At hearing her name said in such a manner, Nori's smile dropped as did Yumi's hand from her cheek, and caused the young girl to look over at Lord Sasuke's daughter, who was named Hime as per Sasuke's command. She turned towards her and listened to the other scold her for causing a disturbance, being disrespectful, and breaking her suspension. Her eyes went over to the woman that was standing behind her with her arms crossed and a smug expression on her face. "You have my apologies, Lady Hime. I had no intention of causing any type of disrespect or disturbance. I was merely here with my comrades, as she had her own business to attend to here, and to obtain my headband as was requested by Lord Sasuke. However, if I did break my suspension in any way, I apologize. I'm afraid I was not aware of the other conditions aside from not participating in missions or leaving the village," she explained before her eyes shifted to that of Lady Hime. "With all due respect, Lady Hime, the only reason I stepped in to help this kind woman was because she was being disrespected and was being treated poorly. Even if she could not have been given answers, my senpai should have been more mindful of her feelings and have spoken in a tone of reassurance instead of just dismissing her. She is merely a woman worried about her child. Perhaps she should be-" But before she could say anymore, Yumi reached out and placed her hand on Nori's shoulder, causing her to look over at her.

"It's quite alright, Ms. Yamada. They are just doing their jobs," she said before she turned her head and looked over at the two young women behind the desk. "I do understand what my daughter's job does entitle. I was merely concerned over her as she has not contacted me, but perhaps I am just worrying too much. She is a strong, capable woman. I am sure she is okay. Being a mother of a Jonin isn't easy and sadly, worrying comes as part of the job." She gave a kind smile and bowed her head towards them. "Thank you for being of assistance to me and for any trouble I may have caused. I can only hope that my daughter returns safely and unharmed."

Nori just stared at Lady Hime, not breaking her gaze even as Yumi had spoke and bowed down to them in thanks. Thanks? Just what was it that she should be thankful for? She was only worrying about her daughter. "I understand, Lady Hime. I will do my best of not to be a hindrance to you or anyone else," she said as she bowed her own head towards them. "And senpai..." She lifted her head back up and gave the woman a fake but believable smile. "...Please be more kind and respectful towards your elders, okay? That was a lesson I learned as a child from my parents. It's never too late to learn it. Do your best, 'kay?" She then looked towards Lady Hime. "Good day," she added and bowed her head one last time before she turned on her heel and made her way out the door with Yumi not too far behind her.
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She nodded her head, accepting the apology however all seemed to be good until Nori decided to step out of line again with her smartass remark. ”Apology accepted. However your smartass remarks are uncalled for. You need to learn to respect your senpais appropriately. I’ll ensure your suspension remains for a very long time just for that remark,” she uttered as patted her comrades shoulder, urging her to continue her work. ”Good day to you, Ms. Yamada,” she forced out before walking away. Sarada’s hardass reputation definitely proceeded her and her actions today and Nanami unfortunately got a taste of it today.

Nori knew that she would not be able to get off with that last comment she made towards her senpai, but it didn't matter. She was going to be stuck here in the village anyway. It wasn't that she didn't have any respect towards people older than her or that were in a higher rank than her. She knew better than that, but she wasn't about to witness something like that and not say anything even if she did get in trouble for it. It seems even when you try to do the right thing and stand up for someone, you still got in trouble for it. It almost seemed unfair to be a child and be limited in your powers to express yourself to an adult. It was clear that you would get in trouble for doing what was right, so where exactly do moral and ethic boundaries lie? She didn't understand.

"You should be much more careful in what you say to others, Ms. Yamada. Even if you were trying to help," Yumi spoke, causing Nori to turn her head and look back at her. "My daughter was a bit rebellious herself as a child. She was always respectful towards others above her even if they were awful to her. However, it is in saying that, that she also knew when to stand up for herself and others. She was a very strong girl even as a child. I was and still am very proud of her. She has always been the leader type and now that there is no one of our village left save for the small group that was saved, she must now represent us all. Just as you should represent your village in a positive light as well. Do you really want people thinking ill of you because of your actions?"

Nori grew silent at hearing the elder woman's words before she turned her head away and looked off to the side. "No, of course not. I wasn't trying to do anything wrong. I just...didn't want to stand by and do nothing while she talked to you that way. If I hadn't said anything, no one else would have," she said in a soft voice.

