"Things are different now Arikiko, you were changed permanently, there's no way to go back to the way you used to be!" Morghul spoke out from his place leaning against a tree, if an Axe could look annoyed Morghul certainly looked annoyed but maybe that was just Arikiko's new outlook on life, it could easily be something like that. He rubbed the top of his head and cocked it to the side, blue hair flopping to the side as well and covering one of his eyes. "You changed me Morghul, you made me a different person to what I truly am.... Why did you do that?" He asked with genuine hurt in his voice. There was something off just now, his mind was his own for once and his true personality could show... For at least a small while before either his new one or Morghul's took over.
"I changed you to make you better Arikiko, you don't understand. I made you a greater warrior, no emotions to hold you back, no second thoughts. You done what had to be done without having to think over it, death came as naturally to you as breathing and it made you terrifying, exactly what I thought you wanted. This was all for your benefit Arikiko, you have to believe me!" Morghul pleaded with him, he couldn't exactly move at the moment so he was left to using his voice to show how he felt.
"You are the one that does not understand Morghul! What made you think that subverting a young child to your will, making him your emotional slave would be a good thing, would be allowed by him? You just took without asking, you forced your way in and never let go so I could be an outlet for your emotions and thoughts. Your hate and bloodlust took me over and made me into a monster, made me into something I would never want to be!" Arikiko sobbed and dropped to his knees, clutching his head in his hands and screaming out loudly as pain erupted in his mind, white hot spikes ripping through his thought processes. This pain was just so constant, he had been able to avoid it for now but with his new change in perspective and the shattering of his mind, Morghul could no longer leech the pain from him. The headache buzzed in his mind, a sawblade tearing him apart. Arikiko could barely think, barely focus but he had to, he needed answers from his weapon, from the person who ruined him!
"TELL ME WHAT MADE YOU THINK THIS WAS RIGHT?!" He screamed at the axe, birds launching from the trees around him to find new, less noisy roosts. "I done what had to be done, what I thought was right. I will not apologise for doing what came naturally to me, you must learn to accept it and move on." The axe responded calmly, holding back the anger from edging his voice. "I can't move on Morghul, you know why I can't. As soon as I take ahold of you, and I will because I need you... My mind changes, I'm not the same when I'm holding you, I'm shattered. My mind is in fractals, a ruined mess. Shards and shards, pain tearing me apart and I can't fix it Morghul and neither can you, I've completely broken."
"No Arikiko, you haven't. It feels like your mind has broken but it hasn't, no... Instead you are becoming a new you, a greater you even if it doesn't feel like that. You must learn to accept the change, I cannot take control again, I cannot right the wrongs already done to you but you can make them change, you can fix this world..." Arikiko clutched his head at Morghul's words and shook his head.
"No, this world is not for my changing. This world... Is to be destroyed, it must be fixed... I'm not this violent though, I'm not evil like you are! I'm a good person..." "But you are changed..." Morghul told him and Arikiko could only nod before a rustling came from his side. His eyes widened and he dashed forwards, kicking Morghul up into his hands and instantly Arikiko's eyes stopped being blue, they instead became purple, the lovely colour leaking into his eyes.
"Who is there? Perhaps someone coming for a teaparty, maybe a dance? Why not both!?" He called out, giggling maniacally before a large creature stepped out of the woods and simply nodding to Arikiko. "Oh, Mawloc... Fancy meeting you here, I thought I had left you back at Haka. Oh it doesn't matter, I have you here now and you're my friend, Mawloc." Arikiko stepped forwards and hugged the Tetsukabura who gently nudged him back and jerked its head, such an intelligent creature.
With a nod, Arikiko released a wave of energy around him, it was invisible though only able to seen through chakra sight but it pinged Mawloc and then another person to the side. "Morghul, Buka form." He whispered and flicked his axe. In a heartbeat the axe became a longsword instead, silver metal running with red veins, them mark of Morghul. "Show yourself!" He called out and a rather feral looking ninja stepped out, his eyes wide and a grin on his face.
"Who do we have here, a little kid who thinks he's a bigshot with his animal fuckbuddy and little talking weapon?" The ninja asked, giggling insanely as he looked over Arikiko but he failed to notice something... Arikiko's eyes had turned red and his mouth had been set in a frown. He wasn't facing the fractal minded Arikiko, he was taking on the corrupted and overt personality of Morghul. Of course Morghul wasn't quite as talkative and Arikiko dashed forwards, golden aura blazing around his body before Buka was blocked by a wakizashi that this ninja pulled out. A growl came from deep in Arikiko's throat as he tossed the ninja backwards into a tree.
The Ninja dashed forwards and that was when Arikiko realised something, this man was so deranged he couldn't utilise his chakra, his body was out of sorts with his mind. A laugh came from him at that and he deflected another strike before hammering a knee into the madman's gut, sending him backwards before he dashed after him, slashing at his leg but it was blocked by that weapon. It didn't have any abilities so Arikiko wasn't even going to bother absorbing it. Instead Morghul tapped into his chakra and the abilities of Buka and started to charge the weapon with Fire Release.
As the blade glowed red-hot the ninja dashed away and his eyes widened, a fearful look coming into them as he backed against a tree. "Hey, I was... Was only looking for some fun, I don't want you killing me or anything like that!" He called out, whimpering but Arikiko was far beyond listening to anything of anyone just now. This was time for killing, slaying and spreading blood all across this small battlefield.
