Aburame Shiro...
Books & Insults
"5) An opponent may be one uphill struggle away from attaining enlightenment. Before cutting them down, a member of the clan should offer their opponent a final request."
"Pedigree bitch," Shiro called Kagome.
"Bug catcher," Kagome retorted.
"Myopic Neanderthal," Shiro said.
"Grungy piss ant." Kagome snapped.
"Hooch the pooch," Shiro replied.
"Lecherous douche," Kagome bounded to a store front window and pointed at a copy of the Dhammapada, "I want it."
"You haven't read it." Shiro commented walking up next to her. He followed her into the door of the store and heard a bell.
"Hello," Suzume gave them an informal salute and watched them under her white translucent glasses. "Oh, Kagome, how are you?"
"Very well and how are you, Suzume?" Kagome asked with a bow.
"Business is good." Suzume responded.
"That is pleasant to hear," Kagome replied. Shiro chuckled to himself and passed by Kagome and some old wooden shelves to the front desk covered in books.
"Ah, I see. You teach female etiquette," Shiro said. "My name is..."
"Pardon my intrusion, but we have already met," Suzume stated, "and I have instructed your sisters."
"I thought that you had great memory," Kagome jested taking her eyes off a book.
"I do remember our verbal affronts," Shiro mentioned.
"Kagome!" Suzume raised her voice. "Resorting to insults, this I had not taught you."
"I know, I know," Kagome said, "but, I am not undercover."
"And few men know her any other way." Shiro shouted has his hand crushed under a large book that Suzume dropped.
"Don't insult a woman's virtue," Suzume said. "I taught you just as well as I did Kagome."
"What do you mean?" Kagome and Shiro asked.
"It has been a convention that at least one woman to be part of the three person group," Suzume started, "so when you were promoted in a hurry, and since you were young, the academy decided to teach you how to act undercover as a girl. To quickly allow you to rise, this is a common practice just in case we find that the next best ninjas to join your team would be males. It turned out for you that we could promote a girl and a boy to your Genins team."
"I remember now, I just never thought of flower arranging was feminine." Shiro said. "Like a beautiful flower full of colour and also fragrant, even so, fruitful are the fair words of one who practices them."
"The Dhammapada." Suzume said.
"On tape please," Shiro stated, "for my illiterate ally."
Flowers
"6) On regulations to the clan's residence, welcome all to our gateless gate, for
Mumon wrote: 'The Great Way has no gate,
A thousand roads enter it.
When one passes through this gateless gate,
He freely walks between heaven and earth.'
And is not this residence a hub of a thousand roads?"
Ino stopped in front of Shiro who was sitting by the Aburame residence smoking a water pipe. Ino introduced herself with a cough with the hand not carrying the cut red flowers wrapped in water paper. It was a simple arrange of Sweet-Williams.
"Is Shino here?" Ino asked. "I was wondering what he thought of my new haircut. As his family member, what do you think?"
"He is an heir. There is a huge personality difference between the heir and his or her family." Shiro said and suddenly question: "were you going to ask him to go bury the deceased?"
"What is it with you and your family's objection to cutting flowers?" Ino asked. "You look like Shino."
"I have yet to get over my death," Shiro said. "People have idolized me and disapproved of me."
Death
"7) It will be said; death may bring your day down. That is all."
Shiro lied in the mud with rain falling on him. His opponent left him for dead. If it had not been for the rain, he would be in the most silence he has ever countered during his life. His bugs were gone. There was not a cut on his body that he could explain. Slowly during the battle, his personality corroded until he acted on instincts as his endurance and speed increased with every dead memory. He forgot all the tunes he liked to whistle. His identity lowered to the standard precepts of an Aburame member.
He had laughed when he first heard the seventh rite of the Aburame clan. Now, he could find no humour in it. His pain did not worry him and he entered into mediation.
"But," he uttered and held onto his gourd that was tied to his waist, "since I do not remember this fight, I may or may not have used this forbidden reservoir. It could be that I have lost my way and was not able to find the power to release my few remaining memories. It would surely result in a detestable personality. I can give it another try."
Mission
"8) With every duty, if one does her best, then there is no failure. It was natural."
Morino Ibiki directed the team over a map of the country that lay out on the table. Around him were six members he would be leading: Aburame Shiro, ANBU member; Gekkou Hayate, Special Jounin; Shiranui Genma, Special Jounin; Yamashiro Aoba, Special Jounin; Mitarashi Anko, Special Jounin; and Maito Gai, Jounin.
"We will be protecting the Genins of Hidden Village of Sand as they come early to disarm the traps set by their predecessors in the Forest of Death. Sorry, Practice Area 44," Ibiki corrected himself to some laughing of the group.
"Jackass," Anko commented before the laughing died out and close enough to be the reason for ending it. "I have read the briefing, but it appears that we don't know who we will have to face."
