Amatsu-Kyakushoubai

[Raikou!]

.:Amatsu-Kyakushoubai:.

Sitting on the out skirts of Soseki is a small quiet hotel. It is a traditional Japanese hotel ran by a single family for many generation. Taking pride in their work, the family works very diligently to keep the hotel running smoothly and their tenants happy.

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Just as the sun set, the small group finally came upon a hotel that they could rest at. Raikenshi's mind was just so tired from today. His head was wracking him with a head ache that he knew could only be cured by a good nights sleep. Plus it had been a while since he last slept in a bed rather camping it out outside. All in all, he was ecstatic upon the sight of the hotel.

"Ahh would you look at that. That place looks great! I don't know about you but I need some rest after today. I'm going to check in to this hotel for the night, I suggest you do the same. But either way Ill meet you here in the morning, and then we will begin our search. Sound good?"

Raikenshi was more then eager to hit the rack. He didn't want to be rude, but he was a half a step away from sprinting into the hotel just for the sweet relief of a warm pillow. If his partner wanted to do the same or not, this tired ninja would make his way to the entrance of the hotel.

[Lannigans]

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The large inn was not a place Lan had been before, nor had he seen such a clean establishment, he of course could only see the outside, but for what he could see it was very clean. The doors stood hanging open, Lan nodded his head.

"That do be a good idea"

Lan agreed, his stomach groaned again as he stepped after the fast paced Pride, after taking a moment to watch the sun disappear beyond his eyes, he only then realised how truely tired he was and how late it was, it seemed he had been walking for some time. But alas Lan could decide what time it was, nor how long they had been walking, Lan stiffled a yawn, curling his mouth to the side of his face. Greed then followed after Pride and his group of merry puppets into the entrance hall, he was eager to see another persons opinion on the ninja, was he normal even amongst these earth drowned souls. The call of jewellery and riches called faintly in the back of his mind, but his eyes narrowed slightly as he stood at the entrance way and examined the insides of the Large inn.

[Raikou!]

Cracking his neck to the side, Raikenshi moan slightly. His body was wary and he was excited to just knock out. Stepping inside Raikenshi would wave his puppets to the side before entering. They would spend the night outside. Simply standing in front of the motel, the warriors would sit idle as quiet sentinel guards. Wasting not one precious closed eye time, the shinobi would quickly buy his room and head out.

Nodding to his partner he would say goodnight and head into his room.

"See you in the morning. I have an idea that might cut our searching time in half. Ill tell you later."

[Lannigans]

The robots did not enter the hotel, instead they stood in frozen positions outside the doors of the hotel, such as sentinals, they indeed were sentinal beings. Lan walked to the desk, he assumed the ninja already had a room, he walked to the desk and looked around, nobody was in sight.

"See you in the morning. I have an idea that might cut our searching time in half. Ill tell you later."

He did not think upon what the ninja said instead he simply just sighed and reached over behind the desk and grabbed a key from the wall of hooks, the key had a wooden keyfob, the number 13 burnt into it. With a secondary sigh the land soaked pirate slid the heavy key into his pocket and made his way after the ninja. This was a strange world were men left themselves so open, indeed it was not an ocean of pillaging, raping and murder like he had seen. Walking down the carpeted halls Lan eventually came to a large wooden oak door, held by thick iron hinges to the door, slipping the key inside he twisted it in the lock. With a sound of simultaneous clicks from inside the door, it creaked open to reveal a four post bed, a large puffy but elegant couch and a large round stone table. Lans eyes widened at the site of the room. Quickly popping his head into the hall, he saw nobody before pulling in and locking the door behind him. A sly smile slid across his face forming a grin. Nothing wrong against his greed and love of luxury occured in his mind as he lay down on the mattress of the four posted bed, the mattress sucking him in, he lay wide eyed awake. He could not sleep, not in this room, not after his fathers mutitnous betrayal. Was that a sin? Was he meant to punish his father? Was he meant to fix his ways? He did not know all he remembered was that the whole world warped into one as his nightmare began;

