Inuzuka Souku

[Souku|Raidon|Tao]

Name: Inuzuka Souku

Alias: N/A

Rank: Chuunin

Gender: male

Age: 19

Village: Konohagakure no Sato

Clan:Inuzuka

Appearance: Defining his physical attributes(aside from the obvious) isn't to easy to do unless he allows you to get within a notibly close distance from him. Something that, at best, might happen accidentaly. None the less, he holds a fairly average appearence, lacking any unique characteristics that havn't already been seen and done before.
Hes tall, standing around 5'7. Its unlikley he'll grow anymore than a few more inches perhaps ending his growth at 5'9 at the most. Dispite his hieght Souku lacks the lanky frame many taller people posses and in fact, is rather compactly muscled, though not unproportioned at all. Fairly broad shouldered, he isn't a bad looking guy at all, really. Though from many fights and quite a few falls, much of his body shows various scraps, bruises, and even a few small scars. Most of which are never seen under the clothes. Not to say he hides them, but hes far above getting nude with an audience. XP
His face, like most Inuzuka, is fairly angled. Dark grey, narrow eyes hold a dull shine similar to that of a much older person. Though much of his facial characteristics hold features that really seem a bit odd for such a young person. His cheeks are a bit hollowed out through stress and even under his eyes there are signs of many, many, MANY lost hours of sleep. Most of the time, anymore, he holds a blank, stoic look. As though emotionaly he's miles and miles away. Which wouldn't be stretching the truth if you assumed such a thing. He lacks the traditional dark brown hair many of his clan mates have and instead, his hair is extremly dark, though not quite black, resebling charcoal. Messy and fairly short aside from his bangs that generally hang in his line of vision, he obviously doesn't do much in the way of grooming. He also bears the tradmark red upside down triangles that the Inuzuka clan is known for on his cheeks.
Much of his frame it hidden under layers of clothing. Obviously the boy is considerably partial to blues given the colours he prefers. The first shirt he has in a blue/grey long-sleeved shirt. Though lighter in the fabric, it's fairly durable. The sleeves over about half of his hands, being just a bit to big for him. His jacket is considerably more unique though. A lighter, almost sky blue, predominantly, its short-sleeved. The jackets accesories, including the pockets rim and lining and the collar are a much darker blue. The collar is an odd one compared to most. Instead of a simple fold of cloth coming up to cover his neck, it looks as though someone cut a large rectangle in the center of it. On the right side of the collar a longer strap with a rounded metal buckle hangs loosly. On the left side there is another strap, able to be unbuttoned, where the jacket could be pulled together at the neck for some reason. On either sleeve about midway up his upper arm there are two dark blue straps that may also be unbuttoned. Across his chest is a brown leather sash he uses to hold his crossbow to his back. About halfway across the sash is his forehead protector plate bucket securly to is. THe sash can be removed by unfastening the right side of the buckle on the plate. Though the metal plate shows scars from many of his travels, it still clearly bears the Leafs symbol, proving he still pledges his alligence to Konohagakure. He's also clung to the necklace he was given as a very young boy by his mother, before she and his father were killed. But instead of sitting around his neck, he keeps it tied loosly, but not insecurly, to the lower end of the sash. On the upper and lower parts of the sash there are two dark blue bands as well.
His trousers, as you may have guessed, are also blue. A navy colour with a black stripe running down the side of each trouser leg. Though upon first glance they almost appear to be sweatpants, they are actuall made of that same stuff khakkis are and feel virtually the same. As a left-handed person, he carries his leg puch on his left leg and also carries the traditional back pouch(fanny pack lol)


Special body armor: Nothing out of the ordinary really. He hardly carries any armor, lacking any real need for it as he rarely gets anywhere near his enemy long enough for it to be a problem.


Personality: Souku is a hard one to ever really figure out, as most of his personality consists of almost bipolar collisions of different personalities. Hes not cursed with Multiple Personality Disorder, of course. But some days, the boy seems to contradict himself so much it would make anyones head hurt. Hes quiet, something thats hard to expect from an Inuzuka. His friendship is just about out of the question for anyone aside from his dog, Murasaki. Since leaving Kohona for a while and teaching the dog to speak, Murasaki has been the only one to converse with Souku since about a year ago when they first left. When put in a social situation, Soukus begun having dificulty tolerating anyone else and Murasaki refused to speak to anyone other that Souku, for now anyway. A certian aloofness claims him well given his quiet nature. Through much isolationg and deep insight, hes developed a sort of resentment towards humanity in general. However, he often finds himself in the company of others and seems to do well with people, dispite his distaste for others actions. Time and experience has molded a seemingly never ending span of patience, as compared to his younger years. But old habits, of course, die hard. While not nearly as impulsive and angry as he used to be, he doesn't like to be held back from something he wants. Hes selfish at heart and even in the company of those he loves, he cant help but trudge stubbonrly towards his own motives rather than stop and listen to others. Even if hes managed to restrain it somewhat, his quick wit and "leap first, think later" perogative in life only brings him to make irrational dicisions. However, since his acadamy days, you cant say he hasn't matured incredibly for his age. While he may only be nineteen, hes thinking well above such an age. Hes no intelectual, but he is an incredibly sharp witted person. You won't fool him with any smoke and mirrors. Unfortunatly, he still beleives he can obtain goals for his mental age with his physical age. Hes one of those people who are "an older mind, trapped in a young body" as they say. But hes well aware of this, his insight has already picked his own personality pros and cons up, you see. And this brings his naturaly arrogant self forth from his childhood. Another thing that really should have been forgotten with time. Nope, not for Souku. He looks down on his own peers and beleives those much older than him to be his equals. Sadly, this doesn't do to well when hes expected to show respect. Expectantly, he has a probelm with authority.
Hes always out to excel in everything. His entire life seems to be about climbing an emotional mountain. But hes the kind of person that doesn't always want to get a sturdy foundation before beginning a task. He wouldn't dare begin at the bottom of that steep cliff. No, he'd rather start at the top of it, where he believes he belongs. Take it as arrogance if you want, but theres always a sort of modesty about him despite the fact that he knows all to well just how good at something he is or can be. Pat him on the head and praise him and hell scowl at you for being stupid and remark that he never thought to tell you because "It wasn't that important". But in his head, hes flushing with pride at whatever accomplishment hes just been praised for.
His age(and perhaps puberty itself) has brought about a rather apathetic aloofness, as it tends to with most teens. Hes entered that infamous stage in life where suddenly, the world is supposed to owe you something since you've obviously worked so hard to grace mankind with your presense. And thanks to his experience prior to such a stage and his five years of social isolation its gradually gotten worse, to the point where hes lost his usuall snarky comebacks and has reverted to sulking. Unfortunatly, because its obviously a temporary phase, its not nearly as threatening as he'd like to think. But selfishness seems to run a bit to deep for him anyway. His goals are always of the utter most importance in his life. And if getting them means being with no one but his dog his entire life, wel so be it. But he can be quite the opposite in certian situations. Example, he'd die before he would allow Murasaki to be killed. His comrades, at most times, are treated the same way. Suki especially. Though he never really developed any sort of infatuation or love for her, hes extremly protective and border-line territorial when it comes to her well being. However such closness has long been weakened since he departed from the Leaf. Not so much with Tao and Roy though; in fact hes been known to question his loyalty to them and even forsake his bonds completly. But it mainly sprouts from his innitial dislike of the two anyway and isn't to surprising.
He isn't a guy you'll be able to easily locate and you certianly won't find him in any one for more than a few days at a time. Dispite his need to gain things he lacks real emotional attatchments to anything aside from Murasaki. He has a great lack of concern, almost carlessness about what could happen tommorrow. And yet at the same time, hes able to keep a good knowledge about yesterday. Which is why traveling fits him nicley. He won't settle for slow, boring missions when he knows all to well that he could be out having some marvelous adventure of his own. Again, his independant nature allows him the benifit of thoroughly enjoying his wandering. But thats not to say you won't ever find him standing still. Many times he gets caught up in his own world of what he believes everything should be like. And when reality gets to grim, he'll happily stit in some tree and contemplate his own ideologies of how things should be. But enjoy it while you can, it won't last long. His incesant need to be off doing something different so often forbids him to stay and think.
Through quite a bit of time, hes gotten to be overly-independant. Whether this is a good thing or not can be left to whoever is judging him. With a strong sense of pride to match, Souku wouldn't be caught dead allowing someone to help him in anyway. He's always had such an overbearing sense of pride, even for a young age. As said, he'd much rather be on top of things than below someone else. He wont crawl if he can walk, he wont walk if he can run and he wont run if he can fly. And be it learning new jutsus or just learning how something functions, hes always attempting to make things better benefit himself. Nearly any information you feed him, hell bend and even break until he finds whats right for him. Anything that will get him to the top of his mountain quicker - though hes never really been into the whole Hokage thing. He rarely stumbles or falls on the way up either. It can make him infuriating when he refuses to budge and take the road less traveled. Soukus not an optimist and he knows what's beyond that path hes so stubbornly stuck to following. Deep holes, mudslides, and a rough, narrow streak where one wrong step can kill you. Why should he try and gain(what he beleives to be)faulty footing on dirt thats susceptible to erosion. Let those other silly people with the same goal try and worm their way ahead of him. While this is okay if he were to ever need it on a mission, it often causes conflicts between him and his peers. Childish wishing and dreams are all obstacles and he much prefers to jump over them or even go around them altogether than stop and be distracted. And don't you dare try and take something from him he believes is his. Hes prone to attachment and possessiveness like nothing else. And what he wants, he'll steadily make his way over to it and wait patiently for a window of opportunity for him to obtain it. And suppose someone tells him no, well he's more than willing to wait. And hell sit patiently until he wears them out and they have to give in. If you haven't gotten it by now, hes stubborn! Unfortunately, while he never loses sight of his goals, he often unintentionally leaves others behind him. Maybe not physically but emotionally he may become more introverted that most his age. If you cant keep up with him, you may be looking at his back for some time before he realizes hes moving to fast. To others, it could make him seem like a terrible person. However while his friendship may be hard to come by, his loyalty is unwavering and he'll gladly wait for you at the top of the mountain no matter how long it takes. However, as much as he just loves beginning at the top, his foundation is weak and hes been known to have the very rock hes perched upon crumble beneath his feet. Stubborn as he may be, he then has to begin again, this time at the bottom with everyone else.
His temper, though, again, not nearly as impulsive as it used to be, is still a quick one. When attempting to make a point it can be difficult to walk the thin line that creates his dual attention span. Dodge the subject too much and he'll become irritated and impatient with the lack of focus. But garenteed, you push him into seeing things your way and you'll only be met with a harsh, sarcastic wit and a sharp tounge. He seems suceptable to snap at any given time and since hes gotten better at controling it, it's considerably harder to note when his anger is sparked and flaring. None the less, patient as hes become, such anger has gotten him into trouble on more than one occation unfortunatly.
Dispite his insistant need to be better than everyone else, he lags behind his team mates as the slower, clumsy one in the group. And unfortunatly, one cant afford to a clutz on a mountian. Thus, when ever he excels in anything hes innevitably knowcked back down by someone more powerful than he is. Competitive and bearing a great sense of pride, he takes everything as another challange to his name. Because he has the idea that he should be at his rightful place above everyone else, forcing him back where he really belongs is often the best thing to do in a lot of situations. However, his reluctance to stay down shines through in spite of every fall. His cowardice has long faded with time and instead he's replaced such fears with a strong and steady determination thats truley a gift in a shinobi.
Even as he moves about constantly, he lacks much motivation anymore. His once dire need to see things outside of Konoha has faded into a tiring nostalgia. A part of his mind always seems to wander back to his home and recently, as he draws closer and closer to the Hidden Leafs gates, he's become torn between going back and moving forward. Its become a sort of mantra for him "always forward, theres no point in going back" is what he keeps telling himself. But lately, his home sickness has been losing him sleep and costing him daylight hours. However, it proves his loyalty never truley faulters, nor does he ever really forget his past. However, he's all to reluctant to set foot anywhere near it, instead linger close to the borders and quite distrout the the unfamiliar feeling of indecision.

