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“Im not one who would go through the work of pulling cords or levers for baths it’s much easier to let others do things for you!” Violet stated with a shrug signifying her opinion on Oasis’ words. “I was talking about my bath at home; there are baths that don’t use oils or herbs? I’ve never used them; it would damage my skin’s wondrous luster if I bathed in common water.” She explained offhandedly splashing water over her small framed shoulders as she spoke. “Oh really? Than royalty in wind country must be hard to distinguish from common folk after all you have no servants with you that I can see and you also have clothing that is hardly worthy of praise, it’s not even brand name after all.” She stated rather surprised at the fact Oasis might be considered royalty as if she hadn’t even conceived of such a notion.

“You shouldn’t look down on anyone’s culture or manner of presentation no matter how different they may be from your own.” Hatsuma commented finally as she finished with the pre-wash and stepped her bare foot gingerly into the herbal waters of the bath, there were layers of heat thanks to the fresh water that had been poured in from the spout allowing a unique sensation as the soft feeling waters caressed over her gentle curves causing her to jitter a bit from the sensation simply proving that she had been in the open air to long. Finally settling down in the water her body adjusted and it quickly became comfortable and soothing to sit in. “Besides, I wouldn’t have guessed you to be royalty save for your haughty mannerisms.” Hatsuma finished offhandedly patting at the water testing her hand’s buoyancy in the herb infused waters as she spoke signifying her off handed intent with her commentary.

“You sound like my parents with that, they are always telling me to treat everyone as an equal… it’s hard to do if it isn’t true, after all I’m a woman of honesty it would be poor of me to get their hopes up! But since you say you are considered royalty it’ll be ok to interact and converse with the likes of you.” Violet explained as she dunked under the water a moment quickly resurfacing once more, her mannerisms in the bath were quite similar to Oasis and more to the attitude of Sakura; Oasis’ persona. She was definitely an interesting if not agitating individual.

“it’s only bad if you use the same blend of herbs and oils over and over, we always change up the types of oils and herbs with every bath I take!” Violent stated with a flamboyant motion of the hand as she spoke. “Handmade clothing is fine and good but spending extra money to get brand name clothing tailored to you is the best!” she explained before the small wave splashed over her. Though she had already been wet from the dunk under the water she still ended up looking like a wet rat with a look of surprise and horror upon her face. ‘I can’t believe you did that! Don’t you have any decency?! You are supposed to warn someone before splashing them! It’s only proper!” she fumed a moment before getting a devilish grin splashing her hands forward returning fire upon oasis. “That’s how you make a proper splash besides!” She chortled a bit as she commenced with repetitive splashes that would likely be countered in kind.

“I think that it is time I get out… games in the bath are a bit much for me…” Hatsuma commented grabbing the bridge of her nose and shaking her head at their childish behavior. Taking the opportunity of their war to climb out she made her way to the rinsing station covering more sensitive areas from the slight chill of the air as she sat down on a stool. Grabbing up a bucket she filled it with clean water and dumped it over herself being sure to repeat the action until the excess herbal waters were rinsed away. After this she grabbed a towel and proceeded to pat herself down before making her way into the changing area to get dressed once more thoroughly ready to continue their search whenever Oasis was ready to go. Once dry she got dressed and sat in the dressing area pulling a book from within her shawl to read as she waited. It had a plain brown cover with no discernable title though it was Hatsuma’s favorite book, a fairytale of a princess trapped in a keep who would be rescued by the noble ninja Genji. It was rather standard in plot but the simple nature of the story suited Hatsuma’s tastes well.

Oasis had finally finished and they both left a rather defeated Violet and soon reached the outside. They were greeted by Itoku who had been on the hunt for information and apparently came across a strong lead. “Well then Let’s go after the strongest lead you have then, I’m sure it will come up with something…” Hatsuma commented quietly as they walked along the quiet streets. “first let’s go undercover and change up our identities again, that way there will be no ties here to hold us up, namely the room we rented…” she explained as they diverted down a narrow ally to establish a new cover. Hatsuma allowed her skin and hair to change color still wearing the strange disguise device. Her skin became an olive tone and her hair turned a glossy black. Pulling a tag from her shawl she placed it on herself creating another article of clothing, of which was a dark and floral kimono with a thick obi and some armor plates on it. At her hip was a rather standard set of swords for a samurai. Clearly she was pretending to be some sort of soldier. This disguise would let her defend herself without much suspicion. “This disguise will do, once you two are ready we can head out to wherever this lead takes us…” Hatsuma explained coolly before heading to the exit of the alleyway to keep a watch as they got prepared.

