On The Way Home... Truth Behind Shaken Hands

AJ Gray

(OOC: Haha, Sword Quest bitches. xD)

Tamotsu had begun his long trek back home, at Renima's request, but trudged along doing so being unsatisfied by the way the battle with him and the genin had to finish. He sighed softly as the wolf walked along side him whimpering, feeling the same feeling of unaccomplished deeds. The sky was a bit grayed over as if to rain at any moment. But the hunter-nin knew better and knew it was just a front to make the uncertain afraid and stay in doors. Tamotsu walked along the road as if he didn't care for the warning. And nor he should.

"Hmm, I wonder how Reiatsu and those other genin are doing. Maybe Kodo and Shu are having an easier time. Doesn't matter though, they were trained by me. They'll handle pain and think up strategies fast." Tamotsu said to himself reassuringly. He knew his students well enough to be able to leave them to their fights and having high hopes for them he yawned in relief. As the day passed on as he walked through the solemn of Oto, he began to feel the urge to eat and rest for a moment. But he did not like the area. He would wait till he was clear of them all.

He walked along the streets of the town and grumbled at the thing he saw, hating them greatly. He saw random thieves rob helpless people and run off into the shadows. What he hated most about them was that he saw them pull out knives and kunais on the people. He desperately hate weapons and the people who used them. He wanted to run after the men but did not want to cause trouble for himself since this was not his home country. He would have to suck it up and keep walking through as if it were nothing new.

He sighed softly. "I could never forget that day." He said as thunder crackled above his head and the clouds threat to rain on him become stronger. He looked down to his hands as what seemed to be a rain drop fell on it. As he looked up, there was no rain, but his eyes had begun to stream slowly. He closed his eyes roughly as he looked down to the ground as he thought deep about the "day" in question. He walked along as more thunder crackled above him. Angered by the heavens breaking his thoughts, he yelled.

"Shut up! I'm thinking! What do you want!? Rain if you must but do it silently! Please..." He yelled as his eyes lit up with a slight innocence. He looked at his hands and for a moment, he seemed to have smaller hands that weren't as abused as they were. His skin was a bit lighter and fingers more slender then before. He looked up and could see the Hidden Dog Garden as a woman who looked alot like him smiled at him and offered him a cookie. He smiled and took the cookie from her as she ruffled his hair. He laughed almost to the point of a giggle.

The woman covered her mouth and laughed a moment. Out of nowhere, Tamotsu was lifted into the air by a man with deep blue fang tattoos under his eyes. He too looked a bit like him. The man spinned him around in his arms and laughed. A giant black wolf sat beside a tree as the three people had their small moment of happiness. Tamotsu laughed as he dropped the cookie on the floor below. It smashed into several pieces. He looked down as the woman picked it up and sighed. She shook her head at the man and Tamotsu who shrugged and laughed at her.

The scene changed to a night scene where Tamotsu yanwed in his bed, a room familiar to the one he put Reiatsu in before. He looked up at the stars from the small window as small cherry blossoms fell to the ground. The night sky was clear and he could see many constellations above. He smiled softly as he covered himself in the blanket and drifted to sleep, a small gray wolf cub at the base of his bed where his feet were covered by the blanket. He shifted tirelessly in his sleep, something told him not to sleep.

His instincts kicked in hard when the front door of the house was bashed in and several things broke. He shot out of bed with the small wolf who growled and snarled at the door. As he waited for whoever would come in, he stood with a kunai in his hands. The door opened as he predicted and he threw the kunai forward. The kunai pierced the figure in the chest and Tamotsu ran forward and looked at the person. "Mom..." He said as the lights came on. His eyes opened wide as he looked at his mother smiling at him.

"Heh, at least my son will be able to protect his home." The woman said caressing his face. Tamotsu's eyes filled with tears as he looked at his mother's smile fade. He yelled out in angst and pain as he held her. The sounds outside in the living room were loud and several glass items broke. He heard a loud whimper and he looked up and laid his mother down as he stepped out to the living room as he saw his father and his wolf bleeding heavily on the ground. He ran up to him and took knee beside him.

