Sozo was walking down a alley way that was walking down a dark alley way littered with empty Sake bottles. The drunks that littered them lied passed out next to the walls of the run down abandoned buildings of the slums. The smell of human wast was so bad it made the Sagara kid want to throw up in the ally. But there was not place he could do so with out it hitting someone.

There were sounds coming form the dumpsters giving away that some people were looking for food in the garbage of others. The thought of living like that made Sozo sick to his stomach. As he stepped out of the alley way the sun began to beam down heavy on Sozo. The silver haired kid was wearing a silver necklace of three sword blades around his neck. Along with a white T-shirt that has signs of sweat around the neck area with a pair of black cargo jeans and black shinobi sandals. He placed his sunglasses that were on his head over his sky blue and crimson red eyes. Keeping the different colors a secret from all those who are walking  by him on the street.

He walked around the slums looking for a fairly nice looking place where he could go and sit in to get out of the heat of the desert that was know as the Sunagakure no Sato. He walked for about a half hour when he found a small shop. The shop was small run down when Sozo opened the door he looked around seeing that it had a few tables where people could sit down and eat their food. But it looked like the placed need and upgrade as the tan seats had holes in them and the tables looked like they were about to fall apart.

At the front where the owner of the shop was taking with three people who looked like they were up to not good were talking to the old man.
"You're behind on your protection payment for this month."

The man who stood in front of the two other members of the group. Was wearing a tan and tattered cloak that went down to his upper legs. His pants were maroon and had bandages on his fore arms and carried a rusty wakizashi. Motioned to the other two members of the gang wore no shirts and only had worn tan shirts. They carried two clubs and started to break some chairs and tables.

The old shop owner pleaded with the leader of hte gang "Pleas stop I dont have the money to pay you and your gang right now." The leader of hte gang just ignored the mans pleads for him to stop "Thats not my problem. You need to find some money then." One of the men who seemed fairly weak both in mind and body looked over at Sozo. "Hey boss what should we do about this one". He said as he and his friend in circled Sozo knocking his sunglasses off his face and stomping them causing them to break. Sozo let out a small sigh "A dear friend gave me those. So what will you do to make up for that." Sozo spoke coldly.

The three men began laughing at Sozo as the old man shook his head at the thought of the young man getting himself killed by these three ruffians. The boss looked at Sozo and waved his hand letting the other two know that they can kill the kid. As he turned his direction to hte shop owner again "So wheres your daughter I could use a little excitment in payment of you short comings this month."

The shop owner looked horror "No not my daughter. She has nothing to do with this." the shop owner pleaded. The two goons smiled as they began their attack on Sozo both of them took wide swings with their clubs making them easy to avoid for a trained shinobi like Sozo. Who effortlessly avoided them. Then counted by grabbing his Kunai in his right hand and slicing ones arm cutting the back muscle making his right arm useless. As his left arm silver flames danced around as it transformed into his claws. The goon with one good arm tried to hit Sozo again but this time Sozo just grabbed the club and whipped it at the other. As he rushed at the goon making his claws go in side him. The sound of him choking on his own blood filled the shop. The other goon ran off out of fear of dying like his friend. The boss tried to run away as well but was stopped by Sozo who looked on at his pray. His eyes were no longer human but those of a beast out for blood.

The boss started to plead for his life as Sozo kept moving closer inch by inch his silver claw covered in his goons blood. "Pleas don't kill me. I dont want to die I wont come back i swear." Sozo looked down to see that the man had just pissed himself he small smile came across his face "No your broke my sunglasses so im going kill you for that." Sozo quickly thrusted his had into the mans chest the look of shock was worn on the mans face as blood started to drip from his chest and ran down his mouth.

Sozo removed his claw and had it transform back into his hand as blood gushed from the wound and all over the black and white tile flooring. Sozo took the two corpses and removed them out side only to be confronted by the guards patrolling the street. "What do we have here?" One of the guards asked Sozo only for Sozo to ignore the guards question. As he dumped the two corps in the street and walked back in the shop to get food. Only for the guards to follow him in side to find out what happened.

When the old shop keeper saw the two guards following the young man he only thought the worst. So he rushed over to the guards to explian what happened to guards.
"This young man didn't do anything wrong he helped me when i was being harassed by three thugs. One of them ran away when he killed the first one and the boss attacked him later. So please forgive him as he didnt do anything wrong." the part about the boss attacking Sozo was lie but he thought it sounded better than Sozo killing him in cold blood over a pair of sunglasses. The two guards looked at Sozo "Alright we'll look the other way this time thanks to this unforgiving heat wave today." The guard said as they walked out the door into the blistering heat. Thanks to no clouds in the sky today and the sun shining brighter than normal.

