Today was the day, the hot spring is having it's unisex bath day, in anticipation of the event kaneda had decided a month earlier that he would not bathe until today he also bought a camera and packed a special picnic lunch in case he just so happened to meet a special lady which he doubted but if he did he would be able to impress her with his with his elite cooking abilities bringing nothing but his kimono and and the picnic he set's off for the bath house in search of oppai. Hastily he sped down the stairs to his apartment complex and zoomed off for the hot springs, Today would be the day! He thought to himself. The hot springs weren't more than 500 meters away from his home so he arrived quickly and had begun to notice that no one else was around with an air of suspicion he decided to speak to the Young Women working the counter He said "Hello Miss I was just wondering where everyone was, isn't today unisex bathday?" The women replied back with an amused look "that was yesterday silly, but even if you did come you would've had to have been accompanied by an adult." with his plan ruined and his dreams crushed kaneda almost began to cry, the young lady noticing this had quickly added " aww don't cry cutie, my shift will be over soon and I would be happy to join you!" Kaneda sniffles "really?" "Yes, really you can go and play in the bath now if you would like I have to close up here" smiling and with a renewed joy kaneda runs back and strips of his kimono wraps it around his picnic to keep it nice and safe after that he does a front flip into the bath and waits for his hostess to arrive.

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Mure was making his way along through the village yet again. His tiny frame able to pass through the narrow ally here and there scattered through out the village. He was wearing his typical dark but baggy clothing. With the pants folded up at the ankles and held up by a belt and the shirt with sleeves that his finger tips barely poked out of. And a broken gas mask that covered his face below the eyes. All of his clothing but his boots were to big for him. After all they had once belonged to his brother of all people. His head band was tucked into his pocket for the memory of being a chunnin but other then that it wasn't for show. Still he was out and about because he was tired of getting free food from the hideout at the bar. They fed him well enough but he wanted to get out and find his own food. Or maybe steal some ryo for purchasing food. His yellow eyes scanned the area before he decided the easiest target would be the bath house. They would have to dress quickly to chase him and their wallets could likely be found within the changing rooms where no one usually lurked long.

So quick as a mouse he snuck into the bath house. The issue being is he didn't expect the hours to be so odd and the bath house to be almost empty. Still he figured there had to be at least one person there. So he entered the door and slid to the side evading the lady at the front desk. His yellow eyes searched for a way passed her. She seemed to be closing up the till so she was preoccupied. He took the opportunity to place his feet on the wall and press off launching himself up. His hands were hidden in the sleeves of his long sleeve shirt so he used them to grab onto the pipe used to run hot water through the bath house. He used that like a rope to crawl along the pipe over the front desk into the bath house. Choosing the mens side as he didn't want to be mistaken for a pervert. Once he entered the mens bath room he frowned as he only saw one Kimono. Still he figured it would have to do.

He crawled to directly over it along the pipe. It was a pretty simple Kimono on the bench but it was bulging like there might be something in it. He grinned as he figured that his effort wouldn't be for waste after all. Wrapping his feet around the pipe carefully by pointing the toes together Mure took a deep breath to steady his nerves before letting go with his hands. He allowed his body to swing down to hang from the pipe by his feet. His hands out stretched to grab the kimono and unwrap it. Within it seemed to be some sort of picnic. However he had forgotten his head band in his pocket. Even as he grabbed the food his head band fell out and loudly clattered to the floor. Mure Swung back up with a couple of hand fulls of food and wrapped his arms around the pipe to hold himself there. Alarmed yellow eyes looking back to the bath for the individual. Hoping that some how the individual had not heard the clattering of metal on the bath floor. If the man called out then it was possible the girl at the counter would come to help and he wasn't prepared to fight a girl.

Hearing a metal clattering sound coming from the men's locker room, a chill went up kaneda's spine he decided that maybe he should investigate the sound. With an over the top flip to get out of the pool he began to walk to the men's locker room feeling a cool breeze dash across his nether regions. Now realizing that he was naked he decided that it would be best to make his presences known before he enters the bath he assumed that maybe that it was a the young lady that was closing up the counter "i'm coming in!" his voice cracked now embarrassed he waits for a reply. he decides not to wait a second longer and walks into the locker room he quickly walks the length of the room, seeing no one he continues to examine the room, after a few steps he makes his way to the spot where he laid his blue kimono and picnic basket were he noticed that his kimono was unwrapped and that his picnic basket was open and that food was missing. With a large grin across his face he quickly wraps himself up in his kimono and heads to the front desk.

