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  1. The situation at the gates had defused itself, for the time being at least and they had been granted access into the Village Hidden within the Leaves. While the architecture wasn't as eye-catching as Kumogakure's white and black stone masonry had been, it was still just as majestic in its own right while the band of shinobi traversed the gray cobblestone streets. While Joji hadn't the faintest idea of where he was going, he had always relied on his instincts to guide him when in unfamiliar territory, but this time was a bit different. As opposed to traveling blind, there was almost a sixth sense guiding his strides as he carried the bags of both, Ming and Kiyo. Unusual as it had been, the Inn he stopped in front of was easy to find regardless, its grand size, dark tiled roof, and exuberant banners a sign of class and standing within the village.
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  3. "Heh....Wow.." He stated, almost completely dazed by the overly decorated mansion of an Inn.
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  5. Maybe this was why so many people in the Greater Shinobi Villages had so many issues; the money and status that came along with it would corrupt souls, strife sure to ensue at some point or another. Why did a simple Inn have to be, well, not so simple, made so elegant that it would never attract anyone of a more modest type, even if they had the money to afford it. The smell that radiated out from the inn, a mixture of perfumes, expensively priced cooking food, and clean exotic linen, was only a sign of the superiority, and many outsiders would feel too inferior to set foot within the establishment.
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  7. That was how Joji felt as he stood there for a moment, taking a hard swallow before pressing on into the belly of the massive beast. There wasn't any need for him to seek shelter in what would surely be an extravagant room, he found himself wishing to see what the rest of the village had to offer first, always curious to see all that he could, his thirst for the unknown endless.
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  9. After making his way, guiding Ming and Kiyo along the entire way, they arrived at the top floor where they had to acquire a room that the pair may later sequester to after all other business was handled. This was where his part was done, and it was Kiyo's to handle the acquisition of a room for herself and Ming seeing as how he didn't want to reach into either of their bags for their passports and seem like he had a right to rummage through their belongings, ignoring the fact he knew exactly where they rested after having watched them be placed back into their respective owner's bags.
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  11. "Lady Raikage, Lady Ming." He said, stepping off to the side as if a servant, and gestured for them to step towards the desk where an expecting employee watched. Hefting both bags from his one shoulder, he adjusted them to come to rest on the front of his person, should one of them need to rifle through the pack for the passports, or simply take the bags back from the overly kind Onsenkage.
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  33. PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:59 am Reply with quoteBack to top
  34. Following the two kage's with a couple of straglers, one being Samuru, a wanted criminal of Kumogakure without being seen in Konoha was suprisingly easy. So many other people, so little expectation of having anyone they recognise around, no reason to be followed. They moved towards an inn, Koumyou following like any good ANBU in a strange place. He hadn't attacked Samuru, but at this time it looked horribly as though the Raikage had been in kahoots with the S-Rank criminal. Due to this he was unsure as to attack them both, just Samuru or neither, sit back and watch, confirm that she could be plotting something. After all she'd returned to Cloud after such a long time, was gifted the position of Raikage, and was now spending time with someone who had gone missing in another hidden village. Was this all a big settup, so many question, no answers.
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  36. He moved inside, following them carefully but remaining on the main floor he wondered why they wouldn't have been put up in a fancier place. The inn seemed nice for upmarket travelors such as himself, but for a conference of the Kage's he was surprised that Leaf hadn't built some form of housing especially for them. It was meant to be a big event after all wasn't it? Using transformation he headed up the staircase and past the group down a neighbouring hallway that led, he assumed, to rooms. Looking like he belonged he wasn't stopped, and having changed his look he wouldn't have bothered any of the group. Heading down the hallway he moved to pretty much the end and then saw a toilet which had "Staff Only" labelled on it. Walking inside he smiled, taking out a coil of ninja wire, quickly silencing, and knocking out a hapless bell boy. Moving quickly he placed the boy on the toilet and transformed into the same young man. Uniform and all. He tied the other up and made sure that he wouldn't die from any damage he'd caused, leaving him on the toilet. What he needed to do wouldn't take long, and the boy was likely to remain unconcious for a couple of hours at least. Sitting on a toilet seat no-one would really notice or raise anything, probably assuming it to be a different person each time.
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  38. Maneuvering himself over the top of the toilet door leaving it locked he headed out and back down the corridor. There he found them still there, and moved next to the counter where he believed a good bell boy would wait for instructions.
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  63. PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:39 am Reply with quoteBack to top
  64. Ming had been all nerves from the moment Joji had taken her bag and it ended up that the only way to ease her mind was to let her hold on the the bag strap. It turned out to be a very unusual and uncomfortable way to manuver through the crowds, but it gave Ming the advantage of using Joji as a shield against just about everyone else in the village. It didn't make Joji's job any easier, as she would add weight to her already heavy bag each time she tripped or stumbled out of the way of passer byers but there was no way she would let up her grip, even for a second. That bag was her only piece of home left. At very least, she would not get lost.
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  66. "I was a little bit worried there for a moment. Kiyo hasn't- ah watch where you're going!- she hasn't mentioned him. I wonder if all that he said is true," Ming rushed out under her breath as they walked, though she was as much musing to herself as she was speaking to Joji.
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  68. Kiyo had gone silent after the meeting at the gates and for the first time they had left the gates in Kumogakure she seemed to be in a genuinely bad mood. She didn't dare look back at Samuru, whom she knew to be following, nor did she speak of where they should go. In fact, she was perfectly content to allow Joji, who probably knew just as little about leaf as she did, to lead the small group to appropriate lodging.
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  70. The rich smells burned her nose, as did the loud noises from all floors. The floors were not the cold, smooth stone she was used to walking on. There was no comforts of home here, in this far away place, and Kiyo felt the harsh sting of homesickness. It was a sad, quiet emotion that gripped at her heart and made her long for great stone fire places and stained glass windows. Wouldn't there be spring birds playing and picking at the bonsai on her balcony with their familiar tunes carrying through the doors? The birds here even sounded different.
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  72. When had she become so attached and spoiled?
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  74. It was fine, she would be fine and this place would do as well as any for their time in Konohanagakure. She tried to find things to compliment but in her state she fell short. The Spiral staircase, for starters, was too narrow and she foresaw accidents. The rooms had definitely not taken Hashigaki into account, unsurprising considering they were most concentrated in Kumogakure, but she found some of the noises coming from other patron's rooms disturbing. That was as much her fault as theirs but how was she going to get any sleep at night.
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  76. "Thank-you, Joji," she mustered once they had reached the second floor. Her attention went to the woman behind the desk then, the one who perked up considerably at the mention of her title. Of course any Inn would be pleased to have a foreign leader stay within their walls. If she liked them, perhaps future visitors from Kumo would stay here. "I would like rooms for myself and my traveling companions. Nothing too fancy for that one," she said, indicating to Samuru with a jab of her thumb. He certainly wasn't going anywhere until she had time to speak with him.
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  78. While she spoke, Ming went through their bags while Joji kindly held them and fished out their passports and a fat bag which was obviously filled with money. Had those bandits in the mountains succeeded in any way they might have come away quite rich. She handed it all off to Kiyo then turned to Joji expectantly, "we need yours too."
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  80. Neither girl looked twice at the bellboy.
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  104. PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:13 am Reply with quoteBack to top
  105. Even standing there, the Inn itself made Joji crawl on the inside. This was the type of place that author's wrote about in books where shady deals went down and unfaithful men cheated on their wives. The floral smell was quite strong, as if trying to cover up the stench of whatever else would otherwise be lingering on the air, and the humble country boy only wished to vacant the premise as soon as possible, the speed of which relied wholly upon his companion's securing of a room. Thoughts of getting some fresh air attacked his mind, trying to get his body to follow, but he controlled himself and watched as Kiyo engaged the receptionist; what could be done when a title was thrown around, some people were just that shallow, as the place let on.
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  107. "Think nothing of it, Kiyo-san."
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  109. Status, status, status.
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  111. As she requested for rooms, he did take a short moment to notice that she was acquiring one for him as well. While the offer was more than appreciated, Joji wouldn't be able to stand remaining in the building for anything more than a short duration at any one time. Ming shuffled the belongings along in order to flounder out the passports and when she had handed them off to Kiyo, her green eyes turned onto him. Resisting the urge to tint pink, he shook his head.
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  113. "Gomen, but I wouldn't expect you to put me up in these fine accommodations." The word 'fine' had been forced, but it flowed well enough regardless, "I'm far too simple to be able to appreciate this Inn as it is." A dismissive hand floated up in the air, waving in an attempt to shake them off, "I'll go about finding myself a place to stay after you both have settled. Besides, if the other Kages are anything like the Hokage, my presence should matter very little here."
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  115. Joji was proud of his village, but he was easily discouraged in the face of people who didn't even show common courtesy, a trait instilled in even the youngest of the children in his home country. While good intentions may have spurred his joining them, it was probably all for naught in the end as his little opinion wouldn't matter for much amongst the more grand villages and their ordeals. After experiencing true ninja politics, he questioned if he even wanted to become known to the other shinobi villages, seeing that being known to them would only open up Yugakure to such antics. Eyes looking around everywhere but towards Ming and Kiyo, he eyed the bell boy knowing that it was fortuitous he arrived when he did; big names usually meant big tips.
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  117. Mentally sighing, he wished that Shiryou had been able to stay with him. Alone, he was just another teenager with no guidance in the ways of government or any idea of how to handle things properly. Shifting in place ever so slightly, he readjusted his feet to account for the extra weight; too much on one leg for a long period of time would make it fall asleep and the last thing he wanted to do was to be seen limping away like a wounded animal back into the streets.
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  119. "Arigato for offering, though." He bowed his head slightly, not daring to attempt it with both bags weighing him forward as he didn't wish to end up face first on top of Ming.
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  141. PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:50 am Reply with quoteBack to top
  142. He stood there and listened, taking care to look like he wasn't doing so, though anyone would know that any bell hop would do so anyway, after all it was likely the only entertaining part of their job. The lady behind the counter taking the bookings nodded and wrote down the details and then stopped as Joji made sounds as though he wasn't going to stick around. She waited to see what was going to happen before continuing, it was easier to enter them in once than it was to enter them and the erase the entry. Koumyou stood there and noticed that Joji was in a stuck situation due to holding the bags, any decent bell hop would have moved forward and taken them from him, he hesitated, wanting to see what would occur between them, but then realised that he needed to act professionally here. If for no other reason than he wasn't here to get this kid fired.
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  144. Stepping forward he said in a young voice matching the body he'd taken "Would you like for me take those, sir?" he asked, his hands reaching for the bags, but ready to take them away should someone say no, whether it was Joji or Kiyo. It seemed like he was injured, which was odd, he didn't take the man as one who could easily be injured. Samuru was standing there, apparently being scolded, perhaps whatever mission the Raikage had sent him on had been a failure and he was being reprimanded for it, Koumyou didn't know.
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  146. For now he'd play his part, and do it as well as he could. The woman behind the counter though seemed to have picked up on something, either in what he'd said, or perhaps he hadn't copied the boys vocals correctly. Thankfully she wasn't saying anything, and had only given him a glance, so perhaps it was just his nerves playing witht his mind.
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  171. PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:33 pm Reply with quoteBack to top
  172. Ming's eyes widened but after a moment she nodded in response to Joji's kind refusal to stay in the... over sized Inn.
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  174. The brunette didn't seem to excited to see him go, if the droop in her shoulders was indication of anything, but who could blame her when that left her only with a aggravated Raikage and the man whom had brought about that aggravation. For a fleeting moment she thought of asking to go along, Kiyo would surely allow it, but she owed the Raikage too much to go running off at the first sign of fun. Besides, who said in would be any fun in the first place. Maybe Joji's idea of a suitable sleeping place included hospitable women and drink that was a little stronger than tea. That didn't seem like Joji but Ming had found vices in kinder men.
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  176. Now she couldn't shake the feeling he would get into some sort of trouble, and how could she allow that? In a flash decision she turned to Kiyo, speaking before she had even thought out her words, "Kiyo I would li-"
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  178. Kiyo, who had continued negotiations for now three rooms, was quick to cut her off before the question was even out, "No, Ming." She didn't have to have the mind reading powers of those with demonic blood to know what it was she was after. Calmly she signed for all three rooms, one for herself with Samuru and Ming on either side. Hopefully that would help with the noise.
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  180. "But he needs a guard," Ming protested quickly. The bellhop had offered to take the bags but she wasn't about to give hers up to anyone else.
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  182. "And wont it look strange when I have none? Joji is capable of taking care of himself." Kiyo answered in a light voice, her annoyance seeping through her words.
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  184. "You have him..." Ming gestured to the silent Samuru, her jaw setting stubbornly. She had been so wrong to think Kiyo would let her go.
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  186. "He is unsatisfactory as a guard, all things considered. Stop arguing with me," her last words had the tone of an order and Ming fell silent, but that didn't keep her from snatching up one of the keys from the desk and leaving in cold silence.
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  188. "Ah, I think she's just tired. You're my guest in all this though and it was the least I could do offer dragging you cross country for-" she cut off her words, realizing that the meeting about to take place in Konoha might not be common knowledge. She would not have, for sake of keeping peace in such an important gathering, let it be known but how was she to know the way they operated or reacted in a foreign country. "-At a whim. You're being here matters to me. If you're uncomfortable with this Inn, certainly go ahead and find another. Just please let us know where you've ended up so we can contact you?" She finished her words with a smile but they both knew it was a forced one; not because she did not like Joji or because she was upset he was leaving but simply because she was not in the sweetest mood right now. This wasn't a meeting and while he was a Kage himself she doubted he would like her pulling on masks for his sake.
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  190. Kiyo picked up the other two keys ad thanked the receptionist sweetly then handed off one of them to Samuru, "I need to find out what’s going on, until then I insist you stay in the Inn until we can speak. Please, don't make things harder on yourself." With the she shooed him off in the direction Ming had left in and it was only then she paid attention to her own baggage and the Bell hop.
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  192. "Ah... well lead the way young sir..."
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  216. PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:56 am Reply with quoteBack to top
  217. Joji sat there and witnessed as Ming had her hopes of escaping the Inn along with Joji crushed, but to be completely honest, he was finding himself wondering why she would even attempt to leave Kiyo's side just to go with him. They had gotten along, but he was still somewhat of a stranger, and the way Ming was, she seemed to remain detached to most people -definitely not her things, though-. There were times he wanted to interject, to get the conversation to end on a better note, but it ended how he thought it would: Badly.
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  219. Smiling awkwardly, he bowed his head slightly to Kiyo, "Gomen for causing so much trouble. I'm sure we could all use some rest and food in our stomachs." Her offer did hold the right intentions at least, and he gave her an appreciative smile, "Remember, I wouldn't have come if I didn't want to, so there was little dragging involved, and don't worry, I'll be sure to send word of my lodgings as soon as I find out what those are."
