Teaming up | Plot

[Uchiha Takezo]

The flyer was simple and stuck with a shuriken to the doors of the Yamanaka compound and the Hyuga compound. The Notes singles out one member from each clan. For the Yamamnaka is was the genin Inori and for the Hyuuga it just said to send "mo-mo". The location was the top of the Kage monument and the time frame was as early as possible. Ofcourse the person who left the note was already gone by the time they were found.

The boy who put them there was named Takezo and he knew both of the girls and had confidence in both of their abilities. Not to mention that they had both helped him out in some way so he wanted to return the favor. He didn't know if the two girls would like each other but the truth was it didn't really matter. They were ninja of Konoha and as such would work together despite personal feelings. At least that was the thought.

Takezo had camped at the meeting spot all night and it was much windier than he expected but with a small fire on the nose of the monument was maybe not the best idea. The fire was easily spotted through the night and was of course investigated. At which point a disgruntled Takezo showed them a the same flyer as the other two houses on it had his name and was signed by the Hokage. Keeping an eye on the boy the people investigating backed off and let him sleep through the night. after all he had a big morning ahead of him.

[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=border, 0, true][atrb= width, 350px, true][atrb= style, padding: 15px; background: #7C5E7F; border: solid 3px #350028; border-radius: 20px;] would someone care to classify Surprisingly enough, it was the young Yamanaka girl herself that found the note pinned to the door of her house with a shuriken. She had gone out to get an early start on her day - not because she had suddenly developed morning person syndrome, but because her brother was getting on her nerves - and had found the note stuck to the middle of the door. Figuring it was probably for one of her parents, she had pulled it off the door, pocketed the shuriken, and headed inside to give it to her father, Inodori. He scanned it and then, to her surprise, handed it back to her. "Eh?" Upon bothering to actually read the paper, she found a note scrawled by Takezo, the little Uchiha kid she had met a while back, asking for her to meet him at the top of the Hokage Monument. Huh. While she didn't mind his company - somehow, the kid had grown on her, enough that she kind of viewed him like the annoying little brother she had never had - she wondered just why he wanted her at a freaking ungodly hour of the morning. "Guess I can humor the kid. I'll be back later, tousan." And so she headed to the place where Takezo would be waiting for her. And, no surprise, there he was. "Hey, kid. Nice to see you again. What's up?" She ruffled his hair playfully and grinned. "Better have a good reason for dragging me out of the house this early in the morning, or I might have to beat you up." Of course, he would be able to tell that she was joking - even though she didn't like mornings, she wasn't grumpy, just incredibly sarcastic.. Most of the time, anyway. Hopefully, the kid would never see the grumpy side of Inori, because it really wasn't pretty. words 313 tags takezo, moumoko notes 313 our broken hearts and twisted minds

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[Uchiha Takezo]

Takezo just smiled up at the girl. there was a time when he may have hated the whole being treated like a kid thing but he knew it came from a good place. A place that not many people had for Takezo so he allowed it, if not appreciated it. Hey Inori he beamed, genuinely happy to see her. No worries, I have the best reason but. He stopped to take a look around, down at the village. I'll explain everything once the final member shows up. he said with a broad smile, not unusual for the scruffy little boy.

What I can say is that me,you and the other person that shows up are gonna be on a team. He beamed with pride as he spoke,tightening the headband he wore around his waist since the lost the string to it in the river not too long ago. Not just any team either. were ...well I'll wait for our new friend to show up before i spill the big secret He laughed as he said the last bit. He was very obviously excited about the whole thing and relishing in the anticipation of breaking the great news.

