Naruto Akatsuki Souzoku

[Chaotic Symphony]

Shouten huffed in annoyance once more before his wild black hair went back to it's calm purple tone and his angry black eyes reverted to their blank pupilless silver colour. His scowl and anger subsiding, he put on his ear-phones and sighed in content. He turned towards Ali with a blank face and stared for a few minutes before walking off. 'Sensei...this ramen joint...what flavour do you recommend?'

ooc ; sorry if its short,using my mobile to post this =p

[TheDood]

Slowly raising his head from behind his Sensei's shoulder. "Maybe the test is you put your team ahead of you" Ryuu said with a smile "In other words you let our sensei here eat rather than bicker like a bunch of monkeys having a poop flinging contest". Ryuu walked out from behind his Sensei "So how about you two shut the hell up and let us.. I mean.. our Sensei eat". Ryuu gave out a cough "Unless of course you wanna fail this test he gave you" he said nudging Hotaru "Right, Sensei?".

[Relliks Ban]

ooc: Don't know what's up this rp, but I'm posting books each post now. Yays for me. ^_^

Hotaru walked eagerly to the ramen shop, in hopes that it wouldn't be closed. But something stopped him, a word he never thought would be mean towards him.

"Sensei..."

Hotaru stopped in his tracks, and looked down.

"Was that it? ..Was that our test?"

"That seemed a little bit too easy. And you never actually said that we passed, or that we were officially a team. You said that our test would be coming soon, but you never stated that the escape was our actual test..."
Maybe she was thinking too much...

Hotaru's eyes widened. He was surprised that a genin would be thinking as hard on the subject as Ali was. At her age, at her current state, the only thing Hotaru could focus on was Ramen itself. She was a very unique genin, obviously having the brains of the group. "Actually," he said, speaking in a tone that only Ali could hear, "the meaning behind that test was to see if you could at least escape a basic trap. Well, not so much basic, but I wanted to see if you could actually escape from something. What's a ninja without the ability to think quickly, escape quickly, and helping their teammates before themselves?" Hotaru looked at the night sky.

"The only reason I hadn't said you passed, or we're a team, is because we're not yet. Of the three things I stated, the three of you proved two of them. You showed that you could think quickly, before the water filled your lungs and you died, and that you could escape from a trap." Hotaru sighed. "But until you can learn that your team is like family, maybe even closer, and that making sure that they don't die before yourself, then there is no team." Hotaru gave a half smile. "You may want to train, but look at the sky young one." He said jokingly. "It's night. Beddyby time." Hotaru laughed.

But something that made him laugh even more was Ryuu.

"Maybe the test is you put your team ahead of you"

"In other words you let our sensei here eat rather than bicker like a bunch of monkeys having a poop flinging contest".

"So how about you two shut the hell up and let us.. I mean.. our Sensei eat".

"Unless of course you wanna fail this test he gave you"

"Right, Sensei?".

Hotaru smiled. "Exactly Ryuu, thank you for summing this all up. Let your loving sensei eat some food." He said with a large smile. Hotaru looked at Ali with a smile, then at Shouten.

'Sensei...this ramen joint...what flavour do you recommend?'

Hotaru smiled. "Well, I'm getting extra, super, spicy chicken ramen. I have the old man make this thing so hot, that I'm the only one in the village who can eat it." He said, rubbing his stomach.

[Chaotic Symphony]

Shouten's lips twitched slightly but he didn't. Nodding slightly,he walked in pace, side by side by Ali. He didn't make any mention of what happened simply because he could care less. He turned his head slightly in Alizarin's direction, not aware of himself staring at the serpent-user.

[TheDood]

"Well, I'm getting extra, super, spicy chicken ramen. I have the old man make this thing so hot, that I'm the only one in the village who can eat it."
Ryuu thought for a second before speaking "Oh yeah, well I'll have it ten times hotter then that!". He was obviously trying to show off in front of his Sensei. "Gimme gimme, old man." Ryuu said running to the Ramen Shop.

[Azazel]

Hotaru's words echoed in her ears. He was right. If they couldn't work as a team, then death was the only thing that waited for them.

She noticed that Shouten didn't have his Kekkei Genkai activated, and he had also got off of the subject.

Maybe she did give off the impression of anger.

Bleh. She thought to herself, as they came to the subject of Ramen. Ali didn't really eat very much. She would rather spend the time analyzing things, or training. She didn't have time for food.