Jutsu Techniques:

Genjutsu:
Shadow Clone Jutsu(Bunshin no jutsu)

Ninjutsu:
Transformation Technique(Henge no jutsu)
Substitution Technique(Kawarimi no jutsu)

Summoning Technique - Watchdog(Kyuichose - Banken): Souku, having signed a blood contract with them, can summon three large German Shepherd dogs(Mizaru, Mikazaru, and Mazaru). The three brothers are mainly used to scout for enemies over long distances while Souku travels, though they have been summoned for battle as well.

Twofold Tranformation: White Wolf(Futari-hitokumi Henge: Shiroi Okami): Done with Murasaki, the two use what could be called another variation on the Jujin Bunshin(which Souku used as a base when creating this jutsu). Instead of Murasaki becoming a replica of Souku, both of them transform into two identical white wolves. Not only is it impossible to tell them apart, but their speed, agility and stamina are increased tenfold.

Earth Sytle: Devilish Fang(Doton: Akuma no yo kiba): Again, Souku cant do this properly without Murasaki and it cannot be done without first using the Tranformation technique above. As wolves now, the use a variation of Tsuuga/Gatsuuga. Tunnling underground on either side of the enemy, preferably, the two dig underneath the target and come up underneath him using syncronozed movments to work together and create a larger attack and deal more damage.

Hidden Fragrence(Kakusareta Kaori): A fairly simplistic jutsu. Given the Inuzuka Clan's and their dog's infamous sense of smell, Souku carries a small collection of scented smoke bombs. Though the obvious smell fades almost immedietly, Souku can call either his three summons or Murasaki to track the smell for weeks. Not only that, but because it contians a good percentage of water molocules, the smell lingers on anything or anyone the target touches, leaving them open for following even longer. However, the smell is too faint for any normal dog, or even Souku himself, to catch and track so the plan can remain hidden for a long period of time, assuming the target find out at all.


Taijutsu:
None

Doujutsu: None

Hijutsu:
Four-legged Style/All-fours Technique(Shikyaku no Justu)
Beast-Human Clone/Man-Beast Clone(Jujin Bunshin)
Piercing & Double Piercing Fang(Tsuuga/Gatsuuga)
Man Beast Combination Transformation: Double-Headed Wolf(Jinjû Konbi Henge: Sôtôrô)
Double Wolf Fang(Garoga)

Kinjutsu: N/A

Weapons: He almost always has a relitivly large supply of kunai. Mostly for his crossbow though, he rarely bothers simply throwing them anymore unless he has to. He keeps around ten to fifteen usually. Explosive tags are seldom used, but he generally has around four to five of those hanging around in cases of emergancy.

Hes always got at least four scented smoke bombs on him. The bombs, as said before, harbor an almost undetectable scent in the smoke that clings to anything it touches. The scent may only be tracked by Inuzuka Clan dogs or by Soukus three summoned dogs. He carries these in his back pouch. He also contains a small number, usualy one or two, regular smoke bombs as well.

On his back, strapped to the leather sash bearing his forhead protecters metal plate, is a mid sized crossbow. Hes become well known for weilding the weapon and often uses it in battle. He obtained it in the Waterfall Village from an builder of shinobi weapons. But its not made to fire arrows, but rather kunai and he uses it accordingly. Hes become an amazing archer since aquiring it almost six years ago. Now he carries it along everywhere and its become as common a weapon as kunai. Not only can it fire them much more accuritly and a far greater distance than a person, but he can channel chakra into it and send even further. Explosive tags can also be fired off and hes even begun attatching the scented smoke bombs to kuani to hit moving or far away targets.


Main fighting style:
Dog based ninjutsus
His chakra type is Earth

Fighting strength:[/u]
Naturaly, speed and agility is in his blood and he makes full use of such advantages. Hes hones his chakra control enough to allow himself to increase his speed to the point that most cant keep up with him if he doesn't want them to.

He and Murasaki are as close to perfectly syncronized as it gets, in any fight. The two can not only preform powerful jutsus together, but can attack from multiple angles and easily gain the upper hand in any situation. Automaticly its as though they outnumber single opponents and have a better shot at multiple enemies. The two both posses high intelegance and the weight to throw around(figurativly speaking of course) and are exremly difficult to take down single handedly when they are together.