He was swimming through darkness, he couldn't breath and the pressure of the water was crushing his lungs. He then saw a golden rope dangle down through the darkness lighting his way, other people were going for the rope, he could not see them but the rope was a thing everyone wanted to grab, though he knew exactly how much space there was, somehow he knew only seven could grab this rope. The rope dangled and lured him towards it, powered by nothing but instinct. He saw a masked man, tugging at his feet. There were more emerging from the shadows around them, they were not meant to grab the rope, they were not one of the seven who was meant to. Lan flailed for the rope, he must grab the rope. He knew that much, he felt the delicate rope along his fingers...

Lan awoke with a gasp, running his hands down his throat his eyes wide at the dream he had encountered just now. He threw the sheets from his body and got changed into his clothes, rushing as he did so. His clothes felt rouch against his skin, after a night between the leasure of silk sheets it was a strange thing then to get into the dusty traveling clothes he had worn yesterday. He walked from the room leaving nothing behind and leaving the door and leaving the door unlocked. He had no idea what time it was but he was no longer tired, he hoped he had not over-slept or anything of the such. He walked out into the lobby, it was still empty. Walking through the heavy doors now closed, he walked into the street, the sky was quiet and a pale-midnight-blue. The sentinals still stood by the door, so Lan leaned against the wall beside them while he awaited the ninjas return.

[sorry not very detailed]

[Raikou!]

Raikenshi rolled over into the morning sunlight beaming onto his cozy hotel bed. A drop of drool would run from his mouth as he would awake with a loud yawn. Out of pure mechanical instinct, Raikenshi would shake his fingers to reconnect with his puppets outside. Strings leading outside of the closest window to his iron goliaths would connect. Before opening his own eyes, the puppeteer would check the world outside through his puppets eyes. Slightly startled he would notice Greed already standing outside. Interesting. One wondered how long he had been standing out there.

With in a short time Raikenshi would be ready and walking out the hotel door. Greeting Greed and his soldiers with a smile. He would clear his throat before beginning to talk.

"Morning Greed... So I was thinking. Do you know anything about Human Summoning?"

[Lannigans]

The puppets stirred, each one jerked slightly, the gaze of one of the puppets transfixed itself on Lan, He pulled the brim of his hat down narrowly over his eyes, and dug an apple from his bag. Taking a bite he knew it was not long before Pride emerged from the building of course it was only a matter of minutes later did the man finally emerge from the building, Lan would greet the man with a sly smile and a nod before taking anouther crunching bite into the juicy apple. The apple juice would spill from his mouth as he unconciously savoured the flavour of the apple. The man spoke as Lan would wipe the apple juice from his lips.

"I do be knowledged upon the matter of human summonings"

Lan would say, using big his accent thick in this sun-soaked morning. Lan would then begin to think back to when he learned such a magic trick, he had somehow stumbled and perfected summoning humans. But his rum soaked memories stripped him of a where how what or when, questions stilled down by his lack of caring about learning it. Lan would not understand what the ninja was talking about.

"Do that be your time saving plot, pride?"

Lan would say this after his previous comment, before he would raise one eyebrow and lower the other. He did not quite grasp how infact that would work in a practical sense, but he vaguely understood the uidelines upon which the conversation was heading in.

[Captain M]

Do you know anything about Human Summoning?

''The question is...''

A voice came from inside the hotel. A familiar voice and figure appeared out of the building. Long ginger locks had been tied into a single ponytail. The long strands of hair dangled in the air behind the girl as she advanced into the rising sun's warm glows. Emerald hues scanned the site before her which held both the Kumogakure shinobi that her heart had chosen and another man that she had never seen before. Myriam was the kunoichi's name, and she seemed filled with energy and beauty for such an early time of day. A short skirt adorned her lower half, revealing more than half of her thighs and her long lean legs. Stilleto sandals held her small feet, the straps running along her legs and ending about half way before her knees. She wore a long-sleeved shirt that revealed her shoulders yet completely covered her bosom.

