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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 10, 2010 21:16:11 GMT -5
Shichuumaru and his companion reached the same conclusion almost simultaneously. "You are NOT Ayaka-chan." The human youth uttered, suddenly adopting a very stern expression. The larva spat out the facetious locks and leapt back to his partner's shoulder, letting loose a low gurgling growl. " Kuchiyose...Kuwa Calibers.." At his chakra-laden beckoning, smoke curled up from both hands as they gripped around the handles of the twin blades, forged of the crushing mandibles of the great Sanrin, knuckles turning white as one was aimed towards the imposter. The dulled side of its mate was rested upon his unoccupied shoulder. "Want to explain to me why you're lurking about as someone most people wouldn't recognize?"
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 10, 2010 22:57:30 GMT -5
The suddenly quite serious brown-haired boy stepped forward, pushing his partner back with a firm hand. "That's exactly why: so no one would recognize us," he explained calmingly, his free hand held up and open to show they meant no aggression. "Change your henge," he instructed his partner. "He can't like you wearing his friend's face." She nodded, there was a puff of smoke, and the red-haired girl was replaced with a figure who looked almost like the brown-haired boy, but with dark auburn hair and blue eyes. The brown-haired boy never took his eyes away from the green-haired one.
"We're looking for someone," he continued, preparing to put up a barrier should things go awry. "But... we're not sure who it is. So to be safe, we put on disguises. Just in case. I'm sorry we upset you, but we didn't know she's your friend. It's just a coincidence, I promise."
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 11, 2010 21:54:45 GMT -5
"Hmmmm~.." Considering the stranger's words, Shichuumaru tapped the shoulder-resting sword idly as he thought, the pointed twin never wavering, however. "Coincidences DO happen..but that just begs the question of why you're crawling around here looking for someone. And why would you not know who you're looking for? Sorry, but this whole thing's just a little...odd." " Buu!" "Right! How're you supposed to know when you find who you're looking for?"
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 11, 2010 21:58:43 GMT -5
"We kind of know," the auburn-haired boy offered with a shrug. "We have a couple clues, which is why we're here."
The boy in front nodded. "Whoever it was sent us this weird anonymous message. If a stranger sent you something weird and told you to go to a certain place, and didn't tell you who they were or why they wanted you to go there, wouldn't you be a little suspicious?"
"We were hoping to find a few more clues, or at least see if it's safe, before we reveal ourselves," the auburn-haired boy continued. "So far..." He looked around. "No luck."
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 11, 2010 22:29:43 GMT -5
"Well of course I'd be suspicious, why do you think I've got you at swordpoint! I've been waiting here awhile for whoever....I'm..." The odd-looking young man paused. And then he laughed. Not a mere chuckle, or a good snort, but dropped back onto his behind and roared with laughter, the swords he held vanishing as they came. "Hehe...You guys got one too, eh?" Shichuumaru queried, plucking the scroll up from his vest pouch and waggling it in the air as he wiped an eye with his free hand.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 11, 2010 22:34:18 GMT -5
The brown-haired boy grinned, reached into what appeared to be a pocket... And in a puff of smoke, he was replaced by a familiar figure pulling a scroll out of one of the pouches at his belt. A figure that could only be... The calm genin grinned, holding the scroll up for his old classmate to see as the boy behind him vanished in another puff to reveal a grinning Tensei Jiro, also holding out his scroll. "It's good to see you again, Shichuumaru-kun," Yuki said with a soft laugh.
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 11, 2010 22:56:37 GMT -5
"Heheh, it's definitely been awhile, hasn't it? Sorry for..y'know.." The deeply tanned boy rocked back and planted his palms against the ground, pushing hard and flipping back up onto his feet, striking a pose identical to the one he had just been holding. "Figures you had to pick the one person you could never slip past me right now, Jiro! And sorry about Gabu, it's....a long story." He chuckled, patting the larva's head. "You remember these two from the Academy, don't you? I know you were real little then..." " Gaaahhh..." "Oh quit pouting, we'll go see Ayaka-chan later, alright? We've got business to attend to here!" Gabu merely retreated to his carrying shell in a huff. "So. Those weird...B-I-R-D-S..." Shichuumaru began, glancing over his shoulder quickly before continuing. "Dropped off messages for you two as well?""
