seems like everytime I stop in you still do this." The young girl would make a huff sound and make her way off into the back. Soon the music would start up again but this time sounded a bit angry. Turning around he would still at the counter. In the normal spot he had for years. Chuckling to himself he would look up to see the face of the man. "Damn old man. When did you become so......old." Laughing he would shake his head and grab a menu for the young Kaguya. "Old or not I can still kick your ass. Now you better be ordering double or paying double since you pissed Mitsu off." Waving his hand through the air he would lift up the menu and hand it back to the old man. "I'll take two order of my usual." Nodding his head the old man would turn around as Mitsu came skipping out to get Elgar his drinks. She would slide the jug of liquid to the man and head back off to play more of her music. For now things were peaceful, but who knows when something would happen.

[Kyogi]

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Kyogi was excited to be back in town the village was always a fun place to be. As he walked through the streets in a slightly different than his regular attire he was wearing mostly white, both shirt, pants and shoes were all white today. Maybe he was just energetic this morning but what did catch his eye was a cat upon a house. A little girl had ran over to him explaining the situation about the cat and Kyogi quickly moved into action. Jumping atop the building the cat darted off with surprisingly good agility. Kyogi began to run after it yet the cat was faster. The smells of all the food filled Kyogi’s nose and his stomach grumbled reminding him of how hungry he was and the fact that he hadn’t eaten much in the day before.

As Kyogi hopped from building to building he approached Elgar’s current location it appeared the restaurant he was in had recently had a problem with the roofing situation. There was a fairly big hole but it had been covered with some weak plywood to keep the rain out. Unfortunately Kyogi had been concentrating more on the cat than his surroundings and as he landed on the weak plywood which broke on impact. His eyes widening as he fell the landing directly on the counter infront of Elgar breaking the jug of liquid causing it to splash everywhere including all over Kyogi’s back. The only words the left Kyogi’s mouth were, ”Ouch” What the hell had happened why was the roof in such poor condition

[Infinite Swordsman Trace]

The only thing that could be seen coming from the east of Elgar was a massive cloud of dust, which within contained Trace's Shadow Clone. "EEEEEELLLLLLGGGGGGAAAARRRRR" the clone bellowed, looking like a massive wave he had been told never to turn into by Elgar in their last meeting in the Otokage tower. Skidding to a stop on the roads, Trace would leave a long skidmark on the ground from his leather, rubber soled shoes as he slammed through the door, knocking it off it's hinges nearly.

Breathing heavily, the clone pulled the scroll out of it's jacket that the original Trace had given to it and outreached it to Elgar. "I learned it... Took me a while, but I learned it." the clone continued to catch it's breath.

[Elgar]

As Elgar sat waiting for his food he would still hear the sound of the cello playing. The music would calm the man as he poured himself a cup to drink. Taking a sip he would hear the sound of something tap on the roof. The tap would be followed by cracking he his head would slowly look up. The ceiling above him was in poor condition from the ninja of the village running around on the roof tops. So it was only a matter of time before it broke again. Within the blink of an eye the ceiling would explode inward and one of the Chuunin from the village would come crashing down. Lifting his cup up and out of the way the man would slam onto the counter crushing the jar in front of him. Staring at the man with a blank expression he would let out a soft sigh. Shaking his head he would help the man from the counter.

"Listen. Buildings weren't built for people to jump around on. Next time you need to do something use the streets like people should do."

Looking up as his sake ran over the counter he would grunt and finish his cup. Placing it on the counter he would make his way to the other side. As the old man went to get up he would wave him away. Grabbing a rag he would toss it to Kyogi. "Get to cleaning." Chuckling to himself he would look out the door and notice Trace making his way in. Rubbing his head he would wait for the Chuunin to make his way into the restaurant. Pulling the scroll out the heavy breathing man would hand it to Elgar. Taking the scroll he would hold it in his hand. "Glad to see you returning it. If there is anything else you need just come and see me about it in person." With that said he would look up at the hole in the roof and turn to the owner. "I'll have someone come over right away to fix that for you." The old man would laugh and nod his head as Mitsu came out with another jug of sake. "Here you go Elgar! This one is on the house." Smiling at Elgar she would turn and shoot Kyogi the look of death before making her way into the backroom once more to play her music. Sitting on the other side of the counter he would look up to Kyogi. Who he had hope would be cleaning by now.

