The Queen's Arrival

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Bee Surgery
Rank: "C"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: Forms a hive of bees within the recipient's body, giving them access to the jutsus of the Kamizuru clan.
Special: To perform: 1 hour; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: The process requires three hours to complete. If performed improperly, the bees may sting and kill the recipient.
Description: Internal - Takes up 1 Augmentation Point. This ritual is easy to perform, but difficult given the pain. First, the surgeon will make the incision in any area on the recipient's body. It must be fairly large and easily accessible. Once this is complete, the Kamizuru will take the bees and literally thrust them into the recipient's body. Without proper stability, the bees will sting and possibly kill the recipient. However, the role of the first medic is to synchronize the chakra flow of the recipient's body, calming the bees and allowing them to live inside the body without killing the recipient. The second medic will use their skills to alter the body structure of the recipient, creating the hive-like interior. This is the most difficult part of the procedure, and may require the help of the first medic. If all is done correctly, the bees will begin to multiply, and a full colony will be formed in 3 days.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 12,000 Ryo Performing Price: 9,000 Ryo

Sayuri stood motionless on a rooftop overlooking an alley. She found herself shrouded in the shadows, the moonlight barricaded behind the overcast skies. She was tired and her body ached for sleep, as she had spent the better part of a day following leads and interrogating unsavory characters to find something she craved beyond anything else. Power. Power would drive her, ensure she wouldn't be doing anything as mundane as playing security guard for children when her body was a tool of destruction.

Now she was prowling in the slums of Konoha, her last interrogation leading her to a sketchy surgeon whom she was sure hadn't practiced medicine legally in a long time. She giggled lightly. It really wasn't much of an interrogation. A few hits and he became very talkative. The building the good doctor operated out of was completely filthy, and it smelled of dead bodies and sewer water. Yet, even with that in mind, if this man was possible of the surgery she desired, Sayuri would easily endure a bit of dirt and grime.

Sayuri had briefly scanned the area with her liquid mercury eyes, a surge of chakra adding an immense amount of sensory input that allowed her to see into and through the area around her in great detail. She was slightly disturbed to find there was a barrier of chakra running along the interior rooms of the building, which was keeping her from effectively scouting the location. Clearly to keep inquiring eyes out. She jumped down off of the roof, landing in the grimy alleyway in a graceful crouch. They may be able to block my sight for the moment, but in my blood runs the pride of the village. Who can stand against me?

Feeling cocky and confident, Sayuri walked over to the building and knocked lightly on the metal door. A small hatch slide to the side on the door, and Sayuri was greeted by darkness from beyond the door. A man's voice echoed through the hatch, sounding aggressive and angry.
"You're in the wrong neighborhood, get lost!"
Sayuri responded quickly and firmly. "Even in a place like this, you can always find a rose in the garden."

She used the key phrase provided to her by one of the men she had questioned earlier in the day. The hatch slid closed, and everything was silent. At just that moment, the overcast skies opened up, letting lose a heavy rain. Getting wet, and not hearing any movement from inside, Sayuri's frustration began to mount. She thought silently of her source. If he lied to me, I will murder him. Just as she was preparing to knock the door down with brute force, she heard the grind of metal on metal as the door mechanisms unlocked.

After a few tense seconds the door opened inwards and standing in front of Sayuri was a young woman in pink nurse scrubs. Her face was covered with a medical mask and her brunette colored hair was pulled back tightly into a bun.
"Sorry for the wait Miss. Welcome! Come and inside and prepare for orientation." The nurse led Sayuri down the darkened interior, with the smell of rot and still water invading her nostrils.
"Not much further now." The nurse stopped at a door in the hallway. "Right this way please." She opened the door, and motioned for Sayuri to step in first.

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Sayuri was apprehensive to step into the doorway, but did so anyways without a second thought. The nurse stepped in after her, shutting the door behind them and enclosing both women in a small closet like space. Reaching up to her throat, the nurse pulled out a small charm hanging from a necklace and pressed on the lion's head crest. Bright lights turned on in the closet, revealing to the small space to be an elevator. The two began their descent.

