Aisling had arrived in the old ruins of Konoha shortly after leaving Niwaurushigakure. The plague had been gone for but a short period of time and the risk had been high: but it had been something she just hadn’t been able to turn away from. She had arrived in the village to survive; to allow nothing more than the basic instincts of humanity to run rampant in a area she figured no one else was in. It was a break from the turmoil and chaos that had been running rampant throughout her mind: the same mental chaos that had driven her from her home and family. It was a way to escape the world for a brief period of time and re-find herself without any sort of outside influence being able to interfere.

Aisling lived off of the land; though the land was anything but the way she remembered it being when they had escaped Konoha all of those years ago when they had fled from the plague. There were mutated creates, monsters out of a child’s nightmare. The plants that once were had evolved; some taking on poisonous aspects while others seemed like cures to every disease known to mankind. It was evolution at its best and worst at the same time. It was here that Aisling was able to further develop her medical skills: plant knowledge, poison knowledge, the ability to remove full ailments, the ability to even turn someone temporarily or permanently immortal. She even devised a jutsu from a plant she had come across that caused the flesh to decay and rot off of someone’s body: it wasn’t pretty, but in a deadly situation it would be useful.

It was in Konoha that she had found Spook; had been reunited with him. During this time something happened, perhaps something as simple as the planets realigning or the world righting itself, but whatever it was Aisling found the chaos that had plagued her mind receding more and more until she had returned to her old self. When this happened she found herself able to focus, able to train, and able to teach Spook the gift of speed that had been granted to her: Swift Release.

When Aisling felt ready once more to face the rest of the world she returned to Niwaurushigakure to find the hat being handed back to her: she no longer was in that dark place in her mind that she had been and so she was prepared and willing to accept the hat once more and take her place as Hakage among the villagers of Niwaurushigakure…


Aisling stared at the report in front of her, eyebrows furrowed together in concentration as she leaned back in her chair in front of her desk. The report spoke of a girl, blind by the way her eyes were wrapped and covered in white cloth, who had been found a few miles out from the village proper. The girl had been unconscious and though the medics had tried various ways of awakening the girl they had been unable to which led them to believe she was in a coma.

Given Aisling’s status as Leader over the newly established Medic Corps they were deferring to her for her help. Her mother was just as gifted as she was, but this was something she felt she would handle personally: there was no telling after all what this girl would do when she was awakened, nor who she was to begin with. That meant she could very well be a danger to the village, and she was not going to leave anyone else to handle that situation while she sat by, safe and sound, inside of her office.

Aisling put the report back down on her desk and pushed her chair out so she could stand. She pushed her long golden blond hair back behind her and looked down at the outfit she was dressed in: a tan vest with gold piping over a yellow, cleavage-and-midriff baring shirt with a black crest that resembles a burning heart. The vest has puffy cap sleeves with black cuffs. On the sides of the cuffs, there are two small golden buttons. With this she wore a brown belt with a buckle, a pouch, and a small banner-like object. The same crest appears on this banner, only golden in color. Black short shorts under her belt which, in the back, resembles a pleated skirt. Over the short shorts but under the belt is a white, asymmetrical back skirt. An orange infinity scarf around her neck, but no other discernible jewelry. She also had on brown, knee-high platform boots that look like they are made of leather, with orange socks of different lengths. Her left leg, around the thigh, has her Niwaurushigakure headband tied. Fingerless black gloves underneath her weapons are worn on her hands, the weapons resemble two yellow mechanized gauntlets with a black design.

Aisling thought for the briefest of moments about changing into her Hakage garb, or at least wearing the hat, but she was more comfortable how she was dressed, and so she headed towards her office door…

Something invisibly fast entered the village of Niwa and sped throught the streets. It moved so swiftly that most could only feel a hard gust of wind, followed by a fluttering of leaves. Whatever this thing was, it was much too fast for normal eyes to keep up with, and careful not to run into anyone. It zig zagged around various other people out on their normal stroll, leaving behind only the gust of wind and fluttering of leaves.

