Homecoming, Bonds are formed. [Open]

[Haptism Allelujah]

The Green haired shinobi stood near the gates of his village, his face veiled in the shadow of night as he took in the sight of his old home. Taking a moment to reflect on how long it had been since he left that very place on his own to go and train. He couldn’t suppress the tinge of loneliness that crept up his spine as he entered. He remembered the day he knew he was destined to be alone.

He thought back to the night that he had seen the girl he had fallen for over the years making love to his rival and closest friend.

Flashback

'Why...' a much younger Allelujah asked himself as he ran through the streets of Konoha in tears, he couldn't believe it, he had seen the girl he had fallen for over the years making love with his rival, the pain he felt in his was deafening and unconceivable. He had to hurry before he lost all control and the Hallelujah, the second personality within him, abused the opportunity. As he ran to the farthest training ground from the village he could feel the rage bursting inside him, tearing at his insides wanting to escape and be used to decimate anything that got in his way. He kept remembering the kiss he shared with his girlfriend that night and the happy moments with her being shattered right before his eyes. He arrived to the training ground a few miles outside of town when he felt his own killer intent rolling off of him in a disgusting wave of pure evil.
‘Kill him….Kill her….There laughing at you….Everyone is laughing at you….Your so weak..’ Hallelujah’s voice swirled in his head laughing manically at what he too witnessed only moments ago. He could feel him beginning to establish control of him but he resisted as much as possible.
‘I’m running out of time’ He drew his Exia Sword as fast as possible and started destroying the landscape screaming at the top of his lungs. He could taste his blood as he bit down on his lip pausing for a brief moment gathering as much chakra as able. He charged one final attack, using as much energy as possible without killing himself and launched it at a rocky wall in front of him, destroying every bit of it in his wake. The sword fell to the ground and he fell to his knees gasping for air.
“I vow on this day to never love again, to protect my village’s people and my friends, nothing more, nothing less” he then promptly falling down on his chest from chakra exhaustion as he was covered by debris from the destruction he just inflicted.

An hour later he reached the village’s outer walls and then jumped up the wall onto the inside. Walking with the light poles dimness shinning down at him he was pleased it was late in the night that way no one could see him like in his current state. Soon he saw his apartment complex within sight but also noticed a figure sitting on the steps leading up to it. The figure seemed to notice his arrival as well and slowly made the decent down the steps. After a few minutes the green haired boy realized it was his caretaker that had been waiting for him. When they were within a couple yards of each other they both stopped. The man’s eye widened when he noticed the condition of the boy's clothing and cleanliness.
“Where have you been Allelujah?”
The boy’s bowed head rose slightly letting out a brief sigh
“I was training.” His voice was barely above a wisper
“We have been looking all over for you” They both stood in silence. After a minute he began again.
“I heard about what happened”Instantly the boy’s head shot up to look his sensei in the eye's getting ready to read the reaction of his next question.
“Did…did you know this was going on?” he bore a hole through his caretaker’s head with a look in his eyes as if ready to kill the man standing in front of him.
“No”The response was the one he was hoping for as he allowed his killer intent to recede into his very essence. He then began to walk again until he was next to his caaretaker and then he halted.
“If what you say is true, I’m sure Hokage-sama is still awake wondering where I am. I want you to tell her I wish to take a 2 year training trip....alone..." After pausing for a moment he looked up at his caretaker’s face.
“Good bye” and without another word the boy was gone, leaving not only his caretaker but everyone he loved behind.

Flashback End


The young Shinobi released a long sigh after coming out of his memories. It had been almost three years since that day, the last time he had seen or spoke to anyone relating to the Village of Konohagakure. He began walking until he reached the gate when suddenly two chunnin appeared before him.
“Welcome back, I hope your travels were well.” One of the guards said as they stared at the teen before them waiting for a response before he slightly nodded passing in between them.
“Wait, we need to know your name as well as your Rank before you go” one said grabbing the teen’s shoulder. The teen turned to him, staring blankly at him under his mask.
“Allelujah...Haptism Allelujah of the Cresent Moon...Gennin...” the teen said quietly as he removed his mask so they could see his face.
"Allelujah of the Cresent Moon, eh? Isn't that Hayate Gekko's old nickname?" asked one of the guards in a slightly interested tone.
"Yes, but I plan to succeed him and take the title for myself,....now will that be all gentleman?".
"Hah you got a long way to go before you reach that level kid, anyway welcome back" The guard said waving him off.
Allelujah merely smiled and walked away. "Hmm I guess I could go and get something to eat before I go meet with the Hokage, lets see....how about the Dango Shop" he said walking into the Dango Shop to order something to eat.