Sayuri smiled. "Interesting." The nurse nodded slightly in response.
"We'll reach our destination in a moment." The elevator stopped a few moments later and the door opened to reveal an entire medical ward in one of the sub levels. The ward was brightly lit and smelled of lavender scented cleanser. There was expensive looking antique furniture in the waiting area, which looked highly expensive with the designs etched into the rich woods it was carved from but also highly uncomfortable. Potted ferns were posted in the corners of the waiting area, undoubtedly to make people feel more at ease while they waited.

The nurse led Sayuri to a thick oak door just after the huge marble reception desk. "The doctor is waiting inside." The nurse opened he door, and Sayuri walked inside. The room was much like the rest of the ward but with dimmer lights. The old doctor sat at his large oak desk, an expensive painting hanging on the wall over the fireplace behind him. Velvet carpet coated the floor, silencing Sayuri's footsteps as she walked over to the doctor's desk, seating herself in large chair facing his desk.

The doctor didn't look up from his desk as he was writing feverishly onto some paper work scattered in front him. Sayuri sized the older man up, taking note of his long grey hair. A thin grey mustache covered his upper lip, and he wore square rimmed glasses that Sayuri knew were to assist his failing eyesight. He had on lime green scrubs with white medical cloak on over it.
"Hello." He said, not looking up from his paperwork. He pulled a binder out of the top drawer of his desk, sliding it across the desk to Sayuri.

"This establishment offers a great many things. In this binder there are several rituals to choose from, which will improve upon your current form." Sayuri took the binder and opened it to the first page. "We have several insect control rituals, many cosmetic augmentations you may find interesting and even a ritual that would give you many shark like qualities. Once you find what it is you desire, you will make a payment and then we will begin the surgery." He finally looked up at Sayuri.

"A Hyuuga...unexpected but still welcome. My associates would pay a very hefty sum for those eyes of yours. We would replace them would ordinary ones if you're interested." Sayuri almost laughed.
"Not interested." She stated plainly. "However, I am interested in this ritual here." She slid the binder back to the doctor.
"Understandable." He replied, looking oddly disappointed. "Very well. We require payment, and then I will begin preparations for the surgery."

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Sayuri reached into her robes for a brief moment, pulling out a small envelope thickened with money. She tossed it on the desk.
"There's your payment. I added a bit extra in order to expedite the process." The doctor took the envelope and weighed it with his hands, before responding.
"This will do young lady. I am confident the payment provided is adequate." He pulled out a small vial of pills from the top drawer of his desk and handed them to Sayuri.

"There are eight pills in the vial, take them all. It is prudent you remain calm and immobile. The procedure is also very painful, those pills will take care of all of those things." The nurse walked back in to the office with a clear crystal glass of water and set it down in front of Sayuri.
"I did not come here alone." Sayuri said as she began taking the pills, washing them down with the water. "Should anything unfavorable to occur, my associates are well versed in the arts of violence." She was lying, but she was good at it. Besides, it was imperative she had a bit of insurance.

"That will be most unnecessary. This establishment has a reputation to upkeep after all." Sayuri finished the pills, and gave the older man a wide smile.
"Of course, of course. But you would been keen to remember it old man, should you find yourself getting any ideas." Sayuri looked up to the nurse. "Should we begin now?" She asked, standing up. Instantly, her knees felt weak, as the room began to move around her. "That... was fast..." She barely managed to mumble before her eyes rolled up into the back of her head and she collapsed in a heap on the soft carpet.

Two male nurses entered the room with a gurney. One scooped Sayuri's limp body off of the floor and placed her on the gurney. The other attached an IV and secured her body with restraints. The pair quickly rolled Sayuri out of the office, leaving the female nurse and doctor behind.
"Begin preparations for the Kamizuru ritual. Are you aware of the materials needed to perform the surgery?" The doctor asked of the nurse.
"Already on it doctor."

