Meet Up

Arisu and her six paths, Yusuke, and the 3 Konoha nin who had been sent to guard Arisu from Hokage Nyguyen Uchiha had gathered, preparing to leave. The 5 who she had acquired at the gates and Yusuke wore their Kirigakure uniforms, and Naitome wore his usual white robe. All of them had been properly studded with the receiver rods, and their eyes were now fully Rinnegan as opposed to their old eyes.

The Konoha guards also wore their uniforms, but Arisu was planning on bringing them back to Konoha with her, as their job wasn't fully necessary at this point anymore. She hadn't replied to Nyguyen's letter, as she didn't want to break it to him that he had been a tad too late, but at least she'd be able to speak to him in person about it.

Arisu was fully armored up, and her hair had been pulled back into a ponytail, and rather than wearing a kimono or something of the sort, she wore her standard Kunoichi armor and outfit. She wore the Kiba blades on her hips, and the Ersatz Kusanagi blade on her back. A Kirigakure forehead protector adorned her head, and her Rinnegan eyes scanned around, as she waited for Zoe. She'd invited the girl to come with her on her trip, to let her travel around and see new places as well as to spend more time with the girl and perhaps train her a little bit.

She would have left immediately following the meeting where she had received her task, but she wanted to find some evidence before leaving so that the Hokage had indisputable evidence.

She verified Rini's claims, that Ikomiki and Shinsui had entered the forest for the exams but neither were reported to have left. Ikomiki had been spotted afterwards, but her manner of leaving the exam grounds had been unknown. Further, a surgery headed by Akihiro and done on Ikomiki had successfully implanted Senju DNA into Ikomiki, done in Kiri's hospital. She had compiled the documents showing this and carried them in her bag, to present to Konoha, in the event that the Hokage didnt care about the attack on Moonspire.

Arisu would open up a portal, two of the Pains also opening up a dimensional tear in space. Several black gashes in the air formed, and Arisu beckoned for them to grab hold of several people. If Zoe appeared at that time, Arisu would beckon her to grab hold as well, and the entire crew would step through the portals, which linked up to the docks on their way out to travel to the land of Fire. Arisu had never personally been into the lands, having travelled past to get to Iwa's lands, and back again, but she couldn't use Yomotsu Hirasaka somewhere she'd never been before.

Still, travelling would be fun, she just didn't want to risk an encounter at the gates again. It wasn't really something she wanted to worry about. If Zoe wasn't around, then Arisu could return here at any point and pick her up when she reached Konoha's gates. She couldn't afford to wait too much longer though, and pulled out a piece of paper if her alien friend didn't show. Writing a quick letter saying she'd come fetch her when she reached Konoha, Arisu would give a single last look around. Pulling out a black receiver, Arisu would stab the paper into a pole where the meetup was supposed to be and would step through her portal, leaving the boundaries of the the village and appearing at the docks, where she would enter a boat to the Land of Fire and head to Konohagakure with her entourage, hopefully one Zoe having joined them.

Southeastern Water (0 Hrs) -> Half Kaizoku Sea (36 Hours) -> Northeast Fire Country (24 Hrs) -> Konoha Gates (Total Wait Time: 60 Hours -25% = 45 hours)

Zoe had been sent word to meet Arisu, though she had been wandering when it happened. When she finally arrived at the docks there was a letter waiting for her. Zoe was sad to have missed Arisu, but was excited that she would come get her. She was utterly enthralled with Arisu and would go to any lengths to spend more time with her. Even if that meant waiting on the docks on the hope that she hadn’t missed her opportunity. So Zoe sat down with the black receiver and paper in hand and waited for the beautiful Otsutsuki to come fetch her.

Soon after she picked up the rod, Zoe would feel a tug as if an invisible force was pulling her. It was a gentle pull that could be resisted quite easily, or she could lean into it and would disappear from Kirigakure, reappearing in Konoha's hospital.

Zoe hadn’t been sitting for long when she felt a strange pull. She knew instinctively that it was from Arisu and she happily allowed the invisible force to pull her where it may. Zoe trusted Arisu implicitly and was excited to see what the beautiful blue rose woman had in store for her.

[Exit to Konoha Hospital District via Arisu’s Animal Path]