Ninpocho Chronicles

Ninpocho Chronicles is a fantasy-ish setting storyline, set in an alternate universe World of Ninjas, where the Naruto and Boruto series take place. This means that none of the canon characters exists, or existed here.

Each ninja starts from the bottom and start their training as an Academy Student. From there they develop abilities akin to that of demigods as they grow in age and experience.

Along the way they gain new friends (or enemies), take on jobs and complete contracts and missions for their respective villages where their training and skill will be tested to their limits.

The sky is the limit as the blank page you see before you can be filled with countless of adventures with your character in the game.

This is Ninpocho Chronicles.

Current Ninpocho Time:

Medical Suspension (Open)

Osuteno's eyes were shining brightly on their way to the fair. Chiyoko started saying some things that did not quite make much sense to him about how apparently the people there didn't approve of female ninja for some reason and he was to be her little sister and something about her being stabbed with a steak knife and all he managed to do was nod. He was honestly having trouble making heads or tails of any of it. "Why would they not approve of female ninja?" Osu thought to himself not quite realizing that Chiyoko had been referring to the two of them. It then clicked on Osu, "Is it some kind of close-minded train of though that believes women are unsuited for the shinobi world? Is that why Onee-San is having to hid her status as a kunoichi?" This concerned Osu greatly. Never had he imagined just a few blocks away from the place in grew up there were such closed minded people. Inside a shinobi village no less! So he was to hide his own status as a shinobi to prevent any suspicions upon Chiyoko. This thought tainted the fun atmosphere of the arcade. It could not have been everyone could it? No that was unlikely, and it would be unfair to cast judgement on people without proof. He understood perfectly (at least he thought he did), it was better to not draw the attention of the extreme elements and simply be a pair of siblings. "I understand perfectly Onee-San," he said not understanding at all.

He began hanging on to Chiyoko as if she was his actual big sister (there wasn't that much of a change) and much like he wish he could with his actual relatives. They all seemed to keep a certain amount of space from him for one reason or another.As he described the things he liked about fairs he kind of wished that some of his family would play with him like Onee-chan did. He listened with fascination as she described her old pet goldfish and how big it got. His imagination drifted to the image of a large fish swimming around in its bowl at the dinner table. Osu never had pets so much as patients and playmates. He began talking about the times her could barely remember around the age of four when he began going and exploring outside of the orphanage and the cats he would follow on their paths down alleyways, over and under fences, along walls, and across rooftops. Osu never realized it himself but during his time at the orphanage they had begun recruiting the local women to keep an eye out for the toddler Osu and try to hold on to him whenever he managed to escape, which was a lot despite the orphanage's best efforts. He never seemed to realize how terrifying it was for adults to see a toddler hopping along rooftops after cats. He then spoke of how he was tested a bit young for chakra sensitivity (which it had never occurred to him might have been because he was much more difficult to keep track of than the other kids and was given funds to stay on his own in a room above his favorite tea shop for his eighth birthday while he attended the academy. During the few months he had lived there he had kept dozens of different injured animals from birds to cats to dogs and many more and he spoke of how he would nurse them back to health until they felt ready to leave. "But I never rescued a fish! Especially one that big! Will you teach me how to catch one Onee-San?" It confused him that a game would be a bit one-sided though, weren't games supposed to be equal and fair?

When the arcade came into sight Ousteno was beyond ecstatic despite what his face could muster. He watched as Chiyoko scanned the area and focused in one direction. It seemed she had decided that she wanted to begin with the cork rifle stand before consuming fried food though she expressed some concern over the possibility of coronary disease (at least he thought she was). "There is no need to fear Onee-San, Coronary Artery Disease may be a risk of high cholesterol, but that is from a continued imbalance in diet, not getting enough exercise or excessive alcohol and smok..." Osu cut himself off as he realized what he had just mentioned. "I'll protect you Onee-San, I am capable of performing several emergency procedures and jutsu to prolong the window for treatment. you can enjoy yourself without worry." While Osu had managed to avoid his medical lecture earlier he was currently showing his promise as the youngest Mednin-in-Training in the program by several years. Many wouldn't think it looking at him but Osu was actually a prodigy. Not to mention his mentor was the Sennin herself, though Osu himself would never think to brag about the fact. He was to busy misunderstanding people and reading to much in the wrong direction into what people said. He was a better medic and fighter than he was a conversationalist.

As he thought of that though he did take into consideration the correction Chiyoko had to learn to account for the impairment of her depth perception. It took the average person a few months to fully get used to losing an eye but shinobi were not and could not afford to be the average person. Chiyoko would likely be examined and tested thoroughly by the Medical Branch before they would allow her back into the field. Even these arcade games would be helpful rehab for her. He would find out who her primary physician is and inform them of her and contribute to her evaluation report, though as an MiT it would only hold a little weight. He simply didn't want her treatment to have any delays.

Osu for once was the one being pulled along as they approached the booth. He watched quietly as Chiyoko bought four tries worth of games for the two of them to split. He looked at the two men thinking they looked oddly familiar as one giggled to himself. He then began to examine the shelves which is when he noticed his target. It was as big as he was. Before he could point it out though he noticed the rifle they would be using and how it was shorter than what he was used to using, which is when he looked at his target with concern. "Know how to use this? It's about as heavy as a real one."</COLOR><i></i> Osu heard the man say and heard Chiyoko give a bit of a sarcastic reply. Osu examined the two men and listened to their blood as he sometimes did. The one man had quite a bit of alcohol in his bloodstream while the other probably needed to stop eating so much salt. He suddenly saw the first cork fire off and not get anything. Osu had been afraid of that. With each shot though he noticed she was getting closer and closer to the big ape. When she hit the gorilla with her fifth shot Osu began clapping as he was excited for her and stared at the men who were laughing with disapproval. "She is recovering meany." Osu thought grumpily as he stared at the drunk. Chiyoko did not pay them much mind however. Instead she seemed to be focusing on the gorilla. Osu was concerned that it had only moved about an inch though as they moved it back to where it was. How were any of the larger prizes to be won when the rifle only had that much power?

Chiyoko was going for the gorilla anyway as she shot away at it as it teetered but something seemed off to Osu that he couldn't place his finger on with her third shot. The gorilla should not have moved like that, at least not that much with the rifle she was using. Osu knew that much from all of his target practice. Once more she shot and once more the gorilla moved in an unusual fashion in Osu's eyes but he couldn't figure out the cause. Before he could put too much more thought into whatever could be happening though he noticed someone coming towards them with very suspicious movements. Suddenly he began rushing forward and Osu started to aim his finger at the man heading straight at Onee-San when he noticed her swinging the stock of the rifle straight into the man's face. So she had already noticed him, but it was only to be expected. Osu had to look away though because of all the blood he wasn't prepared for and began to do his calming exercises in his head. He wanted to do something for the foolish man but couldn't do anything too obvious without exposing him and possible Chiyoko as ninja and possibly attract the attention of those anti-kunoichi people. Instead Osu brushed his hand casually across the man's back using what was known as the Anesthetic Infusion jutsu. It was a pretty new jutsu for Osu and may have been a bit much as it was technically a painkiller for use by shinobi in battles where people were stabbed and burned and crushed, and the now half toothless man was giggling his head off and spouting things like "I gots teeth on the ground, I hope they turn into beautiful flowers and give all the world hugs and wheeeee!" ... So that was the reason it was not used in the hospital instead of medicine. Osu had not meant to make the man all goofy like that and he looked at his hand, he was going to have to improve his chakra control. "Oh Onee-San you got the gorilla!" Osu cheered having completely forgotten the unusual movements of her target when he had prepared to bring the man charging her down.

