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 Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:28 am
Roxanne returned with the ordered food, nervously eying a still sobbing Zephyr. He actually did look like an extremely cute little kid that just didn't get what he wanted... "Um...Zephyr-sama? The manager says...you can have chocolate milk... It's good for, uh...growing kids..." At 'chocolate milk', Zephyr's tiny form noticeably stiffened. At 'growing kids', about a thousand veinpops appeared all over. Roxanne suddenly found herself face to face with giant, teary hazel-green eyes. "I DUN WANT CHOCOLAATE MILK!" Wailed a certain Sannin. "And I'm not - hic - a kid!" But the cold air of the cafe, along with the undignified wailing...resulted in Zephyr having hiccups. Still sniffing too...
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:23 am
Kai struggled to contain his milk smirk (OOC: Epic fail of a typo). He failed quite miserably. Rush, don't learn this sort of disrespectful behaviour from your sensei.
"Here, man," Kai eventually said awkwardly and handed Zephyr a tissue. "Your face is all red and blotchy. Chilled chocolate milk will cool you down," Kai informed him tactlessly. "So like... when are we actually going to get to Konoha?" he finally asked Zephyr. He had been wondering that for a while now.
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kouri-chan_xx Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:48 pm
((Rin, the post where they picked up Shikamori was in the main village. xDD))
Yokou sighed. Yes, she was responsible for this...but really...to have ended up babysitting Shikamori. The Hyuuga woman skeptically eyed her teammate, who was now laughing insanely and chasing a passing butterfly. Maybe knocking him unconscious with kempo was a very bad idea... Apparently, since she had aimed for the tenketsu node at the center of the forehead...somehow, that ended up causing strange hallucinations when her teammate awoke. She tried hitting him over the head with Kusanagi's sheath but that did nothing... Probably made it worse... Yokou thought miserably as Shikamori began twirling in circles down the streets.
What a day, what a day...
And she still has a Tsuchikage to smack for...for giving her those...undignified outfits... Yokou's right eye twitched involuntarily as her eleven year old daughter wobbled beside her, balancing the three boxes with the...said offending outfits.
"Throw them away." She grumbled, for about the tenth time since they left the hospital. The child pouted. "Mummy...why can we at least keep mine?" "Throw them away Elruda...there's no need for such...mundane objects..." A slight pause, before she answered Sakeme's earlier question. "I shall not demean any of my clan members either by having them wear such...demeaning costumes..."
"Mummy?!" Elruda exclaimed with alarm. Each time the conversation trudged in any slight direction towards Marcus or the costumes, a veinpop would pulse dangerously on her mother's temple...Elruda would swear her eyes gleamed dangerously for a moment...and oh? Was that the sunlight shining off her mother's partially unsheathed sword?!
"Mummy calm down! (expression: @_@)" But it was pretty much in vain...how could Yokou calm down...when...well... It was her damaged dignity after all... "Mummy...are you unhappy..." Elruda mumbled nervously, sweatdrop appearing at the back of her head. Villagers they passed made leeway for the unhappy Sannin, who was emitting a very cold, dark aura...
Yokou sighed, stopped for a long moment before taking a deep breath. She was much calmer when she spoke again and the air around her much warmer. "That's not true..." A soft smile, Elruda seemed much more comforted with the mother she knew. "I'm glad to have you back again." Yet she continued on stubbornly. "I will...exact tenchu on sensei too...it's his fault as well...to associate with such suspicious characters..." Yokou's nostrils flared and Elruda backed nervously away when her mother began muttering again.
"Hey, Sa-chan..." The child whispered as her mother snatched her hold on the boxes and dumped them in a passing alley. "Guess the women of the family are nowhere docile after all. Stupid historians." Her mother's voice interrupted her from her thoughts.
"Chiisai-hime (small princess), you like curry don't you? And what of your friend?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:24 pm
Roxanne, who was apparently in no mood to deal with child imposters at this time of the day wrenched open his jaw and shoved the chocolate milk's straw in. Eyes wide, Zephyr unintentionally took a sip. "It's...yummy...?" He mumbled, taking another sip. If a wailing Sannin wasn't creepy before, now a...supposed child happily curled up in his corner drinking the said bottle of Nestle chocolate milk was...disturbing.
