Meeting the Amekage - The Shinobi Embassy Awaits [Mission]

[Aimi Kaguya]

It was obvious to anyone who saw that the squad of shinobi was not from the Ame no Kuni. You could see it in the clothes they wore. They were used to a climate that wasn't so wet or humid, not to eh cool, wet climate that was there in the Yokoburi. Citizens wore wide brimmed hats and thick clothing so that they could go about their day to day lives uninhibited by the weather. Aimi and his companions were soaked to the bone. It was more their lack of insight than luck though, none of them had thought to bring an umbrella. Aimi didn't own one as he tried his best to stay indoor on days that it rained. Nor could he afford one before he left either, he needed to save up as much as he could and spending needed to be done wisely. What Yosuke and the other's excuses were, he didn't know. The genin Kaguya did know that people were noticing them though which was the point really. The more recognition they got the better.

The four of them walked quietly through the city. Aimi took the chance to look around at the architecture and the goings on of the every day citizen. It all had a very blue feeling to it, quite fitting for such a rainy day as this. He couldn't help but appreciate the fitting imagery. They passed by a few restaurants on their way through the streets, and the scents that came wafting out not not only Aimi's stomach rumble of Kiri and Kamina's as well. They could have all used a small break to get some rest and some food, but Yosuke would have none of it. "Save it for later," he told them, "We can eat once we've met with the Amekage and decided when we'll be leaving."

As much as the trio of younger shinobi didn't like that, they didn't stop or make any detours and focused on the meeting that was to come. Aimi's mind wandered a bit from time to time, he'd never been to Yokoburi before or the Ame no Kuni for that matter. He was taking the time to appreciate his surroundings since he wouldn't be there for very long. Within the hour, they were right outside the embassy. Yosuke stepped inside first, followed by Kiri and Kamina and finally Aimi at the rear. "Thank goodness we're out of that rain!" Kiri cried, throwing his arms above his head and stretching. Kamina shook her head back and forth to get the rain out of her hair before letting out a small sneeze. Yosuke and Aimi sufficed to take off their headgear and let themselves drip in the door way. The four of them made sure to take off their shoes before going any further in.

"So, do we actually know when the Amekage is going to meet us here?" Aimi asked, looking at Yosuke who shook his head and gave a shrug. "No idea Aimi, I'm sure they're quite busy though. They'll be here when they get here, for now we just have to wait. We're right on schedule so assuming they keep to it, they should be here any moment themselves..."

[Shai]

[.Enter]

Arriving at the embassy Shugi would look up at the member of the AnBu black ops he had bought with him. The bandages upon shugi's body were still dry thanks to the kage hat he had crafted specifically upon his head. Upon both the cloak he wore around his body and the hat on the young and short shinobi's body the insignia for the amekage had been specifically stitched in. Within the cloak a slot of blood clot pills were nestled along with 3 soldier pills and a single lensatic compass. Within his skin 60 meters of clear silk thread had been stitched away from where prying eyes could see it. The rest of his thread filled in the rest of his pockets, where 7 reels of 60 meter long thread in colours of Green, Blue, White, Clear, Black, Red and Yellow.

As he entered into the embassy Shugi would look around, he was attempting to scope out the building at that was then the young kage noted the group of people from Kusa. This must be whom he was here to meet. With the AnBu member walking ahead of him Shugi would slowly approach the group of people. The AnBu would be the first to make any form of communication from the pair of them... Hello, I am the AnBu in charge of the Amekage's Security. The gentleman beside me is the current Amekage of Amegakure. The small shinobi would step forth looking up at the gentleman with his milky white eyes... the Byakugan wielding eyes of the Hyuuga clan sat neatly in their sockets. THen a sheet of cloth with some thread stitched into the corners began hover in front of the people before him. Quicker than the eye could follow the thread began to stitch the message Shugi wished to convey.

Pleasure to meet you, My name is Shugi Hyuuga, current lord Kage of Amegakure. Which one of you am I to speak with?

