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Rei had stood outside for a couple of hours, thinking Nayami would have come back or something when Hageshii dragged her inside. Then again, she'd been very drunk, so it was likely she passed out before she could think to do such a thing. He had gone home to rest for the night and came back in the morning to make sure that Nayami was still all right. He struck the door to her house roughly several times.

"Arashikage-sama? Are you ther?" He called, hoping he wasn't bothering the woman. He never actually learned from anybody what it would be like for her after drinking, he just hoped she'd be okay for the most part.

Nayami watched Hageshii carefully, her eyes never leaving his from the moment she awoke, her darkened gaze burning deeply into the thin slits carved into his mask. She remembered something had happened between the both of them last night, just by his simple appearance it felt as though he had slapped her across the cheek, all of her emotions, all of her feelings hurled right back into her face. The Kage soon clenched her teeth as she felt the low seething anger boil within her blood, her jaw slightly grinding as she kept her lips perfectly closed.

As the loud rapping of Rei’s knuckles against the hallow wood of the door filled the air, Nayami gently tilted up her head, her eyelids coming down for a brief second as she seemed to be taking in the loud noise of his disturbance.

She didn’t even have to signal Hageshii, nor give him some sort of gesture; frankly, he just left on his own free will wanting to do what’s best for his Kage.

As a twisted smirk tugged violently at Nayami’s lips she slowly sat up from her bed, her bare feet soon coming in contact with the smooth polished floorboards. Rolling her skin across the floor her bright orbs watched Hageshii, lifting slightly as she paid close attention to his leave.

“He’s so obedient.” Nayami seemed to hiss as she kept her head down, her long raven hair falling down messily upon her pale face. Most of the thin strands seemed to be tangled and held together in very fine knots, she hadn’t taken the time to tidy herself up since last night, her appearance rather rugged as she continued to sit on the edge of her bed, her long legs dangling over the side of the mattress as she slide her bare feet along the ground.

Hageshii watched him with nothing but an intense gaze benith his black snake-like mask, his jade eyes slitted dangerously benith. He watched the defiant boy, like a beaten dog he returned to beg at his owner's feet, a sickening sight to see the boy was nothing without the Kage. Not even with the monster he now had within him, no he was still nothing, he was beggining to become a expendable asset that Hageshii wished to...Expend...

"Rei...I will say this once and only once...You will leave, I am no longer considering your safety, you will leave, as ordered by a ranking Anbu...You will leave, and if you attempt to gain entry I will see to it personally you are punished to the fullest...Do you understand me Jounin Rei?"

His voice become the most poisenous venom, cold as dry ice, so cold that his voice seemed to burn a terrible thing iched behind his eyes as his dead emotion flared. He was borederlining a bad place, and if they where not careful something bad would come out, and there would be no running, hiding, or reasoning. There would be no second chances, there would be no more warnings, there would only be him and them, and with the ability he possesed he would indeed inflict damage upon them. So with that final warning Hageshii closed the door, re-enforcing the anti-entry seals, this was the Kage's home no shinobi could just walk in without someone knowing. So Hageshii returned to his Kage, silently, and annoyed by the appearance of the boy he was another problem, he seemed far to fond of his Kage.

"Arashikage-sama...Why do you keep that boy? He is becoming a nuisance...His worry for you is unfounded...And his arrogence that he hides is also annoying...I don't even have to be a mind reader to know he would like nothing more then to burry me..."

Chouhan looked around as he headed toward Nayami's place. He had a jug of sake that said he'd get the Kage's tongue pretty loose today...among other things. Hopefully, that tight a** Hageshii wasn't around to try and stop him from doing it.

"Hmm...I saw Nayami-sama at the bar last night...maybe she's cleaning up...or asleep...and...naked." He mused to himself, a slight nosebleed coming on from the thought of walking in on a nude Nayami. He wouldn't mind a meeting like that at all. Unless, she was going to try and hurt him for it of course. Maybe he shouldn't be so excited about it.

He noticed Rei glaring at the door of Nayami's office and shook his head. So much for avoiding Hageshii and his lack of being amusing. "Well...he's probably got somethin on the place if this kid's just glaring...I'm sure he'd have gone in to talk to Nayami herself instead of wait. To Plan B..." He mumbled, corking the jug and dropping it into a pack around his shoulder for just such an occassion.

"Hmm...sneaky spot, sneaky spot...Where'd I find that sneaky spot...?" He asked himself, looking around the building. He couldn't remember where the hole or window or whatever he cralwed through to sneak inside was. Then again, he probably just didn't have one and thought it existed. "Maybe I'll make it myself..." He grumbled, having gone around one side, into the back and to the other with no success of finding what looked remotely like a hole. He shrugged and jumped up to Nayami's balcony, twirling his naginata in one hand and rapping it a few times against the door.

Nodding to both Leina’s words and Ishu’s, I let the youth usher me around again, my muscles crying for me to give them a break. Ignoring them, I pass by the sleeping guards, pausing a moment to listen to their steady breathing. Looking at Leina, as if to ask if this is the normality of the village, I sigh and move on, keeping a steady balance of putting more weight on my staffed weapon then Ishu’s thin shoulder.