The nurse turned to leave the room, but the doctor grabbed her by the arm to stop her.
"Her eyes... I could sense the power of her Doujutsu and it wasn't even active. Do you remember the offer we received last week?" He released her arm as she thought back several days.
"Yes, that client was adamant we use the essence he gave us on a person of significant power. Do you think she would qualify doctor?"
"Absolutely... Prepare the essence as well, and make sure you follow the steps correctly. Otherwise it will kill you."
"On it doctor." The nurse left the office, slightly irritated the doctor had physically grabbed her. No matter. She thought. He'll be dead at the end of the surgery anyways.

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The surgical room where the orderlies took Sayuri had just been cleaned, giving the room a scent of disinfectant and chemicals. At the direction of the nurse, the orderlies made the necessary preparations for the surgery. A full compliment of sterilized surgical tools and medical equipment were on standby, awaiting the doctor's highly rated skills to put them to use. Once the room was setup to the doctor's habitual preferences, the two orderlies left the surgical suite.

A few moments later the nurse walked in, hovering over Sayuri for a moment as she reviewed several papers with a detailed description of the ritual she would be helping the doctor to perform. After a minute of review, the nurse hooked Sayuri to a heart monitor and IV drip. The nurse picked up a silver case from the floor and opened it. The case contained an IV bag, although the contents were filled with a thick grey liquid the doctor referred to as "The Essence". The nurse set the essence bag up next to the regular IV.

While the doctor had a vague idea of what was contained within the essence, the nurse knew exactly where it came from and what it's purpose was. Looking down at the girl laying before here unconscious, the nurse actually felt a small bit of pity for her. More specifically, for her soul, because she knew the young woman wouldn't have one for much longer. After the surgery was complete, the doctor being the smart guy he was, would have no trouble putting one and one together. Which is why the nurse had been ordered to kill him once he found a suitable candidate for the essence and performed the transfusion.

"Are we ready to begin Akari?" The doctor asked as he walked in, bringing the nurse out of her deep thoughts.
"Yes doctor, everything has been prepared to your specifications and the patient is medicated." The nurse responded, her voice void of emotion.
"Perfect. Let us begin." The nurse rolled a small metallic table up to Sayuri. The metallic table had a small glass box on it, will several bees lively crawling around it's interior. The largest bee, the queen, was not nearly as active a the other 15 or so bees in the glass case. It was their job to find an exit point so she could escape after all...

"We will start with the essence first." The doctor dictated to the nurse. "In the event of any complications with the essence, once we stabilize the girl we can perform the ritual." The nurse nodded, as she switched the flow of the IV to the bag holding the thick grey liquid. The liquid slid down the tube and into Sayuri's body for the next 30 minutes. The doctor and nurse continued to observe Sayuri and her vitals as the bag emptied.

"Seems as if nothing is amiss..." The doctor stated, and then... Sayuri's body started to convulse, the twitching limited by the restraints placed on her extremities and torso. The doctor moved in to administer whatever medical assistance he could muster but the nurse stepped in front of him.
"You need to let her die!" The doctor tried to move past the nurse but the nurse grabbed him and stopped him from moving towards Sayuri. "Death and then resuscitation Doctor... let this happen."

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Sayuri saw nothing but darkness. The room in which she was now inhabiting was shrouded by smoky shadows, and she could see nothing beside the faded outline of the room's boundaries behind the shadow's veil.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" Sayuri asked out loud, her voice echoing unnaturally in the room around her. She had no idea where she was, or what was happening to her but she knew it was definitely not good.

She walked through the only doorway in the room, finding herself in a similar room to that of the old doctor's office. How odd... The office seemed more in focus than the previous room, but Sayuri could feel the applied pressure of a 1000 gazes observing her movements from all around. It felt as if she were under the scrutiny of the entire house of Hyuuga.
"Have a seat." A voice echoed around her, commanding her to sit in the chair she had willingly sat in when she first arrived to the doctor's office.
"No one commands me." Sayuri responded firmly.

