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[color=Salmon][h3]Aroshima Sarutobi[/h3][/color]
[u][b]The Red Sages - Secret Base.[/b][/u]
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The food came, Aro sat down and ate roughly half of the noodles in the bowl, he wasn't very hungry, after all. He drank two cups of water, before looking around, finding a cute girl on the other end of the room. He listened in on the plan with one ear, they were to steal the artifact of the Sage of the six paths - and a old Uchiha weapon that was only notable because it was worn by Sasuke Uchiha himself. From what was known about him in history The Uchiha Avenger was kind of a dickhead.

Then again, maybe that was his Uzumaki blood talking. After they had been informed regarding the plan, Aro patted Naomi on the shoulder, motioning that he was going for a smoke, when he headed towards the cute girl he had spotted earlier, seeing she too carried a pack of cigarettes. Introducing himself and bumming one from her, they struck up conversation while heading outside, Aro producing his zippo lighter.

[center]THE NEXT DAY[/center]

A couple of hours before the mission would start, Aro left the apartment of the girl he had met the day before, fixing his tie around his neck, the scarlet piece of cloth meticulously tightened enough to look like he didn't care how it looked - of course this wasn't true. He headed towards the academy grounds, he was going to see his dad, he hadn't talked to him in a couple of days, he wanted to know how his mother was doing. But before he could get to the classrooms, he was stopped by three kids - Kai, Tako and Namasaru, the first two were twins from the Inuzuka clan, the last one from a civilian family. They were all three genin, whom had been lead by Aro on a couple of D and C rank missions, but were scoring extra points from assisting teachers in the academy.

Kai spoke up "Aro-sama!" He shouted, Aro looked over and smirked "Yo." a newly lit cigarette in his lip, Tako walked over to him and looked him up and down "Mind if I bum one from you?" Aro looked at him up and down and shook his head "Fuck off, Tako, in five years, maybe." Namasaru was busy training, he was teaching the academy students how to throw shuriken. Tako was used to being rejected whenever he asked for a light from Aro, so he just shrugged, Kai spoke up again. "So, you here to bring us for new mission? Tako's been chewing my ear off for another mission." Shaking his head, Aro sighed. "Nope, just here to see my dad, I'll talk to you guys later." walking past the three, whom returned to their business.

Heading towards the classrooms, he saw his dad was still in the middle of teaching the children about the concept of chakra, how it functioned and what it was used for, in theory, his father was a great shinobi, he knew everything there was to know about the arts, Aro always admired that. He stood in the doorway, leaning against it, and when his dad looked over at him he nodded his head. His father finished his segment and then said they would take a five minute recess.

"Hi, son." Sahashi spoke, leaning on his oak-wooden cane. Aro smiled "Hi dad." He could see that his father's look was bittersweet, he was troubled - then again, Sahashi was always troubled. "How's mom?" Aro asked, and his father nodded his head "She's mostly laying in bed, resting. Her status is unchanged." Aro nodded. "So the treatment's still not working?" his dad sighed with sorrow.

"No, it is not." Aro nodded, looking at the ground for a moment. "Since you're here, the clan head gave me an invite to the auction later today - to represent our clan, but I can't go, so you should go in my stead, Aroshima." Aro's eyes opened wide and he grinned. "You saying I get to buy cool stuff with clan funds?" He joked, his father stared him down, showing him that he did not appreciate his son's attempt at humor. Aro shrugged. "All right, so, my cleanest suit then, anything else?" His father nodded "Yeah, I was given a mask, I left it at home." Aro nodded. "Okay, thanks, dad."  Sahashi nodded. "Now, get going, you need a shower, and I have to resume my class." With a grin, Aro was heading out.

He came onto the grounds again, running into the trio, whom gathered around him Namasaru spoke up, he was always a thoughtful one "Aroshima-sama, how is your mother?" He lacked social skills, but his heart was in the right place. Aro gave a brief smile "Her condition is about the same. Anyway, guys. I have a [i]Mission[/i] for you."


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Aro walked towards the entrance of the auction, wearing his best suit, going as far as to wear a proper waistband and his fine shirt. The purple mask with gold trim covering his face. He wasn't going to miss this party, that's for sure. He walked into the auction, the guard stopping him asking for identification - he flashed his Sarutobi invite and revealed his face for but a moment, as he was patted down, they found nothing on him. He headed inside the ballroom, where all of the socialites were, all of them were rich, most of them civilians, he recognized a few faces.

Tapping his mask, a centimeter-big object dropped down into his hand as he put it into his ear, masking it as him readjusting the mask. He tapped it and soon could hear the voice of Tako. "All right boss, we're guarding the perimeter." Aro smirked, grabbing a glass of champagne and walking around the room, picking up on conversations. Sure, the kids were genin, but they were good at doing what they were told - and they understood when they shouldn't ask questions.