Naruto Universe

She looked up to the man curiously when she heard the calm tone and saw his smile. When he placed his hand on her she as discreetly as possible shifted out of it, uncomfortable with being touched unless she initiated it. It was odd to her that he wasn't the least bit miffed with her for taking nine years to get here. Then it hit her on what the problem was. The Hokage probably had no idea who she was, he may have even forgotten that she was suppose to show up because it had been so long ago.

Trying to give nothing away to her sudden realization she smile as innocently as she could up at the leader. "Um... you may not remember Hokage-sama but I was actully suppose to arrive nine years ago. My name is Maki Inoue and I was sent here from Taki after a little... mishap you could say," Maki watered down the chaos of the incident that had caused her to leave her home.

Looking back at the guards in the office, she didn't want word of what had happened getting around the village so soon. Even though she was determined to face her problems head on now she still wanted to delay the inevitabe for as long as possible. "I am sure that Taki's leader has already sent you a letter stating what had happened but if you would like for me to explain, if it isn't too much trouble, I ask that you're guards are sent away and I would be more than happy to answer and all questions that you have. I would really rather prefer that that information remain between us for as long as possible if you don't mind Hokage-sama," she told him, suddenly becoming shy as she blushed in embaressment and crossed her arms in front of her stomach where the seal was and shifted her weight slightly to her other foot.

Satoshi stood on the roof of a tall building near the market of Konoha; he could not identify any immediate threat to Lady Raikage Sama and decided to leave observation to his shadow clones while he returned to the Raikage. The other Shinobi on the mission was no where to be seen but Satoshi knew he was near by. Satoshi permitted himself a few moments of relaxation after creating the shadow clones; he had plenty of chakra reserves however because of the unscheduled nature of the mission Satoshi did not have the time to fully prepare himself for a journey and his chakra could be difficult if he didn't have a nice warm mug of tea at the beginning of the day..

There were two kinds of days in Satoshi's life; days which started ether at the morning or at midnight with a nice warm mug of tea and whatever he could beg out of his refrigerator followed by the normal business of the day, and days that started when the high ups wanted them to start and usually had no nice warm mug of tea involved in them.

Today was a great example of the latter type of day and Satoshi could feel the lack of his routine warm mug of tea which in Satoshi's opinion was a serious threat to moral but he wasn't about to spend the rest of his day thinking about being denied one of his only luxuries in life and how much he was looking forward to hearing his kettle whistle his favorite song called "good morning; the tea is ready".
"Cut the dreaming Satoshi you have a serious job to do" Satoshi told himself but he adapted poorly to the sudden brake of routine. Besides; there must be at lest one decent tea house in Konoha and Lady Raikage Sama had hinted that they could wonder about at some point during the mission.

There was something special about the mission and that was Lady Raikage Sama actually being serious about it. With the approaching Kage meeting Satoshi assumed that the mission was part of the effort to improve the standing of the village before the meeting actually took place. Satoshi liked to use the metaphor of holding the best hand before raising the stakes of the gamble because the Kage were probably going to sit around the conference table and count their assets after bluffing and double bluffing for a number of hours.

Satoshi descended to the earth and landed near the Raikage's position but didn't make an obvious show of it, he walked towards the Raikage and followed her; she would feel him approaching so there was no need to exchange words and it was inadvisable to talk while in a public area.

Satoshi saw a number of young Shinobi near by and wondered what training the academy of Konoha gave them these days.

The stranger wasn't much of a stranger but a old lady who was just a villager not very known, she noticed mana as he apologized and figured it'd be best to take her leave. She wanted to comfort the girl but believed if someone had an apology to make. That is far greater value even if one doesn't accept it immediately. Tsuki listened to Mana but also watched the old lady walk away. She then grabbed her katana and sheathed it as she began to spoke.

"You know, I heard many bad things said to me - but none that bad. There was and still is a time where and when i cared about insults that were commonly said but -" The dark haired girl paused taking a breath as she felt the wind touch her face. Seemingly as though it was calming her down she spoke again. "But to call me the nine-tailed Jinchuriki, the one who nearly killed my grandmother and destroyed the village. Savagely almost ending everything i cared for if anything even my life. Thats a terrible thing. YOU being a Uchiha should know of a painful experience when a tragedy befallen you. At least you know of your origin and no one is calling you some beast. No one has of me either until you… Listen Mana, If we get paired you best see me as a normal person otherwise this won't end well and believe me, I'm not saying this as a threat."