Yumi looked at Nori with a fondness in her eyes. She really was just like her mother, wasn't she? "I do understand your feelings and thank you for trying to do the right thing. You are a very sweet girl, Ms. Yamada. I don't believe your intentions were to do anything disrespectful. Although, between you and I..." Nori turned her head and looked back to the elder woman behind her. "...I have been known to have a bit of a sharp tongue myself. Or so my husband used to tell me. I was a bit of a fiery one back in my day. Still can be if need be. Aria gets that from me, I think." She brought a hand over her mouth and let out a small, soft laugh, causing Nori to smile.

"I can see where your daughter gets her strength from, too. She must be an amazing woman," Nori said. Yumi removed her hand from her mouth and let it settle back down to cross it with the other in front of her.

"In many ways you remind me of her. I'm...sure she would agree," Yumi replied.

"Perhaps one day I'll get to meet her," Nori said as she brushed a strand of her long burgundy hair behind her ear after the wind blew past them.

"Perhaps you will. One day..." Yumi said as the corners of her mouth turned up into a soft, kind smile.

"I just hope that she returns safely from wherever she is," Nori replied, causing Yumi to nod. "As do I. I have no doubt she will return. She always does."

Nori hummed softly and nodded. "Well, it is getting a bit late. I think I should probably get home soon or else my own parents will start to worry. I don't live too far from here. Would you care to join us for dinner this evening? As an apology for causing you trouble," she asked.

"Oh my. No. I couldn't. You didn't cause me any trouble at all, so please don't worry, Ms. Yamada. Really. Besides, I must get home myself or else my children will start to worry and come looking for me, but thank you for your kind offer. Perhaps another time," Yumi replied.

"Of course. I understand. Please let me at least walk you home," Nori insisted. Yumi could find no room to argue with the young girl and she nodded. "I think I would like that. Thank you." It was in saying that that Nori went back to Yumi's side and began to walk her home.

The intercom turned on, everyone hearing it turn on throughout the entire village. It was Lady Sakura with an announcement;

”Attention Konoha citizens of the land of storm. Shinobi are to report to Hime Commander Sarada for work assignments, team assignments, and any other official shinobi business. The time is near to start our revolution for hope.” She informed everyone. ”If you need time to recooporate still, Konoha could use help with the construction of new homes on the eastern part of the village,” she added as the intercom turned off.

Nanami watched as Nori was scolded by Hime..

Then she looked up as the announcement was made "Things are going to get busy here, and due to my teams current suspension. I think I am going to go work on handout and setup design for the concert. Remember, if you ever need me. I am not hard to find.." She smiles at Sakuya at uses a piece of paper and writes the location of her house and the training ground she uses, and hands it to Sakuya "I hope we can talk or train later. I have something I want to show you." She hugged Sakuya "See you soon, and stay safe!"

Unless stopped she turns to leave the Lords building. Nanami was hoping the concert and the training she starts to undertake go well. Once outside the building she takes a step and vanishes. Heading to the training grounds after picking up a satchel, drawing utensils and such. To make her concert flyers. Upon arriving at the training ground she walks over and places a flower on their Sensei's memorial stone "Things were so much better when you were training us. We actually got along." She looks down "It felt like the darkness waned, and a bright light was shown over us. Part of me is glad you aren't here to see what has become of our precious village.. To all of the villages. It's a mess Sensei, and the changes made because of the Land of Snow have been catastrophic." Her hand runs across the Hidden Sand headband tied to her bicep "I'll make you proud Mother... Father.. Sensei.. By ending the snow!" She looks around the village from the training ground "So many talk about how some of their ninja are being forced to join, and that they should be shown mercy.. Why?!? Did they show us any mercy?!? They'll all die."

Nanami frustrations came pouring out "Its funny that I am venting to you Sensei. Nobody would probably listen to me anyways." She lets out a long drawn out sigh "The coincidences as of late frighten me, and I am not sure how to go about finding out the truth of these coincidences. I wish you could help me figure this out, Sensei."  Nanami takes another deep breath and walks over to the tree next to the memorial. She sits down and begins to make her flyers "I figure our suspension will last a week or so. So let's plan it to be in four days.." She smiled and her mind changed gears as she went about making fifty or so flyers. This took her mind off of the conspiracy theories that she had been thinking about.

Just by habit. Nanami started singing a very slow and soft, but happy song.. The songs lyrics spoke of unity and togetherness. So for the time being she is working on the posters and practicing her vocals. Taking a break from one, to practice the other..

"Likewise," Sozui responded to Sakuya's friend. He wasn't sure what else to say, so he just didn't say anything. While the overall goal of this announcement was to make them feel united, it didn't change the fact for him that he was just one person in a sea of strangers, but then again that was sort of what he felt like when he first joined Sima's team. Sure, he had known who Fuji Sima was beforehand, but it was still like the current situation of trying to incorporate himself into a new group. Albeit, this was a larger scale, but once the announcement was made about reporting in for work assignment Sozui's outlook sort of brightened.

