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So- The three of them being quite interesting characters, she couldn’t help but wonder as to if she would be speaking to only a few of them during the day- From what she could tell she’d probably be hanging around with Yon as Jun seemed to be very quiet and wasn’t too fond of talking all that much judging by him right now, and Tagami seemed a bit too talkative for her liking. So, getting used to the three of them she’d nod her head, and would then remember each one from what they looked like, and their names, of course. She couldn’t’ help but ponder however, if Tagami was the ringleader of the whole thing- How did she become the so called leader anyway? She had probably been doing this for a while now, so perhaps she had been promoted or something? Who knows.

Looking over at Jun she would look at him as he’d stay as quiet as ever, just looking around the place for a minute or two before then going forwards and continuing to paint the wall that he was currently working on. The room itself looked almost brand new, as if it was a new house- it didn’t even look like the war had effected this house on the inside, although the upstairs was probably worse. The woman had said that they had been working on this house for a while now, so probably, they had been renovating this room for a while now. The windows were replaced in the whole house, but then again that was a basic need- Without windows, all sorts of things could come in to the house.

She had known a house down the street from hers which had been abandoned which the projects hadn’t yet gotten to, where she was pretty sure a family of pidgeons had begun to nest. Seeing the birds fly in through the broken windows was quite comical although she was sure that the inside was probably purtrid from all of the droppings that would collect there. With no doubt there would probably also be some rodents going about there. She hadn’t gone inside, but as a young girl she had always pondered whether such beasts lived inside. Too many times had her brothers made fun of her, saying an old crone lived inside who feasted on young girls.

But this house seemed pretty safe, or as far as she could tell from looking around it looked safe. The stars were also made up so that they could be climbed correctly without them breaking, and the doors had been replaced by new ones. Of course further in he house she could simply see a frame without a door, although the project probably hadn’t gotten that far yet- But it was no problem of course, because she was probably not going to be setting up doors today. She’d probably be given a basic job and then given a more challenging one later on, simply because she was new to the group of people that were currently working on this one here.

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Approaching the area where she was meant to be starting up her eyes would soon come aquainted with the form of a young female- Only being a few years older than she was, although she was clad in usual shinobi gear, but with gloves, and an apron. Her clothes bore signs of dust from walking around, and it was easy to say that she was one of the most important people around here by the fact that she was holding a clipboard, and she also had a name tag. Approaching her she’d give the woman a slight bow, and would start introducing herself in order to get cleaning the place up. She hadn’t seen her before, and the male who had sorted out the mission last time didn’t seem too happy to be seeing Kaeor taking it- She this time, however, was on her own whilst doing it.

”I’m here to help clean up- Where can I start?” she’d ask in her usual polite tone, genuinely unsure of where exactly she was meant to be cleaning. She hadn’t been told upon being given the mission, and there was work to do all over the place really so it wouldn’t’ help asking her exactly where needed the most people to help clean up. Would she be working by herself, or would there be people there? Although shy at first she was someone who enjoyed having a chat, so she hoped that she wasn’t going to be with someone who would simply be quiet all the time- No matter who it was, she’d at least try to make some decent conversation to pass the time.

”Hey! There’s tons of work to do, thanks for signing up to the project, I hope that you do a great job!—Right. Over there” a pause would occur, as the woman would then point to what would appear to be a house, its windows shattered by some attack upon it, or perhaps having had some kind of explosive thrown in to it- It would of course, answer the questions as to why the windows were completely blown up, shards of glass sprinkled around the sides of the house. Her false crimson eyes eyeing the building and trying to imagine what had to be done, her questions would be answered as the woman would speak once more, briefing her on the situation.

”This house was one of the first ones attacked during the war, although we’ve been working on it for a while now. A few exploding pouches were thrown inside, thus resulting in the glass being around the place here- As you can guess, the wallpaper is a little charred, although with a little love I’m sure it’ll be back to normal!” she’d tell her with a grin equal to the one that Areru herself sometimes wore when she was glad or happy. The woman of course, was no doubt happy that there were a few people helping out with the matter. Fixing the houses of course was important, and without houses, the brave shinobi of Kumogakure wouldn’t have places to sleep at night!