Tsuki lowered down and splashed herself with water. She thought of what she said and totally agreed that her words weren't threatening. Tsuki believed that if anyone, Mana should know a struggle some life socially. As Tsuki stared into the water she could help but thing of what Mana said she looked into her reflection and noticed the water staying still as her vision made her see herself with the demon's slanted Iris's. She splashed herself once more to get the thought out of her head. Not like she thought it was true but no one enjoys a uncomfortable thought.


Megami continued walking forward as her eyes followed Mana suddenly darting off in the opposite direction. She immediately came to realization that he could have probably lead her to the jinchuriki himself but was by no means interested in following him. The long white haired kage felt the presence of her Jonin come down and follow her. She kept looking straight but decided to talk gently knowing he could hear.

"You know this is where your grandfather resided. Quite a legacy your family holds here - It does make me wonder if you hold any secrets." She said with a giggle jokingly. Megami then continued talking casually. "You come from the Uzumaki clan which makes me wonder if your clan continued the training for 'Rasengan' techniques - Have you wondered of it?" Megami was only curious of the Uzumaki clan's legacy. She never really spoke to any of the Uzumaki's when they came to Kumogakure. Mainly because there paths never collided and she was busy training. As she awaited a reply from the guy, her purple eyes viewed in on the Kage's building. She sighed in disappointment. It was only minutes from now when she would have to go in, sit in a chair in a semi darkened room with the other four and discuss such boring matters yet there were a couple that were… quite immediate and important. Those discussions were what made the meeting all the more worth it. The fact that not too long ago the eight tails is suddenly untraceable to any of the villages and to make matters worse which the unseen jinchuriki could amplify, the village's alliance and treaties are nearly severed and untrustworthy. She only could hope that when the meeting commenced things would be civil and no one would be at each others throats. Of course Megami would do her best to stay out of it seeing she was only there for the opinions of others. She never bothered discussing it unless things were entirely false.

Satoshi paused for a moment; talking about the Uzumaki clan was a difficult subject for him because after generations in exile hardly any Uzumaki lore remained in the world. He spoke patiently to Lady Raikage Sama but remained focused on his surroundings.

"I am not directly related to him but as with all of the Uzumaki clan I would imagine we where direct family reletives 4 or 5 generations ago. Those of the Uzumaki clan do not know their heritage anymore; too much has been forgotten and most of the Uzumaki clan forgot their name long ago. The clan has been dead for nearly a century, all that was preserved within my family of the Uzumaki clan is the name, the bloodline and fragments of the sealing Jutsu the Uzumaki clan was once famed and feared for and also what led to their destruction"

Satoshi wondered if he had any relatives in Konoha whom he could meet, apart from his own family Satoshi never met others of the Uzumaki name.

"I do not know any' thing about the Rasengan' other the legends about it. Naruto's family probably know more about it then any one; I believe they are attempting to rebuild the clan in the leaf which means my family should do the same in order to rival the tactical advantage the Uzumaki bloodline would grant the leaf against our village in future conflicts."
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Satoshi let his mind dream for a moment and said with a note of wonder.


"The Uchiha clan was all but destroyed yet it lives again, maybe the Uzumaki clan shall live again and maybe my decedents and Naruto's decedents shall fight over the Uzumaki name one day"

Satoshi smiled for a brief moment amused by the idea before diverting his attention back to the mission.

"Lady Raikage Sama what are your orders once we enter the Hokage's building for the meeting?"

Mana watched her as he spoke, he could see the pain in her eyes as clearly as he heard in her voice. Though he never called her the beast at all, in actuality he was saying that the best she was referring to was actually inside her as he assumed she was already aware of this. In her emotional state he could see there would be no point in trying to make her see reason, the most he could do is stick with his apology and choose his words more carefully next time around, and if possible he would help her see the truth when the time was right, to him it was simply unethical to let her go on without knowing what is insider her. Mana got down on his knees, pressed his knuckled firmly against the ground in front of him and lowered his forehead down to the ground, just this action alone was probably the best he could do to show his sincerity for a sign of humility such as this was only ever showed to lords normally.

