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Post by Uchiha Sasuke on Aug 7, 2007 17:25:50 GMT -5
(Ok guys, first off please don't post in this thread unless you talked to me or Naruto about it. We're gonna be a lot of people, so we need to keep it orderly. Me and Naruto agreed on the following post order: Sasuke, Suigetsu, Karin, Ishi, Sakura, Naruto. One post per turn, please, keep OOC talk to a minimum. Thanks.)
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Sasuke knew he had to be careful while in this last village. He had chosen to come, mostly because they needed to be quick, for Suigetsu's sake. The weather here was much less than favorable for him. If the three of them worked together, they were going to be done sooner.
Sasuke was taking risks, though. He could easily be recognized in here, if someone who had been to the Chuunin exam when he had fought Gaara of the Desert saw him.
He carefully scoured the ground ahead of him, Sharingan activated. Sasuke should be able to predict the moves of anyone who meant to look intently and avoid any encounter. He was going to take this seriously.
He had priorly made it clear that he wanted to hear no quarreling from the two while they were here. Suigetsu needed to preserve his forces, anyway.
He walked on, in apparent safety from any insistent looks so far. Something didn't feel quite right, however, and Sasuke's inability to define that something made him irascible.
Those two had better be keeping themselves in check behind him. He didn't need them ruining this.
He concentrated on locating someone who might meet their purpose. There he was. A drunk man, half-asleep already, spending the day away on a barrel, scowled at by random people who passed by.
That would do for a first. He should be easily persuaded to talk.
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Post by Suigetsu on Aug 7, 2007 17:41:49 GMT -5
Suigetsu trudged on a few feet behind Sasuke, as he had been instructed, although he didn't like to admit that last part. The d*mned Uchiha boy seemed to be unusually serious, even for his usual moody uptight self. Suigetsu could clearly tell it had to do with the place they were in, but he couldn't imagine what distressed Sasuke about it.
Still, Suigetsu himself found the place to be the darkest pit of hell someone like him could ever imagine. He felt the droplets of water, tiny and hot just like the weather and air and ground and everything else around him, dripping down his arms and the sides of his head and neck. He felt like he was slowly losing his very composure.
It was a good thing Sasuke had warned him to bring more bottles of water than usual. He had almost been unable to stop drinking ever since they got here. Sasuke had at least been sensible enough to allow for quick transportation through jutsu instead of walking through the desert until they found the village. Suigetsu was pretty sure he would have collapsed somewhere on the way.
He didn't like being bossed around, though, and especially not when he was being tortured by the heat. Sasuke had made it more than clear that he didn't want him and Karin to be arguing right now, but he was way ahead and probably couldn't hear them. And he wasn't the boss of Suigetsu, anyway.
"So, Karin," he began, forcing out one of his usual smiles, though he felt more like cussing. "You done admiring Sasuke from behind yet?"
He had been meaning to remark on that for quite some while. He found it more than just amusing how obsessed the girl could actually be. He had watched her stare, and stare, and stare again, and he could swear she had little left until she'd be drooling. He didn't even want to know what she was thinking of.
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Post by dunmesswithme on Aug 7, 2007 17:59:11 GMT -5
Karin had been following Sasuke into Suna, walking beside Suigetsu. She didn't care, she had been too busy staring at Sasuke. He had seemed strangely tense, for someone with his attitude. Maybe it was because their progress had been slim to none.
She noticed, out of the corner of her eye, that Suigetsu had tiny drops of water falling off him like crazy. " Hmph, he deserves it, the bastatd," she thought. She was glad he was suffering like this. She would've been happier if they had walked through the desert to look for the village, instead of coming here by jutsu. He probably would've fainted by now.
Karin snapped her attention away from Sasuke. " Are you done being a sweaty bastard?" She asked, glaring. " I thought Sasuke said no arguing?" Even though she was kissing up, she didn't want to upset Sasuke even more than he already was. That wouldn't be the smartest of her ideas...
(( Sasuke had to leave, and Suigetsu went to bed))
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Post by Ishi Zaraki on Aug 7, 2007 18:22:20 GMT -5
((Hmm.. okay)) Ishi ran through the forest to the palce she was goign to meet Sakura nd Naruto. She could feel Sasuke strongest now, she wondered why. But she couldn't be late. It was time to get Sasuke back to Konoha. She thought about they're last encounter and how cold he was. She hoped Sakura, Naaruto, and her could talk to him. And Naruto wanted to fight him! Ishi felt that Naruto was very strong, but for Sasuke? She worried for him, and Sakura. Ishi wasn't important right now. She was trying to help Sakrua nd Naruto.
She arrived at a clearing and notcied neither SAkrua or Naruto were there yet. "I"ll wait." She sat down and waited for their arrival.
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Post by Haruno Sakura on Aug 7, 2007 18:32:31 GMT -5
Sakura hurried as much as she could towards the clearing she had agreed on with Naruto and Ishi. When Ishi had told them Sasuke was in Sunagakure, they had immediately run to ask Tsunade-hime for permission to go after him. Much to Sakura's relief, they had received it.
