Clan Markings

## Participants

Kaiiaki Kurisutaru, Masaru Namikaze, Ari Junrei

## Some New Clan Markings for the young Kaiiaki

Kaiiaki: -"Alright sis! My first day of being a Chunin!" Kaiiaki called out towards her sister Dahlia down the hall. Yesterday Kaiiaki had been named Chunin and the winner of the Final Round. For once, she had felt ecstatic. An emotion that was almost completely new to her. She didn't feel such emotion that often. But today she was full of excitement. Today, she was shoving on her brand new Chunin outfit in anticipation for the day ahead. Her new outfit consisted of a black halter top that covered her neck, and covered everything else up except her stomach. It flowed over her backside a bit, which looked just fine if a mishap would happen. Kaiiaki also wore some arm warmers, since the air was still a bit chilly in the Spring. On her legs, she wore some black leggings under a short pair of black shorts. It was a simple outfit, but mobile and cute. Usually Kaiiaki would wear her hair tightened into braids. But today she was going to let it fly out in its natural form. The pastel waves cascaded over the black material like waves flowing on the sand of a beach. Kaiiaki stood up straight, facing the boudoir inside of her room. She smirked at the reflection. She looked different, yet the same. But she definitely looked stronger than she was before. With that thought, Kaiiaki sprang from her room. She found Dahlia sitting in the kitchen, sipping some coffee as she ate breakfast. Kaiiaki looked down at her plate of foot set at her place at the table. It looked like a sort of breakfast wrap with a cheese omelet inside, and a canteen filled with juice at the side. Dahlia gestured to the plate without even glancing up from her paperwork or cup of coffee. "I know you're excited so I thought I'd make you a mobile lunch." Dahlia chuckled slightly. "Thanks sis, love you." Kaiiaki grabbed the breakfast and gave Dahlia a small kiss on top of her head before running out of the apartment. She began to munch down on her breakfast as she walked outside of her home. She idly wondered if Ari was going to meet her somewhere. She would have to give him a real beating for giving up in his match. -

Andikins:{AJ} After the chunin exams, Ari had to lay low for a while. His jounin sensei and one of his teammates had expressed great distaste in his choice to give up his fight. It was so bad that he had to shop through town in disguise or utilizing camoflogue cloth to hide his presence to those around him. But he felt that today was a day to get back out there. So he was getting into his new outfit that was given to him to celebrate his promotion to chunin. He was wearing goggles that would let him continue to see even during wind or heavy water attacks! All of his attire was treated to be water resistant like an otter now as well. He was wearing a full body hoodie/poncho hybrid. It rested over his shoulders and tied back into itself at the waist so there were large holes for the arms to slip through. He was still sporting detached sleeves and a vest-like tanktop. His pants were now adorned with a number of zippers that had pockets for days and days. They could even be unzipped at the knee to turn into shorts! On several of the zippers were collectible keychain trinkets that he had started garnering during visits outside of the village. The new Air Tobiramas were on his feet as a replacement for the Air Hashirama tabi he used to wear. He was on his way outside of his home with all of his tools in tow, thinking about exchanging some of his tools at the shop for something new. He decided to head off to the training grounds where he and Kaiiaki had constantly went head to head to practice his top speed, and if Kaiiaki was there today, he likely would be training his top speed! {AJ}

YukoAburame: ~Masaru wondered the streets of Hoshigakure with a slight frown on his face. He had graduated from the academy a bit too late in order to participate in the Chunin exams. Though it’s for the best, a fresh out of the academy student with little to no training would have resulted in a clear defeat. But those thoughts don’t go through his mind, only the fantasy of competing and showing of his Taijutsu to a crowd of peers and people alike. He didn’t let it keep him too down, as he was sure the next exams would approach faster than he knew, and in the meantime, he would have to train hard. Having not been assigned to a team he lacked any training partners, as well as any friends really. So he finds himself simply patrolling the streets in his Genin uniform, consisting of the village’s standard flak jacket, one he is not required to wear as a Genin, but chooses to. Underneath it all is typical black ninja attire, nothing too fancy in terms of protection and style. He also wears a white rope around his waist, in order to secure his ‘beverage” to his waist. He didn’t plan to do any training today, but he would welcome it if the opportunity arose. He stops suddenly as he took notice to a rather tall building that sat before him. He thought it would give him a good and peaceful view of his surroundings, and possibly help him remember some landmarks in the village. He looks around be slipping from the crowd and sneaking into an alley-way that was behind it. Almost all shinobi know how to focus chakra into their feet in order to things such as walk up trees, on water, and in this case, buildings. But, Masaru never did well, and he feared he’d get halfway up before falling and hitting his head or something so, he decides to climb it the old fashion way. He saw this as an opportunity to work on his climbing skills, as its evident that in a lot of cases he won’t simply be able to walk up the building. He works his hands into the nearest crack and begins to climb, inch by inch, taking his time and making sure his feet and hands were secure; no one would be able to catch him if he fell. He did eventually make it to the top, the wind blowing through his hair, as he stood atop this flat top building, holding onto the railing. He had a good view of the training field, amongst other places he recognized. He relaxed his body as he simply took in the view, letting his mind go adrift. ~

