Kazeraikou and Kino house.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

Kino and Kazeraikou house.


Outside.

The Kino and Kazeraikou lays a little outside the centrum of Kumogakure no Sato. The house is a bit large, but considering that it's 5 people living in there (as well as some relatives and friends might sleep over once in awhile), it's not that weird. The house is a traditional Japanese house. Hikari Kino was the one that picked the design. Despite being a woman, the kids consider her as the boss in the house.

House from outside.

The house has two small gardens on the front of the house. On the side is a training area used by everyone, no matter if it's ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, kekkei genkai or weapon training. It's also a small greenhouse there that belongs to Hikari and the herbalists in the family (green rectangle) and a small shack (gray area) where Masao keeps his weapons and fixes stuff. Other weapon specialists in the family are welcome if they ask. It is said that the can fix everything from shurikens to bikes.

House seen from above.


First floor.

The first floor is the childrens area. Marii, Makoto and Ryota have their bedrooms there. They also have a small TV room that also have some video game consoles. The bathroom has a toilet, a shower and two sinks (one for each gender).
It also has an ofuro (traditional bathtub. Click here for more info) that is often used.

Pic of first floor.


Second floor.

Masao and Hikari lives in the second floor. They also has their own bathroom and ofuro. The guest room is also situated here, which is often used by ANBU relatives that are injured and need supervision.
The combined kitchen and dining room is situated here as well, and the family usually eat their dinner together. The TV room is often used by everyone, and sometimes, Masao and Hikari is watching TV there when the others are asleep.
You can also find the jutsu library as well, but the acess is very limited. Only people from the clan, their husbands/wives and children might enter the jutsu library.

Pic of second floor.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

Marii came back to the house. "I'm home" announced the female and removed her shoes and walked up to the kitchen. "Hello onee-san" said Makoto, who played a video game of some sort. Judging from his raspy voice and red cheeks, he had a cold. "Where is mum and dad?" asked the brunette. "Dad is in Oto on some seminar and mum is in Yuki on a mission. She will be back tomorrow and dad will be back this evening" replied the boy and mashed some buttons on his controller.
A small pile of mail laid on the kitchen table. Suddenly, the girl noticed that one of the letters were adressed to her. And it had the raikage seal on it. 'It must be something extremely important...' thought the Ryuugan user and opened the letter.

Dear Ms. Kazeraikou.
Please show up at the raikage tower as soon as possible. The kage wants to speak with you about your status, missions and such. Please bring this letter with you.

Masaki Kuromori.

"Hoy, otouto! Were someone here to deliver a letter today?" asked the female. "Yeah, when you mention it...an Owl ANBU came by and delivered that letter to me. He said I had to give it to you as soon as possible...something about herbs" said the blond before his handheld consol made a small noise. "I'll get to the tower. I will buy some take-away for dinner" said the Kazeraikou and headed towards the tower.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

It was a rather unnormal day in the Kazeraikou house: two of the boys had been promoted. Ryota had becomed a Genin for a week ago and Makoto had been promoted to Chuunin for 10 days ago, but the official results had arrived today. “KAMPAI!” said Satoru and raised his cup with juice. “Kampai!” said all the others and drunk up their juice. “I must say that you did an amazing job both of you. That vest suits you Makoto-kun” said Hinata and looked at the duo.
“He he, thank you” said Makoto while his cheeks were tinged with light pink. “I’m just glad that I got this one!” said Ryota and poked his Cloud headband that he had tied around his head. The metal shined a little under his golden-blonde hair, and the red cloth matched his warm, peachy skin and contrasted with his deep blue eyes. “Uhm, where is onee-san?” asked the boy and looked at his father. “I have no idea…probably on some mission” said Masao and begun to cut up the chicken.
“She is in Yukigakure on some interaction mission. She told me for about two days ago because she wanted to borrow a pair of wool socks from me” said Akiko and looked at her nephew. ‘Weird…why did not he knew where she was going? Eh, at least she told Hikari-chan that she was going, but perhaps she forgot to tell him’ thought the woman and looked at her brother in-law.

