Shikyo Riku(Leader of the Shikyo clan, sensei to the 11th Vongola Leader, Akatsuki Mastermind)

He is a very curious person. A dangerous aspect when it comes down to things that could either make him stronger as a person or be used as a weapon for his nessecarily needs. Even as a young boy, he was curious with the different things that his father had studied in the past. He has a knack for getting into things that he shouldn't which makes him very good at doing jobs like spying and inflitration. Another feature that he has is the fact that he is able to percieve things accurately and has a knack for learning everything about anything. He is very fearless in what he does, always taking a high risk at most things (if not all things). He has known to question his curosity because he displays high intelligence. His reasoning sometims get in his way but it never really stops him when his instincits kick him. Fearlessness and Curiousity makes Riku both a hazard and also a deadly asset to anyone he is allied with and also a dangerous enemy. In his voice, he shows only a calm demeanor but in his soul, it is very restless.

The restlessness has always made him seek adventure and perform daring things. Why he does this is because in his life, he has understand that everything around him is nothing but a lie. The true illusionist are the people the work in behind the scenes, behind close doors and let the puppets do there work. Because of this he says that "Nothing is True". Because nothing is true, the only thing that binds man together is the fact that there are laws in store. Laws that control man out of fear, the fear that shackles people together, making them domestic and docile. Because of that, he says "Everything is permitted' Nothing is out of book with Riku. His sees this constantly, making him perform stunts that even ninja of today would consider it a danger. He doesn't mind such thoughts. He doesn't mind any of them any longer. His personality is free-spirited, calm, fearless, relentless, wise and at times cheerful.

This may be very false as Riku may apepar jovial but it really does hide a dark intent in his eyes. Regardless of such, he keeps a wicked smile on his face that never seems to fade away. A trait not truly picked up by anyone but himself. His personality of a enigmatic free-spirt gives him a sense that he may betray those who are close to him.

He's been told about his unpredictable nature which hold true. Riku has alway been unpredictable and random. He loves the act of randomness due to the nature that it somtimes builds a high adrenline rush within him that it causes him to be unpredictable in the moment. His actions are not plan at times, however when he wishes to accomplish a task at hand that might take time, his actions are then schedule and planned out. He likes both of them either way yet the unpredicability is more of his fix.

He enjoys beauty. From his old habits, when he sees beauty he'll become sort of a romantic. It could express a type of liking or love or could be gothic. He enjoys its. Just like he enjoys parts of his immortality. There are times, however where he wishes he could age, then people could see the true beauty within him. He believes that there are some Shikyo who have the right personalities to live immortality and without the fear of death, Riku is half and half. He enjoys it so he can see those he has trained in his life continue to grow, to see his students have children and so forth and so on yet the satisfication that some people get when they die cannot be express by Riku for he had never experience such longing for a eternal sleep

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When he is around people (everyone else and some of his family):[spoiler] He displays a very calm attitude that shows that he is cool headed and very 'chilled'. He has a tendency of laying in the background, only to speak when he feels it is nessecary. For some odd reason, because of his chilled and quite honestly, charming persona, he is able to attract people towards him. He does not think of it as odd cause this is how he is. He is friendly and does not show hostile agression. Even if he is agitated or angry, his emotions are kept in check. He can seem a bit arrogant but that is because he wants to be a bit playful to see if anyone can read that he is not the least bit. So far, no one has come clean with his false arrogance.

In all honesty, he is a ladies man. He was never much of a person who liked to shy around girls, he was always trying to get with the girls and as many girls as possible. That was a trademark he's had over the years. Still having the ladies man aspect, he displays a more chiller tone, not trying to get a quick hit from a woman but someone that he can love.

Coming off from his tick persona, he is surprisingly jovial. He will joke around and even make very thoughtful or dirty jokes, depending in which situation he is in. Riku has a tendency to performing tricks and riddles (espicially to his sister, whom depises riddles entirely) Riku gains his title as "trickster" due to his tricky and free-spirited nature. Being a free-spirit, he at times talks in may seem like pure rubbish to some, to others it might seem extreme philosophical but Riku only comes off as someone who just says words just to here him talk. This is just a mask put on to make himself and others (who have a sense of humor like Riku) to laugh. He enjoys being neither part of the random or the purpose and just enjoys being free

This personality varies. Most, if not ninety percent of the times, he likes to kid around or make joking jestures in order to make the opponent a bit more irritated or give them all they got. He doesn't necessarily want a person to go all out in a battle but he would rather them not hold back while he is trying to kill him. He is quite random in battle. S

Sometimes he is dead serious and then the next he is a smiling, even laughing with much joy and cheeriness. He has a tendency of having batles that appear random and it'll only show that he is just playing around or maybe just being random just for that purpose: just to be random. But this is only just a show. He likes to end his battles quickly rather than waiting for things continuing on. It's apart of his assassin training to end things quickly rather than to elaborate.

Though, when the battle is intense, the side that most powerful Shikyo's go into is quite simply, frightening. If he is up against a powerful opponent whom he truly has a itch to kill, his eyes become hollow, his face blank as paper. His voice, ninety-eight percent of time that has a very jovial tone is lost in darkness that extremely powerful Shikyo contain. He is remorseful, cold and right down to it; terrifying. Riku carries that trait like his father and grandfathers before him. Mercy was never something he had when it came down to buisness. When he does have a care, he will spare a person. However, if that person deserves death, the blade will not hesistate. Some have compared it to other men in history who displayed such an omnious presence; the fourth Hokage, the second akatsuki mastermind, the powerful assassin before him.

