Sunagakure Gate

[King]

Their journey to the gates was much shorter than Ashura had originally expected. Even with the strong winds at their front, it was only a matter of minutes - perhaps thirty, at the most - before the pair would be standing at the foyer of the massive stone-like structures. They-- these gates --were far different from the enormous walls that surrounded the Hidden Leaf. Here, it was more so a natural barrier opposed to an actual man-made structure.

Either way, it was very impressive.

The boy was fairly cautious as he approached the aperture in the gateway, his hands stuffed into the lining of his pockets per usual. He'd stop when they told him to, at whatever distance they felt safe; otherwise, he'd keep going until just breaching the threshold.

"The name is Ashura Uchiha," he spoke clearly. "I'm a Jounin from the Hidden Leaf. I'm here on unofficial business; looking for a family friend." Reaching into his left breast pocket, he removed a small set of papers. "Here are my credentials."

[vetti vedi vicious]

The half hour seemed like an eternity to Kirino, though perhaps the "shortest" self declared eternity she'd suffered through yet. Without the proper clothing the sand was unbearable. She found herself dragging her fingers through her hair and shaking her head to get rid of sand every minute or so. It was incredibly aggravating, but she stayed silent. It wasn't as if she would be heard over the wind anyway, or that the only person in hearing distance could do anything about it.

When the gates came into her sight in the horizon, she couldn't help but smile. Her suffering was over! Kages be praised! The original, nature made structure, still held, seemingly reformed since the last attack, or so it appeared. Kirino was never good at keeping track of events of such nature. They were rarely relevant to her anyway.

As the two approached the gates, Goto made note to put her hands down at her sides rather than in front of her face, as to clearly display her lack of (unsheathed) armaments. She stopped just behind Ashura, his shortness once again taking her off guard (as she nearly ran into the kid). He seemed to take control at this point, speaking to the guards. In this, Kirino nearly forgot she had to introduce herself as well.

"Oh, I- uh-"

She dug into her pockets, removing some sort of ID card typical of Mist (papers were likely to get wet and such in her home country), showing it to the guards. She stammered a bit, embarrassed, unprepared. Odd considering her age and experience.

"I'm- I'm with him. Kirino Goto, of Mist."

[tigaevo]

the two gaurds looked down on the young uchiha and his most likely older compainion, with no change in his facial expression the guard on the right wouold take the young boys pappers. "Oh wow, this is fucking amazing." The man would say as he reading over the uchiha's pappers. "7, really? You must be really be something amazing or the leaf is lacking in millitant forces." He would say with a slight laugh while he looked to the girl. "Where is your papperwork?" He would say withwhile he folded the kids stuff up. "You know I can't let you through without papperwork right?" He would sayas th wind pushed some sand in he are up in the air. The two gaurds would let the aqward silence fill the air before they both let out a small laugh.I

"He kids, please present me with all your weapons and tell us where you ned to go. Ill take you there once I have put away your weapons." He would say as grabed one of the creates from the cubby holes.

[King]

"Not a problem," Ashura replied. Considering he wasn't here to start a fight or get into any kind of trouble, he really didn't have any issue with leaving his equipment with the gate-guards. "Here's everything."

Within the utility pouch they'd find all of his shuriken, kunai, explosive notes and other accessories of the like. Following that, the small tanto and demon-claw that hung idly at his waist were placed into either of the guard's hands. If he wanted to do a full search that was up to him, but the dark-haired shinobi had made sure to give him everything he'd had.


Once his companion had done the same, presuming she had no problem with walking into a foreign village completely unarmed (despite having been there before), Ashura would speak yet again. "I'm looking for a Beppin Etsuko." The boy paused, as if pondering if that was the name - yeah, that was it. "Yeah, a Beppin Etsuko. Please and thank you.""

[vetti vedi vicious]

Kirino handed the guard all of her sick gats with a bow, politely asking they take good care of her gear. She began to walk forward when Ashura spoke up once more. He had a question, and maybe the guard had an answer. Well, even if that was the case, Kirino had another thread to be in there. GOTO, AWAY!

[Katsuo]

He smirked maliciously as he was finally leaving the village. The thought of simply ditchign this pathetic village altogether was a pleasing thought. Still he wasn't a fool and he prided himself on his intellect. He knew there were many things this village could teach him and he would get that information very soon. Maybe not right away but soon. Still, no need risking his life by accepting his yearn for freedom...just yet. He watched as a group of nin came in, flashing their id. No doubt coming from a great adventure.

