The plant coffin

Days have passed by while the total beaten up Ketsueki was lying underneath one of the many sand dunes in the wind country. The vegetation that Ketsueki created during the battle with the sand kage was now a dore brown tundra.The heat of the sun and the many sand storms that occurs in the country turned the so lively fauna and flora in a dead plain field filled with sand.

Suddenly a big crushing sound was harebell for a few miles around the place where the plant cocoon was buried. The big green plant coffin resurrected to the surface from within the sand. When it finally was at ground zero the sun rays of the desert made the cocoon crack open.
Within it Ketsueki his scarred body crawled out, when Ketsueki finally could open his eyes the anger that fueled him the past decade was gone.He couldn't see it, but his dark purple iris was changed into a deep green color.
The Akatsuki Jacket he wore during the battle was ripped in many places.
What happened? why did the sand kage spared my life after i had to endure so much torture by the sand people in the past?
Many questions in Ketsueki's head where he couldn't find the answer for.But one thing was for certain the jacket of the special Akatsuki guild he was in had to disappear and quick!
Ketsueki ripped it from his body so that he was back in his original war gear outfit. When his eyes gazed upon the jacket that was slowly being swallowed by the sand he saw the ring around his finger.With a aggressive motion he pulled it from his finger and threw it away in the sand while he yelled

I'm done with this crap! Find yourself a new puppet!

Ketsueki knew the ring he just threw away was one of a kind and the leader Temai couldn't recruit a new member for his group without it.
This gave Ketsueki for the first time in years a warm feeling, his hearth was been so dead before. The urge for blood was finally gone. Ketsueki still didn't knew why! But he wanted answers!

So with a slow pace because his body wasn't fully recovered from the battle he started to walk in the direction of the city peaks. Ketsueki could see the sand village rooftops in the far distance at the horizon. The heat upon the sand gave the horizon a blurry effect. Like heat waves playing tricks in front of his eyes.

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-The Akatsuki ring is now swallowed by the sand somewhere in the big Sand desert.
-Ketsueki is walking exhousted towards the sand village

Hanzo sat in his office with an odd air about him. Only just recently he had engaged an Akatsuki member in battle in the middle of the desert outside of his village, and had taken a pretty large toll. Mitsunari, despite the fact that she had healed herself pretty well, needed medical attention immediately, and was therefor in the hospital at the moment. It was an odd feeling for him, not having her around. True, there were times when she was out doing whatever it was she was doing, but he always knew that she was safe and fine. Now, she was in the hospital, where nothing was certain. He was also wondering about the Akatsuki man himself, as he had run off after Mitsunari had saved his life from a fatal wound in his neck that was going to bleed him dry. What was it he was doing at the moment?

It was at that moment where Hanzo was wondering about him, that a chuunin guard at the pathway into the village spotted a man slowly dragging himself to the village. The man was wearing some weird looking gear, and looked as though he might need help. But he also looked dangerous, so he needed to be approached with caution. The guard let the others know that he was going down to question him, and he leaped off the wall accordingly. He landed just in front of the man, and extended his hand. "Stop!" He said with authority. Normally, he wouldnt act this way with common passerbys, but this one looked like he needed to be questioned. He had every right to do this after all, and every reason to-to him that is. "What is it you want with the village?" He asked.

After demolishing the time well where Sumi leaped out of a sense of comfort engulfed his being as he entered the forest habitat. Wearing his new crimson red cloak and sandals the memories of Sophorus, Nana and Rein clouded his mind as he slowly walked out of the Otagakure border. With his new technique and knowledge of the past Sumi felt obligated to tell the world about his adventure. But knowing the residents in the Sand village no one would believe him, but nevertheless he mastered Alchemy and saved the village which he was proud of. As he walked around the last tree of the forest Sumi never felt more joyful about being in the dessert than ever before. Placing his left hand on the tree bark he looked back one more time at the lake, he smiled faintly as a tear ran down his cheeks. But saying good bye Sumi liked, and with that he turned his head and proceeded into the dessert.

Leaping threw the dessert Sumi eyes drifted to the golden sand which glistened with the suns rays. As the wind picked up and carried the sand in its passage the image of a brown sand vortex engulfed the area in front of Sumi which left him covering his face with his sleeve. Stopping abruptly he waited thirty two seconds before the gust subsided which allowed him to move. After the strong gust stupped Sumi was about to proceed until the a faint shout echoed in the dessert. "I'm done with this crap! Find yourself a new puppet!" he heard faintly heard due to the whipping noise of his the wind swaying his cloak. "This heat is starting to get to me" Sumi whispered to himself as he continued to his journey back to the Sand village. While on his journey he came across large plants that he never noticed before. Occasionally he would come across dessert plants but due to their size and mass numbers a sense of curiosity and eerie thoughts came into his mind.

When finally reaching the Sand villages gate Sumi automatically praised its existence as its been almost a month since he saw it. Being in the time well, time runs differently, so even though it may appear hours in this world back in Medium city it was weeks. Inhaling the deep sand and food mixed air that leaked from the village, Sumi noticed that there was a conflict at the gates entrance. Stopping his sprint he quickly entered the gate where the chuunin soon approached the anonymous man. While walking up to them, Sumi was stopped by two chuunin who materialized 5ft in front of him. Now inside the gate the man was now 24ft above Sumi's location and the turmoil of being stopped by his own people almost made Sumi explode. The chuunin walked closer to Sumi and grabbed their pouch that lead to their kunai. "Excuse me Sir, but we'll need to see your identification please" one of them said boldly while staring at Sumi. Sumi stared at their physic and analyzed their voices and immediately knew who they were. "You dumb twits! Kakimi and Nimay its me Sumi, you just sent me out five hours ago!" He yelled as they both looked at each other. Since he left his Jounin gear in the past he didn't have his identification, but he did have the Kazekage permission slip that allowed him to leave. Showing them both the permission slip they apologized to Sumi which he responded by rolling his eyes.

