Misty Reaches

[kiryuu]

He had kept his head facing away from the man before him, his fists clenched and gritting his teeth, closing off his eyes and taking a single deep breath, in an effort to calm himself down; it was his attempt of avoiding getting physical with Orochi. After some time had passed, he had regretted of what he had said. Things were always much better when he didn't talk. People liked him better that way. As he had expected, he had received a retort from Orochi of how he had acted. He would've apologized there and then if it weren't for his difficulty of speech. His throat always felt like it didn't belong to him after he had yelled. Apparently it was an effect caused by a conflict of two different muscles, one for crying and the other for swallowing. It was odd since he never felt the urge to cry himself.

Though much to his surprise, Orochi had given him some form of praise. Though of course, Orochi's harsh words overwhelmed the praise. Kiryuu never liked it when people yelled for any reason, he just automatically assumes that they're yelling at him even when they're strangers to one another. One of the many things he hates about people in general, the constant harsh words... no wonder he loves it when everything is silent. It was the only moment he had ever felt truly at peace. A bit of time had passed since Orochi's last comment, allowing Kiryuu to calm down further and go back to his natural front. Which then he finally faced Orochi as he collected his calmness. He gave a sigh before doing so, indicating that he felt troubled for explaining what had happened.

"I apologize for acting the way I did, it was uncalled for and you may discipline me as you see fit. But before that, allow me to explain myself in a more calm way... I know that there are others whom have felt greater pain than I might ever know. But its just... how do I explain myself...? I just find it frustrating... people often say that they understand how another feels when they go through a tragedy. That things will end well... its just... its just complete bullshit.

They don't know about the exact details, or the emotions that accompany with their experiences... so I just hate it when someone thinks that they do understand. No one will ever truly understand my pain, as I won't every truly understand another's pain.

I'm sorry if it doesn't really make any sense... I'm not exactly good at conveying my own emotions through words...

[vanessa ☯]

A lengthy amount of time collected as the jonin and his genin stood in silence. Kiryuu's breathing gradually levelled as Orochi lazily watched the sun slip below the clipped horizon. His last words were not harsh by his own standards, in fact, they were slightly out of character for him to hand out any sort of grudging praise.
The genin's breathing finally swept into a tired sigh before words fell like backlogged burdens, spilling out across the lush grass. The jonin hadn't expected for his student to speak at all, but listened in the quiet piety of a teacher.
I just find it frustrating... people often say that they understand how another feels when they go through a tragedy. That things will end well... its just... its just complete bullshit.
Strange that the genin had confessed these thoughts, and seemed to despise the sympathy of others - even if the sympathy was pretended or feigned. People often attempted to understand the pain of others out of politeness and conventions. Out of earshot, their sympathies usually morphed into venomous criticisms.
If anything, Orochi would have thought the boy would have complained about having no choice of whether or not be wanted to be a jinchuuriki. He understood Kiryuu a little better now, though.
I'm sorry if it doesn't really make any sense... I'm not exactly good at conveying my own emotions through words...
"I was never a poet at words myself." He replied quietly, noticing how they now had a very small similarity between one another. It was definitely a much less dramatic way of expressing emotions than having a fit of anger. "But it seems, people will always try to act compassionate. Sometimes, it all depends on yourself to just let go."
The jonin stretched his spine, feeling slightly tired from all of the events that had happened this long, long day. He would get home, have a cigarette and a stout glass of snake-oil wine, and fall into bed.
His words were light, "I think this is enough for today. Let's go back to Kirigakure while we're both at peace."

(you don't need to reply to this message if kiryuu has nothing to say, i'll make the training thread for all 3 genins soon.)

[Suishigetsu Hōzuki]

Landing heavily against the branch outstretched through the foggy surroundings, Suishigetsu would slowly raise a hand, stroking the back of his knuckles along the forehead protector - releasing a deep exhale he'd look back and downward to the roads to keep note of where his cell team was. Pulling out a cup, he dropped onto the next branch, suckling on the straw to drink as they travelled. "May we be briefed on what exactly we're doing now? Or is it a.. Surprise, Obaa-chan?" He asked from above, leaping from branch to branch yet being sure to keep in line with where his cell travelled.

[raiken kuroshi]

Raiken was trying his best to keep up with the group and so far he was doing a pretty good job. To him this would be a test of his training and determination to shoot forward all the way to the top. "I am also curious to what exactly were doing," he said.

