Cup O' Noodles. {Open to all Kumo Shinobi's }

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The time had passed slowly the previous night Mayuri sat awake in his bed toying around with old memories for hours upon hours, letting the torment of his life overwhelm him May's Depression was to great for him to bare the days seemed to fade into nights his insomnia kept him in a haze. The Chunin had hit a all time low to the point of self mutilation; Starvation, and many attempts to end his life; but in the end he failed at even that. Through the struggles of loosing his family and friends Mayuri had lost his very sanity all hope and peace that once filled his heart was replaced by hatred and pain, the pills he was subscribed seemed to have no effect the endless consumption of the little white tablets made his body weak and frail. Kumogakure had just bore witness to one of the first natural disasters the village has ever undergone, the swift and unexpected attack by a group of Rogue Ninja shattered the Foundation of the Cloud village Economy. It would seem the village couldn't catch a brake shortly after the Attack Raikage Saruno was assassinated, although most of Kumo's problems sprang from his weak and distasteful leadership the village still depended on him. Kumo now in shambles the village Elders had no were else to turn except to the only thing they had left to lean on The Uchiha Clan, after some careful deliberation a new Raikage was elected the Uchiha prodigy and Mayuri's Very own Sempai; Kiero Uchiha.

A bottle of pills later Mayuri managed to achieve two minute hours of sleep and when he awoke he rolled over and gazed upon the floor, the room was dark and had no windows, standing briefly May stomped tiredly around until he had found a set of clothes to wear for the day. Gently sliding his hand up the base of the wall May flipped on the lights, the instant jolt of light surged through the room like a bolt of lighting striking and lighting up the deep dark night. Stumbling over to his dresser May looked up placing his hands upon the wooden counter top, he had seemed to age quickly the dark bags under his eyes were defiantly from his great amount of stress he endured. Gathering his things slowly Mayuri pulled his Indigo Armor over his head letting the thin metallic defense slip down his torso until it fit perfectly, Strapping on his two Weapon pouches, Katana and slowly slidding a scroll up his left sleeve, after brushing his teeth and getting his necessities together May threw on a black cloak with a hood and then left his apartment building and went to the streets, for a few hours the Chunin Roamed around almost in a zombie state. After making his way down the stair well Mayuri walked out into the open doorway that let to the vile civilian crowded walkways and restaurants, it often made him sick to be around large groups of people, he felt like he needed to get away he couldn't stand the pressure of being a shinobi and no one could change his mind. Spotting a small ramen shop just a few blocks away May headed over in its direction after a night of thinking he always liked a nice glass of warm Sake and a big bowl of noodles, as he glided over thoughts of his father passed through his mind and how he once told May that its not always a bad thing to run from your problems and sometimes its for the better. Setting down in a empty stool Mayuri layed his balled up fist on the counter and quickly opened his palm, letting a few coins fall May spoke " Ill have the usual." He said as he waited for his order of ramen and sake to arrive.

Nobunaga Oda Uchiha walked down the now somewhat busy streets of Kumo. After Saruno was assassinated in these very streets, it took a while for the villagers to come back out into the open. There fear over someone so powerful killed right in next to their homes. They did not know if it was because of the war effort that Kumo had put against the Leaf, it was all to much of a mystery. Which made it that much more frightening for the their families and their own lives, because now it was danger in their own city. Oda knew better though. This was just an attack on the Raikage. Rather it was from the Leaf or not. But matters would be investigated fully. They would have answers soon enough. His cape flew into the wind as he walked into a ramen shop. His brow full of thoughts and speculations. His lips perched to the side a little as he spoke in a deep tenacious voice, "Mayuri Uchiha. It is time." The boy sat in a stool eating ramen that was giving to him by the cook. Oda didn't eat much and it was uncommon. But the Uchiha was all business today. Time to teach the boy what it meant to be a Uchiha. He turned around, swinging his cape along with him. Beckoning simply for the boy to follow him as he walked out the threshold.

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His Noodles and drink were delivered quickly by a young girl near his age She was dressed mostly in white and as she turned from him Mayuri gazed over her, but quickly returning his attention to the bowl of Ramen May picked up his chop sticks clanking them together a couple of times. Gripping tightly to the wooden utensils Mayuri sunk the two twigs deep into the hunk of noodles, twisting his hands around delicately the chunnin brought a entangled mess of the steaming food to his mouth. With his bright White porcelain teeth he latched onto the Noodles while simultaneously sucking then into his mouth to no surprise of his own the overwhelming taste tingled his taste buds as the delicious Ramen landed on his tongue, after getting the majority of the food from the tiny bowl Mayuri took his chopsticks and plucked the odd pieces of shrimp that were left floating in the broth. Cupping his hands around the small hand crafted china Mayuri gently brought up the brim of the bowl to his lips; slurping the remaining liquid from the bowl the Chunnin guzzled it almost instantly, after placing it back down May lifted the Shot glass and threw back the Sake into his mouth; swallowing the burning alcohol the boy stood thanking the Girl a final time. After hearing his name Called Mayuri turned to meet the man and as his eyes came over his face he was easily recognized, the two shinobi had known each other even went as far talking at a Clan meeting but they had never gathered outside of Clan Headquarters, but seeing as Keiro talked of him often it was no rarity the two should converse. Following in the Jonin's Footsteps May replied to him, " I Guess Kiero was too busy, so he sent you in his place.." As the Chunnin spoke you could detect the relentlessness in his voice.

((RPing as a NPC hawk that Kaze had put under a spell with his Sharingan.))

