Mizukage Tower

[Witch Hunter Robin 94]

The shadows inside of the Mizukage's office wavered wildly as a creature materialized out of the very shadows themselves. The long and flowing black cloak wavered as it took a single step forward, a dark and foreboding apparition. As the creature glanced around the room, it took notice of several things. For starters, the lighting...it was a very soft light that illuminated the room, casting many shadows around the room. The second thing it noticed was the smell of incense burning on the desk, giving the office a pleasant smell that relaxes the muscles and eases tension. The last thing the creature noticed was that the Mizukage was not here. Taking another step forward, the creature folded its hands across its chest looking out towards the village of Kirigakure from the Mizukage's window.

"I must have just missed him..." the creature stated, it was the voice of a woman, the voice soft and soothing. Her arms fell down to her sides as she sighed deeply. This was Robin, a hunter nin of Kirigakure. It has been two years since Robin left Kirigakure, left to hunt down several missing nins. Finally aquiring all of the targets on her list, Robin deemed it necessary to return to her village. Hopefully Luo will be happy that she has returned, Luo being the one who freed her from her confines within the bowels of the earth, training deep beneath the Kiri Training Facility, a member of an elite group of hunter nins controlled not by the Mizukage, but by the Kiri Council. Upon finding out about this group, the Mizukage had it disbanded immediatley, taking the members under his wing and giving them a purpose in their lives. Now Robin awaited the Mizukage's return in order to report the deaths of several of high ranked rogues.

As she waited, memories of her past and travels began surfacing, running through her mind as she watched them happen before her very eyes. The most memorable of these thoughts was her visit to the Leaf Village in search of a rogue water user who had stolen a valuable sword from Mist. It was here that she found out the names of both her parents, of her lineage, and her last name. She was a Nara, a manipulator of shadows and Kageton jutsus. She always knew that she was able to manipulate them, it was why the council found her so useful. But she had no idea that there were many others just like her, and during her travels, she found herself making visits to the Leaf village quite often. With the help of the other clan members, she had learned many valuable skills and jutsus, including medical jutsus. She wondered what Luo would think of this, for when she left she was, she felt, so limited. Her only skills were genjutsu and stealth. But now she felt like she was stronger, a better ninja.

Waiting for Luo to come in, Robin walked around the room, stretching her hand out as she ran her fingers across the surfaces of his cabinets, his desk, the walls of the room. She was getting a better feel of the room, it has been so long since she had stepped foot in it. Besides, she needed something to do while waiting for the Lord Mizugake's return.

 

[Witch Hunter Robin 94]

Robin turned her head at the young one who had just asked her a question. Taking a step forward towards him, she bowed her head slightly. This was a sign of not to show respect and courtesy, but to show that she meant no harm. She had been gone for two years, and even then, her existance in Kirigakure was only known to a few people. Robin stood up straight and inspected the boy, walking around him as if she was trying to find something wrong with him. The boy seemed properly equipped, with white hair and a mask he held a mask that was adorned like those of a Hunter nin (I am going by your format picture). Though standing cassually, the boy seemed to have very little openings and was ready to defend himself at a moment's notice, though there was always room for improvement. Then again, she herself was not perfect and everyday she strived to improve herself.

"Yes, young one, you can help me," she told him as she walked back towards the window of the Mizukage's office and stared out of it, as if looking for something. "The Lord Mizukage, I am looking for him. Perhaps you know where he is?" she asked him in a soft tone from the darkness of her hood, the kind of tone that would make him try hard to listen. It was just a bit more than a whisper, and Robin never was one to speak loudly. As she waited for his response, she folded her hands across her chest.

 

[Witch Hunter Robin 94]

"Lord Mizukage," she stated as she got on one knee, placing her right fist on the ground while her left hand rested on her knee. The black cloack on her simply made it out to be a big blob of darkness being illuminated slightly by the moon's light shining through the window. It had been far too long since she had seen him, two years to be exact. Even from this point, Robin could tell that Luo has turn into a strong young man, and a handsome one as that. Robin will always have a place in her heart for him, not of love, but as her saviour. It was Luo who freed her from the darkness, from the monster she had become. It was he who pushed her into the light, and it was him who saved her from everyday torment.

Looking up at him from the darkness within her hood, she stopped before listening in on what he had just asked. As he posed his question to the two young shinobis, she interupted politely. "Lord Mizukage, I just wanted to give my apologies for being away for so long, but I have taken out the list of rogues that you gave me. It was a while before I could find them, but now I have returned to continue my duties as a hunter nin of Kirigakure," she told him before bowing her head once more. She had finished what she wanted to say and will await for any further instruction. Though she wished to get back to training herself as soon as possible, either that or she wondered if the Lord Mizukage had any new targets for her to take out.

 

[Witch Hunter Robin 94]

Robin rose up as he ordered her to, but was truly in shock when he had told her that she was now a Saanin of Kirigakure. It was truly an honor to hold that title, it didn't mean that she was power, power was not everything. It meant that she was a trusted member of Kirigakure and despite her past, Robin was now in a position in which others could look up to. As she continued watching Luo, she noticed something that she did not remember being there. He had a light cut that ran from the side of his wrist to his thumb. What was the Mizukage doing that got him that cut? Kages very rarely fought, or performed missions, they ussually just stayed behind doing paperwork. She coudn't even think about how incredibly dull that kind of life is.

As he continued speaking, he began talking about a boy named Yamatano, an apprentice hunter-nin. Looking around the room, she assumed that Yamatano was the boy with the mask. He seemed like he had the potential and the build to be a great assassin. As she was named the Head of the Hunter-Nins, she couldn't help but feel shocked by this. She had never trained anyone, never took someone on as a student. She was simply an assassin, a killer, not a teacher. "You wish for me to take on a student?" she asked, still bewildered by this decision. The shock passed though as she took a step forward and now stood beside him. That was when Yamatano refered to her as Lady Robin-Sama, getting down on his knee and bowing to him. She was rather uncomfortable with this, not because of it was him, but because she simply wasn't used to it. She had never held such a position over others, so this was all new to her. "Mizukage-sama, it would seem that manners have not been lost in this new generation of shinobi," she stated simply from the darkness of the hood of ther robe. "Yamatano was it? Believe me when I say, the honor is mine to train one with much potential. If the Lord Mizukage thinks so highly of you, then I guess you can survive the exact training that I went through. With the Mizukage's permission, I would like us to take our leave and commence training as soon as possible...?" Robin asked, wanting to begin as soon as possible. She was rather excited to begin this boy's training, for he will train him in the same Hellish way she was trained twisted

 

[Witch Hunter Robin 94]

"I was beggining to wonder why it was a little too quite when I entered the village," Robin analyzed as she hid her arms within her robe. "A viral infection? I guess it would be best if I go and investigate. I may not be the perfect medical ninja, but I have had more training than most," Robin said as she watched curiously the young boy getting so bent out of shape about the snake's comments. She almost let out a chuckle had she not caught herself. "Well, child, if you are finished wrestling with your snake, then I suggest we get going. Are you ready to head out?" Robin asked as she turned back to the Kage. "Sir, should we head to the gates and await further orders?" she asked. This was indeed a dire situation...a viral infection that causes the undead to rise, it was an interesting turn of events indeed. She wouldn't mind having a test subject to experiment on back at the training facility.