" Please accept my sincerest apologies " he said hoping she would at least turn to acknowledge his apology if not accept it " Though I cannot honestly say I have felt your pain...my clan was nearly completely wiped out many generations ago but has managed to slightly recover since then, but I do understand the seriousness of what I said and the effect it has had on you and I promise you'll never hear harsh words like those from me again...not to you at least " he doubted they would pair them up anyways, a inheritor of the sharingan with the host of the Nine Tails? In his mind there was no way.

He heard the splashes in the lake and assumed she was simply casting stones into the water out of frustration, regardless he would remain in that bowing position until she chose to either accept his apology for sure or simply didn't and walked away. If nothing else his parent certainly did instill in him a sense of respect, pride, and humility and he didn't mind one bit bowing to her to express himself fully, even if the villagers did not fully trust him since he inherited the Uchiha clan's infamous Sharingan one good thing they could always say about him was how mature and well mannered he can be. Though honestly he was glad there weren't any around to witness him bowing other than the older woman who at this point was well on her way.

His eyes narrowed and his usual smile drooped into a very brief frown at the words " little mishap ", whatever it was that delayed the girl's arrival for a full nine years had to be more than just a little mishap, the same worried looks were reflected on the faces of his personal guards especially when she asked that they be dismissed so she could explain in private. His smile resumed as he gave them a nod towards the door, it would seem that because he was a new Hokage they didn't understand how strong he really was. After all, one does not simply become a Kage from brains alone.

" Give us some privacy if you will please " he said as he turned and returned to his seat behind his desk and sat comfortably, one of them headed towards the door obediently but the other followed him to his desk, bowing as he spoke " with all due respect Hokage, I do not think it wise to leave this stranger here alone with you, the Kage meeting is close at hand and the other lands tend to send out many spies for it each year " Hiorama simply chuckled as he looked up at him " you wouldn't happen to be..questioning my judgement are you? " though he was still smiling it was clear to the man how serious Hiorama was, though he was new to this whole Hokage thing he knew enough to make sure that his subordinates didn't get into the habit of openly questioning him, if he allowed it to continue his influence as a true leader would be dulled down and that could not be allowed to happen.

" N-no, I'm not, I'm on my way out now as you wished " he said nervously as he made his way out the door behind his partner. Now that they were gone he waved the young girl over " Now tell me more about the 'little ' mishap ' that delayed your arrival for a full nine years "

Maki was relieved when she was granted a private audience with the Hokage, but when she saw the exchange between subordinate and leader, she started to get a little nervous. She walked a couple steps forward when he gestured for her to but made sure to keep her distance in case she need to make a run for it or defend herself if possible. Something that she doubted that she'd be able to do so running would probably be her best option. "Nine years ago I stumbled across some nuke nin while playing in the forrest surrounding my birth village Taki. I remember being attacked and then everything went blank..." she trailed off, looking down at her feet, not wanting her face to give away her nervousness.

"When I came to there was no sign of them, it was like they were never there and then my mother showed up took one look at me and said monster before running off. I chased after her, wanting to know what I'd done wrong. However, as we ran by the river to get back to the village I caught my reflection the water. My appearence had changed into something that was scary and I turned and ran back into the forrest to hide. The village leader found me a couple hours later and gave me a backpack, with some supplies and food and pointed me in the direction of Konoha and told me to come here. He gave me a gift to give you, Hokage-sama, in return for allowing me to train to become one of your nin," Maki explained, hanging her head lower as she knew that she would now have to explain why she didn't come right away so she took a shaky deep breath to calm herself so that she could continue.

"I... I didn't know if I could trust him so instead I ran until I came across another village. They allowed me to stay and gave food and shelter, but then... I don't know why, but I changed again and was chased out. This happened again and again, until I was twelve and they wouldn't stop chasing me until they caught me, and when they did they beat me. I lost consciousness, but is time I met the reason for their hatered, I met Choumei the Shichibi and I allowed it to use my body to save us. But when I saw the destruction it had caused I ran and trained myself the best that I could so that it couldn't get free even slightest bit. Throughout all of my years of traveling I've come across some people who have some knowledge in the ninja arts that were willing to teach me before they either found out what I was or we were forced to part ways, I used what little knowledge I had to train myself but I've come to realize that I need formal training if I want to have complete control, and the first place to come to mind was Konoha. I kept the gift safe all these years in hope that what he said was the truth, but I will understand if you turn me away because I am so late and because of this monster inside of me," she finished, her body tensing up as she readied herself for the rejection that she knew would come.

