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After the Fourth Great Shinobi World War ended, the world was experiencing a time of peace. The villages for once were able to live in relative harmony with one another as they rebuilt, and for once, all seemed to be well. The kage were able to live peaceful lives and soon began retiring, passing on the baton to the next generations. That is until an unknown virus infects the northern coast. The first to fall is the once powerful Raikage, Ay. While many thought this virus was a simple mutation of what may have well been the flu, no one would ever think of the destruction it would cause. Especially when it infected a certain Uzumaki Naruto.
With his death came the malice; with the malice came the destruction; with the destruction came the shinobi' revolt; and with the revolt came the sacrifices. The Bijuu became filled with malice that they sought to destroy the world. Shinobi sought a way to fight them and once again capture each of the Bijuu. Time passed, and a plan was devised. The Jinchuuriki would be sacrificed for the greater good of the world, and with the deaths of nine individuals, an uneasy peace began.
As time continued, the villages began to truly restructure. In a peace that would last 80 years after the downfall of the Bijuu, the world would see the creation of a great many things. Technology was beginning to take root and before long the blossoms that grew from the tree of the advanced mind would bear fruit. A many great things came to be. A railroad between the vast many nations. Mechanical limbs to replace lost ones. Radios that could reach between villages. Everything seemed to be becoming less reliant on the shinobi. Only the need for them never truly vanished. As with the growth of time, also continued the growth of malice.
what i need is a good defense 'cause i'm feeling like a criminal
One might ponder why, exactly, there was a genin from Kirigakure making her way through Tsuchi no Kuni. And one would be right in asking. The simple answer - a stupid mission. The not-so-simple answer: she was pretty damn sure she'd pissed somebody off and they wanted her to get flayed by an angry Iwa shinobi. It wasn't her fault that the only way to get that stupid scroll to its owner and get back to the village within the stated time limit was to pass through Earth Country. She wasn't even going particularly close to the hidden village, but damn, it was still pretty daunting to be in a different country by herself in a position where she could easily be attacked if a native shinobi happened across her.
"Dumb rocks. Rocks everywhere. Is that all this country is, a fucking giant rock? As if a stupid sand country full of giant sand dunes isn't bad enough, now they've sent me to one that's a big fucking useless pile of rocks," she ranted to herself, not so successful in keeping quiet - Iku had a voice that carried, and even her quiet voice was pretty loud. Especially when she was annoyed. Which she most definitely was, a fact that bore repeating, lest anyone not in the immediate vicinity not know that she wasn't happy.
There wasn't even anything she could hit except rocks. And rocks weren't fun to hit. They were kind of painful, actually, and they didn't pout or screech or, as had happened on one occasion, cry. She felt the urge to vent her anger in some way so she wouldn't snap and murder someone - Iku had a patience limit of about five seconds - but there was nothing in this godforsaken country but rocks and rocks and more effing rocks. What's that over there? A rock! And that, way over yonder? A rock! Right in front of her? A dumb ol' rock! Really, the only thing good about this place was that it didn't have sandstorms that would painfully scrape off your face, or whatever it was that those things did.
"I could go the rest of my life without seeing another dumb rock," she muttered as she perched on a large boulder, uncapped a bottle of water, and took a long drink. Five minutes, she told herself. That's it. No napping on the warm rock out in the open 'cause you'll get your stupid throat slit if you do that, and that's kind of counterproductive in your quest to become Kiri's top jounin, don't you think? Dying is counterproductive in most situations, actually. But especially this one.
This mental conversation quickly finished, Iku stretched out to bask in the sun during her short break. And, despite her best efforts, her eyes slowly drifted shut. She wasn't exactly sleeping, per say, but... Well, she wasn't paying much attention to her surroundings. Could end rather poorly, couldn't it?
Scouting, Yuu supposed, was a lot better than sitting around bored at the clinic. Kyo had managed to get a hold of Yuu's old bow from their parents' house. It was short, and it was light, but it did the job well enough until he confronted Shi to reclaim his normal bow. It got him working again, and that was the most important part. Thank god it was Yuu's sensei that was the Tsuchikage. Being sent out on bigger jobs without proper equipment would be a terrible thing indeed.
