This is our world [Sheem, Maru]

[Kiri]

He watched with bated breath, eyes fixed on the large archway that led to the academy grounds. Many children and hopeful shinobis alike would march in and out with struggles and daily conquering quests that their teachers set out for them. All, except for him. He watched from across the street, sitting atop the fence to someone else’s yard, wondering what the day’s lesson was. Not too long ago did he watch some of the children go in, and it’ll be a few more hours before lunch break finds some running outside to play or tease or eat beneath the trees. Such mundane life must be quite exciting at the very least.

He looks down as he swings his legs, hitting the fence with his heels, probably leaving a few marks with the sole of his boots. His blue and gray furisode contrasted his lighter colored hakama laced around and tucked into the boots. It didn’t sparkle against the sunlight despite the Yamamoto Clan crest across the back being made of some embossed silk. He didn’t like to be flashy, after all. And he looked just as bored as any other passerby to truly be remarkable.

But then the wind blew past him and made him frown as his long grey hair was swept along. He had to pull them together and secure the red tie he placed on the bottom. He already had long hair and tied it as tightly from the top, but the ends were everywhere if he didn’t make a second tie at the bottom, before coiling it up to tie with the top. He wondered if he should ask to get his hair cut. Then again, it might send the rest of his family in tears as they always commented how silky smooth and lovely his hair was. Was that the reason he kept it long? Maybe he should at least lessen the amount of times he brushed it at night, to give it a bit of an unruly aspect. He didn’t want to be too neat in other’s point-of-view.

Just then, he head a shout from behind and he spared a glance. The owner was raging about the painted hen in his yard before locking eyes with him. He could have feigned ignorance but he immediately smiled. He always wore his heart on his sleeves, and no matter how mischievous he gets, he could never hide a bad deed so easily. Well, it was hard to hide it when the back of his hakama was littered with pink paint as well for he had played with the hen when he was splashing it with paint earlier.

Thus, without further ado, he let out his tongue and made a quick sayonara before jumping off the fence and started to run across the street. The school can wait when he was ready. For now, he needed to explore the village. After all, immersion was the best education, right? Well, Sinny had his own unique way of defining what immersion should be.

 

[Sakizaki Roku]

The petite demon wasn't exactly like the rest of the kids, her master didn't really follow the regular school appointments of when class was over, even now she was technically in class even though she was no where near the building. With the very little money she managed to earn up in the short time she spent within the new care of her master was being used for something he called his 'corruption pains' she had no idea what they could be but she had to assume it had something to do with the strange skin augmentations he was bestowed with. Perhaps it was a form of corruption and he was required to constantly monitor it, quite a deadly and intense power; Roku was only happy that she had to deal with looking a bit weird.

The elder at the store also seemed to have taken some form of attachment towards the young demon as outside the agreement of their trade they also offered her what looked to be some treats in a small baggie. they looked to be bright and colourful and once Roku had taken a bite of one of these strange colourful stars she found that theywere nothing put pure powdered sugar with a minor hint of fruit. In short it was delicious. That's how she found herself walking along the path this other child had taken to make his great escape, it happened all in a quick flash and a strong force, by the time she had noticed the other she was already another candy star in and it was far too late.

The young child had managed to topple over from the force dropping everything in hand, normally many would get themselves back up to their feet and angrily yell at the one at fault, maybe even profusely apologize for something they didn't cause or even stand up to offer them a hand a chance of meeting a new friend. However Roku wasn't like normal people, instead she'd look around to see the many candy stars scattered around and above all the tube of cream which seemed to have been flatten through the force in between the two of them. She'd look down at herself to see that she was covered in the stuff, but also see the other had been as well so order was placed in the world.

Gathering herself she'd roll over onto her side and lift herself back up onto her feet, looking at the mess that they both had caused. There had been points where she'd look a the other and hen the candy on the ground, before reaching for her candy instead and still eating one of them, unnerved by the fact they were on the ground now. One thing she did notice before she even saw the hat on the ground was that now her forehead and horn was a little chilly in the air, causing her to shiver uncomfortably every time a breeze passed by.

 

[Midori Futotta]

The mask rogue having a little free time wanted to do a little exploring around the town, since he already done his daily rounds at killing monsters and tutoring some students the day was pretty free for him. Maru walked with a slight bounce, almost skipping with his cape flowing behind him. Floating beside him was his Kensei Spirit, a cute blondie who is the spirit of Maru's famous signature weapon known as the all powerful Kawaii Gun, Musket of Heart and Queen Of Omni-Flash. Since his weapon was sentient he decided to give it a title as great as how his was despite her not really liking the name he gave her but since she didn't know her real name she just accepted her name as Kawaii. Maru's spirit tried to avoid bumping into people so she wouldn't cause people to freak out when she passed through people, since they lived in a world of shinobi a floating girl was pretty normal.

The rogue was about to go on his way to go get something to eat before he saw a poor little girl fall, the man put his hands in front of him like he was about to fly then pretend flew over to the poor girl who was picking herself up off the ground. “Why you poor youth!” The masked buffoon said. “Do you need any-” he stopped in mid sentence before realizing that this girl wasn't a real girl at all! She was a Yokai! He looked at his Kensei Spirit then looked back at the girl, then pointed at the candy eating demon. “EVERYONE STAY BACK! THIS GIRL IS A KIJO! A DEMON GIRL WHO COMMITS WICKED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANS BECAUSE SHE'S TOO UGLY! DON'T CALL HER UGLY OTHERWISE SHE WILL EAT YOU IN PURE JEALOUSY OF HER HORRIBLE FEATURES!”