“And where is Takeshi obaa-san and Tatsuya obaa-san?” asked the youngest boy and looked on the people that sat there. “Dad got beaten up by some strong ninja. He said that the hospital would let him out tonight” said Shinichi before he swallowed some ramen. “Really!? Same happened to our dad” said Tatsuo while he raised an eyebrow in wonder.
“But none of them has been on any missions lately” said Hikari with a bit of worry in her voice. “No, they have not. But what kind of a ninja could beat up BOTH of them!? Must have been someone really strong…” said the man and swallowed some sushi. “Who do you think it could have been? Must have been one of the Jounins” said the boy and grinned while he munched on some sushi. “Speaking of which…I wonder why Marii-chan has not been promoted to ANBU or Jounin yet” said Kumeko.
“Perhaps she has not done enough interaction or high-ranked missions” said the raven-haired man and ate up his food. “Uhm, I think she has. After what I know, she has done 4 interaction missions and she has a total of 19 missions. 6 of them were “B”-ranked and she has done 10 of them alone. 2 of the solo missions were “B”-ranked” said a calm voice. The two missing uncles stood in the door, but both of them seemed a tad bit reduced. Tatsuya had a bandage around his head and seemed to have a bandage around his chest. Takeshi had a bandage around his left arm and a bandage around his right shoulder.
“Tatsuya-kun!? How do you know that!?” said the adult and almost choked on his water. “I AM the Owl squad captain for a reason Masuo-kun. Sorry that we are late” said the adult and sat down right between his wife and his oldest son. “Dad, who was that ninja who beated you and obaa-san?” asked his son. “Hold on your pants. It was Marii-chan” said the adult. “GHA!” said the other adult and had choked on his water. “But…how!?” asked Shinichi. “Well…”.


For three days ago.

Takeshi and Tatsuya was fighting against the Chuunin in a fierce match. “Yaibasattou!” yelled the youngest of them and rushed towards the girl. But when he stopped and looked back, she was gone. ‘HUH!? But how did she dodged so fast!?’ thought the man. She was not on his right, left, in front or behind him, so where was she? “KURENAI HINODE!” said a voice above him. SPLATCH! A kunai had grazed the left side of the head, and his minty locks and pale beige forehead was now stained with crimson.
“No wonder why Masao gave the jutsu this name” muttered the greenette and felt his own blood trickle down his forehead and side of face while he looked for his niece. He found her soon enough; she was right behind him! The blade swung trough the air, but the clone split in two. ‘What the…’ thought the man and raised an emerald brow in wonder while he hurled a shuriken. But when the clones suddenly became four, he understood that it was a hydrou bunshin. “Kai!” said the man and made the clones go away. Then, something hit his chest…something that had sent an eletric shock trough him! He spun around and was hit on the right side of his chest again…HARD.

Marii saw her uncle black out: the electrical shocks should be enough to immobilize him, and since she had aimed for the upper part on his chest, it would not kill him. Then, someone hit her back. ‘Gah…I forgot that obaa-san was here too! The paralysis must have weared off. Now, he is taller and heavier than me so I suppose I can win if I use ninjutsu and speed’ thought the girl and shunshined up in the air.
“Sorry, but that will not work on me! Nishi nagareboshi!” said Takeshi and hurled three shurikens on her. She dodged them with a yuki fusenmei and disappeared right after she had thrown a smoke bomb.
‘Hm…it’s starting to get a little warmer here’ thought the adult. He looked around him: there were no katon jutsus, just his niece who hold a handseal. ‘Must be genjutsu. Kai!’ thought the brunett. But it did not helped: it became hotter somehow. He looked behind him, and saw a huge fireball that headed in his direction!
‘ANOTHER CLONE!? Oh Kami, she must have used henge or something!’ thought the man before the fire engulfed him.