After popping out from the men's locker room and seeing that no one was at the  front desk he yells out "hello?!" The women replies "i'm getting changed in here!" he finds it interesting that she can move so fast between the two locker rooms."wow you sure move fast!" Kaneda replies, "what do you mean?" the women shrills back. slightly confused he wonders what SHE meant by that "weren't you just in the men's locker room cleaning up?" Kaneda say's in a confused tone. The women calls back "no, why?" not replying kaneda sprints back into the locker room and inspects it a second time to see if the culprit is still around after a second scan around the room he finds no one and is dumbfounded with this he puts his hands behind his head and sighs exasperatedly with this he looks upwards and see's the would be culprit  was a child wearing dark but baggy clothing. With the pants folded up at the ankles and held up by a belt and a shirt with long sleeves he was also wearing a gas mask which he found strange he also had yellow eyes that he found disturbing and mysterious at the same time "hey man why did you steal my food?" Kaneda said staring into the brilliantly yellow eyes of the child.

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Mure blinked as he knew he was caught. He hear the pitter patter of wet feet approaching and even a man call out. Though the voice didn't sound very masculine he was sure that he was done for. Still he held his breath as the man entered. He didn't move or breath. He was afraid the man would hear his heart beat pounding. He shut his eyes tight and listened. He heard the movement go passed him and out the other side and he opened his eyes again. He had some how managed to evade detection. He let out a breath as he heard the man shouting outside the locker room. He was going to escape. He just needed to have to oppertune moment and the heist would be successful.  He listened closely as he heard a more feminine noise. Maybe she would attract his attention enough? He did hope for a distraction after all. Even if people doing the dirty was well...Dirty. Still he caught his breath as the man re-entered and within a moment made eye contact with Mure. He was found out! Mission abort! Mission abort! But wait... He could still get out of this couldn't he? And with his prize too.

In a swift motion Mure kicked out at the connections holding the pipe to the ceiling and smashed them like tooth picks. And with his weight and no support that part of the pipe broke of with a metal wrenching noise. Hot water spraying all over the direction the man who had caught him was standing. And massive amounts of scalding water no less. Mure Spun around the water hoping it had blinded the man and forced him to move. If it the man was still there then he was dealing with a face full of water. At which point Mure would make a leap and using the mans shoulders as a launch pad if he could would land there and use his force to knock the man down and run for it. If the man had moved then Mure would just make a break for the door with the scalding hot water covering his escape. Mure was wearing thick enough clothes not to suffer burns but the man? Just a kimono. And just like that he would be full on sprinting out the front of the shop dripping wet with two hand fulls of food and water flooding out the door behind him.

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Watching dumbfounded as the child In a show of pure athleticism the child kicked out the connections holding the pipe to the ceiling and smashed them as if they were tooth picks, this sent extremely hot water all of the 12 year old Kaneda. In complete shock and a surprising amount of pain caused by the hot water Kaneda falls on his ass and cries out "if you wanted the food you should of just asked!" he said rolling around clutching his face as if it could make any difference he heard a series of loud footsteps hitting the the wet concrete and he felt the child's presence disappear. still yelping out in pain he heard another set of footsteps approaching him from what he believed was the women's. after hearing a shriek he confirmed that it was the young lady from earlier "what happened?!" yelped the women "there was a kid hanging from the ceiling! He did this!" "I don't see anyone else around but don't worry I will tell the owner that the pipe just burst you better sit for a minute while I go and shut the water pressure down." the young lady said reassuringly. Struggling to his feet Kane stands and  decides that it would be best that he should sit for a few minutes to get his strength back.
while sitting against a set of lockers the water slowly starts to stop and finally cuts off , after this Kaneda catches something in the corner of his eye a shiny metal type object in his peripheral vision there it lay a konoha forehead protector Kaneda let out a sly little chuckle and said "well I better got find this kid and return the favor."

