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[TIMEFRAME: Half of the way through the second shinobi war]

..Where are you?

Perhaps my fleeting presence in Tsuchi no kuni was lengthened for a reason- of course up until now I’d have been more happy to leave this place with sparks igniting at my feet, but it was strange how one little spoken thing could so easily change your view. In my case; I’d heard a name, and one that I hadn’t heard in so many years now. It easily took me back to the days of my childhood and upon hearing it within the context that it was spoken, I couldn’t waste any time to find the person in question – A name so easily mistaken for someone else I knew not to get my hopes up, but a name so.. irregular to say the least and in a country such as this, I couldn’t lose my chances of finding him- To see him just one more time. Tsuchi no kuni- Home of Iwagakure, the very people who aided in burning my village to the ground- They couldn't have possibly taken my brother as well.. Right..? I'd heard word of his name having been spoken of around here.

Of course- although at the moment we were in warlike states once more, it simply reminded me more of the time when I chose to sign myself up to become a field medic- And by the time I’d come back, the village itself was gone- what had been my home destroyed and made in to ruins. I didn’t know what happened to my brother. I didn’t know what happened to my parents, or the rest of my family at that. But one thing I was sure of was that it had torn everything away from me. And when faced in a situation where you’d lost everything- What was there left to lose? I wandered in the streets of a small town on the borders of Tsuchi- Rumors had led me here, and I was keen to follow them in hopes of finding my brother. He was the only family member I'd been able to trust- And I still needed him.

His corpse is probably rotting underneath the fucking ground by now- He's dead. He's dead. You know he is deep down- You were always the strongest one.. silently etching my mind with sharpened words I’d disregard whatever taunts were directed towards me from me myself- It had to be him, right? I’d travelled this far- I’d lived so many years alone waiting a family member to turn up and be revealed as alive- And this was my only chance. ..But they never saw that.. There was no worth in praying any more seeing as there was no higher deity than I myself, so I prayed unto myself, and myself only. ..These mortals are burdens to you- You’ve done perfectly fine by yourself, you just need me.. Perhaps it was a sign but I was sure, that even the most skilled and able of people had their own demons. I was a prime example of this, but as the days wore on I found myself slowly loosing grasp of reality.

And it was..

..heavenly.

”..UE!!”

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And so- Alike some kind of madwoman I’d walk with a quickened pace through the streets of this fair town which had no doubt seen the brunt of war like myself, my eyes erratic as they darted all over the place in an attempt to find the blonde haired boy who I’d spent my entire childhood with. ”..UE!!” I found myself screaming bloody murder in the streets, as if in some torturing nightmare. Recognizing him wouldn’t be that hard- But it was finding him in the first place was the boundary that I was I was trying to jump at the moment, and, shouting his name through the streets would surely be a good starting point to this. With my tall form rushing through and long, lush blonde hair flowing behind me, curling gently, I’d look almost angelic, a blessing upon this town, and although at the moment my motives were humble, I knew that one little mistake could easily turn my mood in to that of a demon- But right now I cared less and less for the safety of others around me- I cared only for myself- That’s right. ”..UE!! WHERE ARE YOU?!” Myself and those who I wanted to care about. I could care less if this place burned up in flames- As long as I found him.

"H-He's here. He has to be- He has to be..!" I wasn't even sure of what I was whispering to myself, but these days, I wasn't aware of half the things I found myself doing.

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[Messatsu!]

The war was just beginning, and Kouketsu's allocated forces were beginning to move out heading in search for Konohagakure and the head of Ryuuske Uchiha. Bested in the attack on bakudon gai, Ue didn't immediately return home, more over, he couldn't. Given his leg injury that he was blessed with by some unnamed kirigakure shinobi, his gaiting would have been heavily faltered, ensuring what konoha shinobi managed to escape unscathed would -without question- flee the scene and land upon home lands well before Ue. It'd been at least few weeks to a month since the attack on Bakudon Gai, its citizens were hard at work while still suffering from the devastation and the emotional stress from having their home left in shambles and robbed of their loved ones.

Ue was seen as somewhat of a hero now within Bakudon Gai, despite the primordial hate he held for its country from having had his late master go missing with it as his last known location. Despite that he still helped defend Bakudon Gai -albeit indirectly- he was still considered and accepted as one of their own. Offered free meals and medical attention until his wounds were of a stable condition. Needless to say, until his leg was in a good enough state to make that massive journey back home, he'd remain in Tsuchi, asking questions and searching for answers.