Whatever this was, it came to a stop before the Administration Complex, allowing those standing around to see that it was a man. A man dressed in green, with a mask covering his face. He wore a green hoodie, dark green ankle length shorts and black sandals. The hoodie was sleeveless, broadcasting ripped muscular arms. A large hand symbol was on the back of the hoodie, the symbol of the Black-Hand clan. Upon his back was a strange sword that had a black glow about it that resembled smoke, or some other worldly force. the insect-like eyeholes of the mask on his face were glowing green.

"...Spook?" said a passerby, and he nodded his head. "It was rumored that you were dead! it's good to see you again!"

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A while ago, Spook spent an adequate amount of time in the desert; Yokuchigakure. He spent 5 years teaching everything he knew to a blind prodigy child named Holeman. When he was done, figuring he'd lost the love of his life, Spook went off into the wilds to wait to die. His journeys took him back to his original home, the ruins of Konoha. It was there, after several years, that he encountered her again, Aisling. A chain reaction occured, breaking his and her ties to another world, allowing them to reconcile. Ailsing left to be the head of the village where the survivors of Konoha fled to, Niwa, while Spook remained behind. With a new lease on life, he decided to train again. He promised that when he felt like himself once more, he would come to join her.

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Today was that day. Spook was headed into the main offices to re-take his place as Aisling's bodyguard and Sannin Shinobi, but tripped over something. How clumsy of me, he thought, but he looked down to see something sticking out of the ground. It looked like it was once buried, but the constant traffic in this area had unearth it; something that looked to be the end of a sword handle. Spook cleared away more of the dirt, and found it to be exactly that. So, with his bare hands, Spook began to dig up the area. Many were watching, and others, upon recognizing the once legendary shinobi back from the supposed dead, began to help him. With more than one person digging it didn't take long to unearth what was there.

A boy was buried there, with a bag that had weapons sticking out of it. The boy was coated in what looked like a bubble of chakra. He was dressed in a black body suit that had various straps here and there. Putting an index and middle finger upon his jugular, Spook found that the boy was still alive, but in a comatose state. He picked the boy and the bag up, thanked everyone for their help, and took them inside of the Administration Complex.

Upstairs and to the main office, Spook opened the door, to see Aisling. She looked much different than the last time he saw her, but now wasn't quite the time to play catch up. "Aisling," he said as he stepped inside. "This boy... He was buried underground near here, and he's still alive. Do you think you might be able to use some of your medics on him? He's still alive, but barely..." Spook took the boy and lie him on one of the couches in the office, then began rummaging through the bag that was in the makeshift grave with him...

Aisling paused as she heard footsteps nearing her office: someone was about to come for a visit just as she was attempting to leave. The scent in the air as her door was opened revealed it to be Spook: apparently he had chosen today to return from Konohagakure. A grin would have covered her face had concern not suddenly covered it up as she took in the appearance of the young looking man Spook was carrying as well as the bag he had with him. Another comatose person found just days apart? Something was definitely up…

When Spook laid the young male on the couch she moved over, kneeling down so that she could get a closer look at him. His appearance was startling given he looked like the male version of the girl whose eyes were covered; a photo had come with the letter from the hospital. A frown slowly covered her face as she began to give the young male a thorough look over, searching for any wounds that could possibly be causing the state that he was in.

“This is strange, Spook… This is the second person found in the past two days who has been in a comatose like state. The first was a female who looks much like this young man here, only she wears a blind fold. The picture of her is on my desk…”, Aisling spoke while she continued to look; though at the moment she was unable to find a reason just like the medics in the hospital had been unable to do with the girl. “I was just about to head to the hospital. Just like her he doesn’t appear to have a scratch on him, or any reason for him to be in a coma.”

Aisling sighed softly and raised her hands. “I’m… going to try something, a jutsu I created when I was in Konoha. If it works like it should he’ll wake up so be prepared in case he tries to fight. No telling what happened to him to get in this state and he might respond defensively upon waking up if it was anything bad.” With the warning spoken Aisling began to concentrate healing chakra into her hands; but this chakra was so much more and so much stronger than the average. The chakra was white in color and entered into the body of the young male, spreading around his body rapidly. This chakra would heal any sort of ailment, including giving it the ability to raise the young male out of the comatose like state.

Ailment Removal:

Aisling stood as the chakra began to fade, signaling the end of the jutsu, and took a step back. Her stance remained slightly wider than usual, as she was prepared for any attack the young man might launch at them should he wake up fighting…

Chakra Remaining: 1,000 – 35 = 965 / 1,000

Dreams of the road...