The mother in this case is unknown as of now, no one knows who the mother is besides Kyouken but Riku was born ninteen years to the date as the second heir to the Shikyo throne. Born with white hair with tints of blue (clear opposite to his father) with aqua color eyes. A boy with a full head of hair and a smile to go with it. Kyouken loved his son like no other and cared for him. When Kyouken would hold Riku in his arms, he felt that connection between father and son and regardless of what it was, he never seemed to put him down (although Kyouken knew he had to in order for him to grow up as a baby). He kept him away from the Shikyo clan's influence as much as possible. Refuse to make the mistake he made with his first daughter Hanashi, where he was never there due to his schedule of the clan, the akatsuki and being death himself

Riku first started to sprout his intellect onto the world as he was around his father's experimentations. Kyouken had a research lab underneath The Creed's current location. Usually Kyouken would set Riku on the table (seeing that Riku was now ranging from one- three years old at the time) and Kyouken would explain to him the current experiment he was performing on. Although he does sound strange for a full grown adult to talk to his child not in a childish voice but a intellectual voice to his toddler son but Kyouken knew that Riku was more than meets the eye. By accident, at the age of sixteen months, Kyouken was reading allowed when Riku was in the room about the psychology of the human mind. He was saying on how that one's person mind was affected by certain amount of traits such as; Enviroment, Behaviorism, Personality. As Kyouken was explaining, he realized that Riku was listening. Riku had stopped at what he was doing and began to listen to Kyouken fully as though he was a young man listening in on Kyouken. Kyouken then realize that Riku's mind was devoloping at a extraordinary rate. More rate than any other human or Shikyo clan member could experience. Kyouken knew that his son's and daughters would at time surpass him in something and Kyouken believed that his son would outmatch him in intelligence

As Riku began to grow, as began to devolop, Kyouken took into consideration that it was time to start his training. He knew that Riku or his daughter would take the throne after Kyouken would step down. Intelligence alone would not bring fear into the Shikyo's hearts and soul of Riku did not have the proper training for it. Kyouken had thoughts of establishing him into Kirigakure no sato, but realized that there teachings would not match up with the teachings of all of those that Kyouken was taught as a young child and a young man. He knew he had the ability to learn things extremely quickly. At the age of four, Kyouken started his extremely aggressive and deadly training his young son who would be changed forever. The first step of the training was fierce. It was first body manipulation/speed manipulation. Kyouken had to train Riku into learning how to use the Tenshu Hitokoki first before he went any further. The usual training methods would be carrying extremely dense materials for the clothing and running for miles and miles and miles, without rest, without sleep and without eat. These task could kill a normal human being but to Riku, this was only temporary torture. The trails between uphill, downhilll, through rocky terrains and through desert heat. Kyouken, although kind in nature, had to train the boy through intense and downright deathly training. He knew life out there would continue to adapt and he had to make sure that Riku's body would adapt to such obstacles and hopefully manipulate the obstacles, one at a time.

A four year process, the Tenshu Hitokoki training usually last for up to ten but because of Riku's adaptablity rate, it decreased two in a half fold and he was able to learn and completely master it at the age of eight years old, four years younger than Kyouken's mastery at the age of twelve (again, Kyouken did not have to go through this type of training with his father). Kyouken nods in agreement due to Riku's success rate and now it was time for him learn alot of taijutsu abilities and no other master could teach him besides one woman and that woman was Kyouken's Tengu Kage, Kyoko Sugure. She was the Shikyo members pride hand-to-hand combat master when it came down to specialty work. Kyoko, beautiful and cunning to the teeth, would train him through rigorous training methods but not only in the training field but also through assassination missions. During training sessions of the Tenshu Hitokoki, he was assign to perform task like assassinations. Although he had no further knowledge of how to use taijutsu, through the work of the trade he was able to perform assassination but has yet further knowledge of taijutsu. Kyouken knew that because Riku was a Shikyo member and they were meant to kill anything mortal and immortal, it would naturally come to him on how to kill someone. But Kyouken knew that instincit was not going to save his son in a real life n death situation so further taijutsu training would do to his liking

Riku was proficient and masterful in the arts of taijutsu. Kyoko, skilled in techinques resembling southern mantis style kung fu, tai chi, tae kwon do and karate. Kyoko training Riku from the age of eight years to he was sixteen made Riku a taijutsu master. Kyoko, a grandmaster of the taijutsu arts decided to give him the title of "Grandmaster rank I" as he was able to learn all of Kyoko's styles in less than eight years compared to her training which took 40 years of complete mastery. Kyouken was extremely proud of his son and for a gift for Riku, Kyouken gave him two things. One was a custom weapon of his choice but the other one was a taijutsu style not even Kyoko knows. Kyouken, because being half-Hyuuga learn the techniques of the gentle fist. The gentle fist in its entirity was extremely difficult reason is that both Kyouken and Riku lack the Byakugan and because Kyouken was half-hyuuga and Riku was only a third, the training was long and difficult. Kyouken began to work with his son time in and time out with the gentle fist style. Training from sun up to the entirity of darkness consumed the skys, Riku although mangled, beaten, bruised and almost to death wanted to learn this special technique. He knew only that his father has more of a chance learning how to use the gentle fist because his mother knows it and thats when it hit Riku. He knew that he would have to learn how to obtain a skill by going to his grandmother. Karai Hyuuga Shikyo.

