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Masa turned around, "You will call me Masaraku, and for your sake please use some tact around me, I'm helping you after all." She turned and began to stride out of the room and down the hall. "I am sure you can tell that I am part of the Hoshigaki clanhouse, and I am sure that you have encountered some of my clan members quite recently judging from your medical chart." She tossed the clipboard behind her. "However, I would prefer you not lump me in with my heathen cousins." She walked in silence for a bit before coming into the open sunlight of Kirigakure, the mist felt nice against her skin once more. She turned and faced Batsu, "He cut you twice right? In return Akemi shall suffer the same fate as dictated by the elders. Two strokes of my blade. After which I am to assume his duties as your squads Kenjutsu specialist. I'll have you know though, I intend to keep this team tight. I don't care if its out of fear or actual respect, but I expect to be treated with courtesy. And do not, under any circumstance, assume that just because I am a woman means that I am inferior in any way. What you are about to see should disprove that. Any questions before we start?" She stood there, sizing the kid up. He had a mouth on him, but that was easily fixed, and in his defense she couldn't blame him for being cautious after what he had been through. She intended to change his outlook on life.

She handed him the letter that she wad awoken to. "Trust me, I don't give a crap about what the meathead does. I'm acting on the clans orders. Two cuts, just as he did to you, bring him within an inch of death as he did to you, those are the orders and I follow them to a tee, in exchange I get released a few months early despite what the medics say they want. Its win win." She pulled the letter from Batsu's hands and turned around before marching off in a quickened pace towards the grove. The time for haste was now.

[Exit to grove.]

Masaraku dumped Akemi's body at the door of the hospital, the automatic doors opened as his body fell limp into their maw. After a moment the doors closed upon Akemi's big head, reopening before closing again and again as Masaraku looked at her top, it was covered in mud and blood. She reached down and undid the knot in the cloth that held back her chest, holding it for a moment as she turned away from Batsu, wanting to retain some of her modesty ... well at least to her teammate.
She took the cloth and tied it on Akemi's shoulder to bandage the wound. It also gave her an excuse to go topless, if only for a short while. She grabbed Akemi's collar and dragged him to the front desk and dropped him, then turned to her left and began to march down the hall, her large breast turned but a moment after her body, nipples hard and firm as they sprang forth into site. The stares of every man in the room locked upon her chest for but a moment as they all turned away, wary of the impending doom that awaited any man Masaraku caught staring upon her body. In her time within the hospital over the past year many men had caught her wrath and many women had felt the sting of her tongue as she justified her lack of clothes. There was always a reason, even if she had made it up or purposely put herself into that situation. In the end they had found it best just to leave her be and allow her to carry about her business. They all knew that eventually, some how, some way, she would end up in clothing once more eventually and that if they just let nature run its course she wouldn't end up hurting anybody.
Masaraku rounded a corner and walked just barely into the next hallway, grabbing a bag from the ground and tossing it to her bed and kicking the door closed behind her. She began to unbutton her pants, wiggling them off as she unzipped the bag. She pulled out a skin tight bodysuit and stepped out of her pants and boots, kicking them to the side and holding the body suit as she lowered it to her feet, stepping into the suit and pulling it over her body. She reached back and pulled up the zipper, sealing herself away in the tight material, a nylon mesh with a corduroy pattern that lay vertical stripes up and down her body. Her wrist and shoulders were adorned with metal plating that stuck out amongst the black nylon.
Masaraku pulled on her boots again and laced them, pulling them tight and grabbing her backpack, dufflebag, and suitcase before opening the door and heading out again.

She looked at the boy as she exited, "I've already covered my intentions earlier Batsu." She took a deep breath and brushed the hair from her eyes. "I intend to train on the genjutsu release in order to compensate for an obvious weakness of most Hoshigaki, prior to that however I plan on dropping my things off at the clan house." She turned her body at the waist, and a symphony of cracks resonated from her spine as she stretched out. "Tell me though, have you any knowledge of where one might find this Shinzu character? I would prefer to do things as a team or at least coordinate as a team so that we know what and who we need to compensate for. What we lack now is a taijutsu user with a lot of stanima, somebody to act as a distraction while you heal the wounded that could act in my stead. I'm not really worried about anybody trying to steal my sword, but as for you two, I am sure that life without a weapon may prove difficult." She stopped and looked at Batsu, "Thats it! Chakra scalpel ... it could come in very useful for you in the future if we get in that situation. Perhaps the library has something on it."

