First stages...

Subject: First stages... Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:39 pm

Dante wondered around the village for a while wondering as to what type of an adventure he should set off on today, would it be a mission or would it be something normal, he wondered all this as he stared up at the ceiling of his room from the flat of his back on his bed.

“DANTE!” he heard his father call out,
“what!?” came Dante's reply before he sat up to see his mother poke her head in through the door,
“I'm heading off to the wind village in case you wanted to come for an adventure in another country, Hokage-sama said you we're more then welcome to come with me.” she said in her soft sweet mellow tone.

“What do I all need then mom?” he asked already interested in the new adventures of another land. He watched his mother place his bag by the door and tossed him a cloak, “I got it all planed out Dante, we just need to head out.” she said still in her sweet voice. Her voice always sounded as if he was tasting a really sweat candy that was so good you just couldn't stop eating them, her voice was one of those rare voices that she could have made it big as a star.

Dante nodded and started off after her, “well lets get a move on mom.” he said jumping off the bed in pure excitement already. He took off out the door after his mother after they both got their shoes on, and they both rushed out the door. Dante's mother had to go at a slow pace due to Dante being slower by a long shot but still that had no cause or effect upon young Dante, he was ever so determined to have fun on this adventure.

A good while as the two traveled his mother stopped and sat down pulling out some food rations, “lets take a break, I already packed your food and stuff you'll need in your bag.” she said her voice not even tired or panting at all. Dante was another story though, he happily plopped down beside her and quickly dug into his bag looking for his water bottle, *where is it? I know she put...* he was thinking to himself before he suddenly found it whipping the water bottle out of the backpack “ahah I found it!” he said before he realized his mother was looking at him strangely. “eheh... sorry..” he said before taking a drink of his water bottle, it wasn't a terrible long one even though he did have 3 in there but he would need the others for another time.

After Dante was done eating his sandwich he stood back up and he and his mother both started off again, this time they would head out until nightfall, for until then he would have to sleep before they started off into the desert.

Dante awoke the next day and sat up slowly before he felt that sudden urge to find a washroom, *oh yeah, I'm in the wild.... a simple bush will do.* he thought to himself as he stood up and ran off into the bushes not realizing he was topless before he finished his wake up leak. He walked back to camp and noticed that his shirts we're on the ground and he found himself thirst now. Why was waking up so demanding sometimes? He wondered to himself.

Anyways after sleep undressing and getting back into his clothing him and his mother headed off on their journey making it to Suna after a good nice long run through the desert. After arriving in Suna Dante and his mother both agree'd that they'd meet up later, his mother pointed out a place he should go check out and work on his chakra skill around. Dante made his way to the shrine and found it, as well as a few what seemed to be jounin's and chuunins, hell even genins we're gathered around this shrine.

Dante made his way over to the shrine and sat down at it and placed his hands in the yin and yang style as he was in a meditation like sitting position now, he was right down beside it in fact. Focusing on his chakra he oddly felt a connection with the shrine, as if... it was apart of him, it kinda weirded him out but he remained in his meditation like state.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:57 pm

Dante continued to sit there before someone walked up behind him, and poked at him “hey kid, your barely but a genin, what do you expect to find here?” the man asked still poking Dante's neck. It was starting to irritate Dante but he had to figure what the hell this guy wanted “yeah, what?” he asked turning around to face the man who was poking him. He stopped when Dante turned around and sat down in a meditation but he kept his hands connected in a dragon hand seal, as he stared at Dante.

