[IC] Konohagakure - Branch Office

[fina]

A large building intended to connect the village to the outside world, the Branch Office is located in the busy side of Tanzaku no Gai. Open to the public, it connects outsiders with business to the village without compromising its location. A few guards can be found inside, though their caliber is not high as inside the village, mainly because nothing of value is contained within the building. However, it serves as both an official source of collecting bodies and dispensing bounties, and as a way to communicate foreigners to the village. A single receptionist can be found at the frond desk, with several guards scattered around the lobby. If one has any business here, the girl would be the one they would need to address. Otherwise, it was best to exit the premises, immediately.

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[dreadknight]

Aizen walked up to the large building with his parents. they knocked on the door and it was opened for them by a shinobi guard. "Hello," Aizen's father started "I hope we've come to the right place...we'd like to apply to join Konohagakure." Aizen stood between his father and his mother, very nervous. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to do ro say, so he just stood there looking at the receptionist, waiting for his response.

[fina]

Sensing the boy's nervousness over the whole ordeal, the receptionist greeting them would employ a bright and cheery tone, hoping to help the youth relax a bit. As they entered, she would lead them to small table with various chairs. Once they were comfortable, the questions would begin.

"What brings you to join the Leaf?"

[dreadknight]

Finding himself seated in a comfortable table, Aizen's nervousness began to disappear. His parents stood behind him, and he looked across the table at the receptionist. He was smiling and talking in an easygoing manner. Aizen began to relax.

"Well, I guess a lot of my family live in the country of Fire, and my parents promised they'd take me to a ninja village when I turned sixteen...so here I am!" he smiled, watching the assistant. "I'm hard working and dedicated, and I train all the time. Also, I know some techniques already." Aizen stopped, aware that he was talking too much. He coughed quietly and awaited the receptionist's response.

[fina]

[From here on, you don't need me to post guiding you around. You can NPC that guard taking you to the gate, and to the tower. You can't go anywhere else until you're done with meeting with the Hokage.]

At least he’s eager…

Smiling as she began to write some things down in his file midst his speech, she would nod when he was done. A few more words later, she could be heard summoning one of the assistants to her side. As he walked over, he would close the file she had just written on and handed it over to him. Once he made them his, her instructions would follow.

“Lead this young man to the gates, and take him to the tower. He’s about to register!”

Once the assistant understood, she would turn to the youth. All seemed well, so he’d be granted a trial entry for now. However, certain precautions had to be taken. From her pocket came a black collar, leather made with a single attachment on both ends for connecting. Although seemingly plain, that collar was actually laced in various explosive notes. A tradition of Ichi’s, he had all foreign shinobi that want to enter or join wear it for a small period of time. It cannot be removed unless the user wishes to see what it’d be like for their head to explode, and if any ill will is tossed towards the village, a simple detonation would end him. Not that they suspected the boy of anything, but this precaution would never be skipped, irregardless of subject.

“One more thing…as part of your entry here, we require you to wear this. Don’t worry, it doesn’t mean anything bad. But it’s a precaution we must take. Keep it on at all times, please, or else something bad might happen. After a while, we shall take it off!”

Once the collar was on, he’d send the youth and his guide on his way. A few minutes would be given for the parents to part ways with their child.

[dreadknight]

Aizen felt the collar slip around his neck. This wasn't what he was expecting at all, still, he guessed, these things were necessary for village security. He gulped, his adam's apple pressing against the leather collar in a disturbing fashion. He'd already said his piece with his parents, and so it came as no surprise to find that they'd already left, flashing away home.

Aizen stood and nodded to the assistant who nodded back "this way..." [exit]

[👺 Usiel]

Heero slowly walks within the building? Nothing really known about the building but he knew he had to go here. The giant snake stayed outside of the building as Heero walked into the building wearing his Shogan Armor. He would have told the other two Ninjas that it was best to stay outside, just in case because it was best to have one person in then all of them as there was a larger chance of being attacked within then outside.