Few clouds littered the sun light, peace was unwavering. A small hawk passed through valleys and mountains, making its way towards Kumogakure. The bird flapped its wings, and then lowered them slightly, letting itself glide through the air for a few moments. After a while, the hawk could see Kumogakure in the distance. Seeing its destination clearly, the bird began to gradually increase its speed. Now flying above Kumogakure, the hawk slowed down its pace. The bird then flew lower towards the streets of the city, looking for its target. Two hours passed before it finally spotted its target, Mayuri Uchiha. Knowing what to do, the hawk immediately began to slowly head towards Mayuri. ”Caw!” The hawk squaked, landing beside Mayuri and Nobunaga. The hawk was light brown, with a furry white chest and a sharp yellow beak. As they both can see, unlike any other creature in the world, the hawk’s eyes took the form of a fully-mature Sharingan. This gave proof that the hawk seemed to be under the influence of a Sharingan user. But the question was: Who?

Kiero Uchiha... the newly appointed Raikage of Kumogakure. A man so mysterious and powerful, only few knew his true abilties. After attaining his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, he sought a group called " the Prodigies of the Uchiha ". And at the same time he joined, Saruno the 3rd Lightning Shadow got assassinated, the village was left in shambles. The Council had no choice but to sought the help of Kumogakure's most powerful shinobi's, and out of those list, Kiero was picked. And now he is the 4th Lightning Shadow, the supreme ruler of Kumogakure. By that time, he was at his room at the Raikage Tower, the window showed the vast lands that Kumo covers. He carefully tied his white cloak, and slowly took the Kage Hat in a table beside his bed. Kiero made his way out the tower. His face fully covered that only his eyes were shown, his whole body is clothed and hidden. All of the shinobi's that he passes salutes him, showing the respect he needed. Kumo was left into shambles when the Raikage was killed, fear clutched everyones heart, there was no sign of peace. But now a random guy takes on the mantle of the Raikage, walking down the streets of Kumogakure like nothing really happened. He slowly made it into the center of Kumo, where many people gather, shinobi and citizens alike. But there's one significant thing, everyone follows the Raikage with a sight. But everyone was quite puzzled who is the new Raikage, it was quite hard to know, his fully covered. As Kiero walked down the path, his eyes was looking straight into the pathway, not bothered by the unsuspecting eyes gazing upon his stature. It was quite absurd and crazy, for the Raikage walking in the busy streets of Kumo like a normal guy without any bodyguards. " Soon,... this village would be no longer a shame..." Kiero murmured as he continued to walk, like a mindless zombie, in the middle of a swarm of soldiers. Soon he found himself walking towards a group of shinobi, infront of a ramen shop.

As Kiero approached them he greeted them, " Dark greetings... Nobunaga and Mayuri.." the shinobi's were both from the Uchiha Clan. Nobunaga held a dark secret about Kiero and himself. He stared at them eye to eye, his eyes gleaming in the light and showed no sign of evil. But for a moment, his attention was caught by a hawk beside the two Uchiha. When Kiero carefully analyzed it, he quickly knew it wasnt a normal hawk, and when he examined the eyes, it bore a sharingan. Kiero smiled behind the clothing that covered his whole face. His eyes suddenly swirled to spinning at a very fast motion, it revealed a pair of perfect sharingans. Kiero knew, that who ever is controlling the hawk, is seeing also what the hawk sees. He looked at the hawk's eyes, eye to eye. But soon he brought his attention back to the Uchiha's. He slowly spoke, " Nobunaga, ... there's something I want you to work on... Kirigakure no Sato... is working on something.. sending some shinobi's outside the villages according to my intel inside Kirigakure..." He took lapse first before continuing his statement, " its simple, I want those shinobi's dead no matter what they're numbers are and powerful they are..." He looked at Nobunaga with his eyes and sharingan activated, showing that he was serious, " And take Mayuri with you if you..... like.."

Ryu hadn't been greeted with a welcome nice place like he had expected. Sure he purposely kept down low, purchasing a hat to cover his face from the cold and rain of the village. The place looked like it was just a battle zone, something suna had no knowledge of..or he was at least never informed of this. It was fully possible that they had been attacked on his way there but he had no idea what village. Slowly he began to feel sorry for the people, the place was in shambles as repairs were taking place. Every now and then somebody would shoot a look at him, trying to see who was hiding their face from view. His reaction would be to simply duck off from their line of sight and not say a word. It was awkward enough that he had his sand ninja band around his arm for everyone to see. But one thing he didn't like to do was involve himself in another villages affairs. In the distance even the Kage's office was damaged, leading Ryu to wonder if anyone was living there at the time. "Guess this is why they wanted me to put that barrier up back home I guess. If we aren't careful, I'm sure we are next." Walking the street Ryu made his way around parts of a fallen building, obviously charred from an explosion or jutsu. This only made him wonder who had managed to break into here in the first place now, and how they managed to do so much damage. Suddenly the obvious crackle of thunder could be heard overhead and the sky darkened and let loose a torrent of rain. People from about all over the street ran inside to avoid being soaked, soon it was only Ryu and a few damaged shops. Some where people had smashed a window in, and a select few decided to begin and brave to the storm to keep moving. Since he had no rain coat, Ryu decided to leave the open street and begin taking the back alleys. More then once having to leave them just to try and figure out where he was going. This was one of very few times he had ever been in this village, getting lost was something that was obviously going to be common. The rain on the other hand was unforgiving, the air became cold and it only got worse. The only thing that kept Ryu partially dry was the hat he had bought to cover his face from view. He needed to find an official who could tell him what was going on, and keep it short. He had been away from home long enough and getting back was his top priority at the moment. Ryu stepped hard as he quickened his pace with the intention of eventually getting inside. In just a short time he stomped into a puddle and looked at it as it distorted his image then went back to normal. "The ripples of our actions...even the sky is crying for this place." Taking another walk, he kicked something hard, it sent a metal clang as it rolled across the ground. Looking down Ryu picked up a badly dulled kunai, looking around he saw just a small bit of blood on the walls. Showing an obvious omen of what had just happened here, staring at the used weapon he couldn't help but feel like it was a warning for him, but he quickly put that out of his mind. He would need to go see the council members to ask about, the current status of the RaiKage. If the rumors were true and what Ryu thought happened expected this village was in worse shape than it appeared. Without someone leading it these places could very well fall apart. Under his jacket, Ryu smirked just a little bit before throw the kunai against a nearby wall. The rain was in no way letting up, he would have to stop now and rest for tomorrow.

