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"You're doing great Kuroi," Aryza complemented the cub seeing another success. "If you keep going like this you'll get your treat in no time!" She was still waiting on the other girls reply to her question. She didn't really expect her to answer it. She probably hadn't even known she was there yet. Ok so thats five down. Seven more to go......lets see what should I do next? Glancing at the remaining seals to do she decided on the next one. Once her mind was made up she made the seal of the bird. Ok Kuroi get this one right. Get it right in one shot! They were doing so well that she felt like anything could happen. She glanced at the other girl for a bit then returned her attention towards training her mutt. Who was she? It was itching at the back of her head.

Kuroi had placed his paw on the right picture again. It was getting easier every single time. He was still curious about the girl though. Would she play with them? He felt like playing. He had been working hard so far and he wanted to run around for a bit. Wagging his tail he gazed around at his surroundings. Sensing that Aryza had finished making another seal he went to identify it. I'm going to get a treat! Being excited her let out a few barks and wagged his tail wildly. Treat. Treat! Here I come! Mister Giant had better give him a treat afterwards or else he would get it! Though he was looking at Aryza and her seal his mind kept on wondering towards the new girl. He constantly observed her through the corner of his eye.


Handseals
DC: 12 ( 1d20+ handle animal )
5/12
( rat, horse, dragon, hare, ox)

Shirayuki Kaede - Academy Student

Theme: Não Chora Menina

LV. 5 | Experience: 94/130 | Hp: 40/40 | Cp: 35/35 | MHp: 70/70

She slowly turned her head towards the girl who had spoken to her, eyes drooping. Oh, she really hadn't noticed her. Is this girl supposed to be one of her classmates? Well, would have been her classmate but that isn't possible anymore.

"Okaaaaaay? Am I-I okaaaay~?" Kaede pondered, with a loopy and trembling smile. "Haha. I s-s-suppose I'll b-b-be as okaaaaaay as I'll ever be. Ahahaaaaaa."

As okay as a dead person can be. As okay as a person afraid of dogs was. Kaede withdrew herself from the girl, twitching and flinching at the... fuzzy thing. Two steps back. It didn't seem like it wanted to get close to her. Good fuzzy thing. Nice fuzzy thing. Please stay away from this poor soul. Pleeeease... And if her nerves weren't already spazzing, Kaede would have felt unnerved that Taiju-san was leveling himself down to her height. No, he was much better flaunting that pride and tall stature of his.

"Aha, you're s-so funnyyyyy Taiju-saaaaaaan. Hahahaha. Such h-high standards. Hahahahaaaaaaaa~! No I-I don't have one o-of those. Sniffle. But I c-can give you my stuffed k-kitty. His name is Sh-shin. He d-doesn't like to sl-sleep without a nightlight, and he h-has a lot of nightmares s-so y-you'll have to s-sing a song for him. A-and he doesn't l-like to be pet."

A pause at Taiju-san's other question.

"Y-you'll find o-o-out later in the newspaper."

Where her obituary will be. It will probably be two words long, listing only her name. Accompanied by her sorry excuse of a face smeared with black ink and tears.

"C-can you tell me h-how to find Hyuuga-san? There's s-something I have to t-t-tell him. I-it's important," she mumbled.

Kuroi had been paying more attention to Kaede then at the seal. Unlike the other times he didn't put his paw down on a image. Nope. Instead the black ball of fluff walked up to the girl, who had shied away from him. He didn't get to close though. Calmly he sat down on his hind legs. Tilting his head up wards he looked at her with his big green eyes. Smiling or at least what seemed to be a smile he also had his tongue sticking out. Something most dogs had the tendency of doing especially when they wanted a nice rub behind the ear.

You're strange he told her but of course the only thing they understood where two soft barks. His tail wagged as he waited for a reply from the girl.

Aryza let out a huge sigh of disappointment. Instead of pointing to the right picture what did Kuroi do? He went to go great the girl. She didn't that was the best of ideas though. She had just a few seconds before shied away from him. Apparently she didn't like dogs and not only that but she looked like the slightest thing would make her fall apart.

"Kuroi get back here," she commanded. "He doesn't mean any harm. He is just saying hi."

Hopefully this would prevent the girl from running away. After all the wolf cub was utterly harmless and he was just too cute to be considered the least bit scary. Maybe she would do exactly that. Find him cute and fluffy like a stuffed animal and no longer be scared. Or she would do exactly the opposite. Run away in fear.

"Kuroi come and try the seal again." As she finished saying this she made the seal again. If the cub was listening to her at all he would leave the girl alone for now and resume their training.