“I shall try and keep Yitnoru on his best behavior, Leina.” My words, a soft whisper to avoid waking the sleeping guard, I keep after Ishu steadily, walking toward the house of Nayami-sama.

“It’s okay, Ishu. Maybe with the Kage’s help, you can discover where you are from. I just hope your parents are worrying about you…but until then, I shall keep you safe.” Amazed by the poetic verses of his wording, a slight hint of something deeper rests within my mind about Ishu, making me smile a bit more.

I think the kid is nuts. Want me to take him out?

GET OUT OF MY HEAD ALREADY! He is a child. A child is innocent with no crimes besides those simple, as they do not know right from wrong yet. Stop judging him already, Yitnoru.

Ruin my fun, why don’t you…

Chouhan crouched on the wall of the large bathroom, watching Nayami as she came back in and basically cut off all entry to the room to those who valued their lives. Hm, maybe he should look into investing in some of that. Maybe he'd be less likely to do something like this and risking life and limb just to have a good time with the Arashikage. Then again, it was Nayami, it was definitely worth the life and limb.

Heh, Chouhan, you're a genius. Though, I didn't notice that branch, Ametsuchi-sama am I lucky it distracted her. He thought, taking a swig from the jug. He had broken down his naginata into the three pieces of the staff and the blade so that he could move around more easily. All four parts were stored in his jacket where he always kept them when he wasn't using it or needed to put it away.

The shinobi's eyes bugged as he watched Nayami's kimono slip away and gave him a full view of her back side and a faint peek at her front when he glanced at the mirror. He wrapped one arm around his nose to keep the blood he knew was there from dripping onto the floor and alerting the Arashikage to her company. She was going to be bathing, maybe he could pour some sake onto her if she took a shower. Would she think I got into her water line or figure out I'm here if I did that...? I think I'm capable of the first one...

Everything around Nayami seemed to be one big blur as she remained focused on her reflection. Ever since the death of Arashi she hadn’t been herself, her emotions clouding her mind as they prevented her from thinking straight. It was a huge disadvantage to her, and she knew these feelings wouldn’t go away unless she ended the person’s life who caused all of this pain. Tilting her head slowly, her gaze gradually fell down to a scar along her hip. The discolored skin taking on a weird jagged effect as it looped over her delicate curves. Reaching out with a few of her fingers she ran them softly over her scar.
Nayami could feel her body flinch the moment her fingers grazed against her tainted flesh.

“I…how could…I let him…” The Kage spoke quietly as she continued to eye the jagged scar.

Shaking her head slowly she tried to break her thoughts. “Hageshii is right, my emotions right now are weighing me down, I can’t afford to do this.”

Running her hands down the length of the mirror her touch seemed to streak the bright glass before she pulled herself away, her feet now carrying her in the direction of her shower.

Pulling open the dark blue curtain, Nayami slowly stepped into her large shower, her feet greeting the smoothness of the tiles as she stood in the center. The Kage seemed to be lost in thought as she didn’t even notice the presence of one of her own shinobi.
Drawing the curtain close another soft sigh escaped through her lips as she reached for the shower tap, the warm water soon gushing down onto her body as she turned it on.

“So…many memories…”

Hearing the spark of Ishu’s voice, I look at him confused at first until he thrusts his wrist at me. My fingers lightly touching his thin arm, traces the mark along his wrist before my eyes roll back into my head to look at Yitnoru. My eyes, locking with him as if in a stare down, I try to look into his memory as well.

I don’t recognize the mark off bat. Do you, Yitnoru? Your eyes are more keen then mine and your blood holds the memory of your kind.

My eyes rolling the opposite way, Yitnoru’s red eyes shine brightly in the sun. Gripping Ishu’s wrist tightly, I look closer at the markings, feeling the imprints and searching for traces of ink residue. My eyes rolling back to pure white as Yitnoru’s eyes meet mine once more, he glares coldly.

No ink or marking I’ve seen. It seems almost natural, but the shimmer speaks otherwise. Someone who knew what they were doing had to have made it. Someone with quiet a lot of power…

My eyes slowly turning back to their maroon color, I knee slowly, trying not to wince as I stare into Ishu’s emerald eyes. Touching his cheek lightly, I try to find the words to not break his heart, wanting so badly to just hold him and lie.

“Yitnoru said it’s not natural…mine are. Mine were made when Yitnoru joined with me…they are his markings. Yours appeared…made. Made by someone who knows what they were doing.” Relaxing my grip on his wrist, I lay it out flat and trace it with my fingers again, looking at Ishu sadly.

“We have never seen something such as this marking Ishu…I’m sorry. Yitnoru thinks someone had to have a power when making it, due to shimmer…but that is all we can gather. The ink is foreign to us…” Looking down sadly, I feel as if I failed my young companion, hurting inside even more, but this time, due to sadness.


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