Melancholy hill...

The crunching sound of now under the feet of Kasumi Yuki made her hum a small song to herself. There was not much going on in the Province of Iron and so she thought it would be nice to take some time for herself. Her mother at home was sick and Kasumi knew it would be best to stay away from the women for the time a little bit, she needed her rest and personally Kasumi did not want to catch what she had. For a few months now Kasumi's mother had been coming down with something, Kasumi herself did not want to deal nor be around her when she got to the point where she could not get out of the bed and had to have a doctor come to the home. The doctor was not sure of what it was, but it made her pale and weak and it seemed as if as if she was deteriorating slowly from the inside. Kasumi began to pick up the pace of her walk as she passed by a few people who seemed a bit more than suspicious. " Not too much further now.." Muttering to herself lightly she walked a bit longer until she came to a stretch of ice. This stretch of Ice was at one point a large river. A small smile came over the young girl's face as she sat in the snow and pulled off her boots, replacing them with a pair of boots that looked just like the ones she wore, with the exception of a blade on the bottom. As she tied the strings up tightly, Kasumi looked around her to see if anyone else would be watching or was even around and to her satisfaction no one was. Running her fingers through her long white hair Kasumi pushed herself off of the snow and made her way onto the ice, Her boots laced together hanging around her neck so no one would foolishly take or steal them. The ice was thick and sturdy as she glided gracefully around it, her mind wandering as she thought about her next step in life. A song played in her head, bending her knees slightly she jumped in the air twirling her body not once but twice before landing gracefully. A smirk of delight came to her face as she casually moved about.

It was one of those, maybe a Friday, and it would seem that it was a day that was filled with evil and corruption. Where is this evil and corruption? Well it's everywhere we go. It could be sitting right next to you or possibly spying at you from underneath your toilet; how the evil got in your toilet, I don't know so do ask me. Well the evil and corruption wasn't really emanating from this white haired male that seemed to be walking about the land mapping out his soon to be empire. He was finding everything that could be used to his advantage as well as everything that could be considered a liability to himself. He was sure to get rid of the things that could end up biting him in the ass one day, but that would come at a different time. Right now what he really needed was to make sure that he had enough people that would end up helping him in the long run. While he was walking he had came across a girl that seemed to be in her own world skating on a lake; it was unknown how thin the ice was as of right now, but one was to make sure that he check that out later. When he was walking and he noticed her he had stopped, turned his body towards her, and said to her, "You know, it's probably not safe to wear those around your neck like that," He paused and turned away from the girl, "You could end up strangling yourself." With that being said, he decided to take a break from checking the perimeter and sat in the snow. He sat there with no intent of getting up right now, no matter how cold his ass may have gotten. He then stared at the sky, falling backwards into the snow.

The song in her head played softly as she spun around to the sound of a voice. " You know, it's probably not safe to wear those around your neck like that....You could end up strangling yourself." Her Violet/Blue eyes lower slightly at the white haired figure that sat in the snow. She didn't know who it was, but the voice came off as male and the figure didn't seem to have any female assets. But she wouldn't jump to conclusions on the gender, it could have easily had been a flat chest women with a deep voice. As she continued to skate a bit more slowly this time she opened her mouth for a second and then closed it. A light chuckle escaping her lips as she skated to over to the middle of the icy river and stopped, the boots around her neck moving a bit still. " Your right...It's probably not safe to wear them around my neck..And there is a possibility I could strangle myself...But I think I would be able to get myself out of such a predicament IF I ever got into such misfortune..." Blinking she continued to skate carelessly, her hair chasing behind her, her eyes never leaving the person sitting in the snow.

After staring at the sky he had sat back up in the upright position and looked back up to the white haired girl that was gliding upon the icy lake. When he looked at her he had noticed that their eyes had met, her eyes with his white-like blue eyes. He didn't know who the girl was, but he was sure that she was a Genin or something. He also figured that he would fight her unless it was absolutely necessary, like if she attacked him first. He looked away from the girl to hear something that sounded like chuckling. He wondered what the girl was laughing about, but the thought quickly emptied his mind. He listened to the girl as she spoke and noticed that she seemed to have some kind of flare in her voice as if Niiro was some kind of imbecile; it made him lift an eyebrow, but he stopped caring seconds later. What was really odd was how the girl had continuously watched him; it was almost like stalker status. If there was any evil here right now, it might have been emanating from the girl that seemed to have a staring problem. He then said to the girl, "Is there a reason you're staring at me?" Under his voice was a cracking noise, but it couldn't really be heard because of him talking. He stood up in the snow and his body began to glow red; immediately all the snow that might have been on his body slid right off, and his clothes became dry. What he had did was channel his Fire Release nature through his body to heat up his body and quickly become warm. The glow was gone in a matter of seconds. He brushed off his shirt then looked to the skating girl.

