Onward to Orange Skies! [IO, Travel]

[N A T S U M I]

Moved.

[Natsy]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, bpx-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #ffffff; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #ffffff; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #ffffff; width: 450px; background: white;] Kireme seemed obliged to accompany me on my trip to Yukigakure. But I didn't understand why he would take his entire squad to a simple meeting. “You will need to bring one or two people with you. Not the whole squad?” I explain, glancing backward to Axcel who was now laying upon one of his wolves. But when Kireme mentioned that he would prefer to stay back in his village for a few days left me a little stuck. I had planned on traveling there once my villagers were safely in the village. I was unsure of how to reply. “Ah, actually, I am planning on leaving for Yukigakure once my Ninja are safely in the village.” I say, stopping because I recognized that the familiar moisture in the air indicated that I was now in my land. Taki no Kuni. For a moment I turn around and smile at the remaining Shinobi from my village who are present. “We are now home. You guys can go along ahead of me if you like, I just need to discuss something with Lord Amekage. Oh, and Ryuuchou-san and Axcel-san, if you make it to the tower before me, can you please stay behind for me? I want to talk to you two about something.” Shortly after saying that, my attention then went back to Kireme. It was his move now. Will the Amekage leave to head back to his village with his Shinobi? Or will he stay behind with me and accompany me to Yukigakure to form an alliance and strengthen the bond?

[Ryuuchou Meimu]

They had finally arrived back home in Taki no Kuni. The surroundings had never seemed so sweet to the medic, and as he took in the familiar air and feeling, he smiled a small smile. Though he still carried the prisoner samurai, all the tension in his body seemed to fade away. There was a certain sense of security that he felt within his own borders.

The Takikage told them that they were free, but when mentioning people she needed to speak with when they were back inside the village, Ryuuchou hear his name along with another ninja's. He turned to look at Rosalie with somewhat wide eyes and a slightly hanging jaw. He hadn't done anything wrong on the mission that he could think of, and he had been mostly quiet on the journey home. He'd even offered to heal everyone if they needed. 'What could this be about?' he thought. After a moment, he managed to close his mouth and nod once. He'd find out the reason soon enough.

Making sure to wave a brief goodbye to Emi, the medical ninja -- with the prisoner still hung over his shoulder -- separated from the pack and headed in the direction of the entrance to the village. He moved through some thick foliage and around some trees, not wanting to give the exact location of the entrance away. Though they were allies with Ame, alliances could easily be broken. They were essentially bonds of trust, and he knew how fragile trust could be.

[Exit]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background: url(http://i48.tinypic.com/fk03zb.png); width: 450px; height: 550px; border:3px solid #c33740;] Mizuki was lost in her line of thoughts that she barely herd the footsteps pick up behind her. But as she lifted her head and wiped the sweat from her eyes, she noticed that her Kage had spoken to her. "Huh? Oh I'm sorry, I must have zoned out and I didn't catch a word you said. But it doesn't really matter does it? I mean, we are nearly home, and if you mentioned home in there..." Mizuki's voice suddenly broke off and she lapse back into silence, but just for a second before a tear slid down her right cheek. Quickly she removed the water before someone noticed it , if they hadn't already, and looked up at her friend. "My lady. I'm planning to go on some traveling shortly, toward Snow in fact. I want to farther my possession of jutsus I have, and Ice release is one of them. But my problem is that I don't know how to create ice with no ice around so I want to go there personally and pick up some tricks. So with your permission, may I leave for my journey to the Snow? I don't very much want to go rogue, that is why I am asking you." A fake smile was printed upon her lips as she stared down at the lady. Her moods were low, but she would control them after a while, she always does. Mizuki was home now, or more so she was, but as everybody chose weather to leave or remain behind, she chose to remain behind and in fact stood right next to her Kage. Due to her zoning out though, she will most likely not hear a word between her Kage that this Kage in a strange country unless her name was called. Home was behind her, but she has yet to have the permission to leave the country without having the AnBu on her. So standing next to her Kage, she would look down, gazing at the ground, but only for a moment before her fist got into view. Dried blood lingered on her knuckles, and with that she hid them behind her back and waited for an order or anything for herself to do.

[Wolf of the Falls]

Axel looked up at Rose as she said his name as she Ryuu and himself to wait for her at the tower if we went back before her. He thought it over then shook his head declining as he got up and stretched the dried blood on him cracking and falling to the ground as the soot seemed to seep into his hair darkening it to a more bloody color. "Nah I'll escort you back myself."

As he made his declaration the buxom crimson haired girl went to Rose's side and she seemed displaced compared to normal and his sharp eyes scanned her while his nose tried to catch anything that may have been out of place. She expressed an interest in going to Yuki no Kuni as well to further her knowledge of ice since she couldnt create ice from nothing. within an instant Axel quickly made some seals and the temperature dropped as the ground froze over and a few perfect mirrors of ice grew out from the frosted terra, one directly behind Rose, Mizuki and he, himself.

