"Greetings, dear 15" (Invite)

[Marika]

Dear Spring Spring was upon this land, such a wonderful season: sight of all the flowers and buds on the trees smell of the first cut of grass on a warm spring day sound of the last frost cracking under your feet the feel of the coat of a young lamb the taste of spring rain landing on your tongue Marika has just finished one of her training sessions at the producer's behest, he was driving her too much lately yet no reward was offered. Did he lie to her, or did he just forget his promise? Marika was not a person who would forget such an important promise, although the same can't be said when it gets unimportant. The light breeze just blew over her face, parting a few strands of her hair. Her face lit up, after such a calming shower she had earlier this was a welcome follow-up. Today she had a simple green coat covering almost her entire body missing just the part, legs. White thigh high boots with moderately high heels felt comfortable as she walked outside the gym while slightly adjusting a white belt. One of her eyebrows slightly twitched at the sight of the huge crowd that wasn't facing towards her yet. Wait, wait, were they waiting for her? With good hearing as her's and the nearest fans to her, they were definitely talking about getting signatures. One of the male fans brought a holodisk labeled with her name and a picture of her latest cover they began to play the song. It was such a nice song she quietly sang along with it, slowly walking around the whole crowd slightly hiding her face with sunglasses she just took from a small handbag, hoping they wouldn't notice. *Sigh* I made it somehow. It was too early to celebrate however, one of the fans had a long look at her, his face lit up, eyes widened and screamed her name. Almost like a herd of bulls they charged her way. Before long her body moved on it's own, taking flight automatically. She had hell of a time trying to hold on to her belongings, especially the expensive compass worn as a necklace, all her equipment 20x Arrowhead: Blunt, 25x Arrowhead: Bullet Point, 25x Arrowhead: Watakusi, 5x Arrowhead: Concussion, 1x Shaft: Flechette, 27x Shaft: Basic, 27x Fletching: Razor Blade, 27x Bolt, 10x Pistol Crossbow Magazine, 1x 8 inch Length Flashlight, 1x Multi-Tool, 1x Holodisk, 1x Flint were well hidden under the clothing or in the bags, some bolts were already assembled with their arrowheads, shaft and fletching. The crossbow hung from her back bounced as she ran senseless into the streets.

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

OOC: 

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Name: Harukiyo Shinsuke.
Bloodlimit: None.
Height: 1,80m - 5' 11''.
Weight: 85kg - 187 lbs.
Age: 17.
Gender: Male .
Alignment: Good, Chaotic.
Birth Country: Ame no Kuni, Land of Rain.
Village: Amegakure.
Specialist: Taijutsu, Medic.
Non-Specialist: NinJutsu, GenJutsu.
Future: Will Of Kratos.


Labels: 

• Harukiyo's words.
• Harukiyo's thoughts.
• Other's words.

• Marika's words.

Equipment:

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Harukiyo owns the following equipment: 

Greaves (Overview) 

Rank: "C"  

Type: Main, Bludgeoning/Piercing/Slashing, Greaves 

Effect: A defensive and offensive armour used as a weapon or protection for the user's legs. 

Special: --- 

Drawback: --- 

Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +3 Amour Points of Damage. Metal or armoured leg protectors that allow the user to deal lethal damage with their legs as unarmed strikes. A strike with a greave is otherwise considered an unarmed attack. The opponent cannot use a disarm action to disarm a user with greaves on unless they remove the greaves completely. 

Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop. 

Cost: 2,500 Ryo Each

Claw (Overview) 

Rank: "C" 

Type: Main, Piercing/Slashing, Claw 

Effect: Claws attached to Gauntlets to add slashing or piercing damage. 

Special: --- 

Drawback: --- 

Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +4 Amour Points of Damage. A weapon that either gives claws to a gauntlet, or a blade(s) are attached to a horizontal handle that projects out from the fist when held. These weapons allow the wielder to hold things in their hand while using a Clawed weapon, however the user cannot use the claw and a weapon in the same hand at the same time to attack. Since these weapons are basically variants of Gauntlets they cannot be disarmed unless they are removed from the user's hand. Examples of Claw Weapons: Bagh nah, Katara, Pata, Push Dagger, Roman Scissors, Tekko, Claws, and Tekagi-shuko. 

Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop. 

