Shang meets someone new. (Shang and Rinko.)

[leeshao]

Shang is running through the mountains of the shaken earth after the big battle a few days ago. He keeps running, but looking for something to do. Shang, "Dang nothing to do." As he looks around.

[Rinko]

Rinko sits in a tree, silenltly thinking of her surroundings. She longed to be in deeper forestry.. but that was unlikely. She heard the cry of birds as they flew from waht little trees there were. A cry of alarm. Something was comming closer. Rinko tensed her muscles, and tried to pinpoint where the sound was comming from.

[leeshao]

Shang picked up his speed as he sensed a strange chakra up ahead. Shang, "Who is that?" Shang looks around up ahead as birds are flying every which way.

[Rinko]

Rinko knew whoever--or whatever-- it was.. was comming closer. She poised to tackle whatever would come her way. The birds seemed pretty disturbed. "Human," They were seeming to cry. "Well, at least its not a bear, or a demon.." Rinko thought nervously. She awaited the attacker, every muscle in her small body ready to fight for her life.

[leeshao]

Shang acctivated his byakugan, and saw that they were going to attack him. As he just stopped, and said, "Hey, who's ever over there ... I'm not here to fight... I'm here to make friends." Shang walks slowly over there. As he looks up.

[Rinko]

Rinko tensed, then relaxed at the voice. He didn't sound like he meant harm. "Who I am is of no concern to you!" She called back, defensivly. She didn't trust this person at all. Though, he did sound close to her age, she wouldn't trust him. Not yet. "Besides," she added quietly, "I don't need friends.."

[leeshao]

Shang, "Look I'm not the one to start fights... if you want to talk then come down here." Shang lowers his guard as he sits down near a tree. Shang looks up at the sky as he sees the clouds rolling by. Shang, "I'm right here... make your move... I'm not going to attack... I came here on a peace trip... not to fight." As he looks up at the tree where she is.

[Rinko]

Rinko frowns, puzzled. He truely meant no harm... at all. "He's let his gaurd down..." she thought to herself. Rinko leapt out of the tree, and landed near him; not too close. She regarded him carefully. "Why are you here," she asked curiously, "No one ever comes here but me. What are you doing here?" She, then sat down on a rock, resting her elbows on her knees.

[leeshao]

Shang gets up to sitting position. Shang, "Well I never come out here much etheir, but I thought it would be a nice adventure... just to get out, and explore the world." Shang looks at her. Shang, "You know what I mean get some fresh air, and just let your thoughts roam as you travel."

[Rinko]

Rinko still regarded him with a look of curiosity. "Well... I suppose I get what you mean.." Rinko did travel a long ways to get away from her aunt.. the holiday was a nice change from the morbid remarks and the firey tension. Unconsiously, her left hand went to her upper right arm. "I don't let my thoughts roam much, though," She stated.

[leeshao]

Shang, "Oh well... you should give it a try, but just don't do it during battles or you'll regret it trust me I got socked in the face for letting my thoughts roam during one." Shang got up to standing position, and said, "Well if you were all the way out here... something must be bothering you?" As Shang looks at her as he says that.

[Rinko]

Rinko keeps her eyes on the ground, and her grip on her right arm tightens. "If it doesn't offend, I prefer to keep my matters to myself..." she replied quietly. Rinko never talked about her life to anyone. She looked up suddenly. "I've been so very rude! I'm sorry.. My name is Rinko.. What is yours?" She could have kicked herself! It was very unkind not to introduce herself to someone friendly. "But who have I met who's friendly?" her mind echoed bitterly.

[leeshao]

Shang, "My names Shang, and nice to meet you Rinko." As Shang looks off into the distance. Shang, "Oh don't worry if you don't want to talk about yourself... I understand some people have had troubled lives, and I mean not to say anything, but I'm one those people." Shang then looks back at her.

[Rinko]

Rinko nods. Shre releases her grip on her arm, aware that it may be sore for a while. "You're the first person i've actually talked to," She said suddenly. She wasn't expecting that to come out. Rinko covered her mouth, her bangs brushing the knuckles of her hand.

[leeshao]

Shang, "You have really pretty hair... oh I'm sorry maybe I shouldn't of said that so sudden snese your just warming up to." Shang got up, and leaned against a tree. Shang, "It's okay to not talk if you don't want to, but I'm glad your warming up to being friends."

[Rinko]

Rinko's pallid skin became a reddish color underneath her hair. "What did he say?..." She asked herself stupidly. A compliment? "But I didn't do anything.." Her mind spoke again. "Um..," she said to Shang, "Th-thanks.. I guess.." Her brows furrowed with slight confusion. "Friends.. Sure. Why not? You'll be my first friend."

[leeshao]

Shang, "Good... now can I come up there on the rock with you?" Shang stands there... hoping she'd let him come sit with her. Shang, "Also are you hungry?" Shang pulls out an orange from his pouch.

[Rinko]

"Um.." Rinko said behind her sheild of bangs, "I don't mind, I suppose.." Her violet eyes fall on the orange. "I'm fine.." she says, though her stomach just growled. Rinko hoped Shang didn't hear it. Idly, she itched at the bandage over her right arm.

