RAMEN!

[kitsu]

Kitsu bounded happily alongside Katsumi, happy to be away from the scary old man known as the Raikage. Happy to be able to finally, say what was on her mind without having to hide anything,
"So Katsu-kun, is the scary old man going to hurt Orochi-kun?" She watched his face for a change in expression, "Why?" Despite the serious question, she was happy they were going to eat ramen after all, and she skipped up to the ramen stand. Happily awaiting Katsumi's reply.

[Taishin]

Taishin limped his way to a ramen stand. After his encounter with the Tsuchikage in Hills, he had to reconstruct his body with his Shadow Clones with sugury....Awake. The pain was unimaginble. Being cut open and worked on when awake, Taishin has been doing that for many years but never to himself. But now that he miracilosly, Taishin manage to fix his body, but he still need therpy before he was 100% again.

Taishin made his way a teen on his way to ramen stand and sat down and ordered a ramen. Taishin went to a ramen stand to see if he could meet anyone powerful, but he doubted that. His encounter with the Tsuchikage was a fluke, and anyway, he wouldn't be able to subdue him or her.

[Katsumi]

"I... I don't know" Katsumi admitted, turning to face Kitsu with a concerned look. "Personally I don't think we should get involved - Orochimaru doesn't concern Kumo or Kirigakure, It's not our problem. But... I don't think the kages will see it that way. They will want to stop him." He paused briefly to order two bowls of ramen as they sat down before turning back to Kitsu, taking one of her hands as he did so.

"Kitsu, why do you feel compassion for him? I've seen the look in your eyes when we encountered him, and every time we talk about him... Why do you care so much?" He questioned, not trying to make her feel awkward but genuinely concerned for her.

He saw a middle-aged man in a white coat saunter up to the stand, but took no notice as he gave the girl his attention.

[kitsu]

"Why not?" she asked innocently, "Orochi-kun was...well he is one of the smartest, most powerful people in history! But he doesn't mean to be bad..." she looked down at his hand around hers and glanced at the stranger at the table, "nobody loves him, and it think that if just one person can show him that he's not alone anymore, maybe he'll stop. Ever since I was little, growing up in the Village of Sound, I read about him. He got so strong, and he thought up things no one ever thought of before, and because they were new everyone thought it was bad. He killed people to get stronger, but it wasn't his fault...he didn't know better. In all the stories I read, he was always alone. Maybe he thought he didn't need anyone, but thats why he did all the bad things he did. I want to show him that he doesn't have to be alone, that at least one person out there wants to help him." she paused, her face suddenly becoming cheerful, "and nobody loves my Orochi-kun more than me!" she proclaimed proudly.

To Kitsu, all of Orochimaru's misdeeds were only amazing in her eyes. Nearly destroying Konoha a hundred years ago was awesome to her, regardless of those that were killed as a result. Everything he had done only added to his greatness in her eyes. She had spent her life adoring him, and now that he was alive again she wanted to help him, change him, save him from himself, and all those around him.

[Taishin]

Taishin nearly jerked his head into the direction of the two oter customers, but he stopped himself just in time as he just looked out of the coner of his eye. 'Orochimaru!? I thought that snake died long ago?!' Taishin thought to himself as he shifted his eyes to the two people next to him. 'Why is it that I always find things so interesting in Ramen stands?' Taishin asked himself as he turned to the two. "Excuse me, but are you two talking about the Orochimaru, the legendary Snake Sannin of Konoha?" Taishin asked, detrimined to get information about this matter.

[kitsu]

Kitsu's eyes lit up and she nodded very fast,
"Yeah! You know him too?" She beamed, then her smile wavered "...I mean um...no? Erm...well he's not...but..." she stared at her ramen bowl. She had forgotten that most people hated Orochimaru and would try to hurt him, she hated not being able to speak freely, it felt wrong and it made a knot in her stomach. She decided to just tell the truth, "Well it looked like him," she said poking at the noodles with her chopsticks, "I'd know that white skin, long black hair and pretty gold eyes anywhere...but it was dark, y'know?" she shoveled a large bunch of noodles into her mouth, "I only saw him once, but I'm sure it was him." She swallowed, and looked at him with the most serious face she could muster, "Be nice to him, I want to help him, and you better not be a mean doody head who only wants to hurt him like a meanie." She kept her eye contact steady, but her try at being serious looked more adorable than intimidating and it was almost comical.


[OOC: it's been a while in this thread and no one is posting, so kitsu is going to wander off to the rice feilds. Let's just say she went to find a bathroom, but got distracted by a traveling meat bun salesman and ended up out there in the fields munching on a meant bun. XD it works right? lol]

[Katsumi]

After several hours of fruitlessly searching for Kitsu, Katsumi eventually collapsed back down onto a stool in the same Ramen stand he'd started at.

Damn, where the hell did she run off to?! He sighed dejectedly. It's not that I'm worried... I'm sure she can fend for herself, but... His mind raced with images of Orochimaru, with Kitsu lying used and broken in his wake, giving everything up for the person she admired.

He closed his eyes and swore under his breath, his fists clenched on the counter. Many a shot of sake later and the pain was considerably dulled, but still there nonetheless as he got up and walked - or stumbled, thanks to the sake - slowly away.

She'll be fine. I'll see her again...


The journey back home to Kirigakure was going to be a long one, but regretfully he trod onward - He couldn't wait any longer.