Adventuring!!

Nakano Tamotsu stood in a small clearing in the middle of the Forest of Death, a figure of an ANBu operative stood before him, Tamo was looking over the body of the male figure. The operative stood like a statue unmoving as if it were dead. The operative was actualy a specialy designed puppet made by Tamo himself. At first glance the puppet looked like a real person.

Tamo was waiting for a friend who was going to acompany him further into the depth of the forest to see what they could find.

Konohagakure's very own forest of death was quite the spectacle. Creatures crawling from here to there, with animals, and all sorts of neat stuff. In fact the forest itself was peaceful in the aspect of the circle of life maintaining balance. But, to outsiders, such as shinobi, villagers, and people in general it carried the potential to be a living hell. Either way though, an animal that wasn't too common in the forest would be seen making its way through the forest. Hop - Hop - Hop. Webbed feet collided with the ground before legs were pushed off of the same ground and it bounded forward. Yes, it was a frog, but not just any frog! A cool red frog with black highlights. It hopped closer and closer to [Tamotsu] before stopping about ten meters from him.

Then opening it's mouth a shinobi reached his hand out and seemingly slid out of the expanded mouth of the very small frog. Pushing it's head up a bit as the shinobi slipped his second foot out of it, the frog would soon poofage away into thin air. Standing before the other shinobi was now none other than Morisato, Makoto. Jovial as ever he displayed a toothy grin that seemingly expanded from ear to ear. Crossing his arms he greeted his friend with happiness as always. " Yo, Tamotsu-san, How are you today? "

The white haired shinobi turned to look at the blonde Makoto," Hey Makoto-san, soon as I'm done checking Konran, we can go." Tamotsu turned back to his puppet Konran and nodded, all the joints were well oiled, as well as the ninjato that was sheathed at the back of the ANBu looking puppet. With Konran ready to go, Tamo stepped back from his puppet and pulled a short black scroll from his pouch, on the outer face of the scroll was the japanese character for chaos.

Placing the scroll upon the grass, Tamo stretched the scroll out infront of Konran. The scrolls inner face had ink drawn on it, the various symbols were ones that allowed the storage of object and or living beings. The center of the scroll had a empty circle that was the site of storage. Tamo's hands came together and performed a series of hand seals as he focused the correct amount of chakra to store Konran into the scroll.

Konran burst into a puff of smoke and dissapeared when the smoke cleared. The circle on the scroll now had Konran's name enscribed inside. With a smile, Tamo rolled the scroll back up and replaced it with in the pouch to bring out later on. With Konran stored away, his right hand reached back to check the straps that held two large dai-shuriken to his back. After checking everything, Tamo pulled his silver, blue lined cloak around his body and nodded to Makoto that he was ready.

Listening to the words of his friend he stood there patiently. In fact he watched as the shinobi rolled out the scroll and began to go to work. The formula of the sealing jutsu he was using was one that Makoto himself had no problem recognized. In fact in his studies he'd come across many formulas just like the one the other shinobi was using, they all had their advantages and disadvantages. He however, was working on something different, he'd been at it for about five years, but it was still probably gonna take five more. Before they knew it that puppet was stored away. Gently shifting his head from side to side he popped his neck before bringing his hands up to interlock behind the back of his head. Still a smile was pasted upon his face and he spoke.

"So what exactly are we gonna get into? I haven't been in this forest in ages..." he explained as those crystal blue eyes were free to roam. The canopy above brought about a feeling of nostalgia. Shaking it from his head he shifted his weight and turned his gaze to look at the other shinobi as he waited for a simple answer.

Tamotsu turned to his friend, Makoto before speaking. "Well I heard a rumor that some where in this forest is actualy the original Konhagakure from when it was first built."

Tamotsu pointed towards a game trail and started that way still talking.

"I figured we could check it out, maybe we coudl find some cool things. Other than that I figured we might come across some animals that might be useful for something."

The ice blue hued eyes that were set in the skull of the young male were looking left right and straight ahead as he walked the pathway.

It was as if that grin was pasted to his face. Listening to the words of his comrade he couldn't help, but entertain the thought of going on some sort of an adventure within this forest. Nodding his head a bit he would untangle his his fingers and release his hands from behind his head. Bringing them to the front of his body he cracked his knuckles and then proceeded to inspect the trail that they were going to travel down.

" I'm always up for a little exploration, you lead the way my friend.. " he said that bright smile still upon his face. Bring his hand to his forehead he fingered a few loose strands of blond out of his vision and would be intent on following behind his friend. Of course he wasn't one to stay quiet instead he figured he'd start thing off with a little bit of small talk. "So how have you been lately? I haven't been around much been out doing missions and traveling and what not... " he stated.

He chuckled a little as he walked along the beaten path caused my various beast of all sizes. His cloak was caught by the wind that traveled through the trees. His cloak billowed out around him as he walked, the tips of the dia-shuriken on his back could be seen through the cloak pressing to his back.

"Well I've been busy working on my puppet, and designing more for the future. Other than that some small mission around the village."

His smile was revealed as he remembered his first mission in catching that crazy ass cat. The beast had been difficult and had nearly caught him in its own urine and feces mulitple times.

Walking along in the forest wasn't that bad in fact it was a good time. Inhaling through his nose that brain of his went to work deciphering the information gathered via sense of smell receptors. Exhaling softly he continued walking pretty much carefree. Of course he was relaxed, but not completely, it seemed like he could never fully relax. Step after step he would look off and stop every now and then to admire the many good views. If one wasn't sure that the forest was alive he'd definitely be able to speak on the forest's behalf after this small adventure. The deeper and deeper they went the more you could tell that the area hadn't been explored in ages.

The forest became thicker as they moved deeper into the forest, the soundof animal increased as they traveled through the thickening trees. He could make out the scales of a large serpent just a few meters into the forest between the tree. Ice blue hues narrowed as he used his left hand to signal Makoto that there may be danger, using a sign language known to all shinobi.