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Post by Uchiha Arata on Nov 18, 2013 18:58:04 GMT -5
The sun had started its descent down as Arata walked through the village with hopes of collecting the last pendants he needed. Since the exams started he had tried making deals with people in order to help both parties. Though so far everyone he has come across just wanted to fight him for his instead. It was actually getting a little frustrating as the Uchiha would rather not fight over some stupid pendants.
Things had become a lot quieter since the start which probably meant that some people had been eliminated. What really got him was no one seemed to grasp the idea that they all could easily help each other to reach the end goal. Then again some people would have to just give up their pendants, but there is always a sacrifice. With a sigh he started looking around at all the fancy decorations that had been put up for the exams.
Now days it seemed to him that the exams had become more of a show then a learning experience. Especially since they were not even on teams to promote working together with your comrades, it gives good reason why everybody is all about fighting. You would think that given the previous generations they would be working harder to get people working together. Shrugging his shoulders Arata leaned against a tree watching a near by fountain as its waters sprayed into the are.
By the looks of it he was in some sort of town center seeing as they worked so hard to make it fancy. Its just too bad that he did not find himself in a food court cause his stomach had began to growl in hunger. Putting his hand to his stomach he started walking again, keeping an eye out for a good ramen shop. Suddenly one appeared as if from nothing bringing a smile to his face as he started walking faster.
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Post by guoduan on Nov 18, 2013 21:51:54 GMT -5
Oh this ramen...slurp...is..slurp...so good. What is this flavor beef, oh my, good, good, good. Anyone else wanna try this ramen i am buying. Guoduan said to seemingly no one, the only other person there currently was the ramen cook.
Guoduan slowly brought down his voices volume wondering if he had "scared off" potential customers or something.
After finishing his first bowl he ordered another from the cook and while waiting decided to pull out the exam pendants he had collected and the scroll. Five pendants with some extras in his possession he had done pretty well so far but had no luck finding the sixth. Going through the list making sure he didn't drop anything.
Lunar diamond, check
gold slab, check
purple lightning bolt, check
black stone, check
leaf blade, check
Well all the pendants he had gathered through bartering, lies, and competitions were here but he still for the life of himself he couldn't find a Fire stone. He had decided against just trying to take them from people worrying if he was forced into a fight then he might lose. So he used his mind instead, tricking genin he had seen beating up others. Lying to nearby people so they would overhear him and possibly make a wrong choice. The shinobi is supposed to have many tools in their arsenal but he personally saw from others very little.
He hadn't had all five pendants for very long having just recently traded a double he had to another genin for the double they had. It was a good trade they needed a gold slab and Guoduan needed the lunar diamond. But still it had vexed him where he would find a fire stone, having searched all day for one. Whenever he would enter into a competition with another genin he sometimes was aware of what pendant they did or didn't have. Usually if it was something guoduan already had he wouldn't compete. Also there had been other times where other genin had not made mention of which pendants they had and upon winning guoduan would be shown and realizing he did or didn't have all of those pendants he would only ever take the one he didn't have. Leaving a lot of genin kind of not sure what to say or do when he refused taking their pendants all together.
It had been a very fun day so far and so with the next piping hot bowl of ramen set down in front of him. Guoduan pocketed his pendants set his map back inside his gourd, which sat on the ground next to his chair, and started to dig into the delicious bowl of ramen.
Oh man this is so good!
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Post by Uchiha Arata on Nov 19, 2013 16:33:07 GMT -5
Hoping for a peaceful lunch Arata walked into the ramen shop with a calm attitude. Even though he only had five out of six of the pendants he was not really worried about it. Looking around he saw that the shop was quite leaving it empty with the exception of one kid sitting eating ramen. As he came closer he noticed that the kid was at the exams, which meant this lunch may not be as peaceful as he had previously hopes. With a roll of his eyes Arata chose to sit on the other side of the shop to avoid contact.
All he wanted was to have a nice lunch before he continued his search for the final pendant. When he sat down the man behind the counter asking what he wanted so he ordered a bowl of beef ramen along with a cup of tea. In his head he decided to take a count of what pendants that he had, along with what extras he had to trade with. He had all besides Lunar diamond then he also had an extra fire stone, and the purple lightning bolt so he should be able to find someone to make a deal with.
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Post by guoduan on Nov 19, 2013 20:05:59 GMT -5
Hey, is that beef, you should try the beef... it is good, so good.... This ramen...ughh..it..ughh.aaaghh...like the best i have had in my life.
Hey man! guoduan said with enthusiasm to the entering shinobi, what you up to? Kicking ass with the pendants?
Guoduan sat with his mind on food still munching away, but he still tried to keep on open ear to see if the other genin did choose to respond or not.