Osu did look at the prize he wanted with concern though as he went to pick up the rifle. The drunk looked down at him and in a taunting voice asked, "Are you sure you can lift this thing little missy? Why don't you be a good girl and let your sissy shoot for yah?"<i></i> Osu puffed his cheeks a little at that though it didn't really change his facial expression. He picked up the rifle and hit his target dead on... and it didn't even budge. He had been afraid of this when he had first noticed the giant shark toy. It was bigger than he was and apparently had some weight to it. "I get what you are thinking there little missy. You thought you should hit the biggest thing since you were bound to miss anything else. Sadly that is the catch of the day and you need a bit more brains to bring him in. Can't get as lucky as your onee-san." Osu was growing annoyed with this man for calling Chiyoko's success luck and suggesting he could not have hit any of the other targets on top of questioning his intelligence. While he was deciding where on the shark to hit to try and get it to budge some guards had arrived and began questioning what they thought was a really drunk thief. Osu hit the very base of the tail then the very front of the shark and with both shots the shark had barely nudged. "Wow midget-chan your shots are all over the place, you are just barely hitting the shark at all! Are you sure you want to just watch the little thing " As Osu shot a fourth time aiming for just above the shark's center of gravity to watch that basically do nothing, the giggling and bleeding thief coughed on top of Osu's head. Osu had stopped his calming exercise a good minute before and was not prepared for his hair to be dripping with someone else's blood.

Osuteno suddenly grew a large smile as the drunk was busy laughing at his misfortune. The sober man however took a step back. It was a very natural smile for Osuteno, he didn't have to force it like he usually did, but there was an unmistakable look of cruelty to it. He did a few quick handsigns hidden by keeping his hands under the front of the booth, though it was perfectly possible for Chiyoko to see, a gradually a mist slowly began to roll into the street. Osuteno took aim with his fifth shot as if he did not notice the sudden change in visibility that was slowly creeping towards them. At the last moment though he seemed to drop the rifle and the shot had miraculously nailed the crook that was being escorted away in the back of the head, causing him to fall forward. He smiled a dreadful little smile as he said "Oops, it gun just got so heavy I could barely lift it." The drunk owner was laughing his head off saying I told you so while the sober man didn't look all that sure. the mist was getting a bit thick around them now and the ground was almost completely hidden. Osu bent down to "search for the rifle" as the mist began to rise and started to make everything a bit hard to see. Instead of grabbing the air rifle though, Osu gathered up the man's blood along with some of his own and formed a rifle of much the same shape, though that was where the similarity ended. To anyone more than a couple feet away it would appear to be the same gun in this fog.

"Mister, could I please have my final round of shots please? Osuteno asked in a sweet voice which would have been a whole lot less believable if one could see his eyes at that moment. "You have just the worst luck little girl," the man laughed not really paying attention as he gave Osuteno five more corks. "You could barely hit the thing when you could see it, too bad your sister already paid for this round." Osuteno giggled what could only be heard as the sweetest and most cheerful little giggle though the sober man paled a bit looking into Osuteno’s eyes that now more than ever seemed to be rotating orbs of blood. He loaded the first cork, took aim and destroyed both the cork and the stake on the left side of the shelf that helped to hold it still with a very loud crack. He then loaded the second cork and did the same to the right side. ”The hell is all that racket?” The drunk said looking around. The sober man had been close to the second stake and had jumped out of the booth having been spooked.

”Onee-Chan, this would be a good time to lend your imouto some of your luck,” Osuteno said with a rather dark grin though it would have been about impossible to see at this point. Now that his attitude had shifted into a… less oblivious one he had realized that it was very obvious Chiyoko had been a naughty girl and did something to cause the gorilla’s unusual movement. With the third cork he hit the top shelf directly causing the whole thing to rock backwards. The moment of truth was coming as he used the Bounce Shot technique hitting the wall first then the top shelf from behind as it rocked forwards. Whether due to Chiyoko’s assistance or just plain luck the shelf toppled forward. Osuteno used the final cork to knock out the sober man who had begun to flee behind the booths. It was a rather unfortunate place for someone to pass out. He could not easily be seen from the street side of the booths and it would likely be hours before someone found him or he woke up. Rather bad luck on his part.

Osuteno on the other hand rather cheerily said, ”Seems our luck turned around.” He let the blood rifle dissipate and directed the blood down a storm drain while he placed the real one on the table without any unneeded witnesses. He then slid across the counter and picked up his new shark, “It is a shame I can’t carry all of these, Onee-San was there another one you wanted?” The drunk’s hands shot forward and Osuteno merely smirked and didn’t bother to dodge. He began rolling his left shoulder, loosening the kimono to where the sleeve was beginning to fall down. ”What the hell do you think you are doing!?” the man growled. ”Collecting my prizes you peasant, what does it look like? You are lucky Mako-Chan is almost too much for me to carry, or I would be taking home more.” Osuteno said matter-of-factly lifting the large shark plush by its tail. The drunk seemed to be turning purple. ”What makes you think I will just let you walk off with anything you want after making a mess of my booth?” Osuteno could hear people starting to come towards them to find out what all that commotion was, though for most seeing and hearing through the thick fog was difficult. ”Because not only should every drop of blood in your body be begging for the chance to serve me, I promise you that it is in your best interest to let us be on our way and not cause a scene.”

The man’s face was close enough for Osuteno to tell he was rather cross eyed at the moment, ”Try me,” the man growled raising his fist just under Osuteno’s face. Osuteno simply nodded, ”Very well, I gave you a chance.” He then turned his head to look towards Chiyoko, ”Onee-chan, it seems I must punish this man so I must apologize for us having to make our leave very soon.” As he spoke his nose began bleeding and his eye appeared bruised due to him using his henomancy on himself. ”Oh, and could you shriek for me?” He began crying as hard as he could as he let the fog he had created roll on.

Just as a sizable group of people appeared they suddenly saw a man holding on to the disheveled robe of a bloody, battered and crying little girl appearing to get ready to hit her again. Osuteno had his eyes shut tightly as he cried loudly, making sure no one would notice that particular feature of his and was pulling away from the man while covering his chest with one arm. The drunk was stunned as the moment began to dawn on him and Osuteno broke free of his grasp screaming, ”Onee-San!” while bawling his eyes out. He used her to hide his face, but tears and blood dropped to the ground for all to see as he cried out in broken speech, O-O-Onee-San I was pl-playing the game and I wa-wa-wanted the shark but it wouldn’t m-m-m-move and the clouds got low an-and the man said if I ca-came behind the co-coun-cou-counter he would give me the sh-sh-shark if I was qu-quiet and a good girl b-b-but he got re-really mean and I was sc-scared cause I couldn’t se-se-see you and and and I want to go home!”

