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In a flash of lightning, Kageko appeared besides Manpish in what seemed to be a training ground surrounded by a circular wall of paper that towered for as high as she could see. If she already hadn't had about a billion questions to ask Hana, she would have asked where in the world they were. "Okay," Kageko started, snapping herself out of her daze and organizing her thoughts, "How did you become a rogue ninja? Why did you become a rogue ninja? Why don't you have a mark on your neck like before? Where are you staying now? What village have you transferred to or do you not belong to a village anymore?". For now, those seemed to be the most important questions. The others, she would decide on whether or not she'd ask them depending on Hana's answers to the questions that she had just put forward.

Kageko heaved a sigh of relief when she learned that Hana didn't have the mark anymore, After a bit more thought, she went on to ask, "Why don't you like the village? What's wrong with it? Sure our senseis are often away but... we can still train with each other. Come on, why don't you come back?". She didn't know that Hana had killed and ANBU squad. She didn't know that Hana had stolen scrolls from the library. From what she knew, Hana had simply left the village and did nothing while doing so. Kageko really didn't see a reason for her friend to not come back.

"Try me," Kageko challenged. She heard the anger in Hana's voice, alright, and was curious as to its cause. Anger, she felt, wasn't good for anybody. She knew that she would never be able to completely rid even herself of anger but... she wanted to lessen it. Besides, Hana was her friend, she wanted to understand him, "I just might understand."

Kageko did understand the complaints that Hana put forward, but... it didn't seem as if it was something to be angry over, or even try to hide. "Is that seriously it?" she asked, sticking her face right up to his, or as close as it could get with the height difference between her and Hana, "Is that the only reason why you don't like Sound? They all seem fairly easy to solve. If you don't like how Gin runs the place, why don't you gather some people that agree with you and ask him to make a couple changes? If you don't like how our senseis always seem too busy to teach us, then we just have to teach ourselves. If you don't like this village, then work to make it better instead of just running away from the problems," Kageko backed off a bit to where she had been previously standing but maintained eye contact, "We might just be genin, but we are still shinobi and as shinobi we can make things better. Actually, no, we don't even need to be shinobi to do that." As she made her little speech, a part of Kageko couldn't help but think to herself, However, she kept up her confident look, despite her own doubts about herself.

Kageko's eyes widened momentarily in shock but she managed to cover it up before Hana could see, . "I see the problem now," she finally responded after some thought. From his reaction to what he had just said, Kageko guessed that Hana probably didn't want to talk about it. Deciding that he had already been interrogated enough for now, the girl decided to move onto a more lighter topic. "So," she asked as she looked around herself, "Are we still in Otogakure? I don't recognize seeing a place like this in or even around the village."

"Oh, you mean the tree that keeps on attacking anyone that gets near it?" Kageko asked. Being herself, she had gotten quite a few cuts from the tree while exploring the village. Multiple times she had tried to reach the trunk. Once she had succeeded but... was whacked off by the tree soon after. She continued, "I never knew that it had such a place inside of it.... Is there another way to get in besides just teleporting here with some jutsu or other? I wonder how strong the walls are." The tree was isolated and little known. If the trunk was strong enough and if there was another way to get in, then it would be the perfect place to train that.

"Hmm.... Really? And I'm guessing that Crystal has the same rights as well," Kageko semi-muttered to herself, "But it not being fire-proof might be a problem if I need Vincente's help...." If Hana wanted to respond, then he could but she really didn't mind if he didn't. Stretching a bit, Kageko then announced, "Ahh.... I better start studying soon.... Well then, good luck Hana, and I hope that we stay friends...," as she tried to find the way out of the tree, "Ermm.... By the way, how do you get out of here? Do I just walk to the wall and wait for a door to open up or something?"