"So do you think we should get our squad's assignment, or should we assume that Sima will be acquiring it and round us up after that?" His question was directed to Sakuya mostly since he was also under the impression that Tenshi was going to be moving on to bigger things, but he didn't say it out loud as he didn't want to give the message that he was already trying to distance himself from relying on the older teenager for guidance.

"All right, Nanami-chan! Hope to catch up with you again soon!" Sakuya replied after they exchanged hugs and waved goodbye to her friend, turning to address Sozui's question. Her teammate did raise a concern they need to be clear with to avoid getting mixed up.

"I think it would be safe to say that Fujii-sensei will handle our squad's new assignment," the young girl assured her teammate with a smile, her spirit managing to lift up after meeting with a close friend of hers, "He will let us know once everything is set up."

Shiroma had been deeply engrossed in finishing off her ramen barely being able to process Nanami's words to her and then the announcement sounded calling all to the gathering.  She frowned but said nothing wondering what it could have been about and she was soon to find out.  The news rocked those around the stadium  not that their city had fallen but that such a coordinated attack on such a wide scale had been pulled off.  She frowned slightly at the fact of it though she had seen the skill of the snow shinobi  herself when her own land of frost had fallen over a year before.

There was something that bothered her about the sudden grasp of power that seemed to be made by the man that she had reason to question his ability to lead.  However for the moment she had no reason to doubt the veracity of his claims and so would follow since it seemed that this new land of storms was going to be the lead against the land of snow which she was fine with helping.

Meeting up with Nori the three kunoichi headed for where they were supposed to turn in their head bands.  It was shockingly easier for her to turn over her headband of Konohagkure then it was for her friends seeing as she had just gotten it that day only a few hours before.   That fact, sparked something in her mind since Sasuke himself had given her this headband she wondered was his place of leader of this new land a surprise to him as well..but sure this must have been being discussed for some time.  She shook her head clearing it as she took up the new headband turning in the old one before turning to find her friends finding herself introduced to the other team that Nanami knew.

Soon she excused herself from the group taking a chance and going to look over the list of new arrivals that was seeming to still grow every moment.  She gazed over the names wishing that there would be one from her homeland but knowing that it was highly unlikely seeing as she had seen the totally destruction of Shimogakure and the land of frost herself.  Finding no name that came out at her showing her that one of her comrades had survived she turned back and found that her friends had all disappeared.

She chuckled softly shaking her head it was to be expected at least for now since they were home and needed to get settled in.  She did wonder where it was that she would be sleeping since it hadn't been mentioned with the orders she had been given she just had to figure it out herself.

'Well at least the nights here will not be as cold as we are used too.'

'A far point.'

Turning to leave the command center she headed off toward where she had been informed the training grounds were.  At least she could find something to keep her mind occupied while she figured out the answer to where she was sleeping. Besides Nanami had asked her if she could pull off fog for her concert and that was going to take some work.
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Nanami worked diligently. She had finished almost all of her flyers when she decided to takea break. She took a waterbottle out of her bag and gulped it down. He throat was dry from singing practice, and her body needed a little rejuvenation from all the writing and drawing. Though she took as much care as she could on the flyers.. Making them look average to above average. She didn't mind it though.. If a handful of people showed up it would be enough. Nanami wasn't expecting any of the higher ups to attend. This was for the people who had lost something in the attacks, and she knew the sudden regime shift would not sit well with everybody "Hopefully none of my thoughts come to be.." She humms to herself a little more. Her random singing and humming had attracted some of the academy students, and some of the kids and parents wandering by.

So she decided to put on a practice show for those watching. Maybe some other people she knew would wander by.. With both her hands she used her wind and fire jutsu to trace her movements, leaving an afterimage of sorts following her. Then she began to sing. If anything else, she had her fullest confidence with her voice and her ninjutsu. The movements were graceful and precise. Her voice was clear and spot on. This song was filled with an uplifting melodic tone to it, and power when a part called for it. She enjoyed even making a handful of people happy.  This also made Nanami happy, something that had been rare as of late. She went through two songs. One happy, one sad. The people that were around clapped, a few boys her age whistled. Which Nanami found kind of cute, but that sort of thing wasn't really on her mind much.

