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[goliath764]

Golden Gai, a bar in Etajima--

Shouta seriously wondered whether the waiter could sense the taste of dirt on his body as he hasn't taken a bath for...well, he lost count of it but he was certain that it's at least a week and a half since his body last trip into the water. He entered the bar without much trouble though, mostly thanks to his noble-like clothing. The staffer might find the source of the disgusting odor around the place, but he wouldn't be suspected in the early phase due to how clean he looked from the outside.

"May I take your order, sir?" A waiter approached the fly-man, it was a lean figure asking him the question. The Oto-nin scanned through the menu - thanks God to the bar's atmosphere that he wasn't that smelly inside - "A cup of Moon 75 please." Cocktail, gin, champagne, lemon juice and a little bit of sugar. Now that's an awesome sweet drink to cut his thirst off. The waiter went away from his far-sided seat after that. In no way he was sitting near the public, he wanted a silent place to calm himself and that bar wasn't silent at that moment...

"Now who the heck are you from? You want to challenge me in a drinking contest? Then bring the f*** on!" "COME ON THEN, START THIS UP!" "WAHHHHH!!!!" "AHHHH!!!" "Show him waht you got!!" Ah goddarn, this bar was filled with a bunch of drunk bastards trying to provoke each other into a drinking contest. The fly-man turned his head away from the crowd, who cares? He waited there silently.

[Asakuro]

I stepped into the hell hole that people seemed to enjoy spending time in. I couldn't quite understand that concept though. Who the hell likes all the noise in here? There is no point to it. I'd watch as a group would formulate as someone had been challenged to a drinking contest. Only a single person seemed to have any brains in this bar and it was the guy in the corner alone that drank his own drink in silence.

I'd walk right through the group of people that were about to start their competition. I could care less that they were together and if they got mad they could take it up with me. I just needed to talk to someone about these rumors and it seemed that that male that was alone would surely know the most, since he wasn't wasted and all...

Rafiki would be trailing behind me as we went through the whole place. He wasn't having too much fun either. Hopefully we would get out of here soon enough.

Once I arrived at the area with the single man I would finally usher some words.

"It's like a mad house in here..."

I could only wait to hear his response. Was this the person that had called me here?

[goliath764]

Sooner and later, his Moon 75 arrived, the thin figure put the drink to his table and Shouta took the sip directly. AHHHHH!!!! He almost let the scream inside his heart out, now that's a nice drink. He was starting to love this place already, except the crowd there slamming the empty jar after jar to the table while picking another up for a huge gulp in their beer-drinking contest.

Out of nowhere someone sat down on the other side of the table. Just who is this guy? Besides the AHHHHH feeling, his heart was full of doubt at this moment. This guy was handsome in a way and luckily Shouta wasn't a gay and he was just feel-less about love at the moment.

"Who are you and what are..." Before the fly-man could question the guy with his laid-back and I-don't-care-about-you-that-much attitude, some sort of glass shard flew his way, hit the Moon 75 and the liquid started to leak. "The Dirtiest Noble" could ignore you for his entire life if you leave him alone, but when you just destroy his spring of joy, ignoring you is the last thing on his list.

"Hey hey hey! Who the hell destroys my drink?" He enhanced his voice with the help of chakra, amplifying his volume so that everyone could heard that and heard that clearly enough to stop their mindless drinking. A crowd stared blankly at Shouta except one, a big, muscular, pro wrestler-looking guy walked right toward Shouta with a freakish face but the Hitobitomae stared deadly into that guy's eyes without any fear.

"Hey son, shut your hole up when I am in a contest. I can't concentrate with your noisy ass around here. Now, go back to your seat and shut the f*** up before I break your mouth open, son." The freaking figure said and Shouta answered with his poker face intact, "Sure, give me a cup of Moon 75 and I will shut up all day long."

The guy seemed a little surprised with Shouta's reply, but turned back into his normal freaky look a second after. He went for the contest table, took a jar of beer, walked toward the fly again and splash the beer all over him, "Huge jar of Moon 75, now get lost!"

