On One [T]

[marvolous.]

Attentive.

I could not afford to be careless anymore, my emotions, my thoughts-- they all needed to be monitored. Schizophrenia had never been a problem before, but stress, profound stress, seemed to almost trigger it's existence. Needless to say, it was quite the difficult task to shoulder the pain away, but I did so regardless; keen thoughts would keep my alive on this dangerous task, if I faltered...

I shuddered to think of what could happen. Not that I was afraid of losing my life, no-- that wasn't the problem at all. I was more worried about what I would do to others; I was a shinobi, but even I disliked creating pointless bloodshed.

With Konoha's location marked, and the two way transmitter acquired from Suna tucked effortlessly in my ear, I headed out to and past the borders of Kaze no Kuni. From there, dressed like a vagabond-- raggedy hat, coupled with dirtied and equally old clothes --I continued to Konoha.

I was, in a lack of a better term, normal looking; t'was the perfect design.

[ To Hi no Kuni ]

[♠Solo♠]

Moved.

[marvolous.]

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[Axcel]

+4 exp

[marvolous.]

As exciting as it was being in a new land, it was finally time to return to my home. Sunagakure seemed like a distant memory to me with me having been gone for almost two whole months now, but nevertheless, I still made my journey back with both attentiveness and haste. Once in the clear - as in, once I could clearly see the gates of Sungakure - I put on the same clothes I had used worn when I left.

With them, accompanied by my Sunagakure hitai ate, I'd be surely allowed inside.

[ Move to Kaze no Kuni ]

[Kii!]

Moved!

[marvolous.]

I was officially no longer a representative of Sunagakure no Sato; I still held some sentimental value towards the place, but it felt good finally being able to delve into my own endeavors. With my hitate ate hidden, and my clothes adjusted and manufactured in a sense to give off a vagabond vibe, I headed outside the boundary lines of Kaze no Kuni. Soon, after some vicious traveling through the gruesome desserts that plagued the land, I decided to head down to Tetsu no Kuni as my first destination in my travels. It had nothing to do with and no connection to Shiro's death, but I still directed my descent there.

[ Move to Iron ]

[Messatsu!]

+13 @ naga

[marvolous.]

Tetsu no Kuni had been my first stop since defecting from Sunagakure, but surely it wasn't my last. After having met a Konoha native, both distraught and annoyed at his village's proceedings - very much like myself - I had concocted an idea that would both further my own endeavors, and also give me the necessities to do such. I hadn't completely told Asato what we would be doing, nor did I even trust him in the slightest - but he was an integral part in my plans, and without him everything wouldn't be able to run smoothly.

Thus, I waited at the boundary line of this foreign country for my new kin to arrive. I had lost him en route, but he surely hadn't faltered that far behind. For now, I would have to wait; we needed to be on the same page before continuing on.

[spade]

Tetsu no Kuni was a rather interesting place to visit, and everything that happened while he was there - even if it only lasted a couple days was strangely awesome. He met a new companion, and now god knows what was going to happen. Whatever it was, meant bad news for Konoha. Following alongside Sora, he fell behind and got lost - but soon enough he found his way back home from finding familiar shit he saw when he was walking towards Tetsu.

The weather was much, much warmer in Konoha - and he felt more at home here. "OI~" He screamed, as he saw his Sora a couple meters away. Running after him, they'd make there way towards Konoha. What would happen now?

[marvolous.]

Once finally in the land we sought, our movement slowed until it halted completely. The travel to the lands hadn't been that bad, even with Asato trailing me the entire way. He seemed different than he had a couple days ago, perhaps even more mature - I could only assume it was the yearning for some compensation for all the years he had wasted following such a weak village that had cause such of rapid change in his demeanor.

I didn't question his intentions, but I did have to further indulge him on the specifics of my reasoning to return to Hi no Kuni. "Asato, listen up." I began, conjuring a seat upon the hard surface of earth we resided on. My eyes fell on his with the sudden movement, my face lacking any sort of facade unlike how it usually seemed; trust would be needed if this was all going to go down as planned. "You said you had a friend who was an Uchiha, right? Did he leave the village with you to go to Tetsu?"