Nanami took another drink from her water bottle and sat down, resting againat a tree. She wondered how Nori was.. Not the face she was fronting but how she really felt. Nanami lets out a mild cry of frustration "All of this could have been avoided if secrets weren't kept." She sighed and wondered what was behind that other block in Nori's memory.. Naanmi shakes her head from side to side "Ok, I really need to stop worrying about this stuff all the time.. If I want to put on a concert I need to focus." So she tried that for a few..

Sima had wondered around for quite sometime looking for a particular person however to no avail. It was disappointing but he did lend his brute strength in helping the village he would soon call home. He had helped carry heavy ply wood to form the shapes of the small areas that would form into living quarters for the refugees. It wasn’t long before he an intercom message had been announced about reporting in.

Using his forearm to wipe sweat off his forehead, he excused himself from the construction crew and made his way back to the Lord’s building. Heavily crowded, he repeated himself with several “excuse me” or “pardon me” as he worked his way through the crowd slowly but surely. He could feel the tension within the area as many were crying and scared when being informed of their loved one’s demises.

He knew many also felt uncertain about Sasuke’s rein over the land but unfortunately they’d have to get use to it. Sasuke hasn’t been one to run over a Land however if Naruto was still around, he knew Sasuke would be his choice as he was his equal.

He made his way to the reception desk. ”Fujii Sima, reporting in. I’d like a list of my squad and their bingo books,” he requested as the brunette that had an encounter with Nori earlier nodded her head and left to the back room. She returned shortly. ”Per your request, your squad has been updated. Tenshi is pending a promotion per Hime Sarada’s approval. Your new genin is Nakano Kyoko. Nakano’s bingo book is here however the two genin on your squad, we have yet to receive their records. Was there anything else you needed assistance with, Fujii?” she asked politely.

”Yes, when Nakano reports in, instruct her to report to the main entrance,” he added and walked away. Surprisingly Sakuya and Sozui had been around still. ”Sozui. Sakuya,” he called out amongst the crowd.

His intent had been to find his family and see how they were doing, and he still intended to do that. Sozui just got a little side track listening to all of the conversations around him, and then making casual small talk with some people. It wasn't to learn anything major about how things were like when they left their villages or any rumors that may be sprouting up. It was just normal conversation that one might have if there wasn't a war, missing village leaders or sudden loss of one's home as a list of recent events, and it was helping to put his mind at ease with the whole merger of all the lands.

Sozui turned his head when Sima called out to them, and he quickly made his way over. "Hello Sensei. I take it social hour is over, huh?" He was okay with that as he needed to get more experience either on mission or through rigorous training, and he was curious to find out who the new addition to their team was going to be. Would it be someone that took up the role that Tenshi had filled as their sensor and close quarters shinobi, or would they bring something new to the table?

Sima slumped his shoulders releazing Sozui’s question was correct. ”Unfortunately, yes. I apologize but with the recent events, there is no time to waste,” he confirmed. He held out his orders. ”Tenshi will not be joining us any longer. It has been deemed he is too experienced for our squad and with that kind background, he is needed elsewhere. He has a promising future as his own leader. He was a good comrade with an outstanding background and skills; he’ll make a great shinobi to his own group,” he began, explaining Tenshi’s discontinued service for the squad. ”However we have been assigned a new squad mate, another female I’m afraid. So it’s up to you to man up Sozui,” he joked. ”Once we gather everyone, we’ll discuss our next assignment,” he added.

Tenshi smiles a little "Well I guess this is where we depart. Right now you three are the only family I have. Stay safe.." He bows to them and turns to walk over to the desk, waiting until the woman was free.. -"So what now?"- He thinks to himself.. Even when the promotion goes through he wondered what would be coming next. His gaze turns back to his friends. Then back to the counter. There seemed to be an ever increasing line. He sighed slightly as he waited. His mind drifted as he took in all the different types of chakra voices. This was his way of relaxing his body and mind. Once he reached the counter, he waited a moment for the woman to finish her paperwork from the previous "Are there any patrols or such that I could do while I wait for to see if my promotion is approved?"

Once the woman informed him he would set out to whoever was in charge of patrols. If there weren't any such things for him to do. He would help with the construction work or train. He was looking forward to doing something.
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Hopefully not too late, Nakano came at a light run pace to the main entrance as instructed. Reporting in to total strangers in a foreign land was a bizarre experienced for Nakano to say the least, though even if barely, she managed to get through without any fumbles. She could hardly blame herself for being late thought, at least the way she saw things anyway. Her mind all over the place, with the ruin of her land and along it most likely the death of her clan, this newly and troublesome appointed continent wide Empire led by the Uchiha as it's ruling dynasty, being stuffed with a group of foreign nin into a squad. Such transitions were supposed to come easy to alleged turncoats like her kin but even that was bound to have it's limits and as far as Kyoko was concerned, her mind was found most often up in the clouds than in the moment at the present.