"I need to see the Kage"

[Beautiful Rogue]

Lightning waited outside for the Kazekage. This was no time for her to be messing about. They were here as representitives for sand country, and she did not want to make them seem like a crappy establishment. She doubted there would be an attack on the Kazekage while he was inside, nor did she guess they would be attacked out here, both her and Zetsumei standing here. Or, Zetsumei was standing, she was perched on one of the posts, her wings outstretched and her hands in a meditative position. She was not bored, just very nervous, what would go down?

[Zetsumei]

While Lightning had perched upon the rooftops Zetsumei had followed the Kazekage into the building. Yet rather then shadowing him completely he stopped and taken up post beside the door. A simple Kunai was moved throughout his body and deposited within the sleeve of his sandy shirt, ready to be withdrawn when needed. He was among those who had attacked before and was not about to trust them to remain peaceful. Ready to fight if need be, he waited.

[roko]

[Oh, yeah- NPC Recep. lady.]

The receptionist's eyes would look onto the male- though they would swiftly move along the other two beings, there had been three bodies in total. Hazel eyes would emet with the each of them, and with a simple breath she would begin to speak to the male.

"The Hokage? Might I ask for what reasons?"

She would speak, her tone had been slightly low, but her words had been perfectly understandable. She hadn't been certain who the three were, but their identification had been confirmed by the head band of the male in front of her. She would only wait there, long black hair to rest upon her shoulders.

[👺 Usiel]

One would wonder how the person was able to see the three people when only one entered the building. Hearing the question Heero, Demon of Sand stood there quietly, and calmly. His goggles stayed fitted over his eyes as he took a quick scan to see the whole room. His face covered by the mask he wore with his helmet over his head with such pride. A gleam of his headband could be seen tied to his sash on his waist. The Shogan armor he wore was quite fitting, in dark red with a Katana and Watizashi located on his right side. The six blade sword was attached to his back as if there were no straps, but just stayed there. The Shogan armor was layed all around his whole body as he gleamed staring at the person in front of him. Then he finally spoke.

"What reasons? Our reasons is because..." he said softly slowly taking a few steps away from the door with a smile hidden within the helmet and mask of his Shogan Armor. He would turn towards his way to his right, eyes facing the opposite end as he glanced at the door. "Daija?" he softly asked as he extended a hand to the door. That was when the snake made its move. The giant snake rushed off heading towards the door as it cocked its head. Lifting its head some it quickly slamed its head down to the ground in front of the door as the muscles within the body began to move as if the snake wanted to throw up. With a sudden moment the snake's mouth opened wide as it quickly launched out two rolling gunk and goo into the large room as it rolled onto the floor slamming down in front of Heero as well as the person that wished to know. There this where he would see honestly two disgusting figures. Two bodies, with no heads, just the torsos, legs, and arms. The clonthing was still there, their headbands were still there as well.

"This is why" Heero said calmly moving in front of the door. "It seems that your people need to pick up your own trash. I need to speak with him because your people attacked one of my own, taking his life without a contract being fullfiled or set understandinds of what a true Ninja must undergo through." he continued. "These are the ones that did it, two bodies seems fitting for one of our own" he finished.

[Beautiful Rogue]

The snake had been summoned into the office, it was not difficult at all for her to tell. When a snake that size enters the area, anyone can see it, it does not really take a ninja to notice such an obvious disruption. There would be only a few reasons the Kazekage would need to summon his monstrous snake, and she doubted any of them were to battle, he seemed capable enough, and such a creature would get in the way of the battle. Or in such a small area it would anyway.

She could wait out here for the business to be done. Or until a signal was given for her to run in and aid her Kage, but, unlikely she would be needed. After all, Zets was...Somewhere? She had not seen him go missing. Activating her eyes she scanned the area for his source of chakra. He was there, by the door, under the shade, she had not seen him. Yet still, something bothered her about his peculiar chakra formation. It was something she would need to ask.

Currently ther Kage was confronting someone and he seemed pretty calm about everything. Yes, there was no doubt that she would not be called upon, she was able to relax here for a while longer.

