An understanding of the Chakra

The concept of chakra originates in Hindu texts and features in tantric and yogic traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Its name derives from the Sanskrit word for "wheel" or "turning" (cakraṃ चक्रं [ˈtʃəkrə̃], pronounced [ˈtʃəkrə] in Hindi; Pali: cakka चक्क, Thai: จักระ, Telugu: చక్రo, Tamil: சக்கரம், Kannada: ಚಕ್ರ, Chinese: 轮, Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ་; khorlo).^[1]

The chakras are believed to be a number of wheel-like vortices which, according to traditional Indian medicine, exist in the surface of the subtle body of living beings. The chakras are said to be "force centers" or whorls of energy permeating, from a point on the physical body, the layers of the subtle bodies in an ever-increasing fan-shaped formation. Rotating vortices of subtle matter, they are considered focal points for the reception and transmission of energies. Different belief systems posit a varying number of chakras; the best-known system in the West has seven chakras.

Chakra Centres

It is typical for chakras to be depicted as either flower-like or wheel-like. In the former case, "petals" are shown around the perimeter of a circle. In the latter, spokes divide the circle into segments making the chakra resemble a wheel (or "chakra"). Each chakra possesses a specific number of segments or petals.

Although there are various interpretations as to what exactly a chakra is, the following features are common to all systems:

• They form part of a subtle energy body, along with the energy channels, or nadis (Thai: นาฑีส์), and the subtle winds, or pranas (Thai: ปราณส์).
• They are located along a central nadi, Sushumna (Thai: สุษุมฺนา), which runs either alongside or inside the spine.
• Two other nadis, Ida (Thai: อิทะ) and Pingala (Thai: ปิงฺคละ), also run through the chakras, and alongside Sushumna. They occasionally cross Sushumna at the location of the chakras.
• They possess a number of 'petals' or 'spokes'. In some traditions, such as the Tibetan, these spokes branch off into the thousands of nadis that run throughout the human body.
• They are generally associated with a mantra seed-syllable, and often with a variety of colours and deities.

A chakra is believed to be a center of activity that receives, assimilates, and expresses life force energy. The word chakra literally translates as wheel or disk and refers to a spinning sphere of bioenergetic activity emanating from the major nerve ganglia branching forward from the spinal column. Generally, six of these wheels are described, stacked in a column of energy that spans from the base of the spine to the middle of the forehead, the seventh lying beyond the physical world. It is the six major chakras that correlate with basic states of consciousness...

Once moulded, it can be channelled through the chakra circulatory system, which is to chakra as the regular circulatory system is to blood, to any of the 361 chakra points in the body. Through various methods, the most common of which is hand seals, the chakra can then be manipulated to create an effect that would not be possible otherwise, such as walking on water, exhaling fire or creating illusions.

Most warriors have a natural affinity to one type of chakra, but they have the capacity to create elemental chakra apart from their own affinity. There are five basic types, each stronger and weaker to another, but their relations, weaknesses, and strengths to each other are all explored. For instance, Fire is weaker against water but stronger against life. It matches Death equally while all others fall weaker to death except life which is stronger to death. Wind style chakra is weak against lightning style. 

Chakra System

Each chakra in your spinal column is believed to influence or even govern bodily functions near its region of the spine. Because autopsies do not reveal chakras, most people think they are a fancy of fertile imagination. Yet their existence is well documented in the traditions of the Far East...

Chakras are described as energy centers along the spine located at major branchings of the human nervous system, beginning at the base of the spinal column and moving upward to the top of the skull, through which, believers assert, pass 3 major energy channels, Sushumna, Ida and Pingala. Chakras are considered to be a point or nexus of biophysical energy or prana of the human body. Shumsky asserts that "prana is the basic component of your subtle body, your energy field, and the entire chakra system...the key to life and source of energy in the universe."

 There is also the dealing of Yin and Yang and the balance of mental and physical energies. In addition to these five elements, certain kekkei genkai can mix elemental chakra to form new natures, for example it is possible to mix water and wind into ice. While many ninja can use more than one type of chakra, very few are able to use them simultaneously.

 chakra takes time and a great deal of training to gradually build up. Thus, the key is not actually having chakra, but being able to sufficiently control and conserve it. Everyone has chakra, but only skilled ninja warriors can correctly "mould" and "manipulate" it to its fullest extent.

The Great Eye Techniques

The Three great eye techniques, sharingan, byakugan and the rinnegan, require a little amount of Chakra to be used. The more they are used the more chakra is used up making the body weaker. The Chakra flows to every part of the body through a Chakra System pathway through vessels just like the blood. Taijutsu-physical attacks do not use chakra while Ninjutsu and Genjutsu use chakra depending upon the power of the attack used.

