A New Day

[Reiki Kubo]

Inusen had had a bad dream the previous night.

He'd been used to having bad dreams by now, but the ones involving Rein (as he chose to call her) killing him were becoming more and more numerous. He couldn't quite shake the feeling that, even though she was gone from Konoha for the moment, she would drop in at any second and take him out. He had seen her do it to too many other ninja. Inusen's fears were beginning to make him a little paranoid.

He had acquired a Konoha forehead protector earlier that week, and now seemed, for all intents and purposes, a natural ninja of the village. This would be the third time he started his life over again, and he was becoming very efficient at it.

"Still, maybe the third time really might be lucky" Inusen thought.

As he wandered down the streets, he wondered what new people he might meet in this village.

[Ikara]

Ikara was bored. She hadn't had a decent battle since Haruka and that was a week ago. Kicking a pebble across the dusty grounds, she pondered on whether she should get up and move onto the next village. She never usually lasted longer than a month in each village.
That's when she noticed him; wandering through the streets.
She assumed he must have just graduated as he sported his forehead protector quite smugly.
But something seemed odd about him; his aura.....it didn't feel like a genin's aura. He was far too confident in himself. Something wasn't right about him.
"Hey! You!" She barked at him.

[Reiki Kubo]

{OOC: Woah...posting from in Bio Lab...dangerous.}

Inusen jumped in surprise. He could have sworn he was about to die in the next second.

Turning, he saw a young female ninja behind him, and was instantly relieved.

"It's not Rein...I'm ok..." He thought nervously.

Suddenly, Inusen noticed that he had forgotten to slouch as he usually did; but it was too late now. The new girl looked serious about a something; and if her posture was any indication, she wanted a fight. Inusen began pondering how he'd get out of this situation.

"Um...nice to meet you. My name is Inusen." He called out to the new girl. Perhaps a formal introduction would calm her down.

[Ikara]

[OOC - hehe, ah the good ol' days of sneaking on internet! )

Ikara marched up to him, glaring into his eyes
"I don't care what your name is....what the hell are you doing here?" She pressed a finger against his forehead protector
"Flaunt this all you want but it's obvious you're not a Leaf Shinobi!"

[Reiki Kubo]

{OOC: By the way, I never said Inusen was dressed as a Genin…just a Konoha ninja.}

Inusen remained completely composed. It wasn’t quite the first time others had suspected him, but it certainly didn’t happen often.

“Excuse me?” He asked politely. Inusen couldn’t understand what was wrong; for his disguise had been as perfect as any other village he had lived in. Certainly flaunting was something he never did. Perhaps he shouldn’t have tried to portray himself as a ninja again; it always seemed to turn out poorly. If the girl pushed the question, he may be forced to leave this village before he even began his new life.

“It’s just my luck…” He thought to himself. “Caught before I could even try.”

He decided to press his luck, and not break his calm yet. Perhaps things would work out anyways.

[Ikara]

[yeah i know. it was an assumption Ikara made from the headband ]

"Don't play dumb! Im an expert in fooling guards!" She snapped, "You don't belong here!"

She had never encountered anyone who actually disguised himself as a ninja of a village before. She normally just created a fake pass and flirted her way in. She wondered how long it'd be before he snapped. Would he run away? Or would he act like a man and fight his honour

[Reiki Kubo]

Inusen sighed deeply. The girl was obviously skilled in the art of detection. He'd been found out quickly. His depression began rapidly catching up with him, and his composure drooped ever so slightly. He felt exhausted, as if he'd been working for years. He was never good at lying, and didn't like to anyways, so he decided to stop trying.

"I'm tired of running, tired of fighting these people." He thought to himself quietly. He had already made up his mind, it didn't matter what happened next; Inusen had given up. He didn't even feel like making a quick joke before the girl would try to kill him.

"If only it had been Rein...she'd have made it at least quick and painless..." Inusen muttered under his breath. Thoughts of the hunter floated in his head for a few seconds.

Inusen then looked Ikara in the eyes, a tired expression coming over him.

"Fine, Kunoichi, you've caught me. What is your next move?"