''The real question is: 'Do you know anything about' paying a hotel when you sleep in their rooms?'' The medic declared with a laugh as she approached Raikenshi, her digits moving along her forehead and gently moving some stray orange bangs from out of her left eye. ''You are lucky that my parents are well acquainted with the hotel's owner and I was able to talk them out of charging you, Raikenshi-kun.'' She would add with a bright grin on her face.

The former Tsuchikage placed her hand on her lover's chest as she gently slapped him in a playful manner. She gently ran her petite hands along her flat stomach, discarding imaginary dirt as she did so. Her hands crossed behind her back as her green eyes looked into Raikenshi's. She had heard of someone travelling around the country with a crew of men. There had even been theories of the men being actual puppets. At such words Myriam had deduced that it could only have been two possible people. The first option was Raikenshi of course as he was regularly on her mind, the second option, was scarier a man that she had only seen once in all her life yet had completely disappeared, she had never heard of Nyzu again. She had taken upon herself to check the phenomenon out and had fallen upon the puppets on the outside of this particular hotel. After further investigation she had learned of the presence of Raikenshi.

She had her whole day to herself and was willing to spend at least a portion of it with her boyfriend. Regardless of what he wanted to do she wanted to tag a long, she had wanted to be in his presence since the day they had parted ways in the Moon Country, they had a lot of catching up to do.

[Raikou!]

Just as Greed acknowledged the fact that he was indeed familiar with the Human Summoning jutsu, Raikenshi suddenly felt a warm soothing presence. Before he could investigate, the pleasant truth would make itself known. <3 Mryiam <3

''The real question is: 'Do you know anything about' paying a hotel when you sleep in their rooms?''

Turning around with an excited smile, Raikenshi would see the none other then the personification of beauty. A gorgeous young girl that seemed to glow with both elegance and confidence. She was the one person that held his heart in her hands. The one weakness Raikenshi had, and he was completely okay with it... But these warm and cozy feelings were soon swept away as he realized that he forgot to pay his bill. It had been so long that he forgot about that whole paying thing. Laughing out loud he would scratch the back of his head embarrassed. He really could be so oblivious some times.

''You are lucky that my parents are well acquainted with the hotel's owner and I was able to talk them out of charging you, Raikenshi-kun.''

Both her words and her voice put Raikenshi at ease. Certainly it was quite advantageous having the Tsuchikage as a significant other. Suddenly, with a gentle slap to his face, he would forget everything and become lost in her eyes. It had been some time since he had seen her, and not a day went by with out her dancing across his mind. There was so much he wanted to talk to her about. So much time he just wanted to spend with her. If only they had met in another life, one more simple then this tragic one.

Without breaking the line of sight with his love, Raikenshi would wave his comrade forward.

"Greed, I'd like for you to meet someone. Her name is Mryiam Nade, the Godaime Tsuchikage. Oh umm. Shes the leader of the country is what I mean. And a very close friend of mine."

[Lannigans]

Lan watched the girl and pride, looking away modestly as they caught up on old times.
_{'Whos this girl? Is she one of the sins?'}
Lan thought, this girl just brought up more questions, he had no intention of listening on their conversation, but he picked up the part about paying for the rooms, he almost grimaced at this. He did not pay for rooms, and he had no idea whether she knew that he had stayed rent free in a room. He then heard his name, well greed mentioned, he looked up from the ground and took another bite from his apple as he was waved forward into the conversation.

"Greed, I'd like for you to meet someone. Her name is Mryiam Nade, the Godaime Tsuchikage. Oh umm. Shes the leader of the country is what I mean. And a very close friend of mine."

