rider X arrives

(continuing from touch down)

the duo road on towards the majestic city. now originally towering as a castle the castle seemed to have expanded and by the looks of it various figures thrived. xuba looked around lost, and confused for words. has time truly changed so much since he was merely a lad? Although one may easily confuse this with wonder.

"this place is huge.."

xuba said as the horse spoke up. 

" yes... the place as i have heard from my older more experienced stallions.... this place came up in the more recent years. Although we have heard they treat the horses here with more care than.... some places."

tamek spoke with a slight hint of dissatisfaction behind his voice. Although xuba learned amid their travel there was not much that could've been done by the stallions. the races as he learned a bit from his summon that they were considered neutral in the eyes of the lands. An idea xuba supported fully versus pure loyalty.

"i see"

xuba spoke with a nodd and hence before they knew it they were near an imposing gate. not certain of what to expect as the horse cloped on the pavement and came to a customary halt at 55 meters safely from the gate. 

"you must wait now my freind. till they arrive.... consider your values, perhaps there is a toll. many places has different rules. do you have identification?"

xuba slid a tattered folder from within his grey cloak and glanced at the contents. Naturally he nodded as his looks were more rugged due to his time spent in the icy country for several weeks, but his passport was of tatsuma. from the now destroyed village of tatsugure. For as he knew was of rubble. however it was simple to weave a story from where he was from.

"hm all in order i hope.... old family summon you are the best."

"hump! best to keep it that way.

with that the duo waited patiently  for an arrival of someone.

Sanae was once again at the gates, she liked working here as part time activity. Right now she had helped Sasato her senior Guard friend scoop through a wagon full of cabbages. It has been alright and after they send it off the young Guardsmen told her about the recent developments with his baby boy Satoru. If everything went well Sanae would babysit him soon for the first time, so that he and his wife could attend a birthday party in the evening so she was really excited about ever little detail. While they were happily chatting a horseman came to hold outside the gates and wait for someone to approach him."I got this", Sanae said walking towards the horse.

She liked animals and this horse was so nice to look at. She had not heard that the animal was a summon, but it was beautiful and that was enough to admire it. So the young lady stepped up beside the horse looking up to the man on top of it and smiled: "Welcome to Hoshi good Sir", she bowed and smiled upwards: "May I see your papers please?" After that she would hold out a hand to him and waited.

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waitng was  a sore point to xuba, but as he knew with any thing. To hold up his appearance he required calm and poise. the chattering of the people around him looked as if they have never suffered a single hard day of their lives. Although looks are deceiving. Xuba spotted the girl approaching as tamek glanced at her as well his brown eyes taking in her appearance for but a moment. a look of understanding could be seen from it till he remained still swaying his tail like some regular horse.

xuba meanwhile casually looked over at the girl and nodded. Returning the smile and speaking as his gruff voice resonated warmth from its depths. both weary and slightly lack of a social tract.

"thank you and greetings. Ah.... youves asking for identification. i have been on the road for many years so it may be outdated  forgive the rugged folder."

xuba stated as he pulled out the rugged folder containing the identity of his forged and illegentiment identity of tatsuma umeno. the writing genuin and scratchy as well as an image of a younger assumed image of him, with one that was done many months ago, hair now rugged and much younger.

"my home as i travled back there many months ago was rugged and destroyed. my family long since deceased. but all i have to my name minus the skills i picked up from surviving against an abusive mother, and the various tall'ys of the world. i will be honest even as a hermit, an honest man out there must kill to survive and hunt. but i grew weary of the travels amid the various strife and conflicts among the dishonorable."

what amount of truth was in the statement? xuba was not certain as with his look of surprise he dutifully noted the ammount of time he had been away from a freindly person. 

"wow, truely been a long time"

Looking up at the rider she smiled and took his papers looking closely comparing what she saw with what there was. It all seemed right but what was the place he came from. But even without her asking, only thinking about it he answered that question just as if he had seen it on her mind. Destroyed home this was always a tough thing to have in life. But then as he mentioned his mother something inside her flinched and made her shiver. Her face turned a little pale an she kind of held onto the papers for a moment: "Please let me confirm this shortly and then you should be good to go", she spoke in a haste as she was gently touching along the horses neck as she quickly skipped over the her acquaintance Guard who would have as well a look at the papers. She shortly confirmed that the pictures and the person would look alike and he confirmed the story about the village. So she returned to the waiting rider holding out his papers. "I am happy to welcome you in Hoshigakure. Please mind our rules and you will be a welcome visitor", she bowed to him and then looked at the horse again fondly smiling. "I hope you will encounter many new friends, Hoshi is a very welcoming place", she straight up lied. Because whenever she said that she thought that she would have to make the addition that this only referred to non Shinobi people.

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xuba waited as the girl left to go as he assumed to confirm stuff yet tameki snorted exhuastedly as xuba noted it. They have their limits as well. the girl soon returned with his papers and xuba dismounted and accepted them smiling warmly and adressing the girl.

