Message From the New Kusakage

[DJ Loki]

IT BEGINS HERE!!!

The sounds a chatter and people walking could be heard as a large crowd would begin to form outside of the Shining Seed Building, about 40 meters away from it's doors. There in front of the building crowd of ninja and civilians was stage that had been built. On top of that stage facing away from the crowd was their new Kusakage. She was very nervous, this was going to be her first public address to her people, and she was almost positive that the message she was going to deliver was not going to sit well with everyone there. There was one thing that gave her strength. She looked up at the Shining Seed Building.

As she looked up the sun would reflect off of the sides of it's walls. She smiled wide as everything was exactly the way she wanted. the Back of the first floor was not complete yet, but everything else was exactly how it was suppose to be. She took a deep breath, as the chattering and noise behind her would continue to build. Closing her eyes, she took several deep breathes thinking about everything that she had done up till now all of the thought that she put into her speech. Everything that she had done and everything that had happened in her life had lead up to this moment. This was just the beginning of her journey as the Kusakage, and she had no intention of giving up her position anytime soon.

She let sighed and then turned around as she headed towards to podium. She looked out and saw a sea of faces much more than she was expecting to see, she also had her Anbu shattered through out the area, both in full Anbu attire and in civilian clothing. She took off her Kage Hat and placed it down on the podium next to her, Her Kage cloak would begin to blow through the wind. Tapping the microphone to check if it was on, "H-hello?! This thing on? Yeah?.. ok good." She would fumble through and then smile at everyone there for a moment. She cleared her throat, and straightened up, "Hello, everyone. I am your new Kusakage. Yuri Ikebana-Hyuuga, yes Hyuuga, and if your wondering I am a part of he Main Branch." She would get that out of the way because she knew that their were no love lost between Grass and Konoha, and the Hyuuga Main Branch was tied closely to Konoha.

The muttering would get louder and she would raise her hands, "I know... I know... settle down. I am a Kusa Ninja before anything else. I grew up here, I've cried here, my parents died trying to get me here. My heart is here." The muttering would begin to settle down a bit and Yuri smiled as she felt that she could continue. "I'd like to thank the local market owners and vendors for coming out. I want you to understand that being the Kusakage doesn't mean my main focus is just on the shinobi of the village. But also on the civilians, and especially the civilian shops and markets, they are our life's blood." Yuri looked around at her people and then looked around at the village as a whole.

"Kusagakure, is in bad shape. You know it, I know it, and our enemies know. I plan on changing that, but I will not be able to without EVERYONE's help. It doesn't matter how stronger or weak you are you all can help." Yuri would look down at the notes that she had made for herself that were per placed on the podium, after seeing here spot she would continue, "Our military strength is down. There's no question about that, either our Ninja have gone missing or have died, whatever the case may be our numbers have dwindled. Less ninja means less revenue, less revenue means less resources to train new ninja, this leads to a vicious cycle."

"We need to sure our numbers and I have an idea on how to do that. We need to make money... and lots of it. We need to make sure that we are stimulating our own economy. That means if you need something, buy it from one of the villages shops, you wanna sell something? Sell it outside of the village. Keep the revenue coming in. Take on Missions... lots and lots of Missions. Our numbers are low, so I will be taking on missions myself. You should never not be on a mission or just getting back from one." The people in the crowd would begin to mumble and talk among themselves, must of them were agreeing with the ideas that this New Kage was having at the moment.

Yuri was glad things were going over so well, because she knew the next bit of information would not. Yuri sighed, "As I said our numbers are low, but we have strong fighters, some of which have gone missing. I plan on trying to convince some of them to come back into the fold." The muttering would start to get louder and a little disgruntled. Missing Ninja were to be hunted imprisoned for leaving their duties, not back back into the fold. Yuri closed her eyes and then continued, "And because of our current level of strength I think it would be wise to negotiate peace with Konoha." The somewhat disgruntled crowd would then erupt in almost a full on riot.

They most likely would have if not for the presence of the Anbu around the crowd. Yuri was starting to get a little nervous and was going trying to gather her thoughts. As she fumbled through her notes and as she did so her Y'la spirit would lean over and blow, a large wind would blow through and knock her notes out of her hand and into the air. She would just barely grab her Kage hat in time. She sighed as the sounds of the chattering would continued to grow. Her heart would begin to beat heavily in her chest, and she could feel it in her ears. Her breathing would begin to speed up, but it wasn't her fear that was rising, it was her rage.