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  221. Looking to the bellhop who had asked for the bags, he politely handed him Kiyo's bag, along with a few crumpled bills he had in his pocket, cutting nearly all of his reserve money in half; he had had very little when leaving Kumogakure. It hadn't been much, but it was all he could offer. Ming's bag he insisted remain with him, as she had seemed attached to it even when he carried it, but a complete stranger would be far worse. Not wanting to go drop it off empty handed, the Onsenkage took a few leaflets from the desk, they were a metallic purple that suited the overly flashy grandeur of the Inn perfectly. Strolling slowly, he headed towards the room he knew Ming was in, carefully folding the few sheets of paper he had confiscated into something so elaborate most people would think him crazy, but after a few moments, with his quickly moving hands, he had finished a beautiful water lily. Having guessed from her reaction by the ocean, and her affinity for water, Joji thought Ming would take a certain pleasure from the piece of origami. Stopping just outside her door, he took great pains to make sure the piece was done, undid the lock with precision only a blacksmith's son could have, slipped in on silent feet, making superb use of his perfected shinobi training with a plan on his mind, and dropped the piece on her bed, slipping out before he could be noticed.
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  223. Sauntering back down the hall, he shifted the extra strap he carried upon his shoulder, shaking his head at his terrible idea that would probably cause more trouble than bring good. However, the trick would be finding the young Kage in a new village. He had a tendency to wander.
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  225. "At least she won't have to stay cooped up...once she realizes I still have her bag...." The statement left his lips quietly, a boyish chuckle following soon after.
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  251. PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:11 pm Reply with quoteBack to top
  252. He was lucky in a couple of ways, he was going to be leading Kiyo to her room alone and without the traitor Samuru nearby to listen into the conversation, and secondly he knew where her room was though was unsure about it. There was a double door pretty much right next to where he stood, its doors with their metallic sheen stood there with the number sitting above them. The only issue for Koumyou was that the room inside was showing up as very very small to his sonar. No matter, it seemed to be the right place to go so he moved over to them, a little button sat there, no key hole, and he pressed it. The doors opened slowly for them and he offered her to step inside first. Stepping in after her he looked quickly around the room and then he saw a small pad with a keyhole in it. Very unusual. "Uh... your key goes in there?" he said, though wasn't sure what was going on. After she placed the key in and turned it the doors closed on them and then the room started to move up.
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  254. Looking around he wondered what was going on until a moment later the doors opened again, leading into a well decorated room of sorts. This room however didn't have a bed, or any couches or anything. The room itself wasn't overly large either but in the walls were half-pillars, for decoration, paintings and in the centre of either side were two identacle little fountains, both mostly silent. The other thing he noticed in this room was just that, the silence. He couldn't hear a thing other than the gentle trickle of the water into a rock filled basin. There was a door directly ahead and he blinked "This way please." he was just following the path that led before him, he had no idea what was going on however. Reaching the doors at the other end of the medium sized room he opened them to a rich display of colour and beauty, something he knew would fall on dead eyes for Kiyo, yet the design work would still show her that clearly she'd been given the honeymoon suite.
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  256. "And this is your room miss." he said carrying her bags further in. In here the silence was golden, the bustle from outside faint even to his ears, the doors leading to a balcony probably not quite sound proof, but still keeping the sound at a minimum despite that. The bed itself was massive and then he spotted something in the corner of his eye. The vanity was carved black stone, much like the stone which the Raikage Tower was built from, and unmistakably from Kumogakure. He realised that this room must have contained pieces from the other lands as well, turning the room into a brilliant display of design and craftmanship. "Lady Raikage, I hope this room is up to your standards." he said and bowed slightly "Where would you like the bags?" he asked waiting for her to give him instructions.
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  281. PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:26 am Reply with quoteBack to top
  282. Kiyo absentmindedly followed the young bell hop, her mind far away. Samuru would need to be dealt with sooner or later, she doubted he would take to being cooped up in a room waiting on her. But she also had the summit to worry about, one of the largest events she had ever had the honour to participate in and while in Kumogakure her power may not have been absolute or even hold the same sway as the other villages, she was as much it’s ambassador as its leader in this endeavour. Hopefully the conclusions drawn in this meeting would be well received by her people.
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  284. The elevator was familiar, she had run into them in a great library once while on her travels and while she understood the reasoning behind it, for a ninja the strange contraption made very little sense. The bellhop seemed intent on using it though, and she guessed this was just the hotels way of impressing her. She kind of understood why Joku had left.
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  286. The key hole. she guessed about too about the same time the bellhop pointed it out to her. The waver in his voice made her look twice at him for the first time since her arrival, and for a brief moment she wondered if there was something more to him. No, it was likely they just didn’t use the elevator often, she might just be that important.
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  288. The sound of the elevator going up made her a bit queasy, her ears were still ringing, but she managed to hold herself upright. keep her eyes firmly focused forward and keep from fidgeting. The sigh of relief which escaped was purely all her though, and the room could have been made of sandpaper and as cold as ice for all she cared for once those doors opened and cooler air rushed in she felt a great deal better.
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  290. “You may set them down wherever, thank-you” Kiyo answered the boys inquiry flippantly, as she took in the room. It wasn’t bad, the bits from cloud did not escape her notice nor did the lessened sound and yet it still was not quite home. With another sigh, this one filled with a bit if despair she flopped herself into a chair at the end of the bed with a deep cushion. Gently she stroked her forehead, her long elagent fingered working over the knots of pain that had begun to form beneath her skull.
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  292. “I would like only to have my three companions allowed into the room unless a messenger arrives from the Hokage, if you could do that? There is a nice tip in it for you.”
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  318. "Of course I can manage that." his voice changed back to its normal tone first and with a quickly fading puff of smoke Koumyou stood there, his long white hair running down his back, though he wasn't wearing his sword and was in more regular clothing. "I can manage anything that the Raikage orders." he continued, the captain of her guard had a very serious expression on his face however. He deliberately looked around the room now and wandered around slightly "Well at least they're showing you the correct respect." he said absently, ignoring the fact that he probably wasn't meant to be here. Turning and giving Kiyo a small smile he went back to his more cheeky self "Though no tip will be required for my services." with that he flopped into a chair. He knew Kiyo wouldn't be impressed with his being there, though he hadn't disobeyed any particular orders, he'd just acted on his own... and he knew she hated that.
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  346. "Well, it seems Konoha has more of Kumogakure's nins within their walls then we do. Somehow, I am not surprised to find you here." Kiyo curled deeper into her chair and neatly tucked her feet against her body. A chill rain down her spine that cooled her toes and left her shivering.
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  348. The last time she had been in a room with Koumyou alone, he had poisoned her.It may not have been a deadly type, but beloved had made its mark upon her mind. She was not certain she wanted him near her, certainly she had convinced herself she did not need him. She tucked her arms in her sleeves and fingers the blade hidden within for it's comfort.
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  350. "You mean Kannagi, Samuru? Well, how to begin... I met Kannagi-san after I left your home that first night. I wasn't planning to stay you see, I didnot feel Kumogakure held anything else for me. The people could not have changed their hearts, they didn't need me.You are an example of that Koumyou; you are self sufficient, powerful and certainly more than capable of protecting the village. You seemed content with the way things were, I took that to be a sign."Kiyo paused and tilted her head tosmilewarily at Koumyou. Would he take any kindness as an invitation, was she trusting him too much with this bit of insight? She could not say, she only knew she was forced to trust him for now.
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  352. "But the Kannagi I met in the forest was a desperate, lost man. He confided in me, a complete stranger, his discontent and expressed a wish to leave the village. He was a man at the very edge of becoming a traitor. So, we made a pact and I bound him to me with the intent of taking him along when I left again but I would not steal from my home so it only seemed fair that I would inform Kumo's council;however,one thing lead to another and I became what i am once again. I do not regret this, but Kannagi-san still needed to leave Cloud and so when he stormed off when we last met i could have informed the anbu but it was for the best i did not," she finished with a sigh, her hand resting on her chin and she peered unseeing out the window. Allowing Samuru to go, as Aion had once gone before him, had been a painful tug at her heart but she was certain it had been the right thing to do at that time.
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  354. "Aion left in the same way once and did Shinbatsu not leave his home in Mist to become the Raikage of Cloud? I left, and if you set aside titles and trust I am no better. So in the end, the answer is I am reclaiming a lost friend." Her headache had moved from on from a dull throb to a hard pounding and the ringing in her ear increased.It only soured her mood and made her defensive. If he started an argument now he was in for one hell of a scream fest. "What concerns me more, is why YOU are here and not back in Kumogakure where you are supposed to be. I do not remember approving you to travel to Konoha, Koumyou."
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  380. He sat there and listened to her story, she seemed... connected to Samuru, and he realised that perhaps when he'd used the drug on her she had invisioned Samuru being there rather than falling into a false love with himself. His eyes dropped and searched the floor as she continue to speak, finding every little detail, yet still listening. He sat silent as he recognised that she wasn't done speaking, indeed the next comment she made had been the one he'd been waiting for for quite a while.
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  382. "I am an ANBU Kiyo, I do have missions and orders, and as you pointed out, I'm strong. There are occassionally missions which require the strength that very few possess, and I'm one of those very few." but he knew he was getting off of the point "The mission I was sent on... I palmed off to someone I felt was more appropriate, after all I was chosen for my abilities to speak, not my fighting prowess, and Squad 1 had sent a boy known as Hameru, he was more than capable of performing that duty." he smiled "Possibly more so than me." he said idly and distant.
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  384. "At any rate I am the Captain of your guard, and as such not everything I do requires signing. Your health is my priority, Cloud's priority. So here I am, making sure you're safe and sound, though I must admit I'm not sure whether it was such a good idea now." his doubt was to do with Samuru, the man was a traitor, Sennin and Kage's were somewhat allowed to go out on long journeys, the village assuming that they were doing it for the benefit of the village as a whole. Shinobi like himself however needed a pass, and without it they were labelled missing ninja, Samuru was troubled, some might suggest very, and if the two of them met the chances of things going well were slim to none. Likely only one of them would leave leaf alive should things turn that way. But that was if they were to meet... there were other certain issues that needed dealing with "Either way, I'm here as your guard unless you brought another more capable?" his eyes moved to her form. The question was a dangerous one, and he knew that she would sense that.
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  410. "Wel, I did bring Ming Yue along with me for that job though I don't think she has quite caught on to that fact," Kiyo swayed forward onto her feet and walked lightly to oneof the room's windows. She unlatched it slid the pane up to let a flood of noise from the street flow into her room. Curiously she listened as the people passed by, they had their charms.
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  412. "My little cousin is soft spoken, sweet and she will not go against my words," she said, even as the window belong opened and said sweet girl slipped from the confines of her room against direct orders, "but perhaps, it would be better to have someone so obviously from Kumogakure. After all, you are exactly what the world expects a Kumo-nin to be."
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  414. Kiyo turned away from her window, none the the small betray she had just witnessed showing on her face. It really was not a big deal, Ming needed only to be there in theory, not in body and Kiyo guessed she would be back before morning. It had not escaped her attention that Joji had left with the shoulder bag that Ming was entirely too attached to. Likely he had done it on purpose;such was the way of youth. No harm would come to Ming around Joji, though in Joji's case.... well hopefully had had a good explanation.
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  416. "Id be a little more willing to let you come along if you asked nicely instead of assuming and demanding. Guard or not, papers or not, you had no right to come here without the proper permission Koumyou. For all you know, I have a perfectly sound reason not to have you along and you could be jeopardizing the entire event. I expected a little more common sense from you." she did not turn from the window, the dissapointment was clear enough in the young woman's voice.
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  442. "I'm just as able to dissappear as I was to appear." he answered, this was probably the coldest he'd been to her, usually he was filled with life, his smooth almost reckless behaviour was fun, and it's who he was. But there was a time when seriousness was required, the Raikage had taken no-one of power or ability with her to be her guard, if anything were to happen to her, whether she handled it or not it would be his head that would roll. It was all well and good to be the one in charge of the everything, but somewhere along the way he wondered if she'd forgotten that if no-one else did their jobs and took responcibility for those jobs and the roles they play, everything would be chaos. His role, his position was her guard, her life was his responcibility. If someone was to decide to take a shot at the Raikage they had a very average sized bodyguard to get through first. He wondered if she needed to be reminded of that "You spoke just before about how you were ready to leave Kumogakure shortly after arriving because you didn't see how it needed you. Everyone was self sufficient and so on? You realise that being the Raikage isn't about everyone needing you, and relying on you. In fact I'd have to say that if that was the case then no matter how good a Raikage you were the whole village would fall to pieces. You described me as strong, and self sufficient? You need to be able to rely on those like me to keep things working. Being at the top doesn't mean you're the top of every small pile, it means that you need to make sure that every small pile has someone like me running it. Someone who is able to think for themselves and able to keep things going. Akira Saito, Hayata Shin, Kogan and Karubin are all individuals who all run different aspects of the village, they're the 'kage' of their area's. Yes you have a say in what they do, in the end you can overrule them and whatever it is they put into play. What you need to do Kiyo is figure out how you want things run, not how to run them."
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  444. He stood and looked at her "I am your personal guard Kiyo, I would die before seeing someone touch you in a way that would bring harm. I am sorry for what I've done in the past, and I know I'll never be able to take it back." she would know what he was apologising for, "You are the Raikage, and your word is law. If you think that things need to be changed you mearly need to give the word, but don't think that the village needs your direct influence, the village needs your guidence." He wondered if this was a bad thing to do, to lecture the Raikage like this, his opinion may not have even mattered to her, though that didn't really matter to him either. He was getting it off of his chest and saying what he felt needed to be said to get her to realise the truth, if she ignored him that was her choice.
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  446. "Ignore me if you want Kiyo, but for yours, mine and Kumogakure's sake, please allow me to be your escort." he stood there watching her and waited for her responce. He wondered if he had overstepped his boundary in a way she wouldn't appreciate once again.
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  472. Her eyes narrowed dangerous, and she turned to stare at him like a cat ready to tear apart a mouse she no longer wished to play with. Her thin little hands had become angry balls at her sides and they so sorely wished to be the instrument of his punishment. Every muscle in her body tensed for one suspended second as her breath hissed out through her teeth. The chakra in her body began to hum until her very veins seemed to hum with potential energy.
