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twenty-five crows (朱) action/voice

[Private message to Sasuke, left this morning]

Are you still here, little brother?

[End message]

[Itachi has remained surprisingly unaffected by the current event, something he is positive of and incredibly glad for. While such events had helped move along his relationship with Law in the first place, he has no desire to add further complications on top of this.

Not wanting to remain cooped up in the house, and hoping that any chance for him to be affected from here on out has since past, the ninja can be found feeding birds near the fountain at the center of town. It's been a while since he's done this, despite it being a past-time he enjoys. It's also a good way to get out and learn about current events without simply sitting with his journal laid open all day.

The only odd thing about this scenario is that, despite the variety of birds that can be found within the village, the majority of those alighting to pick at the scattered breadcrumbs are crows.]

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Sound would have outed you immediately, not to mention made you a threat had it been true.

[If he wasn't such a polite guy, he might have pointed out that Masaomi probably wouldn't have made his radar no matter what village he'd been in.]

You must converse with those from my world often.

Well I am Shikamaru's roommate. [And student, sort of. And lives on the same floor as all the people from Konoha. Or well, most of them. And he considers the other guy his best friend circa Luceti] It sort of comes with the territory.

I see.

[Good to know.]

Do you have some interest in becoming a ninja yourself?

Would that even be possible, Itachi-san?

I will take your response as a yes.

And I would say it would work on a case by case basis, depending on how your world correlates with ours. And there's the fact that ninja are typically trained from a very young age.

Not to mention, I'm pretty sure the culture's a real clash for what I know from the 'buro.

It appears to clash with quite a good many places.

Well not everywhere can have child soldiers; we'd probably have less adults.

Do you consider ninja to be no more than soldiers, then?

You wouldn't consider it soldiers?

A ninja fights for their land, true. They are warriors, protectors, and many other things, but only in war time can they really be considered soldiers.

A young ninja generally performs simple tasks around the village, rarely anything more dangerous than an escort mission. As long as the abilities and the will to use them exist, there will always be a need for ninja, and the skills are best taught at a young age, while the mind is still fresh - much as the other educational basics are.

Aaaah, but it's an education about how to kill people and how to accept death as a component of it. [Or so is the impression he gets]

Do you think ninjutsu is only used for killing?

Do you believe accepting death is something only a killer needs to learn?

[And now... he's flashing back to that conversation he had with Green. His face falls, and his mood actually visibly sours. He shouldn't get into it here though, not in front of-]

Well, I don't understand anything, Itachi-san.

[Too late]

[The ninja sits patiently, urging the boy to continue through his silence, gaze curious.]

Eeeeh~ I mean, how could I? There's some deep spiritual thing to a world where I feel like people are lucky to live to forty that I couldn't possibly understand. After all, there's probably a component of honor and justice to those Chuunin exams I've heard about, and that's something a city boy like me doesn't even have any of.

[He's projecting is what it comes down to. This is the rebuttal he wanted to give Green. This is the rebuttal he's wanted to give all the people from that damned pokemon world, dripping with sarcasm and perhaps a little resentment. The ninja world? This isn't his fight, and if he honest, he doesn't care that much to argue the point. But somehow, it's easier to say this to someone he's not sure if they'll murder him or not than to someone who would take his partner away]

Mm. Of course.

All worlds are different, Masaomi. It isn't always easy for us to understand each other when it comes to their individual aspects.

But I sincerely doubt that you lack your own form of honor and justice, even if you're willing to so easily dismiss it.

And you've never been to Tokyo.

[He says this with a little chuckle as he skips two steps back and leaps onto the fountain, to crouch down after leaping onto it's edge, still with a smile plastered on his face]

Let alone the 'buro.

No.

[He admits this with a casual shrug.]

But I've spoken with you.

Hahaha.. wow, that's intuitive.

[And he gives a little laugh and leap off the fountain's edge]

Are you still going to say I'm wrong?

I don't really control that. Buuut~ I should be going.

Oh? Are you suddenly needed somewhere?

Oh, you know. People to see, girls to seduce.

Of course.

I'd hate to keep you from far more important business.

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