Checkpoint / Village Gates

[roko]

"’bout ‘ime"

He’d end his choice of words with a light chuckle, coughing a tad-bit when he would finish. With ears paying mediocre attention would he only absorb the word ‘tattoo’ – oh how he proudly worn such staining inks, though his weren’t of any real symbolic meaning. Following attentively behind the Lady Kage would he mount the scaled beast – if this creature were a pair of boots, he’d be parading about in the highest fashion, in both rarity and cost.

". . ."

"Ya ‘eady fo’ ‘ist?"

He’d speak in curiosity to the adolescent Hokage. Might as well start a conversation of his own; everyone else had gone about flapping their lips like a bird would its wings.

[Ancestor Febrie]

"Doing well, done a bit of hopping around, done what I had to do, a bit bored now after those Chuunin exams. You know what happened there." of course she knew, the Chuunins were just..... well confusing, at least she got paid for not doing much. After his sentence she just nodded so he knows she knows what's going on. She smiled "I am bored as well but before the Chuunin exams, I've stumbled on some work, police work to be specific." she now thought how she would put it, it was a lot of information, maybe she will invite him to the ramen shop and discuss it further there.

"I've been quite busy with other things for a while now, including those exams and a lot of training. Though I guess you haven't come all the way here just to say hi to me if you are going to talk about missing guardsmen, if it is information you want I am afraid that I have none to give you" So it looks like he doesn't know anything about that yet. She wonders if even the Hokage, what was his name ..... Kagetora doesn't know about it. It's better if he didn't, she wouldn't like to meet that man again even when she's going to help him get rid of a problem. "Well, I shall say that there's a possible terrorist threat here in this village and I am supposed to take care about it. We've got the location of their hideout so now I am gathering a team to enter." she paused "I have approached you because I know you are capable enough to do the job. Will you help us?"

[fina]

Blood. It oozed from a wound all too fresh, the result of sharp metal slicing through sheer flesh. It was the genin’s ultimate demonstration of truth, his responsibility for ensuring trust remains within brethren allowing me to leave no doubt lingering as to the success of his work. As his own blood streaked a tattoo apparent to have been fused into his skin long ago, the apparition of a bird from a tuff of white smoke would startled me somewhat, though the grin I formed came from the display before me – truth, as it seemed today’s society made impossible to trust, seemed to live once more! I would find a deeply satisfied feeling grow from within the pit of my stomach, and as my grin grew further, a most odd looking kunai suddenly made its way into my once empty hands. The ring end was intertwined with a single finger from my right hand, which proceeded to twirl the kunai several times before handing it over to the genin, butt end first.

“Consider it a token of my appreciation…if you’re ever in danger, just throw it…”

“It is no toy – use it only for desperate measures...”

As soon as the genin accepted his gift, my body would seemingly flicker from where it once stood, joining the rising head of Satsubatsu just in time to catch its great iron-scaled body hover over the ground, and soon render what was once a towering land into nothing more than a miniature world. I would mentally instruct the great beast to ease its leave in order to avoid having the villagers suffer wind waves unnecessarily, but being the arrogant soul it was most famous for, the majestic dragon darted into the sky with little regard for the life around it. As we left the scene, I would nervously attempt to reassure my guests, whom most likely never expected to travel under such circumstances. The sky, it zoomed around us!

“It’s ok!!! Just keep some chakra to your feet and you should be gooood!”

← Exit

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As Takeshi would speak a few words- Words in paticular, there not being a very structured sentance although it seemed as if he was posing a question, she taking a few moments to figure out what the "‘ist" meant within his words, but she then figured it was mist. She'd smile to Takeshi as she'd tilt her head towards him, but not too much, otherwise the risk of her falling off the dragon they were currently stationed on would be lengthened by somewhat. "Of course. We're late but it's better late than never, right?" She'd shrug somewhat at her own words, taking care to channel chakra to her feet so that it'd be somewhat easier to keep on the dragon. "I do hope the Mizukage and the other leaders won't be too annoyed at our delayed entrance." She'd murmur under her breath;
Knowing that some believe that the first impression is the one that sticks.

Although..
Knowing others, Takeshi or Ichijin looked more like the.. authority figure and of higher status than her. She was but yonder country farm girl who planted trees for fun.

