Food Helps Your Brain (Open)

[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=valign, top] Yanmei, curious about the havoc outside of the restaurant, slid out of her seat and followed after Iou. He and Shikashu had mentioned something about bears earlier, hadn't they? Maybe that was related to this commotion, then, and that was why her Nara friend had been so quick to head outside. When she saw the bear - Happi, what a cute name! - she gasped. Somehow she hadn't quite imagined it would be so... well, big. And dangerous - it was about to attack a man! In her surprise and panic, the blonde didn't see that the man had been wildly swinging his sword about, and thus was the aggressor in the situation - she just though the bear was trouble and her friend was just walking toward it, totally about to get mauled! When the thought hit her, Yanmei nearly screamed, but she kept herself under control; she couldn't have reached Iou before he had intercepted the bear's attack, as frozen as she had been. She did, however, scream when she saw the blood leaking from his shoulder - that was freaking scary, considering she'd never seen a friend hurt like that. After the bear had flopped down on his side, the Yamanaka tentatively approached. "Are you okay, Iou-kun?" she asked. "Is he going to hurt anyone else?" Yanmei knew she should probably be a little more concerned by the fact that there was a huge bear just sitting there and it might want to eat someone, but her red gaze was focused on the Nara's shoulder wound, and she wished she had some sort of medical supplies - anything, really, to make it stop bleeding, but alas, her pockets contained a couple of kunai, some coins, and lint, and none of those things were helpful right now. She turned to look at the boy, who seemed to be around their age and had a horrible scar marring his face. "I don't think I've ever seen you before... who are you?" All the excitement and the scariness of the bear evaporated in the face of possibly making a new friend, of course. Yanmei thought it was pretty cool that he wasn't all that scared of Happi, just like Iou, and her endless curiosity was already driving her down the path of pestering the yukata-clad boy with a million questions. While she was paying attention to the newest arrival, Hideo had joined them. "Oh yeah, that is kind of important..." Yanmei agreed, casting another look at the huge creature. It certainly couldn't sit here in the middle of Shukuba Town forever. But never fear, their sensei had it all under control! And he was able to bandage Iou's wound, too. The genin knew her initial assessment was right: Shikashu was totally the best sensei ever. He had known pretty much exactly what to do even in a strange situation like this! Already, the blonde held a ton of respect for the redhead. 500 words, template made by oxymoron! of back to neverland

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[Iō Nara]

So many things happened around him: his brother saving a woman, coming to his aid with a worried look, bandaging his damaged shoulder, everyone trying to communicate with Happī, and out of all that, Happī simply looked at Iō and he Happī. There was a moment where it seemed as if they could communicate, it felt awkward and with all the things happening Happī just stared. The world was drowned out by all the sounds, the universe didn't exist...just him and Happī. It all snapped back when Iō spotted Yanmei-Chan in the deluded world. "Thanks everyone..." Was all he could say at that moment.

Happi did nothing to didn't respond and ignored all their words, walking closer and closer to Iou, instinctively, Iou knew Shikashu would try to take down the bear due to the previous incident as he came closer to him, "Wait, i think...he wants me." Haha, probably for lunch. But on the real, the Happi's eyes kept on Iou and Iou him as they got closer until soon Iou was petting Happi like a dog and it gave off feminine purr. Iou responded with his own unique chuckle and smile. "I don't think he wants to go back, do you?" Happi gave off that unnatural smile that has a distinctive cuteness and turned to Shikashu with a small growl for his earlier sayings - noting he understands human language to an extent. Iou chuckled, "Guess he's stuck with me, hehe." He winced in pain as the wound on his shoulder got deeper, "I'll get this checked later, so don't worry about it Bro."

"SO LET'S EAT! WOOOOOOOOO!" He shouted, completely ignoring the fact that a bear could not, or rather should not go into a restaurant. Maybe the owner might make an exception? Might...

