Another Day at The Ramen Stand

[Yasou]

It was a warm day. Iwa was known for its high-climates.

Yousa knew that, more now than ever before. He picked the wrong day to walk around in layered attire. He had the choice of black shorts and a red shirt or a hefty outer-jacket with long pants. Clearly he had made the wrong choice. Yousa slouched uncomfortably as he traversed the streets of Iwakagure. At the time he could not even remember why he had chosen this outfit, but there was not much to do for it about it now so Yousa moved on and reached his destination.

“Morning.” He spoke casually as he entered the small and very modest ramen stand. “I’ll have some Ebi Dumplings and just small bowl of ramen…oh and a water.” Ironically enough, Yousa was not very fond of ramen, but he absolutely loved dipping Ebi Dumplings into unflavored ramen. The Shinobi handed her a gracious handful of Ryo. She noticed that he had handed her more than enough for his purchase. The woman looked up at Yousa, who winked, making her smile as she placed the extra Ryo into the tip jar. Yousa was a regular customer, meaning he always tipped the stand and he always flirted harmlessly with the chef’s daughter.

“Yousa! How ya been my boy.” The chef, who could see everyone at the long-table ( even while cooking ) greeted Yousa kindly. The Shinobi grinned; he had always liked the chef a lot. He only knew the man from the stand, but he had come here so often that Yousa was practically family. “I’ve got a new dish I think you might like! Kasai Ramen,” He said encouragingly and turned to his daughter “Here, honey, give him a cup on the house. I know he’ll want to more once he tries it!” His daughter nodded and prepared a small cup.

“Here you are.” She set down date of dumpling in front of Yousa and placed the two small bowls of ramen on each side of the plate. Rasu looked at the ‘new dish’ peculiarly. “It’s called Kaen Ramen. It’s imported from the Fire Country, but still really good. Be careful though, it’s really, really hot.” Rasu smiled at the waitress’ concern; Yousa was not unfamiliar with spicy food. In fact, he thoroughly enjoys them. So the first thing he did was pick up the Kaen Ramen and have a taste.

…That’s when it happened.

As mentioned, Yousa had tried hot stuff before. But there was nothing, absolutely nothing that he had ever tried in his life that was as spicy as Kaen Ramen. The young Shinobi could feel in taste buds tense up in agony as his face shaded into a deep-set red color. He had to get it out of his mouth. Yousa hesitated with the full amount of Ramen coursing down his throat; he did not want to spit the Ramen all over the counter, but he could not keep it in any longer. Try as he may, it was only when Yousa could no longer handle the heat that he turned to his right and spat out the liquid he had gulp.

“I-I t-t-told you it was hot.”

Yousa’s eyes grew wide when he realized he had spattered the ramen all over someone.

“Oh shit.” Yousa thought, his hand not even dashing for his water bottle.

[Twist3d_Insane]

"Pretty warm today" Ganjou yelled throwing his hands behind his head. He walked casually through the streets with nothing to do. Right next to him would be his best friend Holo. This massive white wolf has been with him for over four years now so the two grew a unbreakable bond over this long period. "Ganjou, its hot! Why are we out walking around?"

[/color] Holo asked in her dog tongue. Ganjou spent so much time with this wolf he understood everything she said, but to most it sounded like a wave of random barks and growls. The Young Inuzuka turned his vision down to his wolf and with a small smile, began to speak. "I wanted to train today, but I'm not really up for it anymore." As he said this he let out a monstrous yawn which sent a chill through his whole body ending up at his feet. After hearing this, Holo instantly stopped walking and looked up at Ganjou. "Then lets go home? It's really hot out!"[/color] She said letting out a grow and a group of high pitch barks.

