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Roy looked to Shinku and shooed him off, "Go to bed you. No one needs you now." he was being his usual annoying self. He meant nothing by it...usually. Turning to Shizuka, Roy moved over to the doorway and looked at hte bag the girl had. It was a healthy amount. Sure, as a half animal creature she had more than enough power to handle it but he didn't htink the girl that fast.

He looked her over for a moment, "Can you body flicker?" he asked, still not giving his name. Without waiting for a respondes, she moved out the door and tucked down a bit, "Get on my back, I'll tkae you home." he said with a smile.


Ryoko looked to Kai and smiled gently as he rested. She moved him under the covers and tucked him in tightly. She rubbed his head and headed back into the main house. A sigh came over here...she was tired and needed a good nights sleep. She headed to look to everyone, "Anyone else need anything?"

Yokou was fast asleep. Her long eyelashes laid to rest against her porcelain cheeks, dark-blue hair falling over her shoulders like a silken tapestry. Her breathing was quiet, contained... Just like when she was awake. But, this was the only time of the day...when the Hyuuga head's face looked so tranquil...so relaxed. And it was only at this time, would she appear to be truly human...like a little doll sleeping, and not the head of a prominent clan...not a medic-nin...not a murderer... And even in the midst of her dreams, her song still rang true.

In this quiet night
I'm waiting for you
forgetting the past
and dreaming of you

A single tear rolled down her cheek. In her mind's eye, a single image appeared. Museifu. Or the last she remembered of him. And in her dreams, she was no longer burdened with the clan...but free...free as a child. Her childhood, the times spent with Shikamori and Museifu.

Time passes by
and memories fade
but time can't erase
the love that we've made

She remembered laughing so happily... When Shikamori and Museifu kidnapped her from her wedding...on the basis that arranged marriages are...bad... She remembered joining her teammates doing silly things...things she would've scorned now. Playing hide and seek, having lemonade together...

And the stars in the sky that I wish upon
can't bring you back to my side
though your not here with me
I dream of the day we'll meet again

And then the memories got sadder... Museifu's betrayal replayed, like a nightmarish movie burned into her retinas. She remembered holding Shikamori close, so weakened from the Tsukiyomi, and her own hate filled eyes, Byakugan burning active, glaring into Museifu's crimson ones. She had vowed to kill him, but couldn't do it... And he escaped. Though Yokou knew one day everything would have to end... She couldn't help but...but wish for things to return to normal again.

hold me close so deep in your heart
I will find you no matter where i have to go
and dream of me
for I will be there
follow that stars that lead


And then she remembered visiting Shikamori...how fearful she was upon learning sometimes there are no recovery for a victim of the Tsukiyomi. Every day, for a month, she visited him...bringing fresh cut lilies and sang the same song Giglamesh had heard. Her emotions, her life story...was all in the simple verses. And Shikamori did stir... He did hear her sorrowful song, of regret...but also of hope...

into the quiet night

The way Kaisude was sleeping now, was how he was going to sleep for the rest of the night. He was still listening to Ryoko sing in his head even when she wasn't singing anymore, he smiled slightly and the pulled the blanket closer to his face. He was sound asleep and when he wakes up he is going to be happyier then he was, the temparature did change though and it got colder. Due to his cover though he was going to be fine, these nightmares came often and he would often find himself not going to sleep at all. Today was the day he started traing, he and Tetta anyway. He didn't mind though he needed all the training he could get.

Roy's face grew cold...he was there the day the Henka clan was virtually whiped out and chased from the lands of Iwa so to speak. For this girl to speak as if the ANBU or Kinami were suppose to be all seeing was a great offence to him. Granted, there was a time when he thought very similarly.

Ninja are suppose to be soo grand. Why can't they do this or that?" he would think. But as he grew older, such childishness left his mind and reality set in. Thankfully not in cold manors but in ways that were befiting a youth to grow up normally and calm. He took a deep sigh to release the anger and annoyance.

"ANBU and Kage are not baby sitters. Your clan didn't care to be watched by the ANBU. They lived out closer to the Wasteland than to the city, outside the ANBU watchful eye. The Earth Master knew this and knew that, while the Henka didn't communicate with the village that well, they were still pretty loyal and do all they could to stop any invasion from that direction...so she took to whiping out the 'guard dogs' so to speak...I was there when it happened..."

He left it at that and soon took off to take the girl home. He clinched her hard but gave her no warning of his takeoff so she'd probably jerk but he had a hold of the bag as well, bottom of the bag at least, so it wouldn't go flying out of her hand.

Ryoko began to move toward the boy. She smiled and pat his head. She began to kiss his head gently and smiled, "Ahh thank ya boy. Much obliged. I appreciate it but I"m fine. You go on to bed. I'll get up early and make veryone a huge breakfest to start off the day."

[[Roy's already gone, body flicker]]

(I edited, he sees the house instead of Roy. I'm assuming that Ryoko's inside.)
Katare was overjoyed at the thought of sleeping in a bed for the first time in over a year. He dashed into the door, then through it. "Ryoko, I'm home!" The boy was plainly exhausted, but the sheer force of his personality could keep him active for over a day after losing all energy. The boy had assumed that Ryoko would at least want to greet him...

[[oooh double head smash. Yaya!]]

Ryoko smiled as she moved through the house. The door opened two different times. Her ears perked up as she moved to the door. Seeing an unfamiliar face, she growled and soon came flying through the room. She dashed quickly. She'd moved in a dashing motion and soon lept into the air. She took the damn kid's head nearly all the way off with her flying kick. "What the hell's your problem boy?! You had me thinkin you were dead or something!" her voice was loud and carried. Of course, she had closed the door to the dojo and to her room so the members of the party that were in the dojo and the Lady Hyuuga would only hear mumbles and muffles. Not enough to wak them unless they were light sleepers.

Ryoko didn't care, she was pissed but at the same time, happy to see the boy. SHe picked up his body and hugged him tightly again, almost ot the point of suffication.

At this point, she heard someone else coming into her house. The person moved swiftly and sat in the living room. She released the boy Katare and pat him on the head, "Now you stay here. I have osmeone else to go kill." She moved behind the Kage and glared at him.

*que Ruronin Kenshin moment*
"Oooh Kaaa~~~~~ge!. I fooo~~~~und you." A huge swing of her hand to the back of his head. "WHere the hell have you been? Had Bright Eyes worried sick about you! Care to explain yourself? Makin a beautiful woman worry about you."

Ryoko sighed. She shook her head like a mother confused over her childs behavior. Her weight shifted to her left leg and her arms came to rest under her breast. She looked to him for a moment and smiled in a tired kind of fashion, "Goodness. Young love. What AM I going to do with you kids. I let you into my house for one night and already your causing a sceen. Heheh, bet your a real heartbreaker back in Konoha huh?"

She moved over to the kitchen where she fetched him some ice and looked over, "I saved you a bowl of my special beef ramen and some herbal tea if you want it. I can warm it up for you before you head to bed."

Moving over to him, she placed the pack on his head and began to tend to him like only a mother could. Granted, she wasn't his mom but she just had that way about herself. She did things without thinking in this regard. "I put both of you in my room. She's already asleep. You can go too if you want."