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Eh, Areru being well, Areru, she wasn’t too keen on focusing on the bad points of life and instead preferred to much think of the more positive things. Although these houses had been ravaged by the hands of violence, the owners were at least, getting a new home out of the housing project which had started up. Or, they were getting their old homes back but in a different state- They would be re-done, re-painted, re-everything really. She could easily remember back to the moment when they went back to their house after it had been done up- Going up to her room the colour scheme had been much different to how it had usually been, but she was so glad to see her bedroom again. It was such a basic thing to have and to lose, but she had missed it.

”…..” staying silent she would soon approach the area where she was meant to help clean up with a team, she’d look about at the destroyed houses and buildings- A lot of them were still standing but in bad condition, but others were totally destroyed, leaving only bricks and rubble in their wake. These sorts of places would surely be upgraded by the council and maybe it would perhaps be nice to put some nice plants around the place, or grass and trees. Something like that which could make the place look nice after the rubble would be shifted around. It would be a nice place to go after these changes had been done, right now it looked like that part of town you never really went to because you’d be scared you’d get attacked there.

However, looking around the people didn’t seem all that shady- They seemed to just be.. normal people, really. A lot of them were clothed quite cleanly although with others she couldn’t really blame them since they had no doubt lost everything and that was clothes included, although the shelter probably supplied a few basic things that they needed like underwear or tshirts. Smiling warmly to one of them this greeting would hastily be dismissed as he’d turn away and seemingly ignore her, causing her to give his back quite a quizzed look, before she’d turn her attention back towards the buildings around her. Whatever was she going to do today? With Kaeor she had helped clean a room but, surely there was more than that to do today.

The area of town that she had past been in to help clean up had been in a slightly better state than this one was at the moment, so she’d probably be given a different job to do- But what exactly? She had seen a few people picking up the rubble with spades and placing it on to nearby trucks, the large rocks probably being used for decorative purposes later on but the brick she wasn’t sure about what they village was going to do with them- Perhaps they’d re-use them? Having heard of such recycling ideas she had no clue if you could even recycle bricks- Surely you could crush them up in to tiny pieces and reuse them as gravel or something like that? She hated running on gravel, but, if it meant saving the environment, it would be all good.

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His response had been somewhat guessed already prior to him speaking- She knew that he wouldn’t leave it at that, and to say the truth, neither was she, although she wasn’t quite sure about what to respond to it with so she decided to leave it at that, and allow him to win for this round- But she’ll be back next time, better than ever and equipped with even more banter that she could degrade him with. With a great grin the young Sansutsomu would keep carrying the mine with great precaution, making sure not to get her arms blown off- It would be a bad mistake, seeing as though she had Chuunin exams to attend, and if her arms were blown off, or if she was dead in general, she probably wouldn’t be allowed to go. Such was fate, and she didn’t want to fall victim to that path. Areru was very happy with the arms that she already had, thank you.

”Of course I won’t- This bomb isn’t getting the best of me.”

With that said she’d continue to walk along the path with the mine in her arms, being incredibly careful not to tip it too quickly or to drop it- If that happened, the chances that she might get harmed by the blast were quite high, and Kaeor might get hurt too, so that was two possible fatalities. Something which she wasn’t aiming to happen. ”……” Silence would envelop the two of them for a few moments before the tattoo bearing shinobi would comment on what a great job she had done facing danger whilst holding a mine, and she very much enjoyed being given a compliment regarding her work- Although, from what she knew of him now, she was unsure whether he had meant it sarcastically or not, as a lot of the things he said tended to be quite jokey.

”Thank you- Although I’d like to see you do this sometime.” she’d tell him with a cheeky grin, once more playing on the girls rule boys drool theme that they had on! A battle of the sexes, Areru was very much hoping to be in the lead by her courageous work carrying the mine across to the man who had asked them to dig it up. And- Speaking of the devil, he’d soon appear from the door of the shack, and she’d nod her head to him, signalling that they had managed to dig it up correctly- But there was a little bit to go before they would reach his home, and she didn’t really feel like running with the piece in her hands- For safety’s sake.