Kaiiaki:-Within ten minutes, Kaiiaki had finally arrived at the village's Training Grounds. It wasn't much to be looked at, small compared to the others. The whole area covered a span of about 200 yards in length of open field. Of course, there was no grass there whatsoever. Only the dark span of soil covered this area. A few trees were beginning to bloom forward with the promise of Spring. Yet, the skies were still cloudy and dark. The usual scenery for a Hoshigakure habitant. Kaiiaki stopped at the entrance, standing still on the dark soil as she cracked her fingers. "There's always room to grow stronger." ~Isn't that right, fox?~ Kaiiaki mused to the dormant beast. He didn't think too much of her words, but only gave an irritated growl in response. Kaiiaki was just about to do a few stretches to begin her early morning training. But suddenly, she felt like she was being watched. "Those damn Anbu...they can never give me a rest." Kaiiaki hissed, assuming it was one of the ones that always had their eye on her. Kaiiaki turned around to face off to the pair of eyes that she felt off to the distance. She was surprised as to what she saw. A young boy about her age, possibly younger staring off into the Training Grounds. Although she was surprised, she didn't like to be watched by anybody. Especially by anybody other than the Anbu. She couldn't help the Anbu watching her, but with some idiot kid she could. "Hey dumbass! If you are looking for the exit, you are looking the wrong way!" Kaiiaki yelled off to him in her impish voice. She glanced around to see if anybody else had heard. But still no sign of anyone or Ari. "That little shit. Figures he would not bother to spend his time in a place that he actually needs to. If I get my hands on him..."-

Andikins:{AJ} Ari had finally gotten in range of the training grounds and was unaware of Kaiiaki having been there. Though when he heard her voice trailing off in the distance, he kind of froze in place and had a look of sheer terror on his face while he looked for a place to start laying low. Though that wasn't any option for the continued future. He had to face her and that's what he did. He approached the caustic stabopath and neared the girl, waving weakly, "Hey Kaiiaki, how are you doing?" He was already looking for reasons to explain why he forfeited his match, but at least he made chunin with her! Right? {AJ}

YukoAburame:~Masaru jerked his head towards the training grounds, in response to the yelling he had heard. ~ “That must mean someone is there? Maybe I can meet my feeling comrades!” ~Masaru said with excitement as he vaulted over the railing. Using his chakra control to stick to the side of the building the best he could. He didn’t take his time making his way down, as the faster he got down the less likely he was to fall. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he darted out of the alley-way and back into the street. The street connected where he was to the training grounds, he knew this from surveying the village whilst he was up on the building. He weaved in and out of the people, ducking under a couples conjoined hands as they walked down the street. He even vaulted through some of the street vendor carts, being careful not to knock over anything, but Masaru was good on his feet and had great coordination. It didn’t take long after Masaru’s parkour session to reach the training field, slightly out of breath from the run. Apparently he had arrived as one shinobi was greeting the other. He didn’t want to barge in on their conversation, so he sat back for a bit. He was in plain view and anyone would have noticed him run up for sure. He leans back and takes in a deep breath as he begins to catch it.~

Kaiiaki:-Right after Kaiiaki had spoken her cruel words to the 'Peeping Tom', she saw him run off. "Ha! Yeah run off you little worthless boy." Kaiiaki began to chuckle, thinking she had scared him off. However, her laughter was cut off by the sound of someone entering the Training Grounds. Kaiiaki's body jerked towards the noise reflexively. Her body tensed in a defensive position as she looked to see who it was. "Oh look." Kaiiaki immediately relaxed as her grey eyes looked over her teammate, Ari. "It is the little boy who could not win one fight." Kaiiaki spit her words towards him, not caring how cold she sounded. She walked up to him slowly, in an intimidating sort of way. While she walked, she mixed her chakra with the molecules in the air. Within a second, she had formed a crystal lance in the form of the Crystal Thorns. She held it within her hand, grasping it tightly. When she got close enough to Ari, she stood over him like a towering giant. "You give me one GOOD reason why I should not tear out your intestines and make you choke on them." Her cold eyes glared into him, as if the look alone would tear him into shreds. Out of her peripheral vision, she noticed the 'Peeping Tom' had caught up with them and was now staring at the confrontation going on. She didn't care, if he wanted to watch Ari be torn to shreds to be it.-

