The air rushed around the hills, the sky littered with clouds as they blotted out any pure light from the suns face, leaving nothing but a dull hue on the land. Golden eyes scanned the area as the tree nearby swayed ever so slightly as cold chills ran through Kenta's body, the wind piercing his clothing. He should've worn that damn sweater he had seen this morning. Remembering back to when his entire attire had been scattered about his bedroom. Mind you; he couldn't remember anything from the night before...just that he was at a open house party and sneaking a few drinks here and there..

Sitting next the small river that trickled through the middle of the land, he watched as his ever obscuring reflection stared back at him through disruptions of the water. His dull face examining the water and the fish that swam by from time to time, trying their best to avoid his shadow as they pushed with their small pathetic lives. Kenny was more or less going to be having them for dinner soon enough. He sighed gently, his whole being once again quivering as the cold wind pierced though his clothing once more before he decided to get up and brush the dirt from ass; the patting soft but strangely firm as the hands made impact with his derriere.

"It's never warm here anymore...Seriously...someone needs to make a big assed jutsu sometime soon or be rid of these clouds." He groaned as he stared to the grey skies, small beams of light seeped through cracks in the clouds that weren't fully connected. It felt nice if they ran over you but it was fleeting and the disappointment made it all the more to loath. Standing there, in the fields, Kenta shook his head and began twirling two kunai; one on each hand. The sound of the sharp metal slicing through the air soothed him...weirdly enough, eyes closing as he concentrated in his breathing.

Chinmoku was just arriving at the top of one of the hills, quite honestly enjoying the fairly cold weather. Her preference of cold to warmth confused even herself, much preferring to freeze to death than burn. Her purple eyes stared blankly at the cloudy sky, her light breath the only sound escaping her throat. The wind had been blowing along the side of the hill opposite to the side she was on, so she was shocked by the sudden gust of wind that almost blew her off her feet as she reached the top. She was glad she had a chance to be somewhere quiet and peaceful, the majority of her day being around hectic people rushing to work and missions and overall just being noisy.

She sat down, then noticed Kenta near a river. Rather than hop on down and say hi, she decided to remain seated there until the precious silence that engulfed her was broken by her being noticed.

Thankfully the wind was dying up about now and the sun's rays flashing through some cracks, the surroundings fell silent as Kenta rubbed the back of his neck as he sighed. Maybe it was about time he explored the lands that laid beyond the gates of Konohagakure...that was until he noticed someone sitting just across from him...the familiarity hit a button inside. Maybe Kenny had met her before? The clothes...the hair....No...It couldn't be...

"Ch-Chinmoku...?" He gasped, pushing himself off from the ground and rubbing his eyes. No way...no way in hell was hat Chinny...She'd just randomly disappeared from everyone's vision like an illusion and now here she was...right in front of Kenta. His friend...
He shuffled his feet and leaped over the gap that was between the two, clothes flapping in the wind as he propelled through the air and landed gracefully on the other side; with little delay he turned and ran to her side.

"Chinny!? where've you been!?" He gasped, the fact that she was a mute completely flew over his chrome dome. His hat had fell off mid-stride as he had charged for Chinny. All of a sudden the day was no longer dull and boring. It felt so much better. He stood there, face in shock as he awaited his reply.

Ashi had needed some sort of stress relief for a few days now; and basically had been kicked out of the house for a few hours by Amaya. Not that she had to worry about Aisling or Amaya; both of the were back at the compound, more than safe with the fact that had been constantly surrounded by family since having been let out of the hospital. So, all in all, it was time for Ashi to just go wild, like the Inuzuka had been threatening to do for weeks now.

Her faithful ninken was right beside her as the two ran, racing, as they kept trading positions back over and over again. Ashi was a blur of multicolored hair and black warm clothing, where as Akai was a streak of pure white, and larger than hell. Ashi couldn't believe how large her ninken was already, and she just kept on growing. But, Ashi wasn't worried about that right now.

She was simply worried about relieving all this pent up energy and emotion; and what better place to do it than the Rolling Hills. Of course, she hadn't thought she'd see a familiar face. Both her and Akai's gazes locked on Kenta, and both changed direction to head straight for him, Akai pulling ahead, mouth opening wide in her excitement.

"Akai, don't you dare tackle him! You'll break him!", Ashi warned her ninken, who instantly slowed, listening, thankfully. Of course, that wouldn't stop her from sitting there and staring at him until she was petted behind the ears. Overly social large-ass dog for the win!

Chinmoku wasn't expecting the sudden rays of light that bombarded her eye's when a crack in the cloud was made. She lifted her arm up to shield her eye's, holding it there for a few seconds. As she moved it away she was surprised by Kenta stood in front of her screaming in her face, "Chinny!? where've you been!?"

She was expecting him to continue, having been asking the question rhetorically, but after waiting a few seconds she realised he wasn't and she suddenly felt very awkward. She was a slight bit angry, after the loud shout, but still happy to see Kenta again. She waved, before noticing Ashi and pointing towards her, in an attempt to attract Kenta's attention away from herself.

Kenta turned his gaze in the direction that Chinny had just pointed in...slightly confused by what she was trying to say, he soon realized that Ashi and the demon dog were standing not too far away from them. The dogs eyes glittering in the suns sudden rays, ears perked up and tail waving away. It was obvious that the dog wanted to try and succeed in it's dastardly plan of trying to snuff out Kenny's life by suffocating him or worse...snapping him in twain...

And with that mental image in mind, Kenny, almost as quickly as he had jumped, grabbed Chinny and aimed her for the dogs general direction. The benefit of having friends is the fact that you can use them as a human shield if it meant saving yourself cause hey, they signed up for it. Especially if your Kenny's friend.
"Sorry Chinny. Love you and all but I wont be took out by a spawn of hell." He screamed. He meant this as a joke of course. He knew Chinny was planning on trying to avert his attention so...payback's a bitch. He meant well. He raised his hand above head, a white flag in hand and waved to the dog and Ashi.

Ashi noticed the female with Kenny as the pair neared. Given Ashi's new aversion to trusting people she didn't know she slowed in her run. Akai slowed to match Ashi's pace, picking up on her caution. The two came to a complete stop about ten feet from the pair, and Ashi raised a brow as she watched Kenny use the woman much like a human shield. She couldn't help but chuckle and shake her head slightly. "Don't worry, Akai's not going to leave my side anytime soon."

As if making a point, Akai sat down right next to Ashi, tail still wagging happily, but ears erect as she was listening in to anything and everything around her. Even Akai looked cautious, holding back from leaping forward and demanding attention like she normally would have. The ninken had changed as much as Ashi did in the past several months.

Ashi reached down, lightly scratching at Akai's ears while she kept her gaze steady on Kenny and the female. "Haven't seen you in a while.. not since the ramen stand.", she said with a chuckle, momentarily flashing back to that rather embarrassing day... of course, she couldn't be embarrassed anymore given how close Amaya and herself had become. She glanced at the female again, slightly curious as to who she was, figuring she might as well get the introducing over with she said, "I'm Ashi by the way.. and this is Akai.", she nodded her head sideways in the direction of the overly large white dog who was, for the moment, in heaven with the ear scratching that was going on.