NOTE: In this post Im looking for a person or people that my character can for bond('s) with. I prefer atleast one girl his age that is will to form a relationship with him later on, or maybe one that is a little older. I also wouldn't mind him meeting a rival, doesn't if its a boy or girl because as far as I see girls are just as strong as guys. Also if any of you are Gennin I wouldn't mind becoming part of your Gennin Cell or Squad for the upcoming Chunnin Exam's, with the Staff's promission ofcourse.

[Natsuki Sumiyaka]

Natsuki was sitting peacefully in the bustling dango shop, this place was always busy and full of life. She liked to sit and listen to peoples conversations and enjoy life as it floated peacefully by. Her hair was in it's usual style today, pig tails with an overgrown fringe. She had to hold her hair up a little to avoid it dipping in her green tea. She sipped at her hot drink occasionally as she waited for her dango to be brought to her table. She flicked her blonde lockes gently to uncover one of her pale green eyes. Looking around she could see that the dango shop really was rather crowded, dark shapes of people sat all around her, it seemed every table was full.

She brushed her hair back down to cover her dulling eyes. Her father seemed to think the loss of her sight was some great tragedy. Natsuki could see his point of view, it was a shame when someone young lost their sight but for her it was just an annoyance she would get used to. In fact it pushed her to make the most of the sight she had now as she knew it would inevitably fade to nothingness in just a few years. She also felt that being so handicapped made every acheivement a little bit more impressive. Already she was learning to hit moving targets with direction aswell as learning techniques that held her enemies in place so that she could immobalise them on her own.

Natsuki was sitting very still, moving only to grasp her cup and sip from it. Nothing about her stood out, unless you were looking for her you wouldn't really notice her in the room full of people. This was how she liked it, she listened to the people around her and learned about them from their conversations. She was very good at picking up on the slight shifts in tone in peoples voices that betrayed their feelings. She was roused from her quiet state when her plate of dango was placed down before her. "Thank you very much," she said politely as the serving girl went to wait more tables. She had another sip of tea before picking up the first stick and biting into the sweet dumpling.[/size]

[OOC - I don't mind where this goes but I thought I'd let you know that the chuunin exams won't be done in the regular three man cells this time around. We thought we'd through a little diversity into it but it's all very hush hush at the moment so I can't tell you anymore.]

[Haptism Allelujah]

As Alleluljah walked up to the counter to order he made a mental note that their were alot of people there today, which was pretty unusual this time of day. Two year's ago it would have just been him and Tokubetsu Jonnin Miterashi Anko, the place most have become more popular since then. Simply shruging it off he ordered his usual, three Dango Stick's and glass of Milk, and went to find for seat as they got he order ready. Looking around he saw that almost every table was full, except one which seemed to be occuppied by one person. From the look's of it she seemed to be somewhat lonely, atleast that what came to his mind mind when he looked at her due to the fact that her hair was covering her eye's.

Coming out of his thoughts he casually walked over to where she was sitting. "Um, Miss do you mind if I sit here, everywhere else seem's full" he said speaking in a kind and somewhat gentle tone. However though his tone was gentle his appearence let one know that he was a trained Shinobi. Unlike most Shinobi, he wore no Headband, thinking that the whole Idea of showing where you were from beat the whole purpose of being a Shinobi. He had shoulder length green hair that was made to where oneside of his bang's hid his right while the other left silver eye was left exposed. He wore lose fit Black ANBU style pants going down to his shin's which were covered in black Shinobi Shinguards. His Shirt was a sleeveless Zip-up one open up to a point where it revealed his collar-bone. On his back was what looked to be a 16 Inch Tanto with a Chokuto handle, sheathed in a 10 inch sheath (the hlit is 6 inch's long) and he had two Kunai Holster's tied to his leg's, one on both side's. It was obivious this boy was a Shinobi and not by just the appearence of his cloth's. His body was one that had been perfectly honed with Martial Arts since early childhood, not to bulky and definately not untrained, he had a body that most would die to have at his age.