"I would say we were at an impasse, seeing as I command and you are uncommanded. However, one of us are lying... Do you not breathe and jump at the beck and call of your Hokage? So then how would this be any different?" The voice was calm but had a jovial tone when it spoke of the Hokage.
"You would test me?" Sayuri asked of the room, her eyes narrowed. Her frustration was building slowly. She chuckled out loud. "You obviously do not know who I am."
"Hyuuga, Sayuri." The voice responded. "Little princess Hyuuga. Yearned to be the Hokage when you were young, and now you carry a heavy burden of bitterness and resentment because of your lost love. Even now, you are but a child to me, with childish ambitions."

"Anyone could've told you that crap, I'm not impressed." Sayuri folded her arms across her chest.
"You were going to leave the village after the ritual surgery, and start your own faction, correct? I can read your thoughts like words on a page child."
"How do you know this?" Sayuri asked in a mix of curiosity and anger.
"I know this, because I am you..." Sayuri heard the voice from behind her, and she turned towards it in time to see carbon copy of herself saunter out of the shadows.

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".....!" Sayuri's face betrayed her emotions. "Now I know I must be dreaming. That doctor gave me expired medicine...He's good as dead when I wake up!"
"This is no dream child." The Sayuri clone said with a look of concern on her face. "Alas, this is all too real." Having come to within a few inches of Sayuri, the clone struck out with a backhand that had a barely perceivable speed. Sayuri tried to dodge, but her body felt as if she were moving underwater.

The blow struck her across the jaw like lightning, tossing her clear across the room and into the far wall. She slid down the wall and landed face down on the ground.
"I am Parvati, Goddess of the hive." The clone said, lifting Sayuri from the floor by her hair. "I was one of several rulers of this world, benevolent and generous to your kind, humans." She spat on the ground when she finished her sentence. "But your kind is a selfish breed it seems. My brethren and I were banished to rot in hell, along with all of the disgusting abominations we had eradicated from this world in order to help your kind."

Sayuri shook the cobwebs clouding her mind from the single blow dealt against her. She struck Parvati's wrist and broke the iron grip on her hair. She launched herself at the imposter, aiming a punch at her nose. Again she felt as if she were moving in slow motion, and again she was struck. The blow was enough to knock her dizzy. She hit the ground and stayed down. Parvati sauntered over shaking her head as if she were disappointed. She picked Sayuri's limp body up by her hair once again, and powered a single punch deep into Sayuri's midsection.

Sayuri fell to her knees in front of Parvati, blood trickling from the corners of her mouth.
"There, that's better. I believe if we had started by you taking the seat I offered in the beginning, you would not be bloody and beaten right now. Honestly, it doesn't matter either way." Parvati began pacing back and forth in front of Sayuri. "Where was I?" She asked herself, "Ah, yes. Your kind became selfish, and wanted to rule on their own. An uprising occurred and us Gods were banished to rot in hell. Hell was unforgiving to say the least. I think you humans call it irony. We fought against the monsters there, but in the end I was the only survivor of my brothers and sisters."

Parvati stood with clenched fists that began to tremble in anger. A single tear rolled down her cheek. She turned back to Sayuri and kicked her once. The force of the kick sent her flying across the room. "The battle was of such a violent nature, it caused great natural disasters in this world. When it concluded, there was a large power vacuum in hell's power structure. Unable to return to this world, I took control of a large portion of hell and did unthinkable things... monstrous things.... all to keep the power I had accrued. The one driving force I had was the revenge I would have on the humans that sent me here."

