Into the fray~ [Requesting Entrance]

[Keigo Oen]

They rode, and they rode hard. . . though it would be quite funny how things would work out, since leaving Water country. . . they seemed to be having alot of fun. There was always going to be trouble in paradise but that only made things interesting. Seeing how his wife would answer and submit herself to the situations that life brought her. Thanking Gaia that he was able to find the core to his earth. Cereza, his everything. . . and their child was equally everything to him. He'd do everything in his power to make things right so she could and would have the best chance at having the most efficient healthcare possible. Suna was known for it. . . so he would try to utilize it as best he could. Either way, she was a strong woman. Stronger than most he had ever known, her passion and love of life. . . just encouraged him to be a better man.

And he would be a better man because of it.​

So, it would seem they were coming close to where the maps would state Suna's main city territory would be. Where he got the map? The power of Ink/Paper and being a tracker. He could feel the life under his feet knowing the general layout of the land unknown to him. Never being able to really get lost. . . it happened though. Cereza and himself seemed to be racing though, not against time or to get away from bandits. . . but with one another. Their horses being pushed full throttle through the desert into the heart of the Maw from which they seemed to have appeared. . .

"HAHA, I dont think you're gonna win this time! Hah!", smiling he'd whip the bindings around his black stallion's coat and continued pushing forward leaning with the strides. She had the faster horse overall though, so he was always slightly trailing her as they entered into the threshold of a skeletal fortification that seemed to be where the tremors began to heighten. 'Hm?' slowing to a slight trot Rozan would pull back on his horse and call out calmly but with a firm tone, "Woooah~ Wooah bud. . . We're here Cereza. . .", picking up the pace a bit to trot next to her he'd whisper, "You wanna do the talkin? Or me?"

[Topic Entered w/ Setsumon Cereza]

OOC: Please wait for Cereza to enter before posting plox~?
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[Mienai]

The desert scene was, well, really boring. In Kiri, a place covered in vegetation and water, one would usually see animal life or beauty wherever they went. Here, well, there was sand...and sand...and over yonder, yes, more sand. Cereza didn't really mind the heat. Her hood was still up on the black cloak she was still wearing so that kept the sand particles in the air at bay. Underneath that was just a normal baggy red shirt and some tan pants. These would allow for more air friendly breathing room. For lack of anything else that could be said, this was average temperature for Cereza having to deal with constantly warm situations and her own general output, but that didn't mean precautions didn't need to be taken. She just hoped that this wouldn't cause any longterm problems with the pregnancy. Luckily this travel should have only been a few hours. Perhaps a check up would be in order when they got into this new village, then she could get an appointment and possibly find a personal doctor for later visits. Still, she was happy to have her husband with her.

Speaking of which...​

She turned her head as she saw Rozan gaining on her from the corner of her eye. Still racing, huh? Even after pushing these horses past their actual limit? Well then, gladly. "Oh really? Still think you can keep up on that gimp legged MARE of yours? I think not." Really? Trash talking the horse? Apparently no one is spared of her teasing. Ah well, when a game is involved, play hard or go home. Cereza would whip the reins of her own white mare and lift herself up a bit like a true jockey, ducking her head to reduce the wind resistance. This would keep her at least a little in the lead.

Cereza still really had no idea about where she was going, considering Rozan had the map. So, while still in the lead, when she saw his horse slowing and coming to a trot, she did the same with her horse and let it rest. Rozan came close to her and she turned her head to listen. "I'm not very good with handling officials. Tends to leave a bad taste in my mouth, not to mention this is a culture I do not know. I don't think they could handle all this fun let alone someone who smiles. Probably best that you speak, my love."<i></i> Cereza gave a nod under her cloaked hood as she whispered back to Rozan. She would then turn and pat her horses neck as she waited.

[OOC: Topic Entered w/Rozan]

 

[Toraono Kuro]

It was a rare moment indeed but Kuro's Sanryoukyogan body was on his way out of the maw when visitors arrived on horseback. It was nice to see such animals make it through the desert without a sandwyrm attack. His eyes activated and he checked for malicious spirits and was otherwise completely overjoyed to sense one of the visitors was with child. Children carried a huge soft spot in Kuro's multiple hearts. Sanryoukyogan Kuro stood at six feet and weighed in at two hundred and fifty pounds. He wore a sand tone heavy robe interlaced with Takahashi fire-forged steel with matte-black transformation seals allowing it to switch from desert color to pitch black dependent on Kuro’s vocal command or four tap sonic patterned code along his right thigh. Sanryoukyogan Kuro wore a matching white belt with a medic pouch on his left hip where his belt latched around his waist. Nestled nearby he also had sheathed a pair of scrolls for his medical items to be summoned. Sanryoukyogan Kuro wore his battle pouch atop his right hip Sanryoukyogan Kuro wore his leg holster for kunai and shuriken on the exterior of his left thigh just atop his silk gi shorts. Securing his Takahashi forged shin guards and sandals were his enhanced runic terran sealed leather wraps for his hands, forearms, shins and feet. Sanryoukyogan Kuro allowed his leonine tail to hover just above the ground though at the moment it swished about happily. He wore his mane of silver hair in tight war braids in ancient ceremonial fashion making his oxen horns much more pronounced further showing he was not completely human, despite his looks he gave off the feeling of genuine kindness. ”Welcome to the Maw of Barnyx, and the gateway to Sunagakure, I am Sennin Toraono Kuro please state the nature of your visit and if you have any please present your passports.”