Speaking of terrible, Yuu picked up on someone being in the area when there truly should not have been and bristled. The closest inhabited area was a few miles from here. The sound he'd heard was not a bird or an animal, but someone yelling, quite loudly, in fact, in the distance. Goodie. Sprinting to the nearest tall conifer, Yuu took cover behind the needle-like leaves, trying to determine the location of the person yelling. This wooded area came up to an abrupt stop several yards ahead, and further on was an open expanse of nothing for a good few miles. If the ground hadn't been so infertile, a small village may have tried settling here, as evidence suggests happened long, long ago. It wasn't the first time Yuu had explored this area.
Once Yuu had determined the location of the voice, he left the cover of the tree and took to scaling the surface of the small cliff that barely jutted over the top of the treeline. About halfway up, the voice had stopped, but at the top, the Kamizuru had quite a nice view of the open expanse beyond the trees. And there, sticking out against the tans and browns of the dirt and rocks, lay a body of blues and whites, a sharp contrast to the landscape, laying motionless on a rock. If this person was a shinobi, Yuu doubted they were a very good one. By the length of the snowy-white hair Yuu would guess it was female, but at this distance, it was hard to tell. People were extravagant at times.
Moving to the edge of the cliff, Yuu looked out, judging how far out she was. Pretty far, yes. But most certainly not out of range, that was for sure. From what he could tell the girl seemed to be alone. Civilians didn't wander too far from their homes without sticking to the railways, unless escorts or numbers were on their side, making Yuu lean toward this individual being a shinobi. She was not familiar in the slightest to the medic, either, leading him to believe she was not of Iwagakure. With those two contrived facts in mind, this labeled her as an enemy, and she needed to be made aware she was in his territory.
Yuu withdrew a red-fletched arrow from his bag—pitiful, yes, but new quivers were so damn expensive, he needed to get the right one before putting that much money down—and nocked it to the lightweight bow. Both eyes open, he looked steadily at his target, aiming slightly above and to the left. This bow didn't quite have the power his normal bow had, and he needed to compensate for the breeze that blew. Releasing the string, it whistled through the air, landing true to its mark. The bladed arrowhead embedded itself into the stone inches from the kunoichi's head. If she hadn't been aware of Yuu before, she most certainly was now.
what i need is a good defense 'cause i'm feeling like a criminal
Now, in a normal situation, when she wasn't being an idiot, Iku probably would have noticed someone pointing a bow and arrow at her. But that was not the case - and even when she wasn't snoozing in the middle of a foreign country full of shinobi that would probably stab her on sight, she was pretty effing oblivious. Really, sometimes it's a wonder that she made it to sixteen. So she was completely unaware of the presence of another shinobi - which was pretty much on the top of the list of "stupid shit that will bring you a painful death." And that was just wonderful.
Really, the dumb luck this girl had sometimes was downright ridiculous. The shinobi that had happened upon her didn't intend to immediately kill her, because he absolutely, one hundred percent, could have. And really probably should have. He didn't know that she was just passing through, and probably just thought she was an idiot (which she was) that he could scare off, or something like that.
The thing about that is, well, Iku wasn't very easily scared. Sure, she was startled, and swore both loudly and profusely - called the asshole that dared to shoot at her a dirty swine, among many other less repeatable names, and proceeded to clumsily flail her way into falling off of the boulder and planting her face in the dirt. "Fuck. Stupid shitty motherfucker, I will end you!" she snapped, although the shinobi probably couldn't make out her words all too well - being that she kind of maybe had a mouthful of dirt and was coughing whilst trying to choke out her ill-conceived threat.
When she finally managed to right herself and get as much dirt as possible out of her snow white hair - a quite unsuccessful venture - she pretty much stormed over to the asshole. "And what the hell do you think you're doing, shooting at me?!" she huffed indignantly. She itched to snatch the bow away from him but, well, that probably would end very badly. So instead she crossed her arms over her chest and sent him her best death glare. In light of the scene she'd just made, the look didn't really look all that threatening.
It was at that moment that she realized he could most certainly see the shiny metal plate bearing the insignia of Kirigakure. "Uhh..."
Even from his position, the colorful language the female—which he'd correctly identified as a woman—sported was enough to earn a smile. That is, until she flopped off the rock completely, getting a faceful of loose dirt. If this was a shinobi, she was a pretty poor example of one. It took everything in Yuu's power not to snort, but he was unable to hide the laughing. She looked young, younger than he was at any rate. Perhaps not by much but her stature when she rose again was misleading. Tiny thing, that.
