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Notwen noticed Cruxis' quietness on the way back to the village. He felt like reassuring the genin that the mission's failure was not entirely on his shoulders, but decided against it. Pep talks weren't the dark-skinned blonde's forte and he didn't want to cause emotional damage that words couldn't fix. As such he refrained from saying much himself until after their return to the village. As they were traveling, Cruxis wrapped his cloak around Takeshi's injury to keep the blood from making a mess.
He's not a bad kid, but needs to be trained well... thought the three-eyed Uchiha as they walked through the village gates as the sun began to set behind the mountains. The village's nocturnal activity was just starting to stir and several night clubs began to open for the night. "Alright, first things first. We need to find a medic for Takeshi." said Notwen, who began to search the faces of people nearby to see if he recognized members of the Medical Squad. "Are there any medics around here? This shinobi needs to be treated right away!" The dark-skinned blonde hoped that someone was within earshot was able to perform medical jutsu.

Takeshi heard Notwen speaking/shouting while trying to sneak by the bears. It seemed that he'd failed at that. The pain wasn't extreme, but it was bad enough to keep him hunched over just slightly. He wasn't planning on standing up or lean forwared as that would cause the skin to shift and it to start bleeding a little, and the pain to surge slightly. Then before he could blink, the location shifted to the enterance of the village. It was then that Cruxis wrapped his cloak around his wounds. He figured that with it being covered he would be able to stand up fully now. He still knew it would hurt but knew that standing up would be for the best, plus staying hunched over slightly was giving him a stiff back. Straitening up, Takeshi could feel the shifting in his skin but it wasn't as bad as he thought it was. With that settled, he continued to walk on with the group. He was still taking the back position. Once inside the village, he heard Notwen speak aloud about needing a medical nin and the asking around if there was one close by. As it seemed there was one. She was young like them but he wasn't complaining. He looked over in her direction and nodded. "If you're a medical shinobi... I'm the one who needs the aid..." With that, he took off the cloak in which was covering the wound and waited for the medical female to take a look at the wounds he had.

Rissa nodded at Cruxis before giving her full attention to Takeshi. "I wish we could have met under different circumstances.. Now let me see.." The young medic knelt down, undoing the cloak carefully to get a look at the wound. It was a bite deep, but nothing too bad. He was lucky it hadn't gone far enough to hit the bone.

"It isn't as bad as it looks... A bit ragged around the edges, it'll probably leave a scar... how'd you get this exactly?" She glanced up at him for a moment, before snagging her med kit and pulling out some gauze and antiseptic, putting some on the gauze before gently pressing it to the wound. The antiseptic would speed along healing, and even with just that, he'd be fine to go out again the next day.

“There all done... Though I don't think it would be wise to head out again tonight.” Rissa gave a light smile, standing and brushing off her hands. She was in a good mood, having just helped someone out, and it would take a lot to get her out of it.

As it seemed, Cruxis knew this younger female. The extent of their friendship was unknown but he could at least tell that they were friends enough just by how they reacted to one another. Takeshi closed his eyes and started to meditate, taking this time to reflect on exactly what had happened to gain this injury. This was another habit that was passed down through his fathers strict and linear training. What he needed to do was figure out what he had mis-calculated or mis-judged in order for this to happen. He looked back mentally trying to recap every last detail he could remember. First thing first was he judged the situation; The bear was about to attack Cruxis so he had to get in between the two as fast as possible. Check, next was to.... wait... that was it. He'd thought about his own safety too late compared to what he normally would have done. This gave him even less time then normal to activate his own skill to save him from harm. With that now known, he needed to make sure that he didn't do that again. If it did happen again, things could be much worse for wear.

Once Takeshi opened his eyes, he noticed that there was something on his back. He rolled his shoulders slightly and looked over his should to see the patch of gauze over the wound. There was no stinging to the wound from the gauze, just the natural stinging of his skin being ripped open and his body trying to repair itself. He had heard her ask how he'd gotten the wounds, but Notwen had already answered her question, then afterwards ask how he felt. It seemed like he was given no time to answer the question though as Notwen asked Cruxis how he was doing. He turned his attention to Notwen for a moment to answer his question. "I'm fine, I'm just glad that I was able to get in between the two before anyone got seriously injured." He knew to leave names out of the picture, and figured that Notwen know what he was talking about. Then he turned his attention to the young medic, and giving her a slight bow of gratitude. "Thank you for your help Ms...." He froze for a second just then realizing that he had no idea who this medic was. "I'm sorry... I don't know your name..." He wasn't use to asking people about their personal information like names and such, but it would be something he would quickly get use to as time went on.