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[Shou Uzumaki]

Ayumu sighed mentally at this boy’s stupidity. The only animals you keep as company are shinobi animals or summoning’s. Stupid animals like this one are just bad company since they act on instinct not complex thought. This boy was going to get everyone killed. Mentally slapping himself he was brought back to the real word by inquisitions of who he was. Turning to look at the red headed man and then to the small blonde girl Ayumu just smiled like a little kid. ”My name is Ayumu, Ayumu Minami. I am new here but I am just passing through. My master and I are travelers and I had come into town to grab us some food, before we head out again,” replied Ayumu. Ayumu and Kakuzu had just come up with that cover up when Shou had shifted into Ayumu his child form.

Kakuzu at the moment was dropping off a bounty at the local bounty office. Ayumu didn’t feel like shifting into Biki since he felt he would be less of a target so close to home as a child. No one would ever expect a young half blind child as a threat. Blinking a few times he looked to the bear boy wondering if he really was serious about bringing the bear into the shop. If Ayumu had any say in the matter he would summon one of his raccoon dogs to chase the bear out of the town.

[Akimichi Hideo]

Hideo began to feel bad that he hadn't shown more concern for his injured teammate that the others had shown, but before he could inquire as to whether Iou was okay his sensei and Yanmei were doing just that. In fact, Shikashu was able to bandage Iou's wound effectively, while also telling the younger Nara what needed to happen here. Even he had to admit that the bear seemed quite taken with Iou, which meant that there was nothing that Hideo could short of forcibly removing the bear from the town. The young Akimichi didn't think that would be in anyone's best interests at this point, so he didn't offer to try.

Of course, Iou quickly put a stop to the plan of taking the bear back to where he belonged, and while Hideo didn't see a problem with keeping Happi around with them other than it would just be another mouth to feed he wasn't so sure that their sensei or the rest of the villagers would be too pleased with the idea. Then again, Hideo began to think that his friend might not have been thinking that clearly if he was going to wait to get a wound from a bear treated or that anyone was going to let them into a restaurant with the large animal on their heels, so maybe the idea of keeping the bear was just something that was caused from the pain or the blood loss.

"Perhaps we should get our food to go instead, so we can have a private discussion about your plans for the bear." Even if the bear did get them kicked out of the restaurant, Hideo was not going to leave a meal unfinished, and he would let the owners of the place know that. Of course, who would be crazy enough to try and keep an Akimichi from his meal? The answer is no one who liked having a profitable business, but he waited to see what the others would say on the matter. That might take a while as the attention of the conversation seemed to shift to the young lad who had fed the apple to the bear.

The story that boy gave told Hideo that it was random luck that Ayumu had been in the area to help calm the bear down, which was good for everyone in the area. "On behalf of my squad, I would like to offer our thanks for helping with Happi."

[Nara Shikashu]

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That idiot Iou, he just couldn't be like any fucking normal shinobi and listen to orders could he? Honestly Shikashu couldn't believe that this boy was a Nara, he was really really stupid for one anyway. No restaurant would allow a bear inside, much less a village. Happi was scaring everyone and causing a scene with his mere presence, and his idiot brother fucking ignored it!? He was so stupid!

A vein pulsing from his growing irritation with the situation Shikashu let out an irritated sigh before slapping his forehead with his... bleeding... hand. Opening his eyes after the face palm he noticed the blood now trickling down his palm and forehead as well as the obvious pain within his hand. Okay, now that was the last straw, the pissed off Nara couldn't contain himself any more.

"You.... you ignore my orders...." His voice was shaking a bit, "..that bear hurt your shoulder..." His shoulders were trembling now with him still attempting to contain himself, "...he's freaking everyone out..." He balled his hands up into fists, "I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE MY LITTLE BROTHER! WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU FUCKING PAIN IN THE ASS!" That was it, Shikashu stepped forward and before the younger Nara would likely realize it, his brother threw a strong steel-toed kick at him with the intention of sending the kid flying. After that he turned his gaze towards the bear with a death glare being cast toward the animal.

