Mihi walked towards the main room and realized that the two had returned. "Kali, why did you get all of this?" a voice asked, which she recognized as Takai.
"Simple, Silvy-chan needed to fill her closet if she's going to be staying her, not to mention her apparent lack of weapons." The brown haired girl knew where the conversation was going when she appeared in the main room.
The laughter that filled the girl, couldn't be stopped. Kali was holding up outfits to Silver, who was standing on a chair. Takai was being told go through the bags and hand her outfits, then she saw one that made her eyes pop out of her head and stopped her laughter immediately. "Kali!" Said girl turned to face Mihi. "What did I tell you about getting her things like that." She stated as she stuffed the outfit back into the bag.
"What? It looks really good on her." The blond defended.
"Kali, what did you get my student?" a low and somewhat dangerous voice asked, from behind her.
"Well, I just got her some stuff she could wear." her innocent smile would fool most, but not her Captain. The glare she was receiving said show me. "Silvy?" the child looked up at the girl, "Could you go put this on for me?" Nodding, the girl retreated back behind the small curtain, that Kali had put up for her to try all of the outfits on in.
The child returned, wearing a small, black kimono, only with three quarter length sleeves and the base ended mid calf, but had a slit on both side, rising to just above her knees. The designs were simple, and consisted of small red flowers connected by a thin red ribbon. The trim was also the same color of red, as was the sash, that Kali had chosen for her and instead of the traditional style, it tied in a large bow with the ends falling loosely down the back about to the bottom of the kimono itself.
Both boys could only stare at the child. It wasn't low cut in her chest, in fact it gave off a modesty there, but the base, was more like something Kali would wear. The blond grinned at her work. "Come on Silvy-chan, lets go do your hair and Takai, could you take all this stuff up to her room please?" Said boy was about to object, but she cut him off, "It's for little Silvy." The sigh of defeat was heard as the two girls left.
"Captain, we might want to unpack this stuff for her, just to be safe." Mihi stated. Tekeshi nodded, "Knowing her, it would be a good idea."
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The knock at the door was quickly followed by a female voice, "Kali, are you done yet? It's time to go." The door opened, revealing the child. "Kali-sempai says she'll be done in a minute." Mihi eyed the child, she wore the same outfit as earlier, but now her hair was pulled back into a small bun and secured by decorative
chopsticks. "You look nice Silver."
"Thank you Mihi-sempai." She said stepping out of the room and closing the door behind her. "So do you."
The older girl nodded, she wore a simple blue kimono, that matched the color of her eyes perfectly and had soft white flower petals along the base of it. The obi she wore with it was a bright green, which accented it nicely. Her long, brown hair was up in a pony tail and tied back with a small strip of green ribbon that matched the obi. "Lets head down stairs." The child nodded and followed the older girl down.
Takai had been the first one down and could tell that the Captain would be down shortly. "Silver? Do you want to play a small prank on the Captain?"
"What do you mean?"
"It's nothing big, I'd just ask to escort you, like I do Kali-san and Captain will get mad and yell at me on his way down."
"I don't know why you want to get into trouble, but okay." They didn't have to wait long, for the familiar footsteps of Tekeshi to start descending the stairs. "May I escort such a lovely lady to the festival tonight?" Takai asked.
"TAKAI! I'm taking Kali to the festival!" this was said as they heard the footsteps increase in speed. When, he reached the last step, he heard it, the sound of a happy, giggling child. That sound alone made him freeze. 'He did that to make her laugh.' Still slightly shocked, he reached the others, only to see them also laughing at him. "Takai, you can escort Silver, but you will not take Kali to the festival."
The boy laughed, "I know Captain. It was a joke. I want to take this kiddo. Besides, Mihi and I are the only ones who haven't spent quality time with her." Tekeshi's eyes turned to glare at Fox, who merely shrugged and slipped out the door. Silver felt a hand wrap around her own, "Let's go!" She smiled and nodded happily, before being pulled out of the building and led in the direction if the festival.