**two years later**
Now eighteen and much more stronger and alot more wiser than he was when he was sixteen, he had travelled to Kumogakure no sato to where his grandparents had lived in order to train under his grandmother and grandfather. His grandfather, Pravus Shikyo, had taught the elite techniques of the Tenshu Hitokoki where as his grandmother, Karai Shikyo, helped Riku master the arts of the gentle fist without the use of the byakugan. During his time in Kumogakure, he began a sort of alliance with the village. He had never been incorporated into a village, not even Kirigakure which was much closer than Kumogakure is to his home and as he arrived to his home, he began to ponder upon the fact of if he should enter into Kumogakure and train there or stay with The Creed. He had to seek advice and one of which was his own father. Kyouken, a sage of wisdom and father to Riku, asked Riku his time and trip with his parents. Riku explain to him the situation that he had one hand, telling him about his alliance and how he is now considered a potential jounin. Kyouken understood that potential jounin was one of those few people that were allowed to become a kage, if something were to happen to the kage in his time in office. Whether it would be retirement, sickness, assassination, however it was Kyouken smiled as he knew his son was on his way on his own. He was about to leave The Creed for awhile and become something apart of his own. Riku then said to Kyouken

"Father" the somewhat deep and cool voice he said to his father

"Riku?" Kyouken replied

"One day I will return to the Shikyo clan, not as an enemy but as someone who would want to change this world. You have brought balance among the Shikyo, but they still believe in them being superior. I admit on somethings father but others I cannot ignore. Im going to change how the Shikyo think one day, one day I will come back and show the Shikyo that all humans are created equal

Kyouken smiled lightly, Riku could remember how he would smile on how Riku would talk and how he would act calm all the time. It made Riku smile as he could tell that Kyouken was agreeing with him. Riku then left The Creed for the time being and began to establish himself as a shinobi.


Now he is officially nineteen years old. Young, talented, handsome and indeed an person with a plan. Idea's spark in his mind as he begins to venture into the world of the shinobi. As he is one of the candiates as the next Raikage, he only wishes that he could be more into the people. He is quiet at times, very shy and rarely talks due to his shyness like his father around new people. He hopes to open up someday

The final battle between the phoenix and the shinobi who risked there lives in order to stop them was a success for the brave and valiant warriors. Riku, being amongst one of them, had successfully help lead the people fighting into a glorious victory. But rather than killing him, his father, Kyouken, spared his life, seeing that the phoenix was the last of his kind. Twisted and tormented the red phoenix was, Kyouken had felt the tremendous feel of sadness inside of him and rather than just killing him, he separted the two persona's inside of the the red phoenix. The red phoenix true and kind self against the other persona, called the black phoenix, into oblivion, never to be seen again. Kyouken placed the red phoenix back into its "rebirth" stage, allowing him to become a egg once again and that he can set forth towards a new era of the peaceful phoenix race. After the complete revelation of the red phoenix, Kyouken placed the soul of Riku's uncle, Kudara, back into his body. Seeing that the body of his uncle had been perserved by the phoenix, it was not uncommon for someone like Kyouken to place back his brother soul into the body. Kudara, waking up from his dorment sleep, looks out at Riku and Kyouken. He felt as though he has been sleeping for quite some time now and he was looking through the eyes of Kyouken for a very long time, seeing his adventures, his trials and his sorrows. He see's Riku for the first time and notice how he looked simular to Kyouken, which gave the hint that he was Kyouken's son. Proud to see Kyouken's son, he wondered whatever happen to his son, Battei. When Riku told him about the loss of his cousin, Kudara was surprise that he was defeated. As Kudara walked over to Battei's body, seeing his only son killed, made him heartbroken but he showed it in such a way that could not be described by Riku. Kudara had a placed smile on his face, but yet there were tears streaming down his cheek down onto Battei's face. Kyouken understood this type of sorrow, it was a peaceful type, knowing that Battei didnt die in vain nor die without any regrets. Kudara picked up Battei's body and asked to leave this place once and for al

lRiku had realized that returning to Kumogakure would not be the most logical thing to do at this time. The village was in turmoil, both in a state of almost total destruction plus it was politically unstable for anyone at the time to take control. Although he had great love for Kumogakure, he knew it would be wise for him to return back to the Shikyo clan and to Kirigakure. Because of his relationship with Rain during the times of the phoenix had grown, he would rather stay there and be with her for the time being. Returning back to water country where his father and his clanmates reside, he took the time during these moments of temporary peace to train his body, his mind and spirit to become stronger than he was before. Kyouken, knowing that he could train him, decided to put him under the tutelage of his brother Kudara Shikyo. Kyouken knew that he would need another type of training and since Kudara and Riku had simular abilities such as the use of lightning and extremely powerful taijutsu. Kyouken would teach him something later on, but at the time, he had to leave to venture out into another section of his life. It would be awhile before Kyouken would return. Kyouken left without saying goodbye to anyone but his wife Namine. She was the last person to see Kyouken before disappearing for a very long time

Training under the shadow of Kudara. he displayed a different personality than Kyouken cool and calm self. He was more of an outgoing and humorous type of person. Riku could tell that Uncle Kudara looked at life in a more comical view. He was almost like the exact likeness of Battei, being carefree and almost childish at times. He took a great liking to Kudara, only when Kudara was not playing pranks on Riku. Because of Kudara's tendancies, Riku was the victim for many of Kudara's pratical jokes, sometimes crude humor, perverted tendancies such as leading Riku into a bath house filled of woman where Kudara had changed the sign to make it say "Mens bath house". But nonetheless, Kudara cared for his nephew and at times, cherish the moments of becoming alot closer and closer to him. Riku also felt a closeness to his uncle. Even though he at times, disliked the pranks he does on him, he does like a good laugh from time to time. Sometimes, it would be very interesting conversations such as Kudara's past and what he did during the era where Kyouken was a spy for the A.T.A. Kudara explained to him that he knew that Kyouken was still working for that program. Even after he thought that Kyouken was working under his own will, he realized that the leader of the orgainization was still controlling Kyouken like a knight piece, going around. It was unethical at the time and Kudara explained all of it. Riku was amazed that Kyouken did not tell him that he was a spy for them.

