Naruto D20, Team 3

[King_of_GRiffins]

The Chief smirks at Hara, "I don't suppose since you wore those headbands coming inside, you encountered any difficulties on your way here because of them? No little girl, there shouldn't be any problem with were you've come from. People will recognize you as ninja, and anything after that would be a lucky guess."

"As for our Stone Ninja, do not worry about them. They have their own similar tasks with us to worry about, and should stay out of your way while you're here. Now, if you'll wait a moment for me, I'll go fetch a few copies of our suspects photographs and descriptions."

It takes only a few minutes for the Yamada to return with a thin folder which he passes to Daichi, who in turn passes it over to the three of you for a look after he takes a quick glance. There are no more than four suspects in the folder, two of which have check marks next to their photographs. Ignoring those two, the remaining suspects do not seem very interesting; One a short, brown haired man named Miamoto Ren with strong ties to local gangs, who is noted as being 'too stupid for anything more than petty theft, and too weak to carry out harm to others without the greatest luck.' The second, a tall, thin, dark haired man with a clear sunburn at the time of the photograph named Koga Nobu, but called Noburun among his associates. He is marked as ' Completely lazy, and having no ambitions what-so-ever. He posses only slightly more intelligence than the average thug in that he is actually capable of stealing what he needs to get by, and then stops at only that.'

Behind the profiles lies the descriptions of the thieves, though they are not too helpful. All of them were dressed in black, had their faces concealed, and said little if nothing. The first two were average to tall in height, and thin in build, while the third was short, but also thin. It is mentioned that the short one, when tripping while running away, had the vocal qualities of a 'small house dog that had been fed nothing but sugar for the past month'.

"You can go ahead and keep that file," mentions the Chief, "and for now, if there are no more questions, you can wait here until we need your services."

[ZeroNumerous]

Jalin

Without a purpose, the young genin simply studied the rather poor descriptions of their targets.

[Malek]

Aoshi

- They say that waiting is the worst part... - Aoshi muttered under his breath, and took a quick peek at the files above Jalin's shoulder. Seeing that those won't be too usefull he rested his back against the wall and produced a book, seemingly out of nowhere.

[ZeroNumerous]

Jalin

Whenever Aoshi stands close, Jalin whispers to his teammate. "I still don't like those Stone Ninja. I don't know, something about them rubs me the wrong way.. And that director.. This place is all sorts of wrong. Why go as far as Kagegakure to secure ninja? Why two teams? Shouldn't Iwagakure suffice?"

[King_of_GRiffins]

Chief Yamada heads back into the hallway beyond the desk, leaving you with the files and what seems to be, after an hour of sitting the the small, near-silent lobby, a long and boring wait.

As you sit about, you notice the short, brown haired Earth ninja taking several repeated looks over at Aoshi before quickly looking back down at his shoes. His companions seem to notice as well, and whisper teasing remarks to him before the Earth-nin stands up and walks over to your group silently. He stands before you for a moment, continuing to look down, although more sheepishly than sullenly.

"Um.... Hey," he says in a soft, high voice, now staring at Aoshi's feet, "Uh... I don't think I've seen that book before. May I ask what it's about?"

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Life has settled down... Somehow. Real post coming on the 2nd.

[Callos_DeTerran]

Hara

For a long moment Hara stared at the boy who had crossed over to talk to them, unblinking as if in surprise that they had been approached so readily before taking a slow blink. Was this the normal set of rules when two different shinobi-types met? Wait then look for a chance to break the ice? Well...how hard could it really be to do?

A quick glance at her own team-mates wasn't exactly inspiring though. Aoshi looked involved in his book and...well Hara didn't have a handle on what Jalin was thinking...ever. Hesitating for just a moment the lanky girl rose up from her seat and cross the same space that the Earth-nin had to stand in front of the almost identical kunoichi.

"So...uh...are you two twins or just regular sisters?" Practically the moment the question left her mouth it sounded utterly ridiculous to her. Obviously they seemed to be twins, did she really need to know the difference?

[King_of_GRiffins]

As Hara speaks to the two red-headed girls, they giggle in synch and give her a light glare and looking-over. "I told him one of them would come over and bother us if he did..."

"Yeah, but I also said one of them would come over and ask that question anyway," said the other as an aside to the first. "We're not twins, and we're not sisters," the second states informatively, "One of us just has a better grasp of Henge no Jutsu than the other."