Cost: 3,000 Ryo each

      x1 Cloak Type 3 [15 slots]
              x20 Kunai [10/15] (2 per slot)
x30 Shuriken, Hira [2/15] (15 per slot)

GENIN |   SHINSUKE, HARUKIYO   |   VIOLET SPECTRUM

Harukiyo Shinsuke has a golden colored hair, blonde. It reaches the back of his shoulders, also, he has light blue eyes which graduates constantly to violet. 

He sports a very pale skin and his face has an almost perfect structure, his jaw shape and chin forms a perfect triangle. 

His Amegakure headband is tied around his neck. 

Haru wears a purple shinobi robe, not too baggy, it has a black belt around it, by the height of Haru's waist. 

The front of the robe is open so you can see he has a black ninja vest with a cloak that holds an amount of items inside attached to his torso. 

He also wears tight ninja pants with open toed black boots.

Harukiyo had just left Amegakure, and wandered into Ame no Kuni, taking slow paces towards the Tenten Hospital, when passing by through the market, he heard a huge commotion going on, it looked like a bunch of fan-boys and girls. They were all singing.

But then things got weird, and they start to chase a young girl, as the same runs away from her fans. ''Must be their Idol.'' He assumes. They were all asking for autographs and stuff like that.

''SING FOR US!'' — ''OH MY GOSH! I LOOOVE YOOOU!'' — You could hear some love messages through the aleatory yelling.

They all seemed to venerate a girl dressed in green, with golden hair just like the young Shinsuke's. She was kind of pretty, in the seventeen years old ninja's opinion. 

She was so little near that crowd, that it felt wrong for Harukiyo to leave that situation be. His aching collar bone made him somewhat stressed, and he decided to interfere.  

He jogs towards the girl's direction, and slides himself into the situation to block those people from running over the girl, by giving her his back, he stretches his good arm to the side and shouts his heart out: ''OOOORDER!!! OR SHE WILL NEVER SING AGAIN!'' — His voice was raspy and deep, like it was a deathscream, the crowd stopped and started to shout hatred words against Harukiyo. 

Holding more and more of his pain, it became an intense situation of self-control there. He was struggling to hold himself tough. She was having trouble holding her belongings, but Harukiyo was hurt, and there was nothing he could do. 

[Marika]

Who is this? Marika began to run out of breath, the amount of exercise she did daily never prepared her for the sheer power of these fans. She was very happy to have fans but it was overwhelming when everyone wanted something. Slowly she began to be sluggish, soon they will catch up. Oh dear, save me, someone save me, producer-san. thinking it was over when another person ran towards her from the other side as well. Marika quickly closed her eyes and tried to shield herself, she didn't know who it was speaking but they were loud. ''OOOORDER!!! OR SHE WILL NEVER SING AGAIN!'' His voice was commanding and resolute, almost instantly the fans began to moan and shout different curse words at the guy. "Who do you think you are, huh?" One fan boy pushed his way through the crowd, his face was red with anger, of course Marika couldn't tell while still having closed eyes. "Do you know who I am?" The person still continued, most of the fans have already left, the commotion attracted a few citizens who were desperate to see what is going on. Marika finally opened her eyes to look at who just helped her, his hair was golden and his choice of clothing was strange, she has never seen someone dress like that, they say everything is for the first time. Slowly she stood up behind him, as quietly as possible trying to creep away behind a corner without even noticing his condition. Uff, who was that guy? she wondered why he did what he did. The breeze worked miracles to her recovery, sweat was being blown away plus it cooled her pretty well. Marika stayed behind the corner, didn't dare look back although something was bugging her. Should she just leave or thank him? Would the fans come back?

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

Genin | Harukiyo

"Who do you think you are, huh?" — Harukiyo just stared at some particular fans, dead in the eye. 

"Do you know who I am?" — Harukiyo then shouted, clearly upset: ''I don't really care! If you want to keep listening to her songs you should give her some space, you think that making her tired and sick of running from fans on the streets as she is right now is good for her? If you love her so much why don't you respect her privacy?! LEAVE AT ONCE. EVERYONE.''

Harukiyo turned around, questioning the blonde girl in green: ''Right? Help me out here, I'm saving your ass!''  — He almost whispers. He'd have some sweat dripping off his forehead, an Amegakure headband is revealed, tied around his neck, on the insides of the violet robe's collar. The kevlar robe has a collar that reaches his nose height.

