A small river nestled safely away from any civilization.
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 2:34 pm
__Nohea sat comfortably, her slender frame fitting snugly between a pair of sun-bleached rocks while munching aggressively on a fish. It’s not like there should be any reason for the young girl to go hungry when there was a perfectly good stream right next to her, especially when Belamos hadn’t even arrived yet. Eating always helped calm her when she was feeling nervous, something about the simple satisfying of her most base desires always cleared her head. Her now father hadn’t spoken of what he intended to do with her yet but Nohea had a pretty good idea that it was going to involve her demon. Why else would he want to meet in a discarded location such as this? The very idea of bringing that monster out of her however filled her the melancholy rage. The only thoughts that could pass through her mind was the death of Caldwell and all the others she had made friends with along the way. The last few moments she spent with him while he choked out the death throes. The young shark girl had no desires to ever awaken that beast again were it up to her, as a matter of fact she was content to leave it rotting away inside of her out of pettiness. It was going to take a lot of work before she ever trusted whatever it was that was sealed inside of her, that much was certain.
Belamos had been there for some time before Nohea arrived. He sat quietly on a rock nearby, deep in his own thoughts. Having bent the light around his body, he remained perfectly invisible and remained so for a long while. However, once he could tell his daughter's patience was wearing thin he dropped the jutsu and allowed himself to be seen. "It is time for you to become a Jinchuriki in full, Nohea. This is why we are here. Come, join me" He said, patting ta flat spot on the large rock next to him. When she joined him in his seated position, Belamos would once again speak "What does it mean to be a Jinchuriki, Nohea. Who and what are the Bijuu?"
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:55 pm
__Nohea practically jumped out of her skin when her father cast aside his invisibility effect. Taking some time to calm herself down the shark girl slowly let her hand fell her swords handle and let the out the breath she had sucked in through clenched teeth. “Can’t you just like… show up normally?” Despite her berating she had to admit that if she could turn herself invisible, she would more than likely use it to spy on people too. “One day I’m going to steal that trick from you old man.” Moving to stand studiously in front of him Nohea awaited patiently until she was addressed. “Monsters that kill people.” Her flat answer betrayed her cold perspective on the demons. “And Jin-churr-iky are.. well I guess their prisons?” Hand unconsciously scratching at the seal on her stomach there was something that had been bugging her ever since she had heard her father speak of it at the gates. Now did seem like the perfect time to ask. “Back in Arashigakure, you said that you were one of these uhm… Jin-churr-iky? So does that mean there are a lot more of these things out there?”
As Nohea joined him on the rock, Belamos listened to her explanation as well as all of her own questions. When she finished, Belamos snapped his fingers. As he did, miniature versions of the other seven jinchuriki and their accompanying bijuu appeared. They group stood in a circle in the space between Nohea and Belamos- all perfect likenesses of their real world counter parts. As they appeared, though, the miniature Sandayu slowly faded out and was replaced by a black outline with a question mark in the middle "Yes- there are nine, including me and you." Nohea would undoubtedly recognize Toso and Sonyo among the group. "We are not their prisons nor are they our monsters. They kill, but so do we. The demons are but another force in this world, like lightening and wildfires. Unpredictable and powerful. They are the ultimate predators and the world is their prey, Nohea. It takes a powerful person to keep one sealed within their body and an even more powerful one to bond with their Bijuu"
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:21 pm
__Nine?! Nine of the same kind of beasts that had tossed around Caldwell, the strongest person she had ever known aside from her father, like a piece of trash and there were apparently even more if them? It didn't take much for her nine year old mind to comprehend the kind of destructive power they could hold if all of them were released into the same place. but he talks like they are all sealed up inside people... at least except the seven tails. With a studious eye Nohea overlooked each of the Jinchuriki trying to imprint their faces into her memory. She was surprised to see the Arashikage Toso after she initially passed him off as weak. Maybe that weird old man actually did know his stuff after all.