“Understood, lead the way to our Client Sensei-sama” Hatsuma commented bluntly as they traveled along towards the old man who hopefully had the location to one of these legendary weapons. Oasis didn’t quite fit the part of a traditional samurai from Iron country then again Hatsuma’s own height lessened her presence. This was why she elected Itoku to be their ‘sensei’ for the time being. It wasn’t long before they were in the outskirts of the city they were in and on a small trail that lead down a rather wooded area. It would be a daunting path were it not for the light that glittered to the trail through the canopy of the trees. They walked along for some time remaining relatively quiet as they traveled and they kept constant vigilance and confirmed they were not being followed in the slightest. Soon the trail opened up into a gentle green meadow whose center sat a small moss covered hovel of a simple nature. Outside the home sat a very old man rocking back and forth in a chair smoking a long stemmed pipe whose smoke trailed up and encircled his head like a band. Looking up he spotted the three and smile gently as they approached.

“Been some time since I had me any visitors in these parts.” The elder commented his voice a bit weary with age as he spoke. “Well I have an idea of why you youngens are here, but you gotta listen to my story before I say anything about the weapons; will you listen?” he questioned sitting forward as he awaited a response.

“Confrontation is not our goal, we have time to hear out your tale elder-sama…” Hatsuma responded deciding it best to comply to get this information he held. Hopefully it would be what they sought out.

“Ah good kid, you can call me ojiisan if ya like… well then let’s begin.” He said with a smile before leaning forward even more ready to give a tale to his new audience. “At first, there was only Nun. Nun was the dark waters of chaos. One day, a hill rose up out of the waters. This hill was called Ben-Ben. On this hill stood Atum, the first god.Atum coughed and spat out Shu, the god of the air, and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture. Shu and Tefnut had two children. First, there was Geb, the god of the earth. Then, there was Nut, the goddess of the sky. Shu lifted Nut up so that she became a canopy over Geb. Nut and Geb had four children named Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys. Osiris was the king of the earth and Isis was the queen. Osiris was a good king, and he ruled over the earth for many years. However, everything was not well. Seth was jealous of Osiris because he wanted to be the ruler of the earth. He grew angrier and angrier until one day he killed Osiris. Osiris went down into the underworld and Seth remained on earth and became king. Osiris and Isis had one son called Horus. Horus battled against Seth and regained the throne.After that, Horus was the king of the earth and Osiris was the king of the underworld…” he stopped finishing his tail and sat back into his chair once more. “Great tale ain’t it? well I guess you’ll want to know about the weapon then hm?"the old man paused a moment before speaking once more." there is a cave behind a waterfall down the trail behind my home, what you seek is within a box in that cave. don't be afraid to come back and visit an old man now." he finished before returning to his rhythmic rocking once more.

“Thank you for the story as well as the information, I will be certain to visit if the time provides it…” Hatsuma stated bowing to the old man before stepping pass the old home pausing to motion at the others to follow after her. Continuing on she quickly made her way to the large waterfall which housed a cave of treasure behind it… well more accurately a rotted wooden crate at the back of a drippy stone cave. Inside the crate one of the legendary seven swords was housed.In the messy mass of soggy wood a white wrapping was visible, aside from the handle that poked out of it the object had the shape of a table with some kind of bump upon it. Taking hold of the handle with both her left arms she lifted the weight object and unwrapped a portion of its protective wrapping to get a better look at the blade, rather than seeing a blade however her sight was greeted by a layer of unique explosive tags the lump now visibly a roll of these tags. In fact the only thing of this that was sword like was the semi blunted edge along one side of its mass. it was clear this was meant for more than cutting.

“I think this sword is what was called the splash sword? Given its design it is suited to be little other… we have more information to follow I believe…” Hatsuma explained affixing the heavy panel to her back leaving it within its wrapping to help hide its true nature. They needed to head to water country now and not only seek out a second blade but try to find the caravan of her people there. The next destination had a full use of the time they would spend there.

Ichimaru sighed as he noticed several figures move from the bath house, it would be totally pointless to try and spy now. He sighed heavily before looking towards the bone head beside him. He then looked back and decided to pick himself up off from the shingles and revert himself back into the direction of the Street. "Let's just go... I'm bored now... I think I'll try to find someone to fight... maybe that'll cure my boredom and set off a good vibe for the rest of the weekend." his tone had changed to be serious in all aspects of talking. his eyes seemed to become more lazily open as his movements made him look as if he were buzzed or drunk off of some kind of liquor.

