Scroll 27: Red-Eyed Kunoichis
Usagi had vanished, leaving her comrades behind. It was a lie to say that she was scared; was terrified to be taken as a political hostage. It secretly thrilled her to be in the power of such a large and powerful man like Skiminachi. Those thoughts, however, were pushed to the backburner as her real reason of going along with the Cook-Healer to his camp. She did want to apologize to the girls for whatever damage Yusuki had done to their psyche.
"I'm honored that you trust me enough to lead me to your camp, Cook-san. I hope I can be worthy enough to earn the forgiveness of the parties involved with Yusuki-kun's awful pranks."
Brushing black lock of hair out of her cerise-colored eye, she was excited to finally meet other Wheel Nin. The first one she had met was a man that had slept with her only months ago. He had given her the time of her life, and asked, vowed her never to tell anyone else. But if the Cook-Healer asked the right questions, she would be able to reveal all that she knew.
"Ah, Although I am the most tolerant of men, which would be surprising if you knew me years ago, it is still good to be around those of pleasant manner, and brighter disposition, isn't that right Usagi-san?"
Skiminachi looked left as they walked towards the Wheel-nin camp. It was still a yard or six away, so they had a small amount of time to talk. The Cook-nin spoke thought-probing words; hoping to get her wheels turning – giving her a chance to reveal her information.
"Anyway, as to what your friend said; I am also a very patient man, but others are much less in that department. It would be best if you did not allude to the fact that you have had dealings with us before, as they will be most curious. I still intend to find out what those dealings were, exactly; but I'm willing to give you a chance to freely tell me what you know before it would have to be forcefully extracted."
"Oh, Yusuki-san was just pissed that this dude gave me the night of my life three months back. The same dude, I think his name was Kenobi or something, had a headband bearing the same sign as you, Cook-san. Anyways, I slept with the blonde-dude because he wanted it." Usagi wasn't ashamed to reveal the information – something inside of her wanted her to share it. "Sensei had given us a break since we had finished a mission that morning. It was in some Wind Country village; that this radical dude, wearing shades like an Aburame, came up to me and started flirting like no tomorrow."
The Uzaruki girl paused in her step, looking to the world as if she had retreated inward in thought. "I wasn't…well…a virgin at this point in time, but I had only been on two missions that required a courtesan. I wanted to try doing it outside of mission limits, so I went with the dude, Kenichi; leaving behind a pissed off Yusuki. Yusuki-kun wanted to be the one to warm my bed." She wasn't sure if any of what she said made sense.
Skiminachi stopped, taking a deep breath, and putting a hand on Usagi's shoulder.
"Kentarou; his name was Kentarou. And this…brings up a large number of questions that I do not think you will be able to answer. He was so very close; I remember traveling through that very village with him before. I find it odd that Kentarou was flirting, as he was usually much more reserved. It seems I am getting quite old to not find you as attractive as you really are, eh Usagi-san? If you have any reservations about not being a virgin, release them. I believe you to be a very good and strong person, and very soon you will be very important, I feel. I there…anything else you remember? If not, tell me of your friend Yusuki for a moment, we are almost at the camp."
He continued walking again, the sounds of chatter could be heard nearby. If she stayed silent, they'd get there quickly enough so it wouldn't be too awkward. If not, he would slow down enough to let her finish what she'd say before they got there. Usagi just follow Skiminachi as she dug deeper into her memory banks.
"Yea, the Kentarou dude had a really great di-" She'd stop talking when they entered the Wheel-Nin Camp, her bi-colored eyes taking in the scene of ninjas riding unicycles. "Wow, cool."
The scene that played out before Usagi's eyes would look something like this: Four ninja on unicycles were riding around in a circle. Or rather, they were moving in a circle but they were facing sideways. They were constantly doing hand signs, and passed a ball between themselves. There was a large tent in the middle of the camp, and outside of it there were make-shift tables that had Joma, Yamira, and Gilligan sitting around. Gilligan waved at Skiminachi as they approached. Sheena and Wydra weren't in sight, if they were around at all.
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Barokendo, Hani and Genma could be seen walking out of the Takimoto District, as Hani and her 'date' had finished their fairly short time together. Genma had entered and told Hani that she was needed for the mission and to follow him. However, Barokendo had just laughed at the puny senbon-user as he took the lead and led them through the village to the Wheel Camp.
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"Well, that was rather fun, wasn't it Yukari-san? Oh well, at least I still haven't lost a bet, because I don't think you know your own flavor, and I'm not so stupid as to ask him." He'd nod his head towards Kakashi as the jounin joined him. "Also, if we're going to discuss what all will happen soon; I should probably make sure the camp is not in a chaotic mess. HEY KAKASHI!" Shozaku would toss Yukari up into the air.
"I think she belongs to you!" Shozaku would holler at the jounin, continued running, now at a chakra-boosted speed to make up for lost time.
