Meeting a Stranger(Open)

The luxurious day hadn’t gone unnoticed by the well bundled up woman who too was making her way through the countryside of the Fire Country. Masked and armed with the apparel of that of a ninja, any who encountered her wouldn’t have suspected anything less than a mediocre ability in combat. Highly unusual to resorting to violence though, Kami preferred assessing the situation before resorting to such drastic measures. A few couple dozen meter behind Kobachi. Incapable of seeing such long distances though all she noticed was a blurry figure dressed in whatever shade of color they described that. She primarily dressed in various dark violets, white and blacks. No stranger to the monochromatic world.

A bit on edge she, Kami walked along behind as stealthily as possible so she could assess the possible outcomes from confronting the stranger. Each step allowed her to hear him more clearly.  There is . . . a . . . hmm."  Huh? from the sounds of it he sure seems to be having difficulty with that sign. Is he new to the language? Or perhaps he has a condition? No matter the case, Kami felt confident in her approach getting a clearer picture of the individual till she had finally come up behind him. Staring at him she began to wonder whether or not her assistance was required for finishing the sign.

“Pardon?” she remarked as benign as she possibly could. Reading over the sign herself she said read it out loud in case the stranger would understand a couple of the words he had skipped over. “There’s an unfamiliar person lurking around the outskirts of our village. Figure out what they are doing and report the information to the proper authorities.” Adding in a single word as she didn’t like how it was going so far. I am not of a questionable nature so they better not be talking about me. Her expression justly appalled at such a mission. Turning to the man she wondered if they could have been remarking on him as well. Standing oafishly beside this stranger Kami began to become self-conscious of herself.

Flinching slightly, mid read,  from the man’s sudden leap, Kami half reacted in the same manner to her strange new acquaintance. Jumpy this one. Can't blame him. Easing herself so she didn’t start anything with the man she tried to offer a reassuring smile, having completely forgotten she had a mask covering it slightly.  Noticing it she stopped smiling her awkward smile and just waved her hand slightly side to side in greetings. Listening closely as to understand exactly what Kobachi was trying to say? I read good. Pretty good considering I don’t know if he just started or not. Teaching though that was something she didn’t expect. I guess I really ought to have thought about that after offering my interpretation of it. Hummingbirds. Her mind wandered slightly near the end of the thought normally drawing upon the same word.

”Umm sure? I don’t think i am the greatest uhh english teacher,” she stuttered a bit. ”So this sign says I guess in the most basic sense … “ Pausing sporadically through her explanation. So the pronunciation of the whole sentence is sorta as followed. The-airs an … un-fa-mil-ur?” Questioning her own lesson at this point.   “Unfamiliar meaning not normal or … yeah something unusual?” Hoping he will give a sign that he understands. Lurking is kinda like walking about … outskirts are the parts of the city which are sorta on the edge of the border? And the last part is just saying if they are doing bad things tell someone about it and if not then just mention it to someone that they might be needing help about. Does that explain some of it?” Not completely sure she explained that well, heck she sure confused herself from all of that especially since she started out giving help on pronunciation and then stopped. ” Oh yeah I am Kami Hanabira. And you?”

As Kobachi began to repeated various words she had spoken she smirked slightly with delight. His hand furiously writing down the phonetic and/or actual spelling of the words. She wouldn’t be able to tell though unless he turned the pad about. She didn’t care either way just was thinking of how she could help him. As he sounded out the word “unfamiliar” she squinted her eyes in delight with how well he managed to pronounce it. ”Yes very good. The happiness upon her face quickly waned though as he began to state how he was not normal around these parts as was she. Watching as he gesticulated the words almost Kami nodded. ”I suppose I am we both can be un-fa-mil-iar together,” She stated. Craning her neck from side to side and lifting her arms up above her head; the thin fingers began to weave together just like fiber when the quickly snapped letting out a large crack. A bad habit which Kami had made over the years.

Watching the stranger Kami was relatively surprised when he pronounced her name. Pretty good considering it was his first time wrapping his tongue around her name. Relayed his name in return she repeated it as well slightly finding herself tangled up on the last name. ”Kobachi Mona-a-zaem-o-n-i,” Feeling awful that she completely butchered his in return. As he bowed she almost blushed with embarrassment, no one bowed to her … ever. She felt oddly honored by his gratefulness and as a result she felt obligated to reply with a bow of her own. ”Perhaps one day our roles will be reversed.” Lifting the mask back up to cover her awkward grin.

Eyebrows raised at the strange chortling which her newly found student voiced cause her to smirk with a stupid grin almost visible through her mask. Such a silly boy. Shaking her head she tried to stop smiling. The question caught her by surprise, ”I suppose I have been hunting every now and then. Mostly for food of course.” Quickly popping another he caused Kami to blink from it. Me moved to Konoha? I guess I could be stuck in a worse city. ”I suppose I will slowly make my way to Konoha. I wasn’t planning on going directly there I was going to … uh check out the scenery maybe keep going a bit farther.” Shrugging she didn’t want to say definitively where she was planning on going. Walking with Kobachi she found herself possibly making what may have been her first friend. ” I don’t have a particular reason to settle down here but it seems like a nice village.”