Once again, the weaklings of this world were all talk. Those dogs in Niwa barked loudly, but they were mutts. All bark. No bite. Strafe had the courage to stand against the Kane family and The Dark, but the first encounter resulted in one of his legs being cut off from the knee down, and the second encounter left Strafe with every bone in his body being shattered. Those individuals in Hinowa? One of them was described as a horny slut. The male didn't even bother to show. Kouki seemed to be the only one who cared; the only one with any sort of brains and thoughts of the future.

Once again, this world had become boring. Standing on the balcony outside of his room, looking off into the distance with a frown, his Blind Fury stick in front of him with both hands atop like a cane, Alec came to a conclusion. It was time to leave this place for good. This time, there would be no coming back, and this time he wasn't leaving empty handed. He planned on taking everything with him. The village, the people, the entire fucking country. It was time to go home, and stay there. He'd had enough of this weak world and the weaklings that inhabited it, who chose to run their mouths and use intimidation.

He turned and began heading downstairs toward the front room.

”All top Dark members. All family members. Meet me in the front room of the Tower, or, if you choose, pay close attention to your Wireless Comm. Big changes are ahead of us. This is going to effect everyone. All Ops and everyone else who has a Wireless Comm that's listening, stay tuned to the party line. You are also involved.”

Alec stood in the front room of the Tower with a serious expression on his face, staring intently at nothing in particular. He'd spent years here, honing incredible skills and deadly techniques that would never be used since the majority of “Shinobi” in this world were cowards. Well, no longer. He tired of sharing space with pathetic individuals who just stood by as their family members were taken from them, and did nothing in retaliation. Tired of making peace with weak cowards who threatened and flexed their muscles to then go hide in a forest. Tired of seeing talented young prodigies advance faster than he could have ever hoped while the heads of their villages ignored them. Alec would leave, and take them all with him. He would also welcome anyone who dare to try and stop them, but we all know that wasn't going to happen.

The daily jogging ritual around the village took place as usual. Kurai and Little Kong change direction at the sound of Alec's voice though, hopping over the wall and heading toward the center of the village. Alec said something about “big changes.” What could they be? Was he preparing for a war? Kurai was certainly ready for that.


He and his Simian sidekick ran and jumped over buildings while headed for the Dark Tower. They moved so fast that ordinary eyes would only be able to make out a black and brown blur. Kurai honestly began to feel excited at Alec's words. There was no telling what the so-called crime lord had planned. At this point, Kurai was with him on whatever he decided to do, even if it did involve war, destroying another village, or even murder. Alec took in his family and gave him and his twin recognition where the majority of those in Hinowa did not. It was all he wanted; all he asked for, and Kurai would remain loyal to the Kanes until his dying breath because of it.


Kurai and Little Kong entered the tower to see Alec standing there, looking serious. Kurai's blank expression didn't change because Alec would soon say what was on his mind, but Little Kong did show a hint of concern. Kurai nodded to Alec in greeting and leaned upon the nearby wall with his arms folded while waiting for others to show up so that he could explain what was up.

Avery had been about to head outside with Artemis who was insisting on going to the park to play when she picked up on Alec's voice on the wireless comm. She listened closely, an eyebrow raising in silent curiousity, as she listened to Alec ask that all top Dark members, and family, come to the front room or that if they couldn't they listen to the party line. She poked Artemis, who she was holding, on the side with a soft smile which caused the ticklish child to giggle and squirm. "We're going to have to wait a moment, your father wants to have a meeting. Let's go see what's going on, okay?"

Artemis, still giggling, nodded and hugged her mother; leaving her head resting on her mother's shoulder while she slipped her thumb of her right hand into her mouth.

Avery returned the hug and then walked down the large staircase and into the front room of the tower. She crossed the checkard floor and came to stand next to Alec, a curious look still upon her face. She was going to ask him what was going on but figured he wasn't going to want to explain it more than once; so she held off her curiosity for the time being and gave a look around while wondering who all was going to end up showing up; while noticing that Kurai had already arrived.

Artemis, upon nearing her father with Avery, lifted her head up and reached for him; hands opening and closing in that trademark 'pick me up, please' way all small children's did. "What's wrong, daddy?", she asked upon noticing the serious expression on his face.
 
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Hikari, who was busy at the hospital dealing with a little boy who had busted his knee up pretty good when jumping from a high spot in the park listened carefully; curious as to what was going on that would cause Alec to call a sudden and unexpected meeting. Though she gave no actual outward sign of her curiosity; keeping the majority of her focus even while listening on the child she was healing.

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Dezzy, who was busy in her lab working on another experiment - a sort of cure all medicine she had been working on and which was nearing completion - turned up the headphones she always wore slightly so that she didn't miss a word of what her father was saying. She knew he would see her busy; her back bent slightly as she poured herself over her work; though of course if she was needed for something outside of listening in on the meeting she was more than willing to abandon her work at a moments notice - she had more than enough well documented and memorized notes on the cure.

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Emiko, who was currently walking along the south side of the village's wall, checking for any vulnerable or weak points while also keeping a close eye out for anyone who might dare - haha, that was a funny joke - to try something, also listened in closely. Even Shukaku, who was normally asleep and quiet inside of her skull, woke up to pay attention; the bijuu hoping and praying that this had something to do with violence, bloodshed, and war. He might have calmed down some in the many centuries he had still been alive, but that underlying blood lust of his would always be there; all evident by the way her sand began to stir, causing the smell of blood to rise up stronger around her.