Ganjou didn't understand what she was complaining about, he wasn't hot at all. He wore his traditional brown jacket which was left zipped open letting the cool air hit his exposed chest. With his brown matching shorts with a flashy design going down both the left, and the right leg. Ganjou never wore shoes, he felt they were a sign of weakness so he spent most his life walking barefoot. Looking around, he noticed a bunch of food stands but each said the same thing NO DOGS! He turned his vision back to his wolf and said "Lets keep going a little further. I'll get you some water or something..." With Holo following close behind him, Ganjou kept looking shifting his head to the left and right. With all these stands surrounding him, he couldn't find one that allowed canines. A few minutes passed and he came to the last stand. He looked over it closely and didn't find any sign. "Alright Holo, lets go get you something to drink" He would say letting the white wolf walk in front of him and into the stand.

Taking a seat by the entrance, the wolf would just wait patently. The stand was empty, it only had two customers. "Slow toady huh?" The Young Inuzuka muttered to himself walking over to the nearest seat which was between the two people eating. As Ganjou got a little closer, he noticed the man to his left looking over at the man to his right. Getting even closer, Ganjou would could tell the man to his right was covered in some type of liquid. Looking between the two men, Ganjou could tell the one to his left was a little concerned, and the one to his right was unbelievable angry. "I better now seat there..." The Young Inuzuka said to himself walking two seats over to his left. Now the two men could settle what was going on, while Ganjou wasn't in the middle of it. "Can I get a bowl of just cold water please?" He would yell not wanting to wait for someone to take his older. Smelling the good food, Ganjou would realize, he hadn't eaten anything this morning. Clearing his throat, he began talking once again. "I'll take something spicy to eat too!" Not knowing what kinda of stand this was, the meal would be a total surprise.[/font][/blockquote][/size]

[Yasou]

As Yasou stared at the man in a shocked expression, he attained a better look at him as he got to his feet. This man was huge! He must have the Akimichi Clan...or just really huge. Yasou stood up as well; ready to react if the guy was looking for a fight. The man’s fist was so tense it was shaking. Even worse, the man had a large metal hammer on his waste. He must have been the blacksmith in this market-district. Yasou would be crushed but that blunt slap of iron if he did not react. So he placed his hands behind his back and perform a string of memorized hand seals from the clan that he originated.

“You damned-” He was clearly infuriated, but Yasou had one trump card.

“Shintenshin no Jutsu.” You placed his fingertips together, setting his clan-based Jutsu in motion. A moment later, Yasou stood limp against his chair. The Shinoib’s spirit was projected into this man’s body. Seeing through the eyes of the man who was about to destroy him, Yasou forced the original subconscious out of the way and took control.

“Uh...Thank you for the Ramen.” Yasou made the large man bow.

With that, he began to sprint in a random direction. Yasou could only gain control of an enemy within 10 meters, but once he was in control he could direct for as long as long as the body he controlled did not resist. Already 10 meters away from the Raman stand, the blacksmith’s mind was probably only just processing the invasion. Yasou kept him running for as long as he could; he had hoped the distance between them would make the man forget all about what had happened. Yasou felt the blacksmith’s mind starting up. His spirit was about ready to exit now that the man had run at a full sprint for a good fifteen minutes. Then Yasou noticed in the man’s eyes that there was a river up ahead. If Yasou could make the man enter river he would be completely confused. It would also clean …That sounded fair in Yasou’s mind. So Yasou’s dominated body did a belly flop into the river just before the Shinobi left his body.

As spirit, it must have taken a little over ten more minutes for Yasou to reach his body.

“Sorry about that.” Yasou regained consciousness and scratched the back of his head, acting as though nothing had happened. He placed some more Ryo into the tip jar in hopes the chef would forgive him for what had happened. “I guess that ramen was a little too spicy for me.” The Shinobi laughed. His laughing subsided when he realized another customer had made it to the Ramen Stand and was sitting directly next to Yasou. The young man took a seat once more and finally had a bite of one of his dumplings. “Man that was lucky…” Yasou looked down at his play; he tried to play it off, but realistically that would have been a really dangerous situation if it had not been for his clan technique.

Yasou looked back over at the man sitting next to him, hoping he would make another mistake and cause trouble with this guy too. The man was not as big as the blacksmith, but looked even stronger; his body was coursed with toned muscle and subtle scars were all over the place. He noticed that behind the man was a dog, only it could not have been a dog…it looked more like a wolf!

