[Eitama Sora]

SORA

❴ short few words here ❵

This was going to be an experience. Head and heart were not on one accord when it came to this task and try as he might to put the mission first it was difficult not to think of the upcoming interactions. He had lived the early years of his life with these people but that was so long ago could he truly call them family any longer? What of his direct relatives? Was his mother still alive? If so, how would she take the news that his father had passed some time ago during the plague in Kumo? This was all hypothetical of course as there was a great chance that none of his blood relatives were still alive anyway.

Not having family ties linger over his head may have made things easier in the short term anyway and diplomacy was always easier with less threads attached to it. The other reason Sora needed to focus was because of the young ward who was accompanying him on this mission by the name of Miori. A joint venture between Kumo and Suna had landed the Special Jounin in charge of her and even if talks did not go well he was still tasked with making sure she returned to her home village in one piece. He did wonder how she felt about all of this and their lineage in general what with 'cursed' blood flowing through their veins and all. The man had seen many near unexplainable things during his time as a shinobi so he knew it was less cursed blood and more genetic surprise, but still, superstition had a tight grip on the shinobi world and it didn't take much for ideas such as curses to take root.

"How are we feeling, Miori? We'll be crossing over into the border to Hot Spring Country soon." The man would speak to the young girl.

❴ Notes go here! ❵
❴ Tachibana Miori ❵

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[Tachibana Miori]

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Why her? Why? Who thought Miori gave two fucks about her ancestry? Miori had exclusively been brought pain by this supposed clan- hell as far as she knew it didn't exist until a few days ago. She had been very blatant in her rebellious embrace of the clan kekkei genkai expressly for punishing people who discriminated against her. Had that somehow been horrifically misinterpreted as actually liking the 'cursed blood' that filled her veins? How? Even now she hid her extra arms, not wanting to incite incidents on a mission.
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And that was another thing; Miori didn't get missions THIS important. She especially didn't get placed with shinobi from outside of her village. She was the shame of sunagakure, the wild card to through at their enemies and subsequently rangle back in! She wasn't the one who they risked international incidents with! As a matter of fact this mission was the opposite of what she was usually given- the best she ever got were torch and burn operations. Why was she assigned to it? Were things changing? Or was she expected to some how make this mission predictably worse?
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Then her mind circled back to an earlier subject; the fact that until she got this mission, she thought the clan was nothing more than a myth. A clan along the likes of yokai and other fantastical creatures, fabricated to scare people- a story twisted into an excuse to discriminate. But no- apparently there was an actual clan full of people like her... and they were the reason she was seen as cursed. Perhaps this was a blessing in disguise. She had shit to work through.
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Though internally seething, and very verbal about her displeasure early on, Miori had calmed into a crabby state of being. It was only now that Miori seemed to be even slightly interested as they approached the threshold. With a dark chuckle the girl would continue on, not looking at her jonin leader. "Doing great."

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[Eitama Sora]

SORA

❴ short few words here ❵

A little ball of sunshine was his mission partner and it was very clear that the girl had quite a few thoughts and feelings about having to tag along. It was understandable seeing that a strange man from another village had come to pick her up with the only explanation being that since they were from the same scattered clan they were the best fit to try and forge some kind of relationship between their respective villages. The scattered remnants of a clan who were now known more for banditry than anything else. Strange indeed. No matter, Sora had dealt with temperamental kids many times before most recently with his genin Takame who was just an absolute hoot, and if it was one thing the man learned it was to not force the issue yet still continue to engage them. The moment that they felt that their superiors didn't care about them was the moment things went off the rails.

"I understand this is a bit of an odd situation but looking at it as a way to possibly create a new foundation for the Mayonaka hopefully helps puts things in perspective. Our villages aren't asking us to return with a signed treaty or anything like that, just a willingness from the clan to start a dialog." Sora would speak to the girl. If the harsh feelings were rooted in confusion then hopefully that would help alleviate some of them, though it very well could have been just because she was in a foreign country with a stranger.

"With that said, I'm sure you still have some questions. Anything I might be able to help answer for you?" He'd inquire. If they could go into this with as level a head as possible then that would only help in the long run, especially if the situation turned violent which was definitely a possibility.