[Aimi Kaguya]

They hadn't been waiting long before the Amekage arrived. An hour at the most, and during that time they had gotten some much needed rest. The first thing they had done was go and talk to the secretary keeping the desk, informing them that they had arrived and were on a mission, due to meet the Amekage as soon as possible. They had nodded and sent a head a bird with the message, and the small squad had gone back to the lounge to rest and wait. Kiri had fallen asleep almost immediately, leaning against his sister's shoulder. Kamina had her eyes closed and was resting her head against the northern wall, but she wasn't quite asleep. Yosuke was sat near the door, smoking on a small pipe. The door was open a crack so that the smoke would filter out into the rain. Aimi was hunched over, tending to his guitar. He feared the rain was doing it no favors. Even though the painting would go unscathed, he worried about the strings rusting. Aimi didn't have a dry cloth to wipe down the strings either, so his only choice was to leave it be for now and strum on it idly. They'd been traveling for close to three weeks now, and he still didn't know how to play it properly in the slightest. Still, he had bought it with every intention of learning how. He'd always wanted one, and now this one was his.

When the Kage in question arrived with his ANBU escort, Yosuke was finished smoking and was resting with his eyes closed against the wall near Kamina. He looked up and nudged her when he saw the kage, and she in turn nudged her brother and woke him up. Aimi looked up from his guitar at the two figures and saw the kage hat first thing. His heart skipped a beat and began to race. He was honestly excited, now their mission would really, truly begin. Standing up with Yosuke and the others, Aimi set his guitar to the side along with his equipment. The four of them stepped forward and stood next to each other. they bowed their heads in unison, their arms down at their sides and their bodies bent forward slightly. There they stood, respectfully bowed and not a weapon on them in a gesture of good will and faith. When the ANBU member spoke, they all rose to look and greet the Amekage, only to watch a cloth move in front of the Amekage and stitch out his message.

Aimi wasn't looking at the message though, instead he looked at the Amekage himself. His eyes were a solid white, a distinctive trait he had not seen before. It looked strange to him, as though they weren't actually there. They eyes of a ghost, or a dead man. Looking at those eyes caused his mind to drift to bad memories, and so he turned to the stitched message and read it silently with the others. Was the Amekage mute? Or perhaps he just didn't like speaking. Either way, the question was still asked - who was he going to be speaking with? Aimi automatically assumed it would be Yosuke, since he was the only jonin among them but the Jonin seemed to have different plans. Reaching up and patting Aimi on the back, the man in the straw hat said, "This youngster right here lord Amekage. He'll be chatting it up with you for a while and give you all of the details of our mission."

Frowning, Aimi turned his head towards Yosuke and asked, "Hey! Shouldn't all of us talk with the Amekage about the mission?" to which Yosuke replied with a grin, saying, "That's not necessary. You know what our mission is as well as the rest of us, not to mention the fact that you've never been to the Amegakure before while the rest of us have on previous missions. It'll be good for you. The three of us will catch up once we've gotten something to eat."

The genin glared, seeing the jonin's true intentions as plain as day. He just wanted to dump the work on his lap so that they could go eat! It was a cheap trick, but he couldn't refuse a superior shinobi, not in front of the Amekage. It would make them look disorderly and immature. It could only serve to worsen their relationship before it even began with their rainy neighbors. Closing his eyes for a moment and clearing his face, Aimi stood up straight and turned to the Amekage and his ANBU escort, stepping forward and saying, "Well, then I guess it's me you'll be talking to then, Lord Amekage. My name is Aimi Arisato," he paused and gave a second bow, saying, "at your service."

[Shai]

"This youngster right here lord Amekage. He'll be chatting it up with you for a while and give you all of the details of our mission."

Shugi would watch as the group put forth a their youngest member to speak to Shugi... apparently this would be against his own choice too. With a raised eyebrow beneath the bandages his Byakugan would activate, he always felt safer with it active.

"Well, then I guess it's me you'll be talking to then, Lord Amekage. My name is Aimi Arisato, at your service"

Shugi gave a polite bow back, thanks to his eyes he didn't keep to keep direct eye contact with anyone, he could see for fifty meters around anyway. After the bow he would turn and begin walking towards the room where the pair would speak, the sheet of cloth would first flaot to the AnBu asking him to guard the door outside before returning back to the small kage who entered into the room.

Once in, he would take a seat with his back to the wall so that he knew no one was coming at him from behind. Due to his eyes this wasn't needed but it was what he was told he had to do if ever meeting up with a group of people. Once Aimi would enter into the room and have his own seat, Shugi's cloth of communication would float over to the shinobi and begin to weave in a message. Thanks to his skill within the clan this took barely any time at all. Infact it was as quick as talking for the shinobi.

