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[center][h2][color=black]Ayame Choko, “the Sewstress”[/color][/h2][/center]
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Ayame looked at Daiki as he and Haruka had a small exchange of words. She was amused by how highly Haruka thought of the Hokage. Being his assistant, Ayame knew better than that. But that was something she didn't intend to voice. [color=black]“I have no idea what you're taling about [i]Daiki[/i]. I propose you focus on the mission at hand, or I'm afraid I'll have to report you to the hospital for psychological injuries sustained during combat. Poor boy, thinks he has a sharingan.”[/color] she said with a smile, following in tune with Haruka's denial of a sharingan existing. It was likely the best way to calm Daiki's heart and mind about this ordeal - but still, she would keep this info about the sharingan in the back of her mind. She knew that he was the nephew of Sentou, knowing his uncle and her dad quite well. But she didn't know that Daiki had awakened a sharingan himself, so that was more than interesting. Something to store in the backlog of information she had in the back of her mind.

With a thud she arrived on scene, her team stil wholly intact, not a scratch on them. [color=black]“Haruka, please place the Ronin against that tree, and ensure he's properly binded.”[/color] she said before even acknowledging the others. She had been somewhat friendly during the trip here but now that went back to bussiness mode. After all, the others were here and the only missing team was team Fujitora.. and strangely enough, Hideyoshi wasn't here either. Neither Megumi. That was worrying, since everyone else was prepared to move and the prisoner was already recovered. When she tuned into the conversation at hand rather than ordering her team about, she noticed that Tsukiko asked an interesting question. [color=black]“Hai, Saburo. Your name is Saburo right? The fresh recruit from 11th? Where's Hideyoshi?”[/color] she chimed in with a serious voice, stepping right up to Tsukiko and unintentionally forming quite an intimidating figure that way, with 2 jonin staring him down the answer had better be swift and honest. 

After that'd be done she'd turn to Tsukiko who'd by now be busy talking to Akio. [color=black]“Tsukiko-kohai, I see your team is unharmed. I hope that your three chunin weren't too much trouble. You'll have to forgive Fujitora-chan for that. [i]But....[/i] given that your team is fine, I assume that they performed well enough for you? You have the scroll, so it must've been. Can I ask you to write a short report on each team member, it'd help me for future team creations. You'd be doing me a [i]great[/i] favor.”[/color] she said with a slight giggle and smile as she called Fujitora by a girlish honorific. She was however serious in asking her for the reports, and made sure to emphasize that the favor she would be doing was [i]great.[/i] It was an attempt to make sure that Tsukiko would actually write it, whilst also making it feel like Tsukiko had importance in this all - quite frankly she [i]did[/i], - and also make her feel some form of power which Ayame knew Tsukiko loved - and once again, she [i]did[/i] have some power over her current team, - in order to make sure Tsukiko cooperated. A little manipulation like this never hurt anyone. Certainly not Tsukiko, and while Ayame considered Tsukiko a dear friend, those reports really [i]would[/i] help. Not only for team setups in the future, also for [i]personal intelligence[/i] on the three team members. Mostly, Yamato and Aoi interested her. Both for differing reasons ofcourse. But with the same goal in mind. [i]Info.[/i]

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[h2][color=9e0039]Yamato Minamoru, “Young Master”[/color][/h2][/center]
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[i]Tsk...[/i] What a trash jonin. Yamato sighed in annoyance as Tsukiko sped by him, no doubt taking his simple jest as a challenge. Now [i]he[/i] would have to fall back to protect those two idiots. He sighed, slowing down his pace to fall back in line, leading at the front, with Aoi and Nobunaga behind him. He remained silent for a moment but felt like he had to say something, so he simply answered what they'd want to know. [color=9e0039][b]“I'm only here because if neither me nor Tsukiko is close to you you'll both be dead within a minute.. so shut up and just get to Kannabi bridge.[/b] Stupid kids..”[/color] He said it and ended with another sigh, making it clear that he didn't want to be close to them. They were screw ups, and everyone knew it. The only reason Aoi was tolerated was because she had her moments of usefulness, in the restaurant or in combat, but she was still a screw up. Nobunaga on the other hand.. that attitude just annoyed Yamato to hell. [color=9e0039]That fake intelligence he has... makes my fucking blood boil,[/color] he thought, whilst they closed in on Kannabi bridge. Ahead of them Yamato could make out the figures of Tsukiko, and at the same time, team Ayame arriving. In front of Tsukiko were three figures. Akio Tendou, some unknown no-name that had no significance whatsoever.. Takeshi, that jashinist fuck up, whom Yamato would be having a.. [i]friendly talk[/i] with at a later point to confirm anything Takeshi knew about the jashinists - and his sisters kidnapping.