Osuteno then turned to run down an alley dragging his new shark behind him with the drunk yelling, ”I didn’t do nothing to that little bitch!” He turned a corner and quickly sealed his shark toy away and used the transformation jutsu to become the very image of his 16 year-old cousin Junichi and waited for Chiyoko to come after him. When she finally came he would greet her with his new appearance with the words, <COLOR color="#800080">“Greetings Onee-San, meet my cousin Junichi. Want to go get that fried food now? I am afraid I won’t be this fun for very long and I will likely start blathering about how awful a person I am any moment.”
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It seemed the young boy understood her sentiments, or at least he said he did, Chiyoko looked down to her new found Imuoto giving the boy a faint smile as they continued to walk down the streets toward the festivities. His clinging really lent toward the charade that the two were related by blood, two young 'uns practicing a bit of innocent skinship and all that good stuff. For a moment she thought of what the boy had told her earlier, he had clearly explained that he wasn't close to his family, and had even mentioned that he hadn't been living with his cousins for long making it sound as if he had been orphaned, had he been? Or was his one of those situations where he had been forced from his family home and into the main-side of the clan because he showed talent? Either situation sounded less than thrilling to her, leading to a slight pout for a moment before a renewed vigor entered into her voice, "Just wanted to let you know, if you're ever feeling a bit lonely, since it sounds like you're still getting used to everything with your cousins, you can drop by the Wakahisa clan's estate any time. I know most of my family may be a bit rough around the edges, but they're mostly good people. I mean, you're my friend and that means you're family, and we treat our family right.<i></i>" despite her usually being an undeniable little shit Chiyoko occasionally had her nice moments and this seemed to be one of them. For a moment she felt odd about her statement on basically implying the boy was family, though she quickly figured he might as well be with the way he was clinging onto her. It took her a moment of thinking to describe the address and appearance of her home which was unlike most of the other Shinobi, instead of the gaudy buildings in Seki district that held the financial elite her family still resided in the Cronopolis despite having enough dirty money to put most of the others to shame. "We own a set of four tenements, all of which are centrally located side-to-side in the Cronopolis, easy to find and if you tell the people down there where you're going the troublemakers'll leave you alone. They're probably not as fancy as your digs, but they have all your modern amenities.<i></i>" she paused for a moment unsure of how to continue, it wasn't like her to be this kind toward others. "So, uh, if you ever feel like coming down to the Cronopolis, feel free to drop in.<i></i>" Was what she decided to finish with.

Her eye sparkled as she watched the young boy attentively listen to her story of catching a giant gold-fish, it was nice having someone that wanted to talk about more carefree subjects than what she had been dealt lately. All she had been told over the past few months was the details of a mountainous amount of surgeries, the physical rehab, and perhaps most of all that the incident was completely her own damn fault. During her debrief and having explained she ignored a direct order from her superior, not retreating and attempting to gain reinforcements while leaving her superior to her death, or something worse than death really. She had thought they would give her a damn Medal of Honor, but instead she got nothing but scoldings. Her superior would have been fine, or so they said. Yet they hadn't been there to see the situation, no they were sitting behind their desks making their menial decisions and scolding those who went out and did their jobs, bunch of beaurocratical pricks. Her mood almost soured, but she soon returned as Nee-Chan asked her to teach on the intricacies of how to catch goldfish, "I'm sure we'll stop by the stall, I'll give you a few pointers when we see it. By the end of the day you'll have a pet fish, maybe it'll grow up to be as big as mine was.<i></i>" she lightly chuckled thinking back to her fish once again.

Soon they began to approach the arcade as the young man's face began to light up ever so slightly before entering into a medical-jargon diatribe that she had helped induce. His terminology made about as much sense to her as describing colors to a man born blind in both eyes, normally she was fairly apt at deciphering specific terminologies, but all the medical stuff was never her cup of tea. "Right, high cholesterol.<i></i>" she repeated staring down toward her little friend as he claimed he would perform an emergency procedure if anything were to come up, he really was a nice kid. Her hand once again gently patted the boy's head, "I'm counting on you.<i></i> she replied jokingly as a faint smirk still sat upon her face.

Next came the whole ordeal with the thief, Chiyoko stared down toward the man as Osu kneeled down beside him clearly having the most medical experience out of the group, though in their situation he couldn't really do a whole lot. She did notice his slight touch managed to help the thief out a bit as she has remained on the ground, clearly high as balls, exclaiming something about his teeth becoming flowers, he was certainly lifted. The situation calmed back down quickly, as if such a scene was a common occurrence in the area, Chiquita held her Gorilla tightly in her arms as Osu remarked that she had won. Solemnly the young girl nodded looking toward her friend, "Your turn, good luck.<i></i>" with the way the game was rigged he would need it, though she was a bit intrigued to see if he intended to find a way around the rules of the game. Stepping back from the booth she lit another cigarette, watching the scene unfold before her.

It became immediately apparent that the drunkard would be making fun of her friend a bit more than he had with the one-eyed cripple girl, understandably so. Carnies were well known for being disgusting assholes, so the young girl wrote the drunk man off as just that, ignoring most of his gibes before a couple of guards came onto the scene looking at the thief on the ground, unsure of what had happened. One of the guards signaled her over, knowing it was best to comply the young girl put her gorilla beside her bag walking toward the two as the drunkard was still shit-talking her friend. The guards questions were simple enough, what happened, who are you, about what time did it happen, etcetera. Immediately the young woman quietly explained to the two that she along with the boy were village Shinobi which near immediately absolved them of any potential wrongdoing requesting that they kept that part silent, then of course she explained how she had whacked the piss out of the man with what she had exposure to, namely the butt of the rifle. The two nodded silently, one beginning to seize the thief as the other wrote down her statement, only before the thief managed to get away from the guard for a second spilling his bodily fluids onto Nee-Chan's hair. That sucked. For a second the woman covered her mouth to stifle her laughter at Osu's bad luck, though it seemed the scene around them was changing.

Her eye lazily drifted toward Osu's lower half noticing he was readying for a Jutsu, a look of curiosity settled on her face as the young woman crossed her arms intrigued by the coming situation. Fog began to drift in which accompanied the thief's accident perfectly, a cheeky smile fell onto Chiyoko's lips as she watched the man drop onto his face once more immediately commentating, "There goes the rest of his teeth.<i></i>" her vision remained focused upon the thief for a few more seconds as the guards hefted him back onto his feet, figuring he had gone limp in an attempt to make carrying him more difficult. In retaliation for the man's presumed impudence one of the two gave the unfortunately inebriated thief a jab to the back of his head before gripping his collar and hoisting him away.

The fog had begun to grow thicker, Chiquita stared over toward her young friend as the drunkard commentated on his luck, still very unaware of the situation that was unfolding before him, all the while it seemed the sober man had begun to piece the situation together as an uncertain look sat upon his face. "Very bad luck.<i></i>" She managed to quip with a straight face, though she would have to coach the young man on the practicalities of subtlety later. Drawing a giant wave of Fog wasn't exactly inconspicuous. The sound of wood being sundered reverberated throughout the area as the young man shot his corks, leading her to smirk slightly moving forward to grab her bag and the gorilla having an odd feeling that the two would have to soon leave the scene.

