At Ease, Casper . [Saruno]

She swore under her breath, and spoke names she shouldn't have, being the demon of her village, killing someone whom killed her foster father, and her real father, and most of all, her whole life. The acid-like saliva formed in her mouth, as she spit on the ground, the rain quickly washing away. Her life, drowning before her, in the on-going showers. Her purple eyes observed the area, her long purple hair being soaked, her body being clothed in a white tee, and purple plaid shorts, with a black cloak overtop to protect the white being of her shirt. Her hands wet and exposed, her gloves left at home, sitting in the dark, gathering in dust and cobwebs.
She kept swearing underneath her breath, as she collapsed instantly in a small shelter she had found far aways back, her hands shaking, and with a quick shrug of her shoulders, she pulled her knees to her chest. She sat until she warmed, and then stood, rushing through the open gap in the cavern, and staying in the shade, following a valley that travelled through many hills, that were swarmed with wet mud that rolled filthily down the hills. The lakes soaked her almost exposed feet, her sandles having opened-toes. She tripped herself running, and quickly flipped over the rail of a bridge, falling into the water, her hair flowing with her like wet seaweed. Her face and body becoming soaked, her clothing drenched, as she swam to the surface, coughing up water, and gasping for air. With a stroke, she grasped the grounds surface, pulling herself up, breathing for a moment, and feeling a warm towel being wrapped around her. A small boy, about eight years old, tapped her on the back, she smiled, as if she were a villager, as the boy leaded her into the village, the breeze travelling through her clothing, giving her the chills. She quickly grasped onto a pole, coughing up more water that had entered her lungs, as she made her way through the village behind the boy, every moment, a gasp for air came to her. As the boy seated her in a chair underneath a frilly umbrella. Hot ramen was served almost instantly in front of her. His hospitality was great, but the girl, could only be worse then him. With a troubled smile, she swallowed the ramen and broth, forgetting to cool it as she almost burned her tounge, asking for a glass of water, as the boy handed her a small glass of lemonade instead. She shrugged, drank it in only few gulps, bowed in delight, and headed off towards the hills she was aiming for.
Forgetting to even dry, her clothing got even more drenched from the rain, and the breeze almost turning her to a popsicle. She warmed her hands with her breath, only to realize there was someone aways from her, but only so close, that they could see her closely.

A deepening breath of hot air came through his pale lips, his black left eye scanning the area slowly and carefully. Careful gazes of the forest around the deep rain overhead, his wings over his head as if an umbrella was their purpose. But he couldn't fly in this weather, the cold air and the pounding rain would only cause him to fall faster. Chakra manipulation was useless in this rain as well. Shifting his eye to gaze along a girl heading up a nearby hill only so much, his right leg started to feel immense amounts of pain, being so close to a Nearby Kazura village, it was a miracle really. A few of his fellow Kazura noticed his presence of powerful chakra, and ran over to his being in seconds. He was Saruno Kazura, the Leader and Almighty of the Kaosu clan, powerful as he was, he had flaws in his body and chakra. But it wasn't much of a problem to him really, a few bandages around his leg foreleg, above the knee, and below it helped the pain cease itself, the pant leg of his pants being put back in place. A Deep sigh came out through his lips as he started to walk towards the distance figure out on the hill outside of the village. Some Kazura didn't have wings, barely any had that rarity. Kazura who didn't have wings had a choice to come to the Amegakure no Sato Kazura village outpost. Folding his wings along his back, he began to dash towards the female heading towards the edge of the valley where it was located. But being as cold and as chilly as it was, a small boy was in front of him, stopping just in front of the small one. Halting almost instantly, he knelled down to look down at the boy smiling some. He was a small infant Kazura, being of age to assist with work around the village, but it seemed the boy was in a daze.

"Hello there boy, what are you doing out here in this little part?" he said only softly through dark words, lightly.

The boy responded slowly, "I was helping a girl from the rain, but she just kept going, Sorry Leader-sama." the boy said, beginning to walk back to the village, a couple people running out to the small one.