Souku has obtained the ability to summon Mizukara(a large german shepherd moffian doness) and her three sons Mizaru, Mikazaru and Mazaru. Though he hasn't yet the ability to summon Mizukara on a regular basis(not to say he cant, he'd simply be killed in a serious fight if she wasn't able to win)he can summon all three of the Zaru triplets at any time. The dogs can be used for tracking, as they posses the same skills as any Inuzuka dog, if not more so. They can also be called to battle if necisary, though Mizukara has vowed to kill Souku if any of her children are killed in one of his battles.



Fighting weakness:
Without Murasaki, while his technique could be preformed alone, it would hardly be as effective as if they were together. Thus, unintended seperation in battle could easily prove fatal to him. Along with that, many of his techniques use a good portion of his chakra and often times leave him wary from fatigue in the middle of a fight. Sure hes gotten better since first learning the techniques, but the problem excists none the less.

He lacks any taijutsu abilities and so, isn't to good with hand to hand combat. Rather, he prefers to strike fast and hard and fall back. A hit and run fighter. But once caught up close, hes as good as dead. Fourtunatly, Murasaki is usually there to back him up.

Team members:
By the official records, he is no longer considered to even be a resident of Konoha, thought to be dead. So he has lost his place on Team 24 since leaving.


Friends/family:
His Aunt and Uncle: (Niether of them have names given their unimportance, if they need names, Ill fix it)His only remaining family today. His Uncle is fairly neutral to his presence, niether accepting nor rejecting him into his life. His Aunt however, always tried to get him to stop being a ninji, lest he bring grief to his own life and loved ones like her brother did. Souku rarely interacts with them anymore, especielly now that he's left Konoha.

Yui Hiroshi: The current Leader of Team 24 and Soukus former teacher. Dispite her petiete form and amazing looks, she's a harsh teacher and has earned a nasty reputation amongst the Village for it. But her ways aren't bad, just extremly damanding from her students. She's quick minded, though stuck in the past when it comes to how children should be delt with. Closed minded and absolutly convinced her way is the only way, it took quite a while for the team to get used to the shift from Roys laid back nature to her sharp drill sargernt one. She's much more brash with Tao and Souku though, given that they're guys. Its not at all uncommon to see her barking out orders to them to help Suki with just about anything, be it opening a door, or acting as a dummy for a demonstration. Expectantly, she's considerably softer towards Suki "because men should always be kinder to ladies. Thats how a gentlemen ought to be." She says. And treats the team accordingly. Even so, she helped them to get much stronger than they were and her training techniques soon became something they were accostumed to. Even Souku swallowed his pride in order to learn from her. Unfortunetly, the two never really had a good "student master bond". Souku was to stubborn to let her beating him to a puple stop him from insulting her, and she was far to easily irritated with his arrogance and the fact that she just couldn't get him to budge and let her win.

Continued in next post...

[Souku|Raidon|Tao]

Tao Ugashi: The most renowned member of Team 24. Almost as stubborn and bull headed as Souku, the two boys have always been...well rivals probably would be a bit to delicate to describe the way these two go at it. In their younger days they were just that, rivals. Though now that they are older, its progressed into quite a few dangerous situations. Though hed never say it, the rivalry began with Soukus dislike for the boy and it pretty much grew from his attempts to beat him at a few fist fights. The resentment could quite possibly span from their contradicting personalities. Tao is fairly fiery tempered, but well natured in that he can control it well. Quiet, pratical, and focused, he wont vear off from the mission. EVER. His perogitive is that "if its not part of the mission, it shouldn't be trifled with". Which is another reason Souku dislikes him. However, Tao seems to show bitter, harsh indifference towards Souku. Dispite his rather stoic demear, hes madly in love with Suki. Again, he wont do anything that wont get the mission done. Such dedication could be admired if he knew where to stop. But hes cost more than just a few trivial scrolls on his mission. He's well known for mastering paper manipulation techniques he created himself.
Much of his nature of brought about by a hard childhood. No, he didn't lose his parents like Souku. Nor did he have to grow up with his father and mother always gone away on missions like Suki. His parents were home a lot, in fact. But his father presured him to live up to his own great name. Because his father had been on many great missions and done wonderous things, he wanted Tao to do the same. Which is why Tao is extremly powerful. But it wasn't by choice. His father was abusive in many ways, physicaly, mentaly and emotionaly toward him. Tao truley beleives his only purpose in life is to go on missions and please his father. Even now, the memories have caused trouble with his ability to work every so offen. Only a short while ago, he and Suki became lovers and he's begun to find more reason to be a ninja other than to live up to his father. Hes sworn to protect Suki with his life and has done so on many occations. But the past still leaves scars he still has to heal himself and after his father rejected her, even striking her, he has been avoiding her more and more, ashamed of not being able to do anything to stop his father.

Suki Yashino: Really, no matter how you look at it, Suki is the only thing that ever held the dysfunctional team together. With an extremly soft heart for Tao and the fighting skills to match any male in Konoha, shes a force to be reconed with in battle. Suki has masted most of the fire style jutsus the Uchiha clan was known for and even created her own. Of course she had always loved studying the once great clan and if not for her appearence and known liniage, you could suspect she was an Uchiha herself. Shes fiery spirited and a really down to earth kind of person. Shes one of those people you can never really bring to a stop, much like her team mates, and has proven her usefullness for the team many times.
She, like Tao and Souku, is a current member of Team 24. She eventually developed a strong love for Tao, recently becoming his lover. However, after being rejected by his father when they attempted to be married, hes been avoiding her. She's continuously attempting to coax him into interacting with her again, only to fail miserably at it. He relationship with Souku, though hardly a romantic one, is comparible to a sibling bond. She was the only one to ever find out his parents were killed after he confessed such things to her. She is also one of the only people who know he isn't dead. Since Souku had attempted to leave Murasaki with her before leaving, she located him and, though didn't try to stop him, told him he would be welcomed back anytime. She still refuses to consider his position on the team taken by his replacment, whom he has yet to meet.

Roy Williams: Former Sensei and leader of Team 24. Goofy and clumsy, he seemed ideal for such a tense team. Instead, he only seemed to make a fool of himself. All three of his students beleive his name to be "odd". Dispite that, the start was hardly a rocky one. Instead, his light hearted personality allowed them to build a sterdy foundation.
The mans quite the charmer to those who like silly and sometimes scatterbrained antics. Its not offen he leaves any mission alone without devising some sort of hairbrained sceme to finish the job. Though many times, his ideas involve a lot of unnecisary steps and take more time. Dispite this, hes actually a brilliant man, which is why he left Team 24 once they became chuunin to take care of business with the ANBU Black ops. He was later send off to fight in a battle with the Sound Village, which unfortunetly ended his carrier as a ninja when he was handicaped, becoming a pariplegic.

Gin Takamichi: A young blind boy from the Takamichi Clan Souku met in Iwagakure. Though the two had rocky start(no pun intended) they eventualy became good friends when Souku helped Gin to escape his Village and head off to see the world. Dispite being blind, he moves around with great ease using chakra to create a sort of echo location. He also uses this to use amazing techniques to manipulate the earth around him. Hes utterly unstoppable in the right environment. He is determined to show the world he can be a great ninja even though hes blind(he would probably get along well with Lee XD). Hes been traveling around for a while now with his two wolves and later he met up with Souku again and helped him train so he could beat a talented Genjutsu user and free Murasaki. The two traveled around together for a while after than until Souku decided to return to the Leaf. Gin has recently returned to his Clan as a hero and now lives with his Uncle within the Stone Village. His clan is still locked in cival war unfortunetly, since Orochimarus return and he fights for the rebels side.