His body shifted downward as his body free fell onto the ground beneath the roofing of the bath house as he looked to either of his sides. Now which way shall I go...I think I'll go down the mountain... that seems to be where travelers come from... maybe I'll find one suspicious enough to encounter with good skill. He turned to his right and began to slow walk down the long sloped hillside before him. His body shifted from left to right in a swaying motion as he couldn't help but smile at up coming merchants who were tugging all of their belongings up the rugged hillsides of Kumogakure only to try and sell their stuff within his village. seemed mostly like junk every now and thing he'd see decent crafted weapons or good smelling food but most of it was just junk looking to be sold or traded for anything better than that particular item was.

Ichimaru looked back to not find Kelvin following him, was he going to catch up soon or what thought Ichimaru as he continued down the hillside. Passing the Academy a few years back was pretty much the only thing he had accomplished within the village, most of everyone within his class moved ahead and became chuunin some of course died over the short period of becoming a genin, which in his mind meant that they were weak and ill minded of the threat they were up against. Which lead him to believe that the wars that he was fighting were nothing but gain for the leaders of the village and not for him or any one particular person. in fact every war provided by the lands were either territorial or betrayals of other shinobi... nothing truly came from the wars except more death and tears due to all the mourning of the fallen.

He continued to be dazed by the incoming traffic that if Kelvin did end up near him he wouldn't notice, in fact he was off in his own thoughts to even see anything at the time. his feet followed the instinctive path along the hillside as it came within patches of forestry. This left vendors open for attacks usually to thugs and other hostile groups. Ichimaru wasn't really worried though, He was after all the best in his class and no doubt the strongest Uchiha within his village considering he wasn't originally from the village. He sighed momentarily just before stopping in his tracks and stretching a good long while as a yawn escaped his cringed mouth. His eyes got glazed with tears as his left arm rose and rubbed his sleeve against his face to clear any unwanted objects from his eyes. "Damn... I'm seriously tired of this... there's nothing to do out here..."

"Faster." Keigan Hyuuga commanded the purple haired kunoichi. Zagula was slashing at an adult Uchiha as fast as the weighted blades and her small arms would allow her. The red haired Kouen Uchiha easily dodge the multitude of slashes. He barely even had to glimpse at her to dodge the barrage of attacks. Kouens face showed he was starting to grow bored of training the teenager already. "Do it." Keigan told Zagula. At that moment sparks surrounded Zagulas arms moving down to the tips of the blades in her hands. Her speed suddenly increased by a fair amount. A smile spread wide across Kouen face as the training was getting more intense. Usually Keigan would not allow her to use enhancements but if Kouen grew to bored the training session wouldnt last long enough to mean anything. Keigan simply shook his head with a slight smile. Have at him." Now Zagula was smiling as well. sparks new surrounded her legs and her movement speed began to increase. Now she was coming in from different directions each time. Using her new enhanced speed. Kouens smile somehow grew a little bigger as he continued to dodge each of the kunoichis attempts at him. Slowly as the training heated Kouens Sharingan became visible within his eyes.

Suddenly Kouens hands reached back and was set ablaze. However he never got a chance to use the prepared attacks as Zagulas electrified blades hit his body sending jolts through his body. Kouen laughed as the remaining electricity jolted his body a couple of more times. "Oooww Kouen went bzzat heheh." Keigan let out a grieved sigh bringing a hand up to his face. "You are hopeless Kouen." the male Hyuuga said shaking his head at his old comrade. Whaaat? Its not like a real enemy wouldnt attack." "Yes but thats what my training is for." Kouen simply waved a hand at Keigan. "Bah! All you do is counter. That isnt even really attacking." Keigan looked dumbfounded. Kouen was right! For once. Zagula wasnt getting any experience against a truly aggressive enemy. Which there were many of.

After contemplating for a moment Keigan finally gave a nod. "Alright then Kouen. Have at her." Zagulas eyes grew wide. Though it was not from fear. Her face was positively beaming with joy. A warm smile spread across her face as she gripped her blades tighter. This would be the first time that was actually ever in any real danger of being hurt. Keigan had always been too protective of the teenage girl. Allowing Kouen to go at her with real attacks was a sign that she was finally starting to be treated like a real kunoichi. She was getting closer to showing them that she was ready for real combat. They may even allow her to. "Tsk tsk tsk! No day dreeeaaamiiiing." Kouen taunted as he already had his first attack prepared. His hands still set ablaze he launched a fury of punches. Almost creating a wall of fire between the two. Zagula used her enhanced speed to quickly move back away from the attack but apparently Kouen had expected it. A large fire ball was exhaled from his mouth being sent straight towards her. Zagula managed to move out of the way only to find herself surrounded by Kouens shadow clones. Each of them prepared to launch streams of fire. Kouen had used the over sized fire ball as cover create and position his clones. Knowing right where she'd probably move to. She had an idea but it was a gamble. Jets of fire shot from the clones mouths and she ducked down as low as she could. Using her enhanced speed yet again she quickly moved over towards one of the clones. The clones followed her movement with their fire. Perfect. Rather than attacking Zagula managed to duck between the clones legs getting in behind him. The clone was soon hit by the other fire attacks. Dispersing into a puff of smoke. Zagula used the smoke and fire as a cover. Similar to how Kouen used his fire ball. As she began to move Zagula suddenly found her legs slipping out from under her sending stumbling and slipping clumsily out of her hiding. Oil had been spread out onto the training field. Not only was it hard to keep footing now but it also made it very easy for Kouen to spread his flames.