Dreams of Hinowa...

It felt like he'd been dreaming for years. Suddenly, he was being pulled out of the dream. He opened his eyes, and closed them again frowning, for the room he was in was too bright. A heavy feeling was on his chest. Squinting his eyes as he opened them again, everything was a blur. He could make out two figures nearby, one that was yellow, and another that was green. Where was this? Who were these people? Was he dead?

"Wh...Who are you? Where...am I?..." was what he managed to ask, his throat dry and sore from not being used in... who knew how long. He tried to sit up but there was the pain. For the moment he just lie where he was, on what felt like a couch, hoping the two would tell him what was going on.

While Aisling looked the kid over, Spook looked through the bag that was in the ground with him. Strangely, the back had his clan symbol on it, a Black-Hand. It looked like someone's name was once on it as well, but perhaps time scratched most of it away, revealing on the first letter, a K. The bag contained 2 swords: one that was disguised as a regular walking stick, and another one, a Katana that was cold to the touch. The blade was glowing a strange color, as if water was being poured on it.

There were other things in the bag too, such as a special pair of gloves, 2 special pair of boots, a bow and arrows, and a special gauntlet that looked to fit either arm. There were hidden blades and several different kinds of poisons, along with various other ninja tools, books and notes. But what had to be the strangest thing was the bag itself, which, once it was empty, seemed to have a life all it's own. Black and liquid-like, it began to move and jumped onto Spook, latching itself onto him. He began to struggle, but the thing didn't hurt him. Spook even heard a voice that sounded very familiar, but he didn't know if he'd ever met the person behind it before...

"...Spook. I knew you'd find this one day. I left it all for you, my descendant. All of my ninja tools, weapons and abilities. Most importantly, my Symbiote Armor. It's a living being that will protect you, and with just a thought you can make it mimic almost anyone. I hope you can put it all to good use..."

An ancestor had left behind a bag of treasure for Spook, and recorded a message for him within this Symbiote somehow. By just thinking about it, Spook caused the Symbiote to become the clothes he was just wearing. He next put on the gloves and boots, sheathing both of the swords on him. He put on the gauntlet and felt it bite into his skin, but then suddenly felt as if he could use other styles; The books contained knowledge of something called Weapons Technician and a forbidden style of jutsu called Explosion Release.

Aisling said someone that looked just like him, a girl, had been found a few days earlier. Were they connected somehow? Spook waited for the boy to fully wake up to possibly get some answers.

Aisling watched as the young man began to wake up. While doing so she caught movement out of the corner of her eye; Spook had emptied the bag that he had carried in only for the bag to begin moving and seem to attach itself to him. At first she thought it was some sort of trap until she saw that the black stuff, whatever exactly it was, didn’t seem to harm him and even became like his clothing. Eyebrows furrowed at the events taking place, and seeing that Spook seemed alright, she turned her attention back to the young man.

When he spoke up asking who they were and where he was she threw a glance towards Spook before looking back to the young man. “You are in the village of Niwaurushigakure; my village. I’m Aisling Inuzuka-Uchiha, Hakage. This here is Spook of the Blackhand.”

Aisling moved away for a moment and over to her desk. She picked up the picture of the female who looked like the young man and carried it back over. However, she didn’t show it to him at first, and instead she asked, “Do you know how you got here? Spook found you just a few minutes ago… you were in a comatose like state until I awakened you.” Aisling glanced down at the picture in her hand. She didn’t want to overwhelm the kid but with the way the jutsu she had created worked she figured he would be good as new in the next thirty or so seconds. She would take pause long enough for Kurai to answer her if he could before adding on, “What’s your name? And do you know who this girl is? She looks oddly like you... She’s in our hospital; she was found in the same state that you were. I was on my way to awaken her when Spook arrived with you.”, with that asked she would turn the photo around so that Kurai could see the picture of Hikari.