The fly didn't reply verbally, his hands already in motion behind him and then he sucked in a huge amount of air, which turned his mouth really big there, and unleashed all the anger into the air and the air into the bar, aiming at the gut of the fight-seeking guy. That guy took no defense and was send to the wall on the far side of the bar, collapsing to the table below, broke it and held his stomach on the ground in agony.

The real mad house is there now--

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Fuuton - Daitoppa (Great Breakthrough)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User hurls out a large blast of wind capable of leveling almost anything within its path.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: User performs the handseals as they take in a deep breathe. Holding it for a brief moment they quickly exert it as a large blast of air the size of the user's head, and double the length is sent out towards the opponent within the distance of twenty five meters. This technique is capable of crushing an opponent's ribs if hit directly, or capable of dislocating a shoulder if hit along the shoulder. This technique is sometimes used to break down large doors, or to smack an opponent away from the user when the user comes into a bind. Depending on the user's class level depends on the distance this technique may be used. When the user is "D" class the distance is that of twenty five meters. Each class the user is higher then that of "D" The distance increases by five meters. When the user masters the art of wind, the blast increases by doubling it size as the distance is increased by ten meters.
Limit: Must have the Wind Release, Must know Fuuton Kaze no Senbon (Needles of the Wind), Must know Kaze Ya no Jutsu (Wind Arrow Technique)

[Asakuro]

It seemed that so much would happen at a fast pace. This guy would try to speak with me only to be interrupted by some fool breaking his drink. That was just disrespectful but surely this guy could handle himself. I would simply watch the events unfold after this.

A burly man would admit to his crime and the guy across from me didn't seem to like this that much. The man would command the male in front of me to be quiet and would eventually pour his beer upon the calm one's head.

I'd simply watch as the strange man would form hand seals and send the burly man flying against the room and into a table which the man would break when he landed upon it. A chuckle would escape my mouth as I prepared for the others to attack as well.

I would begin my own set of hand seals as I prepared for any and all attacks. A multitude of floating flame spheres would encircle my being as I would continue with hand seals.

Rafiki would simply stand there in preparation. He could do so much with only his bare hands. I could just wonder how badly this would end for all the people that even thought about attacking the trio.

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Asakuro

-passive-

Doubutsu Kougi 動物交宜 (Animal Friendship) [20TP]
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S", "S+B"
Skill: None
Effect: A technique that allows an animal to listen to the user through the course of friendship and kindness.
Special: ---
Drawback: Animal will not listen to the user what so ever. May only learn once per animal. If user gets a new animal user must relearn the technique for that specific animal.
Description: To train you must approach, play, feed, etc with the animal. You must love the animal as if it is your buddy. You must train long and hard to gain the trust and of your animal companion. If user has a Small Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "D" Rank. If user has a Medium Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "C" Rank. If the user has a Large Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "B" Rank. If the user has a Huge Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "A" Rank. If the user has a Gargantuan Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "S" Rank. If the user has a Colossal Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "S + B" Rank. This means that the user must first learn "S", and then learn an additional "B" because its such a huge creature.
Limit: Must have an Animal Companion. User cannot have if user knows Doubutsu Shirei 動物司令 (Animal Control)

Doubutsu Satori 動物覚り (Animal Understanding)[20TP]
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S", "S+B"
Skill: None
Effect: A technique that allows the user and the animal to better communicate with one another by understanding what they would say without words.
Special: ---
Drawback: Animal will not understand the user what so ever and will not be able to perform tasks. May only learn once per animal. If user gets a new animal user must relearn the technique for that specific animal.
Description: A user and the animal are like two peas and a pod. It becomes an understanding of interpreted friendship. A user can give commands, telling the animal exactly what to do however the user must be specific. The user is able to understand what the animal means when it reacts, and the animal understands the user when he/she speaks. If user has a Small Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "D" Rank. If user has a Medium Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "C" Rank. If the user has a Large Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "B" Rank. If the user has a Huge Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "A" Rank. If the user has a Gargantuan Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "S" Rank. If the user has a Colossal Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "S + B" Rank. This means that the user must first learn "S", and then learn an additional "B" because its such a huge creature.
Limit: Must know Doubutsu Kougi 動物交宜 (Animal Friendship), or Doubutsu Shirei 動物司令 (Animal Control)