Dante dropped a sweat on the back of his head as he looked at this guy, “umm... what?” he asked feeling a little bad about freaking out at the guy. “I was wondering what you we're trying to do sitting there, because it seems you don't have a clue about your elemental chakra...” the man said releasing his hand seal and flicking Dante in the forehead, “Come, I'll teach you how I was taught.” he said standing up.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:07 pm

Dante stood up and followed the man, he seemed to be of Suna's shinobi, and he was up for helping him learn about the elements? He didn't seem to mind at the least since it was something new to learn. Dante followed the man until they reached a building that was pretty high up in the sky. “Okay, this is the first stage and there will be a few of them to work on, and I know your mother this is a favor I owe her.” he said as he sat down beside Dante pulling out a paper and handing it to Dante, “place your chakra into that little piece of paper and we'll see if you really do have the requirements to learn wind.” the man said.

Dante nodded and took the piece of paper and placed his hands on both sides of it and started to focus his chakra into the piece of paper from both of his hands, he felt a sudden shift in the paper and moved his hands aside to notice that the paper appeared to have been cut down the middle with a sword, or scissors.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:20 pm

Dante looked at the papers and noticed the man grinning and tilted his head “good you have the wind element, now we just need to teach you how to use it.” the man said flicking Dante between the eyes. Dante rubbed between his eyes after the man flicked him in between the eyes and glanced at him “why do you consistently keep on flicking me?” he asked as he sighed and wondered what happened now.

“Okay, now we teach you the first step to wind, learning how to tap into it.” the man said as he took a deep breath in and held it for a few seconds before releasing it. “I want you to listen to the wind, let it communicate with you and your body, its something that's apart of you. Don't force it or you'll strain yourself, but don't forget, that you can control it after you gain it after you put practice and control into it.” he man said as he noticed Dante was already following his orders.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:25 pm

Dante sat there letting the wind whistle passed him breathing it in and releasing it, feeling the cool touch of it against his skin, it was as if something in the wind was actually calling out to him, was this normal? Well to only crazy people it probably would have been. Dante kept his eyes closed and pictured a soft wind setting of green trees, and the grass all blowing in the breeze of the wind. Dante certainly had a wild imagination to already create a character for the wind itself and and to talk to them, there was certainly nothing wrong with that at all was there?
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Subject: Re: First stages... Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:16 pm

Dante breathed deeply and released his breath feeling the wind kiss his skin with its cool and silky feel, he ignored the suns warmth kissing and licking at his skin because he wasn't told to concentrate on the warmth of the sun but the feel and sense of the wind. Dante allowed the wind to fill his lounges and then emptied them by exhaling, the feel of all of this was starting to get boring but must be necessary to all of this.

“Dante, what the hell are you doing? Your face looks like your about to crap yourself!” the jounin said laughing out loud.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Sun Jul 18, 2010 2:08 am

Dante opened his eyes and looked at him kinda weirded out by this mans comment, “what are you talk--” he was going to say before being cut off by the jounin.

“I said feel the wind, not with your body, but with your chakra.” the jounin said as he hit Dante over the head with a swords sheath. “get to it!” he added.

Dante looked at the jounin and already wanted to attack him with his own sword but Dante was seriously out manoeuvred here. Dante closed his eyes and focused upon his chakra, *feel the wind with my chakra...* he thought to himself again and again.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:36 pm

Dante wondered what it was like to feel the wind with your chakra, it must have been some great experience that made you feel good and wonderful, or maybe it was something you had to do in order to gain something? Who knew anymore at this point, who bloody knew. Dante looked up and saw the sun drawing near its end turned the jounin to see his mom sitting down among them now, “when did you get here mom?” he asked wondering how long she sat there for.

“Don't worry about me Dante, try to understand what your Uncle said before we go for supper and sleep at our hotel I got us for the night.” she said wondering if it was too early for Dante to fully understand the concept.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:58 am

Dante nodded as he closed his eyes again and made a hand seal and focused his chakra, he listened to the wind howl and whistle passed him. A clear green field, he looked around the field and saw two brothers playing some sort of game, but before he could do anything or get close to them he was disturbed and opened his eyes before noticing it was dark out, before his mother patted him on the head, “time to go sleep, you can continue tomorrow.” she said before she leaped off the roof lazily, Dante just smiled and followed.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:04 am

Falling asleep Dante found himself in a dream, or was it he re-entered his meditations world of those two brothers. He looked around the field and found no one around, “where did they go?” he said looking around before he felt something hit him in the back of the head, it was a medicine ball, and those are heavy. Dante felt his body fly forward before dropping to the ground with his face hitting the ground first.