[leeshao]

Shang ran over to the rock, and climbed up it, and sat down beside her. Also handing her the orange. As he pulled out another one from his pocket, and started peeling it. Shang, "I see you have tons of bandges... which means you must know a lot of tai-jutsu." Shang looks at the bandages as they remind him of when he was training long ago. Shang, "Now sense we're friends what ever you want to talk about I'm here, but you can open up when ever you want to."

[Rinko]

Rinko, at first, reluctnatly took the orange, but then, as she saw Shang pull out another, felt more comfortable taking it. Idly, she moved it around in her hands before she peeled it. "Yeah, I know Tai-jutsu.. Its mainly what I'm good at.. I like hand-to-hand." Rinko shrugged, and finished peeling her orange. "And taht's very kind you you," she said, awknowleding his last comment. "But if it doesn't offend, I'm not ready to talk about it just now. Never have serious discussion as you eat. Ruins your appetie." Rinko then took a slice of her orange and tossed it into the air. A bird caught it, and flew away with the orange slice.

[leeshao]

Shang, "Oh it's cool, but maybe when we're even better friends I'll help you with some more advanced Tai-jutsu if you want... it's the eight gates, but further advanced." As he eats most his orange, and starts peeling part of his bandages, and finishes eating his orange. He then shows her the peeled skin that was bandaged from the advanced gates. As he wraps his bandage back up. Shang, "Sorry I had to show you that, but that's what you get for going really fast, and you don't train hard enough." As he drops his leg, and puts his arms back looking in the sky.

[Rinko]

Rinko examines his leg, breifly considering to decline his offer. She decided not to be rude. "That would be fine, "She replied quietly, "Since it seems we both ahve a lot of time on our hands.." Since Shane showed her one of his scars, she figured it would be courteous to return the favor. She felt more at ease with him now. Slowly, she began to unravel the arm-length bandage on her right arm. As she neared the upper part of her arm, a rigged scar, a brand, in the shape of an eye with a line though it was shown. "Here's one of mine," She said blankly.

[leeshao]

Shang looks at her scar interestingly. Shang, "Never seen a scar like that, and also don't worry about the advanced Tai it takes a while to perfect, and trust me I haven't even perfected it, and I'm the one who brought the gates past the eighth gate, so don't worry about the training it will be while before we can begin that." Shang, "Oh I have more food to.. I don't think those oranges did much."

[Rinko]

"Yeah, its.. nevermind." Rinko began to re-wrap her arm. "And the eighth gate? That's incredible." Rinko shrugs. "I wouldn't be able to do that, though I train an awful lot.." Rinko stood up and stretched. "I don't want to leach off of your food, Shang. I could easily go get my own.. I know this area quite well, you know." She regarded him with a friendly smile, though the top half of her face was hidden by a layer of her thick dark blue hair.

[leeshao]

Shang gets up standing right next to Rinko. Shang, "Oh you just have to do a lot of more training then your doing now... then after a few of those you could probably try going past the eighth after that." Shang then looks at her. Shang, "Also if your ever needing someone to talk I'll be in the hell village, but that won't be for awhile sense i'm still exploring, and also I'd love to come with you to find food... if that's okay?"

[Rinko]

Rinko nodded, dismissing the comment about more training. That chould be discussed later. "Hell village," she thought to herself, "I can only assume he means the Leaf Village.." She shook her head at the thought. She would not be returning there for some time. "Yeah, you can come with me. Just don't get freaked out if I start crying, okay? It happens all the time. I'll explain why later. Come on." Rinko began to walk towards the area with mild trees and shrubs.

[leeshao]

Shang follows, and says, "Oh I see." Shang looks in the top of the trees as he follows her. Shang, "Also if your thinking about the horrible leaf village... don't worry it use to be my home, but now it's just a figment of a nightmare, and the hell village is my home even though I'm a hyuuga in a uchiha home land, but the kage in the hell is acctually good friend of mine." As he says that he thinks of not to mention that he's possibly dead. Shang then says, "Now may I ask why you cry at times?"

[Rinko]

Rinko nods as Shang explaines the villages. She'd been by the hell village. It didn't look like a very nice place. When he asked about her crying she replied, "Oh.. Since my main source of power is nature.. It hurts when I take away from it. Like killing a deer.. But since I'm pretty much on my own now, I have to if I want to survive.." It was true. She hated killing creatures that meant no harm. She breifly cursed her family for her sensitive nature towards forest life.

[leeshao]

Shang, "Well now you aren't on your own." Shang looks of in the distance at a few animals. Shang, "Oh well that place the hell village is nice, but only to people that don't want to start a war with them." Shang then looks at her.

[Rinko]

Rinko is staring off into the distance, the wind blows and lights parts her hair away from her eyes, revealing their rich purple color. "I suppose you're right, then." She absent-mindedly swept the lock of hair back infront of her face. "But I never got why you were around here. There's not much here, really.." Rinko eyed an animal target, and her eyes showed dismay.