[Zetsumei]

Quickly looking around, a confused expression plastered upon his face the Suna Hito quietly left the building. He would seem nothing more then a man of the cloth who had gotten lost in a new land. His venture into the building had barely lasted a few seconds and as soon as the door closed behind him the man of the sands took up his main weapons again. Leaning against the wall besides the door a few simple words flowed from his lips. "This looks like its going to be rather boring..." Thus he stood, resting his form as he prepared for whatever was to come next.

[roko]

Sheer fright and disgust would be masked onto the face of the women as her eyes would open wide. Her heart would pound at amazing speeds as she would slowly begin to heat up from fear and sorrow- in a sense. Emerald eyes would be kept open as she would continue to scan the bodies, her body trembling at the very site- and the smell of the goo which had accompanied the deceased body wouldn't let the feeling of a churning stomach end. Though the fright wouldn't be from just the body- but from the ridiculously size reptile, though it had appeared to hold some form of elegance, it wasn't enough to calm the female down. Her breaths would be quick, and a small stream of sweet would begin to run down from the side of her face as her mind would begin to work in a high-speed paced. NOt in all her years had she been comfronted with such a thing, a man to take control of a creature of that size... it had not been heard of.

She would remain in her position as she would do her best to calm herself down, she had after all been the only one in the branch office as of this moment- the others were on break, what fools! Seconds would seem to transform into minutes with in her mind as her hand would stay near her face, not exactly sure why, but they had been there- though eventually she would calm herself down- doing her best to let the words slither from her lips.

"I....See."

She would speak as she would make her way towards the two decapitated bodies. She would kneel down slightly to make sure they had been actual Konoha Shinobi, and they had been- one of the more mind shocking portions of this confrontation. She would stand back up, and walk a few paces back.

"Well... Sir. If you would like, a guard will escort you into the village..."

She would speak out of hospitality, though a tinge of fright would linger with in her words. She had been done talking now, she had nothing else to say. Her only wish would be to make certain that she would never remember this again, a way to scar ones mine.

[Hopefully you see nothing wrong with this post.]

[Masakuni]

Housenka Masakuni moved at top speed through the forests, coming to rest on a tree branch, a number of meters away from the furthest edge of Tanzaku Gai, the capital city of Hi no Kuni, rivaled by none but Konoha in the country. He took the sight in for a moment, glancing over his shoulder at the girl resting on his back. She seemed to be okay, but he was never real good at medical ninjutsu. His first-aid was top-notch, but it only went so far. He could only hope that the city had a hospital within it.

“I used to.” He admitted when she questioned his headband again. He was sure she had figured it all out by now, so there was no real use lying about his past. Nor could he yet divulge all that had occurred, but that was no problem. “That was until the village I was raised in was swept under the rug with things like respect and morality.” He frowned to himself, unwilling yet to elaborate fully on what he meant by that. With a sigh, he closed his eyes briefly.

And they shot open again. He resisted the urge to turn his head as he felt a faint amount of pressure on his earlobe. bit back the desire to let out a little gasp of surprise. Quietly, his hand reached up to grasp her forearm, going no further or more intimate than just that simple motion, yet he did it nonetheless. He stood on that tree branch for a moment, unsure.

“Let’s get you healed.” He said finally, dropping from the tree branch and landing on the road into the city. His stride was slower now, to avoid crashing into others, but he was still moving fast enough to display a sense of urgency to the civilians along the road. He envied them and their simple life, sometimes. They were free to find liberty, love, and happiness whenever they wanted it, in the security people like him provided for them. He’d never begrudge them it; only envy it just a little.

What she needed was medical ninjutsu, so he made for the bureau of communications between Konoha and Tanzaku Gai, hoping to find a way into the village where he could have her treated. “Oi.” He said, barging into the branch office. “I need to request an immediate audience with the Hokage-sama. This girl here needs medical treatment at the Konoha hospital, and she needs it asap.” He explained, not even stopping to look around.

“Uhh…” He stopped, and looked around. There was a powerful figure, dressed in the armor of a shogun, flanked by two ninja who seemed to be from Sunagakure. He flushed slightly and inclined his head to them, acknowledging their presence. “My apologies…”

[¤ Lady Raиu ¤]

Oh dear, just as she thought, he was a missing-ninja from a certain village in which for some reason, she doesn't remember him telling her exactly where. It seems like there was some internal conflict between both parties of where he was from and he took the higher road by deciding to leave; fair enough. Feeling the warmth of his arm resting on her own, she smiled. She felt close to him already and they just met each other not too long ago.