Now she was running as fast as she could with three transportation scrolls keeping her arms busy. The tree roots and branches didn't make it any easier, but Sakura could manage.
They needed those scrolls. Sunagakure was a few days walk away from Konoha, so they were going to need a transportation jutsu. But none of them knew any, so they had to replace that with scrolls that contained one. Thankfully, Sakura had it all figured out.
Finally, she made it, and spotted Ishi there almost immediately. With huffing breaths, she hurried towards her and stopped, trying to regain her composure. It looked like Naruto wasn't there yet. Maybe he was preparing for this. Sakura knew he was going to be the most excited out of them all.
"These scrolls will get us there faster," she told Ishi.
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Post by Uzumaki Naruto on Aug 7, 2007 18:44:24 GMT -5
naruto was going as fast as possible to the spot he, sakura and Ishi had agreed on. when naruto found out that sasuke was close he wanted to go straight after him but sakura mad him ask oldlady Tsunade for permission. after a lot of fighting between oldlady Tsunade and naruto they finally got permission.
naruto knew that the other two would be waiting for him but he had to pick something up at his house that he had been saveing for this day and a few extra supplies that he had stashed away for a really hard mission. well naruto knew that in the end he would have to fight someone.
naruto didn't know how he was going to get to Sunagakure befor sasuke left but sakura said that she had it covered.
"finally" naruto thought as he arrived at the clearing. he looked at both sakura and Ishi and could tell that they were excited. "sorry to keep you both waiting" naruto said "but i had to pick something up at my house."
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Post by Uchiha Sasuke on Aug 8, 2007 15:36:44 GMT -5
Sasuke was going to still do this carefully, despite the need to rush things. He stopped a few feet away from the man and leaned against the wall with a hollow thud.
Though entirely made of stone, the structure he was now pressed against was warmer than his body. He could feel the change of temperature through the thin fabric of his shirt. This only served to remind him how harmful their stay here could get for Suigetsu.
He quickly reassessed the matter at hand.
His move hadn't been enough to distract the drunkard. He was probably so inebriated that he would only notice them when they blatantly waved their interest in his face.
He was a good target, though, because the people on the street would likely think they were sent to retrieve him for his family and wouldn't pay much attention. Just what they needed, to remain obscure.
Somehow, it didn't look like he was going to be the most appropriate person to do this. He would have liked to lead the conversation himself, but the man might be more responsive to someone who at least could look friendlier.
Sasuke waited for the other two to catch up with him. He didn't fail to notice they were still muttering things to each other, but at least they weren't clashing visibly. That sufficed.
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Post by Suigetsu on Aug 9, 2007 3:56:58 GMT -5
During the time Karin took to reply, Suigetsu found himself taking another good sip of water. It was starting to warm up, taking after Suna's temperatures, and that bothered him. He had imagined it wasn't going to be the most pleasant experience in his life, but he hadn't thought it could be as bad as this. He lowered the bottle from his mouth and glanced briefly back to Karin.
"And who made Sasuke the leader?" he asked fashionably.
Suigetsu was never irritated by things. He just took them as they came and dealt with them, always keeping most of his real impressions to himself. He took care to only make clear what he wanted out of a situation where normally someone would have appeared terribly irritated or annoyed. All things were basically reduced to stuff he had to keep on top of.
He noticed Sasuke had stopped ahead of them and hoped they were going to enter some building with better climatic conditions some time soon. Unfortunately, it didn't quite seem like the Uchiha was bent on having their group do anything like that. He was checking out some drunk idiot on the edge of the street. Suigetsu had to admit he looked like a good info source, but he still didn't enjoy the perspective of it.
However, Suigetsu was a guy. This time, it made him one lucky bastard, if his assumptions on why Sasuke was waiting were correct. As they reached the black-haired Uchiha, Suigetsu gave the scene one final apprehensive glance before coyly staring at Sasuke. He already had it figured out, he was almost sure of that.
"Think this guy's drunk enough to actually think Karin is beautiful and tell her something?" he asked with a small grin.
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Post by dunmesswithme on Aug 10, 2007 23:23:43 GMT -5
(( Hey, sorry I haven't posted, I've been a bit busy with my forum >.< ))
" How could you be so stupid?" Karin growled. She couldn't think of a good comeback, believe it or not.
She saw that Sasuke had stopped ahead. He had probably found someone to question. She stood on his other side, looking down at some drunk guy. "He will be an easy info source," Karin thought with a small smile.
And hold on... did they want her to...flirt?!
" NANI?!" she growled, glaring at Suigetsu, even though her question was, again, directed at both. No WAY was she going to flirt with a drunk stranger. Not a snowball's chance in hell.
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Post by Ishi Zaraki on Aug 12, 2007 9:09:19 GMT -5
Ishi wanted to help Sakura and Naruto, but inside she was still unsure. Sakura and Naruto could get hurt. Something could happen to them. What if they messed up the transportation jutsu? What if Naruto wasn't strong enough to face Sasuke? What if...