Why did you ant to speak with me then... I was hoping for a day of fun today.....

[Aimi Kaguya]

Aimi stood up straight after the kage did. Something was different about him now, though he couldn't tell just what it was. The Amekage seemed... focused, in some way. It didn't really matter though. he followed the Amekage further into the embassy while Yosuke walked up the ANBU and exchanged a few words. The blond genin could hear that the three of them were already talking about getting food, and his stomach turned with desire. He'd make sure to get Yosuke back for excluding him from food later though. They were in this mission together for the long haul, and he'd have plenty of time to plot for his own little revenge.

Stepping into the room after the Amekage, Aimi took a seat on the floor across from him, his legs folded under him and his hands on top of his thighs. He hadn't bothered to bring anything with him, he shouldn't need it. All this was to be was an exchange of words and intentions, be them by mouth or by cloth apparently. Reading the message that was presented before him, the young Kaguya replied back, "Our mission is to visit each hidden village in order to improve relationships with other nations. With the permissions of each respective kage, we are to interact with each village's shinobi so as to form the beginnings of an alliance with each respective village we're supposed to go to..." He trailed off into silence for a moment, lifting his right hand and pulling back his hood. His long hair came tumbling out and he ran his hand through the damp strands, messing it up purposefully before tossing his head back to get all of the hair out from in front of his face.

He continued, "Honestly, I'm not sure why I'm personally here. It probably has something to do with the over all idea of improving relationships between our nations, but there's at least one shinobi of each rank in our little squad. Seems like an over extended gesture, but here I am, asking permission and directions to the Amegakure... Sorry if we've pulled you away from anything important, by the way," he finished, having said all of the official things he needed to say. He leaned back a bit and scratched the top of his head, his eyes going to the floor for a moment. He'd hoped he'd delivered their mission correctly, that he hadn't offered any sort of insult in his words. He didn't think he had, but he'd been mistaken before in the past. Here and now though, on this most important of meetings, Aimi hoped that his words were purely professional and delivered their point eloquently.

[Shai]

"Our mission is to visit each hidden village in order to improve relationships with other nations. With the permissions of each respective kage, we are to interact with each village's shinobi so as to form the beginnings of an alliance with each respective village we're supposed to go to. Honestly, I'm not sure why I'm personally here. It probably has something to do with the over all idea of improving relationships between our nations, but there's at least one shinobi of each rank in our little squad. Seems like an over extended gesture, but here I am, asking permission and directions to the Amegakure... Sorry if we've pulled you away from anything important, by the way,

Shugi would listen to the shinobi as he spoke... he knew it would be another kage duty ... with a sigh Shugi would lock his pale white onto the optics of the shinobi before him. He didn't often make eye contact but he needed to this time. With his right hand he removed the hat from the top of his head revealing fully his bandage covered face and his white hair beneath it. The cloth began to weave whilst Shugi's eyes remained locked onto the shinobi.

I don't know you and you don't know me... yet you ask to enter into my village. You haven't told me your village, told me who they are friends with and not.. why do I let you in?

Shugi hated the seriousness of being kage... he just wanted to have some fun now and then where he could play with he other kids his age without people thinking of him as someone who has to be serious at all times. With his byakugan still active Shugi could see the AnBu guard standing outside the door and then something caught his eye. There was a person hiding underneath the window to the room the kage was in... What was he doing?... Playing hide and seek or was he listening in.

Whilst Shugi's mind was thinking about what that person was doing he kept his eyes locked upon Aimi... what was his reply going to be.... Shugi didn't know but right now his mind was all over the place. He just wanted a day off.

[Aimi Kaguya]

Aimi watched as the Amekage removed his hat to show off his white hair and bandaged head. He looked a bit... young for white hair, but then again it was hard to determine an age for the Amekage because of the bandages, even with his apparently small stature. He supposed he could outstretch his soul to try and determine more about the man, but he didn't really feel the need to. Talking was all that was necessary, and it seems he had already made his first mistake. He had assumed that the Amekage had received word of their arrival ahead of time and would know who they were and why they were coming as well as where they were from. He assumed wrongly, it seemed, and the phrase, "to assume makes an ass out of you and me" came to mind. He did his best not to assume anything, but it still occasionally happened. He needed more mental discipline.

