Welcome to Gaia! ::

The trip was going faster than he had imagined, what chakra he had lost in his forced fight with the leaf ninja was replenished and he was well rested. Still though, the sword felt as if it was still getting heavier, no matter how much he carried it the thing wouldn't get any easier to carry. Still, he was still going faster, that was good...

When Hiyo noticed the small green bridge that would be his turning point he gave a smile. It was indeed a small bridge with a small nameplate on one side, even with enough rust to make it nearly impossible to read. All Hiyo could do is attempt to feel the letters to understand what it stated.

Na___o __t a br__ge nam__ ___er __m so w_y sh____'t Gai S__sei?
-____ ___

Hiyo couldn't read it at all, he made out bits and pieces, hell the
name of the person who actually named it was gone! The only word that even meant anything to him was "Gai" he had a book about a man named Gai, odds were it wasn't the same person seeing how names were often shared between multiple people... The boy shrugged and continued over the bridge and onto the sand village!

Cridae Kanu

If anything is worth fighting for...

Cridae heard the scroll hit the ground and the sound of scroll paper rubbing against itself, obviously unfurling. He looked at his clone and shook his head. This girl, woman, whatever, was serious about getting the stuff they were delivering. To go so far as to guilt-trip them with a sob story, that was low. He didn't move yet as he was trying to figure out what the scroll was to begin with. "Clone, figure out what that scroll is and what it says." The clone nodded and walked toward the woman, or as she called herself 'girl', and tried to get a better look at the scroll without getting seen.

...than I shall be the one to defend it.

Shaking her head she just scowled, "Ok look teddy-bear, I'll give you guys one more chance. I'm goddam hungry and those crates probably contain enough food for me to live on for the next few months until I can straighten this mess out. Step off or..." She said, slamming her fist onto the large scroll. As she did so, probably 3 dozen of the special kunai came to life. They didn't "launch" but they hung in the air like phantom daggers waiting to strike.

Hiyo nodded while on his head Aoiro called, "Yep!" The little lizard's small comment made Hiyo laugh, getting used to the little guy talking would take a while, but at least it was learning slowly, that way it wasn't a massive shock to the head. Hiyo looked around a bit while he walked, everything looked so familiar. The plan was to go to where the exams were held then use a map from there to find the hidden village.

Hiyo was about to open his mouth and tell Ichi which one they were looking for, however he was interrupted again by Aoiro who answered for him. "Six!" The lizard happily played on Hiyo's head while the genin walked, would he even have to talk? Did the lizard know everything that Hiyo did? probably, it had been with him since the beginning of the mission...

Hiyo noticed that Ichi has picked up the pace a bit so that they were walking side by side. That made it easier for them to... Never mind Ichi still wasn't one for talking, hell, Hiyo's lizard talked more than Ichi. And that was saying something when they realized the lizard spoke like a baby. Anyway, Hiyo's mind slowly drifted to the sound village, thinking about the people he might see, there was Glitter and Seika, and that other guy... "I hope we don't run into any trouble while we are there at the sound village, that would suck..."