"Zephyr-sama. Anzu-sama's messenger bird came in early this morning." Roxanne dropped her voice to a whisper, so only Kai, Zephyr, and Rush could hear clearly. "Cleverly encrypted..." She added. "We decoded most of it. Yokou-sama is holding onto the message right now...we believe Anzu-sama has something else to tell you. Two messages, one we couldn't decrypt." "Can't decrypt? How odd... Maybe he used parts of the clan code...okie dokie. I'll look at it. Got any idea where Yokou is?"
Roxanne winced noticeably. "Also, something terrible occured this morning... Lord Akane disappeared from his hospital room, without a trace. I didn't tell Yokou-dono nor Shikamori-sama yet...but they're bound to found out sooner or later. I cannot imagine how she'll respond to this..." Her voice trailed off and the Jounin looked highly uncomfortable.
Zephyr wasn't heartless, so he didn't press on. "Anyways, what did the message say?" Roxanne thought for a moment before beginning. "A disciple of the ice sorceress, but not a follower truly...hast warned the treacherous bird of the flock...of ancient fires quelled... There once was a shogi player, but a foolish one surely...he played often but never won a game..."
"What the hell is that?! Arrrrggggghh! I can't stand it when you, Yokou, and the rest of you people speak in riddles!" Roxanne looked on impassionately, though by the fact that her right eye twitched once betrayed her calm expression. "It was rather simple ones too..."
Zephyr looked indignant. "You calling me simple?!" Roxanne openly sighed this time. "You're right... My apologies, Zephyr-sama. I was out of my place to speak in such manner...to our Hokage-sama..."
"Yeah, uh-huh...wait a minute...when the hell did you guys decide that?!" Roxanne looked unfazed by Zephyr's horrified outburst but her voice did drop so quietly that the three would have to strain to hear. "By the decision of a majority of the Council of Elders...both back home and accompanying... Since Hokage-sama requested a translation...I shall oblige: a spy of the Fire Master's who have served in Taki has warned his fellow comrade...the blood traitor of our clan...to flee, because his Master is dead. Killed by the ice princess, Nakamura."
Zephyr looked equally surprised, though his voice was kept down as well. "That's not possible. Though Hyouton creation would've been the best choice to fight against the Masters...alone there is no way..." "Anzu-sama mentioned one of the village Jounin was freely traveling the world before the Fire Master came. Then is the part of the letter I cannot read. However, from we of the Hyuuga line's deductions...it is unconfirmed, mere tall-tale for now. But Anzu-sama confirms the blood traitor had indeed fled the village." A soft pause.
"As Anzu-sama's report went...actual details on the battle remains unknown. But it is suspected that she was not alone. Simply...the usurper underestimated his opponents." Zephyr looked trouble at this. "Tch. For them to get involved with our problems..." "That's not wholly true. Though the usurper's death details remained in shadows...both Anzu-sama and our clan's Nyame-sama confirms...a few days before, he had departed Konoha with the intention to invade Takigakure no Sato. They were simply defending their homes."
"We'll return to Konoha as soon as the festival tonight is over." "We can't." Roxanne added. "One of Anzu-sama's ANBU is being dispatched to come travel to Iwa. And also...more than likely this year's Chuunin Selection Exams would be held in the village in best shape. In this year's case, Iwagakure no Sato." Zephyr grunted. "We don't have time to worry about the Chuunin Selection Exams..." He shook his head before speaking to the whole group.
"Fine. Though the group is pretty much already settled in...Inuzuka-san and Thorres-san should get comfortable as well. We'll stay here until further notice then." To Roxanne, he continued. "Once the festival is over, I will be taking leave to Konoha and check up on their status." He held up one gauntleted hand to stop Roxanne from interrupting. He knew what she was going to say anyways... That he should at least keep one older Hyuuga as part of his guard.
"Roxanne, remember. I had not agreed to this position and has mentioned nothing of planning to. Therefore I am not your kage and I do not need a guard. However, Konoha would need it's older shinobi back sooner or later... But as for now, your leader is your head of family. I'll leave Yokou and the other clan heads to decide on when to send their people home."
An indignant voice.
"So, sensei, you're leaving us again?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:37 pm
Sakeme followed the two inside... smirking as Elruda was forced to throw away the demeaning outfits... Now she had nothing left to do but follow around the kid... which would either be really boring... or vastly troublesome. Pushing those thoughts aside, she lifted the menu and read its contents... She wasn't quite sure what she wanted. "Um... I'll just go with a small bowl of ramen,if that's okay... I'm not extreamely hungry." Despite not eating for two days...