Returning her gaze back to her father Nohea awaited the inevitable outcome of why he had brought the two out here in the first place. and an even more powerful one to bond with their Bijuu the little shark girl practically hissed through her teeth. There was a bit of interesting information to be had however. Belamos speaking 'bonding' made it sound as if there existed a way for her to interact with the creatureasleep inside of her. Something Caldwell had described as impossible for the beasts. "How does somebody do that then? I want to talk to this... thing sleeping inside of me right now."
As the girl's questioning, Belamos crossed the distance between them and put his hand on her shoulder. As he did, the two were seemingly transported to another place. The world around them blurred and twisted before solidifying just as quickly as it had changed. Where there had once stood near a gentle mountain river there was now a raging volcano. All around them lava flowed, continuing downhill. The molten rock parted around the two who stood on a flat expense of rock several hundred feet wide. The sky was dark with ash and the ground was blackened by the heat of the fires which dotted the landscape. Despite the obvious temperature, Nohea would find herself not the least bit bothered by the heat.
"Hello, young huntress"
A booming voice rang out as a massive figure arose out of the flow of lava. As the magma dripped off, the shape of a giant red ape became apparent. The creature shook itself like a wet dog before leaping onto the rocky plateau- an action that caused the ground to shake. The giant monkey leaned down to lay one giant yellow eye upon the girl before rising back up to his full height.
Belamos gestured to the creature next to him as he spoke "Nohea, this is Son Goku. He is the Four Tailed Demon and is sealed within me. This landscape is a mental creation of mine- it's where he lives. While here, your Demon can likewise materialize. Given enough time, you can create an area like this for yourself if you so desire. Now, let your Bijuu out, let's have a look"
Son Goku grinned in anticipation, for he loved gettting the opportunity to knock one of his brothers around
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:17 pm
__Waiting patiently Nohea tapped her foot as Belamos’s chose not to answer her right away, he always was one to make plenty use of dramatics. Still, little Nohea’s pragmatic stubbornness wasn’t enough to prepare her for the moment that her father completely reshaped the surrounding area into a molten magma wasteland. All with just a touch. Ironically it felt as if someone had taken a Hoshigaki’s worst nightmare and then made it a real place. Or at least it looked like reality? All this talk of mental planescapes went far and above the little girl’s head, but near as she could tell, no heat emanated from the flames around her and that meant that nothing in this environment could hurt her. As soon as she realized that fact the shock and awe of it all wore away back into her usual sturdy resolve. Her tiny form even standing unflinching as Son Goku’s terror inspiring form crawled it’s way out of the lava. An absence of fear left only a battle excitement that was masked behind her neutral expression as even bones were rocked by the demon’s reverberating greeting. “So, you’re my father’s demon? Fitting. Nice to meet you.” Much like her body language her own greeting lacked any sort of emotion other than the traditional formality that one could expect in a normal conversation but was otherwise quiet through Belamos’s explanation.
She was going to summon her demon for the first time. Breathing out a long drawn out sigh, Nohea prepared herself mentally. It wasn’t as if she wasn’t sure that the thing would go out of control, especially not with her father here. She just wasn’t sure of the idea of facing it again, then again what could she really do? Refusal here couldn’t reverse the fact that it would still be stuck in her body until she died. Pulling her sword reluctantly off of her back and digging it into the dirt Nohea turned to face away from Belamos and Son Goku, arms outstretched as she tried to ‘summon’ her demon. Not even entirely just what she was doing, the shark girl was left there struggling with a bright red face with absolutely nothing to show for herself. Grunting in frustration Nohea cursed under her breath hoping that Belamos didn’t catch the swear. If swinging her arms around didn’t work what could? Lifting up her shirt Nohea poked at the seals spewed across her body trying to goad a reaction from it. Alas even this seemed to be in vain, or at least at first, and even though no change came unto the seal on her body. There did come an ominous fog of pale white rolling in. Next came the click clack of horse hooves before the face of the whale-horse came into view. Keeping herself a respectable distance from both Belamos and Nohea, the demon leaned herself backwards until she rested comfortably on her haunches, somewhat like a dog. Her voice being gentle, almost in a motherly way, despite her demonic nature. “Son Goku” She spoke in greeting to her brother. “And you must be his jinchuriki. It is a pleasure to see you.”