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The little boy woke up early in the morning only to receive some mail, he yawned as he stretched his arms out only to find that the letter was for him. He opened the letter slowly as he stood there still in his light green pajamas. He noticed the note did not say from who it was but mentioned that there was someone who had information on Mikasa.

He could not figure out the rest other than a vague description detailing a man who was around five foot seven inches, however the description was a bit vague on the whole man part with the word being someone rubbed out several times, indicating it could be something other than a man. The supposed man, boy or whoever this person was had supposedly once been glimpsed or seen or heard of being linked to an angel with black wings. This was mostly rumor and speculation most likely, and the description of silver hair seemed strange. He wondered if the hair was not really grey or white but who was he to complain, information was still information no matter how vague it is. The boy had a red eye and a blue eye which straight away occured to him was probably the best chance for him to find his target.

Without any other information and rumored location of being in the Sand Dune Slums meant he had no time to lose, most people did not spend too much of their time in the slums. He took some of his gear just in case and put his forehead protector around his neck. He forgot to change out of his pajamas as he stood barefoot in the sand, he spread out his wings i took off like a bird into the sky as he began flying around the area looking for the target, which he had to admit would be hard from his height, with the only thing easily visible being the hair. He spotted someone with white hair as he swooped down he realised it was a woman and flew back up again disappointed as he kept flying around.

He flew over a dark alley way which stood out since he noticed a patch of white hair, it really stood out in the darkness of the alley as he flew closer landing on top of one of the buildings watching from a distance. He was not sure as the man looked like he could be the boy he was looking for but so far it was just the hair and the height may have been correct. Sadly at the angle he was watching from he could not get a clear cut view of whether he found his target or not. He thought for a moment he saw the boy, which became slightly clearer when the target turned his face looking at the drunks which he only noticed after. The face was too young to be a man, or so he thought, but he still was not sure so he followed the boy.

They finally made their way out of the alley as the young Noel blocked the sun out of his eyes with the help of his wings. He noticed more items as he could see a shiny necklace, which he could not fully make out, and he noticed the boy had a basic white T-shirt and some black cargo jeans and some shinobi sandals. Could this boy be a shinobi, and there was no clear identification so it was possible the boy was not even a shinobi from the village. Things looked dangerous and it was unclear what he was getting himself in to. He did not get a good look at the eyes as the boy seemed to cover them suspiciously with sun glasses.

He kept following the boy staying in the rooftops, for some reason people had a habit of never really looking up as if everyone lived on the ground, which was actually the main reason people avoided looking up. The heat was getting to him a bit as the boy he was following had walked close to half an hour before stopping by what looked like a small shop. The boy entered the small shop as the young Noel could not give up this chance, not quite sure what to do he slid down the side of one of the gutter pipes and then picked up some random cloth that had been lying on the ground. He shook it out and covered it over him so his wings were hidden as he entered the shop shortly after. This seemed like the usual type of shop in the slums, run down and with very few customers.

He went to go sit by the one table as he overheard something about being behind with rent, he was not sure what rent was since his home had been owned by his parents, thought it was so out of the way that collecting basic food items and resources took forever to get done without a good source of income. He noticed the three men seemed to be armed, with a sword and two clubs between the three of them. He sighed a bit as he started wondering if he could get something to eat, as he found a glass of juice and started drinking it.

He was not sure what was going on as he found a girl hiding under one of the tables, he sat next to her as she looked to him. He waved to her and she looked at him a bit scared before peeking. "Are the bad men gone yet?". He just shook his head as she stayed there, the people began saying something about a daughter as she wanted to run out help her father. He was not sure why but he just put his hand on her mouth and pulled her to him, he was barely strong enough to hold her. At the very least he could keep her from running out to her death, as he looked out to figure out what he got himself into.

After watching the two men attack the young boy he noticed the eyes as he just kept holding the girl tightly as he watched the boy fight, he was a bit impressed but he felt it was nothing before the might of Mikasa. He covered the girls eyes as the men were killed as he whispered something in her ear that made her keep quiet and stop fighting. As the men died and the third one was getting away he followed the boy outside only to leave the girl running to her father crying. The shop keeper was looking outside with his little daughter being told to return to her room, which she did defiantly as she hated having to do that. The boy stood there watching as there were two guards following the boy, only for the shopkeeper to run to explain everything that happened.