"Are you looking forwards, Ichijin, Takeshi? This should be very interesting." Smiling somewhat, she'd speak the words before looking down at the floor to see.. There was no floor- Sort of.
Just..
Midget houses and people. She'd then shudder somewhat, the height not appealing to her that well, as she'd then concerntrate on counting the scales of the dragon to take her mind off it.
Although she couldn't help but look again..
It was quite pretty.

[Exit via Dragon]

[roko]

Heeding the core words of the past-kage would chakras speed to his feet in god-haste. Viewing the branding of his fellow brothers neck was something he had never seen himself - his tattoo forced upon his bronze skin by different manners, in fact, it had been under his very flesh.

"'m sure 'ay will"

Words structured and annunciated lazier than the onyx-hare during his race through green pastures with the slow-by-nature tortoise, his sentance to be a surreal reply to the young Ishi's second set of words. "Ya bet," by this time would his cigarette be left limp, ashes upon its end to be a charred-gray. Removing it and spitting upon it lightly would he douse the already non-existent orange embers that had previously lost their strength when he had rose hastily to mount the myth-lizard, and with that done would he toss it on a brown patch upon the sturdy earth.

"t'll be fun"

The last thing he would verbally speak, now it was time to just, ya'know. . . relax -- or, well, however much you could 'relax' on a soaring dragon.


[E-e-e-e-exit]

[Water Adept]

[enter]

Kerasha eyes were vacant ans he slowly walked through the streets of the village. Paying no attention to the buildings, trees or whatever else might of passed through his line of sight. His mind was elsewhere thinking about Nera, he could not think of anything else recently, even though she had passed beyond that veil that seperated life and death. But still he dreamed of bringing her back to life, people had said that it was impossible that not even the strongest people in the world could bring back the dead from behind that veil but he would not give up no matter how many times he failed.

What he approached was a different veil, a veil preventing the village of konohagakure from being reached from the outside world. This wall was not foolproof however, enemies still got through and sent the acrid smell of burning and blood throughout this usually peaceful village. He was nearly there now, he wondered if anything interesting would happen when he was guarding probably not. But these words would quickly be proved wrong. A crowd of people had already formed around the gates.
"What are they doing here?" He said to himself, he decided he better check they were all leaf ninja so he looked at each one in turn for headbands. He saw that all of them was leaf except for one but she was talking to a leaf ninja so he assumed all was fine.

He walked outside the gates and leaned on the wall of the gates itself. He sunk deep back into his thoughts once more but kept an eye out for any suspicious activity, as he dreamed of his lost love.
"Noting will keep me away, nothing" He said quitely so no one could hear him.

[Solus]

“Consider it a token of my appreciation…if you’re ever in danger, just throw it… It is no toy – use it only for desperate measures...”. After that Solus had merely accepted the kunai and given an understanding nod. For a second his thoughts zoomed to this kunai in his pocket, reminding him that he would need to study it later to find it's use, though he had a general idea of what it could do.

Abumi's voice would zoom him back to reality. Capable enough? Pfffft, was she thinking? Unless it involved dragons or something Solus would be perfectly capable of dealing with the job on his own. Maybe something to break the regular boredom? The raven's left claw tightened on shoulder, immediately Solus's eyes would shift to that side, without turning his head. Another leaf ninja had entered, though it seemed as if he posed no threat, probably a new gate guardian, which his relaxed attitude seemed to indicate.

Turning his purple gaze back to her Solus would contemplate for a while, in the end he decided to tag along, she would at least need someone to watch over her while she would be in the village and he would happy enough to be that person. "Alright I'll join you, sounds interesting enough to keep me busy for a while with something... Mildly entertaining. Fill me in as we move or are we going to wait for more people to show up?"

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[Ancestor Febrie]

A new shinobi has turned up, he was a leafer of course. "Gosh so many of them around here. What's happening all of a sudden." she thought. Well the new arrivals shouldn't bother her now that she needs to concentrate on her mission. Finaly Solus agreed to join her, so the first member of the team huh. "Alright I'll join you, sounds interesting enough to keep me busy for a while with something... Mildly entertaining. Fill me in as we move or are we going to wait for more people to show up?". She could tell him now but then she remembered she had to be elsewhere. "Well let's meet at the ramen shop as soon as you can. I've got a few others that will be waiting. They know as much as you do." with that she looked around one more time before leaving for the shop.

{Exit}

[Solus]

A few other hmmm? Solus would nod "See you there, I have to pick up something first though, so I will arrive a few minutes later." Solus would say before entering the village, but walking the other way.