And then- Just as she was going to say something to Kaeor, her mouth opening- She’d hear words come from his mouth that were spoke in a slightly less confident tone than his- Or at least, as if there had been some kind of pause during what he had said, his wording clear near the end but quite hurried at the start- Whatever was- OH he was asking her out, right? With her head sharply turning to him for a few moments one would believe that she would reject him there but- ”-That would be very pleasant Kaeor. Assuring that you’re paying.” she’d grin, the past look of disgust having been one of fakery to annoy him ”I’m kidding- But I would like to go to dinner with you, yes. I’d enjoy that.” her words said she’d give him one of her smiles, as she’d await for his reply, her eyes switching back and forth from him to the mine.

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”So, to stop her ‘n all I restrain her, but then the bitch goes and moves her head around and bites my hand! Coulda bitten a chunk out if she had sharper teeth!” looking at his hands she’d notice faint indents on his left. Nodding her head, she’d then listen to him, he explaining that a small fight had happened thereafter, before she left the house to go down to her sister’s home, who lived on the other side of town. She had enough evidence that she needed, and she would then look at him and his muscle bound frame, before turning back to the door. ”Thank you- MRS JONES, CAN YOU COME BACK IN PLEASE?” Areru would shout as the woman would enter again with a smug look on her face, sitting back down on the chair she had past been in.

Looking to the side of the room she’d notice the door of a small room- She knew full well who was there- the local police who had promised to keep an eye on the subjects as they were interviewed so that they could Arrest them later on if it was required by Areru once she had made a decision on who the guilty one was. ”Right, after a lot of thinking I have come to a conclusion as to who I believe is the guilty one- I’ll explain once I’ve told you.” she’d tell the two as there was a pause between them as the two lay in bated breath, hoping that the other was being arrested for what had been done- One was a liar, and Areru knew which one, thankfully enough for the victim of the whole process. Both of them were shady, but one was worse.

”…The one who committed the crime was..
..You, Valerie Ann Jones.”

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But, placing such judgements aside she would grin awkwardly to the two of them and would then go towards the desk that was in the room, there being a cup of water where it was.. Perhaps one of them had poisoned it? Gasp! Just in case one of them had done so and she, not exactly wanting to die, she’d ignore it for now and would look towards the two of them as they looked a bit confused at her. ”You don’t look like a specialist? Who are you?” the man would speak, his voice inquisitive, as if he didn’t trust her. Answering simply, she’d say; ”I’m a shinobi- They asked me to step in for the counsellor. I’ll be fine, don’t worry.” she’d try to reassure him that she was actually told to do this job but, he’d seem to soon relax regarding the subject.

”EUGH- I’m sure she won’t do that well- Ignore her, Vince.” ”Ignore her? Valerie, can’t you remember why we’re here?” looking to Areru with a look in his eye that pleaded trust for what he was about to say, he’d then utter; ”We’re here because she hit me full out! I know she’s a girl and all but it well hurt, ma-” ”Shut up! No! He’s lying! He was the one who hit me! Have you seen his bloody arms! They’ re huge!” ”Thanks babe- But she’s the bad egg he-” Back and forth, back and forth. Their marriage was obviously taking a toll on the both of them, and it was obvious too that someone had done something.

”Don’t say any more.” Areru would say in her strangely calm voice, looking at the both of them as she’d indicate for them to take up seats near her. She was going to stop this petty arguing and she was going to stop them from bickering like little children- This was a mature conversation- She needed to find the truth and with one of them lying it was hard to tell which one was in the wrong but hopefully in the ways that they’d move and speak, she’d be able to tell exactly which one she was due to formulate a conclusion and give her guess on who was the one who had been the attacker! Dundundun! Looking at the two as they’d take up seats, it would strangely, be quiet without the two arguing, for if but a minute or two.

The creaking of the chair occurred when the man sat down, his muscle bound frame almost spilling out of the chair itself- He wasn’t fat at all, his arms were bare of any fat and his body was too, but instead fat seemed to be strangely substituted with muscle, he no doubt had been on the roids at some point during his life, and had spent quite a lot of his time in the gym, that was pretty obvious. But, taking her attention away from that she’d turn to the female- She was weedy yet she had a strange look in her eye, she could safely say that she didn’t look like the kind of person she’d approach on the street, her clothing looking quite cheap and dirty whilst her hair dye seemed to fade out, showing her roots which clashed with the colour of the dye horrendously! The two of them, were quite strange.