Shokora was scared, but she hid it away from the others, nows not the best time to play therapist and cry out till your hearts content... Plus, if she lost the slightest bit of concentration the barrier would go down.... She then looked at Rin up in the trees "Ok... Maybe the seal wont work but i wont let this barrier down!" She then mumbled to herself "I feel like one of the little pigs in the three little pigs.... and Rins the wolf..." She then quickly took out her shurikun just incase the barrier broke "Come on Rin, If you care for me then you wouldn't do this!" She sorta had enough of the demons now, too many evil smiles....

Rin may have not been evil at the moment, but Akikaze still felt discomfort.

Akikaze thought to herself, "Her smile was so two-sided. How can she instantly be in her sane form?"

She did what she didn't do after her mother's death; An emotion filled with anger began to show on her face. Her eyebrows began to lower and her eyes glared at Rin.

"A demon. Maybe a demon could have killed my mother, but is it possible? She did say that was hunted by a group of ninja after she ran away. Plus Rin was a child back then, so it couldn't have been her."

Relieved a bit, her face quickly changed back to her usual blank face, but she still felt rage inside about her distrust with Rin.

"Either way, I still need to watch my back with her. We don't even know when this woman changes. She just goes demented at any given moment."

Shokora kept an eye on Rin when she walked round the barrier "I doubt your are your normal self... Something like that doesn't just pass that quickly..." She then slowly backed away... She had the look in her eyes that spelled out fear and caution, the same eyes that she had when she haad learnt that her father was dead "You may look normal, and act normal but your still not Rin!" Her heart was racing now... Rin could break this barrier right here and right now and kill her on that spot...

Shokora slowly backed away more until she reached a puddle, she then stepped into it a dissapeared back to the schools pond... She then quickly ran to her room and locked the door, sliding down behind it to sit down... She then hugged her knees and started crying... To her it seemed like she was losing everyone she cared about... She then got a piece of paper and started writing somethings down... She couldn't mourn forever... She had to find and bury her fathers body to try and get rid of the pain off her shoulders... If she knew that he was resting peacefully she would have a load off her shoulders... Plus... Who else would do it? Her mother would be too busy batheing in the money that would try and "help" her get back up and get a "job"...
Dear people of Edo ninja school...

Since Rin's been.... losing herself recently, ive decided to go and find my fathers body.... Dont try to follow me... I need to do this alone...
Maybe see you soon...
Shokora...

She then left the letter on her bed and packed a few supplies... She could get some food on the way to her mothers house... She then jumped out of her window and into the trees... Heading to her mothers house a mile away from Edo...

The regent was still standing there, looking at Rin with some sort of distrust (Something he would do because of his position), but he did not want to banish her because she was a great friend.

Akikaze still stood silent and calm. She closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. Because she was a half-demon, instead of speaking of her distrust and convincing the other students to not trust Rin, she opened her umbrella, twirled it around, and disappeared with nothing but the top lying on the ground, leaving the regent, Rikimaru, Rin, and other students by themselves.

Shokora arrived at her mother's house for food and some other supplies but, as she entered the door, her mother came at her and hugged her. "You've finally come home! Now, tomorrow we must start your training for becoming a healer..."
Shokora interupted her mother. "I've only come here for food. I'm going to find my father's body and like I told you before, I am not becoming a healer!" she said.
Shokora's mother looked at her in disgust. "How could you still care for him? He's dead and, even before that, he barely visited us."
Shokora looked through a cupboard for food and water before heading out of the house. "See you at my graduation," she said as she walked out.
An hour later, she arrived at Kito's burnt down enterance and spotted Rin with her father's body in her arms. She then asked, "What are you doing here?" She then turned to back away but saw it was actually Rin. She then ran to Rin and hugged her, disregarding the body as she knew it wasn't the demon. "I'm sorry for not trusting you but it's been hard to trust anyone now," she said.

Akikaze appeared walking towards the rock platform. In front of her was a waterfall leading to a surface of water. This was the same place she went before her mother's death, as this place would calm her down.

She placed her umbrella down, stripped out of all of her clothes, and dived into the water, swimming around.

As she was washing her hair, she heard a horn blowing in the distance.

"What is going on now?", she thought to herself.