Tonaji Kinsuke: A wandering inventor Souku met in the Waterfall Village. He designs and creates shinobi weapons. He also lives in a much smaller Shinobi Village that is very religios, even though he disaproves greatly and doesn't beleive in their God. After Souku and Murasaki saved his life, he offered Souku his crossbow and offered to train him with it. It's because of him that Souku is such an excilant archer. Tonaji is the older brother of Tyson Kinsuke, who is the only reason he lives in the Village, and the only other person, aside for Souku, whom Murasaki has conversed with. Though he attempted to relay the conversation to his younger brother, Tyson didn't beleive him. He later helps Souku and Murasaki out again when his small Shinobi Village turns on them, saying Murasaki is possesed by an evil deminic spirit, by creating a devirsion with a newer invention. Unfortunatly, he and his brother end up fighting and Tonaji confesses he only ever moved here to stay with his brother. Souku forces him to run as the Villages people close in on killing them and they manage to get away. He now wanders around selling and creating inventions. Tonaji owns several shops in his name, thanks to some convinsing from Murasaki. Souku is still unaware the two have spoken.

Jinku "Sarutobi": He claims to be a direct decendant of the great Third Hokage, but its obviously a lie. Instead, hes a lazy drunk traveling around from Village to Village trying to get people to buy his, usually stolen, merchandise. Dispite his lies, hes an excelant theif and taught Souku much of what he knows about stealing. Though unlike Jinku, Souku restrains himself to stealing back his own things he might have lost for some reason or another, and food.



Other companions:
Murasaki: Murasaki is Soukus ninja companion and life long friend. They met when both of them were very young, Souku being only six and Murasaki being about eight to nine weeks old. He was named for his violet coloured tounge, proving he might have a bit of chow in him. As with any Inuzuka dog, hes totally loyal and devoted to Souku, sticking with him through anything. Even when Souku left Konoha and tried to slip away without the dog(afraid he could be killed), he followed at his heals insistantly. In those five years away, the two became closer than ever and Souku even managed to teach Murasaki how to speak. Since learning how to do so, he's become quite the character. Sarcastic and blessed with a sharp wit and intelectual way of thinking, he is one of the only ones Souku speaks to anymore. However, not many others know he can speak. He seems to only ever talk to Souku. The only one aside from Souku hes spoken to is Tonaji Kinsuke. Other than those two, he only barks, whines and growls at other people to get his message across.

The Zaru Brothers: Mizazaru, Mizaru, and Mazaru(in order from eldest to youngest) are Soukus three main summoning animals. He may summon their mother too, though shes generally kept out of fights unless hes in a depserate situation. The three brothers are blessed with incredible speed and agility, giving them an upperhand when fighting. Their sesnses just about match that of an Inuzuka Dog which makes them even more of a valuble asset to Souku. Generally, they are called up for scouting or even tracking.


Character history:

- Souku was born a happy, healthy boy of the Inuzuka clan. For much of his life, things went relativly unchanged. At age 6 he was allowed his first ninja dog, as per tradition of course, Murasaki. Naturaly, the two fromed a tight bond especially since Souku didn't seem to keen on interacting with his own peers. Only a few months later he was enrolled into the Acadamy. Unfortunatly, he seemed to lag terribly in comparison to his class mates in the written portions. Mostly because he never seemed to pay close attention really. None the less, he passed by the skin of his teeth at age twelve. However, it was then that things changed dramaticly for him. His father had always been a brilliant ANBU Black Ops shinobi, which had been the reason for Souku joining the Acadamy in the first place. But he made a lot of enemies. One of which burnt his home down along with a number of other homes around his own. He and Murasaki were able to escape the fire however his mother and father were both killed.

- He and Murasaki were sent off to live with his Aunt and Uncle. At the same time, he was placed on a team with Tao Ugashi and Suki Yashino. He and Tao had always been rivals, even before the Acadamy. And their resentment towards each other had only grown over the years. Suki, however, managed to keep the two from tearing each others throats out for a while at least. Roy Williams, an easy going, goofy guy was put as their sensei. Right away, the three seemed a tad reluctant to take him seriously. After relaying his name, Souku even shouted bluntly "What the hell kinda name is that!?". Dispite the rouge introductions, Team 24 got off on a good foot right from the start. For a while they trained, mostly individualy, went on D-Rank missions of all sorts and spent a good few months adgusting to each other. Unfortunatly, Souku and Tao never really got along. Tao continued to show contradictory indifference to Soukus fiery, bull-headed outbursts of rage towards him. And things only got worse as Suki and Tao proved to work excilently together while Souku lagged behind. When Roy pointed this out and offered(on a D-Rank mission) to send Tao instead of Souku with Suki, Souku lashes out at him. Worried, but not at all disuaded, Roy allowed Souku to go on the mission all the same.

- Their first C-ranked mission wasn't the kind of thing any Genin should have had to deal with for Souku. A simple aiding mission to help strengthen the Leafs bonds with the Snow Country. A wedding, for one of the Snows Countrys Lords was being held and Team 24 was sent to just make sure things went according to plan. But the Snow, at the time, was in a heavy civil war, thus the reason for the missions request. Unfortunetly, all of the chuunin were away on missions, so they sent Souku and Co. The trip there went smoothly enough, but once getting their, the first domino fell when Souku met Kiah Himisashi. Immedietly, he took a liking to her and the same with her to him. For the first few days, the two were nearly inseperable. Souku later admitted to Murasaki that hed fallen in love with her. However, Tao, having overheard the conversation, warned Souku that he should avoid her. He told him right off the bat that he shouldn't get involved with her if he knew what was good for him. Souku lashed out at him, saying he was only trying to interfere because he also had feelings for Kiah. While Tao denied the accusations with much disgust, Souku refused to listen. Instead, he ran off to eventually run into her. She confessed that while she was deeply in love with him as well, they couldn't ever be together because she was the one getting married to the Snow Countrys Lord. Though Souku refused to let it die, even offering to help her stow away and go back to the Leaf Village, she claimed to have hated him for coming in the first place to screw everything up. So Souku goes back to the camp. However, he finds that the southern side of the Snow Country had attacked. Roy saved him from being crushed under a train and takes him back to where he, Tao, and Suki have been hiding. Roy tells them that the Southern side is taking prisoners and they cant afford to get the Leaf mixed up in war. But a large explosion gets them seperated. Souku finds out, after spotting a Southern Prisoner trasporation thing that Kiah has been taken. But before he can run after her, Murasaki is wounded and Souku has to save him from falling of cliff. He meets up with Tao, who urges him to head back with him to find Roy and Suki. But Souku refuses, saying he has to go save Kiah. However, Tao tells him that shes a POW now and they cant interfere with the Snow Countrys war because it was never part of the mission. Souku rejects the mission and takes off claiming that hes done with the mission completly. He and Murasaki try and head off. But Tao sees that an explosive tag was thrown at the car with Kiah in it. Tackling Souku to prevent him from going any further, the car explodes and Kiah is killed. Devistated, Souku attacks Tao blaming him for the death of Kiah. He repeates that he could have saved her if Tao hadn't stopped him. Still, surprisingly, Tao refuses to hurt Souku. Instead, since Soukus attacks are random punches and kicks anyway, Tao simply dodges them until Roy shows up and stops the fight. Souku takes off on his own leaveing Tao with the threat that he'll tear his God damned throat out if its the lest thing he does. He still hasn't truley forgotten Kiah and has yet to even consider forgiving Tao.

- The team returns back saftly with only a few cuts and bruises to show for it. Souku isolated himself from the others for some time before Suki manages to coax him into training with them again. But they aren't given much time to rest. They enter into the Chuunin exams. Tao is able to relay the realization that its a cheating exam during the first part using his paper manipulation technique. Sure enough, Suki and Souku are able to pass without much problem. The second round gets a little rough. Suki was injured and plauged with gangrene for some time before Tao and Souku found out. Unfortunatly, by that time, Suki had passed out and was held hostage by another team. But by forcing themselves to work together, Tao created a fake scroll via another Paper Manipulation Jutsu and Souku and Murasaki were able to free Suki while Tao took them out after they found out it was a fake. After that, they simply stole the defeated teams scoll and made their way to the tower in the middle. The third part of the exam was shockingly easy for them. Souku and Murasaki easily defeated their opponent with Gatsuuga. Suki used her fire jutsus and ironicly enough, Taos opponent left with a series of horrid paper cuts((XP)).