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  474. How dare he lecture her as if he were an expert on how to run a village. How could he know what made a good or bad leader. He was the leader of a small group that was only meant to guard her formally. She didn’t actually need them, she had never asked for then and most definitely did not need them. When she returned Kiyo would ask to have the guard disbanded. She didn’t want to work with men that obviously didn’t trust her choices. What was she, a child to be leashed and coddled? Did they not trust her with her own wellbeing, obviously she had done well enough at taking care of herself over the decades. Where was the search party then, the guards the were meant to loyally follow her about and protect her body? Where was this hard boiled loyalty that she had a hard time believing now that Kiyo was, by age, an old woman? At least there was a constant, heart breaking as it was.
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  476. The other Kage would have brought men or women the trusted first, of course she would bring Ming before she brought Koumyou. The child was in debt to her, she was family and at the heart of it the only friend she held in her heart. She loved Ming as she had loved her estranged sister in their childhood, and excluding the youngster she had met before leaving, Ming was the only family she had contact with. She had wanted to use the meeting as method to fulfil the youth’s dreams as well as put a new face on the type of missing nin Cloud helped.
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  478. And that entire build up of rage, and turmoil of feelings ended in one very unladylike snort. She brought up her hand and flicked it dismissively at him as if she were shooing away a fly, ”If you know best, then have it your way. “Oh, well hopefully he would not embarrass them both at the meeting; she wasn’t sure he fathomed it’s importance.
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  480. Whatever truths had given her might sink in later but for now she was wrapped in so many layers of anger that Koumyou’s words had no hope of penetrating that armour.
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  482. “You are dismissed until the meeting begins,” she didn’t ask him where he was staying, or if he would like to move to this Inn. She didn’t ask him to guard the building while she waited for the notice that the meeting was about to begin. If he had the proper attire, she couldn’t have known. Certainly, Kiyo was not going to make his job any simpler.
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  484. He nodded "Very well then." she was definately angry, but no matter how angry she thought she was there was a kid tied up and gagged on a toilet downstairs and he had to go and sort out that little issue first and foremost. He left Kiyo where she stood, blood boiling, calmly, as though nothing had happened.
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  486. He went to the strange thing that moved up and down by itself and the doors closed and it dropped him off on the main floor. He hadn't bothered to disguise himself and he wandered down the hallway to where the staff loo's were and let the boy go free. The kid shouted and ran down the hall but when they came looking for Koumyou he was gone... where? Only he knew.
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  514. ”How gullible could I possibly be? After all this time, I still find a reason to follow her. No… Not just find one… I’ve developed one,” Samuru commented, his face depicting a man wallowing in his own self-pity while his eyes remained locked on the ground. There was no need for him to look up at that path lying in front of him because his ears showed him the way while the loud footsteps guided him across the path. There was no need to look up and give anyone any suspicion of his own self doubt, his own insecurities, or even his realization of his conflicting beliefs and actions. There was no need for him to show the world how weak and fragile his mind really was. Samuru was a person and people aren’t perfect, but in this world, he was a shinobi first and foremost. He was supposed to be some unstoppable, stoic, mindless killing machine who didn’t think or care about anything he was doing.
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  518. Any emotion that the boy felt was supposed to be pushed to the side and replaced with a goal-oriented disposition. However, it wasn’t your goals that you’d be fulfilling… it was your master’s. It was your slave master’s wishes that you would be accomplishing on his/her behalf.
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  520. Samuru heard the conversations going on around him but he didn’t speak. At times, it seemed as if he were a zombie, stumbling toward his prey while being led by pure instinct. His mind told him to turn back now and stick to what he had initially planned when he left Kumo, but his heart forced him to stay on his current path…
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  522. To follow Kiyo, once again.
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  524. "He is unsatisfactory as a guard, all things considered. Stop arguing with me"
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  526. His mind suddenly focused itself on the surface conversation as Kiyo spoke out against her “new assistant.” ”I’m unsatisfactory as a guard? What are they talking about? What does she mean by that? Isn’t she unsatisfactory as my keeper? Didn’t she force the bond we had loose, disregarding me, and tossing me to the curve? Why does she have that ring then?...” The questions went on and on and on, inside of his head as he struggled to maintain a calm demeanor. His hands began to shake and his palms began to sweat while his head began to creep toward an upright position. ”I am not fucking UNSATIS—“ Samuru’s conflicting emotions had reached a boiling point and he was about to explode until he was interrupted with a room key being shoved onto his person.
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  528. ”Room…K-Key,” the boy stuttered as she forced him off in the direction of his room. Before he knew it, his anger had temporarily subsided and he was using the room key to open his door, clumsily dropping onto the not-so-comfy bed of this room. ”I’m supposed to wait here? She wants me to wait here until she gets back?” Samuru asked himself aloud while twirling the keys in his hand.
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  530. Staring at the ceiling was therapeutic in a way. Samuru’s mind was fragile but it also was very capable. Without realizing it, Samuru subconsciously began to project his thoughts onto the ceiling so that he could reflect on each of them. Sometimes, individuals unconsciously transform their minds into mazes and then forget the way out this was just another step for Samuru to escape.
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  532. He needed to escape another trap that he had set for himself…
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  534. ”Wait… Unsatisfactory guard?” Samuru questioned as his mind stumbled upon a particular thought of a comment that Kiyo had made. ”That implies that it’s important. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have made such a big deal about it. Anyone capable of protecting her could be her guard if it were some leisurely stroll... If I’m unsatisfactory then it implies that it’s different in nature.” Standing up as he made the latter statement, Samuru strolled out of the door and made his way to Kiyo’s room.
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  536. His hand reached out to knock on the door, when it suddenly opened, revealing the face of a despicable slave. ”This ass,” Samuru muttered, allowing the man to leave before shutting the door behind him and leaning against it. ”You mentioned something earlier. You called me an ‘unsatisfactory guard.’ Why?”
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  573. Still angry as she was, Kiyo hardly noticed when one problem was traded for another. Then again, compared to Koumyou, Samuru was a kitten. No more harmful then Maru was when he decided to play a little rough with her hand or try to catch her feet. Of course, he caused small damage and aggravation but it was all able to be mended.
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  575. Kiyo heaved a great, long sigh and flopped across what was to be her bed for the duration of her stay. It seemed to soft but her tired body though it was just right after sleeping on the hard ground or rocking ship beds. It had been a long time since she slept with light cotton bedding too, she was using to the heavy fabrics they used in the tower to keep warm during the winter months. She had yet to experience a new summer in Kumogakure so the lighter sheets were still in storage. Perhaps, when she returned home they will have switched it all in anticipation of Cloud’s short summer.
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  577. She rested the back of her arm against her eye so the robe of her sleeve obscured her face and muffled her words just a little. Of course Samuru would hear her, “Well, tell me how allowing a missing nin to be my guard would be proper? I’m not sure if you noticed but that was Joji, the Onsenkage and Sunuke, the Hokage; they witnessed the entire thing. How would it look if I should up at the meeting with you in tow. It wasn‘t meant as an insult so don‘t sulk about it.”
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  579. If he had come up so soon and that was the starting line then obviously she had struck a cord. Fine by her, better to deal with everything all at once. Oh how she would have liked to take a bath right around then though. The sea salt and forest dirt was a thin layer of dirt on her skin that made her itch. She could only imagine how long it would take to untangle her travelling braids and wash out the mess.
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  581. With a sigh she waved her free arm towards the chair she had occupied earlier then let it flop wearily at her side, “ I suppose now is just as good as later. “
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  606. ”This woman is the source of my confliction, the source of my anger. I need to sort out my feelings for her and with it… the nation that lies within the lightning country,” Samuru said to himself, attempting to assure himself that the cause of his affliction would be over soon. Of course, he was attempting to be optimistic, just as he had learned from his several months outside of Kumo. However, a pessimistic chant seemed to make itself known, in the form of a person residing in his own subconscious, telling him that it wouldn’t work. The voice told him that his escape from Kumo would be all for naught if he listened to this woman’s words. He should kill her now and escape Konoha… before they even had the chance to find the body. That was the most rational decision… at least in the eyes of the malevolent voice inside of his head.
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  608. ”Now she’s a poser? I guess that’s the reality of being a politician. Work and private life are forcefully but ironically, voluntarily separated, leaving two souls that resided in the same heart… same coin, different sides,” Samuru thought, as he walked over toward the chair and placed a hand on it. It was somewhat ridiculous and Samuru was disappointed in her… disappointed that she’d progressed further into the political cesspool.
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  610. However, he couldn’t show that he was disappointed. He couldn’t show her that he still thought about her and that he had certain expectations for her to fulfill. Samuru couldn’t put his finger on it but something about Kiyo forced him to open up and convey his true emotions. It was a trait that was very helpful to a beautiful relationship, but could potentially leave an individual extremely vulnerable to an enemy that could compel you in the same manner. ”I didn’t take offense to it. I simply wanted to know why you needed a guard in the first place.” Samuru commented, his mind clearly focused on prying information out of her that would be considered vital in the political world. He expected her to lie and if she did, there was nothing Samuru could do about it. The only thing Samuru could do was think… think about how a person like Kiyo became this way… so emotionally detached from a person she formed a personal bond with.
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  612. ”What did you want to talk about, anyways?” Samuru commented as he sat down in the chair and looked down at the ground, refusing to glance in the direction of the girl’s figure.
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  645. "Well I'm glad, It's formalities really, I didn't want a guard in the first place. Ming would have been fine, the girl with the brown hair the arrived with us? Now I'm stuck with the monstrous piece of work," Kiyo pulled her arm from her face to wave angrily at the door. Clearly she was talking about Koumyou, as he had been the last one to leave before Samuru's arrival. That child, he thought he had the right to lecture her about her work when he was the biggest danger to her in all of Kumogakure. Who knew when he would decide to slip a knife in her back just she he knew, in the future, what it looked like when she was stabbed. Perhaps he would even try out another poison, this time peminately killing half her brain or making her deathly ill. The entire situation made her want to scream, to break the windows in her room, to turn over every bit of furniture in the room until it lay in the same chaotic state as her mind.
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  647. Kiyo's voice still had its angry edge and it renewed full force when she was forced to think about him. It was for the best that Samuru could not read her mind though, he would have been disgusted with the intricate little ways she wanted to pull Koumyou apart, and upset that he wasn’t the most important thing on her mind even with his sitting right there.
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  649. "Of course, you have been away from home a long time so I doubt you have heard about the summit. Joji was only the first of many visitors to come in and out of the tower since then; the Onsenkage that is. We’ve had messengers from Suna and Kiri since then and ever a treaty from Amegakure. There has been two assassination attempts since then as well, and the council is an absolute mess,“ she voice died as she realised she had been speaking to him like an old friend instead of the assumed traitor he was. She shouldn’t be giving out state secrets as if is were gossip over tea. Then again, he was coming home so knowing these things didn’t hurt.
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  651. At the thought of tea her stomach growled quietly, She hadn’t eaten since breakfast but wasn’t about to go out of her way to get some food. The last time she had indulged in a snack, things had gone wrong. Him again, her anger spiked sharply and she tried to catch on to something that would calm her down.
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  653. “The ravens have fled the cities to go and next in the forests and they have been replaced by the spring birds. They`re hearty little creatures with sweet songs and I couldn’t be happier to have them home. The snow will be gone by the time we get home and it might even have flowed into summer by then. I hope.” she pushed herself up to sitting and regarded him a moment with a tilt of her head then flopped back again.
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  655. “I’m sorry, for what I said at the gates. I figured that was the best way to catch your attention. Kind of the pot calling the kettle hot… or something. I want you to come home.”
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  680. ”A kage summit, eh? Sounds interesting. Sounds like I should go crash… Sounds like I should show everyone the truths of this world…” A voice spoke inside of Samuru’s head as his eyes shot open, peering down at the floor while his body became painstakingly stiff, probably unbeknownst to Kiyo. ”No! What are you talking about? What am I talking about? …Voices… In my head… What the hell is going on?!” The boy questioned, his hands slowly reaching up toward his head, clinching it as his hands began to tremble.
  681.  
  682. ”You know what’s going on, Samuru. Your inner desires…they want out. I want out! If you want to be a coward then be a coward but do so without ruining my body. You’ve already ruined my figure enough, Mr. Justice,” the voice claimed, its tone resembling the malevolent tone that Samuru often used when he was angry. What was this voice talking about? Inner desires? Surely, a person such as Samuru had plenty of desires that would never reach the surface but that was because of the limits he placed himself. He aimed to be better than other individuals. He claimed to a person of high moral character and integrity. He was different than the norm and his natural disposition wasn’t the same as a normal human being. Who was this voice to tell him different?
  683.  
  684. ”That’s funny. I predicted that something like that would happen with the council like it was… with the village like it was but Saito refuted my claims and called me crazy,” Samuru responded to Kiyo, his tone of voice resembling a person trying to keep the façade of confidence as he began to fidget in his seat, something that Kiyo would probably notice. She instilled so much trust in him even though he had abandoned her in her time of need. He forced himself to believe that Kiyo’s vagueness about her past was proof of her malicious deceit but he couldn’t help but to feel remorse about the entire situation now…
  685.  
  686. ”She had to be facing so much pressure. She claimed that she wanted to reform the world and it must’ve been so hard on her to try and carry out that task on her… So Why? Why did I leave her? Why…” Samuru’s remorse-filled emotions seemed to cloud his mind, pushing him to believe that he should return home with her when she decided to return to Kumogakure. However, before he could push those words out… before he could tell her how he felt and agree to return to Kumo… the voice spoke out again.
  687.  
  688. ”Why? WHY?! Why!” The voice screamed out in his head, its voice ringing through his ears, overriding the majority of his senses. ”I’ll tell you why! Because of your own selfishness. You desired to feel important to her and when you figured out that her heart belonged to another, you made up a bunch of misconceptions to hide your vulnerabilities. You escaped those make believe chains and ended up here! Good job.”
  689.  
  690. ”No! Shut up! That’s not true!” Samuru screamed at himself, trying to convince himself that he left for a purpose.
  691.  
  692. ”It’s true. And guess what?! It all worked out. We’re getting what we want. That’s the damn truth. Be happy, you lucky son of a bitch. I am.” The dark voice stated, its volume slowly decreasing as it laughed about the entire situation. Moments later, it was gone.
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  694. ”It’s ok, Kiyo. Honestly, I wanted someone to talk to who really knew me. I’ve been having trouble lately… I’ve been losing control lately…” Samuru commented, his voice still shaken because of his fragile mind, conflicting emotions toward Kiyo, and the voice that plagued his imagination.
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  725. Kiyo pushed herself up again and smiled warily at Samuru. Well he hadn’t said no, which was a good sign but she could hardly take the way he was acting as a yes either. She brushed a lock of hair from her cheek then sighed. “No one but I, and the Onsenkage knew about the meeting until well after you had left us although I fear my guard for that day may have let a little more then was proper slip. It wasn’t meant to be a secret but…”, she sighed again, this time in a more exasperated tone.