"You, get lost, now." He didn't care if the bear was attached to Iou, with the amount of killing intent now seeping from the Nara... errrr.... Uzumaki jounin, certainly the bear would feel a need to flee now unless it would meet its certain demise, and if it did not, then Shikashu would take it upon himself to use his Shadow Pull technique and drag the bear away from the village. Either that or punt it like he had his little brother, with his own strength it wasn't impossible for him to send it flying too. Just depended on which ever came first.

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[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=valign, top] "...Iou-kun, I don't think that's the best idea. Bears aren't like pets. What if he eats someone?" If Iou was really determined to keep him around, though, what were they going to do about it? Sure, Happi kind of looked harmless at that moment, while Iou was petting him, but... could he forget that quickly about how the bear had hurt him and would have hurt civilians if he hadn't been able to stop it? "Oh, well, it's nice to meet you, Ayumu." Yanmei grinned and held out her hand. "I'm Yanmei, and these are my friends Iou and Hideo, and our sensei, Shikashu." She pointed to each as she said their name, figuring that if no one else was going to be polite and introduce themselves, she might as well take the task upon herself. Ayumu probably wasn't ever going to see any of them again, since he wasn't from around here, but that didn't mean they needed to be all rude to him. "Hideo-kun's right. Plus, I don't think the restaurant manager would be very happy if we took a bear in there..." What if they took Happi in and got kicked out forever because of it? It would be really bad if they never got to have this awesome barbeque ever again. "Oh, yeah, thanks for helping! It was really brave to just walk up to the bear like that." She whirled to face her sensei when he started shouting at Iou, eyes wide. Well, that was... he was kind of scary when he was mad. The only thing she could thing of to say was... "Sensei, don't swear in front of your students!" Swearing was very un-sensei-like, in her opinion. It was also pretty rude. Even if he was upset, he didn't need to be profane, or hurt Iou. 320 words, template made by oxymoron! of back to neverland

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[Iō Nara]

There was many different things happening around this location, the scared onlookers glancing at the bear, the conversation of Hideo and a newcomber which Iou had just noticed existed, and his brothers surface-breaking frustration. The sigh caught Iou's notice, and he immediately heard the small tapping of a liquid dropping on the floor, despite the sounds, and looked downward at the crimson blood splashed on the floor. Was it his? Actually, it wasn't for the span of the blood splatter and location, he wouldn't have came to the conclusion that it was indeed from a taller person coming from a tad bit lower range - his brother. Facepalming himself with his bloody hand, it felt as if he was from one of those horror matinees about to go all ham-saw on everyone in absolute insanity. The tone that came from Shikashu instinctively cause Iou and Happi to stand in similar poses with their arms thrown to the side and upwards in a defensive posture - happi and Iou was much alike. This wasn't going to end well.

There was very few times where Shikashu was angry, and even in that previous bear situation - completely unrelated to this one - Shikashu didn't bore a single shred of anger but only jokes and laughter, at least apparent anyways. The mood of the situation could be picked up with a scooper. In a comedic fashion, Iou braced himself for the punishment, only to feel a sharp punt sending up and outwards until he couldn't be seen again with just a twinkle of a star.

[Happi]

His eyes grew larger and larger as his friend was sent upwards. After so long, there was a human who didn't treat him like a bear but a friend, someone who gave him food on the brink of starvation and ate with him, smiled with him, and all-around laughed at his awkward smile. The first friend hes' had in forever. The first friend who he hurt as well, which he was deeply sorry for, which is why he calmed down, trying to focus only on Iou. Despite what people believe, Bears had feelings too, and if it wasn't for his friend, Iou, he would've been dead for all he knew. His background story is rather depressing, and as such he didn't want to go into recalling that and focused on his now north-star like friend. The awkward expression and attempt to realize the situation caused the bear to go ape-shit, his roar shattering the eardrums, his stomp on the ground from his previous comedic stance shoke the nearby shops, causing small objects to fall, and his eyes daggered at the red-haired individual who hurt his friend.

