Rid answers you, "Yes, that was one of the minions of the great flame; when I need fire, and lots of it, he's my go-to guy. I don't intend to go about having heirs any time soon.
"I'll only be going to their realm when the time comes to discuss our pact again.
"Sure, if you want to head back, we can do that." Rid smiles as well.
bumpo
jumping jack flash
paint it black
mother's little helper
start it up
*grins*
"I enjoyed having you show me what you can do. I figured about the heirs, just figured it was good to warn you off of there for now. I am looking forward in training you in the near future, you'll find knowing martial arts is very handy for those situations where you weren't expecting to be fighting in close quarters."
*Head back to the house, and spend time with Val and Tan*
J
You find yourself laying in bed with the two ladies again in a short time. Val is neither awake nor resting alertly this evening in spite of having tried.
Tan asks you why you haven't played your guitar in so long.
*smiles to Tan*
"To be honest, the only time I get to do it is at night, I don't want to wake the kids or Val, now if Val had gotten the skills I taught her to work tonight, I would have in here. There are enough of us now, that if all learned an instrument, we could have a pretty good band. I'm sure we will get the opportunity, right now I am happy spending time with you guys, and making sure the kids get to grow up, and have the skills they need to be self sufficient."
*smiles and cuddles with Tan*
"So, what's next for your kids? Gonna take them on a mission?"
*Shrugs*
"You get assigned missions from the Hokage, I will get them do a decent level with the travel skills, and then teach them my non secret unarmed and weapon style, and how to use their Kunei better. If we get a mission it will likely be a find a cat, or deliver a message type mission. Just remember your helping so they are our kids."
*smiles*
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She smiles abashedly. "Yeah, no, they're your kids and I'm helping you. My kids are... eh... they didn't turn out so great, if you know what I mean." You think she's referring to her children, not the three genin who are back in academy by now.
"So then, you just wait for a mission? Well, I'm sure you guys will get one soon enough."
*smiles and hugs her*
"Your kids, are likely the few to have survived, because of the circumstances you put them through. So you did a better job than you thought, anyway your not that same person you were before. As for my genin, I have so much to teach them, I will wait for a mission, I don't have any ninjutsu to give them, and if this plays out like the show, you learn most of that from your enemies, or watching your powerful ninja friends. Either way, your along for the rid. I teach them the basics, learn and teach some Ninjutsu, and they learn and grow due to their abilities and wanting to be an asset to Leaf village. Along the way, I protect them so they get to that point. I can live with that."
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Doublepost
Tan goes to respond to you, then snaps her head over to the window. Your Sharingan also picks up an incredibly high yet familiar power, and you look over to see your old friend Jef here.
He asks quietly, so as not to wake your sleeping wife, "Hey, how's it goin?"
*Looks at him*
"Pretty good, guess we have some things to talk about, want to take a walk?"
J
"Sure," he responds in his usual noncommital tone.
Tan gets up to accompany the two of you, and you all step out into the night.
"Nice place you've got here," Jef says, looking at your place from the outside. "A little extravagant for my tastes, but it's a roof."
*shrugs*
"It's what they gave us, after they kept us in jail for days, I wasn't about to argue. I assume you are hear about what happened in Syatan Fanilf. I tried to stop it, but nothing, neither war nor pleading could have stopped it. I even considered going back in time, but was told, no effort that was done could stop what was happening. I was told not to tell you, because you would have tried to stop it, causing war in the last days. I am sorry for that."
J
He smiles slightly, without looking at you, and answers you, "You didn't think something that big would have escaped the notice of the Eye in the Sky, did you?" He shakes his head, smiling whimsically, and starts to walk.
He tells you, "I went and confronted Mark. I asked him not to work on it because it would destroy the world, and he insisted it wouldn't. We ended up fighting; the ensuing battle did destroy much of the world, as I anticipated. Rather than letting everyone die slowly, helplessly, and painfully by being compressed into the same point in time and space, I choose to destroy the world quickly, using a strike with the power of ten suns going supernova."
Tan nods, looking like she isn't suprised.
*shrugs and smiles*
"I knew probably not, but I also didn't feel in a position to decide a universe's fate. I thought that they would just be poof gone, no pain and quickly. If I had known not, I might have changed my decision, either way, it was a no win one, and I dislike being put in that type of situation. You said much of the world, so some did make it off?"
*Pauses*
"If it was just Tan, Myself and Val, I would have let myself go, the scriff would have versed us somewhere else. I can't verse out with Victoria a baby, so I had to get her and the kids to a place where they can learn, and grow up. It is good to see you, was that the reason you came by for?"