"Keep that mouth out of the battle field," Ibiki ordered. "As for who are opponent is, we don't know. In a certain situation, I may request any of you to withdraw from the mission, as well as Gai having the authority to remove me if there is an issue of safety."
"Expect either Uchiha Itachi or Orochimaru," Shiro spoke.
"Orochimaru?" Anko asked.
"I would have you tortured, if we were not so short on ninjas," Ibiki told Shiro.
"You should not be short a person if Orochimaru showed up," Anko said, "I will arrange a replacement."
"This is the team that has been formed," Ibiki said, "we will continue."
"May I be excused," Hayate asked. "Orochimaru and Itachi, get real, are openly confirmed bad asses."
"Denied," Ibiki said, "with your swordsmanship, and knowledge concerning weapons, we can gain practical insight on how to gauge the enemy to respond properly."
"I just wantta go on a smokin' break," Hayate admitted, "ya' know."
"Fine recovery," Genma moved his toothpick to the other corner of his mouth, "where is the path we will guide the sand Genins?"
"Through the Rain Country borders," answered Ibiki, "we could get some support there, but nothing is guaranteed at this moment. In the worst case, we travel in surrounding countries and form a large caravan. It would be the most vexing course."
Recruitment
"9) Have an adequate amount of reservation when promoting people. The consequences can injure those people raised as a watermelon has more chance of breaking the higher it is raised. Take a bug to the same height, and it shall endure the fall. Also consider this verse from Lun Yu:
When Duke Ai of the state of Lu asked, 'What must be done for the support of the people?'
Confucius replied, 'Elevate the honest over the wrong doers, and there will be support from the people. Elevate the wrong doers over the honest, and there will be not be support from the people'
So promote people who are modest. Once released, they will allow modesty to allow all the heavens to guide them safety."
Ibiki approached Shiro under advisement of Reason. The mission could involve opposing Itachi, Orochimaru and others.
"Will you join this mission?" Ibiki handed Shiro the briefing. Shiro read it over and recognized the mission.
"This is not an offer," Shiro observed, "is it a duty?"
"Correct," Ibiki stated, "as a further request, I want you to indicate another peer for this mission."
Shiro responded, "Alas, my brother Shinto has been lost buying milk. In the wake of that, Shiranui Genma would be the best candidate. He cannot take a wrong turn in a labyrinth. Put him ahead, and there will be safety waiting at every place he steps. He will provide you with the best proposal for a teammate."
"We will meet at the ANBU headquarters at 1800 hours." Ibiki said. "By, midnight, we leave."
Books & Insults
"5) An opponent may be one uphill struggle away from attaining enlightenment. Before cutting them down, a member of the clan should offer their opponent a final request."
"Pedigree bitch," Shiro called Kagome.
"Bug catcher," Kagome retorted.
"Myopic Neanderthal," Shiro said.
"Grungy piss ant." Kagome snapped.
"Hooch the pooch," Shiro replied.
"Lecherous douche," Kagome bounded to a store front window and pointed at a copy of the Dhammapada, "I want it."
"You haven't read it." Shiro commented walking up next to her. He followed her into the door of the store and heard a bell.
"Hello," Suzume gave them an informal salute and watched them under her white translucent glasses. "Oh, Kagome, how are you?"
"Very well and how are you, Suzume?" Kagome asked with a bow.
"Business is good." Suzume responded.
"That is pleasant to hear," Kagome replied. Shiro chuckled to himself and passed by Kagome and some old wooden shelves to the front desk covered in books.
"Ah, I see. You teach female etiquette," Shiro said. "My name is..."
"Pardon my intrusion, but we have already met," Suzume stated, "and I have instructed your sisters."
"I thought that you had great memory," Kagome jested taking her eyes off a book.
"I do remember our verbal affronts," Shiro mentioned.
"Kagome!" Suzume raised her voice. "Resorting to insults, this I had not taught you."
"I know, I know," Kagome said, "but, I am not undercover."
"And few men know her any other way." Shiro shouted has his hand crushed under a large book that Suzume dropped.
"Don't insult a woman's virtue," Suzume said. "I taught you just as well as I did Kagome."
"What do you mean?" Kagome and Shiro asked.
"It has been a convention that at least one woman to be part of the three person group," Suzume started, "so when you were promoted in a hurry, and since you were young, the academy decided to teach you how to act undercover as a girl. To quickly allow you to rise, this is a common practice just in case we find that the next best ninjas to join your team would be males. It turned out for you that we could promote a girl and a boy to your Genins team."
"I remember now, I just never thought of flower arranging was feminine." Shiro said. "Like a beautiful flower full of colour and also fragrant, even so, fruitful are the fair words of one who practices them."
"The Dhammapada." Suzume said.
"On tape please," Shiro stated, "for my illiterate ally."
Flowers
"6) On regulations to the clan's residence, welcome all to our gateless gate, for
Mumon wrote: 'The Great Way has no gate,
A thousand roads enter it.