Godaime Tsuchikage? The leader of a country, she sounded like a powerful lady, but these were strange lands, strange people and of course stranger days. Lans lips curled upwards as the man acknowledged his clearly lover as a friend, and how he helped explain what the Godaime Tsuchikage infact was. He removed his three-pointed leather pirate hat and held it to his chest.
"It do be a pleasure to meet a woman such as yourself, Mryiam Nade, the Godaime Tsuchikage. My name be Lan Hyde"
He said this with a slight bow and glanced at pride slightly before continuing.
"But most of the people on these dry lands be calling me greed."
as Lan bowed to the leader of this earth drowned land, his fist sized ruby medallion would slip from his shirt. Straightening himself he would then replace his pirate hat, thinking about what would happen now. Would this lady and pride sail off into the sunset leaving Lan amiss in his own ponders upon the sins? He did not know.

[Captain M]

''Oh stop it with your formalities and titles!''

Myriam waved both of her hands in the air before her as her head moved from side to side, whipping her orange tail along with her head. Both of her hands settled upon her hips. The medic rolled her eyes, at how Raikenshi named his partner. Greed? Really?-She would think to herself momentarily, yet she surprised herself when rolling her eyes and hoped her boyfriend's friend had not noticed, she had no intention of creating some sort of animosity between herself and Lan. She smiled towards him and gave him a polite bow, her hands grabbing at the sides of her skirt as her right leg slid behind her left one, bowing as if she was a princess. The young Nade would rise once more to an upright position before talking some more.

''Rairai, you know I'm not the Tsuchikage anymore, we've talked about this in the Moon Country. I am but a Medical Chuunin that holds a respectable title.'' She would say giving him a wink. She would hope her words would let him know of her success in the Chuunin exams in which they had made their relationship official. He had promised to come and see her in the finals yet he had been absent. Myriam was not mad though, she was actually happy because she was quite ashamed of her last battle's outcome.

''Well, what are you doing guys? Surely my abilities can come in handy on your mission, right?'' She would ask as she inserted her digits into gloves she had produced from her pouch. She was now ready for any action that Raikenshi and Lan were planning on doing. Her knowledge of the country and her medical techniques would surely come be useful on any mission they had been assigned.

[Raikou!]

Once again Raikenshi would be hit with a embarrassing blow. Forgetful as always, he called Myriam by her old title. However her new title held its own positive connotation. She had not only survived her Chuunin exams, but was rewarded the rank! This was something that even Raikenshi could not over look. He would never forget the death that came with such a test. It was a hard lesson for any young ninja to learn... But alas! The brave, courageous and outrageously hot Myriam had conquered the beast!

''Well, what are you doing guys? Surely my abilities can come in handy on your mission, right?''

Their mission? That was a question that both men were unsure of. And if they knew, was it appropriate to relinquish such information? Was it fair? More importantly was it even safe?.. But for now, they did have a task. And such a task was coincidentally tied to Myriam.

"Well actually, right now we are looking for none other then Kurenai Hyuuga. Turns out haha. My comrade and I need to ask her a few questions regarding something important. Would you have any idea where she might be?"

[Lannigans]

''Well, what are you doing guys? Surely my abilities can come in handy on your mission, right?''

Lan began to think upon this statement, it brought up several questions that errupted beneath his skull. Scratching the back of his head to releave an itch at the back of his skull. What would pride reply to this? Lan no longer referred to pride as one ninja now, as there were other ninjas that he was aware of now.

"Well actually, right now we are looking for none other then Kurenai Hyuuga. Turns out haha. My comrade and I need to ask her a few questions regarding something important. Would you have any idea where she might be?"

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Lan raised an eyebrow, who was this Kurenai Hyuuga he spoke of? Was this the real name of wrath they had gone to look for in the earth capital. This ninja world was a well connected comunity it would seem. A large but well connected community. Lan crossed his arms acoss his chest as he watched upon the ninja's conversation, talk between themselves censored for the ears of the listening Greed. Lan's eyes flickered back and forth, the closeness of the 'friends' allowing his eyes not to travel far between the two. A sly grin slid between the hard lips that consisted on Lans Worn face. His eyebrows relaxed as he thought that he would soon find a person who would answer his questions. But wait, Lan referred to this person as a her, was he the only male in this broken world?