Andikins:{AJ} Ari sighed and looked up at the sky and away from Kaiiaki, not even bothering to look into her eyes, "Look I thought you wanted me alive as an asset." He reached up and put a single finger to her crystal lance and pointed it away from his neck, "You tell me how much use to you I would be if I was dead." He then moved his eyes to look into her own, deciding to just confront her on it. "You tell me how your inner companion would feel if you threw away all of your chakra, and I mean both of your chakra pools, to those bugs. You wouldn't really be able to do much if you were dead from having all your chakra sucked out. I was surrounded by hundreds of them and not everyone has the benefit of your immense levels of chakra." He hadn't noticed the new arrival as he was getting a bit hot in the face while confronting his teammate and who he thought of as a friend. "I don't get the benefit of a stronger life force, I don't get the benefit of being able to make an perfect wall that can't be pierced. All I have is the ability to shoot out a lot of water and avoid things coming my way. I don't know how to get out of a vortex of life sucking bugs." He took a deep breath and calmed himself down, his voice a little shakey as he withheld himself from yelling, having realized he spoke about the nine-tails without her admitting she had it to him. "Look I did what I thought was best at the time. I was smart enough to know when there was nothing I could have done to get myself out of there on my own. I know if we both were out there together you would have blown something up underneath me to shoot me through the air, or if the roles were reversed I would do anything to get you out of there. So can you please hold off on the death threats and look at it from the standpoint of someone who isn't as gifted as you? I'm still alive and we still get to work together, be grateful of that at least." {AJ}

YukoAburame:~Masaru was about to speak to them, as a small break in the conversation gave him a window, but he was cut off as the girl stepped towards the boy and began to scald him about things Masaru knew nothing about. He didn’t know the context; therefore he didn’t want to interfere. He still decided to get a bit closer to both of them, reducing the gap between them to about six feet. At this distance, Masaru could speak to them without having to yell if he had to. Another small break in the conversation ensued before the boy began to tell off the girl somewhat. Masaru could tell he was angry. He had probably been harassed by her on more than one occasion. Masaru establishes her as sort of a bully, imposing her will over those who can’t completely be on her level. He still didn’t know her yet, so maybe such assumptions are not to be so early. Immediately after the boy finished speaking, Masaru barged into the conversation with hopes of diffusing any tension that would build to a fight.~ “Hey! How are you guys? I’m Masaru, Genin in training. How are you two doing today?” ~He said as he rushed in between them both and attempted to get both of their attention.~

Kaiiaki: -Kaiiaki twitched with irritation as Ari irritably moved away her weapon. And then he began to speak with such nonsense that she could only stare at him with an incredulous look. If her face could speak, its expression would say, "Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?" However, she impatiently waited for the boy to finish his little rant. "Okay number one, who do you think you are fucking talking to? I could crush your bones to dust if I get too mad. Just keep that in mind. Number two, I would never get in such a position, as you can see I won my fight with that little weak bug user in my first move. So I would not know what it takes to put yourself into such a vulnerable position. You put yourself in a weak position. It was not a wonder that you lost." She spit out in her little impish voice. But when he mentioned the tailed beast she held, she stopped dead cold. "Do not dare mention the beast as if you envy its power you disgusting little circus freak." Kaiiaki reached out to grab him by his shirt collar. "I do not use its power unless I absolutely have to. If you think I am scary now, you wait until this demon takes the place of me. You have NO idea what it is like to have to balance such feelings of hatred and bloodlust. It is NEVER SOMETHING YOU WILL UNDERSTAND!" Kaiiaki was now screaming in the face of her little teammate. And as the silence followed, the little intruder bursted between them, interrupting the confrontation between them. Kaiiaki released Ari's shirt collar, and stepped off to look at the boy. She sneered at him, speaking her next words. "Back off Genin. These are Chunin matters." Her cold grey eyes stared into his as if they could set him on fire with a single glance. -