So that was exactly what he done, he stepped towards the ninja and rammed his weapon into his leg, cauterising the wound with the heat of the blade. Arikiko only smiled at the scream coming from the man's mouth. He chuckled at the pain and tore the weapon out before ducking and rolling, Mawloc launching a supershot of explosive spit which caused the ninja to explode, sending blood and body parts flying all over the place.
The madness passed and the now C-Rank missing nin put a hand over his eye and sighed softly. "Thanks Mawloc, I dread to think what I'd do if I was allowed to be controlled by Morghul." He looked down at the sword in his hand with purple eyes nad laughed quietly. Shaking his head he walked over and patted his Tetsukabura's side, grinning brightly and then headbutting him. Of course with the body of this creature his head just bounced off, kind of hurting Arikiko in the process but hte pain was good, it was better than the... "CONSTANT BUZZING!" He screamed out, clutching his skull and shaking his head once again before sighing. The pain was immense but he could bear it, he would have to, of course he would.
He hopped up onto Mawloc's back and then patted the back of his head. "Let's go, we'll leave this all behind and start killing things. I need money and I need some new toys." He laughed and then Mawloc jumped onwards, shattering the trees he jumped through with his strength and hardened hide. This was a new age of Arikiko, an age of madness that he would bring to the world and show them pain like they had never before seen. Well that and pie, he was going to start making pies of all different flavours, like Ronin and Soulless pies, they'd be so tasty and everyone would love him for them! By Kami this was going to be fun!
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- Jutsu Learned:
Name: Fire Release: Scattered Comets
Classification: Kinjutsu
Rank: C-Rank (C-Rank blood)
Class: Offensive
Range: Short-Long (0-30 feet)
Description: With this he spills a C-Rank of blood onto the weapon before charging it with Fire release and swinging the blade upwards. The beads of blood then ignite and launch forwards at Crashing Ground speeds to hammer into opponents dealing C-Rank chakra and spiritual damage for each orb. The amount of orbs depends upon rank (3 at Academy student, 5 at Genin, 7 at B-Rank, 9 at A-Rank and 11 at S-Rank)
Name: Fire Release: Burning Blade
Classification: Ninkenjutsu
Rank: C-Rank
Class: Offensive
Range: Melee
Description: Arikiko, when using this technique, touches the base of the blade of Buka and runs his finger up it, chakra following behind the blade as it is superheated to red-hot levels. This makes the blade more dangerous when it strikes an opponent as the sword deals not only burning damage from the superheated blade when hitting a foe, equal to Arikiko's strength, but it also sears their flesh dealing a D-Rank of burning damage every post until they heal the wound. This technique can only be held for so long however starting at five posts at AS and increasing by three posts for every rank up, capping at 20.
Name: Fire Release: Kitsune's Dance
Classification: Kinjutsu
Rank: C-Rank (C-Rank blood cost)
Class: Defensive
Range: Self
Description: Infusing his blood with Fire Release, Arikiko tosses three spheres of blood upwards which ignite into blue flames and dance around Arikiko's body, moving at speeds equal to his own but these orbs do not attack opponents. Instead they protect against chakra based attacks B-Rank and below and spiritual attacks C-Rank and below, if anything higher hits any of the orbs then the entire jutsu fails but it works as an effective defense mechanism except to all but the fastest techniques.
Name: Fire Release: Kitsune's Sonata
Classification: Kinjutsu
Rank: B-Rank (B-Rank blood price)
Class: Defensive
Range: Self
Description: Spilling out a larger portion of his blood, Arikiko spills it on the ground before he strikes it with Morghul's Buka form, igniting the blood which erupts in a massive wall in front of Arikiko at Vacuum Release speeds. This can block chakra based techiques A-Rank and below and spiritual techniques B-Rank and below, higher techniques break through the wall and faster techniques can go past it before it erupts upwards. However once activated this lasts for three posts, allowing Arikiko to do other things while being defended. (The wall is twenty feet high and ten feet wide but Arikiko cannot attack through it except with his own Fire Release techniques)
Name: Expansion Array
Classification: Energy Tech
Rank: B-Rank
Class: Supplementary
Range: Long - 20 feet radius
Description: Having people hide from him was such a bother so Arikiko had to find a way to deal with those trying to hide form him. This technique works by releasing a dome of chakra that expands outwards and anyone that breaks the dome, which can only be seen through chakra vision, is located. However this only works with things that have physical presence, chakra based techniques, intangibles and other such things are not detected by this technique and neither are anything underground due to the ground getting in the way. This can only target those hiding behind B-Rank or lower concealment techs.
Name: Fractal Mind (Signature)
Classification: Kinjutsu
Rank: D-Rank (Cannot be trained until after topic of Break)
Class: Passive
Range: Self
Description: Arikiko may have seemed like a very calm and controlled individual, one that was very much in control of himself but that was not true. Arikiko was not the ruling conscience between him and his Living Weapon, no it was actually Morghul who held absolute control over him but eventually this control would be strained. Morghul of course would fight against it... As would Arikiko and eventually he broke. The consciences experienced something like a slight fusion with Arikiko becoming more eccentric and insane due to it but occasionally Morghul's personality comes to the front again, making Arikiko calm once more although much crueller, darker and more evil, much as though Morghul's personality was amplified in his drive to retain control. This actual technique is just to represent the break and the fact that certain techniques will have different effects depending on who is in absolute control. (Every twenty posts (Total) in a topic a dice is rolled. On a 51+ the other personality takes control. Topics always start with the Broken Mindset in command)
Subject: The First Age of Madness (C-Rank Missing training) 
17th May 2014, 12:19 pm