End of flashback.[/b][/size]

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

“So Marii-chan gave you a 2nd degree burn on your left arm and shoulder? And gave Tatsuya-kun a gash on his head, electrical 2nd and 3rd degree burns as well as knocking both of you unconsious? I don’t believe it” said Masao. Then, the greenett gave him a dark stare while he took off his blue shirt and unraveled his bandages. 2nd and 3rd degree burns in the shape of small handprints was dotted on his chest while a nice, horizontal gash was placed on his forehead.
“And you say that I have to be quiet about my mission injuries while we’re eating…” muttered Satoru, who was paler than usual. “Do you believe it now, ototou? Or do I have to remove my bandages as well!?” said Takeshi and gave him a small glare. “No, you do not. But just HOW is she capable of beating both of you!? She is a Chuunin and both of you are experienced Jounins and ANBU agents!” said the man.
“So you’re saying that she’s weak…?” muttered the younger man while the dark shadow in his eyes became more intense. Hoshiko’s eyes widened: when that dark shadow appeared in his eyes, it was SERIOUS. “No…She is probably just as strong as an average Chuunin-”. WHAM!

A slender, male hand had hit the table, and everyone became silent. The dark look in the Jounins eyes were gone: now, they were ablaze with anger. “JUST AN AVERAGE CHUUNIN!? JUST AN AVERAGE CHUUNIN WHO BEATED TWO JOUNINS THAT HAS BEEN NINJAS FOR OVER 30 YEARS!? YOUR CHILD HAS TRAINED LIKE AN (the word he used here caused several jaws to drop) FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR!
SHE HAS DONE SEVERAL MISSIONS ON HER OWN BECAUSE MOST HER OLD TEAMMATES ARE 6 FEET UNDER! SO JUST BE QUIET AND (the words that he used here caused people's skin to turn paler than usual, others gagged on their food or drink while some just stared at him in disbelief)...Masao” said the male. He said the last word in a matter that gave several people shivers. The weapon smith was usually calm and soft-spoken, and probably became mad once a year. And when he got mad, it was not as bad as this.
He sat down, and the raven-haired man’s skin had becomed almost white. “I don't think I've seen otou-san this mad since we broke both of the windows in the kitchen when we were kids” muttered the young man to his younger brother.
“Can you please send me the boiled rice Hikari-chan?” asked the adult with his normal, calm voice and looked at the brunette. “Uhm, sure Tatsuya-kun. Here you go” said the woman and sent him the rice. After a minute of silence, everything was back to normal.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

Marii was back in the house and wondered what she was going to pack. Her hair was now in a nice shade of light green and her eyes were dark blue instead of crystal blue. 'As far as I can remember, green hair and blue eyes are common traits in the Hanakora clan. Good thing I got a fake ID at the shinobi office' thought the female and looked at her ID.

Name: Tomiko Hanakora.
Age: 19.
Rank: Genin.
Village: Kusagakure no Sato.

Her fake ID looked just as her authentic one, except that it did not had her real name, rank, age or village on it. Also, the girl on the photo was different as well. 'I need to pack as well. I have already bought a lot of weapons, but I might need a backpacker or something to carry the herbs I am going to buy.
I think I should spend the money I got from Raikage-sama on herbs from Hi no Kuni and Kusa no Kuni. But how should I carry them....'. The Chuunin snapped her fingers and looked in her cupboard. There laid the field pack she had got from 2 years ago on her first interaction mission. She grabbed the bag and placed it on her back before she ate some food. It was 10:42 PM, and the girl had planned to get to Amegakure before sunrise. Which should not be too hard: since it was winter time, the nights were longer than in the other times of the year.
She ate up the rest of the food she had prepared before she laid her bento box and her drink in her backpacker.
'Good thing I ate that soldier pill. I better leave now' thought the greenette and extended her right arm a little. Daiki sat on her shoulder, with his new dark gray carrier on his back. She went out of the house and headed for the gate. This would be the most important mission in her life!