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"And now here we are!" Parvati spoke excitedly, her arms held wipe open as she gestured to the room Sayuri shared with her. Sayuri rose shakily to her feet.
"This dream... sucks ass." She mumbled through clenched teeth.
"You are quite resilient." Parvati stated plainly. "But it will not be enough for you to escape your newly acquired destiny. The foolishly guided humans that placed you here, did so to bring me back. And your body will be my vessel."

Parvati gave Sayuri a lackadaisical push with one hand, tossing her to the ground.
"Nothing will save you from this fate. Your soul will be devoured, your mind fragmented so I can keep what information I need from you and discard the rest. You will not know the joys or disappointment of the afterlife, nor will you ever walk the earth. But take solace in the fact that I will erect a new empire on the earth using your likeness. Take joy in knowing you will never feel the wave of despair and destruction I will bring upon the earth in my revenge."

Sayuri rose to her feet slowly, laughing out loud. "You sure do talk a lot." She closed the distance between the two with a single leap, and punched Parvati in the face twice, before finding herself flying across the room once again. She lay on the ground, unsure of where she was hit because her entire body hurt.
"For once human, you are correct." Parvati said emotionless, Sayuri's punches having done nothing but annoy her. "I think I will enjoy your body. No.. I will enjoy your body. There are so many things a gods form does not partake in, like food, drink, and procreation."

"You cannot have my body." Sayuri grumbled from the ground, angry because she was getting beat down and for some reason she couldn't activate her Byakugan.
"It's not your choice child. I am sure this was clear when I spoke? Regardless, I have grown weary of this dialogue." Parvati walked to the doorway she originally entered through and began speaking in a language Sayuri had never heard before. A hum began to fill the room slowly, but then increased in volume and proximity to the doorway. Finished with her incantations, Parvati turned back to Sayuri. "If you fight this, it will only hurt more child."

As she finished speaking, large bees, the size of large dogs crawled in through the doorway. They flooded into the room like an endless deluge, crawling over the walls, ceilings, and floors towards Sayuri. She could barely lift her body up from the floor, the endless hum of the bees surrounding her. The bees stopped a foot away from her on all sides. Waiting. Parvati and Sayuri locked eyes, and then Parvati snapped her fingers. The swarm pounced on Sayuri, and the girl fought for a few brief seconds. She repelled two or three, but then was overcome by sheer numbers. Her screams echoed through the room as the bees bit into her flesh and stung her repeatedly, each sting numbing her body to the next.

The screaming stopped in less than a minute. Parvarti snapped her fingers, which stopped the bees in place. She walked over to where Sayuri had once been and looked down into the gory mess. "Now let's see what I require."

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Sayuri's body lay was still. She lay on a medical bed in the recovery ward. The surgery had been complete success, and now a hive of bees was integrated fully into her torso. Her eyes fluttered behind closed eye lids as her body and mind fought the medication which was keeping her in a deep slumber. The ambient lighting in the room was dimmed, and the door to the room she was in was closed but unlocked.

After a small bit of time had passed, the nurse and the old doctor entered the room.
"Lights." The doctor's voice activated the lights, brightening the room to a comfortable setting. "Perfect." He took a clipboard off of the small table by the door and began to scribble notes.
"Is it normal for her to still be under?" The nurse asked.
"Normal? No." He answered. "But what we did to her was not normal, so this could potentially be a side effect."

He walked over to Sayuri's body and grasped her wrist in order to take her pulse.
"Pulse is good and respiration is normal." He released her wrist and scribbled additional notes down onto the clipboard. "She should be awake any moment." The nurse nodded her head in approval.
"Great." While the doctor had checked Sayuri's vitals, the nurse has slowly moved into position behind him. Ever the opportunist, she slipped her off hand over the doctor's mouth and stabbed him numerous times before he had a chance to react. Having studied medicine and the human body much of her life, she knew the proper places to stab with the kunai and kill the doctor with ease. His eyes wide with shock, he slumped to the ground lifeless.