Her deep red hair Ikebana hair would begin to glow like fire. Her Byakugan would flare into activation, "SILENCE!!!! SHUT UP... ALL OF YOU!!!" Her voice would bellow of the speakers as the crowd would quite down as they looked at their new Kage, some of them with fear in their eyes. "You don't like it? Well Tough tits. We all have to do things we don't like sometimes. Don't you understand, don't you get it? Right now our village is shit!!! And all you idiots want to do is keep doing the same thing, hold on to old grudges and stay wallowing in the same muck we've been stuck in for years. I don't want that.." Yuri would slam her hands on the podium and then pointed at the Shining Seed building behind her.

"I had the Shining Seed built, so that we could use it to make dreams a reality, so that you could use all that creativity that you have trapped inside you. To use your ingenuity to create, and breath new life into this village. But it seems like you all are content with letting this Village be a place where dreams go to die. I rather reform it into to a a wondrous garden, where our dreams blossom, and give birth to even grander and more ambitious dreams." Yuri paused for a moment and looked out at the crowd she was started to calm down, and her breathing would begin to slow.

"I am not strong... but I refuse to stay weak. Our village is not strong, and I will die before I let it remain weak. We can't not do this by sticking to the old ways, and I can not do this alone. So please... help me fix our village. And if you don't want to me..." Yuri gentle voice would fade for just a moment as she looked down at the podium. Her notes had been blown scattered into the winds. She was speaking straight from the heart, something she should have done from the start. She looked back up at the crowd her Hair still glowing her Byakugan still engaged,

"If you don't want to help me, well... You can GET THE HELL OUT!! I am Yuri Ikebana-Hyuuga... I am the Kusakage... and my reign starts now." Yuri would stand there for a moment, and there was nothing but silence for a moment. Then an eruption of applause would blast through the crowd. As the crowd erupted there was still a few in the crowd that were still upset, Yuri spotted several of them and watched as they would begin to maneuver their way through the crowd. Yuri sent a look to one of her Anbu who would instant shunshin to her side, "Follow and keep track of all disgruntled ninja that you've spotted." she whispered to the Anbu while covering the micro phone and her mouth. The Anbu nodded and then disappeared with another Shunshin.

Yuri would then turn to face the crowd who were still cheering and would begin to wave at the all of them. Her Byakugan would deactivate and her hairs glow would begin to subside. She smiled wide as she regained her relaxed demeanor and began to wave out to everyone. She was naturally a little fire-cracker and always tried to be as genuine as she possibly could, she was happy to see that at least most of the people there appreciated it.

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Plot Mission

SPOILER: Click to show

Name: Message From the New Kusakage
Rank: "D"
IIC Length: 2 week to post in mission thread, AT LEAST ONCE.
Difficulty: Easy
Description: The New Kusakage is having a gathering for all of her ninja and civilian citizens. At this gathering she is going to address everyone on her plans for the village, and outline what she expects from everyone in the future. She requests that any who are able to come to listen in on what she has to say. She will be having the Gathering in Outside of the new Shining Seed Building that she had constructed.
Objective: Come to the gather outside of the Shining Seed, and listen to the Kusakage's Address. Post at least once in said thread with in 2 weeks time, to receive Credit.
Reward: 12,500 Ryo

[Shiroi Usagi]

[enter]
Shiroi had only been in the village for a few short weeks. She hadn't spent much time wandering, instead making a home for herself in this place. But the large crowd gathering caught her attention rather quickly, and being the curious fox she was, she couldn't help wandering into the streets among the people. She kept Rahv, her Fox companion close by the entire time, staying near the edges of the gathering so as to make a speedy exit if needed.

But a speedy exit wasn't needed. She kept her face a solid impression of indifference through the entire announcement, watching and gauging the reactions of those around her. Since the general consensus was divided between excitement and disgust, she did her best to remain neutral. It was all very interesting of course, but as a newcomer she didn't see fit to give an opinion on something she wasn't sure about. Instead she was busy finding herself a perch from which to see the apparently new Kage's face.