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

It was a silent afternoon in the Kino and Kazeraikou house. The whole family was celebrating Kage day, but they was an empty chair between Makoto and Ryota. Hikari was the first to break the gloomy silence. "Uhm...has any of you seen Marii-chan since she left on that mission for a few weeks ago?" said the woman.
"No, sorry Hikari-chan" said Akiko before she sipped some sake. Takeshi, Kumeko and Shinichi shook their heads.
"Well...does any of you know anything about the mission she went on?" asked the brunette. Hoshiko nodded. "You remember that evacuation mission I refused to take?" said the woman. The Kino woman nodded. "Well...that was the mission that Marii-chan took, at least according to some of the Owl ANBU's" said the raven-haired female.

Hikari went pale. "But she did not went alone, did she?" asked Masao, who had been chewing some terriyaki until then. "No, she went together with three other people" said Satoru before he poured some water in his cup. "Do you know who she went with?" asked Makoto, who sounded a little anxious.
The bluenett closed his eyes, deep in thought. "Yes, at least two of them. Both of them were Chuunin. One is on the same age as Tatsuo and became Chuunin at the same time as Kumeko-chan did. He is a bit tall and bulky like Takeshi obaa-san, has dark brown hair with blonde streaks and wears a yellow sweater most of the time. I'm pretty sure his surname was Drasani" said the young man.
"How about the other one? Is he a Jounin?" asked the adult. "No, but he is one of the best Chuunins in town. He is quite creepy; he has black hair, somewhat pale skin and yellow eyes with slit pupils like a cat. I'm quite sure he is in the cat division in ANBU" said the Kazeraikou.

"But who is the last one..." said Hinata while she tucked a lock of her hair behind her right ear. "I think I know who it is" said Shinichi. "Really? Who?" said Kenshi. "I was going to team up with Anji Shimu on a "C"-ranked mission to Oto, but they said that he was on a high-ranked mission. And that mission took place a few days after Marii-onee san left" said the boy, and realized what had happened.
The Raikage had sent 3 Chuunins and a Genin on a suicidal "A"-rank evacuation mission! The family members looked at eachother; even Masao, Takeshi and Hoshiko's faces had turned white, despite that they were probably the most brave (and tanned) people present. "You don't think she's..." said Ryota. "They had planned to send a retribution team to the village to see if they could find the bodies. If they have found anything, they will be back by today..." muttered Tatsuya, who was so pale that he looked like he could faint any minute.

Marii was outside; the strong wind lifted her cloak a little and showed off the black trousers and shoes. 'I better knock on to see if they are home. Aaagh, my bicep hurts...crappy tattoo' thought the female and knocked on the door.

A knock rang through the air, and quite many jumped. "I'll open" said Hikari and went down. She opened the door, and saw an owl ANBU.
The Chuunin looked at her mother, who was paler than usual. "Come in" said the woman and let her in. "Do you have some info about Marii-chan?" asked the ex-Ame shinobi. The girl nodded and followed her mother upstairs.

Both females entered the room, and the brunette saw all of her relatives sit there. But all of them seemed pale, like someone had died. Then, she realized that this 'someone' was her: they had not seen or heard from her in weeks!
"I have some info about Marii-san. She is...". Some dust entered her mouth and she coughed. "OH NO..." whispered Masao and looked down on his plate. "She's here" said the girl. "Huh? How?" asked Ryota. "Heh, you can't even recognize your own sister when she's standing in front of you. Kami, you most be one of the worst Genins in the village" said Marii in a playful tone and removed her mask.
"WHAT THE...HAVE YOU JOINED THE OWL DIVISION!?" said Satoru, who seemed shocked. "Looks like that. And the mission went fine before you ask; everyone at the team and the villagers are safe and sound" said the female.

