Turning A New Face

### Participants: Asa Uzumaki & Kenzo Ryu\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Asa: Hoshi was in chaos. Children were crying at the death of their parents. Parents cried at the death of their children. The streets had an eerie silence, save the weeping and groaning of pain. The smell of blood and death filled the air as the bodies had already started to decay. Dust from the now dead zombies had filled the air a bit, covering the streets and buildings of Hoshi. It was an insult to injury. The sun was just now setting over the village and Asa walked down the streets, quiet as he observed the state that the village was in. He kept his mouth shut, choosing not to speak to the villagers. He didn’t know what to say to them and he felt as if it wasn’t his place to try to provide comfort either. He just made his way home. It was time to rest until word came home down from the Kage as to what action should he take. He made it down to the street of his home. Very few buildings were on this road, it was were the more wealthy families who lived more on the outskirts of the village lived. The road winded up a hill, allowing the homes to overlook the village. As Asa made his way up the home something didn’t feel right. He glanced up, squinting, to see blood splattered over the entrance of his home along with a piles of dust near his home. “No…” He said softly as he didn’t want to believe what he already knew. His calm stroll turned into to a panicked run as he ran to his home. “This can’t be..They’re fine. They have to be.” He burst through the door. His heart dropped at the sight and as if he was following his heart he dropped to his knees in disbelief. “Dad...Mom?” It was a question. A question that he so desperately wanted answer, but all he got was silence. The bodies of his parents laid there in the middle of the marble floor, piled on top of each other and covered in blood. Both of their intestines had been ripped out, scratch and bite marks accented their bloody faces. The next sound heard was a sniffle.Tears began to roll down the boy’s face as he put his head down, trying to hold the tears in. He laid there in silence, tears rolling down his face.

Kenzo: Kenzo did not wish to return home after the events that he had just been through, choosing to wander the streets and observe the damage that had been done. What he had seen was horrible, people had been torn apart, buildings damaged horribly, and the ash of what used to be zombies blowing through the village on the winds. He couldn’t bear to imagine what would have happened had the zombies not all been destroyed in the crystals that had appeared as if from nowhere. When he had first seen them, he remembered the young woman who had been looking over his spar with Asa and what she had done to a ladybug that ad flown by her. ‘Was that her that had destroyed all the zombies?’ he thought to himself as he wandered the streets ‘If it was, she isn’t someone that I ever want to face in battle. I’d stand no chance at all’ As he wandered, Kenzo had found himself near the outskirts of the village, the houses here were much nicer than the small place that he had been living in but, now was no time to be taken in by the nice homes. Continuing his stroll, he would hear what sounded to be a door being busted open. Quickly drawing his dagger, he would follow the sound to the source, and what he found was horrible. Kenzo has walked into a horrific scene, there were bodies ripped apart and piled up on the floor inside the home from what he could see but, what made it so much more mortifying was the fact that his teammate, Asa, was there and he looked devastated at the scene before him. “Oh my god” Kenzo mumbled aloud as he sheathed his dagger and moved closer to his teammate.

Asa:Asa didn’t move as he heard the footsteps of Kenzo as he got closer. His mind was racing with all sorts of thoughts and emotions. His mind was cluttered and he was trying to find some sort of safe space within himself as he wiped his own tears and looked up, taking a deep breath. The thought of the attack continuously played in his mind as he breathed harder, bending over and slamming his forehead against the ground before banging his fist. He yelled out in anger and sadness “Fuck! FUCK!” He screamed. At this point he was blaming himself. “If I had been able to contain the attack this wouldn’t have happened. If I would’ve cared more about my family than the ungrateful fucks of the village this wouldn’t have happened. It’s all my fucking fault” He screamed. His tears continued to pour down his face. The boy banged his head on the floor again. He began to bleed from his forehead from the impact. He looked up and slowly crawled to his mother. His blood and tears dripping down to her lifeless face as he looked over her. He slowly and carefully picked up her head, scooping his hand under her neck and moving it to the back of her head, lifting her gently as if he didn’t want to harm her anymore than she already was. He pulled her head and upper body to his chest as he knelt beside her, crying. “Mama…” was the only thing he could mutter between sobs. He looked down towards his mother’s bloody abdomen, noticing the severed hand of his father near her gashed opened belly. He slowly glanced over to his father who laid on his stomach, bleeding from the back of his head. His other arm, which was fully intact held a knife. The other arm was extended towards Asa’s mother, showing that he tried to protect her. Asa continued to hold his mother’s body as he sobbed in silence.