Determined to find his masters killer, it was no surprise that his name got around town quickly, hoping someone would recognize his own name and his masters, thinking that perhaps somehow someone kept secret some final message Genryu passed on after coming to find out about the dangers of this country. Ue himself had been once again sifting through the streets of Bakudon Gai, zoomin through the swath of civilians searching odds and ends, but ironically, it appeared as though someone had been looking for him in turn. He hear his name crash through the air above the crowd of moving bodies, catching his attention without much effort.

("Hm? Who could possibly want my attention that bad, I hope nothing has gone wrong.")

He stopped his swift strides and turned around, cutting a quick glance over his shoulder, watching the crowd split, letting a screaming woman through the streets leaving Ue who was draped in a white robe with a quality of hair that rivaled the womans own -except black-, he spoke to her, hoping to refrain from causing an even bigger scene.

"Why are you calling my name so loudly, I can hear perfectly fine. You seem in distressed, is something wrong? "

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The hollowed streets seemed to stay silent as I’d rush through them. People were either minding their own business, or cowering in fear of the very sight of me. Of course- Over all of these weeks I’d seen myself as a goddess of light- People couldn’t exactly comprehend that and they chose not to believe what was right, and although a small part of me respected that, I knew that in the future, everyone would find themselves bowing down to me at some point in their lives. It was inevitable. When a mind as brilliant as mine was also blessed by divine qualities, there was little more you could do than use it to your advantage- Or I wasn’t expoiting the fact that I was an angel dropped down from heaven- I was simply bringing it to the light, and in due time, people would come to understand the things that they once didn’t bear hearing. The idea that there was no god- only me was quite an idea to others, but I was adamant of my presence.

"Why are you calling my name so loudly, I can hear perfectly fine. You seem in distressed, is something wrong? "

Caught up too much in the winding streets, the ruins and my path causing a temporary sense of euphoria in my head in the idea that I could perhaps find my lost family member here, I’d disregard the white robed figure that had been walking in my way, and instead caught him just when he began to speak, as my steps came to a halt. All I’d seen was the white robes; And his voice.. ”..U-Ue? Is-” looking up, I’d see a head of well groomed black hair, and facial features different to that my my family. Disappointment was something I’d learn to deal with by now, but I couldn’t hide the fact that I was slightly distressed about being unable to find him- Me. I’d manage to keep a stoic personality over the past few years since I left Kusagakure, but it was just now that I’d managed to transfer whatever emotional stress that plagued me in to my actions, and although most of them came involuntarily, I annoyed myself sometimes with the new weakness that I'd come to have.

But.. what to say?

With tired eyes I’d simply look the man over for a few moments- It’s just your luck that there’s another Ue around here- Isn’t it. My eyes looking down; Then up again at him, I’d stand my ground and as if a lost child approached by an adult; Stay silent. However this was short lived as the better half of me look over; ”..I was looking for.. Someone else.” I’d manage to say with my mouth almost unmoving as my disappointment lay obvious in my words. But I hadn’t apologized to him- I didn’t apologize to anyone. If anything they should be more than courteous to me for even having me here- Didn’t he know who I was? And he dares walk about with his name and with that attitude- Who does he think he is? Shred his vocal chords and make sure that he can never answer to that name ever again. Another fleeting sense of psychosis rupturing my mind I found it hard to keep my hands where they were, but I’d manage to prevent any accidents from happening today. I disliked Tsuchi enough already- I didn’t need a reputation, didn’t I? In an attempt to calm my building rage I'd raise my left hand gently and then press it against my left hip bone, almost digging in a little as my eyes however, stayed on him.