❴ Notes go here! ❵
❴ Tachibana Miori ❵

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[Tachibana Miori]

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A new foundation? Oh great, then five generations later when some poor sod who had the misfortune of being vaguely related to her could be born and only be slightly discriminated against instead of full on left to die. Sounds totally worth being nice to the people who were evidently responsible for ruining her life. Miori's external body remained forcefully joyful, a sudden bound in her step as she pictured combat with the other spider limbed bastards. How many could she stuff into K.O.T.A.D.? That would be a fun exercise.
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"With that said, I'm sure you still have some questions. Anything I might be able to help answer for you?"
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About the clan? No. She couldn't care less at this point. The kekkei genkai on the other hand... that could be interesting. There was also the man himself. Miori honestly didn't care about him, but she did want to know about the scar. Was that because of what he was? If so, why on earth did he care at all about these bandits with extra limbs? But starting an international incident seemed like a bad idea. So she'd not do that for now. After a notable pause, Miori would finally answer with something in order to stop the old man's prying for at least the length of one explanation. "How do are webs work? I know it sounds hard to believe but I didn't really have other six-armed-web-shooting-bandits in my life to explain it."

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[Eitama Sora]

SORA

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Well that was certainly a question Sora hadn't expected to hear, though with the qualifier that the girl didn't have any other Mayonaka to teach her about the clan's abilities --or those who were gifted by it anyway-- it made sense that she would still be in the dark about that sort of stuff. To be honest the man had been whisked away from the majority of his clan at such a young age he only had his father to offer him what knowledge he knew and it was limited considering the kekkei genkai hadn't manifested in him. Alas, though the recent history of the Mayonaka wasn't well recorded given their scattered status there was some information in older texts that spoke of their abilities.

"I'd imagine like any other kekkei genkai it's chakra reacting with our unique blood. As far as I can tell we don't have any extra organs that produce the webbing and since we can make it from anywhere unlike our arachnid counterparts mostly just gotta chalk it up to chakra." The man replied a bit disappointed he couldn't offer more in terms of an explanation but perhaps they'd be able to find one. "The clan's been a bit... disheveled for quite some time now so there isn't a lot written in detail, and with all the infighting leading up to the Mayonaka going functionally extinct I doubt people had time to write stuff down anyway; at least that's what my father used to tell me."

The temperate climate that the two had been travelling through gradually transitioned to a more humid one what with all the moisture saturating the air making it clear that they had officially crossed the border into the Hot Springs Country. Sora wasn't expecting there to be a welcome wagon for he or Miori and considering that a lot of the remnants of the clan had descended into banditry there was a good chance they were trying their best not to be found.

"Now if I were a group of spider-themed bandits where would I be?" Sora mused aloud as he took a moment to stretch his multiple pairs of arms before reaching for a small scroll and tossing it Miori's way. "Well that's not completely true, they aren't all bandits. There are some who help out descendants by leaving supply caches around the area. Maybe if we find one it'll help lead us to them. Chances are it'll be a small box with the clan symbol marked on it. Let's try and cover some ground and see if we can come across something."

Diplomacy talks usually didn't involve a game of hide and seek but this was a special case to say the least, but Sora had a hunch that if a supply cache was in the area a Mayonaka wouldn't be too far away.

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❴ Tachibana Miori ❵

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[Tachibana Miori]

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The answer was chakra. Thanks buddy. Miori's disappointment could be seen clear on her face. It had been a lack luster answer, leaving her just as in the dark about her own biology as she had been minutes ago. The excuse of the state of the clan would cause her to return to her false bubbly persona. "Disheveled sounds about right!~ Still, what else can you expect from bandits and cutthroats? I mean other than a knife in the back."
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Despite her blatant disregard for what was 'rude' to bring up, as well as callous response towards her 'clan', Miori's eye had lingered on him when he mentioned having a dad. Before they moved onto the subject of the bandits, Miori would look towards the burned man as she asked another question. "Your old man also got our cursed blood, or did he just have a vested interest in it? Wouldn't be the first time I've heard of a kid getting morbidly into spiders."
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As they walked and Sora hopefully answered the girl's question, Miori would comment morbidly as she crouched, resting her visible arms on her knees. Where would spider-demon-bastards hide? That should have been . "Probably somewhere high with a steep bottom; a narrow passage way, some natural ammunition like loose stones, and away from witnesses. That way we can use our mobility to our advantage, remove chances of escape, and make it seem as though the victims spontaneously disappears. Most people don't look up anyways." Miori would spring up as she finished explaining, clearly having thought this through before. "Which means I can smash them back into the dirt."
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As Miori finished her muttering, she'd give a side glance towards Sora as he brought up that supposedly some clan members tried to help others. "Wonder why they never visit Sunagakure." Miori would mumble as she finally turned to face her elder. "Fine. But I have more questions when I get back." With that Miori would begin looking for the supply cache in the area. She wasn't entirely sure what the Miyanoka clan symbol was, but given the lack of imagination and simplicity of her devil clan- she had a feeling it was just a spider. Then again... she didn't think there was one to begin with. That would imply anyone from his forsaken near-extinct clan actually looked out for each other.
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Of course finding one wouldn't be as simple as looking in places bandits would hide them. After all if this fictitious 'good' faction did that, then the ones responsible for the bad rep would just take them for themselves. So she'd look in even more well hidden areas, ones the bandits would likely ignore or consider not worth searching. Hopefully years of being a delinquent/threat to the state would pay off here.