Handseals
DC: 12 ( 1d20+ handle animal )
5/12
( rat, horse, dragon, hare, ox)

(( forgot to roll ))

Taiju couldn't help but laugh at the girl. He really didn't want to, but this was too funny. "You do realize that we all die eventually right? No point in panicking like this... Wait you said that you went to the hospital already? And they told you that you were going to die? You look fine to me... What exactly is causing your immediate and horrific death?"

The girl was practically insane, losing her head over something this ridiculous. If she had truly been dying, the people at the medical facilities wouldn't have let her leave. They would have had people come to her instead of the. Now he just had to convince her that she wasn't in fact, dying.

Kuroi couldn't remember what that seal was. There were too many distractions now. He looked up at Aryza and did what was probably the equivalent to a humans shaking of the head. His master sighed seeing this. He was telling her he couldn't do this one.

Aryza sighed. With Kaede's arrival both she and Kuroi were getting completely side tracked they needed to focus more. "Ok Kuroi we've gotta focus now!"

Taking in a deep breath she made another seal. This time she didn't continue with the tiger but decided to try the snake again. If her hands hadn't been making the seal she would've had her fingers crossed. Come on lets get this one right!

Handseals
DC: 12 ( 1d20+ handle animal )
6/12
( rat, horse, dragon, hare, ox,bird)

Taiju knew he shouldn't be laughing, but it was just too funny. The girl fell out of a tree and suddenly she thinks that she's going to die? Damm that was rich.

"So you fell out of a tree, hit your head, and suddenly you believe that you're a death row inmate? Haven't you ever hit your head before? If the people at the medical ward thought you were going to die, they wouldn't have allowed you to walk around free. You'd be in a hospital bed and we'd be coming to you."

He tried to let his words sink into the hysterical girl for a few seconds before continuing. "You see, you've never actually seen what head trauma looks like. Had you hit your head hard enough to be in critical condition, you would have gone into shock by now and probably bled to death internally. Since you're still here I think you're fine. Seriously, your body is tougher than you give it credit for."

Taiju set Kaede down gently and put a hand on her shoulder. "You're a ninja in training. You can take a few hits. One time I was training, got hit in the head with a boulder and woke up a week later in the hospital. That was an adventure..."

Taiju decided to leave out the part about his involvement with those medical textbooks. Considering he had given the book many of its photographs from the people that he had beaten to death... Yeah probably not something to bring up right now. He stood up again, and let the full effect of his size sink in.

"You're not going to die. Also, as far as your family goes, the Shirayuki name has far more respect than you think. At least it's not like the Senju who have respect that we don't deserve."

What was that about Yarotai and being together? Oh Yarotai would pay for molesting all of the students... Somehow. Some way. Taiju would make him pay for such indecency.

"Of course you may keep him Kaede. It would be rude of me to do any different."

Taiju sat down in the grass and looked up into the sky. His eyes grew distant as he seemed to drift off into thought. "When I was knocked out a traveler found me and brought me in, hoping to score some ransom money. My so-called family didn't know I was gone." Taiju smiled beneath his mask, and reflected on his past for a few moments.

"I have been personally told by every member of my clan that I am an insult to my heritage, and that I am completely useless to anything they want to do. It's true; I’m probably the worst ninja in the village. However, I never wanted to become a ninja. I wanted to be a fighter. Street fighting, prize fighting, that whole deal. I've never mastered a single Senju Jutsu, even though I have the gift. If you want to know why I hate my surname, it’s because the so called "elders" believe they have a right to play god with everyone in the clan. Saying that it keeps us pure. Our line hasn't been pure since we started being born in labs."

Again Taiju looked at the sky, feeling how open it was, how free. No one told the clouds how to move, no one controlled them. One day he would be strong enough to be free. And no one would tell him otherwise.

"Be glad you are the garbage man's daughter and not the daughter of the Senju. I would gladly switch places with you. You don't know what it's like to have people trying to shackle you with titles and honorifics. Believing that because they're the so called 'Royal' line that it entitles them to special treatment. For years I have acted on my own, as an enforcer for the village. Everything that I have now, I worked for. I take great pride in my strength, not because I’m entitled to anything, but because I worked for it. Your father would understand what I mean."

Taiju didn't understand why he was explaining all of this to her, it wasn't like she'd understand. It was hard to put something like this into words. "Well that's enough of that. If you have to remember anything about me, it's that I do my own thing, and I do it without help from anyone else."

He stood up again, shaking his head back and forth. At least she hadn't asked about the mask. That was his own business. "So now that story time is over, explain to me why you came to me first when you thought you were dying? Surely there are people closer to your heart. People like Tairu Hyuuga for example."