It was about that time that Yuri had activated, apparently by accident, the Byakugan. Something that Shiroi was fairly uneducated about, but thoroughly interested in. Blank eyes and glowing hair, after all, certainly seemed to be some symbol of power. Now sitting on the top of a storefront, with legs sticking out over the edge, she had a clear view of the rest of the announcement. In the end, most people seemed rather pleased by all of the declarations made. Shiroi could only assume this meant good things.

Rahv jumped up onto the perch that Shiroi had chosen, glancing out over the crowd with her for a few moments before resting his head in her lap. She idly stroked through his fur, letting her gaze wander from the finished speech to the people gathered, sizing up the population of the city. She didn't look particularly disgruntled, but she wasn't obviously excited about everything going on either. Instead she was pensive, and quiet.

[Errmanno]

Errmanno walked slowly up the stairs his eyes darting behind the goggles. He was like a bug in a spot light, and very uncomfortable about it as he stood in line to meet the new Kage. He was a recent arrival and graduate of the Academy of shinobi in the Grass. His home was far away and never to be returned to. His disgrace still weighed heavily on his shoulders and his slumped posture showed the great weight he was bearing as he approached. He was basically unarmed for he had no need of weapons. His weapons of choice could be heard in the buzzing that was coming from somewhere around him. He didn't look much like a shinobi, actually he looked homeless, maybe a beggar.

Around his feet beetles, and ants could be seen crawling around. The insects were growing thicker, coming from all around him growing the amount of them larger and larger. The insects were coming to feast on his chakra and to see if they too can become apart of a strong colony/hive/swarm. The insects would clear the way as he stepped forward and just swarm back to fill in the missing spaces.

When it was his turn to talk to the Kage, he kept his hands in his pockets and kept his head bowed as he spoke in a low whisper of a voice. "Congrats, but don't mistake us all as weak. I am the swarm. We are without limit. I will protect this hive and colony. Any that shall attack us shall feel our wrath of the swarm. The Swarm will consume all that dare." And with that he walked away not caring if that seemed rude. It was the truth as he saw it, he wasn't weak just in the process of getting a handle on his strength.

He certainly was an odd one as he skittered out of the light and from the Kage. His insects following him as he did. The buzzing ever present, as he moved, those with adept observations skills would notice the insects crawling all over him. In and out of various pockets and throughout his worn patchwork clothes. He had on a great Hobo jacket, and a pair of worn pants. Only his body suit looked to be in decent condition but even that has seen to many washings. His face was completely covered by a cloth helmet like thing. His goggle appeared over it. His hands were completely gloved as well for the little times he took them out of his pockets.

Ants and Chakra bugs crawled all over him while Bees crawled in and out of his clothes to fly to nearby flowers.

[hoshisame]

{Enter}

A Hoshigaki with a copper colored skin and a light blue eye and a dark brown eye would enter the scene. He was wearing casual clothing but had his ninja head band with him. He was wearing it on his right arm and if someone were to ask for it, he would simply show it.

Decimus knew the new kage would introduce herself today, therefor Decimus was there ahead of time to watch the whole event. He did however choice not to be part of the crowd so he stayed away from the center but close enough to hear the new kage talk. The beginning of her speech sounded good to Decimus. He in general agreed with most of the statements. Though he was a little annoyed at the statement of 'always being on a mission.'

Eventually the kusakage started talking about retrieving missing ninja's and bringing them back. This sounded dangerous but at the same time it sounded like a plan that could help the village. At least assuming the missing ninja's she would retrieve are missing for minor crimes. The crowd however seemed to not enjoy the statement all too much.

This is were Decimus his opinion about the Kusakage shifted. She started to talk about making peace with Konoha. This seemed to trigger the crowd to go wild and this is something the new Kusakage did not seem to like. She suddenly became rather aggressive with her speech. Decimus felt like the new Kusakage would limit his precious freedom to a certain degree as her message came down to 'follow my orders or get out.' Decimus in general agreed with her statements but he was not sure about her methods yet. "Only time shall tell, limit or attack my freedom and I shall get the hell out of this place. But you show promise and perhaps this can work." Decimus said as he looked around to see what would happen next.