Kneeling back up from the ground, he took his stance to jump and quickly did. A fast jump made his wings pop out from his back into a flying position, the massive wind behind him giving him an edge to get a dash of flight towards the girl, being only less than 2 meters before giving a halt of his wings in a tilt of their being. Stopping on the wet surface of the ground below him, the grass was shredded under the rough motion of his sandals along the rough surface of the bottom, keeping his ground. Folding his wings above the girl, as if she were walking, it shielded her from the rain.

"Hey, it's wet out here, you shouldn't be here in the cold." he said only softly, from slight exhaustion.

But he didn't know the girl's clothes were moist or wet, for he was at her side, but behind her slightly. His right wing was over the girl's head, with a skillful motion of the muscles and bone structure in the wing, shielding her from the rain pounding above.

She continued to warm her hands, the feeling of the ground shaking from the massive speed of the rain, hearing voices not so far back. She only felt her clothing heaving on her, as she knelt to the ground, wincing in the cold, only feeling the warmth of a human presence, and feathers roaming around her, as she looked up, she quickly took a hand to her mouth and sneezed, obviously, she was getting the flu. She wrapped her cloak tighter around her, to avoid the sight of her now soaked, white shirt, which many human eyes could see through. She never turned, or peeked, she just stood, watching the large curtain of feathers form around her like a shelter.
"Oh, shit. You scared me to death." most people would disagree with her slang, but she usually used it, and at times, she reversed it even worse. Feeling herself shiver, she felt herself bump into him, as she winced again, and closed her eyes, tightening them as she felt her body become limp, and her body ramming into the ground with so much force, it could have dented the land. She couldn't feel anything on her body, but she could only feel the warm breath of the man, and the cool breeze that chilled her further.

He blinked towards the girl as he lowered his wing down to his back just once more, holding it there with the ease of a god. His right palm lowered to the girl's neck, pressing it against it only so slightly to feel only a faint pulse from the female that fell beside him, his blackened gaze turning towards the others starting to run over to the two with distance sounds of splashing feet. It seemed the girl passed out from an illness that she had caught from the darkness of the weather around them. A distant sigh came through his pale lips, his entire body arching down with his arms wrapping around her thin body, ignoring any of her moist features that was from the rain. Shifting his wings to take the cloak off of his body, and wrapping it around her body, with the skill of his own body, she was carefully wrapped in it's warmth, in his arms.

"Sleep for now, you need your rest.."

He smiled down towards the unconscious girl, taking his wings over his head just once more to cover both her and himself. Turning himself towards the other villages, he set his footsteps to move towards the village behind them, his eye that was showing being half-open, tired and exhausted. He didn't know how much longer he himself had before passing out. But it would be a nice journey at least.

Hearing his voice, she felt comforted, but it was only short time until she couldn't use any of her senses. She could only hear the voices inside her head from her past, and most of all, she could see the image of her foster father abandoning her and shipping her to an Academy. Kaori felt dead, though she hadn't been, since only she could think of her past. Her thin figure rested in the man's hands, her face grew pale, and sweaty, for some odd reason, she was frightened, nightmares roamed into her head. She heard the voice of her sister, that had been her foster father's daughter, her beautiful face in an image of an angel, holding out her head, and in her dreams, she took it, seeing herself with wings and a halo, and seeing the light overwhelm the two, as she gasped for fresh air, awakening, feeling the man's arms around her waist, carrying her. In the distance, she could see Amegakure no Sato, and she felt his warm breath against her neck. She struggled to get out of his hands, her chakra rushing to her shoulders, and for some odd reason, making a wound the man holding her couldn't see, but she cried out in pain, and continued to struggle, and wanted her sister's arms around her, carrying her, instead of this man. She swore under her breath many times, and couldn't get out of the man's grip, but she stopped once she gave up, her fist wiping the tears that overcame her eyes. Her thin figure covered by light clothing, and two heavy cloaks. Sweat overcame her face, as she struggled once more, finally getting out of his grip, tears falling from her eyes as she turned towards him, her feet falling to the ground. Her beautiful face stained with tears. Noticing he was a man, she sniffled slightly, wiping the tears, grasping her shoulder, and wincing in pain once more, as she felt the blood touch her hand, as she lifted her hand near the man's face.
"What happened to me, and why did you try and carry me back? You should have left me, I'm a criminal. I don't know who you are, or what you are, but please, tell me."

