Kurai had trained hard for this day, but events turned out very unexpected. He was prepared to return to the mountains around Kumo to defeat a giant monster, but research revealed that the monster was actually a tailed beast, and after a talk with Kouki, one of the heads of the village and his partner for this endeavor, he found that instead of killing it like he originally planned, he could have it sealed inside of him, granting him access to it's techniques and abilities.

So that became the plan. Kouki was part of the Uzumaki Clan, and also had a beast sealed inside of her, so it would be nothing for her to accomplish this, her own words. He either had to beat the beast into submission, or convince it to be a willing participant. After nearly being killed in a landlside just for looking to see what it was, Kurai was all for the beating it into submission plan.

So, with Kouki right with him, Kurai ran out of the village. He sprinted through the wilds around the village, running swiftly until he reached the large lake in which the village stood. Barefoot, he ran across the water, chakra coating the bottoms of his feet, until he reached the volcano ring. Between those and into the arctic fields, He now found that so much going back and fourth had created a foot path in the snow.

Before long, the snow and cold ended, and once again, they were within the vast mountain ranges of Kumogakure...

/Exit/

Kouki followed Kurai, allowing him to lead the way since he knew exactly where the beast had last been seen. She kept up easily enough, following the same exact route he took. She ran across the lake with nothing more than speed and some chakra coating her feet and then through the icey cold tundra. As she ran through the cold her body became covered in scales; the partial transformation protecting her from the cold as she went.

When they were out of the tundra the scales disappeared as if they had never been there in the first place. Still she continued to follow after Kurai until at least it seemed that they had finally made it.... it was about time for her to create what was likely going to be one of the biggest seals she would ever create; as it took a lot to seal a bijuu.

[Exit]