Her mother and father pulled her into a three-way hug and almost choked their oldest child. "Congrats sis" said her oldest brother and hugged her, shortly followed by the blond. The oldest of the two smelt a little like cologne. Satoru, Kenshi, Shinichi, Kumeko and Tatsuo took their turns on hugging her (or crushing her ribs), which was a funny experience.
"Heh, looks like my little niece is joining the nocturnals. I suppose brains is better than brawns or what Tatsuya-kun!?" said Takeshi and grinned. "And that took you 30 years to figure out" said Tatsuya dryly. Everyone laughed. Akiko and Hinata hugged her, followed by Hoshiko.
"Don't kill yourself Marii-chan" said the woman and stroke her brown head with a hand. "I'll do my best" said the girl and smelt the familiar perfume. The only one left was Tatsuya. He pulled her into a hug while his hair tickled her right cheek. "You gave me quite a scare there. Please don't do it again, or else I'll die of a heart attack" said the male. "I won't" muttered the Chuunin. "But you did splendid otherwise. Welcome to the owls" said the greenette and let her go. "Also...I'm going to move out in two days since I'm an ANBU now. But I will still be here once in a while" said the female.
"Great. But join us for the meal first and tell us how the mission went" said Hikari and gestured towards the chair between her brothers.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

Inbetween the food chewing, Marii told them about the mission. When she came to the part with the ambushing ninjas, Kenshi stuffed some tempura into Ryotas mouth to make him shut up. The female chuckled: her cousin had always loved action scenes like that. Next up was the pirate ship, which silenced both of her brothers.
"Whoa...sounds like you guys had your hands full all the time" said Masao when she had comed to the part about organizing the villagers luggage. "You bet otou-san. But it was a little weird that no Jounins had signed up" said the Chuunin.
"That was because that the mission was considered as a suicidal one. I was asked to go, but I rejected" said Hoshiko, and felt a little ashamed that someone who was 25 years younger than her thanked yes to a mission like that. "Oh, I see. Don't worry, we had a lot of fun too. I made friends with the guys who were with me. The other three were Tieren Drasani, Anji Shimu and a guy from the cat division" said the girl before she drunk some lemonade.

All of her cousins were sleeping over, so they all decided to play twisting 8 together. "Damnit Shinichi-kun, you're too good at this" said Kenshi when his cousin had twisted to diamonds. "He he, looks like Lady Luck is not on your side today Kenshi onee-chan" snickered the male before his sister laid on diamond 2.
"OK guys, time to go to bed! It's 11:30 PM" said Hikari. "How are we supposed to split up?" asked the brunette. "I suppose Shinichi and Tatsuo can sleep at my room, Satoru and Kenshi will sleep in Makoto onee-chans room while Kumeko can sleep at Marii onee-sans bedroom. Sounds good?" said Ryota.
The relatives nodded before they went at the bathroom. They took turn on brushing teeth and changing since both boys and girls were present. "Night guys" said the female before she went to bed. She heard a few 'good night' calls in return and closed the door as soon as her only female cousin came in. The two went to bed and felt asleep.


Mariis dream

Marii stood on a giant cloud of some sort. 'What is going on...' thought the girl. "Hello? Anyone there?" asked the Chuunin and looked around.

[::Himiko::]

:{Current Theme

"Hello? Anyone there?" the Chuunin called out into the sea of white clouds. She was in a different world now. It was peaceful and quite; giving anyone a calm and easy sense of satisfaction...
In the distance, the young girl would begin to hear sets of foot steps coming toward her. The sounds did not pose a threating feel what so ever, and to the contrary, sounded like a familiar sound. Clouds would have kicked up around the person, who stood before the Chuunin, slowly dissipating and revealing the identity of the individual who stood before her; only a few feet away.

"Marii, its been a while..."

It was Himiko Banraku, the Chuunin of cloud, who had passed away long ago. She was a friend of Marii, who did not seem as if she had aged a day since the last time Marii saw her. She smiled the way, talked the same way, and even smelled the same way as before.

"Im happy to see you again Marii...."

Himiko contiued to smile as she stood before the Chuunin.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

((OOC: Ha ha, loved the theme. And if you want to know, Marii has changed a little appearance-wise since Himi's death. Longer hair, slightly fuller chest and slightly, but just slightly more muscles))

A set of faint footsteps could be heard, which picked the females curiousity. Marii turned a little, and could not believe what she saw. Only a few feet away stood Himiko Banraku, a Chuunin that had died for almost 2 years ago.
'She looks just like she did when I saw her at the hospital that day...except that she is alive' thought the girl, who was shocked. "I'm happy to see you again Marii...." said the other female. Tears welled up in the crystal blue eyes and made them look like a pond of rainwater. "Himiko...chan. How are you? Sorry, I know you're dead and everything...but what are we doing here?" asked the Chuunin. Was she in heaven now? But she was not dead yet...at least she had been alive before she went to bed.