Ali kept to herself, as she followed her teammates to the Ramen shop. Hypnotizing hisses rang in her head as Azazel spoke to her...

[Chaotic Symphony]

Shouten kept on staring on Ali and shrugged. He noticed one thing when he argued with Ali back then. Not really caring, he just dropped the question on her. 'Why were you staring at my mouth?' Shouten turned his head once more in Ali's direction with a blank look.

[S/\|T0]

"Please forgive me if I interrupted anything between you two, but I felt that I needed to check in here before doing anything else."

"No actually, your fine, we were about to leave so you didn't really interrupt much."

"Those twelve years ago, I was not strong enough to protect this village. Had I stayed for the period of time, I would not have reached anywhere near the level of power that I have obtained. I hope now to use this power to serve Kumogakure, and it's people. I hope to of of some use."

Shira stared at Hakumei for a moment, after all this time with Sano, she sure as hell wasn't going to miss all the signs Hakumei was giving. His voice was monotone for every word he said, and he seemed as though he had other intentions. This angered her a bit by the way he acted. Maybe he was just here for his own gain?

"I see. I would believe you wouldn't leave out any spare words because that would mean you wouldn't be loyal to me or the village. Would you agree?" Picking words out specific trying to get him to say whatever he was hiding. "Sanosuke, I will meet you in are room, Hakumei here seems to be here to talk to me."

Sano glanced at her for a moment, she seemed a bit pissed at the moment. Probably along the lines of what Hakumei said but he wasn't sure if he should get in such business.

"Alright..."

He slowly walked out passing by giving Hakumei direct eye contact as he passed by him.

'Eh, something is up with this guy...'

Shira watched as Sano left the room and walked behind her desk, sitting quietly down in her chair.

"If you want to stay with the walls of this village, you better explain yourself." She said without pause, giving off her exactly how serious she was about the topic. She didn't want just anyone walking around her village. "I don't want any secrets between me and my ninja. You understand my position, am I right?"

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"Nice night, eh? Much better than being at those meetings at least."

"It doesn't bother me as much as it does you..." Zetsumei said abruptly, sending a glare Ryoku's way, he was still pretty youthful and why he was in the ranks of Akatsuki was puzzling to him. "Best we get going, I rather get this done as quickly as possible. No rituals, ok?"

Zetsumei walked out of the cave they had been sitting in did his some intricate hand seals. Following the last seal, he planted his hand to a rock right next to him releasing a cloud of smoke. As it subsided, a large beast of a creature roared loudly. It was his megaraptor summoning on which he would ride for the duration of the trip.

"I would assume you have your own mode of transportation, bird brain?" Poking fun at the saidan Ryoku possessed.

[Relliks Ban]

"Oh yeah, well I'll have it ten times hotter then that!"


Hotaru just smiled. "You wait little boy. When that old man gives you my ramen, your going to wish you drowned it that river." He said cockily. Hotaru looked at the other two of his students. Shouten had his headphones in, as usual, but he began staring at Ali. Hotaru's eyes widened. He picked up a small pebble and tossed it lightly at his head. "Wake up now." He said with a small chuckle. Hotaru turned around and ran in the direction of the ramen shop, his hands outstretched like an airplane. He zigzagged like a child, making vrooming noises.

The Kumo jonin sat down in his seat. Yes, it was his seat. It did have his name on it, and it was his. "Ahh, my seat." He said with a childish grin and held onto it from the bottom and began spinning around. Hotaur looked up at the old man. He had already placed a bowl in front of Hotaru. "You know me too well old man." He said with a smile, and began shoveling ramen in his face.

[Hallelujah]

Things were subtle and at greater ease. Their teacher now content, through the mist he'd walked with an confirmed team of three, though it wouldn't surprise him if they got another. As the Kirigakure military walked through the village in the dark holding up torches, burning to see through the mist. Asumo had parted from them as to get some sleep which was actually smart, and refuel his body's vitality. Sitting at the table of a prominent restaurant with Vergil and Ky, he'd agreed to settle their stomaches.

They'd soon be off to sleep.

His sight sharpened with a dark stare that seemed to radiate in the shadows. Only one person came atop his thoughts, its what brought him so close to loosing his rationale and humanity. Clenching his fist fairly tight, his teeth were shown, but calming himself as not to seem troubled infront of his students. He solemnly ate his own dinner placed before him.

"Hope you guys are ready for tomorrow. It seriously will be a trial, after we're done here, I encourage you to get some sleep. Or you'll collapse at somepoint through the mission."