And now- all that made us similar was the awkwardness between us as we both stood. He’d come running to a name that he didn’t deserve. I’d come running attempting to find the true Ue who I’d been looking for- Who I’d been looking for all these days, weeks, months and years. I was aware that my search was rega- He’s fucking dead. He died years ago in the war- You remember that don’t you? Chances are he wouldn’t have escaped the village or the country alive- He’s dead. They’re all dead- Except for you. ................ ”..I was looking for another Ue. Definitely not you.” I’d add on this in an attempt to make the atmosphere a bit less tense- But the way that I’d spoken the words; definitely not you wasn’t exactly a thing you’d say all the time, probably discerning whether or not it was my desired Ue through appearance- "Definitley.." Not that I was calling him ugly, but he wasn’t my Ue. He didn't even have blue eyes- The only thing that linked them was the name. Gazing on with my usual cold stare, I'd wait for him to respond before I could surely be on my way again- So why was this son of a bitch famous around here? Probably something to do with the war- But I was sure that I'd heard several things about a male called Ue.

So if you kill him now then there'll be less fake Ue's to mistake in the future.. It's easy enough- ..Remember?

Perhaps if he’d have listened closely enough he’d have heard me murmur ”Stop it.” underneath my breath- But it wasn’t directed to him so he needn’t worry. My gaze at him was obviously corrupted by whatever plagued my mind, my pupils darted around the place as if under infulence by some drug- But I didn't care. He'd come to realize true divinity when he'd see it.

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Despite having been bewildered and confused as to how or why this woman obtained his name and even called out to him so, Ue was fairly calm about the situation as a whole. He knew nothing of this woman, everything about her was alien, albeit a beautiful face was always appreciated, that didn't make up for the fact that she made herself out to be a fool by frantically shouting someones name and that person, in turn, not being what one was expecting. Silence had slowly begun to construct a wall of awkwardness between the two, however, she finally decided to speak after what seemed like a taste of reality - disappointment. ”..I was looking for.. Someone else.”, funnily enough Ue let loose a quick second long chuckle, amazed at the fact that someone else shared his name, and not only that, but having been mistaken for this other 'Ue' was simply amusing to him. A small world he thought.

”..I was looking for another Ue. Definitely not you.” a light chortle escaped from his lungs with his eyes momentarily hiding themselves behind closed lids, only to re-open the moment he decided to give his riposte. "No need to state the obvious woman, the moment that look swept across your face, I could see the hope plundering into a pit of disappointment. mayb-" unexpectedly his words had been cut short in response to a mumbled sound which would have been barely audible had he not cast his full attention upon the woman. He was intrigued to say the least, trying to speculate what she could have possibly meant or wanted to achieve by saying 'stop it'.

With a simple look of question painted across his countenance, a meager 'hm?' egressed from his being, inquiring about whatever she meant with a simple sound of the throat.

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"No need to state the obvious, woman, the mo-“
”Oh, fuck off- Don't patronize me.”

Perhaps I hadn’t been taunted in to responding in such an ill-mannered way should it have been on the chance that he’d have thought before speaking. I had no time for people who called me by my gender. It had no part in this- Any of this. No matter if I was born a woman I still expected equal treatment from others. Equal above themselves, of course. I expected them to beg- To crawl in the dirt and mud like the animals that they are. Because all in all, it was a home truth that there couldn’t be anyone as perfect as myself, and as my own intelligence and gracious airs exceeded the majority of the population, I couldn’t bring myself to sympathize with the plaguing stupidity that they so showed- Especially this man here- A male who despite sharing the same name as my brother, showed to be a thousand times more dull. My brother was an intelligent man, and it was a shame that his name be shared with this idiot.

But however well he was able to describe situations, I was moreso interested to hear his defined hm? once I’d murmured a small mixture of words to myself. Of course- I wasn’t exactly caught red-handed and I had no want to explain anything to him. If anything- He should be the one explaining to me how his name became the talk of the town as of late. To mix him up with my brother- Or another Ue who walked on the streets of this god forsaken town would be a bitter loss, should the people truly be talking about my brother, that was. ”When the time comes; All people will be judged as equal but there'll be no chances for the immoral to claim back what fleeting joy this pathetic life gives us..” of course- first impressions proved to be a defining factor and right now he’d come off to me as a rude and generally outspoken man. The kind that I wished to see scraping the earth with his knees, his eyes pressing painfully against the dirt-encrusted floor with the deep, bile-filled scars of several bloody swords on his bac-

-My eyes shutting for a moment, they’d soon open, heavy lids revealing my eyes which once more rested on his countenance.