"Grrargh!" You've killed my friend! Is the proper bear translation. He was ready to charge and kill this man, even if it meant his own death. Letting out another roar to make his intentions known! Bop.

[Iou;Past]

He flew. Far. The pain in his shoulder and the sudden pain from the punt collided and he was basically paralyzed mid-flight, incapable of capturing his composure and properly landing as his brother would've assumed he would've - hopefully. From this distance and this speed, if he lands like this...he will surely die. And even with his own estimation, he didn't blame his brother for this at all. It was indeed his fault. He ignored orders, but it was more Happi, and he wasn't one for forcing people to do what they don't want to do - free will and all. If society wouldn't have accepted him as a friend yet, all they needed to do was get to know him, he had plans of how to integrate Happi into the world, by being with him 24/7 and showing him he doesn't mean harm, people will slowly see him as just another shinobi animal who's harmless like the Inuzuka dogs.

But alas, all of this was going to come to an end. Closing his eyes and just readying for what may come, hoping the probability of his descending death would be lowered through maybe some means, perhaps a futon shop? Ah whatever, let come what may.

"Grrargh!" The first roar was heard. Happi? He thought dubiously. Oh no. From Happi's prespective, Shikashu had just done away with a close-ally, which would automatically make him a target to fight to the death - shit. Now Happi was sure to get killed, or something along of badness if Shikashu decides to take pity on him. Argh. The pain in his shoulder would not cease. "Need...to get...balance." Mustering up all his strength and ignoring the two sharp pains, with a quick twist of his center of gravity, followed by some basic acrobatic feats and a bit of weight downshifting, he skidded on the ground, slightly bruised and sliced up his non-damaged shoulder side hands by the dirt and grovel. "Need to hurry!" A dash took him back to the arrow, completely ignoring the fact he was just marked by the shinigami's book.

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Bop! He laid dropped onto Happi's back, causing him to fall down onto the ground, his face brimming with his usual huge smile - ignoring all that had occurred. "I'm sorry, bro. I'm sorry for all of this. Me getting hurt, you getting hurt, the people getting scared, and even the incident that occurred with mom the last time[completely unrelated]." His voice slowly receding its happiness and going into a more apologetic tone. "I just don't want, or should want for Happi to go when he wants to stay. If anything, he'll be my pet and won't hurt ANYBODY!" He declared, "Right, happi?" Over the course of Iou's entrance, Happi turned from angry, to happy, to angry by looking at Shikashu, then to happy and then to agreeing with small umphs and head movements - that awkward smile though.

"I'm sure you understand. We can figure out the entire Happi situation when the time comes, cause if you don't live life by the seconds, you'll miss all the little things." His smile appeared on his big, cute face, "So lets get our food and eat somewhere else!"

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[Shou Uzumaki]

AAyumu just smiled like the child he was and tilted his head to the side. ”I have faced things much scarier than this bear. But I must tell you Io-kun correct, that you should let this bear be a bear. Wild animals aren’t supposed to be pets. As you can see your friend hurt you without thinking, and I don’t think friends should be hurting each other,” smiled Ayumu as he placed his hands in his sleeves. Walking over to the bear Ayumu placed a hand on its front leg. Closing his eyes he focused his chakra until suddenly the bear fell to the ground and was now under the tight invisible ropes of the Temporary Paralysis Technique. ”I would believe it would be wise to place this bear in its own habitat away from humans,” explained Ayumu as he pulled his hand away from the struggling bear. Slowly he raised his head his eyes closed but he slowly opened them to look at Io.