Doubutsu Ch¨©muw¨¡ku (Animal Teamwork)[20]
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S", "S+B"
Skill: None
Effect: A technique that allows the user and the animal to work together as a team. The user is able to ommit a few words here and there without giving full descriptions allowing the animal to attack with the user or how the user instructs.
Special: ---
Drawback: Animal will not work as a team with the user in combinations as well as using lesser commands. May only learn once per animal. If user gets a new animal user must relearn the technique for that specific animal.
Description: Ever seen an animal and master work with one another to the point where a word or two is uttered and they work in sync. This allows this to happen. The user is able to utter a word or two command as the Animal Companion follows. Sometimes the Animal Companion may react already knowing what user may wish for the Animal Companion to do. This allows such feats. If user has a Small Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "D" Rank. If user has a Medium Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "C" Rank. If the user has a Large Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "B" Rank. If the user has a Huge Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "A" Rank. If the user has a Gargantuan Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "S" Rank. If the user has a Colossal Animal Companion, the user must learn the technique "S + B" Rank. This means that the user must first learn "S", and then learn an additional "B" because its such a huge creature.
Limit: Must know Doubutsu Satori „ÓÎïÒ™¤ê (Animal Understanding)


-Used-

Hi Wa (Fire Wheels) [80]
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A fire technique where the user is capable of creating multiple fire balls that surrounds the user, swirling around the user at all times.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: The jutsu begins with a series of handseals, which after a brief moment causes several balls of fire to appear around the user, swirling around them constantly. These fireballs stay at a constant distance from the user, no matter how fast they move, making them a perfect jutsu for offensive and defensive purposes, making it very dangerous for anyone caught to close to the user. Depending on the user's class depends on how fast, and how many balls the user is capable of creating around the user. When the user is "D" Class the amount of fireballs the user is capable of creating would be two as they spin around the user quite slowly, and quite easy for a user to dodge. For every class level the user is higher then that of "D" The amount of fireballs the user is capable of creating increases by one for every class level. The speed also increases from a lazy like walk to the speed of an arrow being shot from a fully drawn arrow to where when spinning it would seem rings of fire spin around the user.
Limit: Must learn within the Uchiha Clan. Must have Katon no Jutsu (Fire Release Skill)


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Rafiki

-Passive-

Striking Principles [5][10][30][70]
Rank: E D C B A S
Skill: Taijutsu - Knowledge
Effect: Increases the users ability to effectively strike a vital point depending on the rank of technique.

E - Basic Knowledge of vital point location, roughly 50% chance that the user will land a direct hit on one of these points.
D - Increases the chance that a vital point will be hit to 60%.
C - Increases the chance that a vital point will be hit to 70%.
B - Increases the chance that a vital point will be hit to 80%.
A - Increases the chance that a vital point will be hit to 90%.
S - Increases the chance that a vital point will be hit to 100%.

Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: Effective striking with the weapons of the body to the opponent’s vital points is essential for a victorious outcome in a hand-to-hand struggle. A ninja must be able to employ the principles of effective striking if he is to emerge as the survivor in a fight to the death. Strikes should be targeted at the opponent’s vital points and nerve motor points. Strikes to nerve motor points cause temporary mental stunning and muscle motor dysfunction to the affected areas of the body. Mental stunning results when the brain is momentarily disoriented by overstimulation from too much input—for example, a strike to a major nerve. The stunning completely disables an opponent for three to seven seconds and allows the ninja to finish off the opponent, gain total control of the situation, or make his escape. Sometimes, such a strike causes unconsciousness. A successful strike to a nerve motor center also renders the affected body part immovable by causing muscle spasms and dysfunction due to nerve overload.
Limit: Must be Yellow Belt Krav Maga



Krav Maga Attitude [5][10][30][70][100]
Rank: E D C B A S
Skill: Taijutsu - Knowledge
Effect: Increases the users ability to dodge and counter depending on rank of technique.

