down from cloud 9

[kinyōji]

EFF AYE EHL OH

Upon his knees, the sand scorched his skin, though the breeze was freezing at this time of night. Clouds of dust rose into the air with thunderous booms, explosions being set off all around him. Upon his fingertips were blond strands of hair, he caressed her soft skin that was coated in blood, gripping her beautiful locks between his fingers. He swallowed and it felt like glass scraped at his throat, leaving it sore.

"You'll be okay, you'll be okay..." Yet, his chants were drowned out by exploding dunes. He hugged her close, shutting his eyes tight. The world went away, feeling her whispers upon his neck, the warm tears streaming down his tears--

"I don't want to lose you."

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down from cloud 9

"Kuh--!!"

He sat up on the bed, beads of sweat rolling down his face. He turned his head, hiding his eyes from the morning sun that peeked through the blinds of his apartment. He reached over, grabbing the shades from the nightstand next to his bed. Plastered up on his wall were the nude posters of a lonely lecher. A snort, a grunt, a groan, and an ungodly noise that came from god knows where was proof enough that the clean cut bachelor with the topknot was a disgusting creature in the morning.

He cleaned off his goggles.

He made breakfest.

He took a shower.

He put his hair in a topknot.

He slipped on his sandals.

And he returned to his room, sliding the window open, revealing that he was on the second floor of his apartment. He leaned out of the window and looked down upon a colossal gray beast that sat outside of his window. A smirk crept across his face, his eyes hidden by the glare of the sun.

"Oi, Zōzō--! What're we up today?!" He yelled down to the large beast, taking a bite of the piece of cake he held viced between his lips. The elephant cocked it's head back, a deafening trumpet coming from it's trunk.

"No, I don't want to play Shōgi. You cheat." Kinyōji's expression became bothered, annoyed, his eyebrows pinching at the skin between them as they knitted high upon his forehead, his frown long. Again, the elephant trumpeted, this time it was loud, almost angry.

"Today, we find adventure." Kinyōji declared with a wave of his hand, gripping the frame of windo. Vaulting, he landed on the elephant's back, dusting off his nice kimono, his topknot flailing back and forth as the elephant made it's way up the narrow avenue.

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It was only two hours later that Kinyōji found himself fleeing a horde of children, holding a number of sweets, beads of sweat falling from his face. His eyes were watered, bawling with his gigantic elephant companion right behind him, avoiding stepping on the children as they darted past him.

"I PAID FOR THEM! I PAID FOR THEM!!"

[Anzu]

"UGH! I swear to God you're such an idiot! Pervert!"

More yelling could be heard from a nearby apartment, followed by a crash and a random vase being thrown out the window, crashing down onto the street along with it's contents of a few flowers. A few loud bangs followed after. And then another crash and a male voice yelping in pain. Yet another fight between Anzu and Ryūki.

"OW! Dammit! I said I was sorry!" Ryūki rubbed the growing bump on his head as he growled at the pissed off woman in front of him, holding another vase above her head ready to introduce it to the man's head. The hard way.

"Tch! Like that can erase what you did! P-e-r-v-e-r-t!!"

And what a time for Kaisuke to come walking in the room, soda can in his right hand with his other hand in his pocket as he looked from the pissed off Anzu to Ryūki, who was sitting on the ground and rubbing his head. And about to get knocked the fuck out. "What happened this time?" He asked nonchalantly before taking a sip from his soda.

"He saw me coming out of the shower! Wet! And naked!!" She yelled, not taking her eyes off of the cowering man of her hands off the improvised weapon.

Kaisuke spit his soda out as a blush crept across his cheeks, adjusting his glasses so that his eyes couldn't be seen by the reflection of the light within them. Though, his brows creased with frustration and jealousy. "I see."

"I'M SORRY! Like I actually wanted to see you like that anyway! Gross!"

Baaad move.

CRASH... Thump.

And as Ryūki was seeing stars, sprawled out on the floor in a beaten heap, Anzu turned a dangerous eye to Kaisuke, who froze nervously and adjusted his glasses yet again and remained silent for his own safety.