Raising he hand in the distance, Nakano stopped to catch her breath for a moment as she reached them before giving a formal bow and introducing herself to the group. "Nice to meet you all, I am Nakano Kyoko." Thank goodness for her foresight in asking for a rough description of her new squad mates. In the tide of people that roamed Konoha with the recent events and how heterogeneous and strange to her everyone was, it could had taken her days to tell them apart form the others.

There have been many events in Aria's life for which she has seen that she could never be unseen. She had seen dear friends die in front of her eyes. She had seen war. She had seen devastation but never to this extent. There was once a time of peace where the was a right balance in the world and nothing was out of the ordinary. There were always going to be times where not everyone got along. That was just the nature of things. Kirigakure had its own share of issues within itself and they weren't perfect. Hell. They were far from perfect. There was no doubt about that. But from what Aria had been through, nothing could be gained without sacrifice. When this mysterious man showed up at Kumogakure, Aria had this gut feeling in her stomach that terrified her. It told her that he wasn't going to stop to take what he thought was his and didn't care what he had to do to take it. He was willing to cause whatever destruction he had to and what happened that day was only the beginning. Whilst taking the Kages, this person knew that everything was going to fall apart. All of these countries had a Kage and as such, there was order. Rules. Discipline. Without them, there was no one to govern them. To be someone of hope that people could look up to. That day...there hope was taken from them and the democracy that was once holding these lands together started to fall apart. No doubt according to what this man's plan was. Just what were his intentions? Why was he doing this? Why did so many people have to die because of this purpose?

Aria returned to her village of Kirigakure for a short time after that event had happened, having left her squad behind and not knowing what happened to them. She never saw them return, but maybe they did. She didn't stay at her home for too long. As a Jonin, you were supposed to be one that young shinobi could look up to to guide and lead them, but at that point in time, even if they had stayed together, she knew what she would have had to do. She couldn't lead them. She didn't really feel like she had the right to. She had failed to protect them and to protect their Kage. She failed to be strong for all of them and she needed to make things right. She needed to seek answers as to who this man was and what his intentions were. He wouldn't have shown himself if he didn't have a purpose and she intended to find that out. However, she knew she couldn't do much of anything until she trained. As much as she had been hard on her past squad's to be their best and to not slack off, she was twice as hard on herself to do better and with the event that had happened, she had to be even stronger. All of the Five Great Shinobi Countries were going to be facing an all out war with an unknown enemy. Of that she was sure. They got a taste of just how strong they were, but what else they were capable of, no one knew.

After she left her village, Aria spent some of her time training as she traveled throughout the different Shinobi countries. It did give her a chance to assess what the current conditions of the villages were and if they had been hit by any disaster. Luckily, for most, none of the smaller villages had been hit just yet, which was a good thing. However, living conditions were starting to deteriorate and there seemed to have been an increase of violence within different villages. While each village had its own set of Shinobi to protect its citizens, it seemed that some citizens were becoming unruly and those on the outside were finding it much easier to raid and cause chaos. Soon, some started to be overrun and with each country in its dire condition, Shinobi could only do so much to keep everything together. Things couldn't continue to go on like this, but Aria had a feelings things were only going to get much worse. Something needed to be done and fast. She caught word of Sasuke Uchiha acting as the leader in Konohagakure and if there was anyone she knew would do something about this situation, it would be him. That was where her next visit would be: Konohagakure.

Upon her arrival at the village, Aria went straight to Sasuke to discuss the different conditions of the villages in the different countries and how something needed to be done. There was instability. There was no order. There was no structure. It was only going to get worse. They had no idea of what this mystery man or the Land of Snow was going to do next. They had clearly been linked together somehow and wanted to cause chaos, which confused her as the Land of Snow had been somewhat of a peaceful, quiet country. She would never have anticipated they would be involved in all this and for what purpose. The best course of action that was determined was to find out all they could about their purpose and to investigate it further. However, whilst she was there, a dear friend of her's, Fujii Sima, within ANBU came to deliver a message. ANBU discovered strange beams of light across the Land of Frost, Land of Demons, and the Land of Snow. The Land of Snow completely vanished and it was believed that the strange beams had something to do with it. As there was not enough man power to go around, Sasuke had assigned the Konoha trio to go investigate it the source. While Aria knew that it probably wasn't a good idea to send such a young squad to do so, she knew she had no say in these matters. However, after speaking with Sasuke, she wanted to dedicate her efforts into helping him figure out any information, as it would also prove beneficial to her own village, Kirigakure. She agreed to work with ANBU to get answers, but would let them do what they needed to to do. They had to investigate in order to set a proper course of action and what their next steps would be. There was hesitation in letting Aria join them, but Fujii could vouch for her skills and how helpful she would be to them in case they needed the extra force. While Aria had no intention of fighting, she knew that wasn't entirely realistic. ANBU was a team of specially skilled fighters hand picked by their Kages to be sent out on missions where they could use any tactic necessary to complete their mission, including assassination, so any missions that may have needed to be done, she would need to partake in. She knew the risks, but was willing to take them. She had to.