The Sharingan
( Literally meaning "Copy Wheel Eye", Meaning (Viz) "Mirror Wheel Eye") is one of the three Great Eye Techniques, which appears in some members of the Firecaster Clan. Along with the Byakugan and the Rinnegan. The Sharingan is also called "Heaven's Eye" because of the many abilities it grants the user.


Abilities :
The Sharingan's abilities consist of two parts: the "Eye of Insight" and the "Eye of Hypnotism"

Sharingan eye

The first of the Sharingan's powers is being able to see the flow of chakra. The Sharingan itself gives colour to chakra, allowing the wielder to differentiate them. They are also able to tell if a person is under a genjutsu because the person's chakra flow would be irregular. The Sharingan's second-most prominent ability grants the user an incredible clarity of perception, allowing them to easily recognise genjutsu and different forms of chakra, and see through objects, though not to the same extent as the Byakugan. This also allows the user to pick up on subtle details, enabling them to read lip movements or mimic something like pencil movements.
As the Sharingan evolves, gaining more tomoe seals, this ability extends to being able to track fast-moving objects before finally giving some amount of predictive capabilities to the user, allowing them to see the image of an attacker’s next move from the slightest muscle tension in their body and counter attack or dodge without any wasted movement. However, even though the user may be able to see an attack or know it is coming, their body may not always have time to react. The maximum tomoe seals one can evolve are three.
The Sharingan's third and most well-known ability is that it grants the user the ability to memorise almost any technique that he or she witnesses, apart from other kekkei genkai techniques.
(Kekkei Genkai techniques are the techniques that only the members of a certain clan can develop, like the sharingan and byakugan)
The user can memorise ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu with near perfect accuracy, allowing the user to use the techniques as their own, or even modify them to create their own new techniques.


The Byakugan

Byakugan eye

  (Literally meaning "White Eye", Meaning (Viz) "All Seeing White Eye") is the Great Eye Technique of the Deathcaster clan. Those who inherit the blood of this clan have almost featureless white eyes. When the Byakugan is activated, the user's pupils become more distinct, and the veins near their temples bulge. It also appears that unlike the other two great dōjutsu, all members of the clan possess and can use the kekkei genkai from birth, as opposed to needing to awaken or not inheriting it at all.

Abilities :
The first ability of the Byakugan gives the user a near 360º field of vision, except for one blind spot at the back of the neck above the third thoracic vertebra. Upon activation, the wielder is granted an automatic 50 metre field of vision around themselves. The second ability is being able to see through solid objects, and can use a degree of telescopic sight. The distance and the degree of telescopic sight varies from person to person, and can be improved, the 50 metre range can be improved to 800 metres to 10 kilometres!
One of the most powerful aspects of the Byakugan is the ability to see the chakra circulatory system, which is the key aspect of using the Gentle Fist style to attack said system. If sufficiently developed, the Byakugan is able to see individual chakra points, potentially allowing the user to shut off the opponent's chakra flow completely, such that the opponent cannot perform techniques that require chakra. Seasoned Byakugan users are even capable of killing with a single blow. There are several techniques developed specifically for Byakugan users that are performed through the Gentle Fist style, which complement and make use of the Byakugan's abilities.

Rinnegan eye

The Rinnegan 
is characterised by a ripple-like pattern over the eyeballs, with a light purple iris and sclera. It is said to be the most powerful of the Three Great Eye Techniques.  It was admired as being able to bring forth all ninjutsu.
 It was said that in times when the world is in disorder, a person is sent down from the heavens to become either a "God of Creation" who will calm the world, or a "Destroyer" who will reduce everything to nothingness.
It also allows the user to use all of the six paths techniques, as well as the seventh- that is "beyond life and death"
The first and only person to possess the Rinnegan was the Sage of the Six Paths, who is believed to have been the first ninja of the world. Because of the Sage's mythical status, many people believed the Rinnegan was only a legend or a mutation.
The Six paths are, Asur Path, Animal Path, Human Path, Dev Path, Pret Path, Narak Path and the seventh, Outer path to sansar. It was believed the Sage of Six Paths could transition from different dimensions. He could disappear from life using the Sansar of Heavenly life technique. 


Rinnegan is a legend, no one at present or in the recent past has possessed it. The sharingan and byakugan are believed to have parallely evolved from Rinnegan. 








Using these great eye techniques for very long durations can cause eye stress making the eye so weak that it might not be able to differentiate between two people for a long while.

4.The beginning of the end

Land of Iron ,

"Welcome sir..", A fat man said as he opened the door to his house, "i have been waiting for you."

Kane and Scarlet walk into his house and he closes the door. "what do you have that you think can interest me?", Kane asked as he walked to and sat on a couch, "sit Scarlet", he patted the space next to him on the couch. Scarlet hesitated for a moment, Did Kane not care what people would say about him for letting a slave sit with him? 