As for his eye's or atleast the one that was shown, it held within it kindness and compassion, however at the same time showed expierence, it was the eye's of one who had seen death and had witnessed countless battle's, but it also held within it a certain fear, the fear of being alone forever. Though despite this his silver eye was beautiful to those who looked at it. The mere beauty of it made it seem as though it was piercing straight through you.

[Natsuki Sumiyaka]

Natsuki was enjoying the dango, as usual it was delicious. The little dango shop had really grown prosperous since her father used to bring her as a treat when she was a little girl. gently, she placed the half finished dango stick on the plate and raised her cup to drink once more. Tea and dango - a perfect combination! She was in the midst of her silly routine of lifting her hair to drink when a male voice addressed her. She dropped her hair quickly down over her listless eyes once more, failing to move the cup away first.

"I don't mind at all. It is rather busy today isn't it?!" The fifteen year old replied with a kind voice that hinted at slight embarassment. Quickly, she rung the tea from her hair leaving it damp and a little clumped at the front in a manner that left a gap for her eye to peer out. She didn't like people to look at her eyes, hence her ridiculous bangs. She waited for the boy to sit before she glanced him over. He was a dark shape to her vision, his features were difficult to define and his green hair just a tint on the dark mass. The beauty of his visible eye was lost on her poor eye sight though she could make out an object that she presumed was strapped to his back. She couldn't be entirely sure what it was though.

Presently she turned her gaze back to the dango before her. She picked it up off of the plate and slipped it under her hair to resume eating it. Upon devouring the last scraps from the particular stick she realised she had forgotten her manners.

"I beg your pardon, my name is Sumiyaka, Natsuki. It's good to meet you." Natsuki always made an effort to be polite and her concealed cheeks brightened a little at having forgotten to even introduce herself.

[Haptism Allelujah]

Allelujah lightly chuckled at the girl in front of him as he took a seat "Arigato(Thanks)" he said taking a few moments to take in her appearence. From what he noticed through the clumped gap in her hair, she was blind or atleast close to it, hence the whole hiding her eye's behind her hair. When she gave out her name he merely smiled at chuckled a little more "Heh, there's no need to be so formal Sumiyaka-san anyway my name's Akechi Hiro and Im a Gennin" he said smiling as the waiter brought him his food. "Arigato" he said taking a quick drink of his milk before turning back to Natsuki.

Taking a bite of Dango, he chewed it up completely before speaking "Um Sumiyaka-san don't take this offensively but you shouldn't hide them, your eye's I mean" he said softly. "I don't know how long you've been like that but it nothing to be ashamed of, sure you can't see everything everyone else does but that doesn't make you any weaker than I am. If fact being you-know give's you a special power that I will never possess and that is true sight" he said before taking another bite. The reason he said you-know was to keep everyone else from hearing what their converstation was about, because he had a short temper when it came to those who looked down on other's because of a condition that they can't help.

(OOC: Btw Allelujah isn't trying to be a jerk or anything.)

[Natsuki Sumiyaka]

Natsuki smiled when he called her "Sumiyaka-san" in the same sentance he told her not to be so formal. It was hypocrisy in action! "Please, call me Natsuki," she said with a wave of her hand. She liked that he was polite but Sumiyaka was just too formal for her casual approach to life. She started on her second stick of dango, savouring it's sweet flavour with eat bite. A sudden thought occured to her at this moment but before she had time to vocalise it, Hiro was speaking once more and by the time he had finished Natsuki was too flustered to remember where her train of thoughts was heading.

He was very persecptive to notice her eyes as well as her evident embarassment on the subject. The compliments however were more than enough to turn her cheeks a brighter shade of red despite his discretion on the subject. When her eyes had begun to take the dull lifeless quality they showed now, the children at the academy had poked fun. A few other people had noted how discerning her eyes were and since then she had opted to keep them hidden. She wasn't sure how to respond to his comments. "Thank you," she said uncertainly. "Honestly," she began, becoming more sure of herself once more. "I find hiding them stops people trying to take advantage of me, especially in training." As she spoke she thought of her last training session with her summon and how successful it had been in comparison to the group training in the academy. At this thought her previous revelation came back to her.

