IWA'S GOLDEN ERA!

[Mad-Rock]

VILLAGE MEET & GREET #1

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^{IWAGAKURE'S GOLDEN ERA RISES!}

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[/b] prosperity. He was to bring Iwagakure up from it's ashes and into a new life, into a new Golden Era, just like a phoenix. As such Slade found himself at the podium, behind it, his massive arms resting atop it's slanted area as he awaited his people to flood iinto the area, to which they already had begun to do.

One by one villagers of common, to higher class, and shinobi alike found their way into the area. But, the hustle and bustle wasn't to intense, no, it was like Slade could here all of them singularly. His village, his people, they were all just so...magnificent.
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Trading equipment and such is welcome!
This is a meet and greet, try to spread your socializing to everyone here!
Donations to the village are welcome!
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[Yox]

The explosive artist walked through the busy streets of Iwagakure as it began to fill with more and more people by the minute. The Tsuchikage had called for an audience in a segmented area of the village, possibly to speak words of praise and proclaim his various future prospects for the village as it's newly elected Kage. Many of the villages population, both average people and shinobi alike, filled into this space to embrace the change that was to be brought upon Iwagakure.

Zaiaku attempted to squeeze his way through the crowds of people, pushing past various villagers as they scrambled for the 'taste-test' food stalls and the children as they ravaged through the gaming area. He could see himself to be swallowed by the crowd if he wasn't careful and didn't keep alerted of the shifting wave of the people. It was the busiest he had seen Iwa in awhile. The people were distressed from the recent passing of the late Sandaime Anemone, they were looking for a new beacon of hope that would guide the village through this time of sadness and mourning. Not only the villagers, but the shinobi were looking for a leader as well.

Zaiaku made his way to the near-front of the crowd. He could see the podium and the vibrant Tsuchikage with his rather muscular arms slouched across the wooden resting area. Zaiaku noted him to be a rather charismatic man with a certain aura that generated feelings of life and hope within the hearts of those who watched him. With his Iwagakure forehead protector wrapped proudly around his forehead, Zaiaku stood with his hands in his pant pockets as he awaited for the Tsuchikage to begin his speech. Zaiaku wondered if he would recognise other ninja that would begin to flood in nearby. The crowd was heavy, but the shine of the metallic forehead protector stood out very clearly.

[mirci]

It was a mess down there.Masses of people fighting for a better view to see and hear their daring Tsuchikage.From old men to children, from men to women, from rich people to poor people they were all gathered in one place for one purpose..... their KAGE!.
Alexander couldn't ignore such an event mainly because they were giving away food and refreshments.Even if the area was crowdy he managed to find a lonely spot away from the excited mob.He grabbed 2 balls of rice from a tavern , stole some sake from a man's table and started to juggle with them across the buildings around the area.

He finally found a good spot on top of a pillar.He managed to take a comfortable position and started eating up and getting drunk.After 2 tastes of the sake he got drunk of course.He was starting to yell at the people under him in a sarcastic tone about how the new Tsuchikage is going to change everything about their village, how he is going to help the poor and cure the sick, how he is going to do everyone's will.He then took another sip of sake calming down a little. He then yelled in a serious tone ,,IDIOTS!......". He took a good look at the big stage in front of him then starting to laugh like a maniac. After a good portion of laugh he calmed down he said,,Man i am drunk" and then threw the bottle of sake at a nearby building's wall. ,,Cheers to the happy couple!" he yelled with a drunks accent.

In his heart he found this very exciting.... meeting his new Kage, after all it was a change of image and who knows what interesting things he could pull. ,,Come on out Tsuchikage! We are all waiting for you, you bastard!" he yelled with all his powers before falling backwards off the pillar on a tent then falling asleep.

[♠Solo♠]

His debate to arrive at whatever event the new Tsuchikage was holding would last some time, but eventually end in him skulking around. He would be apart of the village. The crowd. The usual bustle of the people. Even some shinobi would find themselves in the crowd. The lone Genin sighed slightly, as he sat atop the roof tops. A large, towering structure would be his seat for the event. His eyes were able to spot the new Tsuchikage. A man of reputation, supposedly, for as swiftly as he moved in to take Anemone's position. A lot was going to change, and it was probably going to change at an alarming rate. One of which the particular Iwa Genin boy would not like. He even more so feared the ability to grow accustomed to it. A trait he normally never carried.

