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Gouki shook his head. "I don't mind at all Mara. I'm sure if she does turn out to be your mother that she may decide to take us all in. Either way I am glad that there is a chance for you to meet your mother Mara." Gouki said happily.

Sakura was taken a back by the kiss to her cheek as she smiled. “Let’s go.” Sakura was ready to go as she held out her hand to Mara to go about finding her mother. She hoped Mara’s mother truly was a nice lady, for Mara’s sake. She didn’t want Mara to cry.

Fuu ran quickly through the forest following the scent of her friends. The wind had told her where they were as she follow that. She had to find them quickly as she was not sure if they were already or not. She stayed to the shadows till finally she came into the clearing where shadows were not to be found. She'd have to come out of hiding now as she saw Cho and Ayaka. She decided the time was now to get their attention. "Cho! Ayaka!" She'd continued to run before skidding into a kneeling position before the two of them showing them honor as friends and as their ninja unaware of the dangers the two had been in.

“Yes, it’s me Cho. I managed to barely escape. I am glad you survived as well. I tracked you by the power of the wind. The guided your scent to me. Both yours and little Ayaka’s.” Fuu would smile gently as she raised her head to look at Cho. Her brown eyes and hair seeming to hold an almost greenish aura to them to mimic the very wind that welled up within her body. She was the opposite of her friends who were for the most part her weakness, but they were dear to her.

Sakura didn't know to be honest. She would think clearly on their next course of action. "We might try to the road a bit to see if we can find them. They might be on it, that's how you found me." Sakura hoped the answer would suffice as she stood there walking to be at the side of Mara.

Cho nodded, "Yes Kyoji, she lived in my village. We knew each other, she was one of the only people who acknowledged me after..... after I had my two beauties." she said hugging Ayaka. Cho walked a bit closer to Kyoji, and placed her hand gently on his shoulder. She smiled reassuringly at him.

Mara nodded, "Should we try to find Toki again?" she asked the two.

“You should have been acknowledged, but something tells me that your other beauty lives. The wind whispers of her life, I have been trying to track her existence this time that I have been apart.” Fuu smiled gently as she looked at them. She’d stand up least to her full height being quite a short woman, but one that showed full of vitality and strength. “I am Fuu Kaze, as my name states I am someone that my power lives from the wind itself.”

"We probably should, but for now let's follow the road back to Toki. It is safer that way." Sakura figured it be best that way.

"Yes that is a good idea. Let us follow the road. Eventually it should lead to the next town and we will run into others as they come from said town." Gouki said as he followed after Mara.



Meanwhile elsewhere a man in magnificent red robe sat patiently on his throne of gold and gems. His face was obscured by an ornate mask likewise made of gold and an elaborate gems stared at the prisoners tied before him.

His lips twisted into a mocking grin as he around the helpless prisoners inspecting each one. "I am a benevolent ruler. I apologize for the rough treatment you have all suffered thus far but in today's society you can never be to careful with dangers all around us. I only ask for your absolute loyalty. Is that so much to ask from your Daimyo?" he told the small group.

"You have suppressed my family and your men have pillaged my farmland. Why should I pledge anything to you?" one man yelled out in anger as he spat at the foot of the Daimyo.

Daimyo frowned at the man and reached down picking him up by his throat. The man gasped as a dark swirl of energy seeped from the man into the Daimyo. Within a minute the mans body fell lifeless from his hand.

"I do not wish to harm to any of you but those who are choose to disobey me are paramount to treason and shall be dealt with accordingly." he said gravely looking down at the man and ripping off a piece of the man's shirt to wipe the spit from his boot.

The group quickly swore their allegiances to the Daimyo and his smile returned as he let each of them kiss his ring finger to prove their commitment. Their minds clouded as their minds filled with an unusual affection for the daimyo.

Mara skipped ahead of the group., but she constantly checked back behind her to make sure that they were both there, and that they were both near her. She didn't want to get out o sight, so when curves came up in the road she slowed way down and waited for them before making the turn, and once it was cleared she took the position of the leader again.

"Yes, we will, after camp is picked up and the food is gone." she said brushing her fingers though her daughter's hair. Ayaka seemed to be almost done with her food. Cho was no longer hungry. So she moved around the camp and began to pick up after themselves.

"Thank you Kyoji." Cho said smiling at him as she rolled up the beds. "Do you know where your friend went?" She asked as she began to roll up the bed she had slept on. "She must have left last night."