- Leaving for their first mission as Chuunins, Team 24 made their way now to a swampy land just south of the Sound Village. And investigation mission as to where people were dissapearing to when they got lost in the swamp. Roy was called back to the Leaf for business concerning the ANBU. So, the team bickered for a while over who will lead the mission, namely Souku, who beleives hes an excilent leader. Unfortunatly, the fuss quickly attracts the Sounds shinobi and the group is attacked. Sperated, the Sound nins leave the kids, thinking they'd be killed by the swamp. Lost, confused and getting hungrey, its three days before everyone manages to even begin to get remotly close to each other. Souku wanders around hoplessly. Unlike his team mates, his main source of tracking is lost when their scents are covered by the distance between himself and them. He and Murasaki are quickly struck by fatigue and are forced to spend quite a few hours a day hunting for food. Unfortunetly, hes unsuccesful most of the time, barely skimping by for the first few days. However, the two are located by Mazaru, a larger german shepherd, and managed to chase the dog back to his mother and two brothers. Souku was eventualy able, with much effort, able to sign a blood contract by tracking and chsing down the dogs and getting his hands on their contract. Reluctantly, Mizukara, the mother, helped the Team get out of the swamp. Souku was quite bratty for the next few weeks after about his new ability to summon the dogs.

- Quite a while passed without much action. Suki and Tao became good friends, much to Soukus jelous dismay. Roy continued to train them to be better, and Souku and Murasaki learned the Inuzuka blood line jutsus and managed to preform them properly. However, it wasn't long before Team 24 was called away on another mission, to Iwagakure this time. They are told to locate a lost child, requested by the parents who, because of their wealth and the fathers position in the military, could prove a valuble person to be in debt to the Leaf. Again, the team goes alone while Roy "takes a vacation" with his newly aquired girlfriend. Though bitter about their teachers lack of intrest in their missions, they continue on anyway. Once within the mountianous regions though, Tao suggests splitting up to cover more ground to search for the boy. Souku and Murasaki continue on up the rocky cliffs while Suki and Tao head back down to question the Villagers. Souku, though none to happy about having Suki go with Tao, easily makes his way towards the top. However, it isn't long before hes stopped by a considerably younger boy(Souku and Co and 14 now). Right away the boy barks out orders and commands Souku to leave. Being stubborn and hot headed as ever, Souku insults him and proptly tries to pass by shoving him aside. Suprisingly, the boy manages to knock Souku head over heals right off a cliff and back to the bottom of the mountian. Obviously pissed, SOuku trecks back up and confronts the boy for a second time, boldy attempting to push his way through. Again, hes shoved back, thankfully not having to climb the mountian again. Insults are traded and evenually Souku realizes that the boys the missing child, Gin Takamichi. Gin doesn't deny such accusations when Souku presses him for answers. But instead of answering any more, Gin promtply launches a large boulder at Souku, nearly crushing Murasaki. The two fight for a while, Souku eventually winning over Gins earth manipulation techniques by managing to use them to his advantage and using Gatsuuga. By now, Tao and Suki have found the two. Dispite Soukus boasting, Suki literally lights him on fire when she sees what hes done to Gin, telling Souku he should be more sympathetic since Gin is blind. However, upon hearing this, Gin lashes out at her saying he doesn't need sympathy from a bunch of pansies like them. Though Tao and Souku seem a bit miffed at being called pansies, Suki continues to try and help him. But before Suki has a chance to help him, a large ash coloured wolf comes and Gin takes off after creating a large cloud of dust. With Gin gone, Tao notes that theyll have to begin the search again, blaming Souku for not controling his temper. Suki manages to keep the two from killing each other though, reminding them that Gins blind and really cant be trusted alone without hurting himself. Tao however, seems a bit more understanding towards Gins actions. When they begin to head back, Souku listens in, dispite being ahead of his team mates, as Tao explains his meaning to Suki. He tells Suki that its harder for a good shinobi likfe Gin to accept sympathy as it only really makes them seem like they cant do anything on their own. By denying that, Gins managed to develop himself into an awesome ninja. Souku retorts bitterly that theres no way that Gin can deny being blind and that he is what he is. By then they've reached the village and through questioning and asking around, Suki finds out that the Takamichi clan is one of the only remaining clans still loyal to the Leaf, which explains why their leader, Gins father, called on the Leaf for help. While the rest of the Stone is allied to Orochimaru and the Sound, it would seem the Takamichi clan was a rebel clan. Tao suggests that he go off and look for the boy while Souku and Suki go to speak with Gins father. However, after conversing with Raibion, Gins father, they learn that the Takamichi Clan had become split over the years. Through fear, many of the clan members allied themselves with the Sound and a civil war broke out among the clan between those who were with Orochimaru, and those who were against him. Tao returns suddenly to alert them that, ironicly enough, Gin was captured by a band of Sound Ninjas from the Takamichi Clan. Raibion quickly offers to pay them triple what they were origionaly being paid to save Gin. Dispite Taos reluctance Suki manages to convince him that saving Gin would in fact be a part of the mission, as they have yet to return Raibions lost child. So the three head off to save Gin, whos being kept in a large cave, tied to the ceiling so as to prevent him from using any jutsus. Souku and Murasaki are the first to reach the cave, following Gins scent, and attack the Sound nin. Unfortunatly, outnumbered, Souku is eventually brought down. However, he retaliates by using having Murasaki do Tsuuga into the caves wall, allowing Gin to get down and easily defeat the Sound nin. After freeing Souku, the two take off and easily escape. The two become good friends, dispite the insults and apparent tension between them. Suki and Tao arrive finally, along with Gins father, who orders Gin to be locked in the house and monitered contantly. Though the team is thanked and prepares to leave, Souku and Murasaki help break Gin out of his room and offer to let him come back to Kohona with them. Naturaly, Gin agrees that he wishes to leave, but refuses to go to the Hidden Leaf, which suprises Souku. However, Gin points out that hed easily be found and caught if he went somewhere obvious and that he really wanted to see the world for what it is instead of being kept prisoner of his own Village. So the two depart on a good note right as the gaurds realize Gins gone missing.

- After returning to the Village again, the Team took a well earned vacation. During which they spent most of the time training, much to Roys dismay. However, shortly after the vacation began, Team 24 received a dramatic blow. Roy quit as their sensei because of rather personal reasons he never reveiled to them. Souku was outraged as was Suki, but Tao seemed indifferent towards the news. So they spent the next few days waiting for their new teacher. Turns out though, Roy had already picked one. A rather...attractive woman named Yui Hiroshi. Unfortunetly, unlike the Souku had originaly muttered to Suki and Tao, she was nothing of the OCD, priss they had initioally thought. Instead, she promptly ended the vacation and began training them harder then ever. Nearly twenty four-seven she had them running laps, practicing with dummies, enhancing their jutsus, lifting weights, tree climbing, water walking, any training method that had been created she had them doing day and night. Eventually, Souku drew the line. Even Tao, who normaly was well known for working himself to death, decided it was enough. So, the three planned to get rid of her and followed through with the plan via a number of rather...hairbrained scemes provided by Souku and Suki. Unfortunatly, by the end of the week, they had only managed to tired themselves out more. Tao finally quite the idea of getting rid of her entirely.


Continued...

[Souku|Raidon|Tao]

- Another mission quickly came after their vacation time, giving them some break time from their training. They were headed off to Suna to investigate the recent death of an ANBU Black Ops squad leader and the lack of communication between the Leaf and Sand Villages. Unfortunetly, just a few hundred miles into the desert they were stopped by members of an few Shinobi from the Sound. Dispite the teams reluctance and complaints, Yui immediently ordered them to head back to the Leaf. However, they were dogged from quite some time before the Sound nin attacked, seperating the team entirely. Souku and Murasaki were followed by one of them, a former Akatsuki member by the name of Rinobi. Even as the two fought against him, they were cornered between Rinobi and a large sort of mountian of boulders and sand. Eventualy, both Souku and Murasaki were badly injured, forced to use a rather unstable technique(since he had failed almost everytime hed tried it). The ended up using both Futari-hitokumi Henge: Shiroi Okami and Akuma no yo kiba succesfully. However, because they hadn't been able to perfect it, it didn't do enough damage and took to much chakra for them to be able to fight anymore. Luckily, Tao and Yui managed to come in time to save him from being killed. Suki was soon rescued as well and because of their wounds, they are forced to head home. Once back at the Leaf and out of the hospital, Yui announced that they have proven their ability to handle deadyl situations. So, she continues to say that because of this they may consider themselves shinobi of Konoha. However, they continue to train even harder until another mission draws them away. This time, though, Tao is sent away with his father for "Family business". So, Suki and Souku take off alone.