E - Increases the chance that a user can dodge and counter an opponents attack by 5%
D - Increases the chance that a user can dodge and counter an opponents attack by 10%
C - Increases the chance that a user can dodge and counter an opponents attack by 20%
B - Increases the chance that a user can dodge and counter an opponents attack by 30%
A - Increases the chance that a user can dodge and counter an opponents attack by 40%
S - Increases the chance that a user can dodge and counter an opponents attack by 50%

Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: Proper mental attitude is of primary importance in the Krav Maga's ability to strike an opponent. In hand-to-hand combat, the Krav Maga must have the attitude that he will defeat the enemy and complete the mission, no matter what. In a fight to the death, the Krav Maga user must have the frame of mind to survive above all else; the prospect of losing cannot enter his mind. He must commit himself to hit the opponent continuously with whatever it takes to drive him to the ground or end his resistance. A memory aid is, “Thump him and dump him!”
Limit: Must be Yellow Belt Krav Maga



Fluid Shock Wave [5][10][30][70]
Rank: E D C B A S
Skill: Taijutsu - Knowledge
Effect: Increases the chance that an attack with have the maximum desired effects.

E - Increases the chance that an attack with have the maximum desired effects by 10%
D - Increases the chance that an attack with have the maximum desired effects by 20%
C - Increases the chance that an attack with have the maximum desired effects by 40%
B - Increases the chance that an attack with have the maximum desired effects by 60%
A - Increases the chance that an attack with have the maximum desired effects by 80%
S - Increases the chance that an attack with have the maximum desired effects by 100%

Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: A strike should be delivered so that the target is hit and the weapon remains on the impact site for at least a tenth of a second. This imparts all of the kinetic energy of the strike into the target area, producing a fluid shock wave that travels into the affected tissue and causes maximum damage. It is imperative that all strikes to vital points and nerve motor points are delivered with this principle in mind. The memory aid is, “Hit and stick!”
Limit: Must be Yellow Belt Krav Maga

[goliath764]

Now the fly was the target of all man but one in the bar right now. Interrupting a contest and hurting a friend of them? There's no reason why that group of thugs wouldn't try to hit Shouta right now. Shouta quickly went for another string of handseals when a few guys were starting to advance on him but it was a long set of handseals, too long, that he was forced to dodge a few punches that were on his way right now. Sadly, a punch slipped through his defense and capped his jaw real hard.

That punch threw the fly-man flying in mid-air, spinning in mid-air before rolling on the ground until he hit a chair to stop the force. Now they are making this serious. Shouta was angered by that blow, he forced himself up with a big red bruise on his jaw and few drops of blood on the left side of his mouth, flowing downward. "Come on, loser. Don't think you are good just because you are a noble and trying to look down on us, lower-level people!" The puncher said.

Every bar has a toilet, and deep within the toilet, there would surely be cockroaches, with the knowledge of a clan known as Blattaria, Shouta put forth an unexplainable smell that attracted a female roach in the area, and forced the roach to release a special kind of smell to raise a cockroach army from the toilet. Given a few seconds to gather, he commanded the cockroaches army to come out from the toilet.

It was a very creepy scene to ordinary humans like the thugs, as they were crawling in a swarm toward Shouta from the left side of the bar, some were crawling over to surround the gang from behind. Shouta didn't say anything, but obviously the gang was shocked and in fear just by staring at the bug army. With a wave of Shouta's hand, the cockroach army started to swarm into the thugs, biting them and climbing them as those bugs were in contact with their enemies' skin. Pathetic sound of screaming could be heard all over the bar. The few exceptions of that attack was the unknown person trying to talk to Shouta before the incident and the few staffers of the bar, others were pretty much fighting with the army right now.

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Pheromones
Rank: "C", "B", "A"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A tracking technique that allows the user to use the Roaches to find another Roach depending on the strength of the user's knowledge in the technique. This varies from Thread, to Board, to Country.
Special: ---
Drawback: This technique is only as good as the user's knowledge within it.
Description: A tracking technique that allows the user to track a type of roach that pushes out pheromones for other roaches to smell and capture. When the user first learns this technique the user is capable of having roaches follow the scent from thread to thread. When the user learns the "B" Rank version of this technique they are capable of moving from board to board within the same country, this means city to city. When the user learns the "A" rank version of this technique the user is capable of following someone from country to country if necessary.
Limit: Must be part of the Blattaria Clan.