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[Eitama Sora]

SORA

❴ down came the rain ❵

It was clear that Miori's feelings about the clan weren't of the highest accord and truth be told if they weren't so scattered and were actually spoken about more often then others may have felt the same way. Truth be told the swashbuckling nature of his 'relatives' had created some pause for Sora when asked to undertake this assignment. He had been a shinobi for quite a few years and was used to the structure and laws that governed them, and he knew just how reluctant those who lived outside of said laws could be and wondered just how receptive any of the Mayonaka would be to their words. Alas, the personal aspect of finding family --or finding out what happened to them-- was enough to sway his decision in the end but it was more evident than ever that even if the duo did share similar misgivings about their clan's behavior he'd have to take the high road instead of them both grumbling.

"Expecting something else, or setting the standard for it at least, is the reason we're here. Our villages recognize the power that the Mayonaka have and are willing to reach out despite certain misgivings." Sora replied making sure not to sound like some glorified mouthpiece for the villages. He was smart enough to know that shoring up the power of clans was as much a strategic move as one of outreach, so it was probably a correct assessment that Kumo and Suna were doing this so that other villages couldn't. "They were both of the clan but neither developed the kekkei genkai. It's always been a little crazy to think about how it just skipped an entire generation, but here I am to make up for it." A spiderling coming to two regular looking parents probably was seen as another iteration of the Mayonaka curse but Sora had never dealt with any wrongdoing from his father or from what little he remembered of his mother. No deeply embedded traumatic memories, no recollection of scorn or abandonment. They loved him and he them.

The beginning of the search had piqued the girl's interest and at once Miori sounded like both a shinobi and an arachnid. Spiders were ambush predators and had evolved as such to utilize their surroundings to their advantage and he imagined the Mayonaka here were little different. "I'd say that's a good guess. Formal training has us a bit more upfront but a lot of what we can do is based on ambush and using the environment around us."

Between the two of them a decent amount of ground could be covered but when you were dealing with a group of people who had three times as many arms to do their business in addition to webbing the supply caches could literally have been anywhere. If Miori happened to take notice of the tree that she was soon to walk by she'd notice a faint red marking above one of the branches and if she took a closer look she'd notice that the bark had a bit of space between it and the rest of the three almost as if it could be removed and replaced at will. Would she investigate, and if so what would she find?

❴ Notes go here! ❵
❴ Tachibana Miori ❵

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[Tachibana Miori]

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"They were both of the clan but neither developed the kekkei genkai. It's always been a little crazy to think about how it just skipped an entire generation, but here I am to make up for it."
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Miori was having such a strange feeling bubble to the surface of her own persona. That statement. That fucking casual statement. He said it like it was nothing, like he was explaining the backstory of a no name town who' sole claim to fame was that people once settled there- and left! Was that all it was to him? Some insignificant fact of his life? There was no way. Someone had to have tried to lash out at him. Why else would he have the scar?
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Then there were those last nine damned words. Make up for it. Make up for it!? Make up for what? Cursed blood!? A venomous hide?! No, apparently not! Apparently his body was a blessing! A god damned bonus that made his life easier. A bit of comfort his parents were denied. No one left him to die in a dessert, no one watched as he was passed from person to person, or watched as he sat at the end of the village waiting for days! No apparently he got off scott-free!
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So, even though Miori had found the package's location quite a while ago, the girl would stall; using the fact that the Mayonaka string could come from any pore of her skin to form the sealing technique on a... well a covered area of her torso. As she climbed the tree, the red marking blending in with the internal tree, but too smooth. If one glanced at it, it would be easy to overlook. She'd move the hidden 'bark' out of the way, realizing what she had grabbed was in fact carved foam. One second later, and the girl would find the care package. Yup. Spider symbol.
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Bringing the package to her chest, Miori would seal the within her body, before recovering herself and heading towards Sora. "I found it... but I need answers first. First, where'd you get your scar."

