"Nononono. I am not as strong as that." Haru let out a small laugh of what seemed to be embarrassment. "I am strong, yes, but I would consider myself a weaker member." Aki didn't say anything, but just stood there looking as Haru spoke. Meh, I still think he's probably pretty strong. Usually the non-sensitive ones are. Suddenly, Shin decided to give his input at Aki's comment.

"I have to ask exactly why you think that? You know nothing of me at all, and if you do it will be very little. Besides, all that any of us have to go by really is what we have heard in rumours. I personally don't think Haru is any more dangerous than the rest of us, nor do I think you are either. We each have our own strengths and weaknesses and you would do well to remember that." Aki arched an eyebrow. Yeesh, calm down it was a joke.


"Meh. I don't think you know much about me." Ayame started to speak. "My genjutsu is probably the most powerful in the Five Great Shinobi Countries. Don't underestimate me. You could be in an illusion right now." Yeah...I highly doubt it toots. The group started to speak among themselves for a little bit, as Aki grew a bit quieter. Asina seemed to be happy to meet Ayame, especially intrigued by the fact that she was a genjutsu user. When is the last member gonna get here... Aki thought. he was getting irritated of waiting, especially since Haru said not to be late, and yet one of them was getting rather tardy.

I laughed politely, I had forgotten the mission, "Actually I did." I replied, "I got caught up in training all night though." I was fairly sore, and I hadn't even bathed, so I probably looked very rowdy. "I'm sorry." I said after thinking about it, "I haven't been able to look presentable." When my ramen was placed in front of me, I lowered my mask and ate quickly. So quickly in fact, that the owner didn't realize I had finished while he cleaned a few dishes. "I apologize again, but what exactly is our mission today? Hopefully something better than babysitting farm animals." I was hoping for a C or even B ranked mission, simply out of boredom and interest in training. "And quick, I have to work on a new Wind release jutsu.

Ch. 1: Squadmates
Klicer & Soneshi

Post 3: An Encounter Ruins a Perfectly Good Chat
"Since I can't use my kekkei genkai, I need to learn normal jutsus." I answered, "I prefer to work hard anyways, it is an option that makes me and everyone around me much safer in the long run." I reached into my pocket and pulled out some money, for both my ramen and Klicer's tea, though I was feeling exceptionally generous and paid for the third person's meal as well. "It is all on me." I said.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, "Nev, 'member that genin kid from earlier today?" I turned to see my raven still transformed to look like me. I nodded, "Well the little punk put the slip on me you see. He ran off inta the town and vowed to challenge ya. Oh hey! It's tha bunny girl! Hows it goin Bontare-Chan."

I sighed, "Can you please behave yourself in public?" I said politely, "Where is he?"

"I saw 'em go toward the north side."

I heard a yell from outside, "Nev, I'm here to challenge you!" The boy from earlier was out there. He had spiky, brown hair and dressed in a simpler version of a Jonin's uniform. He wasn't much to look at. I stepped outside out of respect, "Next time don't make your stupid bird fight me."

I laughed, "No offense friend, but I did that for your safety." My raven had reverted to bird form and landed on my shoulder, "You see, discounting my dojutsu, my taijutsu alone is enough to easily deal with you."

The kid became frustrated, and I felt guilty for sounding so condescending, but I also couldn't lie to him. He didn't say anything though, and he just stood there. It seemed odd to me, so I did a substitution jutsu, and as I suspected he had gone for a back attack. "How did you know?!" He said , getting into a fighting position.

"Last time we fought, you were very aggressive, now all of a sudden you are standing there?" I shook my head, "Not exactly a detective's work." He threw a few shuriken, which were easy enough to dodge, I didn't even have to show the inside of my cloak. "Can I ask why you want to beat me?"

"If I can beat a person with a kekkei genkai, then people will know how good of a ninja I am!" He said determined.

"I'm afraid that isn't going to happen." I answered, "I don't use my kekkei genkai. If you beat me, it would be essentially the same as any other ninja." I added in one more thing to raise his spirits, "But beating me means you beat a chunin!"

The boy ignored me and went for another attack. He went for taijutsu, which was fairly brave of him. I allowed him to punch me as hard as he could in the chest, which barely moved me from my spot. "You don't even have the strength to move me from this spot." I said humbly.

"I'll just train harder!" He yelled, throwing a smoke bomb and disappearing.