"I'm leaving. I'll be back later." Anzu said in a deadly calm voice, hair overshadowing her eyes as she stomped out the room and stormed out of the apartment, door slamming as she made her exit. A picture crashed to the ground and Kaisuke sighed.

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Damn that Ryūki. Bastard snuck a peek and then dared to insult her? Hopefully, he would be knocked out for a very long time. She wasn't in the mood to deal with him and his asshole-ish ways. At least Kaisuke knew better by now. She sighed as she walked out into the street, Ichijin on her feet as normal sneakers for now. What she needed right now was a good ride; feel the wind in her face and hair to forget about what happened. Would she apologize to Ryūki later? Hell no. Got what was coming to him. Jackass.

Kicking the back of her heel on each of the sneakers, the wheels popped out of the bottom. Pushing herself forward, she skated down the street and around the corner, her pink hair dancing with the wind in back of her as her green eyes focused in front of her. Where she saw children. Children chasing an elephant. And a man. Wtf?

Curious, Anzu pushed herself forward on the blades and gained speed, rushing past the army of children and the animal and skating beside the man, who she looked to and the items in his arms.

"Ya know, you might want to just give 'em the sweets. They'll probably leave ya alone after." She suggested with an eyebrow raise and a slight smirk, finding the situation funny as hell.

[kinyōji]

Oh god.

A hot chick.

A hot chick that's...rolling on the ground with shoe contraptions?

A hot chick with shoe contraptions and is talking to him?!

Kinyōji tried to find the words, he wasn't as smooth as he led on with the women, his large glasses hid his sudden blush, his topknot bounced as he dashed up the street like a mad villain making his escape. He opened his mouth to speak over the wind howling in his ears but nothing came out. His lips just curled into a stupid smirk--

"Guhuhuhu..." The young ninja guffawed, simultaneously losing his footing in mid-sprint. Such platformed wooden sandals and running did not mix--

To the floor he went--

The wrapped candy sprayed across the ground--

He tumbled a few feet--

The stampeding elephant soon followed, trying not to step on the children that were passing it--

Though it was avoiding children, there was one person it didn't avoid--

"Guwah--!! Wait--!! ZŌ-ZŌ!!!" The man yelled as the beast's massive foot descended upon his small frame. The children all watched, gasping as the man they were in pursuit of was suddenly crushed under an elephant.

"Ohmygod!"

"Someone tell the Kazekage!!"

"Someone get help!!"

The elephant trumpeted, and slowly, it's foot began to rise. Kinyōji grunted as he began standing, seemingly lifting the elephant's large foot from himself without problem. Once he was standing straight, he gave a little pose. "Haha! Not even the might of Zō-Zō can keep me down!!!" Kinyōji bellowed, the kids all clapped and waved, picking up spilled candy and feasting upon the sweet cavity-makers with gusto while others shoveled it into their pockets.

Slipping from under the elephant's foot, he scratched the side of his face, eyeballing the girl who had suddenly advised him to give the candy up, giving her a small wave and a goofy smile.

[Anzu]

Anzu watched as the strange man took a tumble to face-plant in the ground after giving her a ridiculous looking grin. Maybe she came at the wrong time... with him running for his life with candy in his arms from a pack of ravenous children chasing him... and the elephant.

After skating a few more feet ahead of where he fell, she pivoted her hips and legs as she skidded to a stop, kicking up a little dust in the air as she did so. And then she realized she stopping in front of an elephant. Well, crap.

Just as she was about to jet, the large animal stopped.

... And brought it's foot down on the Candy Man.

0__0;

Oh, frickin' A! She caused the death of an innocent man. Ryūki would NEVER let her live this down. God, he was going to be such an ass about this, she just knew it! Especially after the episode today! Karma, you ol' sneaky bish.

Oh, yeah. And she felt sorry for the guy under the elephant foot too.