He then followed shortly after the guards left as he had seen the eyes of the one he was looking for, he was not sure if the boy knew but he reached out grabbing hold of the boy's sleeve of his shirt. As he moved to stand in front of the boy as his table cloth blew away in the light windy breeze. His wings spread out for a moment before tucking into his back again. He kept looking at the boy and his red and blue eyes then waited for the boy to say something as he stood there. The awkwardness of this meeting could not be described in mere words as he had just witnessed this boy kill two people without even thinking about it. Who was this strange boy with the blue and red eyes, he thought to himself as he stood there waiting

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Sozo watched as a little girl came running from her hiding spot under a table with a small figure next to her covered in tan cloth coving his body. The girl ran to her father as with tears in her eyes over what happened. Sozo looked away as he told her to go to her room looking at the two blood puddles on the floor. Caused by the two men he just killed the thought of them didn't bother Sozo in the slightest bit since they attacked him first they were all clean kills in his mind. But the boss pleading for his life he felt a bit out of it as he should have let him live. But he quickly was able to justify the kill by saying in his mind that he would just come back and do it again and trying to harass the shop owner. So Sozo was able to come to peace with his lack of guilt and sadness of killing the man in cold blood.

A small tug on Sozo's shirt now covered in splatters of blood from the two men he killed. Sozo looked down to see a sight that looked a bit familiar because of the strangers white wings with a small hint of green to match his hair and eyes. Also by the looks of it his pajamas Sozo tried to contain his laugher at the sight of a small boy tugging on his shirt. Looking at Sozo at the boy and smiled as he pat his head and picked up the cloth that was blown off the young boy. "Your wings look like the ones of my mistress I'm following if only they were black and a bit bigger." Sozo said as he handed the tan cloth to the kid again. As he headed to a booth that where there was a empty glass sitting on it. He sat close to the window looking out his mind drifted to thoughts of Mikasa. He began to wonder where she was. He was brought back when the shop owner placed a bowel of ice cream and a glass of water in front of Sozo. As he went back mopping up the blood the silver hair kid spilled a few moments ago. Was Sozo really becoming that heartless that he thought nothing over human life. I guess it would be for the best in his line of work and serving Mikasa.

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He looked closer as he noticed all the blood that was on the boy, whose name he had not discovered yet. What was this strange tall boy's connection to Mikasa and why did he just kill those people the way he did. The strange mixed eyes boy then smiled and pat his head while picking up the table cloth he had been wearing before the wind blew it off. He was a bit annoyed and happy at the same time as he pouted and blushed from the head petting he got. He then mentioned that his wings were like a mistress with black wings, as his eyes began to light up. He was not going to cry, but his eyes gave the impression of great excitement to the point of tears. His eyes so watery yet not crying as he was now interested in learning more about the stranger. He did not even notice the cloth which ended up falling on his head when the wind blew it further as he struggled to break free from it before tying it around his neck like a scarf.

The stranger began walking towards a booth which seemed to have a glass which was empty. He wondered what was so important about a glass, when he needed to find Mikasa. The stranger looked out the window seeming to ignore the boy as he sat there. He watched as the shop owner brought something precious to him and placed it on the table. The boy followed him and sat next to him getting really close nudging in the booth only to then start eating the ice cream meant for the stranger as he nearly smiled but his face resisted it as he looked at the stranger with ice cream on his cheek as he looked in his pockets and finally got out his card. The card said his name was Niitah, Noel of the Santaku Clan with current rank status of genin. He showed the card just to let him know his name, the other information being useless as he pointed to his name on the card. He then looked around and got a piece of paper and started writing a note while the ice cream began to slide down his cheek.

Words = 1315 + 379 = 1694

Sozo was looking out the window looking as people walked across the window he was sitting at. He saw all different types of people walking across from drunks to kids to adults. He let out a sigh as he began ot wonder where his mistress was at. He was sent to the Sunagkure no Sato in order to help find people to join her. But so far he found no one that would be willing to join so far. He let out a sigh as her turned around to find the green hair boy eating the ice cream meant for Sozo. He looked at how close he was to him and didn't think about shoving him away. But Sozo picked up the card the Noel handed him and read it. "Hi Noel. Im Sagara Sozo. I see you're part of the Santaku clan I figured as much judging by your wings." Sozo didn't know much about the Santaku clan since he and Mikasa never really talked much about it. Which he was fine with as he never really talked much about the Sagara clan so it was fair.