"Well if it's ice you're looking for I might be able to help out."

[★ SOSA BABY ★]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width: 477px; background-color:#333333; cell-padding-top:3;,true] Headed Back home! travel ahead... [OOC - sucky post, FINALS ARE HERE!!!!! FML!.] I would continue to silently follow aside our leader. I could see the differences of the countries as we moved along. I already knew what to expect because of the travel here, it was the same going back. We seemed to move at a steady pace, which meant it would not take long for us to reach other destination. Everyone else had began to conversate, I did not pay any attention as I continued. [ ENTER]

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I would continue to follow the Takikage as we journeyed back to the village

[Exit]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background: url(http://i48.tinypic.com/fk03zb.png); width: 450px; height: 550px; border:3px solid #c33740;] Adaptable Body technique was right for its own title for Mizuki hardly felt the temperature change. But what she did notice was that when the temperature went lower than usual for the home village temperature, her head did rise in suspicion before she turned around and spot a ice mirror form from a jutsu she didn't even know of. With the tilt of her head, she studied the mirror before drawing a blank. How did that form? She looked at the male who spoke up with a look of surprise. He can help me? But how? She thought silently to herself with her bruised knuckles placed within her mouth. Sucking on her fist she studied the ice formation with interest.

[The Irredeemable ZaG]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,bTable][atrb=style,background:url(http://i49.tinypic.com/316n90y.png); width:498px;] Kireme shrugged as the Takikage said he wouldn't require the guardianship of so many shinobi 'It can be considered as their first tryout, or something.' He'd reply simply. It also seemed as though a pair of her ninja would be accompanying her on the mission as well, Kireme observed that one of them was the red-head whom had single handedly demolished the city hall. The other was a bit of a show off, displaying a ninjutsu spell before his leader whilst he offered to come along with Rosalie. The Space Ninja would give a weary glance towards his guards, hoping to advise them on noting this too. He'd then overhear the Takikage mention that she had something she wanted to discuss with him. Kireme understood the concept of the water-belt alliance (or at least how it stood until the Undead Ninja known as Skeleton somewhat damaged it), so he was curious as to what further business she could have in mind. The remaining Taki-nin would begin filing away from the group and head off towards their hidden village, Kireme tried to politely avoid watching which direction they headed, not intenting to seem as though he were trying to discern the location of Takigakure before he was invited. Once they were all gone the Space Ninja would offer to begin moving once more along the path. 'So, Takikage, if i could ask, what exactly was it that you wished to discuss?'

[Natsy]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, bpx-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #ffffff; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #ffffff; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #ffffff; width: 450px; background: white;] Well it seemed as if Ryuuchou had left along with Marcellus. But I couldn't help but to smile at the worried look on Ryuuchou's face as he left the scene. Once he finds out what the discussion is about, that worried look will change, and for the better. However, was it temptation or simply curiosity about the way Kireme tried not to look in the direction of my departing Ninja? The two Shinobi did attempt to mask the actual direction to the gates of Takigakure, but I wasn't entirely sure what type of Ninja Kireme was. Plus I trusted him enough to not betray me. But before I began to speak, the woman responsible for trashing the town's hall for our mission, appeared at my side. Her request was a bit of a surprise for me as I too, was heading in that direction. Mizuki's purpose for going to Yukigakure was not to accompany me, but to further her knowledge in Ninjutsu. I, of course, had no problem with her leaving and smiled upon answering her. “Of course! Why won't you come hiking with me? I am actually going to head there after the discussion with Lord Amekage is over.” I explain and shivered slightly when Axcel said that he would stay and escort me to the village afterward. But I had not noticed that Mizuki's attention was drawn away to another matter. Kireme's attention soon shifted from his Shinobi back to me. The discussion was after all, the trip to Yukigakure. “Well I do understand that you'd prefer to head back to your village, but as soon as we depart I will be preparing to head off to Yuki no Kuni once my Ninja are all settled. I am only taking two of my Ninja with me for security purposes, but only one will be doing the actual looking – after – me job.” I pause “So if you are in need of wanting to make an alliance with the Yukikage then you are welcome to tag along if you like.” I explain with a smile. Meanwhile at the thought of Axcel staying instead of heading back with Ryuuchou and the others; while waiting for Kireme to think about what I've said I quickly turn to signal Axcel over. If the Inzuka approached me, I'd smile and say: “Would you like to come along to Yukigakure with me? I was going to take Nori-san but he hasn't returned yet and is probably finishing his section of the mission still, but I am a little bit behind schedule. I hope you don't mind taking up your spare time to come along with me.” I say evenly, my tone clearly stated the concern I had for my team members along with Nori. But managing to hide that was a mission in itself.