Kenzo: Kenzo could only watch in stunned silence as the scene before him unfolded, he didn’t know what he could say to his teammate that would change how he felt. Kenzo had never had a family so, he wasn’t familiar with what Asa had to be feeling in this moment. The only person he had before was the old man that had raised him and passed many years before and while he was sad when that happened, it was nothing compared to this. He would slowly approach Asa and kneel down next to him silenty, placing a hand on his shoulder. ‘I don’t even know what to do here. I should probably leave him be for now but, that would feel wrong’ he thought to himself. Kenzo would remove his hand from Asa’s shoulder and stand back up quietly. “I’m going to be outside” he quietly said not knowing what else to do, making his way across the marble floor and back to the door. As he walked back outside, Kenzo would sit on the ground quietly and wait for Asa to come outside, however long that it would take. He felt bad that he had no advice for his friend but, he felt a though he may need to be alone right now though Kenzo wouldn’t stray too far just in case something else were to happen.
Asa: After about 30 minutes or so Asa’s crying would stop as he sat there in his own thoughts. He thought about the invasion and how easily that strange crystal woman ended the invasion. “She’s a bitch...a cold heartless woman but yet her power in unmatched. She stopped the attack in a blink of an eye.” He thought and just like a pile of bricks an epiphany hit him. “That’s it...power. That’s what I lack. Power. That’s what my parents lacked and that’s what caused them die. Power solves all problems. You can just wipe them out.” He looked at his mother’s face as it was pressed up against his chest as he brushed her hair out of her face. “But power...to an unjust man only brings corruption and sorrow to others.” He said softly. Sirens could be heard faintly in the distance as the medical unit rushed to tend to the wounded and the village put itself in a state of alertness. (badass theme music plays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NCfGDweBAc ) “That’s what this village needs a protector. A true protector. Not some selfish woman acting for her own gain or a man to cowardly to leave his office to protect us.” He looked down at his parents once more as his own blood dripped down from his face. “This is the reality of the world we live in. A cycle of death and pain. People who don’t have what it takes sit around and pray to others for their protection. Those with the power to do something are either too help or have given up a long time ago.” He slowly put his mother down as he stood up, wiping tears from his face. The sunlight cracked through the window, the floor glistened perfectly. The boy’s shadow covered his parents. The light combined the just right amount of light and shadow to the boy’s face as stared at their bodies with a cold blank expression. “I’ll become the God who answers the prayers of the weak.” He turned around and slowly began to walk out the home to where Kenzo is. “And...I’ll avenge the death of those who have died fighting for peace. By killing anyone who interferes with the harmony of this village. First on my list is the bastard who started this.” He thought. He was now standing next to where Kenzo stood. He looked straight ahead as he closed his eyes and sighed a bit. “Kenzo...we’re gonna kill them all”.

Kenzo: Kenzo had drifted off into a light slumber while Asa was in his home. He woke as he heard footsteps approaching him from behind and looked up to see Asa standing next to him with a serious look in his eyes, one of pure determination. “What do you mean we’re going to kill them all? The people who did this?” He would ask confused. Kenzo didn’t know what had happened while he had been waiting but, Asa was serious and Kenzo couldn’t deny that whoever had done this needed to pay. They had brought chaos and ruin to his home and that was unforgivable. Kenzo would stand silently and nod before looking over at Asa once more. “Okay. What do we need to do to prepare for this? We’re not strong enough now to take the bastards down right now. We need to gather strength quickly” he said sternly. Kenzo was concerned about his friends wellbeing but, he did fully agree that every last person who had done this to the village needed to die a painful death.

Asa: Asa smiled a bit “All of them are going to pay.” He said softly. He then looked at Kenzo “Don’t worry about what we need. My father has some friends in high places. I’ll get us what we need” He said to him. “I just need you to focus on training. We need to strengthen ourselves first. I don’t know when the Kage is going to do something about it but we need to make sure we’re strong enough to respond to any threat. Go learn a new jutsu. I’ll find you when I have some new gear for us .” He said calmly. “ I think I’m going to go train. Or rest up for now though.” He added

Kenzo: Kenzo would nod at Asa and smile “Alright. I’ll need to train a well. Send a message to me as soon as everything is ready and in place and we can get started” He said, a fire in his eyes now. “I want to destroy whoever did this. Don’t worry I will be training as hard as I can to prepare for this moment. You just make sure you don’t go overboard and hurt yourself my friend” He said patting Asa on the back and smiling. “I’m going to go rest as well and begin my own training. Take care my friend” Kenzo said with a wave as he began his departure.