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[exit to Konoha]

[Water Adept]

Kerasha watched carefully as the non ninja and the leaf ninja left. He had listened to some of their conversation and was intrigued, the leaf ninja said it was intresting well it must be more interesting than this. All the ninja had left now and if he was quick it would be like he had never been here, he could just come back to this mission later
"Nobody would notice would they" he continued outloud yes I think I will go and see what this mission is. He decided to follow the non ninja as she seemed to be the one behind this mission.

[exit]

[Seira Kimura]

~Enter~

Miyako walked through the gates with little to no interest in her surroundings. Stretching, her blood red leather outfit creaked as she walked, her feet crunching twigs and such below them with dull cracks. Stifling a yawn, she headed into the forest and in the direction of her destination.

~Exit~

[SAGE]

APPEARING IN A DELORIAN WHICH APPEARED OUT OF THIN AIR, SHUICHI REALISED HE HADN'T WALKED THROUGH THE GATES BEFORE LEAVING THE VILLAGE. IN THE MOST DOC' EMMET WAY TO FIX THE TIME/SPACE CONTINUUM, HE SPRINTED THROUGH THE GATE AT EIGHTY-EIGHT MILES PER HOUR WITH HIS FLUX CAPACITOR SNEAKERS, STRAIGHT BACK TO THE OTHER THREAD.

Or something. Perhaps. [Enter/Exit]

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[Hyuuga, Itamiku]

Itamiku waited by the gates for the three man cell to arrive. After speaking with the now named Monk, he was sure they wouldn't be lacking in Taijutsu power anytime soon... though a mission such as this would be cause for them to be weary. Of course, before leaving, they would need a battle plan and Itamiku had been working on one in his head during the time it took to get from the Juunidaime's Tower to the Hidden Leaf Gates. It was a shame they didn't have communication devices, though this mission didn't require them. Scouting wouldn't be necissary.

"It's about time they showed."

[Hyuuga Yuuki]

Yuuki took a fast approach on her route to Village Gates. She would leave the Hokage tower in hurry, not looking to left or right. It was quite a bit of trip across Konoha, but the impatient ninja wanted to be fast, so, she would utilize her long leaps and sprinting, to speed up. So, they were about to go to their first mission. While Yuuki knew Itamiku, the other guy however, was someone she never met, so his presence would make her rather uncomfortable.

This should prove interesting...I must not screw up The spike-haired shinobi tried to reassure herself, in her mind. With that, she would continue towards the Village gates. Trying to remain calm, the nin had hard time to focus, as all these thoughts, doubts and worries picked this wrong time to resurface inside.

Finally

Yuuki's white eyes finally saw the village's gates, as she was approaching closer and closer. Seeing a familiar silhouette in the distance, the Hyuuga girl would recognize him. Yes, it was Hyuuga Itamiku and it seemed he was waiting for her and the other guy for quite some time already. As the leaf nin made her way towards him, the girl stopped right next to Itamiku, catching up on breath. Indeed, it was obvious the hot-headed Hyuuga took a very fast run across Konoha to get there.

"Seems you were faster." A cute smirk crossed Yuuki's face. "Well, seeing the other guy is still not here...do you have any plans for the mission? You know, I don't really have many informations about it, since I didn't bother looking at the details." Yuuki's usual boyish tone cut through the silence.

[Hyuuga, Itamiku]

"I've given it some thought. Yes. Reading the reports, the road we're to take hasn't had much bandit activity lately, so we should be relitivly safe if that continues. However, several groups of bandits consistantly hit points less than twenty miles from the road we are taking through Fuketsu Canyon. Passing in-between the canyon will give us shelter from onlooking eyes... yet at the same time, he's trapping us." Itamiku sighed. "He could have done a much better job picking out the road we are to take... it's like he's asking for us to be attacked." Itamiku looked in the direction of the main road, a bit impatient for Monk to come. What was taking him so long? If he didn't get here soon, he would be playing catch up to the pair as they traveled to the Land of Fang to randezvous with their objective.

[Tyro]

[enter, sorry it took so long I didnt know we were at the gate]


Oh, was he late. His feet pounded on the hard solid dirt and he ran through the straight path towards the village gate. His cloak billowing behind him looking like the shadow of his very skin were trying to escape. He wasn't very far now, just a few more long strides and he'd be at the gate. He could see the other two ninja he had met before at the gate, probably waiting for him. He hoped they weren't angry.

