A day in the rain (open to anyone)

Due to it's current decline, the Rain village was in poor condition. There were few guards that were to far apart to actually protect the village. For some reason, Honse always liked the fact that it was always raining in the village. although he didn't like today much, there was only a slight mist like drizzle, enough to soak your hair, but not enough to get through your clothes. As he reached the eastern edge of the village, he entered the small, poorly planned out park. He always found it peaceful since nobody used a park that was always muddy, even if he continually questioned why it was built. Nearing the center of the park, he came across a large cleared out and paved area with a life sized statue of one of the town's leaders in the middle surrounded by 6 benches. as he sat down on one of the benches, the rain had finally began to dampen his white unbuttoned shirt as leaned back, stretched his legs out, and put his arms up along the back of the bench.

A young girl, tall but immature-looking, was sitting on the bench right opposite, therefore getting blocked from view by said statue. She was wearing a cloak over her clothes, seemingly leather. Water dripped off her sweet face and from the ends of her hair, sliding down the surface of her clothing. She was smiling up to the statue, despite the fact she'd probably get pneumonia if she stayed too long.

Honse sat there peacefully listening to the pitter-patter of the rain on the things around him. Looking up at the clouds, he closed his eyes and let the rain pelt his face. As he sat there, something caught his attention. Among the sounds of the rain hitting the mud, stone, and wood of the park, he heard the odd sound of leather being pelted by water. Looking around he didn't see anyone else in the area, than sat there staring at the statue in front of him for s short time before sliding over on the bench, letting him see the young girl sitting opposite him. "You know, weather like this isn't good for young children, you might want to run along before you catch your death."

The young girl looked away from the statue and smiled politely at him. "I'm not a child! I'm thirteen and a quarter. And it won't kill me. I haven't gotten sick since I caught chicken pox when I was four," she said, giggling to herself at a private joke. "The sound of rain is calming, don't you think?" said girl ask dreamily, looking down at her wet hands as she watched water slide down her skin. Her brown hair was matted to her scalp, but the rain didn't dampen the fire in her brown eyes.

Miru let out a sigh to herslef, she had heard from her oldest brother, itachi, that toshi had ran off to the rain village since he had senced her there. Miru had been gone on a 2 week mission for the hokage to escort the 8 giant ox carrier, killer bee, and his older brother the raikage, on a secret mission. The young uchiha female was wearing her unsual black orb gear, the waistlong hair loose, her katana strapped to the back and the headband tied around the neck.

Miru had managed to locate toshi, but it had taken her 2 days since her chakra signature was very weak. When miru walked calmy through the small and frail old park, she stopped when she saw a young man with very short silverish hair, sitting next to a dreamny looking toshi. "Toshi", miru said in a emotionless, but calm voice, as she begang walking towards the 2, oddly enough, the rain almost seemend to calm the young uchiha were most people simply would try to run for cover.[/i]

"Hello, Miru-san! Back so soon? How did the mission go?" she asked.

Toshi sighed and felt something tickling in her nose. She tried to hold it in, but she sneezed anyway. She might not be able to get sick, but the cold rain still had its own impact on her, especially since she wasn't even taking any proper cover. Toshi just sniffed to clear her nostrils and looked back up at the statue, day-dreaming once again.

Miru let out a small sigh and choose to inorge the young man for now as she went closer. MIru drew a blanket out from a shoulderbag she was carring and wrapped it around toshi`s small body"i told you countless of times to keep in konoha or stay with me..you had me worry"

Honse chuckled at the over protective ninja. "What are you worrying about. I'm probably the worst person around here." He looked around and thought about it for a moment. "Then again i'm not exactly sure how safe it is to be around me."

"Miru-san, I'm not a baby," Toshi muttered, giving the blanked back to her. Sure, it was cold, but her body was already numb anyway. "What do you mean, mister?" Toshi asked curiously, looking at the guy from around the statue.

"Well after all, i'm just an unnamed, unidentifiable person." Honse lifted his arm and rested his hand on the side of his glasses, causing them to reflect the light from an unknown source. "For all you know i could be an average man, or i could be the most wanted ninja in this area."

"Can I guess from the way you talk, then? My assumption is, you are either a sarcastic normal guy who lives in the village, or you're a dangerous ninja who is bored without having any missions," she said, shrugging.

"Or I could just be a normal ninja who is just bored." Honse let his head roll back as he laughed at how small minded the little girl was. "You need to listen more carefully to the meaning, not the words." He again lifted up his arm, and flicked his wrist as he pointed at the girl. "What i mean is, you have no idea who i am. After all, ninjas are masters of misinformation."

Toshi shrugged and smiled innocently. "But it's fun for me to guess. And this way it helps me train my eyes and mi- achoo!" Her sneeze sounded more like a squeak when she muffled it with a handkerchief.

"Bless you" He said after the girl sneezed. "Didn't i tell you that you'd catch your death. You should learn to listen to your elders." He raised his arm and waved his hand like he was shooing her away. "Now run along child before you get seriously ill." He said in a mocking tone.

"I am not a child," Toshi said, pouting with big tears in her eyes. If only he knew how old she truly was. "And I can't die from sickness, it'd be painless, and I need to die hurt."

"Oh i don't know, i hear some illnesses can be very painful." He shrugged and tilted his head to the side "The name escapes me, but there is one that causes you to bleed from every opening on your body. That sounds rather painful to me." Honse than leaned forward and planted his hands on his knees. "Or if you really have a death wish i could just kill you right here." Chuckling as the last words slipped out of his mouth.

Toshi shrugged again, still smiling. "In the ninja world, there's not much to live for. I neither have fame nor fortune, so my death would always be meaningless," she said, sighing. "But besides, there's nothing important that you can take from me that I can never have back."

Honse sighed. "How often people think they have nothing to lose when they have an entire world about them." He motioned to the man he had until now been ignoring. "Whether you think you are alone or not, you have people who care for you, and i can guarantee that if your friend over there were to disappear, you would be hurt." Honse leaned back again and lifted his right leg and rested hos foot on his left knee as he again stretched his arms across the back of the bench.

"I would." Toshi shrugged the third time. "I would kill myself. But I know she'd be in a better place than this horrid world we live in. Say, what's your name, mister?"

"Oh me?" He seemed a little embarrassed as he looked away from the girl. "I'm no one of consequence." He turned to the girl, his expression changed in an instant to annoyance as he said "And you better learn some manners. Never another's name without first introducing yourself."

"Alright, then." Toshi grinned, got up and walked over to him. "I'm Satoshi Kuroda, but people either call me Toshi or Naka. Nice to meet you." She smiled innocently at him and extended her hand for a shake.

"Maybe I don't want to introduce myself to you." He turned his head away from Toshi than began cleaning his ear with his pinky. While still keeping his head facing away, he looked at the girl out of the corner of his eye, even though his glasses made it impossible to tell. "If you want to be a proper ninja, be more wary of who you talk to. You can't just go around introducing yourself to random people, especially in a foreign country." He turned back to Toshi and flicked what was on his pinky off into the distance before saying. "Anyway, if you must call me something, call me big brother."

"Okay, then, 'Big Bro'. If you keep acting that way, people won't like you," Toshi huffed, crossing her arms. "What do your friends say about you?"

"Friends?" Honse crossed his arms and tilted his head to the side with a confused look on his face. "Oh, you mean those f*cking pricks that tried to kill me and closed off my chakra. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have anything good to say." He put his arms on the back of the bench. "Silly concepts like friendship don't mean anything to me."

Toshi huffed again and sat down beside him. "No wonder you're so sour; you're trying to isolate yourself, because of what happened. Give friendship another chance, Big Bro!"