Finally, there was Saburo Uchiha. That annoying guy that had snuck into his house one day to ask him dumb questions about the 11th corps. Yamato felt some anger that lingered from that day well up inside of him, but he contained it, landing with a thud next to Tsukiko on the right side, as the left had been pre occupied by Ayame Choko herself. And Yamato was smarter than to test Ayame. Bothering Tsukiko, you could get a rise out of that lady, and get under her skin. Ayame.. not so much. She was too smart to let that happen. So that's why he stood to the right of Tsukiko, locking eyes with Saburo. It was clear there was tension between him and Saburo, although Saburo didn't give that much away. As far as Saburo know, Yamato was a 'friend' of his. Yamato was just in time to hear Tsukiko finish her question to Saburo, and frankly Yamato was wondering, no, [b]intrigued[/b] what the answer would be. The actual answer surprised him a bit.

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[center][h2][color=415E79]Saburo Uchiha, “Kimyōna”[/color][/h2]

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Saburo landed first, then Takeshi and Akio. An obvious sequence of landing since Saburo was the first in line ready to be the distraction and sacrifice in the case an attack happened. Takeshi said something about being the first to arrive and Saburo nodded in agreement. Anyone else would've cussed at Takeshi for saying such obvious things, but for Saburo this was a natural way to conversate during missions. [color=415E79]“Hai, but our average mission completion percentage was the highest after all. Our team collectively came to a 92.132% succesful mission completion rate, where as the other teams all had lower completion rates, denoting that I think we were the first simply because we are used to speedy mission successes.”[/color] To Saburo, it wasn't strange at all that he had memorized the succesful mission completion rates for all the other teams, it was normal. But to the others it would probably be very strange. It didn't really matter ultimately, as Tsukiko soon after arrived. Saburo stayed near Akio, maintaining the grouping that Ayame had assigned despite the lack of their jonin. The lack of Hideyoshi must've been painfully obvious as Tsukiko immediately after that remarked about it. During her remark Ayame and her team arrived too, and Ayame quickly joined in with Tsukiko, asking the same question again.

[color=415E79]“Hai, I am Saburo Uchiha from the 11th corps, Ayame-sama.”[/color] he said respectfully, answering her inquiry to him being the chunin transfer. It seemed the question that was most appropiate to answer first. After that he continued, switching between looking at Ayame and Tsukiko several times as he spoke. [color=415E79]“Hideyoshi got badly injured after a fight with an unknown man, whose identity Hideyoshi didn't reveal to us. As far as we know, the man was unrelated to the mission at hand. Because of this he was MIA during most of our mission.”[/color] he said, referring to the fact that Hideyoshi wasn't present for the most of the mission, and not even for a useful reason. Although he didn't state that last bit so obviously. Saburo simply wanted to state the facts, not ruin Hideyoshi's career. [color=415E79]“He contacted us as we were resting, after we obtained the scroll. It all went smoothly, and none of us got injured. Akio-chan did a good job providing support from above, and Takeshi-kun provided a, [i]somewhat messy,[/i] but slightly useful distraction as I grabbed the scroll.”[/color] 

With a noticeably fake smile he patted the 'scroll' on his back causing it to poof away into nothingness. In response to that, and the confusion it might cause to all those that were listening, such as Ayame, Yamato and possibly Tsukiko, he formed the tiger seal. [color=415E79]“KAI!”[/color] he said, somewhat loudly, which made the 'backpack' on Akio-chan's back poof and reveal it's true form - the scroll. He extended an arm towards Akio as a gesture to ask her to give the scroll to him without saying anything to her. It wasn't an order, but it would help him further the conversation swimmingly. [color=415E79]“Akio-chan, I'm sure you're tired of carrying that scroll all day. I'm sorry I asked you to do that, please allow me to carry your burden, denoting I am worried about you, your back, and your health and wish you to remain strong and healthy to favor the great village of Konohagakure.”[/color]