Was the last portion a joke? Either way Negavix-sensei meant for them to be prepared.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

He stood at the ready.

"Move your ass slowpoke, just because I'm new doesn't mean I don't take what I do seriously." Onisan professed to his senpai Marx.

They were to locate the remnants of team hebi, at the eastern base of Orochimaru's. Stepping off the yellow light of the negacion, from behind his mask the onigan faded out. On nice soft land, the setting wasn't unusual. The forest parted on each side as they were in the pitch black darkness that surrounded them. With a hasty smile on his face, the rookie wanted to get into it leaving this without being said. They'd walked a long ass distance from the water to here out in the open field where this was actually a shutdown criminal facility housing the lunatics from Orochimaru's curse seal experiments. Karin used to watch over them, and it was believed by Zetsu's intelligence she did with Juugo and Suigetsu.

"I hear Juugo's a loose canon. Jackass would wipe out the base now that Sasuke's long dead, I can contain him given if I happen to meet his eyes."

"You sound confident. Don't overdue it, after all, your still the newb on the block." Marx was stern.

"Yeah, yeah, stop being such a downer, we've got company."

"BRAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

"Hahahaha, HELL YEAH! Do you feel that chakra?!" Onisan unsheathed zenpi.

"They never make it easy, for once I'm enticed to fight...lets rip through them." He let out a soft growl before turning the sharingan.

"No need...don't blink. HYAAAAH!" The rookie quick shifted into the fray of criminals flying about spawning the curse marks from their face.

[TheDood]

Ryuu slapped his hand on the counter. "Hey old man, I want what my sensei is having except waaaay hotter." Ryuu said with a giant grin on his face "And gimme lots of it too.". Ryuu looked over at his sensei as he sat down and waited for his ramen "Just wait, Sensei. I'll show you whats what" he said with a smile.

[Chaotic Symphony]

Shouten growled in his sensei's direction before noticing he was already gone. He calmed himself down and looked over at Ali once more. He looked between Ali and his sensei and Ryuu. Shrugging once more, he decided Ali was the lesser of two evils and walked by her side. '....You haven't answered my question...'

[Dark Heart 2]

"If you want to stay with the walls of this village, you better explain yourself." She said without pause, giving off her exactly how serious she was about the topic. I don't want any secrets between me and my ninja. You understand my position, am I right?"

She's catching on, he deviously thought, keeping his face stern and his body straight, keeping his serious stance, even as Sano passed by him with a direct gaze. Hakumei did not turn his head, however he met those eyes for but a second before returning his sights towards the person he had came to speak with in the first place.

Nowadays, Hakumei would have replied to something like what Shira had spoken with a highly sarcastic tone, but she being the Raikage as well as his leader, he had to at least show respect to her, possibly Sano, if no one else.

Though he hadn't planned on revealing anything to anyone, at this point, it didn't seem like Shira would trust him until he at least shed some of the truth on what had happened at the beginning of those long, twelve years.

Thinking of how to place his words, Hakumei slowly walked towards the closest window, gathering the thoughts within his mind. While pondering how to word everything that he was thinking, he came up with a few things to say to break the silence within the air. "Shira... do you know how it feels to see the one you love most in this world mutilated before your very eyes?"

Back in the day, saying such a thing may have brought tears to the shinobi's eyes, however there was no place for emotion within Hakumei's new persona, nor had there been for a very long time. Many traces of a soft, caring heart seemed to fade away with each passing year, just as the rocks among the cliff walls slowly erode away with the rising and beating of the tide.

[Azazel]

Ali merely stared at her sensei. She never knew that he could be so childish.

Turning back to Shouten, she opened her mouth to answer him.
"Well, I noticed that you had activated your Doujutsu, and I'm not sure what it's capable of. So it would of been quite foolish for me to look into your eyes"

Ali entered the Ramen shop behind Hotaru and Ryuu. They were both like little kids, waiting for their meal to arrive. The smell of spicy Ramen made her gag. She took a seat towards the exit of the shop, so she could get some fresh air. Away from that horrible smell...

[Chaotic Symphony]

Shouten smirked slightly until he smelled the stench of spices and spicy ramen. Just what in the seven levels of hell were they eating!?

He couldn't handle and ran outside and leaned against a wall,catching his breath. He sighed and took out the wire connecting with his mp3, letting a soft jazzy tone from his mp3. He began to hum to the song,staring at the sky.