J
"Oh, yeah; I'm absolutely sure there were others who survived. After the final blow, though, I know that that entire universe collapsed, so none of them are still there."
Jef kicks a rock on the ground that wasn't there a moment ago, and walks along in silence for a few moments.
"Actually," he answers at length, "I stopped by because I wasn't really sure where to go. I figured out that Fizgig was here, so I thought to drop in. It's a nice place. Very quaint, mostly. If you don't want me to stay, I understand; I've now completely destroyed two universes."
*Looks at him*
"No you didn't destroy that universe, Mark did, and I don't want you to think like that ever. I realized the other day, that I couldn't go full blast or I would destroy this universe, and probably most others. No, you didn't, you offered mercy to a doomed universe. So that is that, I don't feel guilty for putting Mark on that course, and you shouldn't for ending it. We both did what we thought was right, and tried everything reasonable to stop it. Somethings, no matter how powerful you are, are beyond you control."
*smiles*
"No you are welcome to stay, we are staying mostly out of the way, and letting events play out. We have plenty of room, and the kids would love to have you around. I am trying to keep to only what the natives here use for the most part. I have three genin I am training, Val is also training as a genin, and the kids are getting ready for academy. Tan had some kids that never should have become genin, so she is helping me till next graduation class. It is quaint place, we have taken the name of Keiharuki, of the Clan Keiharuki. I would have to introduce you to the Hokage, but yeah Jef, we would love for you to stay."
J
Jef agrees with you, mostly. "The world would have been destroyed anyway, but it was my action that caused it. I don't regret it, because it was what needed doing.
"If you want to introduce me, I'm okay with that, but we're all going to have to come clean with one another about everything if we're going to do that."
He's looking at Tan, and she's not looking at him. "This means you, Fizgig."
She startles. "What could you possibly not know about me?"
"Not what I don't know. Maybe you should tell Jhiaxus about your life before Syatan Fanilf, Fizgig. About what your life was like while you were becoming an Elder, and after you became one for a time."
Tan shrugs. "It's not really that interesting, or important."
Jef still hasn't looked away from her, his dark green, inhuman eyes staring through her. "Shouldn't you allow your husband to be the judge of that? I certainly find it interesting. It speaks of your character, Fizgig; I'm referring to both the choices you've made in the past and the more recent decision you've made to not mention these things to the most important person you've ever met in your life.
"She's afraid that by telling you these things you'll lose faith and trust in her, Jhiaxus, when in reality the opposite is true; not telling you reduces your faith in her. She's afraid of pushing you away since she's allowed herself to fall in love with you."
"Shut the f--- up," Tan mumbles at him uncomfortably.
*smiles at the exchange*
"How about we all come clean with each other. I have been hiding my full abilities from the start. I just never had a use for them at a particular moment. My psionics and magic abilities are extensive, and quite good, some of them unworldly good. I have trained in the inbetween 3 times after Tan took me there the first time. I believe I could take on anyone David, or either of you could, and it torqued me off a bit when I was left out of the who should take who like it was an afterthought. It seems there are more of me out there, I got recognized and called Jhiaxus, Disciple of Odin by a enemy I never met."
*pauses*
"I enjoy downplaying what I can do, as I feel it gives me an edge, but I also enjoy being able to reveal it at a moment of my choosing. Hmm, what else, that in my first live before being a verser, I was a pretty boring, computer and video game nerd, and I was overweight. Another one is that I love Tan, because I can easily see myself making those choices if the same thing happened to me, and she having the strength to work through it. The last thing, is I hate not knowing about someone, and I refuse to use powers of the mind on my friends, I feel it is a violation, so curiosity eats at me. I think that is it. I have come clean, now for you two."
J
Jef watches Tan a moment, then says, "I'll go next, then. My name is Jef Skye. Sean Skye put the breath of life into me, and so I was born. Much of my childhood was spent being trained in psionic abilities to be his heir. As part of my training, when I came of age I went to live in Ru An Dru's glass tower. That's where I met Fizgig. He got me into two groups, the Black Ninja, and the Warriors of Honor. I quit the Black Ninja before my Elder's examination, after a disagreement between Ursana and myself. She retracted the BSM order after a short demonstration of my abilities showed her that I was quite willing to bring their entire organization down with me.
"A terrible battle took place between the Warriors of Honor and their arch enemies, the Dark Knights. During that battle, ah... well, I took quite a blow emotionally, and ended up destroying the entire dimension with an attack. The force of the blow sent many of the stronger of us ricocheting through reality, and many of us ended up in Syatan Fanilf.