- Soukus life soon takes an abrupt turn however, when they are waken up in the night by an older man offering them shelter in his cabin. Greatfull to be able to sleep in actual beds, the two take him up on the offer. However, Souku is disturbed again when he wakes up to find Suki missing and having a conversation with the older man. Hiding out to eavesdrop, he learns just who killed his parents and, conveniently enough, that he and Suki were headed right for them. The next morning, though hed gotten little to no sleep naturally, Souku pushed to old man for answers. Eventually, Souku decides to go after them. However, hes surprised to find Tao had caught up with them, having been pressured into going by his father. So, Souku assured them he knows a shorter way. Seeing no real reason to say no, Tao and Suki follow rather blindly after him. However, its wasnt long before the ran into a much larger Shinobi Village(in comparison to every other one they saw, it wasn't nearly as large as the Leaf). Wary and getting suspisios, Tao quickly notes that most of the people there seem to be criminals, pointing to the assumption that its perhaps a refuge camp for those on the run. Suki agrees, pointedly asking to leave, even at Soukus stubborn persistance. Of course it doesn't take long for the other two to realize hes looking for someone. Still a bit cautious, Tao orders the team to split up; Souku and Murasaki take one end of town and he and Suki take the other. Agreeing and seeing it as a chance to find the guys, Souku takes off to check things out. However, while he does come across the man who claims to have killed his parents, he also tells Souku that hes captured Suki. Easily taken out in a short lived retaliation, Souku is forced to find Tao, whom by now, has already gotten ready to head back to Konoha for help. Angered, Souku refuses and insisted they save Suki right then and there. Tao refuses and tells Souku to get some sleep so they could travel none stop until they were back home. Though Souku agrees, he takes off in the night to save SUki. However, hes soon attacked and taken out again by a few of the mans followers. Captured and soon placed in a sort of prison, Tao is forced to rescue him again. But having his pride hurt didn't siute well with him. Calling Tao a coward and yelling that he wasn't fit to be a shinobi since he wouldn't risk everything to save a comrade set Tao off. Even after Suki was able to escape and tries to calm them down, the two end up battling each other. Tao beats Souku with minimal effort, naturally.

- The trip home was quiet and even after returning to the Leaf, Souku eventually decides to leave and get strong enough to beat Tao. After failing in his attempt to leave Murasaki behind, and being reasured by Suki that he would indeed return, Souku took off towards the Stone Village. There, he trained with Gin for three days and two nights before heading off again. Hes taken to traveling quite nicley and has earned a bit of a reputaion around many Villages. Five years have passed, most of which were spent simply walking around, and hes been hovering closer to the Leaf village, torn between staying and going. As of now, hes considered dead and has even been replaced on Team 24. In the last week or so, hes picked up a group of three men after hearing them talk about his former lover Kiah being alive still. However, they soon turned on him, most likely in hopes of mugging him, and only got him into trouble. Hes recently become a prisoner, a framed murderer and is supposed to be doing time in a smaller shinobi village just east of Konoha. So, in a way, hes on the run as a murderer.

[Souku|Raidon|Tao]