[Wolf of the Falls]

Axel smiled lightly watching the crimson-ette analyze his bloodline's most famous technique. The Demon Ice Mirrors allowing the user to cut off foes and trap them within while being able to move between them at near light speed. He simply flexed his hand manipulating his chakra to gather the hydrogen and oxygen in the air into water before instantly cooling it into a rose of ice that wouldn't melt against skin, and handed it to the red-head. "This is the Demon Ice Mirrors of The Kaishin bloodline, my bloodline."

His ears twitched as he heard Rose and went to her as she called asking him if he would acompany her and another shinobi to The Land of Snow. The request sparked memories of his friend he had made up their before the exams, the paper user who crushed a man's hands for attempted theft, Ace. After a few seconds of daydreaming he nodded to his leader. "Yeah sure that's fine I made a friend up north last time I was there.

[Marzbar]

Akira and his fellow shinobi were finally on their way back home. It had been a crazy mission but thankfully no one was too badly injured. Akira and the Amekage were standing side by side and Akira was still amazed by his actions that he got to witness first hand.

'How'd you like to be part of my bodyguard?' The words ringed in Akira’s soot stained head. Well that may have been the actually ringing he still had in his ears but Akira was in even more shock by what he thought he heard. “Is-is he really offering Me a bodyguard job?”

Akira couldn’t believe the person that he had begun admiring in this mission because of his leadership not to mention the leader of his own village was offering him such an important position. It would take a strong shinobi to watch after an already strong shinobi. That’s when the little hints of doubt started setting in. Akira thought back to how he acted during the mission and his actions.

Akira swung his head down as he continued walking. Akira understood the importance of being the Kages personal bodyguard which is the exact reason he was unsure about taking it. “I don’t know Kireme, I mean it’s such an important task. Do you really think I have it in me?

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background: url(http://i48.tinypic.com/fk03zb.png); width: 450px; height: 550px; border:3px solid #c33740;] The girls words echoed within her mind. And as soon as she herd the word ' hiking with me ' come from her Kages lips she frowned for a moment before smiling a little as she could in such an emotional state. Gladly to her surprise, nobody noticed the tear that exited from her eyes and if they did, they sure kept to them shelves and with that Mizuki was most grateful. To be traveling with the lady herself to the Snow would prove to create a stronger bond between herself and the young woman, and Mizuki couldn't help but to smile at such terms of friendship that would be forming in the near future. As for her ice problem, Mizuki has never backed down before, and would mostly likely master it, if not give it a go. Later she would study this young male with the nice long hair of red but for the time being, she was more interested in this Ice mirror. But when the male made a movement with his hand, and once again the temperature and ice formation leaped into creation, she was soon handed a rose which she took with shaking hands. To her surprise the ice rose didn't break against her rather warm hands, but seemed firm. With interest she brought the item closely to her face and stared at it intently before she smiled at the male and spoke rather calmly since returning to the Border of Taki. "Demon ice Mirrors of the Kaishin bloodline. What can you do with this Ice mirror? It has claimed my interest and with a bloodline, I am sadly aware that I cant even learn it. But can you show me something more with this ice jutsu of yours? Please?" With the rose she held it close to herself as though she was afraid to lose it or worst, break it. And with her strength, there was a high chance she could...

[The Irredeemable ZaG]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,bTable][atrb=style,background:url(http://i49.tinypic.com/316n90y.png); width:498px;] Kireme nodded as Akira humbly asked if he was truly up to the task of being a bodyguard 'Sure, i reckon you'll be fine.' he say in reply 'If you're not confident you could do it though i'm sure we could always try and set up a test for you both.' With most of her ninja returning to their village the Takikage began explaining what it was that was on her mind. It seemed that she had no intention on delaying her trip to Yukikage and would be heading off immediately. The Space Ninja raised a thickly gloved hand and rubbed his copper hair 'I think we'll just have to catch up with you there later on, i've got a niggling feeling that there's a ton of work that's already built up back in Ame that i'll need to sort out, so i won't be able to make the journey for a while. Just put in a good work for me while you're there and let them know that me and my ninja will be arriving shortly.'