"I've since determined that many innocent people died that day. That's a regret I'll carry with me for eternity.
"After arriving in Syatan Fanilf, I determined to try to involve myself as little as possible with the politics and groups of the world. I didn't want to ever have to kill anyone again."
He's looking at Tan.
*Nods as he listens to Jef's story*
"I never had the pleasure of meeting Ursana, I assume my reaction will be much like yours if that ever comes to be, with the only mitigating factor to hold my tongue is Imidge. Who are/were the Warriors of Honor, and what were they about? Breath of life, you and Valera have a lot in common, then. I should have mentioned my 1000 years in a two room house in a dimension without anything, where a training program got me to the point I was when I appeared in Syatan Fanilf, but that place is familiar, the people in it. Sefyr in particular reminded me of a video game character in Final Fantasy VII, Sephiroth, and it's hard to remember memories of my first life, but now that I'm thinking about it Johnny the Green Dragoon, reminds me of the Dragoon Kain with his spear from Final Fantasy II, interesting."
J
Jef answers you, "The Warriors of Honor were a noble fighters' caste, each of whom had an elemental affinity. Rai, Rohun, Kano, Tso, and Sight were the five who formed it, of Fire, Air, Earth, Water, and Light. I was of Pineapple. It took a lot of argument to get them to accept that as an elemental affinity. They formed specifically to combat the Dark Knights. There were only two survivors on the side of the Warriors of Honor... sort of... and they're both standing here.
"Sefyr I met in Syatan Fanilf. Jonny I knew before, from the glass tower; I knew a dragoon named Kain, too, but he was one of the ones who died. The two of them were both close in skill, and from rival schools of thought. Kain would leap high into the air and come down on the enemy, where Jonny would jump past them and leap straight at them from behind. It was a friendly rivalry."
*Nods*
"I'm starting to understand more and more, so you've gotten about a 5 minute reprieve, Tan. The time to come clean is now, so once we get it over with you have no more doubts as to my love being unconditional."
J
Tan gives a slow nod, swallows hard, swallowing her doubts, and says to you, "Okay. Well, as a man, I returned to the world I left once my training had begun. I visited my cousin Ru An Dru, and he made me the captain of the guard for the glass tower; I found out shortly that that meant that I was the only guard there, so I guess it was only natural for the Warriors of Honor to seek me out and offer me a position with them. We had a lot of battles with the Dark Knights. So, I met Jef around that time..."
Jef interrupts her. "Don't skim over any important details, now. You're getting ahead of yourself."
Tan glances at him, then looks to you, and carefully removes two colored discs from her eyes; she closes them before you can see them, then looks at you and blinks a couple times as if you'll dislike what you see. They're heterochrome; one is red, the other blue. She tells you, "I was born with blue eyes, but during a battle with the Dark Knights, one of them spit acid in my eye. It healed, mostly, and my sight was saved, but the color never recovered; so, I wear a red and a blue colored disc in each eye to make them look purple."
Jef nods.
Tan continues, "Shortly after I made Elder..."
Jef clears his throat.
"Okay, okay. During my time with the Black Ninja, there was an incident. I abandoned my partner during a mission and raped and murdered a girl. I was severely reprimanded and they passed judgement on me in the form of a performance inquiry. Anyway, after I went on to become an Elder..."
Jef asks, "What was the result of their inquiry?"
She blinks a couple times, folds her arms, and answers with a crack in her voice, "That in spite of my great combat prowess, due to events beyond my control in early childhood I can't be trusted in matters involving great responsibility or loyalty."
"Alright. Good job. So, after you became an Elder?"
She collects her wits quickly, and nods. "I received an offer from the Dark Knights to join them and spy on the Warriors of Honor. I accepted. I betrayed the Warriors of Honor at a critical moment. Months later, I betrayed the Dark Knights at a crucial moment, and then the Warriors of Honor again, then the Dark Knights again.
"My last betrayal of the Warriors of Honor really went more in Jef's face than intended."
Jef makes a sarcastic snort, and she looks as him as if to apologize, and he asks her, "Sorry? For what, Fizgig? You should apologize to Jhiaxus for lying, not to me for what I forgave you long ago. I know already. You can't lie to me no matter how good you are."
Tan says to you, "Alright, so really, the plan hinged on Jef's trust of me to not betray him, and I did, and the rest is history."
*smirks*
"You thought the eye thing would bother me, the guy who changed his eyes, went blind, transplanted a new set of eyes to get access to abilities. Please, I like you for you, not the color or your eyes, or hair or anything else. You can wear them if you like them, I know the truth now about that."
