Well, the exams where over as far as he cared. His boy was promoted, everyone was happy, there where massive piles of purchased good to drag home, and he had no real reason to stay there. Nor did any of them; unless they'd worked out training sessions or something. He really should be working on another meeting with the Hokage; apologize and shit; but well, he was Raijin. And Raijin didn't do apologies unless he absolutely had to. He'd sent out the word to the rest of the group to meet back at the hotel; so they could talk this over. no reason for the entire group to travel back together unless they where all ready; and he didn't feel like forcing them all to wait on people. That was one massive fuck up he didn't plan to repeat.

He just waited now; sprawled over a chair and a bag of chips plopped on his stomach as he munched. He'd work it off quick enough, and the heat of the lightning in his veins boosted his metabolism just enough to keep him from really ever gaining weight (NO GUILT! WOO!). He was thinking about sticking around for a few more day; the food was good, and he could spend some time in the old dojo he' once trained in as a child. It'd be nice to see his old master again, if the old man was even still alive. There was still the possibility of problems with the Kiri people over Himitsu; but as nothing had happened yet, he was starting to dismiss that outright. The rest? Didn't know, didn't care. They where big boys and girls, they could handle themselves.

Karoshi had been practicing with her new shiny toy, her tanto to be exact. Rather impressive looking cause of the decor but a standard blade no less. She'd received word from their group leader; Raijin, to meet up at the hotel...it was time to leave but Karoshi had no intention on coming back to Kumo for awhile now...She'd been talking to Gin, the Kazekage, about going to Suna for awhile so she can become her apprentice in Kenjutsu and if she was to head back to Kumo now...then her chance on becoming better would be null for a long time...
Karoshi had been walking to the hotel for awhile now, her sword in reverse grip for now as she swished it back and forth, playing and toying about with it... She'd had time to think about what she was going to do and the only thing she could do was head on to Suna. If she was going to be a better ninja then she was going to need all the help she could get and if a Kage offers to school you then...you can't really complain now can you? She needed to tell Raijin what her plans were and whether he liked it or not, she was leaving.

She turned a corner and came up to the hotel; Raijin probably sitting inside waiting for them. Now or never. She marched on up to the door, full of confidence and determination, that was until she saw Raijin just sitting there stuffing his face...granted he didn't look intimidating but remembering back to when the group were traveling...made her wince a bit, confidence smashing into the floor hard.
She took a few more steps closer, sheathing her tanto into it's sheath on the back of her waist, she cleared her throat and readied herself.

"R-Raijin-sensei? I'm here to tell you that...I wont be coming back to Kumo for awhile...I plan on going to Suna with the Kazekage to further my Kenjutsu training. Please, forgive me for the sudden notice..." Her voice slightly shaky, brushing the hair from her face away, tucking it behind her ears.

Skye was in a rather good mood. He got to explore Konoha a bit. By explore, it mostly meant getting lost for an hour or two. He also got to fight a worthy adversary in the Chuunin exam. And to top it all off, he got promoted to Chuunin. Things were definitely going to be smooth sailing from that point on. Skye had gotten note that Raijin was ordering all Kumo ninja to travel back to Kumo. Well... not really ordering... Raijin wasn't the type to yell and go crazy on others. He was more laid back than anything. Though Skye had to find his way to the meeting spot. This would take him a good hour or so. Getting lost, finding a new direction, and eventually getting back on track. As he wandered, a few memories and thoughts popped into his head. He remembered his match and how much damage they did to each other. Looking down at his shoulder, he sighed. It had a medical bandage wrapped around it still. Same as his ankle. Both stab wounds. Only his ankle healed. His shoulder was going to have to wait. After a few more minutes of daydreaming, he noticed that he was nearly where he needed to be. Raijin and Karoshi could be seen in the distance. Approaching the two, he heard the last bit of Karoshi's statement. "Leaving for Suna..." His voice was quiet and could only be heard by himself. Skye had a few quick flashbacks of what Suna looked like. He was born and raised there after all. As he got closer to the two, he remained silent.

“Well, that's a bit depressing.”

The male spoke quietly, less than a foot behind Skye. Red eyes looked upon Karoshi with a small smile as arms were lifted to fold across his chest. Whether Skye knew he was there was not a concern; the male could easily be disarmed; and Luca had three swords to do it with. Not that he'd kill him...

Why was he here? He'd been wandering back to the hotel for a bit of a break; the exams were over, and Luca had done everything on his 'To Do' list. He had new swords, which were currently sealed away in a scroll, and he'd enjoyed some time in the hot springs. As far as Luca was concerned, he was satisfied.

But this.. this was interesting. One of the females they'd come with had wanted to go elsewhere? Shame. It would one less person to worry about on the road, but damn.