There was many laughs and great funny ventures for Riku and Kudara, but the training sessions was no laughing matter. Kudara was one of the most brutal training instructor to have ever been assign to Riku. Everyday was something different and something harder than before. During one of the days that Riku would go through would be three times a day, Riku would spar Kudara. Sometimes, Kudara would disable Riku to only use his arms or his feet to attack. Sometimes, Kudara would place specially induced weights on Riku, making it heavier and heavier. At times it was hard for Riku to even move and then Kudara would attack. He would also make Riku travel in the weights and even design a special weighted clothes for Riku to move around and to even sleep. Although this was a very crude method of training, it was the most effective and Kudara knew that it would help him in the long run Kudara would also pratice to harness his speed better. Rather than using a controlled form of the Tenshu Hitokoki style like Kyouken, he taught him to use a rawer form of the running ability. Kudara explain to Riku that not all the opponent he will face will be able to handle the raw form of the Tenshu Hitokoki, that simple smarts at times wont help and it would easier to just overwhelm the opponent with that type of force. But the one thing that Kudara trained Riku was the ability to use Raiton Kaika to the most potent level. A dangerous style that Kudara had train him. Kudara did teach him a simpler way to use his recessive train alot easier but he knew that of the destructive forces of lightning that Kudara forbid him to use the Kaika against anyone unless it was truly nesscary. Riku would need alot more time and Kudara knew that time was not of the essence.

Training wasn't the only thing that was on Riku's mind constantly. There was one more person and that was the one person that Riku could say that he loved. Rain Matari, daughter of the former Mizukage. Meeting her during the time of the phoenix, he had confessed his feelings for her during the time of it.


Training, work, training, work, training, work. This was Riku's life for the five years he was gone in training with his uncle Kudara. The training methods had almost killed him, many times before but without the training, Riku would not be as strong as he is today. Today, Riku is alot more wiser than he was five years ago. Undergoing the training of his uncle, he knew it was time to venture out again as Kudara had nothing else to teach him. Riku, grateful, venture out into to the world. Going to the most deadliest organizations in the world at the time. The Akatsuki

There wasn't much that Riku had to do when he got into the Akatsuki. Under the leader of his father former master's son, Riku became something that he was good at; spying and inflitration. A double agent. He worked for both the Akatsuki and for Kirigakure no sato. With those two factors, he was able to keep tabs on both the Akatsuki and Kiri for he knew that if one were to act, he would have to decide whom he was going to side with. Underneath it all, the only reason he wanted to join Kirigakure no sato's forces was because there was a conspiracy at stake. The Shikyo clan was attempting to perform a coup against the current leader. Riku had to take a chance in making Kirigakure powerful enough to stand against the shadow organization but it only stopped the inevitable destruction of his family. It only slowed down the betrayers and only gave Riku a suffient amount of time to deal with his betrayers of a family.

It was years back during his training with his uncle that he had hear rumors of a coup. He took a precaution to actually build a strength within the clan to fight. Thankfully they pulled through and helped Riku establish control over the Shikyo clan once again. Now that he had full power, there was nothing that he could not pull. The Shikyo then went back into the shadows, fighting the organizations that wished to control the human race while aiding the people wished to help for the cause

It is funny how things turn on one another. Something like cooking. When a new flavor is introduce into the cake mixture, it does not overpower the mixture nor does it clash with the other flavors. It in fact only enhanes the current flavor of the mixture. That is how Riku intended to do with the past Akatsuki Riku had intentions of destroying the past Akatsuki organization for he saw it as a abomination of a organization. He believed that with him in the mix that maybe they could try to at least get up on their feet. But it was a absolute failure. His cousin, Battei Sennin taking the alias name as Mogi, decided it was time to hide and wait for the hype to die down. While the threat of the Akatsuki had almost completely disappeared, Riku had intentions of bringing it forth from the ashes.

Riku took his time however. He knew that if he were to bring out the Akastuki now, he would definitely been attacked by the two major villages plus organizations and his own clan would try to hunt him down. He had to scheme, he had to plan. He had to plan on how he was going to build a powerful akatsuki organization that will make the world tremble but not only make the village tremble but the organizations that wanted to destroy and conquer the world tremble. He had to think, he had to plan

During the three years, he had started to train under the supervision of his uncle yet again. The intensity of the training only increased as his ridiculous uncle it was time to teach him what his father did not teach after he left water country. Skills revolving around different taijutsu's that have been forgotten over time but because of his uncles memory and a few scrolls, training with advance taijutsu helped Riku become stronger, both physically and mentally. But it was a training that was focusing more on meditation and spiritual awareness. He had to figure out the powers of his mother's people and how he could utlize it to the fullest. Finding clarity in both physical and mental training, his goals were now set and he finally found a reasonable way to establish the powerful organization

