The Long Walk Home [TRAV|NDE]

[Deleted]

[Enter]

[/i] it said, but I had shaken my head a couple of times already to force the thoughts away. Yes, there were likely very few shinobi out there alike to me; this fact I had already faced countless times. It was just the reminders of this fact that got to me.

I had surmounted the hill where we met up - no-one else was present - and began to walk the opposite direction that I had come previously. I was a little sad Ryuuchou wasn't present, or Rosalie - they were about the only people I knew I could trust - but I would just have to deal. Whether the two Taki shinobi from the village's east would follow me or take their own paths remained to be seen.[/ul][/justify]

[kakuro]

[Enter}
Kakuro followed the guy with the shield and realized that the trail that the amalgam of Taki and Ame shinobi had used to arrive in the Land of Bird was the one they were using. As he looked up Kakuro could see the person he was following.

[Kanae]

[Enter]

Kanae followed Kakuro and the other Takigakure ninja as they made back to the Takigakure. Kanae thought she recognized a hill from when they entered the Land of Bird, but she wasn't sure. No one had said anything since they had decided to leave the gangsters behind. The Takigakure ninja still seemed upset about the incident and Kakuro just wasn't a very talkative person. Kanae didn't mind the silence though. As she walked she kept an eye out for any interesting ideas she could incorporate into her art.

[Deleted]

[/b] I'd ask after I'd returned my head to its forward position, and on I walked, regardless of their answer, or who I answered. The border of the Land of Bird wasn't far.[/justify][/ul]

[kakuro]

"Yah, I decided to follow along," Kakuro said. Kakuro was glad that the mission was finally over. He sighed as he walked. He wanted to get to the village so he could rest. He really didn't want to do anything. Kakuro decided that he wanted to get stronger. After he rested back at the village he was going to start training. He looked behind him and realized Kanae was following. He realized that this mission went by smoothly. He was even injured so that was good. He quickly became lost in thought but still following the man with the shield.

[Kanae]

"Decided to tag along, did you?" the Takigakure ninja asked after a while. Kanae didn't detect any hostility in his tone. Kakuro answered first and then Kanae replied, "Yes I did." Kanae's tone was friendly - she was a charismatic person by nature. He didn't really seem to be in the mood for conversation though, so Kanae left it at that. Kanae increased her speed until she was walking beside Kakuro.

[Mist]

- moved to earth -

[Kanae]

As Kanae travelled through the Land of Earth with her companions, she was pleased to find that she still remembered several major landmarks. It had been over a year since she left her home in the Land of Earth to become a Takigakure shinobi. Seeing the familiar scenery made Kanae slightly homesick. She had been too busy to miss her family and friends when she was in Takigakure, but she had plenty of time to think as she walked. It would be nice to see everyone again and show them what she had accomplished. Maybe she'd come to visit them sometime soon. When it was time for her to unlock her handmouths, Kanae would need to come back to the Land of Earth.

Although Kanae missed her old life a little, she didn't regret coming to Takigakure. She had made several new friends and was much more independent. Kanae looked up and was surprised to see that Kakuro and the other Takigakure shinobi were fairly far in front of her. She must have slowed down while she was thinking. Smiling, Kanae jogged until she caught up with her companions.

[j]

Moving~

[Kanae]

After a lot of walking, Kanae, Kakuro and the other shinobi finally arrived in Takigakure. Kanae immediately headed towards the village gates.

[Exit]

[kakuro]

After some time Kakuro saw the gates if his village. He was glad he was finally there.
[Exit]