“Hey, that’s a beautiful dog. What’s its name?” He asked casually.

[Twist3d_Insane]

Soon after he made his order, the waitress came out with a bowl of water. Ganjou took it away from her, "thanks." The Young Inuzuka said turning to his right and placing the water right next to his seat. Holo slowly came over and slurped up the water quickly. Ganjou couldn't help but laugh a little "you really must have been thirsty?"

[/color] The Wolf said nothing, she just went back into her corner and rested her head on the cold floor. Turning back around in his seat, Ganjou looked at the two men out the corner of his eyes. The larger man quickly rose up, just from the look on his face Ganjou could tell he was angry. He really couldn't see the face of the man he was seating next to, but if a fight broke out, Ganjou had all his money on the big fellow. Suddenly, the smaller male stood up, this caught Ganjou's attention but he didn't look back, he just listened. "Looks like someone has guts"[/color] The Inuzuka said to himself with a smile looking dead at the table.

It was odd, the small male said three words and feel silent. Suddenly, his body feel back in his chair. Was he so afraid he knocked himself out? That wasn't the last odd thing, the larger man thanked them for the food and left. As he walked out the stand, Ganjou looked back. He found it unbelievable how some so angry could just let it go within a blink of an eye. He kept thinking about the odd events that just took place, but his nose picked up the smell of something delightful. Following his nose, the smell would be coming for the food right next to the knocked out man. Slowly, Ganjou put his nose a few inches over his bowl, and took a huge sniff. The smell made his stomach turn from left to right, his mouth became extremely watery. Looking over at the waitress, The Young Inuzuka would reach into his pocket and pull out some Ryo. "For get what I ordered! I want what this guy was eating!"[/color] Handing the girl over the money, the smell would float around in his head until the food was right in front of him.

As the food came out, it looked exactly like the mans plate. A smile found its way across the face of Ganjou. Rubbing his hand together, he grabbed the two sticks and began eating. The spicy food didn't faze him one bit. The sticks stayed full with the wonderful ramen the whole time he ate. He's eyes would be closed and his mind in a completely different place. As he ate, he could hear the man began waking up, but Ganjou gave him no mind. Slurping up a long strand of noodle he started laughing "man this is good food!"[/color] He said with a mouth full of spicy noodles, juice landed everywhere around him, Ganjou was much more messy then his wolf that was obvious. He paid no mind to the surrounding area, the food had 100% of his attention.

But once the man asked a question about Holo, Ganjou snapped out his food filled dream. Using his hand to wipe away the juice, Ganjou looked at the man and said "Her name is Holo. But between you and me, she complains way to much!"[/color] Upon hearing this, Holo ears would flinch a little. She opened one eye and let out a single bark "What you call complaining, I call facts!"[/color] She said closing her eye and getting back to her rest. Taking a huge bite of his dumpling, Ganjou turned his head back towards Holo "Yeah Yeah Yeah..."[/color] Releasing a loud belch, The Inuzuka asked the man a simple question. "What made that big guy so angry?"[/color][/size][/font][/blockquote]

[Axcel]

@idgaf: The two thread rule only applies to the same board--you're RPing in two different countries at the same time which isn't allowed. Your next post should be exiting one of them (whichever you choose) and you can resume RPing in the other.

[Yasou]

OOC: Axcel, he has left such thread so we’ll continue.

“Halo huh? That’s a pretty name.” After listening to the man sitting next him; he learned that the animal’s name was Holo. Feeling friendly, the Shinobi threw one of his dumplings in the dog’s direction. When the man said his dog complained to much, Yasou heard the wolf-dog make some low barks that were inaudible to his ears and saw that the man was answering the animal. The put pieces together quite clearly. “So you must be an Inuzuka.” It was now obvious; the toned skin, the subtle marks on his face…he had to of been an Inuzuka.