Ishi stopped her mind. 'There's only one way to find out' she thought. Ishi turned to Naruto and Sakura. "Well, let's do this." Ishi began doing the hand signs for the transportation jutsu.
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Post by Haruno Sakura on Aug 13, 2007 1:08:35 GMT -5
"It's okay, Naruto..." Sakura held her gaze on him for a moment, wanting to see if he felt like she did. "We'll get him this time."
Sakura looked at Ishi. No matter how stressed she was and how anxious to get to Sasuke already, she couldn't help but laugh a little. How did she even know what signs would be needed? She was a Genin, just like Naruto, and Sakura was a Chuunin. They didn't know any transportation jutsu.
"Ishi..." she said. "The scrolls I brought contain the handsigns needed for the jutsu in writing. All we need to do is open them."
She then separated the three objects she held, handing one to each of Ishi and Naruto.
"We'll be taken to the gates of Suna once we open them," she explained.
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Post by Uzumaki Naruto on Aug 13, 2007 10:50:23 GMT -5
naruto couldn't help but be a little nervece he was going to see sasuke for the first time in a long time. he worryed if he would be able to vring him back this time, but all his fears went away when sakura told him that they would get him this time.
naruto had no idea what Ishi was doing "maybe she would be getting us there" naruto thought. but then sakura said that the scrolls would be doing that.
naruto took his scroll from sakura and looked over at Ishi and sakura. "there's no turning back now." naruto thought.
"well what are we waiting for?" naruto said right befor he opened his scroll.
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Post by Uchiha Sasuke on Aug 13, 2007 14:04:41 GMT -5
Sasuke's conclusion, drawn from watching his two companions as they followed him and arrived closer to the scene he was trying to set, was that they needed some more cautioning.
They were starting to act up again and some people's interest had already been piqued. He could see the casual-interest filled glances. They were discrete yet, so they should vanish if the conflict stopped at this point.
"Suigetsu..." Sasuke looked at the smirking boy first.
His tone should be enough. He had learned to use that with Suigetsu after only a few days spent in this company. It was not bossy and firm, but it was displeased and a little dangerous. And it also implied that quarreling with Karin made Suigetsu look like an idiot, and that stopping it would improve that.
Sasuke played on Suigetsu's ego. It had been working so far.
His eyes were then set on Karin, after he swept the rest of the street with a new gaze, to make sure they were still safe.
"I want you to do the talking," he told the girl calmly. "I don't care what you do, but get the info and don't cause a large scene."
That was about everything he could do for now. Karin should know what to ask about: who leads the village at present, what their relationships with other villages are, if they were preparing for any special event, and other such things that a missing shinobi should know well of.
Sasuke waited, ready to only interfere if something went wrong.
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Post by Suigetsu on Aug 13, 2007 18:16:02 GMT -5
Suigetsu was just about to tease Karin a little more, when he inevitably caught sight of Sasuke's serious look and he waited to see what the Uchiha was going to say. Suigetsu's name, and that was it. So he was doing the usual thing. They both knew a clear threat hid behind that apparently calm tone and that Sasuke would use force if he had to. Suigetsu wasn't afraid of him, but the common goal made it more beneficial if they worked together.
"I know, I know," Suigetsu said in mock defensive, the way he usually responded to those veiled warnings.
His own eyes returned to the drunken man, who seemed to have finally noticed them there. It was about time, geez. They had been strutting about and arguing bare steps away from him and he'd have to be blind not to end up interested in their presence. Besides, Suigetsu really wasn't feeling well and he wanted to get out of there soon. He disposed of his newest empty bottle and looked for another, but it had been the last one.
"Guys, I'm gonna need more water," he said, shrugging a little to the two.
Karin was probably going to jump in with her big mouth and tell him to stop drinking all the water. Like he had any choice in the matter, especially after being dragged all the way down here, zanbato and all. But she had a job to do, so she'd better leave him be and get down to that. Meanwhile, Suigetsu chose to direct his questioning look at Sasuke. The Uchiha should know exactly how fast they needed to get more water, before Suigetsu began to lose chakra instead.
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Post by dunmesswithme on Aug 17, 2007 23:01:17 GMT -5
" Wha-? But..." Karin stammered. " Why can't Suigetsu do it?!"
" Bad move," she thought. She gulped, then gave a feeble chuckle. " Uh... nevermind..."
Karin turned to the drunk man, adjusting her glasses. " Why ME?!" she thought, crouching near the man. " Uhm... Hello," she said, giving a smile smile. " Ugh, I feel so STUPID! Suigetsu's gonna get a kick outta this," she continued to silently complain.
" Hi..." the man slurred, looking up at Karin. Her nose wrinkled. Liquor was strong in his breath. " Umm... Ew... Remind me why I'm doing this?" she asked herself, forcing her smile to stay.
" Could I ask you something ?" Karin tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear.
" Shoot."
" Who's the Kazkage?" At this, the man's eyes went wide, probably from astonishment or fear.
" The Kazekage... GAARA!" He almost yelled, causing Karin to stand and step back.
" O-Okay..." Karin looked over at Sasuke and Suigetsu, as if to say " Now what?"
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