[Hyuga Moumoku]

Morning, another day had gone by that she could not witness the rising sun. Then again, she could never witness the rising sun for her ailment to her eyes. She moved out of her room after dressing into her ceremonial kimono that had short skirt. It was ideal to her while she moved with a calm knowledge facing in the direction to footsteps that were much to fast in her opinion. She stepped back in time for the messenger to slide on his hands and knees until kneeling directly before her. “Milady Hyuuga, there was a message left here for you early this day. The chakra the being left with was youthful, probably a classmate of yours.” Momo would shake her head, kneeling down and placing hand the messenger’s rugged cheek. “You need not be so formal with the disgrace to the Hyuuga. Please, rise and tell me the message.” She too would rise only after he did, no doubt in her mind that she had not only surprised him but with her kindness, she may have just had him lose his dignity. Yes, that was normal for the newer messengers while she would move glasses to her nose, holding them with the ridge.

Momo would slowly but surely listen and then nod, her head in that motion, as she would ask, “Please take me there, and I know not where it is.” The messenger would nod in his own motion and after lifting Momo into his arms, he would move with swift speed to the mountain’s steps. After setting Lady Hyuuga down, “Here you are, above these steps is the Hokage Monument, be careful.” With that, the messenger left while Momo would begin moving up the steps and heading to the meeting place. Indirectly it would be when she heard ‘big secret’ she would head over and was just a few feet away from the girl when she lifted a hand, “Hello there. How are you?” She would smile, her face facing them and with a calm voice, she would nod to them and ease her presence into the situation while her neck popped and she would kick off her shoes and feel the ground with her feet, a more direct presence to know exactly where she was when she did this. “I am Hyuuga Moumoku, it is a pleasure to see that you invited me here.” She would say in the direction of the masculine voice while she heard some other presence in the vicinity.

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[Uchiha Takezo]

Hey Momo!!, It's me Takezo He said as he took a few steps towards her and too her by the hand, pulling her closer to the Yamanaka. The one that smells like flowers is Yamanaka Inori and now that your both here I can spill the beans His voice was very clearly dripping with excitement even the hand that held Momo's was trembling with excitement. From this day forth, were all on a team thats directly under the Hokage. He paused to let the magnitude of what was said land, even though he was going to explain what it meant in just a second.

Incase you don't know what that means He said as he started to pace back and forth in front of the girls. This team will be under more scrutiny and hardships than any team out there. It also means were gonna have to push ourselves like we never thought possible. He voice was expressive and grew more and more excited as he spoke. Though for the most part he was looking at Inori, since he knew Momo couldn't see he figured it wouldn't mater as much.

Before he spoke takezo grew very serious and his happy tone shifted to make the intensity of his stare. Not to scare you but we might even see real action sooner than our peers. Which means were most likly going to be trained under near fatal conditions. The truth was Takezo didn't have ANY clue what the Hokage had planned. He's just going on what he hyped himself up to think. Hell he could make the training near fatal if he wanted to, or was told to. But for right now, we get to know one and other and since ya both know me it makes it a little easier.

Posting order is same as arrival. Me,Inori,Momo just so you know i wont be jumping in any more at random ^_^

[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=border, 0, true][atrb= width, 350px, true][atrb= style, padding: 15px; background: #7C5E7F; border: solid 3px #350028; border-radius: 20px;] would someone care to classify Inori arched a brow at him. The best of reasons, huh? Well, that was yet to be seen, and while she kind of doubted that there was a good reason to be awake right this second. "Final member? I wonder who that could be." She didn't think she and Takezo had any mutual friends. Honestly, the other person was probably someone his age, that he would have met in the academy, or something. A new team... Kind of sounded like he wanted the to just train on their own or something, because genin teams didn't just suddenly form from three people that had formerly been on different teams. "Whoever it is had better get here soon. I have to admit I'm pretty curious." Eventually, the third member arrived. A little Hyuuga girl with light brown hair. How interesting.. from what she knew, Uchihas and Hyuugas didn't tend to get along. The adults didn't, anyway. And, from what it looked like, it seemed that Takezo might have a little bit of a crush on her. Although she wondered why he would introduce her as having a particular scent for a moment, but then she thought about it, and... Ouch. It sure would be awful to have one of the best doujutsu around and end up blind. "It's nice to meet you, Momo." she murmured politely, smiling even though the girl couldn't see it. She looked to be about Takezo's age, so perhaps her previous assumption was indeed correct. "..for real? Do you know the reason why Hokage-sama would have picked the three of us?" An Uchiha and a Hyuuga she could understand, but why a Yamanaka instead of, say, another Senju, or a Sarutobi? Surely not for her sharp wit or extraordinary ability or anything. Not that she was putting herself down - it just seemed... unlikely. words 314 tags takezo, moumoko notes 627 our broken hearts and twisted minds