'Or stupid depending on how you look at it.'

And he knew it probably was. A lot of these "ninja" thought they were doing something great when he knew they were always gonna be pathetic. Nonetheless, he didn't bother giving them a parting glance. Showing his ID, he quickly left the gates out into the world outside of the hidden sand.

OOC: Exist Stage left lol

[Apple]

-ENTER

And now, I would approach the gates. Of course- With a foreign band around my head my situation didn't seem to safe on part of the guards who looked after the gates themselves, but seeing as I had clearance from the Kazekage, I was with no doubt allowed exit. I'd have originally sped through without a care, but at the current moment I wished to speak to the Kazekage and I'm sure he relished in being within my company and so I waited patiently for him to show up and allow me leave whilst also travelling elsewhere with me so that we could talk. It had only as of late come to my attention that he was the leader of the village, and if what he was saying was true, then I automatically had business with him.

".........."

Flicking a loose strand of blonde hair to my side, I'd wait, my eyes focused on the village as I waited to see if he'd tagged along.

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[KEITH]

Following the Kusakage through the darkness that shrouded the village had reminded him that dawn would be soon approaching. If he wasn't back in the village, and at his desk before it was time for him to actually be there, it would surely have caused some type of disturbance within the administration building, or perhaps within the entire village itself. But, he couldn't focus upon something like that, he had more important matters to deal with, and it had seemed that the Kusakage had something’s upon her mind which she had wanted to talk about. He would continue to pursue that Kusakage, once she would pass the guards, that had looked confused and prepared themselves, but with a wave of his hand, the Kazekage had made them drop whatever they were preparing to do.

Leaving them to stand just outside of the village gates that would lead to Sunagakure.

("So, Kusakage-chan, when will you start telling me what’s on your mind?")

He had spoken in a calm tone, standing ten meters behind her, and three meters off to the right side of her. His sanguine eyes would advert to the sky for an instance, noticing the light in the distance, before quickly shifting his eyes back to the woman. It had seemed that dawn was approaching, and quickly, but he would just have to stick with doing what was in front of him, there was no way around it.

[Apple]

Leaving them to stand just outside of the village gates that would lead to Sunagakure.

Such elegant footsteps upon my behalf would soon guide the both of us out of the village- And I felt relief as I knew that I was soon to return home to my own kind. Of course, not to insult Sunagakure nor its citizens, but I much preferred being in my own country and that would be highly understandable even for the Kazekage himself, who currently walked on the sands of his home village, fully knowing that he was home. The feeling was something that I’d craved for all these years, and now that I’d managed to find it after the destruction and carnage which had happened between the years that I’d been gone, I wished nothing more than to be back. As my passage was made official and the voice of the Kazekage would soon come to my ears again as he dared to call me chan, I’d disregard this and simply go onwards to answer the question that he’d posed. Perhaps he was keen on calling everyone by such casual honorfics, but I held so much more authority than that. Regardless, I chose not to refer to him by his title.

Standing a total of roughly eleven meters to him, my own figure being further in to the environment of Kaze no Kuni than the Kazekage himself, I’d wait a little bit for my response to formulate. ”Kusagakure has as of late re-established itself as a hidden village.” I’d tell him, my tone quiet but nonetheless audible by him, as I spoke in a tone that was swamped in seriousness, I wasn’t here to play around with him, and after all; If I had nothing of worth to say to him, and if he wasn’t an asset to me then I’d have left him at the gates and made my way back. My time with him was to be respected on his half and if he didn’t, then he could fuck off. I was a busy woman. ”..And it’s come to my attention that a treaty with your own village would be beneficial to both parties at such a fragile time in our world.” I’d ask, what was on my mind having been clearly revealed to him as I proposed a treaty before him to ally Sunagakure with Kusagakure. Of course, I had my own plans with Soratsu himself and I’d already established some connection to be on friendly terms with the village- But he wouldn’t know about this, in fact, he had little to do with this at all..

..Bar from the proposition I was offering him, of course.

