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Keichii wrenched his hand from Akai's mitten. 'How is she strong enough to do that with one hand, anyway!?' and glowered down at both of them. He sighed in irritation and turned back to the kage.

"'Fore we get outta hand hea', these are mah sisters, Akai, the dumb one an' Rakutsu, the short one."

Disobey me....

The Mizukage nodded to Rakutsu. She made a mental note to send out another scout to the northern reigon, just incase the Tengu did come. As they left, Nyirei came back in. As she came accross the room she picked up the bottles of sake she'd taken from the Mizukage and gave them back. "Thank'ee" she said as she popped one open.

"Uuhuum.....L-lady Mizukage, can Iiiii.... get you anything else?" Nyirei says nervously.

"Oh, f**k. When you start sucking up, it means bad news for me. Just spit it out." she grunted with an exhasperated look on her face.

"Well, a messenger just came with word that the Hokage is one her way to the Mist." she was holding the clipboard she carried slightly higher than usual, as a means of just trying to find something to distance herself from Lady Mizukage. Juuuust in case she got violent.

The Mizukage stared up at Nyirei for what seemed like hours, (but was only mere seconds) with irritation.. fury.. shock.. disgust.. and everything in between all over her face. In response to this, she shoved the bottle in her hand to her lips and chugged. Nyirei lunged at her, trying to grab the sake away from her, but was greeted by Lady Mizukage's bare, callused foot in her face.

"Lady Mizukage!! You can't be drunk when you meet with her!!" she said as she desperately tried to grab the glass bottle from her mouth.

"MM MMM MFF MFFF MPH M MMMPPHHHH MF MPH!!!"

"MY LADY!" she shouted around the foot.

"YA AIN'T TAKIN THIS 'UN FROM ME!! THERE IS NO WAY I'M FACING THAT DAMN OLD HAG SOBER!!!" she said throwing the empty bottle at the wall and reaching for the next. She downed that one too! The Mizukage pushed Nyirei away with her foot.

Nyirei fell on the floor with a grunt. She scowled, then let her face relax with a sigh. "Fine." she said in surrender. At this point there wasn't much she could do. And Suijin had enough sake in her office to keep herself drunk out of her mind into next month!!! ...........Well, maybe next week at the rate she drinks!

.....at your peril.

In a could of smoke, Devonte, Mizuchi and Kenshin appeared in the Mizukage's office. There was sand flecked in Devonte's hair and Mizuchi was drenched in blood but the boy was smiling, nonetheless.
Devonte sighed and shook his head as he saw Suijin passed out on her desk and several empty bottles of sake beside her. "So, Twiggy, how's she been doin?" He said to Nyirei.

Nyirei sighed as Devonte called her by that name. Ignoring him, "I trust your mission was a success?"

"Of course. Since when do I ever fail a mission?" he said with a cocky grin. "And do you honestly think that Lady Mizukage's son would fail his first mission?" That made Nyirei giggle- then they had to duck. A sake bottle smashed on the wall behind them, and it looked like the same had happened not too long ago.

"noise....noise....Noisey people DIE!" growled the crazed Mizukage. Her eyes gleaming with demonic fury.

Devonte spoke nervously as he tried to find a way to calm his old friend down. "Heyyyy... Sui-chan! H-....what's up? D'ja have a nice nap? UUHHFF!" A sake bottle shattered in his face. It had hit so hard on impact that his forehead was now bleeding.

Mizuchi sighed. 'She's drunk again.' He didn't want her beating the crap out of everyone in the room so he said the one thing that always seemed to snap her out of it- "Hi mom!" she seemed to have an immediate change of heart.

'Hm? ......I know that voice.' Suijin looked to the little blue child that had spoken to her. He was a bit hazey, but she knew that smile all too well. "Mizuchi! You're back!" she shouted. Then she noticed red in his blue blur. "Blood?" she said curiously, then beamed up at him with demonic glee. "I take it your mission was a success?" She spoke strongly, as if she wasn't drunk at all.

"I gutted that worthless c*** like the pig she is~!" Mizuchi said with pride. Devonte gave Lady Mizukage an inquisitive look.

"I have no idea- where he picked that up!" Then she turned to Kenshin. "So, how was your first mission." As she spoke to him she sensed something.... different about the boy.

Devonte watched the genin closely. He had a smile on his face, but in his eyes was filled with hardness and concern. The kind of eyes one would have in the face of an enemy. He was getting more and more exhausted, and weak with fatigue. "Lady Mizukage, if I may, I want to get this body down to the Medic Ward as soon as possible."

"Fine, but I want a full report from you later on." she said. "Kenshin-"

"Actually I would like Kenshin to accompany me." he interrupted.

Suijin could tell something had happened, but she didn't let it show. "Fine, fine. I'll the info from the kid then!" she said truning back to her son and beconing him over to her. She hugged him tight and sat him down on her desk. "Spill it. I want to know every gorey detail!" she ran her eyes up and down his blood-soaked body. "Apparantly very gorey!" she laughed.

Devonte lifted the body bag and looked down at Kenshin. "Follow me." He said then led him down the halls of the Mizukage building.



((post- then go to the Mist Medical Facility))

"I see..." said Lady Mizukage. Mizuchi still sat on her desk, legs crossed and still covered in blood. She looked at the slip of paper from Shouta. She knew what it was and what it was for. "One mission and he's already a problem." she sighed. Mizuchi had told her the details of their mission from his view, but hearing it from Devonte cleard up quite a bit. She took another gulp of sake.

"You're drinking more than usual, mom." Mizuchi said bluntly.

"Oh yeah, that brings me to something I meant to tell ya earlier. The Hokage is on her way to Kiri." she said with blatant agrivation.

"What for?" Deovnte's eyes narrowed as he heard that.

"Hell if I know. All I do know is that I don't want another war starting between us. I've had enough of those damn Konoha nin for one lifetime."

"You just can't get them out of your hair, can you?" Nyirei sighed. She was more relaxed now that it was the four of them. Her back was leaned against the wall with her arms folded across her chest.

"Any way, I want you to go to the gate to greet her when she arrives. Understood? I'll not have that woman wandering about my village unattended."

"Of course, Lady Mizukage." He turned to the door, then paused. "Just so you know, Shouta will be reporting to you soon. He has something to tell you personally." He said it with a smirk. The kind one usually gives when their sibiling is about to get in big trouble. And without another word, he closed the door behind him.

"Damn, I just want to get this over with already." Suijin groaned. She didn't want Lady Hokage to come in the first place, but since she was she wished that old hag would come sooner rather than later. Suijin had only been Mizukage less than a month and her first meeting with a foriegn leader was the one she wanted to see least in the world. The pressure was starting to get to her... 'This calls for another drink....' she thought, opening another bottle.

Shouta led Rakutsu down the hall to Lady Mizukage's office. He knocked on the door and waited for the respose. A loud and clear "OH F**K!!!" could be heard shouted from inside. It was her assistant, Nyirei who answerd.

"Oh! Shouta-kun! Come in!" she said. She seemed relieved that it was him. As they entered, Shouta noticed broken glass on the wall near the door and the room certainly smelled of alcohol.

"Hm? Shouta? Phew! I thought you were the Hokage! What is it?" she said, leaning back in her chair.

'Well that explains a few things...' He thought. "Lady Mizukage, you've met Rakutsu, right?" he gestured to Rakutsu who stood beside him.

"I have." she nodded. It was amazing- her speach wasn't slurred in the least! "She only had one arm, last time I saw her."

"That's what I'm here about...... hold out your arm and flex it." he said to Rakutsu. -meaning, of course, her prosthetic one-