Andikins:{AJ} Ari went head to head with Kaiiaki almost literally, "I don't envy you, I don't care about the beast inside of you. I care about you as a person you idiot. There's more to life than hatred and killing. Do you think I care if you could kill me? Just so long as you don't harbor any ill feelings I have no problems with it. "I didn't mean to bring it up, I know that's your business and your business alone." He waved in a greeting manner to the new guy as he made himself known. Side stepping to get back in front of Kaiiaki's face when she looked away from him, "Hey. Kaiiaki. I'm sorry I did something that was weak in your eyes, the only reason I did it was so I could get stronger and continue working with you. You might not think it, but I view you as a comrade and a friend, despite how violent you can be towards me. I am not going to back down from why I did what I did so just deal with it and help me grow with you." He just turned his back to Kaiiaki while looking at Masaru, "We're doing as best as we could when two teammates are arguing. How are you today?" He was doing anything at the moment to keep Kaiiaki from attacking Masaru as she was prone to greeting people with a knife. This was probably going to put him in the hospital--again. {AJ}

YukoAburame:~Masaru watched as the situation between the two escalated. The girl stared into his eyes, shooting daggers directly at him, but he was fazed. For the most part, he ignored what they were arguing about, though taking note of the “Beast” talk, and he assumed they were talking about Tailed Beast. Although the girl gave him basically no reply, the boy did, which made Masaru smile and turn towards him. ~ “I’m doing well, thank you for asking.” ~He then looks at the girl with a cheesy smile before going back to the boy.~ “Now I know you guys are yelling at each and it’s ‘Chunin Business’ as she said but, I just have to ask what both of you guy’s names are? Tell me that, and I’ll be out of both of your hair…” ~Masaru turns to face the girl before instantly turning back to the boy. ~ “Especially her hair…the extremely purple kind.” ~Though he didn’t want to get hit or be in the middle of a fight he couldn’t stop, he wanted to do his best to resolves issues between two comrades. He was neutral, not siding with anyone as he doesn’t have a reason to. He didn’t know them, he wasn’t a Chunin, and it seemed the girl with purple hair could possibly crush him. But he knew if a fight did happen, in which he would be attacked, he wanted to be as close to one of them as possible in order to utilize his Taijutsu effectively.~

Kaiiaki: -Even though she had stepped off to the side, Ari had decided to follow her. He continued to speak about why he did what he did was neccessary. Kaiiaki stared off into the distance, her cold eyes staring off at a pond in the distance. She was being completely silent as she thought of her next response. She heard the two boys interacting with each other behind her. Ari, being Mr. Friendly of course was speaking to the boy. ~How tiresome. I would almost find better company talking to the beast.~ Kaiiaki shook her head back and forth, a detained expression upon her face. She waved her hand, making the crystal lance disappate. So it made her look as she was surrendering. But, Ari wasn't about to get off that easily. Kaiiaki had a reputation to uphold. She didn't want people to think she was going soft. Kaiiaki balled up her fists at her side. She was standing approximately 3 feet from him, a close enough distance for an unmistakable hit. And since Kaiiaki had a significantly higher speed than Ari, there was no way he could dodge what she was about to do. Kaiiaki threw her right fist in the direction of Ari's face. It was flying towards a speed of about 30 mph. If he dodged that, she would bend down and preform a leg sweep by swinging around with the left over momentum. Either way he was going down. If he took one of the hits, Kaiiaki would bend down and beat him until he was bruised all over.-

Andikins:{AJ} Cold cocked in the back of the head, that was a new one for Kaiiaki. She hit him hard but he was used to attacks like this from her at this point! Though he was struck without any warning, he remained standing for the most part, resisting falling down from the attack. Though she started to wail on him relentlessly though. He didn't care. As long as she wasn't stabbing him for once, he would just stand there and take all of the hits that were doled out toward himself. As she continually hit him, he eventually dropped down from all the beating, but he remained on one foot at the very least. After all of the attacks, Ari would talk while she was still beating him. "Are you done yet? I don't see how this is going to change anything." He knew he messed up in her eyes, but there was nothing to change that except to move forward. {AJ}

YukoAburame: ~Masaru watched as the girl went somewhat ballistic on the
boy, right in front of Masaru. The first few initial punches go through, and
she then began to unless a barrage upon him. Masaru watched in shock for a bit
as the boy did little to nothing to fight back, maybe it was common among the
two. This created a tear in Masaru’s mind on whether or not to help the boy, or
simply let them do what they do. The boy wasn’t defenseless, but was simply
choosing not to fight back. Masaru walked forward and stopped just a few inches
from the fight scene, hovering over the kneeled boy and the girl who wouldn’t
stop beating him, causing bruises all over his body. Masaru mustered up a good
amount of strength and attempted to deliver a heavy palm into the side of the girl’s
ribs. The force would be enough to have her fall over and off the boy about
three feet away, as well as knock a bit of breath out of her. Masaru didn’t
want to fight, but he didn’t mind helping someone who was obviously being
bullied. He had already established her as somewhat of a bully. It was evident
she got a kick out of belittling those who weren’t completely on her level. Either
way, he would probably made an enemy out of someone he wouldn’t want to be
enemies with; at the same time he could have possibly just gained a new friend.~

