Yamamoto Residence

[Iroppoi]

Iroppoi entered her house and all she hears is her father yelling. She knew that she was in trouble. Iroppoi tried to go in her room without being noticed but her brother Kiko was close to the front door and saw her. "Dad, Iroppoi is here!" Kiko shouted smirking. "Iroppoi come here now!" Kan yelled from the living room. Iroppoi glared at her brother and went to the living room to her angry father, this wasn't going to end good. "Sit down." Kan said. Iroppoi did as she was told and sighed. "Father before you say anything let me say first that I wasn't far and I lost track of time, I didn't mean to come home this late." Iroppoi said quickly.

Kan didn't say anything for awhile and that made Iroppoi nervous. It wasn't a good sign when her father didn't say anything. Iroppoi thought that he was going to hit her. "Who were you with?" Kan asked. Iroppoi's eyes widened. "Huh? I--I wasn't with anyone. I was by myself." she said. Just then Kiko came in the living room and leaned against one of the walls grinning. Iroppoi knew that he knew about Ookami. "Dad, she was by herself. Iroppoi is not stupid enough to be with someone without you knowing them." Kiko said. Iroppoi was surprised that Kiko said that, then maybe he didn't know anything after all. Kan sighed. "Fine then, go to bed Iroppoi." Iroppoi nodded, got up and went to her room.

An hour later....


Iroppoi was in her room about to go to bed when her bedroom opened, it was Kiko. Iroppoi got instantly scared. "Wha--what are you doing here?" she asked. Kiko didn't answer, he just came and sat down on Iroppoi's bed next to her. "You know, I don't like sharing right. So who was that guy you were with?" Kiko asked. Iroppoi's heart stopped, so he did know. She didn't say anything, Iroppoi just looked at her brother. Kiko sighed and then kissed Iroppoi. "Listen, I don't know that guy but get rid of him understand or I'll tell Dad." Kiko said then left.

Iroppoi cursed under her breath. She laid down and started crying. Iroppoi didn't know how long she could handle all of this. And she didn't know what she was going to do about Ookami, she loved him dearly but she didn't want to leave him. All Iroppoi could think of do to escaping this family was to leave the Village and ask Ookami to come with her.

[Iroppoi]

The next morning, Iroppoi woke up to an extremely quite house. Her father and brother must be out training or something. Iroppoi was still kind of shakey from what happened last night. She had on her pj bottoms with a tank top on and walked out of her room. Iroppoi smelled breakfast so her mother was still home, she entered the kitchen and looked at her mother. "I made breakfast for you, I'm going to be out all day today so watch the house." Chii said. Iroppoi nodded and watched her mother walk out of the kitchen. "Mom, where's Father and Kiko?" she asked. "They went on a mission this morning, they won't be back for a few days. So it's just going to be me and you for awhile." Chii said before walking out of the door.

Iroppoi was glad that her father and brother was going to be gone for awhile, she was going to enjoy it. She poured herself some coffee and eat breakfast. Iroppoi then went into the living room and plopped down on the couch.

[Michiko]

Michiko had some free time on his hands so he decided to go check up on Iroppoi. He knew that his uncle and cousin went on a mission this morning and knew Iroppoi was going to be by herself. Michiko ran from his house to Iroppoi's, he got there in a couple of minutes. He knocked in rhythm on the door.

[Iroppoi]

Iroppoi was falling asleep on the couch when she heard an annoying knocking at her door. She knew it was her bothersome cousin, Michiko. He always liked to bother her for some reason. Why was he there, he had training to do. Iroppoi sighed, got up and answered the door. "What the hell is your problem? Why must you knock on the door like that? Can't you knock like a normal person?"

[Michiko]

Michiko ignored Iroppoi and walked in pass her. "I smell food. Where is it? I'm hungry." he said walking in the house. Michiko looked around and saw that no one else was there. He made his way to the kitchen and drank the left over coffee. Michiko eat the rest of the food then sat down in one of the chairs in the living room. "So, how are you cousin?"

[Iroppoi]

Iroppoi sighed again. She knew she wasn't going to be able to stop. Michiko did whatever he wanted when he comes over. Iroppoi closed the front door and sat back down on the couch. She watched her cousin drink the rest of her coffee and the rest of her food. When Michiko came in the living room with Iroppoi, she just glared at him. It took awhile for her to answer him. "I could be doing better." she said. "I'm going to be moving out soon."

