Konoha Knocks Karefully

FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY THEY HAVE ARRIVED

"Boy... we've made it.."

He had his straw hat on to try to block out the sun as much as possible, but it did not work. Quite honestly if he had brought along that machine cart filled with some kind of air cooling, then this would have been no problem. Although tredding through the desert would have been hard. Ryuho had his hand on his hat and his arm by his side. He did not want to alert the Sunagakure border guards, so he didn't touch his Takashi at all. He walked up to the border gates and simply awaited for him to be invited through. Ryuho cannot waste any more time. He had to see the Kazekage again as soon as possible.

The Hokage Ryuho Mikoto Nakata and his ANBU Captain walked towards Sunagakure after having migrated through this stinking desert - this godforsaken hellhole of a nation, fought through tired sleepful nights, endured filling meals of food, battled against scarcity of water, until they saw the somewhat grand, somewhat bland Sunagakure in the distance. The Hokage decided to use his own feet, as he did not trust other methods of transportation too much. Machinery and transports of another nation in a time of hostility, when a peaceful man such as himself is bloodlusted, are not welcome to his bottom.

Tear had been sitting in his office reviewing several papers. He was in deep thought about recent events and the rumors that were swirly around. His thoughts were interrupted by a young chunin barely even 16 years old. "Lord Kazekage, The Hokage has come to the village in order to speak with you about urgent matters." Tear looked over his shoulder to the boy standing in the window. He smiled at the young man before standing up and patting his shoulder. "Thank you Kai. I'll go greet him in person. Keep up Jackal." Jackal was is codename for Jacques his newly appointed bodyguard and Anbu Captain. A small breeze of wind would blow in front of Ryuho before the visage of Tear would appear before him. "Ryu! How long has it been?" He said smiling at the Hokage with a brotherly smile. Tear had almost forgot that the two nations had hostilities. His smile soon faded as he looked at the Hokage wondering why he was here.

Jacques had been meandering about the office, his eyes falling an all sorts of nick-knacks and other sets of memorabilia. He grimaced at many of the glass figurines. He glanced out towards the sky and smiled, enjoying his moment of solemnity. That was until a young man bust into the room with a message for the Kazekage. Jacques took that as a queue to get ready. He donned his mask and armor as a minuteman might have donned his uniform and grabbed his rifle. Jacques had returned his presence to the room as the young chunin left. He nodded as the Kage told him to keep up. He followed the leader of sand outside of the administrative building. It was when the Kage had stopped at the gate the Jacques stood by. Calmly watching the situation. When he met the gaze of the Hokage, Jacques customarily bowed as was the action of his station in a situation such as this. "Lord Hokage" He spoke through his mask as he returned to an upright position.

Sasuto gazed towards Jacques, a meticulous stare even obvious through the small holes of the Kitsune ANBU mask which served as something to conceal his true identity, his only known name at this currently situation was "Crow". His right hand tightened upon the grip of his sheathe beneath the black cloth he wore in addition to his ANBU outfit, but the second he noticed they were of Sunagakure, he relaxed.

Clearly, the man whom let out an inquiry was the Kazekage. He was curious of the situation at hand. He was still steaming hot from wearing all of these clothes and just barely dealing with it, his quiet self was what made him so tolerant of such insane heat. He had grew up within a naturally hot environment, Konohagakure from the Land of Fire, but this was just unbelievable.

"Woo~woo. It'd be a lot better if we talked in your office, eh Tear? Where the cool air is. I have some very important things to talk about... international-level affairs. X-class information".

Ryuho sincerely hoped that the Kazekage, or Sunagakure in its whole for the matter, is not allied to the terrorists in any way. For if they are.... then the strongest men of the village will be walking into a death trap... a deadly sandpit, where the Hokage's bloodlust will go on a rampage at last....