After the exchange of scroll from hand to hand happened, or not, that was up to Akio-chan, Saburo would continue. [color=415E79]“I let Akio carry a henge no jutsu of the scroll, making it look like a backpack, and formed a bunshin no jutsu of the backpack. That way I could sacrifice myself to provide a distraction, and that would allow the mission to be completed. I hope you are satisfied with the results, Ayame-sama, Tsukiko-sama.”[/color] Hm. [i]Tsukiko had never told him her name..[/i] that might ring a bell with her. Or it might not, it really depended on how much attention she was paying. Saburo gave Yamato a quick glance, squinting with his eyes and smiling at him. It was his way to say hello, but Yamato seemed unresponsive and only crossed his arms to hear out the rest of Saburo's story. [color=415E79]“To continue with why Hideyoshi-senpai isn't here, he called Akio-chan to help him with medical aid, and Akio-chan was honorable and a true comrade and came to Hideyoshi's aid. Me, Saburo Uchiha, and Takeshi-kun, aided her by providing the backup.”[/color] 

In case Akio-chan had given him the scroll, he would then hand the large scroll over to Ayame, with a bowing gesture as he did so. He made sure to be as respectful to her as he could, in his own little ways. He also purposely left out the part where Saburo was very much so against helping Hideyoshi in order to complete the mission. However the way he brought it was very convincing and Tsukiko, Yamato, Ayame or anyone else would have no reason to doubt what he was saying, [i]unless[/i] Takeshi or Akio decided to tell the others. [color=415E79]“Afterwards, Hideyoshi ordered us to leave him behind and continue with the mission. However, Akio-chan wouldn't want to leave without helping him, so she left him her first aid kit. I'm afraid that if we got ambushed and my sacrifice wouldn't help, she'd never have made it if she got wounded, since she gave up her first aid. That's very commendable, denoting I think highly of her for giving up something so valuable to her own life.”[/color]

Yamato couldn't really believe what he was hearing. Saburo.. actually had a brain. [color=9e0039]“[i]Nanda[/i].. you listened when he told you to abandon him?”[/color] he asked, serious and looking less angry. He'd interrupt before Ayame and Tsukiko could say anything, or anyone else for that matter, which would probably annoy Tsukiko a bit, but so be it. [color=415E79]“Hai, Yamato-senpai. Hideyoshi is my superior, and I have to listen to him. Otherwise the mission would've failed.”[/color] The usage of the senpai honorific might weird out the others that were present, but for Yamato it'd become the usual by now. Yamato kept silent for a bit, trying to compute the things Saburo had just said. [color=9e0039]“So... you follow orders. I see.”[/color] His demeanor was much more calm, and less angry and aggressive than he usually was. While not overly accepting of Saburo in any way or form, it seemed that Yamato had gained a newfound respect for Saburo - he still hated the boy and his stupid clan, with crazy hateful people in it, but he had to admit that it was smart to follow the orders of Hideyoshi, and it was the right move. You always had to listen to your superiors, even if you disagree with them. He'd done the same with Tsukiko, and he had followed her orders faithfully. Though, Tsukiko probably wasn't smart enough to realize that. Hierarchy was important to Yamato, and while he did not always show it in words, he did in actions. If Tsukiko had told him to attack everyone frontally and take down as many as he could before dying, chances are he would've done it. Maybe this 11th corps... maybe it wasn't so bad, Yamato thought to himself.

[color=black]“Hm. I see. Thank you for the report, Saburo-kun. I'd rather have had Hideyoshi here, because this transfer between us and the land of Iron could get tough, but that's hardly your fault. Tsukiko-kohai, ...”[/color] she said after the entire conversation between Akio and Tsukiko was done, leading to Saburo having to wait a bit for confirmation, to which Saburo slowly bowed and backed away, returning to his position next to Akio. He'd still keep an ear out, listening to the conversation however. Yamato followed suit as well, walking away to the bridge and sitting against the heavy stone bridgepost, away from everyone else. Yamato sighed as he closed his eyes, shutting himself off from everyone around him. [color=9e0039]“Fucking Uchiha..”[/color] he said, oblivious to the fact that Takeshi was still behind him until he actually heard Takeshi talking to himself. [color=9e0039]“[b]Ey..[/b] Takeshi-baka, get away from me and talk to yourself somewhere else, or shut the [i]fuck up.[/i]”[/color] 

Meanwhile Ayame continued her conversation with Tsukiko. [color=black]“.. any idea what's keeping Megumi-chan, and Fujitora-chan?”[/color] She'd smile and giggle softly again as she called her brother by a girly honorific again. Maybe she could sway Tsukiko and anyone else that heard it to call Fujitora by the same girly honorific, too.