Natsu got off the ramp of the ship fairly quickly, leaving her brother to deal with Michi for the time being. It would be at least a quarter of an hour before they could continue. More than enough time for what she wanted to do.
The Senju slipped into one of the side streets and then rounded one more corner before glancing around to see if she wasn't followed. It would be better to keep this quiet for the time being. There weren't many reasons to, but she preferred it.
Once she was certain that there was nobody there Natsu slid down the wall taking a seat on the ground with her back leaning against the bulding behind her. The kunoichi would slowly raise her left hand up. It was trembling violently and she could do nothing to stop it. A burning sensation filled both her arms and her hands felt as if thousands of senbon were being repeatedly stabbed into them. It had been getting much worse over the last few months and she was just happy it has been alright at least up until now.
Natsu let out a prolonged sigh as she struggled to raise her hand up enough to lower the mask and reached around to one of her belt pouches with her other hand. The ordeal was painstaking, but she finally managed to take out the antidote she needed to deal with this issue - Selenium. As much of a cure as it was it had also been the cause of the issue. A few months back when she had been hunting down thugs she ended up getting caught up in a rather.... horrible accident. That had been the start of it all, but she found out it was much worse than she had thought after finally getting out of that horrible spot. Turned out the rocks that she had ended up falling on and, unfortunately for her, had impaled her arms and side contained a very high dosage of mercury. The only thing she could do at the time was begin treatment with Solinium, unconventional but it had kept her alive. However it was also a beginning of a curse once more. Whilst it had dealt with the mercury her arms were failing rapidly. Whether it was just the dosages former medic had used or the metal in her arms she didn't quite know, but if she didn't keep up the treatment the mercury wouldn't be dealt with fully.
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It had been a good quarter of an hour before Natsuru finally emerged from an alleyways and made her way over to her companions. The pain in her arms was still as prominent as ever, but at least she could move them properly now and the trembling had all but disappeared. Well at least enough so it wouldn't be noticed if she kept both hands in her pockets. It would be another hour or so until everything normalised, but until then all she could do is keep them from noticing.
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