Believing in some sort of "Ramen shop truce" guoduan hoped the leaf nin wouldnt be making any moves towards combat. Other then friendly gestures and questions like the ones guoduan asked, he hoped that both these genin could just enjoy a meal without having to worry about pendant fights for the time being.
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Post by Uchiha Arata on Nov 19, 2013 21:23:13 GMT -5
Even though he heard the genin Arata just sat in silence while waiting for his order, he had lots of people act nice to get his pendants. After a moment he glanced over seeing the boy was focused on eating which shows that he might have a quite lunch. The waiter set a steaming bowl in front of him along with a cup to pour him cup of hot tea, with a smile he bowed his head to the man in thanks. Breathing in the aroma made his mouth water it always was one of his favorite things, seemed to clear his sinus.
"I would rather not have to 'kick ass' to get them, thats not what these exams are supposed to be about. Then again thats probably why I still need one..."
Having said that he grabbed his chop sticks to start digging in it was amazing to eat something warm after the fights. While he ate he tried not focusing on what he needed to do so he could clear his head, it will make the rest easier. Even the tea tasted good as it always warmed his stomach and helped him relax.
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Post by guoduan on Nov 20, 2013 5:02:55 GMT -5
Oh cool man, that's an admirable trait, guoduan said with a full mouth of ramen. Plus i didn't really mean exactly kicking ass, but yeah i know what you mean.
Finishing his bite of food and taking a sip of water he continued. I can say i have personally gathered all my pendants without having to harm anyone, i guess it is a matter of pride for me. But other genin i guess don't grasp the concept that shinobi don't just fight, well in my opinion i guess. I believe that combat should always be the last resort when there are not other available paths.
But hey what do i know i guess..
Guoduan finished his bowl of ramen then pulled out his map and pendants falling into hand seals he began to bind the five distinct pendants into the scroll. When he finished the process he looked to the leaf ninja, well i have some extras for trade if you need he said with a friendly smile.
I happen to need a fire stone if you have it?
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Post by RizΣn on Nov 20, 2013 5:27:22 GMT -5
Ryuuske Takeshi[/i]
Luckseemed to favor Takeshi today, he had come across a few genin on his journey to find a decent place to eat in this village. The smile crept back onto his hungry looking face. After his run in's earlier he was left with five of the items collected even though he doubles of a couple of them. The only one Takeshi was missing was the purple lightning item.
Finally stumbling across what looked like a decent place he burst into the door frantically and quickly found a seat equidistant to the other two genin present.
"An extra large order of pork ramen, please." Takeshi made his order with enthusiasm as he licked his lips and waited for his order to arrive. That was one thing that someone would notice about him, his appetite sometimes effected his thinking. [/blockquote]
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Post by Uchiha Arata on Nov 20, 2013 6:14:33 GMT -5
Arata watched the genin while he sipped his tea, he could see the extras he had were not of use to him. He was about to say something when an over active genin came bursting in like he had not eaten in weeks. Continued eating his ramen waiting for the new genin to sit down to Order his food, hopefully he will chill out a bit.
"That wont work. I need a lunar diamond, well I do have an extra fire stone along with a purple lightning pendant"
With a regretful shrug the Uchiha focused on his meal wanting to eat it before it started to get cold. After a few bites he finished off his tea then grabbed the kettle that he requested to poor some more tea. Setting the kettle down he put the cup up to his nose taking in the enchanting aroma with a deep breath, he calmed himself so he could plan how to get the last pendant.
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Post by guoduan on Nov 20, 2013 6:31:14 GMT -5
Oh sorry man I was only able to get my hands on one of those today. Sorry i can't help out, tell you what if we can find a person that has the pendant you need i would help sweeten the deal for them. Throw some extra pendants in or something, but yeah i just need a fire stone.
Wait my manners are horrible guoduan said as he walked across the restaurant towards the leaf ninja. I am guoduan pleased to meet you, he said with an outstretched hand.
Guoduan was unsure if this was all a ruse from the leaf shinobi but sometimes you just have to have faith in others guoduan thought.
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Post by RizΣn on Nov 20, 2013 19:41:43 GMT -5
Ryuuske Takeshi
A blissful aroma filled Takeshi's nostrils as he sat there waiting for his order. The atmosphere of the noodle shop that he had run across was very warm and welcoming. Then again, it was pretty much like that with every noodle shop that Takeshi has ever visited.
That's when Takeshi realized that he had walked into the middle of a conversation, but something that one of the other genin present had said made his ears burn. As Takeshi turned to the leaf genin to say something the suna genin walked past him and introduced himself to the boy that he was about to engage in a conversation. After letting the suna nin finish, Takeshi couldn't hold it in any longer and blurted something out without thinking.