Not only that but it was still getting colder, he could see every breath he took coming out as a ring of mist. Finding someplace to stay was top priority so that he could warm up and dry off. He found a place, it was closed and the building was damaged but it was a place. Though he had much too much pride to stay there, twisting the goryu ring on his finger Ryu began to look around. He saw a shop, with a little light and fire and obviously three other people there. It was then that his hunger hat settled in. He had not eaten anything since he came to the mountains of the village. Walking through there was one notable thing he did notice, the closer you got the the center of the village the more shinobi there were on guard trying to help in the fixing effort. It explained why this part looked better than the rest. It was probably the last part to be attacked and the first to be fixed. A little ironic if you were to think about it. Certainly the people on the outer edge had been hit harder, and it was taking longer for them to get back to normal, there had to be some anger there to some degree. Ryu smirked as he thought about this villages, perspectives and how they intended to get things done. "The Kage comes first at all times I guess." Finally he found a ramen shop, open he could see the light coming through and decided to head in side. He had to eat after all, nothing worse than completing a mission on an empty stomach. Ryu walked under the banner, leaving the cold hard unforgiving rain behind him, taking a seat he didn't so much as toss a glance towards the three people sitting beside him. Ryu quickly ordered, taking a glass of sake while he waited for his food to be completed he looked on. The first thing he noticed was the owl. Several things about it stood out to him, first of all he didn't expect to see one in the mountains, and secondly in this weather to top that. Something about it seemed off but he could never put a finger on what until he took a look at it's eyes. It was then Ryu noticed how different it was from any owl or bird in general he had ever seen. The bird had what seemed like three pupils spread out into a wheel and blood red eyes. It must have caught the attention of the other three ment cause they were staring at it as well. Then while looking at them, noticing that they were all shinobi Ryu's eyes became wide as he got to the one sitting directly next to him. It was the Raikage, though Ryu had no way of telling if it was a new one or an old one since they were not facing each other. But Ryu shook his head at the chance he almost missed. He had been sent to see if the rumors were true and here was the person right in front of him that he was looking for. Still he looked like he was locked in a conversation, so turning around and looking outside at a damaged building, Ryu said to himself but just loud enough for those around him to hear. "What the hell, happened here."

A Bright light shinned down on Kumo, but was soon was blocked out by dark monstrous clouds. The Sun was trying its best to shin threw the clouds but just wasn't happening because of the clouds but the times that the sun did get threw it shinned right threw a window right in a young boys face as he slept. The young boy was a Chuunin that resigned in the cloud village, but was disturbed from his sleep by the bright light that shinned right into his eye. The light caused him to be temporary blind just because his eyes hadn't yet adjusted to the light that was in his house and out side. The young Chuunin squinted his eye's a bit as he looked around his room trying to figure out why in the hell it was so bright all of a sudden. His head hit his bed once again as he his dark black eyes shut and fell into a light sleep. While on verge of falling into a deep sleep Danzo got the urge to eat because thats what his stomach wanted, but his mind told him to sleep which made his whole process of sleeping dreadful. This of course dragged Danzo out of his bed, or at least just to the edge were he let his feet hang down touching the cold and slight wet floor. Danzo hadn't noticed that water had been split on the ground because he was use to the coldness and to him for the moment just felt like the cold and not water. Danzo put strenght on his legs as he pushed off the bed with his palm standing up with one of his hands rubbing his eye's waiting for them to adjust to the light. Once had happened Danzo noticed that he was standing in a puddle of water, instead of cleaning it up Danzo just let out a large sigh while walking to his closet. Danzo pulled out his cloak, swords, and a par of socks that he put on immediately along with the rest of the stuff needed, then headed towards the door exiting his house.

The second that Danzo stepped away and out of his house he had been soaked by the water falling from above. Even though Danzo had lived his whole life around water today he just wasn't in the mood to deal with the water, or at least tell he got something in his stomach ending his huger. Walking down a flight of stairs, then down a long path way that brought him one step closer to the center of the village where he would end his journey and eat. As Danzo walked further and further the sound of foot steps smashing into water puddles could be heard and it was getting closer and closer every second, with out knowing it two little kids came running around the corner bumping into Danzo. One of the two kids had ran into Danzo's arm "Sorry sir" the kid said "Its alright fells like you just cured the itch." Danzo replied with a slight chuckle because his arm was itching but he didn't want to put the effort into scratching his arm, but now it was all handled. Slowly Danzo turned around and began walking once again trying to reach the ramen shop over by the center of the village. While walking Danzo noticed something different but just couldn't stretch it out, Danzo didn't give off the impression that something was wrong but just kept on walking hoping to find out was it was and soon. With a slight glance into the air the young Chuunin noticed a hawk that had roamed the air, but Danzo had caught him while the bird had it's back to Danzo. Danzo took his attention off the hawk and began focusing on getting to the ramen shop because to many things were delaying him from completing his mission to receive food for his stomach. The sound of water being stepped into could be heard, but his time no one was around which made this interesting and if Danzo would of been paying attention he would of noticed that it was his foot that had came in contact with the water. A large sigh was let out while he looked down at his wet foot, then looked back up to see a bright light with Various legs seen which meant that people had already been eating there and looked like Danzo was going to be joining.

