Completing the Team (P, NK, Team One)

The next day, after getting the kid back, Rin started to work as soon as he got up, with was pretty smooth I might add, no lingering or painful waking, you know. Anyway, he found himself at his desk, writing three letters. Each letter addressed to another kid, all of them his students, member of Team One. For the 'senior' students, Haru and Yuri, he invited them to meet their newest member at their team's training spot, as for Dante, he explained how to get to the spot. The meeting would happen a bit after midday, so they still had time to prepare for it, not that they would really need any preparation, it was going to be a talk, not a spar after all.

Rin himself did not spend much time home, right after sending the letter he departed for the training spot. Arriving there very early he sat himself and began his meditation. For some time now, his goal was to master his chakra completely. Calmness of his mind was all that remained for the achievement of his goal. So, he would remain there, working on it until it was time or his Mind's Eye of Kagura sensed somebody approaching.

201 w.

After a long day, Dante has slept for hours. Perhaps far more than he should have. When he woke up, he realised a letter between the slightly open window and the wall, where the window ended. The room Dante lvied in was below the surface of the street, and only the windows (that were as high as possible on the walls) were higher than sea the street the building was on.

Dante got up and opened the letter. "Finally !" he thought to himself. He already knew by who the letter was sent by, and what it contained. Rin, who brought Dante back to the village just yesterday, has also told him that he would soon receive a letter containing info about the team he was assigned to. Dante read the letter, and started getting ready for the meeting. He was quite nervous about it, though it was not a feeling Dante wasw used to, being a calm person (except when it came to such important times).

Dante didn't only wear his clothes, but he also decided to bring his pen and notebook with him. Not because he thought such things would have been useful for the team meeting, but perhaps he'd want to use them afterwards. Anyway, as soon as his preperations were done, Dante got out of his house to reach the meeting place as soon as possible.

The Uzumaki got out of his house and ran to the meeting place. He was suprised to see Rin there. Was Rin only an instructor, or was he in fact one of the members of the team ? Dante was not sure about Rin's palce in the team meeting. Dante thought that the boy who brought him back to the village didn't tell him wether or not he was part of the team. He also thought that the letter didn't contain the fact either. Perhaps, he missed it. 

Dante walked towards the man he met the day before. "Hey.." he said calmly and silently, which was followed by a brief time of silence that was an outcome of Dante not knowing what was appropriate to say. "Sorry for abondoning the village." ? Probably not. At last, Dante decided what to say. "You also here for the meeting ?".

Haru opened his eyes slowly to the dark room, before simply closing them again. He could sleep in a bit more... 
"Haru. Haruuuu.... Hey! Haru!" Came his sister, Aryll's voice. Haru rolled over stubbornly. He didn't want to wake up, not yet. He muttered for her to let him sleep for a few more minutes, before yelping in pain. Aryll had pushed him in the stomach with the gentle fist. Well, he was awake now, at least. 
"What the hell was that for?" He said angrily, sitting up. 
"You wouldn't have gotten up otherwise..." Said his sister reasonably. Haru sighed. 
"Fine, I'm up. What did you want?" He said, folding his arms.
"This came for you. Grandma told me to bring it to you." Said Aryll, holding out a piece of paper. Haru took it, reading it quickly. He smirked slightly as he finished reading, standing up. 
"Who's it from?" Asked Aryll curiously. 
"My sensei." said Haru simply, already slipping his hidden blade onto his wrist and looping his tomahawk on his belt. "Gotta run." And with that, Haru headed out the door, grabbing a few pieces of toast and a bottle of water off the table. His grandma, who was sitting in the chair at the head of the table playing Mahjong with one of their neighbors, nodded at him as he walked out the door, munching on the toast as he went. He hit the button for the elevator, and made his way to street level. He walked quickly through the city, heading to the sewer entrance from their team's first meeting. Following this path for the third time now, Haru saw Rin and someone else... that must be Dante. The guy looked older then him, and older then Rin, for that matter...

"Rin." Said Haru groggily, nodding to him, finishing off the last of his toast. 