[Natsy]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, bpx-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #ffffff; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #ffffff; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #ffffff; width: 450px; background: white;] Axcel accepted my request after pondering on it for a few minutes. He seemed anxious for some reason which made me wonder what it was, but I nod slightly and turns from him before my attention was then brought to Mizuki as she spoke to Axcel regarding a ice technique. Kireme was not going to accompany me on this round and had said that he would visit at a later date. He also suggested that I vouch for him upon my arrival. “Pity, it would have been real swell to bond with you a little more. But I guess another time in the future.” I say softly while showing my most polite yet formal smile. It was always nice to smile and be polite when addressing others. And I liked Kireme, even with his unusual behavior and the absurd space suit that he wore. I actually wouldn't mind seeing what he looked like without the suit, but in a style of clothing that didn't hide most of his looks. “But on behalf of the Shinobi of Takigakure, I would like to personally thank you for allowing us to come along. I surely hope that is won't be the last time.” My hand is then outstretched for an attempted shake. If Kireme accepted my handshake, I would bow to him before attempting to make my leave along with Mizuki and Axcel.

[Attempted Exit]

[/b] Sorry for the lame post, Zag. I'm not good with goodbyes..
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[Wolf of the Falls]

Axel smiled and nodded to her leaning back against the mirror he had created behind him and with a subtle ripple, he slipped into it. each of the mirrors would beget his reflection as an exact copy in each never betraying his true location or giving away his movement as he moved to the mirror behind Mizuki and slipped out of it hugging her playfully from behind. Though in the case she may be startled and dropped the rose the frozen infrastructure of the floral creation would land just like any other stone. "How's that?"

[The Irredeemable ZaG]

((OOC: No worries ^^))

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,bTable][atrb=style,background:url(http://i49.tinypic.com/316n90y.png); width:498px;] Kireme grinned diplomatically as the Takikage stated that she would have appreciated being able to travel with the rain ninja and looked forward to further adventures in the future 'Let's hope that it won't be too long until then,' he'd say. It did seem a little odd to the Space Ninja that, unlike himself, the Takikage did not seem quite anxious to return home. Kireme figured it may simply be the difference in climate, after being so used to the rains of his city he did feel strangly naked without it. Rosalie would extend her hand and express her gratitude that the Space Ninja and his men could join them on this mission 'It was our pleasure, and if you ever need any assistance i garuntee you that the hidden Rain village will always be willing to aid you and your shinobi once more.' Kireme would extend his thickly gloved hand and took the kunoichis palm in a hand shake. He would nod in reply to the young ladies bow as she and her ninja made their exits. Once the Taki-nin were gone Kireme would turn around to his men 'Well, from here on it's straight on to Amegakure, lets go!' and he'd commence leading his ninja down southwards back to their home city in the rain.

Move to Grass (After all Waterfall ninja have left.)

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background: url(http://i48.tinypic.com/fk03zb.png); width: 450px; height: 550px; border:3px solid #c33740;] Staring down at the rose the male had made, Mizuki was smiling down deep inside. She liked the details, and how the coolness felt on her fingertips and that the creation had not even started to melt yet. But as she looked up to ask him some more questions, she was startled to see that he was leaning back slightly to far and by doing so, she stepped forward in hopes to grab him before he fell, but she was too late and ended up touching the Ice mirror which was cold and solid at touch. Her eyebrows went up in confusement, and as she patted the glass mirror, she forgot totally about the rose she held within her left hand. What confused her was that she saw him glide into the mirror as though the mirror was a portal to another world. But then see saw him in every other mirror and slowly but surely a smile began to form. "I like this..." But once again she was confused, interested but confused. Where was he? Are these shadow clones? I don't think so for he is not a Chunnin but still. How does he do it? Is it that bloodline of his? Suddenly she felt a ripple at her skin, and as she looked down, a pare of arms shot out from behind her and wrapped around her waist. Mizuki gasp before tearing around quickly with her fist up and ready. But looking at her captor, she managed to hold back her punch and stared at the male with the lovely red hair. Enthralled, she looked at him, feeling him hard before turning and looking at the other mirrors. As she tared her gaze back to the male, she spoke. "Time travel?" Surely it wasn't, but he was fast, and fast, intrigue her more. "Walk with me, uh ... Ax-el?" Mizuki asked, seeing that the Kages talk was finally ending. She placed her arm within him without giving him much time to react, and began to leave. Mizuki took off with the formation of Ice Mirrors on her mind and with the rose broken on the ground...

Attempted leave with Axel

[Wolf of the Falls]

His sharp eyes analyzed her equally sharp movements and as she reared back to punch him out, his hand moved fast to intercept the blow while his claws would be angled out so he wouldn't hurt her. However she held the blow as she saw him which surprised him a little as she dropped the rose and it shattered into diamond dust as it broke.

she seemed interested and he stepped out of the mirror and a smile played across his face as she voiced her theory of time travel. As far as Axel knew that in itself was still impossible in the shinobi world the dwelled within. She then did something that surprised him and looped her arm through his and proceeded to lead him out of the area and he made a silent signal to his wolves as they moved to Rose to escort her.

[exit with Mizuki]

[kuragari]

A dragon swoops down and eats your brains!!

No? alright then, moved from waterfall to grass