As the door closed, a figure was leaning up against the door frame. "Tekeshi." a soft, feminine voice called. "Why didn't you warn us about Aisu and Kuri." The Shinobi No Mono Captain froze, knowing this was a dangerous situation.
Mihi only had to glance at him to know that he'd been hiding something important. "Yes. What have you been hiding?"
"Well, um," he paused scratching the back of his head and laughing nervously, "You see. Silver is kinda the container for Aisu and well, you know how Kuri is with her rules. The only reason she'll let her stay here is by order of the council, but she can't wander around alone. Kuri will kill her."
"How could you not tell me little Silvy-chan was in danger!" Kali raved. "Poor little Silvy, no wonder she was terrified of her. I have to go find her and make sure she's okay!" Watching as Kali ran out the door, "Wait, Kali!" Tekeshi sighed, she was gone.
"That is not the kind of information you hide Captain." Mihi stated.
"I know, I just didn't want to say it in front of Silver. She has enough to fear."
The brunette sighed, "I know she does. But we need to be prepared for those situations." There was a moment of silence before she continued, "Come onii-san, we should go." Tekeshi nodded as he followed his sister out the door.
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Takai crouched protectively over the child, "What do you want, Kuri?"
"I told your captain she must stay with one of them when she was outside of your headquarters." She replied bluntly.
"I am one of them." He growled through clenched fangs.
Golden eyes narrowed, "You're just a child yourself."
Glancing down, he saw Silver sitting there staring at the small cut in her arm. One small trickle of blood ran down her arm, she couldn't move. She wanted to escape it, but her mind only registered one word. Blood. "Kit, I can help you escape your fear." The voice had returned. "How?"
Takai heard the word, "Silver? Look at me. Look at me not at your arm. Silver, ple..."
His voice was drown out, "Sleep child. Just close your eyes and relax." Lids closed over crimson orbs and time stood still.
Kuri watched over the scene, then her hair slowly began to rise from her skin. Her eyes widened and her feet moved back. "Silver?" The dark aura beginning to spill out of the child, concerned Takai.
The child looked up and a silky smooth calm voice resonated from her throat, "She's asleep." Her sapphire eyes glided to the Shinobi leader. "Now if you will please stop protecting me and loan me your weapons pouch, I would be quite pleased."
The chuunin was in shock and it was right about now, when a blur of blond rushed by the opponent, skidding to a halt before the child. "Aisu-sama. What happened? Is Silvy-chan alright?"
"The child is fine, merely frightened." Flexing the child's claws, the Black Fox spoke once more, "I thought I told you to leave the girl alone."
Kuri's eyes were wide as she took a step back. "My, apol-ogies. Ai-Aisu-sama."
The child took a step closer to the Shinobi leader. The kunouchi tensed, before fleeing. "And I had no intention of harming her." The child turned back towards the other ninja. "Tell the kage of what conspired here. Leave nothing out." As her eyes began to fade into a light purple color, she said, "You might want to cover this wound." By the time she reached the word wound, the child's eyes were red, wide and fearful. Looking around, she saw Takai and Kali and the blood on the ground where she had been. The trembling began as arms wrapped around her, "Silvy-chan? Are you alright?"
"Ka-Kali-sempai?" Her voice was weak and faint. "Yes Silvy-chan, I'm here."
The blond assured her. "Takai?" a male voice asked, "What happened?"
"Kuri was here." the boy replied.
Tekeshi stepped out of the shadows with his sister, "I see. Mihi, let's go." There was no reply, "Of course she won't wait. Takai, find Fox, explain all this to him."
"Yes Sir!" The swish of wind, let Kali know they were gone. "Silvy-chan?" the blond asked gently.
"Y-yes Kal-i-sem-pai?" Fearful red eyes met calm green. "Close your eyes and we'll go find Ari, okay?" the child's eyes clenched shut.