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[Eitama Sora]

SORA

❴ down came the rain ❵

The thing about traps was that there was often more than one and the more obvious one of them was the more difficult it would be to spot the other. Miori had done a great job spotting the false bark and retrieving the cache but what she may have missed was the thin webbing stuck to the outer edges of one of the sides. The webbing itself was innocuous and did little more than act how any other piece of disturbed material would, but in this case it was but one end of two and a ways away the twitch of a finger would be all the signal needed.

Sora himself had little luck finding the cache and he was impressed at how well hidden it was. Granted, there was no guarantee that one was even here but he figured that on a road near a country border this would be their best chance at finding something and he was happy to hear Miori call out that she had found it. Heading towards the girl a brow raised upon not seeing the cache in any of her hands and the other soon joined ranks when he heard her question. Many, many people had asked the same question in his twenty-something years on this planet so the man was no stranger to talking about it but was the girl's curiosity so beckoning that she had to ask at this moment? Well it wasn't looking like he'd be able to put eyes on the cache without an answer so it was time to go down memory lane.

"Hmm? This? Well when I was really young I was watching a couple clan mates practice deflecting shuriken with a katana. I probably shouldn't have been there or sitting that close but hindsight and all that. One of them deflected and got me right around the eye. I would have bled out before anyone could get me to a doctor so my dad used an iron rod to cauterize the wound and this is the result." Sora answered plainly.

It wasn't a grand tale of a battle to the death with enemy forces or a story of abuse from those who thought his form monstrous but instead an accident and the resulting solution from those thinking in the moment. "What else ya got?" Sora would ask. Best to get all these questions out the way now so Miori could hopefully focus at the task at hand going forward.

❴ Notes go here! ❵
❴ Tachibana Miori ❵

❤

[Tachibana Miori]

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A training accident? Was that it? Literally the most prominent scar on his body and it was a training accident. No. There was not way that was all that happened to him. He wore a lot of flowing clothing. He was covering something, some scar that had a more mental issue. He had to. "Any other scars? Like that's not... it right?" Miori was certain there was more, something she wasn't being told. "We're not making any progress till I find out how you lived to make it this far."
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Miori needed answers at this point. Her mind was teetering towards a conclusion she did not want to even conceive. A reality in which she was the odd one out in a way that isolated her like never before. There had to be more than this story of 'making up for lost time' and accidents. Surely he had dealt with attempts on his life. A few school yard bouts over his appearance? At the very least he had to had moments where he wasn't allowed to be around others because of their damned blood, right? "Someone's attacked you over this right? Or-or threatened your family." There had to be something. His parents had accepted him with no issue. "There were moments where you hated this right? " Miori's voice began to choke as the truth of the situation welled more and more. His parents loved him. He walked around with his arms in a quiet pride and acceptance. No rebellion, just a factual part of his life. None of them had left him. If anything he was more likely to have lost people to battle from the sounds of it. People wanted to be around him. "You thought of how complicated it would be to get rid of the limbs just to be better? Y-You had to have nights where you clawed at your own skin. Where you... you saw that they hated you." They didn't hate him. They didn't hate his clan. His clan was either a non factor or ignored. Kumogakure accepted him. They were willing to accept the whole clan when they were within their rights to kill them. So if that was how it worked, then did no one at Suna hate her clan?
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If so why was she isolated? Why had her friends and family left her? Why did they attack her, leave her alone, trust her only to torch and burn? If they did all that, and no one really cared about her clan...
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Did they hate her? Was she the problem? The reason everyone was moving on without her. The reason her sister didn't have enough reason to come back alive. It was her wasn't it? The clan was an excuse, a difference only she had there. They hated her. The only reason the others had befriended her was because she was also an outcast. Once they stopped being the outcasts, they moved on. Miori's words were becoming choked pleads, words interrupted by gasps for air as her body began shaking. "Th-They hated you right? They had to. We'r- we're cursed. We're not normal. Midnight spiders- a sign that death is c-coming. The thing the-they seal away, s-so we can't... we can't hurt... we can't hurt."
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Miori's eyes would begin to well with tears as her arms cradled her own body. One of the upsides of her mad science project of a body, and one she hadn't taken advantage of since her time in the academy. Her body was shaking, her every bone and muscle feeling heavier. Her chest was tight, her gut was twisting, and her vision was a blur at this point. She could feel bile in her throat- which was already becoming hoarse as she her questions to Sora transformed into pleads to the world. She had to chew on her words as she poured them out, hoping that somehow, someway this verbal and borderline literal vomit would drown out the thoughts. When she finally spoke again, her voice came in a whisper. "Please... Tell me they hated you. That they hate us. I can't.... hurt like this again."