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  727. Of course it was hard to explain why the greatest men in women, or assumably so, would need to keep their meeting a secret for safety sake. But then it wasn’t her own safety but Kumogakure’s that she was worried about. If they had let all this information circulate as common knowledge then who knew; there might have been an attack. With the way Lightning country was beginning to boil, that attack might even come from within its borders.
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  729. “Akira, Saito is a hard man, one who has gone through too many Raikage in his lifetime. I believe he views himself as the constant, as more of a leader then I. Even if he had known something, it would not have surprised me. Take solace in the fact that you were right.”
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  731. The pounding in her head had reached a point where if she could see at all then there would be nothing but white spots in her vision. Sitting us was making her skull want to pull apart; surely something was trying to escape. She tried to listen attentively to him, but the ringing in her ear was deafening. It frightened her, even her sonar was beginning to go blank.
  732.  
  733. “You can always talk to me,” she said even as she reached to clutch at her ear. It felt wet and sticky with an all too familiar substance. She was beginning to feel dizzy now and all her mind could wrap around was the need to get Samuru out of there. He did not need to see her in such a weakened state. She was no a Raikage to inspire love through pity. She was a self sufficient woman, she could deal with this. “Samaru, could you please fetch me a wet cloth from the other room? I think there is something caught up in my ear”
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  758. ”And what does that give me?! Satisfa—“ the voice escaped his imagination and found itself, barking at Kiyo on the physical plane of existence. ”Shut up! Not in front of her! Please… Not in front of her.” Samuru said to himself, grabbing his mouth, interrupting his poisoned mind from further destroying his relationship with Kiyo. It was getting harder and harder to maintain composure every day. He knew what the cause of his stress was and he realized that it was nothing more than a dark influence from a family crest, tattooed on his body, but he couldn’t help but to blame it on his own weakness. His mother entrusted him with this “curse” after all. The least he could do was control the damn thing…
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  760. ”We-Wet cloth. Got it,” Samuru commented, his body weakly standing up from his chair, his face filled with stress and discomfort. Part of him wanted to just go home with Kiyo right now but he knew how unrealistic that was. She had something to do and he had something to do. It was simply impossible at this time.
  761.  
  762. By this time, Samuru’s body slowly moved into the bathroom and grabbed a wash cloth, allowing warm water to wash over it as he stared at himself in the mirror. ”What’s wrong with me?” Samuru questioned, looking at the figure in the mirror that stared back at him. After he soaked the wash cloth in the sink for a couple of seconds, he made his way back to Kiyo and slowly sat next to her on the bed, holding out the wash cloth so that she could use it.
  763.  
  764. ”What’s the matter, Kiyo?” He asked softly, using the kind, passionate tone of voice that he used months ago while he still resided within Kumo.
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  768. That was Samuru in a single word.
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  801. His outburst startled her a little, but she didn’t try to argue with him. He was right, talking about things didn’t always help, but hadn’t he just said….? Perhaps losing himself was not exactly as she expected it to mean in an adolescent male.
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  803. Kiyo was swift and silent as she dove from her bed, across the floor and to where her bag sat resting. Her nimble fingers made quick work of the intricate knot meant to discourage pickpockets and she flipped oiled canvas rain cover off hurriedly. Having Ming take care of her possessions had been an intelligent move, all her possessions, as many as there were, fit neatly into her bag and it took only a little shifting to get what she needed. A cloth of her own, which she licked then used to clean away the blood pooling in her ear and dripping down her cheek. Then a small jar which smelled fowled when she opened it but bravely she drank back the contents. It made her empty stomach flip, and she wondered if it wouldn’t have been better to order breakfast before coming up.
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  805. And all the while she was careful to through the sound of her own breathing and cover her foot steps with soft humming which seemed to come from the bed. She could hear the water running and when it stopped she only had time to throw the cloth and jar back into the bag, flip back the rain cover and dive back from the bed. She willed herself to be calm and muscle memories from hard training kicked in.
  806.  
  807. And when he came out she only seemed to have shifted just a little, as if for comfort rather then having actually moved and she still clutched her ear. He had fetched the cloth so sweetly without question, it warmed her heart a little during this aggravating day. Graciously she took the cloth and for it she rewarded him with a soft smile that under her current pain was quite an amazing feat. “Thank-you Samuru for indulging me. I think a bug must have bitten me,” colour flushed to her cheeks, it was such a practiced manuver. She hated to deceive him like this.
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  809. Carefully she wiped at her face, expecting only a tiny amount of blood after she had been so careful to clean it away only a moment earlier. Even still she was careful to check the cloth at an angle he could not see. It was streaked heavily with blood and she had to force herself to remain calm at that moment. Silently she folded the cloth over then tilted her head towards Samuru so that he could not see her ear, “I never was a fan of Leaf’s insect population. Fire country has an amazing variety. I’ll be sure to have Ming look at it earlier to make sure it wasn’t a poisonous type.”
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  811. She had to be careful from here on out and it was in her best interest to have him go quickly but without causing him any distress either. She needed a legit excuse that would not make her seem near so weak as she feared this might do. Before he could remember that no bug should have been able to approach her ear. The gears of her mind churned as a plan began to form. Simple was usually easiest, “I think it would best if I got she rest… if that is alright? I’m here awhile so we will have plenty of time to speak. It’s just… we traveled a fair distance to get here and I haven’t slept in a real bed for two weeks.” All truth, minus the part about her being all that tired. Any hope of sleep had been dashed byy…. by earlier.
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  836. ”An insect? Leaf’s lush environment and warm climate does create a rather favorable environment for insects. I’m surprised that one actually got inside of her ear and bit her though. If I were an insect, an ear wouldn’t be my first choice to go looking for food,” the boy thought to himself as he looked over at Kiyo. She was acting mighty strange. He had betrayed her but yet she was so friendly toward him, perhaps even more so since the last time they met. The weird thing was that Samuru would normally pick up on her unusual attitude but his feelings for her clouded his judgment.
  837.  
  838. He was being overly optimistic… he was acting as if everything would work out for the best. The truth was that things rarely worked out for the better, and that by sitting back and letting things run their course without making a stride in a particular direction, he was influencing the failure. That was what he claimed to set out to change.
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  840. Kiyo and Samuru held similar views about the world but how they would go about changing it was completely different. Kiyo wanted to change it from the inside but what good would that do? Optimism aside, Kiyo might have only been able to change the way things were in Cloud but what good would that do everyone else stuck in a hell hole. Samuru wanted to simply destroy those who used their power to oppress, manipulating people into doing the dirty work in order to satisfy their greed. But what good would that do? These people were protected and he’d need to kill people in order to kill them. Murder breeds vengeance and vengeance breeds hatred. He’d murder one person’s father just to have that person seek vengeance and hate him for an eternity.
  841.  
  842. It’d just be an endless cycle… That’s what Samuru was afraid of but that fear was nothing more than a restriction.
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  844. Restrictions can be broken by will…
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  846. ”Kiyo. When is this Kage Summit? What is it about? And what do you plan on doing about it?” Samuru commented, standing up and moving in front of Kiyo, looking down at her with a gentle expression. ”I know that you need your rest and I know that I’m untrustworthy, but I don’t want you to abandon you again. I want to watch over you…”
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  848. All this political stuff wasn’t his cup of tea but Kiyo could potentially be in danger. Mist has killed Cloud shinobi. Sand is a relatively unknown, unpredictable entity and Leaf would go along with anything…
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  850. If there was a problem with the world then these people should be the first people to take responsibility but how did Kiyo feel about the matter? Kiyo was the Raikage so would she take responsibility for being a part of the problem? Would she become a part of the solution?
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  881. "Summit, summit, summit. I can`t tell you what I don`t know. Where, when, how, why is all left up to those who have put together such an offensively grand meeting. I hardly care so long as Sunuke-san is kind enough to give me the night to rest. Exhausted as I am the other Kage might have an advantage with their properly rested minds." Kiyo flopped on her bed, her bleeding ear resting against the bed spread and soaking into the expensive fabric. She couldn't know what the colour of the fabric was, but she was lucky that this, what was supposedly the honey moon suite, had a cold blue, green and white color combination the reflected on the bedding. If she moved her head even a little a red stain would stick out like a sore thumb.
  882.  
  883. It was in her best interests to try and play the exhausted maiden then and she tried to sound a little slurred with a sleep fogged mind while she spoke from that moment on. Perhaps it she pretended to fall asleep, he might leave.
  884.  
  885. "I don't find you untrustworthy. You should be mad at me for not proving to be the escape from Kumogakure that you were seeking," she paused as if in thought, though her mind had already pieced the words she wanted to say together like a patched quilt, "Why would an anbu talk to a dirty urchin in the dangerous forest without even asking her alligence if he was not desperate to leave. You were so fast to trust me, it warmed my heart a little," it had in fact been a long time since anyone had deemed her trustworthy. The last time had been a fuzzy yet fond memory with...
  886.  
  887. No,stop thinking just talk.
  888.  
  889. She slurred her words together more heavily now and her eyes drooped dangerously close to closed. Her headache did not hurt quite so much when she layed like this at least and she was certain if her mind wasn't so active she could have slept. Sleep was onlt for those who deserved it,not she.
  890.  
  891. "I like that you want to... watch over me but I have plenty of guards. I want... a friend who will back the difficult decisions I must make,: Her eyes fluttered closed and she smiled briefly,"as for the summit... what I plan? That depends on if the Mizukage. Rude, thoughtless words were written in Cloud;s invitation and if the Mizukage does not have the presence of mind to apologize for gravely insulting Cloud by taking a superior tone with us then I will be forced to deduct points. If they do not have something beyond the current issues with missing nin then I will have very little to do with it. Kumogakure stayed open to missing nin... I do not regard the typical discontent child or young man pushed into a difficult position a missing nin. A missing nin is one to betrays secrets about their village, who killed without a contract or makes a pact with an enemy."
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  916. ”Ay Samuru, you hear that? She says she doesn’t know. I wonder if she’s telling the truth...” The voice commented inside of Samuru’s head, much to his chagrin. The fact that Samuru knew that this voice was an extension of himself was quite astounding. The weaker his mind got, the stronger this dark influence had over the boy. The thoughts, the doubts, the temptation, the greed, the envy and other vices were all present within the boy’s mind, but he had managed to suppress them through high moral standards and integrity. It wasn’t until things became gray that this problem became prominent.
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  918. ”I think we can trust her. She’s being open with me and I have to acknowledge that fact. Shut up and trust me for once,” Samuru barked at the voice within his head, his face holding the same gentle expression as before within the external world. Though he was losing his mind, he still wanted to comfort Kiyo and that would mean hiding behind a façade for now. Honestly, the fact that he held such dark, selfish thoughts was frightening to him. The morals that he upheld were being challenged and the integrity that he worked hard to maintain was being thrown away, all by one person… himself.
  919.  
  920. ”Mist has always been an unfriendly bunch of people so I assumed that this summit was nothing more than a trap… or at least, a way for them to push their dirty work on to others.” Samuru’s comment was without fact and entirely based off of assumptions, but he wasn’t entirely misinformed. He simply made deductions about the character of Mist shinobi from the one’s that he had met and the official reports that were given to him as a captain. Samuru knew that these people were unjust and both sides of Samuru wanted nothing more than to kill off the detestable people…
  921.  
  922. However, one side wanted to just kill those that in command while the other wanted to destroy ever fragment of Kirigakure’s society…
  923.  
  924. The other piece of this summit was the collective unknowns of Sand and Leaf’s kage. Samuru assumed that Sunuke was putting up a slight front when he first met him so he concluded that he’d react differently under diplomatic rules. How he would react was unknown. The entire village of Sunagakure was mysterious to Samuru, which made them unpredictable and a potential obstacle toward Kiyo’s goals.
  925.  
  926. Everything seemed… too suspicious.
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  928. ”I understand, Kiyo. I know I haven’t been reliable but please… If a problem arises, scream for me like you did at the gates,” Samuru said calmly as he walked toward the door, opening it slightly. ”You need your rest so I’ll go. Before I do, is there anything else that you wanted?”
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  959. Kiyo smiled at Samuru and nodded her head ever so slightly. She could rant for hours about Mist. Their rude leaders, the state of their country, the death of Kumo’s by their hands and their over all superior attitude. The organizing of this meeting in itself had been so shabby, Kiyo had been terrified that she would arrive in Konoha and no one know anything about the meeting.
  960.  
  961. Either way it was a nice vacation so Kiyo had come.
  962.  
  963. “Mist has been our enemy for too long, they can’t expect us to trust them. The very fact that we have arrived for this meeting is a great show of faith on Kumogakure’s part but I’m not sure how ready we are for peace. Certainly it will take at least one or two generations of hard work to erase the demonizations that our countries have created for one another.” She didn’t tell him about how rude the letter from the mizukage had been. The real insult had been directed towards Shinbatsu and having to explain where the last Raikage had come from was entirely too difficult.
  964.  
  965. Kiyo was actually beginning to feel tired the longer she lay there waiting for him, in his round about way, to be alright with leaving. She ‘watched’ as his hands moved a little while he spoke and enjoyed the concern he openly shower for her. It meant he wanted to come home, didn’t it? A small victory but one entirely won for Kiyo and even though it would be difficult to gain him pardon, she was certain she would win. Hayata Shin was soft, he would agree with her, the med-nin Sennin she was unsure of but there was also Akira Saito…
  966.  
  967. “I will call for you at the first sign of danger, I promise, but please do the same for me? It may be best if you stayed in the Inn now that the Hokage knows you are a missing nin…though I will draw you up a temporary passport in the morning that will tie any actions you take to me for safety’s sake. Until then, stay safe.” She paused to mull over his last words then sighed.
  968.  
  969. “No, there is nothing I need right now, thank-you. I’ll call if I think of anything. Goodnight Samuru.”
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  971. She waited as long as it took him to shut the door and leave before she was rushing to the bathroom.Carefully she began to rinse out her ear, cursing all the while as the blood didn't seem to want to stop. Eventually the tonic she had drank earlier kicked in and the bleeding ceased.She sighed thankfully and padded quietly back into the bedroom to lay down. There was blood on the bedding but she wouldn't call anyone to clean it yet. the bed was big enough, she just lay down on the opposite side and was promptly asleep.
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  995. PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:08 pm Reply with quoteBack to top
  996. ”Demonizations that our countries have created? No. That’s just Kiyo’s neutrality kicking in. The truth is that we’ve done nothing to warrant their response other than being better than they are. Our policies are different and from a political standpoint, we seem to be more appealing than they are. Kumo is relatively stable economy-wise because of our open policy while Mist is volatile, unstable and almost worthless. They are envious. They are light years behind and they want to catch up by knocking off the people ahead of them. Pathetic.” Samuru commented to himself, his hand stroking his clean-shaven chin while unconsciously referring to Kumo as “his country” despite the fact that he ran away.
