Did It Hurt When You Did That? Yes! (IO Ichigo)

Now that he had finally returned from his business in the Land of Tea it was time for Ichigo to get back to the order of the day, the Institute of Medicine aka Kumogakure's hospital. There would be little rest for the deputy, going from one important matter to the other all in the blink of an eye, almost no time to spare. Such was the life of Land of Lightning's second in command. "No rest for the wicked" the Drunk voiced as he walked through the halls of the building, having exchanged his Darkened Skies armor for the doctor's coat. 

Leaving the room of one of the patients he visited in order to check up on her recovery Ichigo would then return to his office after finishing his daily rounds for the day. On the way over the deputy made mental notes on all the different things that were still left on the schedule for him to do. Informing Kaito about everything that happened during the Kage Summit, ask the Raikage how things went with the creation of his clones, continue to work on improving the general state of the village,.. One thing was for certain, he wasn't about to get bored anytime soon. 

Entering the room he immediately noticed Enyo standing at the window, his assistant apparently waiting for him to arrive. "Well, well, well. Couldn't wait for me to get back?" the deputy addressed the woman while approaching her. As he closed the distance between the two of them Ichigo almost dropped the papers he was carrying the moment he noticed the change in the kunoichi. "What in Raijin's name happened to you?" he referred to the woman's missing arm. The Deputy decided to leave the village for once only to return to the sight of his assistant with a stump.

Taking a seat at his desk Ichigo responded to her question about the summit, a topic fairly important even more so considering the fact Kumogakure was asked to mediate. "Where to begin? Things started well until the Kazekage decided to act more as a savage instead of a Kage and a battle between her and the Mizukage took place. Luckily I was able to leave before things got worse but when both me and the Storm Operative tried to teleport back to Kumogakure we, well I, was the target of an assassination attempt. One that apparently was ordered by someone of our village, might I add. So that's another thing I have to investigate". Leaning back into his chair after he finished getting Enyo up to speed Ichigo then poured himself a drink.

(WC: 437)

Deep in her thoughts, nearly consumed by them. She reflected heavily on in the series of events that lead up to this very day. From her meeting with the Raikage, a man that she respected dearly — giving her the perspective of her actions and opportunity to atone for them and baptize herself on the blood of her own severance. To the news of Ichigo’s return, her dear friend and boss — his immediate dive into work right after a important summit. 

Perhaps she does owe Anaphiel an apology…? 

Snapped from her haze down memory lane. Turning halfway to see a familiar face, Ichigo’s. He first greeted her in his normal fashion, a joke. But he would stumble when he noticed her stump. He immediately asked her of what happened. Enyo, glancing down at her wound, blood still soaking through, she would remember that she gave the Raikage her word and she means to keep it. “This is the result of my punishment. Lord Raikage deemed my actions on a mission with Anaphiel to be out of line. While informing me that I didn’t take the time to see how they would reflect on me as a person and him as a leader. I shamed him. Thus I was tasked with severing me hand, which I did. I’ll earn my hand back when he deems it so. I’m fine with that. It gives me more time to grow mentally. I do not hold it against him, it’s a suitable punishment. Could be worse, I could be walking around in a dress…or dead. He wants me to have you fix me up, my wound. But, while we are at it, I wouldn’t mind some enhancements. I’ll need them. I’m not foolish enough to believe that I can best future problems one handed alone. Just don’t replace the hand.” She would notice him sitting down. 

She would make her way to his mini-bar and grab herself something stiff to drink. He would begin his story. From the way that he started things, it wasn’t going to have a happy ending. Enyo glanced over to him subtly as he went on. Nodding at certain parts and notes of his tale. She would halt as he mentioned that the Kazekage and Mizukage engaged in battle, damn near putting his life at risk. “They dare drew arms while an ambassador of their summit was present?” She took the shot and then poured herself another. It wasn’t until he mentioned that his life was targeted during his return. She turned to him completely and moved to get within range of him a foot or so away. She looked him over for signs of injury. “Are you hurt?! Don’t you dare lie to me either, Ichigo. This is why you need to bring me with you… So we have a traitor? Still? This adds up to the raid on the Raikage’s office.” She placed the drink next to him on his desk. This just meant that things were still in a fog within the village. Who was pulling the strings? And who called a hit on Ichigo’s life? Too many questions, but Enyo was not going to allow that one to slide. 

“When you go to meet with Lord Raikage, take me with you. I want to help with finding this traitor.” She said as sternly as she could without it being offensive to him. Making her way towards her shot and taking it as he poured his drink. 

[WC: 582]
[TWC: 945]

Exit

(TWC: 437)
Claims, using 25% max stat discount:
- 437 towards Wind Wall

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