WC:292

Mure moved quickly to finish his escape. He moved across the road while shoving the stolen food into his pockets to free up his hands. he felt kind of bad for damaging the bath house but he had nearly been caught attempting to steal something. He had reacted quickly to the situation but he wondered if perhaps he had gone a little too far. Stealing food was one thing but actually damaging an establishment could lead into some trouble. Either way he had only been seen by one individual he had never seen before so he doubted he would be identified. Still he moved into an alley and crouched down before leaping up and to the left. Placing his left foot onto the wall he launched himself up onto a window ledge and then using both legs launched himself further up to grab onto a low hanging flag pole hung horizontally from the wall. Swinging his weight back and forth Mure built up enough power to throw his body upwards and around the pole to plant his feet on the top before launching himself into a back flip to grab the edge of the roof. Ending by hauling himself over the edge of the flat top and crawling out of sight. He smiled to himself and unhooked his gas mask setting it to the side before pulling out his catch. It wasn't until he did this that he realized he had forgotten to pick up his head band. If that was given to a tracker then there was a chance they would find him no matter where he hid. Skittering back to the edge of the roof he poked his head out to peek at the bath house. Looking to see any sign of anyone coming out. He might have to go back in there and get it back. For his own safety of course.

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Regaining focus and his general high energy demeanor, Kaneda slips into a more serious calculating mindset this child has ruined his perfect day, kimono, food, and damn nearly blinded him with scalding water. In almost any other circumstance kaneda would be liable to layeth the smack down on Someone who had screwed up his day off  to this degree,  But he knew something was different about this child he couldn't get the image of the child's frantic yellow eyes and that strange gas mask that he had donned. He also knew that this was a shinobi with skill that might prove to be trickier then what he was accustomed to. Now taking the headband and clutching it tightly in his fist he punched his hand against the wall with all his might, his knuckles split open and blood had dripped onto the floor he had decided that he would just settle for an apology rather then fight another leaf nin. without wasting another second he had run to the men's locker room lost and found bin and tossed on a well worn jacket and a pair of hot pink cargo shorts that he found to be a bit flamboyant. Tying the forehead protector to his forehead he thought that it was weird having someone else's band on his head and decided that it would be better to just tie it to his forearm. Sprinting out of the locker room kaneda stands in front of the bath house and calls out "if you want this back you have to apologies and tell me your name!"

WC: 268

Mure blinked in surprise as he noted the headband around what he believed to be the angry mans forearm. Oh boy was he screwed. He didn't think it would escelate to such a degree that he would be driven into a corner like this. Mure dropped back behind the ledge he was peaking over and took a few deep breaths. He focused hard to keep himself from panicking as he nibbled his lip. What was he supposed to do? All he wanted to do was acquire his own food via borrowing it instead of getting hand outs from the bar. They took great care of him and that made him feel guilty. Then again he was stealing food from some one but only a little bit. But he had also damaged the bath house...that was insured though right? He needed to focus. He couldn't let doubt block him now. He focused on the scenario and took a deep breath. He had stashed the food. Now all that was left to do was to retrieve the evidence that could lead to him. He really wished the guy hadn't tied it to his forearm though. He wasn't eager to hurt him.

Still a plan came to his mind as he calmed himself. It was how he shifted that worried people. When he was pushed to the edge or when he felt threatened the meek little Mure was one to surprise everyone. After all who ever heard of an Aburame with no abilities? And as far as he could tell he was still incognito with that ability during this encounter. He needed to move quickly. So he took another deep breath and grabbed his gas mask. Placing it back on his face. He was much to shy to show his face with the hive holes showing. He then moved to the edge of the roof and jumped off. Landing on the ground below in a surprisingly graceful way. His shoulders were hunched and his hands were at his sides. His eyes focused on the ground looking guilty. He really hoped that he didn't hurt the guy. He moved closer as if unsure of himself. Mure was anything but threatening. He looked like a scared kid caught doing something bad. And in all honesty that was the summed up version of the events. He was inwardly scolding himself as he moved closer about forgetting his headband.

However the moment he was within 5 meters of the guy he mumbled out a barely Audible "Sorry." But it wasn't for the stealing. Instead insects burst from his sleeves and in a split second a swarming could of insects were blocking anything more then the end of the nose. The cloud of bugs was so thick and loud with buzzing that it was as effective as the hidden mist. But not as much a double edged sword. Mure's eyes unfocused and he could see everything the bugs could see. If it had been the first time then it might of been disorienting for him to see himself and his target from hundreds of different view points but he had designed the technique himself and practiced it. Mure was already moving. His hand reaching for the head band and yanking it so hard it would tear the fabric if he got a hold of it. And if so his strength was unstoppable. Surprisingly so for such a little guy the way he yanked on that headband would throw a body builder. But he wasn't done yet. Instead of running away again he stepped into the shadow of the building.  Quickly he formed the tiger hand seal and seemed to drop into the shadow like deep water. Poofing from vision as he flattened out and disappeared entirely.