[Nakatsukasa Megumi]

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[atrb=style, background: #fcfcfa; padding: 8px; border-top: 3px solid #525657; border-bottom: 3px solid #525657; opacity: 0.5][style=height: 300px; overflow: auto; font: 11px Tahoma; padding-right: 10px; text-align: justify; color: 0a0a0a] Megumi made her way down the road, tightening her pack, strapping it firmly as she was getting herself ready for extreme movements. She listened to the questions from her Team mates, carefully getting the buckles into a secure yet comfortable place; as she yawned and stretched her arms, cracking each of her fingers to loosen them up, as well as her neck. “The objective of this mission is simple in theory…Primarily we need to find and capture someone…and bring them back to the village to be processed…That is our only objective…It’s simple in theory because while this is a simple task, on paper, it is a high ranking mission due to the fact that our target is Jounin ranked, someone I’ve known to be a strong ninja… What I am most interested in, is why he would suddenly decide to leave the village. His job in Kirigakure was one of the chief officers at the village’s main prison, in charge of an entire ward of the prison…I think the sooner we find this guy though, the better, no questions asked. If we need to kill him, as our last resort, we will need to do so. Our mission is to recover this man Dead or Alive.” Megumi lectured, quite extensively, the tone in her voice still calm, and almost sounded as if she cared somewhat little, about having to kill the man. Megumi would leap up to the branches in the trees where Suishigetsu had also been, landing with a slouch before pulling herself up to a full stance. “You all may want to walk slowly but, as time grows thin, we could potentially lose the target. So if you would kindly join me in a lovely dash to our location.” Megumi then spoke, seeming to hint at wanting to waist as little time as she could. Looking back towards where Suishigetsu had been, she would flick her head forwards, to gesture for him to catch up. Megumi waited for as long as it would take for the others to prepare, before she would begin to leap branch to branch through the misty forest, catching branches under her feet, perched for moments before gliding smoothly to the next one, all the while picking up speed over time. [/style]

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[anbukurono]

Ayame listened closely to what the objective of the mission they were sent out to do was. Based on the fact that they were retrieving a missing nin, she didn't think that it was going to be easy at all. However, the fact that he was of Jounin rank put this on a completely different level than even her own expectations. Remembering the level of skill that Suishigetsu showed in training, she knew that someone as high a level as a Jounin would be especially hard to fight.

" Do we have any ideas of where he could have went from Kiri?" Ayame asks picking up speed to keep up with the rest of the group not wanting their target to get away. While the Water Country was small compared to others, needless searching gave him more time to get to a dock to get out of the country and to the mainland. Worse yet, because he was a Jounin, he had more experience with the territory of the Water Country than most of their group.

[Suishigetsu Hōzuki]

"There is one port which departs from Mizu no Kuni, it'd be best to find record of departures and re-think while there." Suishigetsu would comment in response to Ayame, "Depending on his motives he could be heading for any direction.. Especially with all the change those peasants who attacked Kumogakure have brought, it could be difficult to track with the commotion.. I am sure many Shinobi cells have been dismissed to search their territories due to the attacks." Suishigetsu would finish, falling into his own thoughts of the mission, there was much to be thought about - especially travelling being the best time to think stategically.

[raiken kuroshi]

Raiken was not really paying attention while they were talking, his mind was elsewhere worrying about lelouche, lately he had been troublesome and he was acting unusual and wondered what could have changed with him. While looking back on it he thought that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to accept the mission right now he wanted to see what was going on with lelouche but it had to be put out of his minds for the sake of the mission.

[Nakatsukasa Megumi]

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[atrb=style, background: #fcfcfa; padding: 8px; border-top: 3px solid #525657; border-bottom: 3px solid #525657; opacity: 0.5][style=height: 300px; overflow: auto; font: 11px Tahoma; padding-right: 10px; text-align: justify; color: 0a0a0a] Megumi continued to hop from branch to branch, sending herself ahead of the group, feeling as if they had been losing time. An hour had passed, and megumi ran her mind between a few plausable options. "I was informed that the lattest possition of the Target had been the harbor, meaning the jounin is planning to head to the mainlands. If we can stop him before this, our mission will be over quite quickly. I will actually have to search ahead of you three, and I'd be leaving Suishigetsu in charge, as the next highest ranking ninja. Trust me i will not lose track of you three, if you ever seem to need my help i will come back. I only need you to get to that harbor, and search, do not intervene unless you have to, we are dealing with a very formidable jounin. I will split off, to search any villages are camps on the way." Megumi instructed the group, re-adjusting her mask, as she began to split off and dash into her own path, not waiting long enough to hear and ok. She as in a hurry, as she has never before missed a target following her first and only failure... [/style]