Although she was lending a helping hand to that of ANBU, once Aria got any important information pertaining to any suspicious activity going on, she would report it back to Sasuke. She knew he would take the information and consider their options at that point. She promised she would update him with their findings once she knew more. Throughout the period of their investigations, they had found movements by the Land of Snow. One by one, they had started to take out villages and creating ambushes, leaving many of them in ruins. Luckily for her, Kirigakure hadn't been hit just yet and she managed to get her mother and siblings out before disaster struck. That was the last place she had gone to and as Konohagakure hadn't been hit yet, she led them and as many people as she could there for safety. She had left her family in the village and reported her findings, as well as ANBU's, back to him before heading out once more. Many villages and countries had been destroyed. Her own home, gone. Everything was falling apart. Lives were lost. Homes were lost. Loved ones were lost. Aria couldn't bare to see these things happening. This mystery man and the Land of Snow had to be stopped.

Today would be the day that would return. She had rejoined ANBU's forces on a mission for which she now had to report back to Sasuke. In the midst of that mission; however, there had survivors that she found for which she helped escort back to Konohagakure. Aria went straight to the main building where she knew Sasuke would be and went to the front desk. "I am Aria Miyamoto reporting in for Sasuke Uchiha. Is he available to see me?" she asked.

Sakuya had used the time to look up where her father has been staying at, leaving a letter to assure her remaining parent that she had safely arrived at Konohagakure. It did not take long after that to find their sensei coming back to look for them - it looked like they will be meeting a new member of the team that would be taking Tenshi's place.

"Oh? Who might she be, sensei?" Sakuya asked out of curiosity on who their new teammate would be. She has put away the address she procured into one of her bags as she turned to look up to their leader. It wasn't long after that when someone approached them to introduce herself as Nakano Kyoko.

"Ah, pleased to make your acquaintance, Nakano-san," Sakuya replied as she bowed in response and introduced herself, "I am Harusame Sakuya. Is there something we can help you with?"
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Shiroma stood at the edge of the training field a little shocked how empty it was but that was something of a good thing to her.  She supposed that everyone must have been away doing something to help with the building and adding to the village.  A frown crossed her brow wondering how long this punishment was going to last since it was clear to her that this new land of Storms couldn't afford to have any military personal just sitting by the way side.

She shook her head clearing the thoughts from them and refocusing herself  on the task at hand.  She walked out into the center of the training square and knelt down closing her eyes allowing her experiences over the last few weeks with her new team take hold.  She touched on her memory of when she had been struck by the dark chakra, her chest still burned at times from its touch.   Even now as she tried to remember the feeling of capturing and redirecting the dark chakra she found the pain overwhelming her senses.   There was a touch on her mind as she felt her other self kneel beside her mentally.

'The pain is too great for you to remember anything but that.'

'Then how am I supposed to remember how I did that?'

There was a mental shrug 'Well you know why you can't remember don't you?'

Shiroma gave an irritated snort that considering no one else could hear her counterpart would look rather strange. 'I'm sure you are about to tell me.'

'You didn't do it. I mean...well your body was so overwhelmed with the pain of the strike that you couldn't focus.  But I was able to  I wasn't attached to the body at that point I could focus and was able to turn it to our use here let me show you.'

Her other self took her mental hand and memories flooded between them.  They weren't actually that different from her own memories but the pain wasn't there the feeling of the dark chakra was there and it was clear as can be how to twist and turn it to the needed flow to allow it to be redirected into her own strike.  The pair knelt there on the mental plain of Shiroma's mind sharing their memories so they both had how it felt from both points of reference. Between the pair of memories as well as her naturally high intelligence Shiroma was able to have near perfect recall of the events.   She was sure that if faced with dark chakra again she would be able to redirect it again no matter who was fighting.  Not to mention her use of one of her strongest techniques with the extra power added had given her insight into the way to properly use it.