Nohea entrenched herself in the same spot as she watched the oh too familiar mists roll into sight. She looked over the demon over exactly once before facing back towards her father. There wasn’t much need anyway, she already had every detail of it’s form burned into her memory.
Belamos sat, cross-legged, as his daughter attempted to materialize that which was within her. He offered her neither advice nor criticism- this was for her to do alone. He was here only as a safety net in the case she failed spectacularly or as a guide, in the event she succeeded. It took her over a half-hour during which time Belamos spoke nary a word to Nohea. Just as he was beginning to doubt her ability, the Five-Tailed Demon appeared behind her. Son Goku visibly perked up at her emergence- the Bijuu being one of the few he liked. Belamos could sense the worry emanating from him, however, in regards to what she would do to Nohea and, inversely, would Belamos would then do to his sister. When she made her greeting, Belamos inclined his head towards her:
"Kokuō " Belamos said, revealing her true name to all present "It is a pleasure to meet you. My name is Belamos Karna, but, more importantly, this is my daughter." He gestured towards Nohea "Her name is Nohea Karna. She is your jinchuriki as you well know. I have brought you both here to expedite the process of your mutual accord. Settle your business as you wish" Att this, Belamos sat down upon Son Goku's forearm and watched with detached interest.
Son Goku, however, knew it was all feigned. He could feel the closeness with which Belamos was watching the inevitable encounter. "Watch out, Sister" Son Goku mentally said to the Gobi "This man cares for the girl, nor he is one to cross"
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:47 pm
For a time Kokuō said nothing, only coolly regarding those before her as she mulled over the clearly veiled threat. Her options certainly appeared limited considering she was throughly outnumbered, though one was a mere human, a battle would still difficult if the man was truly able to win over her brother. With a relenting sigh the whale-horse bent far and low so that one large eye could fixate itself on Nohea's tiny frame. "Since it seems I do not have much of choice, what say you? I offer you my power in exchange for limited freedom." Even making it sound as tempting as she did Kokuō had doubts as to whether their relationship could even function in a such a manner, especially seeing the anger swirling around in the young one's soul. Not not sure could blame her either as the five tails had her own reservations at being held with an arm arm, or rather, 'tail' behind her back.
Nohea stared deep and hard in that one great eye looking back at her. The prickles along her skin must have given away the anger and fear she felt on the inside, even if her posture didn't. "Fine." Short, sweet, and most importantly, a precedence for the road ahead.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Go on then." Nodding with her large head to the seal scribed along Nohea's stomach, the shark girl shifted, realizing what the demon wanted. With the conflict of emotions swirling around in her it was with a hesitant hand that Nohea poked at her seal. The fear of Caldwin's last words floated through her mind: "Don't ever let it free, it will consume you." What if she wasn't strong enough? What if she wasn't like her father and messed it up?
Fingers nails dug into her gut and Nohea twisted the same way she saw her once friend do, and how he had told her to NEVER do. Like a dial the seal moved in time with her fingers and with each interlocking circle that passed it's counterpart underneath the now multiplexi seal, there was a great release of steam. Like hot air that had been building up in her stomach and released in a great breath drawing in. [ 1 ]
The third time this release came Kokuō let out a relieved sigh. "Ohh dear you don't know how good that feels to even be this free." "Ahem." "Hum? Ah, yes of course. Breathe easy now.." With reluctance Nohea did as she was told and slowly a pale blue chakra aura dribbled in bubbles across her body. The power from even this small amount was enough to catch a lump in her throat. Burning, burning, HATE. Fear, death... entrapment. Just being in contact with the demon's chakra radiated it's emotions. Up until that point she had assumed that there might be some sort of levity, that maybe Caldwell had been wrong about a few of them... but this was almost appalling. [ 2 ]
That was the second that she knew this thing couldn't ever get out of her. So much pure hatred shouldn't be allowed to be free in the world. But if she was going to do this then she was going to have to be both the prison and the jailer until the end of time. Which by definition meant that she was going to have to be more careful with herself as well. She couldn't rush in headlong without thinking anymore. No matter how she looked at it this demon was going to change her life.