Lan would await for the replys of The female ninja, Prides friend. His grin sliding back to a neutral slight smile and a welcoming expression. He would then continue listening to any conversation that played infront of him.

[going to be away from internet for a few days to goto an AC/DC concert, feel free to converse and progress roleplay][/font]

[Captain M]

''Oh, Kurenai-sensei.''

The medic would place her index finger along her chin. She would gently tap the digit along her smooth skin, her emerald hues staring towards the sky. She had only been in one Ninja Squad in all her years as a kunoichi. She had been assigned to Kurenai's team, and for all the time that had passed, only the girls had survived up to this day. Both Hisoka and Takeshi had died, Takeshi the most recently, Hisoka was still a mystery. For all Myriam knew, the Toujitakumi was still alive, just a missing-nin, yet she doubted it. He seemed quite happy in Iwagakure, but maybe that was how she remembered him, she was so naive and ignorant when she was a Genin. Being thrust into the position of Kage when one is fifteen would change things a bit, transforming the young Nade into the woman she was today.

''Well, she has a way of... Leaving without telling what she's doing. I guess she sees herself as a Sannin, she thinks she allowed to roam freely. It's to be expected, no one has ever been there to tell her that she should at least tell us where she is going.'' Myriam explained her hands falling once more to her hips, her fingers softly drumming against her skin. ''I guess it's my fault, when I was Tsuchikage I couldn't give her rules, I mean how can you boss around your former teacher?''

Myriam heaved a sigh. Even as a Tsuchikage she had not been strong enough to keep her whole village under control. Episodes of the time when she had lost both her brothers in battle flashed before her eyes. She dispelled the thoughts as quickly as they had appeared, her eyes returning once more towards Raikenshi, for a moment it was as if they were completely alone, she had forgotten about Greed even though she had nothing against him.

''Sorry... I have no clue where he is.''

[Raikou!]

It seemed Myriam had no idea where Kurenai was. Which was fine, being Raikenshi counted it as a long shot any way. Finding Wrath out right would be very difficult. Ninja traveled fast, and sometimes unpredictably. However Soseki held a check point like position between Wrath and Pride. It would be here they would meet if they were destined to do so. With that in mind, Raikenshi had just the plan.

Then with a sigh, ''Sorry... I have no clue where he is.''

Her unnecessarily apology made Raikenshi smile gently. She was such a kind person, seemingly always meaning the best. Although she was a powerful woman, her lack of knowledge regarding Kurenai's whereabouts unsettled her. Such unsteady feelings would not be permitted when the two were together. Unsure what his entire job was as a 'boyfriend,' he knew at least it was his job to keep her happy.

Walking a bit closer up to Myriam, Raikenshi would reach out with his right and place his hand against her arm. He would rub her arm slightly in a consoling motion. Leaning over just slightly, he would smile and look into her gorgeous emerald eyes.

"Its ok M. Thanks though. I have an idea about leaving Kurenai a calling card of sorts... Next time she comes into town, she'll find instructions to find us. If it works out. Any way, I am glad your here. I missed you Myriam."

His voice was soft at first, then strong. In a very inexperienced and innocent way, Raikenshi just wanted Myriam to know that he was here for her. That she had no need to feel upset when with him. He would be both her support and guardian. The young shinobi never had feelings like these before. This new love spurred him passionately. A tidal wave of pleasantries that Raikenshi was ready to ride.

[Lannigans]

Lan nodded his head up and down as he watched the two lovers, a throatie chuckle spored from deep inside his vocal cords. His chuckle sprouting a husky cough, his deep sea eyes gazed over the couple, he caught words of this mysterious kurenai, she sounded like quite a hard person to track down. She could be anywhere right now he guessed, but he knew nothing of this girl. Maybe they had ways of reaching her. But before, pride spoke of human summoning, could they summon her? Lan knew not.