Aaand then she was yelling again. If anything, the girl reminded Yuu of a cat that had its tail stepped on, hissing and spitting with no real threat apparent. Of course, the Kamizuru knew well enough that looks were deceiving. He was a prime textbook example of that. However, the humor died in Yuu's throat when the glint of the headband around the girl's neck caught his attention. She was a shinobi, and not one of any place nearby. Kirigakure. The humor was gone completely at that identification and Yuu drew his bow again, this time selecting a green-fletched barbed arrow. It was a little more wind-resistant than the straight-shaft bolts, so wouldn't hit her as hard. Any other shinobi would kill her on the spot, but Yuu had that optimism that he'd been told time and time again would get him killed. He wasn't dead yet, was he?
Yuu pointed his arrow at the shining headplate around the girl's neck. It wouldn't kill her. Probably. Either way, he pulled the string back taught, then released, sending the arrow flying. It collided with its target, the center of the four lines that made up the Kirigakure symbol. The arrow bounced off, cutting off her yelling into nothing but a garbled choke. The impact would be like getting punched in the throat. As the arrow bounced off, the long shaft spun, feathered tail adding insult to injury and smacking the snowy-haired girl in the face. Yuu spared himself a moment to smirk as he fled his perch, skidding down the cliff and alighting a tree before hopping to the ground.
Selecting a blue arrow from the bag on his hip, Yuu nocked it to the string but left the bow slack, approaching the grounded kunoichi with care. The stun wouldn't last long, and he wasn't about to kill her if he didn't need to. But she needed to fully understand that she was in aggressive territory. He pulled the string slightly, reducing the slack on the bow, point of his bolt aimed at her chest. This particular arrow had the seal for “sleep.” An impact to the shoulder would put her out like a light. He'd avoid killing her, if he could.
what i need is a good defense 'cause i'm feeling like a criminal
One minute she was shouting up at him; the next, her words were cut off by the impact of the arrow and she was flat on her ass - if her skirt ended up with stains, this man would have hell to pay - and was most definitely a little bit more scared of the purple-haired archer. But only a little bit. She was still gonna beat him up. Well, maybe. Okay, so no, she wasn't, but the thought was pretty satisfying. Although she might hit him just once for the shaft of the arrow smacking her in the face. Or maybe she'd just take his hat. It was a pretty snazzy hat.
The Iwa shinobi had accomplished something that most of Kiri only wished they could do: he had made Iku shut up - a daunting task to be sure, as the kunoichi always had something to say about everything. But being that he had hit the metal plate of her headband pretty much dead center, she figured he could easily put one of those damn things through one of her eyes if he wanted to, and well, she didn't really want an arrow in her eye. Sounded pretty painful.
"Would you please stop pointing that at me?" she huffed, squinting up at him. She didn't make a move to get up, and until that bow was out of her face, she wasn't going to. The last thing she wanted was for him to interpret her actions as hostile and shoot the hell out of her. "I'm Iku. Please don't shoot me." She wasn't exactly the type to beg, but when confronted with odds she wasn't dumb enough to think would ever be in her favor, well... Iku was going to turn on the pout and give him the puppy dog eyes if she needed to in order to stop him from killing her.
"I promise I'm not dangerous... Just passing through. Didn't really intend to stop. Ehe..." It probably helped that she looked younger than she was due to her stature; not all shinobi were comfortable killing kids, which Iku thought was stupid but was very grateful for at the moment, even if it was insulting to be thought of as being barely past puberty. "I'm not gonna try to attack you. I'm not that stupid." She grinned a toothy grin up at him, hoping that he would believe her.
"Would you please stop pointing that at me?" Yuu didn't budge. "I'm Iku. Please don't shoot me."
The bowstring laxed slightly, and Yuu lowered the bow a few inches, standing within a few yards of this Iku. She weakly tried to defend herself, and frankly, Yuu no longer even found her a threat. She was small and appeared weak. If nothing more, he outranked her, and as long as his guard wasn't down, he could likely take her, too, if it came to it. Still, just for good measure, the string was pulled taught again, and the arrow was released, aimed right at her head. The bolt passed harmlessly by the young kunoichi's head, the wind from it blowing her hair and the cobalt-blue feathers brushing her ear as it passed. He was very clear that she wasn't dead because he didn't want her to be.
“Yuu.”