As Aisling waited for Kurai's response she thought about what to do with the pair: she didn't plan on forcing them out of the village unless they proved to be a problem - she had already proven by past actions her position on allowing people - even those who left their villages like Holeman and Mitsukai had - to stay within Niwaurushigakure as long as they didn't cause issues. If her jutsu had worked on the young man than she was sure it would work on the girl in the hospital. But, where exactly had they come from? The young man's style of clothing put him in neither Kumogakure or Yokuchigakure - especially not the latter given wearing black was a horrible idea in the desert unless you were a hard core katon user.

“You are in the village of Niwaurushigakure; my village. I’m Aisling Inuzuka-Uchiha, Hakage. This here is Spook of the Blackhand.”

Aisling? And Spook?... He'd heard stories about the two of them from the blind kid in the desert, Holeman. Both of them were said to be legendary shinobi from the lost land of fire, the hidden leaf village known as Konohagakure. Holeman once went there to live... Was he still dreaming? Or was he dead, in the Shinobi afterlife? He tried to sit up again, and found it a little easier. Slowly the world began to slide into focus. Slowly the memories began to come back to him. His brief time in a paradise village. The insane training regimen. The unlocking of Dust Release, and specialty not seen in the Yanagi in centuries. Kua, the 11 tailed bijuu sealed within him which made him a Jinchuuriki.

"Hole...Holeman. He told me about you... A blind kid, with a rag over his head? I think he's pert Uchiha too..." said Kurai, rubbing his eyes.

“Do you know how you got here? Spook found you just a few minutes ago… you were in a comatose like state until I awakened you.”

He tried to think about it, but doing so made his head hurt. He frowned and squinted his eyes. "...I... don't remember. After I became the Jinchuuriki for 11 tails... things get... fuzzy."

“What’s your name? And do you know who this girl is? She looks oddly like you..." This was all Kurai heard. He saw the picture and jumped up to his feet, the aura of the large bull wielding a hammer becoming visible around him. All logic and reason went out of the window. The power exploded from his form like an atom bomb, pushing the couch and all furniture around him backwards.

"My SISTER!" Kurai said, his eyes suddenly turning a yellow color and a stylish black jacket appearing over the body suit. It flapped wildly in the winds being produced from his body. Kurai took his Yanagi fighting stance. "Where is she! If you hurt her i'll---!!"

Spook put on the black gloves with the symbol on them over the mesh gloves of his ancestor. He now had 2 glowing swords and a sword designed to look like a polished walking stick, which he fastened to his back beneath the bag. He flexed his hand opened and closed several times because of the new gauntlet. Before putting the gloves on he saw that the palm of his hand now had 2 black diamond shapes upon it. Later on he would do some investigating as to exactly what that was. It no longer hurt to wear the thing which he now figured he couldn't take off, and that the diamonds were something of use.

The kid said he knew Holeman, making Spook look toward him again. So Holeman was probably still around somewhere too? Spook wondered how the kid had come with his training, and also about Mitsukai, his 2 prodigies in the art of Spook Fu. the Kid also admitted that he was the Jinchuuriki for the 11 tails bijuu, which would come in handy for village offense, if he decided to stick around. but it was when Aisling showed him the picture of the girl that Spook caught a glimpse at just how dangerous one of these Jinchuuriki were up close.

Spook slid in front of Aisling and took his fighting stance around the same time that the boy took his. "I'm pretty sure she's not hurt, right? Relax," he said, his eyes glowing bright green behind the insect eyeholes of his mask. How would he handle fighting someone as powerful as a container of a bijuu? There were many innocent here, and a fight could quickly turn into a mess where casualties would be high. He'd have to start opening gates... "We wouldn't do anything to hurt her, or you. She was found just like you were! In a coma state! But she's alive and near here, so calm down! There are many innocent people around here. I won't let them get hurt..."

Spook didn't want to fight this kid and get into a disastrous battle only right after he'd just come back. He'd do what he had to do to protect Aisling and the village though.

Aisling listened carefully as the young man explained how Holeman – someone she knew very well and whom she had taught many medical techniques to – had told him about both herself and Spook. Before she could comment about Holeman, however, Kurai began to explain about how after he became the Jinchuuriki of the eleven tails things got fuzzy and he didn’t remember anything else. This caused Aisling to be more cautious: her own daughter was a Jinchuuriki and so she knew how dangerous they could be.