[Shiroi Usagi]

Finding little else of interest in the gathering, at least for the moment, Shiroi takes her leave of the gathering. She doesn't particularly keep an eye out to see if she's being followed, instead going back home to prepare for some things she needs to do later that day, mostly involving training with her partner Rahv.
[exit]

[KoKoKo]

Viola had not long left the Kagé tower when she made her way towards the Seed. A newly built building under Yuri's reign designed for training up crafting and other skill sets, something that Viola appreciated. With her classic outfit on, the metal soled boots which made their way up her thigh stopping shortly below the shorts and the loose skirt she wore over it. A lilac vest with a dark purple trim over a tinted mesh shirt. On her hands a pair of black gloves and around her neck a Kusa headband with black cloth. Her mousey blonde locks were down while in the village and just tucked behind her shoulders and down her back.

Upon her arrival she found that the kagé had arrived before her - the AnBu probably gave her a lift - What the kagé said definitely caused a stir around the crowds which surrounded her. Good, bad, indifferent either way Viola knew the Kagé spoke the truth with what she said. Viola's beloved village had enough issues as it is and although she felt that The kagé's words could cause its own issues, in the long run it would work out.

[hoshisame]

The lack of entertainment after the message from the Kage, made Decimus bored. He took one more look around but eventually decided to leave the scene. He had some faith in the new kage as long as she would not limit his freedom. It was time to pick up a mission again and start working. Money needs to be made, training needs to be done and perhaps a combination exists.

{leave}

[ᖫᖭØMNÏᖫᖭ]

/enter

In short Kenesu had been bolting down the streets of Grass Village trying to make it to the place where he could see the new kage first hand. His robe flapping from the wind current flowing around his slim body. His dark red shirt, ninja grade trousers, and black sandals made up his attire for today. His short silver hair acting like bristles from the wind due to his running pace. Dodging traffic as he went along. It was a miracle that he didn't even run into anyone the whole way there, but thankfully he would have made it. Panting heavily as he looked around for a place to be. It seemed he had missed some of the inauguration, but hopefully there was still something left for him to witness as he merged within the crowd.

[Inori]

433

TAG SOMEONE

BY MINNIE OF GS

AND IT'S DARK ON A COLD DECEMBER,

[Enter]

It was about noon thirty when Inori was interrupted by a large group making noise near the plaza by her.  She was sitting idly in a shop nearby that serves her favorite tea. After half-ass finishing her tea she'd pay her bill with a moderate tip and walk towards the source of the commotion. Maybe it was a new event? In fact today was the day of the kage inauguration wasn't it? The old one had to step down for some reason.


Inori rounded the corner and was surprised by what she had seen. Pretty much the whole village had shown up at this point. On the stage at the front of the mass of people was a stage with a woman and ANBU guards nearby at the ready to defend her with their lives. She must be the new Kusakage. A woman Kusakage, it was great to have another one again. Anytime the kage was a woman in this village it became a mecca of commerce and things were much better. The Blonde Yamanaka-Inuzuka-Kazeraikou mutt opened her yellow jacket revealing a snoozing pug. 

"Baka look! We have a new kage!"


The dumb thing lazily lifted his head and winced at the bright rays of the sun and peered over to the stage where she was. Looking up with a derpy look the dog would stick out his tongue and let it flop on her busom. With a hearty yank she'd pull him out of her shirt and toss the poor thing about 15 meters away from her with all her might. 

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THAT YOU MUTT!"

Still, the ninja dog landed on his feet and without even a care walked back to her with that same derpy look. Inori couldn't stay mad though. She sighed and pat him on the head as an apology. As she did the crowd gasped when she announced her name: Yuri Ikebana-Hyuuga. A main branch Hyuuga at that. Her family migrated from the Leaf themselves. She could empathize with the way people thought of her a little. Still a main branch? How did they let the Byakugan fall into the hands of an enemy. She wishes to bring peace between Leaf and Grass but how if she herself is an anomoly to trust between a clan meant to have its secrets in Leaf?

She pondered as she listened to the speech and wondered what this woman's next move was. This could be very interesting. Maybe becoming a genin was a good idea after all. She could have just lived her life normally.