With just a few meters to go Monk pressed his brakes and skidded to a stop just forward of the pair, dust trailing behind him, the run felt good and the burn in his thighs was a slight annoyance but he had felt worse. "Sorry...late" Monk gasped through struggled breaths. He straightened himself up quickly not wanting to look weak in front of the new comrades. His face was still tinged with red though, "Is there anything I should know before we leave?" he asked, clearly ready to depart quickly before anything troubling happened.

[Hyuuga, Itamiku]

[it's cool, I was about to PM you when I saw you had posted xD]

Itamiku saw the boy running long before he reached the pair of Hyuuga. But now that he was here, it seemed they were ready to begin the operation.

"I'm under the impression we randezvous with the Merchant in Fang... from there He will tell us his destination and we will escort him there." Itamiku's eyes shifted between Yuuki and Monk, though, if the merchant was here in leaf, he should be arriving right about now...

"Either way, we'll be traveling in a line formation. I'll take point with my Byakkugan since I seem to be leading this operation. Monk, you'll be in the middle and will be the quickest to support the merchant if anything comes close to him, he'll be behind you. Yuuki, you'll cover our backs with your Byakkugan and will be able to support the merchant from behind." Itamiku said. He took a pretty good guess that Yuuki's Byakkugan wasn't as developed as his own, however he was needed in giving silent handsigns if they were to encounter anyone suspicious along the way. "I don't expect to run into trouble along the way... But if we should happen to encounter other ninja or bandits, we need to be ready to analyze our foe quickly and determine on the best course of action swiftly." Itamiku paused for a brief moment, letting the information sink in.

"The merchant's safty is of top priority. However, don't make rash decisions... rushing in will only get you killed. If we are ambushed, keep your heads. We have graduated for a reason... I have faith we'll do well as long as we stick togeather. Now, does everyone understand their roles?" he asked, ensuring everyone know their part and were able to play it well.

[Hyuuga Yuuki]

The smaller guy would finally arrive, as he struggled to catch his breath. He was just on time. The team was now complete. The small guy finally caught up on his breath, asking for plans. The unknown guy's face had still tint of red, as he spoke to Itamiku. Yuuki turned to Itamiku, who was keen on actually organizing the mission. Well, since the tomboy didn't know way too many details, and her joining him was rather immediate decision the hot-head made not that long ago.

Not only that, the younger Hyuuga already had his plans set, judging from his rather lenghty speech. It took Yuuki another good effort to stay focused on what was being said, but, the tomboy just bit her lips, to refocus herself, to avoid any thoughts to disturb her from actual important task at hand.

"Yuuki, you'll cover our backs with your Byakkugan and will be able to support the merchant from behind."

Yes, that was directed to older Hyuuga in the team. She would catch that one, giving Itamiku one silent, yet firm nod. If anything, she was able to do that. Her eyes were not as much developped just yet, but perhaps this could be a good practice for the girl. All in all, this should prove benefical for more than one reason.

"...However, don't make rash decisions... rushing in will only get you killed. If we are ambushed, keep your heads. We have graduated for a reason... I have faith we'll do well as long as we stick togeather. Now, does everyone understand their roles?"

We have graduated for a reason... The hot-headed Hyuuga gulped. That brought yet another memories from her earlier life. Once calm and collected student of the Academy, the Hyuuga Yuuki, has turned into bitter, mistrusting, stubborn and hot-headed person, once her older brother was killed. And, the day she graduated from the Academy, there would be nobody to see one of her first accomplishments. The one, which was her last. Until now, perhaps?

"Understood." Yuuki said with the boyish tone in her voice, as soon as her mind came back to present and clenched her hand into a fist, as sudden burst of determination washed over her, girl's white eyes locked onto presence of Hyuuga Itamiku.

[Tyro]

Monk heard the plan, and understood it. He even liked it, he wanted to be able to protect the merchant directly, to prove his worth as best he could. If anything would be touching this merchant it would have to go through him first. Giving a curt nod to the comrade that spoke of the plan that was thought up much faster than Monk expected, he grinned rebelliously. Then with a slow stride to make sure the others were near him Monk continued out of Leaf's gate with his team and onwards to their mission.

[exit w/ Yuuki and Itamiku]

[Tyro]

[enter/exit]Monk entered after his mission, into Leaf