”Is this how Konoha is raising their shinobis now. To think it’s ok to try to partner up with wild animals. If you want an animal partner go and find a summoning that suits your fighting style,” explained Ayumu who knew this fact well. Ayumu had picked up the raccoon dogs because he was weak against genjutsu and they were extremely strong in genjutsu which helped cover his weakness. Sighing softly to himself he looked to the red head. Ayumu could sense somehow this young man was an Uzumaki but the giveaway was the hair. Ayumu had met many people but only Uzumaki’s had that bright red hair. ”You should listen to your brother, since he is much wiser than you and knows the dangers of these stupid things you are doing,” whispered Ayumu in quiet deadly tone as he placed his hand on the top of the bears head and closed his eyes. It didn’t take long for Ayumu to focus chakra into his hand and blast it out in a small portion which would cause the bear to be knocked out.

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Kanashibari no Jutsu | Temporary Paralysis Technique

[Akimichi Hideo]

Well, it was quite clear to Hideo that things were getting out of hand because of this bear situation, which he concluded by the fact that his new sensei was cursing up a storm in front of civilians and his students. Of course, Yanmei was the first to point out that he shouldn't do such things, but Hideo figured that he should say something in order to make it known that he also wasn't okay with such language. Alas, he didn't have time to do that as Shikashu sent Iou flying through the air like a ball with one single kick, which didn't go over so well with the bear.

Oddly enough, Iou landed right on the bear's back, which made Hideo wonder if that was fate, good aim on Iou's part or Shikashu's intention, but he supposed that it didn't matter as things were just continuing to get a little chaotic. Once his friend recovered from his trip, the young Akimichi witnessed one of the longest apologies he had ever heard, which ended with an attempt to plead for the bear to remain in Iou's presence as a pet. It was at this moment that he figured he would give logic a try since violence hadn't worked for anyone. "I don't see how you could keep him as a pet, Iou. As shinobi, we go out on missions that can take us away from the village for long periods of time, so who will look after Happi when you are away and how do you plan on feeding him because bears require a lot of food?"

It was around this point that he noticed Ayumu was touching a slightly angry bear, and he was about to advise against it when Happi suddenly fell to the ground and began struggling. This was very familiar to Hideo who was a user of that particular technique, and he wondered just where a traveler learned it. He also didn't know if anyone else had caught it during all of the anger and pleading."Are you a shinobi, Ayumu?" He asked the question since the boy hadn't actually said what his master and his profession was, but it was possible that they were.

[Nara Shikashu]

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In the several moments that passed after the Uzumaki jounin punted his little brother a series of things happened. One, Iou managed to come back like a boomerang and landed on top of the bear which seemed to make the bear calm down considerably. Yanmei freaked out over Shikashu's cursing, which was understandable. Then the stranger kid, Ayumu as he had introduced himself as, just put his hand on the bear and not only invoked a technique that Shikashu recognized as the temporary paralysis technique, but also somehow managed to make the creature pass out. All the better, that meant they could lug it off somewhere and make sure it couldn't get back to civilization without much problem. After this, Shikashu closed him eyes and used an old technique he had learned a few years back from calming himself down before talking again.

"Sorry, Iou is usually the only one that gets me really mad like that," he apologized to Yanmei and Hideo, then turned back to Iou, "Iou, wild bears cannot just be suddenly tamed. Especially full grown ones such as this. They will always revert to their natural instincts at some point or another and then what? You'll hug it and make it fine? No, it'll tear you apart in an untamed fury before killing anyone or anything near it. I only got away with caring for a wild animal because it was a deer. A weak deer that couldn't care for herself." He folded his arms across his chest as he spoke of Hobeni, his deer companion that often came to find him back at the Nara compound. "Deer and Bears are not the same thing. Dear are docile creatures that usually watch out for their own and flee at the first sight of strife. Bears are ferocious carnivors that are extremely territorial. For all you know, this bear simply thinks of you as his territory and thus if anyone, friend or foe, gets to close.... Snap." Shikashu shook his head, "Happi can care for himself. He's a big and strong bear, he'll be fine. So let him go. Even if he doesn't want to go back he has to, it's for the better Iou." Shikashu then looked around at all of the still terrified citizens, "Plus people here don't quite appreciate having a bear in the middle of their town, and I doubt people back at Konoha would too much either."

