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    Valley of the End

    A biting chill over takes the air as Sayuri rather blatantly disrespects the elders of Konohagakure. Neither Shin nor Miya feel the cold dank wind that seems to wrap up their kunoichi companion, but that doesn't stop the hair on Sayuri's neck from standing on end. Each of the three genin--well.. two genin and one chuunin--stand atop the Valley of the End with different reasons in heart. The Exile, the Avenger, and the Hunter all search for their purpose atop the statues of long dead shinobi.

    Whilst scouting the landscape around him, Shin notes several movements in the trees on the Oto-side of the Valley. Two of them prove to be birds winging away to find food for their young, while three other movements are unaccounted for. An animal scurrying through the trees to feed it's young wouldn't create the serpentine path marked by shaking trees. The young Ash-nin can only assume it is someone, or someones, leaping through the trees to the dreadful Land of Sound.

    A separate chill passes over Miya, as she feels the urge of her blood calling to another that carries it. At least two of them--one much closer than the other--stand within her extraordinary senses. The furthest one moves further away, as it bounces toward Konohagakure.

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    Miya

    The Valley of the End...there was much history here and not just for the village of Konoha but for the clan. For once her sullen silence faded to one more of wonder and respect, the first time such a feeling had swept over her and not merely been faked. Miya's eyes weren't on the first Hokage though...they were across the Valley on the statue of the founder of her clan...Uchiha Madara.

    There is an example of all that I should be...He brought the Uchiha into Konoha and fought to give them position and prestige. If it wasn't for him then I probably wouldn't know all that I do know about jutsu and chakra. The hawk who chose to soar above all others...

    Ignoring the other two as she had been ignoring Shin ever since he had joined up with them, the girl straightened and gave a stiff formal bow to the statue across the Valley from them. The chill breeze made her sway about as her eyes closed, the siren call of her own kind urging her back towards Konoha and...someplace else. Closer. Very close. Finally she shook her head. It was probably nothing after all and instead she spoke abruptly.

    "Plain featureless masks that are usually stylized after an element. Go ahead and vandalize this statue, but don't even think about doing it to the other." Miya said hoarsely, eyes flashing when she looked to the first Hai-nin that she had met with a hidden threat about what might just happen if the other statue was harmed. Then she swiveled her eyes to the boy...the other. "Do you have a name or as you as nameless as her?"

    She didn't reveal what she had felt. Not yet anyway...there was no point to worry them if there was no cause to worry...they were going to the former land of Orochimaru after all...there was plenty to worry about as is.

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    (1d20+8)[24] - Resist Intimidation (I'm actually level seventh but twenty three is still more than twenty two. The error was my mistake I'm really sorry. I'll be more careful.)
    Sayuri

    She lowered her eyes to the Uchiha’s feet before looking across the valley again. Even when she hugged herself as tightly as she could it didn’t help. Thinking, analyzing, planning... slowly... because she felt everything so well she couldn’t think.

    Finished with her thoughts by the time Shin had an answer the small silence and the listening let more worry in. Sayuri was Curious. She set the big pack she brought to Konohagakure on the Hokage’s head in favour of her small pouch. It was a lighter weight to carry. It helped a little. She wasn’t looking at Miya when she spoke.

    “Would something awful happen?” Innocence..?

    Inside the big pack Miya would find several wet but still very exquisite clothes. Probably better made, way more expensive and comfortable than anything she’d ever worn, maybe. If nothing else fit for a princess. There might be something in there she could wear. Shin too, if he was the type to look like a weird Ronin.
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    Anti-Intimidation Check:(1d20+8)[9](17) - looks like Shin is scared by the little Konoha Kunoichi.

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    Shimura Shin

    Shin turns, stepping away from the lip of the drop, somewhere slightly off to the side of Miya and Sayuri. He looks at Miya, discomfort registering behind his mask of emotionlessness. "My name is Shin, hai-shinobi of the Shimura Clan." He pauses, courteously. "And you are?" Through this, he keeps his eyes on Sayuri, like he has a question he wants to ask but doesn't really know how.
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    Miya

    Despite the fact the larger pack had been laid on the ground and was apparently open for her to go looking through, Miya did nothing of the sort. It was the time for frivolity or dress-up, not with the hint of danger in the air and of the possible threat to her ancient ancestor.

    "Maybe, it's bad luck to desecrate a memorial to the dead. So I've been told anyway." The way she said it was casual but the not-so-subtle hint that it was more then just what she had heard made the statement more ominous. Soon though she twisted her attention away from Sayuri to Shin the hai-shinobi of the Shimura clan, giving him a dazzling smile. "A straight answer, how very non-mysterious of you. I am Miya of the Uchiha clan."

    And then she was looking back across the Valley though and her slightly care-free smile dropped away. "But I don't think we're alone though so you'll forgive me if I don't stand on the formality, okay Shin?"
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    Sayuri

    In her pouch she had a coat and an outfit just like this she was saving for later. Expression snuck underneath her jingasa, a secret smile at the gleam of a white tiger’s bare teeth.

