Glorious falls

[roxy]

It was a gorgeous day out. Mori was sitting towards the edge of the rock face, looking down into the pool below. He watched contently, as the falling water split across the hidden rocks he knew were waiting below the surface. Mori loved to come here,he loved the mist in the air and watching the currents rush by.He loved watching as the water changed from vicious white waves and spikes,to lazy idle,crystal blue serenity.

Sometimes he just came to people watch.The fall was a popular place to train,often times when he came here it was in peace though,only rarely would he get irritated enough to battle.

[kale]

Ari was bored and came back to the waterfall. She was bored at home, so she came back to the ever-so-crowded waterfall. Surprisingly, the falls only had a few groups of people training. She sighed because she saw no one she knew. She looked up at the top of the falls. She saw a boy sitting on a rock. He was talking with no one. Maybe she could go talk to him.

She decided on yes and went up to him. He had short, brown hair with light brown eyes. He wasn't very big though. He looked like he didn't want to talk with anyone, so she just sat on the opposite side of the waterfall.

[roxy]

Mori had been watching groups of trainers below him when he heard a sound of leaves rustling behind him. He turned the side of his head,just enough to see who was coming out of his peripheral sight.There was a girl coming towards him it appeared. He couldn't really see her from a distance and since he was only watching her indirectly. She changed her direction after looking at him though. The girl turned and took an agile leap across the river that was feeding into the falls, only using a single stone to do so.

She then turned and walked to a rock directly across the rapids from him. He watched her a bit longer,not quite sure if she was going to speak or not,but didn't start the conversation. Mori turned back towards the groups below, occasionally glancing at the girl to see what she was doing.

[kale]

The guy didn't start a conversation, so she just sat there. She quickly flicked her eyes back and forth. She didn't see any type of ninja wear on him which confused her a bit. This waterfall was open, but mostly for ninja to train.

She sighed and got tired of waiting, "So, I don't mean to intrude on personal stuff, but, are you a ninja? You have no headband or ninja wear on." She commented without looking at him. It was odd for a non-ninja person to be at the waterfall at this time of day. Usually she saw non-ninjas more at night and bright and early in the morning.

She looked at him one more time. He looked different though. He gave off a vibe that said 'not a ninja'. Maybe he was one of those zodiac people. Was he good or evil? She waited for him to answer.

[cj]

Raziya walked towards the break in the woods that would lead to the waterfall. She could already hear all of the ninja training.

Great, more immature to deal with. Well les hope none of them recognize me. I really want to just sit at the top of the falls and relax where the roar of the water drowns out the noise of ninja's training.

Raz walked through the trees and saw the waterfall; she also saw how crowded it was today. She was wearing her normal outfit, but there was something different about her today, her hair was down for once. She still had that look of authority about her, and she had that same old look on her face. She walked forward and looked around; the sound ninja had stopped training and looked at her.

Great they heard what I did. Just fantastic. Lets see is anyone here I know...oh it's Ari. She will be happy to see me. Oh is she talking to that boy, oh well I might as well go say hi.

Raz walked by a couple of Sound ninja and they had kunai out and ready to throw. Raz kept a strait face and started to run. Before anyone had noticed she had ran she was at the top of the waterfall. She walked over to where Ari was and walked over the water and smiled at Ari and said, "Hi Ari."

[roxy]

Mori had just stopped glancing at the girl every five seconds when she decided to talk.oh well,i suppose i could stand a little conversation with one person.

He turned to the girl and replied to her question,"No,I'm not a ninja,I'm a zodiac.But you are a ninja so why aren't you training like the rest?"

While she hadn't said she was a ninja it was obvious. Now that he saw her clearly it was very clear, he wasn't sure if she was a lower rank or not but she didn't look to be.

Mori turned when he heard some one talk."Hi Ari."was all the new girl had said. Mori shifted uncomfortably, he didn't exactly like company, especially not from ninjas. he simply replied,"hello."And turned back to watch the people below.

[kale]

Raziya showed up, "Hello." She turned back to the person. He asked why she wasn't training like the rest of them. "Because if being an ninja just means killing and spying, then I have no intent on being a ninja."

So, he was a zodiac. No wonder he had no sign of being a ninja on him. She felt kind of bad for him. He couldn't have the powers of being a ninja or anything.

She looked at Raziya, "How come you came back? I thought we were going to finish the conversation at night?"

She looked down at the ground. It looked so far away, yet, obtainable. She didn't want to find out though. She just wanted to stay up on the ground, where she wouldn't be falling and be soaking wet. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

[cj]

"Hello." Raz replied to the boy. He looked as if he didn’t want o be here. He just shunned away from her when she came.

He isn't a ninja, so he is a zodiac. Nice, I get to meet one.

Raziya looked at Ari as she sat down, "Well I didn't expect you to be here. I decided to come back because I just got done with an S ranked mission. And I have a feeling that the sand ninja don’t like me right now. It was an assignation mission. I hate those missions, but Alrira Hatake, our leader wouldn’t ask anyone else to do it because it was so dangerous. And also I was the only Junin not on a mission. And I almost turned it down but when she said who it was I had to go. He tried to rape me when I was younger like 14." Raziya cringed as she thought about that day. She was happy to see him dead.

