Look! Up in the sky!!

[strangevisitor]

It's a bird!

It's a plane! Wait...what's a 'plane'?

It was....a swarm of giant insects! Beetles, to be precise. This was the strange sight that all who looked up viewed, attempting to discover the source of the loud thrumming in the air. Those in 'the know' could most likely ascertain that these were the companions of the Kyousei, but to the general public, it was no doubt perplexing.

With sharp eyesight, it was easy to see that several of the overlarge insects had riders. And at the head of the 'swarm' was a particularly colorful specimen in brilliant metallic browns, emeralds, and golds, its rider a woman in her late 'teens with striking fuscia hair.

But perhaps the most unusal sight, all things considered, was the young boy hanging from the lead beetles legs, grinning like a maniac.

"FASTER, ONEESAN!! FASTER!!" The boy cried out, over the rush of wind. The young woman laughed.

"You're such a kid! You heard him, Yamabuki₁!" Grinning, Kyousei Sakura patted the head of her partner, who promptly went into a speed dive for the amusement of the young boy, Kyousei Shichuumaru, who let out a jubilant 'whoop'.

"HEY!! LOOK, A CARAVAN!!" Pointing with a sandaled foot at the line of wagons, he turned his head to watch. It sure was a chaotic mess down there.

"Hmm...we'd better find a different place to land, then. Don't want to disrupt those guys any more than we have to." Waving a signal to the others behind her, Sakura veered off in search of a decent spot to land.

₁: Yellow Rose

((OoC: Left open because it's not yet finished, but I wanted to give people a chance to react ^_^ ))

[Kiri]

Assaku Rune was having a great day. In spite of all of the chaos that had descended on Konoha, namely the return of the caravans, something great had come out of it. All of the students at the academy had been given the rest of the day off of school.

And all he had to do to have a good time was stay well away from the area where everyone else was congregating. True enough, his cousin Nadameru would be returning, but he figured she'd be so busy trying to get everything taken care of that he'd just be in the way. He could drop by her house and surprise her another day soon.

He was just considering taking a break from his play to try to find an open shop and a sweet snack when a strange thrumming noise met his ears. Wrinkling his nose, the small boy looked around before turning his gaze upward. His emerald eyes grew wide and his mouth dropped open so far that it nearly met his feet.

That was one big[/i] bug.

It was probably the coolest thing he had ever seen.

Not only that, some guy was hanging from the lead beetle-thing's legs, and he looked like he was having the time of his life.

"Man," Rune breathed, "I gotta try that sometime."

[strangevisitor]

As they passed over a group of shops, Shichuumaru spotted a boy...a few years younger than him, perhaps, staring up at them with awe. Letting go of the leg long enough to give him a grin and a wave, he tried to memorize the boy's face, even from the distance. Maybe he'd like to go beetle-surfing sometime.

*****

"Alright, this is the spot! We'll just have to land here!!" Sakura called out to her brother so he knew to hop off before she touched down. Signaling to the others, she began a spiral decent into the area below. At one time it had been a residential area, but the war had hit it particularly hard, leaving a massive amount of ruin and rubble that had been placed low on the restoration priority list.

Hopping off Yamabuki, she turned to address the distant relatives and comrades who had chosen to come help her with this task. "Okay! This is how it's gonna work! Ladybugs, you can go home, thanks for giving lifts! Dynastids!! Its your job to clear all this rubble out, Don't give me any grief, I KNOW you can do it!" Waiting for the carriers to head off, she continued. "Stags! We're gonna need lumber. LOTS of lumber, so get cutting! You can lead the burrowers back here, that's why you didn't just stay behind! Once they get here, and the rubble is clear, they can start digging foundations. Are we clear?....OKAY! GANBATTE!!" With any luck, they'd have frames by the end of the day, and complete structures in a few more.

*****

Landing softly on the ground and moving away, Shichuumaru watched as directions were called out, admiring his older sister's leadership skills. Waiting until she had finished, he tackled her in a quick hug. "I've gotta go, Sakura-neesan, good luck with the rebuilding!!"

Laughing, the fuscia-haired woman ruffled his moppy hair. "Alright squirt, you be careful, alright? I'm sure you're gonna be a part of an awesome team. Just don't forget to come home once in awhile, hm?" Grinning and giving him a wink, she nudged him off, watching as he barely paused for a 'goodbye' before taking off to apply for a team.