From the other side of it Kokuō felt the rushful pinprick of freedom, like a prison who had been trapped and now was able to squee their head through the bars to the outside. That breath of fresh air was so intoxicating that the demon had never been so tempted to try and push out through the seals. But she knew better than that. This wasn't a time to escape and even had she wanted to the door wasn't open enough to begin with. So she would bide her time. Perhaps this.. Nohea could be interesting to watch as well. [ 3 ]
Chakra and Stamina Training: Complete
Nohea looked over the chakra that now covered her body like a cloak. The feeling was like nothing she had ever felt before, a thin membrane, her skin and yet also not her skin for she could move it independently with her thoughts. Only occasionally did she notice that apart of her wouldn't respond to her commands though it never lasted for long. "It's like it's got a mind of it's own." The shark girl remarked. "That's because it does. Or rather, that's my doing. While you're like this you and me are linked together, those movements you feel but don't control? Those are my own thoughts." [ 1 ]
"I see... " she lied. Nohea hadn't the slightest clue what she was talking about. She didn't feel connected anyway. She couldn't feel this Kokuō's thoughts and she was certain that she couldn't feel her own thoughts either. Otherwise she suspected the demon would have remarked about Nohea's opinion of her.
Reflexively testing out the new limits of this.. demon cloak, Nohea extending her hand outwards. The chakra the covered it stretched outwards in response to her will. Likely it would have stretched forever in this infinite space if she let it. "Try to to play around too much. If this is going to work then we care going to understand each other's strengths and more importantly, my limits." [ 2 ]
"Limits huh? Alright I guess. Well I'm good at swinging my sword around and hitting stiff." "Oh? So you are proficient with Bukijutsu then? That's actually quite fortuitous as many of my own skills revolve around distance fighting." Nohea let out a semi confused chuckle. "Yeah sure. I'm great at the buki whatever you call, listen let's just get on with this alright?" Kokuō was silent before responding again, this time with an exasperated agitation in her voice. "Right then. You should know that out of my many strengths, steam is my most powerful tool. I've modified the chakra cloak for you so try to focus on my Suiton and Raiton natures. [ 3 ]
Raiton and Suiton natures huh? Well that should be easy enough. I mean they're my own damn natures afterall. Breathing in deeply Nohea started to grab at.. well she wasn't really sure what she was grabbing at to be honest. It made sense that she should be feeling some kind of deep power inside her right? Well she felt nothing, nada, zip. Just how the ******** was she supposed to do this? "It's not working." "That's because you're not reaching deep enough dear." Nohea retorted through grumbled teeth. "Don't. Tell me. I'm not trying cause I am! I just don't know what I'm supposed to be reaching for." "Hmm how about we try something else then? If you cannot reach into me then I'll reach through you, but you're going to have to trust me a bit." "Sure I guess." [ 4 ]
Waiting, waiting, and more waiting, Nohea was beginning to think she would spend her whole life here in this endless torture until finally confirmation from Kokuō came. "Alright. It was a bit difficult for me to learn this but you should be able to exhale my steam now." Nohea said nothing. She didn't need to as it would only be wasted breath. It time for the shark girl to 'put her money where her mouth was' so to speak. Taking in a deep lung full of air, before she even finished the movement Nohea could feel something like a choking feeling in her throat. Naturally the shark girl did the only thing she knew out to, gagged it out. One coughing fit later and a thick globs of steam did come out. Soon these mist globs would pop all around herself and expand until all was consumed a thick fog. [ 5 ]
Demon Stage Training: Completed
"Excellent work. I'm quite proud of you." Don't fall for it. It's a trap. "Yep thanks. Now what do we do?" "Well now that we have a connection I would suggest working on putting that work into practical fundamentals. For instance you notice how we have occasionally shifted into talking through telepathy during certain sentences?" "I uh.. uhm have we really?" "Yes, I know it can be hard to tell what's out loud and what's in your mind at first. Here let me give you some instructions." -Que boring Kokuō speech here- Tailed Beast Telepathy + Chakra Transfer Technique