Eh? Someone wanted to bail? Oh, training. With a Kage. Wow. Good score kid. "I don't much care what you do, eh. Just gotta find yer own way back then, yeah." That was as good as a have fun as the Tsukino would ever give, which was still better then a no. He was being honest at least; whether he came back with Karoshi or not wasn't really his problem. The bits and pieces of Caldbolg, along with the Kiba Blades he had safely sealed away on his person where. Get one to Midnight, and the other to the clan's blacksmiths for repair. He'd need more then his meager knowledge to repair his blade.

Eh, focus on the rest before he got distracted. Yeah, that worked. "So, Skye. Congrats and all that jazz. Ya have fun?" Stupid question, but his style. Wouldn't blame the kid if he was still a bit spooked, after what happened. Oh well; he'd survived, and earned his new rank. Good enough for Raijin to confirm he'd be taking the kid on as a permanent squad member. He'd like to have Shiruku as well; but the medic had been MIA for a while now. Sad, he liked him, too.

The Iki... yeah. Not going there. Too likely to eat him alive. Creepy bastard. "You, got anything you need to say? One shot, say it or keep it shut, yeah."

Karo did nothing but smile at the sensei, bowing slightly as she giggled. Seeing as though he approved of it, she could now finally get to Suna without having so much as a spot of bother...well...that was until she noticed skye was standing not too far from her. Him and that other person...he didn't seem to speak much so he was probably a loner...Wee shame really. Shaking her head, she bowed to Raijin once more before walking up to Skye and The Loner.

Stopping at Skye she smiled and showed him her new blade.
"Lookie! I bought it the other day!" She giggled, unsheathing some of it so the blade was visible. It had a mirror sheen to it and the decor on the hilt looked rather nice, wee crescent moon on the end and all! She was rather proud of it, excluding the cost of course. Near enough leaving her with nothing! Her gaze would linger from Skye to The Loner, giving him a light smile and a cock of the head before waving at him. He was quiet so why not say hi? They did fly into each other in the market back in Kumo.

Skye nodded once at Raijin and smiled. "Well, if you consider getting lost for a few hours, stabbed twice, and surprised by two random ninja as fun... Yeah, I had a great time." He ended with a wide smile. It showed that he wasn't kidding one bit. The exam was one of the most exciting things that had happened to him in a long while. Adjusting his stance slightly, he kept holding his smile up until Karoshi came over.

He turned his attention to Karoshi once she started to talk. She had a sword now and decided to show it off some. Tilting his head, his eyes locked on the sword. "Wow..." Bringing his face a little closer to the sword, he seemed to admire it. "Nice sword. Looks a lot fancier than this thing." Skye jokingly showed off his single chain scythe and grinned once more. Before he could say another word, he noticed that there was someone close behind him. Standing up, he looked Luca directly in the eyes and grinned. "Hi there." Examining the guy a bit more, he noticed that he was a Kumo ninja. Holding one hand out, he intended on giving a handshake. "I don't think I've met you before. Have I?"

.o(OOC: Everyone is using White. White is my colour people ><")

She was sitting there on one of the beds with her legs crossed. She was fiddling with the front piece of her Ao Dai, one of the corners were beginning to fray a tad. She sighed softly as she checked to see if her leggings were tucked into her black boots properly.

The trip to Konoha had been... Scary? Nervous? Nerve racking to say the least. Aside from the few excursions to get food and fresher air, Himitsu had stayed in the hotel almost the entire time. A lot of people called the 'magnificent village of Konoha' beautiful, well to her it was just as dull as everything else. Yeah, sightseeing doesn't really work as well when you're blind. It also doesn't work out to be good when you have psychopathic ex-teamates/acquaintances roaming around the village that want to rapedrag you back to the hell hole you just escaped from.

Which reminded her of something.

She still needed to meet the Raikage about a squad or mentor. She hoped he would accept her. She still didn't even have a Kumo headband, granted that she never thought that she was leaving her country completely, she was choosing to stay in Kumo, where she had at least one friend. She heard that strange girl that wanted to touch her on the cliffs say that she was going to go train in Suna with the Kazekage. Well... Himi couldn't say that she would miss her too much, she hardly knew the other girl. Then the quiet person spoke. The sound of the voice came as a shock to her, seeing as she hadn't been sure if they were a male or a female, nor how old they were either. The quiet person was a soft spoken male, probably her age, maybe a year or two older.

Suddenly Himitsu felt a bit claustrophobic, realising how many people were currently in the room with her. The girl, Skye, Raijin, the quiet male and herself. She shuddered internally. Too many. She stopped paying attention to the girl as she and skye started to ramble about their weapons. Weapons. They irked Himitsu a lot, seeing as she couldn't use them properly. Eh. She needed to work more on her sensory when she got back to Kumo.