“Well you see, Inuzukas their hardcore.” Yasou explained went on to explain what had previously when he saw that he was curious about what had happened with the large enemy. “Me…not so much.” Yasou smiled. “I tried that new dish your eating and…let’s just say it was a little too spicy.” The Shinobi described, feeling rather foolish. He scratched the back of his head and added “It was my fault. Glad he left though!” Relived, Yasou turned back to the ramen he had originally ordered and continued to eat when-

“Oh you are, are you!?” He heard a voice from behind; the man that this voice belonged to came behind the Shinobi and eclipsed the sun overhead. The last of Yasou’s ramen was swallowed with a loud, nervous gulp. It was the blacksmith…Yasou turned to him and his face grew hot when he noticed the oversized hammer that was originally around his waste was now fixed in a sturdy first. He was soaked, but in no way fatigued; the blacksmith looked ready to pulverize Yasou. “First you spit boiling-hot ramen on me and then you mess with my head! I don’t know what kind of game you’re playing kid, but I do know what I’m gonna do to ya!” He yelled, but all Yasou could hear was his heartbeat.

The young man did not know what to say. Yasou had very little chakra left after performing the Shintenshin no Jutsu; his clan’s main techniques were only used as a last resort or under circumstances where the user knew the technique would grant them absolute victory. Yasou should have anticipated that the guy would be back and now he was in a fix due to his own negligence. The chakra he could spare would amount to only a couple Jutsu and even those would have to be lower-rank techniques. Academy Jutsu were not going to work against such an oversized behemoth. He had to act or else, but he was just frozen.

Yasou could feel cold sweat drip from his forehead.

[Twist3d_Insane]

Ganjou ate so quickly all the food would be gone within a matter of minutes. The man he was holding a friendly conservation with gave a complement to the white wolf. Ganjou turned his head back at Holo, she slowly opened her eyes and let out a dog type yawn. She didn't seem to care for the complement, she went back to her relaxing with nothing to say. The man tossed a Dumpling in her direction, smelling the small ball of dough, Holo snapped her head upward with her mouth wide open and caught the bread. With that being done, the wolf placed her head back on the floor, she really didn't want to be bothered anymore. Ganjou turned his head back at his empty bowl, with a frown upon his face he placed both his hands around it and held it up to his face. With quick glups, the stew went down his throat fast, and smooth. Placing it softly back on the table, Ganjou released one more belch and smiled his friendly smile. This male seemed a little smarter then most, he quickly guessed his heritage based off actions alone. "Yeah, I'm a Inuzuka."

[/color]

He then talked about how Inuzuka were born tough, Ganjou couldn't help but laugh. "All Inuzuka aren't hardcore."[/color] Suddenly, a intense but sad look crossed Ganjou's face. "My blood gives me the potential to be strong, but it still takes work..."[/color] With that being said, the look instantly left his face and eyes, he never liked talking about his past so he was going to try to avoid this subject. After his little speech, the man talked about how he wasn't tough and how the dish was a perfect example of it. Ganjou couldn't help but bust out laughing once again, he wasn't laughing at him, he was laughing at the situation at hand. "This spicy? HAHAHA! I lived off hot peppers for a year once so this isn't nothing to me!"[/color] As the man kept talking, Ganjou could tell he was happy the larger man exited the stand. Things could have really gotten bad if he didn't leave, but Ganjou still didn't understand why he just suddenly left? Holo opened her eyes once again as she heard another person enter the stand. Ganjou turned as he heard it as well, he quickly realized it the the massive male who left some time ago.

From the looks of it, this man was even more angry. Ganjou looked down at his hand and noticed a great hammer held tightly in his fist, things seemed to be getting dangerous quickly. The man next to Ganjou couldn't do anything, he was frozen with fear. The great man began talking about how the male next to Ganjou spit ramen on him and played some type of mind trick on him. "So that's why he was angry huh?"[/color] The Young Inuzuka thought to himself with a smile growing across his face. He knew if he didn't do anything things would turn bloody. Quickly standing up, Ganjou would turn and face the huge man. Holo quickly rose and stood beside her master, she looked at the massive man as if he was some type of animal for her to hunt. Putting on his friendly smile and charm, Ganjou reached into his pocket and pulled out a bag of Ryo and placed it on the bar. "This might be a good thing or a bad thing..."[/color] He said to himself clearing his throat and getting ready to speak.