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  998. ”Funny how I agree with you Samuru. Those people are disgusting to me but I must say… that one Naomi girl was a real beauty! I wonder if she went back to that place with that loser and tigger the cub. Maybe we should visit, ay Samuru?” The voice stated, still present within Samuru’s subconscious, annoying him to the fullest. It was weird… Samuru had reverted back to his normal clearheaded self but this dark presence was more jaded than Samuru ever was. It seemed like the sacred Kannagi seal’s influence had affected his mind when he was fragile and began to take hold of the darkness in his heart and soul. The result was a split in his subconscious, which created two entities.
  999.  
  1000. One was Samuru the virtuous. The other claimed to be Samuru’s true self, Samuru unbridled.
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  1002. ”A temporary passport? I guess that means I will be returning with you… to Kumo.” Samuru said softly. In all honesty, the boy wanted to return but he didn’t want to go to a place where he felt unwanted. He was afraid of the repercussions and he was afraid of what might happen should “the other” surface in the external plane. However, Samuru truly believed that Kiyo might be able to make it all better.
  1003.  
  1004. It was a shame, one person relying on another so much but it was very comforting.
  1005.  
  1006. ”Goodnight Kiyo,” the boy kindly responded as he walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. ”Well that went well.” His mind had been put at ease and he had begun to walk to his room, when suddenly, he heard something scurrying in Kiyo’s room.
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  1008. ”…” The boy calmly walked back toward Kiyo’s room and stood by the door, utilizing his “gifts” to listen to what was going on behind her closed doors. Even with his powers, he couldn’t hear much but from what he could make out, it sounded as if Kiyo was frantically trying to do something. ”Was that why she was acting weird?” ”She’s hiding something from us!”
  1009.  
  1010. Agreeing with the voice, Samuru touched the knob of the door, fully intending to walk in and see what was going on but then the noise suddenly stopped. Placing his ear on the door, Samuru tried to listen to what was going on inside but… there was nothing. ”She’s probably sleep by now,” he thought as he sat down next to the door and laid his head against the wall. ”I’ll sit here and wait for awhile. She might need something.”
  1011.  
  1012. ”So damn sappy. Using my body for this is appalling,” the voice responded, though Samuru ignored it. His thoughts were purely on Kiyo, for now.
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  1014. Eventually, Samuru fell asleep with his head leaning up against the wall and his body unusually stiff and tense.
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  1046. Turning in for the night Yomoko had just paid for his room in the Akechi Ramen Inn. He had lost Ryu on the way here somewhere. The kid was probably called to do something. This was his village and he was a medic. Yoko had went ahead and already went to the room. Yomoko stopped along the way to look at the different paintings on the wall. Fascinating things some of the pictures were. He went down the hall and saw a very.. familiar face. Kannahi Samuru, Ex-ANBU Captain and medic of Kumogakure... well used to be. He fled the village. Not that Yomoko gave two dams. Yomoko was Exiled from the village. Sure he served Akira Saito still. But he had no way of telling the ANBU sennin that the man was hear. Yomoko could honestly careless.
  1047.  
  1048. He walked up to the sleeping man and spoke, hopefully he wouldn't startle the man. Samuru-san? Hey.. Wake up. Is that you? He didn't touch the man just merely rose his voice a bit to wake him up. Maybe the man would remember him... Who knew?
  1049.  
  1050. It was still midday but daylight meant nothing to her. Her body hardly knew the difference between night and day, one just tended to be warmer. The birds were Kiyo’s signal to wake up in the day time, even the ravens that roosted on the tower during winter only called in the day time. Despite that she could feel a stray beam of light where it had fallen across her leg and her sleepy mind contemplated it. If she stayed like that would it burn skin which Ming called at best pale, at worse ghost white. She wondered if it was golden or pale white, if the sky was clearer in fire country or if Kumogakure still had the most beautiful sky.
  1051.  
  1052. The birds here were beginning to grow quiet though and she smiled with satisfaction. The night must come earlier here, or else her sense of time was off she though wistfully as her breath evened out and Kiyo drifted off into a peaceful rest.
  1053.  
  1054. Hours later Ming approached the door, her breath catching when she caught sight of Samuru sitting outside and another man kneeling by his side. She hesitated, rocking from foot to foot as if she now approached a great chasm scaled only by a tiny, dilapidated bridge. In her arms she carried a tray of food with enough for at least two, all of it carefully prepared by the Inn staff for their most important guest. Somewhere along her search for Joji that afternoon Ming had found a shop and bought herself a dress in Konoha’s style so that even with her well tanned skin and strange accent she fit in well enough at first glance. She had even split her hair into pig tails to cool her neck.
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  1056. “Gentlemen, excuse me I must get past,” she spoke softly, her heavily accented voice a clear indicator that she was not from Konoha. Even still, those who knew mist would know her homeland. Her green eyes flickered between the pair, not a hint of the annoyance and suspicion she felt showing on her face. Oh course it would look bad, the called out traitor sleeping in front of her lady’s room and now this stranger. Kiyo had a knack for attracting riff raff. No, the little haku didn’t like this situation one bit.
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  1081. ”You should stop running. Stop holding back and take what you want most, even if you haven’t figured out what that is. You only live life once, live it for your damn self. Be as greedy as you want. Think as lustful as you want. Desire what you don’t have. Overindulge when you want and be as lazy as you want. Seek vengeance on your oppressors and kill those who continue to oppress… become a true avenger. Samuru, we are the best there is. It’s time to start showing people that! Why can’t you see that?!” The voice screamed inside of Samuru’s head, his eyes shooting open as “the voice’s” thoughts swirled around in his head while simultaneously being awoken by another voice… this one from the exterior world.
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  1083. ”Yomoko. Team 1, ANBU,” Samuru said to himself as he looked up at him with a look of annoyance pasted across his face. He hadn’t seen Yomoko in a long time and he hadn’t really considered them friends so it was a surprise that Yomoko had even said anything. Samuru wasn’t upset but he was slightly embarrassed. He was sitting outside of a room, after all. It looked suspicious. It looked lonely. Who would want to be looked at as one of those things? As virtuous as Samuru was he was still succumbed to some vices… the other version of himself had fully embraced them though. It was sickening to Samuru… How could someone like him reside in Samuru’s subconscious? It was baffling.
  1084.  
  1085. ”Who else would it be?” Samuru asked as he scratched his head, closing his eyes and turning his head to the side. ”What are you doing here?” His voice sounded fatigued and after all that he had been through, it was only natural that it did. He wasn’t physically fatigued but he was mentally drained…
  1086.  
  1087. A fact that was allowing the dark presence in his mind to reach the surface.
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  1089. Before Yomoko had a chance to respond, Kiyo’s rather young assistant requested for them to move so that she may deliver Kiyo’s food. ”Sure. I’m sorry to bother you but would you mind answering a question?” Samuru politely asked the girl. He could tell that she wasn’t from Kumo and he also deducted that she wasn’t from Konoha…
  1090.  
  1091. The question was… where was the girl from and why would Kiyo allow her to be her assistant?
  1092.  
  1093. ”What’s wrong with Kiyo? She seems…off lately, the boy asked, his mind fully on Kiyo and her health.
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  1125. Night? Day? Bah Yomoko was tired he didn't really care anymore. He had a long journey to get here, he needed a rest. Samuru woke up and responded to Yomoko. Okay.. maybe the two werent that great of friends. But hey, atleast aquantinces. Its not like they were assholes to eachother or anything. Yomoko's icy normal voice was about to speak when a lady came up.
  1126.  
  1127. Did he just say kiyo... Theres only one Kiyo I know...Raikage... Yomoko's eyes widened at the mention of her name. He had to keep control over his emotions though. He could not lose control here. No... not at all. He kept silent and waited until the women answered the Ex-ANBU captain's words. The Exiled Kumogakurian stood there and waited. He had all the time in the world. Even if he was tired. He would make himself stay awake.
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  1129. (OOC: Sorry for the late post, got home late last night and went to bed. I was more exhaughsted than Samuru's Character XD)
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  1164.  
  1165. They didn't move but at very least the one on the floor, the missing nin from earlier, gave away the fact that he had spoken to Kiyo earlier. She hadn't been thinking straight when she ran after Joji, though her head still wasn't straight, so she hadn't thought to make sure Kiyo had her peace. What worried her more was that this one had picked up on the fact that something was wrong, which meant Kiyo wasn't doing well. The Raikage made an annoying habit of hiding her defects and illnesses until they were dangerously far along.
  1166.  
  1167. Ming sighed, her brow creasing with barely contained frustration but their presence there was like a blockade she could not scale. There was a good chance Kiyo was awake by now and any information she gave out would come loud and clear. What bothered her the most was the other man here who obviously knew Kannagi and seemed to be at least neutral with one another.... which meant this one couldn't be good news. Then again, maybe he didn't know the man before him was a missing nin.
  1168.  
  1169. "Gomen, but am I to assume you have not spoken to Kiyo-sama in some time? Perhaps the change your are witnessing is simply a progression of time and events and the wear they cause on the soul. I, myself, could never imagine the wear it must cause on a person to lead an entire village of shinobi and ultimately be responsible for their financial security as well as safety." As she spoke, Ming very carefully shifted the tray but no it was too late. Her nerves had frozen her tea solid. It would be easy enough to fix but reheated tea wasn't the same.
  1170.  
  1171. "May I pass?” her green eyes flickered between the pair and she frowned as if realizing something very important and yet it was too late. She stopped and fixed her stare on Yomoko, the corner of her eye twitching, “And what about you, are you a well wisher, admirer or are Inn hallways outside a visiting Kage’s room a common place to chat in this s- this country? Please, there is very little you can say that will surprise me.”
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  1196. ”Wear and tear? Has time really caught up with her?” Samuru thought aloud, his body suddenly stiffening as he thought about the words “wear and tear,” in addition to the woman’s true age. Kiyo was the very first Raikage, surely she was much older than Samuru but she only appeared to be in her early twenties. The writing was on the wall. Though Samuru looked toward Kiyo to rid him of all of his vices, she held a vice of her own… vanity. She hid her age and manipulated people into thinking that she was much younger than she actually was. Kiyo never mentioned why or even how she did this, but Samuru assumed that she found the fountain of youth and was intent on keeping it to herself.
  1197.  
  1198. If that were true then Kiyo would be a selfish person. However, Samuru didn’t care… He felt that she deserved it.
  1199.  
  1200. ”He’s a pest who was just leaving,” Samuru commented before Yomoko could answer, glancing at his former comrade through the corner of his eye. It seemed like he was being rude but it wasn’t entirely intentional. His mind was just somewhere else, his emotions high, and his thoughts solely on Kiyo. Yomoko just happened to become nostalgic at the wrong time.
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  1202. ”I apologize, Ming-san. Please, allow me to see her,” the boy commented as he quickly sidestepped out of Ming’s way, allowing her to reach the door and hopefully bring him inside.
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  1204. ”There has to be something that I can do to reverse the effects.” Samuru began to think while looking at Ming with a sincerely worried look on his face.
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  1236. Now now now, that was rather rude. Now wasn't it? Then again Yomoko didn't think Samuru even knew what manners were, let alone ever used them. He discarded his response as if the man never even spoke. I am simply an old acquaintance of Samuru-san. Both of us were in Kumogakure's ANBU service. But he did his path and I was exiled.
  1237.  
  1238. Footsteps could be heard as someone was moving quickly towards Yomoko. Its not Yoko... He saw the face and knew exactly whom it was. Kein... He thought to himself.
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  1242. The demonic anbu spoke to Yomoko. Sorry it took so long Yomoko-san. Yomoko looked to him and nodded. Your Raikage is inside, you may want to make sure shes okay. You were on the Raikage's guard after all. I'm heading to my room. Kein, the room is down the hall aways. You'll know which one it is. Everyone else I bid you fairwell for now. Yomoko walked down the hall and turned with the hallway heading to the room.
  1243.  
  1244. Kein looked at the two and asked Whats wrong with Raikage-sama? He stood there and waited. He wasn't in their way of entering the room, but he would follow them in.
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  1273. The time had passed quickly as he'd made his way across town to the building known as Firewater, and gotten dressed in his ANBU gears. Thankfully it was getting cooler outside, though still not to the tempertures he was used to, yet it'd stop him feeling uncomfortable in the heavy ANBU garb that he was so used to wearing. Placing his mask on his face, attaching his three sheaths, two on his back with his Fuuma, and one on his waist with his families blade held in its black depths. The coiled ninja wires attached to his back almost invisible despite the quantities. He was sorted, he grabbed a waterskin filled with energy drink to keep him awake, he needed to be ready just in case. Then he raced back to the Inn where his Raikage stayed. Sure he wasn't impressed by her attitude and decisions lately, but he was still her servant, and he would serve as such until the time was due.
  1274.  
  1275. Arriving on a nearby building he remained practically invisible to the naked eye. After a time he relaxed a little, another hour passing as he watched diligently for anything that seemed out of place. Yet then he saw someone enter the Inn, Yomoko... another missing ninja. What was Kiyo up to? She seemed to be attracting them like flies to a rotten corpse. Shifting in his position he concidered what to do about this... then another familiar face, this time it was Kein. Kein was meant to be on assignment, or had been when he'd last seen him anyway. As far as he was aware he definately wasn't meant to be here, unless Akira had ordered it. He sat silently, watching as the man also entered the inn. Leaping across the gap between the buildings he landed on Kiyo's balcony silently, though Kiyo would have heard it. He was going to wait here, hoping that the soft pads of his feet on the balcony floor were enough sound to give Kiyo's sonar enough to recognise him, though he wasn't sure if that would be good or bad for her. But here he would wait, finding a dark corner he stood and watched.
  1276.  
  1277. If trouble were to arise he would see to it that no harm would come to the Raikage, whatever the cost.
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  1303. [OOC: I'm going to finish this topic with Samuru, no worries! xD]
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  1340. “Mouuu? A pest? He doesn’t look like a bug of a mouse. Let him answer for himself Kannagi-kun,” Ming offered in a quiet, even tone which was rare for the brunette. Her voice had an odd tendency of betraying all her feelings while her face remained the stony mask of a shinobi. It was odd if one did not know of Mings past and the fact that she had been mute from an early age until as recently as a few years ago. “I can’t just let you in Kannagi-san; Raikage-sama should be given a little time. She might be undressed or worse! I will ask her when I go in.”
  1341.  
  1342. That answered Ming turned her attention to the third party,I nterested to see if he had come up with a particularily interesting story to tell.
  1343.  
