Board Thread:Mount Myōboku Logs/@comment-27079171-20161025224737/@comment-24937485-20161029204216



“Only two more days.”



Over fifty miles to the south of Mount Myōboku where the trees stood higher than the Hokage’s office and the water was clear as glass, a horde hissing creatures slithered over the forest floor. Their elongated, scaly, bodies ranging in between gargantuan and tiny are colored in all kinds of un-usual fashions. Black, white, green, blue, purple. Some with circular markings and some with straight-lines running down their backs. Every breed of snake that you’ve ever seen of had a bad dream about seemed to be present.

They moved like an absolute horde, with the massive snakes effortlessly crushing some of the ‘smaller’ ones that could till swallow a man whole with ease. Nothing seemed capable to withstand their stampede as they trampled over many trees and left the land behind them devastated. The loud  tearing, cracking, and smashing of massive oaks heard falling against the floor in masse. Any unlucky wildlife, including some Toad scouts, were strangled by groups of smaller snakes or strangled alive by the larger ones.

Amidst this army, there was one snake larger than all the others and atop his head stood a single humanoid figure dressed in a black cloak with red clouds. The King of snakes was over 20 stories high and had a thick body covered in sharp scales. The entire body of the King was black except for its white head and the red rings around its yellow eyes. Its fangs large enough to kill a dozen man in one bite, dripping with blood red poison, ever in sight as they were too large for its mouth to contain which meant that the venom continued dropping onto the floor, each drop the size of a bucket of water, and burning away anything it landed on like some kind of acidic fluid. The figure standing atop the king was still shrouded in mystery as the only thing he said every now and then was.





“Only two more days.”



Meanwhile, at Mount Myōboku, Kano and his squad had arrived at the temple just before a circle of braziers lit up around them. The suddenness of the flames rising up would’ve distracted the Shinobi just enough so that when they looked back at the temple’s throne, they saw the huge figure of the great toad sage. Its eyes closed, as always, as it inhaled from a swirling pipe between its lips and exhaled from its gap-like nostrils. As the smoke escaped into the air it began to spread out within a 2 by 2 yard area. At first it seemed vague but the more smoke was exhaled, the cleared a picture it began to form. And finally, the ‘picture’ of smoke began to move in the air as if visualizing a dream.

“It all started long ago.”

The smoke showed a beautiful forest wherein several animals were seen meditating together, all of them bearing the marks of a sage. All of them seemed to be in peace until one, who was larger than the others and had ferocious eyes, long fangs, and a serpentine body, came to infiltrate the peaceful scene.

“The Snake Emperor, also called King of Snakes and Serpentine of Nightmares, was jealous of our power as he could not achieve the balance within oneself that is required for it. As such he attacked and killed several of us, my old friends, before absorbing their power in order to become the great Snake Sage.”

The smoke then showed several animals running away, while only a toad, wielding a sage-staff, remained to stand and fight.

“The Snake Emperor wished to claim Mount Myōboku for himself. The others, not seeing the value in the place where we all grew up to learn the sage art, returned to their homes. This left only me to defend the very place you stand today. It was with luck that I was able to fight off the Serpentine of Nightmares. Luck and the help of the Pandas who came to our aid when all seemed lost.”

<p class="MsoNormal">The smoke showed how the large evil snake bit into the face of the valiant toad and claimed both of its eyes before a horde of pandas managed to chase the snake away.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Luckily enough I kept my life. And in return for my old sight I gained a new sense of sight. Foresight. And as such, before anything else, I must warn you of a grave prophecy about to unfold”

<p class="MsoNormal">“A savior of the world’s desire.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“A warrior of light who purges all. “

<p class="MsoNormal">“He, who, amidst flames would eradicate all darkness in the world.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“No sin or shade be spared. “

<p class="MsoNormal">The smoke dissipated as the Toad sage let out a long sight.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The savior spoken of, whether a savior of good or bad, will reveal itself soon. I have a feeling about who it may be. There are two within my mind. However, that news are not meant for your ears to be heard yet. But never, never, ever dare forget the prophecy. For all of you have parts to play within this scheme of destiny. Beware!”

<p class="MsoNormal">Taking another long draw from its pipe, the centuries old Toad lifted his non-functioning gaze up to the roof and once again sighed while the echo of his last warning rang through the temple.

<p class="MsoNormal">“But for now we have to focus on something else. The return of the Snake Emperor. Only two more days and he will be here, there is no doubt about that. We don’t have enough warriors to win and for some reason we never heard back from the Pandas. Thus, first off, I need you, Kano Uzumaki-boyo, to travel to the panda forest in the far east with that Jutsu of yours. Meanwhile, I have other tasks here for your Genin to complete. And they are free to train with each other, or my brothers and sisters, during their stay here.”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Toad sage coughed in a way that allowed one to assume the old one was getting ill.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Genin children, in six hours I need you to report back to me. I’ll have two temporary companions awaiting you here with further instructions for your mission. Until then. Train. Train. Train. We will need every last ounce of strength you have.”

<p class="MsoNormal">The Toad spoke with undoubtable sincerity and a sense of sadness to his voice. There were many thoughts going through this wise creature’s head. But he only kept coming to the same conclusion time after time after time. And it didn’t spell good news. In thought –You three Konoha Shinobi are our only real hopes of the tides being turned. But, a cunning and unpredictable force may accomplish great things. Let’s see if you can prove your true worth, Kano. Cause many people will need it in the future.-