Two Genin Meet: A Fateful Encounter

Participants:
Akio Hatake

Kemuri Iburi

Role Play:
ItsupikiOkami: Akio had awoken to the early morning sun shining in through the small window in his bedroom. The room was quite small only holding his bed, a closet, two shelves, and a cabinet. Akio didn’t need anything else really. What little he had in his room could hold what he owned easily with room to spare. As he got dressed and donned the mask he had started to wear ever since he had started in the academy six years prior. Akio stepped out of his room and made his way down the short hallway, past his Mother’s room into the kitchen. His mother had her back turned to him, cooking something that the two could eat for breakfast. “Good morning Mom, What’s for breakfast?” Akio would ask as he sat down at the table. “Just some eggs dear. Did you sleep well?” His mother asked “Of course.” Akio said as his mother finished making the eggs. Akio, lowering his mask, quickly ate his breakfast and made his way to the front door grabbing his late father’s tanto blade on the way. “I’m going to go out for a while Mom see you when I get home!” Akio had quickly made his way out the door and into the busy Baragakure streets. He didn’t exactly have a place in mind he had wanted to go, he just wanted to go for a long walk. “It’s a beautiful day outside today. I hope it stays that way.” Akio thought to himself as he continued down the streets past all the people who would smile and wave as he passed. Akio had always enjoyed going for walks ever since he had gotten the news that his father had been killed on a mission. It was a way to clear his head and think of the things to come in his future. Akio wanted to be a ninja that would surpass that of his father and he did everything in his power to achieve that goal. He was well aware of the fact that he would need some friends to help along the way, which sadly enough, he didn’t really make any at his time in the academy. “I should probably get to know some of those people that I spent all those years with. I know their faces I just never spoke to them” Akio thought to himself. As Akio continued his slow but peaceful walk, he came to a small clearing with a single tree in the middle of the area. “This seems like a good spot to sit down and meditate a bit. Who knows maybe I’ll run into someone while I’m here.” As he thought this, Akio would go sit his blade against the tree and sit down beginning to meditate.

SphinxKadet: ~ The morning rays piercing through the windows of Kemuri’s room, shinning on her closed eyes, pushing her to awake from her sleep. Rising from the warmth of her covers and such, Kemuri sat up with a yawn which was followed by the rub of her eyes gently. An adorable moment, which would be remembered and treasured by anyone who witnessed the waking of the Iburi, but sadly no one lived with the young Genin as every member of her immediate family was murdered in cold blood years ago. Crawling out of bed with a sigh of sadness, Kemuri took a moment to get dressed. ‘ Tck….why couldn’t I just sleep today? ‘ She thought to herself subconsciously as she freshened up and got into her normal shinobi outfit. Groaning a bit as she made her way down the long hall into the main room of the house, opening up the fridge and grabbing a apple and heading out the door. “ Damn, the village is pretty active today. “ The young Iburi said as she closed and locked her door behind her as she took the alley way behind her house, avoiding contact with anyone, making her way through the back ways of the village. Kemuri never liked walking the main streets, as it seemed to be too much of a hassle for her, all the passing villagers who were in a rush most of the time just as she was. She never went out of her way to do extra, if she didn’t find it benefitting for her she didn’t bother doing it. Even as a kid she found no interest in making any friends, during her time in the Academy she studied and trained by herself and even sat alone in class. Ignoring all the other kids no matter how hard they tried to become friends with her. Given that small background and personality description, Kemuri refused to walk the main streets and interact with anyone along the way. Tomorrow was the big day, seeing how she was assigned to a team a few days earlier, this would be the first time she’d meet any of them. Therefore, Kemuri planned to spend her day relaxing and enjoying the fresh breeze before her schedule became a bit packed. Minutes passed as she was now exiting an alley way that she had took in order to get out to the outskirts of Baragakure No Sato. Heading for a clearing with a single tree that seemed unoccupied by any human presence, She quickly activated her clans KKG and turned into a cloud of smoke. Soaring swiftly through the air and into the lonely tree before deactivating her KKG and returning to her human form. Sighing deeply she sat down on the branch of the tree, relaxing back in the shade as she parted her lips to speak to herself. “ This should be--- “ She paused her sentence as she looked to her right and down at the ground, noticing a male sitting by his lonesome at the bottom of the tree. “ What the…? “ She said aloud as she grunted a bit before picking a nut off of the branch above and dropping it on the unknown males head from above. “ Hey!? “ She said a bit frustrated yet curious as well. ~

