Upon reaching the other side Ai emerged from the sea covered in salt she had only just realised swimming in the ocean might not have been the best idea. She looked over at Uren who gracefully landed on the sand, the last of the crystal dissolved behind her last steps. "hey! wait for me Uren!" Ai ran to catch up with her partner and playfully punched her in the arm once she had reached her. Uren rewarded the gesture with a daggering glare. "Dont, do that." She pushed through her gritted teeth. Ai frowned then rolled her eyes, "Come on! What's up with you being so miserable all the time anyway?" Uren blushed in anger slightly and responded quickly. "I'm not miserable!" Ai raised her eyebrow "You bloody are, what's your deal anyway? How'd you end up working for Lord Orochimaru?" Uren grimaced, she really wished this new kunochi would mind her own business.
"It's a...It's a long story." the taller female replied. Ai glanced at her curiously as she squeezed water out of her hair. "And this is a long journey," she replied. The mist ninja reached out a fist and landed another light punch on Uren's shoulder. "C'mon! Tell meeeee." "I told you to stop doing that," Uren retorted irritably. The Kunoichi wasn't one to tell all her secrets to a friend, let alone a complete stranger...even so she supposed she should throw the smaller girl a bone. "I found Orochimaru when I was searching for my sister...she used to be one of his subordinates." 'There' thought Uren bitterly 'That's all you're getting from me.' Ai, however, seemed to disagree with Uren's thoughts as she suddenly launched into a barrage of questions. "What happened to your sister? Is she dead? And you found Orochimaru? Hm...he more seems the type that would find you. If you get my meaning..."
Uren turned her head slightly and looked down at the girl from the corner of her eyes. "You seem to think a lot of things about Orochimaru, don't you?" The affect of this question was instantaneous; Ai blushed a bright red and she bit lightly at her lip. "Don't tell me you can't see why." she protested. Uren shook her head, causing her radiant dark hair to swish as it glinted in the sun. "No," she replied. "I really can't see why. He may be my master, but there's something off about him. I wouldn't go there Ai." It all came out in a rush that quite frankly started Uren. What did she care if her new partner got hurt? That was the ultimate end to any woman -or man- that found themselves interested in Orochimaru...Guren's journal seemed proof of that. Within the words lay a constant feeling that Guren wanted Orochimaru to notice her, but each time she tried anything romantically it seemed she was rebuffed or ravished and then left in her room alone. To Uren it had seemed rather a sad existence, but Guren had wrote proudly of her nights with Orochimaru. While Uren was lost in thought, Ai glowered at her sulkily. "Sorry mother," she quipped before grinning once more. With a raised eyebrow the green-haired Kunoichi edged a little closer to her partner as they walked. "But was that concern I sensed? Are you worried for you lil' 'ol partner?" she cooed. Uren ran a hand through her long hair and glared at Ai. "I'm perhaps worried that you'll be deemed to weak and killed...yes." This shut Ai up. The girl went quiet and chewed at her lip. The two walked in silence for a while and eventually the sad look on Ai's face began grating on Uren's nerves. "Hey, look, I'm sure you're not too weak. I'm sure you won't be killed or...whatever." the girl shrugged and looked towards the trees, hoping to avoid eye contact. She wasn't particularly known for her prowess at social interaction. "Awwww," Ai cooed. Uren turned her head slowly to look at the other Kunoichi. "I want to be friends too!" Ai declared happily. "Let's be the greatest ninja team ever, right?" the girl raised her hand for a high-five. Uren looked at it coolly and waited until Ai dropped her palm. "Yeah, sure. Let's be friends..." she agreed causing Ai to squeal happily. "Awesome!" she celebrated.
"We've been walking for ages," Ai sighed and she kicked at a stone irritably. "I'm bored and parched." It was true that the Kunoichi had been travelling for a while now, with no sign of any ninja around. Uren rolled her eyes and sighed, Ai was right, she to was quite irritable with the lack of prey. "That's what happens when you swim in the sea right before a mission." Uren grumbled, wove a sign and collapsed on a chair shaped crystal that materialized. Ai raised an eyebrow. "What the fuck? You use that weird jutsu of yours for like, EVERYTHING." The little mist girl folded her arms and frowned. "Problem?" Uren replied irritably, her arms to where now folded across her body. "Yeah!" Ai raised her fist to the dark haired girl. "Where's mine!" she whined and Uren raised an eyebrow. finally she rolled her eyes and wove a sign, a pink crystal chair identical to her own appeared. "Here." Ai grinned and threw herself onto the chair. "Thank you partner!" she beamed and seemed to melt into the back of the chair. Uren glanced over at her new accomplice curiously and blinked her dark green eyes. "So what's your deal then?" she questioned, she didn't understand her sudden curiosity in the mist kunochi. Ai rolled her head back to make upside down eye contact with Uren. "Hated my parents so I ran away from home and became a ninja!" she grinned accentuating her sharp teeth. Uren raised an eyebrow, "and you actually went through with that?" This angered her slightly, she hadn't had a chance to meet her real family, she was a little envious. "Then I met Suigetsu and we have been traveling together for about a year or so now, he's funny!" Ai continued, it amazed Uren how upbeat she was all the time, made her feel a little ill, but it was still impressive. "That the other fish guy right? White hair?" Uren asked to which Ai nodded; "Yep! Thats us! Mist ninjas!" she let out a girly laugh then resumed her quirky habit of chewing her lip. Uren smirked and poked Ai playfully. "So, you have a crush on Orochimaru huh?" Ai turned a vibrant shade of scarlet and went to violently protest but Uren's eyes shifted to her left and she shhh'd Ai. "Someones spotted us and is actually foolish enough to try and throw a kuani at me in 3, 2, 1-" Ai flipped back behind her crystal chair as Uren seemingly vanished as a kunai embedded itself in her own chair, a violent scream of a young man was heard moments later. 'Uren!' Ai called after her team mate to no response. The little ninja ran over to locate her team mate behind the thick trees of the forest, she let out a scream when she found them. Uren glanced up at Ai from her position on the ground next to the young ninja, who she had mutilated unnecessarily. The man was drenched in his own blood, pink needles of crystal protruded from near enough every inch of his body on one side, including his face. Ai covered her mouth in disgust when she realized his right eye had been pierced and had therefore exploded in the socket. Uren stood gracefully from her crouched position on the ground and sighed. "He's unconscious, that's no fun." she said flatly and began to produce a sort of crystal cart to return the ninja in. She toppled the gross body of the ninja into cart and graciously gave the handle to Ai. "You can pull him, Orochimaru will be pleased." Ai grinned at the prospect of pleasing her master but then her attention returned to the crystal impaled ninja as she pulled the cart alongside her companion. "Was all that neccessary Uren? Shouldn't subjects be like, I dunno, not on the verge of death when we bring them to Lord Orochimaru?" Uren gritted her teeth in annoyance. "You really don't know much about me do you?" her face softened into a small smile as she glanced back at the violently injured shinobi. "You're a weirdo..." Ai shuddered and continued to pull the cart back towards the base. "Orochimaru is far worse," she retorted, once against Ai was plauged by by butterflies and a inconsolable blush. Uren chuckled, "let's just go home." Ai smiled back at her, "Yeah, home!"