"Sir this dirty slave can't..", The man tried to speak but was interrupted by Kane, "Do not... utter.. a word... DI..EG..O", he certainly was angry Diego guessed by the way he spoke his name, "Scarlet isn't dirty like your woman, and she is not YOUR slave. Another act of disrespect for Scarlet and i shall be leaving with nothing but i will make sure your head does not remain in it's place!" 

Having said that Kane pulled Scarlet on the couch with him. Scarlet did not want any blood, specially in her name. "uh.. i.. i am sorry my lord forgive me..i apologize Princess," Diego managed to speak. Scarlet wondered if she was referred as 'Princess' really or were it her ears? It had been years since she visited her land, and the people of life, the only people who called her 'Princess'.

"Now speak  that for which you had sent for me," Kane said crossing his legs one on the other.
"uh.. right.. sir..," Diego sat on the other couch,"i heard from my sources that King Diedara has been conspiring against you for a while now, if you ever wondered why he has been sending you to so many missions lately, if my sources are to be believed, it is because he wants you to never come back from one such mission. He has been giving you missions so everyone gets used to it and nobody doubts him when one day only the news of your death returns. Now i hope you know why could i not come to you to tell what i knew."


"Anything else?", Kane asked un-moved by the information he was given, but Scarlet was.
"uh? my lord.. you do not seem worried?," Diego inquired but Scarlet interrupted the conversation, "WHY?? why does he wants to kill Kane now!? i mean.. kill master now?"


Kane spoke first before Diego could, "well, Diego, now if you can answer Scarlet, that would be something i don't know already." Diego realized that Kane knew about his death being planned, he could not make out why it wasn't affecting Kane, it wasn't like he was the strongest and nobody could kill him, yet his face did not show a little discomfort either. Rather Scarlet felt more fearful and worried."i cannot be sure yet but i believe, Diedara wants your eyes sir. he wants the sharingan. That is what i know for now."

"What does he needs the sharingan for? that pervert can find no use of sharingan.. nothing better than looking through women's clothes!!," Scarlet screamed in anger and punched the table as she stood up. Kane stood up too and spoke as he walked to the door,"Send two of your best men to the hidden leaf village tomorrow morning, do not ask me why."
"y.... yes sir..but.. what about the deal?," Diego asked worried. Scarlet took out a small green bottle from her waist bag, and handed it over to Diego, "here it is.. you can summon the beast using this shinigami potion.. use some of this on your hands before you summon to avoid any damage to them."
"c'mon now Scarlet." Kane said and walked out, Scarlet followed, Diego was left alone in his home with an evil grin as he stared at the bottle.........

later... 

in the Raikage's Royal home, 

City of water,

"Why are so many women being raped!!? WHY IN OUR WATER!!? I NEED AN ANSWER!! ITS BEEN 6 YEARS! the people are going crazy! they want us to do something more concrete in the matter! and their demands are obvious!," The Raikage was screaming and shouting at the Jounins of water, who after so many years weren't able to find out anything.

The Raikage

"Sir we have tried consulting the medics too. last year more than a hundred women were raped and we conducted tests before leaving them outside the city, but they said they weren't raped. while it was so obvious because all of them have been seen on the spot while things happened. the situations have changed, earlier the medics said they did see signs of rape but since a couple of years these signs have ceased to show. and someone from the family is always present and chained into a chair or wall while the woman's purity is taken by some unknown man who has never been spotted anywhere else in the water other than when he is raping our women. all this is so confusing. we have searched for the man everywhere.. is it possible that our women are watching dreams of such horrible acts?", One of the Jounins explained.

"Don't ask me that Abdul ! it is your job to find out!," the Raikage shouted back. The door to the Hall suddenly fell down with a loud bang. "wha?", The Raikage turned quickly and the Jounins quickly took attacking positions as they got up from their seats. "How about i help you find it out?", A voice came from where the door used to be. 
"Kane...", The raikage calmed down a bit, "what are you here for?"
"To protect your women which you can't," He replied with a proud smirk and walked in. The eyes of the Jounins followed him as he walked with Scarlet and took one of the seats. The Raikage was pissed at his statement but smiled, he for some reason loved the way this boy made himself comfortable. His confidence impressed the Raikage who would have usually considered this a disrespect but for some reason he didn't. Kane definitely acted like a spoiled Prince but since a few years now, people of all other clans too have started building some respect for him for all the good work he has done ever since Scarlet came into his life 5 years ago. 
"and how do you plan to do that?," asked one of the Jounins.
"your women, as i heard you found out 2 years before were being raped by shadow clones.", Kane answered," What you still do not know is that who was behind the clones.. am i right? or am i..... right?" 
Scarlet stood behind his chair keeping her hands on his shoulders, she continued for him, "the fire and death were behind it"

"WHAT!!?", The Raikage screamed banging the desk,"Diedara just came a few months ago to dissolve the issues and have friendly relations with Water! that scrawny puny!"
 "Diedara never does anything unless he gains something from it," Scarlet said. Having lived in the City of Fire, she has now known a lot about the land of fire, mostly from Kane and Sarah.