Danzo began walking towards the light as he extended his arm under the banner, then pulling it up to see everyone in the restaurant. They also would of seen a young Chuunin around the age of 14 with blond hair, Dark Black eyes, and a two katana equipped one him. One was on his back with the handle pointed to the right side of his back, and the other one was strapped to his side both protected with there white sleeves. Danzo also wore a long white cloak with a little blue on it, his cloak was soaked. So soaked that it dripped water off it along with his hair that hung just above his eyes. With water dripping off his hair Danzo walked complete into the restaurant getting a good look at everyone in the room starting with the shinobi from Suna then ending with the Raikage. "Sir Raikage ....Gentlemen" Danzo said while giving a nod symbolizing his way of saying his "Hello" or just simply acknowledging there existence. Danzo, then took a set as he looked at the young girl behind the counter waiting to here his order "I'll take the regular ramen." Danzo said to her as she gave him a weird look because the regular ramen was the most unlikely one to get picked, he knew there was better ramen but for now he was in the mood for the regular one. "Ok...Be back with your order in a minuet" The lady replied soon disappearing into the back. Danzo slightly turned towards the Raikage along with the two uchiha's wondering what was going on, but from the looks of it Danzo was going to have to stay here to find out.

(Sorry for the unneeded shit in this post..got bored

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The young girl from the Ramen stand waved Mayuri off with a blush and smile; an as he took his first few steps out of the Stands canopy the overhead shower quickly drenched his body, his thick long black hair conducted the water almost like a sponge, and the water droplets accumulating at such a high rate made the boy react. Gently sliding his hands up the black water repellent robe Mayuri grasped onto the folds in the Cloaks hood flipping it upwards letting the black silk material fall over the Chunnin's head, gazing upward into the sky May watched as the dark ominous clouds twisted an churned sending down large sheets of rain throughout a unaddressable period of time. May managed to gain a few steps away from the Ramen Stand before his named was called; and by a voice he very well known and recognized, Immediately stopping in his tracks May shifted the base of his heel allowing him to turn and face the newly appointed Raikage. As the falling rain gathered in some dips of his hood it dripped from the brim of his shawl as the pockets filled; looking up into the eyes of his Sensei, Mayuri listened intently to his short speech and with a instant reply May nodded while speaking somberly; " Raika-Sama, If that is your wish, I will accompany Nobunaga on this task." Raising his left hand slowly Mayuri Tenderly placed his palm upon the hilt of his Katana; Nenshou, both Nobunaga and Kiero stood inches taller than the Chunnin but even talking with high class ninja such as them he stood proud and tall seemingly not letting his low rank throw his say out. And as the Raikage averted his attention to the sky Mayuri watched closely over him and wondered to himself why he activated his Sharingan, quickly rounding his body back to its previous direction Mayuris eye's took to the sky attempting to spot what Kiero had fixated upon. With a Short outburst of Chakra Mayuri's Tomoe Two Sharingan Formed in his eye's the blood red Iris carried two Jet black Tomoe's rotating around the center pupil, His immature eyes finally locked onto what the Raikage had been previously studying; it appeared to be a hawk circling above the street they stood on. But its chakra flow seemed to be disrupted by a stronger force, with a little more observation May was able to catch a slight glance of its left eye; his soft gentle grip on his katana turned into a firm clamp, making veins in his left hand protrude increasing the blood that surged through his veins. " Kiero, Maybe we should cut are conversation short, I Feel that if we discus anymore on this topic out here, we could very well loose our upper hand." Glancing over to the ramen stand Mayuri watched as more and more customers seemed to flood in, with a outburst of words from a unknown person; the Chunnin forwarded his attention to a particular man setting in a stones throw of Kiero. Still standing out in the downpour Mayuri Moved slowly back under the awning gaining a stance closer to Raikage-Sama, paying similar attention to the other kumo Chunnin that was seated; May closely followed the actions and happenings around his Sensei.

Upon listening to the Raikage's request. Nobunaga nodded in unison with him finishing his speech. Impeccable as always was their leader. Both of the Prodigies and the Hidden Cloud. Kiero had spotted the hawk overhead as did Oda. Nobunaga scowled as he noticed the Sharingan in the hawks eye. Someone else was being a bit to nosy in affairs that was too dangerous for them to handle. It might have been the Leaf village. But their style was unlike this, he should know. Espionage was one of his many skills. He flicke his wrist, so quick was the moment that the Kunai was almost was unseen before it struck the Hawk. Dying instantly as the force of the object pinned it against a nearby wall. " Kiero, Maybe we should cut are conversation short, I Feel that if we discus anymore on this topic out here, we could very well loose our upper hand."Mayuri had said to Kiero.

"Remember to respect his lordship at all times when addressing him. Do not call him by his first name as if you are his equal, do not worry about someone spying, as you can see I have seen to that. "Nobunaga said looking at Mayuri, his voice was stern but it was only a warning to show respect. " And yes Raikage-sama, I will take Mayuri with me as well." Suddenly there was an appearance from two of their own Shinobi and a Sand ninja. Nobunaga arched an eyebrow. Why was a Sand ninja here? But he and Mayuri had business to attend to, maybe this as a matter for the Raikage. He began walking away, with Mayuri.