He felt the girl stir from her unconsciousness from his arms, allowing his arms to take a small grasp of her as she struggled, making sure she didn't fall again. Hearing her words only a bit, his hair fell a bit over his left eye, covering it some. He was a kind man at times, but he too was a criminal, but a hero to his clan. A Criminal to others, he was an S rank missing. The wingless Kazura behind him followed silent. She had seemed to awaken some as he twitched his right arm, not being able to hold it. A powerful thunderous burst of black chakra came out of his right elbow, blasting the ground below him with a god's ease, shattering it in a 2 meter radius outwards. He held his being from leaving Kickback onto the girl in his arms, his black eye opening itself to look down at her. He had the same condition that she did, only, much more advanced into it's setting. The feeling of the wind and rain against the newly opened wound was painful at least, the wind pressing all sorts of crap into the open wound, the immune and repair system in his body working at it's pace to try and seal it up quickly and be done with it.
"You are a person in need, and I help those who need it...you were ready to collapse, so I followed you and you did, If I did not come, you would be dead by now. And as for being a Criminal, if you read any Bingo Book, you would find my name always up front, on the highest threat list.." he said only quietly towards the girl in his arms.

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She gasped for another breath, she had the wind knocked out of her. She quickly retained herself, and backed away from him once the crater blew below her feet, she tightened the clothing around her, to avoid him from seeing her undergarments through her now, see-thru shirt. She felt the sweat fall from her face, as she fell on her behind, feeling the shakiness of her trembling body. Her sickness caused her shakiness to be even worse, the wind flipping open the cloaks, but this time, it didn't matter. She was trying to stand on her feet, but her body wouldn't let her, being as weak as a child as of the moment. She felt herself almost scream from another wound popping in her back, the blood falling to the icy ground below her. She felt him hold her once again, but this time, facing him. She registered his face, her body trembling with pain.
She knew she was an elite A-Ranked Criminal, and with one more kill like the one that made her a criminal, she would be just like him. She slowly wiped her face with the back of her hand, weeping a little from the pain. "Idiot! If your a criminal, why did you come out here?!" she yelled, the gatekeepers alerting to the sound of it, they began to walk towards them, staying in the shadows.

The jump out of his arms, falling down back into them and the scream and blood was almost too quick for his eyes to register, the people behind him stopping and running out of the sight of the two. It seemed it was time they had time to talk alone, without followers behind him. He bent his right knee to kneel down to the girl, holding her in both of his arms, only so closely. He didn't want to her cause another blast of the Chakrazenitis. Blood seemed to travel down his arm with pain as he held her, seeing as a few winged Kazura began to approach the two. He only swayed his head to signal for them to go, his arms wrapping around the girl only so much. He knew her face from many bingo books, the A rank section, the second highest, but she was a threat to him. He didn't care. She was in needed, and he could help, even when under such conditions. Gently lifting her up from the cold ground, the cloak still around her moist body, he held her in his arms just once more.
"I check on my clan often...and I happened to run into you..You may know my name..."

Feeling his arms wrap around her tighter only made her feel warmer, as she blushed, but she still sweat and was teary-eyed from her pain. She winced again, only falling between his legs, her head against his chest, her arms holding onto his shoulders, the cloaks falling off her arms. She cried heavily, one more wound popped at her ankle, making her quiver lightly. She saw the guards, as they walked away, the boy who had helped the two watching from a fair distance. She knew her clothing was wet, and her shirt showed her undergarments now, but she was sure he wouldn't mind. Her long, purple-ish hair flowed lightly in the heavy breeze that blew past them, his wings felt warm against her skin, knowing she was wearing summer clothing, a white tee and short shorts weren't suitable. She lightly clenched his shoulders once every stroke of pain ran through her fragile body.
"If you want to help.. there's the medical office.. or.." she didn't speak of the second condition to help her disease, she bit her lip, then firmed them tightly against eachother, growing pale once more, and falling limp, fainting again from the queery feeling in her stomach.