As the both of us stood parallel to each other in the same, awkward veil which had been thrown on us both, I wanted him away- and quite far away, too- Perhaps before I said something, or if my mind dominated over my actions and left my consciousness redundant, which had been the case in several incidents in the past. Not to say that I didn’t want to see his bones broken but I didn’t want to see them broken at this point in time- I had much more important things to go ahead and do. Sooner or later the time would come where I would be the judge of all humanity but it wasn’t the time yet- No. It wasn’t the time yet. ”However..- pray tell have you heard of a male about these lands; With the same name as yourself?” It didn’t sound as if I expected an answer from the tone that I was using- But I demanded one, and should he not answer truthfully, Well- I couldn’t take responsibility for all of my actions. Not these days especially- But I needed to know. Surely if he was so high and mighty as the townspeople made him out to be, then he’d have known something. Any thread to finding him was a good one- As long as it was visible enough to follow.

And now as I awaited an answer from him I’d keep my hands on my bountiful hips as I stared onwards at him, waiting for the answer that I so needed for him to speak. Whether or not it was good or bad, I needed him to respond. I needed to him to give me a clear answer. Shaking my hair slightly, my blonde hair, which by now had grown an extra inch or two, shook alongside my head and kept tumbling gently for a moment after I’d shaken, allowing the explicit blonde curls to fall in to place. I did look perfect- There wasn’t a lie to be told about that, but I was aware that a lot of the things I spoke about surely made no sense to him now. However- In the future they would, I knew that. They would all understand in the future just how right I was, and then- then they’d finally bow beneath my feet, lamenting over the past chances that they could have had to prevent the Judgment Day that was slowly looming upon us- I felt it. War was at hand, and I had brought it upon this land- As a retort to all of the pain and misery that my own village had been through- What I had been through. Because in the end- Everyone deserves to suffer.

And if anyone was going to make sure of that, then it was me.

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”When the time comes; All people will be judged as equal but there'll be no chances for the immoral to claim back what fleeting joy this pathetic life gives us..However..- pray tell have you heard of a male about these lands; With the same name as yourself?” She must have misunderstood, Ue meant no disrespect by referring to her by her born gender, he merely lacked knowledge of her name where she in turn knew his own. Fortunately that was something that had been easily fixed with a simply flick of his silver tongue. "Well now, I suppose I'm due for an apology. My sincerest apologies, It was rude of me to address you in such a way. To prevent this happening again, how about you give me your name."

Ue responded with a genteel tone, one of patience and nobility while concurrently raising his hand out to the side lightly, gesturing her towards a nearby rotund table. Ue himself took the lead with a few steps to the table before having seated himself, hoping that the woman followed suit and sat across from him. He took a quick second and sorted through his surrounding with quick flickers of his eyes, leaping from one place to another, canvassing all that was around him and every minuscule detail the town entailed. He'd been sure the woman would have seated herself, otherwise how would she have heard what Ue had to say. She inquired if He'd come to know of a man who shared the same name as he did, truthfully Ue had known not a damn thing about another Ue.

As far as he was concerned, he was the only living being with said name, but fortunately for him, the woman was ignorant to this, giving him leverage should he have needed it.

"Ue, I've heard that name aside from my own here and there, but before I go any further who is this Ue to you and why are you looking for him."

A velvety tone escaped from Ue's being, almost as if he purposely acted to be deceptively smooth, trying to crack open the lock to this woman's mind as it was painfully obvious that she was no ordinary civilian.

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Perhaps it wasn’t all that important of an aspect, but as the I drew slightly closer it would be noted that I towered over him by perhaps a little bit- Which, in all fairness, entertained me by some degrees. One would usually expect tall women to be stringy and thin- And not to say that I was chubby, not at all. But- with very feminine curves to my shape I showed them in all of the right places- my anatomy was like any other but.. taller and correct to measure. However although I was perhaps one of the most beautiful creatures on the earth, at this point what interested me was how he would reply to my question, as I eagerly awaited his response. Firstly; I’d be given an apology, which I would take with no apology in return to himself- He didn’t deserve one after all, and getting him to apologise to me was only a small thing to ask for amongst the things that I could have demanded him to do- He was lucky that I hadn’t resorted to pressing a knife against his neck for answers.

”My name is Blanche.”

