A beam of light seeped in though Alessi's room window. It slowly creeped up and caused a bit of a glare on her white sheets. Due to this uncomfortable light, she simply had to get up. With a slow slump on to the floor, she stretched her arms up and sighed. After sitting upright for a few minutes, her urge to move made her stand up and get cleaned up. It was as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes that she realized something was off. There was nothing out of the ordinary and nothing out of place. It was just some random thing that she wasn't aware of. Shrugging her shoulders once as a way to assure herself it was nothing, she continued to get dressed and head downstairs. Grabbing a piece of fruit on her way out, she took a bite and started to head of in a seemingly random direction. It was at that point the strange something popped into her head again. But yet again, she couldn't put her finger on it. Just like before, she shrugged her shoulders and walked off. Ending up at the Stone Bridge, she slowly went over to the edge of it and stared off into the distance. Her eyes drifted along the water's current. Alessi occasionally spotted a large branch floating along. Going on to observe the branch twist and turn, the thought came into her head one last time. However, it was much more clear this time. The thought bounced around in her brain a bit which caused her to tilt her head slightly. Finally, it her her directly. She was bored.

With a sigh, she slumped her torso on the railing of the bridge. "Ugh... That's what that was..." Her mind drew a complete blank on what she might be able to do that very day. But unfortunately for her, There were no ideas. No urge for a mission. No urge for eating. No urge for anything she could come up with. All she could do was stare out at the rushing water and wait for nothing.

Strafe wandered aimlessly through Iwa. It was such a unique place, he didn't want to miss a second. While he was walking around randomly, he spotted a bridge in front of him. He approached the bridge, curious about it and what was interesting about it. As he walked up, he noticed a girl standing on the bridge. She seemed to be around his age as well, making him curious. He also saw a Iwa headband on the girl, meaning she was ninja. "Should I?" He thought to himself as he thought about the situation. The people of iwa had been kind so far, so he didn't see a reason to avoid her.

It was decided then. He stared walking towards the girl. "Hello there!" Strafe said with a warm smile as he approached the girl. Hopefully, he would meet another friend in this girl.

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Zen was ambling through the Hidden Stone....doing nothing much. Relaxing on his few days left before the Kage Summit. Which was hard. He was anxious beyond belief....antsy, if you will; that's why he couldn't stay still long enough not to take a walk.

And who would he find, but someone he hadn't met. And this wasn't just any stranger...he looked quite out of place. After tailing him for a bit... he saw Alessi as well. Okay...time to go in. Don't want her getting hurt, after all.

Zen appeared behind the boy after he had spoken to Alessi.

Alessi jumped a bit at the unexpected greeting behind her. It sort of surprised her. Turning her head, she was able to get a good look at the person that was now talking to her. With one quick and unnoticeable glance up and down, her mind started to process who this person was. From what she could tell, this guy wasn't from Iwa. He looked pretty happy to see her, even though she had never the person in her life. Seeing the smile she was being given, Alessi immediately gave a smile right back. "Hi there."

Even though this was a random encounter with someone new, that didn't mean she was going to ignore it. In fact, she was kind of happy to see a new face. This was her chance to rid her day of boredom. Right after she finished her sentence, her eyes drifted to look past Strafe to see that her sensei was standing right behind her possible new friend. "Oh, hi Zenchi" Two people now. Bye Bye boredom.

The girl seemed quite nice, as she responded politely. He just wanted to find someone to hang out with until the tourney, as Shibirin was hard at work with the details of the afair. Strafe decided to take this opportunity to introduce himself to the girl. "My name is..." That was all Strafe could get out before being surprised by a ninja suddenly appearing behind him. Who was it and why were they following him? It didn't matter, Strafe was in a bad position.

Strafe immdeiately put distance between him and Zenchi, turning to see the man's face. He was obviously not in the mood to talk, as his tone was serious. "I'm not an enemy." Strafe said looking at the man with a genuine expression of confusion. Why would someone be following a little Genin like him? "I'm here for the tournament." Strafe said hoping to keep the guy calm. He didn't want to fight by any means. He just wanted something to do.

Ah. A friendly foreign ninja. Well. Zen never thought he'd get to say that phrase in his lifetime.

The tournament...? He had only heard rumors of one, but it seemed to be quite the event. Especially if people were coming to Iwa...

The young man eyed the boy before him carefully...and saw a hitai-ate. Indeed, this one was a Kiri-nin.

"....my apologies. We're not used to having visitors, really. Especially ninja from other nations...we're not exactly a tourist destination.: Turning to Alessi, he gave a nod of recognition.

Alessi hung her head for a second and shook it. She was smiling while doing so to show she was a bit amused about the situation. Bringing her head back up, she first turned her attention to Strafe. It wasn't his reaction that interested her, it was what he said. Strafe was apparently here for the tournament. Alessi had heard the rumors about it, but didn't want to participate in it. Though it was certainly tempting. Tapping on Strafe's shoulder, she held her hand out and grinned. "Alessi Kazako. Nice to meet you." Whether or not he accepted the handshake didn't matter, she would still turn her attention to her sensei once free from the conversation.

Depending if this stranger accepted her greeting or not, she went ahead and acknowledged Zenchi a little more. "What are you doing all the way out by the bridge Zenchi?"