Jeeeeez Zagu-chan. You still cant fight very well." Kouen said with a laugh. Keigan approached her placing a hand on her saddened shoulder. Its alright. You did quite well for being against Kouen. Especially since you dont really have any defensive jutsu yet. But dont worry. All good things with time." He said to her with a smile. However todays training is over. Lets head home. As the tree of them was heading towards their home Kouen had an irritated look as he stared at Zagula. After a moment or two of staring in silence Kouen finally burst out.You know you can stop being so damn formal now!" Within an instant almost as if she had been waiting for him to say something Zagula jumped onto Kouen wrapping her arms around him. "Thank yoouu Koue-kun!" Kouen felt something soft press against him as she hugged him tight and his face turned as red as his fiery hair. Grabbing her arms he suddenly flung her sending her flying through the air."What the hell for!?" As she landed hard on the ground the purple haired kunoichi hardly seemed phased by what Kouen did. For the two of them it was a normal occurrence. Running back to him with her arms out a warm sunshiney smile she spoke lightheartedly. "For not holding baaaack!" Kouen barely managed to move out of the way of her second 'attack' No matter how easy it was for him to dodge her in combat he could never seem to get away from her affection.

"Are we almost home yet?" Kouen asked in a grievous tone. Keigan turned to a see scene that made it difficult to keep his usual straight face. An happy looking Kouen with an over joyous Zagula wrapped around him nuzzling her face against his. Turning back around it was everything Keigan could do to not lose his composure in front of the two of them. A-almost. Zagulas affection always annoyed Kouen. It was probably the fact that she was taller than both Kouen and Keigan. At least it was her face against his rather than her chest. Her height had always managed to make things uncomfortable for the red head. Finally they came upon an older traditional looking home that sat between two large pillar like stone formations. The three of them entered the home shutting and locking the door tight behind them.

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Zagula and her two teacher Keigen and Kouen had been casually sitting about chatting when it happened. Screams were heard coming from the village gates. In an instant all three of them were outside. Keigans eyes strained under the activation of his Byakugan. "The village is under attack." Keigan stated. Letting the other two know what was going on. Kouen then noticed something that Keigan had failed to inform them of. A large Shraingan had formed in the sky above the village. Kouen grind his teeth as his own Sharingan became active. His fiery red hair bristling in anger at the very site of it. He was about to make a mad dash for the area when Keigans arm moved in front of him blocking his path. "What the hell Keigan!? This is our home to! We need to- But Kouens words were cut short. "Except that we don't fight anymore. You know that. Its out of our control. Besides." Keigan stared off into the distance. His Byakugan gazing up the blind Shinobi that was attacking the village. "Its just one lone shinobi. Nothing that a whole village couldnt eventually handle." Or at leas Keigan hoped. The Hyuuga was closely following the intruders advance with his Byakugan. Somehow this person was dodging everything being thrown at him. At the same time he made no attempts at retaliation.

Keigans eyes soon noticed Zagula behind them. She was staring out into the village under attack. It was hard to tell if her expression was of awe or terror. Keigan had forgotten. Her real family had been killed by a single shinobi. Such a sight probably brought back a few memories. But it was obviously clear that it wasnt the same man. Still though Keigan was quick to reassure her. "Its alright Zagula. Hes not harming anyone right now. Maybe he doesnt intend to." Zagula looked a little more relieved. Suddenly and quickly Keigan turned both Zagula and Kouen back towards the house. Leading the two of them back inside.They couldnt see what he had seen. Torrents of water was being brought down on the village. He couldnt tell if the lone blind man intended to drown people or simply wash them out of the way. But either way it was not something he wanted either Zagula or Kouen to see. His eyes relaxed as the Byakugans effects faded from his tired eyes. He didnt wish to see such a thing either. In home that oversaw the village from the outside on a higher up ledge. Surely they would be safe. They wouldnt be noticed. Theyd be left in peace.

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