Chapter Two
Yumi Sachiko
Yumi glanced back at the unconscious shinobi, who was expected to wake at any minute. He had caused her a lot of grief, though she had a soft spot for naive heroes and the dark skinned shinobi was clearly in that category. Her expectations were soon proved true, his eyes fluttered before remaining open, and the dazed look upon his face soon turned into one that would accompany a fiercely annoyed disposition. Also as expected, the loud mouth needed to be silenced, a task bound to be difficult.
"Where are you headed?" Yumi sharply asked, she didn't care for his name or the nature of his direction, she had now stolen this small fishing vessel and she wanted rid of him as soon as possible.
He hadn't a chance to spit his words out, which were surely inappropriate and rude, though this just seemed to annoy him even more.
"Who the fu-" Lei began to roar, he seemed to be preparing for a fight, but Yumi cut him short with her cold words, which seemed more demanding in the foggy weather.
"Where are you headed?" Yumi repeated, more firmly this time, the words seemed to bite through the fog, coming across as more than intimidating.
Lei seemed to settle down, this young girl hadn't killed him, though clearly could've. Only those with poor manners would dispute this fact, and quite frankly Lei was grateful.
"Tea Country." He calmly answered, with a snarl underlying his tone, it was hardly easy to be degraded by such a petite kunoichi.
However, Yumi knew exactly where this shinobi was headed, she had rummaged throughout his person and found a small notebook detailing the Kumogakure Bingo Book, though she wouldn't have known this if Lei hadn't scribbled the words 'Bingo Book' at the top, his name would also be a challenge to figure out if not for his pack of identical and autographed cards. It would seem the ninja was arrogant enough to not expect anyone to find it, nor his headband, which very clearly tied him to Kumogakure. The flak jacket under his cloak was the last piece of the puzzle, allowing Yumi to deduct he was a jounin from the North, with plans to cross every name on this list, though his behaviour and the fact he had to write the names down would imply his journey wasn't of an official nature.
"I'm leaving this awful show of craftsmanship at the border of the Fire Country. You can take it further South if you wish, though I'm sure my village have already hired mercenaries to search for this vessel, unfortunately my departure was far from approved. I'd attempt to take this rickety mess around the Tea Country, though I'm sure there's a naval barricade waiting for me."
Such an explanation wasn't necessary, Yumi could've put the nature of their situation in far simpler terms, and in all fairness she hadn't a clue why layman's terms weren't used, she was clearly more intelligent than this big headed shinobi.
Lei felt far too down trodden to accept this, not only had his journey been interrupted, but security had now become a problem, people would be wanting far more than his autograph now. Though still, this compromise seemed fair, he would have to travel on foot til the Tea Country if he wanted to claim his first kill on his way to stardom, and that, alive or not, seemed unjustified. He had grown silent for a few minutes now, keeping an eye on this missing nin for the duration, ready to charge his fists if necessary.
"Lei. Don't fret. There is a bounty station not far from here, your journey, like mine, has only just begun. I would advise a change of clothes, I'm sure someone at the station would point you in the right direction." Yumi kindly put his mind to rest, she didn't want to have to fight him here, even if she was in her element. She had used her sensor abilities earlier to make a light evaluation of him, and by the looks of it, he had enough chakra to fry every living thing in the waters below, at least within a few kilometres. Her evaluations always overestimated the true power of her opponents, the risk was too high to take.