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The sea between the Leaf and the Mist is usually always set with eiter thick fog or mist. The Leaf's bay is an open port to trade between other nations and transports to the Mist. There is a peninsula that leads closer to the Mist, but isn't under the jurisdiction of either village, or a large shinobi village. The Mist itself is surrounded by several other islands, and the main village is on the largest island.

((This topic is for Team 03 currently, but if it wants to be used by anyone else, go right ahead. Just treat it like the Konoha topics.))

Rose sighed when she saw the ship. "Ya know...this thing is really dinky looking. I'm not even sure it would stand up to my pinky-finger." Hawk-Eye simply walked onto the boat and into the cargo-hold. Rose sighed again, and chuckled lightly adding, "I guess she's tired. And I suppose we should get aboard then eh?"

**MEANWHILE...**

Toki limbered onto the boat. He was anxious, but something was stirring inside him, a feeling he had not felt for some time. It was as though he felt he had some kind of new purpose, a life of ambush and intrigue. Well, for him it was more ambush than intrigue. Any intrigue he caused was purely accidental. "I'm going to sleep. I'm bushed. That tree and the food took alot more out of me than I had guessed." And with that, he curled up on the floor of the boat and snored quietly.

Tsume and Kyouou werent far behind Kage. As they walked up to the ship, Tsume still chewing the last of his meal, he spotted the plank which allowed them access to the ship and walked over to it.
"Hmmm, Is this where we board?!'

Rose sat next to where Hawk-Eye was lying down and began sorting through the stuff she had brought with her until she found the magazine she was looking for. She began to flip through the magazine, a gossip magazine from Konoha it would seem, letting out little oohs and aahs every often. Eventually Hawk-Eye sat up and sighed loudly. "Ok, what do you want?"
"Cloak off, time for hair!" Before Hawk-Eye could even answer, Rose had pounced on her and the cloak went flying into the air. What it revealed was just a very thin person with very long red hair. The hair instantly took on it's original shape when outside of the cloak, hanging down Hawk-Eye's back and to the sides of the ANBU mask.

Rose pulled a comb out her pocket and began to comb Hawk-Eye's hair gleefully. Hawk-Eye just sighed again loudly. "Why is it always my hair? You never did this to Toki..."
"Ya, well, Toki's hair was always so gross and knotted. Even when it was short."


**MEANWHILE!!!....BOOYAAAAA!!!**

Toki slept peacefully on the deck of the ship as it rocked back and forth, his gross knotted hair swept out over the deck, absorbing any small bugs or other organisms that crawled it's way. A small cockaroach crawled out his beard, awakening him momentarily so that he could grab it, and throw it overboard before muttering,

Though Soya was his sensei, he had sudden urge to hit him, so instead he flicted the goofy sensei in the forehead saying, "Her mask is still on Soya...you needn't freak out about something so trivial. Besides, I'd doubt we'd be apart of some sort of government plot to destroy you Soya. Unless of course, there's something you haven't been telling us..."

Even though, it was more of a secret law amongst Anbu, it wasn't so trivial in the least. Though the Mikazuki never worried much about the Anbu in the first place. What ever lies underneath the mask was that Anbu's business, not his.

Peering around, the place was still crowded, despite the space they managed to take up, and Kage found a spot in the back that he could sit peacefully in. He plopped onto the hard wooden floor comfortably, setting aside his effects so he could check each item and make sure everything was accounted for. Though in case he didn't have much to worry about, since his primary, and pretty much only solid weapon on his person was his massive rending sword.

Wait, so you're telling me that when he said that he wasn't lying? I just assumed he was joking, as usual. Hell, I tried killing a time or two, though I failed quite miserably...either of you two try to kill me, I'll throw you in the ocean said Soya, pointing at Tsume and Kage. Soya went back to his laid back position, staring blankly at the cieling. But we really were being trained to be hunters? Man, did he choose the wrong person. Actually kind of ironic that I ended up being taught by one-- a hunter, that is. I don't think it's that Toki or my captain before that were bad teachers, it's just that I went from a teacher at the academy, to one captain to another. My training styles clashed when put together. I had to work on my form from scratch. But really, Toki never did speak about hi-- Before Soya could finish his sentence, three giant prongs burst into the cargo room, scewering cargo and nearly hitting the group's hiding spot. The hell?! C'mon, up top everyone! Soya leapt up and dashed up the stairs.

~ Beacuse a few moments ago... ~

Nyeh, afro oji-sama, there it is! Kyoukan got no response. Fine then, nesupa! Let's see if THIS WAKES YOU UP! Kyoukan swerved hard to the right, opening up case and smashing a button. Three slots fell open on the side of the boat, and a prong came flying out of each one, slamming into the rival boat. With a smirk on her face, she jumped over to the anchor and kicked the lever down, deploying the giant weight. By now the chains on the prongs had started clanking back into the ship, pulling the rival ship closer in. Now c'mon! Let's see what's so expensive she said as she kicked the man in his side.

Kage looked up as he rose from the ground, sensing some new arrivals as the prongs pierced the ship. All of his equipment was re-equip without a moments hesitation, following closely behind Soya, Tsume, and Kyoumou. His best bet was that they were being attacked by pirates, and they'd probably have a long fight ahead of them.

Pirates...I hate pirates.....

He landed loudly on the deck of the cargo ship, cracking his neck as he did. Rose and Hawk-Eye appeared from the stairs just as he landed. Rose's eyes widened and she gasped loudly.
"Yeesh...ever hear of tact Soya? I thought I taught you at least that much." Toki flicked some of his knotted dreads out of his face and then quickly brushed off his clothes, which consisted only of a very old Jounin Uniform filled with holes and scratches here and there. He quickly scanned the small crowd; some sailors, two konoha shinobi, two mist, and a shadow nin.
He smirked and cocked his head to the right, his hair framing his face perfectly. In this light it made him look evil, almost diabolical. "Kyoukan, you didn't tell me how easy this was supposed to be...hehehe."
"You....you....you...." Rose was at a complete loss of words. Never in her wildest nightmares did she think she'd ever have to fight him. She knew that her skill probably wasn't that far off from his, but she knew he was sadistic, and often ruthless in battle...regardless of the opponent.
"Hello Rose...And if I'm not mistaken, byt that hair I'm guessing that it's my dear, dear sister...Well met Raine."