After the battle of Kirigakure, the Shikyo clan were well on their way out of the village and out of the country and onto the next village that was on their list. But, there was no need for rush, according to Takuma at least. The only reason why the Shikyo didn't attack the rest of the two remaining villages was that he grew bored of war at the moment. He told the leaders beforehand as they were travelling to fire country that the need of attacking a village so soon would be meticulous. Another surprise attack would only bring forth a swift defeat. Konohagakure was nowhere near its former glory and to bring another destructive path to the village would not just dishonor Konoha but it would dishonor the Shikyo clan themself. The five leaders thought upon this and decided to take heed on the now leader of the Shikyo clan. They could only agree to Takuma, they had no choice, whether they were willing or not.

The Shikyo clan resided at a location that was 200 miles southwest from the location of Konohagakure. There, they were deep underground, to say 300 meters downward with a base that would put a miltary of any vilalge to shame. There, the Shikyo that had attacked the village were in celebration. Everyone was either outside of the base dancing to music that made there bodies gyrate to no end or inside the base where they were eating and drinking gluttonously. There was nothing left to the imagination on what the celebration feast had. Beverages of all kinds, made from the sweetest of nectar and alcohol that could get the most tolerant drunk. Pork and Beef that were fed the best of ingredients before the slaughter, cooked in a warm, savory spices and herbs that made the meat tender and watery with every bite.

The leaders were celebrating to their own accord. They were deep in the base, celebrating with the finest wines and food. There, they hollered and yelled in joy as they drank their wine heavily. It could only be the leaders who would drink the sweetest of wines that not enjoy it. They had won part of the war, they were winning, The only thing right now to do was to shout hurray from the top of their lungs. They could not control themselves, it has been so long since they have been in war with the human race. The longing of causing blooshed amongst the mankind was in their conscious thought for as long as they lived. All who was in the room was celebrating, all except Takuma of course who at the top of the round table.

He was the only one that would not touch the wine or food presented on the table. He had his arms folded around his chest and his legs crossed over the table. He appeared to be staring off into space, however it would be difficult to confirm such actions for his black hood covered all of his face like a shadow. He did not say a word to anyone ever since he arrived at the base. This didn't concern anyone at the moment for everyone knew that Takuma was a strange one. His actions were deemed downright unpleasant to the typical Shikyo eye. The silky Shikyo walks to Takuma. She was dressed in garments that left little to the imagination. The one thing that covered her body were her breast and pelvic region, however the pelvic region was almost showing the blessings that her mothers before her had. Her breast were only covered by a small circle that was encrested in a silvery cover circle that was placed just so slightly on the nipples. She leans her body on the table

"Why dont you celebrate with us?" she asked "Do you not enjoy the food and drink we have to serve?"

Takuma's head turn to her as he unfolded his arms. He leans his head over fist and lets out a sigh "It is not that I do not enjoy the feast, this is wonderful and all but, I am just not in the mood"

"Are you sick? Maybe you need to lie down a bit"

"Hm, maybe you are right my sister. Forgive me for being a downer on such an occasion. I may need to rest my head a bit" he scoots his chair away from the table and gets up walking to the door. The door slid open as he walks up to it and closes as he exits. The room got quiet slowly as Takuma left the room. As they stared as he walked up from his chair and out of the room, the room was only empty with the stillness of a heavy storm that was waiting to happen.

The alto Shikyo took a sip of wine "Maybe the battle is getting to him. All that bloodshed in one night. Might've caused a bit of sickness"

A cup slams on the table "Nonsense" the older Shikyo replied "That is quite a ridiculous comment you made. Have you forgotten that this is the man that also killed many of our brothers and sisters and humans in one fatal swoop of a village. There is nothing left for us to bury because of that bastard. For all I know, he deserves to be sick"

"I do recall him saying that he gave a warning to those who were going attack the village head on had a chance to leave before the time destination"

The older Shikyo made a quick tch sound from his mouth and takes a sip of his wine "If I recall right, the last thing I remember growing up is to make sure all those who enter war would return home safe and sound. Now this bastard gets rid of such rule overnight"

"Regardless of what he did or not brother, he did recaptured the village" the silky snake Shikyo "We should be proud as to what he has accomplished for us. Without his leadership, we would not have successfully accomplished what we have done today. We should be grateful"

"Yes, you should brother. Or are you saying that you could've done a better job" the alto Shikyo implied

The older Shikyo stares at the alto Shikyo with slitted eyes "No, I couldn't have done a better job. I could've at least shown some leeway for our allies, espicially for our fallen brother who stood silent all the time."

"Well, I dont really care" the silky Shikyo said drinking the rest of the wine "The fucker didn't say much so why even bother mourning for his lost. War is war and there are some things that are just unavoidable"

"Hey!" the older Shikyo stood up and points a finger at her "Dont you disrespect our fallen brother. He was once a great leader at one time. Way before you were even in the thought of by your mother and father, sister"

"So? He's dead now. If I gave a damn I wouldn't be talking harshly about him"

The older Shikyo shook his head and lay back in his chair. All he could think about was how disrespectful she was to the fallen brother. His head laid to rest on the headrest. For reasons he couldn't explain, he felt a bit tired. His eyes were getting heavy and his mind was beginning to wander a bit off from the celebration. What an odd feeling he thought. He was thinking he had much to eat at first. He was one of the bigger Shikyo and he consumed much more than he should. It should've worn off if he drank a little bit of wine. In his mind, that made much sense to him but what would wine do to him. He looks at the cup, blurry his vision was and so was his motor control as his hand was reaching over but tip the cup over. He was embrassed at first. As he looked up to see if the other three leaders would laugh at them, he did not hear anything.