[Ikara]

"Hmmm.....you could be usefull...." She folded her arms, "The names Ikara..."
She continued to eye him up and down, constantly suspicious of his movements
"How about we strike a deal.....I don't turn you in and you sort me out so i can stay here longer; i have a feeling the guards are onto me"

[Reiki Kubo]

Inusen frowned thoughtfully. It seemed ironic that Ikara was threatening to turn him in if she herself was afraid that the guards were aware of her presence. Even so, he decided to play along, as it seemed a better idea than to point out the small fault in her statement. He also didn't feel like picking a fight just now, especially with a girl.

Inusen was still feeling a bit depressed, and this new chance to stay in the village didn't give him much hope. If he had been caught now, he figured his chances of staying long were minimal. A small breeze came down the alley and lifted his hair a little.

"Very well, it doesn't seem like I have much of a choice. I will do as you wish. How can I help?" Inusen asked tentatively.

He wondered what help the girl possibly needed, for she seemed to be a capable person. The girl also seemed rather rash, and Inusen hoped he wouldn't be asked to kill anyone.

[Ikara]

Before she answered his query, Ikara thought it best to save her small slip-up.
"Yes....i realise that if i turn you in, that i also turn myself in. However, i shouldn't have a problem with the guards since they seem to fear me. I've overheard them talking about the legend that is me and they don't appear to have a lot of confidence in facing me...." She replied cockily. She always was a narcisist.

"Anyways, i need you to acquire me a Konoha headband. If i am to disguise myself then i need to alter my appearance but i also need to blend in with the other shinobi..."

[Reiki Kubo]

Inusen smiled at her cover-up, and bit back a teasing remark. He felt it better not to antagonize Ikara just yet.

When he heard the request, he almost laughed. He kept his composure, though, and removed his headband. The simplicity of the request put him instantly in a better mood.

"A forehead protector?" He thought incredulously.

He held the headband out in front of Ikara. He didn't mind giving it away, since he could simply look for another one later that day. Also, if that was all it took, better to get it over with quickly.

"You can use this one; I won't mind if you don't." Inusen said. He was now less perfectly disguised, but he'd made it so far without a headband; and he had newfound confidence that he could find another one soon if he had to.

[jdssnake]

fushichochikku saw the ninjas and decided that she would like to play with them for a while, because after all the other girl looked very tasty." guards there are some ninja here not of this villlage, and they are right in front of you."so then she move toward the enemy ninjas and decide to use a certain jutsu on the, she started perfroming the handsigns on them and their world turned completely black.

[Reiki Kubo]

{OOC: As always, Suta, your posts take some time to decipher the message... Also...there just happen to be guards nearby? -_-}

Grabbing Ikara's hand, Tsuna put the forehead protector in it. It may have been a bad idea to touch her, but Inusen was far from caring about such little things at the moment. A new Kunoichi had been spying on him, and alerted the guards. It was time he left the area; as he was far from willing to get in any sort of fight.

Leaving his newfound forehead protector with Ikara, Inusen Flickered away quickly; heading through different alleyways and buildings to lose his pursuers. He had been running for years, and he was becoming remarkably efficient at it.

"I'll have to pick up a new forehead protector, though..." Inusen thought regretfully. It couldn't be helped, however, since his new disguise needed one.

Strangely enough, Inusen's next thoughts were: "I wonder if that other ninja will be alright...Hm...what was her name again?"

Ikara had seemed capable enough to him, and Inusen was confident that she'd find a way to escape. He began concentrating on what he would do next.

[Ikara]

Ikara stropped as the other ninja disappeared over the rooftops. She couldn't believe he had the nerve to turn his back on her AND run away. What wound her up more though was the fact that she had done nothing to stop him.

Splash

A raindrop hit her forehead.
"Hmmm....." She thought to herself. Closing her eyes, she pressed a hand into the ground and merged herself with the water.

some time later

"Going somewhere?" Ikara pressed a finger against Inusens forehead, rising from the pools of water scattered around the village

[Reiki Kubo]

Inusen stopped, startled at the girl's sudden appearance...again. It seemed there wasn't much he could do to lose her.

"Caught me again, eh?" Inusen remarked, a little abashed. "Is there something else you need from me, then? I already gave you a new headband..."

He hadn't been planning on having company with him, but it seemed he would have to for now.

"Still, it's not such a bad day, so far." Inusen thought to himself.