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It first started with small drops, soon it turned into a full form rain. Its raindrops gently poured upon Kiero's kage clothes, the raindrops itself didnt picked a target. No matter who you are, no matter how powerful are you... the raindrops will never fear you. He watched as one by one, shinobi's came into a casual Ramen Stand, making it quite unusual. He silently observed everyone, as Mayuri turned his head to spot the hawk recircling around them. The sentence " Kiero, Maybe we should cut are conversation short, I Feel that if we discus anymore on this topic out here, we could very well loose our upper hand." was truly unrespectful just like what Nobunaga said. He is in no situation to be called by his first name, but for because its just the first time Mayuri had made a mistake like that, Kiero didnt mined it all. Soon Nobunaga himself saw the hawk circling around them, and effortlessly killed it with a kunai, showcasing the Uchiha's renowned abilities. As soon as the hawk was pinned in a nearby wall, his sharingan deactivated, returning to its normal form. He momentarily placed his sight upon the sky, watching the rain fell, millions of them to be exact. But only for a moment, he returned his eyesight again back to Mayuri and Nobunaga. At that time they were already walking away from the Ramen Stand to complete what Kiero had asked them. " Take care upon your mission..." Kiero said, or was it a shout, enough for the pair to hear him. As soon as Mayuri and Nobunaga's chakra signatures left the area, Kiero decided to finally enter the Ramen Stand. There, two shinobi's were awaiting him, one from Sunagakure no Sato, and the other one... a Kumogakure chuunin himself. They were apart from each other, on the left side was the Kumo Ninja, while on the right side was the Suna Ninja. The Raikage casually sat in the middle of them and greeted them at the same time. " Greetings... from Kumogakure, what's a Chuunin and a Suna Shinobi doing in a casual ramen stand like this? " He was quite aroused, whats the Suna Ninja's bussiness here in Kumo. Maybe something about the village itself. After several minutes, the chef asked the Raikage, " What would you have Sir?..." Kiero didnt bother to gave him a look, he just casually answered, " Plain Ramen..." The chef went to the kitchen to make the orders. While Kiero sat upon his seat, waiting for the answer of the two shinobi's. His hands were clamped together, as if he was thinking very deeply. His Raikage hat nearly covered his face from all angles. While his eyes layed upon into nothingness, as if his conscience was buried in a deep abyss.

Ryu looked up at the clouds, that left an ominous dark look over the village. Even though it was still early in the day, it was as if night had fallen, and the sun would never been seen again. Ryu Simply bored at the moment actually went as far to try and count a few of the rain drops, there was nothing much more to say other than there were millions. It was soaking the village, the last thing he was sure some of these people wanted at the moment. His curiosity perking him he strained his head just a little bit trying to see what other damage he had missed on the way here. Every now and then, revealing his head to the rain that was instantly soaked in water before he could even think to pull it back. Ryu finally beginning to get bored with the rain Ryu turned back around and began to wait on his food. While he waited someone had brought to him the sake that he ordered. Right as he was about to take some from it, a loud thud shot through his head. Like something had just been pinned to an object, like a kunai. Hearing it even over the roaring rain, possibly because it was so close Ryu turned his head like it was on a swivel. Acting on instinct the first thing he noticed was that, the hawk that had been there before was gone. To think that he had flown off in this weather was not something he believed too much. So if he was thinking was right, where could it have gotten off to, a small search yielded results. The animal had been pinned to a nearby wall by a kunai, the life slowly draining out of it as it died. Ryu could only shake his head and the pointless kill, nothing about it seemed to make sense but he was sure someone had their reasons. It was awkward that an animal like that showed up in a place like this at that time, maybe somebody felt paranoid and killed it. He would too if his village had gone through what he thought this place had gone through. Maybe somebody was just releasing built up anger, about the village, or maybe there was something dangerous about the hawk after all. Ryu just shrugged and looked on as his food was delivered, it was non of his business anyway. Smiling as he had gotten the food, Ryu began to eat, slowly as to conduct himself properly in a village despite his hunger. The last thing he wanted was to come off as a disgusting person. About the time he was half done, two people left the stand. Moving at pretty much a rush, there must have been an emergency maybe one of the attackers had been found alive in the village or something of that sort. Once again Ryu shrugged through, his involvement in too many personal matters of the village was not only unwanted but he was pretty sure not allowed. He was given guidelines for a reason and that meant following them, sometimes smashing heads didn't get you as far as you had hoped. Once those two men had gotten out of view and Ryu had almost finished eating he could have sworn that he heard someone say something. Towards who it was, or what it was about he would never know, it was nearly impossible to hear anything over the roar of the rain in the village. Now Ryu was just finishing up, after he was done he would work on getting things all finished up he would get to try and see if the Raikage had time to answer his questions. But right as he thought that it seemed like he wouldn't have to take the time as the Raikge greeted both him and the other shinobi and asked him about his business in Kumo. " Greetings... from Kumogakure, what's a Chuunin and a Suna Shinobi doing in a casual ramen stand like this? " Ryu wondered how people knew he wasn't from the village so fast, no paying attention to the obvious things like the different cloths and his village headband around his arm. Revealing his identity to everyone who got within a set distance to him. Looking at the man, Ryu brought his arm from under the table, for the first time since he sat down showing his goryu ring to anyone else. Maybe it was unintentional, maybe he just wanted somebody to know what rank he was, even he didn't know since he often payed no attention to it. "Well...Raikage-sama...My business here is actually with you." For the first time Ryu was able to take a good look at the person, it didn't make much of a difference anyway since everything but his eyes were covered. "I was sent here to confirm rumors that the Raikage had been killed in battle. When I got here, combined with what I saw, I imagined you had been killed. Or was my guess Correct and have you been replaced already? and just for the record, who did this?" Taking another sip of sake Ryu tried his best to figure out defining features of the man to no success, so in the end he decided to just wait for answers.