Sozo looked over to find Noel writing a note as the ice cream on his face began to drip down his face. Sozo grabbed a few napkins from the silver napkin holder set against the window he was looking out at. He poured some water from the glass and started to rub gently on Noels check till most of the ice cream was gone. He crumpled the wet napkins into a ball and placed them next to his glass and took a drink of the cold water. It caused Sozo's body to cool almost instantly. He placed the empty glass next to the wet ball of napkins. As he began to speak to again to the quite Noel. "You sure are a messy eater." He spoke in a joking tone as he placed his head on his arms that were across each other in front of him. Sozo made sure to not bump Noels ice cream he was enjoying so much and placed his head on his arms and began ot think what should he do next. If he couldn't find anyone in the Sunagakure no Sato. He wanted to find at least one more person before he faced Mikasa again.

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The strange boy with the weird eyes and the white hair finally said his name, his name was Sagara Sozo and he seemed to know the Santaku clan, or at least he knew about the wings of the Santaku clan. He was still busy writing his note finished when he felt something soft touch his face, he was not sure what it was until he felt the wet moist material as he peeked slightly to see the napkin being rubbed against his cheek. It almost seemed playful as he blushed nearly laughing, but he did give out a faint cute little smile as he closed his eyes enjoying it. He was just about to start moving closer for more when Sozo just stopped and crumpled up the napkin into a ball as he looked down a bit disappointed. He watched as Sozo slowly took a drink from his glass of water and got told he was a messy eater as he blushed. He then took his piece of paper and wrote something more on it before finally handing it to Sozo.

The note was rather simple and actually rather long for the short time he spent writing it.
'Hi, I am Noel. I do not want to lie to you, but i heard you might know something about the most beautiful angel in the world, Mikasa. I hope you okay with this and sorry i do not talk too much, i sort of still a bit upset cause someone said i sound like a girl, even that stupid girl said i look like a girl too and it made me so upset, so when i saw your ice cream i had to eat it and thanks for the ice cream.'

There was a small space before the note continued indicating what he wrote after his cheek was rubbed.
'Sorry for being messy, but could you feed me then I not really that good at eating nicely. I will open my mouth and you can put in the food then i will not be a messy eater anymore. Oh, and do not take too long i might bite if i keep having to wait.'

The boy opened his mouth up wide at the time when Sozo would more or less be finished reading as he went and made a faint, "ah" sound from his mouth. The spoon resting in the remaining ice cream, as his wings were just laying gently on the floor behind him. Things had begun to change and he felt he could be closer to Mikasa now.

Words = 1694 + 429 = 2123

Sozo moved his head to see Noel handing him a piece of paper to read. So he lifted his head off his arms and took the piece of paper and began to read it noticing a small space between the two notes he wrote on the pice of paper. Sozo looked at the kid he realized on how much of a girl he really did look like. He laughed in his head not wanting to upset the person. But began to think how the green hair boy knew that Sozo had information on Mikasa. He looked over to see that Noel had his mouth open wide wanting Sozo to feed him.

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Sozo gave a small sigh as he grabbed the bowel and spoon and started to feed Noel small spoonfuls of vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup on top. He made sure to keep Noel's face somewhat clean as he fed him. The kid was kind of a pain but Sozo didn't really mind feeding him since he just made fun of his eating habits. Then he began to speak in a curious tone as he continued to feed Noel "So how do you know I know Mikasa?"

Sozo took a few moments to pause his speech as he got another spoonful of ice cream and put it in his mouth and grabbed the wet napkin ball. Sozo gently rubbed the napkin against Noels mouth wiping away the ice cream from his mouth. He placed the napkin ball down and began putting another spoonful of ice cream into Noels mouth. As Sozo began to speak again "So what do you want to know about Mikasa?"

Sozo sounded a bit cautious as he was going to choose what he said carefully. Since he just met the green hair boy and didn't know if he and her were friends or if he was trying to hurt her. Hurting her was something he didn't want to cause by saying something he shouldn't have said. But the boy seemed innocent enough that he didn't mind talking about her with him.