[::Himiko::]

"Himiko...chan. How are you? Sorry, I know you're dead and everything...but what are we doing here?" asked the Chuunin.

With a small chuckle, the young woman would reply to the Chuunin and her questions:
"Some things are better left unsaid Marii. Im in a better place now, and Im happy. Your looking fine for yourself by the way, still training non-stop Marii?"

The young girl would give another chuckle. A feeling of warmth and happiness would ensue the Marii, allowing her to feel that Himiko's words, although possibly just a dream...were indeed true.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

Himiko chuckled a little before she started to speak again. "Some things are better left unsaid Marii. I'm in a better place now, and I'm happy. Your looking fine for yourself by the way, still training non-stop Marii?" asked the girl.
"Yeah...I suppose I do" said the female and let out a giggle before the tears felt down from her eyes and hit the clouds. There was a comfortable warmth that surrounded her...if this was a dream, she would kill the person who woke her up.
"Uhm...this might sound a little rude Himiko-chan but...how did you died? Don't answer if you don't want to. Also, I have been promoted to ANBU. Those who were ninjas at the same time as us miss you...especially me" said the Chuunin. Her voice trembled a little while tears continued to fall down her cheeks. She let out a tiny gasp while her bony fingers dried up the tears. It had been so long...

[::Himiko::]

"Uhm...this might sound a little rude Himiko-chan but...how did you died?" asked the Chuunin.
"Don't answer if you don't want to. Also, I have been promoted to ANBU. Those who were ninjas at the same time as us miss you...especially me"

"No no, its fine Marii" said Himiko, as she began to walk over to the Chuunin, and aid in wiping her tears away. Himiko would then gently wrap her arms around the young womans neck, and hold her tightly. Her right hand was placed on the back of the girls head, as he gave Marii and gentle hug.

The warmth of Himiko's body was life like. She smelled like the misty air left after a thunder storm, just like before. Her arms were soft and delicate, and she glided her hands pass the Chuunins hair. It was a hug like no other. It was one full of love, care and happiness, letting the Chuunin know, that things were going to be alright. She would begin to talk in a very low and soft voice now, speaking directly into the girls ear...

"Lets just say, I died saying a the village long ago. But don't remember me for my death Marii, remember me for the life I lived, and the stories we shared...."

Moving her arms away now, Himiko would return to her position before the Chuunin; retuning to the same composure as before.

"Im proud of you girl. I wish I could have been right there with you when that happened... I miss alot of people as well Marii... Im never going to forget you..."

As the conversation carried on, Himiko's body slowly began to fade. Her legs began to blur out of sight, melding with the clouds around her...

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

"No no, its fine Marii" said Himiko before she walked over to her. A pair of slender fingers begun to wipe her tears away, and the more bony fingers dropped. It had been AGES since someone had done that to her.
But what happened next made her surprised; the girl pulled her into a soft embrace. She felt a hand being placed at the back of her head and glided trough her silky hair. The female felt a bit shocked; this hug was almost identical to the ones her mother gave her once in a while.

"Lets just say, I died saying a the village long ago. But don't remember me for my death Marii, remember me for the life I lived, and the stories we shared...." said a soft voice in her ear. Marii's nose picked up a scent of thunderstorm; it was the same scent all kuinochis in Kumo shared. She just nodded.
The arms moved away and the other female had now regained her usual composure. "I'm proud of you girl. I wish I could have been right there with you when that happened... I miss alot of people as well Marii... I'm never going to forget you..." said the raven-haired girl. "Thanks" said the girl. Then, she noticed that the females body begun to fade.