“Kaseme, Kenzaki. I expect you to be on your best behavior when there. The Mist has always been so distant with the other village and Konoha is the only one we really have made any progress with in maintaining the alliance. The rest of the villages… Well let’s just say they’re not fond of me gathering information from them so easily.”

Nagi rose from his bowing position with a devious smirk played across his face, up to no good as usual " Well my best behavior isn't exactly ideal either Lady Mizukage, but I think I can manage to behave myself just this once, and if thinks start to heat up with the other Kages and their shinobi escorts..." He swifly unsheathed on of his hooked blades and twirled it masterfully between his fingers before tightening his grip around it's handle " then you can count on me to put them in their place and show them what our ninja are made of.

Although it was essentially only an escort mission he knew full well just how tense things can get when Kages from rival nations are all in one place, prides will clash with words that hide forked tonged intentions and threats, and if things went right by going horribly wrong he would get his chance to test himself against strong shinobi from other villages. Nagis eyes drifted momentarily to the kid next to him and he wondered what use could the kid possibly be on a potentially high risk mission such as this, he certainly didn't look like much, then again he knew it was wise to never judge a book by it's cover

' ..still, this kid couldn't be no more than thirteen, must be something special ' he thought to himself as attention returned to Lady Mizukage as he returned his blade to it's home at his side, he was eager to put them to good use for once in a long time.




Hiorama quietly took in the girl's story, he was expected something traumatic but he would be lying if he said he wasn't surprised to find that a tailed beast be the cause of this, even more surprising was how a tailed beast was running rampant so frequently and their be no reports of it coming from other villages. It made no sense that they would try and keep something so vital on hush hush, they practically took a ticking time bomb and sent it off to Konoha as if to say ' It's your problem now, not ours ' Had she arrived at Konoha on schedule she could have very well caused a lot of chaos that they did not need, not only that but because of their decision to send her off they have become responsible for the destruction of another village, it was something that couldn't be ignored he decided right then and there he would be addressing this at the Kage meeting. He couldn't worry about that too much however, for at the moment he now had to decide what's t be done with the girl.

in recent times it seems that villages, even the Hidden Leaf, have become less responsible with their tailed beat and Jinchuriki. Probably due to leaders becoming complacent, after the last Great ninja war thanks to the ninja world's hero Naruto Uzumaki the tailed beast themselves were left in states of peace much like the the great nations, but it seems just as time has eroded their fragile peace so has it allowed the tailed beast to revert back to their naturally violent natures which some villages apparently were not prepared for. In light of this he knew he would also have to check up on the current Jinchuriki residing in Konoha...with strokes of misfortune it seemed that mere children were the only ones suitable enough to host the massive chakras of the tailed beast, precautions would have to be put in place to avoid disaster, they were fortunate enough to not have anything happen all this time like they have with the seven tails. Hiorama who was deep in thought looked up into the eyes of the girl desperately waiting for a reply, he realized that he again let his mind wonder off into things of the future without addressing the issue at hand.

" Well little one...to be honest as things are it would be ideal to have you sent to another village more..prepared to receive you, though it would be irresponsible of me to burden another village with such a volatile jinchuriki that is only self trained in maintaining a crucial balance. " He stood up and turned from her to stare out the window into the horizon of the Hidden Leaf "Yes... I suppose the best course of action would be to allow you to remain here until you can be taught to better control the tailed beast, or until we've located someone more suitable for the task in another village " he said, almost as if he was muttering to himself, in a serious tone. He then turned to her with a welcoming smile on his face

" For now, you are welcome to remain in the Hidden Leaf, but be sure to remember this is only temporary for we cannot allow you to remain here permanently for there is a delicate balance in power we must maintain between nations. Also, be sure to let no one else know what you have inside of you, it would put our village in a bad spot if others were to discover we housed two jinchuriki " in reality 3, but that was not for her to know.