His right knee almost touched against his torso, but his vast muscle build prevented him from doing so, without restraining it with his right arm. Rather, he simply wished to rest it atop the knee that elevated above the other. He remained silent, merely watching the scene like a hawk. He wondered still why they refused retaliation. Their leader was killed and they possessed the information of knowing who did it. Time would almost seem to stand still, as he kept his bottled rage caped where it should be. He merely waited.

[kama]

The new Tsuchikage!

So finally here at the so infamous event. People from all over the village reunited in some sort of festival, citizens taking advantage of such event to sell their goods to anyone attending the place, however, such acts with a lack of moral made Rosario think of the mentality of the people around, taking advantage of a dead man, after all, a relection meant only two things, the previous ruler of Iwagakure has retired or has died, and according to what she could her on her way through the crowd it was the first option.

"So this is the new Tsuchikage?"

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Some people exclaimed, in such a respectful way, as if the man had the fault for the death of the previous Tsuchikage, her was just elected, as any other capable shinobi would have been able to. Such words overwheilmed the most of the conversations she could overhear while making her way through, specially since she could hear a shinobi yelling at the new elected leader, finally to end up passing out and falling from the pilar he was standing on.

However, not everthing were disrespectful yells, at some point the conversations began to change, instead of insults she could hear the voices of people speaking of fatih and hopes, as if the man would be able to change their own destiny, but, just like her previous thoughts, the silver haired lady girl began to think, how could people have an idea of such a man without even knowing him, after all, he was just elected.

As her long white dress moved along with her femine figure, taking advatage of her attributes as a female to make her way through the crowd up to the closest possible point to watch the man, her hair being tied in such a childish way with a pony tail to try to not catch anyone attention, at this point, the lady seemed as a regular civilian of the village.

Once close enough the kunoichi managed to have a glance at the podium. There, the man to represent to village was sat. At first sight the illusionist could make her own deductions, aside from being a shinobi, he had a quite athletic body, probably making him proficent in the taijutsu, however, that was just a thought, it needed to be proven lately.

Finally, she would suit herself in place and await for the man to speak, ignoring the yells from others the lady would pay her attention to no one but the new elected Tsuchikage, along with a few chances to memorize the faces of the visible shinobis standing around, but just that, her mind and senses, and not only her's but everyone's waiting to see what the new Tsuchikage had to say.

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[Sharkk]

Info: I will post to this with the Tsuchikage tomorrow afternoon, get your posts in by then!

[¤ SFS ¤]

With a yawn the genin emerged on the scene making no grand or splashy entrance. He was just one of the soldiers, far happier to blend in than to be noticed or called attention to. As long he continued on the path he heading though, his days of blending would be numbered.

Crossing his arms over his chest he took up a position amongst the crowd curious as to what Slade had planned for such an occasion. It was true a social gathering could be useful in building of a new and more unified Iwagakure but there were other ways to get to know someone aside from a massive meeting. Spotting the aspiring Yondaime over the distance a thought rang out in his head. Slade.... what is this all about?

[Mad-Rock]

SLADE SJOERD SVEN

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Letting his mini-speech cast down upon them all he'd pause from continuing to the second portion of things. It was a lot to take in for most people. Some would consider him mad, foolish, over confident, even funny. But, perhaps just a few would take him seriously and agree with him and from there hopefully it would spread like a disease amongst his people, but not one that plagued health, but instead made it healthier. Raising his hand once more to hush any roars within the crowd he'd continue.

"And within the next week registration will begin for a tournament, one which will decide the elite of Iwagakure's new generation. Winners will join the new group known as the Gold Guard with the runner ups joining another group named Terra Force. Both teams will play pivotal roles in Iwagakure's rise, and all will gain an extra reward should they prove themselves as the true elite of our village! And I leave you with this my people, I promise no I swear that the Golden Age/Era of Iwagakure will come to life through me, life or death I will not fail until Iwagakure rises!"[/color]

Stepping back from the podium he'd await his people's reaction, but he wouldn't stay at the stage for long as he soon joined the crowd.
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[Yox]

Many of the people in the crowd awaited for the Tsuchikage to speak. Zaiaku glanced from side to side as more people began to flood into the area. Many had taken to the roofs of nearby buildings, many younger ninja climbed upon the shoulders of their elders and there were many people that continued to generate the crowd itself into a much larger bulk of people. They were here for answers and a direction. The loss of their shining light, the Sandaime Tsuchikage, had caused them to become distraught like a lost flock of sheep searching for a shepherd. Would the Yondaime truly be able to fill the hole in the heart of Iwagakure that the Sandaime's death had left?

