He awoke to the sound of rain tapping against his window. After yesterday's events he wasn't surprised that it would be raining today as well. They had lost a great man and a wonderful hokage, however the thoughts on the matter with the Akimichi stayed within the compound unless otherwise told by Chokuto Akimichi, the current leader of the clan and Chokashi's father. He sat up and looked out the window, rubbing his tired eyes and scratching the back of his scalp. With a loud yawn he hopped out of bed and made for the shower. About fifteen minutes went by when he came out and had gotten dressed. He dawned a pair the traditional blue sandals with long brown cargo pants that were taped at the bottom of his shin. Above that he wore a blue zip up sweater with the sleeves rolled up just above the forearm. Stitched into the back of the sweater was the kanji for "food" in big red letters however it was covered by the green chuunin vest. On the sleeve of the jacket was the Konaha leaf symbol as well as on the hiate he adorned on his head. His hair fell loosely down to his waist.
No sooner had he begun to make his way over to the door of his room had it begun to open, his father standing there, a small smile on his face. Though he knew his father well enough to tell that it was only to hide the fact that he still mourned for the previous hokage. The late hokage was always welcomed to the Akimichi Open Barbeque and had a seat designated to him at the head table. So it was no surprise to Chokashi that his father would not accept that this "Ayame" had taken charge, however. To maintain the integrity and reputation of the Akimichi clan with it's loyalties to the Hokage or, in this case, the leader of the village, Chokuto had chosen to follow suit with the other respectable clans however, he and Chokashi both, within the confines of the compound, agreed with the Uzumaki's that this was an atrocity. The Nara's believed, to Chokuto's understanding, that this was not the way to go as it would strain and even break ties of clans and cause unrest. But the Nara went along with the Akimichi in their decision. The other reason was the fact that what had happened, happened and at the present moment nothing could be done about it.
His father looked at him with a light nod.
"Kashi m'boy. Off to get your papers taken care of?" He gave a light chuckle.
Chokashi rolled his eyes and smirked.
"Yeah pop. About to go meet with Aoi-sensei to finalize the paperwork." His father tilted his head slightly to the side.
"Aoi-sensei? You mean that clown ninja became a Jounin already?" Chokashi laughed lightly.
"Pop she deserves it. Have you ever seen her fight..err...spar? She's pretty good." His father shook his head as he wrapped an arm around his shoulder, kinda taking Chokashi off balance a bit.
"Guess that means you need to train longer and harder, huh? She's younger then you right?" Chokashi groaned as he walked away, waving his hand.
"Yeah, yeah don't remind me, huh?" His father gave a light sniff and scratched his head before realizing why he came to the room in the first place.
"Cho-Chokashi...Wait!"Chokashi made his way down stairs and down the hallway, greeting those he came across with a quick hello as he made his way to the front of the house, his father making his way on the top floor to the front balcony in an attempt to intercept his son. As Cho made his way down the front staircase he heard his father from the top balcony calling down for him.
"Kashi! I almost forgot! Despite the weather we will still be hosting the monthly barbeque! We will just hold it indoors at the mess hall! Be sure to see if Aoi or her family want to also perform as well! He shook his head as he turned away for a second to sneeze.
"I'll let everyone know but as for Aoi-sensei I don't think she has the time to do that nor do I think she does it anymore but I'll ask anyway! "Let her know that we'll pay her-" "I got it, I got it. I mean why don't we just host the performance ourselves! I mean I haven't been taking odaiko lessons for nothing you know!" He yelled back as he walked away from the house. His father just shaking his head as he walked back in the house.
The walk to the hokage's place was not too far if you were a ninja. A simple hop across some buildings and you were there. But a regular civilian would take a little bit of time. However Chokashi decided to just take the civilian route and enjoy the peace that was the rain. Sure, it would take some time getting there but that was so he could stop by one of the local vendors and grab some food on the way. A small bento box wit rice, six pieces of sushi and a small cup of miso soup. He decided to pick up something for Aoi assuming she hadn't eaten yet. If she didn't want it she could give it to someone else or eat it at a later time. About another 5 minutes of walking and he had made it to the hokage's building. Such a large structure for such a large pair of shoes to fill, it was fitting. He was stopped at the entrance by a guard. "State the reason for your visit." The man said with authority.
"I'm Chokashi Akimichi. I'm here to get my chuunin papers finalized." He replied with a bit of confusion in his voice. The man gave him a look as he took the older papers from Cho and looked at them. It was a brief moment before he nodded and gestured to him to go inside. Cho gave the man a light nod before dipping his head low to avoid the door frame as he made is way down the hallway. He looked at each nameplate on the outside of each door, looking for where he might find her only to hear a voice that sounded like her in a room designated for Jounin, something about not having hair. He peeked his head in to find her speaking with a rather tall fellow, slightly taller than him but not as wide....and bald. He opened his mouth to say something at first but grinned and stepped in with a respectable bow.
"Aoi-sensei. I'm sorry it took me longer to get here. I decided to stop for some food and I figured I'd bring something for ya. Don't know if you had eaten or not so..." He then stood straight up and smiled before his attention was drawn to the bald man. He looked over and bowed once more, this time to the man.
"Heya. Name's Chokashi Hodan Akimichi. Pleasure to meet ya. And don't worry I have enough hair for the both of us." He chuckled.
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Team Jun: Gin Kakiyama, Somewhere near Tonaka Castle
Everything slowed down for him as he watched the man jump back and fly off, only to see the destruction that had been caused caused earlier to come down his way.
"No....No...NO...NOT YET! NOT NOW! NOT NOWNOTNOWNOTNOWNOTNOOO" He begun to slash at everything that came his way with blinding speed, pumping as much chakra into his blade as he could. He could hear the blade screeching and chirping at this point, putting it to the test with its cutting ability. He had made some progress within the debris before the last moment, when he had attempted to pull out a few explosive-. He had been hit hard by a a large piece of debris across his head before dropping to the ground. The last sound he could hear was that of falling debris. He was covered in what seemed to be a makeshift grave. A piece of his blade broke off ad laid outside of it with a small pool of blood seeping out from underneath a rock.
Gin Kakiyama, Location: Unknown
Gin had awoken in a forest with a yell and a gasp. It's beautiful trees and flowing river gave off a nice sound as the breeze hit it. He looked over to see a figure laying on the ground next to him. He furrowed his eyes as he sat up and cocked his head to the side. The man wore what seemed to be an ANBU uniform. White hair flowing behind him.
"Yo. Long time, no see.....Very long time." Gin was about to open his mouth until the figure had taken off his mask in which Gin's only response was to sit there, a surprised and bewildered look on his face.
"Wouldn't you say so, ne, Junior."