"Forgive me if I'm talking out of turn, but, if you are a Genin why don't I know you from the Academy?" The more she thought about it the more strange it seemed that she had never met him before. He sounded as though he was around her age, perhaps a little older which made his genin rank seem a little strange in itself. She thought this was a little too rude to mention and so left it as a musing in her mind.

[Haptism Allelujah]

He merely chuckled when she asked him to call her Natsuki, continued to listen to her as she talked, a person like her actually peeked his interest alot. When she told him thank you he merely smiled at her and was about to say something before she continued, so he merely kept quiet and continued listening. When she mentioned that people picked on here in the Academy because of her eye's, his anger instantly rose causing the chakra around him to spike slightly. "Bastards..." he mumbled quietly under his breath.

'Kukukukuku, you know we could kill them...' said a quiet voice in the back of his head. Outwardly Allelujah body twitched slightly at the sound of his other personalities voice. Immediatly he closed his eye's to calm himself. He snapped back into reality when Natsuki asked him if he was a Gennin then why didn't she meet him in the Academy. "Well, probally because I hardly talked to anyone during my time at the Academy, that and when the teacher's view you as something that your not because of the way you were born they really don't teach you much, so I spent most of my time outside of class training." he said thinking back to his day's in the academy. He remembered spending most of his time alone back then.

Then it clicked to him, she probally knew he was her age thus asking the question that she did, she was probally wondering why he was still a Gennin at his age "If your wondering why Im still a Gennin its because I've never had a Sensei nor have I ever been placed on a team, in fact its for that reason that I know very little Ninjutsu, and absolutely no Genjutsu. However I was given special promission to train on my own until I found a team, so I learned a lot of things on my own." he said taking another drink of milk. "You know if your interested I can teach you a way to use your eye condition to your advantage, I happen to have taught myself a way to fight without the use of my eye sight." he said finishing his last piece of Dango.

[Natsuki Sumiyaka]

Natsuki said nothing to his muttered curse. She was too kind natured to think badly of the kids that had bullied her, she had stuck up for herself at the time, put on a brave face. Despite the feeling of ineptitude her peers had placed upon her she no longer cared for such petty, childish grudges. She also chose not to say anything about the spontaneous shudder that was clear even to her dull eyes.

Natsuki did listen intently when he spoke, explaining away her curious thoughts. It seemed they were thinking on the same wave length as she didn't even need to voice her thoughts. It was strange that he had never had a sensei or teammates but it was not unheard of. "I was never put forward for the chuunin exams due to my sensei's concern for my eyesight, I've been holdng my team back," she explained rather flattly. Any one else would have despised the sensei in question but Natsuki was, as her father often told her, too kind at heart. Also, she could see where he was coming from, he was looking out for her safety and the safety of her team mates. Currently she felt she was ready to take the risk in participating in the up coming exams but was still reluctant to endanger her team mates.

She was roused from her stream of thoughts by his pruposal of training without sight. She considered it at length as she ate her last dango stick. One of the first things she had done when she realised she would go blind one day, was teach herself to fight without sight. With her flexible frame she had produced a confusing close combat style that she could use without sight. Ranged techniques were a problem unless she summoned Shishimaru or was with her team mates though she had been learning restraint jutsu's to reduce the problem of a moving target.
"I would be a poor shinobi if I hadn't already got some black out fighting style devised," she said finally as she finished her dango. "I am interested to see if there is anything you could teach me that would improve my blind-fight technique- if it isn't too much trouble," she added politely at the end before proceeding to sip her tea in the usual ridiculous manner.

[Haptism Allelujah]

He continued listening to her, taking a drink of milk as he did so. Listening to her words about the Chunnin Exam's and how she was holding her team back, caused the look in his visible eye to soften a little, but like before he waited for her to finish talking before he replied. "Sure I'll teach you, in fact as soon as we leave I'll take you to the training field that I trained in." he said slightly chuckling at the way she sipped her tea. "Hey slow down its not going anywhere until you make it" he joked as his chuckle turn into a laugh.