Roach Perfume
Rank: "C", "B", "A"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By using the same technique as Pheromones, the user is capable of creating a female roach to summon forth an amount of roaches within a certain distance. This smell attracts Male Roaches.
Special: ---
Drawback: Does not work within Cold Climates. Must know Pheremones per rank the user wishes to learn Roach Perfume.
Description: This technique allows the females to come forth and participate in battle, summoning all wondering roaches around. Since roaches and those of the roach family is considered everywhere this type of technique is insanely dangerous. When the user first learns this technique, the user is capable of summoning a number of roaches capable of blocking an area of up to 2.4 meters to 4.8 meters in distance around the user. When the user learns the "B" Rank version of this technique, the user is capable of summoning a number of roaches capable of blocking an area of up to 4.8 meters to 9.7 meters. When the user learns the "A" rank version of this technique, the user is capable of summoning a number of roaches capable of blocking an area of up to 9.7 meters to 19.5 meters. Then these roaches are capable of being used for types of techniques for the reward of mating.
Limit: Must be part of the Blattaria Clan. Must know Pheremones "C" when learning "C". Must know Pheremones "B" when learning "B", Must know "Pheremones "A" when learning "A".

Carnivorous Bite
Rank: "C", "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: The user controls the large roaches that are the size of three inches to take a strong bite along the opponent. The bite is considered to be so strong that once it bites within the opponent one must try and dig their own skin to remove the creatures.
Special: ---
Drawback: Depending on the rank of the technique depends on the strength of the bite.
Description: A technique where the user uses the Blattaria Control technique and has the three inched roaches in size take a large bite into the opponent. When the user has the roaches take into understanding of the "C" rank version of the Carnivorous Bite the roaches bite is strong enough to bite into the skin to the point where they create massive damage and discomfort drawing blood. At this point the roaches are capable of being swatted away. When the user has the roaches take into the understanding of the "B" rank version of the Carnivorous Bite the roaches bite is strong enough to bite into the skin with such intensity to where a piece of the person who is being bitten must be removed or completely destroying the roach in question.
Limit: Must be part of the Blattaria Clan. Must know Blattaria Control, Must know Skeletal Control

[Asakuro]

I could simply watch as I finished completing my hand seals. One of the man had the courage to approach and attack my company. I would complete his hand seals and take in a large breath. The punch that connected with the male on my side would send the male flying backward. I would allow him to handle that while I, personally, blinded the rest of the targets.

Smoke would exert from my mouth and it would move over toward the location of the other group. Soon it would fill a large portion of the room as it left the enemies unable to counter die to being unable to see.

As I continued to watch the on-going battle, I would witness the formation of cockroaches coming from all over. Sharingan would active as I would trace chakra signatures back to my accomplice. Little words could really be spoken to me as the creatures entered my smoke and began attacking the men.

"... Gross..."

The words would barely leave my lips. Surely no one would hear me say this. There was just nothing else I could think of as I saw this. Eyes would remain hidden from view as I watched what would happen next. Rafiki would be perched next to myself; waiting.

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Katon: Ame Hinote no Jutsu (Fire Element: Raining Flames) [30]
Rank: "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu to where the user is capable of creating a storm of fire.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: The user performs the handseals needed as they take in a great deep breathe within. Holding it for a movement the user exerts out the breathe in a great force as an amount of smoke comes out in the usage of one movement, the number of movements increase depending on the rank type the user is pushing within the technique. When the user first learns the technique as a "C" Rank the user is capable of creating an amount of smoke covering within the distance of ten meters radius. The Smoke is capable of rising high into the air as it stays when the user wishes for the attack to be performed. The smoke itself may be used as a distraction, to make an opponent incapable of seeing for a brief moment to allow the user to perform more stronger attacks if needed. Within the ten meters of radius as the cloud of smoke is high in the air the user is capable of making the smoke rain down fire balls the size of golf balls down towards those that are along the ground. When the user learns a different rank the amount of distance is increased by ten meters. When the user learns the "S" Rank version of this technique performing the technique becomes quite easier as the amount of chakra is reduced by one rank needed in order to perform the technique, as the storm of golf sized fire balls is added with an extra amount of damage of a small explosion like that of a tag.
Limit: Must learn within the Uchiha Clan. Must have Katon no Jutsu (Fire Release Skill), User must have mastered Katon no Jutsu (Fire Release Skill) in order to learn "A", "S"