"Yo, you smell that? That's the smell of great food being cooked! Yeah you have the right to beat his head in but why would you want too? You can fight and tire yourself out or, you could take a seat and have a great meal on me? I know your hungry from all the weapons you create and stuff."[/color] Holo kept her intense look on the man and with a single bark said something. "Look how fat he is. You know he's always hungry. Just let me have one bite."[/color] The Young Inuzuka found what Holo said to be extremely funny, so he had to play it off to make sure he didn't laugh. Bringing his hand up to his face, Ganjou began coughing and softly kicked his foot against the paw of Holo. "What? Its true..."[/color] And with that, the wolf stayed silent. Once Ganjou got a hold of himself, he continued to talk. "Come on pal calm down, I'll pay for everything. Just stay cool!"[/color] Hopefully this would work, but if it didn't Ganjou and Holo were up for a little action.[/font][/blockquote][/size]

[Yasou]

Yasou could feel his stomach churning as he helplessly stared up at the giant man in fear. The Shinobi had been brought between a rock and a hard place; he could run, but sooner or later Yasou would encounter this man again. The blacksmith took what had happened very hard so there was very little chance the man would not hold his grudge to his grace. Yasou was beginning to regret his full stomach when suddenly the Inuzuka began to speak. He was trying to help Yasou out by convincing the blacksmith to sit down, relax, and have some more food.

“That’s nice of ya…but this kid’s ruined my appetite.” The blacksmith answered.

“C’mon it was an accident…” By now the chef was even speaking up. “Here, try my new dish…On the house!” He placed a bowl of Kaen Ramen on the table. With hesitance, the blacksmith took a seat directly next to Yasou, scowling at him all the while. He separated the chopsticks-treating the motion like it was separating Yasou’s joints-and took a large bite.

Yasou was surprised to see the man hesitate; his face became a hot-read and eyes began to water. He looked even worse than Yasou had when he first tried the dish. The blacksmith looked at Yasou-eyes wide and water-when suddenly the food erupted out of his mouth and all over Yasou. To his own surprise, the Shinobi began to laugh hysterically; he did not even care that he covered in half-swallowed ramen. The occurrence had made the once infuriated blacksmith into one who was laughing so hard he was almost in tears. The chef even let out a hardy laugh himself.

“I guess it was a mistake.” He bellowed and slammed his hand against Yasou’s back. The contact made the Shinobi feel as though the wind had been knocked right out of him. He was grateful though if that was the only thing he had to worry about. “You’re alright kid, but what was that mind-control thing you did to me?” He wondered and his laughing finally subsiding. This was a topic Yasou did not normally go into a lot of detail about as it was more personal, but the blacksmith deserved an explanation after all that had happened.

“It’s an ability of my clan.” He answered and the blacksmith nodded, but it was clear by his expression that he was completely dumbfounded. It was no surprise; most members of the village who did not reside in a clan or bloodline-limit were not only normal, but ignorant as well. Yasou ignored this fact and continued “It’s not so much that we can control-minds.” Yasou laughed a little at the thought. "We project our spirits, our souls, out of our bodies towards a target individual. It takes a lot out of us and it’s dangerous business as there’s no guarantee that I’ll spirit will reach its target. I shouldn’t have used it in the first place so I apologize, but you’re a pretty big guy.” Yasou smirked and this made the blacksmith laugh.

"That's some eery shit." He said.

[Twist3d_Insane]

Ganjou and Holo both waited for the huge man to reply to his offer. If by some chance he didn't wanna relax and have a free dish, Ganjou would have no choice but to fight. Holo stood in a type of position to run foward and bite the man with a powerful canine grip. Ganjou looked down at the white wolf, he noticed the blood lust in her eyes. "I gotta keep her under control..."