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[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=valign, top] Iou's insistence that everything would be fine and dandy continued to make her uneasy. But it was clear he wasn't listening to anyone, not even his extremely angry and pretty violent brother, so she wasn't going to get through to him by insisting that he was wrong. That would just make him even more defensive. Hopefully, it wouldn't take another incident like this to convince him. Usually, Iou wasn't dangerously stupid - even if he was a little daft for a Nara - but this was probably the most dangerous and stupid thing she had ever seen him do. And she'd seen him do a bunch of stupid things. "Ayumu's right, Iou-kun. If you look hard enough, I'm sure you'll be able to find a bear summoning contract or something." she chimed in. "That would be a lot safer. No one would get hurt from it." She was referring to their small group of friends and civilians when speaking of those who wouldn't get hurt - because of course, the bears would have to hurt their enemies. But that was common sense, wouldn't it? Ayumu's tone turned darker and, honestly, a bit scary, but the blonde would never admit that. And the way he was able to so easily knock out Happi... this guy was something else. "...maybe you should try to work out those anger issues, sensei. It can't be good for you." Yanmei suggested helpfully. If he flew into an uncontrollable rage and kicked Iou off into the distance every time the boy did something stupid... Well, they would both probably be in the hospital: Iou from all the kicking, and Shikashu from heart problems due to all the unrestrained anger. But that, really, was a problem for another time. 303 words, template made by oxymoron! of back to neverland

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[Iō Nara]

Unnecessary Worry. An commonly shown emotion towards the unknown, especially heightened by dangers. Albeit unnecessary, it can cause others to possess fear or lose sanity of themselves. Iou could read their faces, the sympathy, the worry, the thoughts of an dangerous event that could occur if this was to carry on. There was a few things they didn't understand, and this is what Iou actually shared with him, and the blatant obvious fact that will occur whether they wanted it to or not. To go through the events. A stranger, blue hair, slim, who's attempt to integrate into a social circle of friends through generous words - Iou didn't like. There was many reasons why he didn't like him, he had no sympathy for wild animals and seem to be ignorant of the clear fact that all domestic pets originated from wild animals, and that one does not need to form a contract with an animal to possess a friendship. The rat and the man. A good example of this, and a good story as well.

However, his thoughts still remained, not to mention the obvious occurrence of Happi finding him in the first place - not his intention, but an intention of Happi himself. From the very looks in his eyes, he knew he wouldn't stop, and if a bear was to go through great lengths and show no harm in the first stages of appearance - other than self-defense, a common response from all creatures including humans, he had already been semi-transitioned into a domestic creature already. Iou, knowing the intelligence of his brother, assumed he would be the first to grab hold onto this notion, but it seemed that even roaring emotions causes the intelligent mind to go dull. Happi clearly was showing no discontent from anything other than a sword being swung in his face and the near-death or more accurately presumed death of a person he's grown fond of, and again, with a clear mind and keen eye, this could've been noted.

What trigger Iou's mind to go blank with rage, and his inability to explain all this was a technique performed by this stranger, causing Happi's body to seize up and fall over, giving off the pseudo-appearance of unconsciousness, and causing Iou to fall a bit to the left off him. His eyes turned angry, glaring at the man, "Leave." He couldn't think of anything intellectual or to defend his current situation, he simply wanted this man to leave for he was a foreigner and held no say into what will occur next. If anything, if Iou wasn't as smart enough to analyze the current situation, and the technique utilized, he would've raised his hand towards this man in an attempt of harm.

