The tide of change

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The tide of change

Post by Zao » Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:59 pm

The village was filled with whispers about the events that had swept through within the borders of the great village, the big families had been dealt a heavy blow while attempting to undercut the ruling party, the grand old man who'd ruled as Mizukage for several decades. Two opposing factions who had grown to have rather different views after the council was killed and their influence within the upper echelon of the village cut off rendering them no better than any ordinary family or clan. But the most interesting piece of news circulating was that the Mizukage had gone off to deal with one of the elusive bannin of the village who had also just recently returned because of all the trouble brewing within the village, but the results of the battle were unknown and could only allow for those in the loop to speculate what had happened to the two men.

Everyone knew that such a battle could only have one victor, but the silence in its wake had left many wondering if the two old men had killed one another as Kai had yet to return and the old Reaper had not made an appearance either. Only a handful of higher ranking shinobi knew the truth of the matter, the old man who had reigned supreme within the village for decades as the stronger shinobi had actually been dethroned. Yet, this information for the meantime only been passed to those leaders within the big families who had been holding their breath that the faith they'd put into the old bannin would actually come to fruition in the battle with the former Mizukage. Outside the village, the broad shoulder man stood in front of a trio of grave stones and let out a long sigh. "Old man, you really have put me in a troublesome position."

Part of Kasai was truly pondering why he'd even bothered to return, yes the now dead man had made some rather sweeping changes at the cost of many good shinobi's lives but the role of MIzukage was truly never something he'd ever desired to have even as a young shinobi. Shaking his scarred face from side to side lightly now the long locks of crimson which framed the bearded face swayed lightly as well. Being set in the old ways of the village had gotten him into this position but he truly had no one else to blame but himself for returning, knowing what the consequences might have been. A slinking shadow moved slowly across the ground before it rose up and formed into the shape of a tall, lanky shinobi who watched the back of the large man who only stood quietly, not even bothering to acknowledge the new arrival. "Are you ready to return, Kasai-sama?" This was one of the former body guards of Kai, himself and a few others had watched the fight between the two men and though they held the former Kage in the highest of regard they couldn't help but respect and somewhat fear the bannin standing before them who'd been able to best such a legend.

"I guess there is no need to keep delaying...it is time for our village to come together once more. Others have forgotten the level of strength we possess..." The others the old, crimson bearded man spoke of were the other great villages. Even though the village had a healthy alliance with Iwagakure, it was still in their best interest to reveal a portion of their true strength in order to cement the need for Iwa to remain an ally with Kiri after the passing of the previous Kage at Kasai's hands the day before. A messenger would be set to Iwa to deliver the news that a new Mizukage had rose to lead the village now. His bodyguard had left in a poof of smoke leaving Kasai to himself once more as he continued to think over his new role as leader of the Hidden Mist village, a slow smile creeping onto his face.

It was only a short while later that the man could be found flying through the air on a massive claymore style earthen sword, the hat and robes of the Mizukage could be found within hands of the man as the arms were crossed firmly upon his muscled looking chest, not wearing them just yet. In the village their was an emergency gathering that had been announced. An all hands message had been sent out to gather around the Mizukage tower, the guards of the Mizukage and the leaders of each big family within the village stood at the head of their own crowd which contained their family members and the respected families that fell underneath them. It had been nearly fifteen minutes since the last of the shinobi available had gathered but the four guards that stood at the only door to the illustrious building hadn't moved or even spoken to the growing crowd, appearing to be waiting on something or some one.

It was at that moment that the large earthen claymore punched down from the skies as it pierced through the thick layer of mist that clung over the village and caused the ground underneath the crowds feet to violently tremble, the man had always been able true strength and now was no difference as he had claimed himself to the be strongest shinobi in the village by killing Kai and taking his place as Mizukage. Standing atop the hilt of the sword which allowed for Kasai to remain about ten meters above the crowd he looked over the vast number of shinobi with almost glowing golden eyes that seemed to be able to look into one's soul. As the brief trembling ground stopped a ghostly voice, like a true shinigami seemed out from the man in what seemed to be a whisper like tone of death but was able to carry to ears of all those present as he tossed down the tiny robe of the former Mizukage who was known for being a tiny old man. "Kai-sama is dead..."

The small robe and shattered hat was prove of the short set of words that had left the scarred face man's lips in that moment, a large robe drifted up from the Mizukage's bodyguard before gently falling to rest upon the man's broad shoulders now as he stood with his arms relaxed to either side gazing down at his army of shinobi. "Our village has truly grown a bit soft in my time away...today thing change. All clan and family leaders are to report to me tomorrow morning. Additional information will be passed by my office and I can only say this to the shinobi of the Hidden Mist....sharpen your fangs for what it coming. That is all for today..." An almost devilish look began to form on the old man's face as the bearded man tapped his foot onto the wooden sword causing for it to shatter into a pile of earth and rock leaving the man floating motionless in the air. With his peace spoke the man had no need to speak with anyone directly today as he would use the rest of the day and night in order to have his advisors align him with the current position of the village, the status of its notable shinobi, its genma host, and the current situation of the countries around the smaller country of Water.

Tomorrow was truly a new day, one in which his plans for expanding the size and strength of the village would start to become a reality...but first he truly needed to gage the actually strength of his village...his body glowed with a soft earthen hue as he flew upwards from the hovering position and towards the office of the Mizukage. Their would be plenty of violent and conflict in the near future for the village and its shinobi, the strong would survive and the weak would perish, such was the way of life for those within the Hidden Mist....there was no room for weakness in Kasai's eyes...
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