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[Suishigetsu Hōzuki]

The soles of Suishigetsu's sandals slammed against the tree-branch, his eyes remained forth through Megumi's speech, as he had already deducted earlier, the port was their destination - they needed to arrive there quickly. "I'm unsure about you two, but I don't feel like leaving all the entertainment to that Obaa-chan.. She'll probably break her back trying to do a maneuver." He mocked as he spoke loud enough for the two at his back to hear, "We're picking up the pace!" He leaped, missing a branch this time, throwing himself longer and somewhat quicker to their current pace.

From branch to branch, each one thudding with each leap he commited to. It wasn't too far, the port that is, from their current position, the trees seemingly becoming more spaced out, less options for the Shinobi to use to travel through, but ofcourse this would be no problem. Lowering along the tree-line, the port's lighting easily visible through the fog, as their powerful light would be a beacon to incoming boats, it was designed to pierce the fog as best as possible. "We're close, keep in formation, from here on everyone's suspicious!" He ordered, he wasn't a happy loving Shinobi like plenty seemed to be growing into these days, he was very untrustworthy and inspective of all.

[anbukurono]

Ayame keeps up pace, watching as Megumi goes on ahead from the group leaving Suishigets in charge of their group in her absence. " Well if we're gonna give her some backup, we're gonna need a plan first since we're dealing with a Jounin at a port of all places. We mess up and this guy gets away," She responds having an idea of just how serious of a situation that they had on their hands now that she knew where he had last been spotted. If they didn't at least block him from getting away from the port, their job would get a lot harder.

Noticing that they were getting closer to the port, Ayame sticks close to the group in formation as Suishigetsu had ordered. " Problem is we don't really even know what this person looks like and even if we did, someone of that high a profile wouldn't keep themselves recognizable." She says wondering just how they would be able to stop what they didn't know they were looking for.

[raiken kuroshi]

Raiken still didn't like this guy but he would follow orders form Megumi, and for now he would follow orders from him. So he quickened his pace and kept an eye on him, for some reason he didn't trust suishigetsu. "I don't think thats an effective way to go about this , if everyones suspicious we won't be able to spot him so that would only give us a bigger problem of who he is ." he argued.

[Suishigetsu Hōzuki]

Spinning in his position, Suishigetsu landed against a branch, setting off backward so that he could face backward staring at the two Genin infront of him with quite a firm expression, "Kid, if you're going to be a smart-ass, how about you tell me your current battle experience? There's a reason why I was left in charge without your foolish remarks." Suishigetsu would hiss in response, leaping a second time he stared at Raiken, his violet gaze piercing - as if awaiting for a challenge.

"I don't like kids like you who think you've seen the world before you open your eyes." He made this much clear, he was never a fan of Shinobi who saw themselves higher, especially when he had been challenged by a Genin to his words of safety to the two of them. "Think before you open your mouth, words are a stronger weapon and downfall than people think." Spinning back, he'd leap with much more power this time, throwing himself off of the tree-branch and landing against the moist earth of Mizu no Kuni, the port now just along a path. Having not a pleasant mood, Suishigetsu would walk onward along the path, expecting the two to be trailing behind.

[anbukurono]

Raiken had seemed to have been mostly quiet through their travels, but from what he had said Ayame knew that if he kept that up, this was going to be trouble. It seemed that he needed practice in seeing the situation through rather before commenting to avoid speaking out too early. In her eyes, he had already lost in the battle of words. Sensing the obvious tension that was now present between the group, she chooses not to speak, but instead to keep moving as they came up close on the port.

[raiken kuroshi]

Raiken gritted his teeth and if he was biting his lips blood would surely fall. He could feel his canines digging into the teeth below them. "You may have more experience in battles but I have my own experiences and skills," he growled ending it there for himself. This just made him angrier and more resentful of this person in front of him. He managed to keep his anger down he didn't feel like another chunin exams incident. He was only guessing that it was caused by anger or desire or something like that he really didn't know but he did know his anger was dangerous.