Which was then demonstrated soon enough by the kid’s reaction over the picture she had shown him: the girl in the photo was apparently his sister. It was a reaction she could understand given the circumstances, and she kept her cool even as Spook put himself in between her and Kurai, protecting her from the danger this kid posed at the moment. In that moment in time she realized just how truly like the old day things were, and she couldn’t help but smile despite what was going on.

She listened to Spook talk to the kid, and hoped they could get him to calm down. She didn’t want this to turn into a fight either; especially when there was no reason for it. “Listen to Spook. We have not harmed your sister. We found her the same as we found you. If you calm down we’ll take you to her. But, I’m not cool with you being around my villagers pissed off like that… we have too many innocent people here to risk that and I will not put the lives of my villagers in harm’s way.” No: she was too protective over her people for that.

Aisling waited, giving the kid time to calm down. If he did calm down she would simply gesture for him to follow her before she would lead the way out of the office, down the hallway, and to a panel in the wall. The panel wasn’t all that secret given it held the Niwaurushigakure’s hospital symbol on it. It was a passage straight to the hospital, a recent addiction added on given the fact Aisling was also now leader of the entire Medic Corps that spanned the three villages. She ran her hand along the symbol and the panel slid off to the left.

The passage way was lit with lights that hung from the high ceiling every few feet and she led the way through it: the journey would take only roughly two minutes before another panel would be sliding out of the way to allow them access to the hospital. Due to the information that had been given to Aisling she already knew where they had the young man’s sister and led the way through the series of hallways to a room whose door was open. The room was nicely furnished and well lit with giant windows. The curtains on the windows were pulled back and birds could be seen and heard chirping outside. A television was set to a low volume but on, and there were plenty of comfortable chairs and couches within the room as well as a mini fridge stocked with snacks. Nearby the windows was a bed with Hikari, unconscious, laying on it but otherwise looking peaceful.

“She’s been like that since we found her. I didn’t have a chance to attempt the same jutsu I used on you, but I’m going to try and see if I can wake her up… “ She figured she would wait, and give the kid a moment to take that in before she tried… no point in making him think she was about to attack his sister, or risk him raging out.

The 11 tails of Kua thrashed about violently... but their words penetrated the rageful state he was entering. Kurai had always been over-protective of his twin, and would murder those who even thought of doing her harm... but with the statement that she was nearby, and fine, found in the same coma-like state that he himself was found in, he began to calm down. Kura's ara disappeared, as did his yellow eyes and the black jacket.

They were right. Many innocent people inhabited the village, and if Kua's destructive rage be unleashed, it would be bad news for everyone here. Kurai wasn't like that at all, sometimes he just had a tendency to over-react. "Sorry...It's been a while. I forget how powerful Kua can get when I get angry..." he said, rubbing a hand through his wild black hair.

Kurai followed Ailsing through the secret passage that he assumed lead to the hospital. He followed her through the halls and to the hospital room where his twin sister lie in a bed. Moving to her, she looked relatively normal, just asleep for the moment. Kurai let out a sigh of releif. As long as she was alright, that was all that mattered.

The kid calmed down. His Bijuu was a bull with 11 tails? And a big hammer? What was up with those yellow eyes and that jacket that appeared? Apparently there were new things and developents that he'd need explained to him; new things that popped up in his time away. When the crazy effects and the bull aura disappeared, Spook relaxed, seeing that their words had gotten to him, and not reached deaf ears. Some people became blinded with rage and lost all reason; Spook was glad this kid wasn't one of those people.

He went with them through the secret passage to the Hospital. After a stroll through the halls they entered a hospital room with a girl in the bed that looked just like this kid here. "Ahh. I see the resemblance," Spook said, looking between them. "But, you still haven't told us your name. Where do you come from? What's with those eyes and the slick jacket that appears and disappears? If you don't mind me asking of course..."

That was some strange energy there. Spook had always had a knack for feeling out one's chakra level, but when that kid made those eyes and that coat appear, that didn't really feel like chakra at all...

“It’s alright, I understand rage all too well, especially when that rage is over a family member possibly being harmed.”, Aisling responded to Kurai as she wandered over to the bed that his twin was resting in. She was curious to learn more about them but figured she should awaken his sister the same way she had awakened him: she didn’t know what sort of harm would come from leaving the young woman in the state she was in any longer, and it wasn’t something she was willing to risk.
 