[Marika]

A Cosplayer? Marika didn't know what to do, still deciding if she should run or not his voice spooked her. ''I don't really care! If you want to keep listening to her songs you should give her some space, you think that making her tired and sick of running from fans on the streets as she is right now is good for her? If you love her so much why don't you respect her privacy?! LEAVE AT ONCE. EVERYONE.'' What was he saying? Geez this guy! she couldn't believe it, there he was saying these stupid lines for her and all she just did was thinking about leaving? At least she could thank him properly. Marika smiled, still behind her cover, the day was just beginning, why be gloomy. Leaving her spot, appearing as cheery as possible for his sake to thank him his whisper made her confused. 'Right? Help me out here, I'm saving your ass!'' Just looking at him nothing abnormal was seen, why was he asking for some help? Instead of asking the idol gave the guy a thumbs up. "Oh, thanks for that!" tilting her head just as she finished the words. On a quick glance he was wearing a headband with a few lines on it as decoration, pictures or symbols maybe? His neck was almost hidden by the high collar that she just had to guess. The whole blackish blouse (kevlar) he was wearing together with the violet robe looked like he's been to a cosplay party. Oh I know, how about I ask him what he is? on another note his face wasn't all that bad. "Ahh, mister, what are you going as?" she waited for a second before thinking to add "You look kind of funny in those." by funny of course she meant *Bad Taste*

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

Genin | Harukiyo

After the you Shinsuke's hard words, the fanboys and fangirls leaves, one by one, complaining.

Harukiyo's blue eyes becomes tone of grayish violet as he stares at the girl, due to the endless rain of Ame no Kuni.

''Right? Help me out here, I'm saving your ass!'' — He whispers to the girl, dressed in green.

"Oh, thanks for that!" — She gives the shinobi a thumbs up, as he responds with a brief nod of head, showing signs of pain. — "Ahh, mister, what are you going as?" — ''I am Shinsuke, Harukiyo. Amegakure Genin.'' — "You look kind of funny in those." — ''It was my father's. You've never heard about the Violet Ghost of Amegakure? Anyway. Who are /you/?'' — Soon as he says 'you', he moans, ''Gah!'', holding his right collar bone. He gets on his knees in front of the girl, suffering from a pain that he could not fake any longer. He presses his eyelids, and with his eyes shut he tries to wait the pain to ease.

[Marika]

Dead or Not? To answer her series of questions first he introduced himself ''I am Shinsuke, Harukiyo. Amegakure Genin.'' Amegakure Genin? What the hell is that supposed to be? No matter, it wasn't important. ''It was my father's. You've never heard about the Violet Ghost of Amegakure? Anyway. Who are /you/?'' His fathers? Wait a second, his father is a cosplayer? And Violet Ghost sounds familiar, if she remember correctly he was some horror character from the last century or something, why would that be his father was beyond me. Marika nodded in acknowledgement. She had to ask, "Your, your father is a cosplayer? So coooool!" she gave him a wink she jumped right in the middle of his words and didn't hear the part where he asked about her but noticed his knee bending followed by his dropping to the ground. Marika felt how her forehead began to get wet, Eeeeeh! Was that rain? I didn't even notice. Oh no this is no time to be thinking useless stuff. she started to panic, "Oh my, oh my. He's going to die! Nooooo!" she screamed. Several seconds later a person came running by, she didn't know who it was until they spoke "Marika, Marika! Are you alright? I'll do anything, just say so." the guy was clearly one of her fans, they're useful at critical moments at that. He looked her in the eyes and shook her, all she could do was point her fingers at the cosplayer (Harukiyo). The fan rushed to see what was going on, he gave the cosplayer a waking slap on the face "Oi, what have you done? I'll kill..." never finishing the sentence he noticed how hurt the boy he slapped was. "Quickly we must get a doctor! Can you stand?" he was rushing everything, his words were fast and of course Marika didn't know what to do. The increase in the downpour woke her up, she thought about staying here but it wouldn't help much. "Doctor, we need a doctor please, he's going to die." sobbing as time ran out.

