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Roy's face became one of a blank expression then a cold one. His eyes seemed to stare right through the girl and into her very core. It wasn't her request that got him, it was her name...the Henka clan. His right hand began to tremble a bit...it shook violently then he suddenly launged forward, "Your witht he Henka clan?! Are they back?! Where's your leader Sanaki? Please, tell me she's ok!" Tears began to fill his eyes. Sanaki, the new leader of the Henka was a good friend of his. he liked her alot but after the Earth Masters attack, he didn't have any means of keeping track of her and she left quickly.

His hand trembled and he looked off to the side. He was acting like a fool. He knew she proably wasn't back...he knew that she probably wasn't back...false hope. he then looked up to the girl and smiled again. "Come on in, we'll get you a nice big meal to take to your home."

He moved into the house and moved to his fridge. He began to shift through the fridge and try to find something he could make. When his mom came back in. He explained everything to her and she looked to the girl. She walked over to her and smiled, "Well now, any member of the Henka Clan is more than welcome here. Come on, lets get you something to eat.

The house was once again filled with the smell of delisious foods and dishes. Ryoko was cooking up a storm once more.

Shinratsu was bored. He sat like a stone statue on some slab of rock. Strangely, even though it was so late, he wasn't tired at all, but musing over the day's events. But something else did catch his attention as he crossed the village market...

Walking past some villagers, he heard a very strange rumor. The Hokage, here, in Iwa? Probably not...since Iwa and Konoha weren't exactly totally friendly with one another. His thoughts strayed back to Cronos and Shizuka and Shinratsu found himself wondering how were the two. It's been a while, after all, since he last saw them.

Basically, the boy was aimlessly wandering around Iwa. He eyed a single house strangely...which seems to be bustling with people. The door was open, and there was a man in ANBU armor, though his long, dark cloak covered most of it with small, bored looking eyes with an unruly, spiky ponytail. A painted mask hung around his neck by red ribbons. But the ANBU armor wasn't Iwa's...and the man was talking to a kid, and from what Shinratsu could see, another kid (Kaisude) was in the background. In the foreground, he saw a small figure go up to the door.

A sharp intake of breath as the light from inside the house illuminated a familiar sight. Shizuka? And another familiar face, Roy's... So this was where Roy lived. Across the street, he watched as the two talked to each other before Roy led Shizuka in.

Shinku bowed to the Uchiha. "Nice to meet you Kaisude, it's nice to meet someone from Kumo... but what do you mean by sort of?" Though he was cuirous for the answer his attention from his question was driven away by Shikamori's statement of the village's well being. "It's still in ruins huh? Figures... My sensei died in that avalanche..." He stared off into space for a moment, with a wary expression, until Roy got his attention. He stopped thinking about his dead sensei and missing teammate to take the orders givin. "Uh... sheets? Alright... not a problem. And Shuiro is... I think she's still training with her new sensei. Lucky... as she's getting stronger, I'm left completely useless.... I need a team..." Yawning to himself, while contemplaiting how strong his twin had gotten and how he could defend himself from her wrath, he walked over to where the sheets and blankets were usually kept and pulled out enough for everyone. "Alright, someone lead the way... my brain hasn't hit full gear yet..."

It would seem as if more and more guest continue to show up, He had alreayd met The hyuga clan head and not only then but aparently three other large clans from Iwa Nara, Akamichi, and the uchiha. None of these had heard of in great detail but wouldnt mind gathering more information for his own uses. The other thing he was intrested in was the Hokage, he wassent there but it the Hokage was any thing like the there kage he would deftianly want to witnes his strength first hand. He seemed to be missing however, and being at the skill of a kage, it most likly was way to hard to track him down so he wassnt going to try, not to mention he didnt have the motivation he did with the Hyuga. With all these new sninobi gathering, as well as some from Iwa he was hell bent on staying now. He would literaly goe over to a far corner and take a chair turing it around backwarda and would sit keeping most in the room in front of him by sitting in a corner, he was simply observing. He would of replied to roy but everody interupted him and he wassnet given a chance so he would decided to sit and observe. Yet the question still rung in his head, even though it was the kage and he could take care of himself, would they really so recklessly allow him to wander in foregin land unassisted?