"so this friendly visit had to do something with the rapes?", Abdul asked. Scarlet did not speak so Kane did,"It was an excuse. He had come to visit a hidden base outside the borders of your city in the Land of Fire. He could be questioned if he travels this far from the City of Fire for no reason."


"ok.. if only the land of death was behind this, it was fine to believe you but why are you revealing the secrets of Fire?", another jounin asked. This had the  Raikage thinking, he spoke while rubbing his chin,"hmmm.... he is right..why to believe you?"


Kane smirked and said,"i did not say you have to believe me... your choice." The Raikage thought for a moment and could make out what Kane meant and he said, "Jounins of the water, we here have no other choice now than to believe this boy as far as i can see. Any questions?" Everyone nodded a no then Kane spoke again, "Now the mystery of women and a witness admitting case of a rape... to be honest, none of the women you have thrown out of the city in last two years have been raped, if i estimate, probably half of your city is under a genjutsu. Some one is using some sort of Genjutsu on people and making them see and hear things that have not happened."


"Genjutsu?" The Raikage looked confused. "uh... i think they don't know what it is master.. the art of genjutsu is limited to the lands fire and death" Scarlet said to Kane, then went on to explain, "Just like Ninjutsu is for the chakra moves, Taijutsu for physical moves, Genjutsu is for... you could say, use of chakra with the eye.. my master possesses sharingan, a form of genjutsu eye. He is the last survivor of his clan except for his brother so at present they are the only two possessors of Sharingan. In the same way there is Byakugan and Rin'negan."


"do you mean your brother could be behind this Kane?" Scarlet asked wanting to here a negative answer. She did not want Brooklyn and Kane together, because after seeing Brooklyn she knows her Kane wouldn't be normal.


Kane shook his head slowly,"Brooklyn won't be involved in such acts. Rin'negan in history has been possesed by only the Sage of Six paths. and he is dead for a good many years. It is someone with a byakugan, from the land of death"


"Now leave the rest to me! i will find and beat up those involved in all these un-heavenly acts!", The Raikage said furiously. In a land where purity of women mattered so much, where women were something to feel proud of, such acts shook up the whole city, specially when they keep happening since years. Kane refused, "i gave you what i needed, you give me what i need."

"so you came up here for a deal huh?", asked the Raikage," i had to know a fire won't be so generous. do you know i can finish you in one blow and there won't be a trace of you Mr.Fire?"
 Kane only smirked a little, "go ahead then" 
The Raikage smiled, "i like this cocky confidence of yours. what is it that i can give you young boy?"
Kane looked at the Jounins carefully before speaking, "You"
There were sudden eruptions of questions like what? why? accompanied with opinions 'no way'

The Raikage had everyone quiet, "what do you want from me?."
"Loyalty," was the only thing Kane said. The Raikage looked confused, "Loyalty?"
"I have a goal to achieve and i will need men. Strong men. You are going to be one of them." Kane declared rather than requested.
"huh.. if it needs a strong man, I am the only one in the world!" Said the Raikage with proud. Anybody by a look at him could tell how he loved to fight. An epitome of the male species' warrior insticts he was. 




Kane stood up and walked to the door as he spoke and Scarlet followed, "i will come back when i need you" and the two disappeared outside the broken door.








The sky was cold now as Kane and Scarlet flew on the back of Dranzer. The sun had set and evening was on the verge of being a night. 


"i still do not understand Kane, as far as i know you, you wouldn't have given that potion to Diego. why would you give such a power to someone like Diego? what if he really releases the beast of its seal?" Scarlet asked all of a sudden. Kane looked at her and spoke in his usual 'tone of no feelings', "your answer for a kiss.. deal?". He still looked at her not showing anything on his face. The only thing that could distinguish him from Brooklyn were his eyes, that had a fire of life. A passion. Brooklyn's eyes were as dead as his soul. Scarlet looked back into those warm crimson orbs that had her at hello, she smiled and leaned in closer, pressing her lips to his and kissing him with all her love. Kane responded to the kiss passionately. Any further questions were given a rest as the lovers kissed there way back to the City of Fire....




