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Date: February 26, 2011
Summary:
None given
"Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace"
Unknown location
RP Challenge: Collaboration! Raiga and Kaede
The scene opens on Sunagakure at night. Seishukuni Kureno stands in front
of the gates of the Village, looking through them. The gates begin to
close, casting darkness upon him.
— When the door shuts
Dont worry about me —
He turns around, adjusting the strap of a backpack on his shoulder, and
starts walking away.
— It's not attention that I want from you —
Kureno walks out into the desert and in a brief flash he is overlayed with
an image of Yotsuki Raiga.
— I need you to trust
who I'm gonna be —
Another flash, and Raiga replaces Kaede, and the background changes to a
mountainside in the Land of Lightning.
— And in everything I'm going to do —
Thousands of people are gathered before Raiga, as the Eight-Tails lies
bound behind him.
— Cause I'm not afraid —
Raiga stares at one of his best friends who is to receive the
Eight-Tails's power.
— Of what I dont know —
His friend smiles eagerly.
— For understanding is all that I earn —
He turns his gaze to the crowd, and finds his three students standing
there, watching him.
— What is for sure is I'm going to go —
Raiga turns to face the Eight-Tailed Giant Ox, and raises a hand. A pulse,
and Kureno stands where Raiga does for a moment.
— I'm gonna live and I'm going to learn —
Kureno replaces Raiga completely, and the environment changes to that of a
desert. A desert where Itami, Meimei, Misayo, two Sasaki Chuunin by the
names of Rongi and Shigusa, and Kureno himself are locked in battle.
— And I know there will be mistakes that I will make —
The view splits in half. In one half an explosion of crystal shards rains
down from the sky and rises from the ground simultaneously, barely
avoiding killing Itami and Meimei as they are whisked away to safety.
Simultaneously, in the other half, Raiga is being attacked by his students
— the three members of Team Raiga aside from himself. One is attacking
Raiga with three Puppets, another is firing a red beam of energy from a
hole in his forehead, the last lunges in and plunges a hand right into
Raiga's chest.
— But I know none are worse than chances I dont take —
The two views merge, with Raiga and Kureno flickering back and forth as
they clutch at their chests in pain.
— Taaaake! —
Raiga arches his back and reels back as an explosion of flame comes out of
his chest instead of blood.
— Right before your eyes, I am changing! —
The flames flow out and away until they turn into crystals against the
night sky. The Ghoul of the Desert stands a few feet away from Kureno, on
the other side of a campfire.
— Chaaaangiiiing… —
Kureno — now "Kaede" — smiles at the Ghoul, and the monster just stares
back with lidless eyes.
— New life on the inside —
Raiga watches from concealment, a scar on his chest, as his pregnant
daughter, Yotsuki Makoto, is protected from one of the three Dead Brothers
— Dead Heart — by Takahashi Raiko, she who will become the First Raikage!
— I am changing —
The brave Raiga, he who united the entire Land of Lightning… Turns away
when the Dead Brothers are defeated. He is too ashamed that he could not
defeat the villains himself, and had to leave the task to his newest pupil.
— chaaaangiiiing… —
Still-shots of Raiga walking away until he vanishes over the horizon.
RP Challenge: Collaboration! Raiga and Kaede
The scene opens on Sunagakure at night. Seishukuni Kureno stands in front
of the gates of the Village, looking through them. The gates begin to
close, casting darkness upon him.
— When the door shuts
Dont worry about me —
He turns around, adjusting the strap of a backpack on his shoulder, and
starts walking away.
— It's not attention that I want from you —
Kureno walks out into the desert and in a brief flash he is overlayed with
an image of Yotsuki Raiga.
— I need you to trust
who I'm gonna be —
Another flash, and Raiga replaces Kaede, and the background changes to a
mountainside in the Land of Lightning.
— And in everything I'm going to do —
Thousands of people are gathered before Raiga, as the Eight-Tails lies
bound behind him.
— Cause I'm not afraid —
Raiga stares at one of his best friends who is to receive the
Eight-Tails's power.
— Of what I dont know —
His friend smiles eagerly.
— For understanding is all that I earn —
He turns his gaze to the crowd, and finds his three students standing
there, watching him.
— What is for sure is I'm going to go —
Raiga turns to face the Eight-Tailed Giant Ox, and raises a hand. A pulse,
and Kureno stands where Raiga does for a moment.