Kaiiaki: - "You better hope you get stronger little weakling. If that would have been a real enemy, I would have had to come in and save you. Not some proctor. And you cannot say you simply 'give up' to a real enemy. They will murder you. So I hope you learned your lesson you ass." Kaiiaki growled under her breath as she continued to beat him senseless. She wasn't going to kill him, but she wanted to make sure that he remembered this day and his choice. Just as she was finishing up, she felt a push from a palm to the right side of her ribs. It wasn't necessarily a combative push. It felt more like a push to get her out of the way. Kaiiaki's body fell to the ground. The dark soil crunched underneath of her as she tumbled upon the ground. She had been so surprised and the boy had been so fast, she had no time to react. Kaiiaki lay upon the ground, her face stuck in an expression of utter shock. It took her a moment to recover. No one had ever challenged her like this before. They had either taken her abuse or simply tolerated her. Kaiiaki jerked her head, turning her grey eyes to Masaru. "What the hell was that about!" Kaiiaki yelled at him, not caring how loud or cruel she sounded. But before she could continue on a rant. She stopped cold. Her cold eyes stared into Masaru's, except they weren't looking at him anymore. They were looking through him. Kaiiaki's breathing began to increase, and she began to hyperventilate. A scream ripped through her vocal chords, a shrill scream that pierced the air like a knife. It turned the atmosphere cold, like the moment right before a murder is commited. She flopped upon her stomach, and her hands grasped at the soil beneath her. "DAHLIA!!! IT'S HAPPENING!!" Those were the only intelligible words that Kaiiaki could muster out of her mouth. Her vision started to blur, and she saw black spots flutter around on her eyelids right before she had the sudden urge to vomit all over the ground in front of her.-

Andikins: {AJ} Just a little more than bruised, Ari just stared back at her as she finished her 'lesson', "Yeah, glad that you're do-ne?" Kaii was off him almost instantly as she had begun. He stood up and dusted himself off, "Thank you? But you're going to get stabbed by her now." Though when Kaii wasn't rushing to attack the genin that had shoved Kaii over, Ari looked over at Kaii who had begun screaming in pain and calling out to her sister who wasn't here. "Either you pushed a button or something bad is happening." Ari ran toward Kaiiaki but kept a good distance in the event of her lashing out at anyone. Once he was about five feet from her, he held up his hands as if something were going to happen to him, "Kaiiaki, can you hear me? What's wrong?" {AJ}

YukoAburame: “You’re welcome. And if she’d have to catch me before she could stab me.” ~He said with a chuckle before preparing to run. He stops himself, as the audio display the girl was putting on caught his attention. He puts his body at ease before raising a brow in confusion. ~ “I didn’t hit her that hard, did I?” ~Masaru says while scratching his head. She seemed to be in some kind of pain as she called for a name he didn’t know personally. Suddenly, Masaru became scared as he thought it was something he did. Masaru wasn’t a medical student, in fact he only had the most basic of first aid training, so if it was something he did he wouldn’t be much help. He remained at a distance of six feet away from her, wanting to approach, but at the same time not. He considered running to get help, but he still didn’t fully know what was going on. That’s when he does decide to approach her, slowly closing the distant cautiously before kneeling down beside her and trying to comfort her; which came out as an awkward display of hand movements as he wasn’t fully comfortable touching her.~ “Umm, are you alright?” ~He said in a legitimate worried tone. His hazel eyes beamed to her body as to examine it the best he could. He took note of the breathing patterns but didn’t bother checking her pulse as before, he wasn’t fully comfortable touching her. ~ “Do you want me to get help?” ~He then says as innocent as possible, hoping that what he just did would slip their minds in the wake of the apparent emergency.~