But however much I needed what information he could have given me, it was required, at least at this point, for me to stay ladylike- A little, at least. I hadn’t exactly stayed this way upon meeting him but it would be only polite to stay courteous whilst his feeble mind worked. His hand indicating for the both of us to sit down, I’d pause before watching the figure make his own way to sit, whilst I’d follow suit, sitting directly across from him as my eyes continued to stare in to his own. It was expected that I’d get the information that I wanted as quick as I had requested for it, but it seemed that through the way that he was taking his time and obviously do- ”You’ve taken the both of us here to sit down- I’m sure this suggests that you’re expecting quite a long winded conversation.” surely- One doesn’t make themselves comfortable to speak surely. To get out of the way of other people would be a sure bet but sitting down was such a casual thing to do. However- Despite my probing, my assumptions would be guessed correct as his mouth spoke words I had anticipated.

"Ue, I've heard that name aside from my own here and there, but before I go any further who is this Ue to you and why are you looking for him."

”..He’s been missing for some time now.” I’d say in a slightly rougher tone- Of course he’d be someone important, why had I been running through the streets shouting his name if he wasn’t important? But my real relationship to him wouldn’t be unconverted any time soon. We were in the land of the enemy and although the man’s hitai-ate covered his forehead proudly with the emblem of Konohagakure, I couldn’t afford to give away anything. With the war looming, I wasn’t sure of who exactly would be my allies or my enemies, and from this day forth for all I knew Konohagakure was planning things. He surely has something to do with this- He’s trying to probe you for more information about him.. For all I knew my brother could still be here, this very man I was speaking to the cause for all of this hate which had consumed us both in our youth- The reason why he was now gone, the- ”……” I couldn’t continue any further with whatever daily probed my mind but, I managed to live with it.

However- Unluckily for this Ue, I’d noticed how he’d come to ask me these questions- With a tone that could have melted anything it came in contact with to a comfortable fucking mess, I had used it before- Hell, I still used it. With the same voice I’d spoken to the man who perhaps still resided as Hokage when I’d stolen his world map, which was still in my possession. Of course, I wouldn’t point out the fact that he seemed shady just yet, but should I notice more, he’d be sure to find out, and then I’d tell him about the blessed world map which I still owned, just to piss him off. But back on the topic of my brother- I had nothing more to say to him- But you could do so much.. –but I’d continue to keep my gaze fixated on him. My words to him were surely loose ended, but whether he continued to query me was of his own choice. I was a woman after all, where had chivalry gone? I expected answers, and I expected them now. I didn’t want this fucking dyke to beat around the bush in order to gain information from me before he could reveal what he knew. Elbows on the table as both of my hands fixed together, resting under my chin as my eyes stared on at his, I looked quite.. engrossed in our little conversation.

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Perhaps she'd been right about Ue expecting this to be a long winded conversation hence the offering to grab a seat. That accusation was far from being incorrect, just as she had suspected, Ue planned on extracting as much information as he could, because given his current situation on being bested by Kouketsu's allocated forces, and losing his dear master in this very country, he had things he needed to know as well. Wasting no time at all, this 'Blanche' answered Ue's question faster and more relaxed than what he initially tried to anticipate. No matter. Putting the pieces to the puzzle together this man had to have been of some importance, especially if this other Ue had woman such as Blanche chasing after him.

A cocoon of silence spun itself around the two, almost as if every other outside sounds dampened, summoning the two into a world of pervasive darkness with a single descending light that illuminated the two. A quick flicker of his hand signaled a nearby waiter to serve him whilst his gaze refused to falter, remaining locked upon Blanche's countenance. He received a Cold glass of water, cupping its edge with his lips as the gulping sound of drinking shattered the awkward silence before he decided to speak once more.

"Well. . .Blanche, you say he's been missing? I won't guarantee that he's within this country, but name's other than my own have been going around town, and I haven't been here that long. However, back then, back then that bastard Kouketsu came, though he was far off I could hear him yelling, calling what I thought was my name with great tenacity. "

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"However, back then, back then that bastard Kouketsu came, though he was far off I could hear him yelling, calling what I thought was my name with great tenacity. "

”…………”

It was all untrue- It had to be. I’d heard news of who exactly had been helping to aid this last of days that we found ourselves trapped in, one Kouketsu Uchiha- I wasn’t aware of who he was exactly nor where he came from, but I’d heard things. Of course, I was one for violence when I wanted to be but- starting a war? I knew that it was the higher entities which had caused it, based on the negativity of our societies as of late, but he simply made it worse. But to think that my own brother had something to do with it was preposterous. He was dead- Right? He couldn’t have had any part to do with it, at all. Or at least- Reeling in my mind the possibility that he had something to do with this all was quite painful- Why hadn’t he tried to find me? I was obviously disappointed by what this Ue had told me regarding what could have been my brother- But I chose to perhaps ignore that for now, choosing not to believe what could have happened to him in regards to this Uchiha scum who was defiling what little purity we had left in the world.

