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Seiji opened his eyes sleepily, feeling completely worn out. He tried to sit up, but couldn't move very easily. An older lady helped him up into a sitting position, in which he cringed in pain as his body hurt all over. "What happened to me?" Seiji asked the woman. She simply looked at him without saying a word, and handed him his clothes. Then the woman stood up and walked out the door. Seiji stood up and limped though the door, and saw the woman in the full light. It was Chiyo. "Chiyo? What are you doing here? Where am I?" Seiji asked in bewilderment. Chiyo smiled at Seiji and looked at his injuries, holding her hands together in front of her in a traditional manner. "I gave you the Curry of Life after I found you in Feudal Egypt. You were literally dead until I fed it to you, then you came back, and I brought you here." Seiji looked around. He was in his house in Hidden Stone. "How did you find me there?" Again, Chiyo looked at Seiji affectionately, and smiled. "You're so much like Gaara. He told me you stopped by, and mentioned you going to Egypt. I figured I might as well go and see you, and I'm glad I did." Seiji looked at her in shock. Gaara told her, and she came to see him? Seiji shook his head as Chiyo turned to leave. "I'm going back to Sand to help Gaara rebuild the city. I will see you later, Seiji." And just like that, Chiyo left Seiji at his home, with his injuries almost fully healed. Instead of hiding inside all day and recovering, Seiji decided to go outside and enjoy the air he had tasted before his near-death experience.

Seiji looked around the village, seeing all the various villagers perfecting their jutsu, or doing their jobs, mining for precious metals, and things of that nature. Seiji was feeling completely rejuvenated at this point after breathing in fresh air, and wanted to walk around the village. He had been meaning to try out some new jutsu that he had recently learned after long meditating training. As Seiji was walking, he accidentally bumped into a girl with orange-ish hair, who was smoking a cigarette. "I'm sorry. Excuse me." Seiji said calmly. Seiji was sorry for bumping into the girl, but he hadn't been focusing on where he was going. He was preoccupied by the thought of his new Jutsu, and obviously didn't notice anything going on around him. however, the bump knocked him back into reality, and he blinked a couple of times. Seiji looked down at his feet and saw a pack of cigarettes. He picked them up and turned around, and poked the girl on the shoulder. "You dropped these" Seiji said in a flat tone. Seiji held out the cigarettes as he waited for the girl to respond.

Seiji blinked at the girls harsh words. He had pissed her off? Already? She must be a temperamental girl to be pissed off that easily. Before Seiji made a comment, he noticed that as she had grabbed her cigarette pack, that she had a mouth on her hand. Seiji smiled and looked at the girl with a slight chuckle. "I'm sorry, but when someone bumps into me, they usually say they are sorry. It's very rude." Seiji was hoping this remark would piss the girl off even more, and cause her to reveal who she was before he took off his hand wraps. He wanted to make sure she was a part of his clan before he revealed who he was, or what he was doing.

It worked. Seiji watched as the girl got very upset, and drossed her arms. The one thing he noticed, though, was how er hand was open, and yet a lighter hung ever so delicately from it. Seiji smiled at the girl once more, and started to unwrap his left hand. Once finished he showed his palm to the girl, and popped out a small bird, which grew in a plume of smoke, and began to fly around in circles in the air, and eventually exploding after a short command by Seiji. "Well, it seems I'm not the only one left in the village, now does it?" Seiji smirked and rewraped his hand, eventually clasping his hands behind his head in a relaxed fashion. His hood had just blown off his head due to a short gust of wind, and his hair was gently lofting in the breeze. Seiji waited for the girl to react as he stood there, barefoot, standing on the solid rock ground.

Seiji closed his eyes, and clapped his hand to his face. She was still stuck on the cigarette? What a persistent girl... "Alrgiht, alright. I'll give you a cigarette. I'm heading out to Hidden Magic for that big Ninja convention. I'll get you one on the way, okay?" Seiji hoped she would agree, as it would be most beneficial for him to have a second ninja with him in case something went wrong. Something always does. Seiji turned and started to walk towards the dock. If what he assumed was correct, she would follow him if only for the sake of the cigarette. Seiji looked over his shoulder at the girl and spoke. "By the way, what's your name?" It was rude of him not to introduce himself, but he needed to know who she was first.

So she could speak without flaring her nostrils and burning down the village. Oh wait, that's a dragon. Well, comparing her rage to that of a dragon's wasn't all that bad. "Name's Seiji Bankou. It's nice to meet another Bankou after such a long time." Seiji continued walking with Chikusho following him. Seiji walked out towards the docks, leaving the village by means of the large, stone slab that they called a gate. Of course, if you're Hidden in Stone, it works I guess. A stone door for stone everything else? Too much of the same, but simple and effective. Seiji wondered how the convention was going to be. Under a big top, seeing ever ninja around, and the best part, no conflict.