Lightning in the Wind

This fucking heat again. Kaito hated this fucking place with a passion. Why would his predecessors ever want to hold this position, it escaped Kaito’s comprehension. Yet did the Kumogakure forces once again march onto Sunagakure… if for different reasons, and in far fewer numbers. The Byakugan of the Raikage would flash on so he could take in the sights and understand the lay of the land, carefully spying for any unwanted visitors.

In very similar armors, with Noboru distinguishing himself for not wearing the balaclava, instead letting his face be seen underneath the pyramidical hat, the two Lightning Country natives made their way towards the Cleft, a familiar structure Kaito had seen once before in his life. Hopefully by the time he made it back to his homeland the Heavenly Gates he had been commissioned would be up, to greet an awed visitor as much as the Cleft did.

He once again would speak to Ryuzaki without turning to him. “While we are in the Sunagakure, I expect you to abide by the same rules I gave you before. However, you are no longer a genin. You are a chunin, and more importantly, you are my bodyguard, as I was to our previous Kage. The Darkened Skies armor sends a message. A silent observer, a shadow within a shadow.” A clever play of words, if one could say so. “Not a threat. Not a warning. A promise.”

Once they got towards the Cleft, Kaito made his way to the familiar guardhouse, where he would wait to see who waited to greet the duo.
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WC: 264

It wasn't odd for the jounin to be in the cleft, but today he had left a minion in his own image standing guard. The original had something to tend to but his Clone could do the job just as well. As the two came toward the gate, the clone would stand and walk out to greet them," And to what do we owe this pleasure... The Raikage huh? Different bloke...but what is a political leader doing at the gates of Suna under...no summon?," true the clone was curious as to why Kumo was back in Suna, but nothing would be prevalent enough for him to think this was an attack.

Ryuzaki traveled behind his Kage as they approached the gates of Suna. The heat was getting to Ryu as he was unfamiliar being so tightly wrapped up, the darkened skies armor covering every inch of his skin. "Roger, seen and not heard" Ryu replied to his Kage his low flat voice made staticy by the mask. They made their way to the guard post of the gates. Ryu would be on guard in this situation, he still was not sure what was going on, but at the same time, It did not matter. The pair were here and Ryu was to make sure nothing happened to his village leader, he would not fail again, especially on his first assignment as a chuunin.

WC: 123

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WC: 528
TWC: 264

Here to see Kenshin? Ibari's clone gave a small sigh as he shook his head not wanting to give away too much but with everything going on transparency was needed," At the moment Kenshin will be unavailable to be seen without...prior knowledge. There are things going on that i cannot speak on or give away, but if your meeting with the Ragdoll is truly needed then I will speak with him on your behalf and see if he will take you in. If there are no objections to this then i will have you both sign in with your estimated time of stay and go from there," should there be no objections, Ibari would hand them the cliboards and let them sign in before letting them in.

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WC: 200
TWC: 728

Ryuzaki stood watching the man in front of them detailing his every move, making sure no threatening action was to take place. This was his first time being a bodyguard, he had guarded territory before but never a person, let alone a person of this importance to him. Ryu aimed to take a place within the Storm Ops, which had recently been renamed the Summit Ops. Within the Summit organizational branch of the village, Ryu knew that guarding targets was a common assignment, he would use this trip to get used to that task.  Ryu took the clipboard and pen and copied everything his Kage had written in terms of dates and passed it back to the Suna ninja. Once the conversation was over he would proceed forward a few steps behind the 11th Raikage, lord of lightning.

Exit into Suna 
WC: 138
TWC: 260

Claiming 260 words for 1554/1875 Chidori Senbon - previous wordcount.

/exiting into Sunagakure
TWC: 728
281 towards Earth Shaker, previously worked on here, unlocking B-Rank
447 words towards A-Rank Earth Shaker, making new total 1760/1875 (all at 25% discount)