"So. Kyogi, was your journey a success? Did you find what you were looking for?" He would ask taking a sip of his drink.

[Kyogi]

Quickly coming back to his senses Kyogi rolled to the right, off the counter now standing in across of Elgar. ”Sorry about the roof, I was chasing someone’s cat they lost, fastest cat I’ve ever seen to be honest.” He caught the rag and let out a soft sigh every day was a day of work but this time it was actually his fault. He started to soak up the sake while picking through the different pieces of broken jug. There was a very ecstatic guy who had learned something seemingly difficult. ”What did you learn?” Another jug of sake had been brought over before he received a frightening death glare from the girl causing him to gulp. Clearly he hadn’t made the best first impressions at this restaurant.

Kyogi was surprised that he knew of his journey, but he had forgotten who he was around this was the Otokage of course he knew of his time away. He nodded with a smile, ”I’ve seen a lot of the evils in the city of dante, but my journey couldn’t have gone better. I come back a new shinobi of sound ready to help out again, hopefully less cleaning though.” He chuckled as his cleaning finished for the most part. The pieces of the jug were all thrown out and most of the sake liquid had been cleaned off of the counter and floor. ”Has anything major happened in my time of absence?” He had been gone quite some time his first few days back he didn’t really want to relax, his time in the forest had given him enough of that.

[Infinite Swordsman Trace]

The clone would nod as he cracked his neck to the left and followed with the right. "Well, thanks for letting me use it. This will help my training tremendously." The clone said, pulling out one of the cloned crystal swords Koori had given the original him. "Koori gave me a few of these, it seems like they're even stronger than my regular swords too." he said a little slower as he resheathed the crystal sword. "Maybe now I can spar with you... you know, without the chance of death and all." the last part of the statement fading into a lower tone.

"Anyway. See ya!" After everything between Elgar and he had been said, the clone poofed away in an explosion of smoke with a bow.

[Kyogi]

The boy poofed off it must have been a clone of some sort, interesting that it could act on its own. The counter was mostly cleaned as he looked towards Elgar again. "I'm actually happy I found you. In my time here I helped create and destroy our alliance with the kumogakure. I'd like to help rebuild what once was a helpful alliance between our villages. They are a strong village like ours and in case we need help it's always good to have a friend. With your permission I'd like to make a team to try and recreate what once was the alliance." A lot had changed in this village but Kyogi had never been happy about his order to burn the ties with the other village. They had been inactive together but having someone on your side never hurt.

[Elgar]

Elgar watched the boy clean the mess and Trace's clone disappear in front of him. Drinking his sake his food would slide in front of him. As he ate Kyogi would finish cleaning up the counter. Elgar would listen to the journey of the Chuunin andhis travels to the City of Dante. Taking another bite of his food he would nod his head to him. With the silence the Otokage would speak. "Oh Trace. He had just brought back the Shadow Clone scroll." Looking at the door an ANBU would appear to take the scroll back to the office of the Otokage. The next would surprise Elgar completely. A Chuunin who had just came back wished to leave again to handle matters that the Kages of villages should handle.

"No. If Cloud and Sound are to have an alliance then I would like to speak to the Raikage myself. If you wish to send a letter to the Cloud Village you may. If, and only if they return a letter I will let you escort them back to the village."

He voice was sturdy and forceful. He had to make the point that he was the leader of the village and he would handle all things dealing with it. Finishing his first plate he would slide over a menu to Kyogi.

"Hungry? It's on me."

Elgar wanted to keep Kyogi on his good side. Wanted to keep him talking, wanted to know more about the Chuunin of Sound.

[Kyogi]

The shadow clone scroll, it was quite a fun technique you could just create more of yourself forever, well until you ran out of chakra. With his cleaning done he threw the rag into the sink not really sure where else to leave it. With a very stern reply Elgar denied his request to revisit cloud and recreate their alliance however it wasn’t all bad he sounded like he still wanted some form of an alliance. He just wouldn’t be completely in charge. ”Hungry? It’s on me.” Kyogi’s eyes lit up it had been a while since he had eaten a good meal this was one of his first days back and he couldn’t really afford much without any cash.