Scarlet's P.O.V.


and here we were.. kissing gain... his lips had me crazy always.. i wonder if mine had his.. of course they did.. or else why would he kiss me? i had to smile inside when his lips felt mine. i felt so relaxed. his lips were softly caressing mine.. and i was drawn into it again.. i kissed him back.. with all my heart.. i wanted him to feel what i felt.. my hands wrapped around his neck and i pulled him closer.. i forgot we were on Dranzer as we kissed.. he leaned forward and had me fall on my back as he lay on me.. we kissed passionately for how long i don't know.. his hands were all over me.. mine were on him.. we were exploring each other.. i felt his tongue softly kissing my lips and i knew what my little lover wanted.. i let him in  and sucked him softly.. i caressed him with my lips and let him make out with my own tongue because i was busy with my Kane.. we kissed and our tongues were dancing together.. his hands grabbed mine.. sliding them above my head.. holding them down on the soft feathery back of our friend.. he loved to dominate.. he had a love for power.. lke all the men of fire.. infact, most of the men in the world loved power.. but i loved his domination on me.. i responded his kisses with mine.. and then he broke the kiss.. as he made his way down.. he left my hands and i was quick to wrap them around him as he pressed his soft fiery lips on the nape of my neck. i let out a sigh of pleasure.. smiling.. i wonder if he forgot the world too like i did when we loved each other.. 


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In the bright sky, Dranzer flew away into the sun, soaring through the skies and above the clouds at great speeds.. The legendary bird of Fire, as the world knew it had never had a master as loving as Kane. He treated Dranzer as a friend. He had Dranzer since his childhood. And as far as it remembered, this was the youngest man to have such incredible will, summoning dranzer and then providing it so much strength that it can take its full form in feathers and not in fires was not an easy task. Not even many Kings of Fire in the previous generations could summon it. If they did, they couldn't provide enough chakra for Dranzer to take its complete form.

Watchig the sun glowing bright in front of his eyes, Dranzer knew what went on upon his back, it's soul smiled, for it had never seen the Prince of Fire so lost into something other than his thoughts. It seemed Dranzer was very much non-existent to the lovers. It shrieked loudly into the yellow sky. Its shriek echoed all over the lands and waters. Kane and Scarlet lay entangled to each other.. her lips not ready to leave his. But Kane pulled back.. he stared into her green eyes and whispered, "Scarlet.. "
"yes..", she whispered back
"you don't have to call me master everytime.. i have had enough.. i don't like being called master.. i don't care anymore what the world thinks"

"i could see that at Diego's home.. and i am happy.. not because i get to be equal to you.. but because you have chosen the right path."


Kane got up from her and said, "no.. i haven't.. i am just being what i actually am.."
Scarlet sat up and smiled, "that is exactly the same thing kane... when i met you.. i knew you were not like others.. you are a fire that will burn all the evils.. a fire that will light up the world.. i have faith in you."
Kane looked ahead.. his crimson orbs stared at the sun so determined, Scarlet felt the sun might look away when Kane spoke, "probably not..."

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"You want me to hate you, I already hate you. I hate you with a passion. This is the beginning of your end, I will climb over you, I will be stronger, I will avenge the death of our parents. You began this story Brooklyn, but i will write the end... the end of Brooklyn Firecaster, the beginning of a new beginning"

 

3. Hatred : The Path to Power?

Scarlet walked her way back home. The surroundings now felt familiar to her but it still held some beauty. The animate fire designs on walls made it feel like some of those houses were burning, but now she knew it was the fire paint. The Land of Fire was not only a military super power but it was technically more advanced too.
"hey scarlet!" a voice called her from behind, she turned and saw a girl running towards her, "Sarah!", she replied and smiled happily. Sarah was another slave, she belonged to King Diedara, his favorite slave of the hundreds he had. Over the time She had grown friends with Scarlet being of about the same age.

Sarah came running and hugged Scarlet, throwing out apologies the moment she pulled back from the hug while she was panting, "i am so sorry i could not wish you on your birthday, Lord Diedara kept me busy for days.. i..." She took a break to breathe when Scarlet giggled, "its okay Sarah... relax...i know how the fire king is and i enjoyed my birthday a lot with Kane.. and he said that you may not have been able to make it but your blessings did make it to me and i too think the same"
Sarah looked at Scarlet and her face gleamed with a naughty smile, "oooh! a lonely birthday with the Prince huh? How ROMANTIC!!!", she exclaimed like a tease and was successful in making the blonde girl blush.

"uh... yes, i think.. it was ...romantic," Scarlet admitted feeling the blood filling her cheeks as they turned further red. Sarah like the curios lady she was, was more than curious to know more, "Tell me the details at your home!" she declared and caught hold of Scarlet's hand dragging her along as fast as she could. "wait wait Kane is gonna be back i can't tell it in front of him! Sarah wait!", Scarlet's resistance went in vain and she shook her head. Sarah was like the small girl next door who would be curious about such things and she was a specimen of 'girlishness' and followed all the girly activities like a religion. She always looked her best and did not care who lusts for her for no one would try to harm the King's favorite.