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[Hyuga Moumoku]

Momo would smile, the politeness of the scented girl told her many things while initially she would almost giggle in the circumstance afterwards. It did not take long for Takezo to begin trembling for Momo to understand already that the excitement seemed like a burst of it. Her head bowed as she listened, and from what she could tell being placed under a team with these two, one of which she has trained with and the other she was not familiar with, both having now been made a trio with her to become a team under Lord Hokage. Yes, the magnitude of what this meant was a lot however, she would only think of it as a pity to herself. She was broken, she would hold them back from the fullest potential so when she heard this she fell down, her legs giving out, as she would wind up sitting on her knees on the ground. Her face looking up to the sky with a very curious face. Momo could not handle holding people back. It was one of the more specific reasons she hardly went out in the first place aside from personal training like the time in the river.

To her, she could definitely see the individual appearing as a very avid eccentric but she could only go so well in such a thing. The thought that by paper, she was a great choice for a genin, however if it were not for that little fact, she was highly uneducated for the fact remaining. Her own personality as a genin who was blind made it that much harder for her to understand that by all hell, she was a poor choice in the reality of things. Then the girl spoke, the flower girl or Yamanaka. Momo would face her direction, her glasses covering the closed eyes as she spoke calmly, “It would seem, that with us, the very distinction is the clan choice. An Uchiha for their doujutsu much like the Hyuuga… however with Yamanaka,” Momo went silent, knowing that doujutsu were stronger than most but were not the best in the world as seen in her case. However, she could think of why a Yamanaka was chosen, something she had heard about as a rumor, “It would seem the Yamanaka capabilities would be why you are chosen I think. I cannot speak for the Hokage though.” She would almost seem weaker when she spoke, yet she did imply a small amount that she could use her own doujutsu but that was still a hidden knowledge to most.

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[Uchiha Takezo]

When Takezo turned around to face them both, his face was the exact opposite of the elated,joy filled young boy from a moment ago. Even his chakra flared as he tried to hold back his anger. The fact that Momo had fallen to her knees was lost on him, his mind taken over with anger. Are you two fucking kidding me?!?! He stomped his foot, of only to express his physical anger to the Hyuga. The force of the stomp was hard enough to send a ring of dust away from the impact zone. The greatest day of either of your lives to date and all you can think about is what you CAN'T do? His little fists shook at his side as he stomped his way towards Inori, Making Direct Eye contact the entire way.

Inori, You're such a Compassionate person that you don't just think for yourself when under duress. You saved Blackie with out even knowing if i would catch your body. His intense stare never subsided but his tone was far less angry, it was like a little brother who wanted his big sis to see how amazing she is. Not to mention your Skill with your Clans jutsu is more than just a little impressive. He finished as a soft smile spread across his young face.

With an abrupt turn and a few quick steps Takezo lowered himself to get down on Momo's level. He sat Indian style across from her. Momo, Your stuck on what you can't do. Those eyes of yours are an asset you haven't begun to realize. HE said with a laugh, his anger and chakra both subsiding. You'll always be able to see through things, to the heart of what matters. Your not bogged down by what you see and that perspective is invaluable. With that he stood up and took a few steps back , still facing them both.

Even if you don't have faith in yourselves or me. You should have faith on your Hokage. Have faith that he knows whats best for the village and would ONLY act accordingly. His young voice pleaded with them, if only for them to understand how he felt. The absolute faith that Takezo had in a village that had all but abandoned him. The young boy had no way of relaying his true feelings. As much as he was a rational Shinobi, he was still just a little kid. As a little kid Takezo was flooded with strong emotions, and had a hard time controlling them. So what do you say, Put down the sad stick and pick up a kick ass kunai and lets show the ninja world WHO WE ARE!!