He lowered the bow, inspecting the kunoichi. Her clothes were rather extravagant; she'd be easily spotted from a mile away. How stupid of her to stand out like a beacon in the middle of foreign land. He nearly felt pity for the Kiri kunoichi; perhaps those of the Kirigakure academies did not teach their ninja the principle of camouflage. Even Yuu stuck to colors that more or less blended with the rocks at a distance. Except for the blue headband, but that was another discussion entirely. Yuu glanced around. He couldn't sense any other shinobi nearby. Was she alone? All the better for the medic. An ambush wouldn't do well for anyone. Yuu pointed the end of the old bow at her flicking it in an upward motion.
“Get up. Why are you in the Earth Kingdom Country, Iku?” Yuu asked her, lowering the bow to his side, aggression ebbing out of his voice. Yuu was not an aggressive person. Really, all he had going for him was his archery. He could force intimidation by hitting his mark, or conversely, intentionally not hitting the mark, as this kunoichi had experienced twice. But that was it. The bow and arrow had done its job, however, and she likely wouldn't try anything. If she did, Yuu had plenty of ways to counter her. A friendly spar was one thing but he would readily summon his bees against a foreigner.
Basic First Aid Kid (Carried in Side Bag) {Always}
x30 Band-Aids, various sizes.
x1 Bottle of Aspirin
x1 Topical Bacitracin
x12 Alcohol Wipes
x5 Gauze Pads
x1 Roll of Wrapping Gauze, 25ft.
x1 Roll Medical Tape
WORD COUNT | 383 TAGS | Yasui Iku ADDL. NOTES | In english it's pretty easy to mix Yuu/you (we do that a lot on mic xD) but since they're technically speaking Japanese, “Yuu” acutally sounds like a name. xD Though you're free to make that audio-mistake.
what i need is a good defense 'cause i'm feeling like a criminal
When the third arrow flew past her head, so close that the feathers brushed against her ear as it passed, she swore loudly and gave him a dirty look. She was trying not to antagonize him and actually get shot for real, but he was making it pretty damn hard. Iku would like to take the bow and beat him half to death with it, but she would bet that he could nock and release an arrow and kill her dead before she could get the stupid thing away from him. And she'd already claimed to not be stupid, so she'd better not prove her own words wrong. That would kind of suck. Mostly because she'd be dead. Yeah. This whole thing was swiftly going downhill, wasn't it?
"I'd say it's nice to meet you, Yuu, but I'm not a big fan of being shot at," Iku deadpanned. Now that he wasn't pointing the bow at her face, she was a little more relaxed. For whatever reason, he didn't seem to want to kill her, so as long as she didn't go trying to stab him she figured he probably wouldn't hurt her. That wasn't to say that she was going to trust him - because hell no - but she was going to at least try to not be aggressive. Being that 'aggressive' was Iku's default personality, well, that was going to be a bit of a challenge.
She rose to her feet and brushed as much dirt off the back of her skirt that she could without taking her eyes off him - so, not much. But it would have to do for now, she could worry about her clothes when he wasn't still pointing the damn bow at her. "Passing through. Fastest route to my destination is through Earth Country. Didn't exactly intend to stop and get attacked by an asshole with a bow."
He certainly seemed less aggressive now, although her comment probably wouldn't help anything, so she took the time to study him. Nice hair, nondescript clothing that mostly blended in with all the dumb rocks, bow, shitton of arrows. He was several inches taller than she was - frankly, she'd be surprised if he wasn't, she was pretty damn short. And she still wanted to take that snazzy hat right off his head. Which would probably get her shot. But honestly, he was probably going to shoot her for some reason or other before the end of their encounter, so she might as well take it, really.
Yuu couldn't help but be amused at the girl's cursing.
"I'd say it's nice to meet you, Yuu, but I'm not a big fan of being shot at,"
“Most aren't,” he countered.
Yuu set the bow on the ground and leaned on it, frowning slightly at the give it had and taking his weight off of it. The larger mahogany bow he normally carried was a lot sturdier; it could be used as a blunt close-range weapon if need be, whereas he was pretty sure this one had a good chance of breaking under stress. Odd-colored eyes watched silently as she got up and brushed the dirt off, remaining on-guard but definitely not as threatened as he originally was.
"Passing through. Fastest route to my destination is through Earth Country. Didn't exactly intend to stop and get attacked by an asshole with a bow."
Yuu smiled at being called an “asshole.” Wasn't an insult he got often. Nice change, really.
“An asshole would have hit you with at least one of those shots. I'm just making sure we're clear on who's in control. Since that's been accomplished, I won't shoot at you anymore.”