Role play Sample: The winds had changed, no longer still and easy going but rather, they were now wisping about in short frequent, and sometimes violent, breezes. They were cold too. As if last night snowfall were a warning for what was to come. And if it was anything like the night, it was a warning one shouldn't...couldn't let slip by. The snow had covered everything. About three to five inches depending one where exactly you stepped. There was a rather tranquil silence that had fallen over the area. It was no more than seven in the morning, much to early for the sun to have taken any effect on the area, making the air seem crisp and chilly. The leaves on the surrounding trees remained still as the air around them unless they were disturbed for a few moments by a violent wind. Given the suns low position at th horizon, the entire world seemed to be enveloped in a blue tint that gleamed off the snow just enough to give the crystal flakes a bit of colouring themselves. And yet, in the temporary stillness of it all as the wind died down again, the underlying warning still remained. A terrible heaviness had fallen over the place to send a chill down anyones spine as they attempted to shake the feeling that the dreadful silence had brought. There were no birds to chirp harmonically in some sort of song unknown to human auditory senses. There were no tiny rodents scurrying about in search of food, nor any snowy coloured foxes to snap them up and swallow them down whole. There was no sound aside from the occasional shifting of a ravens foot as he moved next to his fellow on the pencil thin branches of the bare trees. Yes, they knew what was coming. As did the other native inhabitants of the woods. And they'd have their fill when the deed was done. One particular oily bird tilted its head to the side to allow his beady eye to observe the scene before him in anticipation. He knew the warnings of the world, and he wouldn't ignore them.
But Souku wasn't one to ignore things either. Not something so obvious as this. He felt it in his bones as he stared blankly at the small fire. The tawny dog at his side seemed anxious as well and Souku didn't have to guess why. Fur bristled only slightly, ears folded back against his skull, Murasaki lie in wait pressed flush against the boys right leg. His chocolate eyes shifted nervously from one man to the next as they conversed cheerily. But neither of the two seemed to hear what they were saying. Instead, the older teen sat on his rock hunched over so his navy blue cloak draped over him to shield his from the cold, just a little. His dark gray eyes continued to stare stoically as though he were looking through the flames, not at them. He wasn't interested in what these men were saying, no. He was much more interested in the soft, far off call of one raven to another. Something was wrong and he knew it. He could sense it in the cheery laughter that seemed to forced, to fake to be real. Something was going to happen and he'd be damned if he missed the signs.
"Oi, Inuzuka!"
His name brought him out of his trance for a moment as he seemed to snap back to reality. Blinking, he lifted his head to watch the fat man grin stupidly over at him. "C'mon chap, wake up! Enjoy yourself! I's a beautiful day, ah!?" He laughed again, even as Souku remained flat faced to his joking. There was something subliminal in the way they were acting, if only he could catch it. Under his cloak his grip tightened on his bow as though he planned for a moment to simply rid himself of the warning entirely. Murasaki lifted his head from Soukus boot, ears pirked as he eyed Souku for a moment. The tawny fur along his back and shoulders stood on end as he shifted in anticipation as to what his friend planned to do, silently questioning the very thought. The hand released the wooden weapon and the tension increased between the four. Even if those men wouldn't show it, Souku knew it was there. He wasn't blind and he could have sworn he picked up the musky scent of fear in the group. Maybe it was them, or maybe it was himself, he wasn't sure anymore. Another strong wing ruffled his short, charcoal coloured hair. Another warning, another strong bout of tension.
"C'mon, yer stiff as a board, boy! Loosen up!" The thinner sitting on the ground to his left reached up to slap him on the back. The dog lowered his head until his chin and neck were flat in the snow shoving a low snarl back into his throat. "Sorry..." The boy muttered lowly, cautiously. As though the entire line would snap if he were to speak to loudly.
"Ya think 'e's thinkin' bout somethin'" The man with a southern accent in the middle leaned forward in mock suspicion until Souku could clearly catch the scent of anxiety on him. The hair on Soukus neck seemed to stand on end as chakra pulsed through his veins and in his ears and his sensed heightened further in retaliation. This was maddening! He was about ready to leap up and cry out in vain, anything to relieve himself of such awful air. It was as though the entire world were holding its breath in anticipation for something great and terrible to happen. And it bothered him to no end. Irritating the back of his mind and forcing his nerves to the edge, ready to bolt at a moments notice. The air of hostility was there, with these men he'd so blindly trusted for something as stupid as the slim chance to see her again. He had foolishly dangled his feeling in front of them and they had pulled at it until the line was out and he was forced to follow.
"'ere, we'll have a drink, aw'right? That'll help."
The fat man pushed himself up to fetch things from the snow. One good thing about the cold was everything around them was like a refrigerator. Nothing spoiled before they could consume it. Murasaki growled and Souku gripped his bow again. "Yeah..." He whispered, mostly to himself. Again, his stoic reaction had no effect on the man. "What'll it be, Souku?" He looked over his shoulder at the stiff young man. And Souku pondered for a moment as his sharp gaze rested on his. The body movement, the language, the tone, everything about it screamed at him to run. But he was no coward and his stubborn nature chained him to that rock where he sat. And his pride urged him to mutter "Just tea, please." So politely, so forced and fake Souku couldn't believe it when the man said nothing. Eventually, the tea was done and the man offered it to him, to which Souku accepted. It was as though the entire scene had been scripted. The man seemed aware now just why Souku was on edge. And as Souku timidly, cautiously, almost gingerly, allowed some of the warm liquid to slide down his throat, the three in front of him grinned and chugged their own alcohol.
And suddenly, their tension faded. But it wasn't enough for him. He still felt it all around him. The birds were hovering closer now and Murasaki lifted his head to glance at his friend worriedly. Souku threw the dog a questioning look before reaching up to rub at his eyes. Evidently he was more tired than he had thought. But it seemed strange all of a sudden. Just a moment ago he'd seemed so tense. Perhaps he shouldn't have been so worried. But the damn warning bell just kept ringing. In fact...he was sure he could...actually here a ringing now. He rubbed at his eyes again, blinking a few times to try and clear his foggy vision. The mens voices seemed to far away now, groggy and hard to understand as the ringing noise enveloped his surroundings and blocked out a good portion of the other noises. He slouched a bit before he realized he was doing so and jerked his head up to try and look towards the others for aid. No! It clicked in his mind now! The tension rose considerably as he toppled backward all of a suddenly. He just barely heard the snarl and the cry of agony as Murasaki rose to defend him without him knowing it. The pained scream sent the raven scattering in a frenzy above the barren, snowy landscape. The line snapped and the tension drummed against the boy from all sides.
He claws at the rock as his hands scraped against the stone. With a bit of effort he managed to stand for a moment. Bracing himself against a nearby tree he shook his pounding head. Suddenly his body seemed to refuse his will as he sunk into the snow and collapsed on his belly. Groaning, he rolled himself over onto his back only to catch a hazy figure looming over him. His vision cleared on and off for a moment as his mind cranked out the instinctive reaction to focus his chakra. Hed trust his nose before his eyes anyday. The fat man, he knew now. But something else...blood perhaps, and adrenaline. His ears picked up the faint sounds of the skinny mans cries as Murasaki overthrew him in a fit of rage.
"Yer damn mongrel nearly tore my throat ou', boy!" The crooked laughing behind his voice sent another chill up Soukus spine as he tried to push himself up. A strangled cough brought Murasakis attention to the fat man who had forced the boy back down by shoving his heel into Soukus chest and ribs. Souku squinted against the glare of the rising sun just in time to catch the blurry motion that was his companion close his jaws around the mans shoulder. Coughing again, Souku let his head roll to the side to catch sight of his bow. A piercing yelp and the the tawny beast was sent a good ten feet away into the snow that had long been stained with blood from the other two men. The skinny man was dead, or damned close to it, while the man with an accent had fled in terror while screaming something about a demented devil in the form of a dog. The fat man clawed painfully at his bloody shoulder as he kicked his new found prey to the side. Soukus senses were only worsening. Even so, he jerked suddenly to bring a kunai(which he'd managed to fish from his leg pouch) and bury it into the mans leg. The relieved weight from his chest allowed him to gulp down the air, even in the pain of his ribs and upper body. Forcing himself to his side, he grasped the end of the bow to jerk it towards himself enough to get a firm hand on it. However, his victory was short lived as a sudden, blunt force to his ribs sent him reeling as his body was heaved a few feet away. Sputtering as the coppery liquid from some injured organ in him coated his mouth, he whipped the crossbow up and pulled the trigger. Another sharp cry and he was allowed just a little more time to recover from his half blinded senses.
He nearly vomited as he managed to stand. Fumbling with loading th weapon, the glint of light to metal caught his attention for a moment. He cried out this time as his leg jerked in pain to land his boot in the fat mans face. Blood, he could smell blood. Some of it the mans, and some of it his own from his leg. The man backed off again to cradle his broken nose and Souku pulled his arm up and fired. But there was no scream this time...only another vicious snarl and a sickening sound of fang tearing flesh. But by now, Souku couldn't here it and suddenly, he found himself to tired to keep himself standing. His ears remained deaf as the last man came up from about twenty yards off, screaming and pointing at him as a few more people followed.

Souku STOP!---What the hell you think your doing!?---YOU killed her, YOU LET HER DIE!---You couldn't have saved her anyway!---It was never a part of the mission---Shes a POW now...we can't interfere----You know what? I'm done with this mission.