Quietly she spoke; "Raijin... When are we heading back?" She wanted to leave as soon as possible. She missed her own bed, and the smell of the mountain air. She hadn't been in Kumogakure long, but she loved it their. It just seemed so... Clean, crisp, pure.

“.....” Eyebrows were raised at the female. He did indeed remember her; she'd run into him while he was picking out Satsujin no Ito. However, to be polite, he did wave to her, before turning red eyes to the male whom he'd followed in.

“Iki. Luca Iki.” He offered a small nod of his head, before he shifted his weight, causing the three swords he wore to jangle somewhat. Reaching, he adjusted Onikiri and Ashura some, tightening the bands that held them fastened to his sides. “Anyway... I suppose you're taking off soon?”

...Huh; when did they all because perfect little buddies? Or sort of anyway. Weird. Or weird to him; with his lack of social skill and awkward issues with humanity in general. He might as well be moving into the high sage area of his clan's temple and call it a day; he'd get 'promoted' soon enough; if he'd just work on the 'spiritual' aspects of his training, versus just being a ninja playboy all the time. Weeeee!~

"We'll be leaving soon enough. I need to get back, same as the rest of you. I just don't see the point in cluster fucking the way home, too. Ya'll pair off, head out when you're ready. I don't care when it happens. Himi stays with me, the rest of you, good luck and have fun, yeah." Nicest works from him they'd get. And not an outright dismissal; if they wanted to hang out they could; plan and all that. He was bored and hungry again, which meant he';d go hit a pub or something before he left. "If anyone wants to grab food before they leave, and not have to pay for it... I'll be off in the market somewhere. Find me, free meal, etc."

He hopped outta his comfortable seat and walked off without much fanfare; as was his custom, really. Overstated in some ways, under is others.

-exit thread.-

Karo smiled at Skye and Luca, giving them both a quick hug before walking off, passing Himitsu with nothing but a goodbye thrown in her direction. Granted she more than likely had no idea as to what was happening with her being blind and all and she didn't want to make any contact with her other than vocal...last time she tried to be nice, she shunned her...so Karo was still pretty annoyed at her for being rather cold.

Maybe she just didn't like contact with anyone that wasn't close to her cause, as Karo can recall, Himi was more than happy to wander off with Raijin. Oh well then... nothing to say further other than her swift retreat. She turned and waved at them all before turning again, her hair flowing in the wind as she vaulted over a fence and into a through alleyways; out of sight.

-Player two has left The Game-

Skye quickly opened his arms when Karoshi went in for a hug. He didn’t exactly expect it, but he was quite fine with getting one. It seemed that Karoshi put a little more effort into the hug than Skye did. Main reason for that was because Skye wasn’t really a hugger. He was somewhat sad to see Karoshi leaving. Although she was off rather quickly, Skye was able to sneak in one last comment and grin. “Have fun in Suna, Alright.” Skye’s mind flooded with the old memories he had in Suna. A majority of them were happy or cheerful, but he did have the occasional bad one. Shaking his head, the thoughts drifted away.

Raijin had mentioned getting a bite to eat and possibly something for the road. This caught his attention because he was somewhat hungry. Plus the fact that it would be free was definitely tempting. Karoshi had left, and Himi was now heading off with Raijin. This left only Luca and himself. “Well Luca, I hope to see you again in Kumo.” He patted Luca’s shoulder and left to follow Raijin. Eventually catching up and finding Raijin, he joined in right at his side. Free food was something quite hard to pass up. No matter where they would go for food, Skye would try to get something spicy.

Looking around Konoha’s market, he could see many stands that sold interesting merchandise and food. The smell of food filled the air as some of the restaurants nearby started to get busy. Syke wandered around to see what types of things were still there, but he made sure he stuck somewhat close to Raijin. He did have a problem with getting lost after all. In fact, he still had trouble with Kumo’s layout. After a few seconds of consideration, he took a mental note of what he should do first when he got to Kumo. Skye would memorize each and every inch of Kumo so he wouldn’t get lost. Hell, he might even meet a few new people on the way. After he ate with Raijin, he kept up and waited to follow Raijin back to Kumo.

Himitsu could hear Skye saying goodbye to Karoshi. Should she say goodbye? It was both polite and showed good manners. Everything her ... Birthgiver... had taught her. She shuddered internally. Her mother was a creature born and brought forth from the torturous pits of hell themselves. That woman, no that demon spawn had been a nightmare.

She heard the girl leave, to late to say anything. Standing she grabbed hold of Raijin's short sleeve and disappeared out of the room with him.

-exit-