Looking down to his left thigh, Aimi reached forward with both hands and untied the headband he kept strapped to his legs. He had assumed that the Amekage had seen it before, but again, he'd already shown was assuming gave him. Holding up the undone headband in front of him, Aimi displayed the etched mark of his village on it, letting the Amekage have a good long look at it. "We're shinobi from the land of grass, the Kusagakure is my home as well as theirs. The last time I checked, our nations shared a neutrality with each other. We're here, asking to be lead to your village, to help lead that neutrality along in a more friendly direction," he said, his tone shifting slightly from the light, almost nervous one he had spoken with before to a more serious and firm tone now. He'd already made a mistake while meeting with the Amekage, and he held more inner resentment towards Yosuke for making him do this alone. He would not let himself make another mistake. This was very, very important after all. If they were denied entry into the Amekgakure for any reason, it would not be entirely his fault.

The thought briefly crossed his mind to try and persuade the Amekage into letting them in rather than through direct negotiations and peaceful talking. He discarded the thought as quickly as it came though, thinking it both too risky and too stupid to try. He moved the headband back down over his thigh and tied it back in place, his gaze focused on the task at hand rather than the Amekage as he worked. Aimi found the Amekage's eyes to be unsettling without pupils, and the very focused air about them gave off the impression that he was reading more than he was letting on. When he was finished tying his headband back to his leg though, his gaze returned back to the white eyes that looked upon him. It was only polite, after all, to look a person in the eye when you asked to enter their home.

[Shai]

"We're shinobi from the land of grass, the Kusagakure is my home as well as theirs. The last time I checked, our nations shared a neutrality with each other. We're here, asking to be lead to your village, to help lead that neutrality along in a more friendly direction,"

Shugi watched as the shinobi spoke, he had noted the headband but admittedly he didn't know what village it had belonged to, he had no quarrels with the Kusa village but he didn't know of their status with other villages. Shugi's talking cloth began to manipulate ponce more revealing the new message(s).

Before anything, let me ask a few things....

Shugi's byakugan kept a focus on the person benath the window when suddenly another appeared, it was a child and both people began to run off.... they were playing games... a sigh would escape Shugi's lips he wanted to play...

Aimi, Tell me... What other alliances does your village have and what others do you plan to get... also tell me about why you need to be let into my village for the alliance. I could be tempted into allowing one person in but not a group of people.

Shugi's milky white eyes would focus solely back onto Aimi as he spoke... he wanted to put this shinobi on the spot and try to find out more abuot the intentions of him and his village.

[Aimi Kaguya]

The blond genin nodded his head as he watched the thread weave words into the cloth, reading them as they came along. The Amekage Shugi seemed to be asking just routine questions which made him relax all the more. Things seemed to be going pretty smoothly despite the slight hitch before. As his eyes traveled over the words a slight frown played over his lips. Only one huh? That was an irregularity with the mission, but then again, Yosuke had sent him to meet the Amekage alone instead of in a group as they were supposed to meet, and this was the Amekage's home country after all. In Aimi's mind, it seemed almost a courtesy to oblige him in his request.

Flicking his eyes back to the white haired Kage, Aimi gave a small shrug and said, "Well, I'm not one hundred percent on all of the details of our alliances with other nations. I'm just a genin after all, but I do know that we have a friendly relationship with the Otogakure. I think it's more of a peace agreement than an actual alliance though. As for who else we're wanting to form alliances with, I couldn't tell you that specifically either. See, our mission is to travel to each known country with a shinobi village, meet with the kage and discuss terms of a peaceful alliance with them. Our presence in the other villages is meant solely for improving relationships between other shinobi..."

Giving it a moment or two of thought, Aimi offered a smile to the Amekage and continued, "Basically, we're supposed to socialize and spread the word that we'd like to be friends. That's our mission in a nutshell... with the kage's permission of course." It occurred to him then that he hadn't addressed the issue of whether or not they would all be allowed in the village or not. His mile only widened as the thought crossed his mind to leave his traveling companions here in Yokoburi while he went on the village. He'd be certain to find something especially tasty to eat while he was there, perhaps a village delicacy that couldn't be found anywhere else. "If you're only wanting one of us to be in the village, then I would be more than happy to accompany you back after I've informed my squad members of the situation so that they know where I've gone. They could stay here until our business in the Amegakure was complete."