Giglamesh was simply taking in the scene when one of his old acdemy student basicly wandered in, it was shinratsu. Shizuka had entered previsouly and was content speaking to roy. Then basicly out of no where giglamehs would speak of the past basicly to himself and quite low. "...Wait till i get a hold of that ******** kat..." Witht that he would go back to studying the room, he had no desire to drink, no desire to eat, ad essentialy was there to gather as much information as he could for himself. It didnt seem likly but still these people were defected ninja from anoter village whos to say they would not simply try to decive us getting us to trust them and attack when our guard was down. As a shinobi he knew deciving came natural, but he actuly hoped this wassent the reality, he truly hoped he may have a chance to befreind the Hyuga Youko it started as simply being somewhat adoring of the clan but it was simply somthing about her charter he liked as they were much more alike then they seemed. Neither liked killing and only would if it was for a comrad, and both took every opertunity to protect there comrads. Roy wassent the bigest fan of roy because in less time a boy almost half his age managed the same rank as he strived for and barely recived, yet the boy obatined it easyly. He was half his age but Roy seemed to have so much more tallent than he, giglamesh hated it and would never admit it but is was closest to gealousy he had for torwards him. His mother was so strong and while he also had to feel the pain of loss, he was with his family, still half of it, much longer than he ever was.

Giglamehs would give a glare to the boy when he recived a look from him, He persoanly liked the boy, untill he belived he wrongly failed he and went over giglamesh's head. Wich resulted in a great deal of bitiching from those upper ranked, yet he sttod frim the told him to retest him but never did he stray he failed his second genin physcial examanation, and that whs where he would stay he didnt read underneath the underneathe as a shinobi should so he would stand his ground, wrong or right it was sheer sturborness wich made him stick to this conclusion.

"Well I was born there and it was abandoned at the time, so yea I had no real life there." He said and then looked at Shikamori, "Sensei that is fine with me. I will try and sleep should I make a bd for you too?" He asjed before he departed to the dojo of the house. He really didn't want to sleep but he was going to train tommorrow and, well that was fine enough for him. The boy EShinku was going to rest here as well that meant when he woke he would have to worry about stepping on someone.

Shinku nodded as Kai explained. 'I see... My sister and I were both born and raised in Kumo... by our grandparents. Out actual parents died, but I'm not quite sure how... there are tons of stories... but Shuiro guesses that it was a mission that killed them both or mom died in childbirth and adad was... still killed on a mission." No wanting to be left behind, he quickly followed Kai. He had to help set up.

The pale-haired boy slowly shook his head. "My apologizes for staring... But never before had I actually met a Hyuuga." The Fubuki boy spoke the truth, for in Kiri, Hyuugas were rare citizens. And after the massacre of non-Konoha Hyuugas...well, not a single one was left in Kiri. Most of what Shinratsu knew of that famous Konoha clan came from books. And of course Iwa didn't...wasn't supposed to have any Hyuugas due to the long turmoil between Konoha and Iwa. At Shizuka's comment, Shinratsu sniffed a bit disdainfully and wrinkled his nose in the opposite direction to Giglamesh. "I rather not..." The words came out slowly and trailed off. Someone here would much rather me gone...

"Oi! Tetta, hurry up, will ya? A few years ago I would've never believed this... But to think of it, a Hyuuga snail! I thought you guys were famous for speed!" Shikamori had poked his head through the door, much to Shinratsu's alarm, and was talking upside down (he's hanging off the wall on the outside part of the door). The head looked down. "Whoa, those are pale eyes! Pretty colour too...not exactly blue, but not gray, either... Sorry about that..." Shikamori muttered, noticing Shinratsu had gone pale. "Didn't see you there gaki... So what's your name...?" Shikamori asked cheerfully, jumping down.

The young clan head sniffed disdainfully again at having 'pretty' being used as an adjective to describe him. "What a...quaint assembly..." Shinratsu near automatically answered. "Courtesy would require one to introduce themselves first, before asking the name of another..." He eyed the strange ANBU, with a hint of curiosity in his blue-gray eyes. That outfit...which village...?

"Gomen nasai... Haha, it's getting late and I'm forgetting things. It's Shikamori. Nara Shikamori pleased to meet you, ......?" The Nara's voice trailed off, uncertain of how to address the pale-haired boy since he refused to give Shikamori his name initially.

"Shinratsu. Fubuki Shinratsu." The boy watched as the ANBU's face scrunched up, hard in thought. "Oh! That's right...weren't you guys from Yukigakure? One of the Uchiha ancestors fought a missing-nin from your clan several hundred years ago... You guys were quite the ice manipulators, eh...?" A giant smile creaked across the Nara's face. "From Kiri, in fact... The clan did move." The boy muttered dryly. "And a traitor is not considered part of the clan at all..." In simpler words, Shinratsu resented Shikamori's comment.