It seems he was successful as he felt the cool refreshing and beautiful chocolate syrup covered ice cream, as it gently enter his wide open mouth which closed so slowly over the spoon as the spoon was pulled out of his mouth, some of the ice cream slipping passed ending up on the side of his mouth. He did not pick up on the sigh from Sozo as he was enjoying himself so much with the ice cream right now, as he remembered the times his family took him to have ice cream which was maybe one or twice at most.

He asked the boy how he knew Mikasa as he all of a sudden had a sad look on his face, as he looked down he felt like his whole world had been taken away. Sozo must not have been sure how to react as he got a spoonful of ice cream as it hit the little boy in the face, before he opened his mouth to take another bite as it looked like tears were building up in the little boys big beautiful green eyes. At the time the wind also decided to blow in behind them as his hair moved with the wind, his wings lifting off the ground slightly. Sozo was kind enough to wipe off the ice cream that had messed on the face of the sad little angel boy. He through the napkin he used to wipe one side and asked again, what he wanted to know about Mikasa as the boy just gave a sad emotional look, as the little girl and shop keeper were also watching.

He could not keep it in anymore as his eyes were now at the breaking point. His eyes just over flowed with tears as he rubbed them away with his arm and just leaned against the poor Sozo as he began to hit him softly and whispered in a girl like soft voice.

"I miss her"

He began to hold Sozo tightly, his only link to Mikasa was this strange boy who fed him ice cream without even knowing if he was to be trusted. He was so kind to him and all he was thinking of was himself and finding Mikasa, how could he use this boy who was so kind to him as he looked up into Sozo's eyes. He missed her and that was all there was to it, he did not care about what people said. He did not care about the stupid people who teased him or the teachers who bothered him. He may have liked the library, but it was so empty without Mikasa. He wanted his goddess back, he wanted Mikasa even if he had to use Sozo who had shown him only kindness without getting anything in return.

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Song after hearing Sozo ask about Mikasa:

Sozo watched as the green hair Noel was enjoying the ice cream the shopkeeper brought Sozo. Till Noel took it and started eating it which didn't really bother Sozo to much as he just wanted the water. But he started to think what the shopkeeper and the little girl were thinking as they watched the silver hair boy feed the green hair boy. They probably thought that the two were lovers which was the farther from the truth. As the two of them just met a few moments ago for the first time ever. But he was already feeding him so he began to wonder what happened to make him do that. But the ice cream was almost over with and with the last spoonful ice cream as it hit Noel's moth. Making the ice cream smear over Noel's face Sozo sighted thinking that it was a pain to feed Noel.

Sozo grabbed the napkin again and started to wash off Noels face. Which turned sad looking when he just mentioned Mikasa to him. Noel started to pound somewhat playfully for a better term of how hard he was hitting Sozo in the chest. As tears started to run from Noel's green eyes only for them to be wiped away from the sleeve of his green pajama's. Then something he didnt expect happened in a soft girlish tone Noel finally spoke to Sozo only saying on how much he missed her. As he clung to Sozo acting as if Sozo was a way for Noel to be connected with Mikasa. Sozo let out a small sigh again Noel was starting to become somewhat of a pain but he knew the pain of losing those dear to him. So he couldn't just walk away from the kid. So Sozo did one thing that he remembered his mother doing to him when he was sad. He patted Noel's head and looked into his eyes that were still watering from his tears as he started to wipe away the ice cream mess on Noel's face. "Don't cry Noel. Its kind of annoying to do in public. Besides Mikasa should be in the village soon hopefully but I'm not sure." Sozo placed the napkin down on the table when he was done and in the back of his mind he couldn't wait to see her again. Even though he felt worthless for her he was still not strong enough then he grew sad. As he began to wonder if he would ever be strong enough to be of actual use to her. Not just getting the enemies attention while she took care of them from a distance that wasnt good enough for Sozo. He wanted to become strong enough where he could take down a whole village by himself figuratively speaking of course. But he still enjoyed the idea of taking down a village by himself and getting a pat on the head and to see a smile on her face. The thoughts were very dog like thats all he was a dog nothing more nothing less. He wasn't even close to being considered a wolf like the rest of the Sagara clan members.

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OOC sorry if i switched somethings around i didnt mean to

He heard the mysterious Sozo give out a sigh not stopping his little emotional out burst. He felt something he had not felt in a long time, he felt the gentle patting of his head as he looked up to Sozo who wiped away his ice creamy mess on his face. He told him not to cry and when he heard Sozo say that Mikasa would be in the village soon he sniffed a few times as he wiped away all his tears. He was so excited as he hugged Sozo a bit too tight before letting go and blushing with his eyes still looking a bit puffy from the crying. He got out a piece of paper and started writing and then handed it to Sozo.

