Zetsume was quite unsure as to what make of this man before him. His demeanor and his way of acting about things were all different from what he had expected a Kage from another village to act like. Especially one from the village hidden in the stone. Then again he knew nothing of other places as he had been secluded to his own village and his own people that he never even found time to venture off to see some of the world until now. Even though the man was showing the same signs of friendliness it did not make him any more less nervous as he was. The man's yellow eyes seemed to notice everything and almost felt like they could pierce his soul. A small part of him wanted to use an illusion on him and flee, but then what of Repede and how far could he really get away from this man before being hunted down. Even if by some miracle he did escape the man surely had guards outside waiting for their lord of at least jounin level status probably higher, and if he came running out they would surely catch him and thus he would no longer help his people. This was something he could not allow to happen, at least this man called Akira was being friendly. It could very well be a good start towards building a union towards the villages. Zetsume would have to try and help this man when he could and how he could. Shortly after Zetsume had told the man he was a practitioner of the Genjutsu arts there was a small spark in his eyes that were followed by his softly spoken words, much softer than anyone he had ever heard speak. Almost a slight pleasantry on the ears.
"I wouldn't say I am immune to tricks. Just not a fan of having pranks and illusions played out in front of me. Or on me for that matter. But as I seek to understand it my abilities as a taijutsu expert will expand to new levels. Much like with your archery but on a much more personal and bone breaking level. But please do not feel any hesitation to speak your mind when you and I are alone. And please just call me Akira in private. This isn't an official meeting so we can dispense with the pleasantries yes? Ah but you are an angel sent in my time of need good sir. Please look over these notes at your leisure and try and translate them in a way a simpleton like me can understand."Zetsume was almost floored when the man had finished speaking. Not only was he being polite in the presence of a ninja from another village but he also had a humble approach. He had asked Zetsume to call him Akira, which is something he did not expect. As with most Kage's they enjoy their title and their prestige, often getting somewhat angry at people who did not address them as their title. Not that it really bothered Zetsume much as it was much easier to call him by his name. Though that was not the only reason why he was floored, he almost seemed like he was genuinely excited to see him because of his arts. Even going as far as to say that he was an angel, this only somewhat boosted his ego causing him to let out a small smile. Which his dog Repede instantly picked up on, lightening his mood to. Now Zetsume felt even more compelled to help this man in any way he could, which was even more flooring seeing as normally he would not do such an activity, hell it could be seen as helping the enemy though right now the two of them seemed like pals. Akira had moved out of the way for him before dusting off the chair to sit upon it, straightening up his tie. Seemed the man also had some class and respect, slightly unusual for ninjas. Zetsume had never really liked people from other villages but this guy was not all that bad. Letting out a small smile before speaking back in his friendly tone,
"I will see what I can do, Akira. Though no promises, this place does look like it is a little outdated and I do not know of the contents of which I am about to read. Never the less I shall see if I can help."Zetsume walked past Akira who had been sitting on the chair, before rummaging through the notes that were on the desk. Most of them were hardly readable and when they were they spoke of nonsense. Then his eyes looked upon a journal and when he had opened it, Akira had spoke again which almost startled him.
"Might I have the pleasure of petting your companion? I do so love dogs. Loyal creatures that would quickly place their masters life before their own. I prefer their presence over any other animal."Turning around he could see Akira's hand out before Repede's nose to let the dog sniff it. It was a quite unexpected thing for the man to also enjoy the company of the canine species though Zetsume was a little over protected of the dog, he was reluctant to let him pet him. Though if the man should harm him, Zetsume knew it would turn ugly. Letting out a small smile, he spoke back in his friendly usual tone that he had been using.
"By all means be my guest. He is friendly as a whole though. Just so long as you do not try and startle him. He can understand our language but can not mimic it. So if you want you could converse with him while I look through these notes. I am sure he would love the attention"Repede sniffed the mans hand to get his scent then crawled closer to him as to get a good petting. Zetsume turned back around to go back to the studies of the owner of this cave, skimming through the journal. At first it was almost a futile search. It spoke of nonsense that even Zetsume did not understand. Then he read a paragraph that startled him. Within the contents of the paragraph it spoke of how his genjutsu went wrong, then it became almost unreadable. Zetsume turned back a few pages as to thoroughly read again quickly, his eyes became wide as he noticed what had happened. From as far as he could tell the man was heartbroken over the loss of his family and then to see their faces again he cast a genjutsu on himself to see them. Though when he did his mind had warped thus warping the genjutsu as it is based off what the user wants the victim to see. If the mind of the caster is not healthy then it could lead to horrible images. Zetsume slowly stood up and walked over to a mirror to see his reflection, it seemed that this was how he used the visual genjutsu on himself, noticing small scratches on the side unsure as what to make of them. Zetsume cleared his throat before speaking
"Genjutsu is the art of manipulating the body's five senses to cause a slight deviation from the truth. Sight, hearing, tasting, smelling, and finally touching. The most common are Sight and hearing as most genjutsu uses those as the other senses would be hard to do. It seems that this poor fellow could not accept the death of his loved ones and thus just wanting to see their faces again cast the genjutsu on himself using this mirror. Of course this is nothing more than an observation and I could be wrong. Since he was manipulating his own mind, it seems it backfired causing him to see horrific visions of them. More than likely of how they died or what they looked like when he saw their dead bodies. A genjutsu user knows never to cast it upon themselves, even if you could just release it. From how the journal goes from slightly sane to bat shit crazy then back to sane then back to bat shit crazy makes me think he actually dispelled it but it kept casting each time he looked into the mirror. Hmmmm I dunno, seems you should have looked for a master in the arts instead of coming here. You would learn nothing from these studies except the fact that casting it upon yourself is a silly thing to do. Zetsume walked back towards Akira before speaking again.
"If you would like I could cast one upon you. Nothing harmful, just a visual genjutsu that causes no harm to the victim other than showing an illusion. You did say you would like to learn more of it, well I could help you by showing you first hand what I meant by you need a trigger of the five senses. This of course will be a visual one, so I would need for you to look me in the eyes if you would like to see what i mean."He was really unsure as to how the man would take it. Though he hoped he could help the man in any way he could and looking through those crappy notes on the desk would have had Akira lost on what Genjutsu was really about. Zetsume smiled and if the man accepted he would use his False image genjutsu the moment he looked him in the eyes. Though if he declined he would not even cast it. He stood there looking at Akira and waited for his response before he would cause a false image of himself. Zetsume was worried how the man would take his offer, hopefully he did not take it as an attack as he was really only trying to demonstrate what he meant. Letting out a smile in hopes that he would not think anything bad of it
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- Jutsu that could be used:
Name: False Image
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Element: N/A
Range: 25m
Specialty: Genjutsu
Duration: 2 posts
Cooldown: 4 posts
Description: Once the user looks into the eyes of the victim it activates without the enemy noticing. Instantly makes the target of their choice invisible while making a false image of the target. This means that the target can move freely without the enemy being able to visual see them(Could hear the footsteps). The enemy will think that the target is still there and without physically hitting it, they can not confirm that it is real or not. Once this "False Image" is hit it disappears revealing the target. If they happen to notice that it is indeed a genjutsu, Kai could snap them out of it. Also if they receive any pain from any source it could break the Genjutsu. Mostly used for ambush. This is triggered when user is at least 50m close to the victim. -15 chakra to use.