[table][row][cell][color=#E34234]Arisu Ayaname[/color][/cell][cell][color=#E34234]"Who do you think you are, picking a fight with an Ayaname!"[/color][/cell][/row][row][cell][sup][color=#2E2C2C]_______________________________________________[/color][/sup]
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[cell]Unbelievable! Before they could even fool the weird kid in the hat and glasses, that weird guy from the Leaf popped out of the jounin meeting to inform them all that she, hat and stars, and some other dopes were headed with him. Ari rolled her eyes, put her hands on her hips, and put a foot on the rock she'd been using as a chair (which, due to its size and her relative lack of size was a testament to her flexibility).

[color=#E34234][b]"Well, it looks like we're splitting up, gang"[/b][/color], she said loudly to her other two teammates. Maka crossed a pair of arms, put another on the stump table, and rubbed her head while stroking her chin with the last pair. Kamui looked up with sad looking serious eyes and nodded once. But Ari wasn't finished, [color=#E34234][b]"You'd better take care. I won't be there to save you, this time"[/b][/color], and she used her leg up to hop farther away, landing in a closed-leg squat, [color=#E34234][b]"Oh, and hat and stars"[/b][/color], she said without looking behind her, [color=#E34234][b]"Don't worry. I'm gonna keep you alive. You still owe us a game."[/b][/color]

She never looked back and didn't see Maka raise an eyebrow as she sped away, but it was doubtful whether she'd have cared if she had. She left shortly after the one that the spear man had called "Yue-chan" did and just followed behind her. She never even noticed the odd paintings, so single-minded was she in her pursuit, and by the time she reached the entrance to the cave with the rest of the group, she was almost surprised that there wasn't more running. That was pretty characteristic of Ari, she could be very singularly focused and even lose track of just how long she'd been doing something. She was tireless, in that way, up until the point that she passed out completely. It was usually Kamui or Maka that shook her out of her temporary obsessions... until the next one.

When offered gummy stars, Ari took a hand full and would later claim she never got any.

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[b]"Yes, I suspected something like this would happen if you were on the mission, but this has gone better than I’d hoped. With the enemy on high alert, my mission becomes easier. Though the odds of the genin’s survival is lower, in the end it is a net positive. Thank you"[/b], said the man Ari came to find was named Hideo. He was talking to that Mizuraki jounin and apparently, something had happened in the tunnels with the clones. He continued, [b]"I would not stop you from accompanying us. You are the only one who knows how to navigate most of these tunnels, if you can still remember where you just were."[/b]

By then, however, Ari wasn't paying attention. She'd decided that this was an opportunity, [color=#E34234][b]"It sounds like we're gonna be going into the caves soon! So, just remember that I'm the leader and we'll get through this just fine! Since I'm obviously the biggest and strongest"[/b][/color], she puffed out her tiny chest, [color=#E34234][b]"It's just natural that the strong would lead the weak!"[/b][/color]

She kissed her miniscule bicep and then grabbed her shoulder and rotated her arm like she was about to punch someone.

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