Kaiiaki: -Kaiiaki continued to scream as the pain hit her like a 10 ton rock. It was staggering, and almost an unfathomable amount of pain towards her inguinal area. Kaiiaki tried as hard as she could, pulling at the dirt, clawing at it to try and get herself at least up on her knees. She would crawl if she had to. She never wanted any help from anyone other than her sister. And these fools obviously had no idea what was going on with her. Few complete thoughts encircled Kaiiaki's young mind. Most of it were just emotions and feeling. The most of all was pain. She was trying to move on autonomy. However, she wasn't getting very far. The most she was doing was rearranging the soil with her hands. As she tried to push herself to her knees, her stomach collapsed and emptied its contents unto the soil right in front of her in the direction of where Ari was standing. After that, Kaiiaki collapsed back unto the ground, unable to move because of the pain of what felt like a thousand hands twisting her inguinal area into knots. Her grey eyes stared back at the pond that she had been staring at only moments before. However this time, she was completely helpless and unable to move because of the pain radiating throughout. Her skin was pulsing with pain as well. Yet, it wasn't even half as bad as the other pain.-

Andikins:{AJ} Ari leapt backwards when Kaiiaki lost her lunch right near his feet, just out of range of the vom. Clearly there was something wrong beyond just the whole realization that she got knocked over by a genin, but that was a pride punch, not like what she was going through most likely. He thought about what to do as he reached to help her, then pulled back, then reached and pulled back, as if reconsidering what he was doing. When it finally got to the point that she wasn't moving at all and looking at the pond, Ari knelt down and threw one of her arms over his shoulder and hefted her up to her feet, kind of dragging them if Masaru didn't help. "See this is the kind of stuff I was talking about. WHen you can't do anything yourself and you need help, just swallow your pride and cop out." He knew she wasn't liable to stab him, and with the beating he already sustained a little extra pain was nothing, but still he soldiered on in helping her toward the pond. {AJ}

YukoAburame: ~Masaru wasn’t really in shock of the sight of her throwing up. Growing up in the household he did, meant people threw up plenty and often. Of course her throwing up was a sign of something worse than he initially thought. He noticed the boy was quick to lift and rather than fireman carry her, rather have her arm hoisted over his shoulder as he somewhat dragged her. Masaru found a bit of humor in it, though she didn’t choose to be nice to him, he was still more than willing to help her. As he began to drag her off, Masaru quickly sprang up and rushed to support the other half of her body. He threw her arm around his shoulder and began to help carry her. ~ “Well, this has been quite a day hasn’t it?” ~Masaru said in an attempt to make idle conversation as they slowly dragged her towards the pond.~ “I think you have the right idea, you know, carrying her and all. But, the way you went about it is all wrong.” ~He then points to the dragging feet of the girl.~ “That is what I call painful. And no one likes dirty clothes. Instead, you should have carried her like this…” ~Masaru stops them both suddenly. He then crouches down and laces his arm in between both of her legs before attempting to toss her onto his shoulders in a firemen’s carry, effectively yanking her also off of Ari.~ “This way you exert less effort due to more powerful back muscles holstering most of the body weight and your leg muscles being used to keep both of you upright. And, it becomes a one man job.” ~Masaru says with a smile as their walking speed was effectively doubled due to the complete lack of the friction between the ground and her legs. They make it to the pond a lot faster than simply dragging her would have allowed. Masaru then gently lays her down in the shallow part of the water, allowing the water to rush across her skin and possibly give her comfort.~ “Ok, stay here, and make sure she doesn’t die or something. If you feel things are out of control, give her a sip of this.” ~He then takes the half gallon of Pawafuruna furūtsuwain off of his waist. ~ “It’s sort of an ‘elixir’, just know that it will give her any kind of needed boost. Just don’t give her too much. I’m going to run and seek the nearest form of assistance. Do we have a deal whatever your name is?” ~Masaru said whilst extending his hand to the boy who still had yet to tell him his name.~

Kaiiaki: -Shifting and more shifting went on between the two boys. They were arguably trying to figure out the best way to carry her. But if she had anything to say about it, she wouldn't have let them carry her in the first place. Having to be carried was a sign of weakness in her eyes. She didn't want to be touched by them. But she couldn't move. She was in such pain, she couldn't afford to care. Her body was flung around limply as she finally was settled into Masaru's arms. She was surprised that a boy 2 years her junior was able to carry her all by himself. Reflexively, she wrapped her arms around his neck and held them loosely there. Her face rested upon his shoulder, her eyes still staring into the distance; unseeing. A few tears slid down her glittering cheeks as she stared. Not more than a minute or so later, she felt her body being moved again. ~Why the hell am I being put into water?~ Kaiiaki's eyes flicked back and forth between the boys in panic. The water was shallow, barely caressing her fish scale skin. It was soothing to the Hoshigaki blood running through her veins. The scales seemed to like the water too, responding to it positively and the pulsing of her skin cooled down. ~Leaving?~ Kaiiaki heard the single word out of all the other ones bouncing around in the air. None of them making sense or reason to her. Kaiiaki saw a hand reach out, it belonged to Masaru. She grabbed that hand with her left hand. She held on to it tight with a death grip. She still couldn't find the words to speak yet, but she hoped her actions would convey what she meant.-