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SORA

❴ down came the rain ❵

The man had hoped his answer would be sufficient enough to sate Miori's curiosity so they could carry on, it usually worked for most people when they asked about his scar or the extra arms but unfortunately there was much left to be desired. "I mean, I've been a shinobi going on almost fifteen years now so I'm sure there's some other nicks in various spots but nothing similar to my eye if that's what you're asking." He hadn't realized it yet but Miori had not been asking so much about the scar than the trauma and pain behind it. She was searching for something and wasn't going to find it with Sora.

Slight confusion had evolved into a full blown what-the-hell as he listened to the girl go on about hate, prejudice, self-loathing and every other malcontent feeling in the book. She was angry, sad and most dangerous of all confused. He knew not of the girls upbringing or what she had been through up to this point in her life but it was clear that there was plenty of pain and the assumption that someone who looked just like her had been through the same. Sora's experience was a far cry from Miori's. His family had been shunned upon his birth but the infant was far too young to comprehend any of it and up until his father took him to Kumo things had been as normal as possible, at least from his perception.

If he had known that Miori had experienced such hardship that was built on the foundation of her being a Mayonaka Sora probably wouldn't have requested her aid in this mission. She was compromised and on the chance they ran into any Mayonaka she'd be a liability. No matter, the girl's safety was priority so the mission would just have to wait, but before they could even think of turning back to Suna Sora needed to get Miori calmed down.

A hug. Assuming the girl would not recoil at his touch Sora would embrace Miori with a firm embrace to let her know that she was not alone. "I apologize if I made it sound like my life was full of joy. I cried for weeks when my father took me away from my family when I was young. I got so many stares growing up, at the academy, just walking around trying to live a normal life like everyone else. Hell, I've been keeping a notebook of how many times people ask me about the extra arms and it is chock full. I say that to say it never stops. People are afraid of what they don't understand and aren't intelligent enough to express themselves in any other way aside from condemnation." Sora spoke.

"But we cannot let the actions of others, terrible as they may be, define who we are. My father taught me that and I wish that you would have had the same support system but someone failed you along the way and I cannot begin to imagine the pain you have endured. We are not cursed. We are not lesser because of our appearance or the blood running through our veins. There is a reason our villages are trying to get this alliance: the Mayonaka are powerful, never forget that."

He'd embrace the girl for as long as she needed.

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❴ Tachibana Miori ❵

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A hug was what not Miori had asked for. As far as her mind was telling her, she was cradling her body enough. She could hold herself up for as long as she needed. Yet her body showed the lie for what it was. The puppeteer who was used to listing a six foot tall piston and weapon filled puppet couldn't just hold her trauma. Just like that same puppet when she lost control, Miori's frame froze for the briefest of instances as Sora's arms wrapped around her. Then, as if Miori had only stood on her own strings, her form would cave in.
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But what he said only added more nails to the coffin she had constructed around herself. What he described were the better days for her. The closest Sora had was his father dragging him away from his family. At least one of his members stayed. She had no one anymore. Even worse, she knew he wasn't lying when he said it never ended. She was well and truly alone. That was the lot she had drawn, and it seemed she would never be free of it. Yet somehow, in this situation that seemed to only be getting worse from Miori's point of view- there was one saving grace. "the Mayonaka are powerful, never forget that."
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That had to be it. The Mayonaka clan. They knew the struggle. They dealt with hate for generations- some just for standing by their relatives. Attacks, bigotry, fear. They had withstood it all. If anyone could understand it her trauma, it would be those who had also experienced it. Miori's emotions would not calm, but at least now they were sated. Uncharacteristically, the girl would gently break off from the embrace, breathing deeply as she turned away from her superior. "Give me just a second." One small brush, and smoke billowed from the girl as she brought the box back out. "This is what I found. Don't know how it will help, but at least it will give us a direction." The young woman seemed more focused than ever in the mission. She finally had a specific goal, not something as vague as vengeance. She needed to find others like her.

