The Guards and Escorts (Open)

Muninn's gaze flared in rage. What the hell was everyone thinking? It was a serious issue, and it needed to be addressed. He hadn't been talking down to anyone, other than the sternness in his voice being quite obvious. Responding to the words speaking in his head, he would reply in thought that he hadn't really meant anything by it other than trying to make a point. It was a valid one, and no one other than the former Mori nin had a right to be pissy about Okami. He digressed, however, and turned his attention to Kurai, who was trying to talk down to him and to Junior, who was being a bit of a brat with too much power for his age. Not that he'd ever say anything aloud due to his temper issues, mind you, but it was again a valid point. Kurai at least was being sensible, however, and made a very good point. With the speed that the young lady had grabbed him, she likely had some sort of ability that boosted her battle prowess beyond what it should have been, and that made her more powerful than he was. Physically, everything but his speed needed work. He could have probably pulled some room between them by using Mokuton, but to use any of his abilities on her would be an act of war. Fuck.
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If he was dropped, he would begin to rub his throat with his single hand, turning to Kurai. "I'm sorry. I just didn't like the way they were treating Okami. He hadn't done anything to them to deserve it. I get the feeling that even you are willing to work with him after his past stupidity. I mean, seriously. Even after losing my arm, I don't hold a grudge against Ranmaru and Kaia-Mai. It's in the past, so I just let it go and want to work forward to better myself. Can we go now?"

Giving a final look around the room, he would walk out and wait outside for Kurai to join him. He had a lot to work on, and less time to do it in.

Shizuka while holding Muninn in the air thought of every way possible she could kill him before anyone could stop her: a snap of the neck, a light release bullet from her gun, a kunai to the heart. Yet, she didn't do any of those things, she just continued to glare at him up until the point that Kurai put his hand on her shoulder. A shift of her gaze told her who is was and the fact that he was a Kurayami-nin, or had been, was enough to keep her from reacting violently. His pleas for her to let Muninn go was the only thing that was keeping the former Harukage alive.

However, it wasn't until Junior got in front of her did she fully begin to respond and allowed her hand to be removed from Muninn's neck. She felt Junior wrap his arms around her, and her arms around him, and allowed herself to be moved away from the former Harukage though she didn't take her eyes off of him for even a second: she didn't trust him not to try something stupid in an attempt to seek some kind of revenge.

It was clear that both Junior and Kurai wanted Muninn to leave, to leave and to behave himself, but would he? Junior told him not to say anything at all, to leave without making a comment, likely to try and keep Shizuka from going after him again or perhaps to try and help keep his own temper in check. Muninn began to speak despite Junior's warning for him to just leave and Shizuka was beginning to get the feeling that the guy had a death wish, or perhaps was trying to egg one of them into attacking him again. Shizuka, to her credit, was far calmer this close to Junior than she had been moments ago when she had slammed Muninn up against the wall by his throat: it was Junior's arms around her that was keeping her from making another go at the guy.

So, instead, she watched him walk out of the dining room. Several seconds after he was truly gone her whistling would stop and a soft content hum would start up. She was glad Muninn was gone, and quite content being this close to Junior too. Idly she would reach up with her right hand and began to run her fingers through his hair idly. While she did so she found herself wondering if she would get into some kind of trouble for attacking Muninn, though she had no regrets in doing so.

Suna, who still looked like something was wrong with him, even moreso now, didn't have anything nice to say back to Muninn. He was holding his head in his hands. Myuto looked at him, concerned. What was up with him? Miyuki likewise had nothing nice to say back to Muninn, and threatened to do him serious harm.

Kurai the new Harukage asked him why he hadn't left yet. He said his actions weren't getting him any closer to getting the Harukage title back, and that it would be a disgrace for him to be killed by a Genin. He also said it was a dumb move to be talking down to someone who was his main weakness: fire. Kurai and Jr pleaded with the quiet girl to let Muninn go so that he could leave, with Jr telling him not to say anything else and to just walk out. Kurai told Okami and Jayr to start heading back to Mori, with Okami giving one final apology to Miyuki and Suna before heading out.

Muninn was let go, and started talking again. He half expected Jr or Shizuka to attack and end him, but then, they made it clear that they just wanted him to leave. He was soon turning and heading out of the Kane Mansion. Myuto took a deep breath and let it out slow. Through it all, his plain expression hadn't changed, even though this was the most action and excitement that he'd seen in a long time. He'd quickly sketched pictures of everything to capture the moments, sipping his Kurayami water, and was now putting the finishing touches on his pictures.

Umiko would likely be coming out of the room next, and it would be time to head home to show his family the many pictures of his journey he'd drawn.

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...Suna didn't even want to watch this shit. Normally, he'd be laughing and ragging on this weak Senju man. But this situation, him, and that lobster Okami were the last things on his mind. Suna didn't even look up when Okami apologized. He wasn't paying attention to what Kurai said, or what Jr said, or what Muninn said when the quiet girl Shizuka let him go.