Andikins:{AJ} Ari just put his hands up when Masaru shoved him out of the way and carried her. "I know she would never forgive me for carrying her like that is all." He walked with them to the water and sat down at the edge with Kaiiaki, taking the elixer that Masaru gave to him. "It's Ari by the way, Ari Junrei. And seems she doesn't want you to leave yet." He sighed and leaned back, just speaking to Kaiiaki at the moment knowing she couldn't talk back, "I know you think it's weak to rely on others or to have to ask for help. But the fact is that there are times when you need some help or you need a teammate or a friend. Just keep that in mind for the future?" He looked at the funky named elixer that Masaru had given him and then at Masaru, "The name makes it sound like you got it from an apothecary. Did you raid the infirmary for this or something?" {AJ}

YukoAburame:~Masaru nodded at Ari.~ “Nice to meet you Ari, I’m Masaru, but I think I’ve already told you that.” ~He notices the girls hand extends out to his and locks around it; the hand that was intended for Ari as a friendly hand shake. The hold was tight, painful even. Her strength caught him off guard a bit. ~ “I don’t think she wants me to go anywhere as well. Looks like I’m staying here.” ~ He then got down on one knee right next to her and Ari. ~ “To answer your question, no, I didn’t raid this from any apothecary. It is special, known how to be made only by my family blood line. I would tell you what it is but…” ~Masaru hesitates as he doesn’t want to disclose that it wasn’t any special kind of medicine, but was in fact a special kind of alcohol. One he didn’t drink personal, unless a battle called for it. It boost ones power to be put plainly, but small amounts can give someone a needed boost up until it wears off and they need more. Too much can in fact kill. It was clear like water and had no aroma; therefore Masaru simply called it water for those who had questions about it. ~ “The extra details about it are not needed, just know that if things get too bad, it can help.” ~ Masaru let his knee collapse as he fell to his butt in order to sit down, crossing his legs seeing as he might as well get comfortable as it didn’t seem like she was letting go of his hand anytime soon. The whole situation was peculiar him. Usually, a person in pain would want all the help in the world, but the girl seemed liked she just wanted comfort if anything. Which was also unorthodox as he had already established her as someone that didn’t need comfort from others.~

Kaiiaki:- For a moment, Kaiiaki heard Ari speak towards her. All their conversations were starting to make more sense. But they were talking about pointless things. It was more like they were wanting to get to know each other than take care of her. Nevertheless, Kaiiaki's grip on Masaru retained for a good 15 minutes before the pain finally began to subside a bit. At least the pain on her skin was subsiding. Dahlia had warned Kaiiaki about this moment all of her life. 'As a Naiad ages, the amount of glittery skin and scales increase along their body until they hit the age of puberty. When a Naiad hits puberty, their body undergoes a change in which white spirals encircle their arms, legs, and under their eyes. After they get their final white markings, the increase of scales and glitter ceases. Thus, marking a great change in strength for a Naiad.' She had to be going through the change. Dahlia had explained it as being a terrible experience. However, she had no knowledge of what it was like for a Naiad, since Dahlia was not a Naiad herself. Kaiiaki grunted out in pain, as the memory subsided back into her subconcious. Her hand fell limp within Masaru's hand, then slipped, falling into the water below. Kaiiaki's eyes closed for a moment. She felt the pain on her skin subside, and she felt something else in the place of it. Now she was feeling a tingling feeling all over her skin. It felt like something was spreading, circling her body in some places. In other places, she felt the tingling spread across certain areas in a frost like pattern. It was a curious feeling, but she felt stronger in a way. Like her chakra had been strengthened. However, the pain in her inguinal area was still twisting in knots. And she noticed something else was happening as well. She had to get out of that water. She would have some words for the two idiots later, but right now her dignity was at stake. With every ounce of strength left in her arms, Kaiiaki pulled herself over and began to drag herself out of the water with her own bare hands. She knew she wouldn't have the strength to be able to walk home. She had to get to Dahlia, and soon. "Dahlia..." Kaiiaki squeaked out in her impish voice. ~These idiots are going to get me killed if I don't get to someone who actually knows what they're doing.~ This quick thought flitted across her mind before she picked her crawling with only her arms back up. She was deeply struggling, but she'd take herself if she had to.-

