To The Moon! (Travel)

[kininata]

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It wasn't too long before the sight of Enrai was no longer on the horizon, and all that was keeping him company was the cold air, the snow, and his own thoughts. He had prepared for the exam for some time, finding flaws in his styles and techniques, finding ways of countering them so that he could be prepared for any mistakes as best as he could. he had the additional resources that Marii had given to him as a gift, and he still had his greatest asset - his mind. All that was left to do now was arrive, register, and wait for the first tests. The snow crunched underfoot as he moved down the road towards the coastline where the harbour and his ship would be waiting for him. A few hours, he would be out on the open sea on his way for the long haul around the continent to reach the island where the exam would begin.

The sky darkened, the air taking a turn for the colder, and his coat became the only thing keeping his body from freezing in the air - he thought that the winters of Yuki no Kuni were bad, but this was almost as vicious and merciless as the weather from there as well. 'I guess everywhere can have bad weather then.' He mumbled under his breath, breathing into his coat to keep the warm air as close to him as possible. Fortunately, he could see the harbour town before his eyes, and he rushed across to there as fast as his cold-bitten body would take him.

Within a short while, he was on the boat, his belongings packed into a footlocker, and himself wrapped into three layers of blanket to bring warmth back through his body. The boat left the harbour, heading southwards around the coastline, and within time he would be relaxing on the ocean as it drew closer towards the Land of the Moon, the site of this years Chuunin Exam.

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[kininata]

He had finally finished the letter to Marii, explaining what had happened to her student and cousin, and leaned back against the chair he sat in. He had never liked this kind of thing from when he had been Amekage, but he supposed that every one had to write these things at some point in their lives. With the task done, he paid a sum to the delivery service here to have it sent to Marii's home, then started off towards the docks in order to catch his boat back up to Enrai. The weather had improved a little while he had been "entertained" by the examiners, but he would be glad to leave these shores and return back to his family... no, to his estate, and to resume his training, his studies, and his plans for the future.

An hour after he let the message be sent on its way, he arrived at the docks and boarded the ship, placing his belongings - which included what he took from the poor boy's pouch for the exam - in his quarters then went straight back up to the deck to breath in the fresh sea air as the ship pulled out of dock and set course to sail. In another day, the boat would reach the coastline and start heading up river to Enrai, and from there he could walk the rest of the way to Amegakure no Sato, hopefully able to claim his rank of Chuunin.

The boat journey was long, boring, and definately not all that interesting, but in that time he managed to relax, to ease himself, and to look ahead. 'At least things can't get any worse now...' he said, and instantly realised that saying such a thing was likely a curse upon himself and his immediate future. Well, bring it on. I've faced assassins, usurpers, traitors and killers. I can handle a little of what the world can throw at me. He thought confidently to himself, and in his own mind he thought that true - he had survived several nightmares in his life, all at a young age, and now he was finding similar encounters to be less terrifying, less dangerous, and less stimulating that the adrenaline-pumped fights he had been involved with in the past.

The boat pulled in at the docks the next morning, and Kininata was first on deck with his belongings on his back, a smile on his face, and the familiar smell of moist air filling his lungs. 'It's good to be home.' He said as he leaped off the ship to the ground, and started a long walk through the city of Enrai to head towards his home village.

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