As they both dispersed Sumi was now able to approach the man freely. Having odd gear on Sumi knew he was hurt, and being a medical ninja his first obligation was to help him. Running up to the man and the three chuunin which stood beside him, Sumi tried to take control of the situation. One of them looked at Sumi and recognized him, "Sumi Sensei, we have a breach in the village, this foreigner-" "Enough!" Sumi said cutting him off. "This man is injured and needs proper treatment. I will take him to see the Kazekage for interrogation and as a Jounin in this village you will follow my command." Sumi said with a almost demonic tone in his voice. The chuunin gave Sumi a feared look as they slowly vanished into dust which left the man and Sumi alone at the entrance. "Come" Sumi told man as he pointed at the Kazekage tower. For some reason he felt obligated to help the stranger, but he was a foreigner, and because of that Sumi was still keeping a safe distance from him.

Ketsueki dragged his body forward threw the sand to wards the sand city.the golden sand which sparked when the suns rays broke on it gave the dessert a even more deadly impression. As the wind picked up and carried the sand in its passage the image of the East entrance of the huge sand city valley came closer.


Ketsueki dragged himself in the city while he was dragging his cleaver behind him. His body was totally exhausted from the walk in the dessert. Ketsueki needed some water and quickly because he was almost fully dehydrated from the sun.
From the top of the guard wall a Sand nin jumped in front of him while he spoke Stop!What is it you want with the village? . Before Ketsueki could answer the guard another sand nin probably higher in rank of the guard took over while saying something about helping me. When Ketsueki heard the voice of the guard his superior his mind faded to grey while a flashback of Ketsueki forgotten past replayed inside his mind.

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When the microsecond of the flashback was gone Ketsueki still didn't remembered anything from his past. But something strange happened to his face clearly noticeable for the jounin of the sand. His left eye iris turned back in a dark purple color while Ketsueki could feel some hatred rising inside of him. On the walk to wards this city he was happy care free but now he again had a feeling of pain and hate inside of him.
Ketsueki looked at the jounin who said come! while he whispered in a exhausted tone Guide me to your leader plz

Shyke flew through the skies, spotting a pair of men on the ground joining with the 'ex-Akatsuki' member. Using his scope, Shyke zoomed in on their faces from a far distance. He could see them clear as day, one was the Akatsuki member Shyke had been following, having seen him throwing away the Akatsuki ring. Shyke had already picked up the ring and stashed it inside one of his pockets. He had followed the man up until now by remaining in the sky and taking movements out of his sight to act like a real bird. The others were unimportant for the moment. So Shyke brought the bird down, landing nearby to the men but behind some buildings so most likely unseen. He would quickly jump off the bird just before it touched the ground, allowing it to keep flying above him. He ran down an alley and out into the street, drawing a kunai from his satchel as he made his way out quickly towards them. "Prepare to die you traitorous fool!" Shyke shouted at the betrayer of the Akatsuki, Shyke was smiling and had a bird bomb in his left hand but hidden well. It would go unnoticed until he had planted the attack he was planning. Shyke's Akatsuki cloak was plain as day to see, easily noticed amongst the crowd. But he didn't care, at any moment he could take off and blow up the entire village with his specialty. Which meant any of their rambling could be punished in a second. His smile was due to the advantage he had over them, he was pleased with his finding the boy. But he had searched non-stop, relaxing ontop of his bird in the sky.

"Guide me to your leader please" the man said exhaustedly while Sumi felt sympathetic towards him. Its been a long time since Sumi saw someone still standing in his condition and he mentally praised him for his strength to keep moving. As the wind began to rise the sun which shined over the horizen soon subsided into the clouds leaving a shady darkness in the village. Sensing that something wasn't right he tried to shake the leery feeling of turmoil from his soul and pay attention to the man in need. Deciding to heal him right there, Sumi approached him with his right hand up, focusing his chakra in his hand it glowed with a green light that moved as if it was living fire. "Look, I'm going to help you stand still" he said as he reached for the mans head.

Almost getting close enough a anonymous voice broke his concentration which canceled the technique he was about to use. "Prepare to die you traitorous fool!" Someone yelled as Sumi sharply turned his head down the road. As darkness got thicker in the village the wind started to pick up leaving Sumi's cloak vibrating as he stood up. Standing in battle stance he knew someone was coming, and the word traitor floated threw his mind as he looked back at the man. "What the hell?" Sumi thought as he shifted his eyes back down the road, while looking back down he saw the image of a man before him. His cloak which was black and consisted of red clouds on it as he stood there. Scanning his memories he remembered reading about this outfit in the bingo book, "Akatsuki..." Sumi said softly as he stood there. Sumi never had saw an Akatsuki member before, and reading about them made them seem like a fairy tail to him. But this wasn't a fairytale, his was real, and in his mind he knew a fight was about to occur.

Four Chuunin guards risen from the sand and immediately looked at Sumi. "Sumi sensei-' "Wait" Sumi said to one of them interrupting. "I'll take care of this" he whispered to them all, making a hand motion the Chuunin nudged the man to take a few steps back leaving the Akatsuki and Sumi on the road. "How dare you come into my village" he shouted at the Akatsuki. "I know about your organization and thus I wont question your presence here. But you will suffer the consequences for setting foot on our sand!" Sumi yelled while taking out his puppet scrolls.