    “White-Tiger-Miya-chan!” ‘Meeeeee-yah’, Sayuri swirled in a circle and flashed her accomplice a Tiger hand sign.

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    Miya

    There was only really one first instinct to Sayuri flashing her the Tiger hand sign, and it was to respond with jutsu in kind but she managed to pull herself up short and simply glared instead. "Haha, very funny."

    That was all she said before stepping past the hai-shinobi and peering across the Valley of the End to the Land of Sound on the other side, one hand coming up to shade her eyes. Closing her eyes the genin focused her chakra towards her eyes before opening them slowly once more. This time it was the crimson gaze of the Sharingan peeking out from underneath of her hand, one comma in each eye swirling in a lazy circle, and she still looked down at the other side and muttered to herself.

    "Figures...There's about thirty animals and shinobi on the other side of the Valley right now. Considering we actually want to go over to the other side what are we going to do about them? If we stand up here much longer then they might decide to take matters into their own hands..."
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    Sayuri

    “It’s none of our business.” She leaned back on her big bag and closed her eyes with a soft sighing sound. “Get ready Shimura-san.”
    Her eyes fluttered open one by one. Sayuri stood up carefully and walked over to a good spot on the grass. She arranged her feet as soon as she was satisfied and took up a stance they’d both find a little unfamiliar. It looked more like the start of a dancer’s routine than any Taijutsu form. She fanned her arms across her body and did an impromptu bow.
    “I should have brought a blindfold. A girl wouldn’t have beaten you that way.”
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    Shimura Shin

    Shin looks quizzically at Miya, and nods. Dropping from the statue onto the grassy area Sayuri is, he pauses for a moment, and then sighs. Turning to Sayuri, he looks at her, face totally open for a moment, and then clouds his emotions before asking, hesitantly. "Sayuri... Kuro isn't out here anywhere, is he."

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    Sayuri

    The Kyusuki daughter did not change her stance. “Everyone is jealous Kuro-sama has warrior spirit!”
    Her smirk lasted for half a heartbeat while she scrutinized Shin. It looked very much like she was wondering at something. For an instant there was amazement written all over her face. Then it was back to being polite.
    “No. Why does that bother you?” Sayuri fingered a Shuriken and played it between her fingers.

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    Miya

    "Who's Kuro?...And what on earth are we going to be doing about the ninja on the other side of the valley that, last time I checked, was foreign territory that we were about to cross into?" She asks impatiently, hands on her hips as she closes her eyes for a long moment and lets the chakra flow to her eyes cease. Best not to get drained of chakra at the moment. Besides...no point in revealing ALL her secrets yet and with that she turns about to look at the two.
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    Sayuri

    Her accomplice was kind of irritating. “We’re all tired from our walk. Let’s rest a while Uchiha-san.” She glanced at Shin right when the Shuriken stopped swirling between her fingers. A sharp, harsh end that didn’t belong, her other hand was inside her belt pouch for some reason.
    They weren’t in any real hurry to go. She wanted to see how Otogakure felt before she intruded on something. They might even be ‘polite’ or ‘friendly’, it wasn’t like they’d any bad blood between them..?
    Said the exploding tag in her concealed hand, “Snow Monkey!”

    A good shuriken throw shouldn’t leave a blurry trail.
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    This is what I get for not posting last night, I guess. So, did Sayuri throw a shuriken at Shin, or what?

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    Yes. A shuriken has been thrown at Shin but only with intentions of 'training'. Definately not the 'hurt poor Shin!' kind of Shuriken.
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    Shimura Shin

    A shuriken comes flashing from Sayuri's hands, swinging wide to slice at Shin's eyes, but meets a hand half-way there. Shin is shocked for a moment, the black-bladed shuriken sunk into the outstretched palm of his right hand. Turning, he faces Sayuri. Tugging the shuriken out of his hand, his eyes harden, into black. Only one sliver of Shin remains, as he tugs the shuriken out of his hand, and slides one foot forward, one foot back. "Why?" It asks, pleading. The shuriken hits the grassy ground, flecked red with Shin's black blood.

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    Sayuri

    Quizzical, too clever for her age; “We’ll stop, Shimura-san, if you don’t feel well.”
    Like a ‘frightened samurai’, she was thinking about a story she read about a swordsman when she turned her back on the Shimura boy. She took another shuriken from her pouch and stashed it in her clothes so she could get it later.
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    Shimura Shin

    "Stop?" Both the beast and boy are momentarily confused by this conversational ploy of Sayuri's, minds churning to find an answer, finally just narrowing eyes, still wary, blood dripping down his cut hand. Shin winces, and then turns his eyes on Sayuri, steadily. "Sayuri..." He blinks a few times, colour running out of his eyes, and re-focusses. "We are going to find Kuro-sama. And... make sure he is okay. That is..." Shin struggles with the words for a moment. "That is... more important. Than that." He gestures in the general direction of the sound-shinobi, his eyes never leaving Sayuri's, something of the coolness, and something also of a desperation entering them.