Meanwhile.... 

In the Forest of the Hidden Leaf,   
Land of Fire,

"aaargh! ... huh... huff...You! You're just a kid! and yet you're stronger than Diedara for sure! why are you not the King then?", Zan asked rather annoyed that after fighting for an hour he was still loosing the battle.

"I do not feel the need to answer Zan", Kane replied coldly, "all you need to know is that your time on this land is over. You have taken many innocent lives, it is time you go to them and say sorry" Kane's eyes shined with fire as his body began to glow blue.

Zan laughed, "you are telling me you will revenge the lives of those innocents?" Zan made some hand signs

"as if i care who you killed, your mistake was to think you could kill ME, who paid you pest? this is your last chance to answer!" Kane declared his un-questionable intentions to kill Zan right their as he did his own hand signs

"hahaha...i walk around ready to be buried in the soil anytime, i do not fear death. I.... AM ......DEATH!" Zan ran towards Kane with his broad and heavy sword on his back, "Death style point death jutsu!"

Zan pushed forward his right hand with the death jutsu, all he had to do was get a hold on any of Kane's body parts

"as you wish!", Kane moved towards Zan too with his recently learned lightning style attack, " Chidori !!"

Kane's hand held a blue ball of energy that was generating electricity in the air up to some distance as he approached Zan but suddenly another man from the Land of Death appeared who kicked Kane out of the way sending him straight into a tree.

"what? what are you doing here!! you! i was almost about to kill him!!" Zan shouted at the little man in front of him. wearing a black robe designed with a few red clouds, the collar completely covered the neck and even reached up to cover the mouth just like the one Zan was wearing.

"i can't believe you would work for a King who can't even kill a kid. Let the kid live" the man said and looked at the fallen Kane who was getting up again holding his stomach.

"urgh..! uh! .. this... hurt...", Kane mumbled under his breath as he absorbed the pain while still not believing a kick could hurt him so and looked at the attacker. His eyes widened with surprise and fear, which were soon replaced by the familiar fire and rage...hatred for the man, "Brooklyn..."

"good to see you remember me little brother," Brooklyn said without even showing a hint of any feeling on his face. Zan looked at Brooklyn then at Kane, "ah.. so this is your little brother huh? i thought he would be weak by the way you had always described him."

"he is pretty weak, unfortunately, you are weaker." , Brooklyn said making Zan angry but he never cared what others think. His face had shown lesser expressions than many animals since Zan has known him.

Rain started to fall slowly from the sky when Kane finally got up, "I am not weak! i am strong! and i will prove it tonight Brooklyn! i will prove it by sending you to where you sent our parents! TO HELL!!!", Kane screamed his last two words as he lunged forward, his eyes had a passion, a passion to kill the man in front of him, his elder brother.

"Chidori swarm!!", he used his most powerful lightning style jutsu and moved faster than he ever did reaching his attackers almost in a flash but his chidori was effortlessly caught by Brooklyn.

"huh?", Kane looked up into Brooklyn's eyes, surprised, confused, fearful. "wohohow!" Zan moved back surprised at the ease with which such a powerful attack was caught like a kid's ball.

Brooklyn looked back at Kane as expression-less as one could be. The emptiness in his eyes further scared Kane who was once again feeling like the little kid who was crying for his life. "you are still weak Kane.. remember what i told you? hatred, it is the only path you can become strong. When you have enough hatred, when you have no other feeling, when you will not hesitate to kill anyone no matter how kind he has been, only then you will become as strong as me. I am your brother, a wall that you have to climb."

Brooklyn's words brought back the memories of a childhood, that was destroyed.

*FLASHBACK*

It was a dark alley, in a destroyed village, in a dark night. Kane walked through the alley, looking around at the lifeless bodies. He walked ahead to his home slowly, scared and worried for his family. His mind was full of questions, but the answers did not matter more than his family. He ran to the palace, his home..

"Ma!.. papa!" he called out. The palace had the same scenario like the streets outside, gueards dead, lights blown out, silence everywhere. His voice echoed in the thick air. He had never been so scared. When he ran his way back to the village after training for hours in the forest and learning his new jutsu, he thought he would tell his father of his new accomplishment and hopefully he might this time praise him for his hard work. But what he saw when he reached near the palace shook him. As he walked into the King's room to look for his father, he was more than scared and dumbfounded. "Brother! wha...what are you doing? what is happening? who is this man?" he asked as he looked towards the man. "Brooklyn! no!" Kane screamed as he saw his brother slice his hand equipped with a dark jutsu across their father's neck. Their father's dead body fell on the ground besides their dead mother. "NOOO!!!!!" Kane screamed as his eyes instantly watered and he ran towards his now dead parents, "papa!!", he looked at Brooklyn, "brother....why? who is this man.. our parents,...!", Kane's voice was cold, not finding its way out of his throat anymore as he burs into tears. He did not fail to notice the lifeless eyes of his brother which reflected no mercy, no love.  Since an year now, he had known his brother to be so, he had changed over time. his relation with their father had turned bitter but never in his dreams Kane could imagine he would go this far. Even their loving mother, he killed...

