Ancient History 101

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-X- Scene change and time change

YoY Different point of view

RnR Flash back

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Through the Eras

Currently, he's pretty much at a lost as to where he was. "I knew I shouldn't have used that brown ink…" He says out loud as he stares at the jungle around him. He glances behind him as something chirps; it reminded him of a bird but something about the way it sounded made him doubt it was a bird…

He finds a feathered reptile standing behind him, studying him with curiosity. Whatever it was, the feathered beast was standing upright, he thinks it's a reptile since he can see a scaly hide where the feathery fluff wasn't hiding the hide. The eyes remind him strongly of this sparrow hawk he saw this merchant had been trying to sell a few months ago. Though he stands taller then the beast, he could see that it was longer in the body, he can't tell how long exactly since he's seeing the beast head to head.

Once more the beast makes that chirping sound and suddenly, a few more head stick out of the ferns. They make other noises as they study him, and then a high pitched scream comes from behind him. The feathery beasts sound alert and without giving him a second look, they bolt behind him. He notes that they weren't moving as fast as a dog or as a rabbit, more like a fast walking dog, which means that he could easily out run them if he wanted to as he watches the way the beasts ran through the fern undergrowth.

He studies the trees around him before deciding that he'd be safer traveling through the tree tops then on the ground since it's likely that there are more alien beasts roaming around the jungle. He's glad that Kakashi taught them how to use their chakra to climb trees since he notices that there weren't that many low branches for him to use to pull himself up on. He leaps through the trees like a monkey or a squirrel; he does take note of other reptilian beasts as he travels from tree to tree.

He could only guess that a few of those beasts were about the size of a horse or larger. But again, he doesn't really have a measuring stick nor was he standing on the ground to see them up close. 'They're big.' Was the common thought that goes through his mind as he finally makes it to a fast flowing river. He blinks at the size of the corpse as the predator tears into it. He notices that scavengers were already beginning to show up, but were giving the giant being its room as the elephant sized meat eater feeds off of the even larger herbivore, he also notes that there were more tracks on the ground, which means that the predator is a pack hunter and the other two must have already taken what they want and left it to this one.

He's imagination was already playing out many different ideas of how well he'd do against a pack of those large meat eaters. He shivers, not liking those thoughts at all. He's attention was also drawn to the number of scavengers that have shown up, he's already arranging them based on their colours, what kind of feathery puffs they may or may not have, and lastly on size. 'Ok, I really hope that my experiment jutsu ends really soon, I really rather not have to hunt for my dinner today…' He tells himself, his stomach kind of rebelling on him as he continues to watch the huge two legged reptile eat the large, four legged, long necked herbivore.

-X-

He wisps sweat off his forehead before putting his forehead protector back on his head. Rain pounds down outside of the cave he's made his about seven months ago, he's been keeping track of time by using the moon and what little he knows of stargazing. His old orange jacket had been ruined in a fight with a pack of decent sized meat eaters which he's dubbed Blood Spats since they had more red markings on their faces. He's replaced it with a leather vest that he made out of a lot of trail and error in tanning the hides of different beasts. It took time for him to make a needle and thread as well.

In time, he came up with names of the local wildlife that have become his neighbours. Those short puffy feathered beasts that he first met he decided to call Mini Snips since they mostly eat insects so they're often sniping at insects as they move around the jungle. The huge elephant size predators he decided to call Thunder Kings since they're bellows could be heard through the jungle no matter where they're standing and they're kings since he hasn't seen anything try and test their authority at kills. Those were just examples of what he's encountered in the seven months of living in this humid jungle, he shudders as he remembers just how large some of the insects are capable of growing into.

He has found some copper to melt into useable things, he found that copper was much easier for him to use out of the various metal deposits he's found. He's made some jewellery for the heck of it as well as found some uncut gems. He's also resorted to using bones to make weapons since he doesn't want to try and replace the kunai he has on him, he's also been learning a great deal on how to use flint to make really sharp blades to cut into the often thick hide of the beasts he's killed.