Zaiaku patiently stood in the crowd and tried not to annoy the others around him. The people were restless as the Tsuchikage continued to stand up atop the podium, silent. They wanted answers, and they wanted them fast. Suddenly their wish was granted. The Tsuchikage began to proclaim his words to the crowd. He talked of the loss and the pain the village had felt in the past. He talked of the years of darkness throughout the war that had infected the country they lived in. He talked of a bright future, and he talked as the figurehead that would lead the village in the right direction. Inspiration began to glow within the hearts of the people surrounding Zaiaku. Hell, even Zaiaku himself was starting to feel a little patriotic. He spoke of the already proven ability to build themselves back up from the low they had experienced in the past. Now with his leadership, the village would continue to strive upward.

He mentioned a tournament that caught the ears of many of the people in the crowd. People want to show their support to the Tsuchikage, prove their worthiness to the Yondaime and the village so that they could be recognised as the true ninja of Iwa. Zaiaku noted that many people clenched their fists in approval as the Yondaime mentioned the rewards of the tournament: recruitment in his select group of elite. This was the opportunity that the people were waiting for. After his speech had concluded, many people began to cheer the Tsuchikage off the stage as he entered the crowd below him and embraced his people. Iwagakure had a new leader now. The pain left from the death of their previous Kage, although still remembered, had now been replaced by a new beacon of hope. Long live Tsuchikage Slade!

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[kama]

[OOC: I believe no harm will do if we don't follow the order, after all this is for socialize and so]

Excuse me!

As the new elected leader spoke more and more people began to gather around, something annoying for the girl herself, not used to be in event with such a high rate of attendance, and more importabtly, with so many of them around the her. As she tried to get back to the back of the crowd she would notice it would be impossible unless she would jump all over them, the crowd increase in size that the possibility of going counter flow it became zero, so the only other logical choice for her to get out of there without showing her skills was moving around it and not through it.

Trying to find a hole between the crowd the lady would move from her original place and found herself next to a shinobi of the earth (Zaiaku), which at first was mistaken by a lady, this peculiar man suddenly caught the kunoichi's attention, instead of trying to get out of the place she would try and start a conversation with this individual, something quite rare for the girl, though certainly, he was quite rare as well

"Excuse me..."

The lady would ask while poking the man's left arm, hoping to catch his attention she shall continue with her speech.

"You are a shinobi, right?"

Asked the scarlet eyed woman at the man, for some weird reason the boy caused an irrational interest on the girl, probably his appearance, though she was not even sure of it.

"Sorry for asking this but... are you entering the tournament?"

Cold and clear, pretty much the girl's style. As she awaited for an answer she would simply turn her head back to where the new Tsuchikage was, just in case a new announcement would be made.

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[tigaevo]

'Aspirations, we need that in our Kage.' I thought to my self as I watched the newly elected Tsuchikage speech, it was pretty inspiring to the people off the village. It was just what the village needed at this time with the whole sudden death of the Sandaime, She hadn't even been seated that long before someone took her head off. 'Hopefully this guy is different.' I thought to my self as I took a pull of my tree,

*cough cough* "That potent shit, I'm high already."

I'd say to my self as I continued to smoke my tree and listen to his speech, he spoke of some type of tournement inside the village for some special group. 'I think I'd do go with putting our city back on the map, maybe some singing along with some amazing Jutsu.' I thought to my self as I continued to smoke, my eyes were low now and the Kage was done speaking. The people of the village were in somewhat of uproar once the man was complete finished his speech.

"I guess I'll be apart of this team."

I said confidently as continued to smoke my tree, it was about half way burned through it had seemed the crowd seperate through out the man stands and shops found in the village center. My eyes remained locked on the kage as I moved my hat back placing on the back of my head allowing the sun to hit my face for once, my eyes lit up the bright color they were. 'I guess I should meet this man.' I thought to my self as I jumped down from the building landing softly as usual, moving slowly towards the stage. It was I tried my best to keep track of the Kage's location but it wasn't easy because it had seemed like the crowd was following his movements.

Finally getting close enough to see the man through the crowd I knew I was getting close, I'd keep my low key profile as I moved to the crowd until I was within a couple of meters of the Kage himself. He had to be about five meters away from now, I'd fix my hat on to my head once again to allow it to shade my eyes giving me a slightly more relaxed look.

