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Naruto - Legend of the Bijuu's - Part I - OOC

I'm going to withdraw. I have too many demands on my time at the moment. Good luck.

Naruto: Birth of a Better Generation

I threw something up to get our team started.

I'm still reeling from the events of yesterday, so my oomph is lacking right now.

Naruto: Birth of a Better Generation

Shiō

There was a light knock on Shiō's procedure room door.

"Miss Shiō," Yui's dampened voice speaking through the closed wooden door, "You were supposed to meet your squad assignments over twenty minutes ago. Should I tell them you'll be delayed?"

Shiō sighed inwardly, a large string of profanity echoing through her mind, "No need. I am just finishing up." With that, she closed the leg wound on the young man, having successfully removed the clot. Despite the simplicity of the procedure, it had been complicated by the clot moving twice during it, forcing her to create three incisions in his leg rather than her usual one. There was substantially more blood than she had planned for, her hands coated; the boy had a strong heart and her first incision had erupted in a small geyser of blood, splattering her front. Pulling the elastic back on her gloves, she snapped them off, tossing them in a bin before swiftly departing the procedure room, leaving Yui to handle the patient's discharge.

Given her tardiness, she didn't bother to change and immediately (and swiftly) headed to the training grounds. A number of people looked at her oddly, noticing the blood on her lower arms and chest. It didn't bother her in the least. She'd been in this kind of situation more than once. Most of the strange looks she got were probably from people who had some naive notion of death - those that were less experienced with the subject, even considering the times they were in.

It was easy for her to pick out her charges; she just found the two most confused looking of the bunch and strode up behind them. Clearing her throat, she waited for them to turn their attention onto her, her arms crossed behind her back, leaving her blood soaked chest to lead the first impressions.

Natrelmon: From the Ashes

Near Relin

The wind picked up, flipping the book open to the largest inscription of the glyph that had been drawn into the book. Violently, without warning, the page tore, the wind pulling it form the pages in a fit of rage, slapping the paper on the dead center of the gate. Light erupted from the symbol violently, destroying the paper instantly and blinding the entire area around them. As it would fade, a softer light would be seen from the growing crack in the gate's doors, opening in a methodical pace. A hand thrust forth from the crack, grasping at the air around, seemingly in a panic before retreating back into the soft glow of the light behind the gate. A fraction of a second later, a tendril of dark light would fly from the gate, immediately looping around behind Axel. Reforming, it took the appearance of a relatively tall woman with dark hair.

"Such handsome savior," she whispered into his ear from behind him. "How should I reward such a gesture?" Her hand moved up to brush his cheek, the dark gown she was wear covered in flecks of ice, but done in a manner that looked entirely intentional. The snow around them slowed, almost as if it were suspended in the air, as if by the whim of the woman.

Natrelmon: From the Ashes

Orin

Regrouping in Orin, Kimlee was with Chyou and Eien going over what had happened - the trio finding a small restaurant. Kimlee wasn't hungry, and her brother rarely at much at all anyway.The entire Rebena instance had been a massive swirl of chaos. Kimlee had, once again, technically died. However, unlike the last time, she now felt a bit empowered. She had died. Again. And returned to the mortal world. She wasn't about to start pressing her luck on the matter of death, but she had overcome the inevitable twice.

After a moment of awkward silence, Kimlee slid her hand into her pack, pulling out a book she had found. It was a genetics book she had pulled from the library to give to Eien, who was working on starting up a Natrelmon farm. However, when flipping through it, she had found a small, tattered handwritten note with an address of sorts to a location northwest of Lifan, in the upper reaches of the mountains. Taped to that note was a small keycard, with Falline Labs in bold, bright orange-red lettering, with the logo for Pinehearst in the upper right.

"I found this before we went to Rebena," Kimlee spoke, opening the book to the page with the note and card. "I'm not sure why this is in here, but there are a number of highlighted passages in this book. Whomever put this here probably wanted someone to find this." Kimlee continued the analysis further in her head, not stating it aloud - this wasn't intended for just anyone to find, but for a specific person. Obviously that person hadn't come to retrieve these items, which generally meant one thing; death. "I'm not sure what I should do with it though..."

What bothered her a bit more was the fact she had found the book in the Technology section of the library. Someone had gone through a lot of effort to get this key card into this book and put it somewhere to be found. Secrets were abound, and this was just one more.

Naruto: Birth of a Better Generation

As a note, I am kind of busy with school for a bit longer. If any of you in my squad post for any group stuff, please PM me.

Natrelmon: From the Ashes

Outside Relin

Even though the gate was covered with ornate inscriptions, none of them matched the ones drawn in the book. However, as Axel flipped through the book, light began to shine from the symbols covering the gate, the brightest towards the center. It was an apathetic light - neither good nor evil. It had no feeling, but it was a reaction to the presence of the book. The remaining workers left in a hurry when they saw, not wanting to find out what precisely they had uncovered. Those that knew any bit of lore knew that there was only one, supposedly, Black Gate. The presence of another unnerved a few of them, the light scaring off the rest. It would just be Axel in the frigid tundra around Relin.

The tree from earlier seemed to laugh at him again, now perched directly above the pit, a few of its roots visible in the excavation's walls. The tree, however, was just a normal tree. There was absolutely nothing remarkable about it other than the fact that wind seemed to always blow through it to create a laughing like sound.

Snow began to fall slowly as well, creating a light dusting all around the pit, with a seemingly higher concentration falling around the gate in front of Axel.

Natrelmon: From the Ashes

Outside Relin

Over a week had passed since Axel had unearthed the information that led him to unearth (such pun) a relatively large section of the Relin tundra. The workers he had hired had done a rather impressive job clearing the ground. The hole, a square, was about 40 feet by 40 feet, with earthen steps cut into the eastern side, ladders scattering the other. Remnants of stone walls could still be seen in the earth around the centerpiece, the piece they had painstakingly uncovered - a large, ornate black gate.

It was much like the gate that had been uncovered in Rebena, but Axel didn't know anything about that. Most assumed there had only ever been one Black Gate, but Axel was in for a rude awakening.

Naruto: Birth of a Better Generation

Titanpad is a collaboration thing, correct?

Naruto: Birth of a Better Generation

I transcend timezones because education OP.