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:14 pm
Marcus had walked into the place...but not like normal people. he didn't want to cause a lot of noise and thus, he rather cause a lot of rucus. He moved to the side of the room and began to walk up the wall and then on the ceiling. He'd move over towards the center of the room then look around. He had it on good informatin that pretty much the whole Konoha unit was here and they were.
He moved over towards them and soon lowered his head right into Yokou's face. He was hanging from a ceiling light and simply smiling to her. "Yo...the party's about to start. How come you girls aren't in your outfits yet? We should go get ready ya know." He said it as if they had fully agreed to it. Of course, in his mind, they pretty much had. He was pretty much having a ball with this.
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:52 pm
Zephyr gulped slightly before turning his head. "Yo...kou...?" Oh boy. He'll have a great time figuring out some brilliant way to leave the village without her noticing now. "Sensei, you will not travel to Konoha alone." Her pale eyes flashed a clear warning... Even if she hadn't accepted it yet...the rest of the Council of Elders had chosen him as their kage. She had failed already in protecting Akane... There was no way. Not a second time. She would not allow it.
"B-but...eh... Oh! Ohayo, Marcus!" Trying to diverge the topic, Zephyr (still in kid form and clutching his bottle of Nestle chocolate milk) waved animatedly at the Tsuchikage. Not that the Tsuchikage was in a place that he could be ignored anyways.
But Marcus' words to his student confused him. "Eh...?"
At the mention of 'Marcus', or rather, seeing Marcus' upside down face right in front of hers... Yokou's right eye twitched dangerously. The next thing Zephyr would know was that Kusanagi at her side was partially unsheathed, the light of the cafe reflecting over the silvery-blue metal.
Yokou then did something very uncharacteristic. Or rather, so characteristic (of her clan at least) that it was scary. A vein pulsed dangerously at her temple now. "That's right...outfits... Heh...heh...heh... Which reminds me... I have a kage to murder..." The hell's going on...? Zephyr managed to grab her sword arm before her Kusanagi was fully unsheathed and before Yokou attempted to pass her sword right through the Tsuchikage's head.
Zephyr had returned to his normal form now, forced to drop his child Henge form, because otherwise Yokou would be taller and harder to retrain for him... And...hell had no fury like an angry woman. An angry Hyuuga woman to boot. "Yokou, Yokou...calm down! It couldn't be that bad - wait, what the hell am I saying...if you're this angry it has to be pretty bad..." "Virtue doesn't have a 'w'! It has a 'i' too!" Scowled the Hyuuga princess, the expression so foreign on her pretty face. Her tone was normal but for the usually soft-spoken Hyuuga, it was screaming.
She was still madly swinging her sword...or rather trying to as Zephyr was insanely strong. Roxanne rushed to help Zephyr pry Kusanagi from her leader's fingers.
"What are you talking about?!" Zephyr hissed in return, looking confused and strained at trying to get Yokou's dangerous fingertips away from him while still keeping her effectively trapped.
"This." Elruda poked her head in, grinning widely as she pulled out her outfit. She had managed to slip hers out of her box when her mother wasn't looking after dumping the three boxes on the street. "See? Zephyr-sama, wouldn't this be cute on meeee?" Yokou scowled. "Absolutely not. You will not wear that...thing, chiisai-hime!"
Normally, Zephyr would've noticed the outfit first. Not this time though... Zephyr blinked, staring at Elruda in shock. Then he rubbed his eyes again, and stared again. Nope, not an illusion. A single finger pointed. "How did...?" More sweatdrops. "Ooooh. I see. So Marcus did...but then that means..."
Then that means Marcus had kidnapped Elruda straight from her village. The realization hit Zephyr like a ton of bricks. Not exactly the most diplomatic being in this world but this would mean he would be expected to...
Oh boy.
Roxanne had helped Zephyr in restraining Lady Yokou by disarming her hold on the Kusanagi for now... Yokou was extremely angry about something. Extremely angry somewhat didn't do justice to her head of family's mood...Yokou was in actuality really, really furious. At first, she had no idea what Lady Yokou was raving about...but apparently, then it had become quite clear. It would seem that Marcus had helped rescue the little princess from that disdainful Ame low-life kidnapper... But it seems he was enjoying blackmailing Yokou now.