— I'm gonna live and I'm going to learn —
Kureno replaces Raiga completely, and the environment changes to that of a
desert. A desert where Itami, Meimei, Misayo, two Sasaki Chuunin by the
names of Rongi and Shigusa, and Kureno himself are locked in battle.
— And I know there will be mistakes that I will make —
The view splits in half. In one half an explosion of crystal shards rains
down from the sky and rises from the ground simultaneously, barely
avoiding killing Itami and Meimei as they are whisked away to safety.
Simultaneously, in the other half, Raiga is being attacked by his students
— the three members of Team Raiga aside from himself. One is attacking
Raiga with three Puppets, another is firing a red beam of energy from a
hole in his forehead, the last lunges in and plunges a hand right into
Raiga's chest.
— But I know none are worse than chances I dont take —
The two views merge, with Raiga and Kureno flickering back and forth as
they clutch at their chests in pain.
— Taaaake! —
Raiga arches his back and reels back as an explosion of flame comes out of
his chest instead of blood.
— Right before your eyes, I am changing! —
The flames flow out and away until they turn into crystals against the
night sky. The Ghoul of the Desert stands a few feet away from Kureno, on
the other side of a campfire.
— Chaaaangiiiing… —
Kureno — now "Kaede" — smiles at the Ghoul, and the monster just stares
back with lidless eyes.
— New life on the inside —
Raiga watches from concealment, a scar on his chest, as his pregnant
daughter, Yotsuki Makoto, is protected from one of the three Dead Brothers
— Dead Heart — by Takahashi Raiko, she who will become the First Raikage!
— I am changing —
The brave Raiga, he who united the entire Land of Lightning… Turns away
when the Dead Brothers are defeated. He is too ashamed that he could not
defeat the villains himself, and had to leave the task to his newest pupil.
— chaaaangiiiing… —
Still-shots of Raiga walking away until he vanishes over the horizon.
— When the door shuts —
An infant with thin wisps of red hair is wailing in the crowd, following
Raiga sealing the Eight-Tails into her.
— It shuts finally —
Raiga's friend is furious that he did not receive the power of Hachibi.
But in the crowd, Raiga's three students just smile mysterious smiles in
unison.
— A new person that I have become —
Raiga turns away to face Kaede, as the environment shifts completely to a
location in the Land of Grass. Raiga faces Kaede and he tells the young
man that he is broken.
— I follow my heart to my destiny —
Kaede looks angry, holding a hand over his heart as he denounces
everything that Raiga says and stands for.
— But living in fear and sorrow is done —
As Raiga continues to explain to him how he can >see< the brokenness of
Kaede's heart and soul, Kaede tunes him out, gritting his teeth. The
blackness of hatred surrounds him in a growing darkness.
— There will be no more feeling that Im all alone —
Kaede lifts his head and closes his eyes. He relaxes. Images of Itami, the
Ghoul, Rain, and even Raiga all pass over Kaede's head. The darkness
becomes the night sky, and Kaede is no longer standing in the Land of
Grass. He is standing in front of Sunagakure.
— I will surround myself with things that help me grow —
He holds out his arms at his sides, and turns his palms up.
Simultaneously, Raiga sits with his arms in a similar position at a
different location, eyes closed… Perfectly still.
— Grrrowww! —
Raiga's eyes snap open, and they are the eyes of an eagle, not a man.
Kaede clenches his hands shut and the desert in front of Sunagakure blooms
with tens of thousands of crystal roses.
— Right before your eyes, I am changing! —
The roses rise from the sand and turn into spears that rain down on the
canyon walls of the Sand Village, punching holes through the natural
barriers.
— chaaangiiing… —
As the ninja of Sunagakure look up in surprise, a lengthy dragon of pure
crystal comes winding through one of the holes. Kaede stands on its back.
— New life on the inside! I am changing! —
Raiga, transformed into an odd bird-like form, does battle with the
Two-Tailed Monster Cat as Hoiishime stands nearby. A fast-forward reveals
Hoiishime's shoulders glowing as two Seals that match the kanji for
"cloud" appear on his flesh, just as the Two-Tails vanishes inside of them.
— Chaaangiiiing… —
Raiga turns away to look upon the previously-cursed Hitodama Highlands…
Now empty of ghosts.