Dante instantly sat up but to only notice that it was morning and his mother had just finished making and setting the table for breakfast.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:20 am

Dante ate his breakfast and left his stuff in the room as they we're to be in Suna for a while as his mother confirmed that they'd remain there until Dante had figured out how to use his first element. After he finished eating Dante thanked his mom for the food and ran back to where he was before he turned in last night, reaching back to the location he sat down on the buildings top and closed his eyes focusing his chakra again.

The plains he was at was more clearer now, something had changed about the place this time.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:27 am

The field was rainy but he was inside a building now but these twins we're sitting in wait for him this time.

“Welcome to the twin gods domain of wind, Dante of the Kazama family.” said the older brother.
“Have you come to our domain to play with us or to seek the ability to use our wind?” the little brother asked.

Dante looked at them and bowed before kneeling down to the floor and sitting himself down “I have come to learn how to control the wind element with my chakra, and after we shall play?” he said in a questioning voice about the play part. He really wanted to learn how to use the wind element but there was always room for playing as well as learning.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:56 am

The older brother sat up and walked over to where Dante was and walked around him, as if he was inspecting him. He then called for his brother to come over by him which he did in a step before he vanished from Dante's site completely. He looked around but noticed they we're both sitting behind him. They both reappeared in front of him before placing a ball in his hand. “Place your chakra into this ball if you have enough to fill it.” the younger brother said holding the ball out in front of him and dropping it into Dante's lap.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:12 am

Dante picked up the orb and looked at it before looking back to the twin brothers and tilted his head “does this thing have each and every wind users chakra in it?” he asked seeing many different kinds and styles of chakra inside the orb as he looked at it.

“yes and your going to add your chakra to it... if you can.” said the younger brother as he placed his hands together in a fist form seal that Dante never saw or heard of ever, not even in a book. He noticed that the orb started to grow an invisible force field around it.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:36 am

Dante tried to put his hands on the glass of the orb but to no success, he tried to cover his hands with his chakra and push his hands in through the orbs force field. He noticed the older brother laughing at all of Dante's attempts and sat down before snapping his fingers to have some food appear beside him as he started to eat watching Dante as he ate.

“Dante, you should take a break, eat, then come back to where you are now and continue with a full stomach.” the older brother said before he clapped his hands kicking Dante out.

Dante looked around back in suna in his real body before he noticed his mother had placed some food beside him and was already eating as it was a nice clear day in suna for once with no sand blowing at all.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:15 am

Dante grinned to his mother and accepted a sandwich she offered him “itadakimasu!” he pronounced as he bit into the sandwich to enjoy the savoury flavour of the sandwich. He looked up into the sky and wondered at what he would do about that force field that protected the orb from him allowing his chakra.

“Dante, if you think to hard you'll get a brain fart.” his mom said looking at him with a smirking but kind face on.
Dante just smile and laughed at his mom as she laughed as well. “okay mom, okay.” said Dante.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:22 am

Dante finished eating with his mom and sat there still on his break before looking to his mom, “how did you get your first element mom?” he asked looking at her curiously.

“I didn't have to do much to gain mine, it was easy for me since I was born with my fire chakra, its just how the Uchiha's are. The great flames that roar with every beat of the fan.” she said looking at Dante with a smile “my second element was much harder for me to learn because I had to actually figure out what element I had, and I had to find a way into the earth country and get to the shrine.” she said with a smirk on her face.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:59 am

Dante smiled and then nodded before he grinned “thanks mom!” he said as he suddenly went back into meditation...