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    Sayuri

    To put it lightly, he looked eerie and evil. Maybe her posture wasn’t a trick. She had an answer before he was finished. Just to be safe she slid backwards closer to him.

    “Brainless Shimura boy, Where he is now Kuro-sama is better off.”

    Sayuri went to the Shodaime Hokage’s head and gestured at the Uchiha. She seemed to be listening intently next, but she may even have been trying to calm herself after the argument Shin was trying to make. On a good day people said it was hard to tell. One hand was on an explosive tag, the other was clawing at the statue across the valley. It might be taunting Miya-san.
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    If I’m able to use Chakra Tsumazuku Kousen no Jutsu to attach chakra strings that can hold me up to that statue I’ll hop off the edge and climb up the cliff to the other side with Kinobori. Before it’s a problem I want to try avoiding the water.

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    Shimura Shin

    Shin warily watched as Sayuri climbed up to the head of the statue, inscrutable. She still held that tag, and the way she was waggling her fingers... Shin's eyes narrowed. "Did you think I was giving you a choice?" The beast hisses.

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    Sayuri

    “Too bad Shimura-san, you can’t listen. Uchiha-san, yours should arrive soon.”

    That must be why he was acting like an idiot, his mission was his own. The Leaf Village would send Hunter-nin after Miya-san just like the Shimura was after her. Of course he wouldn’t get it. The other Genin really were trashy.

    Leaving without permission made her an exile. Usually villages would attach death warrants to runaway Shinobi. Haigakure – her life – had no reason to with such a small number of ninja. But Makar-dono was a very severe man.
    She wasn’t going to waste her breath telling Shin Kuro-sama knew what he was doing. He wasn’t chasing after her while she walked to Otogakure. He’d be safe in Konoha hiding while he rested and stayed out of danger. Oto-nin wouldn’t find him and wouldn’t hurt him that way.

    If he’d let her go across the water, she had nothing else to say to him.

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    Miya

    Things...weren't look good. If things continued as they were then it certainly seemed as if this Shin might downright attack Sayuri and if it came to that...which did she support? Did she really want to go into Otogakure or did she want to chance returning to Konoha? At least this Shin kid made sense, it just seemed that he was too...focused on this Kuro character then he was on anything else and seeing how she didn't know anything about Kuro...

    With a shrug Miya moved closer to the bizarre girl. What had she said about hers arriving soon? Ah well...there'd be time to determine things like that later. Right NOW she had to determine a way to cross the valley for when they decided to do so. Otherwise there wasn't truly a choice in who to follow.
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    Shimura Shin

    Shin stands straight and tall from his crouch, moving with an easy grace. His eyes clear, the cold hard pale blue of the perfect shinobi watching Sayuri easily. He starts walking towards her, deceptively slowly, each step seeming to only lightly caress the ground. "Sayuri-san," He says, his voice soft, "we have a mission, to find Kuro-sama, your brother." He blinks those pale, ice-blue eyes again, soft and focussed on Sayuri. "We should find him, before we do anything else. He was horribly hurt, and knowing him, has probably thrown himself into another battle. He could be dying, or horribly injured, or trapped." He takes another step forward. "Please, Sayuri?"

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    Sayuri

    Flashes of insight behind her eyes, glossy vibrations of tears dry too soon. Enthrallment looks ridiculous on anyone. Mesmerised by his unobtrusive sway so much like a tree, drinking in the idea of lazy fluidity and the gentle way he’d say he loved them when his blades fell asleep in their bodies without his even appearing to notice.
    So much she’d never say was naked behind her expression for an instant no one would ever understand. She says levelly, “Kuro-sama is fine.” She knows she’s right. What if..?

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    Shimura Shin

    Endless streams of numbers run behind a thin shell of innocent eyes, that blink. Shin steps forward, imploring Sayuri with his soft gaze. "Of course he is. He must be. But why not make sure?" His eyes beg Sayuri to understand. Smoothly, he moves forward again, to take Sayuri's hand, not a movement wasted. "It won't take long. We'll find Kuro, and then..." Words follow, many could, promising everything, promising anything. Deep below, the ice war rages.

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    Sayuri

    Fingertips brushed together. Medical Ninja would make the best murderers. She hadn’t been training with Icha Icha Tenmai and she could already tell. Her heart was too soft. It made her hands so gentle. The Shimura child touched things with a supple crushing grip he thought was tenderness. Sayuri shook just a little underneath it... if he knew what her other hand would be doing.

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    Palpation they won’t really be able to feel. I want to put the exploding tag on him.

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    [rollv=Spot]1d20+6[/rollv] ; Heh. Sayuri isn't as fooled as the shinobi would like to believe.
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    Fscking dice roller!

    Spot - (1d20+6)[1](7)

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    Try not to think so far ahead you don't know if anyone will die.

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    Shin does not notice the exploding tag. Miya, on the other hand, clearly sees the other shinobi slip it into Shin's pockets.

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    So... Sayuri stands there and has no reaction other than palming an explosive tag onto Shin?

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