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

Genin | Harukiyo

"Your, your father is a cosplayer? So coooool!" — ''The hell she's talking about?!'' — He held his collar bone while shaking his head slowly, from side to side. 
The fan arrived and after speaking somewhat desperated to the girl, he slapped Harukiyo's across the face, which made him just look to the other side, not understanding a thing, he was in too much pain to care either.
"Quickly we must get a doctor! Can you stand?" — ''I'm fine.'' — Grunts the shinobi, but both of them, the girl and the fan wouldn't listen to him. — "Doctor, we need a doctor please, he's going to die." — ''I said I'm fine, I'm not going to die! I need to head to the Tenten Hospital, could you help me? I'll -- Grr! -- I'll pay you if you please.'' — His voice was deep, but not loud, he was trying to not force his muscles too much. He slowly pulls himself up, still holding the wounded area. He looks at Marika with his grayish violet eyes, as the rain increases and pours down onto Harukiyo's face. His jaw line makes his face look like some sort of an upside down triangle.

[Marika]

Next time! Marika calmed down a little after the fan helped the cosplayer who assured them he was "...fine" from her perspective he was going to die. "Iiidiot, don't pretend. You will die right? Yyyou don't need to hide it, we're here to help." poor girl was still sobbing. Again the cosplayer just cut her off and assured them 'I said I'm fine, I'm not going to die! I need to head to the Tenten Hospital, could you help me? I'll -- Grr! -- I'll pay you if you please.'' Why? Why would he pay us for help? That idiot's going to die soon, maybe he thinks people will help him for money? Oh, he mentioned a hospital, was there one in this town? The fan nodded, "I'll take us there, you can lean on my shoulders" luckily this guy was a big help. The entourage would slowly creep around the town until they arrived at the hospital doors, Marika was still sobbing on the way, thinking maybe he was suffering from some serious illness a plan began to formulate in her head. If by any chance he gets stabilized she should cheer him up, after all that's what idols do right? "You're not going to die just yet, funny cosplayer. They'll definitely fix you and then you can treat me to an ice-cream for bringing you here." and stuck out her tongue at the fan.

(Exit)

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

Harukiyo is assisted to the fan's shoulders, and he's taken to the hospital's doors.

"You're not going to die just yet, funny cosplayer. They'll definitely fix you and then you can treat me to an ice-cream for bringing you here." — ''S-s-sure, but, ju-just PLEASE. Stop calling me a cosplayer, whatever that is. I'm a shinobi. Y'know? A --Grr!-- ninja!'' He grunts in agony now and then.

//EXIT//

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

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//ENTER//

 Genin // Harukiyo Shinsuke 

— "and while we're going to look for a booth, you can tell me all about your cosplay, purple ghost you said right?"

Harukiyo leaves the Tenten along with Marika.

Shinsuke pulls the his purple robe's collar up, soon as the duo steps onto the wet ground, the everlasting rain of Ame no Kuni pours down at the blonde shinobi and the blonde idol. 

The enviroment is gray. Gray skies, gray clay floor, grayish wooden houses. It looks and feels somewhat sad but Ame no Kuni locals finds it divine.

''Hey, I told you before, with all due respect, uh... I'm not a cosplayer, y'know?'' — Scratching the back of his head, the young Shinsuke seems somewhat shy, he presses his eyelids as usual, taking slow paces alongside Marika. ''The Violet Ghost, was my father, he was a Great Shinobi once. He died sometime ago.'' — He looks up to the sky, as if he could see his parents. — ''Don't worry, they were very old, it's not like they were murdered or something... Anyway.'' 

Harukiyo speaks fast enough to not let Marika answer. — ''I was named Violet Spectrum after him, we used to have the same fighting style 'n stuff, y'know? He was my sensei. No cosplay at all, heh.'' — Shinsuke smiles upon Marika, as they walk, turning his gaze to his front afterwards. He remains silent, making his way to the Market Area for some ice-cream.

You can say Harukiyo treats people how he is treated, despite his shyness, he tends to be concerned and gentle to Marika, for that he knows that she could've left him in pain and agony back in the day.

