Underneath the rain of Crimson Petals ch. 2: "NinEx: We'll get it there...eventually"

[Raiden]

Inside the stone, Tomasu took a quick look at Kokuo.

"Moving would be good now. In fact, I'm doing that right now."

Tomasu wiggled himself so that a sharp piece of stone stuck him in the arm. In a puff of smoke, he disappeared.

Meanwhile, the real Tomasu was streaking away towards somewhere safe. He felt that his clone had disappeared, which meant that he didn't have much time before she came after him. As he ran at high speeds, he crossed his fingers.

"Bushin!"

Some more puffs of smoke, and five Tomasus were running at high speeds.

"Split up!"

Four of the five heads nodded, and they each took different directions.

[Mesden]

As soon as the clone poofed she placed one hand calmly on the platform and moved it down as she was doing this she started to see through the terrain. It would be a hard thing to describe how nature sees things, but none the less She saw through nature's eyes. She found every Tomasu in the village and grabbed each one. But not at the same time. Every time she grabbed one she made the hand squeeze tighter until it either poofed or let out a yell of pain until she had the real one. She moved herself to him quickly and then asked, "This isn't increasing your chances of calming me down. Remember, I know where you are at and I will always find you. ALWAYS. You haven't apologized. All you did was say whoa and commented to the monkey about how I looked naked. Not apologizing and letting out something you shouldn't talk about will get you killed. My family doesn't like me, but for this they would find you. You had better be real sorry, real quick and it better be sincere." Her neck started glowing more fiercly. Her foggy gray eyes seemed to swirl with anger. "Running away will do you no good as you can tell. You might have had a chance had you fought me head on, but I doubt it. Your speed is of little effect on me if all you do is run away. The only place I can't see you is through the air, but jumping doesn't work either as a few of your clones can tell you. NOW EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"

[Raiden]

Tomasu blew air out of his mouth to move the hair from his eyes.

"Fine. I'm sorry. It was an accident, and I did not intentionally try to see you naked. That's Kokuo's job. I'm just here to have some fun and do my job. If I wanted to peek on naked girls, I'd raid the bath house at the village over."

Tomasu then raised an eyebrow and kept his grin going.

"You know what you need? You need to learn to relax. A guy accidentally sees you naked, and you flip out and start trying to kill him. And of course I would run. I don't attack girls, especially if they're on my team. I'm that much of a gentleman."

Tomasu tensed his muscles, and the rock surrounding him began to crack. He finally managed to get his right arm out. Whether it was through some mercy of Tayuumi, or because she was too focused on listening to him to hold him. His fist was covered in a sound aura. Luckily, he had activated the jutsu before being captured. He punched at the rock, and it cleaned off of him. The aura disappeared.

"We have another couple of hours before we have to head out on the mission. I'm hungry. Now you can go back to your house, hold a grudge, and plan on how to kill me on our mission and make it look like an accident. Or, you can let me buy you some dinner to make up for it."

Tomasu scratched his head.

"I'd ask Kokuo, too, but I think you scared him into hiding..."

[Mesden]

"Fine, but this is never spoke of again and I need to go get my neckprotector." she said while covering the symbol on her neck. The bright glow it had faded as she seemed to calm down. "Oh and next time a girl says she is changing, don't punch her wall in. That's not a good way to get acquainted." she said in a still malignant voice. With that she touched the ground and all of the rubble she had made fused back with the earth. "Ya know I would have done that for Kokuo to save him the trouble of getting his parents to pay for it, but the whole butt grabing thing changed my mind." she said with a smile. She then slowly walked off to her room to get her protector.

[Raiden]

Tomasu leaned against a nearby wall for Tayuumi to return. He adjusted his forehead protector, trying to put it in a position where it would keep the damn hair out of his eyes. Maybe he needed a haircut? Nah, long hair is cool.

Then he looked back down at his right arm. After being surrounded by stone all those times, it started to mess with the wrappings. Well, he hadn't made a new bandagewrap in a few years, so it was probably time to make a new one. On his forearm, a belt had been torn and loosened the spot. Inbetween the loose flaps, some dark black markings were seen on his skin. Now somewhat free of the confines of the wrap, the markings began to glow a dark red.