Shokora nodded and then looked at the person bringing them the news "All five samurai's? thats impossible! Only a.... A demon could kill all five...." She went quiet and sighed as she knew... She then looked at Rin and nodded... If Rin wanted her dead then should would of killed her by now... "Alright, lets go home." She thought about the noodles, it was one of her favourite foods. Unfortunetly she would have to go pass her mothers house to get back to Edo ninja school, and knowing her she would do anything now to try and keep her away from Edo ninja school...

Shokora kept an eye on her mothers house "What if the bad demons still want revenge after being banished and most likely killed? It will litrally be hell if that happens... And normally the bad demons are the most powerfull, so were kinda dead if they rebel." She then gave a sigh of relief as they had passed their mothers house "Anyway... When you do go... Could i go? I didn't get to try out that seal..." She then paniced "Well, i didn't mean on you, i just wanted to try out the tecniques you showed us!" She then gave up, she really needed to think out her words before saying them...

Kenzo had been wandering throughout the forest for a while now. Much of the day had gone by but he didn't mind. He liked to spend a lot of his time outdoors. He thought to himself, "Hhmm, I probably missed a lesson but I'll make up for it later.... somehow." He began to leap threw the trees, trying to be as quick and silent as possible. He stopped high upon the branch of a large tree. He looked out into the distance, the city of Edo caught his eye quickly. He put his back against the trunk and looked into the sky. He saw what maybe could have been the shape of a rabbit... or a moose. It was rather hard to decipher but he didn't care either way. Getting up once more, he continued towards the town. A horn could be heard in the distance, Kenzo wondered what it was for. His curiosity took hold of him and he decided to make his way towards the horn. By the time he had gotten there, there were already several men dead. He went up to a bystander and asked, "Excuse sir, what happened here?" The man replied to him, "Don't you know? Another demon came and attacked this outpost." Kenzo wasn't surprised, demon attacks were more than often. "They seem the be getting close and closer to Edo", he thought. There wasn't much he couldn't do there to help, so he left. He began wandering his way again, going in somewhat of a direction towards Edo. WIthin a few minutes, he had lost himself. He was completely lost and had no clue of even where he had come from. He could hear a noise in the distance, it sounded like..... water. Realizing how thirsty he was, he thought of how good it would be to get a drink. As he made his way through the brush, he could see the waterfall. He could see someone in the distance, maybe a woman? He began to get closer and could now see that it was defiantly a woman, but he couldn't tell who it was. She looked familiar.... he began to thought it was Akikaze. He then yelled out to her, "Ak-Akikaze!? Is that you?"

Akikaze was still swimming underwater. When she raised up, she could hear a man's voice.

"Ak-Akikaze!? Is that you?"

Feeling embarrassed and suspicious of the man's voice, she covered her breasts, and activated her powers, making her eyes glow red. The leaves from the trees around her turned red and fell off of the trees. She made the air blow, controlling the leave's direction, circling him. Once the leaves fell to the ground next to him, Akikaze stood in front of him dressed. She felt relieved when she realized it was Kenzo.

"Oh, Kenzo."

Kenzo was surprised when Akikaze came up from the water, he blushed a when he saw that she was nude. He was also bit startled when the leaves changed colors and how they began to circle him. As they fell to ground, Akikaze appeared before him dressed and somewhat relieved that it was only him. Kenzo was wondering what she had been doing so far away from the city. "It's great I found you! I'm... well, a bit lost. I was wandering from the samurai outpost and then I kind of forgot the way back to Edo," he said a bit ashamed. "Man, if she is lost too, that is going to be bad," he thought.

Akikaze could sense the presence of a demon in his blood, but it was not as bad as Rin, so she disregarded it. He asked her if she could direct him back to Edo. She nodded to him and said, "Of course." She talked closely towards him, and placed her hand on his shoulder. She activated her powers. The fallen leaves began to rise, circling them. "Close your eyes.", she said to him.

Akikaze could sense the presence of a demon in his blood, but it was not as bad as Rin, so she disregarded it. He asked her if she could direct him back to Edo. She nodded to him and said, "Of course." She talked closely towards him, and placed her hand on his shoulder. She activated her powers. The fallen leaves began to rise, circling them. "Close your eyes.", she said to him.

As he closed his eyes, and opened them, they appeared near the entrance of the ninja school.

"Be careful. We are hunted in this school. You should hide your demon presence here." she said to him

OOC: ((Sorry for having you close your eyes and open them. Also sorry for double posting. I wish I could delete it though.))