She jogged over to her and pulled her into a hug before it was too late. "Bye Himiko-chan! Tell all my dead ninja friends that I said hello and won't forget them" said the Chuunin, now with a smile on her face despite that tears ran down her face.

[::Himiko::]

:{Ending Theme.

"Thanks" said the Chuunin, as she began to watch the image of Himiko fade away. Her attempt for more contact proved to be futile, as the young girl faded slowly faded into nothingness.
Her legs, and left arm began to blur away, as she stood there smiling at the young girl.. Like a fine mist, she would slowly disappear, with a smile on her face...

"Bye Himiko-chan! Tell all my dead ninja friends that I said hello and won't forget them" said the Chuunin
"I will Marii... I will..." she replied.

Parts of the young woman body began to fade away now. Her stomach, and parts of her chest began to disappear now, leaving only a portion of her face now.

"Marii" said the young girl for the last time.
"Never lose faith in the village and yourself. Be at peace with the world, but never fear to defend it. I'll be watching over you always...."

In that one moment, the girls hand flung a small item through the air, allowing the chuunin to catch it before her final moments..

"See you later Marii"...

Was all the girl would say as she merged with the clouds around her....

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

"I will Marii... I will..." replied Himiko. The female noticed that her friends torso and left arm begun to fade. The only thing left was her face. A sad smile graced Marii's face. "Marii" said the young girl for the last time.
"Never lose faith in the village and yourself. Be at peace with the world, but never fear to defend it. I'll be watching over you always...." said the puppeteer. "I will" replied the girl and nodded. In that one moment, the girls hand flung a small item through the air, and the Chuunin caught it with both of her hands. "See you later Marii..." said the females voice before she faded away into the clouds. "Bye Himiko-chan! See you later!" said the other female and smiled while she waved with her right hand, the left one holding the object.


In the real world.

A pair of crystal blue eyes opened up and looked around. She looked at the floor; her cousin was still asleep. The brunette looked at the watch that stood next to her bed. It showed 07:10 AM, so it was still rather early. 'Holy Kami, what a weird dream...huh?'. There was something in her left hand.
She opened up her bony hand, and saw a miniature puppet that was probably 3 inches long or so. It was made out of white wood and had black, curly hair as well as a small, black dress. Her eyes widened in shock and disbelief; how could she hold an item from her dream when it was all going on in her head!? Or perhaps it was not...!
The girl got out of bed, laid the mini puppet on her desk and took a shower before she went up to the kitchen. A redhead and a bluenett sat there already; it looked like Kenshi and Satoru were up as well. "Morning imotou" said the oldest of them and gave her a small smile. "Morning onee-chan. Morning ototou" said Marii and made herself some breakfast.
After a few minutes, the other cousins appeared. The adults were still asleep, so they decided to discuss their missions. Tatsuos had the most funny mission so far; he had to dress up as a clown on a "C"-ranked mission and had to juggle 4 giant balls in order to attract attention so his team could catch one in the audience. Kumekos most recent mission had been the most boring one; she had to sort litterature reports in the library.
But the most interesting one was probably Kenshis, who had to work as a hairdresser on an undercover mission. Which went surprisingly fine, despite that he had not cut anyones hair (except his owns) during his life.

When the breakfast was eaten up and everyone were dressed, their went in their separate directions. Some had to train, others had missions, a few of them had chores while Marii had the most busy thing; to sort out her furniture since she was moving to her own apartment.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

Marii opened the door to her house and spotted both of her parents shoes stand there. 'Looks like they are back from Enrai' thought the female before she removed her cap, gloves, coat and shoes. "Come in Shigure-san" said the brunette and brushed some hairstrands away from her face.
She heard her brothers play some sort of video game in the TV room while her mother cooked something upstairs. A smell of vegetable soup filled the house, which made her smile.