The young woman's eye sparkled once again as her young friend asked for a bit of outside help, he had clearly caught onto the bit of shenanigans she had used earlier, and was eager to use again. "As long as you give it back.<i></i>" She replied, immediately activating her slight abilities to manipulate the surrounding gravity of the area. She followed the movement of the shelf as he pushed it backward, then as the fourth shot landed the shelf suddenly toppled with a small amount of help from the young woman, she had actually restrained herself a fair amount as it would have been fairly easy to bring most of the booth toppling down, the whole thing was mainly made of fancily painted plywood held together by some screws. Chiyoko was once again brought back to reality as she noticed Osu dispatch the sober proprietor of the booth, which was probably for the best.

She had in no way expected her young friend to be so mischievous, and was frankly digging it a bit, not a lot of Shinobi in town knew how to have a bit of fun and the ones who did had personality disorders or where trying to murder her face with giant summons. Osu had settled upon a large shark as his prize commentating that wished he was able to carry more of the prizes, though the drunkard seemed a bit enraged by the situation. Chiyoko watched the scene curiously as the drunkard grabbed her small friend, there was a brief moment where she thought of quickly striking the man in the throat and ending the confrontation, but Osu was as much of a Shinobi as she was and could probably handle the situation they had found themselves in.

Her eye widened slightly as she watched the young man as he spoke to her, the Chigokai certainly had some interesting Jutsu, for a moment it looked like the drunkard had beaten the piss out of the young man. Chiquita simply shrugged her shoulders slightly replying, "Well, you've gotta do what you've gotta do.<i></i>" the drunkard seemed to have bitten off a bit more than he could chew and she was ever intrigued to get in on the actions, but for the moment she simply attentively listened to her Nee-chan. His request of her shrieking was met aptly as the young woman cleared her throat before yelling in an octave higher than she was used to, "What are you doing to my Imuoto?!<i></i>" she cried out, trying to hide her obvious amusement in the situation.

In the moments after her yelling a large crowd of onlookers formed around them, watching as her Imuoto broke his grasp from the man before heading back toward Chiyoko who immediately embraced the young man continuing the charade seamlessly. A hand gently clasped around the back of the young man's head as he explained what had just happened, or what seemed to have just happened. A gentle grasp stroked the back of her young friend's head as she let out quiet soothing sounds, "Shh, it's alright now." all the while her vision focused upon the purported wrong-doer in the situation, the drunk booth owner. Chiyoko managed to put on her best look of scorn as she stared at the man before her Imuoto broke from her grasp running off toward an alley. "Nee-chan! Wait!<i></i>" She bellowed holding an outstretched hand toward the boy as he ran.

Her mire returned to the booth owner who was exclaiming his innocence to the people around, though they clearly weren't buying his statements as a look of unanimous hate circled the drunk man. "Do you know who you just hurt?<i></i>" she asked the man balling her good fist, so much for taking it easy, the drunk man replied beligerantly clearly realizing there was no winning in this situation "Fuck should I care, little bitch?!<i></i>" the anger in his voice still quite apparent. The last man that had called her a bitch had ended up with a blade sticking through his trachea, she would have to restrain herself a bit. "You just hit one of Wakahisa Ichirou's children, you need to leave the village immediately.<i></i>" A look of disgust settled upon the young girl's face as she stared the drunkard down, intimidation was always fun. Not surprisingly the man was too far gone to realize what she had just said, instead he reached behind his booth for a small billy club all the while yelling, "Like I give a shit about some two bit Yakuza. What are you goin' to do about it, cripple-bitch?<i></i>" that was twice now he had called her a bitch, the situation was looking worse and worse for the man.

Still she remained focused waiting for the man to raise his club, she could not legally hit the man until he posed a direct threat to her or others around, it was always best to cover all the bases in the situation. Once the poor soul raised the weapon above his head the young Kunoichi moved with the speed that no ordinary civilian could match dropping her bag and the gorilla as two jabs caught him directly in the windpipe causing him to immediately drop his weapon holding both hands around his neck and screeching as best he could with no air getting to his lungs. Had he not been calling her a bitch for the last couple minutes the young thug probably would have left his beating at that, but he had to press his luck. Despite it being difficult to move in the Kimono the young woman managed to raise her knee just high enough to catch the man directly in the bollocks dropping him down to his knees as tears streamed down his face, now that was enough. He had now also actually attacked one of the children of Wakahisa Ichirou, the Oyabun of the Wakahisa Yakuza and now really needed to leave town. She hoped the man liked farming as that would probably be doing from now on.

The young woman crouched down toward the man who was now sobbing on the ground in pain whispering to him, "Leave town, otherwise they'll feed you to the pigs.<i></i>" she stated simply giving the man a pat atop his head before standing as the look of false panic upon her face resumed. Quickly she pushed through the crowd toward the alley that her friend had just ventured down all the while yelling out, "Nee-chan! Nee-chan!<i></i>" their charade had been completed excellently as the crowd still focused upon the downed carnie with a large amount of vitriol, eagerly awaiting the guards return to explain what they had just seen.

Upon finding her young friend she was surprised for a moment as she admired his now more adult visage, this was his cousin? He wasn't half bad looking, though certainly of the bookish type. She had always had a thing for the more effeminate boys, liking to be the dom in the relationship...Wait, what?...Where is this train of thought going?... Clearing her thoughts she replied to Nee-chan who was still up for some fried foods, though he seemed to already feel a bit guilty over what had just happened. "Nothing like some fried butter after beating up some carnies.<i></i>" She joked still staring at his transformation, "You definitely shouldn't feel bad about it, being a terrible person can be pretty damn fun. I know from experience.<i></i>" the girl lightly laughed as she walked beside her friend toward the food court which was just far enough to be completely removed from the previous commotion.

After purchasing some decidedly western fair-foods including but not limited to: fried curds, fried butter, fried Oreos (yes Oreos, not sandwich cookies, we totally have those here), and a healthy serving of fritters. She's a growing girl don't judge her, asshole. Finding seating was easy enough, she had even managed to find a spot for her gorilla which she had placed in the seat to her right staring down at her food and remarking to her friend, "It's a good thing we have an inhuman metabolism.<i></i>" staring down at, possibly, the most unhealthy meal of all time. Her mind wondered for a moment, there was a good chance Nee-chan wanted to know a bit more about her and her family, as she knew she certainly wanted to hear a bit more about her new friend's history. Between bites of her plethora of food she managed to begin the conversation, her gaze shooting from her friend to her food and so forth "You know most people are put off by my family, but you haven't said so much as a word about 'em. Most of them aren't bad people, we were all born in the Cronopolis, in the shit, we just try to look out for each other and make a few Yen while we do. Anyway, if you were wondering about anything with my family feel free to ask.<i></i>" she found herself exposing the dimples in her cheeks once again as a faint smile dotted her lips between devouring her food. "It would be pretty cool to hear a little more about you, too. Seem like a nice kid, barring drunk carnies getting in your business.<i></i>" She managed to avoid laughing at her own joke as her gaze continued to switch between her food and Nee-chan.