ItsupikiOkami: Akio had had a very peaceful few minutes to himself meditating before he heard a young woman’s voice above him shout “Hey?!” and something hard dropped on his head. Akio smiled a little under his mask as he slowly got to his feet and looked up into the tree. The girl he saw standing there had White hair with black ends and grey eyes. She seemed to be a little shorter than Akio but, it was hard to judge as she was higher up than he was. He did remember seeing her around the academy a few times before seeing her now, though that is all he could recall of her. “Maybe this is the encounter I had been hoping for today” Akio thought to himself. He bent down and picked up the nut that had fallen on his head “Hello. Rare to see someone else out here at this time of day. Did you drop this?” Akio would ask as he held the nut aloft. Akio would look at his surroundings as he held his hand up, noticing that the only two who were here were him and the girl who had appeared. “Oh by the way I’m Akio Hatake, it’s nice to meet you.” Akio would say having almost forgot to introduce himself to the young lady. Akio would go back to looking up at the woman in the tree quizzically. He didn’t know anything about this girl and he was going to do his very best to change that. After all, Akio was somewhat lonely having only his mother to talk to, and the occasional greeting from someone in the street as he passed by. “This is a nice chance to get to know someone my own age and maybe even make a friend.” Akio would think, smiling to himself again. Akio had very high hopes that today would go well for him and that he wouldn’t have to come home with yet another boring, uneventful day under his belt. He would continue to look up at the girl and await her response as he shyly smiled to himself.

SphinxKadet: ~ Kemuri tilted her head and arched her left eyebrow a bit as she began thinking back to her academy days. The males face was kind of familiar to that of a boy she seen a few times as a young child, but older. Looking down at him as he questioned her about the nut that she dropped, she sighed and looked up. “ Nope, I didn’t drop it. I guess it must’ve fallen on its own. “ She said lying to the boy, denying having anything to do with the nut falling on his head. Kemuri’s expression went blank before glancing down at him quickly getting lost in thought, after he introduced himself to her. “ Akio….Hatake… “ Flashbacks of passing the boy in the halls of the Academy and even out on the training field sometimes at the Academy, lost in the past before she was quickly snapped back into the present by the male raising the nut back up to her. “ The names Kemuri…Kemuri Iburi. “ She said softly as she stopped looking at him and leaned against the tree as she sat on the branch while crossing her arms. Thinking to herself she realized that she probably wouldn’t benefit from talking to him any longer and that this conversation was pointless, but is that how she truly felt? That being said, she closed her eyes and bit her lip as she parted her lips to speak aloud once more. “ Just…go back to not talking to me. It was… better that way. “ Kemuri said as her lip bleed a bit from her biting it. She really didn’t feel that way, honestly she was desperate that he’d keep talking to her but she never really had to deal with others cause she normally avoided all contact with them. Ultimately getting upset with herself with saying what she did but she didn’t know what else to do besides that. ~

ItsupikiOkami: Kemuri Iburi. Akio didn’t quite recall the name but he was sure he’d heard it before. Akio chuckled a bit as he dropped the nut he had been holding in his hand. He couldn’t help but smile to himself as he racked his brain trying to remember the girl. She had told Akio to go back to not talking to her but, that was the last thing he wanted to do. Even if it meant that he would end up making the girl angry he would pay the price. Akio just really wanted to have a conversation with someone his own age for once in his life. As he looked back up into the tree he noticed that the girls lip had began to bleed a small amount. “Maybe this is a chance to keep up a conversation.” He thought to himself. “Hey Kemuri, your lip is bleeding. Did you cut it on something?” Akio would ask the girl. He would begin to make his way up the tree and find a branch across from her so he could get a better look at her. He had hoped that the girl was lying about not wanting to talk but, if she wasn’t he would just go back to sitting and thinking to himself until he could think of a better way to try and break the ice. Once he had settled onto the branch, Akio would look back at Kemuri and lower his mask, revealing the lower half of his face. He did this so that he would appear to be friendlier to the girl. “Do you want me to take a look at it?” Akio would ask once again referencing the bleeding lip that Kemuri had. Akio had no clue what he was doing but, up close he couldn’t help but think that the way the Kemuri was sitting with her eyes closed and arms crossed was somewhat cute. He quickly shook the thought from his head and looked up into the leaves of the tree over head hoping that the girl would answer him.