(WC: 336)

Yuri had been sort of idling the entire day since morning seeing people of all ages except toddlers and younger ones. Familiarizing with the village surroundings is never just a one day job due to the fact that things the environment constantly changes. That is true only if Yuri took her activities ... seriously. In truth, Yuri only moved around the boundaries of the village and enjoy sight-seeing, even that's an understatement.

Yuri had been sleeping the whole day in different compounds of the village enjoying the winds of the village. She would follow it wherever it would be fond in the village, each time she lost the wind, she would search for another spot in her best speed while avoid having collisions with any of the people. Even if racing around the village would make her tired, it would have been replenished by the rest that she had each time she found wind again. 

When she returned to her lodging, she found a letter in front of her door. She picked up and take a look. Wrong address... She turned away from her lodging and left the letter at its original position she saw. She headed for the makeshift training ground immediately since she is always in her full gear due to her habit when she was still a wanderer.

Getting to the location is still not at the back of her hand yet. But she arrived nevertheless. She is the latest member again given if the older guy that she guessed that he would be replacing someone in the team is their new teammate. As she got close to the group. She looked to her leader, had a glance on the unfamiliar guy and turned her eyes to the leader again.

Sitting there silently Rin listened to the wind and imagined it being waves of the sea, it had been some time since he was last by the sea, probably that time after he escaped Kirigakure together with Xyxer and Sameonna. He missed the old life, but it wasn't that bad here either. The time flew by very fast and soon his thoughts would be interrupted as a familiar presence approached him. Opening his eyes, Rin saw the newest boy on his team. "Hey.." the boy seemed a bit confused and Rin knew why. He did not expect to see him again and the reason was because Rin did not tell him he would be on the same team. "You also here for the meeting ?" Yup, there comes the question. Rin would smile at it and calmly answer "Yes, I am, in fact. I'm leading Team One actually, 'tis why I was looking for you yesterday. You were my responsibility even if you had not known it yet." As soon as he said that, Haru emerged from from the shadows of nearby trees and entered the clearing which Rin had grown into their private training area equipped with wooden dummies and almost anything one might need for training as a ninja, at least anything he had seen the training towers have. It seems he would not have to wait long, he already sensed the last one approaching, though a bit in the distance yet, not that it would take much time with her impressive speed. "Rin." with a nod said Haru, who seemed to be finishing nomning something good. The young Chuunin would reply in the same fashion "Yo, Haru." raising his right hand and throwing another smile. Just as he was done, Yuri appeared. She would look around at them, noticing Dante, then looking back at Rin. The girl did not say anything, he noticed her being a bit reserved and silent the last time, her introduction was held back as well. Nevertheless he would greet her warmly like any other of his. "Welcome back, Yuri." What surprised Rin was his attachment to his team, what he felt he would call fatherly love, although he would have no idea how what the original felt like. And regardless if they were even older than him, if they were his responsibility, he would care for them.

"Alright then, seeing as we are all here. I asked you out today as we have a new member - Dante." He would gesture at the boy. "Now, as he is part of this team like the rest of us, I would not want to have him set back because he feels alien here. So, we will introduce ourselves, like we did the last time, ok? I'd like to hear your full names, your likes and dislikes, your goals and anything else you'd like sharing with us. I'll go first like the last time, then Dante, then Haru and lastly flower of our garden - Yuri, who could be a bit more thorough with her introduction." He added with a short chuckle. Rin would then pause for a moment, taking a breath and a moment to think about what he would say. "Okay. My name is Rin Taiki, I have only been in Tengakure for a few months now, before that I lived in village hidden in the Mist, Kirigakure. I like nature, almost everything in it - forests and seas, mountains and waterfalls, I also like history. I dislike noise and troubles caused by humans. My goal is to find and maintain balance." When he finished he would turn as Dante, expecting his word next.

610 (811) w.

[Sorry for the late post, also yousei, I believe putting our speeches in are the c/ping mentioned in the rules, which is banned. Forgive me if i'm mistaken, otherwise could you use quotes instead, so one day a long topic does not get voided just because of that ?]

