The boy knew the long and arduous road he'd been forced to traverse was coming to an end, it was an almost instinctual feeling. Both ruby hues scanned at a casual pace the rocky face of the natural barrier that flanked him on either side. The jagged outcroppings of rock at times suffocated the singular sign of the presence of man a narrow, smoothened mountain path. It became monotonous to him to observe his surroundings as was commonplace for the boy of unusual beginnings, it beckoned him to close his eyes if only for a brief moment to escape from the dullness. As they shut, the howling of the wind's echo was unsettling and it pervaded his attempts to concentrate on his thoughts. Noa continued his slow strut onward trusting his previous observation of the terrain to guide him for a few seconds.
Then there was a sudden change, a southern wind began to whisper sweetly to him with a certain warmth and smell that beckoned him to open his eyes once more. And while doing so a quick adjustment was made that removed the white-fur lined hood of his now broken in, slightly oversized garb. The crimson horns atop his head parted his hair unnaturally and so he gave it a brief frustrated rustling and a puff before refocusing on the slight change of scenery. He had reached a bit of an incline, and before him rested what could only be the last bit of path before reaching Kumogakure. The intimidatory characteristic of the mountain walls also had lessened, the path widened. It felt to him as though it was inviting him, now having conquered most or maybe all of the obstacles that rested before him.
He was excited, and anxious to think that soon he would be face to face with the first villager, perhaps even the first shinobi. The thought begged him to wonder how they would react to him, to them. Noa was different, a bit of a walking contradiction, but whole in his desire to join the village of which he had only heard fables and determined to be of service to it. "They'll see! Ganbaru!" (OOC: A phrase he clings to which means "to commit oneself fully to a task and to bring that task to an end.")
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