"Tsuchikage-Sama, what's up!? It's been awhile since I seen you around."

I'd say attempting to start some type of conversation, I know much of the man that was elected to be our kage even though I pretty much spent my entire life in this village. It would at least make sense if we met each other during academy days or something, but I couldn't remember him. hopeully this conversation would change that.

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The crowd rolled in, as anticipated, and the speech from the new Tsuchikage began. All the young Iwa shinobi could feel in his heart was anger, and pain. Shame befell their village, and here they all stood, circled around a new kage, acting as though nothing happened. As they're just going to forget their past kage was killed, and move on to the new golden era. Kei's facial expression didn't change while he spoke. He didn't care. He was here only to see the new Tsuchikage in action. He could give a speech. That much was for certain.

Time passed, and the words were set. The wind picked up slightly in the village, giving everyone a brisk breeze upon their faces and through their hair. Kei, sitting alone, high atop the village, only gazed in silence. Though his mind fluid with thoughts like a rushing river, he finally decided to mutter words from his mouth. A spark of slight interest.

"A tournament?" he repeated to himself. Were they really to do battle with one another and prove their strength? The idea was somewhat irritating. Anemone, and most villagers knew Kei to be among the strongest Genin in the village. Some even felt his combat prowess to be beyond some Chuunin. However no one would take his word, and he assumed this to be fact. He pondered the idea of doing combat with his fellow man. Finally, after the entire time being there, he grinned.

"Guess I don't have anything else to do." He rose from his position, to come to a stand, above everyone else. He decided to enter. He didn't care for the special groups the Tsuchikage promised to the victor and runner up, but the idea of proving his power to the village rang loudly in his head. He folded his arms over his large, muscled chest and took in a deep breath. Soon the Tsuchikage would enter the crowd, and mingle with his people, as he expected everyone else to.

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As far as speeches went there wasn't nothing overly charming in the way Slade spoke. Weighed against all the would-be leaders who had come and gone from Iwagakure over the years Slade was not in the top tier of great speakers but it seemed he was much closer to being number one in terms of ideas and public appeal. He hadn't yet been a Tsuchikage Elect for over a week and already he was showing himself to be a mad over action, even going as far as foreshadowing a tournament to decide who could stand as Iwa's elite and form two teams for how knows what.

With a smirk and narrowed eyes on the Yondaime-Elect Sen would uncross his arms from over his chest and put his hands in his pockets. Chakra control would allow him to run up the roof of a nearby building dashing back in the direction of his home. He would have loved to stick around and pow-wow with the others but it seemed more training was the only thing on his mind now. He didn't think it rude to leave so abruptly as he had already met the man marked to be the next Tsuchikage. If anything he was doing the others a service by taking off now. That way they could get more time to introduce themselves to him and get a better feel for the kind of guy that he was.

The kid who was all muscle stood a top a nearby building that Sen darted across. Seemed like the guy was getting bigger all the time and it took less than a second to realize that Kei would be entering the tournament no doubt. He didn't stop to chat although he knew that there was some issue the other genin wanted to bring to his attention. Kei left a message with a meeting place but things got in the way and Sen never made it. It wasn't a good way to showcase camaraderie but he hoped the other Iwa-nin wouldn't think less of him for it. There would be time to get everything ironed out soon, for now though there was nothing for him but preparations.

He disappeared into the distance making a mental note to come back later if this social gathering raged on for long.

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SLADE SJOERD SVEN

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[/b][/color] Laughing as a means to lighten up everyone's mood. The man wasn't a close friend, but he was a member of the village and that's all that mattered to Slade.
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His mind made up, he decided he needed to shape up. No point playing around the village anymore. Everyone was a target now. The usual games of catch the perp would have very well been considered training and sparring. The teacher, Baku, whom often showed Kei new motivation to be stronger after each mission, would dart through his head. And suddenly from no where, a flash. His eyes spotted the other Genin in the village equal in strength. Sen decided he wasn't going to stick around either. Kei tilted his head.

"Wonder why he didn't stop to say hi." He spoke in a low tone. His head turned back forward, as the sight that was once a silhouette of Sen was now long gone. A younger Kei would have chased, to try and stir up trouble in the village, or perhaps even ask for the spar he had been wanting to ask for this entire time. Instead he simply shrugged, and darted off into an unknown distance.

There was much to do.

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