Kuro kept his hands in plain sight and made sure he did not reach for anything that might be misconstrued as a form of attack or treachery. He looked like a monster yet his voice was deep and friendly in its baritone. Nothing he did seemed amiss other than his animalistic features.

WC: 320
MFT

 

[Keigo Oen]

"Gimp Legged Mare!? HOW DARE YOU SPEAK ABOUT MY. . . Mare?", looking down at his horse and looking at his the horses legs for a moment. . . Maybe she was right, but she had no rig-. . . then again she could likely blow him up in a pit of flames if he ever got her mad enough, scary wife is scary. Good boy Rozan, Gooood boy~ Rozan would lightly look to his wife though as she spoke, well. . . whispered, and allowed him to take the tone of speech. Olaf within him the lava spirit. . . and the wood spirit that inhabited Rozan's body managed to shift in the chains that bound him to the the tree within him. Sapping his energies. . . but, "Alright. . . I gotcha.", Rozan would take the lead, ever the voice of reason and sagacity was he. Either way, he would find that things that he had within him could actually live and breath otherwise outwardly? As a Demonic horned beast with a tiger-like demeanor. . . decked out with a tail and seemed to have this spirituality with it. Gaia's grace maybe? Who knew~?

". . .Arent you the looker?", Rozan was quite. . . weirded out by the being. And slightly jumped at his voice. He wasnt afraid it was more like, 'That thing can talk!?', ". . .And it speaks? This is going to be. . . 'pleasant.' ", looking at Cereza for a moment and smiling weakly for a moment, before turning back to the beast and speaking once more. . . Maybe Rozan could say something, witty and something that was the best ever, "Dayum~ Dayum~ DAYUM~", Genius Rozan. . . Genius. The 6'3" wood bending male with one fake arm. Though it was hidden behind a black sleeve and metallic armor. His three Katana's attached to his back, two straight up and down and one across the back of his waist. Though non-hostile Rozan would hop down from his lightly armored mare.

"Sorry, excuse my rudeness. . . Just I've never seen anyone that looked like yourself. . . is that a costume? Are you cosplaying something? I never seen any movies. . . with your character. . . but its awfully a good cosplay if anything.", nodding and pulling out his passport and looking back to Cereza, "Mind handing me your passport love?", holding his hand out to her. He didnt know if she would be off the horse at this point. If she was he would compensate, if not he would. . . compensate.

 

[Mienai]

Based upon Rozan's actions and facial expression, it seemed that he kind of didn't understand the jab at him. Oh well. It was funnier to see him question such an idea. That poor stallion. Still, it wasn't a big issue. As the couple waited for someone to come by and ask for their official paperwork, Cereza's eyes locked onto orange with black stripes. Animal. Cat. TIGER! It was a big cat? Walking on two feet? And it talked?!? Oh and it was friendly! Oh lookie there, nothing could have been better! Cereza grinned and started bouncing up and down on the horse, to which the horse snorted at her. Cereza glared at it but hopped off happily anyway and walked over to her husband, her hands gripped into fists, hugged tightly to her upper chest and shaking back and forth with excitement. She got close to Rozan and whispered to him. "Can we keep him?!? Please!!! I'll promise not to let this one destroy your study! The last three were jaguars anyway!"<i></i> Cereza seemed overly excited about this, and disregarded the afformentioned destruction done by the three precedented wild cats.

Suddenly though, what the walking tiger had said actually dawned on the intelligent woman. This...cat, was a Sennin? And his name was Kuro. "Well that's not a fun name. I was gonna name him Mr. Cuddles."<i></i> She would mutter out so no one would actually hear her, unless they had like super hearing or something. She pouted for a few seconds, after realizing he was a person, well, apparently, but no matter. The eyes were said not to be liars, but who really wants to clarify that? At least someone was here to let them in, hopefully. Cereza looked back at this Kuro person and waved slightly."Hello, Sir, nice to meet you. Please excuse the outburst, that happens alot. I'm sure you're actually a very normal person and in no way related to a puma." Giving a final grin at her, well, what was supposed to be an apology mixed with a greeting, she would turn her attention back on what Rozan had said. Passports. Ah, yes. She turned to reach into her satchel attached to the horses pack and pulled out the issued passport that gave her legal status. She would then extent it to Rozan with as much grace and overexaggeration on formailty as possible. "Here you go, my dear. 'Tis not a problem worthy of such insignifigant thoughts of the mind!" Cereza grinned and turned back to pet the horses nose, whom seemed jealous of having not recieved much attention. Spoiled thing.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Kuro smiled as he looked over their passports, after a quick chakra imprint on the passports to allow them to be tracked Kuro handed them back. "No, sorry, I'm not related to a Puma persay but I do have demon blood from a cat like demonbeast, which explains my disposition. If you would like a trained feline for a pet I can arrange that at my dojo. For now allow me to escort you to the Kazekage tower so that you can be registered as visitors to our somewhat hidden village."</COLOR><i></i> Kuro beckoned them to follow him onto a massive chakra pulley elevator where he could make sure their horses were safe as well. <COLOR color="indigo">"Also, Congratulations on your pregnancy as well, your new life is vibrant and strong. The horses can be watered and housed above or below ground, your pick, after we arrive at the office of the Kazekage we can record you as visitors and get you a tour."