"Its ok M. Thanks though. I have an idea about leaving Kurenai a calling card of sorts... Next time she comes into town, she'll find instructions to find us. If it works out. Any way, I am glad your here. I missed you Myriam."

Lan would turn away from the couple as pride began to rub her arm to look at a cloud contrasting against the sky, the pale white cloud drifted through the sky the taint on his arm burned.

_{"I wonder what it would be like to sail through the sky"}

He whispered this to himself as he stared onwards and upwards at the cloudy white sky. A wave of reality hit Lan as he thought of a cool sea breeze wrapping through his hair. He would close his eyes and turn back to the couple hoping they had stopped their small loving section.

[Captain M]

''Alright...''

Myriam declared as she crossed her arms beneath her breast and shifted her weight upon one of her legs, her hips softly protruding to the right. Her lower lip would slightly pass her upper one as she blew air onto her forehead, gently lifting her ginger locks from out of her eyes. The medic was somewhat bored at the situation, it seemed as if the quest both Raikenshi and his teammate Greed had undertaken could not be achieved by any normal means. They could not simply search for Kurenai, she could be in any country by now, that was just how she functionned. The Nade would probaby get into trouble would she even attempt something close to what Kurenai did regularly. Not only would the Tsuchikage most likely send shinobi after her, but her family would die of worry, and she would never do that to them after all that they had been through in the last year.

''Well... What now then?'' She asked, unsure if she had done well in appearing and offering her aid. It was just her luck that she had fallen in love with a man that as not part of her village, a man that she could never see for more than a few hours at a time. They had never met each other's parents, had never been intimate. Myriam surprised herself when she thought about who Raikenshi was, surprised at how little she knew of him. She shrugged once more. Just my luck... She needed to take charge, make sure that every moment she spent with him would be unforgettable as they would be rare from now on.

Lan had turned himself and looked into the sky, staring at the clouds, it was her chance. With a few graceful steps, Myriam closed the distance between herself and her lover, her arms sliding upon his shoulders and settling around his neck as she placed her lips against him in a brief kiss before looking into his eyes.

''What are your plans? Except for a new haircut that is... God knows you need one. Your hair is as long as mine, Rairai.'' She would whisper with a grin, wondering what her boyfriend truly had in mind.

[Raikou!]

''Alright...''

''Well... What now then?"

Raikenshi's plan was to hit a near by store and purchase a somewhat cheap scroll. On this scroll he would include instructions for the human summoning jutsu and the means to summon both Pride and Greed. If Kurenai didn't already know the human summoning justu she would surely learn it in no time. Then she would be able to summon Raikenshi and Lan whenever she was ready. The trick was that the scroll would be buried underground, where only her powerful Hyuuga eyes can see. Next time she would come to the city to find Raikenshi, she would find the scroll instead. A special mark would be needed to catch her eye, but that would be thought of later.

Taking a slight breath before spilling out his answer to Myriam's question, he noticed her moving in. Then before he knew it, the angel in front of him stole a precious small kiss. For a moment Raikenshi was in heaven. As if this angel had lifted him into the sky and brought him to paradise. Her lips were both soft and warm. And in their close proximity, Raikenshi could smell her enticing perfume. It was his first kiss since he started this ninja business. The first kiss since he began to lead this war torn existence. A slight second of nirvana that passed as quick as it came.

Pulling away still looking into his eyes, she would whisper smiling; ''What are your plans? Except for a new haircut that is... God knows you need one. Your hair is as long as mine, Rairai."

Caught off guard, Raikenshi would stumble out an answer;"My plans? Oh my plans. Yeah, well I need to hit a near by store to pick up a small scroll. Then after writing Kurenai a special sort of message onto it, we'll bury it and mark it so only her Hyuuga eyes can find it. After wards she will be able to summon both me and Lan. And in the mean time, we are free to do what ever. Including hair cuts haha."

It bothered him that he had no real idea what their next move should be. Raikenshi knew that they had to gather the Sins. But it seemed like such a difficult job. He could only hope that Kurenai would know where to move next.

