1 Food Chain [Private/Akira/NK] Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:01 am
Jet
D-rank
Seems like the village hasn't changed much since we have returned
But she has. Change was a constant activity of time. Something you could not stop whether you wish it so or not. It would not fall in the face of iron will nor fret over the rolling tides of war. It would always pass on unrelenting and we could only hope it was for the best. For Jet it was not so clear as it was a very debatable topic. You see, Kumo turned out to be far more of a headache than it needed to be. She gained new enemies as was expected as well as new allies however she wasn't quite sure where a select few stood. Nanashi, the Pestilence of Iwa, a moniker he had begun to shed with his benevolent ways as he reform the hospitals of Iwa back to the former glory and better was more than just her sensei, he was her master. At least formerly so. Sure when they first met, she figured that he would be all like the rest. Someone who would be quite to abandon her and her ever changing comrades. Someone who would grow weary of her antics. Someone whom she couldn't trust. But it changed. She didn't know exactly when but it did. Slowly ever so slowly he gained her respect and soon following her trust. She looked to him as someone she could confide into, to tell of her troubles and secrets. It was most definitely a fatal mistake of hers.
To respect comes easy in strength whether it been a iron will or bleeding heart, it can be the power to fell so many a foe in one swoop or to outmaneuver any obstacle by a simple game of chess. But trust my dear friend was not so easily won for a woman of Jet's caliber. Yet despite her upbringing, Nanashi, a man whom she had just began to care for, wormed his way into her heart. However when the time came to test the limits of their bond she was most definitely disappointed and so was he. Perhaps it was something not so define as it had been prematurely in her early year of being one of Iwa's ranks but still should've been assumed. Jet was not simply a problem child. She could hardly be summed up in a few words. She didn't have issues and needed a stern talking to. No it was far more darker than that. Yet only a few recognized it and now he was one. Perhaps he seems to agree with it. She would never know unless she confronted him about it. But the question still plagued her.
Why? Why isn't she dead? She knew it would've been simple to. Fucking hell she was shit compared to him. She only managed to anger him because she made a stupid bluff about of his whores. So why. Why why why why why. Why! Why hasn't hasn't she been killed? It would've been easy. So quick and easy. He could snap her neck like a twig. He could poison her food and drink at anytime. She has long since stopped checking for such in his presence. He just as easily burned her alive or watch as his necrosis cloak take full effect this time and completely destroy her from the inside out. So why damnit? Why didn't he? Did he think her so weak? Wasn't she a lost cause?
She saw the papers damnit. She saw them! She saw the orders on them. If she did not submit, if she was not tamed, if she did not become another bitch to the heads then it would've been best to kill her and be done with it before she could do any harm she hasn't already done to the village. But he didn't and she could not understand. She could not see him nor he her. Confrontation seemed to be impossible. He drove himself into his work and as soon as he crossed the borders back into Iwa he would do just the same as he had when he was in active. Back when they saw only each other in passing. Wasn't he the least bit curious about it? About her? About what secrets she hell? Apparently he wanted nothing of it but that was fine with her. It was better this way. It was better than to trust in the fragile bond they shared.
Like a eerie fog creeping on the horizon she felt herself slowly chip away to the horrors that laid within but she managed to quickly put a lid on it. The last thing she needed was a more public fiasco of the Kumo incident especially at this very moment. Kicking her knee high boots up she readmitted herself as she played around with her lip rings. She fiddled with the hem of her white minimalist robe and patted the side of her leather pants feeling a bit empty without her weapons. In a place like this she wouldn't be allowed to bring much of anything. The place was built like a forest. Even the waiting room was highly guarded even if the carefree civilian individuals who came in submitting mission requests or other forms didn't see it. It was always like this in hear. Stifling and thick with the burden of the past present and future. With a sign she blew a stray green strand of hair from her face out of the way back into her long flowing locks. With the familiar smell of lilac perfume and the click of heels Jet reopened her vibrant eyes; a perfect melody of green and gold combined in unity. A show of some mental stability however fragile. The two met their own match in the face of purple and black and didn't change even with the woman's own words.
"Miss Yuurei Jet, the Tsuchikage is ready to see you"
Well Jet thought, it could only go one of two ways from her and hopefully its up. Jet nodded and made her way up, following the secretary through a myriad of corridors after ascending them up an elevator until the reached his office. Tch, more like a bunker she thought. While the woman preoccupied herself with relaying the behaviors Jet must show in the face of the Tsuchikage and their consequences that will be sure to follow if she performs otherwise, she wondered to herself what business the Tsuchikage had with her? Did he want a follow up of the events that transpired in Kumo? She wouldn't have put it past Nanashi to have sent word of what happened and her current status? Perhaps he wanted answers to the question of why Nanashi hadn't returned for his trip was long overdue. He could have suspected she would know of it at the very least or be apart of the issue. Maybe he wants to dismiss her from their ranks or formerly announced that she was declared a suspicious person with the possibility of treason, something she disagreed with but all persons of power were greedy individuals. Upon the door opening and the secretary's dismal Jet bowed her head as sign of respect and self preservation and greeted the man at the head "Good evening Tsuchikage-sama"
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