Raise It Up

[fireire]

Who: Ava Ire and anyone
Where: All along the very edges of Fire's borders, from Wave to Rain
When: From April 20th to 26th
Notes: Open for anyone! Besides being found on the roads, Ava can be found in the small towns on Fire's east and north borders and in the Lands of Whirlpool, Rice, Fang, Waterfall, Grass, and Rain. She won't be spending too much time in any of them if she has her way, but that is always liable to change.

( Just another mission. )

And that's why Ava found herself wandering, after a time of moving through the forests to make sure she wasn't being pursued, along the paths that bordered between Fire and some of its neighbors.

Those on the roads would see a very disgruntled and tired little girl, long dark red hair a tangled mess and bags beneath her oddly colored eyes. The state of her clothes wasn't much better, including a puncture through the front of her shirt that had a mirror double on its back. Instead of a proper traveling pack, she only carried a small messenger bag slung across her chest and over her shoulders.

Perhaps because of her meager amount of supplies, one could also find her in towns here and there. Mostly smaller towns just to get a quick bite or gather up supplies again. Her journey took her along through the lands on Fire's East and North sides, along with whatever small Fire towns were there as well. Sometimes one could spot her investigating a stall or a shop, or might run into her while she was getting a quick meal. The farther along she got, the more she took her time.

(no subject)

[notveryspecial]

Who: Sakura & OPEN
When: April 15th
Where: Konoha training fields
Notes: Sakura gets some training in before her mission. Also genjutsu training with Shisui before his upcoming mission.


She'd had a headache off and on this week, and it was either from a lack of sleep or thinking about the part where she fell into a different country in front of that country's self-proclaimed god. On the chance that it was the latter, Sakura had decided to throw herself into training and work for a while until her anxiety over her future as a shinobi quelled.

Despite what it may look like to some villagers, her training did not exclusively involve jumping across rooftops. She was a Chuunin, not a fresh graduate. She spent quite a bit of time also training jutsu, refining technique, and...catching up. She still felt like she was catching up to all the others who were raised with family and clan techniques and practiced favored jutsus while they learned to read.

Shisui had told her to meet him here for genjutsu practice (wide open fields were apparently great for secret genjutsu training), but she'd decided to practice earth jutsu as well before then. It kept her mind clear of worries, warmed her up, and gave her an excuse to be out on the field.

She flourished the blade in her hand and stabbed it into the ground, sending a surge of chakra through it and into the grass. The ground cracked and then peeled away in a jagged line leading away from her. Three, four...five feet long, three wide. The depth varied somewhat depending on the substance of the earth, but...she squinted down at it. Seven? About seven feet.

She could do better. That technique needed work.