The pain was dulled since he was looking down towards the floor, but that didn't mean it was gone. He was irritated and in pain, as if someone took something solid across his head several times. Suna wanted all of these idiots to just disappear. He liked this village a lot, but right now he just wanted to go home, and lie in his bed until these pains disappeared, even if it took days. The drama around him seemed to just make the headache worse.

Suna didn't want Miyuki to worry about him and start asking questions again, or even worse, tell coach Emiko. He would have to endure until he was back in Sabaku, where he could retreat into the solitude of his 2 roomed house. He sat up straight again, slowly feeling the pains building up and become worse yet again...

~Suna Out~

"Someone very wise once told me that your actions have a ripple effect. What you do, the things you say, they're like ripples on a pond. Okami tried something stupid with Suna, but that doesn't mean Suna is the only one who has a right to have an issue with him, Muninn. I'm Suna's friend, I was there that day, I have a problem with Okami too. He just needs to deal with it. You need to deal with it. You talking to people as if you're better than them and superior to them isn't going to help the situation either. Sometimes your actions cannot be simply undone by an apology; sometimes they can never be undone. Okami just needs to accept that." Miyuki felt she had to say her peace before Muninn left, so she did.

They were all linked in some way or another to the situation that Okami caused: either directly or indirectly. Therefore they all had a right to have a problem with him despite what Muninn might have thought. She imagined that Shizuka had done what she had done because she felt it was warrented due to the way Muninn had been speaking to Junior, just as Muninn had felt the need to stick up for Okami. Ripples. Lots of ripples.

Miyuki focused her attention back on Suna, able to tell that something was still very wrong with him. She wasn't going to pry if he didn't want to tell her so instead she settled on figuring it was time to go home. "Suna? Why don't we go wait out front for Emiko sensei. She should be along shortly... If he was willing to follow her, and capable of doing so, she would wave goodbye to everyone and then head out of the mansion.

"I'm sorry. I just didn't like the way they were treating Okami. He hadn't done anything to them to deserve it. I get the feeling that even you are willing to work with him after his past stupidity. I mean, seriously. Even after losing my arm, I don't hold a grudge against Ranmaru and Kaia-Mai. It's in the past, so I just let it go and want to work forward to better myself. Can we go now?"

Man, was this guy asking to get killed. These guys loved running their mouthes and offering up all kinds of bullshit excuses for their actions, expecting everyone to just go "OK" and accept it. "Like I said," Jr retorted. "That guy tried to pull a sword on Suna. That isn't something you just let go and hug it out over. I don't know about Suna, but i'll never like that idiot, and i'll never like you either. Now i'm done talking to you, you're irritating me to no end."

Miyuki explained to Muninn the consequences of their actions before he left. Jr, still hugged up with Shizuka, looked towards Kurai. "Man... are you gonna have your hands full looking after those two morons. Good luck bro, you're gonna need it." Jr gave him a thumbs up, then squeezed Shizuka somewhat.

"Don't worry about dad, Quiet. Honestly I don't think he'll care, he hasn't come out here. If he was mad at you he'd have been in your face by now, so it's no sweat. Those guys are idiots, and best of all, gone now. So things can get back to normal around here. I think i'm gonna go relax a while. All this excitement has me worked up...."

Jr let go of Shizuka, waving back to Miyuki as she left, and also to Myuto and Kurai, before heading towards the staircase and up to one of the rooms...

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Junior said not to worry about his father; that if he had had a problem with what happened he would have been in her face by now and she'd know it. He added that Muninn and Okami were idiots, and best of all they were gone now. He then said that he was going to go relax for a while, that all of the excitement had him worked up.

Shizuka watched him leave and then, humming loudly once more, she headed outside so that she could take up her favorite perch on top of the left tower. She jumped from one thing to the next until making it to the roof where she sat down comfortable. She unhooked her gunscythe from her belt after that and opened it up so that she could look through it, watching the village as she so often did...


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...And the room had pretty much cleared out at that point. Myuto finished the pictures of the confrontation and filled his bottle back up. He put the drawings away and stood, heading outside onto the front porch.

Taking a seat on the steps, Myuto pulled out his paper and pencils to sketch one last picture of Kurayamigakure's skyline. This had been an interesting experience, and it was good to be informed on things. Sabakugakure and Murayamigakure nin had problems with nin in Morigakure. The forest village was looking weak at first, but with the edition of 2 strong Kurayamigakure nin, things looked to change.

Myuto took a walk through the streets, taking everything in. Kuraiyamigakure was nearly as big as Umigakure. Everyone looked happy and thriving even though they lived in constant darkness. Myuto made plans to revisit, and took a position near the front gates to wait for the Umikage.

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(Rp post # 28, WC: 4,522)