”My brother would never associate himself with people like that.”

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My words were firm and full of confidence- Or at least, I based my own judgement on the Ue which I had known. God knows exactly how much he’d changed should he have lived through the first war as I’d so disbelieved, although if I survived myself, then surely there would be chance for anyone, even him. But to think that he now had something to do with the destruction that was now shaking our world as we knew it- It was hard to believe that a boy I had known so well had chosen to take that path. But I didn’t believe it- No. I wouldn’t take that seriously until I learned the truth from the man himself- And I sometimes wondered if I ever would. Shaking my head slightly after I’d spoken that, I’d overlook the fact that I’d spoken his relationship to me- I didn’t give two fucking cares as to whether he knew or not now- All I wanted was the truth. Looking at the brown haired shinobi, my force was still in activation, as I held my position on the table whilst speaking to him- How dare he suggest that he even knew this Kouketsu?

”You were here at the time of the attacks?” I’d then ask, quizzically peering in to the fact that he’d spoken as if he had been in the smaller village- now ruins, surely, of Bakudon Gai. Although I was in tsuchi at that point- I’d been elsewhere with the Doktor- Remembering it wasn’t all that easy and to say the least I was aware that there were some parts I didn’t even want to remember- But I’d walked away victorious with a gift- An ability which I knew would change the world when the time came- I just had to wait. ”What happened?” My words were demanding in tone as my icy blue eyes now stared at his own black perhaps with more vigour than before- Being away but so close to an event which had truly shaped our world as we knew it, the starting point to the feuding which now occurred between our contemptible shinobi villages- I wanted to know. I needed to know what I’d failed to pick up on during the past few months. And since he stated that he’d been there, then he’d surely be able to tell me- The notion that Ue could have possibly been in these attacks brought hope to the fact that he might be still alive, but-

-I prayed he hadn’t had anything to do with this- With any of this.

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Just like lightning, silence had stricken twice, namely when the Ue's speech came to an end which left Blanche speechless; causing the thud of his glass's under-surface when sat on the table to have been the only audible sound that dictated the tension between the two. It was true Ue still lacked knowledge of this man who shared his name, however, he knew -undoubtedly so- that Kouketsu called out his name during some point when the attack on Bakudon Gai initially transpired. It was during his fight with the Two Kirigakure shinobi that he planned to repay with a equal injury if they'd ever cross paths once more. It had been the doing of those two ninja that reduced Ue to the saddened state he was in, barely unable to walk with his left leg, leaving him confined to this godforsaken country until he could properly heal.

”My brother would never associate himself with people like that.”

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Her reaction -albeit a bit delay- had come off as fierce and her words were more blunt than the last, which caused a quick furrow in Ue's eyebrow's. Her response was far from what he truly expected, not that it mattered or would cause him to falter in his means to extract whatever appealed to him. Even so that reaction sparked a hidden interest. She seemed to have been adamant about this man who just declared to be her brother. Jackpot. He knew not if her outburst carried the true intention of revealing who this Ue truly was to her, but regardless, he extracted one of many things he so desired. You see, a deep seated hatred churned within Ue's very soul, of which longed for Kouketsu's very life, and he knew without the shadow of a doubt, had he too found this Ue, the gap to finding Kouketsu wouldn't have seemed so monstrous.

”You were here at the time of the attacks?”

With another meager thought, his glass uplifted, wedging its edge into his lips as it's cold and refreshing liquids sent chills throughout his body which seemed to have been well appreciated in this hot and humid country. He sat his glass down once more before he answered her, as she had respectfully answered his inquiry's.