"This is Diedara.", Brooklyn finally spoke and signaled Diedara to move out. Kane watched Dieadara walk out and asked, "why?"

"because i want power. hatred and ruthlessness is the only way. i had to kill everyone to get that power.", Brooklyn replied. "Then i hate you more!", Kane rose up from the floor and ran towards Brooklyn but was punched in the face and thrown back into a wall.

Before he could fall after hitting the wall, a fast Brooklyn caught him by his neck against the wall, watching his mouth bleed, Brooklyn spoke again,

"Kane.. my brother.. i see your love for me dying already. that is good. in time, you will too learn the path to power. I could kill you too little brother. But as always, you are too weak. look at yourself, crying like a girl. I will let you live and die everyday when you remember this night, and realise how much of a weakling you are. but i will leave you with an advice, Hatred, ruthlessness, are the only paths to power, only the stronger has the right to live. Like me, i live because i can, Father couldn't, because he was not strong. i will leave you alive to feel my hatred. When you can hate me with all your heart, when you won't hesitate to seperate my head from my body, that will be the day you can call yourself strong. Until  then, run for your life little brother, so that you do not waste this chance that i gave you. Do not forget little brother, always remember, i am your brother, a wall that you have to climb, when you have eyes like mine, come to me", he finished as a tear rolled down his emotion less eyes which was immediately noticed by the little brother.

Kane listened to every word that his brother had to say and then he fell to the ground as Brooklyn left hold of his neck and walked out. Kane was feeling the hatred for the person he loved the most, his insides were burning with a fire. His breathes were heavy and burning when he hear footsteps approaching. Looking up he saw Diedara walking towards him with a sword, and a grin on his face, "looks like he could not kill his beloved brother so he left the job to me. Kane, i will show some mercy poor child, i will end your pain, because i know this pain. when your father killed my father, i felt so weak, but i will end this for you"

Diedara raised his sword but Kane punched hard on his belly with a burning fist.

Diedara's eyes bulged out in surprise and pain as Kane's fist remained connected for a second. Dieadara fell to his knees and with a kick on his head, Kane ensured his way was clear, he ran out and away far from the reach of Dieadara, crying into the silent streets looking for his brother who was nowhere.

*END OF FLASH BACK*

"Grow up kid, i will not leave you everytime. c'mon Zan, tell Diedara your mission cannot be finished because you have to come with me for an important mission. Killing a kid is not our job" Brooklyn pushed back Kane's hand making him fall back on the ground. "wait!" Kane screamed but Brooklyn and his partner disappeared into smoke.

Kane was left alone in the forest with his horrible childhood, the feeling of weakness that he hated, one moment he was all strong and dominant over Zan but Brooklyn once again brought up the weak Kane. The Kane who feared, who cried, did nothing to hide his feelings. The rain drops made their way down his cheeks along with the tears Brooklyn had left. The strong prince of fire sat their in the darkness, 'crying like a girl'.

Kane's home..

"its so late, Kane said he would be back in two days and the night is almost over too.", Scarlet expressed her concern to Sarah.

"oh c'mon he is the PRINCE of FIRE! what can happen to him? he is fearless and strong, and i have seen many great legendary warriors praise him while talking to Lord Diedara.. now tell me what happened after you were in the boat?"

"umm...okay..", Scarlet agreed but she was still concerned, "so.. we were in that lake in a boat and......."

*FLASH BACK*

"what are you looking at?," Scarlet asked blushing as she felt something happen in her body with Kane's constant gaze at her. "i am watching you" Kane replied normally, his voice held that usual command, "you look very much more beautiful under the moon. now i know why men are after possessing as many women as they can"

"uh..umm... lets not talk about all that Kane.. its just us.. i wanna spend this time with you", Scarlett said it straight knowing Kane is never gonna understand things like a guy should. "hmm...", was all he said as he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer. "you like the moon?"

"yes, it is beautiful." Scarlet replied.

"i like it too. it chills me. i like cold", he said.

Scarlet smiled at how unromantic this man could be in such a situation. They were in the middle of a lake, on a boat, the two of them alone under the full moon in a cold night. Scarlet found it difficult to believe this was Kane's idea to bring her here for her birthday, "who told you i would like being in the middle of nowhere with the most un-romantic boy of the world?"