Taking a seat and the menu he had an idea of what he wanted already, ordering a bowl of chicken ramen, ”Thanks haven’t had a nice meal like this in a while. Four days in the woods by yourself without chakra will do that to ya.” It had certainly been interesting he knew how to survive on his own with or without chakra what was more interesting was how the village had changed. It seemed there were new buildings everywhere. As his food arrived Kyogi muttered a small grace before looking up slightly embarrassed, ”Gotta Araqiel for the food and the kindness of others.” Kyogi had been saved and felt no regrets in the path of righteousness he had chosen. ”So I see you building new buildings and everything, got big plans for the village?” He had been around seen countless kages come and go but the ones who built new things often stayed longer had a better connection with the village.

[Elgar]

Elgar would continue to eat his food, and drink his sake as he watched Kyogi. He would hear the boy mutter his thanks to the Gods and Elgar would shake his head. Standing up Elgar would listen to the Chuunin but begin to place his dishes in the large cast iron sink. Dropping them in the bottom he would turn.

"The buildings? Why yes. Our previous Kages left us in the dark. Cast a shadow of the Sound village. I am pulling us from that. A new reign is upon Sound. We are slowly pushing those around us to oblivion."

He spoke as if he had no soul. Nothing was holding him to this world anymore. His eyes gazing off he would shake his head, and snap back to the world of men. "So I must ask Kyogi." Before he could speak Elgar would hear the sound of Gale speaking in his head. Closing his eyes he would rub them and softly whisper to himself. "Enough Gale" Turning back to Kyogi he would finish his thought. "Why Kaishaba?" He had heard the name of the God the man had spoke and he remembered in from his travels.

[Kyogi]

Done with his prayers he dug into his food he was happy to not be eating apples and berries that he could find. This was cooked food. Kyogi wasn’t the best cook. Elgar’s response forced a smile upon Kyogi’s face it seemed that he would take being a kage seriously. A new reign he spoke of if only he hadn’t heard that before. Hopefully this time it would happen. ”So I must ask Kyogi. Why Kaishaba?” Kyogi raised a brow surprised that he had known of the religion by the god’s name alone. This was one of their first meetings and he was already impressed. Despite the response it seemed that Elgar wasn’t feeling too well he was gazing off, rubbing his eyes something seemed to be bothering him.

”Like you said our previous kages left us in the dark, unfortunately some were much darker than others. I became a medic to save the lives of others, this world is filled with far too much death.” Kyogi alone had been apart of the horrors of death and torture on his own side. Pitted against his own team mates but that was in the past. ”Like myself we look to protect rather than harm. There is too much evil and destruction in the world of ninja we look to bring the peace. It is an ideal I can fully support.” Kyogi took a large gulp of his water before looking back upon Elgar, ”Is everything alright with you? It seems you are exhausted from your own travels, where in the world have you been exploring?” His eyes held a glint of curiosity, different kages always had their secrets but they had many important things to do. Kyogi liked to try to be involved so that the village got a good rep.

[Elgar]

It wasn't often Elgar was able to sit down and speak freely with his Genin. Listening to the boy's story of why he was in this place now he would have horrible flashbacks of the carnage and death in his life. Kyogi would then ask Elgar something that most would wouldn't.

"My travels?"

He would stop and think for a second. Smiling he would nod his head. It was about time someone in the village knew the truth about Elgar the "Cursed" Kage. "Before I start my story." He would wave his hand into the air and the owner would nod his head. Walking to the door the old man would close the shop. It had seemed Elgar did this quite often. Using this place as a meeting area. "Kyogi. What I am about to tell you might be much to grasp." Taking another sip of his drink he would place the cup on the counter and stand. "Over the past year or so I was traveling through the Land of Fang. I fell into complete darkness when I found the bodies of our own men. It was then when a God from another world came to me and challenged me to a battle." Rubbing his face the young man's eyes would begin to shift from the mismatch crimson and purple to gold. He would continue to speak of the tale as his hair was being drained of color.

