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A Dance of Blades [Private/Rue/NK] Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:02 pm
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The fabled Mt. Ikkyu was just out of sight of his room in the Inn in the Village Hidden in the Clouds. Kirigakure, had apparently sectioned off an entire inn to their own participants and their mentors for this singular event that was the Chunin Exams, and although the rest of his squad was present in the Inn with him, his sensei, Nozomi was nowhere to be found. The last time he had seen her had been in some park for a scheduled meeting between the two of them. The purpose of the meeting had been to try and get a better understanding of each other, although that was a given, but he had 'officially' asked her to meet him there in order to find out what the Chunin Exams would contain for him. Although her answer had only been speculation and of possibilities, he saw no reason to discount what she said about them, there was always going to be the possibility that she was right. He remembered her speaking about some labyrinthine forest and the first few who finished got to go on ahead to the third and final stage of the exam, those who didn't finish among the first handful he was assuming were then put into a second stage and they then engaged each other in battle.
I remember now that she didn't specify whether it had been a free for all battle, in a pit... He wondered to himself, trying to picture his sensei, Nozomi, battling against numerous foes while they combated against an array of enemies as well. Soon, his day dreaming came to an end and he stopped staring at the mountain that apparently known as Mt. Ikkyu, and he rolled his shoulders back. He knew relatively little about the Hidden Cloud Village and it's various mountains, but what he did know was that he was going to that Mt. Ikkyu. As far as he knew, Nozomi had no experience with a blade like his own, her only experience being with tantos that measured up to eighteen inches, and the blade itself only being a foot.
Pushing away from the window, his hand reached for the Odachi that was at his side, and he slipped it into the white rope obi that was situated around his waist. He had a various amount of the coloured rope obis, having been taken with them once while he had been walking through the streets of the Hidden Mist. He had lost count of how many he actually had, but it didn't stop him from buying more, different colours, or even the same colours. He was an odd fellow when it came down to it, but they simply fascinated him.
Soon enough, once the Odachi was secured he rolled his shoulders back again, and grasped his ebony cloak off of the hangar beside the door. It looked like it could possibly rain, but he knew that was going to be later in the day, perhaps the night. He should be done at the mountain by that time anyway, and if he wasn't, then he was quite eligible to be paying for a hotel room anyway.
It was around the middle of the day, and with his normally slow pace, he gathered that he would be arriving at the top of the mountain with an hour or two. Pulling his cloak around him, he let the hood rest on his back as the end of his white rope obi dragged on the floor beside him. Ignoring that, he found himself making his way through the Village relatively quickly and had soon stopped as he found himself within the Market District.
I believe this is the wrong direction. He harrumphed and then continued on his way through the market place. While he passed the vendors, it was quite hard to ignore that they sort of reminded him of the outdoor vendors back at home in the Hidden Mist Village. So he did what he normally did when he had plenty of free time, leap across the roofs and go to the nearest tea shop and relax before continuing on his journey!
Of course in Kumogakure, there was no roof hopping. He didn't need someone to tell him that, he hadn't even tried, it had occurred to him on the way to the Hidden Cloud that there wouldn't be any leaping of roofs allowed unless they were high ranking Cloud shinobi. These streets are so crowded. He grunted in response as he saw the familiar letters of 'T-E-A' partially spelling out one of his favourite past times after blade work.
After taking a seat and asking for his preferred tea, he had remained there for quite some time before he actually rose to his feet and continued his trek to the mountain. Of course, by the time he got to the foot of the mountain he was prepared to rush his way to the top, but like most of the people ahead and below him who were making their way to the resort, he took it slower than usual. While he did, he thought back to what he had been told when he had met with Nozomi. The losers of the first round were sectioned off in groups of two's, and the winners there fought in the 3rd and final stage. It gave him hope that he'd still have a chance to redeem himself if he were to make a mistake in the first part of the Exams, and he smiled inwardly as he rose up the path of the mountain.
Technically speaking, if what she said came to pass again... Failure was most definitely an option.