It was exactly how she tought that it would be, she was being made to leave the village."Sorry for wasting your time, I'll just..." she started to say as she bowed to excuse herself when the rest of what he'd said registared in her brain and she looked up wide-eyed in shock. "Wait, did you just..." she trailed off, unable to say it out loud in case it would cause him to change his mind. But then the happiness of what she felt from his words overtook her and before she knew it a wild grin had made its way to her face as she,without thinking, lept over his desk and hugged him as tightly as possible, not careing that she messed up the stacks of papers as she repeatedly thanked him.

After a few minutes she finally had gotten herself under enough control to pry herself away from the Hokage and give him back his personal space. "I promise to do my best to keep you from regretting this," Maki exclaimed eagerly, wanting to please this man. However, something was bothering her... what was a jinchuuriki? She'd never heard that term before and with the way he used it, it sounded like it applied to her as well. Was that what they called the demon hosts? It was a chilling term, didn't it mean power of human sacrifice. If it did, she didn't like it, it brought chills down her spine.

"What the heck is a jinchuuriki? Can I meet one?" she asked in innocent curiosity, wanting to be sure of her specuations then started going off on a random train of thought of what she thought it might look like if it turned out to be some sort of creature, "I don't think that I've ever seen one before, I wonder what it looks like... Maybe it has long ears like a rabbit... oh and covered in brown fur... but what if it's some type of bug, it migt have ten legs and three pairs of wings..." and on she rambled as her imagination shaped some unknown creature.

Misaki followed them with ease, not wanting any physical, or even verbal fights between the two. That would be troublesome. Besides They were team mates after all, and she was their "leader", so it was her job to keep them in place. Sitting down upon a branch, Misaki watched with keen eyes, taking in the Uchiha's and Yuhi's emotions. It was a rather awkward and heavy atmosphere, that even the Misaki Uchiha, didn't enjoy. Though she was glad that Mana still had the respect to bow down before another. He wasent going to end up like those cocky Uchiha's that many believe they were. Misaki nods, pleased, before she finally decided to leave the two. She was tired, and would do anything for a nice futon, seeing how she was out all day. Misaki promptly placed her fingers together, but with a sigh she dropped them lazily to the sides of her. She used way to much charka today [even for a uchiha], so she decided to take a break, and actually walk home for once. Jumping down to the ground, she began to walk out into the clearing, acting like they weren't even there. Honestly she didnt care if they would see her, nor does she care about their thoughts about this sudden appearance. It wouldnt matter anyways. Not to her at least. 'No harm done...' She thought, making her way past the two and towards the direction of her home, her steps lazy yet quick.

[OOC: its short but I just wanted her to make a little appearance.]

Two ambu burst through the doors already forming hands signs as Maki lept across the table at him but immediately stood down when they realized what they perceived as a surprise attack was just the affections of an overjoyed girl " oh uhh..." they began to stammer in unison, though there faces were concealed it was clear they were both thoroughly embarrassed but one of them continued " .excuse the interruption lord Hokage, I thought.. never mind " Hiorama simply began to chuckle as he stood upright, apparently having no trouble supporting his and the weight of the child " you're quite welcome " he said to her, even though she hadn't said thank you verbally the glomp made it obvious she was extremely thankful. As she let him go and came to stand in front of him he nodded towards the papers still fluttering in the air and the two shinobi began to grab them out of the air, and retrieving the ones that had already fallen to the ground as well.

" I trust that you will little Maki, I trust you will " He said as he patted her on the shoulders, he truly did hope she could keep her promise, while alliances with other nations were in such fragile states he could not afford to have an incident on his hands, especially one that he was directly responsible for. It took great effort to earn the trust of the villagers what with his questionable history, something like a tailed beast rampaging the village on his watch would be one of the worse things that could happen, he would be responsible for the deaths of some of his villagers and shaky alliances will falter completely once word spreads of the leaf harboring multiple jinchuriki. He could see curiosity forming on her face and before he could warn her against it she blurted out the question, fortunately for them both the shinobi were too busy trying to organize the hundreds of papers perfectly to be listening. He would have to inform the elders and consult them first before anyone else found out about the current situation.