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[Eitama Sora]

SORA

❴ down came the rain ❵

Perhaps it wasn't the right course of action but everything in him screamed that Miori needed to experience someone being there for her. The two were still virtually strangers only connected by a broken and scattered clan if you could even call it that, and while their respective villages may have given them their blessings for this venture it was no secret that this was a political move through and through. Even given the current state of the clan a possible promise of resources to try and help restore them was little compared to the possible benefits.

Sora wasn't sure how long the hug had lasted but after the girl had seemingly had enough she removed herself from his embrace to take a couple moments to gather herself before turning about face with... the cache. Eyes scanned the box and took note of its features: decently sized but still inconspicuous and weirdly enough... smoking. Well, it was certainly what they were looking for and while it was hard to tell just how long this thing had been waiting for someone to find it this was a good indication that at least one of the Mayonaka ways were still intact. Unfortunately, the two were about to find out that hidden supply caches were not the only clan methodology still striving. From a tree in the distance came a quick moving web that aimed to shoot the box out of Miori's hand and glue it to the ground. "Ooo imagine our surprise when someone found one of our caches, but we could have never guessed just what we would have caught in our little web." A voice called out to the duo as a group descended from the trees facing the two.

"Mashino, the headbands." The hulking figure called out causing the group to notice the shinobi headbands that both were sporting, and different ones at that! "So that's where some of us scattered off to, how funny!" A younger one spoke who oddly enough was sporting blue skin and six large eyes, possibly the work of some transformation technique. Sora was almost too surprised for words to see a group of his clansmen standing in front of him, even more so that most of them were sporting the KKG which was supposed to be rare yet here they were six arms and all; except for a particularly skinny fellow who had bandages floating around him.

"My name is Eitama Sora and this is Tachibana Miori, we are here on behalf of our villages to establish a connection with the Mayonaka." Sora spoke up. This was what they had come here for and now it was time to put their plan into motion. "Eitama? Tachibana? Doesn't sound like Mayonaka to me, so you've either changed your names to distance yourself from your clan or the arms are fake. Regardless of the answer we should cut you down right now." A weapon toting woman replied sporting a less than pleasant look on her face. Sora would have been lying if he said he expected this to go off without some kind of hostility but the numbers weren't in their favor and he wasn't sure if Miori had gotten herself enough together just yet.

"Boss, this one looks sad.. or angry... what's up with you?" One of the group called out to Miori.

❴ Notes go here! ❵
❴ Tachibana Miori ❵

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[Tachibana Miori]