 

[Keigo Oen]

"Oh? Well. . . Thats very interesting. . . So its -not- cosplay. . .?", needless to say Rozan was alittle disappointed but yet intrigued. Though, there would seem to be alot of things that would be taken into consideration with this move. Rozan wanted to live in a place where he could raise his child. Though he still didnt know there were twins. . . neither did Cereza. . . but maybe they would learn soon? Who knew really, he was just along for the ride and if things worked out. Though the first order of business, seeing the Kage? An honor that he had never been able to do in Kiri. So, meeting the highest man in the village he would have to make quick ties to earn this man's trust. They were already being so nice, even offering his wife a feline pet? Nice.

"When you make offers like that to my wife, you've already earned my personal trust.", though it wouldnt go TOO far, but he fully expected Cereza to be squealing like she often did when she was happy. It made Rozan happy to see her like that. She was cute like that, but he also knew of her love for cats, big ones, ones that liked to trash his study. Oh well though, he didnt mind, her love was all he needed. It made eating seem pointless only a thing he needed to do to ensure he could live with her as long as possible. So with a solid heart and a whole some mind. He was quite sure that this would be a great exchange of minds that would be to come. "Alright. . . C'mon hun, lets get this shindig rolling. . .", smirking a bit he could feel the glee running through him for a moment..

"By the way, Sennin Kuro, My name. . . Well you've already read it. . . but My name is Rozan. And this is my wife Cereza.", bowing a bit and tugging on the collar strap and if Cereza needed he would take her's into his grasp before moving his body to the elevation shaft with Kuro and Cereza, as they would likely begin to be lowered and kept until they decided to leave, however, maybe they wouldnt. . . maybe this would be home? Maybe. . . but that was unlikely. As of right now, there would have to be alot of factors that could work themselves into play for that to work out. . . So with a heaving breath he would smile and await further instructions.

[Entered village if allowed]

[MFT]

 

[Mienai]

With a slight sigh, Cereza would start to space out from this conversation. So they had to meet the Kage for this little experience? What a drag. More political figures. Cereza rolled her eyes at that whole idea. Though, the offer of a trained wild cat was appealing. However, that was not exactly considered practical at this moment. She just nodded. She liked them, but she had enough on her plate right now. For the most part, she just wanted to relax a bit with her husband once they got situated into a temporary residency, if all things went well.

Rozan was still very chipper though, and diplomatic as always. Would always be a good choice to keep an eye on him though, just in case. She was the ANBU here, so her trust was a bit harder to gain than his, what with having knowledge of all the things some normal looking people could do. It made her stomach churn. Oddly enough though, she remained quiet and followed his lead. That wasn't standard behavior. She got a strange feeling, something that bothered her. She'd investigate it later, but, no matter. Back to the matters at hand.

Cereza grabbed onto the reins of her horse and tugged it along. "I'd prefer to have the horses housed below." Cereza took pause when she heard him congratulate her on her pregnancy. How did he...? I'm just barely showing... Cereza just gave a nod, an odd expression on her face. "Uh, thanks. We're very excited." The tone came out confused as well. Subconciously, as if by reflex, her hand covered her stomach, where a barely visible bump was starting to diplay itself. She'd do anything for this child. Well, children when she did discovered that via medical visit, perhaps, but as of currently she was unaware of the twins.

Cereza moved over and took her husband's hand. A sign of support and love, as well as a joint power, one force. She wouldn't want to be doing this with anyone else and she still didn't know how she got lucky. His smile would be the light that would bring about her own, despite the odd feeling she had nagging at her from the depths of her mind. She'd follow his lead, as well as Kuro's, when beckoned with no further statements or questions, despite how totally iffy this lift actually looked from a person who was not of this country.

[Entered Village if allowed]

 

[Toraono Kuro]

***Access granted ***

Tsuchimikado Kuro led the visiting family inside, using his special abilities Kuro relayed the information to his main body whom promptly entered their names into the register while his medic self led them to the Golden District for a good set of restaurants and generally great hotels.

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