A bit of a cold breeze kicked up as she began to glide backwards in a zig zag motion, her body seemed to sway like the wind each time she quickly changed directions. Her eyes never left him and even as she stared him down, she knew she must have seemed a bit eerie as she kept on looking. " Is there a reason you're staring at me? " Hearing these words made Kasumi stop skating altogether, but it was not just these words, she had felt something slightly odd through her blades that there was something slightly off. A red glow came off the man, and the snow around him melted, making Kasumi tilt her head slightly. " I'm not staring...More like Observing...Besides..Your someone I have never met before..You could be a killer...Or worse...You have yet to introduce yourself...So I guess..I don't trust you." Something in her gut didn't feel right like something bad was going down. She began to raise her guard and skate more towards the edge of the frozen river, passing the male by every few minutes or so. " So...What is your name stranger..And why have you stopped here of all places? Did I catch your eye? Or did you just want to give me some safety advice? " Her voice did not change from it's calmed state as she skated swiftly about.

Then suddenly words were said. After Niiro had spoken, asking the girl why she was staring, she just went on and on about something; he thinks that she may have assumed him to be like a killer or something like that. It's not like she was wrong or anything, but we won't get on that at the moment. He then heard the girl request a name from him, and well he didn't really want to give her his entire name; he still predicted that she may be some sort of stalker. Round and round she went around the lake, a circle which was constantly being made along with a whirring sound which hid the cracking sound even more. Even though the sound was being muffled, the male had noticed enough to know that something may be going wrong soon, but what would it be? With him noticing these things he was asked even more question like he was on some kind of game show or something; maybe she had like some kind of questionnaire in her pocket or something that she would quickly go back and forth to when she went round and round. Maybe the next question would be "How long is the average elephant's penis?" and the answer to that question would be, "I don't know, why don't you go check?" Well that answer would only be given if there was like some kind of childish person was around here who seemed to be very rude, but Niiro wasn't a rude person, he is a person who cares at times. When the request for his his name and why he was there were asked he responded with, "You can call me Masuta, and I am here to find people who are willing to serve a purpose that is higher than themselves." He kicked up some snow, but it didn't go far at all. "I stopped here to take a break and you just so happened to be here." With that being said he waited for a response from the girl; maybe what he would say would scare her off or she might go on her elephant adventure.

She skated passed him once more before hearing his words which made her stop skating yet again. A few feet away from him and still near the edge, Kasumi turned around and blinked at him." A higher purpose.....Hm." Thinking about her unfulfilled life, a sick and possibly dying mother each day with nothing to do but train and bore her days away. Slowly skating to the man who called himself Masuta she skated next to him and sat down, her feet on the ice still while she sat on the ground." Well....Masuta-Sempai...My name is Kasumi..And this Purpose...Seems to be just what I need...I would be willing to serve this purpose..If your willing to train me. " Deciding that she was done skating for the day she began to pull off her skates and replace them with her boots, making sure to put her pants on the inside. Turning her head to look at him, Kasumi's eyes lowered just a bit as she wondered what this purpose would hold and how it would affect her life if she was accepted.

Niiro had watched as the girl had came to an abrupt halt in her skating; maybe something he had said might have thrown her off some. After stopping the girl seemed to have repeat a few words that Niiro had said for some reason; it may have been possible that the girl didn't get what he said all the way through or she just had an obsession of repeating words that were said to her. Once the girl had said that she had made her way over to where the male was and she seemed to be thinking about something very hard. Once again, the girl started to talk and this time she had stated her name and decided that she wanted to join Niiro's purpose; he found particularly odd because he had yet to relinquish what he wanted or what the higher purpose was. He didn't really care for being around a lot of people, he figured that he would at least help this girl out so that in the end he would also have someone to help him out when he needs it. Maybe one day she would follow in his footsteps; who knew? He looked to the girl and said, "Okay." He looked at the lake then down to the girl. "Come on." After he said that he had walked away from the lake and off somewhere. Things were starting to fall in line.

[Exit]

Nodding her head once Kasumi stood up after the man she would now call her Sempai. Grabbing her skates she knotted them together at the laces and held them in her hand. She knew how dangerous it was to carry skates around your neck and so she decided to hold them. As she followed behind the man she grew weary of holding them and began to think weather to throw them away or hold them until she could store them.
" Hm..."

{ Exit }