"So what about this chakra cloak of yours? Does that mean I can do cool stuff with it like with your mind stuff?" "Err well yes. In fact you can even create my chakra on foreign locations if you get enough." "Interesting." Reaching out with her arm Nohea decided to test this theory simply by willing the chakra to form into an extra appendage. "No no no you won't get anything done doing it like-" Kokuō words were cut sharp when Nohea did indeed 'get things done like that'. Chakra molding out into while another limb with a concentrated effort. "Ah.. I stand corrected. Perhaps you can connect to my chakra better than I thought." Tailed Beast Chakra Arms + Tailed Beast Shockwave
"If I may, you seem well suited torwards anything with a tangible effect. I'm impressed, but if I may return to my earlier subject? The mind can be just a sharp as any weapon I assure you." That earned a groan from Nohea. "Alright go ahead." "Excellent! So to reiterate from before I was interrupted, my mental prowess can also extend towards protecting against the illusionary. You see while I am sealed my senses are, in a way, blocked." "Blocked? Does that mean you're like blind all the time?" "Hum? Not exactly. I see through your chakra flow, like looking through glass. But that glass as a side effect of allowing me to see through genjutsu." "Huh.. interesting. I guess that's a good skill to have." Tailed Beast Genjutsu Release + Iruka no Jutsu [ Dolphin Technique ]
Kokuō gave the equivalent to a mental sigh "Yeah.. you have no idea don't you?" "Nupe. Let's get to smashing stuff already. That fog stuff? I wanna play around with that." "...Okay. Try pulling from my chakra again. I'm going to form it while you hold it within herself the first time and then after that will be your turn." "Yep got it." Her brashness knowing no limits Nohea at least would do as she was told. Even she wasn't fool enough to mess with bijuu chakra on the first try. Feeling something like a burp in forming in her gut Nohea pushed the chakra up and outwards just as she would do with any though was surprised when it came out as steam. Gobi no Tameiki [ The Sigh of the Five-Tails ] + Suijoukidama [ Steam Ball ]
Watching ti collection of mist droplets floating longingly forward Nohea felt a twinge of disappointment. It wasn't like she didn't know steam could kill, the shark girl had seen that firsthand after all. I guess if it had to be out into words.. she just felt that if there existed anyone on this planet who didn't care how badly she wanted to let the destructive forces inside loose, it would be the demon that killed her friends. But it looks like she was wrong again. Even this Kokuō didn't trust her with the dangerous parts. Asamoya [ Morning Mist ] + Suijouki Sekiryoku [ Steam Repulsion ]
"Very good now I'd like you to focus on that steam you just created. Try to visualize grabbing it if you can." Nohea didn't see much point in the exercise but did as she was asked regardless. She wasn't sure how exactly one focused with their mind but it probably involved staring rather intently at it, which is what she did. Then with her chakra still focused in such a manner the girl morphed the existing mist until it took the shape of a hand same as her own. It's range of motion perfectly able to mirror her own as the shark girl tested it's applications by swinging it around violently. Kiri no Te no Jutsu [ Mist Hand Technique ] + Kanchigumo no Jutsu [ Sensory Cloud Technique ]
"That's..." Nohea bit her lip, there wasn't a part of her that was ready to admit how cool it was to basically be able to melt people. She had to remember after all, this thing inside of her was a demon and it would use those kinds of feeling against her if she let it. It might be able to fool some people but not her, not after she had seen the hate in it's chakra. "Cool?" Kokuō would finish for her? To which Nohea gave no response. "Well.. if you like that I do have other abilities that are just as.. uhm.. cool. Take from my chakra once more and focus your mind into what you think an explosion would feel like." Once more Nohe did as was asked like a violent chemical reaction the fog exploded outwards consuming the entire mental planescape. Tsunoori [ Horn Breaking ] + Suijouki Bakuhatsu no Jutsu [ Steam Explosion Technique ]
(( Dex is gone so I'm gonna gonna puppet him as us having left training once I learned all the goods ))
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