Nagare held eye contact with the boxes. They were much heavier than he had expected, and there were 3 of them. He stood pensively as he wondered, "Why the hell do they always leave out the important details of missions?" This was his first mission as a Genin, but even as an Academy Student, the rare missions he received were just as deceiving.

Nonetheless, he was going for the ryo, and he could handle this task easy enough. The air around him began to bent and reform as an invisible figure emerged from his body. The sound of a footstep, followed by one more, was the last accompanied sense that came, and there was a silhouette next to Nagare.

Nagare nodded to the silhouette and said aloud, "Okay, Horui. Our task is to carry these large boxes all the way to the weapon store. It shouldn't be too hard of a task with the two of us."

Horui nodded back, and thought, "Do you have any idea where the store even is?" Nagare's expression grew stern as he said, "Don't you dare doubt me. We're in this together, and I know what I'm doing."

"Whatever you say, oh-great-and-mighty-Naga." Horui bent to pick up the first box and judged its weight. He turned to Nagare, who was picking up the second box. They went ahead and up the road, looking at the large clouds below. Minutes passed, and the task grew strenuous, and they stooped to take a rest. "This is much worse than I thought."
"Really? I don't think its that bad." Horui's hard breathing said otherwise. Nagare picked his box back up, ignoring his Eizou. Horui hesitated, before picking his box up as well and they both made a right between the towering buildings. There were lots of turns and twists, but eventually they reached their destination. Before entering the building, Nagare agreed to go inside with the two packages, and sent Horui to go get the third. He stepped in, pushing the packages in the door with him.

The woman greeted him with a large smile, and accepted the packages graciously.

Horui walked calmly back to the first box. He loved the fact that he was almost invisible. Very few people noticed him, and those who did usually shrugged him off as if they were seeing things. But he was real. He was still a part of Naga, but he considered himself a separate being. He was human in every way, so he saw himself equivalent to humans. The only difference was his inability to speak and his transparency. This limited him to interaction with only Naga, and he craved other friends....

He didn't think about this anymore, as it depressed him. He picked up the box, and carried it back, weaving through the same path they followed (although taking a quick detour to see some sort of clown juggling) and arrived back at the shop, waiting outside for Nagare to take the box so that the shopkeeper would not be alerted to Horui's presence.

The woman talked to Naga for a long time before realizing the third wasn't there, and she asked him where it was. "It's right outside, I'll go get it."

As he stepped out, Horui was waiting with the box adjacent to him. Nagare smiled and mouthed the words, "Thank you" before reentering and giving the kind lady third box. She paid him, and outside, he recombined with Horui before heading back home.

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