Though technically Elruda's outfit wasn't bad, by Hyuuga standards...it was...well, disgraceful. The little princess didn't seem to mind though...because she had probably fallen asleep during the chastity observance lessons. However, another thing...Hyuugas were very intuitive and Roxanne got the feeling...also considering from Marcus' words...
Then that means Lady Yokou got sent an outfit too.
"Yokou-sama, how bad?" She asked rather meekly.
"Bad?" Yokou spluttered. "Bad?! It was...it was...!" Yokou's voice trailed off, too furious to even properly label that...thing...with a proper word. Elruda piped up. "Oh yeah, it was reeeeeeeeally bad." Then her large lilac-coloured eyes welled up with tears of laughter before she cracked up with laughter.
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:38 pm
"Oy, Marcus-baka... you might want to run... They Hyuuga's family reunion is about to get bigger and messier." She couldn't help but smirk though... as lazy as she was... she couldn't help but grin at some forms of chaos... especially when it was direct towards those who deserved it...
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:47 pm
Marcus, seeming somewhat oblivious of his emenite danger, simply looked her in the eye. He quickly flipped down from the hanging light and landed on the bar in front of Yokou, never loosing eye contact. He would, however, break it to glance from Zephy to the lady Roxann and then back to Yokou.
At first he would look to her very seriously then...that wouldn't last more than a few seconds. He then began to grab her cheeks and pull them like one would a little child, "Awww, you Hyuuga's are so cute when your angrey. heheheh. I remember when I got this one Hyuuga woman really really mad. You see, she wanted to...." he stopped for a moment and looked to Elrude and then sighed, "hmmmm story for another time. Anyway, coooooome one Yokou-chan! Pllllleeeeeease! It's for the fesitival." He was pouting...yep, not really sure how much of a Kage that made him but not like he cared, "Pretty please with sugar on top?" And yes, he was still pulling and poking her cheeks.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:33 am
Yokou glared. She was practically shaking with fury...or rather, shaking the single fist that wasn't trapped by Zephyr in Marcus' direction. While the apparent damage wasn't physical she would've rather preferred the worst injuries to this...damage to her pride. She began struggling again, Zephyr growing increasingly nervous as the struggling became more violent.
"Absolutely not! Unhand me at once, sensei - it won't take too long! I'll stitch him up afterwards!!" Zephyr scowled, vicegrip growing tighter. "Enough! This is disgraceful... Yokou, I have enough international problems without you adding to them!" Suddenly remembering something very important, to Marcus, he added incredulously. "Marcus-san...you didn't really do anything too drastic over in Ame, right...?" Elruda drew in a deep breath to puff out her cheeks before piping in. "Course not. He only just stuck the Amekage in solid rock."
International problems should logically be the first on his list of worries... But instead...with a poof of smoke, Zephyr was back in kid form and all. He clutched his stomach, cracking up with laughter. Finally, he settled on a wide grin, a foxy grin that stretched from ear to ear...followed by a thumbs up sign at Marcus, a little red swirl also drawn on the fingerprint.
It was Yokou's turn to look astonished. "Y-you condone that?! I am the only sane on- ...!" Of course, she was too furious to remember Zephyr was already eating (sort of) with a certain Inuzuka and Rush. A spoon spinned expertly in Zephyr's free hand before he shoved a spoonful of curry chicken and rice in Yokou's mouth.
"The curry is delicious, Yokou." Zephyr said calmly, but his eyes forming cheerful upside down 'u's. By now, the two younger shinobi should be feeling pretty sorry for the Hyuuga. Oh wait...besides Yokou's daughter and that brown-haired girl... Is that Shikamori staring blankly at the cafe ceiling? Hn. Wonder if that was a result of the punch earlier...
Zephyr...liked his curry extra spicy. Yokou's face turned increasingly crimson before she grabbed a glass of water and chugged it down. Zephyr allowed her out of his grasp, knowing she would be more preoccupied with washing out the taste now. But what she drank...
It was Kai's alcohol...
"Yuck!" A choked gasp. Even Byakugan had unintentionally been forcibly activated. "Water!!"
