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Before Izuki could react to what he'd said, a Genjutsu was cast on her. Her arms felt trapped to her sides and as a result, she fell forwards like a stiff board. She would have struggled except that the hissing in her ear made her freeze. Of all the things that a person could be afraid of, Izuki was deathly afraid of snakes. She wanted to shiver in terror but was afraid that such a movement would egg the snake into attacking her. She heard his words and shame crashed down on her as he insinuated she was missing because she was blind. The feeling deepened as he turned to talk to the new arrival, and then returned to talking to her. His warning bit her like salt on open wounds and she growled a little.

Niko, who reacted with worry when his mistress fell flat on her face, turned to glare at Kaze with a growl. His hackles rising, the mammoth-dog lunged forwards to snap his jaws at the male's legs in an attempt to distract him so that the Jutsu he had placed on Izuki would break under the lack of concentration. However, Izuki whistled lightly with what little breath she had and that seemed to tame the dog as he stopped mid-lunge. Turning with a huff, he returned to Izuki's side. With a whine, he butted his forehead against her arm as if begging her to let him protect her. As shamed as Izuki felt, she knew her situation was bad. Really bad. As her arms were locked to her sides, she could not lift her hands together to weave chakra in order to defend herself and without a way to fight, she was literally at the mercy of her captors. In truth, she felt pretty lame right now, but she could do nothing but pray her captors would be merciful.

With a sense of chagrin, Izuki began to laugh a little at the situation, partly to help her feel better, and partly because she was amused by her predicament. "Heheheheh... looks like the seven year disappearance is up, I guess. Take me away, oh honorable knight. And you'd better damn well stay honorable if you know whats good for you!" Her amusement changed to sarcasm, and then to aggression as she growled out the last sentence as the thought occurred to her that he might use the opportunity to take advantage of her. Honestly, she couldn't believe she'd fallen into such an easy trap.

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Sy Yume, played by Bit
Tsubomi, played by wave
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As if her mood could have soured any more than it already had. Her expression darkened as he talked to her like she was stupid. Quick to react to such treatment, she whirled the stick in her hand and made a jab at the general direction of his head before shifting her grip on the stick and making a second jab with the other end towards the fork in his legs. "How DARE you! Yes, I'm blind, fine! But I'm not deaf and I'm certainly not stupid! I heard the cart coming and moved to get out of the way, but I tripped over a root and fell into the grass!" She explained, her face twisted into a disgruntled snarl. Niko, who picked up on his masters emotion rather well, let out a louder growl and raised his hackles a bit. He would not attack unless she ordered him to, but that didn't mean he couldn't make an imposing impression with his stature and body language.

"The name's Izu. Not like you deserve to know that, ya jerk. Come on, Niko!" Turning, the femme hit her stick against the ground a few times as she walked off, checking for any surprises in her path. With her back turned to him, she used her free hand to form a single hand sign to use a simple, E rank jutsu that was used for simple escapes. She'd learned it as a young child, part of the regimen that her father and guardians had her learn so that she could feel like she was no different than the other kids. Except that those simple jutsu were the only things she was allowed to learn by their jurisdiction. Still, she would use the substitution jutsu anyways, just in case. She knew he might not take kindly to her attacks, even if she had no real intent to harm him, and instead was simply acting insulted to his question because his prying had insulted her.

Niko hesitated, glaring at the male for a moment before reluctantly following after her, his tail curled up over his back and wagging from side to side as he panted to himself, thinking his job well done. he'd been charged with the guardianship of the girl he now followed, and he had done nothing but that since the day they'd first met. It was more than just duty now, though. Over the years the dog had grown attached to her and vice versa.

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Sy Yume, played by Bit
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That day was a mild day, the sun glared down on the beaten path, trying it's hardest to make everyone suffer, while the wind took pity on the creatures going about their business and saw fit the grant them a cool breeze. The tall grass growing on either side of the road shivered and danced in it's wake and gave a weary traveler some relief. This traveler was not alone, no. Ahead of her (alas, it WAS a girl for it was hard to ignore the curvature of her figure even through a thick cloak) ran a heavily furred malamute who was about as large as a small pony. The dog was sniffing out everything and occasionally, he would stop, turn back, and bark a deep warning to his mistress. Upon such times, the girl would stop and set her stick to the ground, knocking against the dirt until she found the hole, or the ledge or the step or whatever it was that he had warned her about, and could carefully scramble down, through, or around it. You see, even as the day was beautiful, the girl could not see any of it. Her world, as it has always been, was blind.

Despite this, she did not seem to have much of a problem getting around. She had long since accepted her blindness as a part of who she was, although she did not like being seen as disabled, even though she was. She had had quite enough of people and as a result her only companion now was her dog, Niko. The female placed her hand on his head to scratch behind his ears when she caught up to him and the dog responded by licking her hand. A tiny laugh escaped her throat as his tongue tickled her fingers and she lifted her hand out of the way. The laughter died quickly though as she wondered, not for the first time, where exactly she was. Not being able to see her surroundings was a lot more hindering than she liked to let on. She knew by the temperature that they were somewhere near the middle of the map, but beyond that, she knew nothing. Partially because she could not see a map to gather her bearings in the first place. To the girl, there was nothing beyond what she could sense was around her right now, and that was all there was. Blind Traveling was exhilarating, as well as terrifying in it's own right. She knew not whether she was walking into danger, or if she was well and truly lost, but she knew that Niko would not allow her to cone to harm and so she trusted him to guide her and was at peace for the time being.

That isn't to say that the femme would be taken off-guard by any surprise attacks. She never forgot the reason behind her travels, the fact that this was not a pleasure cruise, but an elaborate runaway scheme seven years in the making. She was not about to let herself fall into any traps without at least fighting back, and fight back she could. She was not called the Blind Dragon for nothing, after all. It was with caution that she set out once more, her hand now resting on Niko's back as the dog picked up on her shift in moods and stuck close to her side this time. He did give her an inquisitive look, one that he knew she would not be able to respond to.

Her lack of sight meant that her other senses were keener than normal, because the human mind depended too much on sight rather than any other sense. Thus, when she heard someone coming someways off, the grinding of cart wheels and the beats of a horse's hooves, she pulled Niko to the side of the road to hide in the grass and pray they were hidden well enough to be passed by undetected.

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Dutiful; Niko is the son of the dog that saved Izuki's life when she was very young, and as he was too old to be assigned to her, she was given one of his puppies with the hopes that he would show the same promise. Niko has done so brilliantly... so far, at least. He is her protector, and the guardian of her life as well as her best friend. This does mean he's done some things he's not proud of to make sure she's safe, including be exiled from his own pack, just as she was.

Intelligent; This goes without saying, but Niko has always shown the capacity for great intelligence, even when he was a pup. It makes for easy training, but also it means he's able to pick up on signals from Izuki without her having to say anything. Mostly, she just points and he'll know where to go and what to do. At times when she passes out, he'll drag her body to a clinic to have her wounds looked at, and then won't leave her side until she wakes up.

Unforgiving; If you cross him once, you're never getting back on his good side. 'nuff said.