[goliath764]

The thugs could barely defend against the Blattaria swarm, all they could do was run and they did, with injuries all over themselves. Shouta didn't ask the roaches to chase, as he didn't really want to kill those thugs and those roaches couldn't do much under strong sunlight, it was not a wise move to chase them. Now, they have a pretty silent bar, good thing for Shouta.

He turned around and look at the unknown guy there. He knew how to use chakra, and the smokescreen actually surprised Shouta there. The roaches army immobilized at the same place, not moving at all as their master was quite certain the unknown guy wasn't a threat to him.

"So...what business do you have with me?" Shouta said as he walked toward the strange guy before him, turned around and sat on the same spot. "Another Moon 75 please." The fly-man asked the waiter while waiting for the fire user's response.

[Asakuro]

Crimson optics would watch as the men from the bar would scurry out of the bar like the bugs that they were. My attention would then turn back to the only man left in the bar that was actually capable of battle. At this point the smokescreen would fade at the my own command.

I would walk toward the table that was currently being occupied by that one man. A question was thrown at me before the man took it upon himself to order another drink; the same that had been spilled earlier.

"Business? I have no business with you. Just one traveler looking for conversation with another... What brings you to this bar?"

Perhaps this really could be the man that I had been hearing about, but if that was the case then I don't think he would have been attacked like so, but then again I never know. Maybe I should just keep it casual for now. Perhaps there is something interesting to find out. Maybe he can help me unlock the last stage in some way...

My crimson optics would simply watch him as I awaited his response..

[goliath764]

The pack of cockroaches went back to the darkness as Shouta didn't really need them anymore. The mist-like substance cleared up after the battle and Shouta was certain that it's controlled by the unknown man there. He was very grateful that his opponent just now wasn't this mysterious figure, as he would put him through more troubles than the pack of thugs.

The man walked to the table and sat down again on the seat of the opposite side of the Hitobitomae. His crimson red orbs locked on the thousands eyes of Shouta as he replied. "Business? I have no business with you. Just one traveler looking for conversation with another... What brings you to this bar?"

Hmm...weird? Shouta wasn't sure he was happy or sad by the answer of that man. Happy, because this guy had no business with him. After all, he didn't meet this guy before, or he lost memories of that guy if he ever met him; Sad, because no business means he had nothing to do now. Well, he had nothing but emptiness in his life after leaving the village.

"What brings me to this bar? Guess I just wander into one, and I am thirsty, exactly the reason why I am drinking right now. I am a free man now, absolutely nothing binding me and yet, nothing much to do. What about you? And what make me so special that you want to talk to me instead of anyone of those drinkers just now?"

Maybe this guy could give Shouta something to do? A job, a task, whatever, it's better than nothing to do but haunted by the bad memories every day and night. Shouta needed something to do badly to avoid thinking about the things happened to him in Sound Village.

[Asakuro]

I'd listen to the man's response followed by his own question but there was something that peaked my interest in his sentence. I'd have to find out what exactly he meant by that.

"What brings me in here? Well I was just wondering around and came about this pub... and I spoke to you because you seemed the most interesting. You sort of just stuck out in comparison to the rest of the drunks that were in here..."

I would pause for just a second before I continued on to say what I had to say. This next point was quite interesting to me. How would this man answer this question...? I could only hazard a guess.

"You said that you were a free man now. What did you mean by that? Why weren't you a free man before?"

I would simply watch the man; my crimson eyes still examining. Rafiki would simply be surveying the area as I carried on my conversation.

[goliath764]

As his companion was replying his question, more customers poured into the bar. There's more than a few of them but none picked the table near the hybrid specie and the man with monkey. Shouta wondered and believed that was not coincidence. I guess those punks are spreading rumor about a dirty, roach user outside. True or not, coincidence or not, both of them were still out of range of others and the Hitobitomae was enjoying the cool atmosphere.