[Marika]

Gloomy Rain Finally outside of the hospital they walked through the busy street god knows where, she led the way with random turns at random intervals. It would easily be called *getting lost* although her sense of north was always perfect thanks to some modifications her parents money got her. She still got all her equipment from before. The streets were gloomy as always making her wonder why they had her perform here, rain had this effect on people. Marika walked ahead of her companion, he was just about to tell her about his cosplay. ''Hey, I told you before, with all due respect, uh... I'm not a cosplayer, y'know?'' "Ehhhh! Are you suuuure? You do look like one though." The *not cosplayer* scratched his head and looked pretty foolish at that but he continued despite ''The Violet Ghost, was my father, he was a Great Shinobi once. He died sometime ago.'' I can't really believe this can I? But then again what if he is telling the truth, shinobi were pretty dangerous after all, I'll have to be mindful of him from now on. She gave him a slight smile tilting her head on the left side. The more he said the more scarier it was, it seems his dad didn't get murdered, that was good, the question was still looming over the cause though. "Ahh, old age. I am really sorry." she pursed her lips showing sadness. At times like these she should cheer him up "At least you got his memento right?" she thought about what to do "How about I treat you instead?" Marika added quickly and began to search more thoroughly for a booth. "Ohh, oh since you're shinobi would you show me some tricks? I always wondered what you people can do. From where I come from we don't have shinobi but they say a veteran guard is as good as one." craving to see some tricks she tried to pressure him some more with a punch on the shoulders. Somehow they ended up at the market area.

(Enter)

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

Genin | Harukiyo 

"At least you got his memento right?" — The shinobi forces a smile, shrugging afterwards, not sure what to answer. — "How about I treat you instead?" — He shakes his head from side to side, rapidly, as if Marika just asked him something very wrong. — ''No, no, no, no... If it wasn't you I wouldn't make it to the Tenten, I owe you this one, 'kay?'' — He stretches both arms as they walk, specially the right one to see if it hurts, it doesn't, Harukiyo is good as new.

"Ohh, oh since you're shinobi would you show me some tricks? I always wondered what you people can do. From where I come from we don't have shinobi but they say a veteran guard is as good as one." — Receiving a friendly punch to the shoulder, he pretends to be hurt.

''Aaaaaw!'' — Moaning as he tries to tease Marika. 

He laughs hard soon as she gets worried about him, saying: ''Well, that was a good trick, no? Hahaha!'' — Harukiyo and Marika seem to be getting along just fine, as they're both young and silly.

They enter the market area of Ame no Kuni, Harukiyo spots an ice-cream booth not too far away from them. — ''Look.'' 

Harukiyo uses his index finger to point it out.

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''He laughs hard soon as she gets worried about him'' — IF she got worried or not, he just laughed at her reaction, whatever it was.

[Marika]

Gloomy Rain He simply refused to be treated, not that she wanted to brandish her money, it only worked out too well. The thing was Marika was always the one getting treated no matter what, be it by her manipulation or not. This guy was pretty fun to be around with, his reaction on her punch almost made her laugh. Luckily she didn't and made it her advantage "So laaame. A shinobi getting hurt just by this." but then again he was joking. 'Well, that was a good trick, no? Hahaha!'' now she had the right to pretend to be hurt, Marika folded her arms and turned around showing him her back "Tss". His laughter filled the noise around. The booth was just around here, she noticed it before he pointed it out speeding towards all that selection. Ice-cream was nice, nicer with pistachio and the best in the middle of a hot summer day. Of course being in the land of rain she could only get the pistachio. The clerk soon got to her, "What would you like miss?". Without thinking Marika quickly ordered 10 scoops of pistachio into a large cup, since he was paying anyway and an idol needs all the sugar. Marika lead her companion towards a nearby bench, it was sporting a clean white color, it was divided in two parts and had an umbrella in the middle to shield anyone sitting on it from that famous rain. She ate slowly, watching people pass-by, her legs were swinging back and forth and her face showed satisfaction. Pistachio ice-cream is the best! "Say, have you ever been to the hotsprings?" Marika tried to begin a casual conversation, she knew nothing of this boy, maybe now was the chance to get more out of him "We have this really big one in my hometown." her face dreaming of that place. "The water is so warm, the vapor forms a mist. The smell of shampoo, makes you all fluffy. Hearing the water surface when the fountain sprays it's content over it. So tranquil." Marika would like to be there again, it would definitely be a nice change. This time of the year sakura should be blooming. she smiled at the though.

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

Genin | Harukiyo

Following the girl to the ice-cream booth, Harukiyo asks for a chocolate popsicle, right after Marika asked for ten scoops of pistachio, that made Harukiyo find the girl somehow exotic, different, he never imagined that she might like ice cream THAT much, and not many girls eat careslessly like she does, not in front of boys, nor in public. ''Maybe she's different? Why is she nice to me anyway? I wasn't so nice at first.'' — He thinks.