He put his hand between the two of them, with a snap of his fingers so Momo can locate it easily. So, hands in. Ok? And after that were a team, We cover each other weaknesses and work our asses off to be the best damn team the world has ever seen!! His voice was passionate and enthralling. Fused with his passion for his village and his devotion and respect for his friends.

[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=border, 0, true][atrb= width, 350px, true][atrb= style, padding: 15px; background: #7C5E7F; border: solid 3px #350028; border-radius: 20px;] would someone care to classify Inori raised a brow at Takezo's outburst. "Somebody's had too much sugar today." she muttered under her breath, and she doubted her would hear her over his ranting. Normally she found the kid pretty endearing, but when he got up on his soapbox she kind of just wanted to punch him. And yes, much punching would ensue if he kept at it, regardless of whether he was trying to encourage them or not. "I wouldn't call that compassion myself, kid. Think about in a different way - what if that butcher had been an enemy shinobi and Blackie had been a scroll of important information or something. It would be expected of you and whoever was with you to retrieve it, regardless of whether or not someone would die." More so than saving the kitten because she liked him and she liked Takezo, she had acted out of instinct - her immediate reaction to seeing a situation like that was to recover whatever was taken. Good shinobi instinct, but not necessarily compassion. "It's not even a matter of faith. Trust me, Takezo - I don't doubt my own abilities. I know exactly how good I am, and I know what I need to do to improve. It's just that the composition of the team is a little unexpected, alright? A Yamanaka is typically paired with a Nara and an Akimichi because of our connected family history, and that's just how it works... And I've never really seen a Hyuuga and an Uchiha get along, much less end up on a team together." While she could see the logic in putting her - an older, more experienced genin - with a pair of younger ones, that was about the only reason she could come up. She'd been doing just fine with the Ino-Shika-Cho team, and yes, she realized she was being a little pigheaded about this whole thing, but... Ah, screw it. There was no use in complaining. If Hokage-sama wanted her for this team, then he obviously had a good reason. "Yeah, alright - here's to three of us, on the way to becoming the best damn team in Konoha." Inori grinned at him, and put her hand on his. words 377 tags takezo, moumoko notes 1004 our broken hearts and twisted minds

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[Hyuga Moumoku]

Momo would shake her head with a sigh. This boy still always held too much energy, as she would move her head over to his ranting self before he had snapped; then followed by the voice of someone saying too much sugar, yes that made her giggle lightly, unable to stifle it before it had come alive. She would only shake her head with a similar smile to her face, as she would understand the Yamanaka’s voice of the matter. “Well you could say I am no true Hyuuga. I cannot use my eyes.” It was a half truth, but voiced as a truth because she said it with the meaning of average sight but granted, that it also referred to her inability to use Byakugan where she knew she could. This would only be so much to the cause and effect of her own mental strain. “Because of my inabilities, I think I can become friends with an Uchiha, even with our family differences. It is due to that itself that causes me to wonder about the mix up at the same time. With whoever that decided upon our team match up, why pick me and not one of my cousins unless they wanted one of use to be a decoy all the time.”

Yes, she would prove to be the best decoy, a proper one as she would only be good at using her senses that were not dead to the world. She did not put her hand in; in fact, she stepped back from it, her face looking at the two of them individually as she would just watch them, a curiosity to her eyes at the same instance of this moment when Inori had put that hand down. Now Momo was alone in the moment that she would shake her head for another moment. Momo would sit upon the ground, the wind blowing as it naturally did, as she would listen to it calmly, “How can we possibly be a good team with so many weaknesses? I mean, our skills to each other may compliment another but we have too many weaknesses from what I can tell.” Momo spoke with analysis of the group. There were too many numbers that could go wrong here, and that was all she could understand in this group. Momo herself was adding gas to the fire known as weakness. She could not cover either of them; there just was no way to do it in her opinion.