After saying those words, he turned to Happi, checked his eyes and noticed it gave signs of unconsciousness. He absorbed all the words said by his brother. "If wild bears couldn't be suddenly, or tamed in general, then no wild animals could be tamed." He said, his words obviously calming down and not spoken like his usual self. "What you're saying is that we should reluctantly leave Happi out in the forest, hoping he'll survive alone when he couldn't before, or give him a chance to become domestic because of his race? Although," he took a pause, it was for the clear accusation that his brother and everyone else was discriminating against a certain animal for what reason? Self-defense? Race? "We know animals of all wilds can be tamed. Even our deers. All it takes in time and patience and anything's possible, right?" What he said last was a quote given to him while he was young, and repeating it to the originator - Shikashu - hell, that brought back memories.

"Happi." His whisper into the bear's ears woke him up, he slowly regaining consciousness, simply from the words. "Happi's a baby, if you guys didn't know." There was multiple reasons why this conclusion was easily pointed to, one, happi's lack of natural hunting skills, two, his receptiveness at learning and natural conditioning, and there was a few other indicators that wouldn't be guessed by an individual due to his size, but it was indeed a baby bear. He looked at Yanmei-Chan, turned to Hideo-Kun, and back towards Shikashu-Kun, obviously ignoring the random individual if he still was here. "If Happi found me once, he'll find me again, and this time, he'll be stopped and perhaps killed and perceived as a threat before reaching me. Are we willing to condemn him because of his want for an ally? Should we kill him to end his misery? If you guys thought that, then...i don't know who you are."

He clapped his hands, prompting Happi to get up in response. this was actually a trick Iou used when they were spending time together, he would tell him to sit, and then clap his hand for him to jump up, it was funny then, but now it was simply useful. Psychological Conditioning, a beautiful tool. "I'll be going, when you find your right minds, i'll be in the forest." It was then that his body reverberated in pain. The kick. Duhn. The slash. Duhn. The landing. DUHN. His body fell to the floor. His hands bleeding from the landing, his shoulder antagonizing him with pain, and his stomach...what was wrong with his stomach?

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[Shou Uzumaki]

Ayumu mentally rolled his eyes at how stupid this boy was. Well if he wasn’t going to take his word on what he had just said then so be it, one less shinobi coming after his ass in the future. Ayumu nodded his head at the questions asked to him since it wouldn’t be a lie to say his master was a shinobi since Kakuzu was a shinobi but he wasn’t going to kiss and tell about that was he. Blinking at few times, he listened to the boy’s speech. This kid was thick in the head and to think he was frightening enough to scare Ayumu off with that single LEAVE comment. Pff, children these days have no respect for their elders. But wait Ayumu was technically a kid right now so that would be a stupid statement wouldn’t it. But after the kid finished his speech and said he was going to leave he was now feeling the pain from his injures he had received because of his stupidity. Before anyone could react Ayumu performed the needed hand seals for a summoning jutsu. Slamming his hand to the ground the sealing symbol appeared and in a poof of smoke one of his three female raccoon dogs appeared.

”Ah, Ayumu-chan, Konichiwa,” greeted Midori with a smile as her tailed wagged gently. ”Hello to you to Midori-chan. Maybe I ask a favor of you,” smiled Ayumu. Midori nodded her head and response ready to do anything her master asks of her. ”Can you please heal my friend for me,” smiled Ayumu as he gestured to boy before him who was on the ground in pain. Midori looked to Ayumu and then to Iou a bit surprised but nodded her head and walked over to the boy. Pressing her nose to his injured shoulder green chakra started to flow off her muzzle and onto the boy’s skin. Slowly his wounds started to close up and any pain he must have felt would slowly be washed away. ”Thank you Midori-chan,” smiled Ayumu as her knelled down as Midori ran over to him and hugged herself around him. Ayumu smiled and petted her head gently. Ayumu loved his summonings. They brought peace to him in his most antagonizing moments.

Jutsus:
Kuchiyose no Jutsu | Summoning Technique