With a small chuckle at the twisting of the old motto, he had eventually gotten to the top of the mountain and once he had gained entrance was already continuing his trek up past the resort's buildings.
He was interested in seeing something first, and being at the top of the waterfall was where he had to be to see it.
Entering a clearing after arriving at the resort within the hour, he saw a blonde figure up ahead, and he continued moving forwards. He had lost sense of what time it was, but he knew he still had time to soak in the hotsprings if he decided... But as he grew closer, the blonde figure began to take up more of his interest...
WC: 1094
I remember now that she didn't specify whether it had been a free for all battle, in a pit... He wondered to himself, trying to picture his sensei, Nozomi, battling against numerous foes while they combated against an array of enemies as well. Soon, his day dreaming came to an end and he stopped staring at the mountain that apparently known as Mt. Ikkyu, and he rolled his shoulders back. He knew relatively little about the Hidden Cloud Village and it's various mountains, but what he did know was that he was going to that Mt. Ikkyu. As far as he knew, Nozomi had no experience with a blade like his own, her only experience being with tantos that measured up to eighteen inches, and the blade itself only being a foot.
Pushing away from the window, his hand reached for the Odachi that was at his side, and he slipped it into the white rope obi that was situated around his waist. He had a various amount of the coloured rope obis, having been taken with them once while he had been walking through the streets of the Hidden Mist. He had lost count of how many he actually had, but it didn't stop him from buying more, different colours, or even the same colours. He was an odd fellow when it came down to it, but they simply fascinated him.
Soon enough, once the Odachi was secured he rolled his shoulders back again, and grasped his ebony cloak off of the hangar beside the door. It looked like it could possibly rain, but he knew that was going to be later in the day, perhaps the night. He should be done at the mountain by that time anyway, and if he wasn't, then he was quite eligible to be paying for a hotel room anyway.
It was around the middle of the day, and with his normally slow pace, he gathered that he would be arriving at the top of the mountain with an hour or two. Pulling his cloak around him, he let the hood rest on his back as the end of his white rope obi dragged on the floor beside him. Ignoring that, he found himself making his way through the Village relatively quickly and had soon stopped as he found himself within the Market District.
I believe this is the wrong direction. He harrumphed and then continued on his way through the market place. While he passed the vendors, it was quite hard to ignore that they sort of reminded him of the outdoor vendors back at home in the Hidden Mist Village. So he did what he normally did when he had plenty of free time, leap across the roofs and go to the nearest tea shop and relax before continuing on his journey!
Of course in Kumogakure, there was no roof hopping. He didn't need someone to tell him that, he hadn't even tried, it had occurred to him on the way to the Hidden Cloud that there wouldn't be any leaping of roofs allowed unless they were high ranking Cloud shinobi. These streets are so crowded. He grunted in response as he saw the familiar letters of 'T-E-A' partially spelling out one of his favourite past times after blade work.
After taking a seat and asking for his preferred tea, he had remained there for quite some time before he actually rose to his feet and continued his trek to the mountain. Of course, by the time he got to the foot of the mountain he was prepared to rush his way to the top, but like most of the people ahead and below him who were making their way to the resort, he took it slower than usual. While he did, he thought back to what he had been told when he had met with Nozomi. The losers of the first round were sectioned off in groups of two's, and the winners there fought in the 3rd and final stage. It gave him hope that he'd still have a chance to redeem himself if he were to make a mistake in the first part of the Exams, and he smiled inwardly as he rose up the path of the mountain.
Technically speaking, if what she said came to pass again... Failure was most definitely an option.
With a small chuckle at the twisting of the old motto, he had eventually gotten to the top of the mountain and once he had gained entrance was already continuing his trek up past the resort's buildings.
He was interested in seeing something first, and being at the top of the waterfall was where he had to be to see it.
Entering a clearing after arriving at the resort within the hour, he saw a blonde figure up ahead, and he continued moving forwards. He had lost sense of what time it was, but he knew he still had time to soak in the hotsprings if he decided... But as he grew closer, the blonde figure began to take up more of his interest...
WC: 1094
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