”The wars have corrupted our societies and even now in this time of peace, hate is brewing. We need to protect our villages against those who conspire against us- And neither of us can take them on alone.” My voice was as melodic as ever as I tried to get my point across to him so that he’d understand my reasoning for wanting to ally with the village of Sunagakure. The Tsuchikage had recently passed on vital information about the rumours that had come from Kirigakure about its surely bloodthirsty intents and I could only recall Kouketsu himself, the first mizukage as I could recall from the things I’d heard. It wasn’t that I believed that he was directly in the line to begin another attack upon our world, but something was happening there, I knew it. It wouldn’t be long until the state of harmony that our villages had been placed in would end and it would become a dog-eat-dog world again, and by allying prior to this there was some hope that the friendly bonds would continue and promote survival through cooperation. It was an understandable concept and one used commonly. He first hand would surely know of the problems and terror that war brought as we all did, now. My words seeped from my mouth with such positive intent, and yet at the same time, so soothing to the ears. I’d await his response, keen on the black-haired male’s take, and I could only hope that he shared my interest.

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[KEITH]

Keeping his distance from the woman, for not knowing what kind of person she really was, he opted that keeping his distance was the best thing he could do. But, he couldn't be too far; he had to stay at a comfortable distance. He had waited for the woman to begin talking, and when she would, he would nod his head and listen to her words. He had made sure that he had taken them all in, it was something that could have been said for almost all nations all around the world, but it was better to team up with someone.

It was pretty much what the young Kazekage had done when he had escaped from Shimo no Kuni, and met the Etsuko's within this land, and gave his service to them for his protection. And he protected them whenever he could. It was always good to have someone to watch your back, as long as they would never betray you. Though, in this world, you could never know when or where someone will betray you, or in what way.

Information was key to survival, and it could also bring death upon you, while also helping you make allies or another betray you. The only way that the Kazekage would agree to ally with this one is if she had interesting information to give him, despite the other reasons. Though the alliance may be about protecting teach others back, he felt as if he had needed a little more than that.

("Hate has never ceased to exist, and shinobi will never break that cycle of hate. What you are saying about us not being able to defend against it alone is true. But, how do I know that you will always keep your word, Kusakage-chan?")

He held a bit of seriousness in his voice as well, with his eyes adverted over to the woman who had stood in front of him, his sanguine hues fixated on the side of her head. His feet had felt the sand beneath it, every still grain of sand being pressed into another from his weight, pushing them down into the earth. His arms were folded beneath his pectoralis major, and a gentle breeze of wind had carried his ebony hair into the air, disappearing into the fading darkness.

[Apple]

“But, how do I know that you will always keep your word, Kusakage-chan?"

It seemed as if my words had seeped in to his hungry mind and had some effect on him as he responded to the words that I’d said. Of course, neither of us knew all about the other so his wariness towards the situation was very understandable, as I, almost out of nowhere was coming to him and proposing that the two of our villages become allies, despite the fact that I’d mysteriously made it in to his village without him even knowing, something which I wouldn’t explain to him as it concerned matters that no one should know. Soratsu was a fucking dyke when he wanted to be, but he’d become useful to me, and securing his fate as dead was important to himself and I. I couldn’t afford to give it away, although he didn’t have to know about that. Leaving my blue eyes keep watch on him for a few moments as I took in more aspects of his slightly feminine appearance, my answer would be paused, although the silence in-between the both of us wasn’t doused in awkwardness, and neither did it give any indication that I was perhaps bluffing. I wasn’t making things up, of course- I honestly hoped for relations with Sunagakure as far as my village was concerned, but what did he mean with his last statement? If anything- How was I meant to know that he would always keep his word? I’d keenly grin as I pushed back another stray blonde hair from my eyes;

”..Personally, I can’t afford to have the entire population of Sunagakure out to hunt me.

Or plunge my village in any problems, at that.”

I’d indicate that should I cut ties with Sunagakure once the treaty was created- Should it be created- that my drive to not break it was because I didn’t exactly want to have to deal with all of the backlash that was formed, which was fair enough. Kusagakure was a small developing village even now and having a stable one come knocking at our door for war surely wasn’t any good news. Perhaps it was stubbornness that prevented me from thinking of any other reason. If Kusagakure was to ally with Suna and if the Kazekage demanded to know how I would keep my word- How exactly would I be assured that he would keep up his end of the deal? How was I to know that he’d crumble beneath the persuasion of another village and draw a close to whatever pact we’d previously made? ”..But what can be said for you on the matter, Kazekage?” I’d say in a more playful tone than before as I demanded his devotion for the cause which I was putting in front of him. I was unsure of his own terms and conditions, but I was sure that if he was an intelligent man then he’d follow my lead and link his village with my own as Kusagakure was fast becoming not a mere collectivization of people who’d managed to make it out from the rubble and devestation that the wars had brought on us, but a village with its own ideals- my ideals. And at the moment, I wanted nothing more than to gain allies for my home at such a crucial time. Was he selfish enough to decline me this?