Sayuri's eyes opened at that very moment, and she sat up in the bed. The nurse seeing Sayuri awaken, fell to one knee and bowed her head immediately.
"My queen." Sayuri looked down upon her hands, flexing her fingers. She slid out of the bed easily, her bare feet touching the cool linoleum floor. She walked over to the nurse, her gaze moving slowly from the dead doctor to the nurse bowing at her feet and then to the bloody kunai in her hand.
"Why have you killed this man?" She asked the nurse, her voice devoid of emotion. Afraid to lift her head, the nurse answered.
"He was not loyal to you, my queen. He had to be disposed of before he spread word of your arrival."
"Bring me the belongings of this vessel."
"At once, my queen."

Pavarti, now in full control of Sayuri's body found herself pleased with the overall fitness of the female's body she was now inhabiting. The nurse returned promptly with Sayuri's gear and clothing, her head bowed so that she didn't make eye contact. Pavarti put the clothing and gear on identically to the way Sayuri wore it when she arrived at the medical facility. The nurse waited silently. Like a dog. Pavarti thought, amused. Once she finished dressing, she brought her attention back to the deceased doctor.

"This man was your leader, yes?"
"In a sense, yes my queen." The nurse answered.
"And you took an oath for your profession, to not kill or harm intentionally?"
"Yes my queen, but-"
"Shhhh." Pavarti interrupted, moving Sayuri's body closer to the nurse. "You swore an oath and you broke it by killing the human who led you." She moved closer until the two were within inches of each other. "You also swore an oath to me, your queen." The nurse flinched and suppressed a scream as her gut was impaled by the bloody kunai she had used several minutes ago to kill the doctor.
"I understand your judgements, however flawed they were. But you have already shown a propensity for rebellion and untrustworthy behavior, a disease which plagues your entire species I'm afraid." She pulled the kunai out and impaled the nurse again. "You have served me well, and as such you will experience the paradise of the afterlife as a member of my hive."

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Sayuri emerged from the building out into the alleyway. A heavy rain fell from the clouded mid morning sky, leaving everything in the alley wet and grimy. The light outside was mostly dim as the morning sun had just risen behind the gray clouds. Sayuri stood still in the downpour, as the ancient god that had taken her body reveled in the feeling of the rain against her skin.

The water pooled under Sayuri was tinted red, as the rain began to wash off the blood on her skin and embedded in her clothing. Running through some of the information she had acquired from Sayuri's mind, she knew the blood wouldn't completely wash out of the clothing and that she would have to get rid of it. However, at the moment she was enjoying the smaller things in life. A change of wardrobe was insignificant at the moment and would occur eventually once she returned to the Hyuuga mansion.

Closing her eyes, she relived the last few minutes through new memories. Shortly after killing the treacherous nurse, Pavarti had thought it wise to test out her new body. She also thought it wise to cover up any traces of her having been in the hidden hospital, and had used her new vessel to seek out and destroy anyone unlucky enough to have been in the hospital. All potential witnesses. She thought, devoid of all emotion. She had then found some flammable liquids and set the hospital ablaze. And finally, through the acrid smell of smoke and the rising heat in the alley, she could tell the fire had finally caught up to her.

Opening her eyes, she found the bloodlust she harbored was not nearly satisfied and yet she knew to act upon it now would excite her and the bees she had inside of her. Unfortunately, she thought, I have not tamed the bees that reside inside of my vessel. And so now her path was beyond clear to her. Thanks to the information gleaned from Sayuri's thoughts, experiences, and memories, Pavarti knew she would have to get much stronger in order to destroy the world and rebuild it in the manner she desired.

Apparently, humans had been very busy, getting stronger and learning many different ways of molding chakra and taming the wild beasts of the land. Walking slowly out of the alley, Sayuri began walking to the Hyuuga mansion to begin strengthening herself. Remembering the blood that had soiled her clothes, Sayuri made sure to travel on paths less frequented by people in those early morning hours. There would be plenty of time to kill and reap the vengeance she was due.

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