1 Amaterasu [to Konoha] [closed] Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:11 pm
Tsuneko
D-rank
Tsuneko was standing by the open window in her room within the Kaguya Temple. She held her new Genin forehead protector in her hands, admiring the shiny, new metal in the sunlight. The blue cloth draped over the fair skin of her hands; she had had neither the time nor inclination to customize it yet. She was still rather enamored with the fact that she had one of her own. A breeze blew through her long, white hair, pushing her bangs back, and revealing the Kaguya’s marks on her forehead. When a shadow passed over Kiri’s emblem, the fourteen year-old’s lilac eyes flicked up towards the sky. She frowned as she saw the clouds, the village was, understandably, normally misty and overcast, and she’d been enjoying the sunlight. She squinted as she saw a shadow appear on the village walls. It took a few seconds to make the identification. “Amaterasu,” Tsuneko whispered, her voice reflecting her disbelief that the all-destructive flames would be here, that her village would be burning before her eyes.
However, there was no mistaking that it was. Within the few seconds that elapsed between the start of the fire and her recognition of it, the fire had already spread to most of the walls surrounding the village. She had heard about Amaterasu in the academy and knew that the best response for a young shinobi against that technique was to run, as far and as fast as possible. That was exactly what she was going to do.
Without even a second look at her room, even leaving the picture of her deceased parents on her bedside table, she vaulted out of her window. Grateful that she lived on the first floor, she dropped only a few feet before landing lightly on the ground. As she ran through the village, more buildings caught on fire around her. She could hear screams coming from inside the buildings as people realized that they were trapped within, but she never hesitated.
Tsuneko reached the Misty Salvage, Kirigakure’s bunker, and saw that the building’s roof was already on fire. She hurried through the door and found piles of burning debris scattered around the room, but the entrance to the tunnels was, mercifully, still clear. She made her way through the tunnels and emerged from them near the tree line, a safe distance from the blaze. Finally slowing down, she turned to face Kirigakure
She watched as everything she had ever known burned before her eyes, and as the adrenaline left her system, her trembling legs finally gave out and the young shinobi sank to her knees. What was she going to do now? She knew that nothing but ashes would remain of the village by the time Amaterasu burned itself out. She had nothing but the clothes on her back and… She looked down at the forehead protector gripped tightly in her hands. It was all she had left.
((I don't know who all is left in Kiri, so I'll wait a day or so, and if I don't have any replies, I guess she'll have to make the trip solo.))
However, there was no mistaking that it was. Within the few seconds that elapsed between the start of the fire and her recognition of it, the fire had already spread to most of the walls surrounding the village. She had heard about Amaterasu in the academy and knew that the best response for a young shinobi against that technique was to run, as far and as fast as possible. That was exactly what she was going to do.
Without even a second look at her room, even leaving the picture of her deceased parents on her bedside table, she vaulted out of her window. Grateful that she lived on the first floor, she dropped only a few feet before landing lightly on the ground. As she ran through the village, more buildings caught on fire around her. She could hear screams coming from inside the buildings as people realized that they were trapped within, but she never hesitated.
Tsuneko reached the Misty Salvage, Kirigakure’s bunker, and saw that the building’s roof was already on fire. She hurried through the door and found piles of burning debris scattered around the room, but the entrance to the tunnels was, mercifully, still clear. She made her way through the tunnels and emerged from them near the tree line, a safe distance from the blaze. Finally slowing down, she turned to face Kirigakure
She watched as everything she had ever known burned before her eyes, and as the adrenaline left her system, her trembling legs finally gave out and the young shinobi sank to her knees. What was she going to do now? She knew that nothing but ashes would remain of the village by the time Amaterasu burned itself out. She had nothing but the clothes on her back and… She looked down at the forehead protector gripped tightly in her hands. It was all she had left.
((I don't know who all is left in Kiri, so I'll wait a day or so, and if I don't have any replies, I guess she'll have to make the trip solo.))
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