When one passes through this gateless gate,
He freely walks between heaven and earth.'
And is not this residence a hub of a thousand roads?"
Ino stopped in front of Shiro who was sitting by the Aburame residence smoking a water pipe. Ino introduced herself with a cough with the hand not carrying the cut red flowers wrapped in water paper. It was a simple arrange of Sweet-Williams.
"Is Shino here?" Ino asked. "I was wondering what he thought of my new haircut. As his family member, what do you think?"
"He is an heir. There is a huge personality difference between the heir and his or her family." Shiro said and suddenly question: "were you going to ask him to go bury the deceased?"
"What is it with you and your family's objection to cutting flowers?" Ino asked. "You look like Shino."
"I have yet to get over my death," Shiro said. "People have idolized me and disapproved of me."
Death
"7) It will be said; death may bring your day down. That is all."
Shiro lied in the mud with rain falling on him. His opponent left him for dead. If it had not been for the rain, he would be in the most silence he has ever countered during his life. His bugs were gone. There was not a cut on his body that he could explain. Slowly during the battle, his personality corroded until he acted on instincts as his endurance and speed increased with every dead memory. He forgot all the tunes he liked to whistle. His identity lowered to the standard precepts of an Aburame member.
He had laughed when he first heard the seventh rite of the Aburame clan. Now, he could find no humour in it. His pain did not worry him and he entered into mediation.
"But," he uttered and held onto his gourd that was tied to his waist, "since I do not remember this fight, I may or may not have used this forbidden reservoir. It could be that I have lost my way and was not able to find the power to release my few remaining memories. It would surely result in a detestable personality. I can give it another try."
Mission
"8) With every duty, if one does her best, then there is no failure. It was natural."
Morino Ibiki directed the team over a map of the country that lay out on the table. Around him were six members he would be leading: Aburame Shiro, ANBU member; Gekkou Hayate, Special Jounin; Shiranui Genma, Special Jounin; Yamashiro Aoba, Special Jounin; Mitarashi Anko, Special Jounin; and Maito Gai, Jounin.
"We will be protecting the Genins of Hidden Village of Sand as they come early to disarm the traps set by their predecessors in the Forest of Death. Sorry, Practice Area 44," Ibiki corrected himself to some laughing of the group.
"Jackass," Anko commented before the laughing died out and close enough to be the reason for ending it. "I have read the briefing, but it appears that we don't know who we will have to face."
"Keep that mouth out of the battle field," Ibiki ordered. "As for who are opponent is, we don't know. In a certain situation, I may request any of you to withdraw from the mission, as well as Gai having the authority to remove me if there is an issue of safety."
"Expect either Uchiha Itachi or Orochimaru," Shiro spoke.
"Orochimaru?" Anko asked.
"I would have you tortured, if we were not so short on ninjas," Ibiki told Shiro.
"You should not be short a person if Orochimaru showed up," Anko said, "I will arrange a replacement."
"This is the team that has been formed," Ibiki said, "we will continue."
"May I be excused," Hayate asked. "Orochimaru and Itachi, get real, are openly confirmed bad asses."
"Denied," Ibiki said, "with your swordsmanship, and knowledge concerning weapons, we can gain practical insight on how to gauge the enemy to respond properly."
"I just wantta go on a smokin' break," Hayate admitted, "ya' know."
"Fine recovery," Genma moved his toothpick to the other corner of his mouth, "where is the path we will guide the sand Genins?"
"Through the Rain Country borders," answered Ibiki, "we could get some support there, but nothing is guaranteed at this moment. In the worst case, we travel in surrounding countries and form a large caravan. It would be the most vexing course."
Recruitment
"9) Have an adequate amount of reservation when promoting people. The consequences can injure those people raised as a watermelon has more chance of breaking the higher it is raised. Take a bug to the same height, and it shall endure the fall. Also consider this verse from Lun Yu:
When Duke Ai of the state of Lu asked, 'What must be done for the support of the people?'
Confucius replied, 'Elevate the honest over the wrong doers, and there will be support from the people. Elevate the wrong doers over the honest, and there will be not be support from the people'
So promote people who are modest. Once released, they will allow modesty to allow all the heavens to guide them safety."
Ibiki approached Shiro under advisement of Reason. The mission could involve opposing Itachi, Orochimaru and others.
"Will you join this mission?" Ibiki handed Shiro the briefing. Shiro read it over and recognized the mission.
"This is not an offer," Shiro observed, "is it a duty?"
"Correct," Ibiki stated, "as a further request, I want you to indicate another peer for this mission."
Shiro responded, "Alas, my brother Shinto has been lost buying milk. In the wake of that, Shiranui Genma would be the best candidate. He cannot take a wrong turn in a labyrinth. Put him ahead, and there will be safety waiting at every place he steps. He will provide you with the best proposal for a teammate."
"We will meet at the ANBU headquarters at 1800 hours." Ibiki said. "By, midnight, we leave."