'Sorry about that, it is just Mikasa is everything to me and i love her very much. I belong to her and thanks for the ice cream. So what are the Sagara's like?'

His emotional state was back to his usual shy not speaking state as he returned to writing as the main form of communication with Sozo. He began to lean to the side resting his head against Sozo's chest as the girl thought how cute that looked with a giddy smile on her face. Meanwhile the owner of the Shop took her away and told her to not disturb the two of them with their bonding.

Noel fell asleep as he was tired from his emotional out burst, softly and gently he rested against Sozo's chest his heart beating softly and slowly. His legs pulling up on the seat as his feet curled up as his knees were cradled into his tummy. His wings cushioned his back as he was now fast asleep, he found his link to Mikasa and was all spent, he had flown a lot and actually flew around every single day. This put Sozo in a bad situation as he was now stuck with this little boy who was fast asleep. The boy also grabbed on to Sozo's clothing with his small soft cute little hand which prevented the poor or fortunate Sozo from going anywhere without waking the boy, not even giving the poor Sozo a chance to respond to his last note.

Meanwhile all that was going on in the young little boy's mind was dreams of an angel with black wings flying down from the sky to deliver divine punishment to all those who are useless to the world. He was dreaming of his goddess, the beautiful and mysterious Mikasa.

Words = 2594 + 431 = 3025

Sozo was caught off guard by Noel's sudden hug he wasnt expecting him to hug Sozo. The Sozo watched as Noel turned around and started to write on a piece of paper again as he blushed. Which Sozo was confused about. But he was taken from his thoughts as Noel handed Sozo a piece of paper in which he apologized for his emotional out burst a few moments ago. As well as thanking him for the ice cream he stole from Sozo and asked Sozo what the Sagara clan was like. The last part left a bitting feeling in his stomach as he hated his clan for what they did to him. But in reality if that never happened to him he would have loved his clan. But it happened and he hates them all of them for not thinking for themselves and only acting like dogs. But was Sozo any better for he was only Mikasa's attack dog he never thought about questioning her. He only hoped that if a time came where he was ordered to kill innocent women and children he would have the strength to tell her no.

As soft hold on his shirt and the feeling of someones head on his chest brought him out of his thoughts. He looked down to see Noel in curled up into a ball his wings cushioning his back. Giving Sozo no way to leave without waking him up. Then Sozo turned his attention back to the window getting lost in his thoughts again. He laughed in his head at Noel he wanted to know more about the Sagara's but couldn't stay up long enough to hear Sozo's reply. Well Sozo guessed that the emotional out burst of Noel's must have taken a lot out of the small green hair child. Sozo's thoughts were those of the Sagara and how he wanted to be a tracker ninja just like his father and all the other higher ups of the clan. But that dreams was put on hold if not completely gone. But there was still a sliver of a chance that his clans skills could be useful to Mikasa or he only hoped.

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The little boy began to dream peacefully as he had a small fragment of his memories appear to him.

***Flashback***
A small cute little boy who was at most maybe four years old was celebrating his birthday with his mom and dad as he happily opened his presents getting a small ice cream cone and a wooden cat doll. Just as things were going so well his whole world changed as a loud knock came on the door, he ignored it as he played with his little cat. His mother watched over him as his father had disappeared from their view. He looked up to his mom, "I love you, mommy" as she smiled and hugged him, "I am so sorry". He did not understand what was going on when all of a sudden some men armed with armor and spears and wings that were black all over. "We have come to collect your payment!"

***Flashback End***

His dreams became distorted after that with his life flashing before his eyes, images of Mikasa with her wings raised up and then being covered in blood. The man who was the family head forever smiling and eternally happy as if he had nothing to fear and everything to gain. There was also a small flash of Sozo who stood there looking disappointed as the young boy had dreamed of reaching out to the stranger. He woke up as he looked and noticed that Sozo was not paying attention to him as he playfully punched Sozo in the ribs as he yawned. "So..." he whispered which could not even be heard as he just took hold of Sozo's neck after writing a quick note which he placed on Sozo's forehead which said, 'Carry me'. He wanted to go somewhere and for that he needed Sozo.