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As the rather prideful and mischievous side of Osuteno waited around the corner disguised as his cousin he thought back to a few minutes earlier when his rather disgustingly cute side clung to “Onee-San’s” arm and was surprised when she suddenly offered to let him visit her home. At that time he was ashamed that he was unsure that he wanted to meet them. She was really nice for offering to say the least. Osu had also been hesitant about offering her an invitation to visit his home, not that he wouldn’t enjoy it, but because he could not guarantee her a warm welcome. He was actually unable to say for sure if she could enter at all even with his invitation. The fact her family was yakuza was problematic but likely less so than otherwise saying she wasn’t any sort of nobility. At least she was a girl or he would have almost no hope of getting her past the front gate should she decide to come. He nodded noncommittally as she described where her home was and what it was like. He remembered… the usual Osu (he needed to come up with more specific titles for these different sides) thinking quite sure that fancy was the word he would describe his home. Fancy just was not a word he would use on a place where the decorations seemed to celebrate battle and death in such a manner but that was not a proper line of conversation.

The current Osuteno decided in that jumbled reflection that he would refer to the other side as Outer-Osu and himself as Inner-Osu until he had a good amount of time to think of a proper name for himself. Besides it was not like he wanted to play passenger forever but that was for another time. When he awakened minutes earlier he was not entirely sure what to do with himself if he was to be honest. It was the first time he had taken control outside of combat. Inner-Osu was rather irritated that the peasant had dirtied him with unworthy blood but was not foolish enough to think he could publicly punish the man for his offense, at least not yet. With the plush shark thrown over his now much higher shoulder Osu watched the continuation of the scene he exited. The whole thing began due to nervous energy from wanting to fight and there being none to be had and yet another peasant insulting him. Chiyoko, or “Onee-San” he supposed, was carrying the scene in a rather odd direction. He had not planned on leaving any sort of association real or false but it seemed he was now a Yakuza daughter himself in this play. No matter. Seeing the scene was over he sealed away Mako-Chan along with his other possessions. It would just not do if someone saw him with the shark plush the little… sigh… girl ran off with. Strangely much like Outer-Osu, Inner-Osu also had no clue why people thought he was a girl but that was yet another concern for another time. Standing up straight as the Yakuza girl approached he became distinctly aware that the jump from being 4’3” to 6’0” was quite a large one. IT would be better the next time to choose something a bit closer to his own height.

After introducing his cousin Junichi in a rather roundabout way and inviting the Yakuza girl along to corrupt the body with questionable food he realized she had no way of knowing he meant the other him would feel guilty. Personally the only thing he regretted was not punishing the man as thoroughly as he wished he could. He was not one to hold a grudge after passing sentence though. The man was effectively exiled or at the very least a social outcast now and that would have to do.

In a few minutes he found himself looking questioningly at something called an apple fritter and took a bite, western food was different. He had also tried eating one of those candy clouds or candy cotton whatever it was called and found it to simply be colored sugar which was a bit much for him. “Yes, it is a good thing. Otherwise we might all be walking around looking like Akimichis.” He heard her bring up family again. He was unsure of what he really needed to do now, having expected the Outer-Osu to have taken control back by now. It wouldn’t hurt to speak with this Yakuza daughter though both she and Outer-Osu could forget it if either expected him to be fawning over the girl like “the kind big sister he always wanted” bah. Oh she asked him something… “Well your family is Yakuza. Outer… I mean I don’t truly see that as automatically meaning that if I meet them I will be looking for horns and fangs. Despite a run in I personally had with some yakuza I do not see them as the worst possible sort of people or anything to that effect.” He was having trouble finding the right words to get his point across. “Well I suppose the easiest way to explain why Outer… Why I don’t see too much problem with your family beyond some initial cautiousness is best explained by telling you about myself since that is tied in.” Inner-Osu was beginning to wonder why Outer-Osu wasn’t back yet as he sipped some western tea, not that he was complaining. He took a look at the black tea. Western food and drink was so odd.

“When I was about a year old by most estimates I was found at the village gates. It has been a bit more than eight years but no one has any clue how someone managed to sneak up to the gates and leave before I was discovered, much less who it was that left me there. They never spoke about it in front of me for fear that it would upset me but I happen to know that a considerable amount of money was left with me so most believe that rather than being unable to care for me, whoever left me there simply did not want me.” Couldn’t just get a pot of good old green tea? Nooo had to be adventurous. “Needless to say I was put up in a nice orphanage here in the Seki District, I would say about 20 blocks from here, give or take. I was a bit of a handful as a toddler since I was crossing rooftops not too long after I started walking without stumbling. Likely it was the fact that I already had some considerable development as young as I was that I was rushed out of the orphanage and things were organized where I would be living alone as soon as I was old enough to go to the academy. Perhaps some thought as to whether or not I would develop faster if I was separated from other children my age. Of course there were other details aside from how easily I sneak and run around that were and are of interest.” It was just too odd hearing Junichi’s voice describing all of this, perhaps it was safe to switch back? No, not just yet.

“Not too long after joining the academy it became very apparent I have a couple… quirks as some describe them. For instance Out… I am typically rather amicable, a pushover really, more than willing to put others ahead of myself.” That particular bit more than irritated Inner-Osu. “But sometimes it was noticed that I have occasional burst of confidence, aggressiveness, and some even claim insanity or cruelty. I would argue against those last two claims if it made any difference to me, though I would simply say I become much less patient. Particularly if someone is in need of a lesson in how to treat their betters.” That was nothing close to something Outer-Osu would say, need to stop slipping up to avoid unnecessary comments she might make. Though why should he avoid that? “Those little outbursts came on much stronger and longer whenever I heard blood pouring from an open wound, until one day a crimson blade suddenly appeared in my hands while sparring with a friend. I tried to kill him but thankfully I wasn’t that skilled yet. I did discover at that time that my water jutsu as often as not came out made from blood. It didn’t take much thought from there to assume I had a Kekkei Genkai and to learn which one. I was more than a bit nervous about learning there were people I could say with absolute certainty that I was related to. Don’t get me wrong I had a lot of people looking out for me whether I wanted them to or not in the form of the shopkeepers and their families here in the Seki. The women would teach me things they said I needed to know as a man such as what I should dress and how to arrange flowers and poetry, while their husbands always worried about me, though for some reason they always seemed to be apologizing to me. The older girls would often pick me up while I was trying to play and made sure I took a proper bath at the hot springs, though they always teased me too much. The older boys were always buying me candy and make sure things were safe for me though they always seemed to get headaches if I stood too close. None of the kids around my age like me very much, boy or girl. I noticed because their faces always got so red when I try to speak with them, they won’t give any reply aside from nodding or shaking their heads, and they almost always run off as fast as they can. The ones that do speak to me mock me by calling me pretty or the like before running off.” Just because Inner-Osu had a different attitude that Outer-Osu did not mean he could not have the same misunderstandings.

“Before I could gather the nerve to go and introduce myself I was sent a summons by the clan head herself. An… interesting woman to say the least. I was adopted on the spot though not by her but the fourth branch head. Another interesting woman who teaches me the ins and outs of social maneuvering and hosting of grand parties for Kumo’s social elite with the same attitude that she teaches me how to torture a person within an inch of their life without leaving a mark on them… by having me experience both sides of it. How could I really judge what your family does illegally when I am aware at just how dark and bloody my own clan’s history and traditions are? The things we do legally? The Chigokai are one of the three ancient founding clans of Lightning Country and the Village Hidden in the Clouds and we have extensive and detailed records of our ‘triumphs’. Celebrated names include those who had personally killed hundreds or sometimes thousands, mostly warriors but occasionally towns or villages that refused to bend knee. The cruel and feared go far in the histories of the Chigokai. We are often spoken of as a cursed clan, though the truth of that is not quite what most would think, and our natural manipulation of blood and life force is typically viewed as an evil thing in itself. It is even suggested that the dark god of chaos and bloodshed Jashin was initially a man born of the Chigokai blood and the peculiar family curse that a few members of the clan possess, who discovered how to ‘gift’ that curse upon others. Though as well as that fits and how easy it is for me to believe, I cannot say for certainty it is true.”