”I can hear you from up here dad, what's up?” came Jr's voice through the Wireless Comm.

”I read you too sir,” added Kinzoku.

Kurai and Little Kong entered the tower first. Avery and Aretmis came in soon after, with Alec picking his child up when she reached for him. Dez was below in the lab, experimenting with something like she usually did. Emiko was patrolling the village's perimeter walls. Kurai's twin Hikari was at the hospital tending to a boy's injuries. There was an eerie silence as it seemed that everyone in the entire village was listening and waiting for Alec to start speaking.

”...I'm finished with this world... I'm going to let you all in on a secret that only few of you know about... Me, Avery, Jr and Destiny, among several others... we are not from this world. We come from a dimension parallel to this one that has technology far advanced than that of this place, where everyone has another version of themselves. A place where there are no limits, and nothing holding you back like here.

“Years ago, I met the version of me from this world; a great Shinobi named Spook Black-Hand, when he came to our world. He told me about this place, and I thought it would be a great challenge to come here and try to exist somewhere where I wasn't as strong as I was where I come from. Although I managed to stir up sort of a shit storm through some of my actions, besides collecting an arsenal of powerful weapons, techniques, and making friends with some really cool people, the experience has been quite disappointing, seeing as how some of these other weaklings act in some of those other villages.

“So, I plan to return home for good... and i'm taking all of you with me. All of you, and everything, even the whole country. Some of you might think this impossible, but in my world every and anything is possible. Some of you won't even realize what's happened until it's happened, and I promise you that you won't feel any sort of pain and discomfort. You won't even have to pack your things or get ready or anything like that; just continue going about your day just like any other day. When it's over, you'll actually feel stronger. You'll soon see what I mean.”

Alec picked up a container that was nearby, filled with a gold powder substance. He took it to Kurai and handed it to him.

”I need you to do me a favor. Mitsukai taught you her Swift technique, so it shouldn't take you very long at all. What I want you to do is travel the entire border of Makkuragakure and spread this dust along it. You might not understand why, but you will when you're done.”

So Alec and his family... they were alien visitors from another world?... For the first time in a long time, Kurai actually let his blank look turn into one of surprise, around the time there was a sort of commotion on the party line at this revelation. To top that off, according to his explanation, Alec was another world's version of Spook, the Shinobi's moves he'd learned, and the one who'd taught Mitsukai and Holeman his brand of Taijutsu, aptly named Spook-Fu.

He said the world he came from had technology that surpassed that of this world. He also said that because of past actions that had become disappointing, he was going back to his world, and he was taking all of them – even the entire country – with him. Kurai wondered how that would be possible, but if Alec said he could do it, Kurai believed him.

Alec came and handed him a container with a gold-looking substance and asked him to spread it along Makkura's border. Kurai took it without hesitation with a nod, having no clue what the stuff was or what it did, but eager to find out with his own eyes.

”Stay here, Little Kong, i'll move faster if i'm alone. I'll be right back, this won't take long at all,” Kurai said to his simian sidekick, who nodded his head. Kurai was immediately out of the door and in motion, moving far faster than ordinary. In the matter of about 5 minutes, the deed was done, and the container empty. He returned to the tower catching his breath, wondering and anxious to see what came next...

Artemis, smiling happy now that her father was holding her, rested her head on his shoulder while listening to what he was saying. Little brows furrowed as she listened to him explain that the majority of them came from somewhere else; another world. She listened as her father explained that the reasonings why he had come here to begin with; and how much stronger everyone was over there. 

While she didn't have the 'normal' fears of a child, there was something that bothered her slightly as she watched her father hand something to Kurai and Kurai leave very very quickly. "But.. daddy. If everyone else is stronger in that other place does... does that mean the monsters are stronger too?", she lifted her head up when she spoke so that she could actually look at him, even though she didn't use regular eyes to see.

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Avery, now that her arms were empty, folded her arms across her chest as she shifted into a more comfortable stance. She listened as Alec explained to everyone that a lot of them were from another world, a world where there were no limits and everyone could get as strong as they wanted to; where there would be nothing to stop her. She had no problem with hearing that he was going home and taking them all with him; though she was curious as to exactly how he planned on doing that in a world where all of their powers and natural abilities were... stunted at best.

So, an eyebrow rose in curiosity as she watched Alec hand something over to Kurai and him leave. She then listened to Artemis' question and smiled gently; she never seemed afraid of the dark or the monster under the bed, but she certainly didn't seem to like the idea of a strong monster. 

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Everyone else continued with what they were doing; Hikari more curious than Dez or Emiko since she had never heard about this other world let alone gone there. But, she didn't let that distract her as she continued to finish up working on the little boy with the busted knee. 

Dez and Emiko likewise continued what they were doing while also listening very closely.

Jr didn't have much of a reaction. Neither did Kinzoku. He could hear the comments from many others throughout the village, but none of them were negative. Kurai and Little Kong both looked surprised, but neither of them seemed to be taking this new news badly either. With as fast as Kurai left and came back, it even seemed that he was probably anxious to see what the next world looked like.

”Sure, baby girl. But once you see what you can really do there, it won't really matter. There's nothing to be afraid of...”

The gold glitter substance all along the border of Makkuragakure would begin to glow. In one instance, an entire country filled with criminals and monsters would exist; The Land of Shadows. In another, there would be nothing.

/Exit/