"In order to gain true power I was to due battle with this God. It was the toughest thing I had fought in my entire life." Laughing he would grin as he took another sip. Shaking his head he would continue. "When the battle was over, and the temple had been destroyed another man came to me with the gift of true power. But of course there was a catch. I had to gather things, and once I did he would place the Cursed Mark on my body." Standing Elgar would remove his shirt as he turned around to show Kyogi the mark. The glowing seal would stare at him in the face. "But something else woke up then. A jester like hatred. His name was...." Silence would then fill the air as he moved his shirt up over his shoulders. Turning around Elgar would look different. In his mind he would speak to Gale. "He is from our village. You know the rules." Sticking his tongue out he would introduce himself.

"My name is Gale....the shame of Elgar."

Letting out a dark joker like laugh he would sit in the chair before shifting back to Elgar. Smiling he would snap his finger for an ANBU to come and get the scroll. "Anything else you would like to know Kyogi?" He would ask with a smile.

[Logi Shimizu]

It was a beautiful day outside. The rays of sunshine bounced between clouds and made their way down to the village. There was a slight constant breeze blowing, which made the climate much more bearable. People of the village seemed to be enjoying a slow pace of life today, with only one or two villagers running around. Logi wasn't one of those two. In fact, Logi was probably the most chill person out right now. For once, he was wearing his casual attire. A pair of baggy blue jeans and a shirt adorned with the image of his favourite celebrity... He was feeling AWESOME. Anyone could easily see that Logi's hair was still messy from the time he got out of bed, as he hadn't even bothered with it yet.

Walking down a small dusty road, Logi yawned as he stretched his arms up into the air. Boy was it good to be doing nothing. Stretching himself out a little, Logi proceeded down the road. His pace was slow and he was in no hurry at all, but then he saw something. A restaurant. Come to think of it, he was as hungry as a horse. It was decided then, he would go to the restaurant and get himself a LOT of food. The bar was open to the outside world, so he sat down on one of the stools and waited for the bartender to come to him. That's when he saw him! Elgar! He had returned. A smile instantly took over Logi's face. "Yo! Elgar! You back already?" he would ask. As the bartender came over to him, Logi ordered a jar of sake and two bowls of ramen. I guess you could say that he was in love with sake and ramen.

Next to Elgar was another guy. Kinda young looking actually. "And who the hell are you?" Logi addressed the man. Then again, you couldn't really call him a man, looked more like a teenager. Logi was never one to like meeting new people because most of the time they turn out to be retarded or pricks. However, Logi meant no harm to the kid, he was a fellow ninja of sound after all.

[Kyogi]

It seemed that he had asked the right question, Elgar’s travels were going to be interesting the shop was even closed for a bit. He had fallen into darkness and he had been met by a god as well, how interesting. It seemed that they both had gone through changes in their travels. How interesting that he had met the light and it seemed that Elgar had fallen into the dark and they spoke here the day after. True power huh? If it was the truth why was it called “cursed”? The mark was interesting as Kyogi looked at it carefully and as Elgar spun around he was gone. A new form by the name of Gale, hey had gambled for power against powerful foes just like he had yet one received a cursed marking and the other received blessings. Kyogi’s face did give the look of surprise with the sudden change what power could do this?

Anything else you would like to know Kyogi?” ”Maybe later, you’ll tell me more about this curse seal, how do you plan to use this power? To destroy or help rebuild this great village?” With the doors unlocked another sound shinobi made their way in over to them he clearly knew Elgar yet Kyogi had no idea who he was. ”And who the hell are you?” Raising a brow Kyogi turned his head to look at the rude ninja ”I’m Kyogi, the guy whose gonna save your ass when you get hurt?” His face held annoyance though he stayed calm they were all on the same side why get overly angry at him. Not everyone had manners these days. ”Oh and Elgar I plan to send that letter soon hopefully we hear back from our old allies.” Kyogi stood up from the table he had finished his food. Gathering his things he made his way out before leaving he yelled "Sorry about the roof thanks for the food!"

/exit

[Elgar]

Turning around Elgar would head out into the distance.

..::Exit::..