Inner-Osu wondered if he was so talkative simply because he had nothing to do, no one to fight. “I realize that I keep mentioning a curse without really explaining what it is. Only a couple each generation have it, myself included. While all those with the bloodline can hear the flow of blood and know where it comes from, for a few of us the sound of it leaving the body is a beautiful serenade. The more of it that pours the louder and more beautiful the Sound.” It became immediately obvious from his tone the Sound had a capital S. “It fills you. I have yet to experience it but I am told that the Sound of the last drops of blood fills those with life fit to bursting. A very addictive condition which is where the impression that the Chigokai are evil comes from. When those who heard the Sound, song doesn’t even begin to describe it, were unable to help themselves. While most shift their attitudes when they hear the Sound an even rarer trait sometimes occurs in those whose personalities just don’t mesh with the aggressiveness the Sound encourages. They split that part off from themselves and it sometimes has a mind of its own.” He grinned rather darkly at her still using his cousin’s face. “Funny enough the Sound was the reason he wanted to become a medic of all things, to cease it whenever he heard it, but at the same time we are constantly aware that the sound will occur at any moment in that hospital and always it can be heard one way or another. Meditation, breathing techniques, massage, he tries everything to keep the Sound from taking him.”

Inner-Osu was distinctly aware he had started referring to Outer-Osu as a different person. He did not really care at this point though, he was a superior being and it didn’t do for him to be dancing around a point and hiding. He felt a tugging though, in his head. Outer-Osu was beginning to stir again, though what really surprised him was that it had taken him this long to reach for the reins. Outer-Osu wasn’t trying to take control yet though as Inner-Osu had no way of resisting but he still remained in charge for the moment. Odd. “The long and short of it is that regardless of whatever your family does for a living I live with a literal bunch of royal psychopaths who can do just about whatever they want aside from treason. There is even talk that our queen psychopath is getting a permanent seat on the new council so there is another thing we will have our bloody hands in. Enough about all that I suppose.” He appeared to be waving the whole conversation off as unimportant despite admitting almost straight out that he wasn’t all that together himself.

“Still there is some curiosity towards your family’s activities. You wouldn’t happen to try owning people or some such? I am still more than a little annoyed that the one group I met tried to take me as a prize.” Annoyed didn’t even begin to cover what he would do to them should he ever get the chance but that was neither here nor there. “Rather what is your family, your immediate family, like? I heard you say you had brothers and I am curious as to what the man who controls such an organization is like.”

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Not too far off there was a young man staring at the pair with a look of amusement. He was curious as to what Chigokai Junichi was doing with the daughter of a well-known yakuza head, at least well known to Kumogakure Shinobi Intelligence Service (KSIS). He was mostly curious because he was Chigokai Junichi. He leaned against a wall and mused over what they could be speaking about. It was his job to stay well informed. A young woman behind him spoke up, “Junichi is that a clone of yours or is someone borrowing your fool face?” Behind him a young woman by the name of Chigokai Miu, his cousin, walked up acting all the world like a princess her chin tilted up slightly and a look of amusement plain on her face. “I only ask because for all the world you are slime I happen to know you like much older women.” She stood with her arms crossed under her chest as if she had anything to push up and an almost convincing look of innocence on her face. He happened to know that for all the world she looked like a princess on the inside she was more of an evil witch. Such was family.

“It appears that someone is borrowing my good looks, not that I could blame them. I am rather curious as to who though. They seem to know me well enough at least. With the exception of facial expressions I could almost believe that was me. They even happen to know that I trimmed my eyebrows yesterday.” An amusing thought really, someone who noticed small details and had seen him in the last day. There were a few he could think of but none he could link to knowing anyone in the Wakahisa Clan.

“So why don’t you go and confront them? Even though you are a little sneak you are still a child of the Chigokai Clan. I would crush anyone who dared to use my face.” She really was a pain in the ass sometimes with how little thought she put into things.

“Even if that might be the Clan Head herself for all I know? Whoever is borrowing my face is a proud one, even more so than you. They also act as if they have more than just attitude to back that up, unlike you.” He smirked at her with the last statement. "Though while they feel familiar, I must admit they don’t seem to be one of the branch heads. Perhaps another of our cousins, I am sure it isn’t one of my siblings and your sister doesn’t want to get anywhere near peasants.”

Rather than getting angry with him for his rudeness, Miu also seemed to be puzzling out who it could be. “It might be best to confront them when they are alone. If it is one of our aunts or mothers I would not want to be the one the throw a wrench into one of their schemes. That would be beyond foolish. Did you see that grin right there? It didn’t quite reach the eyes and that is a look I wouldn’t want aimed at me, almost as if amusement is just barely covering up… I’m not sure what but it isn’t pleasant.”

Junichi nodded as his cousin spoke. She worked in the Ambassador’s office and just like him was trained to observe and interpret body language among other things. The problem was that he was familiar with that look and it was not one he typically got involved in himself. He was still curious however. “It might be Michiko, she sometimes gets that look when… you know, she hears whatever it is she hears.” Michiko was the last of his cousins whose plans he would mess with. “It would indeed probably be best to wait until the girl leaves to ask.” Miu simply nodded.​

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Her gaze traced the young man between her bites of food, listening as he gave his initial thoughts on her family, and how he felt that simply because they had the title of criminals he didn't necessarily believe them to be terrible people, and while she felt hit comments to be comforting they were somewhat naive. They were bad people, fangs and all. "Do tell.<i></i>" She replied as the young man proceeded to begin to explain his own familial situation, figuring she was in for a long conversation Chiyoko leaned back in her chair sparking another cigarette, attempting to avoid breathing the toxins all over her young compatriot. It seemed her initial thoughts on the boy being an orphan were largely true as he spoke of his birth, being dropped at the gates by a parent who seemingly cared not for the child, and his eventual trip into the academy where so many other orphans eventually ended up at. She thought of commenting on how she could not begin to understand why a mother would leave their child behind, but it likely would have done no good, prodding a question like that was likely to do nothing more than frustrate the boy, so she continued to remain silent dragging on her smoke.

Then the young man began to describe his oddities, as evidenced earlier in the day by him toppling a booth, rendering a vendor unconscious, and manipulating a crowd against a drunkard. His quirk was certainly interesting, almost as if he had turned into a completely different person. His diction seemed to change a bit as well, as he seemed to stumble on his words a bit, continuing to use 'out' as if her were going to refer to his personalities as outer an inner, though she simply took his terms as simple misstatements. For a moment she internally furrowed her brow as he mentioned teaching those lesser a lesson in how to treat their betters, the comment couldn't help but make her think that it was something some prick in the aristocracy would say to their peons. Being nothing more than a street rat herself the young woman had grown to realize that there was no such thing as someone's better, which no doubt fueled her distaste for authoritative figures, nobility, and anyone who felt the need to flaunt a higher station as if it was something other than a bunch of pretty words on a sheet of paper.