After he finished laughing he drank the rest of his milk and reached into his pocket and slapped some Ryo on the table to pay for both of them. "Alright" he said getting up to stretch "Lets go Natsuki-san" he said taking hold of her hand a dragging her along (figure of speech) without really thinking about his action's.

As they made their way down the streets, towards the Forest of Death, Allelujah was still holding her arm. "Hey Natsuki-san, what Taijutsu forms and weapon form's can you use?" he asked in curiousity, if he was going to train someone then he needed to know what she was skilled in.

[Natsuki Sumiyaka]

Natsuki finished her tea and laughed along with him at her silliness. His laugh was like being in the presence of someone as they yawned, you couldn't help but join in. As he placed the money down on the table, she opened her mouth to protest his payment but before she could get a single word out he had taken her hand and was practically dragging her out of the Dango shop. The sudden contact of hands caused her to blush furiously. She was glad of her long hair as it concealed her flushed cheeks.

By the time she knew what was going on the were approaching the training fields that had a view of the forest of death. These days it was used as a Jounin excercise grounds but occasionally it was used for a stage in the chuunin exams though it was unlikely Konoha would be hosting them this time around. Even to her dim eyes the looming shape of the dense, gigantic forest was intimidating. She wondered if he meant for them to get in some how to train there.
"I wouldn't say I have a particular form, at least not a named one. But I fight my own way and it seems to be an effective style," she said in response to his question. She continued to follow him, waiting patiently to see where they were going.

[Haptism Allelujah]

Allelujah continued walking, still completely unaware of holding her arm on a concious level, when he answered her question he smiled. "Is that right, well normally wouldn't tell someone this but since Im teaching you I'll tell you, I combined two unlisted Taijutsu Style's called Aikido and Tae Kwon Do, giving me a perfect defensive style which is at the same time a powerful offensive style, understand. If you were a boy like me, you would be better suited for the offensive style, due to being built strong. However I notice when looking at your body your built more flexible, so a defensive style would best suit you" he said smiling as he saw the Akechi's house up ahead.

Quickining his pace it didn't take long for him to arrive at the large house. "Welcome to my home, the place that I will train you in is beneath here." he said turning to her. Allelujah figured she would probally be worried about going into the house of a boy, let alone one that was a complete stranger, so in order to minimize that fear he decided to give her a reason to trust him. "Natsuki-san, if your worried about going into this house with me, then don't I promise I doing anything to hurt you. If you don't trust me I can take you back to Konoha, however if you still want to train I will give you some insurance" he said grabbing some sharp wire from the inside the door way (its a trap set to keep people from entering the house uninvited). Taking the wire he tied it around his neck and handed the end to her "Here, If I were to try to do anything to you I give you full promission to yank this and kill me" he said giving a warm smile, despite the slight irritation of the sharp wire cutting into his skin.
Turning around he opened the door for her. "lady's first I guess"

[Natsuki Sumiyaka]

Natsuki listened intently as he described his fighting style to her. She had never heard of Aikido or Tae Kwon Do before but she was interested to experience them in action first hand. She did not expect him to teach her his style, of course, but she guessed that he would gauge her own strengths through a short bout of sorts. If her assumptions were correct, she looked forward to this training session. He was clever to notice her flexibility, in fact it was the basis of her style. She was something of a contortionist aswell as a gymnatics expert when she needed to be, her subtle frame made her fighting style quick and confusing.

She stopped to study the large, derilict looking house that was situated ahead of them. So this was where he had been dargging her. "Do you live here all alone?" she asked as they came into the shadow of the building. She couldn't help but feel a little anticipant about entering the building with just him and without anyone knowing she was there but she calmed herself. She was, after all, quite capable of looking after herself and even when she wasn't she had her summon to protect her. She felt shocked when he placed an end of the wire in her hand and told her not to hesitate in pulling it and causing his death. She stared at it in something of a stupor. In the shade of the porch something as thin as the wire was as good as invisible to Natsuki but she felt it's keeness in her hands. Perhaps it was the softness of a Konoha upbringing or perhaps it was the strange trust she felt for him but whatever it was it made her drop the wire and let it hang loose from his neck. "I don't know whether I'm underestimating you or if it is you who is underestimating me but I assure you, Hiro-kun, there will be no need for this security," she explained to him. She couldn't explain why she trusted him so, against her shinobi instincts. She barely knew him but here she was, stepping into his home. She looked around the building though the afternoon light was casting long shadows within and most things were a bundle of dark shapes. She turned to face him and awaited his next actions.