(Just forget i was ever here because i don't have time to post and won't be on for a while)

While waiting for his ramen to be delivered to him, Danzo slightly looked back at the banner hanging in front of the store to see the two uchiha had vanished. Danzo knew that they were on a mission as he let out a long yawn. Still faced the banner Danzo noticed that a hand was visible. The hand pulled up on the banner thing allowing the coldness to enter the ramen shop making everything cold if it hadn't already been. Soon a man walked into the place and immediately began to speak to the shinobi from Suna. Danzo looked over at the Suna shinobi waiting for him to answer the Raikage in a respectful manner. The Shinobi from Suna replied back "Well...Raikage-sama...My business here is actually with you." The shinobi said making Danzo automatically think that he was here to fight the Raikage. Even though Danzo knew that the Raikage could take care of himself Danzo's eye's changed completely. Danzo's pupil had grew shorter leaving the rest of his eye completely white. Before Danzo could think about doing something he needed a reason and from what the Suna Shinobi gave him wasn't enough, But The Suna shinobi Began to speak to the Raikage once more. For that point on Danzo knew that everything was fine the shinobi was just curious of what had happened to the recent Raikage. Just Seconds after the Suna Shinobi was finished with his words the lady had came back behind the counter, and with a bowl of ramen. The lady sat the ramen in front of Danzo with a par of chop sticks. Danzo picked the chopsticks, removed them from the bag they were in, then broke them from each other allowing him to use the chopsticks. Digging the chopsitcks in the bowl Danzo began eating the Ramen losing all focus on the Raikage and the Suna shinobi.

(Sorry for the bad post)

The Raikage silently sat upon his seat, waiting for his order to come while his conscience flew upon the high sky. What would he do now?, he plans to attack Kirigakure, and the first step has been made, having Kenzurai and Morbokai assassinated by one of his most skilled shinobi. Now they are on the way to fulfill the mighty Raikage's request, the dead bodies of the shinobi's of Kirigakure. He wasnt able to control himself, and silently chuckled upon his seat, although it may be hard for both shinobi's on his left and right to even hear it. Soon the chef came back to the store again, first giving Danzo Yotsuki his order, Kiero knew who the guy is, he keeps a good track of Kumogakure's shinobi list. Then the chef proceed to give Kiero his own order of Ramen, as soon as the plate touched the grounds infront of Kiero, the Raikage raised his head. Looking directly on the eyes of the chef, " Put they're tabs on me... will you..., and thanks..." the words slipped upon his lips. The chef answered in the most respectful manner he could, " Yes Raikage-sama, your request would be fulfilled.." As soon as he finished talking the Chef went back to the kitchen again. The Raikage removed the cloth mask that covered his face, lowered it until his neck so that he could eat peacefully. Halfway upon his food, the Sunagakure shinobi replied, "I was sent here to confirm rumors that the Raikage had been killed in battle. When I got here, combined with what I saw, I imagined you had been killed. Or was my guess Correct and have you been replaced already? and just for the record, who did this?"

The Raikage took a deep sigh, he remembered that day, he was on a mission, and when he came back... he saw the village crumbled upon the grounds. But the most terrfying scene, was to see the people of Kumogakure cried upon the Raikage's grave. Kiero himself couldnt believe it, the Raikage so mighty and feared died just like that. His heart was full of hatred for those who killed him, that's why he didnt thinked twice once he was chosen as the succesor of the Raikage. Flashback..... Kiero's mind came back to the present times again, he realized he needs to answer the Suna shinobi. Kiero took a deep breath again, " Well yes he was, the 3rd lightning shadow fell on the battlefield trying to defend the village... I'm the 4th Lightning Shadow, ..... it was the Yotobi who attacked the village, and I dont know the reason..." The Raikage shifted his head and turned to the direction of the Sunagakure Shinobi.

The Raikage silently sat upon his seat, waiting for his order to come while his conscience flew upon the high sky. What would he do now?, he plans to attack Kirigakure, and the first step has been made, having Kenzurai and Morbokai assassinated by one of his most skilled shinobi. Now they are on the way to fulfill the mighty Raikage's request, the dead bodies of the shinobi's of Kirigakure. He wasnt able to control himself, and silently chuckled upon his seat, although it may be hard for both shinobi's on his left and right to even hear it. Soon the chef came back to the store again, first giving Danzo Yotsuki his order, Kiero knew who the guy is, he keeps a good track of Kumogakure's shinobi list. Then the chef proceed to give Kiero his own order of Ramen, as soon as the plate touched the grounds infront of Kiero, the Raikage raised his head. Looking directly on the eyes of the chef, " Put they're tabs on me... will you..., and thanks..." the words slipped upon his lips. The chef answered in the most respectful manner he could, " Yes Raikage-sama, your request would be fulfilled.." As soon as he finished talking the Chef went back to the kitchen again. The Raikage removed the cloth mask that covered his face, lowered it until his neck so that he could eat peacefully. Halfway upon his food, the Sunagakure shinobi replied, "I was sent here to confirm rumors that the Raikage had been killed in battle. When I got here, combined with what I saw, I imagined you had been killed. Or was my guess Correct and have you been replaced already? and just for the record, who did this?"