Andikins:{AJ} Ari groaned and looked over at Kaiiaki who had pulled herself out of the water after a short while of just sitting there. He walked over to Kaiiaki and offered a hand to her again, "Don't be a moron. If you keep dragging your pained body along the ground you're going to get cuts on it. You get cuts on it and keep dragging you'll get infections. And then you have to be put in the water to wash up again. If you wind up dying because of infection I'm going to harbor some ill feelings for you for dying in such a stupid way." He was being dead serious for once. That was clear by how he was talking about holding ill feelings for anyone, when he was one to never hold anything but indifference at the most for someone. It was always 'no hard feelings' on everything except this, his teammate who claimed to be strong but was doing something pretty damn stupid. {AJ}

YukoAburame:~Masaru watched as she underwent some sort of weird transformation as he skin developed a different kind of marking. He was rather astonished; it was something he had never seen before. That’s when she began to drag herself out of the pond and began to crawl away. ~ “She is a stubborn one indeed.” ~Masaru says, somewhat in response to what Ari was saying. Instead of helping her, he watched as she crawled along the dirt. ~ “I say we just let her do what she wants. From where I’m standing, she seems to be in peek physical condition.” ~Masaru says while giving a thumbs up. Though his way was to help others who couldn’t help themselves, it was clear that he couldn’t help someone who didn’t want to be helped in the first place. It seemed the only reason she cooperated with them so far was because she couldn’t put up much of a fight to begin with. Now she had a bit more strength in her, and she seems to be wanting to get away from them as fast as possible. So, Masaru let her. He simply sat in the position he was still in and watched her struggle to drag herself across the field. ~ “A closed mouth doesn’t get fed I guess.” ~He had simply lost interesting in helping, it was also evident he couldn’t do much to help her anyway.~

Kaiiaki: -A few tears were escaping from Kaiiaki's eyes as she dragged herself out of the soggy water and unto the bank. The soggy water squished underneath of her as she continued to move. She did this using just her arms. And although she was struggling, she was able to pull herself up to Ari in a matter of 5 minutes. She had listened to his words while she had been moving. They stung a tad bit to her, because she realized, that perhaps that would have been something that Dahlia might had said. She knew Dahlia loved her and cared for her. Perhaps these were the words of someone who did actually care. That the smile pasted on his face was in fact not fake, but genuine. Not soon after, Masaru replied with his careless comment. It was completely obvious that he didn't care one bit about what happened to her. He didn't even know her. He was just like all the rest. All the fakers that claimed respect for her being what she was. Kaiiaki stopped her crawling for a moment so she could speak. "This is...the first and last time...you will ever see me weak.. I promise you this." Kaiiaki extended both of her arms to Ari. She never would like Ari, not a bit. He wasn't family. But she would at least see him as an ally now. As for Masaru, she pretended he didn't even exist as she reached for Ari, still unable to stand because of the pain in her lower abdomen.-

Andikins: {AJ} "I'm going to hold you to that." Ari turned around, his back to her, and grabbed her hands before hoisting them up over his shoulders. He would then reach down and grab her legs by the undersides and carry her on his back (like a certain pair of shinobi from the Leaf had once done). "We should probably get you to your sister huh? And please, for the love of Suijin, don't stab me for carrying you like this, I've got enough bruises for the day." He made a light jape toward her while starting to make his way toward the Kurisutaru homestead, giving a nod to Masaru, "You might want to grab your fancy potion over there. In case you wanted to leave it by the water." {AJ}

YukoAburame: ~Masaru watched in awe as she actually asked for help, but not from him possibly due to the comments he made. Which wasn’t completely unfair because now he would appear as a bad guy just because he wanted to be as stubborn as she was. Now that she finally caved, he would be seen as someone who didn’t care in the first place. Her and Ari began to leave the training grounds, it was probably best for Masaru to follow just in case he wanted to provide some more of his lack luster medical skills…and that’s putting it as lightly as possible. He grabbed his jug and reattached to his belt of rope before lightly jogging in order to catch up to them, which didn’t take him long as he stopped directly alongside of Ari.~ “Well, it seems you are better with the ladies that I am.” ~Masaru said with a laugh before returning to a more serious composure. He didn’t know where they were going, so he stuck close; making it his personal job to at the very least make sure no one slowed them down by being in the way~