"thank you. ah i have not caught your name. i am tatsuma... well you can call me suma for short. for give me for showing too much here but my good friend is exhausted. i shall send him back home. tamek thank you for offering the ride here it wouldve taken a while longer."

the horse nodded and was disummoned in a puff of smoke as he needed to return home. 

"even in my years it took me awhile to grab a hold of the summoning technique. i practiced alone many months to grab at least a close friend. as one cannot go alone in the world and will surely lose what is precious. surely there is not a problem?"

xuba stated with a kind question as he stood by seeming harmless

(desummoned tameki)

Sanae looked a little surprised, why did he want to know her name? Well it was kind unusual to be asked this on the job. She shrugged it off and smiled: "My name is Sanae, I am happy to meet you Suma." She then bowed lightly again while watching him climb down from his horse and then see it disappear. She paused, this was a Shinobi. Well he said he picked up that technique while travelling but then again it was quite strong and forming a bond with an animal like that required some kind of understanding of shnobi nature. Her forehead displayed some wrinkles as she looked at him directly.
"You are a shinobi of some sorts, or a rather highly skilled hermit, but well it would be foolish to think some wanderer would conjure up a summoning Jutsu like that", she tilted her head a little. "Well Hoshi is indeed quite welcoming, but well please don't cause any trouble, especially with the many god fearful people of our lovely home. They do not like shinobi that much to be honest, they fear us and our abilities which makes living in the same walls hard enough." She rolled her shoulders lightly thinking of earlier days that had passed with her getting black eyes from angry temple visitors because she forgot to hide her headband. Slightly she shook her head: "And I would advise you to let authorities in the University know you're here." Was that the way to go about it? Well she remembered that there was at least a paper to fill out back in the office at the gate.

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Xubas mind dulled on the usual spill he heard from many more skilled and able bodied people. Still he bowed at the end of the spew and spoke up.


"Very well. Ill be in the permitted places to offer my knowledge. Although im not skilled in that element things. Still thoes who show little respect to shinobi... did i say it right? Should be glad you put effort for them. I surely would."


Xuba stated as he noted that while the girl's demeanor changed he was not too concerned about it. Just natural weariness as it seemed that the people here were easy to manipulate via through fear. Something that irritated xuba slightly.

"Well then! sanae was it? Where is this place i must visit first?"

Xuba asked politely. It was almost as if the girl's words had minimal impact overall which indeed they did not still he would still show respect.

She would raise an eyebrow and then gently nodded: "Sure they would." She shrugged and then reminded herself, that they did not, but well this was not to be revealed to others despite the warning at least. This she had seen the older shinobi do at last when she last time saw someone come into the. She had been a Shinobi also and Sanae remembered taking her to the office. Since her new acquaintance asked her where he needed to go she looked at the street before them. [color=#2e2efe]"Oh well you walk down that road pretty much to the end and then you will reach the centre of town. From there you can follow the signs to the Unseen University where you should make your presence be known to the administration at least so everything is in order", the young Shinobi smiled at her opposing talking partner in an openly fashion. But then before she just let that opportunity pass, [color=#2e2efe][b]"Say I had no one to ask so far but how do you even come across some animal to summon?", she blinked at the wanderer curiously. Then she raised her hands: [b]"Ah sorry I am getting too nosy I am sorry for that, you may pass now." She made an inviting bow with a hand gesture towards the gate.

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There xuba stood as he bowed a quiet thank you to the girl as she finished.

"Hm the secret university? Mind if you show me the way. As by the looks of this it surely would help if you may vouch with what you have seen and allow an.... explanation to your supiriors of your actions..... i would not like to see you punished for allowing in a stranger."

Yet xuba sounded kind as he stood at the ready to enter the village as he did not belive it was wise to keep anyone out of sight even himself. A bit of his bluntness came out, but it was a show of false concern as he spoke up.

"I would just suggest as a voucher and a witness to support my entrance of course."

Xuba spoke as his grey eyes showed a dash of concern.

"Please sanae lead the way"

(Exit and entrance into hoshi)

She roes her brows, what did she get herself into right now? Why did she always get the special ones that needed someone to get him around? Making sure she was not in trouble? Why would she be? As she knew from the day she watched Valen be here wandering shinobi were not that big of a deal. Last time the only thing because she accompanied the shinobi was, because the one was hurt. But well why not it was not like she had some choice because she had a feeling if she did not go along with t he was bound to be some trouble. "I'll just get the paperwork", she mumbled and walked over to the small office room where she informed Sasato that she was going to escort the one she just checked to the office and took a map with documents with her.

While starting to write on them she returned to Xuba in the nick of time to hear him asking to lead the way. "Sure, just follow me please", she then again smiled at him starting to walk the way towards the towns centre.

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Exit to more fun ahead