"So why are you here? I thought you had chores to do. Oh also, I didn’t feel like training with Eteno." Raz sighed and fell back to look up at the sky and just took deep breathes to take in the smell of the waterfall.

[roxy]

Mori tried not to but got sucked into the girl's long explanation. He turned on the slick rock to face her. He had never really been anywhere near a ninja except when he got himself into trouble. He heard the girl say something about rape and his heart instantly went out to her. Mori may not be a good guy,but he would never attempt something so vile.

He continued to listen to her story and waited for her to finish. When she was finally done he was a little surprised. "Sounds like you had an....uh..interesting day. Is that a normal schedule?" He glanced in between the two girls, neither seemed really phased or bothered by what had just been said, but then again, what did he know?

[kale]

Ari didn't even flinch at her story. Even though this man had tried to rape her when she was younger, didn't mean he had to die. Just put him in jail or make him an exile or something. Dying was the worst thing that could happen to a person.

Raziya had asked why she was here, "When I got to the village, it seems newly accepted ninja had already taken all the jobs that needed to be done. There was nothing else for me to do, so I came back here."

The guy asked if that was a normal schedule. She cracked a smile, "I don't know about her. I just just met her this morning, but for me, yes. I rarely get to go out of the village anymore because our village is one of the new ones. I am the one put in charge to protect it in case something bad happens."

She looked back down. She was glad that she wasn't going on missions to kill people, but being cooped up in a village with basically no one around was boring. It was just her, the adults who weren't ninjas, and little kids. She had no friends around to talk to or hang out with. No one really even attacked the Moon village anyways.

[cj]

"For me, sort of, except for the killing part. I am like one of the only ninja that get sent on S ranked missions. And then I also normally teach younger ninja. Oh by the way I’m Raziya." Raziya looked at the boy, "So you are one of those Zodiacs right? Cool, I've never met one before, I am honored." Raz sat up to look at the boy. He had light brown hair and light brown eyes to go with the hair.

I hope I didn’t offend Ari in any way, I know she doesn’t like to hear about those missions. I should have just gone into the water and gone into the cave to sit. If I had gone there I wouldn’t have to deal with all of the sand ninja staring at me. But then again I wouldn’t have met this boy and I wouldn’t have anybody to talk to.

"I am getting so tired of those younger ninja looking at me like I’m a beast from hell. I swear, younger ninja these days don’t have any respect for older, wiser ninja." Raz sighed and waited for the boy to say something.

[roxy]

Mori looked at the two when each took their turn to answer his question.It was normal for the newest girl but for the other not so much.

"Wow,you two lead interesting lives. And as am I honored to meet you. I don't talk to many ninja, usually it just ends up in some kind of quarrel, but you two seem reasonable."

Although he wasn't lying, and he was mildly annoyed with being bothered, they were interesting and he didn't mean to offend the girls.

He now knew their names were Raz and Ari, and as he had guessed, weren't new to being ninjas.

"It's nice to meet you, my names Mori." He said as he gave a nod towards each of them.

[kale]

His name was Mori, and the way he said it kind of sounded like that they were getting on his nerves. She curled up on the rock she was sitting on. She didn't want to annoy the boy. He looked as if he were enjoying himself before she came to bother him, but, now he just looked a little agitated.

She rubbed the back of her neck not knowing what to say next. She just sat there in wait for one of the other two to say something first, but that didn't happen.

She tried to think of a question that wouldn't be so, well, in depth. She didn't want to get into the boy's personal life, just know a bit about him, "How long have you known about zodiacs?"

She thought about the question and blushed. That was the worst question to ask the boy right now. That was a little personal and she had no right to ask him this.

[cj]

Oh so his name is Mori, nice simple name. He has to say his mane like he was annoyed so much; a little conversation won’t hurt him. Man I really blew it, I really shouldn’t have gone up here. He does look annoyed and Ari looks like she wants to leave too, but I just met them both so I could be wrong.

Raz looked at Ari as Ari asked Mori a question that was a little out of line but was reasonable.

“How long have you known about zodiacs?"

Raziya was really curious too. She looked at Ari and then at Mori to see what he would say. She sat there for a moment. Nobody said anything; all she could here was the water from the waterfall. Raz spoke up to clarify the question, “Well Mori see, we don’t know that much about the zodiacs so we where just wondering, that’s all. Sorry if the question was too personal. I’m sure that Ari didn’t mean it to be personal, I would have said the same thing if hadn’t.” Raz smiled in reassurance and waited for Mori to say something.

[roxy]

Mori was sitting on the ledge he was perched on studying the two girl features. The one named Ari he couldn't see well,her face was clouded by shadows. The girl named Raz he could see quite clearly. She stood with a posture of a confident fighter, her hair was a medium shade of brown,almost like milk chocolate. It was down and the wind blew it around so he wasn't quite sure of the length. He couldn't really tell the shade of her eyes due to distance, but they were bright. He watched as her posture turned slightly less assertive.

He turned back to the other girl when she asked him a question. How long have you know about zodiacs?They seemed curious but a little embarrassed for asking. He wasn't quite sure why they were timid.

"Umm...for a little while but not very long. I don't know for sure,I don't really keep track of time..."He trailed off looking at a bird that cast his shadow on the rapids just below his perch by the falls. He really hadn't any clue, he couldn't even remember who told him,just that it was relatively new information to him.