  1344. Ming blinked, not in surprise but at how openly the stranger seemed with telling her he was an exiled man. Perhaps he did not know of Kiyo’s magnificent hearing; perhaps he did know Kiyo was too kind hearted; perhaps he did not care. The little Haku pursed her lips, ready to retaliate with a witty anecdote but the sudden introduction of a new player in the hallway game of meet and greet made her press her lips back together. Her mood darkened visably with the extra build up of people; one could almost see the rolling black clouds above her head.
  1345.  
  1346. ‘I just wanted to drop off dinner so I could continue my search;, is that too much to ask for?’
  1347.  
  1348. “There. Is. Nothing. Wrong. With. The. Raikage,” Ming ground out, her fingers tightening on the edge of the tray. It was a bold lie and one the little Kunoichi was prepared to continue with her life. How could she betray the weaknesses of her cousin and friend; the woman she owed for home and health. If Kiyo had decided to hide her illness, her precieved weakness from these people then so be it. Besides, she was only in the early stages so keeping to herself was only natural. It would take a few years before the decay became too much… and then? Who knew.
  1349.  
  1350. Samuru had stepped aside and the other, Yomoko, had taken his leave so Ming scurried for the door and slipped inside before either could attempt to follow her. She pushed the door closed with her heel then turned to survey the situation within Kiyo’s room.
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  1352. Kiyo sat quietly near the door she’d come through, her arm resting on a small table meant for the usual couple sharing this room to take their meals. Kiyo’s long red hair was damp and recently combed, the ends of it curling as it dried in Konoha’s damp climate. She had decided against robed for once, which surprised Ming, and had instead donned a light green summer dress with a pattern of tiny white birds flying along its hem. Her shoulders were bare like this, showing off just how thin Kiyo was even after months of being fed well in Kumogakure. Her legs had small Goosebumps too and Ming had to wonder if Kiyo was cold why she would dress like that.
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  1354. “Kiyo-sama~,” she called Kiyo’s name while setting down the try very gently on the table. Her eyes went to the stain on the bed and back to Kiyo with a flicker of concern crossing her face. Her mind moved quickly to come up with a solution to the problem.She called Kiyo’s attention to it with a quick gesture, gaining only a nod from her cousin.
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  1356. “Ah, here let me put the food down and I’ll help you with tha- ah! I’m sorry, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to. Eyah! the blanket will be ruined if I let that sit! I’ll take it to the hotel staff immediately! Ah… there are two boys outside that would like to see you and…”
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  1358. “Kein and Samuru? Haii, I heard so please let them in,” the Kage’s words and mind were as smooth as silk, oddly enough only gentle memories of sunlight and birdsong on her mind. It was an exorcise in in thinking about the more troubling things in her life as Kiyo knew of Kein’s special gift just as Ming was playing to fill Samuru’s. Ming’s drug also tended to make her mind fuzzy when taken without a proper meal and she was still fighting those effects.
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  1360. There was the sound of blankets being pulled from the bed and a bit of shuffling then Ming popped out of the room again though she left the door open. She had been careful to conceal the true stain from the pair and she offered them only a wary smile as she passed, “Go in if you’d like.”
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  1390. ”They are both pests to me and honestly so are you.” Samuru said to himself, his mannerisms coinciding with his thoughts as he leaned up against the wall and rolled his eyes. ”So get rid of her then. What’s the problem? Want me to do it?” The voice asked him, obviously saying anything to try and escape the little cell within Samuru’s consciousness that the dominant personality put him in. The dark entity was smart. It took all of the dark thoughts that Samuru had in his head… the ones that he couldn’t solve and provided solutions to them. The problem was, sometimes these solutions weren’t what a person like Samuru would do.
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  1392. ”I don’t have a choice, do I? I’ll wait outside…” The boy said simply, closing his eyes and focusing his attention on Kiyo. Yes, she was in the room but that didn’t mean that he couldn’t hear her. His talents gave him the ability to listen to almost anything, anywhere and at any time. He believed that if he could hear her then he could feel her, and if he could feel her then maybe he could see what was bothering her.
  1393.  
  1394. Ming: “There. Is. Nothing. Wrong. With. The. Raikage”
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  1396. ”Lie! LIE! LIE! I can hear the discomfort in her voice. She’s lying Samuru. This bi—“ ”Shut up! Please, just stay quiet for a bit more.” The voice, that dark temptation deep within his subconscious began to get louder. He was beginning to lose control over the seal his mother entrusted to him and this must’ve been the effects it had on a person with a weak mind… another personality, filled with the darkness of one’s heart.
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  1398. ”If you hold that tray any tighter it’ll break Ms. Ming,” Samuru commented softly, his hand creeping over toward the edge of the door as Ming opened it and holding it open so she could get through before letting it shut behind her. If Ming’s wishes were Kiyo’s then he had no choice but to obey. No, he didn’t like it. No, he didn’t want to be trapped outside with the pest’s student but he’d obey those wishes.
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  1400. Even with his abilities, Samuru couldn’t hear much. Something happened and then another thing happened. Ming screamed because she spilled food on…Kiyo’s bed? Whatever happened, Kiyo agreed to let Kein and Samuru into the room while Ming exited with the stained bed sheets.
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  1402. Nodding toward Ming, he entered the room and let the door shut behind him, not worried about if Kein had entered the room before it shut or not. ”Kiyo,” the boy said softly, his eyes scanning her frail body for any abnormalities. ”You look cold. Want me to shut the window?” His question seemed to be geared toward Kiyo and her preference but even if she didn’t want him to, he proceeded to close the sliding glass door and lock it, anyways.
  1403.  
  1404. Before he had walked in the room, he heard movement… It wasn’t delicate like footsteps but more graceful… like a person trying not to be seen, Kiyo’s guard. When Samuru entered the room, he didn’t see anyone else but Kiyo so he concluded that he was on the balcony or the bathroom…
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  1406. He’d check the bathroom next…
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  1408. He was fully intent on conversing with Kiyo… ALONE.
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  1410. ”That’s a different choice for you,” Samuru commented with a gentle smile on his face, pointing at the dress that Kiyo chose to wear. ”Not feeling, Kage-like today?”
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  1442. Who was this guy? He seemed all High an mighty and rude at the same time. He had no idea how to act if you have power. With great power, comes great resposibility.
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  1444. Kein' reached out his mind and was unable to get through his head. He went after kiyo's mind but she was thinking about summer and happy thoughts. He finally went after the young girl. Nothing there as well due to it being all fuzzy. One was stronger, the other two had blocked him. Kiyo was definitely smart. He had only left her maybe a week or so now.
  1445.  
  1446. The girl went inside and talked with Kiyo, both minds still unable to be read. But he heard discomfort in their voices. Kein wasn't a fool, something was happening.
  1447.  
  1448. The man tried shutting the door quickly in Kein's face so he couldn't get in, well that wasn't going to happen. He caught the door and slipped in before the man could actually shove it closed. Excuse me sir, I do believe she said both of us could enter, I will be out of your way though. I think I'll be on the balcony until your done, to give you privacy. Kein moved himself to the balcony. He knew someone was out there. He could feel the mental block. He out there looking out onto the town and spoke So do you always hide from your Raikage? Or is it a once and a while thing? Kein knew it was Koumyou only because he had felt this mental block before back in Kumogakure when the Kiri Sennin came to visit. He stood there and waited for a response, Kein wasn't an idiot anyone who thought they was a fool themselves.
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  1476. "Ah..." she was actually warm, thus the lighter clothes, but Kiyo could guess what he was after. Considering the earlier argument Kiyo wasn’t feeling too social in regards to Koumyou either but she was sure that being blocked out would set Koumyou on edge. His being on edge didn’t sit well with Kiyo if only for the fact that it might cause a scene. It never once occurred to the Auburn hairs woman that he might suspect her of fowl play with missing nin, her weak heart did not regard Samuru as a missing nin.
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  1478. Kein slipped past and directly towards the balcony and Kiyo had only time think a questioning hello his way that the Kage wasn't certain he would get. She had heard Yomoko outside, his voice had startled her into listening to the conversation outside. Odd how certain people stood out in one’s memory, even when trained to do so. Yomoko was one to do so, though his feat at the meeting had marked him in more way then one. Brave man to walk away.
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  1480. But Kein’s quick departure left Kiyo with only Samuru’s company. She watched him without turning her head, an advantage of their sonar and
  1481.  
  1482. "Funny, I always used to dress like this before," her only sign of embarrassment was to smooth the fabric down across her knees only to have it snap back into place. She couldn't have known the colour but the pattern of birds stood out against her vision and Kiyo liked birds.
  1483.  
  1484. As for the dress, it was the truth. When travelling through warmer countries and during her childhood Kiyo had always gravitated towards this sort of garb. Traditional clothing tended to hamper a woman where as simple sun dresses left a woman free to do as she wished. She could still remember the swirling, beautiful pieces of art that her mother had sewn into those dresses so that she might attend meetings at her father’s side.
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  1486. “Do you like it?” that tiny question meant a lot coming from Kiyo’s lips. It set Samuru on a pedestal amongst those she found important enough that she might worry about their opinion; even if it was just a dress. She smiled sweetly and crossed her legs, the smooth bare flesh of her legs such a pleasing change.
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  1488. "You didn't need to sleep outside on the floor Samuru," the Kage had thought about bringing him a blanket when she woke up and realized it was him sitting outside her door but Kiyo was supposed to be asleep. Not only would she have blown her cover but she would have ruined a perfectly good opportunity to clean up.
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  1490. “Here, come sit with me,” She uncrossed her legs and shuffled to the right side of the soft couch she was occupying to make room for Samuru to sit. She then reached across to the table Ming had set the tray on and picked one of the small cold sushi rolls that sat on it.
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  1516. He wasn't hiding particularly well, mearly standing on the deck behind where the curtain sheltered him, so when Kein stepped out Koumyou nodded to him. The Hashigaki swordsman and jutsu master leaning calmly against the corner his head feeling the subtle vibrations which gifted him the ability to hear everything going on inside, just as he knew Kiyo could hear them outside. "You know as well as I that hiding isn't what I'm doing. I'm giving her the illusion of being alone. At the same time, I must say that I'm suprised that the traitor inside the room is bothering to search, he should know by now that even if he found me he'd do naught but spot me and potentially give me a reason to kill him." he also knew that Samuru possessed the same abilities of hearing. The man would have heard the words spoken, and would recognise the confident words of a man who was once his junior.
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  1518. Almost hoping that his words would cause the man still inside the room to falter and attack him he turned his attention more fully on Kein, a man who was by all accounts still under his own command. "So then Kein..." his distraction was breif as a sneer came to his lips as he heard the delight in their kage's voice in speaking to the low life, but then continued as though nothing had happened "...what brings you to Konoha." his mind was however on other things. Should he mearly walk in the room, cause a scene and destroy the man inside, the village would reward him for doing so, indeed, as far as the ANBU were concerned he'd be hailed as a hero. But Kiyo liked the man, so there was his problem. Guard to the Raikage, taking his orders directly from her, and while his stance as a Cloud villager, and ANBU told him to kill, his Raikage said otherwise. Was this some grand scheme of hers, something that he had to follow unquestioningly, or was this mearly an act of betrayal. A kage who had given up on the village, who's only priority was her own satisfaction. His mind began to wonder if perhaps the Raikage whose responcibility was the village, was instead mearly using the power to indulge herself.
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  1520. His thumb flicked at the hilt of his blade, a finger legnth of the sharpened metal glimmering in the faint lights of Konoha. He closed his eyes and leant his head back against the corner "If you were a guard to a kage, would you let a man who was entered in the bingo book as an S rank traitor, to be killed on sight, live?" the question was rhetorical, and he wasn't even sure who it was to. The message would get through to everyone there, he knew Keins answer, and he was pretty sure that if the roles were the opposite Samuru wouldn't be standing here letting things go on. Perhaps Kiyo too would realise the situation the stress that, by doing what she was doing, she was putting her guard under. Whether they were friendly or not, it didn't matter, the man would die for his kage, and he would kill for his village.
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  1522. His right hand balled into a fist, his arm shaking as he tried to release the stress and anger that was building up inside him out through the exertion. Though as was usually the case with warriors, there was only one true way to get it out, their testosterone levels would allow for it and it alone. The longer this exchange continued for, and the friendlier the Raikage got to the man, the harder it would be for Koumyou to hold back. Kein, through his time reading minds and people would realise this danger and threat immediately. Perhaps now would not be a good time to inform Koumyou of his having left the corps. Though would there ever be such a time.
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  1549. Kein chuckled but still didn't look towards his ex-hashigaki captain. There was no need to make eye contact when the man could see him without using his eyes. He commented back on his first statement while shrugging slightly Illusion? You know as well as I do that she knows your hear. She isn't an idiot, though we both know this. She found a way to block me, she keeps remembering summer time it seemed like or something. A vision to block out my mind. Quite irritating to be honest. Not know what everyone is thinking. Then again... He looked over to Koumyou and then looked back out at the village. By your body language, you might be a little annoyed it seems. No doubt with Rude-san in there. He spoke referencing Samuru but didn't know his name.
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  1551. Silence fell and then Koumyou brought up another question. Kein didn't do any body language to show he felt on what he was going to say, nothing in his voice would give hints either. I'm here looking after my master. Now whom could that be though? The Raikage? Himself (koumyou) or possibly Yomoko? The ANBU captain could give questions if he so chose.
  1552.  
  1553. Silence fell again as Koumyou was watching the group in there. A random question came, it could have been directed towards Kein... but it wasn't exactly. Kein decided to answer, even if it sounded rhetorical. I say burn him in hell.. then again we are the Raikage's guard. What she says is our law. A very odd predicament you are in Koumyou-san.
  1554.  
  1555. He saw the man's hand become a fist swiftly, keeping his hand near his blade. Kein moved towards him and kept his voice low. Koumyou-san. Keep calm. You don't wanna lose the Raikage's trust so quickly. If she needs help she will call for you. I understand you don't trust this man because I do not either. But remember, her words are law. His words were polite, calm and collective somewhat.
  1556.  
  1557. A whoosh of air came about and Yomoko appeared on the opposite side of the balcony, farthest away from Koumyou. He looked directly at the ANBU captain, not even caring to peak in at the people in side. Koumyou. He spoke to get his attention, though he was pretty sure he already had it. Give a message to Akira-Sempai for me. Tell him that all is well and I except something from him as soon as he figures everything out. Koumyou might or might not know about the whole situation. Who exactly did know? The ANBU team that stopped him and the Sennin himself? Who else from Kumogakure actually knew the truth?
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  1559. Kein Stood there waiting to see if Koumyou would move to attack. Kein could tell Koumyou's strength had greatly increased since the last time they saw each other. He could taste the chakra coming off from him. This would be bad if it started into a brawl. But that wasn't the intention. Yomoko needed something delivered and he could trust that Koumyou, would deliver the message to the Sennin. He was reliable, that much Yomoko knew about him. Yomoko moved to leave so there wouldn't be any trouble. He was simply trying to see what was happening and what Saito would have in store for him.