’Uhhh…. I think you just called the thing ugly’ the spirit said to her wielder, smacking her forehead knowing that again Maru got the wrong idea. She was probably some academy student with demon like features, not to mention Kijo's don't like being around people but she could be wrong. Hence why she didn't defend the child.

Maru jolted when realizing he did accidentally insulted the creature despite the monster still walking away eating candy as though it was a normal person, but the rogue with inhuman like speed stepped in front of the demon to halt her progress so she wouldn't eat anyone. As a monster hunter his job was to kill, capture, and shield monsters from the eyes of the public so people could live a sane normal life so allowing a angry Yokai to run the streets wasn't a option. “Uhhh did I say ugly? I meant… your rare features are pretty intimating, as a member of the Youkai hunting society please allow me to escort you back to your abandoned run down place so you don't go eating anyone.” he said, pretty serious. If you require human flesh we can allow you one death row inmate from our local prison a day, but you must go back to the forest little Kijo. Deal?” He held his arms out as a sign of trust, hopefully the yokai could speak human otherwise he might have opened himself up to an attack but hey he tried to be nice. Though his monster hunting was pretty double standard because he didn't harass the more humanoid looking Youkai or the ones with animal ears and a tail. Unfortunately horns he didn't find cute, hence why he stopped the girl. If only she could keep her horns hidden or had been born a Kitsune. Maybe then Maru would've ignored her and not had accused her of being a man eating monster, what unfortunate circumstances.

 

[Santaru Kaede]

Danii spent most of her time over the past few weeks pretty much wandering aimlessly around Kumogakure just trying to get a feel for the village. She had managed to mentally map out the immediate area around her apartment, the hospital, the blacksmith, and the Torre Celeste. She had begun widening the loops she made around her neighborhood and the village as a whole in hopes of growing familiar with the whole village and maybe finding a hidden gem of a restaurant somewhere near her house. It seemed her journey brought her near the Kumo Academy for the first time.

Watching as a few stragglers made there way in and out of the Aurora Eruditio, Danii reminisced about her time in the academy. Things bad definitely been easier and less complicated back then. But she had come far since then in regards to distance, time, and personal growth. She zipped her green hoodie as the chilled wind picked up a bit. She was beginning to grow accustomed to the colder weather. Her simple skirts and shorts were still her usual clothing, but now they were accompanied by bright hoodies, sweaters, and tights. Today, she wore a light green hoodie over white shorts and green tights. Her hair was pulled back in a messy bun and her father's sword hung tightly on her back.

The wind served as a little reminder that she was no longer in the Leaf and pulled her back from her memories to the real world just in time to hear the mischievous laughter and watch the boy dash off across the street towards her. Something about the scene reminded her of her friends from back home, the ones who didn't make it. A small smile crossed her face as she turned and watched the boy dart past her. She was only beginning to wonder what kind of trouble he must have stirred up when she saw the boy collide with a candy eating girl. Danii hurried over and attempted to help the boy to his feet as she watched out of the corner or her eye as someone else did the same for the girl.

“Hey, are you alright? You should really watch whe…”

She paused mid-sentence with the small scolding she was about to give Sinny when she recognized the stranger helping the horned girl. He was Maikeru's friend that she had met back in tea. He had went shopping with them for their formal wear at Reicheru’s uncle's shop. He was the one that pinched her cheek. His name was…

“Aki…”

The name had just started to roll off her tongue when Maru began panicking and yelling about demons or something. She stood next to Sinny watching silently as Maru kept going on and on.

“Umm… excuse me. I think you might have the wrong idea, sir…”

She tried to interject and calm him down.

 

[Kiri]

Sinny was enjoying his free time to the best of his abilities, but it soon would end when he bumped into another person. Before he could do anything, he simply dropped onto his bum-bum and watched as the other fell back. Surely, he would have had the reflexes to have avoided it, let alone stopped himself from falling over. But he wasn’t in the mood for it. He looked down at his dirtied clothes before he looked over to the girl he was worried about. With the hat gone, however, he saw the girl in a different light. Not like she was ugly or anything, but she definitely didn’t seem like the rest of them. Nothing too scary either.

But alas! Before he could pull himself together, that boisterous old man from the clan appeared. Sinny didn’t know how Yamaru could have spotted him. Was he there to take him back to the academy and make sure he didn’t play truant? He wasn’t sure, but he was certainly not amused by the way Yamaru was talking to the girl from earlier. And though another new face had appeared to help him, Sinny was already grumpy.

“I’m fine,” he said as he passed his hand through the opening of the furisodes, making the sleeves drape down from where the obi held it in place and tucked in his hakama. Almost as if it was quite natural to be half-naked, Sinny didn’t mind at all even if he wasn’t at their clan house. He’d rue the day he’d make his mother worry over his dirty clothes, so he didn’t want to walk around with ice cream on his front. But he’d also rue the day if he’d let someone bully another person for being different – and he’d always somehow knew that feeling.

“Stop it, Yamaru-jiji,” said Sinny as he approached the other man. “Didn’t Dad always say not to bully anyone? I’m telling him when I get home later if you don’t stop now.” He would pause by then and look at the girl from earlier, eyes observing the single horn before he raised a hand and brushed her hair gently across her head. “Are you okay? I’m sorry for bumping into you. Do you want a replacement for that ice cream?”

Just then, there was a clucking sound and out of nowhere, a pink-painted chicken flew from the sky and hit Maru at the side of his face.