He did see the alto Shikyo slumped over on his chair. His hair was in clumps and matted up against his face. He had been sweating profusely. The older Shikyo could see that but his vision was starting to get more and more blurry. He tries to swing his head around to see the two sisters but they gone and away from his sight. Where did they...? The older Shikyo falls over his chair and lands hard on the ground making a thud noise that shook his body. A soft groan come out of his mouth almost like a whisper. He knew already that it was probably the food that was poison. It had to be and yet he ate it with whole heartedness. The only words that came to mind was fuck me sideways. Someone had betrayed them, the leaders, but who would betray them? His mind was fading, getting to the dark abyss called death. Dammit, who would do it? Thinking was what the older Shikyo was trying to do but the action could not perform. His life was being pulled away, sucked dry by the poison.

The cloudy sky had been broken apart by the rays of the sunlight. The sunlight stroked through the greyness and onto the village of towers. The busy was filled with life as always; businessmen and women travelling to work, the typical villager who was jogging or running or play a game with their associates and friends; a few people walking and talking with each other as they enjoy the partly cloudy day. It was an ordinary day and there was nothing to be in worry or in fret. There in the park were Kyouken and Riku sitting next to each other on a park bench. Kyouken's arms were stretched across the bench. He was mildly exhausted and a bit worried at first but not for the reasons that would preclude to the events that would take place months after the meeting with his son. He was worried that his wife would have to do his job for awhile. He knew the extent of his job and how tedious and time consuming it can cause and he knew from experience that she would not be anywhere near estatic when she comes to find out that he is gone from the realm in-between she would most likel refuse to indulge his pleasure when he gets back. A bit of a risk for not telling her his reasonings for leaving but he digress

His head dangled off the edge of the bench seat. He moves his dangled head over and sees Riku staring at him with a 'what in the world are you doing' look that Riku has created for himself since he was able to walk. Kyouken raises his head up and leans forward, his hands crossing one another and him resting his elbows on his thigh.

"You do know the reason why I have called you hear yes?" Kyouken asked in his typical cool and very calm voice

Riku first sighes then says "Well at first I really didn't know why you called me hear. To be honest, I had a hunch that you were here and you only sent your signal out to me instead of Hanashi or Hitoshi or even Kyoko. I have a few theories as to why you wanted to see me specifically but other than that, I'm at a lost"

Kyouken's shoulder shrugs upward "I wouldn't expect you to know all of the detail since I did leave at short notice. I apologize for that"

"You have a obligation to handle. I understood this when I was six when you would mysteriously disappear and not return for a period of years or more. I'm sure you had me in mind when you left after the phoenix incident five years prior and you knew right away that the leadership role would go to me"

A raised eyebrow rose from Kyouken's forehead and a small smile lifts off his lips "Well, I'm surprise you understood the reasonings for my disappearance. Again, I apologize..."

"No need for you apologize again father. Everything is alright" Riku interrupted. He knew his father was going to continue and from Riku curious attitude. he wanted to get straight to the point. He says again "Now tell me why you have called me"

"I guess there is no use warming you up. Alright, I'll get straight to it"

A coup d'etat Kyouken was explaining to Riku. That was the word of revolt used in the most kindly fashion. Kyouken was betrayed by the six leaders of the Shikyo clan, something that he was expecting them to do sooner or later. After the change of leaders fifty years back, he had a feeling that these leaders would be the end of his reign and the beginning of another one. Whether it would be by the minor clan or the major clan. It was not up to him to get involve with the medial settlement of his clan any longer. He had to leave it up to his brother, daughter, son, father and grandfather. It was the sad fate he had to accept since he could not get himself involve in the matters of his famiily. However, Kyouken could tell someone about this and at least forewarn them. That person was Riku. Why Kyouken chose Riku was a mystery, as to why he didn't tell his daughter or his father or grandfather about it is also a mystery and only Kyouken and Riku would understand the reasoning of his madness. Riku lean his head back off the edge of the bench. Now he understood why Kyouken rested his head like that. All of the shit that was going on right now internally, he would be exhausted by the end of this year

"You know, my new years resolution was to get married this year" Riku said as he leans his head up from the edge "I was going to introduce her to you but I believe that she has betrayed the village for her own gain. It's not going to happen now because of her and because of this" Riku sounded depressed and Kyouken knew it. He heard it in his voice and Riku could tell he heard it because his eyes didn't make contact with Riku's. "I'm also going to assume that because they have betrayed you, they have also betrayed those who are still loyal to you"

Kyouken nodded slowly. Riku rubs his eyes "Dammit, dammit, dammit" he said rapid succession "That means they are going to cause war with us and cause war with Kirigakure as well". There was a tapping noise was beginning to annoy Riku. He looks down to see that his foot was tapping on the ground. He didn't even realize it. He felt a bit on edge "To think I was enjoying this village"

"Yes" Kyouken said "But you do have an advantage"

His tapping foot made more noise. Tapping faster and faster, Riku hears the words advantage and he instantly turns to his father face, seeing his ocean blue eyes stare back into his light blue and green one "What advantage might that be?"

