[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... )

( Mina is too tired to be witty )

Sachiko watched Sakurai vanish into the crowd, his fervent promises to return as quickly as he was able still in her ears. It certainly wasn't his fault that he was needed, but his going and her staying meant she was without the buffer she needed to fend off and/or deal with ( unwanted would-be suitors. )

[continued from here]Chiriku didn't glance back to make sure that Asuka was getting out of there. Though she did want to. Their time together protecting the Daimyo and the trust they cultivated asserted itself and Chiriku focused on the threat at hand ( Read more... )

Takes place during the gala just before the bombs hit.

( If he heard one more person tell him he was the cutest little heir to a noble clan they'd ever seen he was going to have a homicidal break. )

[Set before the attack. I just fail at posting.] Hinaji had been nervous the entire ceremony. His formal clothing, while not unusual, never felt very comfortable. And most uncomfortable was that he was separated from those closest to him. Namely, Kiba. He watched her discreetly throughout the ceremony and was pleased with himself that he didn't ( 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. )

Uchiha Madara knew that, sometimes, some things worked out really really well. It had taken some nudging and manuvering but it seemed that someone was going to act on Sasoriza's... tragic... death all those months ago. It really wasn't surprising that it was the hot headed Deidara; TobiMadara could care less. She was just pleased that SOMETHING was ( Read more... )

[[Set back to two or three days before everyone leaves for the gala.]]

( You know I can't come. )

The schedule of events was hand-written on pale speckled vellum in golden, ornate script. Each member of the party of Konoha was delivered one, courtesy of Ibiki, rolled and stamped with the Daimyo's seal ( Read more... )