Board Thread:Iwagakure Spars/@comment-24937485-20151214001935/@comment-24937485-20151216042017



“So, the cub has claws?”

The Stranger voiced, caught in surprise, as the Genin suddenly broke free by a short-lasting, but memorable display of force. There was something there in this child, something which was, although immature, quite unique. In that moment where the shroud of chakra grew, the Stranger could see a very clear image as the chakra took on the shape of a ferocious tiger. And it left him to wonder whether perhaps, in the future, that Tiger would actually be able to fully come out.

-For if that happened….-

Cutting his thoughts short, the Masked man waved his hand so that normal sand now spreading the direct area rose towards his right and formed a strong wall that caught the torrent of water. The wall turned to a muddy state but still kept its form, leaving whoever shot the water guessing as to whether the stranger could still move the sand or not.

His own chakra enhanced sand meanwhile continued floating in the air around the Sunagakure Shinobi who walked over to the child that sat down after an episode of what was perhaps a life-changing realization. The Stranger leaned over to the brave young Genin and tilted his mask up enough for the young Shinobi to see his face. A handsome face, with a sharp nose, and piercing eyes, far younger than one might’ve expected he looked o older than 16 or 17.

“If you ever find yourself in the Sand, ask around for one called Child of the Desert. But do not call for me before you have truly awakened that power inside you like I have mine.”

The Stranger dropped his mask in the Genin’s lap, but as he took it off some of the sand floating around him gathered into a new, identical, copy that hid his face. As if nothing had happened he walked off while weaving a rapid series of handseals together, causing all of the sand, and mud-wall, to sink into big holes that opened in the ground, and then closed again, leaving little signs of a battle behind.

And just when everything was ‘clean’ again, four Iwagakure ANBU members arose from the ground around the Stranger, speaking in perfect unison. “Jinchuruuki-sama, please follow us.’

“Don’t disappoint me.” Were the last words of the mysterious Sunagakure Shinobi who vanished from sight in a blur, leaving but a drizzle of sand that fell to the ground where his feet last stood.