She felt his pace slower down as they come across the main road towards the building, still moderately fast but much more gentle. Others watched and whispered as they saw a girl being carried ontop of a guy's back, apparently in a rush somewhere. No need to pay them attention for they were just spectators. Her body tightened its grip on his own as they neared the building, she was feeling a bit nervous for this whole ordeal.

"Eek!"

How embarrassing was it for Masa-kun to just barge into the room and shout in such an uncaring manner in front of the other people waiting before them. She shrunk her body at that moment, trying to hide behind Masa's body so people wouldn't stare at her. It was true she needed medical attention, but she didn't like to get attention when she is in such a bad condition. Though it was a little startling at first, the more she thought about it, he really did make her feel special by the way he shown a caring emotion towards her.

[roko]

The eyes of the receptionist would glance over two the two figures- the girl had attempted to hide herself, but it hadn't really worked- it wasn't as if the male had been /that/ large. Her eyes would meet with those of the male, and an attempt at eye contact with the female had been futile- all she could see was a tad bit of her for head and some hair.

"Okay. Guards will escort you into the village."

The words would slide from the lips of the female as she would walk towards them for a second- but freeze in her tracks, only to move backwards. She would have to do one thing, and one thing simply- call for a guard to come escort them.

"Toshi!"

Would be the words that would exit her lips now- putting a hand to cup her mouth slightly, in a way it seemed to make her voice sound larger, and it worked. Quickly would a male rush in and stop beside her. His eyes would glance to the bodies, but she would nudge him.

"Escort them to the village."

With those words, he would give a simple nod and run towards them. Long orange tinted would bounce slightly as he would jog a few steps ahead of him. In height, he appeared to tower of the receptionist- though she hadn't been too tall to begin with. His clothing would consist of the simple flak vest and Khaki pants. He would take them to the village.

[Masakuni]

“Thank you.” Masakuni said, relief billowing out from his voice. He was grateful to the Leaf ninja that they were so willing to help someone in need. He smiled at the receptionist thankfully before turning to the man, by the name of Toshi. It seemed he would be their escort out of the capital and into the village gates. He glanced over his shoulder at Brooke, making sure she was still conscious and that she wasn’t in any serious pain.

“Alright, let’s go.” He said, smiling and following this ‘Toshi’ out of the room. He spared another glimpse at the warrior in Shogun-era armor, flanked by two tanned ninja and backed by the head of a giant snake. Something was going on in Konoha, and it seemed like Sunagakure wasn’t too happy about it. Was that man… The Kazekage? He couldn’t be sure, but something about him seemed to radiate that aura…

=Exit to Village Gates w/Brooke=

[¤ Lady Raиu ¤]

It won't be long until the girl was sent to get medical attention from within the village, how lovely. Hearing the news made her slightly cheerful, though something else was lurking in the back of her mind. She peaked to see those around her and was horribly surprised to see a man in some sort of armor, with two other companions. Official business? Considering the two headless bodies on the floor and this rather large snake, something was about to go down. Oddly enough though, Brooke wasn't afraid or scared, just..a bit curious.

[exit]

[Nomonai]

Dressed as a postal worker, the young nara would enter the branch office that eventually let to the village of leaf. She'd stop at the door though, noting that there was definitely something going on. She noted the possible hostility in the air, as well as those things that shouldn't have normally been in such a place. The things noted was the large snake, the bodies, and lastly, the figure in the Shodai armor. He seemed rather important and strong.


She didn't allow this to distract her from her mission though. She would silently step around the scene, to make her way to the desk. There, she'd place a scroll on the desk and say what she needed to. "This is a message for the Hokage eyes alone. These come directly from moyoushi and he should recieve them as soon as possible." She then turned and left office, not quite willing to get envolved in what ever drama was unfolding here. It was honestly non of her business.

[Enter/Exit]