"Tamotsu-kun. Run... please... run one more time for me..." His father said as two shurikens fell from his hands on to the floor. Tamotsu cried as he looked at his father and grabbed the shurikens and stood up. He stood there until the two cloaked men who seemed to be the attackers came in. He looked at them with his eyes, which were green colored at the time. He threw the shurikens forward at the men with luck on his side. As he stood there and watched the men fall down for their final time, he fell to his knees and looked at the floor.

As he looked at the floor on his knees, the scene around him dispersed and he stared at the muddy ground on the floor. The rain had fallen hard. And he could hear in his head a small voice he had forgotten. "I, Inuzuka Tamotsu, promise to never use a weapon in my life again. From this day forward, I will always fight with my hands and do everything I can to protect those who need me. As for everyone who is evil, I'll do my utmost to stop them." Tamotsu gripped his fists in the mud hard as he cried.

"I live with my mistake everyday, I swear I won't...." he stood up and slammed his palm into a nearby tree and watched it fall over. "... I won't fail you." He looked at the tree which was oddly colored then the other trees around. He walked up to it and looked at the trunk and saw a sword on the floor. It was red and had incredible details carved into it. He glared at it and shook with fury. "Rasengan!" He said as he charged the powerful jutsu in his hand and went to slam it down on to the sword. As he did, flashes of the memory went off in his head.

"Tamo-chan!" He heard a soft female voice go off. He stopped just centimeters from the sword and looked behind him. A woman in a beautiful white kimono sighed and looked at him. He dispelled the Rasengan and looked at her shocked. "Mom?" He asked confused as the woman nodded at him. "And what exactly was Tamo-chan expecting to accomplish by destroying that sword? Avenging his mother? I'm sure she was avenged well." She smiled and giggled softly doing the same mouth cover.

"Just... it's... another weapon I don't want to be around. Weapons-" Tamotsu spoke briefly until another voice boomed. "Weapons, while not an Inuzuka's primary choice in battle, still make a ninja a ninja. Even if it's base weapons like kunais and shurikens. My son, when will you let this grudge go?" His father appeared beside his mother in a dark blue noble's robe with a giant black wolf beside him. Tamotsu looked down ashamed at himself and then looked up at his parents. "I don't know. Is it wrong for me to mourn you?" He asked softly.

"It's wrong to mourn when the mourning has long since passed. Look at you life and strengths my child. You have grown as strong as you wished to be. Why don't you finally grow up just a tad bit more for us and take that sword with you. It's not an evil item. It can be used for good." The woman said softly as Tamotsu nodded at her and smiled. He turned back to the sword and grabbed it's hilt and picked it up. As he turned back to see his parents, the smiled and then dispersed like cherry blossom leaves falling from a tree. The rain had stopped long before as he looked at the spot where he was standing.

"I promise this time... only in the name of good... will I ever use a weapon."

The sky settled as the sun shone on a spot where a grouping of cherry blossom leaves were. A paw print and a hand print was all that remained on that spot. The reminder of his last moment as a child.

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Tamotsu Says: Relax. No seriously... I'ma kunai you to death if you don't.

Roleplaying Characters:
Inuzuka, Tamotsu
Mitsuki Seiko
Sirus
Riviere, Siela
RPG Stats:
Shinobi Rank: S-Rank Missing, Jounin, Jounin, Chuunin
Village: None, Konoha, Iwagakure, Kirigakure
Training Points: 0
Personal Stats:
Forum Credit: 9

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airknight12 · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject:

Fire Sword Found
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35 forum credit, 20 ryo

Roleplaying Characters:
Renima
Kishi
Raiton, Ensu
No 4th RPC
RPG Stats:
Shinobi Rank: S-Ranked Missing nin/A ranked missing nin
Village: Wind Shire
Training Points: 100
Personal Stats:
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