Words = 3025 + 301 = 3326

Sozo was busy looking out the window he watched as the sky started to get darker. He thoughts were all over the place his clan, Mikasa, and what his worth was at the moment to Mikasa. Sozo wanted to go and train more but the green hair Noel was blocking his way. As a fellow lover of sleep he couldn't think of waking him up just so he could leave him.

There was a playful punch to Sozo's ribs which brought him out of his thoughts. Only for Noel to wrap his arms around Sozo's neck and placing a sign on Sozo's forehead asking Sozo to carry him. Sozo sighed as he picked Noel up and placed him to his side again. Sozo knocked the table making the glass fall over. Sozo placed it back up and placed it next to the empty bowel of ice cream. He tossed the ball of napkins in the bowel and slid out with Noel. Sozo opened the door for Noel and when they were outside he picked Noel up placing him on his shoulders. He began to think of where he wanted to go next. It was to late to do any training and he was fairly tired from the whole day as everything was so unexpected. He didn't think that he would have ran into someone who knew Mikasa or had to fight three thugs trying to shake down a shop owner. Sozo let out a big yawn as he walked with Noel on his shoulders. Sozo was heading to and unknown destination looking for his goddess with Noel.

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WC 3,561

He was waiting to see what Sozo's answer would be but the mysterious eyed Sozo just placed him to his side next to him. He then watched as Sozo seemed to have forgotten about the table knocking the glass over before picking it up to place it back next to the empty ice cream bowl. He watched Sozo gather all the napkins in a single ball and place them in the bowel before sliding out pushing him across as well. He felt like he was being pushed around as he was about to start pouting like some stubborn little boy, but he watched Sozo just walking off towards the door as he did a small pitter patter of his tiny feet on the floor boards which made his foot steps sound loud and fast. He nearly crashed into Sozo as he stopped to turn and wave to the people who owned the shop. All he noticed was the shop keeper being fast asleep and the little girl covering him in a blanket as she went over to Noel and whispered. "Thank you for helping us out", she then got ready to lock up as they were the only one's there that day since the deaths actually made the business dead for today.

He noticed Sozo had opened the door for them as the wind blew into the shop, his hair getting all messy as he shivered a bit his wings wrapping around him for a moment as he then walked carefully out the door. Before he could even ask anything he just felt himself lift off from the air as he felt something beneath him as he looked down. He noticed the white hair between his legs as he rubbed it a bit as he blushed before resting his arms on Sozo's head as he felt really lazy. As they began walking he heard Sozo yawning it was so obvious as he looked around not that good with seeing anything this late at night. He remembered they were suppose to meet Mikasa and he figured it was a night time meeting or Sozo is late. He was thinking for a bit as Sozo went step by step as he heard light splashes and squishy sounds from mud and puddles before hearing the sound of a cloud burst as his hair on his head rose up slightly, his wings positioned themselves over his head covering the whole area on top of Noel as the rain came pouring down. He wondered why there was rain in Suna of all places, but then he remembered that Suna did get rain every once in a while. This could be a sign as he sat there he shivered as some drops may have missed most of him but they were getting the lower half of Sozo and a few drops hit his bare little feet as he then tucked them inside Sozo's shirt as the cold feet touched Sozo's chest probably causing so many problems for him. Noel was a simple child when something was wrong he just took what ever was there to help him out, in a hot desert you never feel good when the cold actually does happen. Not to mention deserts can get extremely cold at night.

It would be unclear but soon they were going to arrive at their new destination, would he see Mikasa again or was the man taking him home with him. He still wanted to know more about Sozo's clan but he figured he can always ask about that along the way once the rain stops. The rain began hitting the poor Sozo hard as his wings just were not big enough to cover for the both of them as he held on tightly to Sozo's hair as Sozo sank into some mud spots as he held on tightly. This may have hurt Sozo and it was clear that he found a friend, but he was not ready to open up to the stranger with the weird eyes just yet, not until he knew more about him at least.

He then moved closer and whispered softly in his girl like boy voice "Thanks". Which would be the last word he would say to Sozo until they arrived at their destination. He drifted off thinking of Mikasa.

Words = 3326 + 727 = 4053
Training Bukijutsu C to B = 2000/2000
Training Endurance E3 to D2 = 300 + 325 + 400 = 1025/1025
Training Reaction E3 to D2 = 1025/1025 same as above
Total Training = 2000 + 1025 + 1025 = 4050
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