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  1587. ”I can hear that man’s sickening voice. Koumyou! I want to kill him so badly. That smug bastard! No one deserves to die more than white haired slave!” The boy’s thoughts continued to be a scrambled mess as he tried to focus his attention on Kiyo’s dress. It was hard to fight the feeling to separate the balcony from the room but Samuru would have to remain calm in front of Kiyo. She placed so much trust in him and each day, he felt it harder and harder to live up to the expectations that he perceived her having for him. He was a very flawed individual, incapable of separating his emotions from his actions and unable to maintain a strong sense of confidence by himself. To be honest, Samuru was only confident around people he knew he was better than and Kiyo. Any other time, he succumbed to his insecurities and during those times… he became weak, his mind became fragile and the dark essence of the seal began to take over his persona.
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  1589. ”I like it. I find it pleasant. Way more pleasant than those hideous garbs they tell you to wear as the Raikage. I may not have the greatest style but I don’t know how you pull it off, Kiyo,” Samuru said softly, his face displaying a confident smile while keeping a hand behind his back, pinching his back when his thoughts strayed from Kiyo. The voice was getting louder and Samuru figured that a little pain would make him aware of its presence, allowing him to block it from reaching the surface. Eventually, he wanted to control it again but that seemed impossible at the moment.
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  1591. ”I didn’t mean to, honest. I just thought something was bothering you… You moved so frantically after I left. I heard and I couldn’t pull myself away from your door. I guess I haven’t slept much in the last couple of weeks. Maybe my body just shut itself down,” he said while looking at the ceiling as if he were engaged in some type of critical thinking. It was truth though. He didn’t even realize that he was sleep until he woke up. Funny how that happens…
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  1593. ”Um. Ok,” the boy timidly responded, worrying that without the aid of his pinch his “inner demons” would reach the surface. Sitting down next to her on the couch, Samuru looked down at the sushi rolls lying on a plate, on the tray, that Ming brought in. ”What’s the matter Kiyo? You’ve been acting weird. Something seems off or maybe I’m just out of touch.”
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  1595. Kiyo popped the sushi roll into her mouth, chewed, then swallowed.It was goo and made with some sort of river fish that must be local. The food sat in her stomach like a lump and dispelled a bit of her dizzy head.
  1596.  
  1597. it was harder then not to pay attention to the conversation going on outside on the balcony. Silently she turned herhead to listen to the pair talking outside. She was favouring her lieft ear where as the right had been the one tobleed earlier in the day. It left her face turned towards samuru but he would know better than to think her half lidded eyes were watching him.
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  1599. "I do not mind the robes; certainly they hide my disfigurement and they are what a Kage is expected to be seen in. Do for your own as they expect, do for your enemies the unexpected as they would expect and the expected to fool them.I do not feel like fooling with Konoha." She wrinkled her nose at him and smiled though it was fleeting. Koumyou's question troubled her to no end. Kiyo even found herself placing a protecting hand on Samuru's arm.
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  1601. "I... "Kiyo paused then looked towards the balcony. her eyes widened a bit as yomoko's voice floated through to their ears. She seemed in shock then in pain and finally a pair of tears slipped down her face. But that was all she would shed for the moment and Kiyo set her jaw in determination. "I feel a deep regret," she answered gently while leaning her small body back into the couch,"and i wish i could tell you more."
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  1603. "Koumyou, Yomoko is an exiled murderer." She didn't seem to speak any louder but Kiyo knew her voice would carry through to the other man without the pair near him hearing much more then mutters. Sadly, Kein would read her mind perhaps but he would also feel the great sorrow behind her words, "Please ask him to leave, I would hate for him to come to some harm." She drew in a shaky breath then let it out again before she continued, "His message may be delivered. I would be interested to know why he communicates with our Anbu Sennin."
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  1629. His eyes remained closed, perhaps a mistake, yet his sonar allowed him to not rely on his sight to go about performing his duties well... so when Yomoko arrived on the deck Koumyou was not surprised. He'd watched his movements as he'd neared and hadn't moved to stop the man. His message however was a little strange, and when Kiyo spoke to him he nodded once, his acceptance of his task. "Your message will be passed on, I request you take your leave now however."he delivered the request, his eyes closed, his body seemingly in a state of relaxation. It would seem as though he might have ignored Kein's words, or simply chosen not to respond to them. Though he had a message for Kiyo, one that he knew would anger the man she was with, though perhaps he wondered what would happen if he egged him on enough... perhaps then he'd get what he wanted. Also perhaps it would explain his own lack of reactions to Yomoko's presence, though he wasn't to know that the man was still loyal, yet it seemed to be the case "The animal you're with is worse than an exiled murderer, he's a traitor. At least this exiled murderer chooses to continue to serve you and his village despite being thrown away. After all, we're shinobi, trained to kill. I'm a murderer, and a damn good one." the last line however was said with a maliciousness in its tone that would make someones skin crawl. Especially as every one of the people who could hear it knew that it was true.
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  1631. The boy that'd entered Squad 2 as a fresh ANBU, in awe of his captains power was now a captain himself, and that awe had ceased a while ago. Now that man he'd once looked up to, a man who he'd wanted to somewhat be like, was sitting in that room with the Raikage, and the only thing stopping his scull from being split open by Koumyou's blade was the Raikage herself. Why did she defend a man who'd betrayed the village and therefore betrayed her, while instead a man who'd killed someone she might not have wanted killed was exiled. The ANBU killed people daily, multiple of them at times, yet this time it was declaired murder and he was gifted with an exile, instead of it being declaired a successful mission and being gifted with payment.
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  1658. Yomoko was a bit surprised as Koumyou replied quite calmly given the circumstances. Yomoko nodded and spoke Thank you Koumyou-san. I will leave to be out of your way. Yomoko looked inside quickly and saw the Raikage and Samuru. There was a glare on the glass so no details could be seen. Yomoko jumped off the balcony leaving them all be. He was asked to leave, he wouldn't disobey something when they had accepted his request.
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  1660. Meanwhile Kein listened in on the Raikage's mind. It had finally opened up probably due to Yomoko's appearance. The Raikage had great sorrow on her mind. Did she feel remorse for what she had done to Yomoko? Did she still not understand? Yomoko had killed the person because he viewed him as a threat towards the Raikage. He fled because of Hayata Shin's eyes.
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  1662. Kein looked to Koumyou and listened to his statement to the Raikage it seemed. He nodded and spoke The only reason Yomoko still serves is because of our Sennin. He trusts him and is one of the few he knows he can trust. Yomoko didn't kill that council member for no reason... he did it because he saw him as a threat to the Raikage... I was suppose to be on guard but I was brought onto a mission in the country side. Yomoko was just doing what he thought was right... And he got shit on by the village...His voice at the end seemed to have some sort of dispise towards the village. Not hatred just bit of annoyance towards the village and obviously towards the Raikage's choices. The Demon ANBU turned away from the ANBU captain. He looked towards the street lights. Looking into the streets of the foreign village.
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  1690. ”It’s funny, isn’t it Samuru? Pests masquerading as something way more important than they actually are! It’s hilarious! These animals all deserve to die. They deserve to be smashed by the weight of the gods and sucked into the vacuum of hell. Pathetic creatures, they are,” the voice screamed in his head, Samuru coping with his rather conflicting imagination by biting his lip and vigorously pinching his leg as he struggled to maintain the guise of someone comfortable in their own skin. But the worst threat to his insanity wasn’t even in the room. Koumyou and Yomoko were two people that both personalities disliked. He harbored feelings of hatred for one but thoughts of annoyance rang through his head for the other.
  1691.  
  1692. Samuru was at a loss for words. He wanted to speak his mind but he didn’t want to offend Kiyo. Their privacy was being interrupted by an overzealous ANBU pest, a homicidal traitor and the traitor’s lap dog. It bothered him to no ends and his swords began to vibrate with intensity… or so it felt like to him. To him, he could hear the swords calling out to him. “Kill them,” the voices called out as he sat against the couch, uncontrollably shaking. The only thing stopping him from leaping up out of his seat was Kiyo’s warm hand that rested on the boy’s arm, which he grabbed, embraced and focused on as he spoke.
  1693.  
  1694. ”Kiyo, could you ask that buffoon to leave or can we get out of here? He is beginning to disturb me and I don’t know how much longer I can be calm like this,” Samuru commented, subtly giving away two facts. 1) He was beginning to lose control over his mind and body. 2) Koumyou was about to die if she didn’t order him away.
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  1696. [OOC: Sorry that took so long. Comcast won’t be here until next Friday so I’m forced to steal internet lol. I’ll do my best to keep up!]
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  1727. Kiyo shifted her weight back against the couch while continuing to keep a firm hold of Samuru. In all her selfishness Kiyo had not truly looked at the man she had dared to call a friend since she had come across him here in leaf. Oh, certainly she had watched him for signs the he might run away again. He had always seemed tense but never like he desired to get away. His falling asleep outside her door had proved more than any words could.
  1728.  
  1729. No, what she had not had the empathy to see was his discomfort in his own skin. The way he pinched himself over and over for no reason, the way he seemed to think about his words carefully. She had always taken his as a rash character, one who said as he felt at the moment and the way he was now went against her judgment. But Kiyo decided it wasn't her, she hadn't missed this before, in Kumo, but was seeing a change that had happened since he had left.
  1730.  
  1731. She wasn't the only one hiding things.
  1732.  
  1733. Her eyes seemed to focus on their hands and she gave his a reassuring squeeze. Kiyo kept her voice calm and low as if doing so would keep Koumyou from hearing them, "I'll do my best, come on."
  1734.  
  1735. The later of his choices seemed correct, if Kiyo were to order Koumyou away there was the posability of him refusing on the fact that he was her guard. He would either go away bitterly or refuse all together and neither were a good choice. She could hear the anger in Kein as he spoke to Koumyou and guessed that the pair may keep each other occupied at that time. Maybe Koumyou would even have a friend to talk to about all that bothered him about her. That would be good for him, wouldn't it?
  1736.  
  1737. Standing, Kiyo pulled at Samuru's arm for him to come after her. She didn't speak and only nodded towards the door to indicate where they should go.
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  1762. PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:58 pm Reply with quoteBack to top
  1763. Kein said something that caught Koumyou's attention. Perhaps it was because Koumyou was the Raikage's guard and so had little to do with ANBU Sennin Akira Saito that he hadn't formed the kind of bond that someone like Yomoko had. He nodded and there wasn't much he could say about the situation, it wasn't his place to make such decisions, and it wasn't his place to criticize them either. He was the ANBU Captain of Kiyo's personal guard, he would serve her for as long as she was Raikage, and he would protect her from any dangers. His silence was also because the one known as Samuru asked for him to be asked to leave. Yet afterwards there wasn't a reply, yet he then heard it, it was lower than normal, as though reassurring. His top lip curled up in rage as his mind already worked out what she had in mind. Before Keins eyes he'd watch as Koumyou'd form dissapated into what seemed like black mist, yet reformed within the room itself. Clearly he'd been learning some new tricks.
  1764.  
  1765. "I'm sorry Lady Kiyo, I cannot allow you do be out of range of my protection when you're with Captain Impitent there." his form had reappeared and was now following them. There was about as much chance of him not performing his job the way he saw fit as there was of pigs flying under their own strength. When or if they stopped moving away he would as well. After all there was no need to get closer than he had been. Either way Samuru was a danger to everyone around him, Koumyou was sure of this, and there was no way he would let Kiyo be truely alone with the man. Not as long as he had a say in the matter.
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  1791. PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:09 am Reply with quoteBack to top
  1792. Kein watched as the events unfold before his eyes. Low murmurs of bickering maybe or something. Koumyou seemed to be showing off some of his skills. But that wasn't a Hashigaki move. Kein knew that much. He always though Koumyou was a Hashigaki. From the shadows and the black mist.. it looked like he was a Nara. What the hell happened? His genetics get fucked up or something?
  1793.  
  1794. Kein opened the door slowly and walked in the room and shut it behind him. He leaned against the glass door waiting to see if anything would happen. The demon watched Kiyo especially. Watching her movements very explicitly. Recording them all in his head, making sure he dotted his "i's" and crossed his "t's". He didn't speak a word, but his hands were loose if he needed to send a few hand seals into place.
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  1826.  
  1827. It was becoming exceedingly difficult to sit with Kiyo while she allowed Koumyou, Kein, and Yomoko to remain within such a close proximity to them. Every fiber of his body yearned for violence, and the only things stopping him were the restraints he had placed on himself and he overwhelming feelings of love and respect for Kagetsu Kiyo, the Raikage… the slave master of Kumo. Whether he liked it or not, that was her rank… it was her title and knowing Kiyo, she was probably trying to change the look of the system or at least make the best decisions available to her. She was the type of person and Samuru looked up to her as his role model because of it…
  1828.  
  1829. However, respect, admiration, love, and other similar feelings that Samuru had for Kiyo would only hold back the darkness in his heart for so long. He lacked control over them and something about the other riffraff pissed him off greatly. It was beginning to take a turn for the worse until Kiyo suddenly squeezed his hand, softly explaining to him that “she’d do her best.”
  1830.  
  1831. ”So you plan on escaping from this place like a runaway princess. That’s cute,” Samuru playfully whispered to Kiyo, using a rather low pitch so that no one else could possibly hear the young man… except those who shared the same gifts, of course.
  1832.  
  1833. Allowing himself to be dragged along by the Raikage, Samuru’s mind suddenly felt at peace with itself. Finally, he could let his guard down and be himself around the woman that he cared about the most. In just one move, Kiyo had defeated the dark essence that plagued Samuru’s imagination, influenced his persona, and shattered his mental capabilities. Samuru could be Samuru again.
  1834.  
  1835. Or at least, that was the way it would’ve been if someone had not interfered.
  1836.  
  1837. ”Koumyou, the overzealous. Still a persistent rat as ever, I see,” Samuru commented, believing himself to be sticking his hands in his pockets and grabbing hold of a smoke bomb. ”Sorry but the princess and I will be taking our leave now,” the short, mockingly spoken comment was supposed to be followed by a massive influx of smoke as the Raikage and her miscreant friend made their escape. However, it didn’t. In fact…
  1838.  
  1839. ”Stop talking to yourself, Samuru. I’m in control now!” In a twist of fate, the very thing that calmed him, the thing that he desired most, and the event that would’ve soothed his soul, had lowered the amount of restrictions that he had on his mind by simply becoming relaxed. In that moment… the moment where he let his guard down and Koumyou arrived, the darkness in his heart became dominant. ”No! Don’t!” ”Too LATE!”
