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Taking a brief moment to form a series of hand seals Sorain activated one of the few ninjutsu based abilities that he actually knew and created a thin thread of ice which shot from the tips of his fingers like a grappling hook. The first thread landed securely on the side of the ship, the second landed a few feet above it. Sorain reached forward and grabbed gripped the top thread of ice and checked its sturdiness before focusing his attention on the end of the line. Switching his hand seal slightly Sorain brought his middle and index fingers together and extended them outwards while lacing his ring and pinky fingers together. He then curled his middle finger over the index and formed his blood line seal activating his link with the very ice that he had created. Then, his body began to elongate as if being sucked into the thin slab of ice until his entire form was completely gone and then, in an instantly Sorain burst out from the other side, landing safely on the side of the ship where he then proceeded to walk up its side and hop over the railing. He then turned back to Saru who would have been standing just off the shore. Forming the seal once more, Sorain created a full sized mirror just behind her which he then traveled to at the speed of light, again using his clans blood line ability. Once there Sorain grabbed Saru by the collar of her shirt then proceeded to spin himself rapidly before releasing her, sending her blasting into the air headed full force towards the ship. He then proceeded to jump back to his second mirror and catch her on the other side. "Your ok." He said to her, very much so as a statement and not at all as a question.

Sai sighed softly as he flung himself onto the bed and stretched out against the soft fabric that laid over the mattress. "Gotta say that was definitely a great meal. Not entirely sure I would want to ever pay this much again, but for that price it definitely didn't disappoint." With a huff, he rose himself back up into a sitting position and gave a warm smile to his female companion before taking a short look around at his surroundings. The duo had just returned from their dinner in the upper levels of the cruise ship and now had returned to the luxury sweet that Sai had rented out for the group of four. It was more then spacious with a bed that could easily fit six to seven people and was lined with a red velvet and gold tassels. The room was similarly decor with rich colors and furnished with only a large couch, an oval table and a kitchen to the side.

With a raised brow, Sai glanced to the far side of the room, "So how was your day?" He questioned with a lazed grin.

Sai laughed heartily at his brother's words, his head shaking at the pure absurdity of the situation and the person that he was talking about. Memories of all his encounters with the dark skinned uchiha flickered through his mind and a heavy sigh soon found its way through his laughter to somber his mood. "I feel you... His name is Notwen Uchiha, and he has long been a thorn in my side." He replied, pulling himself deeper into the bed until he could relax against the soft pillows. Taking a moment to himself, he brought his feet close so he could remove his boots and toss them to the side, all the while his mind roamed through his memories as he figured out the best way to explain what had occurred between him and the black b*****d.

"I think the first time I ran into the p***k was about a year and a half ago, a few months after we went our own ways. I was traveling under the guise of Saikoro with the survivors of the Frost Incident, ironically I was suppose to help them find us." A short laugh escaped Sai as he couldn't help but grin at the stupidity that the country's superiors had demonstrated throughout the last few years. "Anyways, we were suppose to follow some lead and return to prepare for the on coming Chuunin Exams, but I had taken a detour to Earth Country. I had a contact of our family's that had info on the legendary mist swords, so I needed to reveal my identity and it was during this time I ran into him." A sour look had drawn over his expression, as Sai looked off into the distance and rolled his eyes, the memory had always put him in a bad mood. Not because it had been a difficult or bad situation but the pure irritantance that the Uchiha boy had caused him over the past two years was beyond expectation.

"The little brat had actually just abandon his village in Sand and was on the run, he was hiding out in the village I was in and bumped into me as I was leaving before I could put my disguise back on. For whatever reason that possessed him, he followed me religiously all the way through three countries and caught me in the act of saving some family comrades... For whatever reason, I spared his life and merely taxed him one of his arms for my trouble. But over the next few years that wouldn't stop him from continuously pestering me and my plans, the last of his meddling you happened to run on back in lightning."

Sai shrugged to himself, "I have plans for him. He's just one of those moles that have infected Lightning, an ambitious mole at that. One day he'll find himself a seat of power, and with one fell swoop I will remove him and destroy everything he worked for before ending his miserable life." The man said simply, the words spoken so casually one would think he was talking about what he was going to eat for dinner rather then the overview of an assassination plot. Scratching his head, Sai turned to his side and began to draw the blankets onto himself until he was perfectly comfortable on the bed. "Any who, I found the blade that once belonged to Zabuza, with it I took care of some traitors and an slew that boy during the exams last year. After that the weapon was lost in a storm in the seas, its probably lost at the bottom of the ocean right now."

With a defiant grin, Sai swatted the flying spool away and shrugged his shoulders, "Blah, blah, blah.... So you knit now? You're such a ninny." He couldn't be bothered about the loss of the weapon, albeit it was a wonderful weapon but it had served its use and that was the end of it. It was a shame but he didn't have the same sense of patriotism as his brother, he loved his country but what he loved wasn't some relic of the past or the government that held it, nor the people that filled it. It was the country itself, the land, the water, the weather, the nature of the location was what he cherished and everything else was just additions that could or couldn't be there at his whim.

Noticing that Sorain was on the verge of one of his pissy rants, Sai rolled to the edge of the bed to search for the spool he had knocked away. He could at least use that to entertain himself until his brother shut up, but before he could manage to lean off the bed he felt a familiar touch against his mind. Sighing, he reeled back both physically and mentally and allowed himself to be taken to that old chamber room.

Sitting on the nose of the chained down Kyubi, Sai stared darkly back at Sorain, "Care with what you say next, Sorain. I already don't like the direction in which you're are going with this conversation."