[Hmph]

"Moving out where?" Natsumi asked curtly, stepping into the room, she had managed to get in through the back door without being noticed after she came back from training but now she made her entrance. She heard Iroppoi's statement from the back of the house and it had offended her, she hadn't seen her sister in a while and when finally did she hears that Iroppoi is planning on moving away?
She eyed her sister beadily and shifted her eye's to Michiko, who she had just noticed was there and forgotten to say hi to, then she continued to interrogate Iroppoi
"And who do you plan to have accompany you on this excellent adventure?" she said sarcastically with a bit of bitterness in her voice, she knew Iroppoi definitely wasn't going to invite her on the quest let alone tell her anything at all about wanting to move away

[Iroppoi]

Iroppoi jumped a little at the sound of Natsumi's voice. She didn't know that she was done with her training, she must have came in through the back door. Iroppoi sighed, she didn't want Natsumi to know that she was going to move out because the atmosphere in the house would be even stranger and her father would know something was wrong. "Shut the hell up Sumi. Don't say anything to anyone about this, you too Michiko." Iroppoi said. Iroppoi looked away from her sister and cousin for a moment. She couldn't tell Natsumi nor Michiko about Ookami. And not only that, she couldn't tell them that she plans on living the Village. "It doesn't concern you who I'm going with. So neither one of you speak a word of this to anyone."

[Hmph]

Natsumi sneered at her sister, too upset to even take notice at her cousin who was sitting right in the middle of everything. She narrowed her eyes "I already know..." her voice trailed off, she wore a troubled expression.

Iroppoi was so simple minded she had no sense of wit or intelligence at all, Natsumi was sure of this, Iroppoi was probably planning on running away with some stupid boy who fooled her into falling in love with him. Now, Iroppoi wanted to leave with whoever it was. A genin as missing nin? What was she thinking?
Natsumi was angry now, after being told to shut up she fumed and grunted,
"It's fine" She said with a fake smile "An emotionally instable nin is about as useful as a dull knife... We don't need nin like you in this village. Tears are for the weak..and you cry all the time Iroppoi. I wont be there anymore when your gone, I wont be the shoulder you can cry on." Natsumi wanted to stop before she said anything she would regret but she couldn't she was just too pissed off "We've been together for all this time, I even called you my sister, and your just going to go turn your back on me for a boy you just met? You're a fool, and you will die a fool. If you leave I don't want to see you're pitiful face again. Go on, become missing, do as you please, but If we should ever meet again, just know I'd kill you"
The words came out like vomit, hateful and unwanted, never the less Natsumi didn't take back her words. She looked at Iroppoi one last time, her white eyes were both sad and angry at the same instance. She said her piece, so there was no reason to stay anymore not after saying those hateful things. She stepped backwards still looking at her 'sister'
'Sister...' she thought 'Yea, right' And she turned away and stormed off, not planning on returning anytime soon

[Iroppoi]

Iroppoi was shocked and hurt at Natsumi's words. Sure Iroppoi knew that Natsumi was going to be hurt when she left but she also thought that she would understand. Natsumi knew what Iroppoi went through and how she was hurt almost every night and she cried only in front of Natsumi or when she was by herself. Also, Iroppoi was going to miss Natsumi when she left. Iroppoi wanted Natsumi to come with her but she couldn't ask her sister that after all the hard work she's done for the Cloud Village, it wouldn't be fair. Everything was falling to pieces, Natsumi didn't know that Iroppoi was leaving with a powerful Chuunin at her side, who really loved her. "Sumi, you really think that I would just leave not be sure of the person I'm leaving with. You just don't understand, which I really thought you did but it's obvious that you don't. You know what I go through. How long did you really think that I'd stay in this damn hell hole?!"

[Hmph]

Natsumi stopped at her sisters words, it hit her hard. She held one hand on the handle of the back door and froze, "This is way too much drama for me" she managed, "I don't want to deal with it any longer." She kept her back to her sister, she was still angry but now for some reason she felt like crying, but she didn't for the fear of being called a hypocrite, after all she was the one that just finish saying tears are for the weak. She bit her lip and regained her composer, now wearing a new face, that of someone unconcerned
"You weren't even going to tell me..." she whispered there was now sadness in her voice, she toughened up and spoke louder "I'm not taking back what I said but I wont stop you either," she said "If you want to go then I guess it cant be avoided, I wont make you stay where you're unhappy"
Natsumi had always believed in the concept of fate, so she would just have to figure that this was just something else that was destined to happen. "Bye Iroppoi" she said finally opening the door and closing it behind her.
~exits~

[Iroppoi]