Kakashi's uncovered eye went wide with surprise as the Gambler tossed Yukari at him. The jounin had to reduce his speed in order to catch his falling kunoichi.
Yukari was stunned as Shozaku uncovered that she was in a Tenten henge. The moment he said her name, the henge fell away and in the next moment, the red-eyed girl found herself in Kakashi's arms.
"Oy! I'll get you back, for that, Shozaku-san!" She hollered out as he left.
Kakashi chuckled as he placed Yukari on her feet, giving aid enough to keep her steady as she smiled gracefully at him.
"Thanks for catching me, Kakashi-sensei." Together, they made their way towards the Wheel Camp.
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Shozaku would soon pass Hani and the rest, and as he came near he'd get his hand ready and aim to slap her on the ass as he went past. Unfortunately, he was going too fast and missed, slapping Genma's rear instead.
"Sorry!" he shouted as he kept going, racing through the village towards the west gate.
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Gilligan waved at Skiminachi as they approached, the cook waved back and leaned down to whisper into Usagi's ear. "There's the first little girl. Though, I think she has been doing her best to hide as a boy, so I would appreciate it if you treated her as such, okay Usagi-san?"
"Oh, ok." Usagi nodded demurely as she walked over to Gilligan, and bowed. "Please forgive my comrade for his idiotic, stupid genjutsu that he cast on you, Chibi-Kun." Not remembering Gilligan's name, Usagi just used Chibi, which meant small.
Gilligan reached out and gave Yukari a pat on the head.
"It's ok…" she said through bits of food she'd been eating. Swallowing quickly, she continued. "Wydra's training around here somewhere and Sheena's off looking for one of her brothers, said she saw him sneaking around. You should probably make sure your friend doesn't talk like that here, some would kill him and if Baro heard him talking bad about K-chan's village he'd probably go after Yusuki's entire clan. But you seem like a nice person, even if you do smell like you've had a lot of sex recently." The strange part was how Gilligan's tone didn't seem to change much throughout all of her words, and that after she'd spoken she continued to eat, pausing for a moment to say:
"Jus' wai' a few minu'es, everybo'y will be back soon."
"Who? What, when, how?" Usagi would look utterly confused.
At that moment Shozaku showed up, slowing to a stop right behind the bowed Usagi. "I…how did…how did you beat me here?"
Realizing this might be his last chance for awhile, the gambler cocked his hand back and gave the person who he thought was Yukari a nice, full-palmed, smack on the ass. As soon as he'd finished the motion he turned and shouted. "ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY GATHER UP."
Usagi's eyed went wide as somebody behind her came up and slapped her full on the ass. Jumping inches into the air, she turned around and allowed her hand to fly strong, landing firmly against Shozaku's face with a resounding SMACK. Then she would hide behind the cook, the people in the Wheel Camp; giving her the shivers.
"YOU PEOPLE ARE FREAKY!"
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Both Genma and Hani yelped in surprise as Shozaku raced by; missing his aim to tap Hani's fine rear and catching Genma's instead. The woman-medic snickered loudly as Genma's face turned red with confusion and yet more confusion as he felt the Gambler's hand on his ass.
"WHAT THE…!" The senbon in his mouth nearly dropped to the ground before the jounin recovered himself. "Oy, now, I'm not into men, thank you very much."
"Oh, Genma-san, you're hilarious." Hani settled her laughter as she nodded at Barokendo. "No, I am well prepared for this mission, thank you for asking, Barokendo-san." She'd use honorific suffixes when talking to this dark-clad giant of a man. "Genma-san is ready also, aren't you, lover-boy?"
"Oh, Takimoto-san, you are NOT funny at all." The bandana-wrapped head of the said jounin dipped low as he hid his embarrassment.
Barokendo just sighed, looking up at the sky and paused a moment. "Loose once, suffer forever. Thus then are my pledges, thus then are my ways. Until the end of days…" Though, he spoke out loud, it was more to himself. He turned to Hani and Genma and spoke.
"We're almost there, are you sure there is no business left to conduct here?"
Barokendo lead Hani and Genma into the camp, once more stopping his footsteps as he heard Shozaku. "You two go ahead without me. I'm going to take a few minutes and meditate." With that, he'd simply close his eyes and stop moving so much that it was hard to tell if he was breathing or not.
Hani and Genma nodded politely to Barokendo as the made their way into the camp just as the Gambler landed a hand on Usagi's ass.
"Oh dear, this cannot be good." Hani dropped her face into a gloved hand as Usagi reacted in fright.
"Look, Takimoto-san, it's going to get even better…" Genma sniggered as Kakashi and the true Yukari entered from the left side, from the direction that Shozaku had entered from. "This'll be one hell of a cat fight." The green-eyed jounin sighed hopelessly as he looked into the darkening Konoha sky.