He's also been making rough paper for not only recording his thoughts, actions, and of course, for mapping out the jungle. His shadow clones have helped greatly in not just mapping this land but in helping him study the beasts around him safely since if the clone dies, what it learnt automatically becomes his. He's also been able to multi task because of his clones as well, not that he's lazy its more that there just isn't enough time in the day to do everything he plans on doing.

He's also been able to work on his ability to seal things into leather, paper, or even onto rocky surfaces, though he uses either his own blood or tree sap combined with other things to make a foul smelling ink. He's even learnt how to seal not just non-living things, but also living, breathing beasts and able to summon them without them falling over dead after a few minutes after he summoned them. In this way he's managed to seal many different species into rock plates that are connected to a tough leather backing, one seal per rock plate though. He's also managed to create different varieties of seals so he can tell different species apart, like he wants to release a Mini Snip but frees a Shield Head instead. So far, he's managed to seal twenty Mini Snips, five Shield Heads, fifty-eight bird like reptiles he called Wing Gates he found them to be easy to capture alive and they were the main species he used to practice on, three Long Necks, nine Medium Snips, nineteen Bare Necks, fourteen Plate Backs, and finally four of the Thunder Kings, each one were wanders and had gotten into a fight with the local pack.

He found some easier to get close to, depending on their size and his luck. The smaller types were much easier to capture since as long as he's more numerous then they were, they don't fight they try and run, making it more likely that he can ware them down before sealing them into their respective rock plates. He feels proud of that since when he returns, he has proof that he's not fibbing about what he's been through.

He also has other things sealed up, but they're often sealed on leather or on the paper he makes. Most of his dry meat, raw gem stones, ore, plant seeds, eggs, and clothing. He glances away from the cave entrance before deciding it's a good time to rest. He's getting kind of bore so he's been thinking about seeing if he could transform into some of these beasts just for the heck of it, he still has hope of this jutsu ending soon as well.

-X-

He watches the dust clouds in the sky; it's been like over three centuries he's been here, he stopped counting after his calculations said that a hundred years had passed. In those years, his collection of feathery reptiles and non-feathery reptiles has grown to include more species as he began to travel around. He often stopped once he's collected a thousand of a species, in time; he even began sorting them out by age and gender once he learnt which were male and how to figure out their ages.

He sighs, which comes out like a chirp since he's currently in the body of a bird. He's learnt how not only to transform into the things around him, but also how to literally alter his body structure to mimic the beast's abilities and looks. The necklace around his neck when he's in his natural body has mini chakra gems that contain a part of any beast he wants to transform into, like a bit of bone, hide, teeth, feathery puff, or claw. These gems were bead like so they wouldn't take up a lot of room on his necklace; in fact, he still has a lot of room to add more such beads when he finds other beasts transform into.

He watches as a furry mammal scampers around on the ground below him. Once upon a time, he thought he might have ended up in an alternate world but in time, as those birdish beasts became more like birds, he began to note the furry beasts that scampered about the jungles. They, too, were changing, branching into different forms, some of which, he's familiar with.

'I wonder what the future holds now…' He muses as he turns to look at the dead corpse of a Tri Horn. With the dust in the air, plants that use to be common were dying off and those beasts that relied on them were also dying, it continues up the food chain, he feels kind of sad at the thought that in time, the only living decedents of these beasts will be birds.

Once more something furry catches his eye, a new thought ended into his mind. 'I wonder how long until those species I grew up with will come into existence now that this world has under gone this change…' He muses and if he could, there would be a smile on his face. He launches himself off the branch and heads to the corpse to eat more of the decaying meat.

-X-

Once more, change was occurring throughout the world. He watches as plains become forested, as water alters the face of the world, covering plains, desserts. He watched as another extinction begins to occur once more as those species that couldn't adapt died off, leaving room open for new species to develop to fill that nicked.

Like before, he began to seal those species that caught his interest on new rock plates. He had to come up with unique seals per species so he doesn't mistake on for another. He also took time to add to his collection of uncut gems and ore, he knows that once he lives to see the correct time, he'll have enough raw minerals to live wealthy. He also hasn't really grown since he arrived in the distant past, though his body has more muscle to it and his senses were sharper as well. He's also had loads of free time in order to create new jutsus or at least, come up with ones he's seen others do.