The Raikage took a deep sigh, he remembered that day, he was on a mission, and when he came back... he saw the village crumbled upon the grounds. But the most terrfying scene, was to see the people of Kumogakure cried upon the Raikage's grave. Kiero himself couldnt believe it, the Raikage so mighty and feared died just like that. His heart was full of hatred for those who killed him, that's why he didnt thinked twice once he was chosen as the succesor of the Raikage. Flashback..... Kiero's mind came back to the present times again, he realized he needs to answer the Suna shinobi. Kiero took a deep breath again, " Well yes he was, the 3rd lightning shadow fell on the battlefield trying to defend the village... I'm the 4th Lightning Shadow, ..... it was the Yotobi who attacked the village, and I dont know the reason..." The Raikage shifted his head and turned to the direction of the Sunagakure Shinobi.

Metagamming.
The Member of Yotobi who attack is unknown still so change the Yotobi who attack to Missing Ninja who attack please.

OOC:

No its not bro, I did not mentioned any specific name at all. I just said the name of the organization, and of course rumors and news spread very fast.

Ryoma had recently arrived Kumogakure, and still hadn't got some rest since his travel. He didn't felt like going to sleep, so he went for a walk, wanting to know his new village. He enjoyed it, it seemed to be a nice village, filled with nice people and stuff. He was waiting to meet the Raikage, his clan leader, and hoping he would teach him anything, after all, he moved to Cloud, just for that, so he could be taught and improve his strenght. He walked slowly through the streets, his white hair spiky. He had his black t-shirt, cutted sleeves on his arms, and armplates. He had two belts over his shirt. He had his kunai pouch on his leg, and his shuriken pouch on his back waist. He had a pair of black jeans and traditional blue sandals. He walked slowly, looking at everything in amaze. Konoha was nice and all, but watching new stuff was even more amazing. He went high above the town, to see the sun, where he stud for a few hours, glazing the sun and clouds. His childhood tormented his head, so he was trying to relax. Some minuts after, he came down the high location, hungry. He looked around, until he found a very full ramen stand. He hoped it was good, so he went in it. He took a seat, in the corner, and made his order."Normal ramen and some tea .."He picked up chopsticks and waited, the waiter yelling to the kitchen."Normal ramen and tea coming!"Ryoma waited, calmly, looking at everyone, wondering why was so many people there.

Ryu finished the sake he was drinking as the raikage talked. Slowly he began to work up to talking about what had happened to the village. During this time he took off one of the pieces of cloths covering his mouth to eat, letting the white mouthpiece fall tot he ground. But as Ryu waited for the raikage to speak he began to feel like there just been an awkward moment. It was as if, someone was staring him down, he tried to shake off the feeling of someone attempting to burn a hole through his chest. Ryu looked around trying to ease the feeling once more, but only saw people eating around him. Turning back he poured the last bit of his sweet treasured drink and began to sip it. For just a second it seemed like the raikage would speak, and Ryu's attention skipped back to him. What was said wasn't what was expected but it was very much welcome. Having someone pay his tab was not something that happened often, he would have happily paid his costs though. But one thing he felt was rude was to pass of nice hospitality. Finally the Raikage, took a deep breath and began to talk about a day that was visibly painful for him to bring up. " Well yes he was, the 3rd lightning shadow fell on the battlefield trying to defend the village... I'm the 4th Lightning Shadow, ..... it was the Yotobi who attacked the village, and I dont know the reason..." Ryu raised an eyebrow as the information he had asked for was given too him. Almost on cue the rain began to slowly stop, it was far from finished, but no where near the loud pounding that had drowned out everything earlier. Ryu finished his sake and put it off to the side, soon to be taken away by a waitress working at the area. He took a deep sigh, and began to consider who these people were, it was the first time he had heard about the yotobi. Looking out towards the street he tried to imagine, how many people it took to kill the previous leader of the village. That was assuming there were alot of people, it was also assuming that it wasn't just a single powerful person that killed him. It was a shame, though he had to give credit to the government of the village for replacing him so fast. At the same time Ryu shuddered a little bit as he began to wonder how a kage was so replaceable. It caused instability and anguish when you didn't give a village time to grieve over a lost leader before installing a new one. At the same time, waiting too long would leave you open to attack. It doesn't seem like that mattered much at this point, then again being as weak as the village was at the moment left it as its most vulnerable in a long while. As for the yotobi, it was a name he heard few if any times before, it was one of those things that sounded familiar but for some reason he could never put his finger on what was going on. Though he wouldn't dig too deep in it for now, he felt no need to get deeply intertwined in another villages business. Looking up into the clouds, that were slightly beginning to clear up. "Shame, to think that someone like that would die in the field of battle. Though I guess dying defending your village is every kage's dream. If anything he was probably very happy with the way he died, as long as it wasn't violent." Ryu stopped talking for just a second, but immediately started back up. He created the illusion that the man had gone out heroic, he rather not have details on his death and be proved wrong for everything. If he was wrong on what he had just said, those were details that were better left unknown to him. "I'm sure is the sand village had been warned of what happened we would be ready to help. Probably now that we have been informed of what had happened here. But know we hold the best of respect for our allies and wish a speedy recovery for the village. As the for the yotobi, I dont know much about them, I can fairly say this si my first time hearing that name, though they obviously aren't well know in my area. Thank you for helping me fill in the blanks, but as you can assume it's a very long trip back to my village and I must hurry to report back. Thank you for your hospitality...and for picking up my tab." Ryu picked up the straw hat that had been used to cover his face before arriving in the ramen shop. Taking his coat he began to walk out of the area, waving the people who worked at the shop goodbye. Right before walking out into the mild rain, Ryu stopped dead, and even though he didn't bother to turn around to face who he was talking too the target of the sentence was very clear. "If it means anything, congratulations on your new position, and I wish you and your village the best of luck." Pausing for just a small second, Ryu walked out into the rain, avoiding the puddles and different obstacles. Leaving the three people at the shop to converse among themselves, and starting his long trip home.