And then the foot lifted, revealing Candy Man to be lifting the foot off of himself, who then struck a pose before looking to her with a wave and a goofy smile. Well, she couldn't say she wasn't impressed. Hell, the guy had just lifted the force of an elephant off of him. He deserved some props.

"My bad. I didn't mean to make you trip." She apologized, scratching the back of her neck with an apologetic grin while her other hand rested on her hip. "The name's Anzu. Sakamoto Anzu." She introduced with a wink -- her own form of greeting -- before she crossed her arms comfortably.

"Haven't seen you 'round before. What's your name, Candy Man?" She asked confidently with a smile as she inched a little closer, mostly to keep from falling because of the wheels.

[kinyōji]

BISHŌNEN MŌDO

His eyes became large and slanted behind his goggles, he slid his index finger over his chin, his thumb pressed against the edge of his lip. He threw his arm out to the side, trying to be as smooth as possible. Quick rotation, he draped his arm around the young lady on wheels. "Well, ya'know. I'm kinda' famous 'round these parts." Kinyōji snickered a lecherous snicker, his eyebrows jumping a bit.

"Look! Kin-chan's hitting on a girl!! Don't fall for it, pretty-chan!! He's really a loser!!" One of the kids laughed from the crowd, a lollipop clattering against his teeth, the other children burst into a fit of laughter, causing Kinyōji to glare over his shoulder at them. Even his own elephant companion trumpeted in mock-laughter.

[Anzu]

As he tried to act suave and placed his arm around her, her arms uncrossed as the hand opposite of him found her hip once again, the other just chillin' by his and her side. She blinked to his statement and actions. Was he hittin' on her?

The children answered that question.

Anzu looked to the candy-filled little ones as they mocked the man, the elephant sounding in agreement, which made her chuckle lightly. This poor guy was certainly getting abuse form all angles. And she kinda felt bad for him. Why not cheer him up a little?

"Kin-chan, huh?" She smiled as she looked back and up to him. "I dunno. I kinda like Candy Man. Suits ya better." And so he was deemed Candy Man by decree of Anzu. Well, that was what she would call him anyway.

She pushed forward a little and skated out of his arm, coasting and turning to face him, coming to a stop as she did so. "So, what do ya do for fun, Candy Man?" She asked with a playful grin, interlocking her fingers behind her back and bending forward just slightly.

Hell, why not have some fun today? She could use it after this morning. :3

[kinyōji]

"I, uhh..."

"I...uuuhhhh..."

Kinyōji didn't really do anything for fun. He was so used to being a Nukenin, he wasn't sure what he would do to pass time. Clearing his throat, he glanced at his feet before looking straight upward, listing off things that he liked to do in the back of his head. Hang out with his elephant, bother and pester kids, play with elephant, eat, pester kids, feed elephant, pester Tsuya...

He glanced off to the side.

"She won't like any of those things..." He muttered to himself, stroking his chin, turning away before turning back. "Wanna' see a magic trick?!"

He poked two fingers in the air, his index fingers on each hand, holding them up adjacent to each other. He threw them both inward, hitting one thumb to the other, making it seem like he passed the finger on to the other hand, a trick he often astonished children with. He smiled feebly, a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his face.

"Ehehehehehe..."

[Anzu]

And the pink-haired girl watched the trick he did with interest, which soon turned to a slight head-tilt and a blink. Really? That was his magic trick? Well... he got an A+ for effort. She smiled and giggled softly, showing she found it amusing, albeit kinda funny in a cute way.

"Niiice. Got anymore?" She grinned. He was a bit strange, but hell. God knows she loved strange men. Her roomies, case-and-point. It was a good thing she loved 'em like family too, otherwise they'd be dead men by now.

But this guy was sweet and cute, in a goofy way. She could see herself becoming good buds with him. Possibly a drinking buddy? Ha, that would be amusing. How would he react if she asked to buy him a drink? Only one way to find out. Good thing she was a risk-taker.

"Actually, I was about ta go dancing or drinking or somethin' to pass the time. I'unno. Whatever it is, it's gonna be fun," she guaranteed. "Wanna join?"