I laughed, going back to the shop, "Good thing I used chakra to lessen that blow." I said, "That kid has a much stronger punch than I thought."

Ch. 1: Squadmates
Klicer & Soneshi

Genjutsu User... of course! How could I not have realised who Ayame is. She is indeed very powerful when it comes to genjutsu... although she seems to overestimate herself.
"An illusion right now? Not likely. I'm pretty good at genjutsu myself and I'm fairly sure I would have noticed if you'd stuck me in one."

The others seemed to be noticing the missing member themselves at this point. Shin, ever being the optimist, couldn't help but think that it was unlikely they'd be seeing whoever the sixth Kurotenshi was.
"I'm going to assume I'm not the only one who has realised we're missing someone. This means that either one of us will be forced to work alone or that there will be, at least for the time being, one group of three. I realise that whatever our mysterious leader says goes but I'm curious to hear what you four think of the situation. I personally don't care whether I have to work alone or not, although having someone watch your back is never a bad thing."

I'm not going to give any of them details on my abilities unless I have no choice. We may be a single organisation but we are an organisation of S-Rank criminals each with our own motives. It would be unwise to trust a group of criminals I have just met with that kind of information - although it will come to light eventually and it wouldn't do me well to not share if asked.

"I'm going to assume I'm not the only one who has realized we're missing someone. This means that either one of us will be forced to work alone or that there will be, at least for the time being, one group of three. I realize that whatever our mysterious leader says goes but I'm curious to hear what you four think of the situation. I personally don't care whether I have to work alone or not, although having someone watch your back is never a bad thing." Aki stretched out his arms as they made a crack, and looked at Shin as he finished talking.

"I'm fine with whatever, really. If we get three, then so be it. It'll be good for me to see how the Kurotenshi really work if there's extra back up with the new guy." Aki didn't really care if he got an extra person with him in the group. Actually, he found it would be actually useful, seeing as he didn't want to screw up. He was just hoping that they weren't going to run into any strong opponents. "I don't know, that's just me though. Like Shin said. What do you guys think?"

Gothax Nakamura​

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Gothax slowly eating his ramen, taking the time to enjoy each sip. He couldn't get tired from eating these ramens even if he wanted. If there was something he could be addicted to, it should certainly be ramen. He could take time to enjoy his food in all the calm of the world even if today's events at the ramen shop were certainly far from being what he would call calm. A kid came around challenging a chuunin that he called Nev. Kids these days, being so full of themselves, thinking they could beat anyone with their puny powers and techniques. Thinking they are the best of the best just because they knew a single technique and not even a good one. He sighed, hoping that this Nev guy would finish his battle soon and he could go back to eating his ramen calmly or else he would have to interfere, something he really wished he wouldn't do because he would totally beat that kid. Then the guy paid for his ramen as well. Maybe because he was sorry for the disturbance and was using this as a way to apologize or maybe he was feeling generous. Either way, he wouldn't care. He finished his ramen quickly and was surprised to see the guy back. That guy may be strong after all. He had a question though. "May I ask why you felt the need to pay for me?" Not the most polite way to engage in a conversation but it was direct and honest and Gothax was a direct boy who would say what he needed to say without caring of being nice or not.

"I'm fine with whatever, really. If we get three, then so be it. It'll be good for me to see how the Kurotenshi really work if there's extra back up with the new guy. I don't know, that's just me though. Like Shin said. What do you guys think?" The answer came from Aki.

Haru decided to speak up. "Have no fear, friends. The sixth member will show up. Leader has told me." He looked around. "We will have three teams of two, so you will not have extra back-up, and you will not work solo. The only member to do that was the legendary Zetsu, way back when." Haru had studied the Akatsuki, down to their favorite food, and quite frankly, he admired them. They were all powerful ninja, special in their own unique way, and most of all, their leaders truly fought for peace. Pain/Nagato and Konan...They were true warriors of peace. Someone that Haru could follow behind. The one member that interested Haru though was Itachi Uchiha. The Uchiha line had long since died out, so there was no one who knew anything about him, other than old scrolls and what-not. Haru thought Itachi reminded him of himself....but he knew that would be wrong. Itachi was far stronger, and possessed the Totsuka Blade, a feat Haru could never hope to accomplish. "But, again, do not worry. We will have our sixth member."

I laughed, "Just call him a crow, it is basically the same principal." I said in response the the bunny and rabbit statement.

"Crows are disgusting creatures who are nothin compared t' ravens." My raven said proudly.