[/color] The Young Inuzuka said to himself taking a few quick steps placing himself right in front of the wolf. Her nose would brush up against his leg as he did so snapping her out of whatever it was she was going through. She tried to move around Ganjou, but whenever she moved, he moved in the same direction. [color=white'"Move!"[/color] She said with a powerful bark but Ganjou wouldn't move for if he did, the man would surly get attacked by this savage wolf. Ganjou looked over at the man he was holding the conversation with, and the man still looked a little afraid. If the giant man did attack, the other one wouldn't even try to defend himself.

The blacksmith soon replayed to the offer on the table, but he wasn't leaving. "Looks like I got no other choice!"[/b][/color] The Young Inuzuka said to himself clinching his teeth together. Before he was able to do a single action, the owner of the stand came out trying to calm the situation. Holo finally found her way around Ganjou and put her big piercing eyes back on the giant man, she was just about ready to attack. Turning his vision back over to the white wolf, Ganjou quickly stood in front of her once again. "That was close..."[/color] He muttered to himself placing his vision back on the owner who slide the same meal Ganjou just ate over to the huge man. The man couldn't pass up a free meal anyways, because without saying a single word. He sat down right next the other man and broke apart the chop sticks. As he broke apart the chop sticks, Ganjou could tell he was having a little to much fun doing that. "This dude is nuts!"[/color] He thought taking his seat once again. Patting his foot on the ground three quick times, Holo went over where Ganjou was and placed her head on his leg. "I still don't trust him. One wrong move and I'm taking a bite."[/color] The white wolf said with a group of low pitched mumbles.

Once the man took a mouthful of the spicy noodles, his face turned a deep red. Ganjou watched as the man feel victim to the new dish. "Am I the only one with the gut of a man around here?"[/color] He asked himself shaking his head in disjointedness. With a red face and watery eyes, the blacksmith spat out the food with one great spray. The food would have surly hit Ganjou if the smaller man wasn't seating right next to him. The Young Inuzuka couldn't help but laugh as the same action happened twice. "Looks like someone couldn't handle the heat!"[/color] Ganjou said holding his side as he laughed for a long while. Holo didn't even notice the action that just took place, she was to busy enjoying the shade the stand was giving her. The blacksmith now knew it wasn't on purpose so he quickly forgave the smaller man. A huge weight just fell off Ganjou shoulders, he always seems to find himself in these type of situations. "Same ol' shit. Just a different day..."[/color]

After all that had passed, the blacksmith asked about the mind-control he went through. Ganjou quickly looked up and over at them, this was the first time he heard of such things so he was quickly interested in the conversation. The small man explained the best he could without blowing the mind of the blacksmith with some very detailed play by play action. Ganjou listened and quickly grabbed the understanding of the jutsu itself. "Basically you take control of the person by using your souls and mind... That's some crazy shit"[/color] Ganjou muttered to himself rubbing his hand behind the ear of his wolf. After his little explanation of his clan jutsu, the blacksmith had little to no words. Holo opened her eyes and let out a small yawn, "you're really wasting your time. The dumb-ass doesn't understand."[/color] She said with a few dog whimpers. Ganjou kept rubbing the back of her ear but didn't approve of what she said. "You're just sad because you couldn't get a hold of him."[/color] The Young Inuzuka said quickly silencing the wolf, for even she knew that was the very reason.[/font][/blockquote][/size]

[Twist3d_Insane]

Ganjou turned his head over to his wolf after hearing the man explain the power of his clan. He could quickly tell the wolf was exhausted from the heat. Pulling himself up from the stool, Ganjou looked at the two men and began talking. "Looks like it's time for me to go."

[/color] Holo's Head quickly shot up as she walked over to Ganjou. Patting the massive wolf on the head, both would leave the stand. Walking through the country of Earth, Ganjou would head on home for his his wolf was starting to complain a little to much now...[/font][/blockquote]

//EXIT

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[.DEVIOUS]

Yasou: +33 exp.

Ganjou: +36 exp.