Sitting onto a white bench with an umbrella connected to it, Marika and Shinsuke protects themselves from the rain, devouring the ice-cream as they watch the street's movement. "Say, have you ever been to the hotsprings?" — Marika questions Shinsuke, her legs swinging back and forth. — ''Nu-uh, what is it?'' — "We have this really big one in my hometown." — Harukiyo swallows his chocolate ice cream, staring at the girl. — "The water is so warm, the vapor forms a mist. The smell of shampoo, makes you all fluffy. Hearing the water surface when the fountain sprays it's content over it. So tranquil." — ''Tell you what? I asked for permission to leave my village, y'know? I told the guards I'd be out for two weeks, and it's been nine days 'till now. So...'' — Harukiyo wasn't sure to invite himself, it wouldn't be too educated, so he changed the subject. — ''Uh, where, uh... Where do you live, anyway? I don't even know your name yet, miss.'' — Arching both eyebrows at the girl, he just realizes that she knows more about him than he knows about her.

[Marika]

Introductions Her companion orders chocolate ice-cream, a pretty normal sense of taste. Marika didn't say anything about it, just noting it in her head. She was planning to store all this information for later use. 'Tell you what? I asked for permission to leave my village, y'know? I told the guards I'd be out for two weeks, and it's been nine days 'till now. So...'' As if he wanted to invite himself to one, well that just worked great since the objective was just that. 'Uh, where, uh... Where do you live, anyway? I don't even know your name yet, miss.'' it was totally true she hasn't told him nor did he ask, come to think of it she didn't know anything about him as well, just his nickname and a name she barely remembered. She swung her forefinger " No, you first. Shall I call you Haru? Since your name was Haru-something." it was usually a custom for a boy to introduce himself first. Once he finished his introduction she would tell him carefully, not too loud, just enough for him to hear it "I come from a little Duchy in the land of Fire. My name is Marika and I'll take you to the hotsprings since you couldn't say it clearly." Marika belittled him for not being direct and ask to go there. They had just about 5 days, probably not enough time though "What happens if you are over the limited days? It is strange your place would mind right? It sounds like you're being kept in a cage." not to lose any time Marika thought they could make travel arrangements immediately, the road shouldn't take long.

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

Genin | Harukiyo

''No, you first. Shall I call you Haru? Since your name was Haru-something." — He finishes his ice-cream while listening, burping into his fist, without procuding any sound. — ''Y-yeah, name's Shinsuke Harukiyo, you can call me whatever you feel like.'' — "I come from a little Duchy in the land of Fire. My name is Marika and I'll take you to the hotsprings since you couldn't say it clearly." — Harukiyo gets a little embarassed, scratching the back of his head as he presses his eyelids. He usually does that when ashamed, the young Shinsuke slightly changes the subject. — ''I was born and raised inside the village, Amegakure... It'd be very kind of you! Y'know, I can't imagine a place like that here in Ame no Kuni. May I call you Marika-CHAN?'' — He smiles at the girl, pulling himself up from the bench, his head almost reaches the umbrella above them. — ''I don't really know what happens, but I wouldn't risk it, and, it's not like a /cage/... It's really really secured, so, we gotta keep it like that, follow the protocols 'n sh--stuff.'' — He claps his hands togheter, glancing around as he stretches his back, bending his waist forwards, grunting as he speaks. — ''We're going on... Foot?''

Soon as they start making their way to the road, Harukiyo questions her: ''So, what do you do for a livin'? I see you have loads of fans, right?''

[Marika]

