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Motoko looked around, taking notice of her surroundings. Kyo was right. They were big tents, and they did seem very inconspicuous. Kyo was making her nervous.

Though with how often the explosions were taking place, it seemed like they were pretty good chances that they could get hit by an explosion at any time. "...I guess. But i'm sure it'll be safe enough..for a while."

Ahh. So they would have to make war with other countries if they attacked the settlement. So that makes sense. It would seem they were fairly safe then.

The next bit at least made her cringe slightly. Using children to lure people into their traps. Then again, she was still a child. Most of her teammates were still children. Every country used 'children.' Some of them just chose their fate more than anyone else.

Motoko snapped back to reality as Mia talked to her. "Oh, ok." She knew she was fine. Anji had helped her dodge the log, and she knew none of the kunai had managed to make an impact on her. Still, she'd follow orders. "Who do I need to see to get checked over?"

"Err. Yes, Sir." Motoko turned and wandered a little looking for an open station. She hoped Anji was following suite. She didn't want to have to go looking for him. She was glad he was seemingly ok, though. If he had died back there, like she thought he had..She wouldn't be able to stand it.

The young girl lined up at one of the open stations, and spoke quietly. "I was told to get checked out."

Phew! What a day. After I was informed that I was to work with the children and Nurse Kobe, I quickly made my way in that direction. After slogging through the mud and dirt for so long, working with a few kids couldn't be that bad. Then again, there were always a few troublemakers. As I stepped up to the tent with the children inside, I steeled my nerve and put on a smile. She had to make a good impression.

As I stepped in, I quickly found the Nurse. "Uchiha, Motoko. Reporting for duty, Nurse Kobe." The young nurse was beautiful. Even admist all the children that were running around, and how stressful a job like this could be, she kept her calm and composure, and always had a smile on her face. Her voice was soft and soothing, and attracted the attention of all the children when she spoke. "Miss Uchiha. Thank you for your assisstance. If you'd like, I've done most of the cleaning today, but if you could manage to entertain them for a little while, that would be perfect." She smiled, again. That smile that drew you in.

I nodded, but before I could even begin to speak, two boys ran up to me, grinning from ear to ear. "You've been told to play with us, right?" The other one spoke, almost finishing the other boys sentence. "Then we want to play Hide and Seek!" Before I could react, one of the boys reached out and pushed me in the stomach, doubling me over in shock. There wasn't any pain, but it surprised me with his quickness. I snapped up, but the boys were fun. "Oh my. Yoshimoto and Kobiyashi seem to have picked you..Looks like you've got your work cut out for you.."

This was the kind of thing I was meant to do, though. Little boys had no chance against a shinobi. Obvious places were first. There was a basket full of clean towels and scrubs. I checked through them pretty thoroughly, there was nothing in them that resembled little boys. Under cots, behind the tent. On the ceiling of the tent. I came back after about an hour of searching and asked Nurse Kobe if she had seen them. Her smile was different this time, and she said no, but she had a slight twinkle in her eye.

Even though I wasn't always searching for the boys, it seemed like every child wanted to play a little. Some of the younger ones simply wanted to pass a ball around, while the older they got the more likely they needed a different kind of stimulation, generally more mental. I even ended up against a boy who wanted to play a game of Go, though it didn't last long. I was never good at those kind of games. It took some time, but I finally managed to get away from them and look for those boys again. Hopefully they hadn't wandered off too far.

I walked to the middle of the tent and looked around once more, hands on my hips. "If I was a little boy..where would I hide.." A slight fit of giggles, followed by a hushing sound came to my right, from the tent wall. She thrust out her arm, grabbing hold of the material and yanking it, a big square path of material giving way, revealing the two boys hiding behind it. "Gotcha! Now it's your turn--" The boy Nurse Kobe identified as Kobiyashi interrupted me, looking slightly irritated."Nah. That's boring. Besides, looks like Nurse Koba wants to see you."