I was simply curious, that's all.

[spade]

Upon arriving, Sora began to speak. Asato's ears perked up, and he focused on what was being said. He wasn't acting immature anymore because the situation was serious, there was a time and place for the genin to be fun and childish - but this wasn't it. "Hm?" Asato's mind pondered on why he asked if his friend was out of the village, but he didn't mind giving out that information. "Yeah, he came with me. He was planning on doing more sight-seeing though, so he won't be back for a while." He answered, wondering why he would ask such a thing, he asked "Why?"

Standing still, they were about 150 meters from the gates, but there presence was concealed by trees that blocked the view. Anyone that attempted to stop them from whatever was going to happen - were going to get slain right on the spot. So, he was on guard at all times. Shit can easily happen without any provocation.

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[marvolous.]

Very interesting. It might have seemed like a random question that had nothing to do with anything, but there was actually a reason beyond curiosity that I had asked it. Unlike Asato, I wasn't a shinobi from Konohagakure and thus, wouldn't be allowed in without proper identification and a concrete reason for me entering. Not even including my status as a nuke-shinobi, the chances of that happening were slim to none. Because of that, I needed to take the form of a Konoha native.

Asato was out of the picture as he himself needed to enter as well, so, luckily enough, the only option was to transform into his best friend - whom coincidentally, in some way, was my very distant relative. "I haven't traveled all this way just to escort you back into Konohagakure. I as well am heading in there with you." A finger rose with my words, seeking to catch and keep Asato's gaze as I meagerly formed the seals for but the simple Henge technique. It was just for illustration however, I knew Asato was capable of performing such easy ninjutsu.

"To do that, I'm going to need to look like one of you. Luckily enough, I already have the identification needed to enter, so all I need is the appearance itself." Hopefully, he'd caught my drift. Just be safe, though, I furthered my words. "In other words, I'm going to change into this friend of yours. Being both Uchiha will allow me to use my eyes as even further proof. For now though--" I stepped back, giving him enough room to perform the technique I had just showed him. "Show me what he looks like. After that, I'll change into him and we can be off." I could feel my adrenaline rushing just at the thought of what was nigh.

[spade]

There was a purpose to all this, Asato knew that Sora wouldn't escort him back to the village - he wasn't that type of person. "I figured." He replied, knowing that there was something else that was going to happen. Sadly, it wasn't going to be a good thing for Konoha. His sky blue oculars focused on the man in front of him, he moved his hands together and formed one zodiac sign - the one for the henge jutsu. Asato had an idea where this would be leading to, so he took the lead.

"Look like one of us huh? And you got those eyes, you're set mang." He said, as his hands clasped together forming one zodiac sign. A poof of smoke arose, and by the time it faded away - all that was there was a boy with a olive flak jacket, and a navy blue kosode. The last thing Asato saw the ninja wear, paired with sandals and a hitae-ate. "How do I look?" He joked. Hopefully the man would hurry and transform, since Asato looked way better in his original form.

Next part of this little adventure was getting into Konoha, from then on - who knows what was going to happen. It was definitely going to be adrenaline rushing, blood pumping, and heart beating.

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[marvolous.]

Good. It was good that Asato's friends appearance wasn't complicated, for I wouldn't be able to hold onto it for long. Much like Kasuke, another Konoha native I had encountered months ago, Asato's friend resembled me in a esque sort of way. I could only assume it was because of the Uchiha in both of us, but I didn't question it. Following in suit, I allowed my hands to fumble through the seals for the academy technique, before fully allowing my chakra to engulf me and transform me into the stranger.

Once I was fully comfortable I turned back to Asato, my eyes gleaming red yet not fully showing my sharingan. "Follow my point. I'll do all the talking till we get inside the village." I spoke, withdrawing a stolen Konoha hitai ate from my pouch before descending into the direction of the village.

Part I - Begin.

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