Development Haru was what she will call him from now on since he didn't mind being called anything. Oh wait, I can call him anything right? Hehe, how about idiot. she giggled at the thought but kept it for herself. It seems he got embarrassed a little by her remark. ''I was born and raised inside the village, Amegakure... It'd be very kind of you! Y'know, I can't imagine a place like that here in Ame no Kuni. May I call you Marika-CHAN?'' so some Amegakure village, was it some place wimpy ninja were raised, she has never heard about that place. Marika nodded, "Yup, call me Marika." Her companion pulled himself closer towards the umbrella ultimately under it ''I don't really know what happens, but I wouldn't risk it, and, it's not like a /cage/... It's really really secured, so, we gotta keep it like that, follow the protocols 'n sh--stuff.'' it sounded risky, that place was no joke, it felt to her that place was a prison of the sorts. Luckily her Duchy was a much freer place to live in, although it could be quite brutal to be raised as a boy in a military family. Marika finally finished the ice-cream she was enjoying "I see, it still sounds like a place I wouldn't want to live in, as if you didn't have much freedom right? My place is much better in that sense." she countered as he pulled back into his original spot. ''We're going on... Foot?'' "I wouldn't want that, I bet we can just catch a carriage around here. It'll most likely take two days to get to the Fire Country so you should probably tell someone." she wasn't about to get him trouble. Since they were finished with the ice-cream both decided to head out. She ran back to a place she was temporarily staying to grab her luggage and met him at the carriage station. Just to be sure she checked her luggage before departing, she had all of her belongings (when she entered the thread for the 1st time.), they were still there. At that time she hasn't noticed but a shady person was tailing her. The person was clad in black, their face was so ordinary nobody would suspect, just a random normal person to everyone. 'So, what do you do for a livin'? I see you have loads of fans, right?'' he asked her when they were on the road. Rain was still pouring, occasionally thunder could be heard although pretty far away it still spooked her a little. The carriage had a small cabin for at least four people, it was a middle-class price yet pretty comfortable. It was still cold in the cabin, no radiator could fit and be carrier inside. "It's so cold." she shook her body slightly "If you want to know, I am an idol." Marika gave him a slight smile. Looking outside the window "I really love singing. They say it makes people happy." the trees outside they passed looked enormous, they were passing through some thick forest. Outside in the rain, the shadowy person was still following them, the mysterious shade was as quick as the carriage itself which was propelled by two horses. "Now, if you don't mind what do ninja do? There's a ninja village in the land of fire but I've never been to one or seen a ninja." it would be pretty boring sitting all they way and not let out a single word, would it?

(Move to Fire after Haru posts)

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

While Marika ran back to her temporary place to grab her stuff, Harukiyo decided to head back to his village and let the guards know about his travel with the girl, afterall, he couldn't risk go missing. If I stay more than two weeks out, they'll think I went missing.

Harukiyo lets the girl know about what he's about to do, that he'll quickly go to Amegakure and tell the guards, ask if it's fine, follow the protocols, as said. Using his shinobi abilities, he jumps from building to building, wrecking some roof's tiles on his way, he leaves the Ame no Kuni downtown, always checking if he's being followed, of course, the young Shinsuke heads to Amegakure's Gates.

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//EXIT// — To Amegakure's Gateway.

[Harukiyo 強, 癒]

Harukiyo returns from the village at the same time Marika returned from her temporary place. They meet back where the carriages are.

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//ENTER//

Harukiyo sits beside Marika in the cabin, the endless rain of Ame no Kuni amazed the shinobi, as always, he stares outside with a blankly expression, when he hears:

''So, what do you do for a livin'? I see you have loads of fans, right?'' — Shinsuke didn't even notice there was someone tailing them, what so ever, a man was questioning Marika, Harukiyo just shifted his gaze from the rain to Marika. "It's so cold." she shook her body slightly, and Harukiyo had a thought of handing her his robe, but it was just wet as everything else, it was useless. "If you want to know, I am an idol." — An IDOL! So that's how she rolls, huh? I knew she wa-- — "I really love singing. They say it makes people happy." — Singing? Damn, that's new. My mother used to sing, anyway. 

"Now, if you don't mind what do ninja do? There's a ninja village in the land of fire but I've never been to one or seen a ninja." — Harukiyo smiles at the girl, scratching his triangular chin, he shifts his gaze to the rain outside once more, answering. — ''There's a ninja village in every country, if I'm correct. Uh, let's see, hmmm...'' — He coughs into his fist, clearing his throat, as he starts to explain. — ''You're an Idol, so, if you're in Ame no Kuni, and you need uh... Guards? To your, uh, presentment

? You'd ask our village to send some shinobi your way, but, you'd have to pay our village, let's say shinobis from Amegakure works for the Amekage, which is the uh, /boss/, if the Amekage says we need to protect you, we will. And that brings money to our village, and, heh, to me aswell, since I get paid from these jobs. When we met, remember I was hurt? I got a scratch on a mission. Missions are these jobs I'm talkin' 'bout.'' He runs his right hand through his blonde medium-sized hair.

The carriage eventually leaves Ame no Kuni as they conversate, leading them to Hi no Kuni.

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//EXIT// - Hi no Kuni.