"Yes I was here during the time of the attack, I wasn't alone either. Everyone was here, Konoha, Kumo, Suna, and even Kiri, all were present. But without much indication the city had just been violated, ravaged by flames and cold steel. We were pinned down, all of us, all expect for the Kirigakure forces that were in the town beforehand. Long story, people lost friends and allies, and gained common enemies. Were it not for this leg wound I received, despite managing to get away from initial danger, I'd have been long gone from here, already resting within my bed back home. But this Ue, he wasn't with everyone during the exams, that much I'm certain of, I'm sure I would haven noticed my name being said twice during roll call, but it only came out of Kouketsu's mouth." [/font][/justify][/blockquote][/blockquote]

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Staying where I was as I’d wait for him to answer, my attention would be caught for a few moments from the glass of water in his hand, having ordered it minutes ago. I would have usually ordered something for myself but at the current moment I was too enveloped in what this stranger had to say about the war that I had so inadvertently been sleeping through as I lay hundreds of meters below the earth, safe in the confides of his laboratory. Of course in one way I’d have preferred to stay there for the entirety of the war and not dabble in matters that were not my own, but at the same time I wanted to be out there- To feel the warmth of war on my skin and surround myself with it- Of course as with any other person I didn’t wish for it but to be part of something and make a difference- it was interesting. Of course- I liked to believe that I wasn’t capable of killing people if I wanted to and that I’d prefer staying as a medic but- I’d proved myself wrong too many times.

And was it time to change?
..Maybe not.

Becoming almost on edge as silence continued to go on for the next few moments, I’d soon release a single breath as his voice chimed up once more in order to hopefully explain to me a few of the things that had happened on the surface while I had been so painfully beneath the earth. Of course, I’d come up a few times, but being miles away from Bakudon itself I hadn’t the chance to savour the brunt of the war myself. However as he explained it, it seemed as if the entire world had been eye witness to these happenings except for me. It would be harsh of me to say that I was jealous, but I was[/]I, in a way unexplainable to people beyond myself. Turning my eyes away from his drink and then back at the brown-haired man himself, it was easy to say that I’d calmed down now somewhat- Although my taste for information still burned in my blood I’d managed to keep myself composed- At least for now.

Perhaps it was my natural instinct as a medic but I did have some kind of need to sort of whatever problem he had with his leg- But not without giving me all of the information that I needed first, of course- Or would I even offer this? I was unsure if his leg was still bloody and raw but all I could do was guess and go on unsuspectingly to what he had next to say- About the man who could potentially have been my brother. He couldn’t have possibly been part of this- Not with Kouketsu Uchiha- Where would he even be at this point? I’d find myself asking several questions- He's lying. If he was alive, then surely all of the days mourning whatever possible death he’d disappeared from would be for nothing. With a sudden new viewpoint of things on, it seemed to me hopeful that he was still somewhere around here, but the matter or not if he would have changed was a large one- He's lying. But I wouldn’t have liked him to change- not him.

”My brother was an honest man. I fail to believe that he’d have gone with that- with that pathetic example of a human being..” I’d say, speaking my own true words- But even I knew the change that war could bring, but despite this not even I could believe that he’d turned in to a monster overnight. Surely this Ue was simply mistaking it for something else- Surely. ”..However, I will take it in to account- Thank you” perhaps the thank you at the end was said with quite an intense degree of awkward, but it spoke my thanks nonetheless for the information that he had given me- Another useful link to finally finding out whether or not there was even one person from my family who was still alive. Not that I doubted it of course, but I assumed that the majority of us hadn’t made it out from the first war- The second would surely have decimated any hopes of living if they were caught up in the carnage. Shaking my blonde hair and raising my hands from my chin to tousle it, I’d then lower them again. Was there more to be said here?

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[Messatsu!]

/died due to time paradox.

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[¤ Tenkai ¤]

Apple ;; +47x2 = 94 exp added.
Gene ;; 37x2 = 74 ex added.

[Jae]

To hear her sentiment was truly a blessing, I couldn't have asked for better trophy in a time as disheveled as these. Though I knew nothing of her acquaintance, it troubled me to have evaded her notice so easily. Perhaps it was this new found power that made watching their dialogue, and moreover her naivety, all the more amusing. She had no idea what I'd sacrificed to ensure her safety, all that had been done to provide for her without her knowing. She was delicate after all.

Still, she and all her moxie had use.

EXIT