Lost and Found [open, Tentsuke, Gaia]

[naruko_npc]

Many people, upon meeting Maito Gaia, would dismiss her as a lunatic - a grinning, amiable idiot, who was jounin due only to her freakish physical capabilities. Others, more paranoid, decided that no one could POSSIBLY be that eccentric and strange, and that the whole thing was an elaborate, complex facade that hid Gaia's true plans - which were

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[tenblades]

She had cried and hugged him and called him Tentsuke, and the name had resounded inside him like a bell rung to mark the time, and marking the time _correctly_ - so he smiled back at her and answered to the name, and didn't mention he hadn't known it until she'd said it

[tenblades]

He looked around him, eyes wide. There - there in the distance, there were faces carved into the mountainside, just like in his dream! And everything was so BRIGHT - and BIG...after the small, regulated world of the fishing village he'd been in, the bustle of the world's most powerful Hidden Village was overwhelming to his senses.

Completely forgetting about the nice green lady who had brought him there (who was now weeping into the shoulder of one visibly terrified guard, who patted her back awkwardly), Tentsuke wandered off to explore, hoping to find more things that he recognized - to find more blocks to build up his mind again.

[redeyedavenger]

It was the end of yet another frustrating round of 'explain this agonizingly simple thing to your dense teammates' and Sachiko was ready to go off and do some of her own training before her art class. She had--she checked her watch--about two hours. So an hour to train, then an hour to shower and eat something before scooting to class. Summer was starting to knife slits through spring, and the only really good thing about the coming oppressively humid heat was she could start swimming again. Oh, that would be nice

He's Like A Baby Bird

[tenblades]

Tentsuke brightened. "That's my name," he agreed cheerfully, as proud to have remembered that as anything else. He made no move to move away from the girl who had caught him, saved him from stumbling, taking the chance to peer back at her.

Dark hair - pale skin - eyes that shone with odd, strange intensity. Something tickled at his memory -- faded dream-memories ran together, and he ended up not quite knowing her but knowing he did.

(( And something in him would always belong to a kunoichi with dark hair and doujutsu-eyes, no matter what he knew or said or did or became))

He smiled at her, the sweet, trusting smile of a child, of someone who had forgotten had not learnt to be cautious.

"Do I know you?"

we can has Hyuuga?

[hyuuga_hinaji]

Spring was nice. Walks through the street didn't drag him down into a sweaty heap, and the wind smelled of flowers and for the most part, Hinaji enjoyed spring. It gave him an excuse to get out of the compound, Enka in tow on her pretty leash Kiba bought her for Christmas.

What spring usually did not bring, however, was Sachiko standing with someone who for all rights and purposes shouldn't be there. Hinaji stopped in shock, Enka continued unabated, and his arm jerked forward as she pulled him towards the two ninja.

Just what was going on?

Depends on the Hyuuga. >.>

[redeyedavenger]

Sachiko picked up the familiar presence of Hinaji, and glanced over in his direction. He looked about as shocked as she'd felt upon first seeing him.

But at least, hey, if anyone she knew would have any idea on Hyuuga's whereabouts, it would probably be her cousin. "Hey, Hinaji! You wouldn't by chance know if Hy--er, your cousin's around, would you? Tentsuke's back," she said, "but he doesn't seem to, well, remember much."

Tentsuke Likes Hyuugas, At Least The Ones He's Met So Far

[tenblades]

Tentsuke looked quizzically at the new arrival. Was this someone who had known him when he'd been Tentsuke? A Tentsuke who had a complete Tentsuke in his head, that was. Right now he felt more like a ...Tentsuke shell. Correct shape outside, but not that much to back it up.

A bolt of tingling lightning raced up his spine when he caught sight of the new arrival's white eyes. He knew those eyes...or at least -- something like them? Hadn't he?

"Nejiko!" he blurted out, not naming anyone in particular - not even having consciously meaning to do it.

You've seen one Hyuuga, you've seen them all >.>

[hyuuga_hinaji]

Hinaji began to answer Sachiko when Tentsuke's voice sent a chill down his spine. Even Enka stopped trying to continue on their walk and stared at the tall boy.

"...N-no," he finally stammered out, and glanced at Sachiko. She'd said he didn't remember much, but how far did that actually go? "I'm sorry, I'm Hinaji. Nejiko-neesan is out on a mission."

And what a time to be out. His chest tightened, remembering how she looked after Tentsuke's disappearance, at her time in the hospital. And now...

Moving along now...

[redeyedavenger]

Sachiko said goodbye to Hinaji and only spared him a final glance after he departed before grabbing Tentsuke's hand and pulling him along. For Tentsuke's part, he'd only given Hinaji a blank look before going along with her pulling him along, kind of like a puppy. Which made her think of Mika, and then Bloodfang. Would he remember them? Would he still be willing to take care of them?

She reminded herself that things had to be taken one step at a time. Right now, the first step was to get him to Tsurude.

Ooooh, shiny~

[tenblades]

Tentsuke had experienced a momentary pang of -- sadness? Regret? -- he didn't quite know -- when Hinaji moved away. Where was his new friend going? But as Hinaji moved out of sight, he moved similarly out of Tentsuke's mind, and soon enough Tentsuke had forgotten Hinaji had been there.

(Those white eyes though, he wouldn't forget those white eyes.)

He followed behind Sachiko because Sachiko was pulling him, and he had no reason to say no. At first. And then they passed a small, gaudy shop on the main street, with shiny things, and Tentsuke pulled away without a second thought. He plastered himself against the window like a small hungry child peering at a candystore, and drooling about as much

But aren't these bad shinies?

[chicks_dig_dogs]

Most Inuzuka weren't really very big on sweets, except for maybe the occasional cake or cupcake. With the bulk of candy being chocolate, and chocolate being bad for dogs, they just didn't go for it. But Kiba had a cousin that love these sugared gummies, and she'd been having a rough time in the academy, and the older Inuzuka didn't think it could hurt to give her a pick me up. She'd just come out of the shop (stealing a gummy for herself, they were good after all) when she saw what she thought was a familiar person slip into the weapons shop next door

Shinies? Bad? I can't imagine such a case

[tenblades]

Unfortunately, and completely innocently, Tentsuke paid as much attention to Kiba as Kiba did to the shopkeeper, not even glancing up when his name was called. Instead, he was wholly riveted upon the overly-shiny (obviously not made of the combat-grade metals ninjas demanded in their weapons) kunai of the display, picking one up and turning it over in his large, thin hands, displaying an unconscious deftness as he admired the play of light along the blade.

With a quick flick of his wrist he flung it upwards, eyes wide as it flipped end over end and laughing with pure, artless glee as he caught it easily by his fingertips, rolling the kunai over the backs of his knuckles like a cardsharp playing with a deck of playing cards.