[takes place not too long after Jimaiya finds Kureno and Aki, before they all head to the gala. personally, given how long it took the original party to get to the palace, this is probably taking place during gala day 2]Just because certain individuals were off to spend several days parading in front of the Daimyo to honor an action that no one in ( Read more... )

[ooc: Sorry for not posting this earlier! Set some odd hours before the asplosions at the gala.]

( The biggest downside to being the world's most brilliant and super-awesome intelligence agent, Jimaiya figured, was that nine times out of ten you got bad news rather than good. )

( Rin had never let nerves get in the way of what he needed to do, after all. )

Last time she was in these walls, Jimaiya recalled, they were bustling with people. Damn clans, she would always say, they'll run us all out someday.

Now..

...

( Well. Funny how life goes. )

[[Going on the idea that Jimaiya is actually Sakumo's little sister, thereby making her Kakami's aunt. ... Somewhat. >>]]

( 'Humor me, huh?' she said finally. 'Give me something so I can go home tonight thinking I haven't completely failed with you.' )

( In the back of her mind, Jimaiya vaguely realized she was meddling. )

((Backdated to before Kakami's birthday.))

If Jimaiya could be anywhere in the world right now, Konoha's hospital would certainly not be in her top ten list of choices. Nothing against the hospital itself, it was a very nice hospital as far as hospitals went, but just the situation in general ( left something to be desired. )

( Maybe Tsurude wasn't so paranoid after all. )

Tsurude wondered if his bad luck in gambling leaked into his life. Bad luck seemed to follow him at every turn, every bend. When Leigh and Naruko went missing he did what any normal leader would do and sent a team after them. Then, Sakurai, who was on said team, goes missing and has stayed missing. Floods of information and worries seeped into him ( Read more... )

[Backdated to... waaaaay back when Rin was first brought back. *shifty eyes*]

If there was one thing Jimaiya was sure of, it was that regular rules did not apply to her. Especially hospital rules. Visiting hours? What visiting hours? Like a patient would care if you went in at a specific time or not. The way she saw it, the patient would be damn ( Read more... )