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A few minutes after making his proclamation a meek child wearing a gas mask and a scared expression on his face had begun a slow moving lurch towards him, in truth this made kaneda feel bad he knew what it was like to be a mischievous toddler he felt as if everyone had, it was strange to him that not even a year ago in this situation the roles would probably have been reversed and he would have been the small statured villain. The boy was now within 5 meters of kaneda, donning a mask of indifference.He heard the boys mumble something but didn't quite catch it, before he could open his mouth to ask the child to repeat himself, he saw it he thought to himself why me why did i have to get the one kid that could shoot my worst fear at me. Withing seconds he was surrounded he had been swarmed all he could hear was buzzing and Kaneda couldn't think he couldn't move he couldn't breath he was losing consciousness he was surrounded but at that moment he felt a hard sharp tag on his forearm and then he felt a pain like no other he thought his arm had snapped but really he was snapped back to reality he could hear screaming, in that moment he decided that death was not an option and that he would get out of this quickly making the tiger hand seal and inhaling a large amount of air he filled his lungs and his throat with chakra he had become a flame thrower of sorts he burned away most of the bugs and had a clear field of vision once again but the boy was no longer insight along with the headband.

Simply glad to be alive,  he was pulled back to reality the young lady was still screaming about something he turned around to see that he accidentally set the hot springs check in area on fire with his Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu dumbfounded he quickly rushed  into the building and pulled the young women out but she was still screaming "miss i'm really sorry about burning the building down don't worry I will pay for it." said kaneda in a calm voice the women stopped screaming and said "that boy he,he was the cursed aburame! don't you get it we are going to die I could care less about this stupid building it is insured up the ass!" with that the lady fainted, kaneda tried to wake her up but it was to no avail he set the woman down and had left the scene to go get help.


now deep in thought: "cursed? what did she mean cursed? what the hell was going on?"

-15 chakra

C-Rank:

wc: 469 hehe

Total Word Count: 1781


Speed: D-1>>>D-3 (850 words, 125 ryo)

Reaction Time: D>>>>D-2 (725 Words, 75 Ryo)

Mure watched a little shocked from the shadows as the other man burst flames out of his mouth. It was incredibly surprising and almost made him yelp. He felt bad for the bugs that burnt away and fell as little flaming balls to the ground. His eyes watered up as it was very much a part of him burning away. They suffered because of him. He would mourn his bugs later. But for now he should get going he thought. It was then that he blinked as he heard a scream. He noticed the bath house was one fire and blinked in alarmed surprise. He couldn't do anything to put it out but luckily enough it was a small fire. Easy to put out. Still that scream. His yellow eyes peered out of the shadow he was in and looked to the girl a little concerned. It was then that the mention of his curse was brought up. She fainted and he held in the tears as the other man left. Everyone was so afraid of him and he never did anything to anyone. Today was turning into a bad day. He never should of gone outside. Still he left the shadows once the coast was clear and hopped back onto the roof and stuffed his head band back into his pocket. Snatching up the food he took off away from the scene. Less he get blamed for the fire too. He was sure if they found him there and heard any witness accounts he would be in big trouble. So in a few moments he was long gone.

But he needed to get further away from it all. The curse being brought up really stung him. He could never escape it. The curse that anyone could tell a questioning individual about the cursed Aburame child. How everyone that had ever cared for the boy had gone missing or wound up dead. Some said you just had to touch him once and the curse had you. Others said you just had to speak his real name aloud. In truth it was likely just a series of coincidences. But his mother and father were dead. His only brother was missing. Both of his sensei had gone missing and one was brought back dead. Even a Kage who had only met with him once went missing and was yet to be heard from. If a Kage was effected by the curse then surely no one was safe. So Mure had avoided everyone. Afraid that the curse was real. Instead of maturing he had shrunk into himself and become afraid of people. He was sensitive and cried frequently. He never wanted to hurt anyone but as fate would have it. Mure was cursed in one way or another. Either doomed to kill his loved ones or doomed to be hated for his bad luck. Either way he didn't like the result. So he escaped to the wall furthest from the scene and sat there. Sniffling as he chewed on his food. The taste was ruined by the salt in his tears but he ate it all up anyway. Feeding some of it to the birds. He liked birds. Birds never judged him.

Exit thread
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Endurance
E ~> E-1, 75/75.
E-1 ~> E-2, 150/150
E-2 ~> E-3, 225/225
E-3 ~> D, 300/300

D ~> D-1, 325/325
D-1 ~> D-2, 400/400
D-2 ~> D-3, 450/450
D-3 ~> C, 525/525

53 wc remaining