[Koji Kazeraikou]

Shigure slowly walked in to the house when he was out in the cold for to long it felt. "Thank you" he said to Marii as he steped through the doorway after the girl. He would slight nod to her as he made it all the way in to the house. Shigure looked around as he spoke softly "Lovely house Marii" he told her "So Im here to learn, And I really wasen't expectig to find more Ryuugans here" he added. Before he started to shiver. As a sound of what sceam like noice's coming from the other room. yet he thought he could even smell a faint smell of somthing very tastey a slight girn would form accorss his face "mmm smells good!" he said

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

Her new relative followed her into the house; it seemed like he was not used to the cold. "Thank you Marii" said Shigure and gave her a small nod before he looked around. "Lovely house Marii" said the young man, which made her smile. "Thanks" said the female and untied her winter shoes.
"So I'm here to learn. And I really wasn't expecting to find more Ryuugans here" said the blond. "Uhm, yeah, about that Shigure-san...the Ryuugan bloodlimit does actually has its origins in this village. There were originally five people with that bloodlimit and all of them were Kumo ninjas.
Later on, four of them moved to different villages; Yukigakure, Kirigakure, Amegakure and Konohagakure. You are probably a descendant of the woman who went to Konoha" told the Chuunin. "Mmmm, smells good!" said the young man, a small grin forming on his face. "Yeah, it is my mums vegetable soup. Let's go upstairs" said the girl before she went upstairs.
Her dad was reading the newspaper, her mum was stirring something in a kettle and her aunt Hinata was knitting something. "Hello Marii-chan. Who is that guy?" asked her mother and smiled. "This is Shigure Ryuuga, one of the Kazeraikous from Konohagakure. Shigure-san, this is my mum Hikari, my dad Masao and my aunt and head of the clan, Hinata-sama" said the brunette.
The oldest woman stood up and went towards the duo; she stopped about 6 feet away from the foreign ninja. "From Konohagakure eh? Can you please activate your bloodlimit Shigure-kun?" asked the auburn-haired woman. Her blue-green eyes looked at him with interest.

[Koji Kazeraikou]

Shigure would think "Only 5 of them to start, and one of the woman went to the leaf village?" poundered as. "Yeah, it is my mums vegetable soup. Let's go upstairs" he would nod to her as he followed her. out of the side of his eye he would see a woman making what looked to be some soup." must be her mom she was talking about earlyer" he thought "Hello Marii-chan. Who is that guy?" . With out missing a beat Marii would respon to her "This is Shigure Ryuuga, one of the Kazeraikous from Konohagakure. Shigure-san, this is my mum Hikari, my dad Masao and my aunt and head of the clan, Hinata-sama". he looked around looked around seeing all three "hello there" he said as he bowed to show respect to all of them seeing that he was in there house. Only a few seconds later the older woman would place her knitting stuff to the side, and stand up to walk over to hi and ask "From Konohagakure eh? Can you please activate your bloodlimit Shigure-kun?" [/color] he nodded to her and made the sign of the dragon as he closed his eyes for a second closeing his blue eyes only to open them in to the emerild green of his bloodline "Here you go" he said looking back up at her. His eyes wide open so she could see that he was of the Ryuugan bloodline

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

"Hello there" said the male and bowed to all of them. The female smiled; at least he had decent manners. Maybe the Konoha ninjas were not half bad after all? Hinata looked a little at him. He closed his eyes for a short while before he opened them up again and looked at here.
"Here you go" said Shigure. The woman narrowed her blue-green eyes a little and smiled. "Yeah, that seems to be the real deal. Marii-chan, please ask him what he have learned and if he knows if there are any other Kazeraikous in Konoha. Also, ask what he majors in and such...that can be good information for later" said the Jounin before she sat back in her chair.
"Come on, let us go downstairs" said Marii and went down the stairs again and into her room. It was rather tidy, as per usual. But again, she only visited her family in the weekend and her brothers knew that messing up her room would be quite stupid to do. "Sit down on the bed Shigure-kun" said the girl and gestured to her bed. She sat down right next to him.
"Yeah, as Hinata-sama said...What rank do you have and what do you specialize in? Also, do you know any other people in your village with the same bloodlimit as you? Sorry if I am nagging, but I do not know any outside members save one" said the brunette and gave him a somewhat awkward smile.