Dante reappeared in the twin brother gods realm of the wind and the older brother noticed Dante and smiled “oh, so you returned have you?” he asked as he watched Dante. Dante just laughed and picked up the orb noticing the force field was gone. He instantly went to enter his chakra into it, but suddenly it returned.

Annoyed Dante looked to see the young brother sitting there with a large grin on his face, “almost got it, mr sneaky.” he said with a loud cackling laugh. Dante just looked at him and sighed a heavy sigh before he wondered *how will I trick him...* he thought to himself.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:05 am

Dante looked over at the older brother and sighed “this is his idea of a game and training ain't it?” he asked holding the orb up for them all to see as it seemed to hover a few inches away from his hand before he released the chakra in his hand to let the orb drop before he reactivated the chakra in his hand which it actually worked, it went in.

“Awe onii-chan, he figured out the riddle.” said the younger brother before he dissapeared.
“Very good Dante, he'll be back with the second test for you to pass before we fully grant you the ability to use our element.” the older brother said.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:14 am

Sure enough the younger brother returned after five minutes with a... “you've got to be kidding me...” Dante said, as he noticed he was now looking at a deck of cards, “here play some card games while I go get the next test.” the younger brother said as he disappeared again.

“He, must be getting that test... it never takes him this long to gather the tests unless he grabs that certain one....” the older brother said as he looked to Dante “good luck figuring this one out, if you pass this one I'll grant you the wind element.” he said.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:23 am

Dante looked at the older brother and tilted his head, “it can't be that bad can it?” he asked before a sudden shadow appeared behind him making him turn around and gulp. “that's one hell of a course...” he said as he noticed that it looked exactly like Suna, *no way... they have a course that looks exactly the same as Suna!* he thought to himself with a bit of a chuckle, “whats the test for this?” he asked looking to the younger brother.

“I've set up games and riddles all over the place, complete a riddle, go to the right place and get the next one, complete them all and you win! Oh and here's your first riddle.” the younger brother said with a laugh as Dante opened it and red the parchment.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:34 am

Dante read it and sighed “its backwards... and its library.” he said before he started to run to the library before he suddenly felt a huge wind flow swarm all over as if it was a sand storm, oh damn it was indeed a sand storm. Dante ran to the side of a building instantly and made his way struggling all the way down the road, to the only place he knew where a map was, pulling the map off the wall he found where the library was and made his way all the library to find the second riddle.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:18 am

Dante had ended up adventuring all over Suna from one end to the other, but something seemed off about this game, the riddles we're too easy and the storm seemed to be letting up.

“Look brother... he seems to be figuring out that the game isn't the actual game.” said the small brother, the elder brother looked at his younger brother and sighed “you made it to easy for him, that's why.” the old brother said. “No... the real challenge is at the end of it.” he said before he grinned licking a kunai made of pure element metal. The older brother looked at his little brother before back to the screen him and his brother we're watching Dante adventure around the fake Suna on.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:33 am

Dante started to slow down before he reached the fifteenth riddle, he sighed and looked at it and read it and solved it due to his love and high skill reading in books of the sorts. He was making his way to the half way marker and was starting to get annoyed with these stupid riddles but he retained his composure while he was doing all this work.

The older brother looked at his younger brother and sighed *he's going to do that...* he thought to himself as he realized that Dante wouldn't stand a chance if he had pulled out his element metal.
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Subject: Re: First stages... Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:16 am

Dante had reached the half way mark before the elder brother decided “break, go eat and sleep and return tomorrow when your awake after breakfast, Dante.” he said to Dante.

Dante exited his meditation state and sighed laying down mentally exhausted, he looked over and noticed his mother was there and just finished a drawing of him sitting in his meditation. He looked at it and smiled “its awesome mom.” he said before he stood up and stretched, “lets go eat at a restaurant tonight.” his mother said to him and he smiled and nodded in enjoyment of the idea.
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