SphinxKadet: ~ Kemuri blushed a bit, even though she wasn’t looking at him and had her eyes closed she couldn’t get stop seeing him for some odd reason. Opening her eyes suddenly after he asked about her lip which she completely forgot about, not even realizing that it was bleeding. Uncrossing her arms, she used her left hand to reach up and touch her bottom lip gently. Noticing that he was offering help for her small injury before he climbed the tree and sat in front of her, she blushed even heavier after pulling up her hood and hiding her face in her hood. “ N-No I’m fine. I’m not dying, it’s just a small cut. “ Kemuri said as she began to wipe the blood from her lip. The young Iburi confused on why she was blushing, she didn’t quite understand these feelings and as to why he wasn’t putting so much effort into her. ‘ Why is he so worried about someone he doesn’t even know? ‘ She thought to herself as the blush on her cheeks lightened, giving her the courage to raise her head and remove the hood from her head. Starring at him for a brief moment before she quickly looked to the ground below. “ What do you gain from this, talking to me when there’s nothing to gain from it? “ Kemuri asked Akio aloud, her tone a bit confused and slightly angered. However her anger wasn’t caused by him, she was angry because she was confused on what these feelings were. Not being able to understand, Kemuri impatiently waited for Akio’s answer while she starred at the ground below trying to hide the blush a bit. ~

ItsupikiOkami: Akio sat watching the girl as she opened her eyes and uncrossed her arms. Her face had reddened a bit which confused Akio a little, he was curious as to what could have made the girl blush. Kemuri told him that the cut was nothing so he dropped the thought as she wiped the blood from her lip. Once again, he found himself thinking how the girl was cute. Now that she had removed her hood, he could see her hair and face more clearly, Kemuri’s face had reddened a little more, making Akio blush a bit himself, this girl made him nervous for some reason. Kemuri then asked a question that hit Akio at a personal level. She had asked what he had to gain from talking to her, which made him think to himself. “That’s easy.” He thought to himself “I want to get to know some people my own age and form friendships.” Kemuri had sounded angry when she had asked him this question which worried Akio. He ddin’t want to make the girl angry, in fact he wanted the opposite. Akio wanted this girl to like him but, he wasn’t sure how to go about it. Kemuri had begun to stare at the ground below them while Akio studied her for a few seconds. “What do I say here? I don’t want to make things worse if she’s angry.” Akio thought. “I guess the only thing I can do is be honest with her and tell her why I want to talk to her.” Akio looked back up into the leaves above him, suddenly nervous with talking to the girl. He slowly exhaled aloud and looked back at her, still looking at the ground below. “W-well I guess the reason I’m talking to you is because you happened upon me. I was meditating here and when I noticed you were there I figured I would make conversation with you. You seem like an interesting person at a glance.” Akio said his blush worsening. “I hope you don’t mind that Kemuri, and besides there is something to gain here don’t you think? It can be nice to get to know someone every once in a while and you’re the first person from the academy I’ve really tried to speak to.” As Akio said this he would turn is head back towards the leaves above them trying to hide his blush, completely forgetting that he had a mask that he could have easily used for the same purpose.

SphinxKadet: ~ Kemuri listened to Akio impatiently as she fought the blush from worsening, glancing over at him for a quick second and caught the perfect picture of him looking up into the tree with rays of light hitting areas on his face and body. Before he looked back at her she turned her head to look back down at the ground, as he began to give his reason behind holding a conversation with her. Listening closely to every word he spoke, she thought to herself about her life and how she’s never spoke to anyone her age, less alone trying to make friends with them. “ Friends huh? “ She thought about the word and its meaning then was in shock as he said that she was interesting at a glance. “ Friends don’t really mean anything though. They come and go like they were never there, so in the end its pointless if none of them can stay by your side through everything. “ Kemuri said as she jumped from the tree and sat on the ground below, pulling her knees to her chest and hiding her face in her knees. “ Can you explain that? “ She asked with a muffled sound due to her face being in her knees. ~