"Your point?" Sai replied coldly, completely unphased by his brother's pleas. It wasn't that he didn't miss his parents or agreed that what was done to them was unfair and plainly cruel, but at the end of the day the dead was the dead and the living was the living, mixing the worlds was not something that they should just look to do without true thought. At one time he had wanted nothing more then peace, but it was something that wouldn't be afforded to him easily and he knew that, nothing worth while would ever be free and as such something like the return of his parents could only cost something as great or greater. "Yeah, our parents were killed. It's ******** up, I miss them, that was years ago and we are in the present. So as I said, be careful with what you say to me next cause this is not a subject to be tread in lightly." Without lowering his gaze on Sorain, he slid himself off of the demon and landed carefully on the dark floor below. "Don't loose your nerve, tell me, what is it you called me here for."

Arina groaned whilst she meandered around the ship’s corridors to the designated cabin for her traveling companions, as well as herself. “This ship is very gorgeous,” the young girl stated while admiring the décor and furnishing. This was definitely meant to be a luxury ship for those wanting to travel comfortably. She began to think about all the various reasons that one might travel. Of course, some were probably shinobi taking care of business. However, the majority were probably civilians doing various business endeavors or perhaps, civilians traveling to meet up with family from where they might have originally been from. She had heard about some villages still doing arranged marriages. They must go to visit their original family every once in awhile, yes? That word always caught Arina the wrong way – arranged marriage. What a horrible life to have to live! The young girl wasn’t interested in such a thing in the least; however, it should still be to someone you love. That was a belief that she held dear to her heart.

‘Is this it?’ Arina came to an abrupt halt turning herself towards one of the ship’s cabins. The young girl began to fumble around in her pockets eventually pulling out a crumbled piece of paper. She began to straighten the piece of paper to the best of her ability. She used her balled up fist attempting to finish what she had started. She was barely able to make out the writing, ‘door number 5’.

Once she was confident, Arina burst through the door seeing Sai lazing about the cabin already. “Ahh,” the young woman walked to a nearby bed and fell straight onto the comforter. She stretched herself out grabbing one of the many pillows at the headboard. Nuzzling her head into the pillow, she let out a sigh of relief. “How nice,” She gave a smile towards Sai who still mostly kept to himself.

It was just a few moments later that Sorain and Saru found themselves to the cabin. Sorain and Sai sat down together having a rather cryptic talk. It sounded semi personal, so Arina tried to refrain from listening. She would obviously catch bits and pieces. Afterwards, she would cover her ears in frustration wishing she hadn’t eavesdropped. ‘Dang, this is pretty hard!’ the young girl turned over pretty quickly.

Upon finding herself on her side, she watched as Saru seemingly waddled to the bed. It seemed the boat was causing her a major amount of sickness, much like in the vehicle they had been traveling in earlier. The young girl had wanted to let out a small laugh at Saru’s expense but she composed herself opting for a large grin instead as Saru came to proclaim her return!

“I knew you would,” Arina said reassuringly as Saru climbed into the bed and under the covers. The young girl wrapped her arms around Saru trying to comfort her as best as she could. In a poof, Saru returned to her other form which Arina had only found out about when they had fallen down that cove in Fire Country. The transformation had shocked Arina slightly; however, the girl quickly recovered upon realizing how much her body was lacking in form. ‘Life just isn’t fair,’ Arina thought averting her eyes from staring at Saru’s womanly shape while a bead of sweat formed upon her head.

Before she knew it, Saru had closed her eyes and seemingly fallen asleep. Arina leaned up on her right arm for support while looking intensely at Saru. Things were going to become even more serious from here on out, especially for Saru. From the sounds of it, Sorain was viewed just as much of a criminal as when he had left while Sai had somehow cleared his history. She was worried for Saru; however, there was not much Arina could do for her besides be there for Saru if she ever needed the support! Arina kissed Saru’s forehead and laid her body down against the bed. She nuzzled against Saru’s breasts before drifting off to sleep.

Sai allowed the connection to dissipate without a word, returning silently to his curled up body that laid comfortably on the bed. With slow and diliberate motions, he uncurled his body and slid off the bed in a ghost like motion before making his way to stand directly in front of his brother. Arms crossed over his chest, eyes closed, and lips curled as he wet them in anticipation to what he was about to say, he continued to stay silent before his brother's last words. Allowing his breath to come calmly to himself, he opened his eyes to stare directly into the glassy white ones of his brother, "You're right, we're not children anymore. We've both grown up, quite a lot in fact during the last few years and as such you should know that nothing in this world is easy or to be done without proper thought and consideration." Taking a deep breath, he turned his head to stare off at the two girls as he cleared his mind to say what he had to say next in the proper way, his jaw flexing with his concentration. "You may have grown up enough to think you no longer need my guidance, you may think that you have become so powerful that you need no one's acceptance and that no one has the ability to stop you... that you have no reason to fear anyone... That is fine.

You don't need to fear me, but you will respect me." The words filled the room with the weight and truth that it carried, "I will not accept some half cocked plan because of your pain and anguish. This is not just something that is easily done, this is not something that has been done, this is necromancy and something like that can not be done with a proper price. I can not be on board with some that I do not understand and know, I will not. You have told me nothing but an indirect statement of what you plan to do." Sai said firmly before taking a single step foreword to remove any space between him and his brother, his hand reaching out to rest on the top of Sorain's head as he pressed his forehead against his brother's. "What you want, is what I want... but... I. Will. Not. Ever. Allow. It. If it costs me you. That is all I care about, I will not sacrifice you for them, they are gone, you are here. So if I have to break your will and break your body to keep you, I will. If you can show me a way to do this with out your loss, I will help you, but otherwise no." He said, his voice horse and heavy with emotion, his eyes glistening slightly.