He let his black eye shift to a small blue iris looking down at her moist clothing, a small red forming along his cheeks, holding her only a bit closer that she would hopefully be warmer. He heard something from her that was of a Medical office, and she was cut off before she could say the second thing, but he was too late to ask now, she was unconscious again in his arms, a smile gently taking form along his pale lips. His arms moving her only slightly closer, but away some, his wings folding around her as he kept her away from the wind and rain from any more of her body, his body getting up from the ground, and starting to walk towards the village that they were near. Many of the people around it started to move around the great Leader, but also kept a distance. He held a strange, moist girl in his arms, that was in all the bingo books. They overlooked their leader from being in the book, because he was as powerful, and as kind as he was. He couldn't hurt without a reason, but other shinobi countries seemed to not notice it.
"I'll take you to the Narame medical hospital, they'll help you there.."

-> Skip to the Hospital.

Setting her down in a nearby hospital bed in the area where a few of the Female narame, dressed in Medical Ninja outfits, began to strip her of her clothing, and putting her in a Patient outfit, with Saruno knocked out of the room, headfirst. Although a giant pillow was helping his landing, he still held his face in pain with both of his hands, swearing under his breath from the strength of the two girls. Being of the Narame, they had advantage over him due to their crystal power being almost overwhelming to him. God it hurt so much to him. Getting up from the pillow, walking back into the room to see the girl put in a Patient's robe, he saw that the two had allowed him back in. They wanted to hear what he had to say.

"What's wrong with her, Saruno-sama?"
"What's wrong with her, Saruno-sama?"

Twins, how adorable, too bad they were Narame. They spoke without fail next to eachother, they were never apart, not even for a moment. Tia and Mia.

"She has 'That', Tia, Mia."

"Oh, Chakrazenitis?"
"Oh, Chakrazenitis?"

"Yeah, can you give her some of the medicine you gave me? It might work better on her.."

"Sure thing Saruno-sama."
"Sure thing Saruno-sama."

As soon as their annoying voices ended through the taking out of a small packet of a liquid substance, placing it on a long stand above her hospital bed, a needle being stuck into her wrist, and taped down to make sure it stayed in place. Small drips came from the end of the tube where the stuff was being put into her bloodstream, hopefully to stop the random bursts of chakra that were happening to the girl. He had the same disease she had, and it was nearly impossible to get off. Nearly.

When she awoke, she was in a single hospital room, the floor tiled nicely, recently washed. The walls were pink, and the roof was painted a white, as well. The curtain faded out the tools nearby, hearing the chattering of two twins outside the door. Looking beside her, she found a black leather chair for visitors, a few bouquets of flowers rested in two vases on the small table beside her. A large medical stand pumped blood into her, with clean water to clean the wounds. She found bandages on her shoulder and on her back. Feeling the patient's clothing, she also found bandages on her hand. Kaori pulled her head off the pillow, looking at her wrist. A small hole oozed with liquids. She knew her body was wet, it hadn't been long, about a day or so. She looked around her, putting a hand onto the leather chair, and picking up a remote that rested on the armchair, making the bed a little bit warmer, and rubbing her sweaty, teary head with the back of her head. She saw the air conditioners run, another nurse coming in with a tray of her food. Kaori felt the nurse put a platform on her legs steadily to hold the food. She found the food was soup, and lactose-free milk. She ate the soup shakily, as the nurse left her.

He was sitting on the chair opposite of the leather one she picked the remote out of, on the other side of the bed, his back leaned against the back of the chair. He was half asleep, not noticing anything that was going on before him, his patch over his right eye looking like it was recently replaced for some reason. It was a bandage really. It looked fluffy and new, his breathing being normal and quiet, his head on the wall behind him. He could sleep with his eye barely open, a talent that he used only once so often, due to the laziness of nothing really happening. Nothing was interesting to do while being the Leader of a Large clan, and being an S rank missing ninja. He needed medical attention only when he was in a serious condition, he was a powerful ninja, with Endurance beyond most others. A gentle breeze of cold air came from his gently parted lips, his hair over most of his eyes, showing a handsome face. His arms were crossed over his chest, with his eye finally closing from view. He was dead asleep, maybe a quiet yell, or a call of his name would be able to wake him from one of his famous sleeps.