Tomasu's eyes widened.

"Not here...not now...!"

He took the torn belt and tied it tight together, covering the bare spot. He could feel the chakra float away from the spot. He let out a sigh of relief. If he hadn't noticed the opening, the results would not have been good.

[Mesden]

As Tayuumi walked out she said, "What is that mark for? I saw you through the wall and you looked pretty serious about it." she said inquisitively.

OOC: Let's dig out some Tomasu background!

[Mintaro]

With Tomasu leading a run away distraction Kokuo had figured the best place to be was where he was already. Laying back he had spent the duration of the chase trying to take a nap and simultaneously picture Tayuumi in her panties. He had been getting a pretty good image in his head when the chase ended and Tayuumi decided to return the earth to the way it was supposed to be. The earth under Kokuo's back vanished. Well rather it had receded so fast it might as well have.

Kokuo opened his eyes mid free fall. Looking around quickly he tried to find something to grab or graze against to slow his fall. Finding nothing he did the only thing he could think of. "Clone cushion technique!" He said as he created a series of clones in mid air. Grabbing them all together he placed them underneath himself. The force of the impact destroyed all of his own clones. The puff of smoke was clearly visible across the entire length of the small village.

Kokuo emerged from the smoke dusting himself off. Then another Kokuo emerged dusting himself off.

"Why arn't you gone?" Kokuo asked.

"We'll I'm the real Kokuo obviously." The second one argued.

"You can't be because I'm the real Kokuo." The first one countered.

Then a third one emerged from the smoke. "No I'm the real Kokuo." He said angrily.

"Well this isn't going to work. We have to figure out who the original is." The first Kokuo responded.

"We could beat each other up until there is only one left." The third Kokuo suggested.

"No, then I won't be in any shape if Tayuumi decides to attack." The second Kokuo said.

"I know!" Exclaimed the First Kokuo. "Lets go ask Ka! Her and Shima could tell for certain!"

"Excellent Idea!" The second Kokuo agreed.

"Quite brilliant!" The Third one conquered.

"Thank you." The first one said.

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The three Kokuo's stood out in front of Ka's small house number 14, and knocked on the door. When it was opened they all smiled. "We got confused. Can you help us tell which one of us is the real one?" They said in unison.

[Raiden]

Tomasu tossed a thumb in the direction of a restaurant. He thought he saw the girl he had fought earlier and the fire breathing guy walk in there. If so, then there was definitally food to be had.

"We'll eat over there. I smell ramen and radish."

As they walked, Tomasu looked down at his bandaged arm.

"It's the Kirin Seal. It's been passed down from generation to generation of Kirin men. It's a very dangerous tool."

Then, Tomasu did something Tayuumi had never seen him do, and would never see him do again for a long time. He frowned.

"It's nothing but a curse that's meant to severely hurt people. Plus, it's very hard to learn to control. Unless I keep it wrapped up in this sealed wrapping, it will activate. Only my grandfather has been able to reveal the seal without it activating. So, I need to spend my life with this thing wrapped around my arm, or it will hurt both me and anyone around me. I didn't even want the damned thing."

Tomasu's frown went away, and he began smiling again. He looked at Tayuumi with no trace of the anger or sadness he had in it before.

"But, it's a family thing. What can I do?"

When they got close to the opening of the restaurant, Tomasu reached out and moved the curtain to the side.

"Smells good."

[Mesden]

"Hey, isn't that the girl you tried to beat up, but then got stopped by thay mist guy? Oh and hey it's Aseta. Do you guys know each other?" she said inquisitively(sp?).

[TheBlindMime]

Aseta quickly finished up drinking his broth before covering his face with his scarf once more. "Bara and I are both of the sand, it would be quite apt to say we know one another." Aseta turned to see Tomasu holding the curtain out for Tayuumi, he scratched his numb chin, "So, how do you two know eachother?"