ItsupikiOkami: Akio listened to Kemuri’s words, and what she said caught him off guard. “You are right to an extent.” Akio said. “Sometimes friends do grow apart and leave. My father told me about these things when I joined the academy. He also told me that there are some people who will stick by you throughout your whole life. You just have to find them. They are the true friends, the ones who love and care about you no matter what. They will stick with you through everything.” Akio was having trouble bringing this conversation up. This girl made him a little nervous and it was hard to find the right words, he had never had to explain something like this before. Akio had always been a bit of a loner, never trying to make friends and just focusing on his training. He had never thought about making friends until just recently, and this concerned him. It was a little comforting to be with someone who seemed to be in the same predicament that he was in. It was at this point that Akio noticed that the girl had moved out of the tree and onto the ground. Hoping this wouldn’t scare the girl off, Akio hopped out of the tree and sat beside her. “Kemuri, it is hard to explain what exactly it means to be a friend. I’m not even sure if what I just told you is true. I don’t have any friends and I want to change that.” Akio would turn his head towards Kemuri looking at the girl as she hid her face in her knees. He would let out a sigh and lay his back on the ground with his hands behind his head. “Look Kemuri, I want to try and explain to you what a friend is but I honestly have no clue. Only way to find out what one is would be to make one.” As he said this, Akio would close his eyes and hope that the girl would respond.

SphinxKadet: ~ Kemuri looked at him with a small sparkle in her eyes, it was if he was putting hope and life back into her dark soul. Even when she told him to leave her alone, he still tried to become friends with her even if he didn’t quite understand the concept of friends that much himself either. She stood and erased the blush from her face for a brief moment and looked down at him. “ So what you wish to do is become friends with me? “ She asked rhetorically as she then turned to look at the bright blue sky with a blank expression across her face. Suddenly she turned back to Akio and stood above him before kneeling down in front of him and starred into his eyes as her blush returned slightly. “ If you ever cross me or betray my trust and kindness, I’ll rip every organ in your body out through your mouth and feed your lifeless body to a neighborhood dog. “ She said softly before a small smile formed on her face. Kemuri held her hand up to Akio’s forehead and thumped him with little force behind it. Tilting her head and smiling a bit, she parted her lips briefly to speak. “ I accept your friendship offer, just remember what I said… “ She said before standing and jumping back on to the tree branch above. ~

ItsupikiOkami: Akio opened his eyes and sat back up when he heard Kemuri begin to speak. Of course he wanted to be friends with her, she seemed like a very interesting person. She had stood up with her back to him now, when she suddenly turned back to him and locked eyes with him, making Akio blush. She had given him a quite violent threat if he was ever to cross her, which he would never do. Akio liked this girl, he wasn’t sure why but, there was just something about her that he found fascinating. Kemuri then reached out her arm and thumped Akio’s head, making him blush even harder. She had accepted his offer of friendship, Akio was filled with a weird feeling, like butterflies in his stomach, this was an odd feeling to him, seeing as he had never felt this before. He returned the girl’s smile and said “Don’t worry Kemuri, I won’t ever cross you or betray you. You are interesting and I look forward to seeing you around.” The girl had jumped back into the tree, seemingly to part ways here, which Akio was sad to see but, he accepted nonetheless. Akio would go back to the tree’s trunk and pick up his tanto and begin to call out to Kemuri one last time. “If you ever want to talk again, meet me here again!” He would yell as he strapped his tanto onto his back. Akio would look up into the tree and wave goodbye to the girl. Akio would start to make his way away from the small clearing now, pulling up his mask and waving goodbye to Kemuri, whether she saw it or not, Akio was unsure. Either way, today had sure been an odd day but, a good one. Akio couldn’t help but hope that he would run into the girl again in the future. As he made his way back into the city, Akio would hum a little tune to himself as he wondered what the next few days would have in store for him.

SphinxKadet: ~ Kemuri closed her eyes and crossed her arms once she was now firmly and comfortably sitting on the branch of the tree. Listening to the boy as he stated his loyalty as a friend to her before he began to gather his things, giving him a small nod to confirm his statement and in all honesty she was truly happy. Kemuri just made her very first friend even if it wasn’t something she had intentions on. Akio made his way from the tree and back towards the town as he yelled back, Kemuri turned to watch him with a smile and a blush. “ Ok! I will return to this tree! Be safe and may our paths cross again! “ She yelled back to Akio as he left the field. Kemuri, who was now sitting alone, pulled her hood over her head and closed her eyes. “ Thank you…. “ She whispered to herself as she sat in the shady tree peacefully for the remainder of the day. ~