The first seems to grin at the statement and childishly responds, "Well, it was your idea to transform into the other. You should have helped me out more beforehand."

"I did help you as much as I could; You know you're a slow learner. It's going to wear off in half and hour anyway."

They both look at each other in silence for a moment, a seemingly loving gaze before they shake their heads and look back up at Hara. "So, we're Aiko and Akio, what about you? Mind if we ask what's with your headband? There's no symbol on it."

[ZeroNumerous]

Jalin

"Our headband have symbols, you just have to look extra hard to see 'em." Jalin doesn't look up from the reports, and doesn't speak with any sort of malice in his voice. He could be talking about the weather or the color of his clothes.

The young genin readjusts his ninja-to. He didn't have a proper sash for it's sheath, so it was just tucked into a belt and twisted around once to stay in place but allow for easy drawing. He doesn't look toward the girls or toward the boy bugging Aoshi. He was all business on the job.

[Malek]

Aoshi

- The book? It's an old fantasy novel I found out on the attic - it's about a guy guy hitchhiking through the galaxy after earth's destruction. You can borrow it if you want. - Ahoshi smiles slightly as he responds. Turning attention to the girls for a second he comments:

- Aiko and Akio? Doesn't it get confusing during the missions?

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Sorry for absentness - my net access was on verge of extinction

[Callos_DeTerran]

Hara

It was the glare and giggling that confused Hara the most, what exactly had she done that was wrong? All she did was ask a simple, easy to answer question. Then the answer came and it all made more sense then it had been...sort of...not really.

"But why would you two want to look like each other if your not twins, it doesn't make any sense to me." Was her puzzled response before reaching up to awkwardly push some black strands from her eyes and look down to her feet, mumbling. "Hara. I am just Hara.

[ZeroNumerous]

Jalin

Without waiting for answer, the genin responds loudly. "So that they can confuse an enemy by attacking from multiple locations whilst appearing to be one person moving very quickly. No doubt because separately they're both inefficient fighters."

[King_of_GRiffins]

Any playfulness or curiosity between the two Earth genin stops the instant Jalin speaks again, the first one standing up swiftly and marches halfway across the room. "You wanna put that to a test!?" The Earth genin advances menacingly, a smoke bomb and kunai in each hand, "Because if you do, we got a pick of city blocks we can trash!"

The other ninja turn and watch their teammate, and both Jounin stand stolidly as they wait to see if they need to make a move.

[Callos_DeTerran]

Hara

Every muscle tensed as the other ninja stormed past her with weapon in hand, but she was practically un-noticed. Relief was momentary though as the stone-nin confronted Jalin. What was she supposed to do? Stand and watch like every one else? that didn't seem right. It seemed the opposite of right to her actually. Should she attack? No...that didn't seem right either. She really shouldn't provoke a brawl in this building, especially since..well she didn't know what the other was capable of.

"Jalin-kun wasn't trying to be insulting. I'm sure he was just being honest, your probably very efficient fighters." Hara said, hoping to pacify the angry nin and keep things from going bad...but if they would anyway..."And...and Jalin-kun probably just needs a demonstration is all. Maybe you and I could have a sparring match later so you can prove it but we really shouldn't fight here...or wreck a city block."

Hara may have been shaking with fear on the inside but her voice was firm and resolute. Better she trade blows then Jalin...who knew if his wounds were healed or not? The pale girl knew she could take it.

[ZeroNumerous]

Jalin

(Common)"Rule number 1: Don't show your trump card. I believe that was a big deal for most ninja.

You've already shown me that you aren't prepared for a conflict. You planned to throw the smoke bomb, then your friend would attack from the smoke while you snuck around to attack my back. Your choice of weapon reveals that you're a taijutsu specialist, and given your headband you probably have a passing knowledge of doton techniques."

He doesn't waver, his voice is the same flat matter-of-fact tone that he'd used to describe their last technique.

(Wind Language)"I doubt he'd attack me. Even if he does, please don't step in. I called this on myself by speaking my mind."

(Common)"Either way, this isn't the place to fight. Though if you really want to demonstrate your abilities, I'm up for it. We have another obligation right now, but it might be nice to finally see an Iwagakure shinobi in action."