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She took a silent breath, putting her hand on his knee, gently giving a warming smile, and attempted to sit up, still keeping her hand in place. She called his name, quietly, as if she knew it a while ago, as she pulled the blanket further on her figure, her long, purple-ish hair against the pillow, and her eyes watching her surroundings. She hummed a tune quietly to herself, a tune her foster sister taught her. She quickly pulled herself closer to the man beside her, putting her head now, on his leg.
"Get me out of here.." she whispered quietly, her voice shaky, and her body shaking from the cold.

His left eye slowly started to flicker itself to look down to the girl laying her head along his leg that was closest to the hospital bed, his hair twitching lightly from the movement of his head. He was just waking up from the girl's touch, his iris adjusting to the light of the room to fully regain his sight. Movements of his right arm from his chest, set along the hair of the girl, gently stroking her hair back and forth with easy moves. His blackish, white-streaked hair swayed over some of his face as he took his left hand up from the curled position on his chest, pushing some of it back behind his left ear.
"Maybe later, Kaori.." he said her name as if she knew her, he had vague memories from the Bingo books, but maybe, he knew her somehow. Somehow.

(I can't find anything to post, really ..)

(Me either...Skip a bit to another part? Your free to. )

(Do you want to skip to when you're breaking Kaori free ?)

(Sure?)

(Go ahead then .)

(M'kay..)

Within quick motions of his palm, he gently took the I.V. out of the girl's hand, his hand resting along her rear, picking her up from the hospital bed with just both of his hands. He wanted to make sure the girl got out with him, to make sure she wasn't hurt, he knew how to treat Chakrazenitis, and how to at least suppress it, for a while anyways. His arms held her tightly, making sure she did not fall from his walk, his footsteps being slow and steady, walking out of the room, with no Narame medics around the hallway he was in. Safe. After a few minutes of walking, he came to a large, strange door, that seemed to lead outside. Pushing on the handle of the door, it came to be a ramp of some sort, going upwards instead of out.

The sun was shining, the clouds were away, sunlight poured over the entire Kazura village, showing it's many beautiful colors of everything, the good of the people below were showing, a fresh market, smiles on mainly all the faces, laughter and everything else. A small smile of his own came along his lips, his wings sliding out from the darkness of the cloak behind him, it falling on the ground. A fully packed muscle-body was shown by his arms and neck, while other parts were thoroughly covered.

"I'd recommend holding your breath, since this is your first flight, Kaori."

The sting of the IV being taken out made her whimper a little, being picked up, his hand resting along her rear end. The feeling made her bury her head into his chest, his tight grip almost uncomfortable. She felt his movements, she could only think of being really slow. She couldn't see his facial expressions, her head was gently pushing against his chest. Feeling his arm move from her body, she heard the fresh air gloom through the door, as she was lead out the door, the door slamming closed behind them.
Kaori felt the sun warming against her body, the fresh breeze blowing her long, violet coloured hair. Hearing the sounds of children made her cling tighter to him, she didn't want to let go, and hearing his warning, she hadn't listened, his body still, and his muscles flexed, though she kept her head against his warm chest.

While feeling her head press against his chest, he let a gentle smile come across his pale lips, his eye shutting closed just for a moment. He felt it was time for take off, kicking his feet just on the stone floor below him. His left eye opened with a dark intention, pushing him to run across the flat ramp, his wings bursting out from his back and getting into the position of flight. Perfectly motioned features caught onto the burst of wind coming towards him, lifting up into the air in a perfect sway of his body. Wind burst against both of their bodies during the take off, soaring straight forward in the elegance of the sky. A few flaps of the two wings was heard before it was a comfortable unmoved flight. He had taken off into the perfect weather.

"You can breathe now, Kaori..."

He said this only so softly to her, the wind brushing against his slightly moved hair, showing more of his face, and basic structure. He was heading towards who knows where, he just wanted to know where to go, he didn't really know.

[Short.]