As Spook asked the young man his name, and other questions, she turned her focus on the young female. She hovered her hands over top of her stomach as she had done back in her office with Kurai. Once more she concentrated the bright white healing chakra and sent it flowing throughout Hikari’s entire body. The chakra moved quickly but smoothly through the female just as it had Kurai, and in the process it fixed and dissipated whatever it was that was keeping the young woman from being able to awaken out of the comatose state she was in.
 

Ailment Removal:

 
When Aisling was sure that the bright white healing chakra of the Ailment Removal jutsu had in fact reached every inch of the young female she removed her hands and stepped back. Her hands stopped glowing white and she smiled gently before moving over to Spook once more and coming to a stop next to him: giving the female space in case she was freaked out over the whole situation: seeing as Kurai was as dangerous and strong as he was there was no telling what his sister would be capable of and there was no point in taking a needless risk.
 
“Your sister should wake up at any moment… the jutsu doesn’t normally take very long to take effect.”
 

Chakra Remaining: 965 – 35 = 930 / 1,000

‘What…..’
 
Her mind seemed to just blink back on like a light switch being flicked from the off position to on. She could feel something moving throughout her body and her medical experience told her it was healing chakra: and yet, it was healing chakra like nothing she had ever felt before. Whoever was near her, whoever was using chakra to fix whatever it was that was wrong with her, was using medical techniques stronger than Hikari had ever known.
 
‘What’s going on?’, she thought to herself as she attempted to open her eyes. As if listening from across a large room she could hear voices that were faint at first. Yet, as the healing chakra stopped these voices began to become louder until she could hear them clearly. It took a moment for her chakra radar to go into effect – a god send since she couldn’t see with her normal eyes – but after a moment she caught her first glimpse of the room around her: her brother was in this strange room as were two other people: a male and a female.
 

“Brother…” She stopped, clearing her dry throat as she tried to sit up. “What’s…what’s going on?” Hikari felt dizzy at first, but even that quickly began to go away as the healing chakra continued to work.

"My name is Kurai... this is my sister Hikari. We're from Clan Yanagi, Doton experts..." Kurai began to explain while Aisling worked her magic. "A while back, I gained the approval of Sage Apes that inhabit the forests around here, and they taught me how to harness Senjutsu energies. it's called Sage Mode... that's why my eyes change color and the coat appears."

After a few moments, Hikari began to wake up, further reliving Kurai. He took both of his sister's hands, to let her know that he was really there, and also to let himself know too. "...I don't quite know yet, Hikari... This is Ailsing Inuzuka, and this is Spook of the Black-Hand. They said that they found us both here in Niwa, buried and barely alive in comatose states. I don't remember a whole lot... I remember that paradise place we lived in for a while, and I remember traveling to the mountains around Kumo, to seal Kua, but after that...everything goes blank."

Both of them were still alive, that was the important thing. As for what they were going to do now, that was the question. There was no telling how long they were in those comas, or where their family was, or if they were even still alive. Kurai had to find out.

Kurai and Hikari Yanagi. "Dark and Light, huh. I'm sure there's some kind of meaning behind that. Doton users... Jinchuuriki and a sage to boot, huh? You seem to be one talented individual. I'm sure your sister here can do some pretty amazing things too, you'll have to show me some of your stuff sometime."

Aisling did the same thing she did to Kurai, and soon the girl was waking up. She and Kurai began to catch up on things. Sooner or later he and Aisling would have to do the same thing. He would have to do further training too, to familiarize himself with everything that his ancestor left behind for him. But why had they left it with Kurai? Did Kurai and them know each other? Spook didn't know. Kurai said that he didn't remember anything after he sealed Kua the 11 tails into him, so there was no real way of knowing.

The voice he heard when the Symbiote fused with him sounded very familiar for some reason, but he couldn't put his finger on it. In any event, Spook wouldn't think on it too long. Whoever they were, his ancestor would want him to be practiced and fully fluent in the use of all of his new gifts, and Spook didn't plan to disappoint.