Few clouds littered the sun light, peace was unwavering. Suddenly, a flock of ravens appeared in the sky, heading towards Kumogakure. The ravens began to fly lower towards the streets of the city, filling the streets with their loud caws. People ducked as the large birds filled the streets of the city. After a while, the ravens finally spotted their target, Kiero Uchiha, the Fourth Raikage. Knowing what to do, the flock immediately headed straight towards Kiero, coming at him at a fast speed. It may even seem as if he was their lunch! But then, the ravens slowed their speed and began to fuse together, taking on the form of a young man. He was wearing a simple black shirt with kaki shorts and black sandals. As he slowly walked closer, Kiero would begin to reconize who this young man was. This man, who looked to be around 19, had slaughtered 3 Konoha council members and 5 Uchiha. He even killed his own parents. His name was Kaze Uchiha, Mayuri's brother and a member of the Akatsuki. Kaze stared at Kiero with his fully-matured Sharingan activated, not making any movement. "Hello Kiero......we meet again." Kaze said, only talking loud enough for Kiero to hear. He then walked over to the seat next to Kiero and sat down. "We need to talk."

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Slowly Danzo came to an end of his ramen making him a little disappointed because the meal that he had just eaten hadn't been successful, but for the time being he was fine. Danzo sat the two chopsticks on top of the bowl, then slightly pushed it away as he heard the Raikage speak to the man behind the counter. The Raikage had told the store owner to put the tabs on him. Not to soon another Chuunin from Kumo walked into the ramen shop and ordered his stuff while taking a seat "To many people here....Looks like its time for me to take my leave." Danzo said to himself while looking around the room once more with his eye's activated allowing him to level the ramen shop if he wanted to, but he didn't. Just before Danzo could stand up multiple things had been happening. The Shinobi from Suna was talking, then soon made his leave, and Masaru had made his way into the ramen shop with water dripping off his white fur. Masaru, was Danzo's pet wolf that was there to help him when he needed it. With knowing that animals weren't aloud in the store he only entered enough to the point were he wasn't getting wet."Danzo....We have things to do" Masaru said while sitting and looking up at Danzo as if he was a dog, but could speak. "Alright..... Thank you Raikage-sama. Danzo said while standing up, and fixing his cloak. With a large sigh Danzo began to take a step out of the shop, but was stopped by the sighting of someone else trying to enter the ramen shop. Danzo stepped to the side allowing the man to walk in, then he walked out as so did Masaru.

At last Kiero's ramen came, its still boiling hot as it was placed infront of him. He slowly removed the mask that covered his mouth, and took a small zip from the soup. Suddenly he smiled, even from a far he could feel someone familiar approaching the Ramen Shop. He quickly stood from his seat, and faced the crowd before him. His agile eyes first caught a shinobi who just entered the shop, he doesnt seem familiar. Kiero stared at the him for a moment, then smiled. Without telling him who he was, the kid would quickly know just by looking at his hat. He suddenly remembered, he forgot to give Ryusaki a gift for the Kazekage. With a swift movements of hands, creating handseals, so fast that non on the room could have seen it, two clones appeared before Kiero. Each clone already have a letter, one for Ryusaki and one for Danzo. The first clone rushed to follow Ryusaki, and just got there on time. He offered Ryusaki and letter, which he shouldnt open and only the Kazekage can. While the other clone followed Danzo giving him a mission letter from Kiero. His letter for the Kazekage only had one Kanji word, " Darkness..." engraved upon the paper. While Danzo's mission is stated below.

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Then finally the man he was for came, " Hmmmm Kaze Uchiha..." He murmured. Its been ages since he last saw this guy, and Kiero knew that he joined the ranks of the akatsuki. " I knew it was you who sent that strange bird a while ago, I see you've almost perfected your Hypnosis tech, sadly that doesnt work on me..." Kiero chuckled. Kaze directly went straight on a seat. " Do you actually know that entering my village...means suicide? and you are well knowledgable you can never defeat me..." Kiero smiled as he went back upon his seat. " So what is a murderer doing here?..." Kiero was never hesitant to talk in such way. No matter how angry Kaze gets, he can never fight Kiero. He continued eating his ramen while waiting for Kaze's reply.

Ryoma waited paciently, until the guy putted his boiling ramen in front of him, then a glass of tea, so he could drink as he ate. He was watching more and more people come inside, until he heard a few words, ' Raikage-Sama' directed to the guy who had made two clones. He knew the Raikage was the Uchiha leader, so he started questioning himself if he should ask him if he could train him or something. He ate some of his ramen, then drank tea. He looked towards the man and his lips parted away, slowly. "Are you the Raikage?" He questioned the man, drinking some more tea.

OOC:

Danzo Yotsuki's turn.

» From Suna to Kumo
» Information Gathering [For Kamoku Willow & Kumo Nin]
» Walking around Kumo
» Traveling from Iwa to Kumo
» Returning to Iwa from Kumo