By now the gypsy kid was getting a little annoyed that his cousin had strongly suggested that it would be in his benefit to run this little errand for him. Not only had he had to take the boat out to the main island, but he'd had to walk around the grove to search for the team and now he had to find a straggler as well. Didn't ninja teams always stay together or something? Or surely the team members could find their teammates themselves? It was that bow that had sealed it, that had made him pretty much unable to say no. The kid shrugged as the hospital came into sight and with it, a tall girl standing at the entrance.

Well. The ninja was right. The girl was hard to miss. Tall, light blue skin, long hair and an extremely tight bodysuit to boot. If the kid had been a few years older his hormones would have shot through the roof. However now he still thought girls were gross, so whatever. Unfortunately for the kid, Masaraku was just leaving and practically disappeared in the next moment. Frustrated, the kid ran into the hospital up to the receptionist's counter.

"I need to find someone from Team Natsumi," he said to the receptionist. "Blue skinned, tight clothing? I just found her teammates in the grove. I have to give her instructions for a mission." Knowing full well who he spoke of, the receptionist asked the boy to send a messenger bird. As he wrote down his message, the boy wondered at how the bird could possibly find her. As it flew off he shrugged. Who cared, his job was as good as done.

Mayumi's face lit up. She was relieved to know that she could get help now... and she didn't have to go far nor did she have to go to the council and pay for someone to do it. Mayumi knew that it would be wrong to send Batsu to do work and not give him some sort of compensation.

"That's great Batsu! So, I need you to go to the shore and find some jellyfish. I need 10 Fire Jellyfish and 10 Sea Nettle. You will more than likely need to head out to the open water using your chakra. If you bring back what I ask, I'll give you a vial of each. You can use them on your arrows and can do some serious damage. Sound okay?" She motioned the net over to the young boy.

Batsu's eyes drifted from the face of the nurse over to the net in her hand. Batsu didn't say a single word, he just reached out and took the net from Mayumi's hand. He was more than ready... especially being as he was gonna pocket some poisons.

((Enter from Main Island: The Shoreline))

Batsu and his captured aquatic friends walked up to the doors of the hospital. A smirk of confidence was spread across his lips. The boy walked in and down the hallway he could see Mayumi going into a patient's room. The boy immediately ran to the door and knocked on it. After Mayumi gave Batsu the go ahead to enter, she looked over her shoulder to see him while checking a sleeping man's vital signs.

"Ah... nice work Batsu. I see tentacles coming out from the net, which means you did part of the task. I knew I could rely on you." Mayumi grabbed a wet towel and gently placed it on the man's forehead before turning and heading out the room. "Follow me and I'll get you a vial of poison." Batsu nodded and followed Mayumi to an apparent storage room. The woman reached up on a shelf and pulled out a small, clear vial of liquid and handed it to Batsu. He took it and placed the container in his bag. The boy then gave the net to her in exchange. The mission was now halfway completed. The boy gave Mayumi a wave and turned to head out of the hospital, but was stopped when Mayumi grabbed his wrist.

"Stop... I know you were about to go back to the sea, but it's getting dark. The shore has no light source and you can get yourself in all sorts of trouble out there. If you want something to do, then you should see Shippo. It seems he needs someone to do some shopping. It's definitely safer than going back out to the beach.

Mayumi was completely bogged down with paperwork and tending to patients, that she looked like she was ready to crack. Something had to be down soon, because the poor female was in bad shape. Being the head nurse at the village's hospital was hard work. If only she had someone to come in and help her with some of her work then she'd be okay for the most

[Fail]
While Mayumi was shuffling papers, Batsu casually made his entrance to the building. The poor kid was beyond bored and wanted something to do. He saw Mayumi doing some work and went over to the front desk and tried to spark up a conversation. Hopefully he could get some information about someone needing some help. It would be a refreshing step up from wandering around the town doing nothing...

[Fail]
"Hello Mayumi-san, I was wondering if you knew of anyone that needed some favors around town." Batsu took a relaxed stance. He eventually propped himself against Mayumi's desk.