[Haptism Allelujah]

To say Allelujah was supprised at Natsuki's reply was a understatement, though the only part of his face that actually showed this supprise was his one visible eye. Allelujah found himself wondering whether or not this girl was crazy. Trusting some boy that she had just met wasn't the smartest move in the world, but maybe, just maybe, she wasn't as weak as she appeared, maybe she could handle herself. Despite his supprise he didn't forget that he had to answer her first question, nor did he miss the '-kun' Suffix that she had added to his name.

"If you say so" he said removing the wire from his now slightly bleeding neck. After he was done he slipped one hand into his butt-pouch and pulled one Kunai from it, opening the door he was bombarded by the double-bladed Shuriken trap that he had set. Using the Kunai he was able to quickly deflect the 6 Shuriken that were coming towards him. "Sorry bout that, living alone has made me a little paranoid, so I set traps up near all the possible entrance's my house." he said once again taking hold of her hand to lead her to where the training area was.

The inside of the house was dark, the windows were covered by long black cloths and the only possible light could be seen was that of which broke through the small hole's in the cloths. From what one could make out the house looked like it hadn't been used in year's, table's wear broken, wall's partially collasped. It looked nothing like it did on the outside. Unlike most Allelujah didn't seem to mind the condition that his house was in, in fact the only time that he ever visted this place was to train. "I know it doesn't look like much, but thats because I only use it for training, I never sleep in it. Back when my adoptive father was alive it looked like a house that a noble would live in" he said as he turned to lead her down a dark hall. After walking a little futher he stoppen to remove a tatami-mat from the floor which had a set of stairs underneath it. "Its down here, watch your step." he said taking her hand again. "By the way Natsuki-chan, why the kun suffix?"

[Natsuki Sumiyaka]

Natsuki smiled as he removed the wire from his sore loooking neck. She hoped she hadn't made him feel underestimated but she was confident in her own skill and didn't want to hurt him. She looked about the house. It was even more delapidated on the inside than the outside. As he disabled the traps she couldn't help wondering why he put in all the trouble for a house in such poor condition. She guessed that he was either extremely paranoid or that there was something here that he valued a hell of a lot. Maybe he just cherished his memories of the house more than he did the house itself. When he told her it once had the appearance of a noblemans house she struggled to invision it.

She followed him to the room and watched as he moved the tatami mat to reveal the passage down into the dark. Her cheeks flushed bright red when he questioned her about the use of the kun suffix. In honesty she had just become relaxed and hadn't even realised she'd said it. She was so embarrassed by the sudden question she missed her step on the unseen stairs below her and bowled down into the back of him with a little surprised cry. When the ordeal of the fall was over she could feel her cheeks still burning. "I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! she begged him as she staggered back to her feet. She was unsure if it was totally dark or if it was just poorly lit but under the house she could see nothing at all. It was like this at night unless the moonlight was particularly bright but this was the inpenetrable blackness her vision would ultimately become. It was a little scary.

[Haptism Allelujah]

Allelujah wasn't really expecting a flat out answer, but he definately didn't think that her answer would be her bowling into his back because she missed a step. After rolling down about nine steps she and Hiro stopped with Hiro being flat on his face. Getting up and quickly dusting himself off he turned to look at her "Apology accepted, are you hurt?" he said rubbing his now aching neck. "Man tackling me was not the answer that I had in mind" he joked. He reached out and took her hand once again "Lets continue, its not far now" he said and he started walking again.

Not to long after they started walking Hiro decided to ask her the question that had been bugging him all this time. "Tsuki-chan how long, how long until you go completely blind" he asked quietly. "I want to know, that way I know how long I have to find a Jutsu that can cure you.".

(OCC: Sorry its so short)