Ashing a bit of her cigarette Chiyoko returned to the conversation as Osu began to explain how his quirk was intensified by the sounds of blood exiting the body, a Chigokai trait no doubt. "Right.<i></i>" She simply replied to assure him she was still following his train of thought as a plume of smoke exited her lips. Still a faint smile returned to her face as the boy described his interactions with others, and how he was ultimately as naive as ever. His innocence in that regard was as charming as ever. Yet it made his earlier comments a bit more disheartening, it almost reminded her of innocence lost, but such was the world they spent their mortal toil in, these genes Shinobi carried in conjunction with the fact they were routinely sent to systematically murder people...Such situations made it hard to retain that certain boyish look on the world, she had already began to look at the world slightly different than before, though Chiyoko had made sure to tell herself many a time that it would not skew her views. A losing battle as it were.

His comments upon his family, specifically that of the woman who took him in and his clan's leader, reminded her a bit of her own, being stuck around glorified psychopaths who had government license to do whatever the hell they pleased, it was a dark thought. Idly she flicked her cigarette back off toward the ground as she continued to listen to his curse, or gift, whatever one wanted to call it really didn't matter. Labeling it made no difference, it simply was what it was, good or bad. The young girl scratched her bandaging gently, trying to avoid potentially opening any wounds, though it itched terribly. Chiyoko thought of telling the boy that he was not what his family is, though it sounded hypocritical even in her mind as she so often dwelled on the fact that her family influenced her to be the person sitting before the young man. Instead she still remained silent continuing to listen attentively to the young boy as he began to explain his family's condition further, with an oddly somber grin.

Osu's references to the meditation techniques which allowed the Chigokai to continue living with their affliction was interesting, as was his comment that others seemed to think that his clan was a manifestation of evil. Chiyoko wasn't entirely sure she believed that there was such a thing as 'evil' in this world, everything was varying shades of gray, making it incredibly difficult to form a moral compass. Evil was simply a concept, more pretty words on paper. His explanation was coming to an end as he once again referred to his family as a bunch of psychopaths, which she figured made it difficult for him to pass judgement on her own family. She quaintly nodded as he finished explaining his familial situation, her opinion on the young man unchanged. Despite her stubborn nature toward her feelings upon her family and how she was unilaterally connected to them, a part of her was well-aware that she was as separate from her family as Osu was from his.

His sudden question almost jolted the girl back, as she had expected him to continue speaking rather than to pass the torch to her, and she certainly hadn't expected a question on human-trafficking. Having been asked such a question before the young woman had long since rehearsed what her eldest brother told her to say if such a question occurred, though it felt largely disingenuous. She decided against using it and continued of her own accord, "No, well, yes and no. My family has been known to give out contracts to people who have gotten themselves into a shit ton of debt, indentured servitude for a while, but most of the time people agree willingly. Generally they don't take anyone by force, if someone doesn't agree to a contract they generally seize their property and stuff. No one is taken against their will. Oyabun makes sure we don't get into the slave trade, he's fundamentally against the idea. Bad business.<i></i>" generally she wasn't allowed to discuss matters like that outside of the family, but then again since becoming a Shinobi she had free will to tell people whatever she wanted, though her father didn't particularly approve.

His next question was a bit more of what she had expected him to ask, what was her family like, her father? She wasn't entirely sure herself, while she certainly loved her family, there were a few who were decidedly terrible people. Including one of her very brothers. "Four brothers, three of them I think you would get along with. Guess I'll start with the oldest, Kyou.<i></i>" The young woman paused for a moment to think about her eldest brother, who had by and large been as much a father to her as her own had been "After my mother passed, he took care of me, made sure I stayed out of trouble. One of the smartest people I've ever met, ended up becoming a lawyer. He tries to keep everyone together, I mean, he's always serious and I don't think I've seen him smile since his second kid was born a couple years back, but he's a good man. Never been in trouble a day in his life, believe that or not. Exact opposite of his little brother, Hideo. I don't really like talking about him.<i></i>" Once again she paused scratching the back of her head, talking about Hideo was always difficult, almost as if she feared he would pop out of the shadows and show his face if she ever started to talk about him. Speak of the devil, and all that. "To be honest with you, I don't really know a whole lot about him, he ran into major trouble when I was younger and spent most of my life in the Specus, nine years. Used to tell me stories of when he was inside, how he found out his cellmate had done something to a kid, and how he...<i></i>" once again she veered away uncomfortable giving further details about the second oldest in the family, "We'll just say he did some bad things to him and leave it at that, guy's not even a Shinobi and he scares the ever living shit out of me...He's, he's just someone you don't want to be around unless you have to.<i></i>" A shiver ran through her spine as she thought of that man, his oddly sweet voice as he explained in detail how he had went to the trouble of making the guards think his cellmate had killed himself, Hideo was not a man, no he was something entirely different.

"Then there's my older brother, Kazuki. A lot like me, loud and obnoxious, but he's a good guy. Wouldn't hurt a fly if his life depended on it. When we were little we always used to play fight, and I swear to you he used to cry every time. He was always a momma's boy, always ran and clung to her like his life depended on it.<i></i>" Her memories reverted back to her mother for a moment and how she missed the woman who had always tried to instill the virtues of etiquette and femininity upon her, how she would get mad whenever the young Chiyoko would squander her teachings, and how they would always make up immediately afterward. "And I have one younger brother, probably about four or five years younger than you. My mother had passed giving birth to him, his name's Kenshin. Smart as Kyou, already in primary school. Says he wants to be a Shinobi like his older sister, don't think anyone wants that.<i></i>" for a brief moment she laughed looking around the area before continuing on.

"Then there's my father, Ichirou. Oyabun. You would never think he ran a family like ours, a quiet guy with an accounting degree who loves doing Bonsai and horticulture more than anything...<i></i>" Pausing Chiyoko spotted something rather odd, in the crowd there seemed to be a man who looked remarkably like the one Osu was cloning, though she chocked it up to mistake before continuing on speaking about her father, trying to ignore the figure as best she could. "But when he talks, everyone in the family listens. Imagine that, some 5' something late fifties old timer saying two words and a whole crowd of delinquents goes silent to listen. Guess he did something to get their respect.<i></i>" once again she went silent, her vision still trained upon the man who looked suspiciously like the one Osu was cloning, she figured her staring would get Osu's attention enough to notice the others who seemed to be looking back toward them.

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Before Inner Osu could reply he felt like a switch had been flicked inside his head. "What are you doing in there?" He demanded of Outer Osu. He wasn't ready to give up the captain's helm quite yet.

"What am I doing?! What are you doing!? She is going to think I am crazy. And you are being rude!

Inner Osu held back a laugh, "You are worried about being rude? We ARE crazy. I am at least insanely bored stuck in your little let's make fwiends with everyone crap. Do you know how sickeningly sweet you are? The inside of our head is filled with sugar, spice and everything nice and I can't stand it!

"... I'm sorry I did not know I made you uncomfortable. Is there anything I can do?"