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[KEITH]

He had continued to watch the back of her head, but eventually, he began to focus upon the entire figure of the woman that was before him. He had hung onto her words, it had seemed that she really didn't want to cause any harm. Despite randomly appearing in the village, she hadn't caused any problems that were known to him. And, Sunagakure didn't have a single ally, and if this woman were to become an enemy of his, and she known how to get to the village, and get inside unknown, that could cause a catastrophic amount of danger for them.

She had him, but he still wanted something out of creating a bond with them, he just wasn't sure about how he could go about asking her. It had seemed that this woman could get really bitchy, really fast. He had known that women could be emotional a time, and more often than most, a literal ticking time bomb, so he wouldn't waste much time before he would prepare himself to reply to her question. But utterly, it was a deal he had in mind; he would ally with the forces of Kusagakure.

("Well, you can trust me, Kusakage-chan. I won't be randomly appearing in your village anytime soon. But, Sunagakure doesn't have any allies at this given time, so allying with you would be extremely beneficial to us here. I know that I am getting a lot by going into this alliance with you, but there is one more thing that I want from you, before we make this thing official.")

He said to the woman, as he would begin to close the distance between the two, the ten meters between them was devoured, but he had remained the three meters to the right of her. He had turned to face her, his sanguine eyes facing the right side of her body before she would turn to him. He had wanted to show her that he didn't keep the distance between her because he was afraid of her, but, it was symbolic to how he had felt about her. She may not have gotten it, but she would have gained some trust of the Kazekage, and hopefully in return, she would gain some of his.

In a world like this, where anyone can betray it, it's nice to have at least one person to have your back. At least one friend - but would this woman be that person who he needs?

[Apple]

And now- As I stood at such a distance to him, I began to take in his appearance. His personality had roughly been judged already although I couldn’t be too sure as after all; I’d only known him for an hour at the least, and previously he’d attempted to lie in order to cover up his true status as Kazekage. It was understandable since I could have been anyone, an assassin perhaps having broken in to the village on a manic warpath to find him and capture his head but fortunately for him, I couldn’t have been more different at the current time. My offer had been spoken and now as a loose moment of silence occurred between the both of us, I’d wait in await for his reply. He couldn’t have been much older than I was, and from the sheer number of village leaders I’d managed to feast my eyes upon in my time, I’d grown to find that it was somewhat strange seeing as the majority of them had been young, but then again, I was as well, but my circumstances were different. My mind ushered me back to my youth- Atlas Burabiya- He couldn’t have been more than five years older than I was, if the rumours of him being the Raikage were true. I hadn’t seen him since all those years ago, and since then I figured that so many things had changed to the both of us. I wonder if he still has that hair.. I’d always remembered him for his flaming auburn mane.

And then the dark haired shinobi would speak once more, revealing what words he had beneath his tongue, and I could only watch from my current position of twelve meters, my head now facing his direction as my blue eyes watched his features contort whilst voicing words. He looked young- But then again, so did I. But now, speaking with the words of a leader much older than himself he went ahead and so carefully chose to agree to what I’d said, that Kusagakure would be a good ally to have seeing as at the moment his own village had little to no supporters bar from its own shinobi. I’d managed to harbour official village relations with Iwagakure and I had several other villages to chase down, but Sunagakure would be the second if he found enough intelligence within him to bow down before me and answer on my whim. I relished in his speech but at the end he suggested something else that he required before sealing the deal which we’d created- Which I had come prepared for of course, but what exactly did he have in mind? It was almost like a business, we were dealing in our shinobi and in our features, and at the moment negotiations continued as he seemed to require some kind of bargaining chip- What did he want? Money?