Yousei wrote:"Now, as he is part of this team like the rest of us, I would not want to have him set back because he feels alien here. So, we will introduce ourselves, like we did the last time, ok? I'd like to hear your full names, your likes and dislikes, your goals and anything else you'd like sharing with us. I'll go first like the last time, then Dante, then Haru and lastly flower of our garden - Yuri, who could be a bit more thorough with her introduction."

"Okay. My name is Rin Taiki, I have only been in Tengakure for a few months now, before that I lived in village hidden in the Mist, Kirigakure. I like nature, almost everything in it - forests and seas, mountains and waterfalls, I also like history. I dislike noise and troubles caused by humans. My goal is to find and maintain balance."

"Ummm... First of all, thanks for doing another introduction meeting fo me, Rin-san. Now, my name is Dante Uzumaki. Even though I know I'm a member of the clan, I was not taught their ways, the clan history, or anything related to the clan. What I am able to do, is my own instinct. I like meeting new people, for now, since I don't have any friends within the village gates. I like rainy an windy weathers. I like reading books, training, and competition. I don't like missing-nins. It would sound a little obvious for every village ninja is their enemy, but I have a special hate towards them... For a reason I do not want to talk about right now. And my backstory, like my hate towards the missing-nin, could better stay a secret for now. I will become strong enough to talk about them at a later date. I guess that would be it for now... Nice to meet you all.".

He would have stepped back, waitingt for the next one to talk, the one named "Haru", as Rin told the others to speak in a spesific order.

[If my topics were to be voided for using the words my character heard other characters say, I would leave this forum. I have RPed this way from my very first RP post about 5 years ago and it was never a problem. It is my choice to shortly reflect on what you have been speaking, or to copy it all indicating my character paid attention to every word, or use every other sentence of your direct language and reflect the rest, or use first and last words saying my character was daydreaming and did not catch what you said inbetween. I may color it as I wish, I may font it as I wish. It is completely up to me how I design my post. The rule is on copying whole posts or extended portions of it including IC actions and thoughts. Direct language is another deal and banning the use of it would be just ridiculous.

I might have taken it harsh, but that's what I think. Pushing me harder will not make it better. I'm kinda on an edge already, with everyone ignoring and hating me, ye know]

"Hmm... Said Haru as Dante and Rin spoke. He'd already heard Rin's introduction before, but Dante's introduction caught his interest. An Uzumaki that didn't know their family? He knew someone a lot like that... The Tenkage, Shinji Uzumaki. He wondered if they'd met each other, since they were blood-kin to each other. 

"Alright then. My name is Haru Hyuuga. I've lived in Tenkagure all my life, I've only left the village once, to go to Konohagakure, if you don't count just going to the plains. I like sleeping. A lot. I like playing guitar, though I haven't had much time for it lately... He trailed off. I'm a taijutsu specialist, just like almost everyone else in my family, so if you wanna do some strength training, I'd be willing to help you out..." He offered. He wanted to make the new kid feel more welcome, and, well, punching was about all he was good for. "Oh, and I really, really, don't like small spaces. He added, looking at the ground as he said the last part. He didn't want anyone forgetting about that any time soon...

(WC:200  TWC:536)

[o.o Sorry Yousei. Didn't mean to make you mad. ı think like you too, and I used to do the same thing. Then they told me to stop or they would not approve any more of my WC's. That's why I told you. It's not a problem by me.]

Yuri didn't like such occasions and it seems like her teammates are not aware of it yet. She would point the problem at the frequency of their meeting given the amount of time she ad been idling around, which gave her the doubt over the efficiency of ninja villages ever since she had been sent around for assignments from young. So, Yuri didn't bother with manners and went straightforward with her words. She pointed to herself with her thumb and looked at the new guy.

Yuri Yomikume from the outskirts of this village, what you see is what is all. With that, Yuri intend to complete her introduction since introduction itself gives one away. I wouldn't mind if you do the same, since we'll know each other better by working together anyway. With that said Yuri looked back to the leader again.