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[Uchiha Takezo]

Momo, you don't seem to get it. I don't care what your eyes do or don't do. I'd be your friend no matter what!! Besides, I don't even have a family. he said in Ernest.your just so used to the darkness that your having trouble seeing the light. You wouldn't have been made a Genin if your blindness was an actual hindrance. You have other skills worthy enough to have EARNED you the title of Genin. He said sternly as he snapped his fingers again, urging her to place her hand with theirs.

As Takezo smoke a small Nekonin kitten made his way towards the group. Crouched low with careful steps the kitten made his way towards the trio with absolute silence. The kind of Silent stalking the greatest of human assassins could only hope to emulate. The four little paws settling softly on the blades of grass then the smooth stone. His black body moving so smoothly and with the grace that only a cat could have. As he closed in on the trio he lifted up onto his hind paws,increasing his speed slightly but maintained all his stealth.

And like I said, the Hokage knows what he's doing. Any weakness we have can be overcome with the right training. You may not be able to see but thats one thing, We can be your eyes and you can be our ears nose and brains, well along with Inori. he said with a laugh. Besides im sure it'll end up with you two covering for my stupidity and you know what they say, Ya can't fix stupid He continued to joke, bringing some much needed levity to the darkening situation So lets just agree that we all have stuff to work on, Hmm? I mean i haven't been ot of the academy THAT long, so I have a lot of room to grow and I'm guessing you do too.

The black Nekonin made it's way towards them ,quickly and silently, easily with in 5 meters of the trio. the almost no outward motion to indicate anything,The kittens body launched through the Air at incredible speed as he Shunshin towards his target. A black blur cut through the space between Inori and Takezo, Landing on Takezo's right shoulder. He was standing on one paw with the other bend behind it, standing up right. The paw that would be the left hand was pressed against Takezo's head with the other on his hip.

Oh, Hey Blackie!! This is the new team, or will be once Momo gets with the program. He said looking with his eyes to his right with a huge happy smile. His best friend had shown up and did it as a surprise too. Takezo hadn't expected Blackie to show up, so it was a pleasant surprise. Hey Inorrri! Yourrrrr Looking grrreat as always. Said the kitten in a surprisingly childlike voice for what he said not to mention the purring "R's". and that the Hyuuga that's been helping you out by the rrriverrrr? He continued with a nod of his head.

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[Yamanaka Inori]

[atrb=border, 0, true][atrb= width, 350px, true][atrb= style, padding: 15px; background: #7C5E7F; border: solid 3px #350028; border-radius: 20px;] would someone care to classify "Eh, I don't know about that... Sometimes the blind see more than the rest of us." Did being blind mean that her doujutsu didn't work? Inori had never heard of any similar situations, so she didn't really know how blindness affected something like the Byakugan, or vice versa... Although she doubted very much that a blind Hyuuga that couldn't use their bloodline would be able - or allowed - to become a genin. Perhaps there was something the young brunette wasn't being entirely truthful about. "No person is worthless, so don't let me catch you thinking that way." she warned the girl in a stern tone of voice. Inori sighed. "Listen. Everybody's always going to have weaknesses. That's what being human means. And being strong doesn't mean not having weakness - it means succeeding in spite of your faults." She was taking it upon herself to explain things that, in all honesty, should have been explained by the girl's sensei. "Okay, so we're a team that's a little rough around the edges. We don't yet know how the others work on missions or in fights. But we'll learn. We'll come up with strategies that suit us, that leave us less vulnerable to out weaknesses. And we'll be able to overcome them with time. You're not going to be strong or the best genin ever right out of the academy." Inori's motherly instinct led her to kneel down and put an arm around the Hyuuga. "You're stronger than you realize, though, I think. Don't worry. Everything's going to work out just fine." And then kittens. Or, rather, a certain mischievous kitten that Inori found incredibly adorable. "Hey, Blackie." After ruffling the Hyuuga's hair, she stood, and scooped the kitten off Takezo's shoulder, holding him like a baby and rubbing his belly. words 320 tags takezo, moumoko notes 1324 our broken hearts and twisted minds

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