”..I know that I am getting a lot by going into this alliance with you, but there is one more thing that I want from you, before we make this thing official..”

he would begin to close the distance between the two, the ten meters between them was devoured, but he had remained the three meters to the right of her

I would allow this passage to occur although I still remained on my guard if he spontaneously chose to destroy the whole operation and lash out at me or something like that. Of course- As he moved closer I could only expect that he wanted what every man wanted from me, although perhaps he was more out in the open about it. I was unsure but jumping to conclusions wasn’t useful, and so I repressed whatever I had began to think of in response to his last statement, still wondering exactly what he wanted. Information? Shaking my head a little bit, the cascading blonde waves rumbling again around my head, the dark would bring little justice to the vibrant blonde tone that it was, but even in the small light that the sky had begun to show from dawn, it glowed, a stark contrast to the Kazekage’s own black hair. However, time had passed and I left a moment or so between replying to him. I had contemplated his question enough, and it wasn’t as if I wasn’t prepared to give more than he himself gave since the agreement itself was double-sided, and now I’d ask, my tone still as sweet as ever but with a definite hint of seriousness- But even now in this time of significance I embodied the very soul of feminity, my glassy blue eyes blinking heavily as I listened.

”..Go on.”

I ushered him to continue, my words, despite there being little, meant so much.

Just what were his terms?

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[KEITH]

From the three meters away, he had looked softly into her blue eyes, and he had begun wondering to himself what she would think of what he was going to ask her. She probably think it was silly of him to ask such a thing, but, that's why he had drug out saying something, because he didn't want seem foolish in front of a fellow Kage. Who had seemed to be one who had a lot of skill under her belt, though she didn't seem to have a lot of patience, but he figure out something? He might as well have spitted out what he wanted to say, and just leave it at that.

Knowing that what he was going to say would carry a mysterious vibe behind it, but even if she asks what it was, or what it meant, he wouldn't tell her.

("Well, one day I am going to perform a deed which will be able to reward me great fame. If you are there to witness the deed, or simply know what I have done - I wish for you to share what I have done with the world.")

He had he left her with that, it was something that he had wanted the entire world to know that he had done. And, he hadn't planned on telling a soul what it was; one would figure that it was something solely for his own personal gain. And in truth, it really was - for him and only him.

[Apple]

Eye contact ensued as the silence began to wrap around the both of us again, giving us both a similar disposition in this very moment. I’d then stand in await, my hands having now shifted to my hips as I looked on- Surprisingly, he was taller than I was, but then again, even with the concept of handsomeness being much different to feminine charm, my beauty couldn’t be placed on the sidelines. My gaze almost mystifying, I kept watching him as the stillness soon broke, revealing the words which he had so carefully kept from me over the last few minutes. With my eyes I watched his expression as he explained to me exactly what he wanted from me before our villages would become united, and if anything, my own response was somewhat.. perplexed, but at the same time, so intrigued by what the Kazekage had planned. Despite the inexplicable reason that he’d posed I continued to take his words in and respect them at the least. If it wasn’t important to him, then he surely wouldn’t have told me about it, right? However despite this and the treaty that we were currently in the process of making, how did I know that his own personal plan didn’t include my own village in a way that I didn’t condone?

But this was all so interesting. I’d always been one to delve in to the plans of others and I enjoyed knowing exactly what was happening, so there was no question as to whether I’d go onwards and try to become part of whatever plan he had in his mind. Of course, I was already expecting for him to deny my mind from learning what he had in store for whoever his plan was targeted towards, although from what he’d past said, I’d expected that it surely wouldn’t have included my own village in a bad way because if it did, how did he expect me to want to spread the word about his reached goals? I’d leave a slight amount of tension between the end of his words and the start of mine, but nothing that made it awkward. It wouldn’t be too soon until my words graced the air again.

”..Maybe..

..Kazekage..

..I could help you sometime.”

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Standing at three meters, I’d move onwards a single meter, now standing only two away from him as my heels brought me over the ground. My tone was faultless. There wasn’t a man alive who could easily bypass the charm of my words, my expression very much content as I drew closer to him. With the new relationship between Suna and Kusa I put ahead my offer. My words from a few minutes ago had only been for security, after all- Despite the fact that I was trying to reap contacts for both myself and the village, I couldn’t be too trusting of just anyone. Continuing to look at him through my angelic blue eyes I’d wait for a reply, to see whether he wanted to work on his own or if I could be someone for him to confide in. Standing with my arms still on my wide hips, I’d wait, the aura around me very much alight even at the time now, dawn breaking so softly on my golden hair as I craved his acceptance.

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