Hiorama placed one finger before his lips to warn her to be silent, he placed his hands gently on her back and began to guide her towards the door " Save your questions for they will all be answered in due time, for now how about you just head out to the village to get a feel for things around here, find the markets and perhaps began getting to know some of the villagers. We'll work out your housing and inform you later, now off you go " He gave her a very gentle push out the door and once she was on his way he turned back to the two of the masked men that had only just finished organizing the papers " Ah very good, now it is time for us to begin preparations for the meeting, the other Kages should be arriving within the next twenty-four hours "

" Yes Lord Hokage " they obediently responded in unison, each walked to opposite sides of the room and began to perform hand seals that would appear to be leading up to and earth style jutsu to the trained eye " Earth Style: Earth Flow Release! " they recited and on cue the floor within the office began to shift about for a full minute until at it's center was a spiral staircase made of stone that led down into an underground chamber were the meeting would take place, down under it is dimply lit by torches placed on support beams around a large, stone, round table with a chair for each Kage. It wasn't nearly as posh as the meeting place of the Kages decades ago, but it served it's purpose because unlike the previous place, one would have to infiltrate the village itself then the Hokages mansion just to get close. Then they would have to know the specific hand seals that move the earth in the right way to allow them access to the underground chamber, it would take far to long for one to simply force their way down as well as they would have to deal with the villages shinobi while trying to do so. It was perfect, now all that was left to do is but wait.

Yugao Kenzaki

Yugao stepped passed the village gate and cracked her neck in anticipation. They had finally arrived at Konoha, they being Nagi Kaseme, Yoru Kenzaki, and her, Yugao Kenzaki. The Kage meeting was to start sometime this week after everyone has arrived and taken a day to rest. Taking her mask off, she let out a tired sigh,

"Here again and it hasn't even been a week. The village elders' decisions never made any sense to me."

She looked back at her two subordinates. Studying their facial expressions, she concluded that they were as tired as she was. They had traveled nearly non-stop in order to make it on time. Thankfully, the trip went smoothly and they didn't have to make any necessary stops.

"Mizukage-sama," one of the village guards had addressed her and bowed, "you will be staying at an inn tonight correct? Will you like an escort to lead you there?"

Yugao really didn't need one as she would just stay at the inn she normally stays at, but she decided to humor the man,

"That would be very much appreciated. Do you know when the actual meeting will start?"

He shook his head, "No I do not unfortunately, however, Hokage-sama will send an escort for you when the time comes." The man then looked past her and at Nagi and Yoru,

"I trust that these two young men are your body-guards?"

He had a skeptical look in his eye. Yugao chuckled to herself, amused that the man assumed that she was taking the village too lightly and said nothing about it other than a simple, "Yes. They look young but I assure you they're stronger than they appear."

Just then, the escort appeared and bowed. Yugao nodded at him and he turned around and started walking. She placed her mask back on and motioned with her hand for Nagi and Yoru to follow.

Sand ninjas quickly dismissed as Izumi made her way to the Hokage mansion following her orders by doing so. Once she was about to enter the Hokage mansion she was welcomed by a Leaf jounin. "Greetings, we already expected your arrival." the jounin said and Izumi nodded. "I will be your escort. Please follow me" The jounin continued and Izumi did what the jounin asked her to do and followed. She was let trough the long hallways of the Hokage mansion before they finally reached the entrance to the meeting room. The meeting room seemed to be underground as there was a staircase leading down. "If you follow the staircase you should be able to enter the meeting room." the jounin said and a moment later the Leaf jounin dismissed.

The way down was short and before realizing Izumi entered a room lit by torches placed on support beams. Other then the torches there was a large, round table which seemed to be made of stone and five chairs for every kage to sit on. Except for the host of this meeting, the Hokage, Izumi seemed to be the first one to arrive. "It's an honor to meet you again Hokage-sama." Izumi spoke to him in a formal way so that she wouldn't offend him in any kind of way. The five Kage were all pretty much equal in rank but they were all leaders of a village and you had to show respect while speaking to them. It is pretty obvious that Izumi did also expect some respect when being talked to. Even when she was talking to people with an equal rank to hers. Izumi looked around the room but she didn't spot any other people then her and the Hokage yet. It seemed like the Leaf ninjas also were waiting outside. Or were they hiding? Well it wasn't a mayor problem as this meeting is supposed to be a peaceful one and if there were people hiding Izumi would probably find out soon enough anyways.