"We have the art of surprise"

At first Riku's expression slowly changed from a slight frown to a big smile "Oh. I get it now. They only attacked you and no one else loyal to us. If they did, it would've caused a war early in the game and they would've been..."

'...defeated and captured" Kyouken finished "They knew if they attack the whole entire loyalist group, they would be short in number. It was perfect for them to attack me. No one would really question whether or not I was safe and ok since I do disappear from time to time. Five years to twenty years, it wouldn't have caused a stir in the Shikyo clan"

"Clever move they pulled dad. But why make me the leader? We both know they have a hatred of our family. It would only make sense if they would make on of the major clan head leader"

"Haven't you figured it out yet son?"

Riku shook his head. Kyouken points to him "It is because they believe you are actually the weakest of the bunch"

A jaw dropped Riku only says "You bullshittin me. They are trying to take advantage because of my youth and they think I'm weak? What do they think I am, a pawn piece or something. This is some absolute bullshit" Riku laughed "They must be sitting underneath a rock or something"

"You have me to thanks. Because you were under my tutelage and underneath The Creed's tutelage, they were not aware of your missions and training that I did not release any information about you. Only that you were my son and you were given special training underneath my wing. Also, if they would've made one of the major clan leaders, they the loyalist would surely suspect something. They would've taken the inititive rather than wait for one of us to come back to take back leadership"

"Wouldn't they have suspected me of being trained by the assassin's and spies that live here? They can't be all that dumb"

"They probably did. But I reassured them that The Creed was only use for taking in children from war past, present war tensions and the homeless. A shelter for humans and only such. They really couldn't argue because they have check the place thoroughly, trying to find some evidence that I was harboring assassins and spies. But after they came to the conculsion that I wasn't. They didn't question it anymore"

Riku shakes his head out of laughter "This is too rich. I think I might laugh my guts out later on tonight"

"Dont laugh too soon my son. We are still not out of the clear. We still have a ways to go before we go onto the offensive. Right now, its carefully planning and placing of other members that are still loyal in the right places and the right time"

Riku regains his composure "All right, all right. I hear you dad. But what is the next step. What are we going to do?"

"I'm going to go and watch while these things take place. It is you that is going to do most of the work. Remember I can only-"

"watch and observe. Yeah, I forgot about that..." Riku said "Putting me deep in a ditch dad, putting me in a deep ditch"

"I know you can do it"

"I dont know dad. They have years of experience. Centuries of experience. They are the best dad and you know it"

"Yes, I know it son. But I know they can't beat you"

"In a fight, I might be overwhelmed. I'm not like you yet dad. Sure I'm strong but to take out the entire clan..."

Kyouken puts a finger up signalling him to shush. Riku obeyed "This I know son. You can't take out the entire clan yourself. But I would've train you to take out an entire clan. I trained you to be an assassins...a spy...a Shikyo killer....a shinobi...I wouldn't of taught you the arts of these things so you could go gung ho on the Shikyo clan. I trained you to use your brain and thats what you are good at"

A spot of red on Riku's cheek showed his embrassement. He only heard those words a few times from his father and these were one of those encouraging moments for him. It was hearing his father saying 'I'm proud of you' or 'You are a man now son. I expect you to think and act like a man'. Riku looks at his father. Kyouken see's that the child in him was gone and the only person he saw was a leader. Kyouken rubs Riku's head just like he did when he was a young boy. It almost seem like yesterday to Kyouken that Riku was learning how to fight and read. He smiled "Alright son, this is what I need you to do"



"That took longer than I expected" Hitoshi proclaimed. His face appears out of the room. A sly smile came across his face as he longs at the dead leaders laying on the ground or the one Shikyo who was slumped over his chair. He walks out of the corner but not in a fashion of walking through a door. His body was attached to the darkness like a person stuck to tar and it was pulling away at his body was he slides out of the darkness and before long he was free from the taffy like shadow. He walks over to the silky Shikyo who was wearing near to nothing. He kneels down and shakes his head. He waves a finger at her like mother telling her that she can't wear that out in public "I have to admit, these bastards are kinda sexy. If you are into that homicidal manical killer"

"Isn't that what you are" a voice behind the door replied. The door slide open and standing in between the arches was Takuma "Aren't you a homicidal manical killer who finds pleasure in killing others"

"Not anymore. I only do that on certain occasions" He reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls out a cigarette. He takes out a lighter. He sparks the flame and he leans the cigarette over the flame until he saw the red ambers fall from the butt of the cigarette. He take a small inhale of the cigarette and lets out the grey smoke out of his mouth. "I dont know how many packs of smokes I have in my lifetime but I know for a fact that I should have at least a smokers cough or some type of cancer. Inhaling cancer sticks. Its a great past time"

Takuma walks into the room letting the door slide shut as he enter. Hitoshi meets with Takuma and takes a brief look at him. He can see that Takuma's face was covered by the hood but Hitoshi did not need to see into his eyes through his eyes. There was no need. He only needed to see him through the eyes of his seishin. Hitoshi eyes went from a bright red to a dampen crimson red as he activated his seishin. There he saw through him, seeing him from what he truly was. It was interesting to say the least as it made Hitoshi grin widel "Wow, if I wasn't using my seishin, I think I would be fooled by this gotdamn illusion you put in front of me"

"It's very convincing" Riku voice echoed through a speaker in the room "I had trouble knowing how to use it at first but I learn very quickly how to control it. Almost like the real thing, wouldn't you say Hitoshi"

"Of course. But it didn't fool me. Not one bit"

The door slide open. Both Takuma and Hitoshi turn to see who came in. Hitoshi smiled as lets out more grey smoke out of his mouth and this time his nose. "The fucking bastard is alive"

Riku walks in with a very decadent suit that matched the style of swag that his face was carrying. He removes his tinted glasses and glares at the two of them "Bullshit it didn't fool you"

130 miles due west of Kirigakure, there is an old mansion that has been long forgotten by the Shikyo clan. Time has done its work on the mansion. Time aged it well and will continue to age it as long as this earth still stands. No living being residies that place any longer. I stored a blade there that has served me since the beginning of the end. A blade that causes the powerful illusions that not even the powers of mystic could even break. Take forth and use it, I swear upon my blood that will be your only hope.