Yuu shifted his weight to one leg, looking the girl over again. She didn't appear to have much on her. She was a long way from home to be carrying as little as she was. Maybe this was her first traveling mission? That would place her at experienced genin, or newbie chuunin at best. Poor girl. She was lucky not to have crossed someone who would have killed her on-sight.
“Where is your destination?” he asked. The way she responded would tell him if she was lying or not.
what i need is a good defense 'cause i'm feeling like a criminal
Of course she was a little annoyed by the fact that she was amusing him. But, well, it wasn't a surprise at all by this point that she couldn't possibly be intimidating. Yuu was clearly older, and probably more skilled, than Iku was. Without his bow? Well, she didn't know, and there wasn't any way she was going to find out.
"Yeah, yeah, you've got a point. Ehe, sorry," Iku commented sheepishly. Apologizing was also something that the genin did infrequently, but hey - this wasn't an ordinary situation, and she had to be a little grateful that she wasn't full of arrows and bleeding out on the ground right now. "I'm having a little bit of an issue pinpointing exactly where I am because your country is nothing but rocks, rocks, and more rocks, but my best guess would be maybe fifty miles west of here. Some asshole with a lot of money has some big estate a little ways outside of the border, and couldn't be bothered to go to Kiri to get his goods himself. I know I could've gotten there without crossing into Earth Country but I'm on a bit of a tight schedule and I'd rather not get my ass kicked for getting back to the village a couple days late."
When she started talking, she really didn't know how to make it brief - or stop. If not for the fact that she was still eying his bow a little nervously, she would've kept on and on, completely forgetting that she was talking to an enemy shinobi. And it really was a pity that she had to view him as an enemy; hell, if he'd been from Kiri, Iku would have her eyes on him for a completely different reason. And it was quite possible that the look in her eyes reflected that. Another shinobi skill Iku was really, really bad at: hiding what she was feeling. She was, for the most part, an open book.
Whether or not Yuu would be grateful for that at the moment, well, that was another story entirely.
Yuu listened to the girl explain herself. Well, it certainly didn't sound like she was lying, but it also didn't appear she was going to hush up any time soon. Either way, Yuu was pretty sure he knew of the person she was looking for. She was well out of her way. He could likely guide her there, and that would get her out of the country faster. Was easier to bring a report home rather than a person. When she finally stopped talking, the girl just stared at him. In a way that was rather... both endearing but mostly unnerving... Starting to feel embarrassed, he looked away, in the general direction they'd need to go.
“I will escort you to the estate, then. A foreign shinobi should not be wandering freely through the country.”
what i need is a good defense 'cause i'm feeling like a criminal
Iku grinned wider when he looked away, contemplating an action that may very well change his mind and get her shot. But oh, it was so tempting. And she wasn't really the kind of person that was good at resisting temptation. "I'll be glad to have your company," she commented. She then proceeded to saunter toward him - not that it mattered, because at the moment he wasn't looking at her - and...
Tripped over a dumb fucking rock that was right in her fucking way.
Being a graceful, highly coordinated kunoichi, Iku was of course able to regain her balance and smoothly pretend that it didn't happen. Except for the fact that it absolutely did and she fell right into the Iwa shinobi, smoothly knocking them both off their feet. Unsurprisingly, she ended up on top of him, and well... Iku also wasn't the type to pass by an opportunity when she had one. She "stealthily" attempted to grope him, figuring hey, why not? What did she really have to lose? She was fairly sure that he wasn't going to kill her for grabbing his junk.
And then came the surprise. Damn. She never would have guessed, really, looking at him. The surprise must have registered on her face for a moment, but hey, didn't really bother her in the least. Wasn't going to stop her, either.
She leaned in close to his face, her red eyes staring directly into his blue and purple, their noses almost touching. "Shame you're from Iwa. You're pretty cute."
Yuu looked out towards where the estate should be, if they were both thinking of the same place. If the damn medic ever remembered to bring a watch he'd know what time it was, but by the sun, Yuu would guess it was barely passed ten. Moving at a comfortable pace, he wouldn't get her to the border until evening. Should be fun, Yuu surmised, humming at her response. Hearing the scrape of gravel caused him to look back to her, and he dropped the bow promptly trying to catch the girl who was falling into him. Unfortunately, Yuu was a second too late, and lost his balance, landing heavily on his back. If it hadn't been the air rushing out of his lungs that caused him to gasp, it was her groping hand that did.
“Wha...!”
He was cut off when her face obscured his vision completely.