Iroppoi listened to Natsumi in silence. She felt bad that she wasn't going to tell her that she was going to leave, so their dramatic good-bye was mainly her fault but she wasn't going to feel bad or guilty about wanting to get away from her family. All of sudden Iroppoi had a sudden flashblack. It was when she first saw Natsumi, she was stranded and injured in the forest after she left home. Iroppoi had found her, took her back to her home where she could rest and get better. Iroppoi took her in, made her family. This wasn't the way Iroppoi wanted things to end between them. Besides Michiko, Natsumi was Iroppoi's only real family. She had to set things straight before she leaves, Iroppoi has too. If she doesn't, life will be even more difficult for the both of them. Iroppoi cursed under her breath and punched the wall then left to go to her room, leaving Michiko in the living room by himself.

[Michiko]

(wow, alot has happened)

Michiko sat in his chair quite as a mouse as Iroppoi and Natsumi argued. He sighed, Iroppoi is crazy. There is no way she would be able to leave the Village and live no matter who she was living with. Too much drama happened in his family and Michiko didn't understand why, they couldn't be like a normal family. Michiko always found girls to be difficult, always taking the hard way out instead of the easy way. Iroppoi should just come and live at his house, there was more than enough room. Michiko stayed in the house but moved to the couch then laid down. "IN THE EIGHTEEN YEARS THAT I'VE LIKE GIRLS, I MET SOME PRETTY CRAZY ONES BUT YOU BEAT THEM ALL LITTLE COUSIN!" Michiko yelled to Iroppoi

[Iroppoi]

Iroppoi ignored Michiko's comment. She laid on her bed staring up at the ceiling thinking of what she should do. Iroppoi decided that she should have a battle with Natsumi so that both of them could get of their anger out but Iroppoi was no match for Natsumi so she would have to train like hell to make the fight interesting. Iroppoi got out of bed and got dressed in her regular black outfit, fishnet top and skirt. She tied her hair back and left out her room then went into the living room. "Michiko, I'm going out so watch my house and don't eat all of our food." Iroppoi said, she then turned to leave then turned back to Michiko. She punched him in the stomach. "That's for calling me crazy!" she said then left.

~exits~

[Michiko]

As Michiko laid on the couch he looked over when Iroppoi came out of her room. He made a face when she told him that she was going out and to watch her house. "What the hell? I have stuff to do today, I can't be house sitting." Michiko said. But Iroppoi just ignored him. Michiko sighed and tried to relax. "Oof!!" he yelled when Iroppoi punched him in the stomach. She was lucky that he didn't hit girls unless they were in a battle. He glared at his cousin as she walked out of the house. Michiko slowly fell asleep.

Some time later...

Michiko was woken up by a slap on the head. He sat up quickly with a kunai in his hands ready to attack if necessary but it was just his Obasan Chii. Michiko glared at her for a moment. "What was that for Obasan Chii?" he asked putting his kunai away. "What are you doing in my house? Where is Iroppoi?" she asked ignoring Michiko's question. "I don't know where Iroppoi is. She and Natsumi had an arguement about something that I really wasn't listening too, then both of them left. Iroppoi told me to stay here and watched the house so that's why I'm here and the answer to your other question." Michiko said as he got up and stretched. "You're a very rude boy." Chii said. "I don't want you back in my house and stay away from my daughters."

Michiko stopped stretching and looked at his obasan with a serious face. He was all fun and games but she had no right to tell him what he could do, he was a man now. Michiko moved a little closer to his obasan. "Listen, I don't know all the details but I know that Iroppoi is being mistreated in this house so I'm going to take her away from you and Ojisan Kan, Natsumi too." Michiko said with peircing eyes. "You're threating me?" Chii asked with a challenging look. "I would never obasan, I'm just merely making a promise." Michiko said before walking out of the house.

-exits-

[Iroppoi]

Iroppoi walked back in the house and slammed the door. She had just came back from Ookami's house and felt frustrated. She didn't know what was going on with her but Iroppoi knew something was wrong. Iroppoi walked passed her mother without saying to her when she asked why she was slamming doors, then went in her room and locked the door.

She laid on her bed and sighed. Iroppoi put her hands over her face then began to think about Ookami. She loved him dearly but something was wrong with the whole situation and she had to figure out what it was before anything between them goes any further. Iroppoi doesn't want to hurt him and doesn't want to get hurt herself. Right now she needed her sister, Natsumi was the one she'd go to in situations like this one but now they weren't even speaking, plus she's on a mission. Iroppoi screamed in frustration.