[Shai]

"If you're only wanting one of us to be in the village, then I would be more than happy to accompany you back after I've informed my squad members of the situation so that they know where I've gone. They could stay here until our business in the Amegakure was complete."

Shugi sat listening to the shinobi before him... he could let one person into his village.... with a wave of his hand the AnBu guard who guarded him would enter the room and the cloth would fly over to him. Shugi picked an Onigami ANBu member for the brilliance in scouting... their eyes were just as good if not better than his own.

With the cloth by the ANBu member it would pass a message onto him in a way that Aimi wouldn't be able to read it from the back.

Grass want to become friendly with us, I may allow one member in with a constant anbu guard... Opinion?

The AnBu member looked on the Kage and gave a slight nod... I will take the duty should you wise Sir... Shugi gave a nod toards the ANBU member to explain the situation and would stand up with his kage hat before walking out the room.

Now the AnBu and AImi were alone he would explain the situation he was now in. The lord Kage has allowed you entry into the village but only you. I have been assigned to be your watcher. You are not to know the way to the village so will be put under a temporary genjutsu until we arrive within the village. Then you will have no longer than two days within the village before you have to leave once more. Those are the conditions, do you accept? Also should any of your team follow I will take it as an act of hostility and you will not want to find out what the results would be....

[Aimi Kaguya]

Aimi was less than pleased about the situation. He kept on a straight face though and worked his way through it though, only because he had to. The mission wasn't going on his terms, it was on the Amekage's terms. Aimi had looked up with a bit of apprehension as the ANBU entered the room and read whatever it was that the small kage didn't want Aimi to see. He stood up when the Ameakage did and gave a respectful bow as he left without saying anything more to Aimi, leaving the genin alone in the room with the ANBU member.

As the situation was explained to him, that's when he began to get nervous. Genjutsu... he wasn't very good at dealing with it in the slightest, so the idea of being under one during his journey there was an unpleasant one. Not to mention that he would be under constant ANBU guard during his time int he village, as if the surveillance of the village itself wouldn't be enough eyes on him already. Being under watch and scrutiny made Aimi instinctively nervous - he had been taught that the eyes of a stranger were his worst enemy. Never the less, they had to be present here and now. It was the will of the Amekage, and Aimi was to be his guest in his village. He was apparently walking on thin ice as it was, how could he refuse despite how it made him feel?

"Yes, that's fine," Aimi answered with a straight face, keeping his eyes on the ANBU member. "Two days isn't exactly a long amount of time, but I'll just have to make myself social in the time I have then won't I? Come on, we'd better go explain what's up to my squad," he said, walking out of the room where he had met up with the Amekage and heading back to the front room of the embassy. As he had expected, Yosuke and the others were already gone, their shoes missing from the door. Aimi let out a small sigh and lifted up his hood again, walking over and putting on his shoes.

Heading back out into the rain, Aimi looked from one end of the street to the other and trying to decide where they would have gone for food. No doubt they would have gone to the closest shop, or the one they had seen last. Since he didn't know what lied beyond the embassy itself, the Kaguya in disguise decided it was best to head to the last restaurant he had seen on his way there. Expecting that the ANBU would follow him, Aimi made his way back down the street in the pouring rain with his equipment back in his arms. It didn't take him long to find the place he was looking for, and he walked inside eagerly to get out of the rain.

By luck they were there, and the genin quickly took off his shoes and set his equipment down to go over to them. Kiri smiled when he saw him and waved him over, but Aimi had no time for pleasantries. He informed Yosuke of the Amekage's decision and of the terms of his going to the Rain village. The jonin mulled it over for a moment before resigning to it, knowing that it was already a made decision and there was little he could do to influence it. he informed Aimi of an inn they would be staying at in the mean time and wished Aimi luck on his mission.

Walking back to the door of the restaurant, Aimi put on his shoes and strapped on his equipment. He wouldn't need to carry it in his arms anymore. Once he had everything ready, Aimi stepped back outside and looked to his ANBU escort, saying simply, "Ready when you are..." and then turning towards the part of Yokoburi he hadn't been to before. He made an educated guess that that was the direction they'd be headed and started walking, knowing that at any moment he'd come under the effect of the genjutsu if he wasn't already. "Onward to the Amegakure..."

[Exit]

[Shai]

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