He took a large sip of his drink, out of fear that someone might destroy that drink out of nowhere again, or maybe he was just too thirsty. Even himself couldn't answer that question clearly. Putting the glass back to the square table and slid it a little bit away from him with his right middle finger, the red-eyed guy asked a weird question. Not weird to others, but weird for him.

Was this guy a nin-hunter from Sound? Shouta left Sound without actual permission and Sound was strict as hell to start it, he might be hunted until he was back to the village...No! To hell with that thought, he wouldn't back to that haunted place again!...That guy saw him using ninjutsu, that guy knew ninjutsu, that guy approached him out of the mad house, that guy was now asking him about the reason of his freedom. That sure spelled like nin-hunter for Shouta.

"Hmm...let's see," He spent a little more time on building a perfect sentence to hide the true answer with a simplified form of answer, "I quit my job, and now am free to travel around the world. Free from duty, is a good feeling to have, at least to me. That answers all the questions I believe."

He looked around for a moment and then dragged his mind back to the man, "So, what do you do for a living? And what makes you come to this island?" Shouta has his chakra ready. In case this fellow said something about Sound Village or leaked something about hunting shinobi or whatever, he would get the upper hand by trying to attack first.

[Asakuro]

Though the man was rather vague and I could see his chakra building, I would stay calm and answer the man's own questions. This was quite the strange questions to ask in return once you answered them with a vague response, but regardless I would answer them in quick time. I had no reason to hide my journey. Well some of it at least.

"I could be as vague as you, sir, but I think I will just answer you instead. I'm a Shinobi from Sunagakure, at least for this current moment. I'm not sure how much longer that will last if ya know what I mean haha As for the reason I'm at this island is simply 'cause I'm exploring, checking areas, seeing if there is anything better."

Sharingan would watch as levels of chakra would increase. I could understand why he didn't trust me but hey. I wasn't getting ready to battle. I would plave my hands upon the table that way he knew I wasn't going to attack him. Then I'd speak again. I would ask him a question that he himself asked me.

"What is it that you used to do for a living. Ya know since you quit and all..."

[goliath764]

[Got time, so I will post]

The bar was starting to get loud again, but this time it was better than few minutes ago. It was loud at this moment, but no beer contest and a shit lot of screaming was enough to satisfy Shouta. Despite the voice, Shouta focused well on the voice of the guy in front of him. It must be how much he was trained into sound-based ninjutsu, that he could hear what he want very well and "filter" the other sounds.

So, this guy's a Suna-nin? Should he trust him? He might be a high-tier Sound-nin hunter with other village's headband at hand to deceive their prey. Or was he too paranoid of his escape from Sound? It must be, he killed two guys...ran away...escaped the village like normal...Shouta closed his eyes, he didn't want to remember his madness at that time.

"What makes you thinking of quitting Suna? It's just an assumption and I might be wrong. What I do for a living..." The diptera was thinking of an answer, and decided to just tell him the truth and if he really was a shinobi hunter, let's just have a fight right now. Despite his counterpart had his hands on the table, the blonde wouldn't take his eyes off his opponent's movement and since a fly has thousand eyes, it was easy to lock on every bit of his opponents like a thousand security cameras on every bit of a house.

"Alright, I am lazy of hiding things. I am...Sound-nin. Don't know if he was still a shinobi now or not, but yeah, I am one when I left the village. Damn, we sure have a similar job and a similar intention as of now." Another deep sip and the cup of drink was half gone. Shouta waited, it wouldn't take long for his companion to answer.

[Asakuro]

So it seemed that he and I had the same reasons for being in this bar. We were both undecided individuals. We would both have plenty to discuss and perhaps I would be able to get the Sound village's location. I was born near that area but I haven't been able to remember the location of the village.

"What would make me think of leaving Sunagakure? Well... The first time I left a village, the Village in the Clouds, and went to another I was able to unlock a dormant power within me. I just feel that I have obtained all the knowledge I can at the sand dune. It's time that I traveled to see what location could help me continue on with my goal; How to increase the power of my heritage; that that stares you in the face at this moment."