Aisling saved Kurai and Hikari’s names to memory. Hearing that they were from the Yanagi clan, a clan specializing in earth techniques, caused her eyebrows to rise in curiosity. There was only one other Yanagi she had ever heard of and that was because the girl was a medic – though not a part of the medic corps themselves – and that was Marquetta Yanagi. The clan was supposed to be dangerous when it came to their earth jutsu and if the twins decided to stay in Niwaurushigakure they would be more than welcome to so long as no trouble rose up – and she found herself thinking that no trouble would.
 
She watched as Hikari began to wake up in the same fashion that Kurai did and smiled: she was glad to see the girl was okay just as her brother was. She kept quiet as Kurai explained to Hikari the little that he knew; and it was enough to allow Aisling to realize that neither twin likely had a place to go given how little they knew.
 

“Hmm…” Aisling glanced at Spook a moment and then back to the twins. “I like to think of myself as helpful – it’s the reason I got interested in medical ninjutsu in the first place. With that said I can’t exactly turn the two of you out if you have no place to go. I can work something out for a place for the pair of you to stay if you’d like here in Niwaurushigakure; or you can move on elsewhere. The choice is yours.” She wouldn’t force them to stay if they didn’t want to, but she couldn’t with a clear mind turn them out when there was no telling how long they had been unconscious like they’d been.

Hikari felt almost panicked, but as her brother took her hands in his she calmed instantly. The way she figured it her brother wouldn’t be as relaxed as he was if he thought that either Aisling Inuzuka or Spook Blackhand were dangerous. No, knowing her brother he would have been in a defensive state, especially with Hikari having just been unconscious.
 
It took her a minute to process everything that her brother was saying, and even more as she thought over the names of the people who she was introduced to. Her shoulders relaxed and she gave her brothers hands a reassuring squeeze: she knew he had to be worried about her. “I remember training in this beautiful place… and I remember you leaving to go hunt down a bijuu. The last thing I remember is you coming back…” She winced; attempting to think of it gave her a headache, so she stopped. “Keep getting this sharp pain each time I try thinking past that.”
 
She focused her chakra radar on Spook as he spoke; mentioning that Hikari could likely do some interesting things too. Hikari couldn’t help but grin a little bit. “I’m really good at blowing things up.”, she explained.
 

Then her attention was focused on Aisling as the woman spoke of how they could stay if they wished and how she would find a place for them to live. She turned her head in her brother’s direction as if ‘looking’ at him with her covered eyes. She would leave that choice up to him since he had been awake longer than him. “What do you think?”

She remembered about as much as he did. When she tried to think too hard on it, she got the same headache he did too. Whatever happenbed back then didn't much matter; they were alive and fine. "It's not important what happened back then, what is is that we're alright... don't think too hard on it."

A small but fast monkey skittered it's way through the trees and into the office through a window. It leapt into the grasp of Kurai and gave him a large hug. Kurai quickly recognized the animal to be Little Kong, his comrade and the little brother of Kong, the Chief Gorilla of the Sage Apes. He seemed qute excited to have his best friend back. Kurai hugged his comrade as well, rubbing the top of his head.

Hikari told Spook that she was good at blowing things up. Aisling spoke of the two of them staying here in Niwa, which didn't seem like a bad idea, seeing as the Sage Apes were so close by, and this village was home to legendary shinobi. When Hikari asked Kurai what he thought, he responded with "I wouldn't mind...Though we should find out where mom and dad are, and if they're still alive. I don't even know how long we were out..."

"Blowing things up, huh... Well it seems that I too can explode things. An ancestor of mine that the two of you must have known left several things behind specifically for me... It looks like I have more training to do."

Spook made several adjustments to his mask. There were several new styles that he'd have to get the hang of. Explosion Release. Weapons Technician. Whatever this gauntlet allowed him to do. Not to mention two new swords, and also this Symbiote, these living clothes. It all excited Spook and gave him something to do. When he would master the use of it all, he would likely be nearly unstoppable.

After the monkey jumped into the room and ran to Kurai, leading Spook to believe that it must have been one of the friends he'd made while becoming an ape sage, he turned to Aisling, still in disbelief at how much she'd changed. He had all the time in the world now to catch up with her, but first, he had to train. "I should start training myself with all of the gifts my ancestor left for me. Somehow he left words for me in these living clothes, he said it's a Symbiote. I'll explain more later, when we have the chance to catch up..."

Spook was quickly to one of the windows and diving out of it head first...

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