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What little peace or time to prepare herself was taken when Miori suddenly found herself under attack. Thinking quickly the girl would allow the box to fall from her hand, the webs coasting above it as her own chakra strings attached and pulled the box back to her hands. Her guard quickly faltered when the figure whom had shot the glob at her revealed itself. Looking back at where the glob had landed on the ground, Miori realized the Mayonaka had found here. Conflicting feelings welled within her; hope, despair, cold and warmth. She had found what were potentially the only people who could get her, yet it was painfully obvious that they were starting this on an aggressive note.
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Even for the wild child that was Miori, the colorful cast was overwhelming. Not just the varying physicality and unique personalities that played out before her; but rather the complete inversion of what she had experienced in the world. A collection of her clan's kekkei genkai, with one 'normal' person the stand out of the group. Her gaze remained on that boy as Sora gave an introduction she didn't really pay attention to, as she processed what she saw as her complete mirror. She had hidden her arms once she learned how, an attempt to hide from the discrimination. The skinny boy seemed to be doing the same, using cloth around him to make extra arms. Had Miori been in a more stable mind, she likely would have questioned how this boy was using a technique usually limited to shinobi from sunagakure- but for now the only thing her mind focused was figuring her place out in this mess.
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"Eitama? Tachibana? Doesn't sound like Mayonaka to me, so you've either changed your names to distance yourself from your clan or the arms are fake. Regardless of the answer we should cut you down right now."
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That however drew Miori's mind to the weapon trotting woman. Miori had few lines she wouldn't cross- nor ones she wouldn't allow others to cross. But no one, under any circumstance, touched that name. "I didn't have a last name." Miori's gaze sharpened onto the woman, burning with a silent threat. "The people who gave me these decided they'd rather leave an infant in a dessert than raise a cursed child. I only made it to the Tachibana because an old man decided to use his heart for more than pumping blood. When they took me in, I was given a name." With that Miori's gaze would drift to the rest of the group. "So unless you're all going to teach me how the Mayonaka do things, you can address me by that name."
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Yet again, Miori's attention would be stolen by another of the Mayonakas' comments, this one from the one she had given the haunting stare before hand. "Boss, this one looks sad.. or angry... what's up with you?" A question which would earn him a half hearted chuckle.
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"Oh the usual; coping with constant discrimination for being different from everyone else. I'm certain everyone else here has some experience in that." The deflective and self depreciating statement served a dual purpose; the first being not breaking mid mission yet again, the second being a prodding test to see how the others reacted. How they felt at that; kinship, insulted by belittling their struggle, or a disconnect- it didn't matter. She'd have her answer on whether or not she was hopeless.

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[Eitama Sora]

SORA

❴ down came the rain ❵

The gravitas of the situation hadn't been lost on Sora and while coming face to face with a group of his family members had been the goal he had hoped it wouldn't have been in such circumstances. However, the remnants of the Mayonaka had taken to banditry and the such long before he was born so expecting a warmer welcome was little more than a pipe dream. The woman wasn't wrong even without knowing the full context of why the pair's surnames were as such but any such explanation probably wouldn't serve to satiate their curiosity.

Then came Miori...

Where the girl had just been pulling herself out of a breakdown now she was sassing back like she hadn't just been crying a few moments ago. What was up with this girl? A few clicks of silence as Miori's words pierced the surroundings rattling around the group's heads almost as if it was some foreign language, then came the smiles. More akin to smirks, and devious ones at that. "So the girl is more than a ball of tears, can't say I'm mad about that." The woman replied while absent mindedly rolling a couple of her weapons in her hands. "Tough talk aside, the Mayonaka are a proud clan so what would benefit would their be to 'establishing a connection' with your villages, huh?" Mashino would ask as he eyed Sora; something about that scar was oh so familiar but he couldn't quite put a finger on it.

Well that was the question of the hour wasn't it? What good would come to the remnants of this clan if they agreed to terms with Suna and Kumo? Yu no Kuni had offered them refuge and for the most part it was a decent relationship aside from the robberies here and there, but in the time since there hadn't been any large scale issues that required them to take up arms. Could the same be said once this 'connection' was established? "Sounds like they just want some extra muscle to call on to do the dirty work. Not that I don't like cracking skulls, but only under my own terms." Chimed in the large one.

"I'd be lying if I said this would be a completely peaceful arrangement. These are villages full of shinobi and as you're all more than aware bloodshed is often the answer to some issues. With that said, assured safe haven to our villages and access to resources will be considered." Sora replied. He wasn't a great salesman and part of him felt like he was peddling snake oil with the promise of riches beyond their imagination.

"Considered? That should be the bare minimum!" The blue one spoke. "If it were up to me, it would, but those decisions are made by people further up the ladder than me. I'd imagine it works the same for you all as well." A laugh. "Well ya got us there, but we decide if it's worth bringing to the boss and well... you just barely made it. Follow along then, we were hoping for a fight when someone tripped the supply cache but all we've got are you two so let's get a move on before we feel like finding out just how well some hidden village trained Mayonaka really are."

The group would begin to move deeper into the countryside with their new acquaintances in tow, a healthy berth surrounding the two shinobi as the air of cautiousness tinged the area around them though the small blue one would find herself listing next to Miori, a look of mystery and pride etched onto her features. "Y'know, the last time someone spoke that way to Miruko-san they ended up in a dozen pieces so she must like you. Miori, was it? I'm Taizana, nice ta meet ya." The girl introduced herself with a smile as her six eyes blinked in unison.

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