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Ichi nodded slightly towards Kiko as the two of them continued walking. "Alright I have just been thinking about it sense you left" Ichi said nodding slightly towards the girl. He was satisfied with that answer; in fact he would have been fine with her not even saying anything at all to him. "And No; my missions isn't complete; and it wont be until I master Shukaku..." Ichi said sighing slightly. "I need to Find another of the Immortals, I wasn't able to Finish my training with Saito" Ichi said with a slight sigh; his smile fading slightly.

As Kiko asked if something had happened with Saito; he paused slightly; which normally would have been rather difficult to notice; but seeing as how Kiko was clinging to him she could halve felt it. "Yeah...." Ichi said looking down at her slightly; still walking through the forest. "The Sound Ninja that I spoke about before; they first got there and acted radiatively collect and just where talking; but one of them did, something. He touched him; There was an explosion, and he was gone" As Ichi said this he looked back up from Kiko back down the path that he was walking on. Even though Ichi wasn't pausing of stuttering it was fairly clear that he didn't like to talk about what had happened.

Ichi continued walking silently for a few moments before Kiko spoke about how she hoped that the two of them would meet back up later. "I do to" Ichi said actually trying to put his arm around her shoulder; almost as though he had forgot that the arm on the side Kiko was on; was missing. Ichi then paused slightly Mid step' taken back slightly that he had somehow managed to forget he was missing a LIMB. However a split second later Ichi leaned over slightly and kissed the top of Kiko's head. "I'm sure that we will" Ichi said looking down at Kiko with a smile as the two of them continued to walk; they where nearing the valley of the end now so they should be getting there fairly soon.

"Well I'm sure you will figure something out" Ichi said smiling slightly towards."When we get to the Udai who should go first?" He asked mainly because having two people trying to give important information at the same time; was bound to cause some confusion. And that would be bad; both of the matters they where going there for where Big; and had to be dealt with accordingly and having one person trying to think of what to do about two things at the same time might cause issues.

Kiko sighed a bit, looking down at the ground again. "I..don't know. I'm on my own again I think, or at least until the exams are over..." She looked up at him, a slight scrunching to her features as she spoke. "Plus, my kage put me on a team with the girl that attacked us, so I'm not too thrilled about it.....but it's fine. She's a snake in the grass and I'm going to be the one that guts her when she strikes." There was an almost veritable hissing noise when Kiko said this-she hated Yuzuki. Kiko's face softened a bit, and she shook her head. "I took in my teammate-his family was wiped out completely and it isn't safe or comfortable for him in his home at the moment....The house isn't as lonely now, but it's not really the same as being out on missions with you..."
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Ryuu Uchiha

Ryuu followed silently behind the massive slab of Uchiha, being completely blocked out by the man's body. He hardly cared, the group were more than a ragtag cell of semi-specialists that seemed to come together pretty well. The only thing they really had to come to grips with was that each person was there for one thin and one thing only; revenge. Still though, it didn't make it any weirder to see the line of Uchiha that made their way to the Leaf Village Gate.