After that long time in her own mind Shiroma opened her eyes and looked around it had been a shockingly short time and though she was mentally tired she was sure she was fine for some more training.  Standing up she stretched out any kinks that had gotten into her legs while she had been kneeling there.  As she limbered up she thought over Nanami's request for a fog bank and tried to think of how to do it.  The first thought coming to her mind was her ninjutsu hiding in frost as it was meant to obscure and that is what fog did isn't it? She decided to start there and called it up. When she looked around after using the ninjutsu she was actually a bit shocked, there was a thin layer of fog all around the training field.

"Huh...I suppose I never used it before anywhere that didn't already have the frost in place."

Now it wasn't exactly fog but it was close and she was sure with a little bit of practice she could make it heavier and lower to the ground since she had an idea of the type of effects that Nanami wanted.  After just a short time of practice she was able to focus it to create a near perfect low fog bank.

'Now lets just hope that no one involved gets cold feet.'

Shiroma laughed softly at the rather bad joke though her low level of condensed water vapor that was forming the low hanging fog was slightly cold around the feet not that she noticed.

Having finished two of the three things she had set out to do when coming to the training field she set her mind to the third and final one. She moved to the other side of the field where the taijutsu practice dummies were set up for use.  She placed one hand over her opposite elbow and drew it down rolling her wrist as she did producing her bow though with mild modifications that shifted the shape just enough and added needed strength to make it into a well balanced bo staff.  If there was one thing that she learned from her fight in the frost it was simply that she needed to be better at taijutsu or she would die easily.

She spent the next hour working through the kata's that she had been taught in the frost though she had been the only staff wielder in that land for many years.  She would need to check with the library here to see if they had any more advanced concepts for her staff fighting.  For now she worked through what she remembered and allowed herself to just accept that it would be a long road.  Though the simple matter was she preferred long ranged fighting but she would be a fool not to practice more close quarters work.  After that hour she found herself spent but she felt much more confident in her abilities with the staff at least she could block and parry now...she hoped at least.  Deconstructing her bow she turned to make her way out of the training field thinking over her next step for the day.

"I'll do my best, sensei," stated Sozui in a serious tone. If he were going to have to take a more active role in the squad's mission, then the young shinobi knew that he was going to have to adapt his style of combat so that he could take on a more frontal role, which meant that he was going to have to start training to do that. Hopefully, whatever assignment they were getting was going to have a few days of traveling, but then again he supposed testing out a new style of fighting during actual combat might give him a better idea of if it would work and throw of his enemies should it go horribly wrong. "Goodbye, Tenshi. Stay safe."

As someone arrived and introduced herself, Sozui gave her a curious expression in response while Sakuya introduced herself and asked a question. "Going to go out on a limb here and say that she is potentially the new member to our squad, but only sensei can confirm that." If this person was joining their team, then he would introduce himself, but it seemed kind of pointless if this was just going to be another face that he may or may not see in the future.

Oh she did it again, she must have looked like a fool getting the wrong group. Asking for a brief description of the gang was smart, asking for their names too would had been smarter. As things stood, she only now realized that perhaps such a general description of them wasn't all that fool proof with so many strange looking people, they looked all and the same with their myriad of differences.

Casting her eyes downward with her long fringe covering them along a good portion of her face, Nakano seemed to almost submerge the other half in her scarf, which while not so foreseeable useful, she still wore at the present. "N-nothing, nothing... I-i'm sorry. I'll be on my way." Thankfully, such a blunder would likely be rather forgettable for the foreigners, given it had to be a relative common occurrence in the current situation, not to mention that chances of them stumbling on each other anytime soon. With such hopeful and self reassuring thoughts, Nakano began to slowly walk backwards and away from the group.

And Kyoko would had continued to do so until she as out of sight, hadn't Kondo opened his mouth. Awkwardly freezing in place midstep, she added. "Oh, well, maybe...?" Now she was wishing she had actually made a mistake, being right all along after this would be even worse.

Nanami laid there against the trunk fo the tree for a few. The small performance was tiring.. Now she imagines a longer and more involved performance. She smiled either way, it felt good to smile and make others smile. Something everyone needs during these rough times of transition. It was something, going from many ninja villages down to two. The Hidden Leaf, and the Hidden Sand.. Her mind drifted to it "I hope everyone there is alright.." She smiled and stood up "Well these posters aren't going to post themselves." She stands placing the posters into her pack and she casually makes her way around the training ground areas.