"THAT! Stop doing that! Stop trying to be so helpful! These peasants exist to serve our will. We need to grow stronger and stand above them! Don't you hear it? All that blood flowing around us? It belongs to us."

"No! That is why I can't let you do what you want, you get all mean and greedy. What would we even do with that blood?"

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"It was Osuteno, hahahaha. You were scared of that girly midget you loser." Miu's laughter was reminding Junichi just how embarrassing this was. If only the bitch wasn't here to rub it in his face. How could he think the little rabbit was Michiko? He was harmless. He sighed and walked over with Miu close behind rubbing tears of mirth out of her eyes as she mocked him.

The squirt was looking at them with surprise as they approached, as well he should. "Usateno, what'cha up to?" The kid seemed confused for some reason. "If you are going to try and impress a girl with my face you could at least hit in my strike range. I have a reputation to uphold." Miu behind him laughed harder for a moment at that.

"Any of the women YOU would be after would be old enough to be his mother."

"Yes well..." He aimed his eyes purposely at Chiyoko's arm. "I don't suppose Usateno would like any of the branch heads learning that he keeps at least one rather inadvisable friend. He can come back with me and help me organize some paperwork."

"But..." Osu began but was interrupted as Junichi picked him up and tucked him under his arm.

"Now, now, Usateno. You can play cops and robbers or whatever with the Wakahisa girl another time. I must say I am a bit proud of you already having criminal affiliations at your age, I thought you were one of those straight and narrow types. Is this a new dress?" On saying all of that though Miu realized what Junichi was saying about Chiyoko and held a look of amusement on her face.

"Oh Osuteno, Aunt Manane would not be at all pleased if she learned you were playing around with garbage. You wouldn't want anyone to..."

"Too late Miu, I just claimed him to help me with paperwork the next few days. You wouldn't even know what to blackmail him with if I didn't mention it anyway." He patted Osu on the head. "You are safer in my hands anyway Usateno. Who knows what the Wicked Witch there would force you to do." Miu pouted a bit then stared down her nose at Chiyoko.

During this exchange Osu had a little lost look to his face and had been at a loss for words. He was being blackmailed? ...And why was Junichi calling him Usateno? "Uh Onee-San, these are two of my cousins, Chigokai Junichi of the Third Branch and Chigokai Miu of the Fifth."

For a moment the two of them stopped and just looked at Osu. "... Yo." Junichi said curtly with a nod. Miu on the other hand rolled her eyes before carrying a lecturing tone. "Osuteno you aren't going to be giving my name out to every street rat we run across are you? Just because you lived as one for a time does not mean you get to still act like a commoner." "See I told you you are much better off with me. She doesn't get that only a small percentage of our class are all that interesting. Commoners typically at least try to have a good time unlike some people." Junichi sighed, "I'm not kidding about that paperwork though, it will take days with the both of us and I have a date this weekend with a lovely young widow. Miu you can head home with us if you want." He was already starting to leave with a helpless Osu under his arm who was waving goodbye to Chiyoko.

Miu could not help but be extremely irritated. She was on her way home before bumping into those two and now it would look like she was following Junichi's lead if she went home now. She had wanted to go lay down in her bed but now she had to stay out for at least another hour or so. It was infuriating. She remembered the yakuza girl was still there. Without even looking at her Miu said, "Just so you know, as a male Osuteno isn't in a position to become a branch head or gain much wealth through the clan so don't expect him to be a ticket to the good life. If he chooses to marry someone respectable he will be kept comfortable and any daughters he has doubly so, considering how strong the bloodline runs in him. There is always a chance however that the Clan Head will decide to marry him off in some sort of trade argeement and he won't have any say in the matter. It is a possibility he is aware of and accepts out of duty. 'For the Chigokai, Blood Comes Before All Else.' Remember that yakuza." And with that Chiyoko simply ceased to exist for the girl. She was very adept at not seeing things she didn't want to see. Completely ignoring any response from Chiyoko, Miu mused over where she would spend some time and decided that she would find a nice restaurant where she wouldn't heave to hear the flow of common blood.
TLUS OOC: I figured the only thing that would irritate Chiyoko more than someone insulting her without even speaking to her would be someone who just assumes she knows what Chiyoko is about and doesn't even listen to her comebacks lol.
 
For a moment the young girl thought her friend was having a stroke as his expressions rapidly changed prompting her to ask, "You alright?<i></i> rather quickly, though before she could ask him any further questions Nee-Chan seemed to yell something out before bashing his hands and head onto the table below. What. The. Fuck. Of course before she could field the question as to what just happened the man that she had spied earlier began to move in on the two along with a frilly dressed young woman in tow. Chiyoko remained quiet, sparking another cigarette as they moved in close enough to hold a conversation which, who she assumed was, Juinichi asked what Usateno was up to, she found it to be a bit disrespectful that he didn't ask for an introduction but Nobility was always so ...Pretentious...


Her aggravation at the new two grew further as Juinichi, instead of regarding her directly, looked down toward her arm and remarked that the Chigokai's queen, or whatever the fuck they had, would not appreciate it if one of their up and comers was hanging around a ruffian. The immediate thought of telling her young friend's cousin to piss off crossed her mind, but he was most likely telling the truth whether rude or not, not that she really cared. It was becoming evident that her friend was being dragged away as his cousin tucked him under his arm pulling him from the table as he quipped about playing cops and robbers which she sarcastically laughed at, "Doh ho, real original.<i></i>" tired of these people already the young woman sneered slightly.

Then came a comment that she was rather used to by this point, the pompous twat of a woman opened her mouth and spewed her excrement, referring to Chiyoko as garbage, the urge to retort hit her like a brick, though she instead seethed quietly staring at the woman who she immediately caught was named Miu. Immediately the young woman made a mental note to remember her name. She wondered where the woman shopped in the village, and found it funny how they would be refusing any service from this point on. Nearly half of the shops in the Seki district was in their pocket to one degree or another, and the ones that were not could be bought with ease. Ah, fucking with people was so fun.

Having momentarily blanked out from rage Chiyoko returned to the conversation as Miu seemed content on yelling out the marriage rules of the Chigokai and how she had apparently assumed Chiyoko was vying after her cousin, the woman was clearly dumb as a box of rocks. A smile traced it's way across her face as she listened to the woman, then turned to a light giggle, her anger had began to melt away slightly as she stared at the woman who seemed to be looking off into space like a disabled child. Her piggish behavior was like that of many children born into money, lovely girl. Of course as soon as she finished her little tirade she walked off toward, clearly uninterested in dialog. Still Chiyoko would have to get in a few words in while she was within earshot, flicking the butt of her cigarette off in the woman's direction, "Ticket to the good life?<i></i>" once again she stopped to laugh for a moment, a tear rolling from the corner of her eye, "Oh, you poor conceited little thing. I have enough Yen in my pocket to buy you five times over if I wanted, and I don't particularly care about his bloodline or your own. This is why no one likes nobles, not only are you egregiously stupid, you're snobbish to back it up. So, have a nice one, Madame Chigokai Twat.<i></i>" if the young woman wanted to try to rile her up she would of course play her game, more than used to being referred to as garbage, however she doubted the little princess was used to the same.



[Exit -- I'm sure the next time they meet'll be plenty interesting]
 

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