Roxanne saluted before promptly rushing into the kitchens.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:47 am
Sakeme quickly shoved her water glass in Youko's direction and looked over at the little boy. "You honestly think it's funny to shove a Kage in a rock and let him and several ANBU watch as a member of their village is being kidnapped? You hyuuga are demented when it comes to the people you trust... I swear... " Sakeme's eyes roll as she propped her face up with a hand, elbow on the table unlike a lady... but what did she care?
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:50 am
((Yokou didn't condone sticking a kage in rock...before a spoonful of spicy curry was shoved in her mouth. And Roxanne was expressionless throughout. Zephyr's not even Hyuuga... xDD))
Zephyr only grinned at Sakeme's horror. "Pfft. How often do you see that everyday...little monkey?" It was an odd statement considering Zephyr had resumed his kid-henge form when he cracked up at Elruda's comment...but Sakeme had seen his original form as he restrained Yokou from getting her fist or sword to connect with Marcus. Also, what was perhaps more infuriating was...Zephyr had oddly chosen the same adjective and noun combo Marcus used to describe Sakeme by chance. Elruda, beside Sakeme, whispered to her what she had seen in Marcus' note, and how he had addressed her.
Sakeme probably wouldn't think that it was by chance though... "You people seem to get the idealistic idea that a kage is supposed to only sit in his or her office and grade papers from sunup to sundown. Jeez, Yokou...you too...lighten up." He patted his still gasping student on the back who had emptied Sakeme's glass of water and was now attempting to chug down the jug of cold water Roxanne had brought back from the kitchens.
The Byakugan slowly faded as her temperature returned to normal. Though her lilac-coloured eyes was still watery from the tears... She glared at him in answer.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:56 am
ProtoXtreme ((Yokou didn't condone sticking a kage in rock...before a spoonful of spicy curry was shoved in her mouth. And Roxanne was expressionless throughout. Zephyr's not even Hyuuga... xDD)) (I know... she was talking to Zephyr, lol)
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:06 pm
Marcus looked on and grinned a bit as Zephyr gave him a movement of congradulations. Everyone seemed to be forgetting the main goal and that was to reunite a mother with child after both thought the other was dead. But alas, no on ever praised Marcus' deeds usually because of how ackward a method he used to get it. But he didn't care for it that much, so long as he knew he had done the right thing...even if it was in the wrong way.
He sat there and smiled, figuring he might as well note everything tht went on in Ame, think of it as a status report to the 'client' of the 'mission'. "Well, if you want to ge techniqual with it, first i invaded his house as a drunk, burnt up all his food to create a smoke screen then flooded his back yard with mud THEN sealed him and someone else inside a rock. Then one of them broke out so I sealed his foot in solid rock. Got on Pegasus, snatched up Elrude and the monkey over there cause I thought she was kidnapped as well and flew off towards Kiri. I'm sure they'll probably figure out where I came from since midget there squeeled on me." Marcus was rather nonchelant considering he might have just started a war. "To be honest, I thought he was gonna recognize me instantly considering I made a porn with his cousin once." He sipped the sake, "Lady was hell in bed..."
He order a bottle of sake, heated, and looked to Zephyr. He poored the 'young man' a saucer full and himself and grinned a bit. "Oh yea, I didn't know Hyuuga's were afraid of flying..." he said with a smirk to Elrude.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:17 pm
Zephyr grinned. "Invaded his house eh? Wait a minute..." Zephyr began digging in his waistbag, throwing out random magazines into the air. All none too innocent. The customers in the background gasped in horror, realizing the magazines as porn. "Ah-ha! I knew I have seen you somewhere before!" Zephyr began flipping through the pages. "Ooooh. So it was the Amekage's cousin...interesting..." Apparently, he had no idea how much further he could damage a certain Fujiko's ego with the magazine itself. "Fujiko hn...aren't they like some uptight shaman peeps...?"
Yokou's jaw dropped, pointing indignantly at the porn magazine. "Why do you have that?!" Zephyr pretended not to have heard, nor seen the manager in the background's scandalized look (to the porn and sake). "Oh my kami-sama! Sake!! Marcus, cheap guy there refused to sell me any..." To emphasize his point, Zephyr picked up his half finished chocolate milk and nodded ruefully.
Elruda looked indignant at Marcus' comment. "T-that's not true! I-it was...o-only a l-little high..." A sniff. A little high actually translated to over a thousand feet...
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