I was asked by one of the other customers why I paid for his food, "Is it even a hard question?" I said politely, he couldn't see my smile behind my mask, but he could probably tell from my eyes, "Today is a particularly good day, and I felt like doing an early kindness while it is still young."

"The kindes' thing ya could've done was beat the tar out of that brat." My raven said, picking at his feathers, "I bet Bontare-Chan could've easily wiped the floor with 'im."

"Excuse my raven, he is always this rude." I nodded, "Anyways, my name is Nev Amoa, next in line of the Amoa clan. My team mate is Klicer Bontare." I noticed another girl who had slipped in earlier and said nothing, though looked at us like she wanted to. I locked eyes with her and motioned for her to come over and speak with us, trying to be somewhat inviting.

Ichiraku Ramen
Klicer & Soneshi

Shin was slightly surprised to hear that whilst the other seemed to still be in the dark Haru new that the sixth member was indeed on the way suggesting that he knew who it was.
I guess he is one of the older members, it makes sense.
"Zetsu huh, I never really studied up on the original Akatsuki more than what was expected. But he's quite mysterious that one, even when I could be bothered trying I couldn't find much on him. Aside from that, you seem to be more in the know than the rest of us... I guess since most of us are newer members it makes sense though. Either way - is there anything we should know about anything that you haven't told us?"

I'm going to guess that other than the identity of member number six he knows little more than the rest of us. Whether he is acting like he knows more than us to try and bolster his influence or not I don't know... although that doesn't really seem like his kind of thing.

Nyichi Nobu

Earlier...

Nyichi sat on the rough surface of a small boulder. In his right hand was a scroll that some random ninja had just dropped off and just as quickly puffed away. He twiddled the left strand of his orange hair falling below his chin as he read it. Already huh ? he thought. The Kurotenshi are a hasty bunch. He sighed deeply before hearing the caw of several crows above him. A light smile curved his lips as he looked towards them circling above him vulgarly. " Guess the blood drew them here. " he chuckled. He stood up from the boulder and gripped the long handle of a blade stabbed deep into the earth beside him. " I should be on my way. " he decided. He looked over his shoulder at the five decapitated bodies behind him before heading to the forest north of him. It was beginning to become a hassle dealing with Anbu's by himself. The Kurotenshi was exactly what he needed.

Present...

Arriving in front of the base of the organization he would serving was more nerve racking then he had first thought it would be. He could hear their voices chiming in and out of a unknown conversation. A couple of them were louder then others and others were more... annoying to listen too. His feet tapped against the ground loudly as he entered the room. Nyichi knew more then anything that he was making a entrance suitable for a Kurotenshi member. Or atleast he thought he was. On his back was the large greatsword that brought his name to the mouths of gossipers. He was Nyichi Nobu, Slayer Of The Dawn and now member of Kurotenshi. His name would be on the lips of much more then simple gossipers after this. He entered into the sights of the others, cutting off their conversation before raising his hand in a lazy saluting fashion over a dull expression. " Yo ? " he uttered. A simply introduction for a bunch a questions or glares that he was sure to come afterward it.

The interrogation conversation was interrupted by loud footsteps entering the small building they were using as a hideout.
Well, clearly that's not an enemy trying to sneak up on us. Sure enough, a young man with long red-orange hair and a magnificent sword on his back soon arrived in the room and greeted the assembled Kurotenshi, of which he was probably a member, with a simple "Yo".

"Well I guess he's not dead after all". Shin said in a deadpan tone.
Looks like he's going to be pretty good in close combat this one. He looks familiar actually - I guess I've heard of him.
"And who might you be?"

OOC: Short post is short. Sorry it is all I could come up with.

Saiyuu Mori

Chapter 1: Beginnings

Saiyuu sat in the chair in the Ramen Shop. It looked like everyone was gathered there. Saiyuu didn't know anyone so of course she kept to herself. While everyone was up and about being social, she sat there quietly, waiting for something. Sai had just awoken not to long ago, and was still weary with sleep after running all the way here. Sai couldn't wait to become a Jounin. The missions, the adventures, all that danced around in her mind. Sai had been working extra hard lately, not that she knew why though. Passing grades came naturally to her, and she was naturally going to become a Jounin in her mind. Sai was always on top of her game. From being a know-it-all to failing like a pro. She was always at her best. Sai need to focus. Bringing herself back to the present she looked around. Way to many people.. Sai thought to herself.