- - i think i love you better now

[Takeuchi]

Speeches. They were never his thing, back when he was Kusakage, he preferred to make quick, concise announcements rather than having a drawn out speech. Still, he had heard plenty in his time working to guard Kana. Still, quite the interesting speech. In his opinion, the Uchiha found allying with Konohagakure no Sato to be an unnecessary step, but considering her heritage it would not be a bad move, she would not be able to learn any of the ancestral abilities hidden in the clan's compound if the two countries were not on friendly terms. He nodded, it was the logical choice in the matter and with her decision to strengthen both herself and the village, he had made a decision. He had stood slightly apart from the rest of the crowd in his usual suit and just watched everything from there, the village was about to start undergoing a change.

[KoKoKo]

After the speech was made Viola turned to walk through the crowd catching the sight of the former Kusakage. Stopping in her tracks she would change course and make her way through the crowds and over to him. Hello former lord Kage, What did you think of the speech?W She nodded her head politely, she was showing respect towards the former Kagé un sure if she was capable of dropping formalities with him. "I think there may be issue with it at first after the long rivalry between the two villages but given time, I'm sure it will balance out"

[Nara Satoshi]

*Enters*

 It was just another troublesome morning for Satoshi.He was forced to wake up and attend this gathering by his father,before he left home.A new kage it was? Such an important event had to be taken seriously by anyone,especially by the shinobis of the village.It was a shame Satoshi wasn't feeling it.

 He appeared in the area calmly with his hands in his pocket and a newly-lit cigarette on his mouth.He had made it to the gathering at the moment the new Kusakage was yelling by the microphone..He inhaled in his cigarette then exhaled it as he sighed with a lazy expression on his face; ''Damn..She seems to be an agressive one.What a drag..'' He would think to himself.
 
 He stayed until the end of the speech and tried hard to listen to it carefully as he would have hard time focusing on things and his mind would float into other things quickly; ''The sky seems to be rather peaceful today..'' He would say quietly.The lady standing next to him hit him as she said; ''Stop making noises! Its the new Kusakage speaking!''.. He would calmly answer; '' I didn't actually mean to speak man..It's just that i let my thinking go out by reflex'' Few more people would keep hitting him as he finished his sentence..He would talk to himself; ''What a drag..''

 After the Kusakage was finished fully,he lit another cigarette and slowly began walking around area as his mind was now free.. His uncle Nara Shin gently patted on his shoulder as he was lost in his thoughts. ''Satoshi! You should be training! The gathering is over!''
Satoshi would respond; ''Damn..This guy again..What a drag.'' He would use his smoke jutsu and create smokes around him so he could get away easily..

*Exits*

[Takeuchi]

"You think?" The Uchiha replied, he understood the gist of what was going on and did not entirely oppose it but it seemed all too forced at the same time. "I don't know if it will get to that point, she needs access to the Leaf Village to obtain something. Once she has what she needs, I don't know that we need them any longer." It was possible that the entire thing could be over within the first trip, or it could take years to accomplish. "I'll speak with her on the subject at another time, but it's not entirely important at the moment. We just have to be ready and do what needs to be done at the proper time."

[KoKoKo]

"Yeah, I do think things will level out nicely... well nice enough" she took a momentary pause. "to be honest I have every doubt that peace will truely happen. People have personal grudges and they can be over the tiniest of things - The yukikage lost to the Hokage in a friendly competition and he made the villages enemies." Viola shrugged a touch "but as long as we can get the villages to not kill on site i would consider it a victory"

Viola waited and listened to the words of the former Kagé "Lady Yuri is right. We are weakened as a village and we need to be shown as an asset if anything will work out. Although it isn't really my place to ask this but when we do visit leaf, would you come along - or ask to... provided you are done with your mission.

You are a strong shinobi and you possess a strong kekkai genkai - which like Lady Yuri's, is originally found in the leaf village. It could help with any proof of our powers."

[DJ Loki]

The crowd would begin to to die down, and Yuri would sigh. She had made it through her first public announcement, but it would come cheap. She sighed as several of her Anbu would appear next to her and one of them would whisper into her ear. she let out a groan and then looked out into the crowd at where Takeuchi and Viola were. Once see made eye contact with them she would make a head gesture that would indicate that she needed to talk with them. She would then vanish as the Anbu would whisk her away.

*MISSION OVER!!!!! IF you're still here, then consider yourself having left, and go collect you're money. I will be locking this thread.*