Despite everything, he's managed to keep his journal, he's also gotten better at drawing things so he now has tons of sketches of not just landscapes still beasts but also action scenes like something hunting prey or killing said prey. He's also figured out how to create paints and did some painting as well. He's also beginning to work with clay, bone which includes such things as tusks and antler, wood, and soft stone. Like everything he's created, he seals it up in his make shift scrolls. He often has to seal those scrolls into groups so they don't take up that much space.

He spends more time in beast forms then in his birth form, he more often then not feels alienated while in his birth from the world around him. He's also keeps up with the world around him by gathering new chakra gems so he has an easier time of transforming into said beasts. One thing he refuses to do is add to the gene line of those species he hangs out with, he doesn't mate at all since he's unsure what could result from such things.

He glances down at his kill; it was a monkey thing with a bushy tail. He wonders if this thing was what monkeys come from. He also begins to suspect that apes might just be related to monkeys and if that's true then… He's uncomfortable with the conclusion that follows since it implies that humans came about without any divine assistance like what everyone believed back when he was living in Hidden Leaf.

For some reason, the fact that there were no Kami that had a hand in making humans then… it makes him wonder where they came from. It also makes him wonder where the demons come into play as well. In the end, if humans were just a branch off of the ape line, then it'll be sometime before he'll finally be back to where he started.

Once more, he looks off into the distance. Herds of prey animals milled around at the edge of the forest and at the plains. He wonders ideally what will happen the next time extinction comes creeping up on the world; mostly what the cause will be and if humans will be exist when it does.

-X-

He stares at the huge chunk of ice below him. He can't believe that ice could cover such a vast area. He uses his chakra to help him turn southwards. He heads off to check on those thick set humanoids that inhabit these northern lands with those giant furry elephants and huge lions.

These past era have given too much time to think over thousands and thousands of things, not just about how life started and the fact that life seems to be ever flowing, that if humans destroyed the world in the figurative tomorrow that life will just adapt to the mass extinction and move on by helping other beings to become other things to fill the niches left behind. In the end, while ethnically having demons killing off the human race would be wrong, in the grand scheme of things, it's nothing but a bump in the road as life continues to walk upon. He also interested in just what kind of world he could recreate by using those species he has sealed away in those rock plates he sealed them in.

He also found himself with an odd dilemma since the humanoids have begun to crop up. The thing was he's tempted to reveal himself to these frozen hunters and teach them how to use chakra just for curiosity sake. He's always been curious, even now after all these ten of thousand of centuries of just existing. Now he has a chance to do something highly interesting and could have even more far reaching effects, so far reaching he's practically drooling at the thought of the possibilities such an act could have.

He found a tribe of thirty individuals after three years of searching for a tribe. From what he can gather, there had been at least five other tribes in the area at one time but now, those remnants have combined into a single tribe in order to survive this increase in hostile weather that also is affecting prey beasts, making them break down into smaller group which makes it harder for the hunters to locate them. Of course with all those mouths to feed, they're hunting pretty much all the time.

He has been watching this tribe for about two years once he found them and on seeing what's going on, he finding it harder not to get involved with the tribe. He watches a pair of orphaned children, since their parents were dead and there wasn't enough food, they've been forced to look after themselves. He's lion face frowns as the pair head straight towards a fast flowing river.

He jerks up as a yell rips through the air. "Boar!" The girl named Moon screams as the ice gives way. He launches himself out of his hiding place and within seconds, Boar's wet body is out of the river, only the boy's feet got wet. "Get back Moon! It might kill you too!" Boar says, he snorts at that and puts the boy on the ground. The boy stares into his face, as if ready to be consumed. He snorts once more and he moves back, glancing at the girl, she's currently scared stiff of him.

He grins at her and then with a bit of razzle dazzle, he reveals his true form, though he makes it look a few years older then he is physically, like in his twenties. "Not going to kill ya, that's kind of counter productive seeing as I saved your life." He tells the boy, both children just stare at him in awe. "What are you?" The boy asks. He smiles slightly before answering, "What do you want me to be?" The two look at each other, clearly they're not too sure what to do about him either.