I would take but a second before I continued to speak. I had just given this male quite the information. It was quite obvious at this point that I was being completely honest with him so he should have nothing to hide as well. My next words would be chosen carefully, however, as I was now after something. Perhaps this male would be completely fine with my proposition.

"Hmm... Seeing as you have technically left your village already- Would it be possible for me to acquire the location of your abandoned village? No one would ever know that I got it from you... Also... Do you still have your head band from your past village? If so... Would it be possible for me to purchase it from you? I know all this seems really random but I like to collect things that I shouldn't have haha and I love knowing things, so the location would be great. Don't think that you would go unrewarded, though. I would, in turn, give you the location to a village and I would also pay you for your head band if you still had it..."

It was quite obvious that I was serious through out this whole conversation and my reasons for wanting what I asked for were all completely true. Who didn't want locations? and why wouldn't someone want to give up their head band for a lump sum of ryo? It's not like he was going to go back anytime soon. I would simply stare at this companion as I awaited his response.

[goliath764]

[Sorry for the slowness]

The fly-human hybrid listened to his companion's proposal with his usual face and then started to think about it for awhile. It sure sounded like a deal for him but sadly he didn't have the tools.

"Power of your heritage? You are one of those special bloodline I assume?" Shouta looked real deep into the eyes of his counterpart, but found nothing special about his eyes. "Anyway, for your proposal, I am fine with trading a village's location for another. However, I don't really have a world map right now so I can't record it. For the headband, sorry but I would like to keep mine in check. No idea why the heck and what the heck would it help me on, I just have the feeling that keeping it will do good for myself so sorry about that."

The Hitobitomae took another sip on his cup of cocktail, trying to enjoy the cool chilly feel of the drink as much as possible before talking again. "If you have something for me to record the village's location, I am willing to trade it with your part of the bargain." Shouta put his glass down on the table again, hands backed off to hold the back part of his head as he was waiting for the answer of his answer to the guy's proposal. He was getting more relaxed now as he was starting to trust the one sitting on the other side for now.

[Asakuro]

It seemed that he was willing to give the location for another but the head band would be something that I wouldn't be able to get my hands on. It was okay. The location would be plenty well for myself. This was turning out to be quite fun. This man seemed rather intelligible. He was a nice acquaintance. Hopefully he could turn into a powerful ally. It was time to continue on with this conversation, however, and there was only one way left for it to go.

"You are right in assuming so. As for the locations... That sounds fine to me. Since you have no map as to mark this information down and neither do I for that matter... Perhaps it's time that we visited an Item Shop."

I had just noticed that I no longer had a World Map. What a pain in the ass. That was more money that I needed to spend. I had to get back in the way of missions. It's been far too long. Maybe after we got our Maps we could begin travel. It wouldn't hurt to have someone to travel with...

[goliath764]

The fly-man was surprised that his counterpart has no map either to record the location yet proposed the idea to him. Well, guess it's time to get packing and go then.

"Item shop? Let's go then but the one I know of is quite far away...so if you know of one close by, please lead me there."

The fly-man took one last sip of his Moon 75 and raised his hand up to call for the waiter. Without the need of too much time, the waiter showed up and Shouta gave the waiter the price of two Moon 75 there. The waiter was trying to give half of the money back for the inconvenience caused by the incident not long ago but Shouta insisted that he was willing to pay for two cups so the waiter accepted the money without any further negotiation.

It seemed cool to travel with someone else, but he wouldn't expect that dude with monkey will stay for a long time besides a dirty bastard like himself. As soon as they get out of the bar, his companion would be aware of his bad body smell and Shouta was interested to see the reaction of his partner-for-now. He stood up and left, hoping the guy would follow.

[Asakuro]

It seemed that my counterpart here was okay with my idea. He would pay his tab and begin to walk out. I would trail behind but I would be following. I would be leading the way to the Item Shop. I knew a closer one than he.

Exit

[goliath764]

It was as Shouta wanted it to be, his companion leading the way to the item shop...wait...isn't that the way to the dock?

[Exit]