Nanami hears someone practicing in one of the grounds. She smiled when she could see it was Shiroma. However she didn't wish to disturb her teammates concentration since it looked like her training required focus and attention. Watching her use a quarterstaff, something that was new since all Nanami had seen Shiroma use was a bow "She must be thinking how I am. Beating Kotatsu and Sigmund will require the ability to defend ourselves in close quarters. Which I plan to work on as well." She watched but didn't disturb Shiroma.

She waited for Shiroma to finish and and start to leave before talking to her "Your training looked intense.." She said with a smile "Anyways I made posters for my concert. So I was going to travel to the businesses and restaurants. To post them up.. Your welcome to join me if you want too?"

In reply to Nakano Kyoko (msg # 56):

Before Sima could even answer his group, a girl had approached them. After he had Nakano’s bingo book in tow, he immediately reconciled her to be their final transfer member to their group. However before he could even open his mouth, Sakuya chimed in just after Sozui pointed out that she was possibly their new member. The girl hesitated in speech and her body language showed lack of discipline. Unfortunately for her, Dima was not amused in the slightest. The nervousness this girl had radiating off of her made Sakuya look significantly tougher. However the girl decided to walk away slowly as Sima shook his head.

”It’s sad to say, but that girl is our final member. I am not amused,” he uttered to them. He stepped forward, the white haired giant with a glaring look. ”Nakano Kyoko,” he stated, knowing very well she could hear them. ”Is this the best Iwagakure has to offer? A shy, nervous little girl?” he asked. His students knew to remain quiet at this point. They knew he was harsh when it came to new squad mates. ”I find your lack of order most disappointing. Report in - NOW!” he said sternly. After the small encounter and glimpse of this girl, his impression of her was not a good one at all. Coming from a different village and land entirely, he expected her to be much more leader like and approachable coming from Iwagakure however his impression of the land now was lower than Kirigakure’s.

In reply to Miyamoto Aria (msg # 52):

Everything seemed to settle down as more refugees seemed to be satisfied with the outcomes of their loved ones. Unfortunately for her, her tough father taught her how not to be emotionally attached during times like war however as Hime, she felt empathy for these people. She couldn’t imagine what they felt or what their mind set could bring as they traversed to the unknown.

It wasn’t long before she was approached by an older woman, bearing a Kirigakure headband and stating who she was. Taking note of her name, she was the Jonin that that old woman had been seeking out earlier that day. Unfortunately Miyamoto here had her duties first and personal business later. She placed her finger up as a way to say hold on as she checked on the small screen that looked like a tablet. She had to ensure her father was even taking any appointments. ”The Lord is very busy right now. How urgently did you need to see him?” She asked as she looked up from the screen.

Sarada has knew the condition of Aria’s confidential orders however she wanted to know how urgent this matter truly was. Was her father even expecting her back and did Aria even bring back any intel for that matter? Lord Sasuke really hasn’t wanted to speak to anyone for awhile especially after the announcement he made early this morning.

If Kyoko wasn't an embarrassed and nervous then, she was almost gibbering now. "Yes! N-no, I think..." Her hair hung down from her head flat and heavy almost as if it had weights tied to it, eyes almost burning holes through her own feet. "Sor... What? I thought I did. I am sorry." She confusedly and apologetically answered. She had done it now it seemed, talk about a great way to start with her new squad. Almost seeming to shrink on the spot, with her arms hanging by her sides, Nakano remained quiet, glued to the spot she was at as she was apparently scolded for doing just that sort of thing.

"Ah, it's my fault for making things confusing," Sakuya admitted as she looked to her sensei and Sozui. The girl looked to be close to her age, did it mean she had recently graduated from the academy before her village was attacked? She looked to be fresh from the academy judging from her actions, reminding Sakuya of her time when she recently joined their team.

"Let's try it from the top, shall we?" Sakuya assured Kyoko as she tried to reset the atmosphere so the latter could properly report herself to their leader, "You are here to meet up with your new squad..."

Sakuya hoped this lead would get Kyoko to properly introduce herself and report to Fujii-sensei.

Fuji's assessment of Nakano was quite right, she looked anything but tough or imposing, almost frail even. Kyoko had some of the trappings of a ninja and the new protector around her neck along the scarf, but otherwise one couldn't be blamed to question her claim of being a genin.

Straightening herself a little, although far for looking anyone in the eye, Kyoko took a deep breath and bowing to them again, tried introducing herself once more. "I believe I will be your new squad member, I am Nakano Kyoko, nice to meet you." With some luck that would suffice, it better do, because she didn't know how otherwise, or so she thought anyway.