Mayumi heard Batsu's question, but was way too engrossed in her work to answer him at the present time. In fact, she had gotten so frustrated with her work that he just chunked the papers onto her desk and growled in a fit of anger. The older woman then cupped her pretty face into her hands and then collapsed on her work station. Poor Mayumi, she was totally exhausted.

[Fail]
Batsu jumped back in surprise. Mayumi was clearly stressed.Hell, all the paperwork that needed to be done would make anyone go crazy. It then hit him. He himself was a medic ninja and new a little bit about the medical field. Maybe he could be of some use to her, the village, and he could get some training out of it. Working at the hospital would make his daily routine a hell of a lot more exciting! Batsu knocked on Mayumi's desk and smiled. This would definitely be great news to her!

[Pass]
Mayumi grumbled as she looked up at the boy. The boy was doing too much. There was no way he could have missed where she was upset. Now he wanted to pester her so he could work? How selfish...

"Ugh... what is it Batsu?" The nurse lifted her head and started straighten up papers that went flying from her temper tantrum.

Batsu picked up some of the papers and started examining them. It was mostly forms of people who checked in and out from the hospital. Meh... it couldn't be too much of a hassle. Batsu reached down and took a pen from the many that Mayumi had on her desk.

[Fail]
Batsu clicked the pen and gave Mayumi a friendly glance. "Would you mind teaching me about what you do here? I need something to do and you need someone to help you. It'll help out the both of us!"

Mayumi's facial expression flipped from an upset one to being full of excitement.She could now get some more work done around here and it would take some of the load off of her shoulders.The woman jumped up and grabbed a spare clipboard from off the wall and rushed to give it to the boy. The woman was eager to teach him the ropes. The woman then walked down the hallway and instructed Batsu to follow.

[Pass]
Batsu followed Mayumi-senpai in the hallway. He found it amusing that the female's demeanor changed so rapidly, but it was okay. She was happy now and that's what mattered. The boy was led into a room that was filled with medical supplies. The boy waas in awe at all the stuff that the room had. Gauze, bandages, senbon, damn near everything lined the shelves of the room. Batsu watched as her new teacher grabbed some bandages and a splint. She then gave the materials to Batsu to hold and then walked out the room. The boy was about to learn about what goes on here.

[Pass]
"Okay Batsu, we're heading into your first patient's room. It's a little girl who broke her arm. She's almost ready to be released from the hospital, but needs someone to watch her every now and again. After she is discharged, you'll be responsible for filling out her papers, so be sure you pay attention to her. Not only that, but you'll also be responsible for a couple of the other patients. Their conditions aren't critical, so it's not necessary for you to be everywhere at all times. Just make sure that you check up on them periodically. Got it?"

[Pass]
Wow, his first day as a nurse and he had been put to work. Fine by him. At least he didn't have to be confined to his room! The boy gave Mayumi-senpai a simple nod as the two continued down the hallway towards the little girl's room. She was soon to be released so she had to have been pretty excited about it,. He himself was a bit excited to meet her. His reason behind it was different though. He could say that he had a job to do.

[Fail]
Mayumi stopped mid-stride and looked and glanced at Batsu over her shoulder. "I truly hope that you weren't expecting to come here and steal my job." The woman couldn't help but chuckle at the thought for a spell. :It's not that I don't think you can't. It's just that the hospital is a big responsibility within itself and it's unheard of for a genin to come in and steal the show. I have no problem showing you how it's all run. In addition to that, I think I should show you some recipes that would be great for you and your team during missions and such. That's only if you are willing to put in the time and effort though." The woman then stopped talking and went back to walking up the hall.


[Pass]
The two approached a door and Mayumi knocked on the door. She then entered and her new student followed behind. Batsu stopped just inside the room while the head nurse made her way next to the little girls bed.

"Hi Hana-chan, I'm here to redress your arm. Can I please have your arm?

The wide-eyed, black-haired female lifted up her arm and let the nurse do what she had to do. She then looked towards the door and saw that there was a new entry into the room. There was an older boy who looked to be out of uniform. "Um... Mayumi-san... who is he?" The little girl tilted her head a** she stared at the other curiously.