"Sarah.. i told her if it failed i would kill her." Kane told bluntly making Scarlet giggle, "what? you said you'll kill her? really?"

Kane smiled watching her giggle, "yes..i wanted this to be special for you"

Scarlet's heart felt like a butterfly that had just come out of her cocoon, she looked lovingly at him and slowly leaned closer.. closing her eyes just as slowly, "you've made this special already", she whispered before her lips joined his and expressed her joy to him as they danced upon his lips. He kissed her back pulling her closer by her waist and leaning more into her. Time passed but the kiss only deepened with every passing second. Kane's love for Scarlet was resurfacing as her lips pulled out all his love for her. His kiss began to exhibhit the same fire that............

*END OF FLASHBACK*

"...... and i don't wanna give all those small details to you but we made love.. passionate love and i just love him so much!", Scarlet said beaming with pride.

"you are such an actor! you never let me know that you knew it was my plan!..", Sarah giggled, "but if you love him, and it is so certain he loves you so much too then why don't you confess it?"

"is there a need?" Scarlet asked seeming obvious. they already did live like lovers when no one was around. "and besides.. i don't know if Kane knows he loves me and if he does, i don't know if he will accept me.. he is not that normal being from the fire clan and all. he does not even knows that a man can love any woman and not only a woman of his clan"

"yes... that is a fact.. ", Sarah admitted when they heard a knock at the main doors. Scarlet jumped out of her seat, "its him i know!" She ran to the door and pulled it open, smiling like the happiest woman on the planet, she hugged the handsome boy in front of her "i missed you so much,.. what took you so much time?"

Scarlet's smile faded as she noticed the bruises on his arm when he did not speak. He pushed her aside and walked in, "i need a shower.. i am tired" he said as he walked past Sarah. Sarah took it as the signal for her to leave, "i guess i'll leave you lovers alone" she said as she hugged Scarlet and left.

Kane did not talk much that night, Scarlet's dinner was left uneaten as none of them ate. The night ended in thoughts for them, Scarlet was hurt by the way she was being treated, Kane di not like it but if he could not even hurt a slave how could he ever match the strength of his brother? 'Maybe he was right, ruthlessness and hatred is the path to power', he thought., 'it takes a great strength to hurt the people you love. it makes you stronger.. it does...'

the word 'love' in his thoughts brought Scarlet back into his thoughts and he wondered if he was in love with her. Scarlet never left his mind after that until he fell asleep.

The morning rays teared through the darkness of the night. The city of Fire was back to its chaotic state. Kane was ready with his red cape to leave with Scarlet after he had slipped into his dark blue Blue t-shirt and pants that were designed with yellow fire. Soon SCarlet came wearing her robe. They climbed on to his Dranzer, The Phoenix of Fire and left for the Land of Iron. As Scarlet sat comfortably on the bird's back, she leaned back into Kane's chest who was sitting behind her and asked "since you returned, you have been so.. quiet. what is it that troubles you?". Kane tried not to let her know about the humiliating night, "nothing.."

Scarlet turned towards him, held his cheek and looked into his eyes"Kane...trust me.. "

Kane sighed, "ok.. i.. i met my brother.. and.. he beat me.. over..ok?"

"your brother!? you mean.. the one they call Brooklyn?", Scarlet asked surprised, "why did he come?"

Kane clenched his fist, "i don't know..but he will have to pay.. pay for what he has done.."

She hugged him tight, "yes my lord.. he will pay.. don't worry.. we will make him pay for it.."

Kane hissed, "don't act like you understand me.. i don't need any sympathy". His voice was cold. full of hatred... hatred for his brother, hatred for those who thought he was weak and needed sympathy. "i.. i do understand you! we're almost the same.. we both lost our parents.. i know how it feels.." Scarlet was cut off in the middle by Kane, who almost shot back, "no you don't... you never had any parents since you had enough brains to understand this world.. i had them! and then i lost them! my very own brother killed them! you can never know how i feel.."

"uh.. Kane..?", Scarlet felt offended., "i think you need to visit the Suchikage again,..if something is troubling you, he will help guide you"

"i don't need any guidance.. i know what i have to do" Kane replied coldly again," i had a happy family once, The King of the most powerful land was my father, my mother was the most loving woman of the fire, so loving that people thought she was from the land of life, some still consider it a truth. Most of all, my brother.. we shared a bond, but it was broken, My happy world was ruined by my brother... i thought he loved me, but it was all fake, the love, the care, it WAS ALL FAKE! I live only to avenge the death of my people and my parents."


The red Phoenix flew away into the distance and disappeared from the sight of anyone who could see it from the ground below. Flying over the forests and mountains towards the land of iron....




"I am your brother, a wall that you have to climb"