  1840.  
  1841. Captain Impotent. Soon it’d be an insult that Koumyou regretted.
  1842.  
  1843. Almost without warning and just as the two words escaped Koumyou’s mouth, Samuru had slipped his wrist from Kiyo’s grasp and gripped the hilt of his sword. In seconds, Samuru had released the strap holding his one of his sheaths in place, swiftly moved between Koumyou and Kein, and gracefully twirled into a fighting stance, resolving with the white sword’s sheath being shot out toward Kein and the black sword being held near Koumyou’s neck.
  1844.  
  1845. ”I wonder if those words of yours can be backed up or did you receive that rank of yours by being in your favorite position… on your knees,” Samuru retorted, his comments followed my maniacal laughter.
  1846.  
  1847. Well things seemed to get interesting, didn’t it?
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  1877. PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:53 am Reply with quoteBack to top
  1878. Koumyou’s new technique surprised Kiyo as much as anyone else. She had expected to have the time to retreat from the room before Koumyou could disengage from Kein’s presence. How wrong she had been; her kitty was full of surprises. Too bad he used them only to thwart her.
  1879.  
  1880. Samuru’s hand slipped from her grasp and she knew at once she had lost him to something. She had to act quickly to regain her control.
  1881.  
  1882. “You’re twice the fool I thought you were,” Kiyo mused aloud, a angry scowl on her face. He worked against her every wish, made efforts crumble with his free tongue and rigid concept of what he had decided his duty ought to be. And yet a fool could see that he only protected her now to push the man he deemed a threat into a fight. Insults, rude comments and disregarding Samuru’s imbalance in order to satisfy some petty grievance.
  1883.  
  1884. She had to defuse this before a fight broke out. They were in a foreign country and destroying the Inn room she had purchased was hardly the impression she needed to leave on leaf. Ordering Koumyou to back down would work well enough but given his persistence she wondered if he would follow those orders. She wondered a great deal about Koumyou’s skewed loyalty. No, she would need to interject and defuse the problem with a method often reserved for dire situations. The follow up could be painful. For a brief moment her face fell and she seemed almost in pain but the flicker was replaced by a masking sweet smile.
  1885.  
  1886. “Samuru,” she whispered softly in an odd tine while her hand extending first to cautiously touch his shoulder. Silently she encouraged herself forward and she swiftly stepped around Samuru to place herself directly between him and Koumyou. Stupid kitty.
  1887.  
  1888. Kiyo repressed the sick feeling in her stomach the bubbled up from she touched another so intimately. This went deeper then Koumyou and his games, deeper then one lustful betrayal and yet for the sake of peace between her own she would do this. They would never understand how difficult it was for her to lean her upper body enticingly against Samuru while maintaining her composure. One hand was pressed un-offensively against his sword arm while the other curved around his neck. Seduction was a woman’s tool.
  1889.  
  1890. “Am I to understand, you would waste your attention on him, when you have me? Tch, I am insulted. Surely we can think of something more entertaining to do then fight,” the gentle caress at the back of his neck that followed was as calculated and measured as the first time she’d been taught. It was funny how little lessons stuck in one’s head. She could only hope that whatever pitted the pair against one another was not too strong. “I’m sure Koumyou would not be so terrible as to adopt voyeurism.”
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  1916. [ooc: I apologise for this post, on the phone and in a rush]
  1917.  
  1918. So Samuru was finally showing his true colours, Samuru rushed forward, his blade shon in the light and neared his flesh, Koumyou smiled, his hand was already on his blade, but he didn't bother drawing it. Samuru slowed as he arrived by Koumyou, the speed adjusting to allow the man control over where the blade ended up, which was at Koumyou's throat. Yet another obsticle arrived barely behind, as Kiyo began seducing the man, ignoring Koumyou, and not realising that behind her his body was wafting away into the shadowy substance as it had just before. Koumyou was now on the other side of the pair, his back to them. "Neither of you understand your own situations. Kiyo, he's mentally inept, by being close to him you're putting yourself in danger which is causing this scenario. As for you Samuru, your situation is simple. You're weak."
  1919.  
  1920. He turned around to face them, Kiyo's act sickened him to his stomach and confirmed the thoughts he'd had about her. She was romantically involved and therefore willing to make exceptions for him. Favourtism was the only word Koumyou could think of, and combined with Yomoko and Kein's comments earlier Koumyou's already breaking trust and faith in his Raikage was shattered. He would have to leave the ANBU when he got back at this rate, there was nothing else to do. He couldn't protect Kiyo from herself and he wouldn't put himself in a situation where he could be blamed for her death. At this rate that was exactly what would happen. She would need to truely work on him should she want to keep him around... and even then it wouldn't be easy.
  1921.  
  1922. "Samuru, if you truely care for Kiyo you will leave. Though your selfishness will likely stop you from doing so."
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  1949. (OOC: Btw, I know Koumyou knows this, but for reference. Kein is roughly 2800 PL. He hit that point wen I retired him. I know he isnt stronger than Samuru nor Koumyou. Just stating he isnt able to be flicked around like nothing either.)
  1950.  
  1951. Kein watched as Samuru thought he was being smart by taking out to blades and holding them to his own and Koumyou's necks. Was he idiotic? Koumyou easily slipped back towards the shadows with his jutsu. I'm going to go with Nara for the captain... even though I could have sworn he was a hashigaki. Genetics mixed up probably. The demon himself merely took a few steps backward and then spoke I dont see why you pointed a sword towards me Nukian-san. I suggest you point yours away from me as I am not the problem you should be worried about. Captain Koumyou seems to want to play with you more than I do. I just don't want Raikage-sama harmed.
  1952.  
  1953. With that Kein stayed where he was, watching as the Raikage used her feminine side to get samuru's attention. But his blood was boiling inside still. The demon ANBU was upset that someone even threatened his life yet he had done nothing wrong towards such a man. He didn't know how much longer he himself could hold in his demon. If samuru didn't lower his blade away from him. Kein would strike. He would give him his all. No matter what would happen.
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  1955. (OOC: sorry for late post. Busy weekend)
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  1987.  
  1988. ”Weak?! That’s funny. Your death draws near and those are the only words that you can muster. Being an ANBU captain has caused you to become cocky. Cocky, stupid and a deadman,” Samuru thought to himself, holding the swords firmly, despite Kiyo placing herself between the two quarrelling men. Kein had been an afterthought at this point. Samuru and all of his hatred were being fueled by Koumyou’s words, and all of his anger was pointed directly at Koumyou.
  1989.  
  1990. Weak?! Just the opposite. This version of Samuru couldn’t even tell that Kiyo was there. The fact that she had placed herself between the two wasn’t the smartest decision that she could’ve made. This version cared about Kiyo but he cared about his own pride much more. The fact that Koumyou insulted him and then challenged him was more than enough to cause him to act in this way. If Kein stood against Samuru then he would be cut down. Simple as that. If Kiyo stood against him then she too would be cut down… regrettably but cut down.
  1991.  
  1992. However, before Samuru even had a chance to act on these violent sensations, Kiyo did something… confusing to him. After a soft whisper, Kiyo’s hands ran gingerly across his shoulder as she moved closer toward him.
  1993.  
  1994. ”What?”
  1995.  
  1996. Her upper body, her breasts, leaned inward onto his chest, as she pressed up against him and began to speak.
  1997.  
  1998. ”The fuck!”
  1999.  
  2000. His emotions were running rampant, his grip on his swords tightened but his hands felt numb all at the same time. This version of Samuru wanted nothing more than to simply fuck the shit out of Kumo’s kage but his body was acting weird. His body wasn’t moving like it should’ve been… something was stopping him from acting.
  2001.  
  2002. ”Is going on?!
  2003.  
  2004. Kiyo’s sexual advances, her gentle touch on the back of his neck. Kiyo was seducing him as he always wanted…
  2005.  
  2006. But something was off…
  2007.  
  2008. As much as he loved the woman, there was one thing that he firmly understood.
  2009.  
  2010. ”This would never happen. This could never happen.” ”So she’s tricking us then, just as her secretary did when we visited her office.” “A trick?” ”Yes, a trick. This woman is trying to trick us again! Allow me to handle it! You are too weak!” “…Ok.”
  2011.  
  2012. Her advances were too convenient and even with his fragile mind, Samuru had managed to see through her illusion. The truth hurt… but at least it was the truth.
  2013. After a couple of moments of hesitation, Samuru’s body began to move… violently.
  2014.  
  2015. ”Unhand me woman,” Samuru commented, shoving the Raikage out of his way and pointing the white sword toward her, while maintaining his grip on the black sword, which pointed toward Koumyou.
  2016.  
  2017. ”How dare you? Trying to manipulate me like that. How can I trust someone like you!?! How can I forgive such a thing!?” Samuru screamed, his face resembling a madman, tears forming at the corners of his widened eyes, spit flying out of his mouth while he screamed. Truly frenzied, Samuru had lost all control…
  2018.  
  2019. And at this point, the Samuru that Kiyo knew didn’t even try to regain control. The pain of manipulation was too great.
  2020.  
  2021. [OOC: Sorry guys. I was pretty busy and I didn't want to put up a crappy post. I wrote this one pretty quickly so don't judge! I'll be back to my normal activity this week!]
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  2052. A mask of hurt flew over Kiyo's face as smoothly as she stumbled away from Samuru. ome part of her wasn't surprised he had shived her away, she would have shoved herself away. This body was disgusting. Her bones slipped under thin skin, her legs were barely twigs compared to what had once been. Even her face was thin and bony; nothing like the rounder beauty she had once presented.
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  2054. Another part was surprised it hadn't worked, what was wrong with her charms that he could see through them so easily? Weren't Hashigaki supposed to have beautiful eyes? Did he not like the feel of her, weren't men supposed to like women. She'd been told her skin had evened out to a lovely olive shade, that her hair was soft and touchable. Why wouldn't her want her?
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  2056. Her pride stung, it screamed to allowed Koumyou to kill him. It screamed that she would have no more to do with this man. He didn't deserve her help, not when he wasn’t prepared to trust fully in her. No one trusted in her but her logic was perfectly sound. No, it was they who were wrong. This entire mess could be avoided if only Koumyou trusted her to handle her own affairs and Samuru….
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  2058. The tiniest voice told her how nice it had been to touch someone intentionally. The fact that she had even managed so much was a testimate to her worry for him. It told her she was lonely, it chastised her for so little human contact, it poked at emotions better left buried.
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  2060. Why had it been so easy to appear hurt? Why did this mask feel right?
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  2062. “And now I know the limits of your trust, the boundries of your sense. It limitations of your trust. Good day.” Kiyo murmured gently but loud enough for even the non Hashigaki amongst them to hear. The turning of her back was pointed, the brush off of her shirt calculated and then he ceased to exist to her. Her heart and pride bled from so many places that she felt she might die;
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  2064. “Kein, would you like to sit and have tea with me?” she asked absently while settling down on the couch she’d occupied moments before, “I would love the company.” And the chance to think about ANYTHING else but what was about to happen. The guilt she was feeling now because Kiyo had, in her actions, just thrown Samuru to the dogs or in this case; Koumyou. “Kitty, please don’t kill him.” And that was all the mercy he would get.
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  2089. PostPosted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:18 pm Reply with quoteBack to top
  2090. He shoved the Raikage away, and dared draw a blade and point it towards her, his breathing deepened and he glowered at the other as his chakra forced the adrenal gland to produce the rush he needed, he felt alive, the drug rushing through his veins, though he knew it would last a minute. The snarl on his lips revealing his teeth, as his knee's bent. He was done playing around, his previous display of his strengths was nothing compared to what he could do, it was childs play in comparison. Yet still something held him back, his eyes moving from Kiyo to Samuru, flickering from one to the other, if he moved would she intercept it once more? Would he end up unintentionally attacking she whome he would die for? And then her voice called through the air, she was moving, and seemed to excuse Samuru from her presence, but still... she still might move to intercept if she saw her guard move to ki... the though was interrupted by a single word, calling his attention towards her. Yet then the order was given, a trigger went off in his mind, he had been unleashed, today was a good day.
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  2092. The long silver hair moved one step out of time as his head snapped to reveal a face filled with vile pleasure, his eyes shining with glee, the man before him had lost the shield that had kept his heart beating this long. His left hand moved to his sword hilt but his eyes kept watch on the others blades, he'd need his own for defence if nothing else his right hand shooting forward with an open palm, his technique to project his attacks, striking from a distance would serve him well, but for now he just needed to make sure that this fight wasn't going to take place inside such a confined room, not with the Raikage here. The Wave Fist technique combined with the Power Thrust if struck would not only cause some damage, but would send him flying several meters backward, through the glass window, over the balcony, though not too much further.
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  2094. Koumyou his blade drawn by the time the man had shattered through the glass would suddenly split into nine copies of himself, all of them speeding through the still falling glass as he used the dance of the crescent moon technique. All of them being carful to avoid Kein, their minds one track as they chased their target, the group of them only really existing to confuse and disorientate while Koumyou himself made his attack.
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  2096. The night was going to be filled with the sounds of blades clashing.
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  2100. [ooc: I figure that me and you, Takeshi, could leave the topic, leaving the battle to just take place in an epic fight where eventually you get away one way or another which takes you to the hospital and your characters eventual death, this way continuity is preserved and the fight can be as epic as only our minds can imagine Laughing let me know though if you have issue with my post and I'll change it.]
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  2126. PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:18 am Reply with quoteBack to top
  2127. The only moment, that struck Kein, was when Samuru shoved Kiyo. Even though the demonic ANBU wasn't part of her guard or even part of Kumogakure, It still bothered him. This was someone he was guarding for a good couple months straight. The feelings of protection don't just leave. His fists balled up and his chakra's exploded in the room. His chakra turned black enveloped him. The demon walked out of the chakra. Looking like usually but an evil aura around him and now canines and wings showed. Form of a demon was completely activated.
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  2129. He closed up his wings against his body. A black aura admitted, but if one looked at his wings, they were black angel wings. Not evil at all despite his powers. He moved quickly to the Raikage and into a defensive stance. His wings spread out in a defensive curl around the two. Absolutely I would like to. Are you okay Lady Raikage? He spoke in response to her question. Worry came about him still. He wondered if she knew he wasn't a kumogakure nin anymore. He wouldn't bring it up though. Not now anyway. He stood there watching as the fight was brought outside and out of sight. Kein still felt defensive kept his form in place. He hadn't unleashed himself in quite some time. He was no demon in fact at all if one actually looked at him. He was a black Angel, not fallen, but an human given the powers of a demon from an Angel. The demon didn't speak but relaxed in his form as his wings went back behind him, not as defensive as he was a minute ago.
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