"Did you say that you had a purple lightning??"
As he addressed the other genin he reached into his pocket and pulled out the extra lunar diamond Takeshi received earlier. As he waited for the leaf genin to look in his direction he began to bounce the lunar diamond on the palm of his hand.
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Post by Uchiha Arata on Nov 21, 2013 3:22:34 GMT -5
Noticing the Suna boy coming over Arata set his chop sticks down as he turned to face
him in case he wanted to attack. To his surprise the genin introduced himself holding his hand out, once he was done speaking Arata was about to introduce himself when suddenly the other genin blurted out his question. At first he scowled at the boy for interupting until he noticed the pendant in his hand which totally drew his attention away from the Suna kid.
"I think we can work something out"
He spoke with a slightly excited tone while he pulled both of his extra pendants from the inside pocket of his jacket. Taking the purple lightning he put it on the counter to trade for the diamond, after the boy traded him he would turn back to the other boy with a smirk on his face. Taking his hand Arata passed the fire stone to him with hopes of making a new friend that seemed to have a logical mind.
"Sorry about that. I Uchiha, Arata... was hoping to make a deal with the both of you, reguarding the exams. We should work together from here on, sure I could use an ally later on... besides I believe team work will look good to the judges. Though I will fight either one of you if I must, just if its not needed then why not help each other out as all shinobi should"
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Post by guoduan on Nov 21, 2013 3:53:04 GMT -5
Guoduan smiled at the Arata, nice to meet you. I think you have a good point, guoduan smirked as the fire pendant was dropped into his hands. After shaking Arata's hand he pulled out his scroll and sealed the fire pendant into it. After that he turned to the rain genin, that was nice of you to he said. Whats your name? Like i said i am Guoduan of Sunagakure, pleased to meet you. He reached out his free hand to the rain genin.
Once all three of them had done their introductions guoduan turned back to his pendant scroll. Setting all his extras pendants on the table next to Arata, he marveled at the scroll for a second.
uhh... guys check this out, Guoduan set the scroll flat on the table next to him and Arata. Looks like we got to go here next he pointed to the scroll as its shapes now showed a crude map.
Once their newly formed union had all seen the map guoduan rolled it up and placed it back into his gourd.
Well its not super late yet, you guys wanna go check it out? He said as he payed for his food and grabbed his gourd by the strap placing it back over his shoulder.
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Post by RizΣn on Nov 21, 2013 16:30:36 GMT -5
Ryuuske Takeshi
A steaming bowl of ramen was set down in front of Takeshi as he eyed the pendant that the other genin had placed on the table. Although he was hungry Takeshi needed just the last piece before he would have the first six. Unconsciously he pulled out some money and set it next to the bowl of ramen as payment and switched out the pendant sized items so that he would have the set.
Thumbing the new piece of his puzzle ever so slightly before he sealed it into the scroll. He was barely listening to the conversation that the other two were having until he heard the Uchiha's proposal. Nodding his head to himself in agreement, he turned toward the other two genin and spoke.
"Yo! My name is Ryuuske Takeshi. It seems to me that you may have a good idea. I'm in!"
As he finished his statement he turned back to his bowl of ramen and gulped in down in just a few moments. Apparently he had been hungrier than he thought.
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Post by Uchiha Arata on Nov 21, 2013 19:20:49 GMT -5
Once Guoduan took his hand away Arata turned to seal the final stone into the scroll which revealed some sort of map. As he was looking at it he heard the Suna nin talking about where there first location was. With a shrug he tucked his own map into his jacket pocket for just in case he needed it later. When the Ame nin introduced him self Arata gave him a slight bow before returning to his food. Now that he had a sort of alliance with the two he wanted to finish his ramen so that they could get started.
Quickly he finished off the noodles and gulped down the last bit of tea left in the kettle. With a full stomach Arata felt like he was ready to take on anything the next task required. Turning in his chair to face his new companions the Uchiha left his hand on his stomach for a moment. He looked around to each one to see if they were ready to leave or not, either way he was done eating himself so was thinking of heading outside.
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Post by guoduan on Nov 21, 2013 21:59:24 GMT -5
Well Ryuuske you look pretty hungry, did you want us to wait for you to get another bowl, he said with concern to the rain nin.
Well whenever you guys are ready, i am ready to do this. He said throwing a few punches into the air and then ending with a big thumbs up and a smile.
Team ramen shop truce GO!, after realizing that the other genin maybe didnt like the name guoduan rubbed the back of his head with one hand while a clear look of embarrasment crossed his face. He smirked at the other genin judging their responses to the name he had dubbed their newly formed team with.
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