Snippet #2131800

It has been a few months since Emeli left her village, and not on the best terms. She sent a messenger bird from a small outpost back into Sunagakure, giving apologies to both her parents and the village elders. Sending the message to her parents was to set their mind at ease. Sending the message to the elders, however, was just to hopefully reassure her ability to return to Suna eventually. Sure, they swore they'd let her in, but it doesn't hurt to be sure when it came to people in positions of power.

She looked around, analyzing her surroundings. "Hm... should be in the Land of Waves... maybe even close to Kirigakure. Staying in a major village for a night or two wouldn't hurt, really..." Emeli toyed with that idea for a while in her head, considering the pros versus the cons.

"You know it's not even likely they'll let you in the village, kid." She sighed. Shukaku always had to put in his input on things, expressing them inside her head in his shrill, manic voice.

"Shukaku, you can't keep being negative like that. It doesn't hurt to try," she said to the tanuki inside her head. Before Shukaku could respond, however, Emeli heard a loud crash of water, coming from the nearby forest. "What the hell was that?"

"Go check it out, Em. Dooooo ittttt~," Shukaku responded in an almost sing-song voice. Emeli sighed and went toward the source of the sound. While walking toward it, Emeli noticed large gouges in the ground. She kept going, following the trails the gouges left. Walking up to one, she hopped in and out of it to test the depth.

"Goes to about my thighs. That can't be too great..." she said to herself, sighing. "Well, let's see this." Stepping further toward the source of the noise, Emeli saw a group of people in the distance. Observing more closely, she noticed a majority of the group were what seemed to be exhausted Kirigakure Jounin. The more interesting group, however, was the four look-a-likes on the right. "Clones?" she thought to herself. There was another individual near the four look-a-likes, but she couldn't tell much about him or her due to their hood. "Here goes nothing..." she murmured under her breath.

Stepping out of the trees, she cleared her throat slightly. "Um... hello?" Once she said that, all of the look-a-likes turned and looked at her at the exact time. She tried to ignore that slightly. "So... what's going on with the sounds and terrain? Is something attacking?"