Yawning, the yuurei stretched her back popping her joints before rubbing her tired eyes before deciding to get out a bed so she turned to leave when a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, its owner murmuring for her to stay and woke up the other. Ugh this is why she doesn't sleep over for these one night stands, especially when she had been drinking. She intended to work through the night with her contacts, checking in on the folk she put here and elsewhere when her business partner swiped the documents out of her hands, telling her to loosen up and stop working just for one night. Of course she growled at him and told him to bugger off but she had to admit she had grown tired of work after her little pet project turned to dust. The only other yuurei she found herself interested in, died. Yup fucking died. Geez she was still sore about it. She sent him there to be reviewed by a certain brat and see if he can withstand that place but he got in over his head and that fucking yasuo got ahead of him and killed him. Even had the nerve to sent a part of him back in pieces. Gosh, she had half a mind to sever their head from their shoulders but...but she had an agreement with their benefactor, even if they didn't know he was alive. Still she had to get compensation and well, perhaps the new cattle she had been given could...makeup for it.

Regardless of it, it did not do much to improve her. Her meeting with Nozomi brought some things to light and she had to look up certain leads and verify others before she was satisfied for now with this information. When she had complied it all she found out with her boss lived. She planned on reporting to him yet...she was dismissed. No longer needed. Neither she nor Suutei. Why? Was it because tensions seemly cooled down? They honestly didn't, tensions were high and dozens of kiri nin were trapped in Kumo......but she felt....purposeless. Useless. What was the point of being here? Were she not to guard Akira? Why would he bring guards then send them away? Something just didn't sit right with her and she felt she needed answers and it seemed that a certain phantom had the answers. According to her spies, the illustrious academy head Karumo Sekuro suddenly left Iwa in a hurry, came to Kiri, and met with Akira. The details of their conversation since her spies could get nowhere near his resident, the blasted man had eyes in the back of his head so it wasn't worth the risk. However whatever it was, Karumo's purpose was not here in Kiri but in Iwa.

So, now that she was dismissed from here duties she was given free regin. She could either continue to be on stanby in Kiri...or return to the village. Well, it was obivious what she would chose. Although she would love to teach that child a lesson and go meet Mitsu personally, the little mystery about Karumo's meeting with...no wait a moment. We mean, all the signs do lead up to it and he had most of the qualifications anyway. Could this meeting not have any relation to the Kiri vs Kumo conflict but Iwa's own internal affairs. Akira had no intention to return it seemed and dismissed her, as if she was no longer needed or rather she couldn't stay by him. Besides, he already acted like the boss, now he just needed to amass the power to do so. However as interesting that was.......

Why did Akira step down?

Well, she'll found out. Vacation's over anyway.

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