Rissa smiled and nodded at the explanation. “I see... I'm glad no one was injured more seriously. It's true I would technically be out of a job, but I'd prefer that than to seeing a full hospital.” She gave a sweet, endearing smile as she stood relaxed, but ready. It seemed to her that Cruxis was a bit out of it, but then she was distracted by the man she had just treated.

“Oh.... Um-” She had been about to speak, but then Cruxis picked up what she had been about to say, She listened, smiling and giggling a bit as he picked up his more humorous side, rolling tight into it. Still smiling, she flicked the note into her arm warmer and out of sight, intending to read it later. As it was, she was in a much better mood than before, even if she was a lone ninja again. It didn't matter, she'd find a team again, hopefully.

Hiding her sudden dimness in mood, she decided to focus on all of the new people. She was always so excited when she got to meet new people, maybe even new friends, and this time was no different, even if this wasn't a particular instance she would have chosen.

As soon as Takeshi asked his question about the medics name, Cruxis chimed in and started to make the introductions. Then he started to ramble off on more introductions then were actually needed. He had no clue why Cruxis was actually doing this, but knew one thing and that was his reign of silence was no more. Once finished he continued to wonder what the whole introducing everyone in an absured manor was all about but figured it would be best to ignore it for the moment. Once Cruxis was finished, Notwen started to talk to him for a bit. Part of it he didn't catch but the other part was about Notwen helping Cruxis in becoming a good Sensory type shinobi. After that, he turned over and walked towards Takeshi and told him that he shouldn't train until the wound on his back was healed. I've trained with worse wounds before... but maybe a good rest is what I need..... we'll see... He thought to himself. He was so used to training constantly that injuries seemed to very little to slow him down. In fact they actually ended up increasing the intesity of his training. Ether way it would be figured out later. It seemed that Notwen needed to go, so with a wave he left to complete his own agenda. This left Rissa, Cruxis and himself standing in the middle of the village. He looked over to Rissa and bowed slightly again. "Well thank you Rissa for closing up the wounds on my back...." He really wasn't sure what to do next... He was standing with two people he knew little about and he knew that they knew very little about himself. Then it hit him, why not get to know each other? It would keep him from training for a bit anyways. "Um.... if you two have nothing better to do, maybe we can properly get aquainted"

A cool evening breeze stirred up from the east as the last rays of sunlight sunlight vanished behind the surrounding mountains. Lanterns began to be lit all over the place, creating islands of light along the crowding streets of Kumogakure. Notwen sighed as his short moments of relative piece and quiet left and the night crowd began to do whatever it was that they did at these hours. Having lived a bit over a year in the village was not long enough to get completely comfortable with the lay of the land. In contrast to Sunagakure's relatively flat layout, the Hidden Cloud was built around several mountainsides, which were connected by bridges, stairways and cable cars to make travel easier. That combined with the thin air found at that altitude was more than enough for any regular traveler to shorten their stay. Even so, the lay of the land was a decent training ground for any ninja to develop physical strength.

The dark-skinned blonde walked into an alleyway between to concrete buildings at the base of a crowded stairway. "Suzume Koumyaku!" he whispered and channeled his chakra to the soles of his shoes. Concentrating, he ignited the chakra so a steady stream of flames propelled him off the ground and up to the ledge that the stairs led to, making sure to avoid the stairs so as to not accidentally burn anyone. Once he had gone past the ledge Notwen cancelled the technique and landed lightly on the balls of his feet. This area was one of the upper middle class residential zones, which contained the manor he was looking for. A few people from the stairway recognized him and sent greetings his way, to which he answered by waving and smiling.
"Sensei?" came a Nagamichi's voice from the Chuunin's right. "What are you doing here?" The genin was dressed in a t-shirt, jeans, and ninja sandals. His sword, Hagia du Albae was strapped diagonally across his back. Notwen chuckled at the coincidence of him being found by his student.
"I was actually looking for you, but it seems you found me first. Care to accompany me on my nightly rounds?" he asked. Nagamichi seemed to ponder the request, then said,
"Sure, i already finished what i needed to do anyway." Notwen cocked an eyebrow.
"You went to the hospital already?" Nagamichi nodded in response.
"The head doctor allowed me to tend to Gou. His hand is doing much better now that Ailin purified the chakra in it." The Irikura smiled at this. "He should be let out in the next few days." Notwen nodded, happy to hear that his trainee hadn't suffered any severe injuries.
"It's good to hear that Gou'll be fine. I was starting to feel pretty guilty." The Uchiha scratched his head as he recalled that morning's events. "Well, let's get going before i get stiff from this draft."
"Right!" With that said, the duo took off to the rooftops.