"Shame you're from Iwa. You're pretty cute."
Yuu felt his face go scarlet. Too close too close tooclosetooclosetooclose. Yuu's hands were already on her waist from trying to catch her—a thin waist, at that—and pushed her off into her back, rolling up to a sit and trying to rub the red from his face as well as get his breath back. After a couple breaths, he groped for his bow and looked over to the Kiri shinobi.
“You alright?”
He tried to sound concerned but frankly the Kamizuru was a little wary about the Kunoichi's actions and words.
what i need is a good defense 'cause i'm feeling like a criminal
Okay, so Yuu was having a major spaz attack from her proximity. She was gonna bet that he either had no experience, didn't like to be touched, or both. Well, the thing about Iku was that she wasn't that easily deterred. So after she'd righted herself and smoothed down her skirt - it was a good thing she wore shorts underneath, she wasn't sure how much redder he could get but if he'd even just accidentally looked up her skirt she was sure she would've found out - she pounced on him again.
She didn't try to knock the bow out of his hands or pin him down or anything; she just settled herself in his lap and gave him the best pout she could muster. Dammit, she was going to have him and there was nothing he could do about it. Which, yes, sounded a little bit less than legal, but honestly? She didn't give a damn. Unless he ended up really determined to stop her - then she'd probably let up. But honestly, she didn't think that was going to happen.
"Mm. Better now." If he was uncomfortable, well, she'd cling to him till he wasn't. Iku was damn well stubborn enough to do it, too, something Yuu would find out if he didn't just stop being a spaz and let it happen.
Instead of the answer he was hoping for, instead Yuu got tackled again. The girl settled in his lap, clearly pleased with herself, and the grip on the old bow tightened. Trap. Yuu's heart skipped a beat. This is a trap, isn't it? There was no possible way a kunoichi from a foreign village would be on him like this otherwise. Perhaps a lamb sent out to capture an Iwa operative for whatever reason? And he'd walked right into the trap. That would explain a lot about the way she made herself easily visible with her attire and easily located with her voice. But he couldn't sense anyone nearby... then again, Yuu was only a chuunin. Jounin could hide their presence completely if trained well enough, and Yuu knew that the Bloody Mist didn't earn their nickname from some misunderstanding.
An edge of panic set in. He didn't have the skills for this kind of thing—at least not alone. But he had the advantage of size over her. Yuu wasn't sure about the comradery of the Mist Shinobi, but perhaps if he held her under threat, it would be okay. Keeping his eyes fixed on the girl, Yuu's hand slid to his bag. Once his fingers firmly grasped an arrow, he grabbed Iku's shoulders, rolling her on her back but this time pinning her down, the head of the arrow at her neck. It was a barbed one; she was lucky it hadn't been one of the few broadheads the archer carried.
“What do you want?” he hissed, feeling naked with his back exposed, a literal target already painted on it thanks to the Kamizuru crest.
what i need is a good defense 'cause i'm feeling like a criminal
She certainly hadn't expected that he would get aggressive when confronted with her continued affection. "Hey, I was just getting comfortable," she huffed indignantly, still pouting up at him. "Would you put that damn arrow away? Sheesh, you're acting like I'm threatening you."
Until that moment, it hadn't occurred to her that he could think anything of her actions other than what they actually were - just affection. Misplaced affection, because someone would gut her back home if they ever found out, but pretty harmless overall. And she was confident that he was a better shinobi, so he shouldn't have any reason to panic and get aggressive again. It still didn't really click that he thought she was tricking him into a trap, but all the same she understood that he had a reason to be uncomfortable.
"Oh please, Yuu. Do you really think that threatening my life would actually stop a jounin from the Bloody Mist from having their way with you? I'm alone. Promise. You don't have any reason to believe me, I get that - but do it anyway. I do a lot of things I shouldn't. This included. I like to have fun, and when I see an opportunity... I take it." She wasn't frightened, or in the least bit worried, really. He could pin her down all day and night, nobody from Kiri was going to appear and vindicate his actions.
Scouting, Yuu supposed, was a lot better than sitting around bored at the clinic. Kyo had managed to get a hold of Yuu's old bow from their parents' house. It was short, and it was light, but it did the job well enough until he confronted Shi to reclaim his normal bow. It got him working again, and that was the most important part. Thank god it was Yuu's sensei that was the Tsuchikage. Being sent out on bigger jobs without proper equipment would be a terrible thing indeed.
Kinobori no Waza [Act of 