For the second time that day Souku nearly vomited as he regained consciousness, nausea over taking him in an instant. Though his senses had recovered, his vision was still blurred until he blinked a few times to clear his groggy eyes. He tried to shake the redundant dream from his head but quickly discovered the searing pain that traveled from his head to the base of his skull and trailed down his entire spine to reverberate throughout his body. Groaning squeezed his eyes shut, blocking the dull sights from his mind for a moment. Sadly, while the visuals were blocked, his minds eye plagued him with the recurring images from the dream he'd had so many times before. And it wasn't only his head either. Every movement, no matter how trivial, brought a notable pain coursing along the tips of his nerves, from his head to his finger tips. It was harder to breath, he noticed, and the dull ache in his left leg and right arm from where the fat mans knife had broken skin. His leg was worse though. Though the blood had soaked though most of the fabric of his right sleeves, he knew well that his legs wound had gone to the bone. The smell of the place was God awful inhaled through his nose. Iron and the pungent smell of rust and rotting meat, he guessed, but the coppery smell of blood was what he noticed first and it worried him a bit. But it wasn't surprising that it was what he smelled the most. It was everywhere.
He allowed his dark eyes to open, taking in the dark surroundings. A prison cell came to mind, realizing he was in just that. The entire place was a dull gray colour, proving that it was mostly, if not entirely made of, metal. The thick bars spaced evenly apart that would prevent escape on his part were rusted and probably weakened over the years. He craned his neck at the high pitched sound of a fluorescent light. It was fast fading and flickered noisily, emitting just enough light to illuminate just under it and that was it. Blood coated most of his body, mostly where his open flesh wound were. His darker blue pants were coated in the stuff and stiff as he had evidently been here long enough for the blood to dry and cake his clothing. His arm wasn't nearly as bad, but without, he was sure it'd get worse. His chest heaved in th effort to breath properly, though he was obviously having difficulty. He'd consider himself lucky if nothing was broken.
He forced his good arm under himself and propped himself
against the wall, also coated with blood from where the guards had tossed him against it and he had slid down to his current position. Grabbing a fistful of his navy cloak, he brought his other hand up to begin shredding it. One strip after another until he had torn the entire thing up. After removing it from himself completely, he tied of his arm. With some difficulty, he also managed to bind his leg wound as well, though the entire appendage seemed unwilling to cooperate with him. "Murasaki!" He called, half expecting the dog to be there to answer him. But there was no deep voice, no sarcastic response, not even a low whine or bark, or even a growl would have sufficed.
"Murasaki!" He yelled again, but this time, he could hear something. The faint sound of footsteps off in the distance. But not those of his friend. These were human, he knew that much. Well, if he was in a prison, he could maybe get some answers. Hauling himself up onto his knees, he grabbed at the wall for support in order to stand uneasily on his own two feet. With great effort, he managed to limp over towards the barred door. A high pitched squeak and the sounds of a metal door opening. Holding himself up with the bars, he squinted to see clearly in the darkness.
"So your awake?" The voice was low, deep, and rang out in a stoic baritone to echo against the hollow hallway. "As you've probably noticed", he continued until he reached Soukus cell."You've been disarmed and put under high security. Your in a prison, boy." He was an older man, the wrinkles in his face giving him a creepy look as the bright light from the open door hit the side of his face. Souku was taken back for a moment. Security? Theres no one else here, how-? His thoughts were cut off as the man leaned in, almost nose to nose with Souku. "You murdered two innocent people. You will be brought to a hearing and, most likely, executed.". Souku blinked, showcasing quite the baffled expression for a few seconds before retaliating angrily. "I didn't murder anyone, old man. I was drugged and they tried to kill me, not the other way around. Get your damn facts straight, dumbass." He spat coldly. The man arched a slender eyebrow. "We have a witness who claims that your...pet...attacked and brutally slaughtered his companion." The old man grinned oddly as the teens brow furrowed. "Where is he, wheres my dog!" Soukus good arm lashed out suddenly to take the man up by the collar and pull him down so their noses touched. "He'll be disposed of, of course. We cannot have a wild animal that could pose a threat to our Villagers wandering about." Growling, Soukus teeth gritted together as his temper flared. "We are a small Town, boy." The man explained. "We can't afford to have outsiders; murderers, coming in and disrupting the peace around here." Souku paused, calming down to glare at him coldly through the iron bars. For a moment it seemed the Inuzuka had given in and would release him, at least thats what the man expected. However, he didn't know just how stubborn the older teen could be, nor did he expect Souku to jerk him forward suddenly and slam him into one of the greasy bars. He slumped forward, unconscious, and Souku released the collar of his shirt to let him slid down onto the floor in a heap.
"Well, if your not going to tell me where he is..." Wincing, he crouched down to fish out a dirty key from the mans back pouch, one that looked just as old as the cell. "I'll find him myself." He muttered. Wedging the key into the lock, he forced the metal door open with a high pitched, rusty squeal.
"Tsao-sama!" The cry from the open doorway echoed painfully to Soukus sensitive ears. Wincing he jerked his head up to catch the sight of another, considerably younger gaurd. For a moment, the two stood staring at each other until the guard brought his hands together. Not catching the movement in time with the lack of lighting, Souku had to stumbled to the side to try and avoid the sudden blast of water. Unfortunately, he only managed to stumble and fall forward on his hands and knees. The force to his ribs from the mans water jutsu set him a good ten to fifteen feet down the hallway. Grunting as his back was slammed into the metal wall behind him, Souku coughed hoarsely, half from the new pain, half from the old. Hissing through clenched his mind wracked together a desperate plan of the sort. Or at least, half of one. "Dammit..." Cursing, he jerked his hand to his bleeding arm and smeared his thumb across the wound. Thinking quickly and summoning his chakra he slapped his hand down on the metal floor with a dull 'thump'. "Kyuichose - Banken!" He called. The man approached him, a few more rising up from the brightly lit doorway to join him. Suddenly, however, Souku was enshrouded in a large explosion of white smoke.
"What?" The guard stepped back, taken back by the suddenness of it. "A-a substitution?" Another man offered. However, such assumptions were quickly forgotten as a large blur of motion suddenly surged forth to tackle the man in front of the small group, digging its fangs and claws into the junction of his neck and shoulder. The startled scream brought a fearful excitement to the other four. But as the man hit the floor, either dead of unconscious, the large dog lifted his head to glare at the others. But the stillness lasted only so long as another dog lunged, and then a third. Until the guards had either been killed or had run.
"Souku-san!" One of the tri-coloured dogs yelped as he slunk over to the slouching boy. Mazaru's brown tail wagged happily as he ran his pink tongue over the his face smearing saliva over Souku in the process. "Get off!" Souku shoved the youngest of the brothers off of him.
"Inuzuka." The eldest sibling stated questioningly. Glancing at Mizazaru and Mizaru, Souku shifted his weight painfully. "Murasaki, find him. And try and find a way out of here, if you can. Go!" He waved them off as the three brothers took off in a blur of motion. Left alone, he pulled himself to his feet to stand nervously. With those three gone to find Murasaki...what now...He leaned against the wall behind him, panting as his brain worked quickly. He had to find out where he was...A smaller Shinobi Village judging by what the old man had said. Weapons. His mind spat out the idea and reminder suddenly and he grunted, pushing himself from the wall and taking his first uneasy steps out the doorway.
It didn't take to long to make his way silently outside the building and into the village. Covering himself in shadows, he easily got a good bearing of his surroundings. Thankfully, the snowing had only worsened slightly since his fight with the fat man. Yes, he'd be fine if he could get a hold of his possesions and Murasaki. And speak of the devil, the blur of motion signaling the middle brothers return startled him slightly as he turned on his heals and hunkered down to squat next to the large shepherd dog, eyeing his bow in the dogs mouth. Soon followed by the first dog came another, more battered dog. Murasaki stood, limping slightly, but in one peice much to Soukus releif.
"They've got your weapons in a smaller building. We've already taken out the guards, you shouldn't have any trouble. Here." Mizaru let the wooden bow drop from his mouth by Soukus knee.
"Thanks. You guys can go now." In another cloud of smoke, the dog dissapeared, leaving Murasaki and Souku alone.
The fluffy dog lifted his head, ears priked curiously. "Where the hell are we?" he asked, deep voice laced with a strained note. Undoubtably from his briused right foreleg. Souku followed his gaze for a moment before gazing back at the gaurds who seemed to have noticed he was gone. "No clue. Some small Village, I think.".
"Like the Leaf?" He looked back at Souku who shook his head. "No. I havn't exactly gotten a chance to look around so...I honestly don't have a clue where the hell we are. They think you're some kind of vicious beast. What the hell happened back there?"
Murasaki eyed a passing guard blankly. "They drugged you, obviously. Some kind of paralysis poison, Im guessing. You were out for a while and then those men came. I wasn't able to keep them away for to long. That's when I was hit and when I woke up I was in some cage."
Souku listened patiently before jumping op onto the roof of a building with Murasaki in tow. "Yeah, they pinned me for murder and planned to put you down too." The dog snorted indingantly at the term. "Hey slow down! Anyway, we can grab the stuff and get the hell out of here. I don't like the smell of this place..." Souku nodded and leaped down onto the ground again, stumbling a bit as he sunk into the snow on the landing. "In here?", he pointed at the building. "Yeah." Murasaki nodded and the two took off.

Only hours later, the two were out on the road again, so to speak. The snow was getting worse and Souku could already feel the temprature dropping. If they stayed out too long, he was sure they'd freeze. Wonder if there's another place we can rest for a while... Before leavingof course, the two had managed to rob several constesion stands of their food, eating and finally heading out without much fuss, leaving the baffled guards thinking they were spirits of some sort and had dissapeared.
But niether could find a reason to speak bringing an odd silence between them. Even if niether was the talkitive type, the generally exchanged a few words now and then as they walked. Usually ending with a few snarky insults being traded, given their natures and senses of humor. But now...Souku seemed lost in thought and Murasaki wasn't sure whether he wanted to speak just yet.
"Your leg will get worse if we don't stop soon." The dog shook his head, freeing his fur of a fair amount of sticky flakes of snow. Even if he knew well that Souku was far to stubborn to hault their journey, he disliked the teens silence.
"Hn." Souku grunted in reply, straightening up to try and hide the fairly obvious limp in his stride. His leg had been aching for a few miles now, but his pride forbid him from saying so. Though he was sure his friend had noticed. That dog would notice a pebble on his foot before Souku would even think to look. Still, pride was pride and Souku had enough to share with twelve men three times his size. A gruff sigh escaped his vocals before he had time to catch it and Murasaki lifted his two tones head to gaze up at him.
"Im sorry." Souku pointedly ignored him. Lowering his head again and letting his ears flatted awkwardly. "I know you...wanted to see her..." He knew he was playing with fire, bringing up such a subject with him. The dog stopped, pained leg hanging just above the snow as he watched Souku pause as well even though he didn't bother to look back at him.
"What do you plan to do? What do you think we're going to find by traveling around like this?"
Souku remained still aside from the involentary shivering brought on from the cold. The wind picked up again, breaking the silence and ruffling the boys hair and clothing.

"We have to keep moving."


So much time, we circle the sky with one wing beating
Searching for a life thats true
All our lives we chase the night like its never ending
You the Sun and I the Moon

[º•.Ki-Chan.•º]

Accepted! =3