I turned around, the young Nurse looking at me. "Motoko, that's enough for today. It looks like you managed to keep most of the children occupied..or was it you that the children kept occupied? Either way, thanks for all your help." I smiled again, waving slightly. "Of course, Nurse Kobe. Thank you." I left the tent, though Yoshimoto ran right after me, stopping me before I got too far. "Hey, lady. Be sure to come play again, soon." He winked and ran off, leaving me to get some rest.

Diary of Uchiha, Motoko.

Another day, another entry. Today I was given a more..serious task. If you can call it that. Every task here is a serious job. Today I was given charge of taking care of the so called 'Salamander' Shinobi. Several people her have called them that, and even a few of the Shinobi have used the term. Still, I have a smaller library of medical techniques than Mia-sama, so I was made to take charge of Broken bones and poison injuries. Broken bones are always hard to deal with, both for me and the patient. It uses a lot of force and some pain to force the bone back into place, allowing me to properly sling it. Patients tend to not respond to the pain very well.


Still, even if these were Shinobi that had sworn away their allegiance to their country my charge was to heal them. But in the process of healing them, I could perhaps..talk, to them. Gain some knowledge from them. Still, I would probably only have time to 'talk' to one of them, any more and I might get caught. And i'd have to pick the right one. Poison injury would be the best one. I could 'befriend' them, making myself look like their saving angel.

I gave a quick look on the roster, and found him. Keiji Sato. I made my way to the cot he was laying on. Their seemed to be no nurses around..they all seemed to be busy. This really was the perfect time. "Hello, Keiji. I'm Motoko and i'll be your nurse..if you could please excuse the pain, i'm about to draw the poison out of your body." The young man nodded. He was fairly young.. much younger than I expected. You could tell we was nervous, as he was sweating profusely.I cleaned the area around where I would make the mark, then I reached over to a small table and picked up a scalpel, making a small incision across his chest. I made a series of handseals, then placed my hands over his chest, the poison visibly extracting itself from his body. I moved my hands towards a small cup and released the chakra, the poison dropping into the cup. I quickly sealed up the cuts and went about cleaning the rest of his body. "So..who did this to you?" It was time to start the questions. Surprisingly, he answered pretty quickly. "It was..a woman. She set a trap, trip wires that fired shuriken laced with poison. It seemed more like she was toying with us. Didn't even really consider us a threat. She simply led us there, and we set off the trap on our own. Then..this floated down."

The young man slowly pulled out a piece of paper that was folded in half, handing it to me. It simply said 'Love, Miyoko.' "I see..Any idea why?" I dropped the towel I had been using to clean him into a small basket. "Not really.." He coughed slightly. "She didn't come back after that. But I could've sworn I saw her shadow again, but she was with another figure too...But I couldn't make it out." I figured it was best to leave him at that. Even if I wanted to get information on Akatsuki, I couldn't do something like prolong this man's suffering. It was best to let him rest.

Unfortunately, all the other patients had nurses, or people near them when I went to help, so I didn't have much of a chance to talk to them about Akatsuki, or Miyoko. At the end of the day, I didn't get any more information, other than Miyoko was indeed here, and active.

"Sanosuke-kun! Would you mind accompanying me?" She took the map from the Shinobi, nodding at him. She opened it and checked it out. It was very crude. Written in moments of haste. But then again, it was better than having no information at all. She pocketed the map and turned, heading off in the direction of the rice farm, Sanosuke hopefully in pursuit. She had worked with the other members so far, so hopefully she could learn some things about this one too.

Motoko looked around. "Hmm..that's true." Sanosuke was definitely a good choice, outside of the fact that he was one that she didn't know. He had noticed things that she didn't notice at all. "Hmm..well..I guess we need to look for wounded, but do you think the attackers are still around? Or should we keep a lookout for traps?" The young girl pressed forward slightly, though cautiously.