Upon arriving at the gates, the guards had had kept him waiting on standby as they got the Kazekage. At least Sunagakure retained its response time to important figures of the world. He did not have to wait long, as while his eyes glanced from guard to guard and at his ANBU Captain, the Kazekage appeared before him, in a most welcome greeting. Kazekage Raphael 'Tear" Fumetsu answered his call. Ryuho returned a gentle smile towards the Kazekage, a remnant reminiscient of his usually carefree demeanor, to show grace for the Kazekage's grace and friendly response. He had not seen the Kazekage ever since the meeting they had in the Festival of Peace back in the Land of Rivers along with Mizukage Kouketsu Uchiha; a shitstorm about the killing of Suna and Kiri shinobi by Konoha hands had paraded the typical 100-year commemoration of peace. Ryuho was very ashamed and serious that it was Konohagakure that was chosen for the blame, although is it not like Konohagakure hadn't tackled the toughest of situations in the far past. The recent terrorist attack only served to amp his hostility. Luckily though, they were able to apprehend those who were responsible for the murders.

"Thank you for taking your time to acknowledge my visit, Tear. Our last meeting came from a disaster, mhm?" Ryuho replied after Tear greeted him, although it would be revealed that this meeting will also come from a bigger, perhaps even more bloody disaster. "I see that you've brought your man here, as I have I... oh, this is Captain Crow" Ryuho introduced, acknowledging both Jacques's and Sasuto's presences. The Hokage took off his straw hat, allowing his manly black hair to warm up under the sun. He followed that move with a swipe across his sweaty, glistening forehead, to illustrate their arduous trip here and the heat of the beating sun. "We uh... we've come a long way here from Konohagakure, whoa!" Ryuho sat down besides the Kazekage and dapped his fingers on his forehead as the sweat continued to accumulate. "Hot, hot place Tear... very hot... eh?" Ryuho continued, as a relatively strong wind blew across their faces.

"Ah yes, This is Jackal." Tear was referring to the masked Anbu Member standing behind him. "He is the man around here, besides me anyway." Tear would turn and lead his two visitors to his office. "The Festival was rather....." Tear trailed off letting his statement just die off. Tear was a intuitive man, so considering the current rumors floating around he could only assume that his old friend was he for one thing and one thing only. "I figured I'd be getting a visit from you sooner or later Ryuho. I've been meaning to call everyone together so we could all sit down and have a little talk." Tear continued to walk as the shadow of the Suna walls engulfed their bodies.

Ryuho also expressed a light, gentle smile at Jackal/Jacques as well to show that he is here for all purposes of friendliness and without harm, so he shall not be gutted, mutilated, beheaded, burficated, tortured, amputated, or disemboweled by the good man. He had been granted an audience with the Kazekage, and Ryuho got up and followed him into his office. "Thank ~ you so much, Tear". They traveled through the narrow, long corridor between Sunagakure's rocky borders, which would no doubt lead him to the light that is Sunagakure in all of its sandy glory. It appears that Tear was perceptive and excelled at anticipation, for he had already thought about plans to talk with the other Kages. Did he have information about the terrorists, as well? Or was he..... allied to them? Ryuho glanced at the back of Tear's neck, as they walked through the gates and into the village, which Ryuho took the time to glance around- simple moving his head, until they were led to his office...

Sasuto had stayed exceptionally quiet throughout the majority of this time. Out of the corner of his irises, he glanced at the ANBU Captain of Sunagakure, Jacques. He was indeed meticulous of his surroundings, trying to identify whether or not this unknown enemy was a fellow enemy or fellow ally of Sunagakure.

Ryuho trailed through Sunagakure with the dispersed Sasuto around his persona; three crows as fellow traveling companions. He smiled at everyone who greeted him, and found a place to refill his supplies and stock back up necessities. With that, he walked through the horrendously narrow path between Sunagakure's borders, and finally left the village, accompanied by the border guards. It sucks that they have to tred the desert again, but he is also all too glad to leave it in favor for Iwagakure. Ryuho turned around to see the border guards waving him goodbye, with a slight, light smile on their faces. It was okay for him to return someday. Their journey continues.

[EXIT]

Sasuto still transformed into three crows with one on V's shoulder, prepares to head out. The one on his shoulder caws, it's eyes ogling the sun in the distance and quickly staring off somewhere. It flapped it's wings and took flight, still flying near V, in fact nearby his head, flapping it's wings gracefully with a slow ease to them. He thought about his last time speaking, and decided that he'd stop thinking about it and just move on.

[exit]