1 Arrival of the Mist Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:07 am
Verdandi
D-rank
It had been barely a few days since Verdandi had met aunt Ayakashi in battle at the Kirigakure training grounds. Both of them seemed all healed up and relaxed again. It was good to see Aya in high spirits again, now that her new arm was functioning properly. Verdandi was all dressed up in princessy garments. The white silky dress completed by the beautiful braided hairdo. The Yuki Clan symbol imprinted on the front of her dress. If she was going to an official meeting that could leave her to encounter the various officials of the other nations, she wanted to be sure that she was well presentable at least. The princess idly followed close behind Aya. Some of Ayakashi's personal guards were not far behind either, as well as Verdandi's own Omega Squad to the very rear end. The ANBU were on high alert as usual when their kage was moving through foreign territory. But Konoha was their ally and hence neither of them really expected much bad things to happen. The travels would be mostly filled with idle chatter, mostly coming from Verdandi, poking her auntie with questions how it was going to be and what she was supposed to do and so on. Dandi was obviously nervous considering that it was her very first time to even visit Konoha. As they passed through the various shiny woods and that basically bathed in brim sunlight, Verd couldn’t help but starting to feel a bit hot given that she preferred colder and misty environments.
Eventually she’d have to mold some chakra here and there to regulate her own body temperature to more comfortable levels. It was yet by far not as scolding as the heat of Suna, considering the months she had spent under the rather unforgiving sun of the desert, she was feeling quite comfortable with only slight heat control enabled. Their journey past the oceans had brought them past various islands that Verd was familiar with as she used to pass them as well on her way to the land of snow. While she usually used the passage in the frost country. She had often seen the fire nations shore from afar. It was beautiful. Gorgeous even. Verd pointed her own finger to her lips and wondered if she’d end up seeing some of her leaf friends she met in Kiri or Suna. Pretty sure that Nayoko was coming at some point as well. But as the rather unimportant thoughts passed through her mind, they eventually arrived at what seemed to be the very heart of the land of fire. The gates of Konoha were wide open. A lot of guards were to be seen. The commotion and intense amount of foreign forces to be at their very doorstep was certainly reason enough for them to pull out all possible security measures that were anyhow available to them. Verd had served alongside many leaf ninja and soldier during the suna confrontation. She tended to feel quite comfy around her allies.
At the gates. Soldiers and ANBU alike would bow softly and respectfully before the appearance of the Mizukage. The would suspiciously eye the princess that seemed to follow the well-known legend of the demon ice queen. Verd blushed a bit. She was quite used to be a person of interest amongst the Mist, a celebrity in the snow, but here. Neither of these guards had any clue whom the seemingly overdressed princess was and probably instantly deemed her as some sort of daimyo related little brat. None of Verdandi’s appearance was giving away any of her ninja traits at first glance. Until eventually, one of them might feel the need to scan them with sensory, then they would certainly be positively surprised. However, since Kiri was in allied forces with the leaf, no deeper security measures were taken. Civilian officials quickly raced to the gates, all geared up in their shiny and colorful kimono’s and yukata’s. Verdandi could feel herself shrink within the presence of her famous auntie and yet didn’t mind that the seemingly annoying hand-shaking parts would be left up to her responsibility. A few of the officials would press for them to join them at the Hokage mansion, to be offered their appropriate luxurious lodging and eventually meet the other officials that were already there. But Verd was pretty sure that Aya was not really hyped for all that political talk with boring old men. So Dandi quickly moved in. The civilian officials staring at her with confusion.
The girl with no name to herself. Pulling on Ayakashi’s arm like a kid. “Let’s go see the matches! I hear they already started. Come on! We’re going to be late!” Verdandi used her position of being an absolute faceless being in these lands to leave the politicians baffled. One of the Konoha ANBU quietly and kindly obliged, forming a little escort that would lead the Mizukage and the Princess to the nearest stadium. Leaving the officials behind with little to go on about. Verdandi would have stuck her tongue out to them if she were not trying to behave here. So instead she just gave them a smile and a wink as the kage and the princess slowly moved off and away.
Meanwhile. Omega Squad was chit chatting their greetings with their fellow leaf ANBU. Exchanging polite greetings and niceties over how pretty the hidden leaf had been dressed up as a village. But as soon as they saw their people of interests moving. They shortly went through a minor gear check and moved on after Aya and Verd. The ANBU convoy would stay in distance. Now accompanied by some of their leaf brethren. Even once they reached the stadium, neither of them was really going to just sit down and watch the match. They would exchange themselves with the Konoha forces and form their own guarding cycle as to how they would keep track of the area around them. Always on high alert for trouble.
Ayakashi and Verd would be offered their appropriate seats in the high lounge of the stadium. Multiple other high ranked officials were already sitting there. So Verd was trying her best not to make too much noise or bump into too many of the well-dressed ladies as they moved on to their own front seats. Verd would glare down at the plaquette displayer the ‘Orochiyaru vs. Sakamoto’ match and would realize that it was already in full motion. Quickly sitting down and looking back for Ayakashi to come and join the seat next to her. May the festivities begin!
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