“Alright, I’ll see you there Hana.” Yoru said. "Stay safe Hanako, later." Koga added and not much later Hanako disappeared from their range of sight. She had to deliver everything home and get ready for some training. Hanako loved to train because it would always help her improve herself at her ninja skills. But the delivery came first. It didn't take too long before she reached her house and placed everything on a table. She would order and sort everything out later. As soon as she finished placing everything on the table she ran outside again. She sure would have to rush to get to the usual place in time for some training with her teammates. Once she arrived there she saw to her surprise that the training grounds were empty. "Were could Yoru and Koga be?" Hanako wondered aloud while she searched for them on the training grounds. Maybe they were hiding after all. But this didn't seem to be the case. There was no one around. Hanako felt a little sad. "Could they have chosen another place... Or maybe... Did they forget about it? Hanako wondered. "I guess I'll better just wait for them...But while I do so I'll better prepare myself." Hanako said and while she said this she went to the nearest log to give it some kicks and punches in attempt to improve her Taijutsu.

Tsuki lifted herself up after hearing Mana explain himself. She turned around examined him for a moment before sighing. It was obvious she wasn't so tense and upset, hearing words that obviously shown he was sorry was something that rather calmed her down however the thought of her being the Kyuubi still lingered in her mind. It began to make her question her life and how everyone in the village treated her. Her mind began to put pieces together as if it were a puzzle yet at the same time another part of her rejected the information immediately which caused quite a bit of inner stress which shown on the outside.

She grabbed her katana sheathing it immediately then looked at Mana for a moment. Tsuki knew she was forgetting something but what? Her eyes looked back at the water then to Mana. It came to her immediately.

"We should go get Tohru - we kinda just left her. I hope she doesn't take it the wrong way - I don't want her to feel bad" Tsuki said with a worrisome voice towards Mana. Tsuki began to run back the way she came, aiming and hoping to find Tohru in the same place if not close by but didn't count on it. They had to be away for awhile with that event going on. Either way to Tsuki, She aimed to find Tohru. She didn't exactly know why but she considered her even if very lightly spoken to a "friend". The red eyed girl scanned the village as she ran normally through the village hoping to spot Tohru soon but as one such as Tsuki may wander freely, the villagers get quite annoyed and angered. Of course with bitter reasons but some do yell as if she is doing something wrong or if they fail with distractions blame it on her as they pass by.



(coming tomorrow)

Maki Inoue


"Alright see you later then Hokage-sama!" she grinned brightly at him as she gave him a quick bow before sprinting out of the office, completly ignoring the guards that had suddenly entered.

The first thing that she did was to check her pockets for any cash on her and was pleased when she found a few ryo. When she searched throughout her belongings she found that she would soon need to make some more ryo soon, if she wanted to avoid having to forge for her food. Although she didn't mind sleeping outside or eating the vegitation, she did mind having to hunt for meat and particularly didn't like the messy business of skinning and cleaning it. But that problem seemed like it was going to solve itself soon enough so she didn't worry about it.

Humming to herself she skipped down the street looking for something to eat that was both delicious and affordable. As she was made her way down the street, the hevenly scent of grilled meat made its way to her nose and caught her attention. Stopping she immediatly turned her head in the direction of the smell and sprinted off in that direction. When she got there she found herself at a resturant and without heditating she walked right in and grabbed one of the takeout menus as she waited for the hostess to return.

"Are you ready to order Miss.?" a teen girl asked and as she looked up she noted that she was probably a couple years older than her.

"Yeah, can I have this please?" Maki asks as she points to the picture of the item on the menu that she wanted like a child.

"The yakitori it is, I'll have it out to you as soon as possible, just take a seat and make yourself comfortable," she offers as she writes down her order.

"Thank you" she says as she takes a seat. Ten minutes later the girl returns with her order and she pays before taking it and leaving the resturant with the sturdy disposable plate in one hand and a stick of yakitori in the other and munching on it happily as she wandered the streets aimlessly.