Board Thread:Konoha Arc/@comment-25687356-20160506032500/@comment-25213565-20160513014703

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Sitting along the rooftop of which he was blew off of when he died, dangling his feet. Nobody saw him, there was nobody that could as he looked to the side, witnessing the destruction that was happening. After the sounds lasted for a bit, he only took a look down to his physical body as he then sighed once. Looking to the side while Keldran finally came into sight. His own eyes only looked back down to his feet as he said "Fuck..." Watching his own dead body being picked up by Keldran, Ded was gone from the edge above as he appeared next to his long lasted best friend and physical body, crouched as he then plopped down onto the ground next to him. He began a light, hearty chuckle in such a soft tone as he said "I was stupid." His eyes slowly glared over to him after so.



From his spot, he only watched Keldran closely. Hearing him on how it was a joke like the old days. The days where they didn't have a care in the world or were exposed to something like this. Just then, a flash of memory came to Ded's eyes. A lit up memory of them sitting on the grass of a training field, laughing with Ded's arm wrapped around Keldran's neck only to pull him closer. The brightness of the memory faded and Ded was no longer sitting but standing as his head looked up into the skies, the water falling through him as if he was nothing. Slowly putting his hand out as he heard his body being put down, he then watched as the rain fell through his hand but then down to Keldran as he then heard him scream.



The way he said sorry, the was he was screaming only made Ded feel more like an idiot since he never ran, no matter the challenge. Vanishing from his spot, he appeared in front of Keldran as he was knelt down and slid his hand across his cheek as he only asked him "Why do you always choose the wrong times to cry?" His yellow eyes on his ghostly body remained however, he couldn't be seen however, he was heard and the feeling of his hand could be felt. Slowly, Ded pulled his hand away from Keldran's cheek as he then only stared at his close friend. The yellow eyes that would rampage on only glistened lightly as tears were forming in them, though only a few seeped from them, running down his cheek. Ded couldn't do anything through this state and he knew now that Keldran was going to probably throw everything away...he knew him all too well if he was still like his old ways.



From where he was, he only appeared standing next to Keldran as he only listened to him cry on and speak words that struck Ded even in the afterlife. “I just wanted for us all to show the world how great we are. But I wasn’t enough, I was never enough. I let my stupidity get in the way and now I’ll never see you again. I don’t deserve this title. I never did I only did it to make you proud, to make everyone who called us failures wrong. I failed you Ded I wish it was me. I always loved you like a brother. We may not be blood but our blood was always the same.I can never repay the heart you gave me...” Ded's tears didn't stop as his hair covered his face while the skies cried with him. He couldn't stop it at all, no matter how he tried. They were brothers whether it was through blood or bond, that would always be the way it would be.



It wasn't too long later that everything was taking the turn Ded knew would come. It was just what he didn't want. Ded watched as Keldran's fist dug into the ground, how his claymore lit up in the same glow as his hand. Listening and watching, he only stayed beside him the entire time as he listened to what he said to Kei. Looking directly to Keldran as he stumbled back a bit because he was actually going through with it all...all because of Ded and the others. His hands then balled into fists as he then forced his chakra to come back, each drop from his physical body that stayed in it. He forced himself to be seen not only by Keldran but Kei as well. Letting his hands become calm, he took a single step forward as he was in front of Keldran, with his forehead pressed against his and his eyes staring directly into Keldran's, his hand against the back of his head as he pulled him close. He was angry but he knew it wouldn't be long. He stared harshly into Keldran's eyes only to see that this is what he chose, what he wished for. Speaking in a soft tone with his deep voice, Ded only said "Stop being sorry. I'm the one that was the idiot that couldn't run because I don't back down. There's no reason for you to throw your life away because of any of this. You have your family back home, you have everyone else that is there. You and I both accepted the terms to what this occupation held, we knew the price of death was involved. Don't be me, you have a chance to run, Keldran. In the end, I care about your choice but it is yours, I can't force you to go one way or another. There's something an old man once told us a long time ago..do you remember it? The true measure of a shinobi is not how he lives, but how he dies. Dying here isn't going to do anything..though just like always, no matter the situation, I'll be by your side on it." His body began to glow brighter as he only sighed and closed his eyes "It's the last thing I can do since I didn't get to say goodbye...to you...to B...or even Kinshi..." Looking over to Kei, he then said "If you get out of here, at least tell Kinshi that I loved her." But his eyes then looked back to Keldran's as a smile spread across his lips. Pulling away, he then saw Hitomi in the back as he only said "Go on. It's not my time yet, I have no reason to move, my feet stay and follow where Keldran's go." His eyes looked back down to Keldran as he said "I'm with you until the bitter end." With that, a blast of black visible chakra bursted from his body as it was going into Keldran, as if it was being sucked in. A green glow was given it as well as he was slowly healing Keldran's body from it. "As a last wish, I give you the rest of my chakra and of course, gotta make ya a bit more battle ready than you are. Use this to either get away or fight, that is your choice..I'd rather see you live but as I said, it's your choice." His body was flaking away like little pieces of paper as he only kept the smile and pocketed both of his hands. "If you choose to run, there's always a chance to get back at them. Either way, you'll see me again...I promise this, brother." The bright smile of Ded only lasted a few more seconds as his image was gone like nothing. At this point, Keldran's wounds would be healed to a little extent to at least stop any bleeding and his chakra reserves would be boosted up than they already were. The last bit of what he had left was within Keldran now. Ded may have been unable to be seen however, the entire time, whichever choice Keldran made, Ded's silhouette would be right next to him.