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 11, 2010 23:02:18 GMT -5
Yuki nodded. "Delivered them -" "Dropped mine on my head!" Jiro interjected. "- And then turned into the letters on the page as soon as we opened the scrolls," Yuki finished, holding the scroll out for Shichuumaru-kun to see for himself if he wanted. "Ours are identical, except for the names on them. What about yours?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 11, 2010 23:15:45 GMT -5
Well, that certainly explained Aya-Jiro's earlier exclamation. Taking a good look at the scroll, he nodded softly. "Mine's different. I mean, it's the same fancy script and ah...style of wording I guess you could say...but it's got a different meaning." Unrolling his own parchment, he turned it to show the others. "It was a little confusing at first, but now that you guys are here, it makes sense that I was supposed to wait for someone...or someones..here. As for the second part..I...THINK I know what I'm supposed to do..but it's weird....and I still don't know who sent it, or why!"
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 11, 2010 23:20:25 GMT -5
"Actually," Jiro offered, stepping forward, "we may have an idea. Remember when Yuki told you we had a couple clues? This -" he waggled the scroll before slipping it back into a pouch "- gave us our first clue by telling us where to go. The other clue was those... why're you spelling it out instead of saying it, anyways? "Well," he continued without so much as pausing for breath, "because of what they are and how they did what they did, we think it might be someone from the Hisuatsu clan. You ever hear of 'em?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 11, 2010 23:35:59 GMT -5
The Kyousei boy couldn't help but give Jiro a blank stare for a moment at his question. Well, both of them really, but the order in which he decided to react to them was to be expected considering his family. "Umm..hello? Young, very large larva? He's afraid of them, duh. Might as well be a cat walking around a dog pound...." The nerve of some people...ignorance, really, completely ignoring the natural order of things in the world! "Wait...did you say Hitsuatsu?" That name was all too fresh in his mind, and hearing it aloud only made his notion of the latter portion of the message all the clearer. "Heh. I know where we gotta go!"
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 11, 2010 23:41:28 GMT -5
"Yeah, but he's bigger than they are," Jiro observed a little flatly. "I don't think they're gonna try and e--er... you-know-what him any time soon." "Just forget it for now," the ever calm Yuki sighed, though Jiro couldn't tell which of the other two he was addressing. Probably both. "Shichuumaru-kun, you said you know where we need to go? So you know what 'the sleeper rooted in days gone by' is?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 12, 2010 0:16:37 GMT -5
Huffing slightly at Jiro, he turned to address Yuki. "It's a play on words, specifically directed at me. Long story short, who we're looking for will be at a certain tree, it seems." Turning back to Jiro, he pointed a finger at him. "Picture yourself as a big slab of meat surrounded by a bunch of small dogs. Would you feel very safe just because you're bigger than them?" Satisfied that he had made a strong point, strange though it might sound at first, Shichuumaru addressed his companions together, thumbing over a shoulder. "You guys wanna get going? It's not all that far from here, really.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 12, 2010 23:26:57 GMT -5
"A tree?" Yuki repeated. "Well, that does make sense. It would definitely explain the usage of the word 'rooted' as opposed to a similar---" "Yuki?" came Jiro's voice. "Hm?" "You're doing it again.""Ah! Sorry," he said a little abashedly. "Anyways. Shichuumaru-kun, since you know where it is, why don't you lead the way?" Jiro nodded. "Makes sense. And since you seem to know this place... think we'll be alright as we are, or should we go back into henge?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 13, 2010 20:58:37 GMT -5
"Oh yeah, you'll be fine. It's pretty far removed from the beaten path, anyway." Replying to their concerns, he shrugged softly. "Might run across another shinobi trying to avoid said path, but I doubt that." Shichuumaru grinned mischievously. "Of course, if you're worried about being seen, I can get us there fast AND without people getting a good look at you."
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