Those were the last words Kyouken said to Riku before he disappeared for a long. From that moment on, Riku was on his own. For a second, he almost believed himself to be alone in this ghastly situation that he gotten himself into. He was calm but yet inside of him he felt unsettled and restless. Such a burden he thought to himself. He was given all of the responsibilties in such a quick five minute meeting with his father. He wasn't scared. That wasn't the word Riku had in mind. He didn't feel scared. He felt a bit uneasy at first. A feeling one gets when they are about to go up on stage of a giant audience and all eyes would stare up at them. It was that feeling of the unknown that made him feel the uneasiness

Riku got up from the bench. He heard a commotion that was coming from the business district. It didn't make him turn to his attention right away to fight but he does turn. toward to that direction; although he was not sure if he should go over there or not. He had alot on his mind that made his mind churn. He didn't want to worry about it but he had no choice, he was too reluctant not to think about his family. The people that came to mind was Hanashi. He barely even knew her and she barely even knew him and yet he had a urge to protect his older sister as the brother that he was. Was it the instinct that his father had bestowed upon his birth? It may have been for if he was one of the heartless bunch that were the main branch of the Shikyo, he would not have thought about his sister. The next people were the five cousins that he was real close with. Raizen and the others. They were apart of the major branch but they were loyal to them. What would happen to them if this war broke out.

He looks down to see that his hand was in a ball and was shaking. He felt a liquid ooze through his gloved hand. It was blood. He knew the feel of it. The warm thickness that was coming out of his skin and filling the glove up with its crimson red. He had so much on his mind and so much responsibility that now he had to come to an ultimatum. He walks away from the commotion. He kenw the shinobi would handle it. It wasn't anyone he knew nor was it anyone from his family. It was a human alright, that he knew for sure so the shinobi would definitely handle it. For now, he had to travel to that mansion. To retrieve the blade his father had placed.

****

"It didn't fool me one bit" Hitoshi said inhaling the rest of his cigarette

Riku's head tilts over "Oh really? If I remember correctly, you were whimpering about Takuma to not kill Hanashi. Either you are one hell of an actor or you were really believing it"

"She was going to be fine. She lived this far and she has a kid inside of her. I really doubt she is going to die by the hands of those betraying bastards. Even if I was being fooled, I would know she would be fine. She's a tough little cookie and because of that baby, she'll live to see our baby to be born"

This reassured the cool looking Riku. He puts a hand out of his suit pocket and pulls out a thick cigar. He throws it over to Hitoshi. Hitoshi catches it, even though he was looking away "What is this for?"

"I was thinking I was going to smoke it when I got done with this mission. But I thought it over, I dont think I have the balls to light up a cigar. I hate the smell of a candle so handling a cigar will only make it worst for me. I know how much you like smoking cigars and I think you would appreciate it more"

"heh, I'm tryin to cut back. The baby will be coming a few months. I dont want my son to be smoking the stuff I be smoking. You know, I heard that if a father smokes, there is a high chance that the offspring will smoke too. I didn't believe it at first but I wasn't a father. Now that keeps echoing in my head and I'm thinking, whoa maybe i should stop"

"Just keep your distance when you smoke that or smoke it somewhere else. I hate the smell of it"

Hitoshi brushed him off with a hand gesture. He had no intentions of letting Riku take of a whiff of the fine cigar that he gave him. He would appreciate it more when he was alone and away from people. Right now, a cheap cigarette was giving him his nicotine buzz and he had not want to waste that

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Name: The Polymath Intelligence
Rank: B
Type: Physical and Mental
Description: The definition of a polymath is a person who has many skills and are adept at them. To describe how this work is that Riku has a tendency of looking at something that he see's interesting and will not have a hard time to master the task or technique. It takes him a short while to grasp upon something that he thinks it is interesting. WIth physical attributes, he accels well in mastery due to his high adaptation rate. This shows how intelligent he truly is, even though he sometimes, most of the time, tries to hide such intelligence.

a notable weakness of this is that if his body or mind cannot perform the task due to a complication (notably a bloodline weakness) or it is non accesible then it cannot be mastered
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Name: The Aura abilities
Rank: B-S
Type: Skill and Mental
Description: The aura abilities isn't nessecarily a bloodline but it is a skilled that had been taught by Riku for sensory purposes. The aura abilites has a knack of sensing people either close or far away, to sensing if a person is insane or lying. One way to find out if it is active or not is to see if his eyes are glowing. It wont glow in the dark but there is a faint glow in his eyes that shows right around activation.

A notable weakness would be that if he were trying to sense someone who is miles away, he would have to mix in his chakra with his soul's aura in order to find them. Techniques will be shown in the jutsu creation area
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