*grins*
"So basically if I am following all of this, you were prone to raping girls because that's what happened to you, causing you to be untrustworthy, and have trust issues. This was all under your disguise as Fizgig. I haven't seen much of this in Tan, perhaps Fizgig is almost like another personality, in the sense that, I have seen an instant change in personality when you go from one to another. Sure as Tan you can be hard and headstrong, but Fizgig, just amplifies all those qualities. At any rate, I love and accept you for you Tan, and I don't worry about you not being loyal or betraying me. You have changed, and it's for the better."
*To Jef*
"The reason you brought this up was not only to get Tan to show the truth, it was also to see the change in her. Somethings you just have to see for yourself, no matter how much Psionics or Magic you possess. I think you know she has changed, and you wanted her to come clean so she can continue the process."
*grins evilly*
"Ok I think you two need to hug and kiss to really make up, but Tan as Fizgig, and tongue is not optional."
*tries not to crack up*
"Oh, yeah last one I promise, I can turn into a dragon now, Radiation Dragon, Nuclear Green, about 9 feet tall, wings, tail, flying. No I am not giving Jef a kiss Tan. So are we all good? Oh what was the disagreement about Jef? I have a few beefs with the lack of training women myself."
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Jef tells you, "I'm glad that she's changed, but I would never trust her completely if I didn't know her thoughts. I am glad to see what you've brought out in her, but you should know that there were people counting on her, and she betrayed them multiple times.
"I wouldn't be okay with that. First off, I'm not kissing your wife, second, I'm not kissing anyone, third, I don't think Tan should change back ever.
"The disagreement was about Fizgig, actually. I told them he was the way he was with women because of them, and that they needed to fix it, they were responsible for it. Ursana flipped out and I quit before they screwed me up like they did him. Come to find out later that they weren't the half of it."
*Laughs a little*
"Jef, I could be reading Tan's mind 24 hours a day/365, but I have never done so, nor do I need to. As I said, I don't do that to friends, it's an invasion of privacy. She was lying about this in front of you, to not hurt me, sometimes it's about the reasons behind the lie, not the lie itself. I get it, you told me, her kids told me, everyone has told me, but I don't buy it anymore. I am putting faith in the fact people can change, and that's just how I am."
*Grins*
"It was a joke, because it was an absurd request on many levels."
*smiles*
"Well you were right, Ursana, has them all convinced that adding women to the mix of sexually repressed men brings out the worst in them, and then encouraged a punishment to show her point. No there is something personal behind her no man policy, everyone has a past, and I would be curious to find out why she is the way she is. I don't doubt she has the best interests of them at heart, but best intentions aren't enough sometimes. It's not right to keep men and women apart, stuff happens when you do that, and it's a lot worse than having them together, but that's a rant for another time."
*Smiles*
"I agree on the never changing back, by the way. So we are all out of the closet, no secrets, if I missed any I will reveal them when they come back to me. Now how are you with this worlds lore? I can give you an oral history up to about 12 years from now, just so we keep out of the way. At that point, it's a mystery to me, and although I could probably see into it, I don't want to spoil experiencing it. Rid will be happy there is an unattached man in the house."
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Doublepost
"Fizgig... no. Tan. Give us guys a minute, please."
Tan looks at him curiously.
"I'd like to talk to Jhiaxus about you outside of your presence for a moment."
Tan looks to you. "Anything you need to say to him, you can say in front of me," she says to Jef while looking at you.
*Looking at both of them*
"He probably thinks I am under some type of mind control or spell, or just has to tell me something ominous about you, just like pretty much everyone else. If he insists, I will go with him, then come back and tell you verbatim our conversation. With that in mind, and knowing that Tan has no influence over my responses, do you still wish to talk outside of her presence?"
J
He responds, "If she had some kind of mind control over you, I'd know and I'd have lifted it for you already. It isn't really ominous, but it may offend her, so I'd rather tell you some place or time outside of her earshot."
*Sighs and nods*
"Again Tan, whatever is said, you will know."
*will walk out of Tan's earshot and Jef will do what he needs to do, to determine the conversation is said.*
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He takes a deep, shaky breath, looks at you ominously, and says, "Tan is ticklish. Very ticklish."
You were expecting, maybe, something serious?
From Jef?
Shame on you. =p
*raises an eyebrow to this*
"How do YOU know this, were you tickling Fizgig?"
*Grins*
"I know that you think it's an invasion of privacy, but ever since he betrayed me, I read Fizgig's mind all the time."