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. ~