[Lannigans]

"...._{store to} pick up a small scroll. Then after writing Kurenai a special sort of message onto it, we'll bury it and mark it so only her Hyuuga eyes can find it. After wards she will be able to summon both me and Lan. And in the mean time, we are free to do what ever. Including hair cuts haha."

Lan looked back to the couple to hear the ninja called pride begin talking about the plans that he was going to tell him before. He took a bite from his apple, slowly softening in the tainted fresh air of the world, the juices from the apple carressed his tastebuds, the bite a welcoming embrace to Lan, but Lan did not to stop and think about how the apple would feel towards taking a bite of, and neither did he think to ask the apple on how it enjoyed being bitten by Lan.

Greed took a few more bites of the apple before screwing it up the his fist, the juices of the apple would most likely make his hand sticky later on, but then Lan dropped te dore discreetly, the apple was not as tasty and practical as an orange but it sure was tasty. He turned towards the two, now feeling a mile away from them and spoke up at last about the Kurenai and putting forward his sense to the plan.

"This Kurenai, be he recognising one of those village symbols?"

Lan asked the ninjas pointing towards the village symbols that the ninjas ordoned as identities. Adressing as much Mryiam Nade as Pride.

[Captain M]

''Well.''

Myriam said as she gave some thought to what Raikenshi had said. For a brief moment she wondered about Kumogakure, did the village know about what he was doing, or were they like Iwagakure, letting Kurenai do whatever she wanted without saying anthing. Hopefully it was the latter, the medic did not want Raikenshi to get in trouble for Kurenai's plans to rid the world of sin, an impossible sin to do, but one that she was welcome to try. The kunoichi wondered even more where her former sensei had gone too, was she in battle, was she in trouble? She doubted it, Kurenai had this luck, she could get in as many fights as she could yet she always won in the end. The medic remembered when the village had been attacked by giant peacocks, her sensei had taken out the Summoner single handedly.

''Kurenai is bound to return to Iwagakure. We could all go wait for her there. My parents love having guests over, Lan can stay in one of our guest rooms. My cousin, Shinso, works at the gates, I'll tell him to come to me when Kurenai enters the village.'' The medic explained with her usual calm voice. Making up strategies was something Myriam enjoyed, of course this particular plan did not deal with battle, yet hopefully it would work more efficiently than what the other two had planned. What were the odds that Kurenai would come in range and then use her Byakugan, even then would she notice the buried message?

''In Iwagakure we can use my home as a base of operations. From there we can go out and do whatever is needed, if you need to train or buy weapons and items for what is to come next, you will all be free to do so. Yet you will all be under my protection, you will be allowed to socialise with others but if you cause any trouble, the fault will fall on me.'' She explained further.

Soon she would break away from Raikenshi and slowly walk away from the two others and towards Iwagakure, she would turn one last time towards both of them.

''So, what say you?''

[Raikou!]

-Guilty Indecision

"Well damn. That sounds ten times better then anything I had in mind."

Using Iwa as a home base for the time being had numerous advantages. Not only would contacting Kurenai be obviously much easier, it would also prove tremendously more safe. While Raikenshi was in no way afraid of travel, he did find attacks annoying. The state of the ninja world is in such shambles, that one can hardly walk out in the open with out being targeted by enemy Shinobi. It was a sad state of affairs, but very true none the less.

"But to be honest, I'd hate to impose. I mean... the last time I was in Iwa. Things didn't go... Well you know. Sorry, again."

The tall young man would stare somberly into Myriam's eyes. It was true that he wanted to go with Myriam to Stone. But he still felt so guilty about what had happened to her family specifically because of his behavior. His foolish sense of pride cost her so much. And yet, she stood in front of him still reaching out. If Raikenshi truly was a devil, she was his angel. Perhaps a guardian angel, to help pull him from his hellish roots.

"I don't want be rude either. And I'd love to spend more time with you M." Turning to Greed slightly, Raikenshi would ask; "What do you think Lan?"